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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Good Afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Attached is a document summarizing the 2013-15 legislatively-adopted budget for the Oregon Water Resources Department. The investments you’ll see here directly relate to implementing Oregon’s
Integrated Water Resources Strategy. The document also highlights several state agency funding packages that are instrumental to the Strategy’s success, as well as water-related statutory changes resulting from the 2013 Legislative Session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Many thanks to all of our stakeholders and partners who worked with the Legislature, both in hearing rooms and behind the scenes, to build a strong budget and policy foundation for the future.
Thanks very much!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">As always, let me know if you have any questions –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Alyssa <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#595959">______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#595959">Alyssa Mucken, Policy Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#595959">Integrated Water Resources Strategy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#595959">Oregon Water Resources Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#595959">725 Summer St. NE, Suite A, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#595959">p: 503-986-0911; e: alyssa.m.mucken@state.or.us
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