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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I would like to ask for your assistance in distributing a survey on urban forest credentialing. Paul Ries at Oregon State University and I have developed a
<a href="https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Jy3TK7Gqf8RrFz">survey</a> to follow up on some of the issues and questions raised in the Urban Forestry 2020 project that I completed when I was at Virginia Tech. We are hoping to get good responses from
all the provinces and hope you can complete this—and, more importantly, share it with your professional networks, local urban forestry groups, etc. It’s quite short—took me about 8 minutes. Please share widely and thank you… See note below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Urban Forestry Professional,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">You are invited to take part in the research study “Do Urban Foresters Need Their Own Professional Credential?”, being undertaken by Oregon State University and the University of British Columbia. The purpose of this
research is to understand how people working in the urban forestry field view the issue of credentialing, and if there is a perceived need for a specific Urban Forester Credential in some form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This study (IRB-2020-0726) is open to anyone who self identifies as an urban forestry professional. The principal investigators and research contacts for this study are Dr. Paul D. Ries (<a href="mailto:paul.ries@oregonstate.edu">paul.ries@oregonstate.edu</a>)
of Oregon State University and Dr. Susan D. Day (<a href="mailto:susan.day@ubc.ca">susan.day@ubc.ca</a>) of the University of British Columbia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Take the survey today at this link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Jy3TK7Gqf8RrFz" target="_blank">https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Jy3TK7Gqf8RrFz</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please feel free to forward this announcement on to others in your professional network.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Susan D. Day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">University of British Columbia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Paul D. Ries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Oregon State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:JA">Susan D. Day, Ph.D., SITES AP</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:JA"><br>
Professor and Program Director, Urban Forestry<br>
Faculty of Forestry | Department of Forest Resources Management<br>
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus<br>
<b>Working From Home | COVID-19</b><br>
Contact | <a href="mailto:susan.day@ubc.ca">susan.day@ubc.ca</a> <br>
Info | <a href="https://forestry.ubc.ca/">forestry.ubc.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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