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ENVIRONMENT,
CULTURE, AND
CONSERVATION
at THE FIELD MUSEUM
A N N UA L R E P O R T 2012
LARGE NUMBERS OF SNOWY OWLS
GRACED CHICAGO THIS PAST WINTER.
PHOTO: J. GOLDNER; COVER: Á. DEL CAMPO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Letter
2
Andes/Amazon
Results
14
Chicago Region
Results
28
Expenditures
30
Team
34
Committee
36
Support
2012 was a grand year for ECCo. We reached a rapid inventory milestone, conducting our 25th.
Based on information from our inventories, governments in the Andes/Amazon have set aside or are
considering for conservation a total of 23 million acres of Earth’s most diverse forests (1.2 times the
total acreage of US national parks in the lower 48 states). This year alone four previously inventoried
landscapes in Peru became officially protected. In 2012 we also reached a milestone with our avoided
deforestation project in Cordillera Azul, taking the final step before being ready for the carbon
market. (Early in 2013 our project was certified and is ready for sales.) And we have had increasing
success with our quality-of-life programs in remote forest communities, with villagers now receiving
funding from municipalities for priority projects.
Closer to home we also had a terrific year. Our Calumet Environmental Education Program
celebrated its tenth anniversary and is reaching out to a younger audience. The map for a greener
region has gotten more specific, and we have identified eager community partners. With the National
Park Service we made strides in defining a national heritage corridor in the Calumet region. And we
are expanding our reach south into the globally important black-oak sand savannas of Kankakee.
Perhaps most importantly, our committee of trustees and friends passed the 80% mark in the
fundraising effort for ECCo, which when completed will ensure the continuation of the Museum’s
conservation and cultural understanding work. We deeply thank all for your support.
Debra Moskovits
Richard Lariviere
Senior Vice President, ECCo
President, The Field Museum
CORDILLERA AZUL NATIONAL PARK.
PHOTO: Á. DEL CAMPO
LETTER
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2012 was an active year for our Andes/
Amazon team: We conducted a rapid
inventory of a remote forest on the
Peru-Colombia border, worked with
more than 40 indigenous communities
in northern Peru on sustainability plans,
created 58 guides for identifying flora
and fauna in 12 countries, and advanced
our avoided-deforestation project in
Cordillera Azul, Peru.
CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Hypsiboas boans
FROG, SECOYA CHILDREN, ERNESTO RUELAS.
PHOTOS: F. PARDO AND Á. DEL CAMPO
ANDES/AMAZON
We work in the region where rugged Andean mountains
rise out of lush Amazon rainforests: Earth’s richest
hotbed of biological and cultural diversity.
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COLOMBIA
NEW CONSERVATION
AREAS IN 2012
RAPID INVENTORY
IN 2012
ECUADOR
PERÚ
BRAZIL
BOLIVIA
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We reached a milestone in 2012:
Rapid Inventory #25. Using
information we provided since
our first inventory in 1999, the
governments of Peru, Ecuador, and
Bolivia are protecting more than 23
million acres of Earth’s most diverse
forests. In 2012 Peru established 3
protected landscapes (1.5 million
acres): Güeppí-Sekime National
Park, Airo Pai Communal Reserve,
and Huimeki Communal Reserve. A
fourth—Maijuna conservation area
(970,000 acres)—was established at
the regional level.
ANDES/AMAZON REGION IN SOUTH
AMERICA, HIGHLIGHTING 18 OF OUR 25
RAPID INVENTORIES. (NOT SHOWN: 6 IN
CUBA, 1 IN CHINA). MAP: J. MARKEL
In 2007 we conducted an inventory
of the Güeppí region in northern
Peru and in 2012 Peru declared
the area a new national park and
two communal reserves: three vast
expanses of diverse lowland forests
spanning 1.5 million acres. Güeppí
is Peru’s 13th national park and the
second established with ECCo’s
rapid inventory data.
