Tom Gilbert, National Park Service (retired) and first President of the George Wright Society, was instrumental in getting the biosphere reserve program established in the United States after its founding by UNESCO in 1971 and has remained a champion for US biosphere regions. Recently, Lisa McInnis (Chief of Resource Management, Great Smoky Mountains National Park), Jonathan Putnam (National Park Service Office of International Affairs), and David Reynolds (President, George Wright Society, Chair of USBN Agriculture Committee) enjoyed a visit with Tom in Pittman Center, Tennessee.
