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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='color:#1F497D'>Geoff, Have you all seen this?</span> Urban Forest Emergency Planning Guide <a href="http://www.smarttreespacific.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>www.smarttreespacific.org</span></a><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"'> canufnet-bounces@list.web.net [mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>McLeod, Geoff (IS - Parks)<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 14, 2013 1:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'canufnet@list.web.net'<br><b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] Urban Forest Storm Response Protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Good afternoon everyone. Last summer the City of Saskatoon experienced 3 significant wind events that had an impact on our urban forest. While we did a good job responding we have no formal framework in place as to how to effectively respond to storms should they hit again. I would like to know what formal response plans some of the other municipalities have out there. We will be developing ours and would like to see what others have been incorporating into theirs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Geoff McLeod<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=673 style='width:504.9pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=673 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:504.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><i>“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=289 valign=top style='width:216.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:115%'><b>Geoff</b> <b>McLeod<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:115%'>BSc, BSF, MSc<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:115%'>Superintendent<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:115%'>Urban Forestry and Pest Management<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=384 valign=top style='width:4.0in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>City of Saskatoon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Parks Branch<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Ph: 306.975.2537 Fax: 306.975.3034<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Email: <a href="geoff.mcleod@saskatoon.ca">geoff.mcleod@saskatoon.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>