THE NEW COMMUNAL RESERVES WILL
SERVE SECOYA, HUITOTO, AND KICHWA
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVING ON THE
PUTUMAYO AND NAPO RIVERS.
PHOTO: Á. DEL CAMPO
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The Maijuna, once a large
indigenous group in northern Peru,
now number only 200 adults. They
are deeply concerned about the
long-term future of their culture and
their forests. The Maijuna invited us
to conduct a joint rapid inventory of
their ancestral homelands in 2009
and we recorded 800 plant, 132 fish,
364 bird, 32 large-mammal, and 108
frog, snake, and lizard species. With
our information as a foundation, in
2012 the Peruvian region of Loreto
declared the 970,000-acre Maijuna
Regional Conservation Area.
SCIENCE IN HAND: LEADERS FROM EACH
OF FOUR MAIJUNA COMMUNITIES HOLD A
COPY OF THE INVENTORY REPORT.
PHOTO: Á. DEL CAMPO
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With our partners we have
completed our Reduced Emission
from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation (REDD) pilot project
development in Cordillera Azul,
Peru. We are now undergoing
validation and verification under
the requirements of the Voluntary
Carbon Standard and the Climate,
Community and Biodiversity
Alliance. We calculated 6.3 million
tons of avoided CO2 emissions from
2008-2012, which is equivalent to
removing all vehicles registered in
Chicago (1.3 million in 2010) off
the roads for one year. The carbon
credits should be ready for sale in
February 2013.
CORDILLERA AZUL NATIONAL PARK STORES
MORE THAN 200 MILLION TONS OF
CARBON IN ITS VAST FORESTS.
PHOTO: Á. DEL CAMPO
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We explored three sites in 2.2
million acres of lowland forests in
the Ere, Campuya, and Algodón
watersheds in Peru. In three weeks
we documented a diverse flora and
fauna adapted to extremely nutrientpoor soils and the purest mineralfree waters ever measured in the
Amazon basin (as pure as distilled
water). Our findings are now being
put to use to consolidate a vast
conservation landscape of more
than 50 million acres (half the size of
California) along the Peru-Colombia
border. Two planned roads, illegal
logging, and gold mining threaten
these fragile watersheds.
OUR TEAM IS THE FIRST GROUP OF
BIOLOGISTS TO STUDY THIS REGION.
PHOTO: F. PARDO
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About 1,150 indigenous people live
along the Putumayo river near the
mouth of the Ere and Campuya
rivers. The Huitoto-Murui and
Kichwa peoples include descendants
of the few survivors of the brutal
early 1900s rubber-boom period.
We spent three weeks sharing their
daily lives, documenting their use
and perspectives of their forests,
and learning their vision for the
future. Excellent stewards of their
lands, these indigenous residents are
requesting formal protection of the
Ere-Campuya-Algódon forests they
call home.
CULTURAL TRADITIONS, INCLUDING
HANDCRAFTS, REMAIN STRONG AMONG
THE HUITOTO-MURUI. PHOTO: D. ALVIRA
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We identified more than 2,200
species of plants, fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, and mammals during
three weeks inventorying the
watersheds of the Ere, Campuya, and
Algodón rivers. At least 11—4 fish
and 7 plants—are new to science.
Possibly our most remarkable
discovery was a new vegetation type
unknown for the Peruvian Amazon:
a stunted forest growing on whiteclay soils.
TEAM MEMBERS (FROM COLOMBIA ON
LEFT AND PERU ON RIGHT) IDENTIFIED
MORE THAN 200 SPECIES OF FISH WHILE IN
THE FIELD. PHOTO: F. PARDO
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We wrapped up our collaborative
work with indigenous communities
living near Cordillera Azul
National Park. This project with the
MacArthur Foundation focused
on empowering communities to
identify their priorities based on
their own cultural traditions and
values. Ten communities now have
quality-of-life plans created from the
bottom up that are moving towards
execution. A few of the communities
now receive funding from local
governments to implement
their plans.
