Survey

You are invited to participate in a survey. The information in this form will help you decide if you want to be in the survey. Please ask the researcher(s) below if there is anything that is not clear or if you need more information.

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Kamal Gandhi
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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Co-Investigator:
Dr. Elizabeth Pienaar
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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Southern pine forests provide major economic and ecological benefits to the region. High impact invasive pests and diseases may threaten this highly valuable resource. In response, a volunteer group of scientists, forest health specialists, and managers have created a draft version of the Pine Pandemic Preparedness Plan (P4) to provide guidelines for stakeholders to respond rapidly, efficiently, and effectively to any new incursion in our forests. The P4 is meant to be a proactive approach, usable by anyone, flexible, and portable across regions. We are soliciting your input on this draft plan to provide feedback on its various components via a survey. If you participate, you will be given a short online survey on the evaluation of the plan and your forest health needs. The survey will take approximately 15 mins. You can decline to answer any question.

There are no anticipated risks or direct benefits for participating in this survey. Answers to these questions will be used to incorporate your input into the draft P4 documents to finalize it, and to better understand how the forest health specialists can better meet your needs as related to invasive species.

This research involves the transmission of data over the Internet. Every reasonable effort has been taken to ensure the effective use of available technology; however, confidentiality during online communication cannot be guaranteed. Data will be stored securely and will be made available only to persons conducting the study, unless participants specifically give permission in writing to do otherwise. No reference will be made in oral or written reports which could link participants to the study. The survey and interview will not elicit highly personal, sensitive, or incriminating information.

Your participation in this study is voluntary; you may decline to participate without penalty. If you decide to participate, you may withdraw from the survey at any time without penalty. If you withdraw from the survey before data collection is completed, your data will be discarded.

If you have questions about this research, please feel free to contact Dr. Kamal Gandhi at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..