[Communications] Invitation to Collaborate/Participate in Purdue University's Research about Greenspaces

[Mayra I Rodriguez-Gonzalez]

Hello,

My name is Mayra Rodríguez and I am a graduate student under the mentorship of Dr. Brady Hardiman (https://www.purdue.edu/fnr/sites/hardiman/) in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University. You are receiving this email because we were referred to you (or your organization) specifically.

In partnership with the Indiana Water Resources Research Center, we developed a survey that measures value, accessibility and usage of ecological goods in the Illinois and Northwestern Indiana communities of the Chicago Region as part of a larger ongoing project in our laboratory. In our survey, which has been distributed through email and social media, we asked respondents to suggest who else to contact.

Your name or that of your organization (if applicable) was suggested to us, so we are reaching out for your help. We kindly request that you consider sharing our survey with your email contacts or in your social media (or that of your organization, if that is the case) to better target our audience of interest, residents of the Illinois and Northwestern Indiana communities of the Chicago Region.

Our goal is to use the findings from our survey to inform future greenspace planning and management of ecological goods in the area. The survey is available in both English and Spanish, and it should take no more than 20 minutes to complete. It can be accessed using the following links:

English: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0DFc6HAYBPbez0F

Spanish: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B6PEDNIiViujJj

We have also attached a promotional flyer that can be printed or shared through email and social media. The flyer contains shortened URLs and a QR code to the survey.

If you are interested in learning more about the project or us, we are also happy to answer any of your questions or concerns. If you would like to revise the survey questions beforehand, we can provide you with a sample.

Please let us know whether you would be interested in collaborating with us by sharing our links with your (or your organization's) contacts. Also, feel free to take the survey yourself if you are interested. All responses from residents in these locations are welcomed!

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Mayra I. Rodríguez González
Ph.D. Candidate
Forest and Urban Systems Ecology (FUSE) Lab
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Purdue University
rodri479 at purdue.edu<mailto:rodri479 at purdue.edu>

Brady S. Hardiman
Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology and Principal Investigator
Forest and Urban Systems Ecology (FUSE) Lab
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources & Department of Environmental and Ecological Engineering
Purdue University
767-799 W State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
hardimanb at purdue.edu<mailto:hardimanb at purdue.edu>
Phone: 765-494-3593
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