THE LIVES OF THE SHIPIBO ARE STRONGLY
TIED TO THE NEARBY FORESTS.
PHOTO: Á. DEL CAMPO
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We exported our work near
Cordillera Azul to the buffer
zones of two additional protected
areas in Peru: Ampiyacu-Apayacu
and Sierra del Divisor. Working
with 33 communities, we created
opportunities for people to think
about their choices, to reflect on
trade-offs between maintaining
forests and engaging in extractive
activities, and to proceed with landmanagement decisions that support
their values and aspirations. The
communities are now negotiating
with local governments to invest
in priorities consistent with lowimpact livelihoods and to increase
enforcement of forest protection.
THE QUALITY-OF-LIFE PLANS BECOME
ROAD MAPS FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
PHOTO: D. ALVIRA
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We produced 58 new identification
guides for 12 countries, including
our first guide for Guatemala. We
created five guides for the Chicago
Region: macroinvertebrates,
common plant families, oaks, asters,
and Calumet spring flora. In the
past year more than 74,000 people
visited our website with its 378
guides. Our Facebook page, which
we use to distribute guides and find
opportunities for making new ones,
has more than 900 fans.
PLACES WITH THE GREATEST BIODIVERSITY
OFTEN HAVE FEW OR NO FIELD GUIDES.
OUR RAPID GUIDES FILL THE GAP.
PHOTO: J. PHILIPP
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We added 3,000 specimens to our
online Neotropical Flora site for a
total of 49,000 scans. Our website is
heavily used in Latin America with
83% of the more than 114,000 visits
coming from South and Central
America. We added 3,500 new
photos of plants to our Live Plant
Photos for a total of 20,000 images.
Loading all these images (49,000
scans and 20,000 live plants) onto
a tablet allowed our field team to
accelerate plant identification in the
most remote reaches of the Amazon.
CONNECTING PLANT PHOTOS TO SCANS
OF MUSEUM COLLECTIONS SPEEDS UP
IDENTIFICATIONS IN THE FIELD.
PHOTO: F. PARDO
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The Chicago region’s landscapes—filled
with cultural and natural diversity—both
reward and require active stewardship.
At ECCo we cultivate stewards of
all ages. We bring the science and
collections of a great museum into local
communities and work with our partners
to translate our science into on-theground conservation action to produce
lasting results.
CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: EASTERN
SCREECH-OWL, BIOBLITZ CORE TEAM, MIGHTY
ACORNS IN CALUMET. PHOTOS: Á. DEL CAMPO,
R. COLLINGS, Á. DEL CAMPO
CHICAGO REGION
ECCo explores the Chicago region’s rich natural and
cultural heritage, connects people to that heritage,
and with partners sustains the benefits of this
heritage for present and future generations.
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CITY OF
CHICAGO
KANKAKEE
REGION
CALUMET REGION
A great Chicago tradition of regional
planning lives on in the work of
Chicago Wilderness, the regional
conservation coalition that was
born at The Field Museum 15 years
ago. ECCo remains a leading voice
in Chicago Wilderness and in our
home city. We work in the resourcerich Calumet region at the south
end of Lake Michigan, and in 2012,
we began to build new partnerships
in the globally rare landscapes of
Kankakee.
ECCo WORKS IN THE CHICAGO WILDERNESS
REGION, FOCUSING PRIMARILY IN THE CITY,
CALUMET, AND KANKAKEE. MAP: J. MARKEL
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ECCo’s public programs filled 2012
with opportunities for people to
connect with their communities,
with the landscape, and with
each other: A busload of eager
conservationists traveled south
to Kankakee and were amazed
by the rich natural resources and
friendly folks only one hour away.
