Residents - pretest

Resident Survey Pre-notification Letter

To be placed on University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Letter-head

Address of household

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Dear Household Member:

The University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez is undertaking a study on the importance of Puerto Rico’s coral reefs to both residents and visitors to Puerto Rico.

The study is sponsored by Puerto Rico Sea Grant, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Your household has been selected to be part of the study. If you or anyone in your household has used Puerto Rico’s coral reefs for recreation during the past 12 months, you qualify for the survey. The survey will take place in your home and will take about one hour. In addition, there are two self-addressed, postage paid mailback surveys that will handed out for you to fill out and mail to the University. These should take about 20 minutes each to complete.

If you complete the survey, for each survey component you complete you will be entered into a sweepstakes/lottery that will be run by Ridge-to-Reefs, Inc. a non-profit organization with a chance to win a free vacation to the Island of Culebra as well as other gifts. If you complete all three components of the survey, you will have three chances to win one of the prizes listed in the enclosed brochure.

We will be in your community <dates and times> to conduct the interviews. If you won’t be home during those dates and times and want to participate in the survey please call me at 787-941-3559 or Mrs. Migdalia Figueroa at 787-832-8045 to arrange for an interview time.

If no one in your household has done any recreational activities on Puerto Rico’s coral reefs during the past 12 months, could you please simply mark the box that says “Did not use Puerto Rico’s coral reefs” on the enclosed self-addressed, postage paid postcard and return it to the University.

If someone in your household did do some recreational activities on Puerto Rico’s coral reefs during the past 12 months but you do not want to participate in the survey, could you please simply mark the box that says “Did use Puerto Rico’s coral reefs, but do not want to participate” on the enclosed self-addressed, postage paid card and return it to the University.

Thank You,

Miguel del Pozo, Project Leader