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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">I’m excited to share a new paper that was published in the May issue of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Arboriculture & Urban Forestry</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(now
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">O’Herrin, K., Bassett, C., Day, S., Ries, P. D., & Wiseman, P. E. (2023). Borrowed credentials and surrogate professional societies: A critical analysis of the urban forestry profession.
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 49, 107–136.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">This paper is a critical analysis of the urban forestry profession in Canada and the US, motivated by the authors’ experience teaching and mentoring hundreds of urban forestry students,
watching the urban forestry profession develop and emerge, and how essential we believe the profession is for the future.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">In short (though, we hope you read our paper!), we found there are many complex barriers for future professionals to start their careers and for current urban forest professionals to advance
their careers. Though there is no perfect or easy solution, we sincerely hope this analysis will support the current professionals and organizations in deciding what the optimal solution is. Based on our research, for urban forest professionals to develop,
grow in number, and better serve society, we believe:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">An
existing, or new, organization needs to make the profession of urban forestry their primary focus</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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organizations need to collaborate to find the optimal solution</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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solution must work for the full spectrum of current & future urban forest professionals</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Thank you for the work you do for urban forests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002145;background:white">Corinne (Corey) Bassett</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002145;background:white"> <br>
PhD Candidate, Teaching Assistant, ISA Certified Arborist #WE-11625A<br>
Faculty of Forestry | Urban Forest Ecosystems Lab | Urban Natures Lab <br>
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (<a href="https://indigenous.ubc.ca/indigenous-engagement/musqueam-and-ubc/" title="https://indigenous.ubc.ca/indigenous-engagement/musqueam-and-ubc/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Musqueam</span></a>) Territory</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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