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 Package: neonUtilities
-Version: 2.4.1
+Version: 2.4.1.9000
 Date: 2023-11-03
 Title: Utilities for Working with NEON Data
 Authors@R: c(person("Claire","Lunch",email="clunch@battelleecology.org",role=c("aut","cre","ctb")), person("Christine","Laney",role=c("aut","ctb")), person("Nathan","Mietkiewicz",role=c("aut","ctb")), person("Eric","Sokol",role=c("aut","ctb")), person("Kaelin","Cawley",role=c("aut","ctb")), person("NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network)", role="aut"))
diff --git a/neonUtilities/NEWS.md b/neonUtilities/NEWS.md
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+# version 2.4.1.9000
+
+Not for public use. This version is a temporary release for internal NEON use only.
+
+
 # version 2.4.0
 
 Released 2023-10-17
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