We would like to welcome Bulgaria as a new Corresponding Member of InterRidge, with Dr. Vesselin Dekov serving as Bulgaria's first national correspondent. Dr. Dekov is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Paleontology at the University of Sofia. With the addition of Bulgaria, we now have 31 Member Nations and Regions in InterRidge (http://www.interridge.org/nations). Look for the first update from Bulgaria in the next issue of InterRidge News later this year.