16 July 2001

MILL VALLEY, CA - Research institute Global Forest Society today announced the opening of its first international office near San Francisco in Mill Valley, California. The Society is a registered charity in Canada and the United States and has been making grants to support biological research and educational initiatives since 1998. The organization funds basic scientific research to ensure that long-term conservation strategies for the world's remaining forests have the base-line knowledge they need to succeed.

The Mill Valley office will strengthen Global Forest's fundraising efforts and will provide a solid American base of operation to develop new US-focused scientific and educational programs. According to Dr. Reese Halter, founder of Global Forest, 'A strong presence in California will allow us to better support vital US-based research projects such as our studies into the California Redwoods ecosystem in partnership with Humboldt State University and University of California, Berkeley'.

Tuscon and Banff-based Global Forest Science (www.globalforestscience.org) is a forest biology research institute. With an international multi-disciplinary team of 165 scientists, Global Forest Science is a world leader in forest science research and has often been likened to the Red Adair's of the forest biology world. Global Forest Sciences' many victories ranging from legislation to protect the threatened westslope cutthroat trout of British Columbia, protection of the world's largest ant colony, opening an international insect quarantine facility and helping to save New Zealand's multi billion dollar forestry and agriculture industries from the Australian painted apple moth. Global Forest Science is also dedicated to children's ecological education - visit GFAwesome.
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For more information, please contact:
Email: info@globalforestscience.org
Phone: 818.851.9682