The Wilderness Society 2010 Annual Report

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2 I The Wilderness Society

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

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Wilderness is the foundation for businesses like my river rafting company. I serve people who want to simplify their lives with vacations in the wilderness: no cell phones, lots of time around a fire at night, clear water, and a sky full of bright stars.

Brad NivaGrants Pass, Oregon

Sample collections from wild places have led us to organisms that helped produce new antibiotics, enzymes for medical and green production methods, and more. So wilderness not only revives us as humans, but may help us survive as a world population.

Rebecca W. Mahurin, Ph.D.Bozeman, Montana

I’ll never forget the way I felt when I was out hiking the Appalachian Trail with my friends and reaching milestones along the way. With more opportunities for people to explore wilderness, many others will grow to love it as much as I have.

Roger OsorioYonkers, New York

There is no better way to forget the problems of the world than by going birding and wildlife viewing in the Everglades. You can absorb nature and all of its beautiful sights and sounds.

Larry ManfrediHomestead, Florida

As I battled cancer, I would escape, in times of pain, to the wilderness—hiking in the Rockies or kayaking in Alaska, seeing bear, salmon, and seals. Memories of these trips helped motivate me to get well, and I have been cancer-free for 18 years.

Katie GibsonBozeman, Montana

The Wilderness Society has closed the books on another impressive year—our 75th—protecting America’s wilderness. At a time of economic and political uncertainty, we charted a course to preserve more wild places, make the land whole again, and reconnect people with nature.

This report highlights our progress on all these fronts and describes how our blend of science, public policy advocacy, communications, and coalition-building is a powerful force for change.

In Montana we shepherded a huge restoration project (page 12), winning a competition for funding and jumpstarting the process to reclaim a degraded national forest while creating local jobs. Thanks to us and our partners, natural treasures in Alaska and the Rockies are safe for now from becoming massive oil and gas fields. And people who love to play in wild areas across the West are better off because we helped ensure off-road vehicles will be allowed only in appropriate places, protecting the right to experience the sounds and sights of nature, unimpaired.

More wilderness acreage is also in the pipeline, due to the staff experts who have laid the foundation for designations in 16 states (page 8). Meanwhile, our “site it right” campaign is getting renewable energy production on the public lands off to a good start by guiding solar panels and wind turbines to suitable spots.

This work is about people, so teaming up with the Obama administration on its America’s Great Outdoors (AGO) initiative was a highlight of our year. When we called on Wilderness Society members and friends to attend some of the 51 listening sessions held nationwide, they responded and helped shape the recommendations in the final report. Framed as a renewed approach to conservation by President Obama, AGO shares many of our goals. It calls for connecting people—especially the younger generation—to those special places where families like to camp, fish, and hike, and, as a vital component of that, preserving the landscapes we cherish.

The year brought challenges, too. A new dynamic on Capitol Hill could lead to drastic cuts to conservation programs along with new threats to wildlands like the Arctic Refuge, which our community has safeguarded for decades. To win, we are enlarging our constituency while building bridges to people from a multiplicity of backgrounds, who will stand with us to protect our wilderness legacy (page 16).

As you read this annual report, we hope you will recognize the important role you have played in our success. We thank you for your support and look forward to another great year together.

Reclaiming the Outdoors A message from the chair & the president

We are committed to protecting the public lands, including Ross Lake National Recreation Area in Washington state (right).


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the wilderness, and for the people, communities, wild animals and plants

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The Wilderness Society has provided a half century of leadership in protecting the Arctic Refuge.

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Saving Alaska’s Unique Natural TreasuresLois Epstein, who oversees our work in the Arctic, was at the table in May 2010 as a federal task force hammered out policy recommendations for the president in response to the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. A licensed engineer for more than 20 years with extensive experience in oil and gas policy, she helped make the case for tougher standards and other improvements.

After working in Alaska for a decade, Epstein is attuned to the added challenges of drilling there. “When you’re drilling in water supporting unique marine resources with ice hazards and slower recovery from spills, the risks and stakes are even higher than in the Gulf of Mexico,” she says.

An immediate concern for conservationists was Shell’s plans to drill off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and in the Chukchi Sea, farther west. Our WildAlert system generated tens of thousands of letters highlighting the threats. There will be no offshore drilling there in 2011, and, as we advocated, the federal government is undertaking more thorough decision-making processes for drilling in the Arctic Ocean.

Effective advocacy, supported by the 444S Foundation and others, also helped fend off continuing efforts in Congress

to allow drilling in the biological heart of the Arctic Refuge. “Big Oil has been pouring money into this for a quarter century, but the coastal plain remains the breeding ground for caribou, grizzlies, and millions of birds,” notes Nicole Whittington-Evans, who directs our ten-person staff in Alaska. “The Wilderness Society has provided a half century of leadership in protecting the Arctic Refuge,” says Pamela A. Miller of the Northern Alaska Environmental Center.

To the west, we helped convince the Obama administration to protect important caribou and waterfowl habitat south of world-renowned Teshekpuk Lake. Plans had called for leasing this area to the oil industry. Our WildAlert members sent the Interior Department 50,000 letters urging that this special place be left alone. Farther south, the headwaters of Bristol Bay, one of the planet’s most productive wild salmon fisheries, are threatened by what would be the world’s largest open-pit gold and copper mine. Lydia Olympic is leading our effort and is building strong public opposition. In response, EPA decided to conduct a watershed analysis to determine the mine’s potential impacts.

Finally, in the spectacular Tongass National Forest, our decades-long effort to protect towering hemlock and Sitka spruce, with support from the Wilburforce Foundation, is resulting in a transition toward restoration and the logging of younger trees rather than old-growth.

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Lydia Olympic, our tribal advocate since 2006, is a Yupik/Sugpiaq from Igiugig, a village of 50 located off the road system 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. She educates tribes and federal officials about the proposed Pebble Mine, which threatens fish vital to Igiugig, and related issues. A former president of her village council, Olympic became such a fervent opponent of the mine that she became known as “the Pebble Rebel with a Cause.” She attended the University of Alaska and has represented tribal interests in various capacities, including as vice-chairman of EPA’s National Tribal Operations Committee, where Olympic helped identify the high cancer rate among indigenous peoples and created a budget for clean air and water in Indian country.

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Successful efforts to prevent ill-conceived drilling will improve prospects for these caribou calves in the Arctic Refuge (left) and other wildlife in Alaska.


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Building Broad Support for WildernessThe Clearwater Basin in north-central Idaho looks much as it did two centuries ago when Lewis and Clark traveled through. There are deep forests, tall mountains, and clear streams rich in salmon and bull trout. It is home to wolves, cougars, and Canada lynx.“There are more than a million acres of contiguous wilderness,” says Brad Brooks of our Idaho staff. “It’s one of the largest unprotected roadless areas left in the Lower 48.” He is working with a broad spectrum of Idahoans to draft a wilderness proposal for Congress to consider.

“Brad Brooks has changed the image of environmental organizations within the region,” says Joyce Dearstyne, executive director of Framing Our Community, a grassroots nonprofit committed to building a sustainable and diverse economy in the Inland Northwest. “Through Brad, The Wilderness Society comes to the Clearwater Basin Collaborative table with an open and creative mind in addressing rural community issues, without losing sight of its own principles.”

Such partnerships are our stock in trade, from coastal Maine to the mountains and deserts of Southern California. “In a lot of places there is deep suspicion of efforts to protect wilderness,” notes Jeremy Garncarz, who directs our Wilderness Support Center in Durango, Colorado. “Our people spend a lot of time explaining the health and economic benefits of protecting land.” Over the past year we have made significant progress building support for bills that would designate wilderness in Colorado, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, West Virginia, and elsewhere. “We are pleased that both Democrats and Republicans are introducing bills,” says Paul Spitler, who oversees our wilderness efforts in Congress. “With supporters as diverse as Senator Boxer and Congressman Issa, we have shown that wilderness is a bipartisan issue.” Already in the 112th Congress, Republican lawmakers have introduced bills for California, Idaho, Washington, and Tennessee.

Congress does not call all the wilderness shots. In December 2010 Interior Secretary Ken Salazar took a step we have been advocating for years: He overturned a 2003 decision that undercut the Bureau of Land Management’s long-established authority to protect western wildlands. We organized business owners, county commissioners, sportsmen, and others who want these special places saved from drilling and other development. “At stake,” says Nada Culver, an attorney in our Denver office, “are millions and millions of acres. This is likely to be a protracted struggle, but one that will ultimately result in permanent protection for many of these majestic landscapes.”

Bills that would protect wilderness in numerous states made significant progress in congress.


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Jeremy Garncarz directs our Wilderness Support Center, established in 1998 to work alongside grassroots advocates and other partners to develop and pass legislation that permanently protects deserving public lands. He came to us in 2004 from the Friends of Nevada Wilderness after playing a major role in the successful campaign to designate 452,000 acres of wilderness in Clark County. An avid fly fisherman, Garncarz earned both a B.S. and M.S. from Illinois State University. “I liken his leadership style to a great point guard,” says John Wallin of the Conservation Lands Foundation. “He knows how important it is for everyone to have the ball in their hands, but he also knows how to score when his team needs a bucket.”

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…The Wilderness Society comes to the Clearwater Basin Collaborative table with an open and creative mind in addressing rural community issues, without losing sight of its own principles.

Joyce Dearstyne, Framing Our Community

10 I The Wilderness Society ” The Wilderness Society… played a vital role in pulling together all the strands that carried the day. Wes McStay, local rancher“

Shaping Energy Policies for a Brighter Future Vermillion Basin is home to crimson bluffs, fossil beds, meandering canyons, stunning silence, long vistas, pronghorns, and golden eagles. Years ago conservationists urged that it be designated a wilderness area. Yet in 2000 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management proposed that this special

piece of northwestern Colorado be leased to the oil and gas industry.

“That was unacceptable,” says Suzanne Jones, our Colorado director. She and others began to build the case against leasing. Our GIS team’s research, powered by software donated by ESRI, revealed that Vermillion Basin contains only enough technically recoverable natural gas to supply U.S. energy needs for about 10 days, and its oil demand for less than 20 minutes. That work also documented the

harm that resulting land fragmentation would do to wildlife. Our economists marshaled evidence that the area’s tourism and recreation allure would produce more of a long-term payoff for the region’s economy than drilling.

