The Wilderness Society 2009 Annual Report

Annual Report 2009

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America’s Wilderness Forever Founded 75 years ago, The Wilderness Society is the country’s premier public lands conservation organization. Our mission is straightforward: to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. Backed by more than 500,000 active members and supporters, we protect the 635 million acres that belong to all Americans: national forests, national parks, national wildlife refuges, and the lands overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. analysis, coalition building, advocacy, and public education. As Theodore Roosevelt put it: “The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.”

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We pursue this mission with a potent combination of economic and scientific

Wilderness is great for hiking, camping, and playing games.

I think that if we damage wilderness, then we are damaging the human race.

Rotceh Vazquez Basalt, Colorado

Wilderness is Earth’s canvas for all to view. It is painted with life’s hues and shaped by time. This can never be replaced or reconstructed, and I enjoy it as an accent to the miracle of life.

Pat Gilmore El Paso, Texas

Wilderness with wild clean rivers running through it is soulimportant to me.

When I need to recharge my batteries, I head to the Rapid River, where I often share my favorite fishing pools with an osprey; only he doesn’t catch and release.

Kevin Slater Master Maine Guide Newry, Maine

When I was a girl growing up in New Orleans, my parents taught me about this place in Idaho called the wilderness.

I fell in love with the Frank ChurchRiver of No Return Wilderness and believe we can’t save ourselves without saving wilderness.

Dana Doherty Menlove Boise, Idaho

To the Cherokee, we are only extensions of wilderness, which we consider sacred and holy, our innate human geography.

To not protect our last wild places is therefore inexcusable, and tantamount to matricide.

Thomas N. Belt Coordinator Cherokee Language Program Birdtown, North Carolina

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Full Speed Ahead: A message from the chairman & the president

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enabled us to seize critical opportunities to make conservation progress.

As we celebrate 75 years of protecting America’s wilderness, we are mindful that the current spirit of cooperation at the Interior Department and the U.S. Forest Service does not mean that we can count on clear sailing ahead. The oil and gas and coal industries, for example, are going all out to protect their interests, and they have considerable clout.

One of the conservation giants who took on those powerful interests was President Kennedy’s secretary of the interior, Stewart Udall, who died in March. “We cannot afford an America where expedience tramples upon esthetics and development decisions are made with an eye only on the present,” wrote Udall.

We, too, are committed to passing down our rich natural legacy, untarnished, to future generations.

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As the stories in this annual report for 2009 explain, we have been in the vanguard in protecting two million acres of wilderness, reforming the process for deciding where oil and gas leasing makes sense, increasing the funds available for public acquisition of lands with important natural qualities, and restoring public lands damaged by off-road vehicles, mining, and logging.

In addition, The Wilderness Society is actively engaged in campaigns to address climate change, identify places where solar and windpower facilities should be built, and broaden the coalitions that are promoting sound stewardship of the lands that belong to all Americans.

The success stories written over the past 12 months reflect trademark Wilderness Society strengths such as economic and ecological analysis, advocacy on Capitol Hill and at federal agencies, GIS mapping, public education, and bipartisan coalition-building. And we continue to train the next generation of environmental leaders.

This work would be impossible without the support of our members and donors. We appreciate that help even more during a financially challenging time for our country. Their generosity

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Brenda S. Davis Governing Council Chairman

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“Chance favors the prepared mind,” Louis Pasteur once said. We took those words to heart as the White House changed hands, and our thorough preparation enabled us to contribute rapidly to significant improvements in conservation policy.

The Wilderness Society speaks for the wilderness, and for the people, communities, wild animals and plants that depend on wilderness for survival.

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“The agreement negotiated by The Wilderness Society and its partners will help protect Nine Mile Canyon’s extraordinary rock art sites, and it sets an important precedent throughout the West.”

Ti Hays, National Trust for Historic Preservation

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Reforming Outdated Drilling Policy This Kansas native and Eagle Scout is our point person on renewable energy, transmission © Lisa Dare

lines, and oil shale. After earning a B.A. from Claremont McKenna Chase Huntley Washington, D.C.

College, where he helped create a wilderness orientation program for incoming students, and a pair

of master’s degrees from the University of Michigan, Chase found his way to Washington, D.C. He spent six years as an analyst at the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress. He also worked for the USDA, the Great Lakes Commission, and a congressional committee before joining our staff in 2008. “Chase is great at building consensus and has been very effective in helping us move the administration,” says

The Wyoming Range is one of the places we were able to protect from oil and gas drilling, despite the “Drill, baby, drill” chant.

That challenge eventually led to a settlement. The BLM agreed that it would improve its review of drilling applications to take full account of the threats that drilling would pose to archaeological sites, wildlife, recreation, and air quality. “The agreement negotiated by The Wilderness Society and its partners will help protect Nine Mile Canyon’s extraordinary rock art sites, and it sets an important precedent throughout the West,” says Ti Hays of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

We have been urging the Interior Department to take this more-balanced approach on all public lands in the West, and in 2009 the agency announced major reform. Field offices were told to take a much closer look at the potential impact of leasing in citizen-proposed wilderness and roadless areas. We are seeing the fruits of this reform in a number of special places, including the stunning Wyoming Range,

where the BLM recently rescinded 24,000 acres of leases.

In Alaska there were plans to lease broad expanses of coastal waters. We worked with Native villagers and other partners to make the case that the likely damage from drilling outweighed the potential benefits. The Obama administration has agreed to drop leasing in Bristol Bay, one of the world’s premier fisheries. In addition, proposed leasing in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas will be put on hold so that thorough scientific studies can be conducted. Meanwhile, we continue to fend off efforts to promote drilling in the Arctic and Yukon Flats national wildlife refuges.

“Last year the oil and gas industry spent $154 million on lobbying,” says Wilderness Society Vice President Ann Morgan, a former BLM official. “We cannot match that, so we find other ways to make our case to the public and Congress.”

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Carl Zichella of the Sierra Club.

Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon is home to the nation’s greatest concentration of rock art: tens of thousands of images created by the historic Indian Fremont culture and the Ute people. “Natural gas drilling in the canyon and dust kicked up by trucks involved in this work have damaged this spectacular outdoor museum. Yet the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved even more drilling in 2008, so we went to court,” says Nada Culver, director of our BLM Action Center in Denver. “

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America must address climate change, requiring action from Main Street to the halls of Congress. J.P. Leous is doing everything he can to get his fellow citizens engaged in creating

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a more sustainable world. This Buffalo native carries our adaptation message to Capitol Hill and blogs frequently on our Web site. An adjunct professor at The George Washington University, he has even recruited medical students to be part of the public education effort. J.P. was a Peace Corps volunteer and then earned a master’s degree

National forests, especially those in the Pacific Northwest, store significant amounts of carbon, making them important in our efforts to combat climate change.

from Columbia University. He was working for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission when he began volunteering for us, and he quickly joined our staff in 2008.

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disruption, we have an obligation to protect the temperate rainforests in the U.S., which store as much carbon per acre as the rainforests of Brazil or Indonesia,” he says.

“We have helped lead the effort to demonstrate how climate-smart land acquisition creates migration corridors that are critical to wildlife species struggling to adapt to rapid changes in their habitat.”

The team effort even included Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows. “Bill has thrown himself into the legislative campaign,” says Moulton, “emphasizing to wavering senators and House members that we cannot continue to put off passage of a law to address climate change.”

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“This analysis is exactly the kind of thing that will help the public become more aware that forest protection plays an important role in the fight against global warming,” says Pete Sorenson, a commissioner in Lane County, home to some of the national forest lands in our analysis.

Our science is also playing a role in Alaska, ground zero on the climate change front. Wendy Loya, an ecologist in our Anchorage office, is mapping probable impacts on public lands across the state, working closely with the University of Alaska, federal land managers, and Native communities.

Other Wilderness Society staff members focus on legislation and policy. David Moulton, who spent 27 years on Capitol Hill before joining us in 2008, attended the United Nations conference in Copenhagen. “We wanted to press our case that just as tropical rainforests help prevent climate

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Few Americans know that our forests are working 24/7 storing carbon that otherwise would be changing our climate. To make citizens aware of this, we issued an analysis identifying the ten national forests that store the most carbon per acre. “Protecting the iconic carbon-storing ecosystems of the U.S. would signal a shift away from ‘business as usual,’ reminding both our own citizens and our allies in climate talks that bold action is required to head off a worsening climate crisis,” says co-author Ann Ingerson. “These ten ancient national forests are storing about 2.7 billion metric tons of carbon.”

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Thinking Creatively about Climate

“This analysis is exactly the kind of thing that will help the public become more aware that forest protection plays an important role in the fight against global warming.”

Pete Sorenson, Lane County commissioner

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“The Wilderness Society knows how to get things done on Capitol Hill and was instrumental in our coalition’s success.”

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Maddy Pope the Trust for Public Land

Atlantic puffins are among the many species that benefited from our success in securing greater appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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Saving Special Places for Nature Every spring and fall, pintail ducks, blue-winged teals, mallards, and many other migratory birds pass through Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. However, this sanctuary consists of two sections with unprotected land between them. “This is awfully tempting to developers, so we had to move fast to protect these properties,” says Alan Rowsome, who directs our budget and appropriations efforts in Washington.

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environmentalist at age five when she saw the movie “Born Free.”

Her career includes service with Leanne Klyza Linck Hinesburg, Vermont

the New Hampshire Citizens Task Force on Acid Rain, the Sierra Club, the National Clean Air Coali-

tion, and the Northern Forest Alliance. She was executive director of the Wildlands Project, and five years ago signed on as our top regional staffer in the Northeast. Leanne was the chief architect of the legislative strategy that led to passage in 2006 of the New England Wilderness Act. It permanently protected 76,500 tain national forests. She has been actively engaged in protecting other lands in New England with appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The money comes from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the primary source of money to acquire at-risk places inside or close by national forests, parks, and other public lands. Appropriations had been declining, but last year Congress voted to increase funding by 80 percent. “The Wilderness Society knows how to get things done on Capitol Hill and was instrumental in our coalition’s success,” says Maddy Pope of the Trust for Public Land, our long-time LWCF partner.

“And these investments will pay growing dividends far into the future.”

This kind of conservation is a top priority for the Obama administration.

Recently the president announced an initiative called America’s Great Outdoors, and we are helping shape it. “It’s a rare opportunity,” says Leslie Jones of our Washington office.

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The good news is that our coalition helped convince Congress to appropriate funds to purchase some of that land and add it to the refuge. We also succeeded in securing money for the National Park Service to acquire the Hyde Farm outside Atlanta. “As a result, this parcel along the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area will not be subdivided and, instead, will offer a peaceful respite for the residents of this fast-growing metropolitan area,” explains The Wilderness Society’s Frank Peterman, based in Atlanta.

Last year there were scores of success stories like these, from Maine to Hawaii.

The list includes Ottawa National Forest in Michigan, Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, Congaree National Park in South Carolina, and Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.

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Next are proposals to protect special places in California, Tennessee, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah, Montana, Texas, Maine, and other states. “This is a new day for wilderness,” asserts Paul Spitler, who oversees our wilderness work on Capitol Hill. “Our years of building broad local support for wilderness designations is paying off. Congress is passing wilderness bills at a pace and scale not seen in decades.”

Building strong local support was our goal when we created the Wilderness Support Center in 1999. “We work hand-in-glove with grassroots groups to help them create their campaigns and then move the legislation,” explains Jeff Widen, one of the center’s staff members. He represented the conservation community in testifying before Congress in support of U.S. Rep. John Salazar’s bill to protect 61,682 acres of public land in southwest-

ern Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, not far from Telluride.

