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1981/03/03: Jeff Dawson to George Ware (3.38659)
Date: March 3 1981Creator: Dawson, Jeffrey O.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jeff Dawson, Assistant Professor of Forestry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to George Ware discussing an outline of proposed research concerning the low soil oxygen tolerance (with mention of ethanol and flood tolerance) of maple and oak trees.
Enclosed with letter
An Ethanol Tree-Seedling Assay: A Potential Method to Screen Trees for Tolerance to Low Soil Oxygen Conditions Resulting from Soil Compaction and Paving. Review of current literature and proposal for two experiments to examine oxygen deficiency and ethanol tolerance in tree seedling roots. The results would be used in the creation of an tree survivability index which would be of use in flood prone areas or compacted urban and recreational sites.
Extent: 7 sheets, 1 envelope
1997/04/29: George Ware to Brian O'Day (3.47523)
Date: April 29 1997Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Fax from George Ware to Brian O'Day assessing six red oaks on a property in Naperville, Illinois. Yellow post-it attached with fax number.
Extent: 2 sheets
1997/04/29: George H. Ware to Donna Smith (3.47669)
Date: April 29 1997Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George H. Ware to Donna Smith discussing findings of a tree inspection near the rear property line and recommendations for no-disturbance zones to help preserve the tree root systems.
Extent: 1 sheet
1991/10/04: George Ware to Suzanne Malec (3.56304)
Date: October 4 1991Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Facsimile of an abstract and research paper sent to Suzanne Malec of the Open Land Project. The paper, Trees for Restricted Spaces was written by George Ware and discusses the genetic, topographic, and edaphic factors to take into consideration when selecting urban trees.
Extent: 8 sheets