<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good afternoon Julian:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I was wondering if you know if this has spread to the <i class="">Thuja plicata </i>population on Haida Gwaii? I no longer have any contacts there and I have not been able to determine the known footprint of the problem through what’s available online.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am assuming this problem is of Climate Change origin rather than any exotic pathogen.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks, in advance</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Naomi</div><div class="">Arbor Aegis<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 15, 2021, at 5:38 PM, Julian Dunster via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" class="">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">Dr. Joey Hulbert at Washington State University has launched a
citizen science project on iNaturalist to enlist help gathering
data about the decline and death of Western redcedar. <br class="">
</p><p class="">Go to <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/western-redcedar-dieback-map" class="">https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/western-redcedar-dieback-map</a></p>
<div class="">1. Create a login for <a href="https://inaturalist.org/" class="">iNaturalist.org</a></div>
<div class="">2. Join the <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/western-redcedar-dieback-map" class="">Western Redcedar Dieback Map</a> project</div>
<div class="">3. Add an observation (share a picture) of a healthy
or unhealthy redcedar tree by using the iNaturalist Mobile App or
your through an internet browser</div>
<div class="">4. Tag the Western Redcedar Dieback Map project in the
observation</div>
<div class="">5. Answer questions related to project about the
health of the tree (questions only show up once project is tagged)</div>
<div class="">6. Share the observation</div>
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<div class="">I think this is a very worthy project and I encourage
anyone on the west coast who sees dead or dying redcedars to
contribute data. The decline has been obvious in the Lower
Mainland for well over a decade. It is very pronounced on
Vancouver Island along with the death of Grand fir and Douglas-fir
trees. The intent is to show the extent of the problem as a first
step, and then work on options for replanting perhaps with
different species. This first step hopes to show the extent of the
problem.</div>
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