In Calumet, green networking
was unleashed in the convivial
bimonthly gatherings of Chicago
Southland Green Drinks group,
and people of all ages explored
recreational options at 20 events
in natural hotspots in the Calumet
Outdoors Series.
A DELIGHTED GROUP OF CHICAGOANS
TOURS THE RARE, BLACK-OAK SAND
SAVANNA HABITAT IN THE KANKAKEE
REGION. PHOTO: L. MILKERT
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Local natural areas will benefit
from ECCo’s work to identify, train,
and support stewards of the land.
Fourteen new leadership volunteers
completed our rigorous stewardship
training and have begun working
on priority Calumet sites. Funding
secured by ECCo allowed for a great
expansion in scope of a wetland
restoration at Eggers Woods in
southeast Cook County to improve
habitat for nesting marsh birds
and restore the natural ecological
processes.
WITH THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT
OF COOK COUNTY, WE ARE RESTORING
HABITAT FOR BIRDS LIKE THIS YELLOWHEADED BLACKBIRD. PHOTO J. GOLDNER
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Our small team makes a big
difference because we work
successfully through powerful
partnerships. More than 700
conservation leaders participated in
the Chicago Wilderness Congress, a
biennial event that ECCo supports
and uses as a means to build wider
regional collaborations. We also
worked together with partners to
create an effective new website
for the Calumet Stewardship
Initiative that will help more than
thirty organizations promote local
conservation activities. And we
provided leadership to the statewide
Vital Lands initiative that is
developing innovative approaches to
land protection in Illinois.
THE SUCCESS OF MIGHTY ACORNS RELIES
ON PARTNERSHIPS. PHOTO: L. MILKERT
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The future of conservation depends
on today’s youth being inspired
to lead tomorrow’s efforts. In the
10th year of the landmark Calumet
Environmental Education Program
(CEEP) we served 128 teachers and
engaged 3,439 students from 43
schools. Students participated in
ecological restoration at 18 natural
areas and initiated 11 student-led
action projects. We expanded CEEP
to younger students and engaged
new partners in delivering this
program in Indiana.
ECCo’S JESSICA CAÑAS TRAINS YOUTH
VOLUNTEERS ON HOW TO LEAD
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FIELD TRIPS.
PHOTO: L. MILKERT
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ECCo took steps to bring muchneeded information and tools to
help conservationists respond
to climate change, today’s most
pressing environmental challenge.
An ECCo-led climate change 2012
update of the Chicago Wilderness
Biodiversity Recovery Plan will
guide regional land managers in
their ecological work. Four Climate
Clinics and the newly completed
Community Climate Action Toolkit
help local leaders take action. A
bimonthly climate newsletter
provides information to more than
800 subscribers. A bimonthly forum
allows scientists throughout the
Museum to share as yet unpublished
information.
PILSEN NEIGHBORS PLAN A GARDEN FOR
THEIR COMMUNITY. PHOTO: TOOLKIT TEAM
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Thanks to support from Abbott
Laboratories, Restoring Earth
provides a platform to bring the
Museum’s conservation message
to the public. In 2012 the exhibit
space received Gold Level LEED
(Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) certification.
This is the first exhibition to
receive LEED certification in
an existing building in Chicago
and possibly anywhere. ECCo
has provided guided tours of the
exhibit to legislators, professional
organizations, and nearly a thousand
students and teachers. Several events
brought in diverse collaborators
from across the city and Mayor
Emanuel announced new plans for
Northerly Island in the Hall.
THE ENTRANCE TO ABBOTT HALL OF
CONSERVATION RESTORING EARTH
DISPLAYS THE LEED PLAQUE.
