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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>I would strongly recommend doing some homework on the structural soils (CU) and its efficacy. There have been legitimate discussions and studies showing the costs and benefits may not prove to be near as good as was once thought. J. Urban presenting some findings at a recent seminar at U of T. Talking more about using what is on site with some minimal importing of new material to not only save on costs, but to provide equally sufficient soil, perhaps even better. Root canals/paths are one of the greatest methods to achieve optimal volume.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Peter Shields <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Senior Consulting Arborist</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>ISA BCMA ON-0570B, ISA PNW CTRA #1590, OMNR BHA #252, ASCA member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>(647) 465 4901<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"\.HelveticaNeueUI";color:black'><a href="http://www.davey.com/services/davey-resource-group/">www.davey.com/services/davey-resource-group/</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=159 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE1359.1C35FB80" alt="DRG Logo_small"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> canufnet-bounces@list.web.net [mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mead, Mark<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 25, 2013 11:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CANUFNET] What's missing from the Top 10 Cities for Urban Trees<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mike, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Not to sound defensive; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We are actually doing some of this type of work. As a matter of fact we are in the midst of a discussion regarding the conversion of street into a pedestrian friendly park, with heavy emphasis on all three levels of soil volume expansion; Silvia cells, structural soils, and one of my favorite root canals. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Interestingly, the Street folks do not want to see large trees (+80 feet) in the pits, and the Parks UF and LA want them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net">canufnet-bounces@list.web.net</a> [<a href="mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net">mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike James<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 23, 2013 11:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">canufnet@list.web.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] What's missing from the Top 10 Cities for Urban Trees<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am recommending this blog post to the Canufnet readers as a critical evaluation of the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Top 10 Cities for Urban Trees list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.deeproot.com/blog/blog-entries/whats-missing-from-the-top-10-cities-for-urban-trees#comments">http://www.deeproot.com/blog/blog-entries/whats-missing-from-the-top-10-cities-for-urban-trees#comments</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mike James<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'>DeepRoot Canada Corp.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: 1 800 561 3883<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: (604) 687-0899 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cell: (604) 220 9521<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fax: (604) 684-6744<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.deeproot.com/blog">Green Infrastructure For Your Community</a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>