<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PostalCode"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="City"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="place"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="State"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PersonName"/>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Corbel;
panose-1:2 11 5 3 2 2 4 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;}
h2
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:Corbel;
font-style:italic;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAutoSig, li.MsoAutoSig, div.MsoAutoSig
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
p.CriticalIssueHeading, li.CriticalIssueHeading, div.CriticalIssueHeading
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Corbel;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:Calibri;
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Good
Afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>During
the Water Resources Commission meeting last week, project team members rolled
out a new version of the Integrated Water Resources Strategy Issue
Papers. These papers were first released for public comment during Fall
2009 and serve as the “problem statement” portion for the
Strategy. The project team has incorporated many of the suggested changes
received from the public, stakeholders, state and federal partners –
resulting in entirely new essays and additional background information. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>More
work is needed to fully develop certain concepts or issues. Sections that
we believe still need more detail or discussion are highlighted throughout the
papers and we welcome your assistance on these or other sections. These
papers are open to public review and comment until March 1, 2011 –
available on the IWRS project website: <a
href="http://www1.wrd.state.or.us/pdfs/November_18_2010_Issue_Papers_v2.pdf"
title="http://www1.wrd.state.or.us/pdfs/November_18_2010_Issue_Papers_v2.pdf">http://www1.wrd.state.or.us/pdfs/November_18_2010_Issue_Papers_v2.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Also,
the next Policy Advisory Group meeting will be held in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Salem</st1:place></st1:City> on Wednesday, January 5, 2011.
The meeting will focus on fine-tuning a list of issues that are critical to
address in the first round of the Strategy (2012-2017), as well as
brainstorming potential recommended actions. An agenda will be sent out
prior to the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-Alyssa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><font size=2 color=gray face=Corbel><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Corbel;color:gray'>Alyssa Mucken</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=gray face=Corbel><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Corbel;
color:gray'>Policy Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=gray face=Corbel><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Corbel;
color:gray'>Integrated Water Resources Strategy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=gray face=Corbel><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Corbel;
color:gray'>Oregon Water Resources Department<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=gray face=Corbel><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Corbel;
color:gray'>725 Summer St., Suite A, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on">Salem</st1:City></u1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on"><u1:State u2:st="on">OR</st1:State></u1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on"><u1:PostalCode u2:st="on">97301</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></u1:PostalCode></u1:place></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=gray face=Corbel><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Corbel;
color:gray'>Phone: 503-986-0911<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>