06 February 2006

PALM SPRINGS, California – The Cahuilla Chapter of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution awards Dr Reese Halter their Conservation Medal Award for outstanding contributions in education, ecology, forest science research, and excellence in the media. “You certainly deserve, in all respects, this honor.” Says Cahuilla Chapter Regent Harriet Hubbard Kay. Eighteen years ago philanthropist Dr Halter founded the international research institute Global Forest Science which now supports over 140 scientists working in eight countries. These teams of multi-disciplinary scientists have short-circuited ecological disasters and provided ground breaking scientific results to assist in conservation of natural resources. Dr Halter is a children’s best selling author, science writer, sought after public speaker and go to expert for cable TV. He lives in the Coachella Valley with his wife LuAn and their three children Fred, Ryan and Jinji-Jo.

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.
(www.gfawesome.org)

For more information, please contact:
Email: info@globalforestscience.org
Phone: 818.851.9682