Organizations Filed Purposes:
ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE (AATA) WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROPAGATE, ARCHIVE AND REFOREST THE EARTH WITH THE PROPAGULES OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT OLD-GROWTH TREES TO BENEFIT ALL LIFE THROUGH THE NATURAL FILTERING POWERS OF TREES TO INCREASE OXYGENATION, SEQUESTER CARBON DIOXIDE, AND PROVIDE BENEFICIAL AEROSOLS AND MEDICINES. AATA ALSO EDUCATES AND MOTIVATES OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR MISSION THROUGH LECTURES, PRINT, VIDEO, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES. WE TAKE PART IN A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL FORUMS AND DONATE TREES FOR PLANTING EVENTS SUCH AS EARTH DAY, ARBOR DAY, BOY/GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA, GRAND OPENINGS, CHURCHES, SCHOOL EVENTS AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROJECTS. AATA SEARCHES FOR ANCIENT TREES AND BEGINS THE PROCESS OF SEEKING THE OWNER'S PERMISSION TO COLLECT AND PROPAGATE A TREE. FOLLOWING COLLECTION, IT SETS UP A ROUTINE TO PROPAGATE THE OFFSPRING OF THE PARENT TREES AND THEN ARCHIVES THEM IN LIVING LIBRARIES FOR FUTURE PR
COLLECTION: ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE (AATA) COLLECTED CUTTINGS FROM NATIVE MICHIGAN SPECIES TO INCREASE OUR INVENTORY, AND FROM MATURE SEQUOIA AND COAST REDWOOD TREES FROM CALIFORNIA. AATA ALSO HOSTED AN EXPEDITION TO CALIFORNIA AND CLIMBED, COLLECTED, AND CLONED 4 GIANT, OLD-GROWTH REDWOODS. THIS WAS DOCUMENTED AND FILMED BY THE BBC, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, AND TF-1 FRENCH TV. PROPAGATION: AATA BEGAN AND REFINED A PROCESS OF SUCCESSFUL TISSUE CULTURE WITH CONCENTRATION ON COAST REDWOODS AND GIANT SEQUOIA AND ALSO HAD SUCCESS WITH OTHER SPECIES. THIS PROCESS ENABLES THE ORGANIZATION TO MASS PRODUCE REPLICAS OF THESE ICONIC TREES. 2019 WAS THE THIRD YEAR FOR GROWING OUT THE INVENTORY OF 8000 GIANT SEQUOIA SEEDLINGS AND 10,000 COAST REDWOOD AND OTHER SPECIES. IN ADDITION, 2000 BLACK WILLOWS WERE PROPAGATED ARCHIVING: AATA CONTINUES TO EXPAND THEIR LIVING LIBRARIES. REFORESTATION: AATA DONATED AND SHIPPED 900+ COAST REDWOODS THAT WERE PLANTED BY VOLUNTEERS IN OREGON, WASHINGTON AND CALIFORNIA. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: AATA CONTINUES TO REFINE ITS WEBSITE BY ADDING ADDITIONAL VIDEOS AND ARTICLES TO FURTHER EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. AATA CONTINUES TO BE INVOLVED WITH MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING NATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION, IN PRINT AND ONLINE. WE ALSO HELD SPECIAL IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH A FOCUS ON YOUTH EDUCATION AND "PROPAGATING PROPAGATORS." AATA CONTINUES TO HOST TREE SCHOOL, FOR K-12 SCHOOL GROUPS, AND ADULT CHURCH, AND OTHER GROUPS AT THE AATA FACILITY AS WELL AS SCHOOL ONSITE VISITS. THESE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS INCLUDE COLLECTION, PROPAGATION, AND PLANTING DEMONSTRATIONS AND TECHNIQUES. AATA IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A VIRTUAL TREE SCHOOL.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jared Milarch | EXEC DIR/BOA | 20 | $45,325 |
| Celina Spiegel | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Don Smith | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Joseph Sandri | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Frank Ettawagshik | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Steve Craft | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
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