PHOTO: J. WEINSTEIN
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1830
2010
Milwaukee
Racine
Racine
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Waukegan
Waukegan
Schaumburg
CAREFUL PLANNING MAKES A PLACE FOR
NATURE IN CHICAGO. MAPS: E. RODRIGUEZ,
E. HASLE
Milwaukee
Racine
Lake Geneva
In 2012 ECCo brought its mapping
expertise, knowledge of the natural
landscape, and leadership ability
to a partnership that created a
science-based map of regional
green connections. The map refines
and adds detail to the broad-based
“green infrastructure vision” set
out eight years ago. In its Index of
Conservation Compatibility project,
ECCo identifies the communities
most eager to begin making this
vision a reality.
VISION FOR THE FUTURE
Milwaukee
Schaumburg
Chicago
Joliet
Schaumburg
Chicago
Joliet
Valparaiso
Morris
Waukegan
Chicago
Joliet
Valparaiso
Morris
Valparaiso
Morris
Kankakee
Kankakee
Kankakee
WETLANDS
WETLANDS
GREEN CONNECTIONS
WOODLANDS
WOODLANDS
AGRICULTURE
DUNES
PROTECTED LAND
DEVELOPED
PRAIRIE
AGRICULTURE
DEVELOPED
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ECCo’s staff contribute to
conservation in diverse roles:
technology, finance, administrative
support, design, fundraising, and
more. Twice in 2012 ECCo staff
invested a work day in direct service
to nature. In June we immersed
ourselves in the muddy banks
of Midlothian Creek where we
retrieved abandoned tires and other
unwanted waste and made the
habitat a little nicer for the natural
residents. In November we hiked
to Northerly Island to collect ripe
seeds of native flowers and grasses
to be used in Chicago Park District
restoration projects.
ECCo STAFF ENJOY A CHALLENGE AT
MIDLOTHIAN CREEK IN CALUMET.
PHOTO: L. MILKERT
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ECCo’s Contemporary Urban
Collections collaboration with
the Department of Anthropology
turned to the Calumet region,
acquiring objects that embody the
unique natural and cultural heritage
of the area. Collected objects display
pride in industrial production,
labor history, and concern for the
environment that are key elements
of regional identity. With the
Calumet Heritage Partnership we
convened diverse stakeholders to
explore National Heritage Area
designation for the Calumet region
to mark and celebrate the region’s
extraordinary natural and
cultural assets.
A STEELWORKER THINKS “GREEN” IN A NEW
OBJECT FOR THE CONTEMPORARY URBAN
COLLECTIONS. PHOTO: M. MAZHAR
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What do more than 60 land
managers and 1000 residents have
to say about how oak woodlands
are restored in the Chicago region?
What are the implications for the
region’s biodiversity? ECCo social
scientists on the NSF-funded
RESTORE project are closer than
ever to answering these questions.
In 2012 researchers completed data
collection. Initial findings suggest
that the wide variety of ways that
scientists conduct restoration may
be a factor in increasing resilience in
our region’s natural communities.
WOODLAND SPRING FLORA.
PHOTO: J. BALABAN
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Conferences, publications, and
web-based communications help
advance our goals. In 2012 we
brought 130 resource managers and
researchers together at the Indiana
Dunes National Lakeshore Science
Symposium to present research
that will directly inform landmanagement choices. We hosted
the CEOs of Chicago Wilderness
organizations for their first face-toface meeting in more than a decade.
We worked with ECCo Committee
member Tom Campbell to convene
an international symposium on
conservation of the Great Lakes that
delved deeply into pressing
legal issues.
ECCo’S ABIGAIL DERBY LEWIS AND
CONSERVATIONIST LEE BOTTS FACILITATE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
PHOTO: STANHOPE CONSULTING.
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Fashion and The Field Museum
Collection: Mario Pinto opened in
September to great press reviews.
The exhibition provides a fresh
perspective on the anthropology
collections, highlighting their
enduring capacity to inspire. The
objects selected by Pinto also
demonstrate the close connection
between indigenous peoples
and their natural environments.
The exhibit documents the great
creativity people use to fashion
garments and adornments from
available natural material. The care
and attention put into crafting
the objects is evidence of spiritual
qualities attributed to the flora and
fauna used.
