2026-04-04T20:53:30-04:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 922845383 Friends of Fossil Forests FRIE 2702069470 705 SE 7th Ave Gainesville FL 32601 Samuel Allen Treasure and Director 7202069470 2026-04-06 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.fossilforests.org X X 2831 X 2831 0 0 0 2831 23592 550 2982 27124 -24293 81525 57232 81525 57232 81525 57232 81525 57232 1 To support petrified wood research education and conservation. 2 To educate individuals and groups on petrified wood identification fossilization and conservation. 3 To inspire students to become paleobotanists. 4 To bring together researchers and citizen scientists. Two-year National Geographic Society Grant June 2023. Three areas of focus: 1 Research - study fossil wood specimens from the collections at University of Florida Smithsonian Natural History Museum and Harvard University. 70% completed. 2 Education - Community engagement: create curriculum and conduct a 10-day summer program for Wyoming Indian High School teachers and students. 100% completed. 3 Paleobotanical kits: contract with Colorado State University CSU STEM department to create 15 classroom kits for student grades 4-12. FFF provided independent contractors to design build and train teachers in the region. The kits became part of CSUs STEM lending library. Also create a set of kits adapted for Indonesian students. 100% complete. 4 Storytelling: two videographers accompany the team during the project to film the work and to interview prominent paleobotanist. 100% complete. 0 26574 A National Geographic Society Grant to explore the lost flora and fauna from the stone age in Mount Popa geopark Myanmar. The project has been postponed due to instability in the region causing unsafe conditions for the field team. 0 0 26574 Dr Nareerat Boonchai Executive Director and Director 10 23592 0 0 Mr Samuel G Allen Treasure and Director 4 0 0 0 Dr Indah Huegele Director 4 0 0 0 Mr Mike Viney Director 4 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false FL Samuel Allen 4793 Briar Ridge Trail Boulder CO 80301 7202069470 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 177599 4657 2831 185087 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 177599 4657 2831 185087 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185087 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 177599 4657 2831 185087 X Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Research expenses, $2982|