Caribou at Hulahula in Arctic NWR | Danielle Brigida/USFWS
2019 ANNUAL REPORT
Who We Are Founded in 1975 by retired U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employees, the National Wildlife Refuge Association is the only conservation organization solely dedicated to protecting and enhancing the National Wildlife Refuge System, the world’s largest system of lands and waters set aside for wildlife conservation. The Refuge Association works in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, refuge Friends organizations, sportsmen and women, farmers and ranchers, students, urban constituencies, and other conservation organizations.
Our Mission To conserve America’s wildlife heritage for future generations through strategic programs that protect and enhance the National Wildlife Refuge System
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and the landscapes beyond its boundaries.
Dear Refuge Association Supporters, Nearly 45 years after our founding, the National Wildlife Refuge Association continues to work tirelessly to ensure the National Wildlife Refuge System conserves critically important habitat for our country’s mammal, bird, insect, plant, and fish species. By uniting diverse stakeholders on the local and national level to form robust coalitions for coordinated action, the Refuge Association brings together a human mosaic capable of ensuring that these vast ecological sanctuaries thrive and grow. As an independent non-profit dedicated solely to promoting and advocating for the protection of our natural heritage of wildlife now and for future generations, the National Wildlife Refuge Association is “the voice of the National Wildlife Refuge System.” fr of Ge
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Managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Wildlife Refuge System consists of 568 refuges covering more than 850 million acres — the world’s largest network of lands and waters designated for the protection and conservation of wildlife and habitat. Refuges build resilience into our landscapes by preventing habitat fragmentation, filtering and purifying water, absorbing atmospheric carbon, protecting endangered species, and providing stopovers for migrating birds. Refuges also provide places for people to connect to nature, whatever their age or background. There’s at least one refuge in every state, and most urban areas have a refuge within a one-hour drive! The effectiveness of the Refuge System faces constant strain due to insufficient funding. Adequate funding would allow individual refuges to engage in science-based efforts to protect and enhance refuges, establish programs that encourage public visitation of refuges in both rural and urban areas, and challenge actions that threaten the integrity and viability of our refuges.
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We at the National Wildlife Refuge Association work closely with Congress and the Administration to advocate for significant funding increases for this remarkable system of public lands and to reject harmful legislation that would endanger the wildlife that depend on refuges. Thank you for being our ally in protecting the National Wildlife Refuge System. We could not do what we do without your support. Sincerely, Geoffrey L. Haskett, President, National Wildlife Refuge Association and Carl Woodward, Board Chair, National Wildlife Refuge Association
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Advocacy The Refuge Association is the principal advocate for the National Wildlife Refuge System. Our expert staff guides legislation, policy, and other activities that impact refuges.
Advocating for Refuge Funding in the Halls of Congress and with the Administration One of the Refuge Association’s primary pushes over the last several years has been to reverse a decade of cuts to the Operations and Maintenance budget for the Refuge System. The worsening funding levels have taken a huge toll on operations and staffing system-wide. Caroline Brouwer, Vice President of Government Affairs, testified before the House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee in February 2019 to request an increase of funding, specifically highlighting shortfalls for law enforcement and the urban program. The President’s FY2020 Budget Request included a $21 million increase, and both the House and Senate Appropriations bills include increases in funding.
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Since 1936, the Desert NWR has protected the largest swath of Desert bighorn sheep habitat in the lower 48. Since World War II, the Air Force and the USFWS have jointly managed the western half of the refuge, closing off public access since the Air Force uses the land as part of the Nevada Test and Training Range. The eastern half is solely managed by the USFWS and is open for hunting, hiking, and recreation. The 20-year land withdrawal currently allowing the Air Force to use part of the refuge for training is due for renewal in 2021, and the Air Force is asking for sole jurisdiction of the entire western half of the refuge, plus an additional 300,000 acres in the eastern half. This change would remove two thirds of the refuge from public access and, effectively, from the Refuge System. The Nevada state legislature has voted overwhelmingly (58-3) to oppose the land transfer, and the Refuge Association, along with a diverse coalition of partners, is working to prevent this change.