Finally, in June 2010, came the outcome we wanted: the BLM would drop the leasing proposal. We celebrated with many partners instrumental in the victory, including the Friends of Northwest Colorado and the Colorado Environmental Coalition. “The Wilderness Society, led by Suzanne Jones and Soren Jespersen, played a vital role in pulling together all the strands that carried the day,” says Wes McStay, a local rancher who was a valuable ally.

The Vermillion Basin achievement was emblematic of our efforts to restore balance to a federal oil and gas program that had put too many of our natural treasures in jeopardy. The Obama administration has adopted policies advocated by The Wilderness Society that allow fuller consideration of industrialization’s potential damage to public lands and wildlife. Among the other places where our work is paying off are southern Utah’s canyonlands, the Wyoming Range, the Rocky Mountain Front, New Mexico’s Otero Mesa, and Alaska.

“As an alternative to fossil fuel extraction, we are working closely with the Interior Department and our partners to find the most sensible public lands for construction of solar and wind energy plants,” says Pam Eaton, a 23-year Wilderness Society veteran heading our renewable energy team. “Building facilities in certain places would exact too heavy an ecological toll, so we are helping identify more appropriate areas.” Our “In the Zone” report, widely covered by the media, analyzed five western zones proposed by the BLM for solar plant construction, and we are determined to continue playing a constructive role in decisions that will have enormous long-term impacts.


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and she camps in wilderness with her husband and two children whenever she can. During 23 years with us, she has held a number of high-level jobs and currently has two, overseeing both the BLM Action Center and National Forest Action Center. The BLM work includes directing our renewable energy campaign. Eaton, who earned a B.A. in geology from Yale and an M.S. in natural resource policy from the University of Michigan, previously worked for the National Outdoor Leadership School and the National Park Service. “Pam is the person I depend on to help me and all our partners keep our eyes on the ball, substantively and tactically,” says Johanna Wald of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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Creating New Partnershipsin the woodsIt seemed no one was happy with management of Montana’s national forests. “There had not been a wilderness area created since 1983,” notes Bob Ekey, our assistant vice president for Northwest conservation. “Meanwhile, mill owners were getting too little timber because of the stalemate.”

So five years ago, Ekey started talking with mill owners, the U.S. Forest Service, and other conservation partners about sitting down to find a solution. “Besides wanting to protect wilderness,” Ekey explains, “we wanted to restore areas in the national forests that had been damaged by road building and logging.”

Realizing that restoration could simultaneously benefit the economy and enhance forest health led to a shift in perspective among traditional adversaries. “We felt that everyone could agree on 80 percent of the issues,” says Scott Brennan, who heads our restoration effort in Montana, “so we stopped focusing on the other 20 percent. Finally, people who had been suing each other were now sitting around a table trying to work things out.”

The group grew to include more than 35 people representing a wide range of interests. Brennan and partners such as the Blackfoot Challenge and three forest supervisors took the lead in drawing up a large-landscape restoration project for the Blackfoot, Clearwater, and Swan valleys. After Congress created a forest restoration program in 2009, this initiative was one of only ten to be approved for funding.

In Montana, the program is fueling a decade of work that will restore clean water, improve wildlife habitat for elk and grizzly bears, decommission old forest roads, and make communities safer from wildfire—all while creating new economic prospects in rural areas reeling from the recession. Gordy Sanders of Pyramid Mountain Lumber helped develop the project. “The Wilderness Society has been a leader in ending the long stalemate and coming up with a plan that a variety of Montanans can buy into,” he says. “I believe that what we are doing here can work in other places.”

Restoration was part of a vision for the national forests we issued in 1999. We began putting the theory to work later that year in Lakeview, Oregon, and our success there laid the foundation for progress we are now seeing in Alaska, Idaho, and elsewhere. “At a time when the political landscape is forcing us to play defense on a number of issues,” says Brennan, “our restoration campaign enables us to play offense.”

We have been leaders in forest restoration in montana’s Southwest crown of the continent (right) and other areas.

KAReN HARdiGG Anchorage

As a youngster in Portland, Oregon, Karen Hardigg dreamed of becoming

a vet—and a Scrabble champion. Then while attending Vassar College, where she became the second-highest soccer goal scorer in school history, she spent a summer in California as a wilderness ranger and realized she could have a career with lots of outdoors work. She earned a master’s from the Yale School of Forestry and joined our Alaska staff in 2007, specializing in rainforest issues. Now serving as our deputy director in the state, Hardigg has played a major role in the collaborative work that is helping guide the transition away from old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest. In 2010 she was appointed to a national advisory panel that selects forest restoration projects worthy of federal funding.


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“ ” Wilderness Society scientists have taken a lead role in analyzing potential climate change impacts in several regions of the state.” Dr. Scott Rupp, University of Alaska

Practicing Sound Science to Counter Climate Change Cape Cod native Dr. Peter McKinley has seen major changes in the natural world since his boyhood days exploring nearby woods and wetlands. As The Wilderness Society’s first climate change adaptation ecologist, he is leading our efforts to identify places and policies that will help nature respond to this daunting challenge. “Once they are identified,” McKinley explains, “we can work with partners to try to protect these places. Setting priorities is more important than ever.”

“With the help of generous donors, we have been able to put more scientists on the job,” notes Dr. Spencer Phillips, vice president for research. For example, Dr. Wendy Loya, an ecologist in our Anchorage office, is mapping probable impacts on public lands in Alaska and is working closely with Native communities and other partners. “Wilderness Society scientists have taken a lead role in analyzing potential climate change impacts in several regions of the state,” says University of Alaska Professor Dr. Scott Rupp.

To underline the role that healthy old-growth forests play in keeping carbon safely locked up in trees and soils—and not adding to the

pollution already dumped into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels—we produced an analysis of the ten national forests that are making the biggest contributions. “Such research is critical to educating the public and guiding officials responsible for the stewardship of our wild places,” Phillips says.

Of course, no matter how effective our forests are at removing carbon from the atmosphere, they cannot, by themselves, correct the dangerous buildup of greenhouse gases that now threatens worldwide climate disruption. The human race must find the will to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the extinction of species, the destruction of wetlands, and the loss of water supplies. With Congress so far unable to pass legislation doing so, the task has fallen to EPA. We have played a significant role in supporting the EPA’s ability to regulate global warming pollution in the face of Capitol Hill efforts to undercut its authority. That battle continues.

We also swung into action when Big Oil tried to repeal California’s market-based program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Through action alerts to our network of subscribers and other activities, we helped defeat Proposition 23 in November 2010.

“The victory in California was important,” says David Moulton, who directs our climate change policy program. “It showed that the public wants solutions, not stalemate, and it offers hope that a federal solution might follow success in the states. Since 2010 was the 34th consecutive year with global temperatures above the 20th-century average, easing up is not an option.”


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thrush, Dr. Peter McKinley signed on in 2010 as our first climate adaptation ecologist. He focuses on New England and the Southern Appalachians, assisting in development of policies that can help wildlife adjust to climate change. A Cape Cod native, he earned degrees at Colby College, Indiana University, and the University of New Brunswick. Previously, this lover of the Boston Symphony worked for New Hampshire Audubon, the Manoment Center for Conservation Sciences, and the Forest Society of Maine. “Pete has a great understanding of how the smaller components of a large landscape interact and the need to keep the entire landscape intact,” says Carole Haas of the Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust.

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Inspiring Americans to Care about Wilderness Many Los Angeles families head to the San Gabriel Mountains to escape the heat or play in the snow. Lying mostly in Angeles National Forest, the San Gabriels are less than an hour’s drive from15 million people.

We are playing a leading role in the San Gabriel Mountains Forever (SGMF) coalition, building public support for legislation to protect 36,000 acres of wilderness, preserve three rivers, and establish a national recreation area. ”Our coalition includes a broad cross-section of Los Angeles: faith groups, small businesses, and organizations that work in diverse communities with many languages,” says The Wilderness Society’s Annette Kondo, who leads SGMF’s communications efforts.

“The Wilderness Society is a key partner, helping our communities, which urgently need more outdoor recreation to address the region’s obesity and diabetes crisis,” says Martin Nava, director of community health for the Oldtimers Foundation.

Love of the San Gabriels was illustrated by the standing-room-only turnout at an America’s Great Outdoors (AGO) forum in July 2010. AGO was established by President Obama to determine citizens’ views on public lands and their recreation preferences so that appropriate conservation policies could be formulated. We played a leading role in encouraging Americans to get involved, either by attending one of the 51 hearings or submitting comments. The administration’s report made a strong case for many of the land protection programs we have championed.

We are encouraging people of all backgrounds and ages to enjoy—and care for—the lands that belong to the American people in Washington’s North Cascades, the Rockies, the Washington area, and elsewhere. “If you get a taste of the special places passed on to us by earlier generations, chances are you will become an advocate for protecting them for future generations,” says Doug Walker, who chairs our Governing Council.Unfortunately, funding for trail maintenance and other programs is falling short of the need, so we are working closely with a coalition that includes organizations such as Back Country Horsemen of America and the American Hiking Society to make that case on Capitol Hill.

To ensure that all visitors can peacefully enjoy public lands, we have worked to persuade federal land managers to control destructive off-road vehicle (ORV) use across the West. With funding from the Harder Foundation, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, the Lazar Foundation, and the 444S Foundation, we undertook research, organizing, lobbying, and legal work. The impact was reflected in plans for 13 California national forests, where the total area open to cross country ORV driving was reduced from 11 million acres to just 46,731 acres.


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Recreation policy is a good fit for Anne Merwin, whose past includes softball, tennis, gymnastics, and rowing at Rice University, and who nowadays loves whitewater kayaking, mountain biking, and hiking with her husband and dog. She was also president of the college outing club. A graduate of University of Maryland Law School, Merwin worked for the Potomac Conservancy before joining us in 2009 as a public lands policy advisor focusing on recreation and transportation planning issues. “Anne is terrific and is an especially effective partner when we travel to Washington to meet with agency officials or congressional aides,” says Bethanie Walder of Wildlands CPR.

