Two for Tigers.Employees of Working Assets  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. long distance telephone service have donated money to plant 5,100 trees in AMERICAN FORESTS' Trees for Tigers project. Native Korean pine The Korean Pine (Pinus koraiensis; family Pinaceae) is a species of pine tree that occurs in eastern Asia, in Manchuria in northeast China, Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai in the far east of Russia, Korea and central Japan. are planted in the Russian Far East Russian Far East, formerly Soviet Far East, federal district (1989 est. pop. 7,941,000), c.2,400,000 sq mi (6,216,000 sq km), encompassing the entire northeast coast of Asia and including the Sakha Republic, Maritime Territory (Primorsky Kray), to improve habitat and wildlife corridors for the endangered Siberian tiger The Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is a rare subspecies of tiger (P. tigris). Also known as the Amur, North China, Manchurian, Ussuri, or Korean Tiger, it is arguably the largest of the 5 extant tiger subspecies. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recipients of Working Assets' tree-planting grants vary and are voted on by employees. Working Assets says it is committed to using recycled paper and funding tree planting in both the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and abroad. The company's employees have donated to AMERICAN FORESTS in each of the last four years, also giving money to plant trees for Global ReLeaf and Wildfire ReLeaf. Earth Friends Wildlife Foundation is also doing its part to help Russia's endangered big cats. The nonprofit, founded in 1995 by entrepreneur and conservationist Rick Flory, has donated money to plant 7,500 trees through Trees for Tigers over the last four years. The charitable support organization is committed to using its resources to support the work of conservation and wildlife protection groups. |
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