“The Wilderness Society’s experience and expertise made TWS an ideal partner for us,” says Hilary White, executive director of the Sheep Mountain Alliance.

In Colorado and elsewhere we seek allies such as hunting and fishing groups, local elected officials, business owners, and religious leaders. Of course, success also requires the active support of congres-​ sional leaders and their staffs.

The Wilderness System now contains 109 million acres in 44 states. “Those lands may be best known for their scenery and world-class recreation opportunities,” says Watson, “but they also promote clean air and water, enhance the local economy, and help wildlife survive a changing climate.”

During his decade with us, Dan Smuts has been wilderness community, helping pass five bills that added more than a million acres to the National

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a leader in the California

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Wilderness Preservation System. He also created and led our California Off-Road Vehicle Management program and worked to protect ecologically important national forest lands from oil and gas development. Dan earned a B.A. from Georgetown and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and received a Center for Social Innovation Fellowship from Stanford University.

Dan previously worked for the Sierra Club in the nation’s capital. He has volunteered through Big Brothers Big Sisters and served on the board of Northern California Public Broadcasting. An avid hiker and mountain biker, Dan has a two-year-old son.

The pace of wilderness protection has sped up, and we are working with our local partners to protect tracts in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains and many other places.

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In March 2009, culminating years of effort, Congress passed landmark legislation protecting more than two million acres of wilderness in nine states. It was the greatest expansion of the National Wilderness Preservation System since 1994. “It generally takes years for a campaign to go from the proposal stage to a White House signing ceremony, and in 2009 we were able to get a number of our proposals across the finish line,” explains Melyssa Watson, our senior director for wilderness. “It was a huge accomplishment.”

“The Wilderness Society’s experience and expertise made them an ideal partner for us.”

Hilary White, the Sheep Mountain Alliance

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“The Wilderness Society’s cutting-edge GIS analysis was a critical ingredient in these victories.”

Randy Rasmussen, American Hiking Society

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Turning the Corner in Wildlands Conservation This Montana native and former © Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet

logger fell in love with economics in his thirties and eventually earned a Ph.D.—as did his Navajo wife. As a professor at Oregon State and New Mexico State, he published research on a number Joe Kerkvliet Bozeman, Montana

of environmental issues, including the economic value of fly fishing in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosys-

tem and Americans’ willingness to pay for open space. Joe also did stints at Shanghai Normal University and EPA. Joining our staff in 2006, he has brought his economics expertise to The Wilderness Society’s expanding efforts to restore damaged public lands. Joe is an avid

We have an opportunity to restore places, such as Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, that took a beating from logging, mining, drilling, and other activities.

“For most of our 75-year history, The Wilderness Society has concentrated on protecting pristine places,” says Mike Anderson, a national forest expert in our Seattle office. “Now we have an opportunity to turn the corner and start to restore some of the places that took a beating from logging, mining, drilling, and other activities.” Anderson chairs the Skokomish Watershed Action Team, whose 40 members range from timber companies to conservation groups to the Skokomish Indian Tribe. The removal and revegetation of obsolete roads, along with other projects, have started to mend the watershed.

Much of the funding for such work has come from the Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation budget. We helped build enough support to secure an increase last year, from $50 million to $90 million.

In Montana, The Wilderness Society’s Scott Brennan co-chairs the Lolo Restoration Committee, which is about to embark on similar work in Lolo National Forest.

“Restoration pays off in a number of ways,” Brennan notes. “It means cleaner water,

better hunting and fishing, fewer invasive weeds, more jobs, and improved recovery for endangered fish and wildlife.”

Decades of excessive logging is only one of the reasons why our public lands need to be restored. “Irresponsible use of dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles has damaged hiking trails, vegetation, and stream banks,” says Vera Smith, who coordinates our work on recreation issues.

“Partly as a result of our intensive participation in travel management planning, the Forest Service has agreed to decommission over 7,000 miles of failing or abandoned logging roads, eliminate 15,000 miles of illegal routes that were causing environmental problems, and put an end to crosscountry driving.”

To back up our advocacy, we put new technology to work. “The Wilderness Society’s cutting-edge GIS analysis was a critical ingredient in these victories,” says Randy Rasmussen, senior policy manager for the American Hiking Society.

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gardener, fisherman, and road bicyclist.

Washington’s Olympic National Forest was a mess. By the 1990s, more than half of the watershed surrounding the south fork of the Skokomish River had been logged. There were nearly four miles of road for every square mile of forest, and many of those roads were breaking apart. One thousand landslides had clogged the Skokomish with sediment.

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Building Support in the North Cascades

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a master’s in ecology, Cynthia Wilkerson plays an important role in our North Cascades Initiative.

To guide our coalition’s efforts to promote both recreation and conservation, Cynthia created the Geo-Showcase of the North Cascades, which uses GIS techniques

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to produce sophisticated land-use maps. She also was active in the campaign to enlarge the popular Alpine Lakes Wilderness. On the national level, Cynthia led development of our Principles of Sustainable Recreation and is guiding our Wild Riders partnership with the Back Country Horsemen of America. Before joining us, she founded a nonprofit biological research organization in British Columbia. The mother of a young son, Leopold, Cynthia has trained as a trapeze performer but has no plans to run off to the circus.

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As part of our North Cascades Initiative, we are creating a variety of partnerships and trying to build broad public awareness of why the area deserves long-term protection.

With international experience and

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Institute worked with us to support a documentary produced and aired by Seattle PBS station KCTS 9—in English and Spanish. It provides an in-depth look at this stunning region and tells the stories of passionate people who work to preserve the North Cascades and inspire the next generation of stewards.

“We are combining this public education and marketing with our GIS mapping capacity to show how land protection and recreation can go hand-in-hand in the North Cascades,” says Peter Dykstra, our regional director. “This information makes our advocacy more effective.”

“We want to develop a model for sustainable recreation on our public lands,” says Doug Walker, a Seattle resident who is the incoming chairman of our Governing Council. “Anyone who gets a taste of this inspiring place is almost guaranteed to become an advocate for its protection.”

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Participation in the Access Fund’s adopt-a-crag project is part of our North Cascades Initiative, which is enabling more Washingtonians to discover nearby natural treasures. One of the grandest and wildest places left in the U.S., the North Cascades still has a variety of large predators, including the gray wolf, lynx, and grizzly. It also contains the headwaters of clear rivers that provide fresh water to Puget Sound and the Columbia River.

That natural diversity is almost matched by the diversity of the partnerships that The Wilderness Society is forming to protect the region. Supporters include businesses, community leaders, recreation and conservation groups, outfitters, public land managers, and state tourism officials. “I commend the innovative approach of The Wilderness Society to inspire conservation of this amazing landscape,” says Tom Vogl, REI’s vice president of marketing and one of our partners.

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“For a number of those kids, that outing will prove to be a life-changing experience,” predicts Michael Brondi, the volunteer coordinator at North Cascades National Park, referring to a trip that 20 youngsters and parents took to the park last fall to help renovate a trail.

“I commend the innovative approach of The Wilderness Society to inspire conservation of this amazing landscape.�

Tom Vogl, REI

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Notable Achievements Over the Past Year

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1 A federal court agreed with our coalition’s contention that the Bush administration’s ambitious five-year offshore drilling plan for the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas did not comply with legal requirements.

reverse a plan that would have opened 331 additional miles of trails to off-road vehicle use in Modoc National Forest, in Northern California.

This should set a valuable precedent as other national forests develop transportation plans.

2 With our allies, we thwarted all attempts in Congress to authorize oil drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s spectacular coastal plain. (page 5)

7 We won a case challenging the BLM’s travel management plan for the Western Mojave area of the California Desert. The decision is likely to lead to greater restrictions on off-road vehicle use.

3 Our climate change research and outreach to Native communities helped stop a proposed land exchange at Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge that would have allowed oil and gas drilling across 200,000 acres. (page 5)

8 We prevailed in a legal challenge to the management plans for four national forests in southern California, so the Forest Service will reconsider its recommendation that only a small portion of the remaining roadless lands in these forests merit wilderness designation.

4 A plan that could have doubled the logging of old-growth forests in western Oregon was withdrawn.

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5 We successfully challenged a plan that would have allowed too much off-road vehicle use at the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon.

6 We persuaded the U.S. Forest Service to

Acreage will be added to New Hampshire’s popular White Mountain National Forest, thanks to an appropriation we helped obtain.

9 To protect bighorn sheep from domestic sheep disease, we convinced a federal judge to order an end to sheep grazing in Idaho’s Salmon River Canyon.

10 In response to a lawsuit we filed, the Forest Service agreed not to allow dirt bikes near a wild and scenic river in Idaho’s Payette National Forest.

11 Five exploration companies agreed to relinquish eight oil and gas leases on 29,000 acres along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana.

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Working with a broad array of partners, we have succeeded in protecting many important natural areas across the United States.

The arrival of an administration more committed to public lands stewardship has created a number of opportunities to make progress. As always, the support provided by members of The Wilderness Society was invaluable. The success stories include:

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13 Our coalition successfully went to court to prevent the government from taking shortcuts in evaluating proposals for oil and gas drilling that posed a threat to prehistoric rock art in Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon.

14 We convinced the BLM to keep motorized vehicles out of the spectacular Paria River canyon and side canyons in the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument and PariaHackberry Wilderness Study Area.

15 A federal appeals court blocked new oil and gas leasing at New Mexico’s stunning Otero Mesa after our coalition made the case that an important aquifer would be in jeopardy.

16 The BLM has made conservation the top priority for the 27 million acres of National Conservation Lands.

17 We helped persuade the Interior Department to reform the oil and gas leasing program on public lands so that citizens will have greater opportunity to raise concerns about potential environmental damage. As part of that reform, the department suspended plans to proceed on

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12 The National Park Service has undertaken a new study to determine how many snowmobiles ought to be allowed in Yellowstone. This should lead to a reduction in the most recent ceiling: 318 snowmobiles per day.

77 areas that the Bush administration sought to lease in 2008, including proposed wilderness and lands adjacent to national parks. (page 5)

20 The Interior Department has made it a priority to put renewable energy facilities at appropriate places on the public lands.

18 Our coalition won a court ruling barring oil and gas leasing across 4,400 roadless acres in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest.

21 Our coalition helped secure another $90 million to restore damaged national forests. Thanks to the first two years of appropriations, the Forest Service is on track to improve 126,008 acres of wildlife habitat, restore 1,147 miles of rivers and streams, and decommission 2,194 miles of logging roads.

19 Congress increased appropriations from the Land and Water Conservation Fund by 80 percent, and that money, along with the Forest Legacy program funding, made it possible to protect high-quality—but threatened—natural areas in dozens of states. The places that will benefit include Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (New Jersey), Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (Michigan), Olympic National Park (Washington), and the Appalachian Trail. (page 9)

Dirt bikes, Jeeps, and ATVs will not be roaring through Paria Canyon and other sensitive canyons at southern Utah’s stunning Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument.

22 Despite the lingering effects of the Bush administration’s efforts to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, no roads were built last year in roadless national forests.

We played an active role in securing funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to enable the National Park Service to acquire land threatened by development. The tract will become part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan.

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23 We led a coalition effort that resulted in congressional creation of a separate fund for fighting forest fires so that these rapidly escalating costs will no longer drain money needed for other public land programs.

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Thank You to Our Supporters

Special Thanks to Our Contributors The donors listed on the following pages generously contributed $1,000 or more in fiscal year 2009.

The Wilderness Society gratefully acknowledges their commitment to protecting wilderness and caring for our wild places.

Founded 75 years ago, The Wilderness Society has been called “an organization of spirited people.”