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“ ” The Wilderness Society is a key partner, helping our communities, which urgently need more outdoor recreation...

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1The Interior Department put off Shell’s plan to drill exploratory wells in the Arctic

Ocean’s Beaufort and Chukchi seas, where any spill could pose a particularly serious threat. (page 5)

3We played a leading role in derailing a plan to allow lethal wolf control and

the gassing of pups in dens in wilderness areas on Unimak Island.

5 A federal judge ruled that a 2008 Bush administration plan to protect habitat that the

spotted owl needs to survive did not stand up to scientific review and must be redone.

2 Our coalition continued to fend off efforts that began in the 1980s to allow drilling in

the biological heart of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (page 5)

4We helped secure a commitment from the U.S. Forest Service to ensure

a transition from old-growth logging to selective cutting of smaller trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. (page 5)

6 In partnership with local allies, we convinced the Forest Service to issue a

plan that will keep off-road vehicles out of the backcountry and protect water quality and wilderness in Oregon’s Mt. Hood National Forest.

Notable Achievements over the past year Working with a wide array of partners, we have succeeded in protecting many of the nation’s valuable natural areas. As always, the support provided by members of The Wilderness Society was critically important. The success stories include:


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7 We helped defeat Proposition 23, the oil industry’s California ballot

initiative to repeal a market-based program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and, in Congress, the Murkowski Amendment, which would have blocked EPA’s efforts to limit carbon pollution. (page 15)

12 We helped draw up plans to restore national forestland in

Colorado, Montana, and Idaho projects--three of the ten in the nation selected to receive funds. (page 10)

17 The “no more wilderness” policy for BLM lands adopted

behind closed doors in 2003 was undone as the Interior Department created far more protective guidelines. (page 6)

22 Proposed changes in rules governing the 193-million-

acre National Forest System would result in cleaner drinking water, greater recreational opportunities, improved wildlife habitat, and, for the first time, consideration of climate change.

8 Cross-country off-road vehicle travel will no longer be allowed on 11

million acres of national forests in California, while significant limitations on off-road vehicles will help protect grasslands at California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument.

13 We won our lawsuit challenging a plan for Idaho’s Salmon-Challis

National Forest that we believe allowed too much off-road vehicle traffic.

18 A federal court ruled that the National Park Service must first

protect natural resources when considering whether to permit Jet Ski use at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Michigan) and Gulf Islands National Seashore (Florida & Mississippi).

23 The U.S. Forest Service launched an initiative to

substantially scale back its immense and decaying road system.

9We helped minimize the environmental impact of renewable energy projects

proposed for public lands in the California Desert as part of our national campaign to urge appropriate locations for such facilities. (page 11)

14 The government agreed to cancel contested oil and

gas leases on more than 44,000 acres of unspoiled lands in Bridger-Teton National Forest in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

19 A U.S. appeals court rejected a federal plan for possible

routing of electrical transmission lines through eight Middle Atlantic states, Arizona, and California, concluding that there was too little consideration of environmental impacts.

24 The BLM issued a policy specifying that there is no presumed

preference for oil and gas development over other uses.

10 The prospects for wilderness designation in four of Southern

California’s national forests improved, thanks to settlement of a legal challenge by our coalition. The agreement also will lead to decommissioning of motorized vehicle routes in roadless areas.

15 A new BLM plan bars leasing in western Colorado’s Vermillion

Basin, capping our ten-year campaign to protect this natural treasure. (page 11)

20 Ruling in our favor, a federal court put the West Virginia

northern flying squirrel back on the Endangered Species List, improving our prospects for preventing a large-scale logging project in the Monongahela National Forest.

25 The Obama administration’s America’s Great

Outdoors report recommended a number of conservation initiatives we have been backing for many years. (page 16)

11 A federal court upheld a plan to prevent off-road vehicle use in

the Badger-Two Medicine area, near Glacier National Park. The area is home to bighorn sheep and grizzlies and is sacred to the Blackfeet Tribe.

16 We secured greater protection of water quality and other

environmental safeguards in settling our lawsuit challenging oil shale development policy.

21 We helped defeat an amendment that would have limited

the president’s Antiquities Act authority to protect public lands and another that would have defunded the National Landscape Conservation System.


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Special Thanks to Our contributors The donors listed on the following pages generously contributed $1,000 or more in fiscal year 2010. The Wilderness Society gratefully acknowledges their commitment to protecting wilderness and caring for our wild places.

individuals $100,000 or moreAnonymous (5)Dianne Feinstein and Richard BlumBarbara and Bertram CohnJudith and Stewart M. ColtonBarbara and Joseph EllisLaura Debonis and Scott NathanMarge and Gilman OrdwayJennifer StanleyMaggie and Doug Walker

$10,000 to $99,999Anonymous (10)Marcia Kunstel and Joseph AlbrightGail AustinCurrie and Tom BarronDr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes IIIBruce BergerCrandall and Erskine BowlesMrs. Walter F. BrissendenMarilyn and Allan BrownThe Reverend and Mrs. C. F. BuechnerHeidi and Bill BumpersSara T. CampbellMalinda and Yvon ChouinardBarbara J. and David A. ChurchillMichael D. Coley Jr.

Brenda and Swep DavisMary Lee DaytonFrances K. DibnerJaimie and David FieldDiana R. GillandersEmily and Gene GrantChara and John HaasJulie and Parker HallRuth and Ben HammettJulia and J. J. HealySara Jackson HertwigJay HiattGretchen and Lyman HullRochelle Kaplan and Arthur LipsonAnn R. and Michael A. LoebJacqueline Badger MarsLaurie and John McBrideSarah Merner and Craig McKibbenSally and Bill MeadowsJanice MillerHeidi NitzeDiana and Bruce RaunerAmy and Jay ReganNancy and Edward RiceKathryn RiddellMary and Gaylan RockswoldConnie and Ted Roosevelt IVAnne and William RussellValentine SchaffnerEllen Marshall ScholleEleanor Nadler SchwartzJan and Carl SiechertLois and Arthur StainmanAlice and Fred Stanback Jr.Dianne B. and David J. SternJoanna SturmJ. H. TaylorEdward B. WhitneyMarsha McMahan Zelus

$1,000 to $9,999Anonymous (39)Catherine AbbottAlan AbelsonDoug A. AdamsJim AdamsEric and Audra AdelbergerB. J. AdelsonSusan and William AhearnJodie and George AllenRobert AllioJane Sokolow and Edward A. AmesKaren and Tucker AndersenMarjorie and James L. AndrewsMargaret AndrewsTerese M. AngwinMrs. Lowell J. ApletGeorge AppellIrwyn ApplebaumWilliam AppletonHolly and Bernie ArghiereMary Jo and Fred ArmbrustMarshall Hackett Whiting and Richard ArnoldRussell Atha IIIJohn S. BabcockWilliam BacchusRobert D. BaconYvonne and Dan BaileyEdgar P. BaileyTim BainMrs. Elliot BainesAlbert J. BalducchiMalcolm BalfourBarbara and John P. BalserThomas BarrowMarcia and David BarstowKathryn and Harold BeanKeith Bean

Thank you to our supporters

Founded 75 years ago, The Wilderness Society has been

called “an organization of spirited people.” Today our

members continue to exhibit that spirit of support. More

than 500,000 citizens, committed to preserving the finest

lands left in America, support The Wilderness Society

financially and through their actions: making calls, attending

hearings, and sending letters and e-mail messages.

We thank each and every one of these spirited people for

their dedication to our mission of creating a wilderness

legacy for future generations.


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Lisa C. CaplanPaul CaponigroThomas CarlinoJudith L. CarlsonMargaret CarlsonTheresa and John CederholmJoan and Park ChamberlainAshford R. ChancelorLeslie S. ChristodoulopoulosLoraine Pearsall and Paul ChrostowskiVirginia Clark ClarksonAudrey and Charles ClayJulie A. ClaymanJudith and Steven CliffordAnne Springs CloseJeff CloughWillard CochraneMurray CohenLynn Brinton and Daniel E. CohnCarolyn Beall Colwell and The Colwell Family FundJane S. ComerRoseAnn B. ComstockAnne and Bill ConnForrest C. ConrathGeorge M. CovingtonHelen CowanTimothy H. Crawford IIIMerry and Terrence CroftJanet Mitchell and Jerry CromwellLynn CrossPatricia Sabalis and Timothy CrowellMary CulpD. CunningsDon DakeBecca and Harry M. DaltonSeveryn S. DanaGene L. DanielsShirley B. Dawson

Sherry Ann and Edward DaytonEric DaytonJohn W. DaytonKenneth D. DeatonCharles de GanayFrank DelfinoSheila DennisBarbara Crawford and Nancy DeshonStephanie and Russell DeyoDr. and Mrs. Jeffrey DickJoan DiggsJames K. DonnellGriswold DrazLucy McCarthy and John DruryLoren Blackford and Michael DubnoPaul V. DufourJanet DukeAnn DuncanMyrl L. DuncanPaul L. DunkleePeter D. DurstSylvia DuryeeJoanne Waldron DwyerMargo and George EarleyPatty and Len EatonElizabeth Farrar and Craig EckelGary EdwardsJeri EdwardsKemerer EdwardsJulie C. EichenbergerFrank W. EllisCharles EllmanMargaret K. and James EllsworthFrances G. Beinecke and Paul ElstonMargot and Chris EnbomJayme and Jerome EpsteinDonna EstevesRoberta and Quentin C. EybergKate and Henry Faulkner

Wayne L. FeakesCynthia S. and Robert L. FeldmanBill FennMr. and Mrs. Gordon H. FergusonMrs. Hubert L. FergusonArthur L. FinnJoanne and Peter FischerRuth and Allen FisherCarol FleishauerSusan and Robert B. Flint Jr.Sonia FlorianAgnes Hughes and Gunther FonkenJohn A. FonstadMargot and Ben FoosheeBarbara J. FooteGregory A. FowlerCatherine E. FoxCarla D’Arista and George T. Frampton Jr.Kenneth FrankBart FriedmanLinda and Dennis FromholzerHelga FullerRobert GableLaurie A. GabrielM. Lee GaillardMr. and Mrs. Leandro S. Galban Jr.Marilyn GambleLynne and William GarboseKathleen GarfieldMr. and Mrs. Walter W. Garnsey Jr.John A. GarratyArthur GaumePatricia GeigerLiliane V. GershAnn and David GetchesFrances GinsbergJaney and Ed GleavesNancy and Christopher Gloe

