Summer Update from OGFN Founder, Dr. Joan Maloof

It has been almost two years since I turned over my Executive Director duties to Sarah Adloo. Sarah is a fantastic ED, and the Old-Growth Forest Network is growing faster than ever. I have kept my role as Founder and Board Member and I am still active in OGFN work, but without the responsibilities of administrative duties.

Right after “semi-retirement” I treated myself to a solo trek across Bhutan. I was most interested in the old-growth forests there, and I got to spend time in many of them.

I have also been writing, and I just published a memoir that is very, very, different from my earlier books. If you want to think of me as only a forest-saving angel, be warned! I am quite complex, as we all are. The new book is called: Wild Old Woman: From Burning Man to Bhutan. If you do decide to read it, I hope you’ll tell me what you think.

I have been working to save local forests near my Maryland home, something I didn’t have much time for while I was running a national organization.

I am still giving interviews, Zooms, and in-person talks about the importance of old- growth forests and the work of OGFN. And I still spend as much time in the forests as I can.

Yes, I am still writing, still saving forests (and encouraging others to do the same), still active with OGFN, and still passionate about taking the time to love our living Earth.

Link to order the book from Amazon: https://a.co/d/3LPeMdF

My Facebook page is Dr Joan Maloof if you want to meet me there.