Today our members continue to exhibit that

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spirit of support. More than 500,000 citizens,

our mission of creating a wilderness legacy

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for future generations.

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committed to preserving the finest lands left in America, support The Wilderness Society financially and through their actions: making calls, attending hearings, and sending letters and e-mail messages.

We thank each and every one of these

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Jane Bernstein Martin Bernstein and Pamela Oxenberg Jane and Ed Bescherer Clarence Beyer Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bierwirth Mrs. George P. Bissell Jr. Alan and Sally Black The Honorable and Mrs. Robert O. Blake Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Blanchard III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Blanda Peter and Eleanor Blitzer Mrs. Edward H. R. Blitzer Jean F. Block Charitable Trust Mr. Jabe Blumenthal and Ms. Julie E. Edsforth Mr. Keith Blunt Mr. and Mrs. Jim Blurton Dr. and Mrs. John K. Boitnott Beatrice and Bill Booth Mr. Dennis Bordenave Mr. Bruce D. Bowen and Ms. Eva E. Eagle Ms. Ann Bowker Ms. Pat Bowne Elsa and William Boyce Ms. Karen J. Boyd Dr. and Mrs. Donald Bradburn Mr. John A. Bradley Shannon J. Brandon Betty Breunig Mr. Liza F. Brickley Barbara and Peter Brinkley Michelle Britton Mehlisch Mr. Frederick C. Brose Dr. and Mrs. Richard Brown Mary and Alan Brutger John Buckley Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bunnen

Ms. Mary Catherine Bunting Charles and Cynthia Burgess Ms. Susan Burkhardt Terry and Elvira Burns Mark and Maureen Lee Busto Dr. Robert J. Buys Mr. Paul Caponigro Thomas Carlino Judith L. Carlson Mr. Jesse Carmichael Ms. Deborah R. Castleman John and Theresa Cederholm Mrs. Lois K. Chaffey Mr. Allen J. Chaikin and Mrs. Sandy Chaikin Park and Joan Chamberlain Mr. Ashford R. Chancelor Mr. Charles S. Chapin Ms. Renate W. Chapman Ann and Doug Christensen Mrs. L. Christodoulopoulos Jean Aubuchon Cinader Virginia Clark Clarkson Dr. Julie A. Clayman Ms. Katherine Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. Steven Clifford Mr. Jeff Clough Mr. Willard Cochrane Ms. Alexandra Coe John and Bette Cohen Fund Ms. Sue Cohn Mr. Michael D. Coley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Collin Mr. and Mrs. Stewart M. Colton Carolyn Beall Colwell and the Colwell Family Fund Combined Jewish Philanthropies RoseAnn B. Comstock Anne and Bill Conn Mr. David E. Cooper

Mr. Stephen Copeland George M. Covington Ms. Helen D. Cowan Mr. James D. Cox Mr. Philip Craig Barbara Crawford and Nancy Deshon Timothy H. Crawford III Terrence and Merry Croft Mr. Peter Cronin and Ms. Cynthia Thiele Mr. James Crow Mr. Timothy Crowell and Ms. Patricia Sabalis William H. Cuddy and Vivien Blackford Mrs. Mary Culp D. Cunnings David Dahl Ann and Robert Dahl Mr. Don Dake Becca and Harry M. Dalton Mr. Severyn S. Dana Mr. Gene L. Daniels Steven Dantzker William and Susan Darnell Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Dary Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Davidson Mr. Howard W. Davis Ms. Shirley B. Dawson Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton John W. Dayton Charles de Ganay Dr. Kenneth D. Deaton Ms. Pauline Delaney Mr. Frank Delfino Sheila Dennis Ms. Helen Desai Mr. Richard Devens

Ms. Judith Dillon Ms. Sharrill Dittmann Mr. Steven Dixon Mr. Alan M. Donn and Ms. Dorothy L. Holle Mr. James K. Donnell M. J. Donnelly Mr. Robert S. Dorsey Ms. Margaret T. Downward Mr. Roger S. Dreffin Mr. Paul V. Dufour Janet Duke Ms. Ann Duncan Mr. Paul L. Dunklee Ryan Dunn Mr. Scott Dunnington Mr. Peter D. Durst Joanne Waldron Dwyer Len and Patty Eaton Pamela Pride Eaton and Edward Zukoski Mr. Gary Edwards Ms. Jeri Edwards Mr. Charles M. Ellis Mr. Frank W. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Chris Enbom Ms. Dana English and Mr. Tom Whalen Ms. Donna Esteves Ms. Leland Ettinger Ms. Ruth D. Ewing Roberta and Quentin C. Eyberg Drs. Henry and Kate Faulkner Wayne L. Feakes Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Feldman Mr. Bill Fenn Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Ferguson Elaine and Jim Fessenden Mr. James T. Field Mr. Tom Finkle

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Alexandra Allman-Van Zee and Rick Van Zee Mr. Edward A. Ames and Ms. Jane Sokolow Karen and Tucker Andersen Mr. and Mrs. James L. Andrews Ms. Margaret Andrews Mrs. Lowell J. Aplet Dr. George Appell Irwyn Applebaum Mr. William Appleton Edward and Sallie Arens Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Arghiere Fred and Mary Jo Armbrust Walter W. Aschoff Mr. Russell Atha III Mr. John S. Babcock Mr. Peter Bachman Robert D. Bacon Mrs. Jacqueline Badger Mars Dr. and Mrs. Charles Bagley Dan and Yvonne Bailey Tim Bain Mr. Albert J. Balducchi Malcolm Balfour Drs. John P. and Barbara Balser David and Marcia Barstow Susan “Becky” Bartovics Harold and Kathryn Bean Keith Bean Ms. Kathleen A. Becker Ms. Frances G. Beinecke and Mr. Paul Elston Albert and Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Benedict Dalice Benge Walter R. Benoit Mr. Bruce Berger Mr. David Bernstein

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Mr. Arthur L. Finn Fir Tree Fund 2 Peter and Joanne Fischer Allen and Ruth Fisher Mary Fishman Ms. Carol Fleishauer Mr. Robert B. Flint Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Florian Gunther Fonken and Agnes Hughes Ms. Barbara J. Foote Gregory A. Fowler Catherine E. Fox Mr. Kenneth Frank Steven Freer Dennis and Linda Fromholzer Mr. Arthur Fry Helga Fuller Ms. Laurie S. Fulton M. Lee Gaillard Ms. Deborah Galli

Kathleen Garfield Ms. Jane Garnett Hilary Garnsey and Ben Peery Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Garnsey Jr. John A. Garraty Mr. and Mrs. David Getches Mr. and Mrs. James Gilpin Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gleaves Christoper and Nancy Gloe Mr. and Mrs. William Goadby James B. Godshalk and Marjorie W. Lundy Daniel E. Cohn and Anne Goggio Martin and Billie Gold Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Goldberg Mr. David A. Golden Mr. Mitchell Golden Steven H. Golding Dr. Beverly H. Goodman Bill Goodman

Annual Report 2009

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Thank you to the many donors who contributed to The Wilderness Society last year through corporate, state, city, and county workplace giving campaigns. If you are a federal employee, you can support our work by designating #10638 on your pledge sheet during the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).

The Wilderness Society is a founding member of Earth Share, a federation of America’s leading non-profit environmental and conservation organizations working together to promote environmental education and charitable giving through workplace giving campaigns.

For more information regarding The Wilderness Society, Earth Share, or workplace giving, please contact The Society’s Membership Services Department at 1-800-The-Wild or member@tws.org.

Dr. Charles Goodman Marian Goodman Mary A. Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goodwin Ms. Katherine L. Goolsby Gary and Mary Gordon Patsy M. Graham Ms. Julia L. Grant Mr. Dennis J. Gredell Jacqueline Greene Gary, Julie, Sydney, and Maddy Greenstein Tim Greyhavens Glenn Gribble Mrs. Doris Griffith Stephen L. Griffith and Christine L. Dickey William J. Grist, M.D. Nina B. Griswold Mr. Garrett Gruener and Ms. Amy Slater Mr. David Grusin and Ms. Nancy E. Newton Mrs. Paul W. Guenzel Mr. Peter Guggenheimer Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Gwaltney Barbara and Clayton Haberman Kevin J. Hable Ms. Gayle Hackamack Dr. Maureen Hackett Linnea T. Hadlock Mr. Robert S. Hagge Jr. R. Flip Hagood Ms. Margaret Halvorson Mrs. Kathleen A. Hamilton Ms. Rebecca Hansen Mr. Michael Hanson Frances and Paul Harmon Dr. Elise Z. Harnois Franklin and Ruth Harold

Rebecca Harrell Shirley Harrington Jessie M. Harris Mr. Leo O. and Dr. Cynthia O. Harris Ms. Loraine Harris Alexandra M. Harrison Mr. J. Barton Harrison Ann Harvey Dr. John H. Harvey, Ph.D. Mr. Mark Haukedahl Mr. Tom L. Hausler Mrs. Colleen Hazel J.J. and Julia Healy Mr. and Mrs. James A. Heidell Mr. John Heins Mr. Chuck Hendricks Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henigson Mr. Kim R. Henry Sue J. Henry Sara Jackson Hertwig Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hess Roger Hess John and Hermi Hiatt Ms. Konstanze Hickey Jessie Hill Ms. Jean Hillery Joy R. Hilliard Ms. Bente Hirsch Richard and Carol Hirsch Mr. Wulf Hirschfield Mr. Rick Hoffer Mr. Guy R. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. R. Hoguet III Mr. Steven Holl Jan and Maurice Holloway Patricia A. Holmes Michael Honkomp Mr. Thomas A. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. William G. Howard

Joann and Charles Hower Ms. Felicity Huffman and Mr. William H. Macy Fran Hunt Mr. Jeremy S. Hunt Shirley Hunt Tom and Ann Hunt John R. Hunting Dave and Barb Hurd Dan Hurley Jeff and Debra Huser Matthew Hyde and Lisa Beaudreau Charles and Dominique Inge Bill James Mrs. and Mrs. Albert Jenkins Dr. and Mrs. Louis K. Jensen Mr. Robert Jesperson Ms. Isabel Jessen Ms. Wanda John Mr. Dale L. Johnson Mr. Dwight L. Johnson Douglas Jones Mr. George M. Jones Margaret M. Jones Chris Jordan Dr. Henry A. Jordan Mr. J. E. Jordan Mr. Edward Juda Frederick and Carol Jules Dale S. Kammerlohr Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kaster Mr. Eric Katzman and Ms. Melissa Elstein John M. Kauffmann Yukako Kawata Ms. Nancy F. Kearney Joanne and Dennis Keith Suzanne and Brooks Kelley Ms. Mary Kelly

Mr. David R. Lawrence Ms. Marta J. Lawrence Robert Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Mike Leahy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Leggat Robert and Dee Leggett Ms. Sandy Lerner A. Lesk Mr. Kenneth Levy-Church Mr. Billy Lewis Ms. Mary L. Lewis Ken and Kathy Lichtendahl Perrin and David Lilly Mr. Steven M. Lipson Mr. and Mrs. David Litman Alvin Livingston Mr. and Mrs. S. Livingston Ms. Margaret H. Lloyd Ms. Ingeborg Lock Ann R. and Michael A. Loeb Ms. Betty White Ludden Dr. and Mrs. Gary A. Ludi Mr. Cyrus H. Lyle Jr. Peter Lyman Ms. Diana Lynch Mr. Tom W. Lyons Ms. Lydia Sargent Macauley Mr. George Macomber Mary A. Mahoney Dr. and Mrs. Alex Malaspina Ms. Laure Manheimer Mr. and Mrs. John Manley Michael Mantell Mr. Kevin Manuele Mr. Chris P. MarCella Mr. Thomas March Mr. Crozer W. Martin Dr. Michael M. Martin Ms. Pamela Massey Ms. C. I. Mathiesen

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Matsinger Mrs. M. A. Maw Mr. Philip R. Mayhew Mr. Francis McAdoo Ms. Janet McAlpin Ms. Eleanor McBride and Mr. Timothy Lee John and Laurie McBride Jane McCammon Betty and Conn McConnell Ms. Patricia W. McCoy John McCune Carter McFarland Cynthia and David McGrath Paul Meadow Dorothy Mears Ward Elizabeth Meers Mr. Richard Melsheimer and Ms. Cynthia L. Kring Mrs. Albert Merck Ms. Gwen Meyer Ms. Sindy Micho Ms. Catherine Milbourn Ms. Wandra Miles Walter E. D. Miller Dr. Sara A. Mills Ms. Carol Halperin Minkin Mr. Dwight C. Minton Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Missiaen Mr. and Mrs. John O. Mitchel Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mitchell Ms. Janet B. Mitchell and Mr. Jerry L. Cromwell Laura A. Mitchell Joseph and Julie Mnuk Sally Mode Pat Molnar and Steve Gallagher Dr. William Moninger Mr. Nikolaos Monoyios and Ms. Valerie A. Brackett

Donor Frances Chamberlin Carter Is a Renowned Mountaineer The first woman to climb the highest peak in all 50 states was Frances Chamberlin Carter, a generous Wilderness Society member for 35 years. It was 11 years before another woman achieved this milestone.