Mr. and Mrs. William GoadbyBillie and Martin GoldRita S. GoldSunny and Bradley GoldbergDavid A. GoldenMitchell GoldenSteven H. GoldingPhillip GoldsteinEdwin GoldwasserBeverly H. GoodmanWilliam S. GoodmanKatherine L. GoolsbyNancy A. GoolsbyMary and Gary GordonPatsy M. GrahamJulia L. GrantDennis J. GredellMarion GreeneGary, Julie, Sydney, and Maddy GreensteinRusty GregoryGlenn GribbleChristine L. Dickey and Stephen L. GriffithScott GrimmWilliam J. Grist, M.D.Nina B. GriswoldSara and Ed GroarkBarbara GroddNancy E. Newton and David GrusinMrs. Paul W. GuenzelPeter GuggenheimerBarbara and Clayton HabermanLinnea T. HadlockFrederick D. Haffner, M.D.R. Flip HagoodMargaret HalvorsonRuth and Franklin HaroldJessie M. Harris


Cynthia and Leo O. HarrisLoraine HarrisAlexandra M. HarrisonMr. J. Barton HarrisonAnn HarveyJohn H. Harvey, Ph.D.Mark J. Hausknecht, M.D.Colleen HazelMr. and Mrs. James A. HeidellJean and John HeinsChuck HendricksMr. and Mrs. Robert HenigsonKim R. HenryRebecca and Robert HessRoger HessHermi and John HiattMarilyn W. HickeyJessie HillLee and Jim HiltonDianne and David HoaglinRick HofferMr. and Mrs. R. Hoguet IIISteven HollJan and Maurice HollowayPatricia A. HolmesThomas A. HopkinsNancy F. HoughtonMr. and Mrs. William G. HowardMarie HuetShirley HuntAnn and Tom HuntJohn R. HuntingBarb and Dave HurdDan HurleyLisa Beaudreau and Matthew HydeDominique and Charles IngeBill JamesCarol and Keith JamesAnn and Louis K. Jensen

Robert JespersonCarol A. JewellEleigh JohnsDwight L. JohnsonDouglas JonesMargaret M. JonesChris JordanMrs. Henry A. JordanEdward JudaCarol and Frederick JulesSuzanne Bober and Stephen KahnDale S. KammerlohrJaney and Kevin KasterMelissa Elstein and Eric KatzmanJohn M. KauffmannYukako KawataNancy F. KearneyJoanne and Dennis KeithMary KellyMarilyn Wiles-Kettenmann and Robert KettenmannE. J. KeyRobert and Jane KiblerDeneen and Ken KickbuschJeanie and Murray KilgourGraydon KingslandGretchen and Charles KingsleyHarold KirkerPhil KislakMargot KittredgePaul C. KlahrPatricia A. KlesingerJames T. KnowlesGlade KochDiane and Gerard KoeppelKay KoplovitzMary Ellen and George KorbelikPeg and David KrosschellCharles Krout

Susan and Robert KuehlthauDeborah and Peter LammSusan M. LancelottaSue and Roger LangEsther and Kenneth LangeJanet E. LanmanMurray LapidesRoy LapidusRoger LarsonJennifer and Charles LaueShirley J. LavioletteDavid R. LawrenceMarta J. LawrenceClare and Mike LeahyLeslie and Michael LebeauEleanor McBride and Timothy LeeBarbara and Thomas LeggatDee and Robert LeggettWilliam LeimbachDaniel G. LentzSandy LernerA. LeskBilly LewisMary L. Lewis Perrin and David LillyAmy LissMalia and David LitmanLael M. LockeBetty White LuddenMarie and Gary LudiHampton and Kevin LuzakCyrus H. Lyle Jr.Peter LymanDiana LynchLydia Sargent MacauleyLynn MacleanMary A. MahoneyLaure ManheimerSusanne and John Manley

Noel MannMichael MantellChris P. MarcellaForrest E. Mars Jr.Robert S. MarshallCrozer W. MartinBarbara and John MatsingerM. A. MawTeresa MawhinneyPhilip R. MayhewElizabeth McElroyH. McLarenFrancis McAdooJane McCammonBetty and Conn McConnellPatricia W. McCoyJohn McCuneMr. and Mrs. William J. McCune Jr.Carter McFarlandCynthia and David McGrathMargaret A. McLellanHelen MeadorsMF Meadors, Jr.Paul MeadowDorothy Mears WardMichelle Britton MehlischCynthia Kring and Richard MelsheimerMrs. Albert MerckAlice and Robert MertzSindy MichoLindsay MicklesCatherine MilbournWandra MilesHope S. MillerWalter E. D. MillerSara A. MillsCarol Halperin MinkinDwight MintonMargaret and Edmond Missiaen

John and Sandra MitchelLaura A. MitchellJoseph MnukJohn H. MoeCraig MoodyClaire W. MooersLois S. MooreAnn MorganJanet MorrowAnna-Maria MuellerPhyllis MuellerBetty MunseeBeth MurphyAnthony MussetKelsey Wirth and Samuel S. MyersDr. and Mrs. William NaftelWilliam A. NewsomBette NicholsLeonard NicholsonElsa and John NimmoGail and David NochimsonAmy and Dan NordstromPriscilla Natkins and Seth NovattJanet NyeScott OlsonChristine and Edwin OrdwayLinda and Edward OrnitzH. OsbornMartha and Robert OsborneL. L. OsterMarylou L. PardueDiane ParishDiane Williams ParkerMr. and Mrs. V. A. ParsegianAnne PatteeDavid PedersenWilliam L. PeeblesAlan PenczekPhyllis Penrod


Theresa A. PerenichJ. H. PetersKaren C. PetrillaBeverly PhillipsE. A. PhillipsColin S. PhippsCynthia and Richard PlankNancy PlaxicoWendy Shattuck and Sam PlimptonSidney PoselHelen PoseyPhilip PrestonMarkita PriceMartin R. Prince, M.D.Beatrice and Leonard ProsnitzAlice J. PurcellJanina QuintRobert R. QuinteroMary B. Demere RaaeMarjorie B. RachlinSusan Ott and David RalphJudith RandalJoe L. RandlesSara RansfordCarolyn and Will RatliffEileen and Charles ReadWilliam W. ReedMonique M. RegardAnne and Scott ReinesVirginia Poole and John RentzepisPhyllis ReynoldsRuth S. RichLinda RidenourAnne Powell RileyAlice M. RivlinTimothy A. RobertBarbara Parish and Gary RobertsSandra A. Adams and Tom D. RobertsLarry Rockefeller

Wilderness Society board member Reginald “Flip” Hagood estimates that he’s been to the Grand Canyon 50 times, mainly during the years he spent directing ranger training for the National Park Service. But that natural treasure still revs his engines.

Hagood’s love of nature was born early, even though he grew up on the streets of Washington, D.C. “My friends and I put together

these little makeshift boats and paddled around the Anacostia River,” he recalls. “One night when I was 11, on a dare, a few of us had our first over-night on an island out there. We survived.

“My grandfather also was very influential in developing my love of nature. Up until I was 15 and had jobs, I spent my summers with him in rural Anderson County, South Carolina. It was an introduction to animals and to fishing.” He became a Boy Scout and vividly remembers camping trips to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

But Hagood did not picture himself pursuing a career in nature. As a college student at Howard University, he majored in education and criminal justice. After graduation in 1963, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served 14 months in Vietnam, earning the Purple Heart medal.

Back in Washington, Hagood started a master’s program at American University and found work as a policeman with the National Park Service. Before long he became “enamored” of the national parks and, after earning his degree, stuck with the agency. Hagood became a park ranger, with a law enforcement orientation. During a 30-year career with the Park Service, he eventually moved up to become chief of employee development and training.

Retiring in 1995, Hagood made a natural transition to the Student Conservation Association (SCA), which provides college and high school-aged youngsters with hands-on conservation service opportunities, many of them in national parks. Today he is a senior vice president, focusing on strategic initiatives and business development.

Ten years ago Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows asked Hagood to join our Governing Council, the 36-member body that governs the organization. “It was a great honor,” he recalls. “I had been aware of The Wilderness Society from my days teaching rangers about the Wilderness Act. When you do that you can’t help but learn about the central role that The Wilderness Society played in creating the Wilderness System.”

Hagood, like all members of the council, relishes the opportunity to promote stewardship of the lands that belong to the American people. In addition, he has a special interest in broadening the constituency of those who care about those places. “I am passionate about changing the face of conservation,” he says. In particular, he wants to engage young Americans and people of color—including his five-year-old granddaughter.

He also serves on the boards of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), the Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL), and the Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL). Hagood manages to carve out some time to lecture, mainly about diversity and natural resources, at Howard, the University of Vermont, Michigan, American University, Harvard, the University of Maryland, and other schools.

“When I began with The Wilderness Society,” Hagood says, “I was immediately impressed by the staff’s expertise and credibility. I also have come to realize what an effective partner the organization is. It’s a group that doesn’t worry so much about getting credit and focuses more on finding a collaborative way to achieve its goals.”