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The Refuge Association and partner organizations successfully advocated for the inclusion of a provision in the FY2019 appropriations bill to prohibit any funds from being spent on a border wall at the Santa Ana NWR and portions of the Lower Rio Grande NWR in South Texas. The building, maintenance, and existence of the wall would irreparably fragment and damage essential habitat protected by these Texas refuges, devastating populations of ocelots and other species already struggling from habitat losses.
Sheenjek River Camp, Arctic NWR | Alexis Bonogofsky/USFWS
Long Standing Battles in Alaska Arctic NWR — In December 2017, Congress passed a tax bill that included a provision to open the Arctic NWR to oil and gas drilling. We continue to vigorously fight this provision by supporting House bills to repeal the portion of the tax act that opened the refuge and Senate bills to establish wilderness protection in the refuge.
Izembek NWR — This past spring, a federal judge voided the Exchange Agreement that would permit a land swap between the USFWS and the King Cove Native Corporation to allow the construction of a public use road through some of the most sensitive and essential wildlife habitat protected by the Izembek NWR. After the Administration declined to appeal this decision, we discovered in July 2019 that a new exchange agreement between the parties had been reached in June. The Refuge Association, represented by the Trustees for Alaska, has filed suit in Anchorage to challenge this new Agreement.
Protecting Red Wolves in North Carolina In July 2018, the Refuge Association, along with four other conservation NGOs, met with the North Carolina Governor’s staff to ask that Governor Cooper help oppose the USFWS’s proposed red wolf rule. The governor and his secretary of the state’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources both sent comment letters against the codification of the current management strategy that has precipitated a rapid decline in the red wolf population in eastern North Carolina.
The National Wildlife Refuge System depends on volunteers to help accomplish its mission. Volunteers provide a substantial amount of labor benefiting the Refuge System! Caroline Brouwer, our Vice President of Government Affairs, testified in the spring of 2018 before the House Natural Resources Committee in support of the Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act (H.R. 3979), reauthorizing the Volunteer and Community Act. In April, the KARO Act was signed into law and on August 13, 2018, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA1st) held an event at the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia to celebrate and invited NWRA President Geoff Haskett and Regional Rep Joe McCauley to attend.
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Rob Wittman (R-VA-1st) and NWRA President Geoff Haskett (right) at the celebration of the KARO Act
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Lake Wales Ridge, Greater Everglades NWR | Reed Bowman
Connected Conservation Communities Refuge Association staff worked with USFWS and other conservation partners in North Carolina to develop a community outreach program called “Red Wolf Community Ambassadors.” This program will serve to cultivate and train community members to: educate their neighbors on wildlife and wildlife refuges, and on red wolf behavior, biology, and ecosystem benefits; engage with members of the community and community leaders to increase support for the red wolf; and advocate for the benefits of recovering the red wolf population in northeastern North Carolina. On September 28, 2018, we celebrated the designation of Urban National Wildlife Refuge Day with refuge staff, Friends, and partners around the country. In November 2018, people from all over the country gathered at the USFWS National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia for the Community Connections Academy, a national training conference highlighting the work of the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program and providing participants with the knowledge, tools, tactics, best practices, and inspiration to continue building a connected conservation constituency. The Refuge Association’s Urban Refuge Program team was involved in the design and content of the training, and hosted a fireside chat and a poster session. Refuge Association staff also served as panelists and session leaders. In Southern California, we continue to build partnerships between local organizations, schools, refuges, and urban populations.
Refuge Friends Groups Refuge Friends groups provide essential support to their local refuge and to the entire Refuge System, by advocating for adequate refuge funding, volunteering assistance with refuge management priorities, and providing educational outreach. These groups form a network that helps us all reach out to provide a voice for wildlife.
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The Refuge Association was instrumental in helping Back Bay NWR in Virginia start a new Friends group, attending their kickoff meeting and providing valuable advice.