She got started on this feat while visiting Florida as a first-grader and notched her 50th in Ohio in 1980. The most challenging was Alaska’s Mt. McKinley (20,320 feet), the highest point on the continent. “It took us 12 days to reach the summit and five days to get down,” she recalls. “The temperature in my tent was below zero.” Carter was the third woman to scale McKinley.

Like any mountaineer, she has had her share of scares. “I remember being on Mt. Adams in Colorado with my dog on a leash, and he decided to jump from one ledge to another. Suddenly, I was kind of teetering.”

Climbing is a family tradition. Both parents enjoyed it and encouraged her to try climbing “almost as soon as I could walk,” Carter says. She was born in Chicago, where her father taught geology at the University of Chicago. Every summer the family headed for New Hampshire’s Squam Lake (the location for the movie “On Golden Pond”), and she reached the top of Mt. Washington at age 11.

She also enjoyed playing softball and soccer

and riding her bike. Her father died when she was 23, and her mother moved with her to Tryon, N.C., in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Frances, whose nickname “Freddie” came from her maternal grandfather, attended Mount Holyoke College. She transferred to the University of Arizona, where she earned a degree in fine arts. After teaching at an Arizona boarding school for a year, Carter returned to Chicago to work at the Museum of Science and Industry. “I didn’t last very long.

When I asked to take the summer off to climb, they fired me,” she explains.

She met her husband, David Carter, on a climb up Colorado’s Mt. Democrat (“though we were both Republicans”). Once they were married, they got into her 1964 Studebaker, which she still has, and headed for Pueblo, Colorado, where he had been living. In 1989, after he died, she migrated to Green Valley, 20 miles south of Tucson, where she lives today with her dog Raggs.

One of Carter’s most memorable trips was to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

She finally saw 9,020-foot Mt. Chamberlin, named after her grandfather, an acclaimed geologist who was president of the University of Wisconsin from 1887 to 1892.

“I’ve always believed in conservation,” says Carter, who also supports The Nature Conservancy and Defenders of Wildlife, among others. “With population growing so rapidly, we need to protect wilderness, and that is The Wilderness Society’s specialty.”

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Marilyn Wiles-Kettenmann and Robert Kettenmann Ms. E. J. Key Deneen and Ken Kickbusch Mr. Kenneth W. Kidd Ms. Elizabeth W. King Dr. Graydon Kingsland Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Kingsley Sandy Kinney and Robert Sugg Dr. Robert L. and Ms. Lee Ann Kinzer Harold Kirker Mr. Phil Kislak Margot Kittredge Paul C. Klahr Patricia A. Klesinger James T. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. William E. Knox Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Koeppel Joseph Kolman Kay Koplovitz Mr. and Mrs. George Korbelik Mr. Paul Krehbiel and Mrs. Kay Krehbiel Mr. David Krohne and Dr. Sheryl Krohne David and Peg Krosschell Mr. Charles Krout Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kuehlthau Peter and Deborah Lamm Ms. Susan M. Lancelotta Kenneth I. and Ester E. Lange Janet E. Lanman Murray Lapides Mr. Roy Lapidus Todd LaPorte Mr. Roger Larson Barbara Latchic Charles A. and Jennifer D. Laue Ms. Shirley J. Laviolette

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Mrs. Claire W. Mooers Ms. Lois S. Moore Mr. Thomas Moore Ms. Ann J. Morgan Mr. Thomas Morris Ms. Janet Morrow The Mosaic Fund Mr. David K. Moscatello Ms. Sandra J. Moss Mr. Mark C. Mountford Mr. Reuben Munger Ms. Betty Munsee William F. and Mary B. Murdy Dr. Beth Murphy Marcie and Robert Musser Dr. Samuel S. Myers and Ms. Kelsey Wirth Mr. Sateesh J. Nabar Dr. and Mrs. William Naftel Ms. Kate Nesbit Katherine Neville and Karl Pribram

Ms. Edna S. Newnan Mr. William A. Newsom Mr. John Nicholas Mrs. Bette Nichols Leonard Nicholson Dr. John R. and Mrs. Elsa Nimmo Gail and David Nochimson Ms. Martha Obannon Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oldham Mr. Scott Olson Dr. Suzanne Oparil Tom and Mary Orsini Fund of the Denver Foundation Mr. H. Osborn Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Osborne L. L. Oster Ms. Karen Owen Ms. Diane Parish Mr. Brainard W. Parker II Diane Williams Parker Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Parsegian

Edmund “Ted” Stanley, one of the most generous supporters of The Wilderness Society and other conservation groups, died December 16, 2009, at the age of 85.

“It’s hard to imagine what we would have done without Ted,” said Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows. “A lot of important work simply would not have been done. He also was a committed member of our Governing Council for a decade and received our highest citizen honor: the Robert Marshall Award.”

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton and an alumnus of The Lawrenceville School, Stanley was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart as a World War II infantryman. He spent 30 years as chief executive of the New York financial printing firm Bowne & Co., the city’s oldest business. In 1981 Stanley moved to Maryland’s Eastern Shore and founded the Town Creek Foundation, which makes grants to environmental nonprofits. Stanley and his wife Jennifer, who served on our Governing Council after he stepped down, also were major supporters of National Public Radio.

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Mrs. Phyllis Parsons Ms. Loraine Pearsall and Mr. Paul Chrostowski Mr. David Pedersen Mr. William L. Peebles The Peixotto Trust Mr. Alan Penczek Ms. Phyllis Penrod Dr. Theresa A. Perenich J. H. Peters Ms. Constance Peterson Mrs. Beverly Phillips Mr. E. A. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. John Pierce Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Plank Ms. Nancy Plaxico Sam Plimpton and Wendy Shattuck Ms. Bernadine Pollock Mr. Phillip L. Poole Mr. Sidney Posel Helen Posey Drs. Richard and Janice Potter William A. Prezant Dr. Markita Price Dr. Marshall Priest, M.D. Martin R. Prince, M.D. Leonard and Beatrice Prosnitz Miss Alice J. Purcell Margaret Y. Purves Ms. Janina Quint R.E.M. Marjorie B. Rachlin Drs. Susan Ott and David Ralph Ms. Judith E. Randal Mr. Frank R. Randall Mr. Joe L. Randles Ms. Sara Ransford Will and Carolyn Ratliff Miss Marjorie Raymond Charles and Eileen Read

Mr. and Mrs. William Redeker Mr. William W. Reed Mr. Andrew Reich Mr. John Reilly Ms. Mary E. Reinthal Phyllis Reynolds Cary Ridder and David Alberswerth Kurt and Elizabeth Rieke Alice M. Rivlin Mr. Christopher Robbins Mr. Timothy A. Robert Dr. June K. Robinson and Mr. William T. Barker Ms. May A. Robinson Mr. Laurance Rockefeller David Rodd Mr. Gordon Rodda and Ms. Renee Rondeau Catherine Rodriguez Waldron and Joyce Rogers Dr. William N. and Mrs. Holly M. Rom Ms. Anne Rorimer Paul and Catherine Rosenberger Roger and Fernne Rosenblatt Mr. Myron R. Rosenthal Helen G. Ross Prof. and Mrs. Robert Rotberg Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rounds Elizabeth Ruffin Ms. Mary Rugo Mr. Jim A. Rupke Mrs. Murray Rushmore Mr. Daniel Safranek and Ms. Ann Rembert Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Saltonstall Mrs. Lenore M. Salvaneschi Savitt Family Fund of Tides Foundation Fannette Sawyer

Ms. Roberta S. Schaffer Mr. Timothy Schaffner Nancy and Marty Schechtman Dr. Michael F. Scheier and Dr. Karen A. Matthews Ms. Karal Schlundt Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Schumann Muriel and Maurice Schwartz Mrs. Elizabeth Seelig Bennett and Frederick Shapiro Mr. Charles E. Shepard Mr. John A. Sherman Jr. Mr. Alistair Sherret Robin R. Shield and John A. Tariot Dr. Alan J. Shurman Mr. and Mrs. John B. Sias Jan and Carl Siechert Adam and Amy Simon Elizabeth B. Simon Ms. Abby R. Simpson Murali and Gouri Sivarajan Mr. A. Homer Skinner Mrs. Doris Skopp John B. and Mary Helen Slater Terri and Rich Slivka Mr. Benjamin Smith Ms. Elizabeth Smith Farwell Smith and Linda McMullen Jeffrey Smith and Tami RecklerSmith Kate, Bob and Andrew Smith Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Ms. Marion Smith Mr. Patrick L. Smith and Ms. Michelle Stearns Mrs. Cynthia O. Smyth Ms. Cheryl Snyder Dr. and Mrs. Allan J. Sobin Ms. Karen Sollins

George Wallerstein and Julie Lutz Mr. Kendall L. Walton Ms. Denise A. Ward Mr. Kurt Warmbier Mr. George Warrington Philip A. and Patricia S. Washburn James C. Waugh Mr. Sanford Waxer Barry and Elsa Waxman Dean and Dorothy Weber Evelene Wechsler Mark Weeks Mrs. Nell V. Weidenhammer Mr. John A. Weihe Mr. Marshall Weinberg Mr. John Wells Sally Wells Steven M. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Kim Wennesland Mr. John A. Wesner William W. and Patricia L. Wessinger Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Ms. Margaret White Nancy Hanes White Wide Waters Fund Richard Wieboldt David R. Wiemer Mr. William B. Wiener Jr. Karen Wilcox and Andrew Winneg Ms. Gwen Williams Ms. Jane T. Wilson Mr. Peter S. Wilson Mr. Stephen Winiarski Ms. Anne Winkes Mrs. Dorothy Winnette Don and Bente Winston Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Winston Mel Wohlgemuth and Matt Howard Aizik Wolf

Mantell Brings Broad Experience to Governing Council Board member Michael Mantell’s magic moment came during a family trip to Yosemite when he was 12. “The place just took my breath away,” he recalls. Ever since then he has been committed to protecting nature.

A Los Angeles native, Mantell graduated from Berkeley and earned a law degree at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, nationally recognized for its strong environmental program. Knowing that the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office had one of the nation’s most progressive environmental departments, Mantell began his career there as a prosecutor.

