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<DIV>Its a start and I'm glad you flagged it for us at the time so we had the ability to have some input. </DIV>
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<DIV>All the best to you and your family Mike. Have a great Christmas and New year!</DIV>
<DIV>Richard<BR><BR>>>> "Michael Rosen" <mrosen@treecanada.ca> 12/19/2008 11:46 AM >>><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the first time, due primarily to our collective work, "urban forestry interests" has been </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">recognized as one of the components of "the forest sector" <FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">in the document of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers: <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A Vision for Canada's Forest: 2008 and Beyond </SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT>available on the CCFM website <FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">(</SPAN></FONT><A title=blocked::http://www.ccfm.org/ href="http://www.ccfm.org"><SPAN title=blocked::http://www.ccfm.org/>www.ccfm.org</SPAN></A><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">) under </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_EN.pdf">http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_EN.pdf</A> . We should congratulate ourselves on having our message heard. We must further<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT>encourage the recognition of urban forests and their proper funding to all levels of government and the private sector in the year to come.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On behalf of the Tree Canada team and the Canadian Urban Forest Network have a great holiday!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pour la première fois, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=FR-CA style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">à cause de notre travail collectif, «</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">les intervenants de la foresterie urbaine» sont inclus dans le document du conseil canadien des ministres des forêts : <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Une vision pour les forêts du Canada : 2008 et au-delà</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=FR-CA style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">maintenant rendu public, et est présentement disponible sur le site internet du CCMF (</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A title=blocked::http://www.ccfm.org/ href="http://www.ccfm.org"><SPAN lang=FR-CA><SPAN title=blocked::http://www.ccfm.org/>www.ccfm.org</SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black><SPAN lang=FR-CA style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) sous <A href="http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_FR.pdf">http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_FR.pdf</A> . Nous avons </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=FR-CA style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">devons<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">nous féliciter d'avoir notre message entendu. Il faut que nous encourageons </SPAN></FONT>encore<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">la reconnaissance des forêts urbaines et leurs finances propres </SPAN></FONT>à tout<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">les niveaux gouvernementaux et le secteur privé.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=FR-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">De la part de l'équipe Arbres Canada et le Réseau canadien de la forêt urbain, passez de joyeuses fêtes!</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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