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Student survey shows residents perceive recent tree loss; interns describe methods and limitations
Summary
The green team surveyed 140 people (80 township residents, 60 nonresidents) across four public sites and found 74% of resident respondents noticed fewer trees in the past five years; presenters acknowledged weekday sampling likely undercounted working-age and younger residents.
Students said they targeted 148 people for a short, 20-question survey and ultimately collected 140 responses, with 80 respondents reporting Township of Washington residency and 60 reporting residency in neighboring areas. "So as mentioned earlier in our presentation...we were ultimately able to survey 140 people across the township. 80 of those respondents were residents of the township of Washington, and 60 were residents of nearby and neighboring areas," one presenter said.
The interns described fieldwork at four locations (Memorial Park, the community center, a shopping center, and the public library) over four days and noted sampling limitations: most fieldwork occurred Monday–Wednesday from 10 a.m.–2 p.m., biasing against working populations and younger residents and leaving the sample skewed toward respondents aged 45 and older and female-identifying participants. Presenters recommended additional outreach and longer collection windows to improve representativeness before using survey results for formal policy decisions.