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The Refuge Association conducted two Friends workshops towards the end of 2018. The first workshop was held on November 17th in Minneapolis for Refuge Friends, Inc., the group supporting the Minnesota Valley Refuge. The second workshop was on December 1 in Lake Jackson, Texas for the Friends Groups supporting Balcones Canyonlands, Attwater Prairie Chicken, Brazoria, and Anahuac National Wildlife Refuges. Prior to the workshops, three members of each board were interviewed to hear about the group’s accomplishments and what challenges they face. These interviews were essential to determining the curriculum for each workshop. The agenda for the workshops included: introductions, 5 lessons for effective Friends groups, 4 key strategies, and board effectiveness. All the groups were engaged and focused on building their organization. Refuge Association staff met with FWS Friends Program staff periodically during the year to share concerns raised by Friends Groups regarding the Service’s Friends policy and Partnership Agreement and to offer clarifying language.
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On June 8, Jessica Castro-Prieto (on left), our Caribbean Conservation Coordinator, assisted DNER Project Leader of the Aquatic Resources Program, Vilmarie Roman, and USFWS Fish Biologist, Alexandra Galindo, on a fishing and kayaking tournament and outreach activity in the Rio Grande de Arecibo
Puerto Rican refuges protect a variety of threatened and endangered species, as well as at-risk species. Our Caribbean Conser vation Coordinator assisted the USFWS Caribbean Ecological Services Field Office in the revising and updating of the Habitat Information Tracking System within the Environm ental Conservation Online System.
Everglades Over the past year the Refuge Association has assisted USFWS, other agencies and ranchers with ecologically significant properties to further the protection of thousands of additional acres within the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area and Greater Everglades System. • Worked with USFWS, the state of Florida and Open Space Institute to complete the purchase of Triple Diamond Ranch, which protects 4000 acres of dry prairie while allowing for public recreation. This globally important natural habitat includes critically important wetlands that drain into the Kissimmee River and Lake Okeechobee.
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• Leveraged state and federal dollars to secure funding for conservation easements on several ranches totaling over 10,000 acres critical to the water quality in the Charlotte Harbor Watershed.
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Upper Canning River | Lisa Hupp/USFWS
• Enrolled 12,000 acres of land within the Everglades headwaters into the Natural Resource Conservation Service’s Wetland Reserve Easement Program. WREs restore and permanently protect wetlands so they can hold and clean water before it reaches coastal estuaries. • Partnered with University of Florida to conduct an ecological prioritization of lands within the greater Everglades Ecosystem which will assist USFWS and other federal and state agencies in targeting their land protection efforts to the most ecologically significant areas.
Mid-Columbia River and Central Washington In FY19, the Refuge Association participated in building systems to enhance both invasive species management and ecological restoration across the 8 refuges in the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Mid-Columbia River and Central Washington Refuge Complexes. Accomplishments include: • Launch of the Mid-Co Weed Mapper 2.0, a weed mapping application that allows staff and volunteers to map invasive plants in the field using mobile phones. The result provides interactive web maps that enable USFWS staff to view and analyze data and develop effective strategies for control of invasives. A new cloud-based geodatabase combines previously collected data with data from the new surveys. • A new Plant Inventory Database that catalogs all known plant species across the 8 national wildlife refuges and Hanford Reach National Monument. This allows users to assign plants to various management categories, including rare native species and noxious weeds, and serves as a long-term record of management.
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Channeled scablands of Columbia NWR in Washington | Rob Taylor/Refuge Association
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• A new online Fire History Atlas that allows USFWS staff to easily view and analyze information on fire history across the two refuge complexes. The new atlas incorporates a variety of information sources, including fire areas mapped in the field as well as modeled fire occurrences based on satellite imagery. This information is being used to protect areas of high-quality (un-burned) shrub steppe habitat and the wildlife that relies on them.
2019 Refuge Association Awards The 2019 Refuge Association Awards Dinner was held on February 27, 2019 in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the outstanding conservation management skills and volunteer leadership found throughout the Refuge System. The awardees and their accomplishments are an inspiration to all refuge supporters.
