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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b>Message to CUFN<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i>Please circulate widely:
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Dear Members of the Canadian Urban Forest Network,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">My name is Frederik Vroom, I work for Tree Canada, managing the Carbon & Climate Programs. As an organization, Tree Canada is interested in quantifying the benefits of urban forests. The focus
of my role is on carbon storage. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">In order to better understand the current state of knowledge and work done on quantification of carbon stored in our nation’s urban forests we are looking for information and contacts of people,
universities, municipalities, and other organisations who can answer the following questions:
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Which municipalities have inventories of street and park trees and what is the attribute data that is being collected?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Which groups/people have looked at
<i>urban forest</i> carbon issues in their municipalities? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Which groups/people have done any i-Tree analysis in their municipalities?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Our goal is to create an overview of the available information and knowledge regarding urban forest carbon and urban forest inventories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">If you have any details or connections that you can share with us, or if you have experience in conducting i-Tree analysis, please contact me directly at:
<a href="mailto:fvroom@treecanada.ca"><span style="color:#0563C1">fvroom@treecanada.ca</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Regards <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Frederik Vroom
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#E36C0A;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Frederik Vroom FIT</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Grow Clean Air Program Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="mailto:fvroom@treecanada.ca"><span style="color:blue">fvroom@treecanada.ca</span></a> | <a href="mailto:fvroom@arbrescanada.ca"><span style="color:blue">fvroom@arbrescanada.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">+1 778 223 6231<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F3864;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://treecanada.ca/en/programs/grow-clean-air/"><span style="color:blue">https://treecanada.ca/en/programs/grow-clean-air/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
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