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this year in
annual report 2009
w e lc o m e
from the director
Dear Friends,
Thank you for making this such a remarkable year for conservation. In every place we work, each
success is a tribute to your steadfast and generous support. We couldn’t do it without you.
In the following pages, you’ll meet people working to save and restore the natural world that
sustains us all, with your help. Their stories inspire me, and I hope the same is true for you.
Looking ahead to 2010, I want you to know in advance about two extraordinary
conservation challenges.
First, Zumwalt Prairie, in Oregon’s northeast corner, is the largest native grassland of its type in
North America, home to amazing wildlife, including many hawks and eagles, herds of elk and
much more. Over the past decade, we’ve acquired 33,000 acres (over 50 square miles) of rolling
grassland, creeks and canyons.
An additional 38,000 acres has come on the market, and we’ve signed an option to purchase it.
This would more than double the area managed for conservation. Estimated price tag: $40 million.
To be honest, this challenge would normally seem beyond our means. But what an opportunity
for lasting conservation! We’re exploring all options, including finding partners to maintain a
sustainable working ranch while collaborating with us to protect and manage the habitat. We’ve
also reached out to leaders in Wallowa County for their ideas on the future of this property.
Let me know your ideas, and we’ll keep you posted as we move forward.
Second, Oregon’s only dedicated source of funding for parks and natural areas — 15 percent of
Oregon Lottery dollars — will end in 2014 unless voters renew it. Voters initially dedicated these
funds in 1998, and today they’re put to work restoring habitats, acquiring natural areas, and
creating and improving state and local parks in every corner of Oregon.
We don’t want to wait to renew this tremendously successful program. It’s too important to
Oregon’s future. So we’re working with a broad coalition to bring it back to the voters in the
fall of 2010.
We call it Oregon’s Campaign for Water, Parks and Wildlife. We invite you to join us in making it
happen. For more information, go online to nature.org/VoteNature.
Best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous new year,
Russell Hoeflich
Vice President and Oregon Director
Photos: At top © Stephen Anderson/TNC; At right © Kenneth Popper/TNC
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Members and partners of
The Nature Conservancy are
making a difference across
Oregon and beyond, protecting
important lands and waters
news from our
for nature and people.
natural world
Liza Jane Nichols, Conservancy steward, at 6 Ranch © Vince Patton
REBIRTH OF A RIVER
Fifteen years ago, Liza Jane Nichols was out walking the
ranch with her young son when they found themselves in
the gullied channel where the Wallowa River used to run.
And it dawned on them: why not restore the river and
put it back on its old, bending path?
And so they did.
Nichols, the Conservancy’s project steward at the
Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, owns and works the 6
Ranch, with her husband Craig, at the foot of the
Wallowa Mountains outside Enterprise. Nichols’ greatgrandfather homesteaded the ranch about 125 years ago.
They raise Corriente beef, tend dairy cows to make their
own cheese, and sell eggs locally from their flock of 24
hens. You’ll find horses (and a team of border collies) to
move cattle.
The Wallowa River is home to steelhead, salmon,
rainbow trout and a host of other wildlife. But, years ago,
to make room for the railroad and highway, the natural
river bends — which once carved through the 6 Ranch —
were taken out and the river was straightened.
Unfortunately, this common practice had a big impact
on fish and was a major factor in their decline. Without
meanders, the river ran more quickly and deprived fish
of the natural pools, shade and habitat complexity they
need.
The Nichols family wanted to help fix that.
This year, with funding from the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board and the Bonneville Power
Administration, engineers and equipment operators
carved up a mile of the Nichols’ pasture land along the
river’s historic run. It’s an example of how dollars from
Oregon’s dedicated conservation fund are put to work on
the ground.
Teams moved earth and, as the old channel was closed
off, relocated fish to the new channel. About 150
community members, agency representatives, tribal
members, Grande Ronde Model Watershed folks and
local kids joined the effort one July day. Work continues.
Even now, willows are being planted along restored river
banks. “This happened on a piece of land that we care
about and is relatively small in the big picture,” she said.
“But looking at the larger benefits to habitat and fish, it’s
clear this is a benefit to everyone.”
When the river began its first step back into a familiar
curve, Nichols sat quietly on a pile of rocks to watch.
“This wonderful hush, the sound of water, came by. And
you know, every once in awhile we just get the feeling
that everything is right in the world. That’s how I felt,”
she said. “I thought I was out there to say goodbye to
the river as I’ve always known it. But instead, it was just,
‘you’re home.’”
Watch a television story of the Wallowa River reborn on Craig and
Liza Jane Nichols’ ranch, on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s
“Oregon Field Guide,” opb.org/programs/ofg
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RARE BIRDS FIND REFUGE
On the treeless and ragged-rock Semidi Islands off
Alaska’s coast breeds a rare subspecies of the Aleutian
cackling goose (world population: about 150 birds). Each
year, the birds return faithfully to their wintering grounds
— just two small pastures at one location on the Oregon
central coast.
A large flock of geese including rare Aleutian cackling and lesser Canada geese
© Roy Lowe/USFWS
And, for over 24 years, Roy Lowe’s been keeping an eye on
them. In 1991, he color banded the Semidi geese in Alaska,
including two goslings that, 18 years later, returned this
year to their Oregon home.
The Conservancy recently purchased one of the birds’
wintering sites, an 80-acre dairy farm inside a bend
in the Nestucca River, to protect it permanently for the
geese and a host of other wildlife. In May, the property
was transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to become part of the Nestucca Bay National Wildlife
Refuge.
“We have an important partnership with the Conservancy
and couldn’t do this without them,” said Lowe, manager
of the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex
for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “As an arm of the
government, we can’t always act fast in the real estate
market, we really depend on [the Conservancy] to help us
accomplish our conservation mission.”
The birds have mostly arrived for the winter and spend
their days foraging on pasture land (and often sleeping
atop nearby Haystack Rock, just off Pacific City, at night).
They’ll stick around until April.
Expanding the refuge benefits more than the rare geese.
Oregon estuaries provide critical upland, wetland and tidal
marsh habitats for myriads of fish and wildlife.
Currently, the Conservancy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service are working with other local landowners and hope
to expand the refuge again next year.
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HERE COMES THE SUN
Walt Mintkeski had dreamed for years of installing solar
panels on his house. A retired environmental engineer and
longtime Conservancy volunteer, he’d dedicated his life to
protecting the planet. Harnessing the sun’s power seemed
like a no-brainer.
When his father passed away last year, inheritance brought
his dream within reach. But while admiring the trees
surrounding his home, Walt thought, “Wow. That’s a lot
of shade. Maybe this isn’t the most efficient way for me to
help the environment — or the best use of my dad’s hardearned money.”
That’s when he remembered The Nature Conservancy’s
three-story office building in Southeast Portland.
The Nature Conservancy has helped protect over 500,000
acres of important habitats in Oregon. The work doesn’t
stop there, though: there’s a commitment to sustainability
in our offices and operations as well.
And thanks to Mintkeski’s vision, support and coordination
of the project, our Portland office now wears a new array of
high-efficiency photovoltaic awnings.
“My father was very generous to me,” Mintkeski said.
At left: Walt Mintkeski, retired environmental
engineer and longtime Conservancy volunteer,
figured the Conservancy’s office would be perfect
for solar awning panels. He was right.
© Stephen Anderson/TNC
Below: New acqusitions in the Williamatte Valley
feature old witness trees and provide critical
habitat for the endangered Fender’s blue butterfly.
© Ed Alverson/TNC; © Matthew Benotsch/TNC
“So, I’m passing on his generosity to a cause I greatly
believe in. I’ve loved the outdoors since my family
spent summers boating off New York’s Shelter Island.
After retirement, I decided my new career is as a
philanthropist, and my benefactor is our Earth.”
Installed on the south side of the Conservancy’s office
building, the photovoltaic awnings are designed to soak
up as many photons as possible. Combined with roof
panels installed in 1998, the two arrays produce about
10 kW of power in full sunlight, equivalent to the
electricity demand of about three typical homes.
Shading is an added benefit, reducing the building’s need
for air conditioning. The solar awnings provide full shade
over south side windows at mid-day for four months,
mid-April to mid-August.
“The Nature Conservancy is extremely grateful for
Walt’s generous support and guidance,” said Russell
Hoeflich, vice president and Oregon director. “He’s
helping us increase our use of clean energy and educate
the community about solar power and conservation.”
To learn more about the new solar awnings, contact us for a tour.
You can also track energy production at
http://www.tiny.cc/tnc_solarenergy.
ANCIENT TREES BEAR WITNESS
Standing beside a grand old oak tree amidst rolling
prairie, Ed Alverson can sense the history of Oregon’s
Willamette Valley. He can reach out and touch it, too.
The Oregon white oak is a witness tree, one of two that
Alverson, a Conservancy stewardship ecologist based in
Eugene, recently identified. He was exploring two new
land acquisitions supported by habitat mitigation grants
from the Bonneville Power Administration.
A 152-acre conservation easement at Baskett Butte,
adjacent to the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge
west of Salem — in combination with a 10-acre purchase
at Willow Creek Preserve in West Eugene — will enable
the Conservancy to further protect and restore key
Willamette Valley oak and prairie habitats, one of Earth’s
most imperiled ecosystems.
Witness trees were used as landmarks for government
surveys in the 1850s, when the fertile valley was
officially mapped out for homesteaders. Witness trees
were blazed for identification purposes. Alverson
found the scars somewhat healed over, but otherwise
unchanged.
