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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:white">Data Alert from Lorie Morenao @ CNRA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black;background:white">⭐</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">NEW Publicly Available Data</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black;background:white">⭐</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">|
With the substantial dedication of funds by the California State Legislature, >30,000 square miles of LiDAR covering much of California’s Sierra Nevada are now freely available! These data, collected in 2022 between Lassen National Park to south of Bakersfield,
were acquired with the financial contributions of the US Geological Survey, California Natural Resources Agency, UC San Diego ALERTCalifornia, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and US Forest Service.<span class="white-space-pre">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black;background:white">✔️</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Data will be used by emergency managers, natural resource
managers, and others, to protect communities and wildlands from the increasing effects of climate change, including wildfire
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black;background:white">🔥</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> planning, response, and recovery.<span class="white-space-pre">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black;background:white">✔️</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Partners will develop publicly available derived products
that can be used to support </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black;background:white">🌲</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> planning and monitoring efforts.<span class="white-space-pre">
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Please reach out if you have needs or questions about these data or derived products we are building.<br>
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To download the Digital Terrain Models:<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><br>
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</span><a href="https://rockyweb.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/LPC/Projects/CA_SierraNevada_B22/CA_SierraNevada_13_B22/">https://rockyweb.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/LPC/Projects/CA_SierraNevada_B22/CA_SierraNevada_13_B22/</a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><br>
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To download the point clouds:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif"><a href="https://rockyweb.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/OPR/Projects/CA_SierraNevada_B22/CA_SierraNevada_13_B22/TIFF/">https://rockyweb.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/OPR/Projects/CA_SierraNevada_B22/CA_SierraNevada_13_B22/TIFF/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Associate Professor of Hydrology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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& Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Associate Editor, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085" target="_blank" title="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085"><span style="color:#0563C1">Hydrological
Processes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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