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01-26-10 News release New lidar data series released for Mount Hood - DATA only; requires specialty GIS software to view/use | lidar data quadrangle publications

01-15-2010 - News release Twenty percent of Oregonians insured for earthquakes

1-12-10 News release Outstanding and rare rocks and minerals now on display in Josephine County | image gallery

12-23-09 News release Governing Board to meet in Portland January 15, 2010 | agenda

12-23-09 News release Four new geologic maps of the southern Willamette Valley released:
O-09-04, Brownsville quadrangle, by M. L. Ferns and J. D. McClaughry preview plate | order	O-09-05, Lewisburg quadrangle, by T. J. Wiley preview plate | order
O-09-10, Waterloo quadrangle, by M. L. Ferns and J. D. McClaughry preview plate | order	O-09-11, Sweet Home quadrangle, by J. D. McClaughry preview plate | order

12-15-09 News release New landslide maps of Canby quadrangle released - IMS-29, Landslide inventory maps for the Canby quadrangle, Clackamas, Marion, and Washington Counties, Oregon, by W. J. Burns. preview plates | order

12-14-09 News release New report looks at coastal erosion in southern Clatsop County - Open-File Report O-09-06, Coastal Erosion Hazard Zones in Southern Clatsop County, Oregon: Seaside to Cape Falcon, by Robert C. Witter, Thomas Horning, and Jonathan C. Allan | buy

12-03-09 News release New lidar data series released for areas in eastern Oregon [Camp Creek and Ontario] - DATA only; requires specialty GIS software to view/use | lidar data quadrangle publications

11-18-09 News release New lidar data series for southern Oregon coast released - DATA only; requires specialty GIS software to view/use | lidar data quadrangle publications

11-06-09 - Lidar imagery of Mt. Hood, Columbia River Gorge, and Portland Basin, by Ian P. Madin | news release buy Open-File Report O-09-07 - Mt. Hood | preview (CD, $15; 60 x 72 inch color plot, $40) buy Open-File Report O-09-08 - Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah Falls to Cascade Locks | preview (CD, $15; 60 x 84 inch color plot, $50) buy Open-File Report O-09-09 - Portland Basin (CD, $15; 60 x 96 inch color plot, $60) | preview

10-15-09 - Oregon Geology, vol. 69, no. 1 (Fall 2009) Field guides of Portland and Oregon's "supervolcano" featured in new issue of Oregon Geology magazine. - news release - links to field trip guide PDFs - 150-dpi full issue PDF (34 MB)

10-14-09 - "Oregon: A Geologic History — 150 Years of Statehood, 150 Million Years in the Making" (IMS-28), by Ian P. Madin - 50- x 58-inch wall map news release | companion web site | 72-dpi PDF (40 MB) | buy - $15 (plus $5.50 S&H)

Celebrate Earth Science Week in Oregon, October 11-18 - Governor's Proclamation

09-29-09 - New geologic map highlights faults, volcanoes, landslides in Oregon City - GMS-119, Geologic Map of the Oregon City 7.5’ Quadrangle, Clackamas County, Oregon 150-dpi PDF | buy

09-25-09 News release New report looks at sediment bulldozed onto a beach on the southern Oregon coast - Beach and shoreline response to an artificial landslide at Rocky Point, Port Orford, on the southern Oregon coast, by Jonathan C. Allan and Roger Hart | buy CD

09-16-09 News release Governing Board to meet in Cannon Beach September 28, 2009 | buy CD

09-15-09 News release Lisa Phipps joins DOGAMI Governing Board

08-21-09 News release New lidar-based maps, data show unprecedented detail of Portland metro landscape | Learn more and order LIS and LDQ publications

08-03-09 News release New report details research on tsunami hazard assessment for Cannon Beach - Special Paper 41, Tsunami hazard assessment of the northern Oregon coast: A multi-deterministic approach tested at Cannon Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon, by George R. Priest, Chris Goldfinger, Kelin Wang, Robert C. Witter, Yinglong Zhang, and António M. Baptista. 1 DVD, $15 | Buy SP-41 DVD.

07-24-09 News release Governing Board to meet August 6 in Portland | Public Meeting Agenda

07-23-09 News release Oregon Plan Award, Reclamation Awards announced | MLRR home page

O-08-08 O-09-02

07-16-09 - News Release Two new geologic maps of the Upper Klamath Basin released: Open-File Report O-08-08, Preliminary geologic map of the Mule Hill 7.5' quadrangle, Klamath County, Oregon, and Siskiyou County, California, by Stanley A. Mertzman and others | Buy CD, $15; and Open-File Report O-09-02, Preliminary geologic map of the Robinson Butte 7.5' quadrangle, Jackson County, Oregon, by Stanley A. Mertzman and others | Buy CD, $15.

07-07-09 News release Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries reorganizes field offices

06-05-09 News release DOGAMI Governing Board to meet in Portland June 19, 2009

05-28-09 - Digital geologic map of Oregon completed. News Release
OGDC-5 (statewide geologic digital compilation data)	Oregon Geologic Data Compilation (OGDC) - Release 5, by Lina Ma, Ian P. Madin, Keith V. Olson, Rudie J. Watzig, Ray E. Wells, Alan R. Niem, and George R. Priest; CD, $30. Buy Digital Data Set DVD
simplified map of NW portion of OGDC-5	Open-File Report O-09-03, Preliminary Digital Geologic Compilation Map of Part of Northwestern Oregon, by Lina Ma, Ray E. Wells, Alan R. Niem, Clark A. Niewendorp, and Ian P. Madin; CD, $15. Buy OGDC-NW map plate CD

New maps reveal landslides using laser-based imaging IMS-26, Landslide Inventory Map of the Northwest Quarter of the Oregon City quadrangle, Clackamas County, Oregon, by William J. Burns and Ian P. Madin | Buy CD IMS-27, Landslide Inventory Map of the Southwest Quarter of the Beaverton quadrangle, Washington County, Oregon, by William J. Burns | Buy CD Special Paper 42, Protocol for Inventory Mapping of Landslide Deposits from Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Imagery, by William J. Burns and Ian P. Madin | Buy CD news release

04-15-09 News release - Governing Board to meet in Portland May 4th, 2009 | agenda

03-27-09 News release - 45th anniversary of the last destructive tsunami to hit Oregon

02-25-09 - New report looks at monitoring Oregon’s ever-changing shoreline. Open-File Report O-08-15, Oregon Beach and Shoreline Mapping and Analysis Program: 2007-2008 Beach Monitoring Report, by Jonathan C. Allan and Roger Hart, released. CD $10. News Release | Buy CD

02-24-09 News release - DOGAMI Governing Board to meet at Oregon State Library in Salem March 6, 2009

02-18-09 - Open-File Report O-08-09, Regional Landslide Hazard Maps of the Southwest Quarter the Beaverton Quadrangle, West Bull Mountain Planning Area, Washington County, Oregon by William J. Burns released. 1 CD, $10. News Release | Buy CD View 8.5x11-inch versions of map plates (PDF)

01-26-09 News release Today is the 309th anniversary of an earthshaking event! Today marks the 309th anniversary of the most recent, great Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake to strike the Pacific Northwest.

02-13-09 - Open-File Report O-08-14, Preliminary Geologic Maps of the Corvallis, Wren, and Marys Peak 7.5’ Quadrangles, Benton, Lincoln, and Linn Counties, Oregon by Thomas J. Wiley released. 1 CD, $10. News Release | Buy CD

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