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<p class="MsoNormal">We have received a response to the letter OGIC sent to the USGS Director last December regarding the USGS’s NHD program changes. See attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob Harmon and Jon Bowers are our two primary point persons for this work, the letter, and transition of our hydro products in the State. If you have follow-up questions please send them to Bob and Jon, or if this is a topic you’d like
a continued update on, please let me know for agenda planning purposes. This topic may naturally come back to OGIC as a priority initiative or funding request to ensure that Oregon is poised to transition to a new hydro product (3DHP) in the next few years.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tischler, Michael A <mtischler@usgs.gov> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 11, 2023 9:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SMITH Rachel L * DAS <Rachel.L.SMITH@das.oregon.gov>; ROHLFING Tom <trohlfing@co.marion.or.us><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rolland, Jill B <jrolland@usgs.gov>; Carlson, Tom <tcarlson@usgs.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> USGS NHD transition to 3DHP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Ms. Smith, Mr. Rohlfing,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you for expressing the concerns of the Oregon Geographic Information Council regarding the transition of the USGS National Hydrography Dataset to the 3D Hydrography Program. Please see the
attached from the Director of USGS and myself, and feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Mike Tischler, Ph.D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Director, National Geospatial Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">c: 703-344-4348<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">mtischler@usgs.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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