<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>My name is Jehane Samaha and I am a graduate student at the University of British Columbia working with Cecil Konijnendijk. <span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">My research is about urban tree selection criteria. In particular, I'm interested to understand how professionals balance different (often opposing) criteria when selecting street trees. I'm hoping to produce applied and helpful results from the research to give back to participants.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Please consider taking my brief online survey (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/urbantreeselection" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://tinyurl.com/urban<wbr>treeselection</a>), and forwarding the blurb below to any colleagues in the USA or Canada. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div>~Jehane Samaha</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline"><wbr>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="4">Are you interested in<span> </span><b>urban tree species selection</b>?<br><br>We want to know your thoughts!</font></i><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Consider participating in our Urban Tree Selection Study regarding the priorities for tree species selection in cities across temperate North America.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Goal:<span> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Professionals from public gardens, urban forestry, landscape architecture, arboriculture, the nursery trade, non-profits, and academia may hold a variety of views and preferences about which tree species should be planted in cities. The goal of this research is to assess the current tree selection priorities of professionals and to inform future planting decisions.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Study team:</b><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>This research is being conducted by graduate student Jehane Samaha and her supervisor Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, through the University of British Columbia (UBC), Department of Forest Resources Management. If you have questions about this research in general, or about your role in the study, please feel free to contact either member of the study team using the e-mails listed below.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">The survey is available at this link:<span> </span></span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/urbantreeselection" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://tinyurl.com/urban<wbr>treeselection</a><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><font size="4">Thank you!<br></font></i></b><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Jehane Samaha (Primary Contact)</b><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Graduate Student</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Email:<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:jsamaha@mail.ubc.ca" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">jsamaha@mail.ubc.ca</a><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch<span> </span></b><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Email:<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:cecil.konijnendijk@ubc.ca" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">cecil.konijnendijk@ubc.<wbr>ca</a><br></div></div>