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02-16-10 News release Report released on tsunami evacuation building workshop (Regarding Open-File Report O-10-02, Tsunami Evacuation Building Workshop, September 28-29, 2009, Cannon Beach, Seaside, and Portland, Oregon, compiled by Yumei Wang; 35 p. text, plus 200 p. PowerPoint slides; CD, $15) | order

02-12-10 News release New multi-year tsunami mapping and outreach program comes to the Oregon Coast: Several coastal communities selected to become TsunamiReady, TsunamiPrepared over the next year | TsunamiReady Program

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 | order

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, by Ian P. Madin News release | 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

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

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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

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)

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

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.

12-29-08 - New geologic maps of part of the Portland metro area released: Open-File Report O-08-06, Preliminary geologic map of the Linnton 7.5' quadrangle, Multnomah and Washington counties, Oregon, by Ian P. Madin, Lina Ma, and Clark A. Niewendorp; and Open-File Report O-08-07, Preliminary geologic map of the Dixie Mountain 7.5' quadrangle, Washington, Multnomah, and Columbia counties, Oregon, by Ian P. Madin and Clark A. Niewendorp. CDs, $10 each. News Release | Buy O-08-06 CD | Buy O-08-07 CD

12-10-08 - Open-File Report O-08-13, Preliminary digital geologic compilation map of part of western Oregon, by Ray E. Wells, Alan R. Niem, George R. Priest, Lina Ma, Clark A. Niewendorp, and Ian P. Madin, released. 1 CD (plate only) $10 News Release | Buy CD

12-03-08 News release DOGAMI Governing Board to meet in Portland December 12, 2008

11-20-08 - Open-File Report O-08-11, Preliminary geologic map of the Lebanon and Onehorse Slough 7.5’ quadrangles, Linn County, Oregon, by Mark L. Ferns and Jason D. McClaughry, 1 CD $10 News Release | Buy CD

11-12-08 - News release - Potential danger of debris flows issued for Lower Columbia River Basin, North Oregon Coast and North Oregon Cascades

10-15-08 - News release - Report on Seismic Critical Energy Infrastructures Workshop released (Open-File Report O-08-10, Oregon Public Utilities Commission--Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Leadership Forum and Seismic Critical Energy Infrastructures Workshop, April 2, 2008, compiled by Yumei Wang and José R. Gonzalez) | buy

09-30-08 - Governing Board, Public Events in Prineville October 9th
News Release (PDF)
Public Meeting Agenda (PDF)
Schedule of Events (PDF)

07-18-08 - SLIDO-1, Statewide Landslide Information Layer for Oregon, by William J. Burns, Ian P. Madin, and Lina Ma, released. CD $25 Interactive Map News Release | Buy CD

07-14-08 - IMS-24, Geologic Hazards, Earthquake and Landslide Hazard Maps, and Future Earthquake Damage Estimates for Six Counties in the Mid/Southern Willamette Valley Including Yamhill, Marion, Polk, Benton, Linn, and Lane Counties, and the City of Albany, Oregon, by William J. Burns, R. Jon Hofmeister, and Yumei Wang, 3-CD set $25 News Release | Buy CD

06-25-08 News Release - Publication details Johnson Creek Landslide in Lincoln County: Special Paper 40, Johnson Creek Landslide Research Project, Lincoln County, Oregon: Final Report to the Oregon Department of Transportation, by George R. Priest, Jonathan A. Allan, Alan R. Niem, Wendy A. Niem, and Stephen E. Dickenson, CD $10

05-30-08 News Release - Two coastal geologic reports released:

05-27-08 News release - Three Open-File Reports released: Open-File Report O-08-01, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Spencer Creek 7.5' Quadrangle, Klamath County, Oregon, O-08-03, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Surveyor Mountain 7.5' Quadrangle, Klamath County, Oregon, and O-08-04, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Little Chinquapin Mountain 7.5' Quadrangle, Jackson and Klamath Counties, Oregon; by Stan Mertzman and others.

