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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Good Afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">The </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext">2017 public review draft of Oregon’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">is now available for public comment. The attached briefer summarizes what’s new in this 2017 version and opportunities to comment. You can also view the “<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/owrd/LAW/docs/IWRS/00b_Note_to_Reader_Final_Draft.pdf">Note
to Reader</a>” section at the beginning of the document to help orient you to what elements are new to this version, where to locate new sections or recommended actions, and what to expect for the remainder of 2017.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">To view or download the draft as a PDF,
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/owrd/LAW/docs/IWRS/2017_04_19_2017_IWRS_Public_Review_Draft.pdf">
click here</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext">.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">The Water Resources Department will accept comments on this Public Review Draft through
<b>Monday, June 19, 2017</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Public comments can be sent electronically to
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:waterstrategy@wrd.state.or.us">waterstrategy@wrd.state.or.us</a>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">or mailed to the address below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Let me know if you have any questions,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Alyssa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#262626">Alyssa Mucken, Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#404040">Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#404040">Oregon Water Resources Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#404040">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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#404040">p: 503-986-0911; e:
<a href="mailto:alyssa.m.mucken@oregon.gov"><span style="color:blue">alyssa.m.mucken@oregon.gov</span></a>
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