In 1980 he and his wife Maxine, a classmate at UC Berkeley, set off for an experiment in East Coast living. The Conservation Foundation hired Mantell to direct its Land, Heritage and Wildlife Program, and when the group merged with the World Wildlife Fund, he was named general counsel.

After a decade in Washington, he and Maxine, along with their two sons Joshua and David, headed back to California so that Mantell could serve as California’s undersecretary for resources under Republican Governor Pete Wilson. “It was an exciting time,” he recalls. “We took some creative approaches to improving California water policies, protecting wetlands, and we developed a plan in partnership with the federal government that encourages multi-species protection in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California.” © Hilary Fey Cronon

Mr. John A. Taylor Jr. Margaretta Taylor Mr. Paul W. Taylor Ms. Stephanie Taylor and Mr. James Stewart Mr. John W. Terborgh Dr. Samuel T. Test H. D. Thomas and Jean Kavanagh Mr. Lowell Thomas Jr. Mr. Jess D. Thompson William B. Thompson Ms. Barbara Tomasovic Ms. Helen Torelli Mr. and Mrs. Jon Tourville Ms. E. J. Townsend Mr. James Townsend Robert and Susan Townsend Thomas A. Traber Ms. Barbara Trask Mr. Frederick H. Tresher Mr. Jack Troup Ms. Katherine H. Troutner Ms. Julie A. Tullis Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Unfried Mr. Jon Ungar Mr. Richard Urell Mrs. Paul Van Der Stricht Diane Van Wyck and Francis Repas Ann S. and William H. Vanderbilt Jr. Ms. Lelia Vaughan Mrs. Sally S. Venerable Dr. Nancy Verber Mr. and Mrs. Tom Verhoeven Ms. Polly Victor Mr. and Mrs. James Voegeli Erich Voester Ms. Karen Vogl Mr. James Wadsworth Ms. Jennifer Walker Mr. John J. Waller Jr.

In the late 1990s, he founded Resources Law Group, LLP, a multidisciplinary firm in Sacramento that focuses on innovative and significant conservation work for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and other private and public-sector interests.

Mantell is the author or co-author of several books, the recipient of several national conservation awards, and a member of the boards of Resources for the Future and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

In 2002 and 2006 Mantell chaired campaigns to pass California ballot initiatives dedicating funds for the purchase of parks, coastal lands, and other natural areas. The second one, for $5.4 billion, is the largest in the nation’s history. “One of the most important aspects,” Mantell says, “was that we received higher percentages of votes from Latinos, African Americans, and Asian-Americans than from whites.”

He accepted an invitation to join our Governing Council in 2008. “Michael thinks in visions and acts in reality,” says Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows, “and sometimes it seems that he knows every conservation leader in the country.”

Mantell says that he has enjoyed working with “such a talented staff and board” and dealing with the most challenging conservation issues facing the nation, including climate change. “I have been struck by the respect that The Wilderness Society has among opinion leaders and elected officials, and I like the organization’s willingness to take a fresh look at difficult issues,” he observes. “I welcome the opportunity to help ensure that far into the future 12-year-olds will continue to experience the same eye-opening moment that I had.”

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Mr. Dale Spall and Ms. Carolyn Mangeng Mr. Jon Spar Mr. John Sperling Dr. and Mrs. Randall S. Sprick Mr. Don C. Springer Laurie and Ben Stanley Cynthia C. Starkovsky Robin and Christy Stebbins Ms. Peggy Steffel Jim Stein and Debbie Stein-Sharpe L. Harold Stephens Dr. W. Eugene Stern Ms. Nancy P. Stetson Ms. Caroline S. Stevenson Mrs. Frances W. Stevenson Dr. and Mrs. Marion B. Stewart Jon and Lisa Stine Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Stirn Eleanor Stoddard Stoller Family Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Mr. Max Stolz Jr. Donald and Eunice Stover Mr. Rick Stowe Mrs. Marion Strack Sally Thompson Strait Gordon and Susan Street Mark and Joan Strobel Mr. Scott Stromatt Mr. Andrew Struble James V. and Susan W. Sullivan Carolyn Summers and David Brittenham Ruby and William Suter Mrs. Susan J. Suwinski Ms. June K. Swango Mr. Mark Sweeney Yachiyo Takamatsu Forrest Tancer

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Ms. Robyn D. Wolf Paula Wolferseder Yabar Doug Wood Dr. and Mrs. Francis C. Wood Jr. Mr. John A. Woollam Mr. Roger Worthington Ms. Sara Wragge Tien H. and Pei H. Wu Mr. J. A. Wunderlich III Mr. C. Angus Wurtele Mr. Chris Wurtele Mr. John Zapp

Jean Schiro-Zavela and Vance Zavela Mr. Paul Ziemann Ms. Joan B. Zukoski

Foundations, Corporations and Other Institutions Anonymous (2) 444 S Foundation Agua Fund, Inc. American Conservation Association, Inc. Appalachian Mountain Club

Arabella Legacy Fund Arkay Foundation The Aspenwood Foundation B.T. Rocca Jr. Foundation Bank of America Bay Branch Foundation The Betterment Fund Birdseye Foundation Bluestone Foundation Blumenthal Foundation The Brainerd Foundation The Bullitt Foundation

Members Making a Difference in Wyoming

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Patty and Phil Washburn live in Pinedale, Wyoming, in a house that could be called “The Wilderness Society Lodge.” Staff members Steff Kessler and Peter Aengst are in the area often to tangle with the natural gas industry, and the Washburns are always glad to host them. “They are like family now,” says Kessler.

Natives of Charleston, West Virginia, the couple moved to Chicago after college.

Phil became a commercial banker, while Patty taught school, primarily kindergarten.

They have a daughter and a son, both of whom share a conservation ethic with their parents.

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Wyoming 27 years ago when they joined an Episcopal Church group to work with and learn from the Northern Arapahos on the Wind River Indian Reservation. “It got us hooked on the West,” says Phil.

On many subsequent trips to Wyoming, he fly-fished and backpacked in the Wind River Mountains. Then, about 12 years ago, he and Patty decided they wanted to retire in Pinedale, some 75 miles south of Grand Teton National Park. “We really enjoy the community,” she says. In 2005 they moved into a house near a scenic trout-filled tributary of the Green River with captivating mountain views.

The bad news is that the house is less than a mile from the sprawling Pinedale Anticline gas field. “We were naïve,” says Patty. “We thought the Forest Service and the BLM would make sure that the public lands would be developed responsibly.”

They began working with several conservation groups. “One night we were invited to a home near Jackson to hear a Wilderness Society talk,” Phil says. “I was blown away by the depth of Peter Aengst’s presentation. We

were really impressed by how professional, objective, reasonable, and committed Peter, Steff, and their colleagues are.” The couple opened their home for a reception so that area residents could learn more about our work in the Northern Rockies.

“Patty and Phil are invaluable,” says Aengst. “They not only host all kinds of meetings; they also write op-eds, lobby lawmakers, contribute money, you name it.”

All that effort seems to be making a difference. State and federal agencies are beginning to listen to local concerns about clean air and water and wildlife habitat protection, and they are putting improved safeguards and more accountability into development plans. The Washburns wish they could see such progress in their native West Virginia. “The state is being devastated by the coal mining industry’s mountaintop removal,” says Phil.

“There are many places with environmental challenges,” says Patty. “I’m glad to know that The Wilderness Society has Peters and Steffs working with people in those areas, too.”

Campaign for America’s Wilderness Margaret A. Cargill Foundation The Chrysalis Foundation The Cinnabar Foundation Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation Conservation Alliance The James M. Cox, Jr. Foundation Denali National Park Wilderness Centers Ltd Dewoskin/ Roskin Foundation Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Dole Family Foundation Ecotrust The Educational Foundation of America EMSA Fund, Inc. The Energy Foundation KMTT - The Mountain Karl G. Estes Foundation Faegre & Benson Foundation The Fanwood Foundation Faraway Foundation Ferguson Foundation Firehole Ranch Kasala Furniture The Flori Foundation Foremost Developing Co., Inc. The Helen Clay Frick Foundation Robert & Michelle Friend Foundation Friends of the River Gibson Family Foundation Glickenhaus Foundation Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund The Marc Haas Foundation Harder Foundation The Harding Educational and Charitable Foundation Hawksglen Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Hirschler Manufacturing, Inc. The John C. and Susan K. Hubbard Foundation, Inc. Huplits Foundation Trust Jane Smith Turner Foundation Jenner & Block LLP Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Floyd C. & Flo Singer Johnson Foundation Joyce Green Family Foundation Louis M. and Sally B. Kaplan Foundation The Kibler Foundation Krehbiel Family Foundation Laird Norton Endowment Foundation LaSalle Adams Fund The Lazar Foundation New Prospect Foundation Leupold & Stevens Foundation Living Springs Foundation Louis and Jane Jacobson Foundation Lyndhurst Foundation Suzan R. Mackler Fund Mammoth Mountain Ski Area LLC Grace R. and Alan D. Marcus Foundation Markmarkers Foundation, Inc. The Mars Foundation Mellam Family Foundation R. K. Mellon Family Foundation Merck Family Fund Merlin Foundation Mumford Family Foundation The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation The Nason Family Foundation

Tortuga Foundation Town Creek Foundation Truettner Foundation Turner Foundation, Inc. van Itallie Foundation, Inc. Geraldine S. Violett Charitable Foundation Wallace Genetic Foundation, Inc. Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort Wege Foundation West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Wiancko Charitable Foundation Wilburforce Foundation The Wyss Foundation

Matching Gifts and Other Funding Bank of America Foundation The Baupost Group L.L.C The Bullitt Foundation Dell Direct Giving Campaign EnCana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. GE Foundation Goldman, Sachs & Co. Honeywell Hometown Solutions Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies JustGive.Org The Longview Foundationn Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Microsoft Corporation Network For Good The Prospect Hill Foundation Recreational Equipment, Inc. Sparkman Cellars Textron TisBest Philanthrophy

The Robert Marshall Council We are pleased to acknowledge the following individuals who have included the Wilderness Society in their wills or estate plans. The Robert Marshall Council is named for one of our founders, a visionary conservation hero who was the first person to help further our work with a bequest.

Anonymous (321) Mr. James F. Acton Ronald C. Acuff Janet C. and Ronald L. Adams Eric and Audra Adelberger Dr. Mary Virginia Allen Dr. David W. Alsop Mr. Edward A. Ames and Ms. Jane Sokolow Kay Amos Bud and Jackie Anderson Marilu Anderson Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin George and Donna Arbaugh Brenda Armstrong Kurt Aronow Mrs. Adelle Arva Marcy Ashby Amber Asimenios Charles Axline R. M. Baab Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bacon Robert D. Bacon Betty Jane Baer Milena Bailey Robert Baillie Tom and Currie Barron Donald Barry and Teiko Saito

Founder’s Niece Is Dedicated to Carrying on His Legacy “Bob was always my hero,” says Ellen Marshall Scholle, a long-time Wilderness Society member. “Bob” was Bob Marshall, our primary founder—and her uncle. “Whenever he visited us in our apartment in New York, he’d turn a somersault, and then take my brother and me on piggyback rides,” she recalls.

Bob Marshall’s feats were legendary. He, his brother George, and guide Herb Clark were the first to climb all 46 Adirondack peaks over 4,000 feet. Marshall also explored Alaska’s Brooks Range in 1929, calling it “the gates of the Arctic,” which became the name of the national park established there 50 years later.

He brought similar perseverance to his crusade to protect America’s wilderness, and one of the largest wilderness areas, near Glacier National Park, was named in his honor.

