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Since his arrival here, Cook says, he has been trying to familiarize himself with his new stomping grounds. "I've spent much of my time just making progress in knowing the elements of the arboretum's structure," Cook says. "I want to try to make the Arnold Arboretum more financially sound and reach out to the community...
...Much of Cook's plans follow themes that the previous arboretum director, Professor of Dendrology Peter Ashton, set during his five-year tenure. Cook points out Ashton's administration instituted the cooperative programs with Boston-area schools...
...thing, the state of science education in this country is one of my concerns," says Cook. "I'm going to be looking for funding for expanding our teaching capacities and reaching out to area schools to assist them in devising better elementary plant science education programs...
Another area Cook says he wishes to focus on is the greater awareness of the problems of deforestation of rain forests and the preservation of plants from areas that may be deforested soon...
...arboretum also has faculty studying rain forests and the evolution of their complex biological makeup. Cook says he wants to "focus on work at the arboretum on biodiversity and the loss of rain forests. We should be supporting efforts by various departments more and using our resources more to support that kind of effort...