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| We’re building a research center out of living, growing trees, and we need your help The Paint Rock Forest Research Center has a backbone. It’s called the forest dynamics census. It’s what sets us apart from any other research center in the country. Its one of the primary reasons researchers would want to come here. It’s a unique platform that facilitates ground-breaking forest research that simply can’t be done anywhere else. And while other facilities in the world have similar census programs, no census in the temperate world is more diverse. When complete, our census will be by far the largest in North America. But completing this census is like building a major research complex. You can envision the great work that will be done there, but you have to build it a brick at a time. And each of those bricks comes with a cost. This year, we are on the verge of major breakthroughs in attracting research to our census plot and the preserve. A lot of what you’ve been reading here about the distinctive genetics of elms, oaks, maples, ash, shortleaf pine and others is a preview of the kind of research we’re attracting. It’s the kind of research that literally can change the future of North American forests. Give us a call and ask us what the research center can do to prevent the extinction of ash trees in North America, as the emerald ash borer wipes out 99 percent of ash in forests it invades. But we have to finish the building. We’re at a critical time, with a great promise of funding in coming years, but a big hump facing us in funding for this year’s census. We’re halfway through the 60 hectare research construction that we planned…and the 15 hectares we hope to finish this year will bring us much needed new information in the battle to save American ash and elm species, and to understand how forests work and survive. Please consider participating in our Quadrat, Hectare and Scholarship support program. For $6,250, you can support the census on one hectare – about 2.5 acres. For $250, you can support work on one 65 foot by 65 foot quadrat, about the size of a city lot. That doesn’t cover all our costs – but it’s a great start, and we’ll work to double your donation to meet the cost of the program. |
Below are the names of the great people who have supported the Quadrat & Hectare Campaign