05-23-08 News release - Open-File Report O-07-15, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Umatilla Basin, Morrow and Umatilla Counties, Oregon (19 p., 3 plates, GIS data), by Ian P. Madin and Ronald P. Geitgey, released

05-16-08 News release Southwest Oregon included in the new Oregon Geologic Data Compilation release | buy

05-14-08 News release DOGAMI Governing Board to meet in Portland May 23, 2008

04-01-08 News release Governor declares April Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Month

03-20-08 News release New geologic map of southwest Klamath County released

03-03-08 News release New map identifies tsunami hazards for Florence, Oregon | buy report

02-19-08 News release DOGAMI Governing Board to meet February 29 in Portland | agenda

02-14-08 News release - Larry Givens joins DOGAMI Governing Board

02-04-08 News release - Jurassic crocodile and fossil beds open to the public highlight new issue of Oregon Geology magazine | view issue

01-30-08 News release - Two Klamath Falls area map publications released:

	Geologic map of the Klamath Falls area, Klamath County, Oregon, DOGAMI Geological Map Series GMS-118, by George R. Priest, Frank R. Hladky, and Robert B. Murray | Buy
	Geologic compilation map of part of the Upper Klamath Basin, Klamath County, Oregon, DOGAMI Open-File Report O-07-05, compiled by Margaret D. Jenks | Buy

01-08-08 News release - Open-File Report O-07-06, 2007 Landslide Symposium Proceedings and Field Trip Guide: New tools and techniques for developing regional hazard maps and future risk management practices, compiled by William J. Burns and Yumei Wang, released

01-03-08 News release - Open-File Report O-07-13, Preliminary geologic map of the Lake of the Woods South 7.5' quadrangle, Klamath County, Oregon, by Stan Mertzman and others, released | Buy

12-06-07 News release - Two geologic reports released:

• Open-File Report O-07-03, Evaluation of Coastal Erosion Hazard Zones along Dune and Bluff-Backed Shorelines, Southern Lincoln County, Oregon: Seal Rock to Cape Perpetua, by Robert C. Witter, Jonathan C. Allan, and George R. Priest | Buy
  
  
• Open-File Report O-07-17, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Aspen Lake 7.5' Quadrangle, Klamath County, Oregon, by Stanley A. Mertzman, Stephen G. Weaver, Andrew Gavin and Karyn Powers | Buy

10-25-07 News release - Governing Board to meet in Portland November 6

10-24-07 News release - Central, Southwest Oregon Geologic Data Compilation maps released: buy Central map | buy Southwest map

10-10-07 News release - Oregon celebrates Earth Science Week October 14th to 20th | Governor Kulongoski's proclamation | AGI resources

10-03-07 News release - New geologic maps for Jackson, Klamath and Crook counties released

10-01-07 News release - Report released on PSU Montgomery Court seismic rehabilitation project | buy report

08-21-07 News release - New report looks at ways to improve rapid visual screenings for buildings that are potentially seismically hazardous

08-10-07 News release - Governing Board to meet August 29th in Klamath Falls; public lecture and field trip also planned | board meeting agenda

08-10-07 News release - Oregon Plan Award, Mined Land Reclamation Awards announced

08-01-07 News release - "Quake-safe" tours of 2 university buildings August 23, 24

07-25-07 News release - New report looks at developing a comprehensive monitoring program for Oregon beaches

06-06-07 News release - Oregon Statewide Seismic Needs Assessment Final Report released

07-16-07 News release - Explore geothermal energy in the new issue of Cascadia

06-06-07 News release - R. Charles Vars joins Governing Board

05-30-07 News release - Portland State University seismic rehabilitation project | Buy

05-15-07 News release - Central Oregon, Central Cascades part of Oregon Geologic Data Compilation version 3 | interactive web map

04-18-07 News release - Governing Board to meet May 5th in Boardman | Agenda

04-02-07 News release - Spanish Language Tsunami Brochure Now Available Online | Brochure

04-02-07 News release - Governor declares April Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Month | Proclamation

03-05-07 News release - Yumei Wang appointed to newly formed national earthquake hazards committee

02-14-07 - News release - New website looks at Portland area using maps made with LIDAR

01-25-07 - News release - DOGAMI Governing Board to meet February 6, 2007

01-18-07 - News release - Meeting to be held in Coos Bay related to proposed oil and gas drilling legislation

01-08-07 - News release - Smith Rock geology and White River washouts on HWY 35 highlight the new issue of Oregon Geology magazine

12-19-06 - News release - Central Oregon, High Cascades included in latest Oregon Geologic Data Compilation release

11-08-06 - News release - Grants Pass Field Office Change of Business Hours

11-07-06 - News release - Debris flow warning extended for Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, western Washington and western Yamhill counties, in the Coast Range and the western Columbia Gorge, north Oregon Cascade foothills, Clackamas and Marion counties