Hagood Brings Different Perspectives to Governing Council


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Carl RosenbergCatherine and Paul RosenbergerMyron R. RosenthalMr. and Mrs. Robert RotbergCallae and Ed Rounds

Mrs. Stephen G. RudisillElizabeth RuffinJim A. RupkeVirginia D. RushmoreAnn Rembert and Daniel Safranek

Elizabeth and Nathaniel SaltonstallAnnette Malinsky and Victor SandlerJohn ScanlanTimothy SchaffnerLewis B. ScheffeyKaren Matthews and Michael Scheier

Karal SchlundtEmily SchoenbaumMary Mowbray and Roland SchroederHeidi SchultzMr. and Mrs. Robert F. SchumannMuriel and Maurice SchwartzRosemary and Jeffrey ShermanDiana Wege Sherogan and Tim SheroganAlistair SherretRobin R. ShieldLucretia and John SiasFrederick L. SilbernagelAmy and Adam SimonElizabeth B. SimonAbby R. SimpsonMurali and Gouri SivarajanDavid J. SkarMary Helen and John B. SlaterTerri and Rich SlivkaJacqueline A. SmalleyLinda McMullen and Farwell SmithCynthia O. SmythAnne C. SnyderMarguerite J. SoffaWilliam SowterCarolyn Mangeng and Dale SpallJon SparJohn SperlingDr. and Mrs. Randall S. SprickLaurie and Ben StanleyChristy and Robin StebbinsPeggy SteffelL. Harold StephensW. Eugene SternNancy P. StetsonCaroline S. StevensonFrances W. StevensonCatherine M. StiefelLisa and Jon Stine

Mountain Man Conrad Anker Is Fighting Climate Change


As one of the world’s most renowned mountain climbers, Wilderness Society member Conrad Anker is acutely aware of the changes in the Earth’s climate—and he speaks frequently to audiences he hopes will accelerate the lumbering effort to address this sobering challenge. “The glacier equilibrium line, where ice accumulates above and melts below,” he says, “is understood to be a good indication of a glacier’s health, and in the Himalayas that line has moved 3,000 feet higher since the 1980s.”

A native of Big Oak Flat, not far from Yosemite, Anker camped in the back county with his family every summer. “By age 14 I wanted a bigger challenge, so I began rope climbing, and two years later I set off to climb Mt. Rainier,” he recalls.

Now 48, the University of Utah graduate has taken on the world’s most challenging climbs, reaching summits in Alaska, Antarctica, the Himalayas, South America, and elsewhere. His most satisfying expedition was in 1991, when he and Seth Shaw took on 8,835-foot Middle Triple Peak at the southern end of the Alaska Range. “It’s a place that exemplifies the power and wild beauty of our planet,” Anker says. Over four weeks they battled not only the mountain but an earthquake and severe storms. On the descent, Anker fell 100 feet—but had the good fortune to land in seven feet of snow.

In 1999 he and best friend Alex Lowe were overcome by an avalanche in the Himalayas. Conrad barely survived; Lowe did not. An HDTV documentary, “The Endless Knot,” tells the story, and in honor of Lowe, Anker helped create the Khumbu Climbing School for Sherpas and high-altitude workers.

Another of his Himalayan expeditions was a search for the body of George Mallory, the preeminent Everest explorer of the 1920s. The disappearance of Mallory and Sandy Irvine on their 1924 summit bid is one of climbing’s great mysteries, and Anker discovered the legendary climber frozen into rock. The National Geographic Society captured the story in “The Wildest Dream,” released in 2010.

Anker’s exploits have made him an effective spokesman for The North Face and for Timex. He also furthers the work of various nonprofits, besides his climbing school.

His appreciation of The Wilderness Society dates back to the days when his parents were members. “Your name explains why you are important,” says Anker, who lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife Jenni Lowe and three children. “We need wilderness. It’s where we get clean water, it scrubs our air, and it is vital to certain rare species such as wolverines and bobcats. The Wilderness Society led the fight to create the Wilderness System and continues to provide the expertise to save our mountains, forests, and wildlife for future generations. ”

He and his wife are part of our Friends of Wilderness program—supporters who make automatic monthly contributions through a checking account. “I’m an optimist by nature,” says Anker, who studies Latin for fun. “Every day’s a good day. Protecting our planet is a huge challenge, but if each of us just keeps plugging, we’ll succeed.”

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Howard F. StirnMax Stolz Jr.Eunice and Donald StoverRick StoweMarion StrackSally Thompson StraitSusan and Gordon StreetJoan and Mark StrobelScott StromattSandy Kinney and Robert SuggRuby and William SuterSusan J. SuwinskiJune K. SwangoMark SweeneyYachiyo TakamatsuGrace TaperNancy TaylorPaul W. TaylorSangita and John TentlerSamuel T. TestClare E. ThawLowell Thomas Jr.Jess D. ThompsonFerdinand ThunMr. and Mrs. Jon TourvilleElizabeth J. TownsendJames B. Townsend Jr.Susan and Robert TownsendThomas A. TraberBarbara TraskCindy and Frederick TresherAmy and Stephen UnfriedJon UngarRichard UrellMyriam Urrutia-EderLelia VaughanSally S. VenerableNancy VerberMary and Thomas Verhoeven

Gigi and James VoegeliErich VoesterKaren VoglMrs. Philip R. Von StadeJames WadsworthKathleen WalkerJulie Lutz and George WallersteinDenise A. WardKurt WarmbierGeorge WarringtonPatricia and Philip WashburnMrs. Robert B. WatersJames C. WaughElliot R. WaxSanford WaxerDorothy and Dean WeberAmy Vedder and Bill WeberEvelene WechslerSpeed WeedMark WeeksJohn A. WeiheMarshall WeinbergJohn WellsSally WellsSteven M. WellsJohn A. WesnerDana English and Tom WhalenGene A. WhitakerDarcy and Charles WhiteMargaret WhiteNancy Hanes WhiteSearle WhitneyRichard WieboldtDavid R. WiemerPeter S. WilsonDorothy WinnetteBente and Don WinstonEleanor and Frederick WinstonAizik Wolf

Patricia A. Powers and Thomas R. WolfeBarbara Wolff-ReichertDoug WoodJohn A. WoollamRoger WorthingtonSara WraggePei-Hsing and Tien H. WuJ. A. Wunderlich IIIChris WurteleDorothy S. WyliePaula Wolferseder YabarJoyce YaffeMr. and Mrs. Cyrus YoungJohn ZappPamela Pride Eaton and Edward Zukoski

Foundations, corporations and Other institutionsAnonymous (4)444 S FoundationAdirondack Community TrustAgua Fund, Inc.The Winifred and Harry B. Allen FoundationAmerican Conservation Association, Inc.Appalachian Mountain ClubThe Aspenwood FoundationBank of AmericaThe Baupost Group LLCAlbert and Pamela Bendich Charitable TrustThe Betterment FundCornelius N. Bliss Memorial FundJean F. Block Charitable TrustBluestone FoundationBlumenthal FoundationCaroline Manning Bolton Legacy FundThe Boston FoundationThe Brainerd Foundation

Ruth H. Brown FoundationThe Bullitt FoundationCampaign for America’s Wilderness of the PEW Environment GroupMargaret A. Cargill FoundationAndrea Waitt Carlton Family FoundationThe Chrysalis FoundationThe Cinnabar FoundationJohn and Bette Cohen FundCommunity Foundation for Greater AtlantaThe Community Foundation for the National Capital AreaThe Community Foundation of BoulderCommunity Foundation of Sonoma CountyConservation AllianceCook InletkeeperThe James M. Cox Jr. FoundationCREDORobert L. Crowell Charitable FundDavis Family FoundationDefenders of WildlifeDewoskin/Roskin FoundationHarriet Ford Dickenson FoundationThe Geraldine R. Dodge FoundationDole Family FoundationEarth Friends Conservation FundThe Educational Foundation of AmericaEMSA Fund, Inc.The Energy FoundationKMTT 103.7 The MountainThe Entrust FundEnvironmental Defense Action FundFaegre & Benson FoundationFairfield County Community FoundationThe Fanwood FoundationFaraway FoundationFerguson Foundation

Fidelity Charitable Gift FundJoseph and Marie Field FoundationFir Tree Fund 2The Flori FoundationFoundation For The CarolinasThe Helen Clay Frick FoundationMichelle and Robert Friend FoundationGames That GiveGibson Family FoundationGlenlaurel InnGlickenhaus FoundationRichard and Rhoda Goldman FundGoodsearchCharles M. and Mary D. Grant FoundationThe Greater Cincinnati FoundationGreenwich Workshop, Inc.The Marc Haas FoundationPhoebe W. Haas Charitable TrustHamill Family FoundationHarder FoundationThe Harding Educational and Charitable FoundationRichard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway FoundationJacob and Terese Hershey FoundationThe William and Flora Hewlett FoundationHirschler Manufacturing, Inc.Huplits Foundation TrustLouis and Jane Jacobson FoundationJenner & Block LLPJewish Communal FundJohnson & Johnson Family of CompaniesJohnson Charitable Gift FundJoyce Green Family FoundationLouis M. and Sally B. Kaplan FoundationKasala FurnitureKendeda FundKenney Brothers Foundation


The Kibler FoundationKrehbiel Family FoundationLaSalle Adams FundThe Lazar FoundationLeupold and Stevens FoundationDavid H. Leuschen FoundationLiving Springs FoundationThe Longview FoundationLubo Fund, Inc.Lyndhurst FoundationSuzan R. Mackler FundThe Marcus FoundationMarisla FoundationThe Mars FoundationMellam Family FoundationR. K. Mellon Family FoundationMerck Family FundMerlin FoundationMiddle Fork River ExpeditionsMinerva FundMontana Import GroupMumford Family FoundationThe Curtis and Edith Munson FoundationNational Center for Conservation Science and PolicyThe Nature ConservancyNew Hampshire Charitable FoundationNew Prospect FoundationThe New-Land Foundation, Inc.The Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc.The October Hill FoundationGeorge L. Ohrstrom Jr. FoundationOrchard FoundationTom and Mary Orsini Fund of The Denver FoundationOverhills FoundationP-Twenty One FoundationThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Panaphil FoundationPatagonia, Inc.The Peixotto TrustPrinceton Area Community FoundationThe Prospect Hill FoundationNina Mason Pulliam Charitable TrustResources Law Group, LLPResources Legacy Fund FoundationZ. Smith Reynolds FoundationThe Rice Family FoundationB. T. Rocca Jr. FoundationRodel FoundationSavitt Family Fund of The Tides FoundationSB FoundationSchaffner Family FoundationSarah I. Schieffelin Residuary TrustSusan and Ford Schumann FoundationMendon F. Schutt Family FundSchwab Charitable FundThe Seattle FoundationThe Shanbrom Family FoundationKate, Bob and Andrew Smith Fund of the Greater Cincinnati FoundationSolberg Manufacturing, Inc.Sidney Stern Memorial TrustThe Stettenheim FoundationStoller Family Charitable Lead Annuity TrustThe James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation FundGeorge B. Storer FoundationStudios ArchitectureSustainable Sourcing, LLCSwimmer Family FoundationSykes Family FoundationTacticsThe Thomas FoundationTortuga FoundationTown Creek Foundation

