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<p class=MsoNormal>Good afternoon:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Steve Colombo asked me to forward this invitation to you.
I have not included the survey form here as I’m concerned the formatting might
not hold up for everyone. You can access it at the web site provided
below if you wish.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://fgo.ca/survey.pl">http://fgo.ca/survey.pl</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions, please direct them to Steve.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Andy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>***<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At
the CIF meeting in Toronto, there was discussion following my presentation
concerning the need for transfer of climate change information to urban
foresters by MNR. In this regard, I am forwarding an announcement of a meeting
on how to deal with issues of what seed source to plant given concerns about
climate change. Please share this announcement with your colleagues in urban
forestry. They are welcome to attend the conference, which will be in Sault
Ste. Marie on November 14-15. There is no registration fee. Registration is
available online at <a href="http://www.fgo.ca">www.fgo.ca</a>.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also attached
is a survey the organizing committee is distributing to provide conference
organizers and speakers insight into how people think about and are acting on
seed management and climate change. You and others in urban forestry can answer
the survey online at <a href="http://www.fgo.ca">www.fgo.ca</a>.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Yours truly,</span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Steve Colombo <br>
<br>
Ontario Forest Research Institute <br>
c/o Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research <br>
955 Oliver Road <br>
Thunder Bay, ON <br>
P7B 5E1 <br>
<br>
Ph. 807-343-4020 <br>
Fax 807-343-4001<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span
style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You</span></u></b><b><span
style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> can help ensure a
proper plan <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>for managing our tree
seed resources <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>under climate change:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Just take a few
minutes to complete our survey!</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>About climate change and tree seed resources …<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Climate
change presents many challenges to sustainable forest management: The long life
of tree species and long rotation cycles mean that the effects of today’s
decisions can persist for a century or more. In addition, many of our tree
species have large ranges, and the adaptive variation among populations
compounds the complexity of making reforestation decisions based on an
uncertain future climate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Climate change is
expected to cause more weather extremes and weather-related emergencies, such
as drought, flood, and forest fires. Other impacts could include seed crop
interruptions, forest health issues, and local climate changes, all of which
add to current natural and artificial regeneration challenges. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How this conference
will help …<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On November 14-15, 2007,
in Sault Ste. Marie, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Climate Change
Initiative and Forest Genetics Ontario are hosting a conference on <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adapting to Climate Change: Managing
Tree Seed in an Uncertain Climate </span></i></b><b><i><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(To register, go to <a
href="http://www.fgo.ca/">www.fgo.ca</a>)<i>. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This conference will
focus on seed movement and regulation tools (guidelines/zones), the science
behind identifying and predicting patterns of adaptive variation response to
climate change, the need to revise seed movement decision-making, and
reforestation aspects of management planning under climate change.
Conference goals are</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.4pt;text-indent:-14.4pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. To build
awareness about climate change and its potential impacts on the deployment of
forest genetic resources, for example, seed transfer guidelines, seed source
bulking, seed banking, and tree improvement strategies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.4pt;text-indent:-14.4pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. To open a
debate among those concerned about impacts of climate change on forest genetic
resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.4pt;text-indent:-14.4pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. To develop a
roadmap for future actions promoting adaptation of forests to future climate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>By completing our survey, YOU can help the conference and
our future plans succeed: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#D9D9D9;text-autospace:none'><b><u><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You can
help ensure the success of this conference by giving organizers and speakers
more insight into how people think about and are acting on seed management and
climate change</span></u></b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Preliminary survey findings will be
presented at the conference along with presentations by Canadian and American
experts in climate change and genetic resource management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#D9D9D9;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This survey is simple
and should take at most 20 minutes to complete. You can complete it one of two
ways: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. Online
at <a href="http://www.fgo.ca/">www.fgo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. By fax or mail
– print and complete form below and mail to:</span></b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Forest
Genetics Ontario – 705-942-9140 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 510
Queen, Suite 24 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Sault
Ste Marie, ON<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> P6A
2A1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you have any
questions about this survey, please contact: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kathleen Brosemer,
FGO, 705-942-4907<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What will happen after the conference?
</span></b><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Forest
Genetics Ontario and its provincial technical forum will continue to discuss,
develop and promote ways of handling these questions among their members and
partners including OMNR, forest industry and forest conservation groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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