The valley is a different story. Due to population growth,
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Darren Borgias, Conservancy
stewardship ecologist, worked with
partners help to shape the Ashland
Forest Resiliency Plan — a guide for
treatment on 7,600 acres to restore a
resilient and sustainable forest, which
includes features like manzanita,
pictured at left.
Photos © Kyle Strauss/TNC
agriculture and development, it has undergone dramatic
changes in the past 160 years.
“The entire Willamette Valley was once dominated by
prairie and oak savanna, but today less than 2 percent of
those habitats remain,” Alverson said. “To me, these trees
symbolize why this new acquisition is important since,
unlike the rest of the valley, it’s still relatively intact. The
family has taken great care over the years to keep the
native oaks healthy.”
Two wildfires licked up ponderosa pines and Douglasfir trees, skirting the city of Ashland this summer. One,
although small, blew toward the home of Darren Borgias.
(Don’t worry: the neighborhood was spared.) The other
fire hemmed the south of the city, yellow smoke rising
against an aqua sky. People evacuated. Retardant bombers
flew overhead. And around 190 acres were torched.
Both newly acquired properties provide and connect
critical habitat for several endangered species
including the Fender’s blue butterfly — found only
in the Willamette Valley — and its host plant, the
threatened Kincaid’s lupine. The hope, Alverson said,
is that butterflies will use the habitat corridors to mix
populations and diversify the species.
“Dead. It was all dead,” said Borgias, the Conservancy’s
stewardship ecologist and forest buff who walked the
blackened ground looking for surviving conifers. He’s a
man who, without missing a beat, can weave a timeline
of forest ecology and politics into any conversation —
whether it’s about trees or not.
The recent fire, even for Borgias, was shocking. “I
was alarmed to see that instead of patches of conifer
mortality, they were all killed in the heart of the fire,” he
said. Because of the lack of natural fire cycles, it burned
hotter and with greater severity than it would have
historically. Earlier fuel reduction treatment helped on
the edges where the conifers survived, though.
The Nature Conservancy is working with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the Baskett Butte
acquisition in sync with strategies at the wildlife refuge.
Restoration activities at both new sites will include
invasive species management, thinning of encroaching
trees and planting native vegetation, including the lupine
and other butterfly-friendly species.
“It will take time and a sustained effort to restore the
native prairie and oak woodlands,” Alverson said. “But I
believe we’ll get there. I hope these oak trees, if not me,
are here to witness that.”
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MAKING A PLAN
So it’s no surprise that Ashland residents have a
heightened sense of living in a forest that needs help.
Southwest Oregon also has a residue of contention. It
was ground zero for timber wars pitting forest use against
wilderness and endangered wildlife. As it turns out, trees
really are a topic in many community conversations.
Lately, thanks to local leaders, the conversation has
been about solutions. The result is a pioneering forest
restoration blueprint called the Ashland Forest Resiliency
Plan. The community, the U.S. Forest Service, the
Conservancy and others have designed a future for
Ashland’s forested watershed to help ensure clean water
supply, safer communities from the threat of unnaturally
severe wildfire and healthy habitats for fish and wildlife.
It took five years to design, and could serve as a model
for large-scale restoration of dry forests in Eastern and
Southern Oregon. Safer communities and healthier
habitats are both in the equation.
The Ashland plan guides where and how to thin smaller
trees and brush on 7,600 acres to restore a resilient and
sustainable forest. The thinning will reduce flammable
fuels, and controlled burns will replicate natural
processes. The plan protects the larger trees, preserving
old-growth and streamside habitats, and includes an
open invitation to the community to get involved in
measuring and monitoring the results, forming the
Ashland Forest Partnership.
“The needs of a diverse living forest and a human
community all come to a head in this watershed,” Borgias
said. “[The plan] is science-based, good for nature and
good for people, too. It’s great.”
To learn more about the Ashland Forest Resiliency Plan, see
http://Ashlandwatershed.org
RESTORATION (AND STUFF)
In the seething summer heat — after a day of hiking
— Jason Dumont waded across the Sandy River to a
restoration site. In the current, a cold, unopened bottle of
organic lemonade floated down the river and right into
his hand. Divine.
In the Sandy River Gorge, six miles of untamed river with
upland terraces and canyons provide excellent habitat for
wild salmon and steelhead, wildlife and an old-growth
forest, all within 20 miles of Oregon’s largest urban area.
Recreation use is growing, evidenced by all the stuff.
Dumont, entertained by the unexpected finds and
ultimately glad that people are getting outdoors,
notes that greater public use is partly what habitat
restoration is designed to accommodate. He and others
will continue picking up stuff while neighbors, visitors
and communities are encouraged to take care of improved
habitats.
The Conservancy owns or manages about 500 acres in
what is about a one-half million-acre basin. His crews
work on Conservancy land, but actually spend more
time working on other private or public property with
permission. “Because the water and natural areas aren’t
confined to property boundaries, neither are we,” Dumont
said.
This year, in tangent with work done by the Sandy River
Basins Partners group, Dumont and crews concentrated on
10 sites, removing blackberry and other invasive species,
doing community outreach, leading trainings and restoring
healthy streamside forests. At Dabney State Recreation
Area, for instance, they planted 15,000 native trees and
shrubs. About 20,000 were planted on Sandy city park
land.
By inflatable kayak, they also continue a winning 10-year
campaign against invasive knotweed — an often grueling
task. Good thing they kept those squirt guns.
Conservancy staff Doug Kreuzer, far left, and Jason Dumont, far right, with
AmeriCorps members Corey Gargano and Jenny Bieger at the Sandy River
© Paul Kuthe/Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe
Dumont, the Conservancy’s Portland area preserves
manager, has seen an increase in ‘stuff’ this year. Some
tokens are welcome (like the lemonade). Others?
Not so much. In a single trip by kayak patrolling for
invasive plants, Dumont and crew rounded up an inner
tube, paddle, kayak pieces, over 100 cans and bottles,
shoes, a wallet, pipe, squirt guns (they kept those), a
small barbecue, cooler and other flotsam. They built a
makeshift barge to haul it all out.
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a w or l dw i de
CALL TO ACTION
People depend on nature for clean water, clean air, fertile soils, food, fuel, shelter, storm protection and so much more —
including recreation, personal fulfillment and spiritual renewal. But nature and Earth’s natural systems are increasingly
at risk across Oregon and around the world.
That’s why The Nature Conservancy launched the Campaign for a Sustainable Planet, the largest conservation
campaign in history. Our goal is nothing less than the survival of the natural world that sustains us all. The Campaign
for a Sustainable Planet is a worldwide call to action, enlisting people and partners to achieve conservation results
at meaningful scales on every continent and in every ecosystem. Conservation work at this scale and pace is
unprecedented. But so are the challenges. With your help, we’re making a difference. We invite you to learn more.
Tides of Life
Our oceans once seemed infinite, but every day brings
new evidence that limits are being exceeded. Urgently
needed are large networks of marine protected areas,
more sustainable fishing practices, and new techniques
for restoring marine ecosystems.
securing the lifeline
Freshwater is the building block for all life outside
oceans, yet represents only 3 percent of water on Earth.
As people demand more and more of our rivers, lakes
and streams, we’re helping to develop conservation
strategies that protect aquatic ecosystems while
meeting human needs, and modeling those strategies
for application on a worldwide scale.
Netarts Bay © Stephen
Anderson/TNC
Clockwise:
The endangered marbled murrlet © Dan Cushing and Kim Nelson/OSU; Big Creek © Rick McEwan;
Coral Triangle © David Wachenfeld, 2004 Triggerfish Images
Oregoan coast
and forested
BigStephen
Creek property
© Paul Englemeyer/Audubon
Society
Willamette
River ©
Anderson/TNC;
Zambezi River © Jen Newlin
SAVING PLACES
Thousands of natural areas are protected worldwide
by the Conservancy and others, but they are not
enough, by themselves, to ensure the survival of Earth’s
tremendous diversity of plant and animal life. With
partners, we’re pioneering strategies to protect habitats
for wildlife on a vast new scale, the scale of nature
itself.
Zumwalt Prairie Preserve © Rick McEwan; Mongolia © Chris Pague/TNC
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CONFRONTING A THREAT
WITHOUT BORDERS
Climate change is arguably the most serious
conservation challenge of our time. We are working
with partners to enact greenhouse gas emissionreduction policies, protect and renew carbon-storing
forests, and help natural and human communities
maintain the necessary resilience to adapt to a warming
world.
Polar bear © Robert M. Griffith
Go online to nature.org/campaign to learn more about the Campaign for a Sustainable Planet
and how you can help us protect the most critical places and ecosystems in Oregon and around
the world.
BIG CREE K:
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A COASTAL GEM
For several decades folks have
had their sights on a conservation jewel: a property known
as Big Creek.
It was also a developer’s dream
and zoned for a destination
resort. The Conservancy has
tried to buy it before. Twice.
Third time’s a charm.
Recently the Conservancy
succeeded in purchasing the
193-acre coastal property. Big
Creek is partly dense forest
and partly an open coastal
meadow providing critical
habitat for the imperiled Oregon silverspot butterfly.
Straddling a stream providing key habitat for salmon,
the property lies between the
oceanfront Carl G. Washburn
Memorial State Park and the
Rock Creek Wilderness.
About 20 years ago, and 30
miles away from Big Creek,
Paul Englemeyer of the
Audubon Society was climbing trees for a research team.
From a limb in a coastal oldgrowth stand, and with trusty
binos in hand, he spotted the
first known Oregon nest of
the endangered secretive seabird — the marbled murrelet.
It’s a little bird with a big fan
club. According to Englemeyer, the bird can fly up to 60
miles an hour, can dive 120
feet deep to catch fish, and
fly to nest sites up to 50 miles
from the ocean to feed their
young.
The marbled murrelet has
been spotted there. So have
the butterflies.
property protected from development
and destined for public ownership
“The trees will
grow in
good health,
the butterflies
will be kept safe,
and it just feels
like the right
thing to do..
I’m just
delighted.
I really am.”
- VICTOR RENAGHAN
Clockwise: The endangered marbled murrelet © Dan Cushing and Kim Nelson/OSU; Big Creek © Rick
McEwan; Oregoan Coast and forested Big Creek property © Paul Englemeyer/Audubon Society
Named for the silver patches beneath orange and black wings, the Oregon silverspot butterfly once thrived
in coastal grasslands along the West Coast. Today, there are only four known populations of the species in
Oregon.
“[Restoring the site] is going to take work, but we have great partners and the new property provides the opportunity to make a big difference,” said Debbie Pickering, the Conservancy’s ecologist who’s been watching
silverspot butterfly populations — and working to expand them — for over 20 years.
The property is destined for state or federal ownership. In the meantime, Pickering and her multi-party
team are crafting management plans to guide partners until the ownership transition and site restoration
is under way.
The sellers were Victor and Linda Renaghan. Vic had dreams of developing an environmentally friendly
resort. But, after 31 years of frustrated attempts, he opted for the next best thing, he said. “The trees will
grow in good health, the butterflies will be kept safe, and it just feels like the right thing to do,” he said. “I’m
just delighted. I really am.”
The Conservancy purchased the property for $4.07 million. The cost was covered by a $2 million grant
from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board and funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation,
private donations and a loan from the Conservancy’s internal revolving fund. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service also committed to the project, and the Conservancy and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
will continue seeking funds to repay the loan.
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p h otos
THE YEAR IN
[1]
[3]
[2]
[1] At Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, the Conservancy and Oregon State University have been
studying the effect of cattle grazing on the success of ground-nesting songbirds and impacts
to soils, vegetation and insects. Studies have also addressed economics of cattle performance
and grazing production; research results are expected in early 2010. © Rick McEwan
[2] Energy development including wind power is growing rapidly in Oregon. To help reduce its
impacts on important habitats and wildlife, the Conservancy is working with others to provide
data, develop tools, and improve policies to guide siting decisions. © Dennis Schwartz
[3] At the Conservancy’s Williamson River Delta Preserve in the Klamath Basin, scientists,
like Siana Wong above, are working to collect and analyze water samples to determine
how wetland restoration is affecting water chemistry. © Rick McEwan
[4] Kaiko’o Victor of the AmeriCorps team ignites a controlled burn at Kingston
Prairie Preserve. With the help of partners, Conservancy crews successfully burned about 95
acres there in September. © Matthew Benotsch/TNC
[4]
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[5]
[6]
[5-6]
THE TABLE ROCKS. Thirty years ago, The Nature Conservancy bought land on Lower Table Rock near Medford, creating
our first Rogue Valley preserve. In a crowning achievement, this year we secured the last remaining private lands — 1,710 acres — on both
Upper and Lower Table Rocks, protecting an historic meeting place and rare plants and wildlife. Rising dramatically above the Rogue
River, the two mesas are home to plants and wildlife that thrive among vernal pools, open grasslands and oak savanna.
Top © Rick McEwan; Above © Stephen Anderson/TNC
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thank you
Gifts to Projects
or Programs Outside Oregon
The following Oregon donors have made gifts of $1,000
or more to programs or projects outside the state of
Oregon between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.
$10,000+
Anonymous - Climate Change
and Migratory Birds
Crabby Beach Foundation – Washington
James J. & Diane B. Drake – Forests of
Canada
Estate of Nadine Eccles – Idaho
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gibbs – Hawaii
Gilhousen Family Foundation – Montana
Dr. & Mrs. David Osgood – Costa Rica
Estate of Richard H. Roupe – California
Rocky Mountain Power Foundation – Utah
Edward Yatsko Jr. – Michigan
$5,000-9,999
Forest Capital Partners – Idaho
$2,500-4,999
Carol Chesarek – Montana
The ODS Companies – Alaska
Estate of Dr. Theodore W. Fisher –
California
$1,000-2,499
Adrienne Adam – Rescue the Reef
BC Weston, Inc. – Costa Rica
David & Janice Brown – Rescue the Reef:
Palau, and Adopt an Acre: Australia’s
Gondwana Link, Las Californias,
Northern Rocky Mountains
Mr. & Mrs. William Buskirk – Global
Priorities
Estate of Mrs. F. Cronyn – California
Harriet Denison – Carbon Offsets
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Feinblatt – Conservation
Strategies
David C. Harrison & Joyce Millen – Carbon
Offsets
Kari Henderson & Joyce Sjoberg – Atlantic
Rainforests of South America
Kestrel Growth Brands – Orangutan
Habitat - E. Kalimantan
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kuhn – Indiana
Estate of Edith S. Lenneberg – New Mexico
Reuben J. Rich – Grasslands of Argentina
Doris M. Scharpf – Hawaii
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. – Maine
John W. Smith II - Pennsylvania
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stone – Montana
Paul F. Torrence & Bonnie Johnson –
New York, Plant a Billion Trees
Westfly, Inc. - Idaho
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Annual Support and Special Gifts
The following donors have made gifts to the Oregon
program between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. These
donors include members of our Last Great Places Society.
$10,000+
Anonymous (4)
Robert S. & Julia S. Ball
Bella Vista Foundation
Dr. Stephen Bennett
John & Patty Bentley
Katherine Bisbee II Fund*
Estate of Cynthia Brown
Dr. Edgar E. Clark & Dr. Janet R. Roberts
Jeff Clark
The Collins Foundation
Mrs. Maribeth W. Collins
Mr. & Mrs. Truman Collins
Crane Creek Family Fund*
Malcolm C. Damuth Foundation
Estate of Joan E. Dickey
Estate of Margaret P. Duggar
Estate of Francis M. Durning
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Leslie B. Durst
Roy and Shirley Durst 1994 Charitable
Trust
Estate of Nadine Eccles
Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation
Stephanie J. Fowler & Irving J. Levin/
Renaissance Foundation
David Fryefield & Catherine Kordesch
Diana Gardener, in memory of Harriet
Gardener
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gibbs
Frank C. & Mary K. Gill**
Estate of Louis S. & Della Greenfield
Glen E. Guttormsen**
Estate of Robert Hargreaves
David C. Harrison & Joyce Millen
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Hayes Jr.
Clifford H. Heselton**
Estate of Garnet Jex
Judith & Kirk Johansen**
Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Keiser Fund*
Harry & Marguerite Kendall Fund*
Burton W. Lazar & Claire Stock
Mr. & Mrs. Norbert Leupold Jr.
Michael T. Lewis
William E. Lewis
Jane Malarkey
Christopher & Catherine Mathews
McGrath Family Foundation
Bob & Vi Metzler
Meyer Memorial Trust
Virginia E. Miller**
Mr. & Mrs. Walt Mintkeski**
Louise Minty Fund*
Darrol Olson & Terese Barkley
The Oregon Community Foundation
your generous support makes
our conservation successes possible
Dr. & Mrs. David Osgood**
Merritt & Heather Paulson**
Estate of Christy E. Ray
Estate of Marcia Sigler
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Dr. Elizabeth Steiner & Mr. Michael W.
Hayward
Estate of Ken Suid
William Swindells Jr.
Jack C. Taylor
David & Christine Vernier
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Viehl
Mr. Eric Wan & Ms. Michele A. Goodman
Estate of Helen J. Wanningen
Richard & Doris Waring**
Ann C. Werner
Jane E. Werner
Mr. & Mrs. William Whitsell
Wiancko Family Donor Advised Fund of the
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Wynne
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Zachow**
$5,000-9,999
Anonymous (3)
Landrum E. Baker Fund*
Jennifer Bruml Lemelson & Eric Lemelson
Victor U. Buenzle
Carpenter Foundation
Casey Family Fund*
Christine Charneski
Dale Clark
Estate of Nellie Dale
Jim & Dory Delp
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Demarest
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Erlandson
The Flori Foundation**
Steve & Susan Ford**
Robert & Roje Gootee**
Mr. & Mrs. Kregg Hanson
Rosaria P. Haugland
Douglas L. Hintzman**
Estate of Ruth Howell Litt
Roxie Howlett
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Johnson
Estate of Juanita R. Lambert
Tracy P. Lamblin
The Lookout Foundation, Inc.
E & G McDowell Charitable Endowment
Dr. Tamara Medley
Esther J. Moore**
William Neuhauser & Laura Byerly/William
Neuhauser and Laura Byerly
Oregon Fund*/**
Scudder Family Foundation
Scott & Courtney Seeley
Ms. Wendy Seldon
Mr. & Mrs. Guy Snyder
Susan J. Sokol Blosser & Russ Rosner
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Sprick
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stott
Anne & Henry Sturtevant
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Verhoeven
The Jean Vollum Fund
The John & Frances Von Schlegell
Family Fund
Jan L. & Jody Ward
Dr. & Mrs. Karl Wenner
Estate of Ann R. Wierum
John & Pem Winquist/The Winquist Family
Fund of Schwab Charitable Fund**
$2,500-4,999
Anonymous (1)
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Batten
Ardy E. Braidwood**
Dr. Robert J. Buys & Dr. Susan L. Buys**
Estate of Ms. Sylvia Christenson
Mr. & Mrs. John Courtney**
Dr. John C. Crabbe & Dr. Jeri Janowsky
Gloria A. Cwierz
Mrs. Aurelia P. Edwards
Estate of Kathrine S. French
Robert D. Geddes and Cameron G.R.
Geddes Family*
Richard L. Hay**
Peter Heuser
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hill
Sam & Tess Hoffman
Peter Koerner
Dr. Louise E. Leduc
Joanne M. Lilley
Eric & Jan Luttrell
Robert Main
Estate of Audrey McCall
Mr. & Mrs. Peter McDonald
Mr. & Mrs. Carlton McLeod**
Mr. & Mrs. John Messer
Dr. Lee Michels
John E. Moody
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Neal
Robert L. & Marilyn H. Ridgley
Marge Riley Fund*
Paul S. Rostykus
Dennis & Mary Lee Saulsbury
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Shields
Estate of Ms. Virginia M. Smith
Stewart Family Fund*
Steve Sullivan & Yan Y. Soucie
Ms. Elizabeth A. Tilbury**
Amy C. Tykeson**
Willa Warren**
Stephen Weyer & Maria Geigel**
William W. & Patricia L. Wessinger
Fund*
Wheeler Foundation
The Nature Conservancy owns or cooperatively manages 46 preserves throughout Oregon.
$1,000-2,499
Anonymous (7)
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Abbott
Dr. Judith P. Aikin & Mr. Roger C. Aikin
Ruth A. Albright
Carole Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Ater
Mr. William A. Ayres
Tom Bacon**
Sabine Baer & Manfred Wiesel
George Baetjer
Daniel Ball & Lori Golze
Robert Bansen**
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Bargsten
Antony & Amy Barton
Carol A. Beckwith
Benge Family Foundation
Dr. Paulette Bierzychudek
Broughton & Mary Bishop Family
Advised Fund
C.M. Bishop Jr. Family Fund*/**
Jennifer Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Booth
Diane Bradshaw
Martha H. Brookes
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Broussard
Patricia L. Bruggere
Mr. & Mrs. David Buchanan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Buckman
Bertha S. Buckner
Dr. & Mrs. Neil Buist
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Burt**
Mr. & Mrs. William Buskirk
Dale Call
Ms. Carmen M. Calzacorta & Mr. John
C. Mills
The Cameron Foundation
Judith L. Carlson
Jack Carter
Liz & Neil Cawood
The Cervantes Family
Lois K. Chaffey**
Mr. Arthur E. Chambers Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Ken Chambers
Andris K. Chapin
Ken & Jan Chapman
Larry & Nancy Church
Mary H. Clark**
James L. Cook
John Coutts & Julie D. Whipple
Mr. & Mrs. John Crawford
Lynn C. Cross
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Crowder**
Melvin S. & Alice V. Cummings
Louis Dalton**
The Davidson Family Charitable Fund of
Schwab Charitable Foundation
Phyllis R. Davis**
Sid & Karen DeBoer Foundation
John & Julie Dixon
Julia & James Dougherty**
Joan Dunbar & William Starbuck
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Eisenberg**
Andrew E. Ekman
Mr. & Mrs. David Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. John Emrick
Equity Foundation
Thomas Fealy
Mr. & Mrs. Guy Fenner
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Findley
Orcilia Z. Forbes**
Tom Forsythe
Diane L. Fraser Eastwood
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Freedman**
Steven Freer & Katrina Perry**
Dr. Stanton Freidberg
Pryor Garnett & Kathryn Oliver-Garnett
Dr. Stuart G. Garrett
Richard F. Gibson & Carol F. Peterkort
Gibson
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Gleason
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Gordon
The Gracie Charitable Foundation
John D. Gray**
Mark J. Greenfield & Jane Hartline
Dondeena Griffiths
The Hackborn Foundation**
Verna I. Hall**
Mr. & Mrs. Don Hamaker
Clyde A. & Veronica L. Hamstreet
Susan Hansen
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Harrison
The Jon V. & Nora V. Harrison
Charitable Fund
David E. Hart
Kari Henderson & Joyce Sjoberg
Ms. Jill Hendrickson & Mr. Nathan R.
Markowitz
Kae Hensey**
The Hetherington Fund*
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hibler
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Hinrichs
Martha A. Howard-Bullen
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Hudgens
Donald R. Hulbert
Richard Hyde & Rachel Tsu Hyde
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Imeson
Dr. Richard E. James
Mr. & Mrs. Ajay Jindal
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Johnson
Edward & Patricia Jones
Kristayani & Jerry Jones Fund*
Monroe A. Jubitz Family Fund*
Stan E. Kambly
Dr. Diane Karl & Dr. Matthew Riddle
Paul C. & Cheryl V. Katen**
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Keane
Jane R. Kendall Family Fund*
Robert A. Kevan
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Knierim
Krista Lee Knoernschild & Mark Murzin
Mr. Mark W. Knudsen & Dr. Wendy
Knudsen**
Ellen Kodis
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Krull
Dr. & Mrs. Jay Lamb**
Mr. & Mrs. James Landkamer
Deborah Lawless
William & Emmy Lawrence Family Fund*
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Leslie
Mark & Dianne Lewis
Cindy A. Lippincott & Bob S. Berman
Marsha Livingstone**
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Loacker
Sandra G. & Phillip V. Lockwood
Dr. Nancy Loeb
Cynthia D. Lord**
Maryanne Lovell
David R. Ludwig
Dr. Jack Lyford
Catherine A. Macdonald
Mr. & Mrs. D. Carter MacNichol
Daryl P. Madura
Laura E. Mahoney
Jerry L. Martin**
William C. McCormick
Nancie S. McGraw
E. G. McGuire**
David E. McKenna
June C. McLean
Mr. & Mrs. Carlton McLeod
Bonnie R. & Mark E. Miller
Howard J. Miller & Kate M. Hunt
Elizabeth I. Miller
Mitzvah Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Monroe
Everett J. Mozell
Mary Neuendorf
Mr. & Mrs. Verne Newcomb/Newcomb
Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Nielsen
Cheryl J. Norman & Sean Harris
Ms. Kim Norris & Mr. Timothy Kirkpatrick**
Katherine E. North
Jack L. O’Neil**
Mr. & Mrs. Milo Ormseth
Susie O’Shea
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pankratz
Rebecca Papke
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Pardue
Dr. Cornelius Peeples
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Pellett
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Peterson
Dr. Michelle Petrofes & Dr. Dale E. Harris
Janis Piper
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Michael Polich
Dr. & Mrs. James Post**
Elizabeth Pratt & Philip Thor
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Price Jr.**
Charles P. Quinn & Dana Abel
Mr. & Mrs. Vittz-James Ramsdell
Marjorie S. Ratliff
Richard A. Ray & Ann Philipsborn
Gary Reiness**
NW Natural Richard G. Reiten Leadership
Fund*/**
Phyllis C. Reynolds**
Sheila Ford Richmond
Barbara Grutze Roessner Fund*/**
Mr. & Mrs. Elden Rosenthal
Cheryl Rucks
Peter Sammons
Samuel S. Johnson Foundation**
Doris M. Scharpf**
Thomas & Frances Scheidel**
Angela M. Schmidt**
Dr. Edward Schultheiss & Dr. Linda
Cunningham
Chris Shank**
Mr. & Mrs. John Shelk
Carol & Bill Shreve
Larry D. Simmons
Robert W. Smith
Barbara N. & James Z. Snow
Colleen Sorenson
Lowell W. Spring
Robert M. Stansel**
Frances W. Stevenson**
Lee R. Stewart & Christopher Sherry
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Stine
John F. Stolting
Richard Strauss
Landra L. Strother
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Stroud
Carol Sturtevant
Estate of Ms. Phyllis M. Swett
Paul Switlyk
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Taber
Pedro Tai
George Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Darrah Thomas
Thorndike Family Rogue Valley Fund*
Joel Thorson
Mr. & Mrs. James Tinling
Mary A. Tooze**
Paul F. Torrence & Bonnie Johnson**
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Tower**
Scott & Maeva Troup
Estate of Ellen Twist
Tracie & Tim Unterwegner
Anthony & Lindsay Van Nice
Dr. Hubert J. Van Peenen III & Ms.
Linda K. Van Peenen
Lorraine H. Vickery**
Roger Vrilakas
Mr. & Mrs. David Waterbury
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Watkins
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Watson
John Westall & Patricia Wheeler**
Benjamin R. & Elaine M.
Whiteley Fund*/**
Thomas Whittaker
Pam Whyte & Ron Saylor
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wiegmann
Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Williams
Fred Williams & Mary Beth Yosses
Dr. & Mrs. Reed Wilson
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Wilson
John M. Wood
William C. Woods
Richard C. Wykoff**
Beverly Zeien
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Zimmerman**
* of The Oregon Community Foundation
** participated in matching gift opportunity
Legacy Club
We are pleased to recognize the following individuals
who notified us between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009
of their intent to remember the Conservancy in their
will or estate plans or have funded a life income gift.
Their legacy of protected natural areas will be a lasting
gift to future generations.
Anonymous (9)
Jory & Gerry Abrams
Alan B. Albright
Charles E. Aubin
R.F. Baker
William J. Castillo & Marjorie A. Bishop
Ron K. Blasing
Mary Lou Boice
Jim Dietz & Francie Buckley
Pamela Fletcher
Molly M. Hannah
David Hawley & Carol Pelmas
Mark & Kathy Heerema
Kathy & Richard Hockaday
Krista Lee Knoernschild & Mark Murzin
Catherine Kordesch & David Fryefield
Robert & Sally Landauer
Richard Lee-Berman & Betty Patton
Walt & Patricia Loveland
Donald C. & Roberta J. Lowe
Bergen Morris MacKeny
Nino Marchetti
Michael Marshall & Shanti Leslie
Christopher Matthews
Wallace Gordon Menzies
Mary Jane Morrison
Peggy O’Malley
Robert & Marna Porath of Amity
Carolyn D. Raz
Edward J. Reeves
Jean A. Robertson
Charlotte Sahnow
LR Schellin
J. Steven Schmidt & Teresa L. Mesa
William S. Shapiro
Terence & Lonnie Shumaker
Alice C. Speers
Kay D. Stein
Mark & Ginny Stern
James & Diana Unterspan
Phil Vincent
Carrie M. Walkiewicz
Richard E. & Judith S. Watson
Gordon Wolfe
William C. Woods
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Corporate Members
We salute and thank our corporate members for their
investments in conservation.
Gifts In-Kind
$25,000+
Allstate Corporation
Kerr Pacific Corporation
MyOwnLabels.com
Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air
Alpine Glass Company
Glaydis M. Basinger
Below Cost Framing
Be The Change, Inc.
Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat
Teresa & Kenji Carp
Jim Coughlin
Dagoba Organic Chocolate
Digicraft
Electrical Solutions
Linda & Colin Horman
Hot Lips Pizza
Imagine Graphics
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Company
Jerry L. Martin
Rick McEwan
Nau
Northwest Personal Training
Old Wives Tale Restaurant
The Oregonian
Terry A. Peasley
Portland Center Stage
Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Portland Nursery
Portland Winter Hawks
Rainbow King Lodge
Sarah J. Ryan, Ball Janik LLP
Sendit Direct Mail & Fulfillment
Tazo Tea
Underhill Training
Valley Vintner & Brewer
Hope G. Wallace
Widmer Brothers Brewing, Inc.
Yoga in the Pearl
$10,000-24,999
Kaiser Permanente Community Giving
The ODS Companies
Portland General Electric Corporation
$5,000-9,999
Forest Park Federal Credit Union
Fred Meyer Corporation
Nike, Inc.
Pacific Power Foundation
Tektronix, Inc.
Vernier Software & Technology
$2,500-4,999
Caithness Long Island, LLC
AllMed Healthcare Management, Inc.
Leupold & Stevens Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.
NW Natural
Palo Alto Software, Inc.
Port of Portland
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.
U.S. Bank
Wells Fargo
$1,000-2,499
Bambu LLC
Carol Wilson Fine Arts, Inc.
Chez Jose Mexican Cafes
Driveline Service of Portland, Inc.
Foothills Resources, Inc.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Hahn & Associates
Hampton Affiliates
Hamstreet & Associates
Harmer Steel Products Co.
Java Jacket, Inc.
Knife River Corporation
Lensjoy.com
Tumac Lumber Company Fund of The
Oregon Community Foundation
Wilderness Birding Adventures
We thank the following individuals and corporations
for making an in-kind gift to the Conservancy.
30+ Year Members
We extend our deep appreciation to the following
individuals, corporations and foundations who
have been members for more than 30 years. Their
long-standing support continues to be vital to our
conservation successes.
Anonymous (5)
Bob & Dawn Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Adams
Alan & Ellen Adler
Ann Albright
Mrs. Ruth A. Albright
Karen & Stuart Allan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Alperin
Phyllis L. Amacher
David Anderson
Elizabeth J. Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Anderson
Glen & Yvonne Anderson
Dr. & Mrs. Norman Anderson
your legacy is a lasting
gift to future generations
Reuben Phillip Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Anselone
Mrs. Lou Ashworth
Harold L. Atkinson
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Averill
George & Nobuko Azumano
Gini Badger
Marguerite G. Baer
George Baetjer
Dr. Marvin W. Baker
Paul A. Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Bard
Edwin E. Barker
Mrs. Janet E. Barnes
Donald Barrigan
Mrs. Renee Barron
Glaydis M. Basinger
Richard A. Bastasch
Harold P. Batchelder
Don & Joan Batten
Michael W. & Virginia K. Baynes
Merrill D. & Jean Beal
Dr. Edward Beals
Mr. & Mrs. James Beauvais
Boris W. & Joyce Becker
Gary Beckley
Marcus G. Beebe Jr.
Frank A. Benford
Mr. & Mrs. David Berg
Donald Berger
Julie Bevan
Jane Bigler
Mary Lou Boice
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Bole
Joanna Booser
Carol J. Bosworth
Dean W. Boyd & Susan C. Wickizer
Mr. R. Boyd
Mrs. Allen M. Boyden
Raymond Bracis
Joan M. Bray
Dr. & Mrs. Bert Brehm
B. E. Bristow
Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Brodie
Elizabeth M. Brooke
Anne G. Brooks
Dennis Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Bobb Brown
Mr. & Mrs. James Brown
Jerome R. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bruce
Raymond B. Brumbaugh & Robin
Cunningham
Jackie Bryson
Mrs. Jane T. Bryson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Buckman
Mrs. Bertha S. Buckner
Hamilton W. Budge
Thomas & Merle Burgess
Dr. Scott F. Burns
Dr. Donald A. Burress
Dr. & Mrs. Steven Buttrick
Mary Kay Callaghan
Katherine R. Cameron
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Campbell
Carpenter Foundation
Mary S. Carr & James K. Boehnlein
Claire Carter
Kay Carter
Mrs. Mary Case
Richard Castenholz
William J. Castillo & Marjorie A. Bishop
Paul Centanni
Philip & Helen Chadsey
Lois K. Chaffey
Dr. & Mrs. Ken Chambers
Mrs. Bettina Champlain
Helen L. Chandler
Ken R. & Jan Chapman
Rose Chapman
Chemeketan Hiking Club
Chintimini Garden Club
Clark Foundation
Ann Clark
Dale Clark
Donald E. Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Clarke
Kingsley W. Click
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Coash
Dr. Terence H. Cochran
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Cogswell
Glen Cole
The Collins Foundation
Mrs. Catharine F. Collins
Mrs. Maribeth W. Collins
Philip R. Colvard
Barbara J. Combs
William S. Connell
Mrs. Sonja Connor
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cook
Stanton A. & Joan E. Cook
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Coons
Charlotte Corkran
Mr. & Mrs. John Courtney
Mrs. Patricia Crain
Mr. & Mrs. J. Crawford
Mrs. William J. Crawley
Neale E. Creamer
Peter A. Crosby
Barbara L. Curry
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Curtis
Mr. & Mrs. John Daily
Dr. Roger C. David
Gary L. Davis
Mrs. Phyllis R. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Grier Davis
Stephen R. Deagle
Bruce R. & April S. DeBolt
Carol J. DeLima
Mrs. Virginia P. Denham
Rev. & Mrs. John Dennis
In Oregon, more than 20,000 member households make The Nature Conservancy’s work possible.
Mrs. Ruth A. Dennis
Katharine Diack
Helen Dickson
Thomas G. Dieterich
Herb Dirksen
Mr. & Mrs. David Dobak
Mrs. Lorena Dornfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Dotson
Steve Dotterrer
Carroll & Ida Dubuar
Mrs. Joan Duckering
Alice J. Dugan
Mr. & Mrs. Colin Dunkeld
Douglas M. Dupriest
Mrs. Lucia R. Durand
Owen E. Duvall
Barton Eberwein & Jill Collins
Adele L. Egan
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Eliason
Beverly Ell
Martha Emel
William H. Emmingham
Eb Engelmann
Molly Engle
Jordan Epstein
Drs. Richard C. & Margaret Essenberg
Robert & Shelley Everhart
Mrs. Nancy Eyster
Dr. Linda M. Farris & Mr. Paul S. Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Favier
Mary F. Fax
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fenner
James Fereday & Margaret Ryan
Truman J. Fergin
Mr. & Mrs. Evan Firestone
Cecil J. Fischer
Mrs. Orcilia Z. Forbes
Sarah Forbes & John Foster
Gregory Franck-Weiby
Mr. & Mrs. William Frank
Mrs. Martha N. Fraundorf
Mr. & Mrs. Larry French
Shirley B. Froyd
Jeffrey K. Fryer
Christie Galen
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart G. Garrett
Mrs. Janice O. Gerdemann
Edward F. Giannetti
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Gietter
Mrs. Claude Gillam
Harvey Ginsburg
Mr. & Mrs. E. Gloekler
Mrs. Louise Godfrey
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Goeth
Dell Goldsmith
Robert & Roje Gootee
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Graper
Jeff & Edna Grass
Averill Gray
John D. Gray
Drs. Mary Jane Gray & Jayne Ackerman
Michael Graybill & Jan Hodder
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Green
Don Greene & Niki Newkirk
Mrs. Frances Greenlee
Richard Griffith
Stephen L. Griffith & Christine Dickey
Thomas & Karen Gritzka
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Gross
Magie & Thomas Gunn
Mrs. Ruth H. Haglan
Dr. & Mrs. Cliff Hall
Don Alan Hall
Barbara Ham
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Hamilton
Mark & Debra Hamlin
John L. Hammond
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Hansen
John W. Hanson
Gerald Haram
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Harcombe
Fred P. & Amelia Hard
Anne E. Harding & Robert Scott
Mrs. Jean P. Harkin
James F. Harper
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Harrington
Karen Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Arley Hartley
Andrew F. Harvey III
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Harwood
Bill & Theda Hastie
Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Hawkins
Mrs. Edmund Hayes
Mr. & Mrs. Denis Heidtmann
Mrs. Gloria G. Heller
Mrs. Ray Heller
Dr. Sidney E. Henderson III
Edgar Henke
Douglas G. Henry
Lynn J. Herring
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Herzog
Christopher Hileman
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Hinrichs
Russell Hoeflich
Dorothy C. Hofferber
Ronald W. Hogeland & Nancy R. Archer
Steve Hohf
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hollyfield
Carol J. Horning
Dr. Roger K. Howe
Ruth Howell Litt
Donald R. Hulbert
Dr. John A. & Marilyn Hull
Jeff Hunter & Margie Dogotch
Mr. & Mrs. William Hunter
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Hutchings
Lura C. Hutchinson
Mr. & Mrs. William Hutchison
Mr. & Mrs. Judson Hyatt
Illinois Valley Garden Club
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Irwin
The Jackson Foundation
Roberta Jaffe
Lauren Jarrett
David Jensen
Robert W. Jensen
David D. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Johnson
Mrs. Patricia A. Johnston
Peter & Cheryle Jolivette
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Jones
R. A. & Dori Jones
Jubitz Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kapfer
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Katen
Joseph D. Keerins
Mr. & Mrs. John Keller
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kelsey
Jane R. Kendall
Peter J. Kendall
Nancy G. Kennaway
Peggy E. Kernan
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Kester
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kidd
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Kiefer
Ulo Kiigemagi
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kinch
Elizabeth King
Jessie & Jeffrey King
Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Kingery
William D. Kitto
Beverly & Clair Klock
Krista Lee Knoernschild & Mark Murzin
Roger Knutson
Steve Koester
W. David Kolb
Meryle A. Korn
Dave Osgood, Conservancy trustee, fishing in New Zealand
Photo courtesy of Dave Osgood
CONNECTING WITH THE WORLD
His mother taught him to fish. And, on his 12th birthday, he got a fly
rod. Standing by the water’s edge with a rod in hand is “the real me,”
said Dave Osgood, longtime supporter and trustee for The Nature
Conservancy in Oregon.
In a couple months, he’s heading back to New Zealand, to one of his
favorite rugged spots. Fishermen can only get in by multi-day hike or
helicopter. (He’s taking the chopper.)
Travel isn’t foreign to Osgood, who’s built a reputation on the
board of trustees as a voice for international conservation. He chairs
the Oregon Conservancy’s ‘beyond our borders’ committee and is
working to plan a natural history excursion to Costa Rica with fellow
trustees in 2010. They’ll check out some of the sites included in the
country’s pioneering conservation initiative, called Forever Costa
Rica.
First, of course, he will spend the holiday in Tunisia with his family
(a desert camel trek is on the agenda), and then there’s that New
Zealand adventure. Later in the year, he’s arranging to swing by
Jordan and Guatemala, participating in and leading home building
trips for Habitat for Humanity, another passionate cause of Osgood
and his wife, Judy. Conservation International and Seeds of Peace are
two of many other international organizations Osgood supports.
He’s a retired professor of biology and can’t help but notice
connections wherever he goes — in plants and people, too. The beech
trees in New Zealand are reminiscent of those in New England or
even South America. And the people? “It feels just about like walking
into the Oregon Conservancy office when you walk into the one in
Guatemala City,” Osgood said. “The people, although different, are
the same. We all talk the language of conservation.”
Clearly, with interconnectedness surrounding us, the need for
conservation isn’t confined to our borders, he said.
Example: In Central America, where he’s focused much of his
charitable and volunteer work, the Conservancy’s Forest Bridge of
the Americas project fights fragmentation to secure corridors and
pathways for species, habitat and communities. “What has excited
me most about Conservancy work in Central America is the Forest
Bridge project. That kind of connection is critical everywhere,” he
said. “And that’s very cool.”
This year, over 800 volunteers, including an AmeriCorps team, dedicated over 46,000 hours to protecting Oregon’s critical habitats.
thank you
Mrs. V. C. Koutsky
Tillie Krieger
Frank Kristovich
James A. Kronenberg & Sondra L. Gleason
Karen Kronner & Bob Gritski
Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Kuttner
Kenneth M. & Janet Lakin
Frank G. Lamb
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lang
Dorothy Larco
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larkin
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lattin
Robert D. & Nina J. Lawrence
Orval R. Layton
Archie Le Coque & Pauli Rayburn Le
Coque
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Leach
Dr. & Mrs. Russell Leavitt
Alan K. Lee
Janet Leininger
Dr. & Mrs. Craig Leman
Mrs. Ruth Z. Lempert
Mr. & Mrs. Norbert Leupold Jr.
Brian & Christine Lewis
Rhoda I. Lewis
Muriel D. Lezak
Mr. & Mrs. John Liel
Bill & Ruth Lightfoot
Mrs. Joanne M. Lilley
Dorothy Lind
Steven Lindland
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Litman
Porter B. & Corinne W. Lombard
Phyllis P. Loobey
Mrs. Nancy C. Lorain
Cynthia D. Lord
Mr. & Mrs. David Lorusso
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Love
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Love
Patricia & Walt Loveland
Donald E. Lown
Daniel L. Luoma & Joyce Eberhart
Mrs. Jennifer Lushenko
Dr. Jack Lyford
Mr. & Mrs. E. K. MacColl
Catherine A. Macdonald
Leith B. Macfarlane & John Fessel
Thomas R. Mackenzie
Mr. & Mrs. D. Carter MacNichol
Mr. & Mrs. James Mahoney
Laura E. Mahoney
Neal Maine
Casey W. Manfrin
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Marchington
Dr. John Marks
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Marks
Mr. & Mrs. David Marshall
David B. Marshall
James Allen Marshall
Krystyna Marston
Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Marvell
Mrs. Billie Marx
Christopher & Catherine Mathews
John R. Maticich
Robert D. Maurer
Raymond Mayer
Lewis McArthur
David McCorkle
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McFarlane
Mr. & Mrs. Tom McAllister
Mr. & Mrs. Paul McCracken
Mr. & Mrs. Peter McDonald
we appreciate your commitment to protecting
oregon’s native species and natural areas
Charles I. McGinnis & Gail L. Achterman
Mrs. Nancie S. McGraw
Mrs. Janet McLennan
Dr. Linda R. McMahan
Edward McVicker
Patricia S. Mersman
Mr. & Mrs. John Messer
Mildred K. Messmer
D. Allen Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. George Meyer
S. Mark Meyers
Sigurd Mickelsen
Steven R. Miesen
Louis R. Miles
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Miller
James Miller
Patricia Miller
Richard & Dorothy Miller
Mrs. Elizabeth I. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Millhollen
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Walt Mintkeski
Mary Ellen Mogren
Gerald L. Mohnkern
Dorothy R. Mooney
James F. Moore Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Moore
Michael B. Mooser
Ann Morgan
Gerald P. Morsello
Melvyn L. Mortensen
Robert S. Morton
David Mowat
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mueller
Patricia Muir
Stephen E. Mullis
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Mr. & Mrs. Lyndon Musolf
James K. Nash
John & Jean Nath
Don & Mickey Nearhood
Vicki B. Nebel
William Neuhauser & Laura Byerly
John Newlin
Bruce Newton
Dr. Kathleen Nicholson
Robin H. Nicol
Mr. & Mrs. James Norton
James S. Norton
Mrs. Patricia H. Noyes
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Noyes
Lewis Nunnelley
The Oregon Community Foundation
Katie O’Reilly
Mr. & Mrs. Milo Ormseth
Eric Orwoll
Laimons & Vicki Osis
Mary K. Ostrander
William L. O’Sullivan
Robert M. & Hedwig Oswald
Marianne Ott
Thomas & Ingrid Palm
Edith Parker
J. Parker & C. Parker
Ms. Diana V. Gardener & Mr.
Judson M. Parsons
Alan H. Patera
Pat Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Paul
Susan E. Pearce
William G. Pearcy & Amy Schoener
Barry Peckham
The Catalyst Fund for International Conservation
offers an exceptional opportunity to support The Nature Conservancy’s work toward a
healthier world where natural habitats and human communities coexist, where climate
is stable, and where forests, fisheries and energy are secure and renewable.
Gifts of $50,000 or more designated to an international project or global strategy targeted
by our Campaign for a Sustainable Planet will be matched, dollar for dollar, effectively
doubling your gift to conservation.
To learn more, see Page 8, visit nature.org/campaign or call us at 503-802-8100. With
your help, the Conservancy can be a leader — and a catalyst — in forging partnerships
around the globe for a sustainable future.
Cheetah © Jen Newlin
In Oregon, The Nature Conservancy has helped protect more than 500,000 acres of important habitats.
Dick Pendergrass
Mr. & Mrs. John Pendleton
Martha Petterson
Lindsay C. Pierce & Harold L. Busby
John W. S. Platt
Mark Poppoff
Dr. & Mrs. James Post
Jon Scott Pirie & Nancy N. Powell
Mrs. Jean N. Pretorius
Mr. & Mrs. Paden Prichard
Claire A. Puchy
Margaret Purves
Philip Quarterman
Mr. & Mrs. Vittz-James Ramsdell
Drs. Peter L. & Bonnie G. Reagan
Mr. & Mrs. Don Rearden
Ottis Rechard
Gregory B. Reddell
Robert Reed
Dr. Lynn L. Reer
Patricia Rehberg
Daniel Reisberg
Mrs. Phyllis C. Reynolds
Mrs. Robert H. Rice
Mrs. Faye D. Richards
Barbara E. Richardson
Marge Riley
Joseph Roberts
Edith P. Rode
Ms. M. M. Rogers
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Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Rolle
John Rosenberger
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Robert Ruff
Susan P. Rust
Joanna Rutter
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Mr. & Mrs. David Saucy
Dr. & Mrs. George Schemm
Mrs. Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Douglass Schmor
Chris Schneller
Nicholas W. Schnitzius
Connie M. Schrandt
Mr. W. Schweinfest
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Thomas Seddon
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Karen M. Seidel
Gwynne H. Sharrer
Mrs. Meredith Sheehy
Patricia K. Shepard
Dennis Martin & Corinne C. Sherton
Mrs. Carol J. Shininger
John Simonsen
Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Skonberg
Mr. & Mrs. Einar Skovbo
Patrick A. & Layne Slabe
Cornelia S. Smith
Ernest & Lois Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Norton Smith
Mrs. Frances M. Smouse
Elizabeth A. Snyder
Mr. Jan Sokol
Mrs. Mary Jane Sorber
Dr. Warren B. Sparks & Ms. Cyrel Gable
Peter H. Spendelow
Bernard J. Spera Jr.
Lowell W. Spring
Anne W. Squier
Mrs. Doris Stahl
Dr. & Mrs. Ray Stanford
Veva C. Stansell
Hope Stanton & David Graves
Thomas R. Stanwood
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Staver
Frey & Douglas Stearns
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Steeck
Mrs. Julie Ann Sterling
Robert Stevens
Frances W. Stevenson
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Stewart
Dorald Stoltz
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Dana H. Storch
Dr. Frances J. Storrs
Mr. & Mrs. William Stotz
Mr. H. D. Stout
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Stroud
Mrs. Carol Sturtevant
Scott Sundberg & Linda Hardison
Mrs. Elizabeth Sutorius
Dr. Jeraldine Swain
Donald R. Sweet
Karen Swirsky
Mrs. Walter H. Sykes
David Teegarden, M.D.
Tektronix, Inc.
Lynn Tessier
Mr. & Mrs. Darrah Thomas
Kathleen Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Thomas
John D. & Jean L. Thorpe
Mr. Skip Throop & Ms. Nancy M. Dunn
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Tobin
Tom Tomczyk & Kathy Lincoln
Paul F. Torrence & Bonnie Johnson
John Toso
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Tower
Valeska R. Townsend
Thomas Toyama
Nancy L. Tracy
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Tripp
U.S. Bank
Mary Ulmschneider
Gerard J. Van Deene
John B. Vanden Akker
James D. Versteeg
Klindt Vielbig
John T. Vogel
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Von Hippel
Mrs. Evelyn R. Wagner
Thomas O. Wall
Georgia Walp
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Waring
Thomas J. Warner
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Wearn
Mr. & Mrs. Hal Weaver
David Webb
David J. Weeks
Dr. & Mrs. Gaylord Weeks
Jeffrey A. Weih
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Weiss
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Welborn
Ms. M. L. Welby & Mr. R. C. McNeil
Manning Welsh & Shari Gilevich
Ann C. Werner
Mr. & Mrs. William Wessinger
Mary Ellen West
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Westcott
Dr. & Mrs. David Wheeler
Mrs. Patricia H. Wheeler
Mr. C. R. Wildman
Mrs. Bill Willard
Alice Williams
Gregory Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Dick Williamson
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Wilson
Karen J. Wilson & James P. Merzenich
Keren B. Wilson
Mrs. Marguerite Wilson
Tom Winters
Mr. & Mrs. R. G. Wolfe
Mr. K. J. Won
Carol J. Wood
Mr. & Mrs. George Wood
Dr. R. Edwin Wright
Mrs. Ruth H. Young
Frank N. Youngman Jr.
Walter Yungen
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Zachow
Michael Zan
Gerald W. Zimmer
Mr. & Mrs. William Zimmerman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Zobel
Nancy Zvan
Public Partners
We thank the following partners for their support of
conservation projects throughout Oregon. Financial
contributions were made between July 1, 2008 and
June 30, 2009.
Bonneville Power Administration
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Corporation for National & Community
Service
Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
Ducks Unlimited
Environmental Protection Agency
Metro
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Forest Foundation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Northern Arizona University
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Department of Housing and
Community Services
Oregon Department of State Lands
Oregon Department of Transportation
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
CONSERVATION THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
When the Conservancy recently purchased all the remaining private
lands on the summits of the Table Rocks — historic cultural and
natural landmarks outside Medford — we didn’t do it alone.
The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and generous
individuals made financial contributions supporting the acquisition.
The entire summits and most of the flanks of the Table Rocks
are now owned either by the Conservancy or the Bureau of Land
Management. The Conservancy and the Bureau together jointly
manage over 4,800 acres on and around the two mesas, which rise
prominently from the Rogue Valley floor.
Leah Schrodt, as a fifth grader, took a field trip to the Table Rocks.
Now, over 20 years later — pictured at left — she’s a key partner
(and now guides those trips atop the rocks), as the environmental
education specialist for the Bureau.
The Table Rocks © Rick McEwan; © Stephen Anderson/TNC
The Nature Conservancy helps protect biodiversity in all 50 U.S. states and more than 30 countries.
give the gift
of a lifetime
Oregon Coast © Mark P. Dawson
There is no legacy more lasting than nature itself.
That’s why The Nature Conservancy works with people like you to preserve the
lands and waters that you love in Oregon and around the world.
Contact The Nature Conservancy today to learn more about leaving your legacy.
contact: Wes Milligan
phone: (503) 802-8100
e-mail: wmilligan@tnc.org
nature.org/legacy
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LEADI NG BY
EXAMPLE
It’s no surprise that employees of Vernier Software & Technology — an
Oregon company that makes and sells instruments, lab gear and software for
science students and teachers — are passionate about the environment. A
conservation ethic is embedded in everything their employers, Christine and
David Vernier, do.
2009 Conservation Leadership Awards Luncheon © Jerry Witt
LEADERS H I P
IN ACTION
celebrating the outstanding
commitment of individuals, businesses
and community partners working
to protect oregon’s natural lands
and waters, the nature conservancy
hosted its ninth annual conservation
leadership awards luncheon at the
oregon zoo in october.
Award winners included Jim Ratzlaff (see Page
21), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District (see Page 20) and Vernier Software &
Technology (at right).
“We live in a state rich in its diversity of habitats
for fish and wildlife,” said Russell Hoeflich, vice
president and Oregon director. “The Nature
Conservancy is proud to honor Oregonians
leading the way to ensure a healthy natural world
thrives for future generations.”
Over 375 people attended the event, with
the keynote address by Brian Richter, the
Conservancy’s co-director of global freshwater
conservation. Richter highlighted how river flows
can be managed and dams operated to protect
and improve fish and wildlife habitats while also
meeting human needs.
Each year, Christine and David organize Earth Day volunteer activities for
employees, but it’s not a one-day affair. They’ve also planted trees, supported
green commuting, and encouraged staff to give back by matching their donations
to conservation, education and other organizations.
They also put a lot of effort into the design of the company’s facilities and
processes. Their Beaverton headquarters is LEED gold certified, the second
highest energy and resource efficiency rating. Solar panels generate part of the
building’s power, while staff are always thinking about how to do more, like
increasing the use of recycled materials in products, converting company cars to
electric, or creating bioswales to cleanse parking lot runoff.
Christine and David, who moved to Oregon in the 1970s, have been Nature
Conservancy members for 20 years, and their company has been a corporate
member for 13 years. They are also generous on local boards, with David having
served as chair of 1,000 Friends of Oregon.
This record of commitment hasn’t gone unnoticed. Vernier Software has been
among Oregon Business’ 100 Best Companies to work for in Oregon for 10 straight
years. This year they were a top 10 green business.
“Vernier Software is truly a role model in conservation and philanthropy for
businesses in Oregon and throughout the country,” said Russell Hoeflich, vice
president and Oregon director. “Christine, David and their employees inspire us
by their example.”
For their dedication, generosity and commitment, the Conservancy presented
Vernier Software & Technology with the 2009 Business Conservation
Leadership Award in October.
Below left: Dave Vernier helps plant trees at a company volunteer event. © Vernier Software & Technology
Below right: Christine Vernier and guests with their Business Conservation Leadership Award. © Jerry Witt
Corporate sponsors of the Conservation
Leadership Awards included The Oregonian.
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Lookout Dam on the Willamette
River © Bridget Besaw;
Project partners Leslie Bach,
the Conservancy’s Oregon
freshwater director, and Colonel
Steven R. Miles of the U.S. Army
th e p o w e r o f
Corps of Engineers, Portland
FLOW
District. © Jerry Witt
empowered to manage the nation’s waterways, the army corps of engineers knows rivers.
oregon’s willamette river system
— by volume, 13th largest in the country — is no exception
The Willamette River has always been an incredibly important
resource: providing habitat for fish and wildlife, watering
prairies and forests, and supporting human life. In recent
decades, the river’s flows have been managed through a series
of dams on its tributaries. The Army Corps of Engineers runs
13 of them, providing flood management, water storage, electric
power and recreation.
However, changing river flows can have profound ecological
effects. Fish and other wildlife are adapted to seasonal patterns,
and many life cycle changes, such as migrations, are triggered
by high or low flows. Flows also create habitat by providing
gravel beds for fish, spreading seeds on banks, and filling side
channels, for example. When the Conservancy and the Corps
came together to explore ways of restoring more natural flows
to the nation’s rivers — an initiative known as the Sustainable
Rivers Project — the Willamette became one of the first
pilots. The result has been a collaboration that is changing
flow patterns in the Willamette River to restore habitats for
imperiled fish and wildlife.
Developing the science that predicts how flows will benefit
species, incorporating those “environmental flows” into dam
operations, and assessing the ecological outcomes — that’s
a very complex process. To figure it out, the Corps and the
Conservancy hosted scientific workshops and engaged every
level of government. Starting on the Middle Fork of the
Willamette, environmental flows have filled side channels and
enhanced streamside habitat. Planning is now underway to
expand the project to the McKenzie River, another Willamette
tributary.
“Working with the Corps on the Willamette has taught us
a tremendous amount about how river flows can be best
managed,” said Leslie Bach, Oregon director of freshwater
programs. “Their technological expertise and innovation will
help leave a legacy of healthier rivers across our country and
beyond. Lessons learned are already being applied as far away
as China’s Yangtze and the Zambezi River in Africa.”
For their dedication, perseverance and resourcefulness, the
Conservancy presented the Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District, with the 2009 Community Partner Conservation
Leadership Award in October.
Did you know your electric bill can help protect and restore salmon habitats in Oregon? Contributions
go into the Salmon Habitat Fund, provided by Pacific Power and Portland General Electric.
powering
SALMON
Salmon © Michael Durham/durmphoto.com
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Customers can voluntarily donate to the fund through their electric bill. Since 2002, the two utilities
have offered customers who purchase power from renewable sources the option of contributing a $2.50
monthly donation dedicated to salmon habitat protection and restoration. The fund — which supports
cost-effective, on-the-ground projects — is administered by the Conservancy. Statewide work includes
spawning and rearing habitat restoration, fish passage improvement and native vegetation planting.
The Conservancy salutes Portland General Electric and Pacific Power for making this innovative
option available.
Sign up today at nature.org/oregon!
ANG LI NG
FOR NATURE
nurturing lifelong passions for prairies and rivers, jim ratzlaff works to protect both
Retired from a career in the investment world, Jim
moved to Oregon’s Umpqua Valley with his wife, Jane,
nearly two decades ago. He brought his passion for
conservation — and his membership in The Nature
Conservancy, which spans more than 25 years — from
California, where he’d worked with The Capital Group.
He and the company were both very involved with
Conservancy projects there, including the grasslands of the
Carrizo Plain.
Jim traces his love of the prairie back to his upbringing in
Kansas. This love was reignited when, just four years ago,
Jim and Jane went to the Conservancy’s Zumwalt Prairie
Preserve, in Northeast Oregon, for the first time. “The
prairie is a part of me,” Jim said, “and the Zumwalt is one
of our favorite places. It feels like home.”
So much like home, they returned the following year with
their children, Jim Jr. and Susan — and their niece, April,
in tow. As board members of a family foundation, the
quintet made a significant gift to help expand the preserve.
What spoke to Jim at Zumwalt was how the prairie is
connected to the fish, through the streams that flow from
the rolling grassland into salmon and steelhead-bearing
creeks that feed the Imnaha and Snake rivers. Jim puts it
simply: “This water is rare, valuable stuff.”
Jim’s longtime outdoor pursuit is fly fishing. To him, a
day spent on the North Umpqua River is equally as good,
whether he hooks a fish or not. He’s also an avid hiker,
golfer and rancher; at his sustainably managed Crane
Creek Ranch, Jim tends his vineyards and makes his own
wine.
Jim has served on the Conservancy’s board of trustees, on
the board of the Pacific Rivers Council for many years,
and he’s currently chair of the board of the Wild Salmon
Center. Additionally, he and his family foundation recently
supported a comprehensive assessment of Oregon laws and
policies pertaining to freshwater.
“I remember when Jim joined our Oregon board of
trustees in 1994,” said Russell Hoeflich, vice president
and Oregon director. “He was and is always so thoughtful,
constantly making connections and looking for ways we
can all work smarter and harder for nature. He’s my
kind of guy.”
“I don’t see us as owners with unlimited privilege, I see us
more as trustees,” Jim said. “We have the right to use the
land in all appropriate ways, but we have a responsibility to
leave it intact so future generations can enjoy it and benefit
from it as we have. That, to me, is what conservation is all
about.”
For his lifelong passion for the natural world and his many
generous actions to preserve it, the Conservancy presented
Jim Ratzlaff with the 2009 Lifetime Conservation
Achievement Award in October.
At left: Oregon’s Zumwalt Prairie Preserve © Rick McEwan. Below left: Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award winner, Jim
Ratzaff © Jerry Witt. Below right: The Ratzlaff family and friends at the Conservancy’s Zumwalt Prairie Preserve © Charles Quinn/TNC
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CONSERVATION
HEROES
each year, we honor exceptional volunteers who advance the nature conservancy’s mission
in oregon. we are delighted to announce the
winners, james thompson and rick mcewan.
2009 ray c. davis volunteer of the year award
James Thompson has been volunteering with the Conservancy
for well over a decade, first in California and then in Oregon since
1996. As a crew leader for as many as 10 volunteer work parties
each field season, Thompson has supervised hundreds of other
volunteers restoring fish and wildlife habitats from the coast to
the Idaho border. Plus, he regularly signs up for the most challenging
assignments and jumps in to help when other crew leaders are in
a pinch.
“James has built great relationships with other volunteer crew
leaders and he’s extremely reliable,” said Molly Dougherty,
director of volunteer programs. “I would have a very difficult time
pulling off our ambitious work party program without
him.” Thompson says he enjoys how volunteering connects him
with the land and with others who share a sense of environmental
stewardship.
James Thompson © Philip J. McCarty
Rick McEwan first photographed Zumwalt Prairie Preserve
and donated his captivating images to the Conservancy in 2004.
A retired teacher living in Enterprise, he now visits Zumwalt
several times a week — in all weather and seasons — capturing the
dramatic landscape as well as people in action. He’s volunteered
statewide, shooting photos at more than 27 other sites. If you’ve
seen Conservancy publications, including this one, you’ve enjoyed
McEwan’s talent and generosity.
“In many ways, Rick’s work has become the face of Oregon
conservation,” said Jen Newlin, creative manager. “Without him, our
publications and events would lack a resonating power on which we’ve
come to depend.”
“I’m honored to collaborate with the Conservancy,” McEwan said. “I
learned my craft in the Sierra Nevadas, but I honed my art on Oregon
preserves.”
Congratulations and genuine thanks to James and Rick.
Our successes would not be possible without dedicated supporters like you.
Rick McEwan © Jen Newlin/TNC
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financial information
The Nature Conservancy in Oregon 1
(fiscal year ending June 30, 2009)
support and revenue
Contributions (individuals, corporations,
foundations and other organizations)
11,648,087
Grants and contracts
5,857,562
Investment income
(4,438,172)
Sales of land to government and other conservation agencies
836,906
Gifts of land
0
Internal transfers and other revenue
511,268
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE
$14,415,651
asset, liability and net asset summary
2009
2008
Conservation lands
54,934,047 39,868,357
Investments held for land acquisitions
12,635,373 9,928,232
Endowment investments
20,131,056 25,221,611
Property and equipment (net of depreciation)
2,933,746
3,189,228
Operations cash, reserves and gov’t receivables 1,329,365
1,675,973
Other assets
1,255,946
2,118,545
TOTAL ASSETS
$93,219,533 $82,001,946
Total liabilities
Total net assets
16,748,379 76,471,154 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
TOTAL EXPENSES AND CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS
$93,219,533 $82,001,946
uses of funds and gifts
expenses and capital allocations
Conservation programs
Purchases of conservation lands and easements
Communications and outreach
General and administrative
Fundraising
Support for Conservancy priorities outside Oregon
5,303,208
76,698,738
11,653,746
16,204,690
924,448
1,157,596
510,820
1,697,825
$32,149,125
NET RESULT: SUPPORT AND REVENUE
less EXPENSES AND CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS
(17,733,474)
Endowment growth
Investments held for land acquisition
Net decrease in operating reserves and cash
Net payments on loans for acquired land
Other assets and depreciation
(5,090,555)
2,707,141
(346,608)
11,445,171
(1,118,082)
TOTAL
$7,597,067
Investments in land 69%
Cash, investments held for land
and other assets (-8%)
Communications and outreach 2%
Fundraising 1%
General and administrative 3%
Support for Conservancy
priorities outside Oregon 4%
Conservation programs 29%
1
These unaudited figures represent The Nature Conservancy in Oregon.
For comparable figures for The Nature Conservancy as a whole, please contact us.
the nature conservancy in oregon
board of trustees
Robert S. Ball, Chair
E. Randolph Labbe, Vice Chair · William Neuhauser, Chair Emeritus
Peter Bragdon · John D. Carter · Edgar Clark · Steve Corey · Mark Dodson
Stephanie Fowler · Frank Gill · Robert G. Gootee · David Harrison · Thomas
Imeson · Judith Johansen · Frank Jungers · Henry Lazenby Jr. · D. Carter
MacNichol · Greg A. Miller · David W. Osgood · Merritt Paulson · Christine Pellett
William D. Rutherford · Susan Sokol Blosser · Bill Thorndike Jr. · Elizabeth Tilbury
Amy Tykeson · John Von Shlegell · Lawrence S. Viehl · Eric Wan · Steve Wynne
effective January 1, 2010
photo credits Cover photo: great egret at the Conservancy’s
Williamson River Delta Preserve © Rick McEwan
Back cover: Conservancy trip participants watch wildlife in Canada’s
Great Bear Rainforest © Cynthia Beckwith/TNC
publication Melissa Roy-Hart, managing editor
Jen Newlin, writer and art director
program directors
Russell Hoeflich, Vice President
and Oregon Director · Catherine Macdonald, Director of Conservation Programs
Steve Buttrick, Director of Conservation Science and Planning · Dick Vander Schaaf,
Coast and Marine Conservation Director · Mark Stern, Klamath Basin Conservation
Director · Dan Bell, Willamette Basin Conservation Director · Garth Fuller, Eastern
Oregon Conservation Director · Nan Evans, Director of Government Relations
Derek Johnson, Director of Protection · Carrie Walkiewicz, Director of Philanthropy
Molly Dougherty, Director of Volunteer Programs · Doug Donahue, Director of
Operations · Stephen Anderson, Director of Communications
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