JACKIE FERRIER
HAROLD FAIRFIELD II
The Paul Kroegel Refuge Manager of the Year Award, Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Washington
The Volunteer of the Year Award Ash Meadows, National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada
ERIC S. JOHNSON
ALLEN WILLIAMS
The Refuge Employee of the Year Award, Central Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Arkansas
National Wildlife Refuge System Advocate of the Year Award, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
FRIENDS OF TENNESSEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE The Molly Krival Friends Group of the Year Award, Tennessee NWR, Tennessee
Awards Dinner Sponsors and Donors National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Association of Zoos and Aquariums Marstel-Day Rob Morgan and Janice Erich Carl and Kathy Woodward Carmody Family Fund Ducks Unlimited
Natural Resources Defense Council Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Defenders of Wildlife The Compass Group Alaska Wilderness League Geoffrey and Nikki Haskett
Gray and Marlene Payne Marge Kolar Mark and Linda Musaus Jackie Ferrier Stuart and Karen Watson The Conservation Fund Mitch Ellis
Thomas Strickland James F. McClelland III Lynn Scarlett Mike and Terry Baldwin Ann Williams International Wildlife Refuge Alliance Kate Kelly
Tom and Beth Goettel Mike Boylan Paul Phillips Randy Petzel Sarena Selbo
Expenses: $2,134,314**
Revenue: $1,851,090
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● F oundations and Corporations
● Management
● Federal
● Fundraising
● Individuals ● Investment ● Special Events
*July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
**Other means of cash used to meet expenses
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Porcupine caribou herd in Arctic NWR | USFWS
Thank You To All Who Supported the Refuge Association’s Mission in FY2019 Individual Donors $15,000 and up Bill and Marianne Buchanan James F. McClelland III James Strickland Robert Morgan and Janice Erich Kit and Rob Rohn Kathy and Carl Woodward Andrew and Melissa Woolford Stuart and Karen Watson
$2500 - $14,999 Mike and Terry Baldwin Michael Boylan Gail Carmody Dragana and Richard Connaughton Cheryl Turoczy Hart* Corrigan Ranch Ann Harvey and Mike Campbell Florida Conservation Group Geoffrey and Nikki Haskett Bruce Hollender Marge Kolar Angus Littlejohn John and Donna Martin Donal and Carolyn O’Brien Katie O’Brien Gray and Marlene Payne Rebecca Rubin Lucy Waletzky Chris Wright
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$750 - $2499
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Daniel and Barbara Ashe Andrew and Connan Ashforth Donald Barry Peter and Sofia Blanchard Arden Bucklin-Sporer Sheldon Damberg Mary Decker Helen Dunlap* Mitch Ellis Jeff and Barbara Erdmann Jackie Ferrier Thomas and Beth Goettel Diana Hadley Shelly Hall Patricia Hankins and William Lawrence Jean Heisler Robert Keeley James King Christine Knisely Joseph McCauley *monthly donor
Susan Miller Mark Musaus John and Nuri Pierce* David and Gigi Priebe Trink and Ernie Schurian Nancy Soulette Stanton Family Foundation Nancy Stegens Jim and Donna Stone Thomas Strickland Bernard Sussman Anne and George Walker Charles Wilkinson
$500 - $749 John and Sue Alcock* Ron Bisbee Jay and Donna Bushnell Susan Bycraft Nancy Calltharp James Cartwright John and Mary Cavallero Jock Conyngham Dwight Cooley John Cornely Dawn Dickson Susan Dowds Edward and Linda Dweck Steve and Martha Ellis Susan Etherton Jim and Carol Faulstich David Fiedler Ann Fourtner Laurel Gould Debbie and Scott Harwood Deke Hopkins William Hunter Mike Lumpkin Stuart Marcus Nancy Marshall Eliza Meyer Marc Meyer Catalina and Tom Miller Jim and Mary Neal Randy Petzel Paul Phillips Nuri Pierce Patricia Riley Lynn Scarlett Sarena Selbo Henry and Susan Smythe Laurel Flanders Umile James Ward* Meredith Williams J. Reid Williamson Linqing Yang
