<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Nadia<div><br><div>Great to hear from you </div><div>was just recently in BC - and looked for largess arbutus tree on Saanich peninsula while visiting friends </div><div><br></div><div>so interested in your question as we deal with one-hectare forest plots using Smithsonian and Env Canada protocols</div><div><br></div><div>We have , as a charity, a tree health assessment for our citizen scientists based on MNR Ontario protocol from some years ago </div><div>we use photos and diagrams </div><div><br></div><div>I have asked some forestry folks here to see what I can find for you</div><div><br></div><div>Alice Casselman</div><div><a href="http://www.acer-acre.ca">www.acer-acre.ca</a></div><div>Cell 905-601-7685</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 12, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Chan, Nadia <<a href="mailto:NChan@surrey.ca">NChan@surrey.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The City of Surrey is currently managing tree risk in forested parks for naturally occurring forest pathogens such as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Phellinus sulphurascens</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><span lang="EN">Phaeolus schweinitzii</span></i><span lang="EN">. In some parks the disease is being managed to prevent the spread from an infected area of the forest into healthy stands by creating containment buffers. In other park areas the trees are being managed for risk to infrastructure (ex. roads, houses, trails sports fields). In addition to forest pathogens, the City is actively managing an outbreak of Douglas-fir bark beetle in a few remnant forest stands. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">I would like to know if any other municipality has a forest disease/pest program that would be willing to share. In particular, I’m interested in how frequently risk assessments are completed and how trees with known forest health concerns are being assessed (if differently from TRAQ/TRACE)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">Thanks very much,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">Nadia<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">NADIA CHAN | NATURAL AREAS COORDINATOR<br><br></span><span style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">CITY OF SURREY</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br>Urban Forestry and Environmental Programs<br></span><span style="color: rgb(166, 166, 166);">6651 148 St</span><span style="color: rgb(191, 191, 191);">,</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Surrey, BC, Canada<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(166, 166, 166);">V3S 3C7<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">T<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="tel:604.501.5167" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;">604.501.5167</span></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| F<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="tel:604.501.5177" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;">604.501.5177</span></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.surrey.ca/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">www.surrey.ca</span></a></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>