LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

TO OUR FRIENDS & FAMILY

2020 reiterated that science can save us.

In the pandemic darkness of this past year, science was the light. Open-source research and science-driven public health policy lifted us from chaos to hope. Scientists’ voices rose louder than politics and fear. And before the year’s end, a global scientific effort yielded the impossible: multiple COVID-19 vaccines that should have taken a decade to develop.

The connected realities of climate change, a growing population, and the associated inequities are increasingly ubiquitous in each of our lives. To overcome these challenges, we must apply this same level of focus, cooperation, and ingenuity as we did with COVID-19. We must promote solutions that minimize our impact on the environment. Our organization is working on the front lines of these issues to amplify and accelerate our partners’ solutions. As dark as things often seem, we remain inspired by the light of our partners and the innovations they are pursuing.

In the pages that follow, we aim to share the stories of our partners, who are our heroes, and the amazing volunteers who support them. They remind us every day to keep fighting and to remain optimistic.

GREGG TREINISH Executive Director

CONTENTS

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OUR SERVICES

ACTIVE PROJECTS

TIMBER TRACKING 4

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WILD & SCENIC RIVERS

WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY

POLLINATOR DECLINE 23

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PAST PROJECT UPDATES

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 47

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EQUITY & JUSTICE IN SCIENCE AND THE OUTDOORS 55

BOARD & ADVISORS 57

MEET THE TEAM

FINANCIALS

DONORS 58

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Adventure Scientists volunteers were chosen for their backcountry skills to survey especially rugged terrain as part of a National Park Service saguaro cactus census.

PHOTO: KEVEN SIEGERT