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 Package: fluvgeo
 Title: A Package for Fluvial Geomorphic Analysis
-Version: 0.1.49
+Version: 0.1.50
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Michael", "Dougherty", 
            email = "Michael.P.Dougherty@usace.army.mil", 
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+# fluvgeo v0.1.50 (2024-04-11)
+
+## Major changes
+* None 
+
+## Minor changes
+* Added the function `sf2csv` to eliminate the need for `arcgisbinding` functions to read and write data into file geodatabases. 
+
+***
+
 # fluvgeo v0.1.49 (2024-04-02)
 
 ## Major changes