Michael Coffman

Dr. Michael Coffman
Executive Director

Dr. Michael S. Coffman received his BS in Forestry and MS in Biology at Northern Arizona University at Flagstaff, and his Ph.D. in Forest Science at the University of Idaho at Moscow in 1966, 1967, and 1970 respectively. Since then he has become a respected scientist and ecologist who has been involved in ecosystem research for over twenty years in both academia and industry. He has lead a multimillion dollar research effort in the effects of acid rain and global warming on ecosystems in the US, and became intimately involved in subjects such as wetlands, cumulative effects and biological diversity. He has authored several books on environmentalism and the global agenda and played a key role in stopping the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the U.S. Senate.

It was while leading the multimillion dollar research program on acid rain and global climate change that he became aware of an international agenda that was using false environmental scares to justify laws that seriously eroded the civil liberties of all Americans, especially those of private property rights. He left his research position in 1992 to start his own education group, Environmental Perspectives, Inc., that warned citizens of this agenda and how to protect our environment without harming people. He has since become an expert in private property rights, written several books, and helped expose several harmful treaties and plans such as the Biodiversity Treaty and Sustainable Development.

When Dr. Coffman heard about what was to become the LEARN program he immediately realized that this is the best, perhaps the only interim solution to protect the environment and local citizens. It is a win-win solution where everyone benefits---the environment, property owners, government officials and environmentalists. Ultimately, the long-term solution is to guide the nation back to constitutional protection of private property rights. Until then he is totally committed to helping people help themselves through the LEARN program.

Last Updated 09/15/2003