XV NWOS Urban First Cover Letter

XV. NWOS Urban First Cover Letter

United States
Department of Agriculture

Forest
Service

Dear Property Owner:
We invite you to participate in the National Property Owner Tree
Survey conducted by the U.S. Forest Service. Your participation will
help policy makers, land managers, and public and private service
providers better understand and address the needs and concerns of
America’s urban property owners.
Whether your property has many trees, a yard shaded by a neighbor’s
tree, or something in between, we are interested in hearing from you.
You were identified as a residential property owner from public
ownership records. We are contacting only a few owners in each state.
Because of the limited number of owners contacted, your answers are
especially important. This survey is conducted once every 5 years to
understand new topics and changes over time. If you responded during
the last cycle, we ask that you respond again.
This is an official U.S. Forest Service survey, but your participation is
voluntary. Your answers will be confidential and will be combined
with others. The results will only be used to determine patterns and
trends. Completing the questionnaire takes, on average, 25 minutes.
If you do not currently own residential property, please return the
questionnaire using the postage-paid return envelope and write on the
cover “No Residential Property Owned.”
If you would like to receive a copy of the results from this survey, write
your name and address on the back of the return envelope.
We greatly appreciate your valuable assistance. If you have any
questions please call us toll-free at 1-855-233-3372, visit our website at
www.fia.fs.fed.us/nlos, or write us at USDA Forest Service, National
Property Owner Tree Survey, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst MA
01003.
Brett J. Butler, Survey Director