AN EXTRAORDINARY GARMENT
MADE FROM SEAL INTESTINE IS BOTH
FUNCTIONAL AND BEAUTIFUL.
PHOTO: J. WEINSTEIN
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CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: MIGHTY
ACORNS AT PLAY, MAIJUNA FOREST SCENE, TWO
ERE-CAMPUYA WATERSHED SCENES.
PHOTOS: L. MILKERT, Á. DEL CAMPO, F. PARDO
EXPENDITURES
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Andes/Amazon
Rapid Inventories
$522,148
Sustainability
$897,341
$1,419,489
Total Andes/Amazon
$1,477,235
Chicago Region
Collections Tools
$245,580
Operations
$275,857
Total ECCo Expenditures for 2011*
$3,418,161
$821,968
USAID/CIMA Collaboration
* Expenditures are unaudited
16%
42%
26%
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43%
7%
8%
CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: RAPID
INVENTORY TEAM IN PERU, TWO PHOTOS OF
PARTNERS EXPLORING KANKAKEE, ECCo TEAM
IN ABBOTT HALL OF CONSERVATION. PHOTOS: F.
PARDO, L. MILKERT , J. WEINSTEIN, A. WINTER
TEAM
Our work depends on strong partnerships with individuals,
communities, government and nongovernment organizations,
and funders. We are an interdisciplinary team of biologists
and anthropologists, educators, and technical specialists.
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STAFF
Debra Moskovits
Senior Vice President
Diana Tita Alvira
Robin Foster
Laura Milkert
Stewardship Coordinator
Senior Conservation Ecologist
Erika Hasle
Mario Pariona
Kirk Anne Taylor
Nancy Hensold
Alison Paul
Royal Taylor
Pete Herbst
Juliana Philipp
Madeleine Tudor
Jennifer Hirsch
Betsy Quail
Angie Viands
Senior Conservation Ecologist
Social Conservation Programs
Manager
Conservation Ecologist
Mark Bouman
Tropical Plant Taxonomist
Janette Bulkan
Web and Database Specialist
Jessica Cañas
Senior Social Scientist
Rebecca Collings
Geographic Information Manager
Chicago Region Program Director
Environmental Social Scientist
Urban Conservation Educator
Conservation Ecologist
Kathryn Corio
Botanist
Álvaro del Campo
Rapid Inventory Coordinator
Abigail Derby Lewis
Conservation Ecologist
Kimberly Durante
Visual Communications Program
Assistant
Kristie Edwards
Chicago Region Assistant
Mark Johnston
Lisa See Kim
Visual Communications Specialist
Mario Longoni
Urban Anthropology Manager
Meganne Lube
Grants Administrator
Jon Markel
GIS and Digital Media Coordinator
Dawn Martin
Operations Manager
Kate McClellan
Social Scientist
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Conservation Outreach Specialist
Urban Conservation Educator II
Conservation Research Assistant
Urban Conservation Educator
Erica Rodriguez
Doug Stotz
Urban Conservation Manager
ECCo Finances Manager
Applied Cultural Research Manager
Community Conservation Educator
Corine Vriesendorp
Visual Communications Program
Assistant
Andes/Amazon Programs Director
Laurel Ross
Conservation Ecologist
Urban Conservation Director
Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza
Rapid Inventory Manager
Sarah Santarelli
Administrative Assistant
Galia Selaya Garvizu
Environmental Social Scientist
Sarah Sommers
Visual Communications Manager
Tyana Wachter
Alaka Wali
Applied Cultural Research Director
Cristy Watkins
Environmental Social Scientist
Alexis Winter
Social Science Assistant
FELLOWS
Virginia Bishop, MD,
MPH
VOLUNTEERS
Sir Peter Crane
Assistant Professor of
Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University
Dean and Professor of
Botany
Yale School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies
Daniel Block
Clark L. Erickson
Professor of Geography
Director, Fredrick Blum
Neighborhood Assistance
Center
Chicago State University
Associate Professor of
Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania
Liam Heneghan
Gabriela Nuñez Iturri
WWF Fuller Post-Doctoral
Fellow
John Palmer
Senior Associate
Forest Management Trust
Melinda Pruett-Jones
Executive Director
Chicago Wilderness
John Balaban
Melissa Gray
Paul Bollinger
Izabela Grobelna
Federico Borman
Bryn Murphy
Isabel Carrera
Eric Neagu
Justine Chan
J. Claire Odland
Dakota De Corah
Alexandra Rivera
Tom Schulenberg
Lonette Edwards
Sharon Snook
Dan Brinkmeier
Associate, The Field Museum
Professor, Environmental
Science Program
DePaul University
Cornell University
Laboratory of Ornithology
Eliza Earle
Pablo Solano
Rosa Cabrera
Jennifer Hirsch
Debra Shore
Lillian Fleming
Murphy Thomas
William Franz
Gayle Tonkovich
Hannah Anderson
Graver
Howard Zar
Director, Rafael CintrónOrtiz Latino Cultural Center
University of Illinois –
Chicago
Michael Lewis Cepek
Assistant Professor of
Anthropology
University of Texas at San
Antonio
Noshir Contractor
Jane S. & William J. White
Professor of Behavioral
Sciences
Northwestern University
Sustainability & Diversity
Specialist
Suzanne MalecMcKenna
Morton Arboretum &
Chicago Community Trust
Phillip G. Millhouse
Co-Coordinator
Cultural Research
Archaeologist and District
Archaeologist
Illinois State Archaeological
Survey
Commissioner
Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District
Cook County
Lynne Westphal
Project Leader and Social
Scientist
USDA Forest Service
Northern Research Station
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INTERNS
Paige Bonk
Colorado State University
Charlotte Bossick
University of Bristol
Kelly Butler
Dominican University
Veronica Butterfield
Illinois State University
Spencer Campbell
Dominican University
Zana Carter
Simeon Career Academy
Sarah Casson
Grinnell College
Tasha Charles
Julius Dewald
Tulane University
Isabel Dieppa
Simeon Career Academy
Indiana University
Ilana Emanuel
University of Chicago Lab
Schools
Alyssa Fletcher
Carver Military Academy
Melissa Gray
Northwestern University
Chental Handy
Simeon Career Academy
Tiffany Hinton
William J. Bogan High School
University of Illinois –
Chicago
Sara Christensen
Morgan Huneck
North Carolina State
University
Diego Damian
Chicago High School for
Agricultural Sciences
Jessica Jaffe
Michigan Technology
University
Columbia College Chicago
Rachel Ianni
Nicholls State University
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Levi Jenkins
Grace Kaminski
University of Illinois –
Chicago
Kenneth Keller
St. Ignatius College Prep
Lauren Kolack
DePaul University
Kelsey Kucer
Eastern Illinois University
Marc Lambruschi
Marvi Mazhar
Caitlin Donnelley Power
Leanne Miller
Gillian Rossi
Adam Moore
Noah Sager
United Nations ITCILO:Polytechnic Di Torino
University of Michigan
University of Illinois –
Chicago
Vivianna Mota
George Washington University
Sophia Newman
University of Illinois –
Chicago
Rachel Ohlsson
DePaul University
University of Illinois – Urbana
Champaign
Karolina Lewczuk
Sara Palazzo
McGill University
Ricardo Magallon
Loyola University
Samaryia Magee
William J. Bogan High School
Oak Park River Forest High
School
Hendrix College
Chicago State University
Michael Scheufele
Northwestern University
Jill Tipton
Northwestern University
Chanel Turner
Chicago State University
Andrew Valand
University of Illinois –
Chicago
School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
Demecka Williams
Cassie Pontone
Brianna Wnek
University of Illinois –
Chicago
Henry Ford Academy
Chicago High School for
Agricultural Science
CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: SUE BENTON
AND BILL GANTZ WITH JOHN MCCARTER
IN RENOVATED HALL OF BIRDS, J. KIRBY
BIRDWATCHING, COMMITTEE CHAIR CONNIE
KELLER, ECCO COMMITTEE OUTING IN CALUMET.