$200 - $499 Donna Allen* Russell Almond Jon Andrew The Arnold Foundation Janice Arrott Susan Beck Angela Begosh* Gregory Birkenfeld Curtis Bohlen Vernon Born Stephen Bouffard Nicholas Brokaw Michael Bryant John and Clara Caldwell Paul Caldwell Katherine Cancila Christina Clayton and Stanley Kolber Barbara Combs Mr. & Mrs. Corin Laura DeGolier* John Eadie Edith and Jeb Eddy Kevin and Maureen Foerster Haney Frakes Robert and Kristine Frisbie Mary Giannini Claire Goad Kenneth Grannemann David and Betsy Griffin Bill And Carla Hall Joe Harbison Susan Haseltine William Heath Ted and Beth Heuer Sue Hix and Dean Kleinhans Joshua and Joan Holleb Karen Hollingsworth* Lorraine Hood* Marc Howlett Kathy and Skip Isaacs Susan Jewell Ruth Kahn Jan Karafylakis Scott and Michelle Kegler Jean Keskulla and George Stalker Steven Kohl Hod and Willa Kosman Stephen Krival Peter and Connie Lacaillade Courtney Lewis Coleen Lewis Richard Lowerre Maija Lutz Linda Mason Margaret and John Maxwell
Thomas and Joan McAndrews Sheila McCartin and Thomas Schooley Gerry McChesney Kathleen McGinley William and Sally Meadows Bruce Morrison Raynor Needleman Elizabeth Neuvar Philip Norton and Phoebe Wood* Emelie Olson William J. Ostrander and Janice L. Johnson Stephen and Susan Parry Brian Phelan Sarah Pope Mark Pugliese Susan Campbell Chuck Pyle Carl Ramm and Susan Alexander Michael Ramos David and Marga Raskin Mary Ratliff Frank Rawling William Reffalt Daniel Roby David Ross Rebecca Rubin Royston and Lavona Rudolph Betsy Rumely Susan Setterberg Neal Signmon Mary Ann Lawler Whitman Soule Donna Stanek* Doris Stoner Michael Stroeh Stephen Sullivan John Sutherland Robyn Thorson Joseph Tieger Victoria Touchstone Sandra Tucker John and Mary Kay Turner Deb Turski Mary Obolensky Underwood Foundation Crystal Wakoa Ann Williams C. Fred Zeillemaker*
Refuge Friends Groups $25,000 and up “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society
$1,000 - $10,000 Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges
Friends of Great Swamp NWR Friends of Neal Smith NWR Friends of NWRs of Rhode Island Friends of Pool 9 Friends of Sherburne NWR Friends of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR Friends of the Wichitas
Less than $1,000 FAVOR Florida Keys Friends of Aroostook NWR Friends of Black Bayou Lake NWR Friends of Bon Secour NWR Friends of Bosque del Apache NWR Friends of Cherry Valley Friends of Crane Meadows NWR Friends of Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge Friends of Eastern Neck Friends of Forsythe NWR Friends of Hagerman NWR Friends of Hakalau Forest NWR Friends of Haystack Rock Friends of Horicon NWR Friends of Iroquois NWR Friends of Loess Bluffs NWR Friends of Malheur NWR Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Midway Atoll NWR Friends of Missisquoi NWR Friends of Nisqually NWR Friends of Noxubee Refuge Friends of Patuxent Friends of Port Louisa NWR Friends of Quivira NWR Friends of St. Marks Wildlife Refuge Friends of Sullys Hill Friends of the Carr Refuge Friends of the Clarks River Refuge Friends of the Detroit Lakes WMD Friends of the Florida Panther NWR Friends of the Little Pend Oreille NWR Friends of the Tampa Bay NWRs Friends of Trempealeau Refuge Friends of Trinity River Refuge Friends of Tualatin River NWR Friends of Wertheim NWR International Wildlife Refuge Alliance Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends
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Board of Directors San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society Sandhills Prairie Refuge Association
Grants and Donations
Combined Federal Campaign James Angley Aaron Archibeque Sherry Banks Robert Betker Steven Chase Bryan Crawford Scott Dalzell Kevin DesRoberts Peter Dratch Sheila Dufford Kyle Edwards
