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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Good Afternoon –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please see the attached IWRS update briefer, also available
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/owrd/LAW/docs/2016_08_IWRS_Update_Final.pdf">online</a>, which covers the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">            </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">IWRS Policy Advisory Group will meet on September 14 and December 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">            </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Results from the June 2016 open houses, online survey, and other comments received<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">            </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Feasibility grant applications are being accepted through Friday, October 14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">            </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Place-based planning efforts are underway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">            </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Drought-related updates, including recent activities of the Drought Task Force<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Bullets" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Let us know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Bullets" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Bullets" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Alyssa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#595959">Alyssa Mucken, Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#595959">Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#595959">Oregon Water Resources Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-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:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#595959">p:  503-986-0911;  e: 
<a href="mailto:alyssa.m.mucken@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">alyssa.m.mucken@state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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