PHOTOS: Á. DEL CAMPO AND J. WEINSTEIN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Our Committee works hand-in-hand with ECCo staff in pursuit
of our mission. Committee members are key to our success,
from challenging us to strive for maximum effectiveness to
sharing the passion for conservation with others.
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Wilbur H. Gantz III*
(Chair, Committee of Science)
Constance T. Keller*
Haity McNerney
W. James McNerney, Jr.*
(Chair, ECCo Committee)
Clare Muñana*
James L. Alexander*
Charles F. Nadler
Susan M. Benton*
Wendy Paulson
Thomas Campbell
George Rabb
Jamee Field*
John W. Rowe*
James S. Frank*
Patricia O. Schnadig
J. Erik Fyrwald*
Louis L. Schorsch*
Robert H. Gordon*
Adele S. Simmons*
Michael L. Keiser*
Nancy Hamill Winter
William J. Kirby
Patrick Wood- Prince*
* Trustee
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CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: CONNIE
KELLER, WENDY PAULSON, NANCY WINTER,
AND RICHARD LARIVIERE IN NATURE WITH ECCo
STAFF AND OTHER FRIENDS. PHOTOS: Á. DEL
CAMPO, T. SHAFROTH
SUPPORT
We deeply thank all who
make our work possible
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2012 ECCO | GRANTS AND GIFTS
* = Trustee and/or ECCo Committee Member
$5,000,000 AND ABOVE
Gantz Family Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs. Erik Fyrwald
Associated Colleges of Illinois
The Boeing Company
Hamill Family Foundation
AT&T
Mr. and Mrs.* Dennis J. Keller
Thomas W. Haas Foundation
$1,000,000 TO $4,999,999
The Margaret A. Cargill
Foundation
Global Philanthropy Partnership/
City of Chicago – Department
of Environment
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Bobolink Foundation
Exelon Corporation
Mr.* and Mrs. James S. Frank
Barry and Mary Ann MacLean –
MacLean-Fogg Co.
Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs. Michael L. Keiser
U.S. Agency for International
Development
Mr.* and Mrs. W. James
McNerney, Jr.
Debra Moskovits and Jack Fuller
National Science Foundation
Niamogue Foundation
Prince Albert II of Monaco
Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation
Winston & Strawn, LLP
Jewell Events Catering
The Nalco Foundation
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation
Peterson Garden Project/
Community and Economic
Development Association of
Cook County
Planet Action, an Astrium GeoInformation Services Initiative
The Richard H. Driehaus
Charitable Lead Trust
Jane and John Balaban
Bears Care Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas* Campbell
Chicago Community Trust
Mr. and Mrs. John T.
Cunningham
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Drucker
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Grand Victoria Foundation
IBM
Illinois Department of Natural
Resources
Jocarno Fund
$25,000 TO $99,999
Mr. and Mrs.* Richard H.
Schnadig
$100,000 TO $999,999
Ms. Susan M. Benton*
Adele S. Simmons*
Anonymous
Chicago Wilderness Trust/U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
Environment, Culture, and
Conservation Staff of 2011
UP TO $24,999
Pinnacle Gardens Foundation
Ford Motor Company Fund
James L. Alexander*
Dr. George B. Rabb*
Anonymous
Sally Mead Hands Foundation
ArcelorMittal
Blue Moon Fund
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley
Foundation
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Mr.* and Mrs. William J. Kirby
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Kracum
Dr.* and Mrs. Charles F. Nadler
New Trier Conservation Club
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