Mount Baker Volcano Research Center granted tax-exempt status
The Mount Baker Volcano Research Center, affiliated with the Western Washington University Geology Department, has been granted tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) public charity status by the Internal Revenue Service, and donations to the center are now tax-deductible.
MBVRC can now legally solicit donations to support Mount Baker research and public education programs about the volcano's eruptive history and hazards.
Anyone wishing to contribute to the center's research and education fund may send an e-mail message to聽 research@mbvrc.wwu.edu for more information. An updated list of the 2010 research projects at Mount Baker will be posted on the center's websites later this spring. The public website is ; a website for news and research update subscribers also is available, at .
Current members of the MBVRC Board of Directors are 草榴社区 adjunct professor Dave Tucker, 草榴社区聽geology instructor Pete Stelling and 草榴社区 adjunct professor Kevin M. Scott, USGS Cascades Volcano Obervatory emeritus.