24 November 2005

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - It is with great sadness we announce that Dr. David H. Ashton, Honorary Scientist at Global Forest Science, respected Botanical Environmentalist, Artist, Musician and Poet passed away on the 22nd of November, 2005 after a long a courageous fight.

Dr. Ashton was a pioneer ecologist who broke ground in the tallest eucalypt forest in Australia - the mighty Mt. Ash. Over the course of his 50 plus years in ecology he was a mentor to many postgraduate students and hundreds of undergraduates. His keen observations and unstinting commitment to furthering humanity's understanding of forest ecology will be forever remembered. His funeral is Monday the 28th of November in Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia.

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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