His other brother, James, was Scholle’s father and a highly respected lawyer. Like all the Marshalls, Ellen loved the outdoors. In the summer she attended camp and then spent a couple of weeks at the family’s Adirondack cabin at Saranac Lake. “The Adirondacks are home to us,” she says, “and I climbed my first mountain there with Bob and my father.”

Her famous uncle died from a heart attack in 1939, on a train from Washington to New York. He was just 38. “When my mother called to tell me, I was in complete shock,” says Scholle, who was away at college. “He was a great outdoorsman and climbed all those mountains.”

After earning her degree, Ellen married Rod Scholle, who was in the U.S. Air Force.

After the war they headed back to New York.

“Before long, we bought a house in Scarsdale, where our two children grew up.” Their daughter Linda is an attorney in Kentucky, while son Stephen is a psychologist and practices

acupuncture.

Uncle Bob was not the only member of this illustrious family to play a role in The Wilderness Society. His brother George Sailing with Uncle Bob was our president in the early 1970s and edited our magazine.

Ellen’s father, James, served on the Governing Council. The third generation has kept the tradition alive, thanks to Scholle’s granddaughter Liza, an intern in 1997.

The Scholles have been generous contributors over the decades, and Ellen has put The Wilderness Society in her will. (Her husband died in 1996.) “Our wilderness is disappearing, and we can’t let that happen,” says Scholle, who now lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York. She took her first trip to Alaska with The Wilderness Society, and protecting the state where her Uncle Bob did so much exploring is a top priority. She also took part in trips we organized to Utah and the Everglades.

“Mrs. Scholle is always happy to send letters to Congress to urge support of important bills, and one day last year she walked all over Capitol Hill to share her views on conservation,” says C. C. Clavet, who is part of our national forest team.

Trained as an oral historian, Scholle has a number of causes. She served on the Adirondack Council’s board and chaired the Natural Resources Committee of the White Plains chapter of the League of Women Voters, writing a monthly newsletter column. “We all have to do what we can to make the world a better place,” she says. © Seth Novatt

Natural Resources Council Of America Natural Resources Council of Maine The Nature Conservancy New Mexico Community Foundation The New-Land Foundation, Inc. The Norcross Wildlife Foundation Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College The October Hill Foundation George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation Overhills Foundation P Twenty-One Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Panaphil Foundation The Prospect Hill Foundation Public Employees for Environmental Responsiblity Quixote Foundation, Inc. Resources Legacy Fund Foundation Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation S. C. Rain Foundation SB Foundation Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation Mendon F. Schutt Family Fund The Shanbrom Family Foundation Sierra Club Solberg Manufacturing, Inc. The Stettenheim Foundation The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation Fund George B. Storer Foundation STS Foundation Swimmer Family Foundation Sykes Family Foundation The Simons Family Foundation The Thomas Foundation

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Emma M. Bartoy Mrs. Dianne G. Batch David M. Bean Mr. Keith Bean John and Ann Beane Phil and Lynn Beedle Beverly S. Bender Charles and Elin Bennett Billie Louise Bentzen Todd and Betty Berens Howard A. and Dorothy G. Berger Janet and Keith Bergman Sandra Berndt Mr. Brian Besser David Birkner Mr. Robert W. Bittner Larry and Constance Blackwood Robert O. Blake Col. Kenneth Bloodworth Carolyn Bluhm

Mrs. Betty Blumenkamp Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boeding Helen S. Bolle Mr. and Mrs. James J. Boock Ms. Judy Bradford Sally D. Braman Elizabeth Breunig Sylvia Brody Amy C. Browning Joyce H. and Roland F. Bryan Mary Catherine Buck William D. Buel Mr. and Mrs. Dale Burch James R. and Denise J. Burch Mr. Michael F. Burns Douglas W. Burton Jr. Lisa C. Caplan Arthur Cappello Louise Carney Frances Chamberlin Carter

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Clarence Petty: Was Adirondacks Champion Clarence Petty, who devoted most of his 104 years to defending New York’s Adirondack Park, died November 30, 2009. That work, as well as his efforts to protect wilderness in Alaska and elsewhere, was honored by The Wilderness Society in 1999. Petty won our highest citizen award, named for another fierce advocate for the Adirondacks and Alaska, Robert Marshall.

A U.S. Navy pilot in the Pacific during World War II, Petty taught flying until he was 94. He was a forest ranger in the Adirondack State Park and later served as a liaison between the New York State Conservation Department and the state legislature.

In 1975 Petty helped found the Adirondack Council, a nonprofit land conservation group, and became its first director. During his mid-60s he paddled a canoe along more than 1,300 miles of Adirondack Park’s rivers and streams to map its most remote regions.

“Not all people feel they need to have wilderness, but I do,” he told The New York Times in 2005. “If things go bad, and everything seems to go wrong, the best place to go is right into the remote wilderness and everything’s in balance there.”

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Margaret D. Carter Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly John T. and Theresa D. Cederholm Robert and Barbara Chabot Ms. Ying C. Chang Mr. Charles B. Chedsey Mrs. Luann K. Cheney-Smith Sandra and Daniel Ciske David B. Clark Lois J. Cleworth Robert C. Cohen Barbara and Bertram Cohn Theodore and Alice Cohn Mary B. Cole David A. Collins Marcie D. Colpas RoseAnn B. Comstock Anne and Bill Conn Dr. Mary L. Contakos Betty Cooke Barbara Cooper Carol Copp Mr. Brian Corey C. D. Cornwell Ms. Anne M. Cowan John L. Coyier Frank Gary Crom Al and Yvonne Cullen Bethia S. Currie Neil W. Currie Guy E. Dahms Sali T. Dalton Benjamin Davis Brenda and Swep Davis John Jackson Davis Nancy Davlantes Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton Mr. Jon Deak Michael and Arlene DiMenna

Susan Diaz William T. Dickerson James G. Dillion Sylvia Ruth Dillon Wesley E. and Sophie G. Dirks Frank Discenza Jr. Lorraine W. Ditta Martin Dodge Harry L. Dodson Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dolan Dorothy L. Douglass Ms. Ann H. Downer Jules H. Drucker Dale Druckrey Mr. and Mrs. David Dryfoos Mr. Michael Dryfoos and Ms. Ilga Jansons Carol J. Dulaney Paul L. Dunklee Fund Arthur Dusdall Mr. and Mrs. James Dwyer Margo and George Earley Jennifer Eden Dr. and Mrs. Jack R. Edgens Professor Ernest Edwards Dr. Norman L. Egger William J. Ehmann Ms. Mim Eisenberg C. Elliman Benton Elliott Daphne Elliott Barbara E. Ellis Linda Jo Ellis Frances B. Elston Steven G. Erwood Donna Esteves Dave Evans William D. Evers Phyllis Falconer

Elizabeth A. Feldhusen Marla A. Ferguson Mrs. Darrell F. Fienup Arthur L. Finn Louis and Kim Fiorentino Ms. B. Ellen Fisher Mrs. Joseph L. Fisher JoAnn W. Flock Dr. Gunther S. Fonken and Ms. Agnes Hughes Paul J. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frank Edwin and Cheryl Franke Helene Frankel Barbara Fraser Barbara J. Fraser Dr. Avery Freed Ms. Leona B. Freist Mary Anne Freyer Arthur Fry John A. Fullinwider Dr. Virginia S. Furrow Mrs. James Gaddis Ms. Marie L. Gaillard Dr. Sarah F. Gaines Christopher D. Gates H. F. Gehrlach Eletha E. Gerber John W. Gintell Mrs. Thelma Ginzler Eliot Girsang and Richard Wilson Scott and Nadine Goetz Dr. and Mrs. John L. Graham Ms. Fredianne Gray Mr. John Gray Bryan Green Margaret S. Gregory Ms. Edna Grenlie

Mrs. William F. Kirsch Jr. John M. Kittross Josephine W. Kixmiller Paul C. Klahr Ms. Susan C. Klein Mrs. Lillian Klepper Mrs. Jean Klotzbach Mr. and Mrs. William E. Knox John and Ruth Kolvas Mr. E. A. Komczyk Kay Koplovitz Margaret Kornfeil David Korr Eugene V. and Lenore M. Kosso Betty J. Kraker Dr. Robert L. Kriel Mr. H. William Kuni Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Kurz Kathy L. Kuyper Robert Kvaas Greg A. La Fortune Herb Lafair Mr. Jon C. Lafleur Virginia A. Lamarche Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Larson Catherine L. Latham Dr. Richard L. Latterell Dr. Louis F. Lawrence Mrs. Fred F. Lawson Kirk Lawton Dr. and Mrs. Guy Leadbetter Tom and Barbara Leggat Dr. Steven Leifheit and P. Hale Dr. and Mrs. Rolf Lemp Mrs. Rita T. Lenehan Ms. Joan Levers Dr. Lynn Levitt Barbara J. Lewis Linda A. Lewis

Ed Wayburn: Fought for California and Alaska Edgar Wayburn, one of the 20th century’s most accomplished conservationists, died March 5, 2010, at the age of 103. Born in Macon, Georgia, Wayburn graduated from the University of Georgia when he was 19 and from Harvard Medical School at 23. He served four years in the Army Air Forces.

A San Francisco doctor and the father of four, Wayburn was a leader in many major conservation campaigns, often in tandem with Congressman Phil Burton (D-CA). Wayburn helped create Redwood National Park, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Point Reyes National Seashore, and other natural treasures. A president of the Sierra Club in the 1960s, he was a leader in passage of the Alaska Lands Act. Joining him in these campaigns was his wife Peggy. Their first date featured a climb to the top of Mt. Tamalpais, just north of San Francisco. They were honored together by The Wilderness Society in 2001, receiving our Robert Marshall Award. Dr. Wayburn’s long list of awards includes the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor.

“I treasured every minute I spent with him,” says Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows. “He was an inspiration, as determined as anyone I’ve ever met to leave the world a better place.” © Anne Hamersky

Dr. Ian Hood Mr. David Hoover Amanda W. Hopkins Perry Y. Hopkins Ms. H. W. Hopp Mr. and Mrs. William Horn Mary B. Horne James H. and Sherry P. Hubbard L. Barrie and Shirley Hunt Mrs. William P. Jackson Jacques F. Jacobson Dr. and Mrs. Graham A. Jamieson Moreau Jansky Parsons Tim and Jan Jaskoski Allen Jefferis Maureen Jenner Dr. and Mrs. Louis K. Jensen Dorothy B. Jessee Lucie Johns C.G. and Linda Johnson Denny Johnson Ms. Kristine Johnson Dorothy Johnston Dr. Nelson Jones Warren and Janet Jones J. Eric Jordan Thomas J. Joyce Jay M. Julian Ruth Gannett Kahn Jean M. Kane Dorothy S. Kanehl Kevin A. Karl Mrs. Barbara O. Keeton Anne Kelemen William B. Kelly Dr. James S. Key Robert and Jane Kibler Sharon A. Killough Brad M. King

Maryel Lewis Mrs. Vivian R. Liddell Fred S. Lieber Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindstrom Joan C. Lindusky Carol T. Linnig Nina Liu Mrs. M. H. Lock Sally and Melvin Lockwood Ruth Lofgren Ann Lowry Caroline Lowsma Dayton Lummis Larry Lundberg Mary J. Lundell Irving M. Lustig

James Macfadden R. Mamula Joanne Manoway C. L. Marshall David A. Martin Howard and Fay Marx Cindy Marzolf Helen Mattin Nancy M. Mayer Ursula Mayer Edmund E. McCann Lawrance H. McClung Ann McDonald Elizbeth Taillon McFee Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. McGavran Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. McGrady