11-06-06 - News release - New debris flow warning issued for western Columbia Gorge, North Oregon Cascade foothills, Clackamas and Marion counties

11-06-06 - News release - Magnitude 2.6 earthquake centered in east Portland November 5, 2006

11-06-06 - News release - Debris flow ;warning issued for Clatsop, Tillamook, western Yamhill, and western Washington counties

10-31-06 - News release - Governing Board to meet November 14th in Portland

10-12-06 - Map of Oregon City Landslide Geomorphology from LIDAR and Aerial Photographs News Release | Buy

9-28-06 - News release - DOGAMI Office Closures, October 4-5, 2006

8-30-06 - News release - 2005 Mined Land Reclamation Awards announced by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | Awards Pages

8-23-06 - News release - DOGAMI Governing Board will meet September 8th

8-3-06 - News release - Magnitude 3.8 earthquake centered 19 miles north of Portland

7-26-06 - News release - 5 preliminary 7.5' geologic quadrangle maps released as open-file reports, including maps in Crook, Linn, Marion, and Benton counties

• Huston Lake O-06-21
• Prineville O-06-22
• Ochoco Reservoir O-06-23
• Powell Buttes O-06-24
• Albany O-06-26

7-25-06 - News release - Open-File Report O-04-17, An evaluation of the risks from storm erosion and overwash of the Elk River Spit, Oregon, associated with restoring Western Snowy Plover breeding habitat, by Jonathan C. Allan.

7-21-06 - News release - Upcoming tsunami preparedness workshops at Clatsop County Fairgrounds, Newport, and Walport

7-14-06 - 18 open-file reports released--
Click on report name to order online:

• Press Release - Geologic maps for northeast [OFR O-06-03] and southeast [OFR O-06-04] Oregon based on Oregon Geologic Compilation Map project data
• Press Release - Five reports for Lane and Linn Counties: Preliminary geologic maps of the 1) Coburg [OFR O-06-06], 2) Springfield [OFR O-06-07], 3) Creswell [OFR O-06-12], 4) Veneta [OFR O-06-13], and 5) Eugene East & Eugene West [OFR O-06-17] 7.5' quadrangles
• Press Release - Three reports for Jackson and Josephine Counties: Preliminary geologic maps of the 1) Wimer and McConville Peak [OFR O-06-05], 2) Sexton Mountain, Murphy, Applegate, & Mount Isabelle [OFR O-06-11], and 3) Gold Hill & Rogue River [OFR O-06-18] 7.5' quadrangles
• Press Release - Eight reports for Umatilla and Union Counties: Preliminary geologic maps of the 1) Cayuse [OFR O-06-08], 2) Mission [OFR O-06-09], 3) Thorn Hollow [OFR O-06-10], 4) Cabbage Hill [OFR O-06-14], 5) McKay Reservoir [OFR O-06-15], 6) Table Rock [OFR O-06-16], 7) Service Buttes, Echo, Nolin, Barnhart, & Pendleton [OFR O-06-20] 7.5' geologic quadrangles, and 8) Geology of the Upper Grande Ronde River Basin [OFR O-06-19]

07-13-06 Press Release - Learn more about Oregon on a new interactive geology website

06-12-06 Press Release - 2 New Reports Released

• O-06-02 – Interim Report: Johnson Creek Landslide Project, Lincoln County, Oregon by G. R. Priest, J. Allan, A. Niem, S. R. Christie, and S. E. Dickenson
• O-06-25 – Preliminary Geologic and Mineral Resources Map of the Mormon Basin 7.5' Quadrangle, Baker and Malheur Counties, Oregon by H. C. Brooks

06-02-06 News Release - Oregon Geologic Data Compilation - Version 2 (PDF)

03-30-06 News Release - Governor proclaims April as Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Month (PDF)

03-21-06 Joint News Release - OSU and WOU Receive $2.6 million in FEMA Earthquake Safety Grants (PDF)

• GILO – Release 1 - Geoanalytical Information Layer for Oregon (GILO)
• O-05-08 – Morphologies of Beaches and Dunes on the Oregon Coast, with Tests of the Geometric Dune-Erosion Model
• O-05-09 – A geographical information system (GIS) data set of beach morphodynamics derived from 1997, 1998, and 2002 LIDAR data for the central to northern Oregon coast - Technical report to the Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
• O-05-12 – Evaluation of Coastal change and the potential for erosion during extreme storms at Crissey Field, southern Oregon coast: Technical report to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept.