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2014−15 Annual Report
Point Blue
Conservation science for a healthy planet.
Point Blue Conservation Science
 Ellie Cohen and Ed Sarti.
Point Blue photo
Fifty years – and still counting!
Sitting in a Bay Area living room 50 years ago, a group of
dedicated ornithologists and birders, including Professor
Dick Mewaldt, Dr. C.J. Ralph and others with the Western
Bird Banding Association, completed the paperwork to
establish a new non-profit. The purpose, as described in the
articles of incorporation, was to research migratory birds
and collaborate with the National Park Service on their
interpretive program at the Point Reyes National Seashore.
With official approval by the State of California on March 15,
1965, the Point Reyes Bird Observatory was born.
Since then, thanks to our outstanding staff scientists and
our enthusiastic supporters and partners, we have grown to
become internationally recognized leaders in collaborative
conservation science, studying birds and other indicators
to assess changes in the environment and to improve
conservation outcomes.
We understand that real solutions come from working
together. We work with ranchers, farmers, government
agencies, academic scientists, schools, and others to
improve conservation outcomes for nature and for our
communities.
As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we are deeply
grateful to you, our donors and partners, for making Point
Blue’s climate-smart conservation science and outreach
possible. As highlighted in this annual report, we are making
significant progress in our ambitious and urgent strategic
initiatives to:
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Secure water and wildlife on working lands;
Protect our shorelines;
Conserve ocean food webs;
Catalyze climate-smart restoration;
Make plans and policies climate-smart; and,
Train the next generation.
With your continued generosity, we will continue to be
leaders and innovators in climate-smart conservation
science, from California to Antarctica. Together, we can make
positive change – and secure a healthy, blue planet, teeming
with life well into the future. Thank you!
Ellie M. Cohen
President and CEO
Ed Sarti
Chair, Board of Directors
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Below: Point Blue launched the new Rangeland Monitoring Network to measure and
monitor ecological function, with the goal of improving how rangelands are managed
(see page 5). Photo: Ryan DiGaudio
Vision
Because of the collaborative climate-smart
On the cover: Lewis’s Woodpecker, found in open woodlands, can be seen
flycatching, or grabbing insects from the air. Photo: P. Bannick/VIREO
conservation work we do today, healthy
ecosystems will sustain thriving wildlife and
human communities well into the future.
Six strategic initiatives drive and finely focus
Point Blue programs that extend from San
Francisco Bay to Antarctica.
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Securing Water and Wildlife on Working Lands
Point Blue scientists are working hand-in-hand with farmers, ranchers, foresters, conservation organizations, and
agencies to advance wildlife- and water-friendly practices on crop, grazing, and timber lands across California.
Tracking the Central Valley’s
water during unprecedented
drought. Our Central Valley ecologists
completed an analysis of the amount
of open surface water in California’s
Central Valley over the last year, and
compared the results to the 2000–2011
average. Surface water in the Central
Valley is almost entirely managed by
agencies and landowners. We found
there was 25–50 percent less surface
water during each month this past year.
Our next step is to automate an online
resource showing where open water
is available every two weeks, to help
ensure habitat for waterbirds during
times of drought.
Understanding rangelands. Point
Blue launched our new Rangeland
Monitoring Network to measure and
monitor soil health, with the goal of
improving rangeland management.
Rangelands comprise approximately
40% of California and support robust
wildlife, cattle grazing, soil water
storage, and carbon sequestration.
However, decades of human-driven
impacts and drought threaten
rangelands. Our research measures
water infiltration, soil bulk density,
soil carbon, vegetation, and birds –
and relates these metrics to specific
management practices. So far, we’ve
collected soil samples at over 150
locations in California.
Building community on California’s
rangelands. Point Blue’s 10 Partner
Biologists collaborated with 280
ranchers in the Central Valley, on
over 200,000 acres, to improve soil
health, store more water and carbon,
enhance wildlife habitat, and improve
ranchers’ bottom lines. They monitored
breeding birds at 550 survey locations
as indicators of rangeland health;
coordinated with local watershed
groups, land trusts, and resource
conservation districts; and collaborated
with 25 landowners who exemplify a
land stewardship ethic.
removal of burnt snags, or “salvage
logging” after fires. In 2014, the U.S.
Forest Service incorporated Point Blue
recommendations for minimizing the
negative impacts of salvage logging,
cutting the overall acreage of proposed
salvage logging, and retaining
“islands” of snags in priority wildlife
areas in three recently burned Sierra
Nevada National Forests.
Growing more native grasses. Just
like us, grasslands need rest to improve
their health. Point Blue published a
new study in the journal Ecological
Restoration, showing a 72 percent
increase in where native perennial
grasses were found on TomKat Ranch
when managers changed grazing
patterns to give the land more time
to rest. Changing from continuous to
rotational grazing means more habitat
for birds and other wildlife, and more
water stored in the ground.
Ensuring post-fire habitat. Point
Blue documented that Black-backed
Woodpeckers and other bird species
thrive in post-fire habitat. However,
public land managers often call for
 Geese enjoy a flooded rice field during winter in the Sacramento Valley. Point Blue works with landowners and other conservation
partners to provide habitat on agricultural lands during the migration seasons for great numbers of birds in the Pacific Flyway.
Photo: Cory Gregory
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Protecting Our Shorelines
From San Francisco Bay and the California coast to the Pacific Flyway, Point
Blue’s science helps identify the best places and practices for safeguarding
shorelines in the face of increasing storm severity and sea-level rise.
Ensuring San Francisco Bay health
in a changing climate. Point Blue
citizens in adaptation planning and
a shoreline study of Richardson Bay,
and the City of Benicia assessed their
vulnerability to sea-level rise.
ecologists have been active leaders
in a San Francisco Bay-wide effort
to guide restoration and protection
of tidal habitats in the face of rising
seas and more extreme storms. We
played a key role in updating the
Baylands Ecosystems Habitat Goals,
the region’s guiding document, to
provide a blueprint for climate-smart
conservation over the next decade. A
key finding: we must act now to restore
and protect the Baylands so they can
adapt to the changes ahead, while also
protecting birds, other wildlife, and our
communities.
Adapting to rising seas. Point Blue
scientists, working with USGS and
others, launched new versions of the
Our Coast Our Future (OCOF)1 and
Future Marshes web tools to help
planners and land managers explore
sea-level rise scenarios and prepare for
a range of future climate impacts within
San Francisco Bay. For example, using
these tools, Marin County engaged
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http://data.prbo.org/apps/ocof
Sharing shorebird science in South
America. Point Blue scientists and our
partners led workshops in Mexico, Peru,
and Colombia to increase shorebird
and coastal habitat data collection
across the Pacific Flyway, as part of
our Migratory Shorebird Project2. We
worked with biologists and
managers from federal
agencies and nongovernmental
organizations to
identify the greatest
threats at priority habitat
sites. Data from across the monitoring
network’s 11 countries will help sustain
and enhance shorebird populations and
resilient shorelines.
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Housing rail data. We established
a formal data home for 11 years of
data from Point Blue and our state and
federal partners, on threatened and
endangered marsh birds, indicators of
wetland health, in the California Avian
Data Center (CADC). Our San Francisco
Bay Rails project will aid in the design
of climate-smart restoration projects
that best support marsh wildlife now
and into the future.
 The American Avocet is one of many
shorebird species reliant on San Francisco
Bay. Photos by Peter LaTourrette
www.migratoryshorebirdproject.org
 Point Blue Avian Ecologist Blake Barbaree slogs through a marsh in California’s Central
Valley during shorebird counts. Point Blue’s shorebird research in the Pacific Flyway informs
climate-smart habitat restoration planning with many partners, including in South America.
Photo: courtesy Blake Barbaree
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Conserving Ocean Food Webs
Point Blue confronts the growing threats to marine life through extensive
partnerships. We assess ocean health and guide protection to give marine
wildlife more time to adapt to human-caused impacts.
Protecting whales through citizen
science. “There’s an app for that!” Now,
thousands of volunteers are reporting
whales along the West Coast using
Whale Alert, our collaboratively produced
iPhone app and website. The 5,000
downloads have generated 600+ reports
of whale sightings. Sightings are relayed
to NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard,
which alerts ships to whale congregations to avoid striking them. Last year,
Whale Alert resulted in four major notices
requesting ships to slow or change course
along the California coast.
Reducing disturbance to seabirds in
MPAs. The newly established Seabird
Protection Network is helping to reduce
seabird disturbance and measure effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs)
along the California coast. The Network,
established by Point Blue and partners,
collects data on seabird breeding and
threats to their coastal colonies. The Network implements outreach, education,
and adaptive management strategies for
the protection and conservation of sea-
birds and their habitats, giving seabirds
more time to adapt to changing ocean
conditions.
Using new technology in the Last
Ocean. Point Blue and partners developed new remote sensing methods and
modeling for tracking Adélie Penguins
in Antarctica. The new methods overcome the cost and logistical difficulties
of counting animals spread around the
entire Antarctic coastline – making it possible to monitor the global populations
of polar species. While we documented
shrinking Adélie Penguin numbers from
1981–2000, we have observed increasing
numbers since 2000, likely due to the
overfishing of toothfish, a key competitor
for food.
Tracking gull diets – fish or garbage?
In collaboration with San Jose State
University, Point Blue deployed new
tracking devices on Western Gulls at the
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge. Our
goal: to monitor their foraging activity
and determine if they are eating natural
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“Point Blue’s contributions
in the Whale Alert project,
including providing large
whale sighting information,
provide a basis for NMFS
to make decisions that are
informed by evidence in
near-real time.”
– Monica L. DeAngelis,
NOAA Fisheries West
Coast Region
or artificial food sources as local ocean
conditions change. Initial results reveal
that most Farallon gulls are eating from
the ocean. This is in contrast with gulls
that nest at Año Nuevo Island, which dine
primarily at garbage dumps near Santa
Cruz, consuming lower quality food with
greater potential for spreading diseases.
Launching new ecological research
at the Farallones. We launched new
studies at the Farallones on vegetation,
seedbanks, insects, the endemic camel
cricket, and the arboreal salamander,
building on our decades of seabird and
marine mammal studies in partnership
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The ongoing results will help us improve
restoration and management actions.
 Point Blue graduate student Scott Jennings enters Adélie Penguin data on a laptop. Point Blue has studied the penguins and other
marine life along the Ross Sea in Antarctica since the 1970s. Photo: Annie Schmidt
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Long-term
data sets
Catalyzing Climate-Smart
Restoration
Restoration is key to reversing habitat loss and preparing for novel environmental
Point Blue’s ongoing data collection
encompasses uncommon time spans
and provides the foundation for our
conditions in the future. Point Blue develops innovative restoration approaches,
to help ecosystems and people adapt to a rapidly changing world.
innovative conservation efforts.
We are grateful to our partners who
make this possible.
Here are 2014–15 landmarks:
Palomarin Field Station – 49 years
Farallon Islands – 47 years
Bolinas Lagoon – 44 years
Coastal Snowy Plovers – 37 years
Sharing climate-smart restoration
methods. To help others use our climate-
Inspiring students while creating
climate-smart habitat. Our Students and
smart approach to restoring riparian, wetland,
and other natural areas, we developed an
online toolkit for public and private land
managers1. Our toolkit includes a planting
design database and how-to guide with a
planning checklist for restoration projects that
can better withstand droughts, floods, and
other climate extremes while also producing
food for wildlife longer into the year, as life
cycles (phenology) change.
Teachers Restoring a Watershed (STRAW)
program celebrated its 500th restoration this
year, focusing on climate-smart approaches.
Over 38,000 school children have come
home with muddy shoes, inspired to steward
nature, thanks to their experiences with
STRAW since 1995!
Mono Lake Gulls – 33 years
Ross Island, Antarctica – 32 years
Central Valley riparian – 22 years
Sierra Nevada – 19 years
San Francisco Bay tidal marshes
– 19 years
Northern Spotted Owls – 17 years
Vandenberg Air Force Base – 16 years
California/Arizona deserts – 13 years
Guiding Sierra meadow restoration.
Meadows comprise less than one percent
of Sierra Nevada lands yet they provide
extraordinary benefits to wildlife and people,
including storing and slowly releasing water
while also increasing resilience to drought.
Our Sierra Nevada group is working with the
U.S. Forest Service to integrate Point Blue
meadow restoration recommendations into
National Forest plans. We have developed
a new meadow restoration guide for
landowners2.
Designing ‘cool’ nest boxes. This past
winter we documented the warmest air
temperatures on record at the Farallon
Islands. To ensure that cavity-nesting Cassin’s
Auklets can safely raise their young as the
number of extreme heat days rise, we began
developing and testing new “cool” nest box
designs, using ceramic and concrete. The
auklets, their population now less than a
quarter of historic numbers, feed on krill and
are indicators of changes in the ocean.
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To download the design database, visit www.
pointblue.org/restorationtools.
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To download the meadow guide, visit www.
pointblue.org/meadowguide.
Gulf of the Farallones – 11 years
TomKat Ranch Field Station – 5 years
 Information at a Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed (STRAW) site. Climate-smart
restorations include native plants that tolerate more extreme weather. Photo: Claire Peaslee
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Making Plans and Policies Climate-Smart
Point Blue is a pioneer in promoting the implementation of climate-smart principals in
ocean and land-use plans and policies. From regional to hemispheric, we are helping
natural resource managers put climate-smart conservation into action.
Facilitating adaptation. Using our
Climate-smart forest management.
collaborative, web-based tools (Our
Coast, Our Future and the Future Marshes
Tool), Point Blue conducted workshops
for local and regional resource managers
to help plan today for a range of future
climate-change scenarios. We helped lead
workshops for the Gulf of the Farallones
National Marine Sanctuary, East Bay
Regional Parks Fire Management Team,
California Landscape Conservation
Cooperative, and the South Bay Salt Ponds
Project Management Team, among others.
The U.S. Forest Service incorporated
Point Blue’s recommendations on forest
bird ecology, post-fire management and
ecological monitoring in the plan revisions
for the three National Forests (Sierra,
Sequoia, and Inyo). As “early adopter”
Forests, these plans will influence the
remaining Sierra Nevada National Forests
and serve as test cases for new forest
planning across the nation. To protect
fire-dependent birds and other species,
we provided the science and expertise to
successfully cut in half the acreage slated
for salvage logging (removing burnt trees)
and to ensure retention of snag islands for
birds in the three post-fire forests.
Assessing vulnerability. Point Blue codeveloped a preliminary climate-change
vulnerability assessment for Sonoma
County, partnering with the county’s
Regional Climate Projection Authority and
the North Bay Climate Adaptation Initiative.
This included summaries of historic and
projected climate-change effects, sealevel rise projections, and changes in the
frequency of extreme events.
Disseminating climate-smart
conservation. Point Blue staff presented
on climate-smart conservation principles
to a variety of agencies and partners
including the California State Parks
Commission, California Environmental
Protection Agency, California Adaptation
Forum, Wildlife Society–Western Section,
and North American Wildlife and Natural
Resource Conference, among others.
 Lewis’s Woodpecker.
Photo: Gail West
“We rely on Point Blue
to provide much of the
science the San Francisco
Bay Joint Venture needs
to make informed priority
recommendations for habitat
protection, restoration, and
management. Your modeling
tools will be so helpful to
habitat managers as they
plan and manage for species
resilience as climate changes
and population pressures on
sensitive habitats increase.”
– Beth Hunning, San Francisco
Bay Joint Venture Coordinator
 A mountain meadow in the northern Sierra Nevada. Point Blue is working with partners like the U.S. Forest Service and Feather River
Land Trust to restore more meadows in the Sierra, since they are needed for diverse wildlife habitat and storing water supplies, especially
in a climate-changed future. Photo: Ryan Burnett
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Training the Next Generation
Point Blue empowers future scientists and educators with the tools they
need to study, protect, and enhance our natural world – and become the
 Tufted Puffin.
Photo: Peter LaTourrette
next generation of conservation leaders.
Training from the Sierra to the sea.
To train future scientists in climate-smart
conservation, we launched a new Sierrato-the-Sea Internship Program, focused
on climate-smart restoration from the
meadows of the Sierra Nevada to the
shores of San Francisco Bay. The new
interns will spend time working in both
areas with our staff and partners. By the
end of the program, they will understand
the unique challenges for managing,
restoring, and conserving these two
interconnected ecosystems in the face of
climate change.
Communicating climate change.
Twenty-five Point Blue staff were trained
in communication about climate-smart
conservation to target audiences. We
practiced telling stories about our
passion for conservation science and
making a difference for our future. We
also worked on strategies for engaging
people in discussions about climatechange solutions.
Taking science on the road. Our
marine ecology experts, who study
seabird and marine mammal diets,
brought their laboratory to the public
at the Exploratorium and the California
Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
They interacted with thousands of
visitors, demonstrating how we examine
seabird pellets and marine mammal
droppings to understand and better
protect marine food webs in a rapidly
changing world.
Education success. Over the last
year, our education programs reached
almost 5,000 students of all ages. We
expanded our teaching programs to the
Central Coast – working with students in
Pescadero, Watsonville, and San Benito,
bringing climate-smart restoration
science to the classroom and engaging
students in hands-on science learning.
“I feel very strongly that
Point Blue is a leading
champion of science-driven
conservation, and the many
students I have sent there
have benefited uniquely
from their experiences. I
first sent a student to Point
Blue (then PRBO) in 1974,
most recently in 2014. I have
called the organization “my
finishing school.”
– Steve Herman, PhD, Professor,
Evergreen State College
 A student participates in an in-classroom ecology lesson, as part of Point Blue’s Students
and Teachers Restoring a Watershed (STRAW) program. Photo: Alison Quoyeser
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 Great Gray Owl, a species that
thrives in forest habitat.
Photo: Chris McCreedy
2014–15 Publicati
Peer-reviewed papers, selected reports,
To learn more about these resources or find
our complete list of publications, please visit
pointblue.org/pubbriefs.
Publications and Reports
A bird’s-eye view of the USA national
phenology network: An off-the-shelf
monitoring program. J.L. Kellermann,
C.A.F. Enquist, D.L. Humple, N.E. Seavy, A.
Rosemartin, R.L. Cormier, and L. Barnett.
Published in Studies in Avian Biology.
Adélie Penguins coping with environmental
change: Results from a natural experiment at
the edge of their breeding range. K.M. Dugger,
G. Ballard, D.G. Ainley, P.O’B. Lyver, and C.
Schine. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
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2013–14 Annual Report
Point Blue is a global leader in managing and interpreting bird ecology data to advance
conservation. We also pioneer the development of data-rich interactive websites that improve
conservation investments today and in a future of increasing environmental change. This
“informatics” capacity, with almost half-a-billion ecological observations, drives Point Blue’s
conservation success and powers the work of many of our partners.
Here is a sampling of data and tools we collaboratively developed and/or manage to advance
climate-smart conservation:
• Avian Data Centers: California, Midwest,
Southeast, Northwest
• Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey
• Sierra Nevada Avian Monitoring
Information Network
• USGS (US Department of Interior) Bird
Point Count Database and Secretive
• Silicon Valley 2.0
Marsh Birds
• Soil Survey, Rangeland Monitoring
• Future Marshes Tool 2.0
• Our Coast Our Future 2.0
For more information, see www.pointblue.org/tools
Network
Avian response to mechanical aspen restoration in Sierra Nevada coniferous forest.
B.R. Campos and R.D. Burnett. Restoration
Ecology.
California Current System – predators and
the preyscape. D. G. Ainley, P.B. Adams, and
J. Jahncke. Journal of Marine Systems.
Changes in forage fish community as
indicated by the diet of the Brandt’s
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) in the
central California Current. M. L. Elliott, R.W.
Bradley, D. Robinette, and J. Jahncke. Journal
of Marine Systems.
Does restoration create ecological rraps by
increasing Brown-headed Cowbird nest parasitism? K. E. Dybala, N.E. Seavy, M.D. Dettling,
M. Gilbert, R. Melcer, Jr., and T. Gardali
Ecological Restoration.
Drought-caused delay in nesting phenology
of Sonoran Desert birds. C. McCreedy and C.
van Riper III. The Auk.
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“Point Blue’s understanding of indicator species... has a global reach.
By publishing results in peer-reviewed journals, Point Blue ecologists add to
worldwide knowledge of vital indicators that tell us about the environment.”
— John A. Wiens, PhD
ons
and Point Blue online tools
Factors driving Adélie Penguin chick size,
mass, and condition at colonies of differing
size in the southern Ross Sea. A.L. Whitehead,
P. O’B. Lyver, G. Ballard, K. Barton, B.J. Karl,
K.M. Dugger, S. Jennings, A. Lescroel, P.R.
Wilson, and D.G. Ainley. Marine Ecology
Progress Series.
Habitat suitability through time: Using time
series and habitat models to understand
changes in bird density. E.L. Porzig, N.E. Seavy,
T. Gardali, G.R. Geupel, M. Holyoak, and J.M.
Eadie. Ecosphere.
Impacts of Barn Owls on Scripps’s Murrelets
on Santa Barbara Island. N.A. Nur, L.
Harvey, S.K. Thomsen, R. Bradley, and J.
Jahncke. Report to National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation.
Non-stationary seabird responses reveal
shifting ENSO dynamics in the northeast
Pacific. A.E. Schmidt, L.W. Botsford, J.M. Eadie,
R.W. Bradley, E. Di Lorenzo, and J. Jahncke.
Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Occurrence patterns of Black-backed
Woodpeckers in green forest of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains, California, U.S.A. A.M.
Fogg, L.J. Roberts, and R.D. Burnett. Avian
Conservation and Ecology.
Restoring native perennial grasses by
changing grazing practices in central coastal
California. C. Henneman, N. E. Seavy, and T.
Gardali. Ecological Restoration.
Restoring Sierra meadows: Improving meadow
health and bird habitat in the Sierra Nevada.
A.M. Fogg, J. Holzworth, R.D. Burnett, and M.
Pitkin. Guide for Land Managers in the Sierra
Nevada.
Testing assumptions of central place foraging
theory: a study of Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis
adeliae) in the Ross Sea. R. G. Ford, D.G.
Ainley, A. Lescroel, P. O’B. Lyver, V. Toniolo, and
G. Ballard. Journal of Avian Biology
The hidden nightlife of wintering Dunlin within
an agriculture-wetland mosaic. B.A. Barbaree,
M. E. Reiter, C. M. Hickey, and G. W. Page.
Waterbirds.
Using habitat modeling to support changes in
shipping regulations within National Marine
Sanctuaries in Central California. A. Dransfield,
E. Hines, M. Elliott, J. Howar, N. Nur, and J.
Jahncke. Endangered Species Research.
Waterbird response to practices that may
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice
fields. K. Sesser, M. Reiter, D. Skalos, K. Strum,
C. Hickey. Unpublished report to Environmental
Defense Fund.
Winter movements of Western Grebes and
Clark’s Grebes: Insights from banding recoveries. D. L. Humple and J. B. Holcomb. North
American Bird Bander.
Online Tools
Avian Knowledge Network. Redesign of
the database that supports the international
conservation of birds and their habitats, using
data. www.avianknowledge.net
California Climate Commons. Expansion of this
vital set of scientific resources about climate
change across California.
http://climate.calcommons.org
Our Coast Our Future. Planning for sea-level
rise and storm hazards in the San Francisco Bay
Area. http://data.prbo.org/apps/ocof
Riparian Restoration Design Database. A
pilot guide for climate-smart restoration of
riparian vegetation. www.pointblue.org/
restorationtools
Sonoran Joint Venture. Models of projected
climate change impacts on birds to identify
areas of potential vulnerability in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, with the
information available on a bilingual, online web
portal. Available soon at http://data.prbo.org
Soil Survey. A data entry platform and data
storage system to support soil sampling on
rangelands throughout California. This system
curates data on several soil characteristics that
can be affected by management, including
measures of soil compaction and soil organic
carbon. www.pointblue.org/cadc
Whale Alert. Gathering real-time data on
whales off the coast of California.
http://westcoast.whalealert.org
Special Recognition
Tom Gardali was recognized by the American
Ornithologists Union as an Elective Member
“for [his] significant contributions to ornithology.”
Point Blue and Audubon received the
Eco-Index “Best Monitoring and Evaluation
Methodology” award for our work in rice and
with rice growers.
Matt Reiter accepted a Wings Across the
Americas award from the U.S. Forest Service for
the Migratory Shorebird Project on behalf of
over 100 individual and organization partners.
Find more information on all of Point Blue’s
work at www.pointblue.org.
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We appreciate the hundreds of partners who make our work possible.
2014–15 Partnerships and Collaborations
The agencies and groups with which Point Blue collaborates or is affiliated with currently include the following.
AECOM
American Bird Conservancy
American Rivers Conservancy
American Rivers
Antarctic and Southern Ocean
Coalition
Antarctic Ocean Alliance
Army Corps of Engineers
Asociación Calidris
Association of Bay Area
Governments
Audubon California
Audubon Canyon Ranch
Aves y Conservacion, Birdlife in
Ecuador
Avian Knowledge Network
Avian Knowledge Northwest
Avocet Research Associates
Bank Swallow Technical
Advisory Committee
Bay Area Ecosystems Climate
Change Consortium
Bay Area Joint Policy
Committee
Bay Area Watershed Network
Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Science Advisory Panel
Bay-Delta Science Consortium
Baylands Ecosystem Habitat
Goals Technical Update for
Climate Change
Bird Conservation Alliance
Bird Conservation Funding
Coalition
Bird Education Alliance for
Conservation
Bird Studies Canada
BirdLife International
Bodega Marine Laboratory
Bolinas Lagoon Technical
Advisory Committee
Bolsa Chica Conservancy
Big Sur Land Trust
Butte County Resource
Conservation District
Cache Creek Conservancy
California Association of
Winegrape Growers
California Coastal Conservancy
California Dept. of Fish and
Wildlife
California Dept. of Parks and
Recreation
California Dept. of Water
Resources
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
California Native Plant Society
California NRCS State Technical
Advisory Committee
California Partners in Flight
California Rangeland
Conservation Coalition
California Rice Commission
California Sea Grant
California State Parks
Canada–U.S. Shorebird
Monitoring and Assessment
Committee
Canal Family Support Program
CEMEX
Center for Ecosystem
Management and Restoration
Central Valley Flood
Management Program
Central Valley Joint Venture
Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique
(France)
Centro de Investigacion
Cientifica y de Educacion
Superior de Ensenada
Centro Neotropical
de Entrenamiento en
Humelales Peru
City of American Canyon
City of Petaluma
City of Santa Rosa
Clear Creek Technical Work
Group
Comisión Nacional De Áreas
Naturales Protegidas (Mexico)
Concejo Comunitario Esfuerzo
Pescador
Connecting Conservation
Cordell Bank Sanctuary Advisory
Council
Cosumnes Research Group
County of Marin Wind Energy
Advisory Group
Copper River International
Migratory Bird Initiative
Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuary
Cordell Marine Sanctuary
Foundation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Council on Ocean Affairs,
Science and Technology
Creekside Center for Earth
Observation
Defenders of Wildlife
Delta Conservancy
Deltares
Ducks Unlimited
East Bay Regional Park District
Ecostudies Institute
El Dorado County Resource
Conservation District
Elkhorn Slough Foundation
Environment Canada
– Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment for the Americas
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Education
Council of Marin
Environmental Science
Associates
ERT, Inc.
ESA
Farallones Marine Sanctuary
Association
Fauna y Flora Internacional
Feather River Coordinated
Resource Management Group
Feather River Land Trust
Friends of the Tuolumne, Inc.
Glen County Resource
Conservation District
Golden Gate National Parks
Conservancy
Golden Gate National
Recreation Area
Grassland Water District
Great Basin Bird Observatory
Great Lakes Commission
Grupo de Aves del Noroeste de
México
Gulf of the Farallones National
Marine Sanctuary
H.T. Harvey & Associates
Hawaii Pacific University
Humboldt State University
Imperial Irrigation District
Information Center for the
Environment (U.C. Davis)
Institute for Bird Populations
Institute for Fisheries Resources
Intermountain West Joint
Venture
Island Conservation
Klamath Bird Observatory
Laguna de Santa Rosa
Biodiversity Advisory
Committee / Foundation
Lake Almanor Watershed Group
Landbird Monitoring Network
of the Americas
Landcare Research, New
Zealand
Lassen County Resource
Conservation District
Literacy for Environmental
Justice
Los Angeles Department of
Water & Power
Los Angeles Museum of Natural
History
Manomet Center for
Conservation Sciences
ManTech SRS Technologies, Inc.
Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Marin County Board of
Supervisors
Marin County Dept. of Parks &
Open Space
Marin Dept of Public Works
Marin Municipal Water District
Marin Resource Conservation
District
Marine and Coastal Conservation Spatial Planning Center
Marine Fish Conservation
Network
Mariposa Country Resource
Conservation District
McEvoy Ranch
Midwest Coordinated Bird
Monitoring Partnership
Migratory Bird Conservation
Partnership
Mission Blue/Sylvia Earle
Alliance
Mono Basin Science Council
Mono Lake Committee
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Morro Bay National Estuary
Program
MWH Americas, Inc.
National Audubon Society and
local chapters
National Coalition for Marine
Conservation
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation
National Park Service and
National Parks
National Science Foundation
Natural Resources Defense
Council
Naturaleza y Cultura
Internacional
Nevada County Resource
Conservation District
NOAA National Marine
Fisheries Service
NOAA National Marine
Sanctuaries
2013–14 Annual Report
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 Healthy Sierra forest after the Rim Fire. Point
Blue is providing bird and vegetation data
used in the U.S. Forest Service’s fire recovery
planning process. Photo: Ryan Burnett
 Allen’s Hummingbird. Photo: Tom Grey
North American Banding
Council
North American Bird
Conservation Initiative
North Bay Watershed
Association
North Bay Climate Adaption
Initiative (NBCAI)
North Marin Water District
North Pacific Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Ocean Science Trust
Oceana
Oikonos
Oiled Wildlife Care Network
Olofson Environmental, Inc.
Oregon State University
Pacific Coast Ocean Observing
System (NOAA)
Pacific Coast Joint Venture
Pacific Islands Climate Change
Cooperative
Panamá Audubon
Parques Nacionales de Peru
Parque Nacional Natural
Sanquianga
Partners in Flight
Pepperwood Preserve
Petaluma Wetlands Alliance
PEW Charitable Trust
PG&E
Pomona College
Point Reyes National Seashore
Prince William Sound Science
Center
Private Landowners
Program for Regional and
International Shorebird
Monitoring
Prunuske Chatham Inc.
Resources Legacy Fund
Riparian Habitat Joint Venture
River Partners
Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory
Romberg Tiburon Center
for Environmental
Studies
Sacramento Regional
County Sanitation District
Sacramento River Riparian
Sanctuary
Sage Grouse Initiative
SalvaNATURA
San Francisco Bay Bird
Observatory
San Francisco Bay
Conservation and
Development Commission
San Francisco Bay Joint
Venture
San Francisco Bay National
Wildlife Refuge Complex
San Francisco Bay Upland
Habitat Goals
San Francisco Bay Wetlands
Regional Monitoring Program
San Francisco Estuary Institute
San Francisco Estuary
Partnership
San Francisco Science
Collaborative
San Francisco State University
San Joaquin River Partnership
San Luis National Wildlife
Refuge Complex
Santa Lucia Conservancy
Science Applications
International Corporation
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
Seabird Protection Network
Sequoia Riverlands Trust
Shorebird Research Group of
the Americas
Sierra Foothill Conservancy
Sierra Nevada Brewery
Simon Fraser University
Smithsonian Institution
Society for Northwest
Vertebrate Biology
Solano County Farmlands &
Open Space Foundation
Sonoma Resource Department
of Public Works
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Sonoma County Water Agency
Sonoma Ecology Center
Sonoma Land Trust
Sonoran Joint Venture
Sonoma Resource
Conservation District
South Slough National
Estuarine Research Reserve
Southern Sierra Research
Station
Stanford University
Stillwater Sciences
Straus Ranch
Sustainable Conservation
Swainson’s Hawk Technical
Advisory Committee
Terra Peninsular, A.C.
Terrestrial Biodiversity and
Climate Chage (TBC3)
The Amargosa Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy
The Pacific Wildlife Foundation
The Presidio Trust
Thomas Reid Associates
Tomales Bay Watershed
Council
TomKat Ranch
Tricolored Blackbird Working
Group
Trout Unlimited
Truckee Donner Land Trust
Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners
Unión de Ornitólogos de Costa
Rica
United Anglers of Southern
California
U.S. Army
U.S. Bureau of Land
Management
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
USDA Forest Service
USDA Natural Resource
Conservation Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and National Wildlife Refuges
U.S. Navy
U.S. Shorebird Conservation
Council
U.S. Geological Survey
University of California
UC Agricultural Extension
UC Davis Rangeland
Watershed Lab
Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México
University of Alabama
University of Illinois
University of New Hampshire
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Southern
Mississippi
University of Victoria, B.C.
University of Washington,
Seattle
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Virginia Institute of Marine
Science
Wak Ka Koneke Indigenous
Association
Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife
Washington State University at
Vancouver
Waterbirds of the Americas
Western Bird Banding
Association
Western Hemisphere Shorebird
Group
Western Hemisphere Shorebird
Reserve Network
Western Hummingbird
Partnership—Executive
Committee
Western Shasta Resource
Conservation District
Western Snowy Plover Working
Groups—Regions 4 and 5
World Wildlife Fund
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Working
Group
Yolo County Resource
Conservation District
Yuba Bear Watershed Council
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Point Blue Conservation Science
2014–15 Friends of Point Blue
Gifts received between April 1, 2014, and March 31, 2015.
$1,000,000 +
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
$100,000 to $999,999
11th Hour Project
Anonymous (3)
Elinor Patterson Baker Trust
Faucett Catalyst Fund
The Raymond L. Manley and
Annmarie E. Manley 1990
Trust
March Conservation Fund
The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
The Biz and Livia Stone
Foundation
TomKat Charitable Trust
$50,000 to $99,999
Anonymous
Bently Foundation
Kimball Foundation
Giles W. & Elise G. Mead
Foundation
Moore Family Foundation
Estate of Helen Pratt
$25,000 to $49,999
Anonymous (2)
Arntz Family Foundation
The Bothin Foundation
California Wildlife Foundation
R. Thomas Goodrich and
Rebecca Patton
Marin Community Foundation
Marisla Foundation
National Marine Sanctuary
Foundation
Edward and Michelle Sarti
Sierra Nevada Brewing
Company
Dean Witter Foundation
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous
Bernice Barbour Foundation,
Inc.
Anne W. Baxter
California Waterfowl
Association
Frank A. Campini Foundation
Megan Colwell and Bonnie
Stewart
DJ&T Foundation
Donor Circle for the
Environment
Martha Ehmann Conte
Farallon Islands Foundation
Firedoll Foundation
Fledgling Fund
Simon and Claire Francis
Carolyn Johnson and Rick
Theis
Karen A. and Kevin W.
Kennedy Foundation
Jeffrey Kimball and Pamela
Hogan
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Lancor
The Joseph and Vera Long
Foundation
Maidenherren Fund
Peter and Kristan Norvig
Resources Legacy Fund
Foundation
RHE Charitable Foundation
Dorothy & Jonathan Rintels
Charitable Trust
Brett M. Robertson and David
L. Schrader
Robert and Joni Shwarts
$5,000 to $9,999
Anonymous (5)
Bob Battagin
Bear Gulch Foundation
Chris Bently
Community Foundation
Sonoma County
Constance Crawford
Edith and Jeb Eddy
Fullerton Family Foundation
Google Gift Matching Program
Shirley Hicklin Fund at Marin
Community Foundation
Horne Family Foundation
Teke and Elizabeth Kelley
Jack and Adrienne Ladd
Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary
District
Lamar Leland
The McKenzie Foundation
New Belgium Brewing
Company
Pacific Gas and Electric
Company
Marjorie Randolph
Susan Schwartz
The Western Section of the
Wildlife Society
Marshall White
$2,500 to $4,999
Anonymous
Biomarin
George & Ruth Bradford
Foundation
Carole and Peter Clum
CrankStart Foundation
Lawrence and Hannah
Crutcher
Carole E. Deitrich
Ana Galutera
Geoffrey Gordon-Creed and
Jean Fraser
Diane Ichiyasu
Ellie C. Insley
Dwight L. Johnson
Arthur Kern
The Libra Foundation
Helene Marsh and Don Love
Mono Lake Foundation
Outrageous Foundation
Patagonia, Inc.
Sanford and Jeanne Robertson
Gayle Rohrbasser
Joyce and Jim Schnobrich
The Shark Trust
Ann Stone
Marilyn M. Strand
Mary Stroh-Twichell and Chuck
Twichell
Steve and Britt Thal
Topaz Solar Farm LLC
Steve Vallarino and Raini Sugg
$1,000 to $2,499
Harold C. Appleton
Bank of the West
Sara and William Anderson
Barnes Fund
Katie Beacock
Thomas C. Benet
Robert Boehm
Ruth H. Brandt
Barbera Brooks
Robert and Irene Brown
Donald and Jillian Clark
Jean Conner
Janelle and Gary Cortese
Bruce De Benedictis and
Caroline Haas Kim
Daniel and Lee Drake
Ted and Pat Eliot
Enterprise Holdings
Foundation
Environ International
Corporation
Fischer Family Fund
The Michelle and Robert
Friend Foundation
Stephen and Jessica Galloway
The Griffith Family Foundation
Louise Johnston
Henrik Jones
Jack and Marilyn Jones
Peter Knapp
Karen and Robert Kustel
Robin L. C. Leong
Ewan Macdonald and Kirsten
Walker Macdonald
Marin Municipal Water District
Miles and Mary Ellen McKey
Michael Mecham
Purple Lady / Barbara J.
Meislin Fund
Mount Diablo Audubon
Society
The Nathan M. Ohrbach
Foundation
Susan and Franklin Orr
Palomarin Field Station Visitors
Benjamin and Ruthmary
Parmeter
Pisces Foundation
Sarah Powell and Christopher
Knight
Mary Power, PhD
Arthur and Lois Roth
James Salzman
Kenneth and Marjorie Sauer
Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary
District
Olivia and Craig Sears
Shasta Wildlife Conservation
Foundation
Sara and Bill Snyder
The Springcreek Foundation
Steele Family Foundation
Ellen and Jim Strauss
Marcia S. Syufy
William H. Thomson and
Wendy R. McClure
Robert Weltman
West Marin Fund
Chris Winter
2014–15 Annual Report
$500 to $999
Cheryl and Alan Abel
Jane A. Allen
The Amster Family Fund
Amy’s Kitchen, Inc.
Anonymous (3)
Arizona Field Ornithologists
Bank of Marin
Carroll and Susanne Barrymore
Richard and Marilyn Bates
Mr. and Ms. Dale Berner
Jerome and Judy Blackman
Margaret Lee Blunt
L & L Borok Foundation
Bransford Farm
Dr. Karl Sporer and Ms. Arden
Bucklin-Sporer
Susan Caldwell
Anne Chadwick Charitable Fund
Dr. Theodore Chase, Jr.
Judith Ciani Smith
Everett Clark
Terry and Zeo Coddington
Ellie M. Cohen and Miki Goralsky
Crazy-hot Solutions, LLC
Electra De Peyster
Kenneth Drexler and Sarah Leach
Farallone Pacific
Russell B. Faucett
William and Karen Foss
Friends of Pajaro Dunes
William Glenn and Prescott
Hafner
Dr. John C. Good and Dr. Janet
E. Arnesty
Donald M. Gregory Jr.