Our thanks also to those CFC donors who chose to remain anonymous
OFFICERS Chair: Carl Woodward, Chatham, NJ Vice Chair: Marge Kolar, Davis, CA Treasurer: James McClelland III, Washington, DC Secretary: Michael J. Baldwin, Sanibel, FL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dan Ashe, Rockville, MD **Don Barry, Medford, OR Chad Brown, Portland, OR William Buchanan, Jr., New Canaan, CT Gail Carmody, Panama City, FL Dragana Connaughton, Palm Beach, FL *Tom Goettel, South Thomaston, ME Cheryl Hart, Portland, OR **Nancy Marshall, West Palm Beach, FL *Robert Morgan, Lewes, DE *Michael Mullins, Captiva, FL
Donal O’Brien III, New Canaan, CT E. Gray Payne, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Steven Quarles, Mt. Airy, MD Kit Rohn, Darian, CT *Rebecca Rubin, Fredericksburg, VA **Jim Stone, Norman, OK Andrew Woolford, Norwalk, CT * Members who rotated off the board during FY19 **Members who joined the board in FY19
ADVISORY COUNCIL Tom Goettel, South Thomaston, ME Tony Judge, South Hadley, MA Marc Meyer, Boston, MA Mike Murphy, Boulder, CO Glenn Olson, Sacramento, CA Mamie Parker, Dulles, VA Stuart Watson, Portland, ME
Staff EXECUTIVE STAFF
LEGAL COUNSEL
Geoffrey Haskett, President Mark Musaus, Chief Operating Officer Caroline Brouwer, Vice President, Government Affairs
Robert Morgan, General Counsel Steven Quarles, Environmental Counsel
STAFF Debbie Harwood, Office Manager Angie Horn, SoCal Regional Refuge Partnership Specialist Steve Jester, Partners for Conservation Courtney Lewis, Director of Development Julie Morris, Conservation Programs, Florida and Gulf Coast Programs Manager Eden Taylor, Communications Associate Robert Taylor, Restoration Ecologist
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Jon Andrew, Florida Refuge Liaison Mike Boylan, Regional Representative, Alaska Mike Bryant, Regional Representative, North Carolina and South Carolina Jessica Castro-Prieto, PhD, Caribbean Conservation Coordinator Stewart Fefer, Gulf Program Specialist Joe McCauley, Regional Representative, Northeast
REFUGE ASSOCIATION CONSULTANTS Kristen Berry, Conservation/Development Consultant David Cooper, Development Consultant Dennis David, Conservation Project Manager Dave Griffin, Owner, Confluence Visuals Karla Maldonado, Financial Consultant Fernando Nunez-Garcia, Carribean Wildlife Specialist Cissy Russell, Graphic Designer Rick Schultz, Special Projects Manager
REFUGE ASSOCIATION INTERNS Nick Anuzis Hannah Feltz Bhargavi Karumuri Lannette Rangel
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Foundation for the Carolinas National Fish & Wildlife Foundation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation McClelland Family Foundation New-Land Foundation Florida Conservation Group Arthur Watson Charitable Trust The Wilderness Society Ann H. Symington Foundation Trinchera Blanca Foundation Marstel-Day Community Conservation Enhancement Fund of the Community Fndn of the Rappahannock River Region Corrigan Ranch Mary C Decker Fund of the Eastern TX Communities Foundation Everglades Racing Jay and Elaine Rosenson Fund of Berks County Community Foundation The Frazier Family Charitable Fund
Mitchell Ellis Joanna Fox Gary Frazer Danny Gates Rebekah Giddings Layne Hamilton Michael Higgins Michael Hiller Kenneth Hittel Alex Hoar Deborah Holle Richard Johnston Anthony Jones Scott Kahan James Kurth Lisa LaPlant Kyle Lindemer Michael Lopez Andre Loranger Mark Maghini Sharon Marino James Metrailer Camelia Minoiu Alexander Moore Frank Muth Vera O’Connor Carolyn Paurowski Chris Pease Alexandra Peet Steve Petrakis Frances Raskin Reginald Reisenbichler Thomas Roster Jeffery Rupert Rosanne Ruvolo Karrie Schwaab Anne Sittauer Hunter Smith Marcia Sonon Keith Swindle Stella Tea Kristi Thiel Paul Tritaik Polly Wheeler Robert Williams Susan Wojtowicz Andrew Yuen
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