TSC Foundation, Inc.Turner Foundation, Inc.Jane Smith Turner Foundationvan Itallie Foundation, Inc.Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramGeraldine S. Violett Charitable FoundationWallace Genetic Foundation, Inc.Walt Disney CompanyWilliam W. and Patricia L. Wessinger Fund of the Oregon Community FoundationWest Virginia Highlands ConservancyWhite Pine FundWiancko Charitable FoundationThe William B. Wiener Jr. FoundationWilburforce FoundationThe Wyss Foundation

matching Gifts and Other FundingAdobe SystemsAmgen FoundationBabson Capital Management, LLCBank of America FoundationBristol-Myers Squibb CompanyThe Bullitt FoundationDell Direct Giving CampaignDeutsche Bank Americas FoundationEarth ShareEnCana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc.Ford FoundationCoca-Cola FoundationGE FoundationGeneral Mills FoundationRoll GivingGoldman, Sachs & CompanyGoogleHoneywell Hometown Solutions

JK Group TrusteesJohnson & Johnson Family of CompaniesJustGive.OrgKraft FoodsJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationMerrill Lynch & Co. FoundationMicrosoft CorporationNetwork for GoodPepsiCo FoundationPG&E Corporation FoundationRecreational Equipment, Inc.TisBest PhilanthropyVerizon Foundation

The Robert marshall councilWe are pleased to acknowledge the following individuals who have included The Wilderness Society in their wills or estate plans. The Robert Marshall Council is named for one of our founders, a visionary conservation hero who was the first person to help further our work with a bequest.Anonymous (295)James F. ActonJanet C. and Ronald L. AdamsEric and Audra AdelbergerDr. Mary Virginia AllenDr. David W. AlsopJane Sokolow and Edward A. AmesKay AmosBud and Jackie AndersonMarilu AndersonMarcia Angle and Mark Trustin George and Donna ArbaughBrenda ArmstrongDoris ArnoldKurt AronowMarcy Ashby

Amber AsimeniosGail B. AustinCharles AxlineR. M. BaabMr. and Mrs. James E. BaconRobert D. BaconBetty Jane BaerMilena BaileyRobert BaillieMartha Hatch Balph, In Memory of Robert McConnell HatchTom and Currie BarronDonald Barry and Teiko SaitoEmma M. BartoyDianne G. BatchDavid M. BeanKeith BeanJohn and Ann BeanePhil and Lynn BeedleBeverly S. BenderCharles and Elin BennettBillie Louise BentzenTodd and Betty BerensHoward A. and Dorothy G. BergerSandra BerndtBrian BesserDavid BirknerRobert W. BittnerInez BlackLarry and Constance BlackwoodRobert O. BlakeCol. Kenneth BloodworthCarolyn BluhmBetty BlumenkampMr. and Mrs. Tom BoedingMarjorie BoetterHelen S. BolleJames J. BoockJudy Bradford


Elizabeth BreunigSylvia Brody, Ph.D.Allan and Marilyn BrownAmy C. BrowningJoyce H. and Roland F. BryanMary Catherine BuckDr. William D. BuelMs. Dale BurchJames R. and Denise J. BurchMichael F. BurnsDouglas W. Burton Jr.Pauline B. CampbellLisa C. CaplanArthur CappelloLouise CarneyFrances Chamberlin CarterMargaret D. CarterThomas A. CassillyJohn T. and Theresa D. CederholmRobert and Barbara ChabotYing C. ChangCharles B. ChedseyLuann K. Cheney-SmithSandra and Daniel CiskeDavid B. ClarkLois J. CleworthRobert C. CohenBarbara and Bertram CohnTheodore and Alice CohnMary B. ColeDavid A. CollinsMarcie D. ColpasMelisande Congdon-DoyleAnne and Bill ConnDr. Mary L. ContakosBetty CookeBarbara J. CooperCarol CoppBrian Corey

C. D. CornwellAnne M. CowanJohn L. CoyierFrank Gary CromAl and Yvonne CullenBethia S. CurrieNeil W. CurrieGuy E. DahmsSali T. DaltonBenjamin DavisBrenda and Swep DavisNancy DavlantesEdward and Sherry Ann DaytonJon DeakSusan DiazWilliam T. DickersonMr. and Mrs. James G. DillonSylvia Ruth DillonMichael DiMennaWesley E. and Sophie G. DirksFrank Discenza Jr. and Regina DiscenzaLorraine W. DittaMartin DodgeHarry L. DodsonMr. and Mrs. Robert W. DolanDorothy L. DouglassAnn H. DownerJules H. DruckerMichael Dryfoos and Ilga JansonsCarol J. DulaneyDon DumelowPaul L. Dunklee Fund Arthur DusdallMr. and Mrs. James P. DwyerMargo and George EarleyJennifer EdenProfessor Ernest EdwardsDr. Norman L. EggerWilliam J. Ehmann

To Help Protect Alaska, Robert Bacon Wrote The Wilderness Society into His Will

Like many Wilderness Society members, Robert Bacon is a generous contributor because of our reputation as a tenacious defender of Alaska’s natural wonders. Besides making annual donations, the Oakland attorney has included The Wilderness Society in his will.

Bacon’s interest in the state began after he had graduated from Stanford (in three years) and from King Hall School of Law at the University of California-Davis. “I applied for clerkships in appellate courts and received an offer from the Alaska Supreme Court, so I set off, sight unseen, for Anchorage,” he recalls.

After that one-year clerkship was over, in 1977, the West Virginia native obtained a similar position with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. “Then I had the opportunity to return to Alaska,

and I couldn’t resist,” Bacon says. He spent 12 more years there, first on the staff of the Appellate Courts and then as an assistant attorney general.

In 1982 he joined The Wilderness Society, and he attended the opening of our Anchorage office. “I was impressed by The Wilderness Society’s professionalism and its focus on public lands, rather than trying to be all things to all people,” he says. “I liked the fact that there were economists on staff, and I felt that the group’s effectiveness was illustrated by the degree of venom expressed in places such as the Anchorage Times’ editorial page.” He often wrote letters to the editor and comments on draft environmental impact statements issued by federal agencies.

Despite his love of Alaska lands, Bacon took a job in California’s Public Defender Office in 1990. “I eventually figured out that defending people sentenced to death was what I was supposed to be doing because I knew the law and opposed the death penalty,” he explains. (Alaska does not have the death penalty.) After six years with the state public defender, he set up his own practice, focusing on such cases. He is active in the Unitarian Universalist Church, which is a leader in social justice ministries.

A cross-country skier, hiker, and photographer, Bacon manages to get back to Alaska for a week of vacation most years. Thanks to those trips, as well as station wagon travel as a youngster and other outings, he believes he has visited about half of the 58 full-fledged national parks. “Since I can’t be out there protecting these wonderful places,” he says, “I salve my conscience by writing a check to The Wilderness Society to represent me.”


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Ms. Mim EisenbergC. EllimanBenton ElliottDaphne ElliottBarbara E. EllisLinda Jo EllisFrances B. ElstonHoward Ennes Jr.Steven G. ErwoodDr. B. B. EshbaughDonna EstevesDave EvansWilliam D. Evers, Esq.Phyllis Falconer

Elizabeth A. FeldhusenMarla A. FergusonFrancesco FerraroDarrell F. FienupArthur L. FinnLouis M. FiorentinoB. E. FisherMrs. Joseph L. FisherJoAnn W. FlockJohn J. FlorethDr. Gunther S. Fonken and Ms. Agnes HughesPaul J. FoxMr. and Mrs. Charles E. Frank

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. FrankeHelene FrankelBarbara J. FraserDr. Avery FreedLeona B. FreistMary Anne FreyerArthur FryDr. Virginia S. FurrowMarie L. GaillardSarah F. GainesChristopher D. GatesH. F. GehrlachEletha E. GerberJohn W. GintellThelma GinzlerEliot Girsang and Richard WilsonScott and Nadine GoetzDr. and Mrs. John L. GrahamFredianne GrayJohn GrayMacBryan Green, M.D.Margaret S. GregoryEdna GrenlieChristine L. Dickey and Stephen L. GriffithNina B. GriswoldMerlin GroffSharyn GroslynGayle HackamackWilliam B. HaleJonathan B. HalesDavid Edward and Nancy Mullen HallJulie and Parker HallMark HalleeNatalie W. HalpinFelicity HammerJohn S. Hand, Ph.D.Russ and Patty HannonHarvey A. Hansen

Lynne W. HansenDavid and Eileen HardyPollyana HarmonMr. and Mrs. Roger J. HarmonMiriam Harris, Ph.D.Jessie M. HarrisSusan K. HarrisDr. John H. HarveyDoris HaskellGeorgina HasneyDeeAnn A. HastChristine B. HayesGerhard D. HeiterDeWitt J. HendersonT. HenneforthEric and Sylvie HenningRobert W. HewittEva HigginsS. M. HighbergerMary Lou L. HillMr. and Mrs. Wendell P. HillJeffrey and Rebecca HimslEdward HoaglandDr. Leroy G. HolubDr. Ian HoodAmanda W. HopkinsPerry Y. HopkinsH. W. HoppMr. and Mrs. William HornMary B. HorneJames H. and Sherry P. HubbardDr. Morton W. HuberL. Barrie and Shirley HuntWilliam P. JacksonJacques F. JacobsonGraham A. JamiesonMoreau Jansky ParsonsTim and Jan JaskoskiAllen Jefferis

Dr. and Mrs. Louis K. JensenLucie JohnsC. G. and Linda JohnsonDenny JohnsonKristine JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Mark JohnstonDr. Nelson JonesDr. Warren R. Jones and Mrs. Janet B. JonesThomas J. JoyceJay M. JulianPhyllis F. and Roy E. KadleRuth Gannett KahnJean M. KaneDorothy S. KanehlKevin A. KarlBarbara O. KeetonAnne KelemenWilliam B. KellyDr. James S. KeyRobert and Jane KiblerSharon A. KilloughBrad M. KingMrs. William F. Kirsch Jr.John Michael KittrossJosephine W. KixmillerPaul C. KlahrSusan C. KleinJean KlotzbachMr. and Mrs. William E. KnoxJohn and Ruth KolvasE. A. KomczykKay KoplovitzMargaret KornfeilDavid Korr and Jessica FrankenEugene V. and Lenore M. KossoBetty J. KrakerDr. Robert L. KrielMr. H. William Kuni


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

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

For more information regarding The Wilderness Society, Earth Share, or workplace giving, please contact The Society’s Membership Services Department at 1-800-The-Wild or [email protected].

Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. KurzKathy L. KuyperRobert KvaasGreg A. La FortuneJon C. LafleurVirginia A. LamarcheJane LaporteMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. LarsonCatherine L. LathamDrs. Richard L. and Frances M. LatterellDr. Louis F. LawrenceMrs. Fred F. LawsonKirk LawtonDr. and Mrs. Guy W. Leadbetter Jr.Tom and Barbara LeggatDr. Steven H. Leifheit and Pamela HaleDr. and Mrs. Rolf W. Lemp Joan LeversDr. Lynn LevittB. J. LewisLinda A. LewisMary L. LewisVivian R. LiddellBen Liles Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert LindstromJoan C. LinduskyCarol T. LinnigStephen and Kathleen LinowskiNina LiuMrs. M. H. LockMr. and Mrs. Melvin LockwoodRuth LofgrenAnn LowryCaroline LowsmaDayton LummisLarry LundbergMary J. LundellJames MacfaddenLawrence R. and Helen Jane Mack

R. MamulaJoanne ManowayC. L. MarshallHarry A. Marshall, IIIDavid A. MartinHoward and Fay MarxCindy MarzolfRobert M. MasonHelen MattinNancy M. MayerUrsula MayerEdmund E. McCannLawrance H. McClungAnn McDonaldElizbeth Taillon McFeeMr. and Mrs. Harry G. McGavran Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. McGradyJohn G. McInnisNancy McLachlinDon McNabbMary M. McPhersonDeanna L. MechenskyG. A. MelnickBrenda MelsteinGeorge and Judith MercerDon Mercill and Pari L. MorseBetty MeyerKay E. MeyerGrace MichaelsEd MillerDr. Edward D. Miller and Ms. Kathleen MilllerJohn E. MillerJohn J. B. MillerLeslie MillerMargaret MillerPatricia L. MinnickClaire W. MooersDr. James A. Morris

Robert H. MosherConstance MounceAnn M. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. MurrayRoss MurrayOlga P. NajachtRuth H. NeffDarby and Geri NelsonMark Nelson and Connie KrummrichKatherine M. NessSusan Niles and Paul SchirmerFlorence C. NorstromEdward W. NortonJan K. and Judith E. NovakLois I. NowakDorothy and Alan ObreGerald Orcholski and James A. PhillipsKathryn A. OrdwayJohn and Gloria OsbergRobbie OxnardDiane PacePatricia A. PackerMarsha E. PalitzDeborah E. PalmerHenry ParkerMary Webster ParkerMrs. Raymond D. ParkerRegina B. PascheLucile B. PatrickCynthia C. PayneIn Memory of David and Moolah PearlmutterJerold PearsonRobert and Madeline PendergrassDr. Theresa PerenichDottie PerryPolly PerryJ. Henry PetersCraig M. Peterson, Ph.D.

John D. PickelmanPatricia PiephoGail PigeonDr. and Mrs. Richard S. PlankNancy and Robert PlaxicoMr. and Mrs. Edwin PollockPhyllis J. PolumboGerald and Barbara PorterMyrna Barbara PototskyNancy and Ben G. M. PriestAlice F. PrimroseMs. Susan PuderFreda-Wood PurvisL. S. PyleDr. Carolyn S. QuinnH. Richard RandallJames McChesney RansonSandra RascheMr. and Mrs. Philip B. ReinhartMaryann ReisGail F. ReissenKathleen Elyse Schmidt RenquistMr. and Mrs. Cleo J. Richard Marie W. RidderRuth RobinsonMary and Gaylan RockswoldLinda C. Roesner and Edward H. RoesnerMark RohlingEdmond M. and Phyllis RootMary L. RosczykF. D. RoseKenneth A. RosvoldVictoria RoyJohn L. Rundle Jr.Douglas M. RuthardtDr. and Mrs. Dante SaleraMr. and Mrs. Nathaniel SaltonstallJaya Salzman

Jean SandersElizabeth A. SartorMr. and Mrs. Gerard SchaeferGloria G. and Karl F. SchlaepferHelen L. SchneiderElizabeth C. SchoeberleinEllen Marshall ScholleCurtis SchuppeEleanor Nadler SchwartzDr. James Scott and Dr. Heidi FleischmannDr. Adolph M. SegalMrs. Henry M. ShaferNorma G. ShawMax and Nadia ShepardRobert ShultzHarold and June SiebertAnn B. SimpsonBeverly L. SimpsonCharles and Mary SinclairSandra K. SkaggsThomas A. SkerryDavid D. SkryjaMarcia L. SlatkinNancy Slocum HornickAnthony M. SmithErnestine I. SmithIan J. SmithJohn R. SmithSuzanne SnowPeter A. SoriaEdward SpaldingMr. Lynn SpensleyDr. Nicholas SperelakisDr. Dennis SpitzJames and Dolores SpragueM. G. SpringerBarbara St. GeorgeWest Stache


Jennifer and Edmund A. Stanley Jr.Dr. Kent L. SteckmesserSteven R. StegnerGary StevensDr. Marion B. Stewart and Ms. Marcia GlanzRobert G. StineBarbara R. StinsonEleanor H. StoddardRuth StormsVi StrainElaine StrassburgerGeorgene StratmanJoanna SturmSheila R. Suarez and John SuarezGlen V. SwegleKaren J. SwopeM. G. SzetelaKaren P. ThomasBette ThompsonMr. and Mrs. H. Keith TiedemannRobert TolfreeL. Diane TompkinsRobert R. TrautJoyce TullockSamuel E. TumaDr. and Mrs. Andrew L. TurnerMr. and Mrs. Howard TuttleJohn H. TylerDr. and Mrs. David C. Ulmer Jr.F. R. Van Den DriesSarita Van VleckAbigail P. van AlstynePaulette VartabedianH. J. Velsor Jr.Dr. Nancy VerberMr. Van R. VibberMr. and Mrs. Voegeli

Bethany LeBlanc credits her mother for instilling a conservation ethic that has helped make LeBlanc a leader of sustainability efforts at State Street, the Boston-based financial services giant born in 1792. She began by volunteering with the Food Project, which teaches inner-city teenagers about sustainable growing and the advantages of local food. Last year she collaborated with ING’s green team to launch a farmer’s market that brought local food to the companies’ 2,500 employees. LeBlanc also organized a kickball tournament that raised more than $2000 for the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and its Gulf oil spill clean-up efforts.

For these and other efforts as a volunteer on the Employee Environmental Sustainability Committee, she recently received State Street’s Global Outreach Excellence Award. She was not the only winner; LeBlanc selected The Wilderness Society to receive $1500 from State Street on her behalf.

“I am very concerned about the threats posed to wild places, especially by oil drilling and logging, so it made sense to name The Wilderness Society,” explained the project analyst, who also has been named State Street’s Environmental Sustainability Champion of the Year. She receives our regular

WildAlerts, keeping her informed of such issues.

LeBlanc’s gift illustrates the creative ways that people are helping The Wilderness Society protect America’s land and wildlife for future generations. Will Field of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, asked those invited to his Bar Mitzvah to consider a contribution to The Wilderness Society in lieu of a present for him, and so far more than 25 generous contributions have arrived.

Will may be the youngest member in our 76-year history. When he was five, his parents hosted a Wilderness Society party, with President William H. Meadows in attendance. (Will’s father, David, is on our Governing Council.) “I snuck into the party and was very impressed by what Mr. Meadows had to say,” Will recalls, “so I went back upstairs, emptied the $10 in my piggy bank, and gave it to him.” That made him a member. The youngster became devoted to the outdoors mainly through family trips to Colorado. “The Wilderness Society was an obvious choice for my Bar Mitzvah gifts because it represents everything I believe in.”

Another teenager who helped The Wilderness Society, in her case as part of a Bat Mitzvah, is Carley Rose Dorsey of Evergreen, Colorado. “I love nature, especially animals,” Carley says. So she designed a logo and tag line (“Love it, let’s fix it”) and put them on tee shirts and bracelets. She donated all the money she received from sales of these items to The Wilderness Society.

“Carley came to our Denver office during the holiday season last December and presented us with a generous check,” recalls Nada Culver, a lawyer who is friends with the Dorseys. “In February we received another contribution. She’s a great kid with a big heart.”

“There are all kinds of ways to support the work that we do,” observes Senior Vice President Paula Wolferseder Yabar. “A few months ago we received a contribution in memory of a member’s beloved dog, and professional snowboarder Forrest Shearer designated a $2,000 donation to us from one of his sponsors, Tactics.” If you would like to discuss an idea, contact Robin Hickman: 202-429-2603 or [email protected].