Sherman Gromme
H.T. Harvey & Associates
Donald K. Howard Jr.
Thomas and Elizabeth M.
Jones, III
Patricia Kelso
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey King
Helen Kochenderfer
Peter and Sue La Tourrette
Jude and Eileen Laspa
Lawrence Leong and Janice
Pratte
David A. Loeb
Thomas and Danelle Mann
Steve Marsh and Jean Buckley
Mylon Marshall
Microsoft
Mitchel Family Fund
Richard L. and Gloria P.
Newhouse
Verna Osborn
Pasadena Audubon Society
Carolyn H. Pendery
Perotti & Carrade
Michael Perrone
Patricia and Tim Preston
Jon and Carol Richards
Anne J. Schneider Fund
Maggie and Contee Seely
Lynne Stanley and Christopher
Elliott
Jean Starkweather
Langdon Stevenson and
Mary Farr
Meryl Sundove and Roger Harris
Sustainable Conservation
Craig Swolgaard
Dr. and Mrs. Bill Talmage
Colleen and Geoffrey Tate
Rick Theis and Carolyn Johnson
Alan and Ruth Tobey
Craig and Connie Weatherup
Janet Wessel
Mason Willrich
Rachel Woodard
Matthew and JoAnn Zlatunich
21
 Marine mammals and seabirds by the thousand
congregate over rich seasonal food supplies in the Gulf
of the Farallones. Above, feeding humpback whales,
observed during a research cruise. Photo: Sophie Webb
Farallon Patrol. These volunteer skippers provide year-round
transportation for Point Blue and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to our
field station on Southeast Farallon Island. We thank all Farallon Patrol
members, including the following who served actively this past year.
Keith Sedwick,
Commodore
Don Bauer
Terry Berkemeier
Jim Bewley
Tom Charron, MD
Roger Cunningham
Mark Dallman
Paul Dines
Al diVittorio
Jim Ellis
Jody Harris
Andy Jones
Sam Lavanaway
Peter Molnar
Clifford Shaw
Harmon Shragge
John Wade
22
Point Blue Conservation Science
Gifts to Secure a Healthy
Future
Tern Society Members and Estate Gifts
The Tern Society honors individuals who are building an enduring legacy of
conservation science through their planned gifts to Point Blue. We gratefully
acknowledge the 2014-15 Tern Society members.
Anonymous members of the Tern
Society (5)
Janet W. Allen
Robert E. and Gertrude Allen
Gail Anderson and King McPherson
Gayle A. Anderson
Sara and Andy Barnes
Dix and Didi Boring
Avis Boutell and Alice Miller
Dr. Richard Bradus
Robert K. Brandriff
Valerie Chenoweth Brown
Estate of Barbara Champion
Estate of Julia E. Chitwood
Rick and Jillian Clark
Carole and Peter Clum
Ellie M. Cohen and Miki Goralsky
Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson
John Dakin
Martha Day
Carol E. Deitrich
John and Sara Donnelly
Martha Ehmann Conte
Ted and Pat Eliot
Linda Fisher and Leah Norwood
Nancy W. Gamble
Geoff Geupel and Janet Kjelmyr
Doris Grau
Patricia D. Gunther
Dean and Nancy Hanson
Jack and Deyea Harper
Jim and Karen Havlena
Totton and Joanne Heffelfinger
Scott and Claudia Hein
Aaron Holmes
Ann Hunter and the late Robert E.
Hunter
Diane Ichiyasu
Ellie C. Insley
Shirley Jacobs
Stuart Jacobson
Carolyn Johnson and Richard Theis
Emily Hanna Johnson and Dick
Bricker
Louise Johnston and the late Don C.
Johnson
Joy Kennedy-Maxion
Harvey and Mary King
Nancy Kling
Mark Leggett
Lamar Leland
Robin L. C. Leong
Ewan Macdonald and Kirsten Walker
Macdonald
Estate of Annemarie Manley
Helene Marsh
Lorraine Masten
Sara Mathews
Jane Matthewman
Mary V. Mayer
Mary Ellen and Miles McKey
Barbara Moulton
Mark Mushkat
Estate of Judith B. Nadai
Linda O’Neill
Doris Panzer
Rebecca Patton and Tom Goodrich
Carolyn Pendery
Regina Phelps
Estate of Helen Pratt
Willis J. and Gloria R. Price
C. John Ralph
John and Cynthia Rathkey
Glena Records
Mark Reynolds, PhD and Gretchen
Le Buhn
Brett M. Robertson
Estate of Jacqueline Robertson
Marie W. Ross
Victoria Rupp
Steve Rutledge and Julie Beer
Ellen Sabine
Ed Sarti
Peggy Sloan
Judith Ciani Smith
Ann Stone
Matthew and Polly Stone
Stephen and Britt Thal
David Thomas
Linda Vetter and Terry Blanchard
Susan Lee Vick
Nadine Weil
Rona Weintraub
Arthur Fredrick White and Verna N.
White Trust
Cam and Dennis Wolff
Become a member of the Tern Society and create your own legacy of conservation. Please contact Stacey Atchley,
Associate Director of Philanthropy, at 707.781.2547 or legacy@pointblue.org for more details.
Point Reyes Bird Observatory
Fund
To honor our history and sustain our
commitment to bird conservation,
we established The Point Reyes Bird
Observatory Fund. Donations to
the fund support our long-term bird
ecology studies and internships at our
Palomarin Field Station (Point Reyes
National Seashore) and the Farallon
Islands (Farallon National Wildlife
Refuge). Thanks to those donors who
directed gifts to this fund!
