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The Geos Institute is a non-profit organization that uses science to predict, reduce, and prepare for climate change. Their primary office is located in Ashland Oregon, United States, with a satellite office in Washington, DC. The Geos Institute was formerly called the National Center for Conservation Science and Policy.

The Geos Institute, through its non-profit consulting firm, ClimateWise®, brings current science data to community and natural resource planning processes. ClimateWise® generates local climate change projections and facilitates locally based workshops at the invitation of city and county governments, regional government councils, and state and federal agencies. The ClimateWise process encourages people to work in cross-sector groups to increase community cohesion.

The Geos Institute president is Dominick DellaSala. DellaSala is the co-author of four books on biodiversity and sustainable forest management, and is the editor of “Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World” (Island Press, 2011). He also serves as the President of the North American Section of the Society for Conservation Biology.

The executive director of the Geos Institute is Tonya Graham. She oversees all organizational operations and fund-raising. Graham leads the ClimateWise® nonprofit consulting firm.

Sources: 1 http://www.geosinstitute.org/  2 http://www.clarkfork.org/climate-action-in-the-clark-fork/community-action-climatewise.html 3 http://islandpress.org/dellasala/ 4 http://conbio.org/science-policy/policy/scb-north-american-president-elect-testifies-on-climate-change-and-public-l