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Christine L. Dickey and Stephen L. Griffith Mrs. Nina B. Griswold Mrs. Jean E. Groff Sharyn Groslyn Gayle Hackamack Gary and Carolyn Haden Mr. William B. Hale Jonathan B. Hales David Edward and Nancy Mullen Hall Julie and Parker Hall Mark Hallee Mrs. Natalie W. Halpin John S. Hand, Ph.D. Russ and Patty Hannon Lynne W. Hansen David and Eileen Hardy William Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Harmon Miriam Harris, Ph.D. Jessie M. Harris Ms. Susan K. Harris Dr. John H. Harvey Doris Haskell Georgina Hasney DeeAnn A. Hast Gerhard D. Heiter DeWitt J. Henderson T. Henneforth Eric and Sylvie Henning Robert W. Hewitt Gloria A. Hibbard Eva Higgins S. M. Highberger Mary L. Hill Wendell P. and Sandra K. Hill Jeffrey and Rebecca Himsl Edward Hoagland Dr. Leroy G. Holub

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John G. McInnis Nancy McLachlin Patsy B. McMurtrie Don McNabb Mary M. McPherson Deanna L. Mechensky G. A. Melnick Ms. Brenda Melstein George and Judith Mercer Don Mercill and Pari Morse Betty Meyer Kay E. Meyer Grace Michaels Ed Miller Dr. Edward D. Miller John E. Miller John J. B. Miller Leslie Miller Margaret Miller Patricia L. Minnick Mr. and Mrs. John Montagne Claire W. Mooers Dr. James A. Morris Constance Mounce Ann M. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Murray Ross Murray Olga P. Najacht Ruth H. Neff Mark Nelson and Connie Krummrich Katherine M. Ness Susan Niles and Paul Schirner Florence C. Norstrom Edward W. Norton Jan K. and Judith E. Novak Ms. Lois I. Nowak Dorothy and Alan Obre Gerald Orcholski

Kathryn A. Ordway John and Gloria Osberg Diane Pace Patricia A. Packer Marsha E. Palitz Ms. Deborah E. Palmer Henry Parker Mary Webster Parker Mrs. Raymond D. Parker Lucile B. Patrick Cynthia C. Payne Nancy Pearlmutter, in Memory of David and Moolah Pearlmutter Mr. Jerold Pearson Robert and Madeline Pendergrass Dr. Theresa Perenich Mrs. Dottie Perry Miss Polly Perry J. Henry Peters Craig M. Peterson, Ph.D. John D. Pickelman Patricia Piepho Gail Pigeon Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Plank Nancy and Robert Plaxico Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pollock Ms. Phyllis J. Polumbo Gerald and Barbara Porter Peggy E. Post Myrna Barbara Potosky Judith Powell Dr. Thomas R. Pray Nancy and Ben. G. M. Priest Ms. Susan Puder L. S. Pyle Dr. Carolyn S. Quinn Mr. H. Richard Randall James McChesney Ranson Sandra Rasche

Maryann Reis Gail F. Reissen Kathleen Elyse Schmidt Renquist Mr. and Ms. Cleo Richard Marie W. Ridder Ruth Robinson Dr. and Mrs. Gaylan L. Rockswold Linda and Edward Roesner Mr. Mark Rohling Edmond and Phyllis Root Mary L. Rosczyk F. D. Rose Kenneth A. Rosvold Victoria Roy Mr. John L. Rundle Jr. Douglas M. Ruthardt Dr. and Mrs. Dante Salera Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Saltonstall Ms. Jaya Salzman Jean Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Schaefer Gloria G. and Karl F. Schlaepfer Helen L. Schneider Ellen Marshall Scholle Curtis Schuppe Eleanor Nadler Schwartz Dr. Adolph M. Segal Mrs. Henry M. Shafer Norma G. Shaw Max and Nadia Shepard Robert Shultz Harold and June Siebert Ann B. Simpson Beverly L. Simpson Charles and Mary Sinclair Sandra K. Skaggs Mr. Thomas A. Skerry David D. Skryja Marcia L. Slatkin

Nancy Slocum Hornick Mr. Anthony M. Smith Ms. Ernestine I. Smith Ian J. Smith John R. Smith Lois K. Smithies Suzanne Snow Peter A. Soria Edward Spalding Lynn Spensley Nicholas Sperelakis Dr. Dennis Spitz James and Dolores Sprague M. G. Springer Mrs. Barbara St. George Mr. West Stache Jennifer and Edmund A. Stanley Jr. Dr. Kent L. Steckmesser Mary P. Stegner Steven R. Stegner Gary Stevens Dr. Marion Stewart and Mrs. Marcia Glanz Robert G. Stine Barbara R. Stinson Eleanor H. Stoddard Mrs. Vi Strain Elaine Strassburger Ms. Georgene Stratman Joanna Sturm Sheila and John Suarez Karen J. Swope M. G. Szetela Mrs. Phyllis Whitney Tabor Ms. Karen P. Thomas Bette Thompson Mr. and Mrs. H. Keith Tiedemann Mr. Richard C. Timm Mr. Robert Tolfree

L. Diane Tompkins Thomas B. Tuell Joyce Tullock Samuel E. Tuma Dr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Turner John H. Tyler Dr. and Mrs. David C. Ulmer Jr. Mr. F. R. Van Den Dries Ms. Sarita Van Vleck Abigail P. van Alstyne Mr. H. J. Velsor Jr. Dr. Nancy Verber Mr. Van R. Vibber Mr. and Mrs. James Voegeli Jordan Voelker Donald A. Vogel Helen E. Vogt Phyllis M. Vogt Fred F. Wadsworth James R. Wagner Priscilla L. Waite Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Waldner Billy C. and Jo Ann L. Wallace Judge E. Wallace Robert Wallace Judy A. Warner Aimee M. Waters Mr. R. D. Watson Kendrick C. Webb Dr. and Mrs. Edward Weber Mr. Marshall M. Weinberg Mr. Jim E. Weinel Darrell G. Wells Michael A. Wells Sally Wells Charles H. and Salome S. Wells Martha and Jack West Cynthia S. Westerman Gladys P. Westman

Bequests We are deeply honored and grateful to acknowledge gifts

received during fiscal year 2009 from the estates of the following individuals: Sophie C. Aksel Earl P. and Olive S. Andrews Margaret D. Anthon Marion M. Archea Jan P. Balut Esther M. Barlow Jack H. and Jeanne S. Belcher L. Edward Bevins Pauline Bill Sara E. Blackwell Nancy A. Bower Martin Brandeis Clarita Heath Bright Wilma A. Buchman Dr. David A. Burton Georgia F. Cave Josephine E. Ciak Dorothy M. Davis Robert D. Deets Carolyn Dejanikus Jane C. Dirks-Edmunds, Ph.D. Nelson C. Doland Jr., in memory of Jayne S. Doland, and Ethel S. and Nelson C. Doland Sr. Samuel E. and Hilda S. Duff Trust Eleanor S. Fenton Mary B. Fish Fox Family Trust Dorothy A. Franklin Ethel F. Gardner George W. Geiger Dorothy T. Geyer Suzanne Gilbert Barbara K. Girdler Ralph and Dorothy Graham Memorial Fund

George A. Graham Jr. Mary Griessen Rita N. Hansen Grace Cooper Harrison Faye L. Hart Gale P. Henning Dr. Joseph Q. Heplar Ouida Mundy Hill Memorial Fund Florence M. Hoehne Bruce and Kathlyn Hotek Christine K. Humphries Carol Inberg Christine E. Jacobs Grace C. Kirshner Alfred H. Korn Ruth P. Shellhorn Kueser Dr. Harriet J. Kupferer Frances M. Latterell Elizabeth Lay Mildred A. Lillis Robert R. Linden Albert and Althea Lubersky Miriam Lukens Helen C. McCabe Robert A. McFann Charles B. and Colette C. McGarvie Elise R. Meehan Daniel D. Morrill Margaret Joy Morris Herbert J. and Mildred A. Nelson Spaulding A. Norris Vincent P. Osekoski Nevelyn Patton George M. Peterson Dr. George M. Peterson Barbara A. Powell Elizabeth H. Prather Patricia Pratt Sally Reahard

Dorothy Riness-Purcell Carlos A. Rodriguez Warren H. Rote Philip and Lois Sanford Gertrude Schaefer-Simmern Edna D. Scoppa Roberta Semonian Harvey Shapiro, in memory of Rena Robbins Shapiro Ronald Simonton George V. and Jean A. Smith Alice L. Spengler Grace C. Stebbins Doris Stern Veda Stern Barbara Anne Stott Curtis C. Tausch Marguerite Thompson Colette S. Thorndike Helen Lea Titus Ward M. Vanderpool Glenn Vargas Cristobel von Hemert Catherine V. von Schon Margie D. Watt Dorothy B. Webber Ruth Webster Alma Weisberg Josephine M. Whaley Winifred S. White Reamer W. Wigle Martha J. Workman Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Zimpelmann

Contributed Services and In-Kind Gifts Cascade Loop Scenic Highway Mr. Howard Ennes Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

Faegre & Benson, LLP Jenner & Block, LLP Hogan & Hartson, LLP The Irvine Museum KCTS 9 KMTT 103.7 The Mountain Mazama Country Inn North Central Washington Economic Development District North Cascades Institute North Cascades National Park REI Seattle Weekly Sun Mountain Lodge Whole Foods Market Mountain Brook, Alabama Photography: Mary Liz Austin Ray Bloxham David Bly Dennis Chamberlain John Dittli Jim Goldstein Rick Graetz Diane Hargreaves Mike Harrelson Bob Keefer Randy Matchett Sean Michael Photography Bill Mullins Jim Nelson Thomas O’Keefe Damon Parrish, courtesy of REI Bob Quinn Donnie Sexton Lisa Smith Tom Till Holly Werran, courtesy of REI

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Ginia Davis Wexler Sue Whan Mrs. Anna Wheelock Roger B. White James R. Whitefield Edward B. Whitney Richard J. Wightman Charles Tucker Wilkinson Ann Byers Wille Roger M. Williams Thomas D. Williams Michael Owen Willson Gail Wilson and Tim Archibald Mr. and Mrs. Donald Winston Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Winston Susan Woehrlin Dr. Richard W. and Lynn D. Woerpel Barry H. Wolf Mr. Michael N. Wood Steven Woodbury and Ann Bauer Prof. Herbert E. Wright Jan Wright Reverend and Mrs. Roger Wrigley Mr. and Mrs. Tien H. Wu Dr. William H. Wyttenbach Thomas C. Yeoman Margaret Young Patricia C. Youngman Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Zahn Alice Zea Denise Zembryki Mr. Ben Zuckerman Borys Zukowski and Stephanie Korcyn-Zukowski

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On Solid Ground: Financial Summary of The Wilderness Society The stormy global economy posed serious challenges to virtually all nonprofits last year. With this in mind, we managed our expenses more carefully than ever. Fortunately, with the help of several committed supporters who recognized the value of our work at a crucial time, we were able to increase our revenue. With our investments quickly rebounding, net assets increased by $6.4 million, or 15 percent, from 2008.

This success puts us on solid ground to resume growth in our program—and therefore to do more to protect the lands that belong to all Americans. We are grateful to our members for continuing to support our work despite their own

Our Members and Supporters

financial difficulties. That support will enable us to take full advantage of new and significant opportunities for long-term land protection.

