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[DATE]
Dear [RECIPIENT NAME],
We are contacting you about the USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services predator damage management survey study.
As of today, we have not received your completed questionnaire. Whether or not Wildlife Services or predator
damage management is of interest to you, your perspectives are crucial to obtaining representative participation
of livestock producers and improving predator damage management efforts.
Please find enclosed another mail-back questionnaire that you can fill out by hand and return in the postagepaid envelope provided at no cost to you. The questionnaire should take no more than 45 minutes to complete.
Alternatively, you can complete the questionnaire more quickly and efficiently by going to the following web
address and completing the questionnaire online: [SHORTENED SURVEY LINK]
To access the online questionnaire, enter this unique code in all caps when prompted: [UNIQUE CODE]
Detailed instructions on how to access the online questionnaire are printed on the back of this letter.
Please do not share this code, as it will give others access to your responses. If you have trouble accessing
the online questionnaire, please e-mail us at: HDsurveys@usda.gov
Whether by mail or through the Internet, please take a moment to share your perspectives about predators and
predator damage management in your state. I assure you that your thoughts will help to improve the work of
Wildlife Services. I can also assure you that we will never reveal your identity or any information that could be used
to identify you; when we report or share the data with others, we will combine demographic data from everyone
who takes the survey.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the project coordinator, Hailey Ellis via email at
hailey.e.ellis@usda.gov or by phone at (970) 266-6148.

Sincerely,

Hailey Ellis
Social Scientist
Human Dimensions Unit
USDA/Wildlife Services/National Wildlife Research Center

Type this into the address bar → [SHORTENED SURVEY LINK]
Enter this code → [UNIQUE CODE]
To access the online questionnaire
1. Type the address printed above into your web browser

Type address here
exactly as printed

2. When you get to the survey homepage enter the code printed above in the box at the bottom of the page

Type code here exactly as printed