 On the Farallon Islands an
intern holds a Pigeon Guillemot
chick. Photo: Annie Schmidt
2014–15 Annual Report
Contributions from
Individuals 25%
Other
Income 2%
Foundation and
Corporate Grants 30%
General and
Administrative 13%
23
Fundraising and
Member Services 7%
Contracts
43%
Programs
80%
REVENUE
EXPENSES
2014–15 Financials
Statement of Financial Position as of March 31, 2015 and 2014
Statement of Activities for the Years Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014
2015 Assets 20152014
Changes in unrestricted net assets:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 2,497,870
Certificates of deposit
0
Contracts receivable
1,540,805
Contributions, grants and bequest receivable 2,736,023
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
107,757
Total current assets
6,882,455
Non-current assets:
Certificates of deposit 248,303
Long-term grants receivable
773,735 Endowment fund
269,308
Property, net of accumulated depreciation
5,230,276
Total non-current assets
6,521,622
Total Assets
13,404,077
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
257,799
Accrued vacation
301,636
Deferred revenue
108,230
Total current liabilities
667,665
Net assets: Unrestricted
Board-designated funds
1,556,704
Other
7,219,456
Total unrestricted
8,776,160
Temporarily restricted
3,860,252
Permanently restricted
100,000
Total Net Assets
12,736,412
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$ 13,404,077
The condensed financial statements presented above
were extracted from Point Blue’s complete set of financial
statements for 2015 and 2014 which have been audited
2014
1,958,835 491,476
1,447,481
2,089,679
78,694
6,066,165
245,611
291,234
262,421
5,379,844 6,179,110 12,245,275
Revenue and Support:
Government and other contracts
Contributions from individuals
Foundation and corporate grants
Investment and other income
Net assets released from restrictions:
Contributions from individuals
Foundation and corporate grants
Total revenue and support
Expenses:
Program services
Management and general Fundraising and member services
Total expenses
Change in unrestricted net assets*
283,265
261,426
366,351
911,042 1,612,639
6,393,477 8,006,116
3,228,117 100,000 11,334,233 $12,245,275
$ 4,718,435
1,696,160
26,182
194,065
4,917,557
1,629,840
20,247
123,838
1,012,683
3,271,348
10,918,873
997,021
2,653,278
10,341,781
8,127,844
1,265,073
755,912
10,148,829
7,608,669
1,485,572
673,524
9,767,765
770,044
574,016
Changes in temporarily restricted net assets:
Contributions from individuals
937,941
Foundation and corporate grants
3,978,225
Net assets released from restrictions
(4,284,031)
Change in temporarily restricted net assets 632,135
Changes in permanently restricted net assets:
Contribution from individual
0
Change in permanently restricted net assets
0
Change in net assets
1,402,179
Net assets at beginning of year
11,334,233
Net assets at end of year
$ 12,736,412
1,068,240
3,275,483
(3,650,299)
693,424
100,000
100,000
1,367,440
9,966,793
$11,334,233
*Note: The 2015 change in unrestricted net assets was due to the pending
receipt of several bequests.
by Perotti & Carrade, Certified Public Accountants, and
on which they have rendered an unqualified opinion
dated July 29, 2015. The organization’s complete audited
financial statements and the independent auditor’s report
can be found at www.pointblue.org/2014–2015auditreport.
Padmini Srinivasan
Chief Financial Officer
3820 Cypress Drive #11
Petaluma, CA 94954
T: 707.781.2555
E: pointblue@pointblue.org
pointblue.org
Point Blue Board of Directors, Staff, and Research Associates
Board of Directors
Ed Sarti, Chair
Ellie M. Cohen,
President and CEO
Megan G. Colwell,
Vice Chair
Ivan Samuels, Secretary
Carolyn Johnson,
Immediate Past Chair
Ana Galutera, Chair,
Finance Committee
David Ackerly, PhD
Martha Ehmann Conte
Edith Eddy
Rob Faucett
Simon Francis
Stuart Jacobson
Jeffrey Kimball
Peter Norvig, PhD
Rebecca Patton
Mary Power, PhD
Brett Robertson
James F. Quinn, PhD
Robert S. Shwarts
Honorary Board
Members
Ted Eliot
William S. Foss
Jack Ladd, Audit Chair
Ann Stone
Stephen Thal
Science Advisory
Committee
David Ackerly, PhD, Chair
Ellen M. Hines, PhD
Adina Merenlender, PhD
Peter Moyle, PhD
Peter Norvig, PhD
Mary Power, PhD
James F. Quinn, PhD
Hugh Safford, PhD
Rebecca Shaw, PhD
President and CEO
Ellie M. Cohen
Chief Financial Officer
Padmini Srinivasan
Chief Science Officer
Grant Ballard, PhD
Chief Advancement
Officer
Susan Lee Vick
Chief Technology
Officer
Michael Fitzgibbon
California Current
Jaime Jahncke, PhD,
Director
Ryan Berger
Russell Bradley
Meredith Elliott
Julie Howar
Jamie Miller
Dan Robinette
Cotton Rockwood
Jim Tietz
Peter Warzybok
Climate Change and
Quantitative Ecology
Sam Veloz, PhD, Director
Nathan Elliott
Megan Elrod
Dennis Jongsomjit
Nadav Nur, PhD
Leo Salas, PhD
Julian Wood
Emerging Programs
and Partnerships
Geoffrey R. Geupel,
Director
Ryan DiGaudio
Bonnie Eyestone
Wendell Gilgert
Kolten Hawkins
Alicia Herrera
Benjamin Martin
Chris McCreedy
Melissa Odell
Breanna Owens
Navit Reid
Tiffany Russell
Briana Schnelle
Corey Shake
Kelly Weintraub
Suzanne Winquist
Informatics and
Information Technology
Michael Fitzgibbon, Chief
Technology Officer
Deanne DiPietro
Noah Eiger
Fayvor Love
Martin Magaña
Douglas Moody
David Sims
Zhahai Stewart
Pacific Coast and
Central Valley
Tom Gardali, Director
Blake Barbaree
Renée Cormier
Mark Dettling
Dave Dixon
Kristy Dybala, PhD
Jennifer Erbes
Carleton Eyster
Doug George
Carlene Henneman
Catherine Hickey
Diana Humple
Kristina Neuman
Gary W. Page
Elizabeth Porzig, PhD
Matt Reiter, PhD
Nat Seavy, PhD
Kristin Sesser
W. David Shuford
Lynne E. Stenzel
Sierra Nevada
Ryan Burnett, Director
Brent Campos
Alissa Fogg
L. Jay Roberts, PhD
Outreach and
Education
Melissa Pitkin, Director
Emily Allen
Lishka Arata
Jennifer Benson
Leia Giambastiani
Gina Graziano
John Parodi
Claire Peaslee
Kenneth Rangel
Laurette Rogers
Isaiah Thalmayer
Lara White
Vanessa Wyant
Development and
Membership
Susan Lee Vick, Chief
Advancement Officer
Nancy Gamble, Director
of Philanthropy
Stacey Atchley
Kiley Lucan
Eve Williams
Research Associates
David G. Ainley, PhD
Sarah Allen, PhD
Frances Bidstrup
Jules G. Evens
Mark Herzog, PhD
Ellen M. Hines, PhD
Aaron Holmes, PhD
Steve N. G. Howell
David Hyrenbach, PhD
John P. Kelly, PhD
Borja Mila, PhD
Mark Rauzon
Annie Schmidt, PhD
Stacy Small, PhD
Jane C. Warriner
Sophie Webb
John Wiens, PhD
David W. Winkler, PhD
Steve Zack, PhD
Finance and
Administration
Padmini Srinivasan,
Chief Financial Officer
David Adams
Lee Callero
Karen Carlson
Marilyn Kihara
Heather Kurland
Laurel Schuyler
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