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Wilderness Society, please contact us at: The Wilderness Society Attn: Membership Services 1615 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-3209 E-mail: member@tws.org Or visit: http://wilderness.org/about-us/

Revenues and Assets

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2009 2008 2007

Assets Cash and cash equivalents 1,442,778 1,318,284 937,660 Accounts and contributions receivable 12,545,623 9,765,043 10,243,765 Investments 20,630,169 17,209,557 21,805,156

Planned giving investments 5,731,044 6,417,854 7,803,707 Long-term receivables 5,082,819 6,095,243 11,127,691

Beneficial interest in assets held by others 7,168,444 6,340,283 8,523,682

Prepaid and other assets 562,191 551,988 578,106 Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements (net) 2,334,293 2,335,318 1,810,783

Total assets 55,497,361 50,033,570 62,830,550

Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses

Capitlal Lease Obligation

Custodial funds Deferred rent

Planned giving liabilities

2,904,544 39,268 26,030 235,358 3,495,372 6,700,572

3,252,730 171,094 26,030 446,837 3,776,872 7,673,563

2,886,015 222,878 26,030 589,172 3,663,253 7,387,348

Net Assets Unrestricted 8,325,742 5,963,707 9,650,000 Temporarily restricted 29,206,478 25,284,903 34,789,122

Permanently restricted 11,264,569 11,111,397 11,004,080

48,796,789 42,360,007 55,443,202

Total liabilities and net assets 55,497,361 50,033,570 62,830,550 STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES

Revenues Individuals 26,160,097 16,976,002 23,466,878 Foundations 6,004,290 6,979,435 6,939,456

Corporations 372,385 909,731 781,741 Total contributions 32,536,772 24,865,168 31,188,075 Investment income 698,753 533,044 635,376 Other 1,353,480 652,827 551,050

Total revenues 34,589,005 26,051,039 32,374,501

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Expenses Program Services Conservation projects 17,556,328 17,810,909 14,864,160 Public education 5,213,443 3,747,813 3,124,978

22,769,771 21,558,722 17,989,138

Support services

Membership 2,516,565 4,607,209 3,557,069

Development 1,883,328 3,215,333 3,283,448

4,399,893 7,822,542 6,840,517

Management and general 1,474,646 1,459,330 922,777

5,874,539 9,281,872 7,763,294

Total expenses 28,644,310 30,840,594 25,752,432 Change in net assets from operations 5,944,695 (4,789,555) 6,622,069

Gains (losses) from investments and other changes 492,087 (8,293,640) 1,175,299

Beginning net assets 42,360,007 55,443,202 47,645,834

Ending net assets 48,796,789 42,360,007 55,443,202

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Governing Council and Staff

Annual Report 2009

Edward A. Ames, Riverdale, NY James R. Baca, Albuquerque, NM Thomas A. Barron, Boulder, CO Richard Blum, San Francisco, CA David Bonderman, Fort Worth, TX* Crandall Bowles, Charlotte, NC William M. Bumpers, Cabin John, MD Majora Carter, Bronx, NY Bethine Church, Boise, ID Bertram J. Cohn, New York, NY William J. Cronon, Ph.D., Madison, WI Brenda S. Davis, Ph.D., Bozeman, MT, Chairman* Christopher J. Elliman, New York, NY

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Joseph H. Ellis, New York, NY David J. Field, Gladwyne, PA George T. Frampton, New York, NY Jerry F. Franklin, Ph.D., Issaquah, WA David Getches, Boulder, CO Caroline M. Getty, Corona Del Mar, CA* Reginald “Flip” Hagood, Washington, DC Marcia Kunstel, Jackson, WY, Secretary* Kevin Luzak, New York, NY Michael A. Mantell, Sacramento, CA Dave Matthews, Charlottesville, VA Molly McUsic, Chevy Chase, MD Heather Kendall Miller, Anchorage, AK

HONORARY COUNCIL

Scott A. Nathan, Boston, MA, Treasurer* Jaime Pinkham, St. Paul, MN Rebecca L. Rom, Edina, MN* Theodore Roosevelt IV, Brooklyn, NY Patrick L. Smith, Arlee, MT Cathy Douglas Stone, Boston, MA Sara Vera, Seattle, WA Douglas Walker, Seattle, WA, Vice Chair* Christina Wong, San Francisco, CA Hansjörg Wyss, West Chester, PA, Vice Chair*

Frances G. Beinecke, Bronx, NY Robert O. Blake, Washington, DC Gilman Ordway, Wilson, WY Charles Wilkinson, Boulder, CO

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* member of Executive Committee

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Allan and Marilyn Brown, Portola Valley, CA Frances Chamberlin Carter, Green Valley, AZ David* and Barbara Churchill, Bethesda, MD Stewart and Judith Colton, Short Hills, NJ Anne R. Conn, Seattle, WA Margo Earley, Mount Hood, OR Charles Ellman and Gail Austin-Ellman, Georgetown, KY James and Margaret Ellsworth, Mill Valley, CA Chris and Margot Enbom, San Anselmo, CA Dan Flickinger, Seattle, WA Rick Flory and Lee Robert, Paradise Valley, AZ Ed Groark, McLean, VA Ann Harvey, Wilson, WY Gerald and Lena Hirschler, Kirkland, WA Jeffrey Kenner, New York, NY Michael and Ann Loeb, New York, NY Henry D. Lord, New Haven, CT Janice Miller, Pacific Palisades, CA John and Charlotte Parish, Tullahoma, TN

Nancy Plaxico, Annapolis, MD Gaylan Rockswold, M.D., Ph.D., Minneapolis, MN Carl and Jan Siechert, Pasadena, CA Robin Stebbins, Ph.D, Silver Spring, MD Ted and Penny Thomas, Princeton, NJ Andrew Turner, Ph.D and Barbara Turner, Seattle, WA Edward B. Whitney, New York, NY Marsha M. Zelus, Carmel, CA * Chair of the President’s Council

STAFF William H. Meadows, President Amy Vedder, Senior VP (Conservation) Paula Wolferseder Yabar, Senior VP (Membership & Development)

Communications and Marketing David Slater, Acting Vice President Laura Bailey, Bennett H. Beach, Emily Diamond-Falk, Jennifer Dickson, Ted Fickes, Andrea Imler, Kathy Kilmer, Annette Kondo, Christopher Lancette, Michael Lund, Neil Shader, Jennifer Stephens, Tashia Tucker, Jared White

Research Spencer Phillips, Vice President H. Michael Anderson, Greg Aplet, Travis Belote, Jennifer Boggs, Michele Crist, Matthew Dietz, Michelle A. Haefele, Dawn Hartley, Evan Hjerpe, Ann Ingerson, Joe Kerkvliet, Wendy Loya, Pete

Executive Mandy DeVine, Leslie Jones (General Counsel), Linda Saunders Smith, Kathleen Welsch, Anna Wlodarczyk

Finance Ashford Chancelor, Vice President Eve Bender, Ray Boyer, David Conley, Gina Even, Julie Hogan, Diane Jackson, Maria Saponara, Stacey Terry

Membership and Development Corinne Abbott, Heather Addison, Sean Bowie, Fred Brandon, Kristina Brownlee, Mary Dennis, Sheila Dennis, Lisa Diekmann, Robynne Dinkelaker, Jennifer Donahue, Amanda Eisen, Catherine Fox, Jodie Goldberg, Meredith Gower, Marianne Harding, Robin Hickman, Betty Holmes, William Klass, Julie Levine, Cheryl Manley, Melanie Mercer, Amy Naughton, Anthony Nelson, Bernadette Odyniec, Jeff Ray, Lora Sodini, Tamara Sperling, Stephanie Taylor, Sally Wells, Jennifer White, Barbara Young

Operations Lisa L. Loehr, Vice President Gerald Arthur, Anita Godfrey, Patricia Holmes, Djonggi Lubis, Terry New, Emily Rogers

Public Policy Michael Francis, Acting Vice President David Alberswerth, M’Shae Alderman, Cecilia Clavet, Jessica

Goad, Chase Huntley, Nora Johnson, J. P. Leous, Lindsey Levick, David Moulton, Alan Rowsome, Louise Tucker

Regional Conservation Sara Barth, Vice President Michael Washburn, Senior Director, Eastern Forests Melyssa Watson, Senior Director, Wilderness ALASKA: Nicole WhittingtonEvans (acting director), Karen Hardigg, Connie Quinley, Lydia Olympic; CA/NEVADA: David Edelson (Director), Alice C. Bond, Bryce Esch, Richard Fairbanks, Samuel Goldman, Sally Miller, Daniel Rossman, Dan Smuts, Stanley Van Velsor; COLORADO: Suzanne Jones (Director), Camille Bright-Smith, Barbara Hawke, Soren Jespersen, Steve Smith, Jane Steadman; UTAH: Julie Mack; IDAHO: Craig Gehrke (Director), Brenda Bielke, Bradley Brooks, John McCarthy; NORTHEAST: Leanne Klyza Linck (Director), Mary Krueger, Jeremy Sheaffer; NORTHERN ROCKIES: Bob Ekey (Director), Peter Aengst, Scott Brennan, Anne Carlson, Jennifer Ferenstein, Janelle Holden, Steff Kessler, Anne Rockhold; PACIFIC NORTHWEST: Peter Dykstra (Director), Heather Blakely, Bob Freimark, Morgan Robinson, Cynthia Wilkerson; SOUTHEAST: Brent Martin (Director), Frank Peterman; SOUTHWEST: Zoe Krasney

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Morton, Christine Soliva, Janice Thomson, Mark Wilbert, Bo Wilmer

Public Lands Campaign Ann J. Morgan, Vice President Nada Wolff Culver, Alex Daue, Pamela Eaton, Benjamin A. Friedman, Phillip Hanceford, Joshua Hicks, Margie Linskey, Kevin Mack, Anne M. Merwin, Juli Slivka, Vera Smith

Wilderness Support Center Jeremy Garncarz (Director), Michael Carroll, Melissa Giacchino, Matt Keller, Bart Koehler, Nicole Layman, Michael Quigley, Maureen Rose, Paul Spitler, Jeff Widen

REGIONAL OFFICES Alaska

705 Christensen Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 907-272-9453 twsak@tws.org

Pacific Northwest

720 Third Ave. (#1800) Seattle, WA 98104 206-624-6430 twsnw@tws.org

California

Northeast

Northern Rockies

Southeast

655 Montgomery St. (#1000) San Francisco, CA 94111 415-398-1111 twssf@tws.org 503 W. Mendenhall Bozeman, MT 59715 406-586-1600 twsbzm@tws.org

Idaho

950 W. Bannock St. (#602) Boise, ID 83702 208-343-8153 twsid@tws.org

Colorado

1660 Wynkoop St. (#850) Denver, CO 80202 303-650-5818 denver@tws.org

Utah

1055 East 200, South Salt Lake City, UT 84102 801-355-8504

Southwest

600 Central Ave. (#237) Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-247-0834

9 Union St. (3rd floor) Hallowell, ME 04347 207-626-5553 maine@tws.org 563 W. Main St. (#1) Sylva, NC 28779 828-587-9453 twsse@tws.org

Wilderness Support Center 1309 E. 3rd Ave. (# 36) Durango, CO 81301 970-247-8788 wsc@tws.org

Annual Report

Editor: Bennett H. Beach Photo Editors: Lisa Dare, Melissa Blount Design: Ellen Smyth, Elle Designs

Page 1 Photography Credits

Rotceh Vazquez, Yanowich School Pictures; Pat Gilmore, Esperanza Villanueva; Kevin Slater, M. Dirk MacKnight; Dana Doherty Menlove, Mark Menlove; Thomas N. Belt, Lamar Marshall

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© Susanne Miller, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Cover photo: Grand Canyon National Park © Jason K. Bach

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