DOGAMI created the Statewide Landslide Information Database for Oregon to improve the understanding of the landslide hazard in Oregon and to create a statewide base level of landslide data. The landslide database is the first step in a comprehensive and systematic approach to cataloging the nature and scope of landslides in Oregon and should serve as useful tool for differentiating areas of higher and/or lower hazard. This information is basic to emergency and land use applications by helping identify vulnerable areas that may require planning considerations and in prioritizing mitigation measures that may need to be implemented to reduce future losses.

In 2007 the Oregon 74th Legislative Assembly directed DOGAMI to extend LIDAR collection efforts throughout the state in order to provide high-quality LIDAR coverage for the entire state. To achieve this goal DOGAMI has formed the Oregon LIDAR Consortium (OLC), which will develop cooperative agreements for the collection of high-quality LIDAR that benefits the public at large, the business community, and agencies at all levels of government.

Oregon will celebrate its 150th birthday in the year 2009. Planning for this big event has already begun. Check out the Oregon 150 Web site. You can share your thoughts and ideas with the planning team, sign up to receive e-mail updates, and learn how you can get involved.

7-14-08 - 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.

6-25-08 - This is the final report of a five-year investigation by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) on the Johnson Creek Landslide in Lincoln County. The ODOT Research Program sponsored the project in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration in order to gain a better understanding of the mechanics of large translational landslides affecting Tertiary sedimentary rocks along the U.S. west coast.

5-27-08 - 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; all by Stan Mertzman and others

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