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Are you an arborist or urban forester who conducts tree risk assessments? </div>
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In April, we shared a survey project on how tree care professionals perceived the likelihood of failure of included bark unions. The survey includes nine scenarios and photos, and we are looking for tree care professionals to rate the likelihood of failure
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If you would like to participate, the survey will be open for two more weeks. As an incentive for participation, entrants have the option to enter a drawing for one of ten $100 USD gift cards to an arborist supply store.</div>
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Please feel free to distribute this survey to others who may be interested in participating. Any comments or questions can be directed to the principal investigator, Alexander Martin (University of Toronto – Mississauga) at alexjf.martin@mail.utoronto.ca. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The link to the anonymous survey can be found here:
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<p style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(30, 55, 101);"><b>Alexander Martin, MSc
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(30, 55, 101);">Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment<br>
University of Toronto<br>
3359 Mississauga Road<br>
Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
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The University of Toronto Mississauga is located on the Traditional Territory of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. <br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 127, 163);"><b>utoronto.ca</b></span></p>
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