Biography

 

Dr. Reese Halter is an award-winning conservation scientist, father, best selling author, syndicated science writer, and TV nature documentary host.

Dr. Reese’s love of Nature began as a child. A springtime tree-planting ritual with his father and brother became his passion. He knew from the time he was a child that he wanted to be a tree scientist and went on to attain three university degrees including a PhD from The University of Melbourne, Australia.

It became clear at a young age to Dr. Reese that there was a tremendous lack of basic information on how trees and forests function. He believed that teams of multidisciplinary problem-solving scientists needed to work together to short-circuit ecological disasters, and identify and protect fragile ecosystems.

In the late 1980s, Dr. Reese founded Global Forest Science as a charitable international forest research foundation. He donated the first seed money to the foundation. Today with an international team of over 165 scientists, Global Forest Science is a world leader in forest science research and conservation and has been called the Red Adair of the forest biology world. Global Forest Science has many victories; including the legislation from Ottawa to protect the threatened westslope cutthroat tout of British Columbia and Alberta; protection of the world’s largest ant colony in Japan; using trees and forests in Manitoba and Wyoming as a barometer of rising global temperatures; opening an international insect quarantine facility at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia; saving New Zealand’s multi-billion-dollar forestry and agriculture industries from the Australian painted apple moth and understanding dieback of the tallest trees on Earth – California redwoods.

Through Global Forest Science, Dr. Reese visits schools and encourages children worldwide to embrace conservation, science exploration, and learning.

Dr. Reese and his children: "Sharky", Rocket Ryan and Jinji-Jo -- and their Chesapeake Bay retriever "Stoot" enjoy hiking, fishing, camping and telling stories around the camp fire.