Coleman Natural Foods Announces May 7 Press Conference.Coleman Cole·man , Cy Originally Seymour Kauffman. Born 1929. American composer and theatrical producer whose best known Broadway productions include Sweet Charity (1966) and The Will Rogers Follies (1991). Natural Foods will announce a significant commitment to restore the Hayman fire The Hayman fire was a forest fire that started southwest of Denver, Colorado on June 8, 2002. The largest fire in Colorado's history, hundreds of forestry officials and firefighters risked their lives to fight the fast-moving inferno, which caused nearly $40 million in burn area. Coleman will also announce details of the single largest ecology ecology, study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology. project announcement of its kind in U.S. history. The second of 20 million trees will be planted by a distinguished VIP group at the State Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. .
WHEN: Saturday, May 7, at 9:30 a.m. on the Capitol grounds of the
State of Colorado.
WHAT: Colorado's farm and forest lands need restoration. The
quality of our air, water, soil, wildlife -- our quality
of life -- depends on immediately addressing this critical
issue. The need is great and the currently available
resources are not enough.
To address this concern, an unusual partnership of business,
citizens' organizations, and the federal government has
been formed to protect our lands for future generations.
The goals are simple -- to plant 20 million trees on
national forests across the country and adjacent lands
damaged by insects, disease and fire and to restore 100
million acres for sustainable farming and ranching. This
partnership demonstrates that, working together, companies,
government, nonprofits and individual citizens can make a
significant impact on addressing this critical problem.
WHO: The announcement will be made by: Ralph Grossi, President,
American Farmland Trust; Mel Coleman, Jr., Chairman, Coleman
Natural Foods; Congressman Mark Udall, United States House
of Representatives; Rick Cables, Region 2, Regional
Forester, United States Forest Service; Bill Wilcox, Acting
State Forester, State of Colorado; Jeff Olson, Vice
President Development, American Forest; and representatives
from the offices of Senators Salazar and Allard and Mayor
Hickenlooper.
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