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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Dan , <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perhaps a factor is the decrease in forest area to go visit ?? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Pat Lintaman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Pat Lintaman Design Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>(250) 478-0795<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>(250) 478-4453 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><a href="at@topnotchlog.com">pat@topnotchlog.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.shawniganecoindustrialpark.com">www.shawniganecoindustrialpark.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US 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>Sadia Butt<br><b>Sent:</b> May-02-13 11:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] Fwd: [Caglist] Parks and forests not as popular with Canadians as they once were<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Oh no! or oh good! Less use...lower impacts.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Dan Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:cag@geog.uvic.ca">cag@geog.uvic.ca</a>><br>Date: Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:44 AM<br>Subject: [Caglist] Parks and forests not as popular with Canadians as they once were<br>To: CAGLIST <<a href="mailto:caglist@lists.uvic.ca">caglist@lists.uvic.ca</a>><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Parks and forests not as popular with Canadians as they once were</b> <br><br>A new survey reveals Canadians are spending less time in our parks and forests. The 2013 Global Green Space Report, produced by outdoor product manufacturer Husqvarna, interviewed 4,676 people in nine countries, including Canada, Sweden, China, Russia, the U.S., Germany, Australia, Poland and France in November. 2012. <br><br>More than 90 per cent of the respondents said they believe forests, parks and gardens have a positive effect on quality of life, with 89 per cent going so far as to call them a human right. But despite this, the time people spend in green spaces is decreasing all over the world, with people in five of the nine countries studies spending less “forest time” than five years ago. <br><br>Of Canadians, 36 per cent say the time they spend in forests has decreased during the last five years, with 29 per cent saying the same about parks.<br><br><u>The Toronto Star</u><br><a href="http://www.thestar.com/life/2013/04/22/parks_and_forests_not_as_popular_as_they_once_were.html" target="_blank">http://www.thestar.com/life/2013/04/22/parks_and_forests_not_as_popular_as_they_once_were.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>CAGList mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CAGList@lists.uvic.ca">CAGList@lists.uvic.ca</a><br><a href="https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/caglist" target="_blank">https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/caglist</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>