Gifts Come in All Kinds of Packages


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Jordan VoelkerDonald A. VogelHelen E. VogtPhyllis M. VogtFred F. WadsworthJames R. WagnerPriscilla L. WaiteJoseph and Carol WaldnerBilly C. and Jo Ann L. Wallace Judge E. WallaceRobert WallaceJudy A. WarnerAimee M. WatersR. D. WatsonKendrick C. WebbDr. and Mrs. Edward C. WeberMarshall M. WeinbergJim E. WeinelDarrell G. WellsSally WellsCharles H. and Salome S. WellsMr. and Mrs. Jack WestCynthia S. WestermanGladys P. WestmanGinia Davis WexlerSue WhanAnna WheelockRoger B. WhiteJames R. WhitefieldPhyllis Whitney TaborEdward B. WhitneyCharles Tucker WilkinsonAnn Byers WilleRoger M. WilliamsThomas D. WilliamsMichael Owen WillsonGail Wilson and Tim ArchibaldMr. and Mrs. Donald Winston IIMr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Winston

Susan WoehrlinRichard W. and Lynn D. WoerpelBarry H. WolfMichael N. WoodSteven Woodbury and Ann BauerProfessor Herbert E. WrightReverend and Mrs. Roger G. WrigleyThomas C. YeomanMargaret YoungMr. and Mrs. Ralph A. ZahnKristina G. ZeaDenise Zembryki and Ronald MamajekBen ZuckermanBorys Zukowski and Stephanie Korcyn-Zukowski

BequestsWe are deeply honored and grateful to acknowledge gifts received during fiscal year 2010 from the estates of the following individuals:Anonymous (1)Earl P. and Olive S. AndrewsHerman J. AstDorothy W. BellL. Edward BevinsPauline BillDr. David A. BurtonJeannette A. CabeenGeorgia F. CaveDale H. ChampionKatherine R. ClementEvelyn G. DaviesOpal W. and M. Cecil DavisRobert D. DeetsCarolyn S. DejanikusJane C. Dirks-Edmunds, Ph.D.Nelson C. Doland Jr. in memory of Jayne S. Doland, and Ethel S. and Nelson C. Doland Sr.

Ruth W. FieldsJudith B. FrankelMelvin H. FriedmanHelen M. FruthJean D. GalkinRuth H. GeffersSuzanne GilbertBarbara K. GirdlerAvis S. GoodwinRalph and Dorothy Graham Memorial FundMarie E. GreubelMary T. GriessenThomas A. GriffinGrace Cooper HarrisonMarvelle A. HerbsterOuida Mundy Hill Memorial FundFlorence M. HoehneEstelle Marie HoweCarol InbergChristine E. JacobsMary Louise JonesGrace C. KirshnerRuth P. Shellhorn KueserDr. S. Marie KuhnenDr. Harriet J. KupfererBertha A. LewisMildred A. LillisRobert R. LindenGuy F. Lipscomb Jr.Helen C. McCabeDr. Barbara McEwenElla H. MedwinElise R. MeehanDaniel D. MorrillHelen W. NewmanSpaulding A. NorrisBarbara A. PowellElizabeth H. Prather

Barbara J. RaskinHarry D. and Mary L. ReberBonnie M. RhodesVivian K. RyanDavid RyninRuth M. SampsonGeorge V. and Jean A. SmithLois J. SmithAlice L. SpenglerGrace C. StebbinsMary P. StegnerVeda SternMary I. StevensonRebecca B. StickneyMalia StromquistCatherine V. von SchonDorothy B. WebberMaurice and Marion WestoverWinifred S. WhiteAlice L. WilliamsHerbert L. and Doris S. YoungHenry and Susanne Zimpelmann

contributed Services and in-Kind GiftsBaker & Botts, LLPBreckenridge BreweryCascade Loop Scenic HighwayDavid ChurchillEnvironmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.Faegre & Benson, LLPJenner & Block LLPKCTS 9KMTT 103.7 The MountainLisk and Rowe GalleryKevin LuzakMazama Country InnSusan Mowrey

North Central Washington Economic Development DistrictNorth Cascades InstituteNorth Cascades National ParkREISeattle WeeklySun Mountain Lodge

Photography:Jason K. BachBob Christensen Sam CoxDon DaileyJohn DittliBob DonnanLincoln ElseJohn FielderPat GainesBill HodgeAnne HamerskyRobert Glenn KetchumKent MillerSasha NelsonBecky NourseAlan SchmiererWendy ShattilBill SwindamanTom TillY.M.C.A. BOLD


On Solid Ground: Financial SummaryBecause of the recession, fiscal year 2010 was a challenge for most nonprofits. All of us had to tend our contributions and investments even more carefully than usual, while putting as much funding as possible toward our missions. The Wilderness Society met that challenge, making notable progress in protecting the lands that belong to all Americans.

Our capital reserves and endowment investments are at all-time highs, totaling $25.6 million. This is due to generous pledges in 2009 by donors who were able to increase their giving significantly despite the economic downturn. Meanwhile, unrestricted net assets from operations increased by $568,000. In addition, we managed spending wisely, so expenses in 2010 were lower than they were in 2008, enabling us to add funds to our reserves. Expenditures for program were 82 percent of total expenses in 2010 and 79 percent in 2009.

Our revenues were $12.2 million less in 2010 than in 2009. While this appears troubling, that gap is almost entirely attributable to one pledge received in 2009 to be used over three years. This pledge was recorded as temporarily restricted income to be moved into unrestricted income over the life of the gift.


Fiscal Year 2010 Expenses

REVENUES ASSETS NET ASSETS

2008 2009 2010

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2010

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If you would like to receive a copy of our audited financial statements, or if you have any questions about this overview or The Wilderness Society, please contact us at:

The Wilderness SocietyAttn: Membership Services

1615 M Street, NW • Washington, DC 20036-3209E-mail: [email protected] or visit: http://wilderness.org/about-us/annual-report

Statements of Financial Position (Fiscal years ended September 30) 2010 2009 2008 Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 579,859 $ 1,442,778 $ 1,318,284 Accounts and contributions receivable 10,522,057 12,545,623 9,765,043 Investments 25,581,858 20,630,169 17,209,557 Planned giving investments 5,703,670 5,731,044 6,417,854 Long-term receivables 663,297 5,082,819 6,095,243 Beneficial interest in assets held by others 7,190,283 7,168,444 6,340,283 Prepaid and other assets 899,168 562,191 551,988 Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements (net) 2,012,387 2,334,293 2,335,318 Total assets $ 53,152,579 $ 55,497,361 $ 50,033,570 Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 3,282,266 $ 2,904,544 $ 3,252,730 Capitlal Lease Obligation 19,453 39,268 171,094 Custodial funds 26,030 26,030 26,030 Deferred rent 105,378 235,358 446,837 Planned giving liabilities 3,196,300 3,495,372 3,776,872 6,629,427 6,700,572 7,673,563 Net Assets Unrestricted 8,071,666 7,072,978 5,963,707 Temporarily restricted 27,131,089 30,459,242 25,284,903 Permanently restricted 11,320,397 11,264,569 11,111,397 46,523,152 48,796,789 42,360,007 Total liabilities and net assets $ 53,152,579 $ 55,497,361 $ 50,033,570

Statements of Activities Revenues Individuals $ 11,909,951 $ 26,160,097 $ 16,976,002 Foundations 7,803,470 6,004,290 6,979,435 Corporations 633,852 372,385 909,731 Total contributions 20,347,273 32,536,772 24,865,168 Investment income 361,127 698,753 533,044 Other 1,886,519 1,353,480 652,827 Total revenues 22,594,919 34,589,005 26,051,039 expenses Program Services Conservation projects 18,603,273 17,556,328 17,810,909 Public education 5,531,832 5,213,443 3,747,813 24,135,105 22,769,771 21,558,722 Support services Membership 2,320,143 2,516,565 4,607,209 Development 1,584,533 1,883,328 3,215,333 Total fundraising 3,904,676 4,399,893 7,822,542 Management and general 1,604,523 1,474,646 1,459,330 5,509,199 5,874,539 9,281,872 Total expenses 29,644,304 28,644,310 30,840,594 change in net assets from operations (7,049,385) 5,944,695 (4,789,555) Gains (losses) from investments and other changes 2,600,408 1,433,630 (5,794,137) Change in value of split-interest agreements 2,696,238 (894,582) (2,494,943) Other changes in net assets (520,898) (46,961) (4,560) change in net assets (2,273,637) 6,436,782 (13,083,195) Beginning net assets 48,796,789 42,360,007 55,443,202 ending net assets $ 46,523,152 $ 48,796,789 $ 42,360,007



Governing CouncilEdward A. Ames, Riverdale, NY

James R. Baca, Albuquerque, NM

Thomas A. Barron, Boulder, CO

Richard Blum, San Francisco, CA

David Bonderman, Fort Worth, TX*

Crandall Bowles, Charlotte, NC

William M. Bumpers, Cabin John, MD

Majora Carter, Bronx, NY

Bethine Church, Boise, ID

Bertram J. Cohn, New York, NY

William J. Cronon, Ph.D., Madison, WI, Vice Chair*

Brenda S. Davis, Ph.D., Bozeman, MT*

Christopher J. Elliman, New York, NY

Joseph H. Ellis, Cornwall, CT

David J. Field, Gladwyne, PA

George T. Frampton, New York, NY

Jerry F. Franklin, Ph.D., Issaquah, WA

David Getches, Boulder, CO

Caroline M. Getty, Corona Del Mar, CA

Reginald “Flip” Hagood, Washington, DC

Marcia Kunstel, Jackson, WY, Secretary*

Kevin Luzak, New York, NY, Treasurer*

Michael A. Mantell, Sacramento, CA

Dave Matthews, Charlottesville, VA

Molly McUsic, Chevy Chase, MD, Vice Chair*

Heather Kendall Miller, Anchorage, AK

Scott A. Nathan, Boston, MA

Jaime Pinkham, St. Paul, MN

Rebecca L. Rom, Edina, MN

Theodore Roosevelt IV, New York, NY

Patrick L. Smith, Arlee, MT

Cathy Douglas Stone, Boston, MA

Sara Vera, Seattle, WA

Douglas Walker, Seattle, WA, Chair*

Christina Wong, Tempe, AZ

Hansjörg Wyss, West Chester, PA*

* member of Executive Committee

Honorary CouncilFrances G. Beinecke, Bronx, NY

Robert O. Blake, Washington, DC

Gilman Ordway, Wilson, WY

Charles Wilkinson, Boulder, CO

President’s CouncilGail Austin, Georgetown, KY

Allan and Marilyn Brown, Portola Valley, CA

Frances Chamberlin Carter, Green Valley, AZ

David* and Barbara Churchill, Bethesda, MD

Stewart and Judith Colton, Short Hills, NJ

Anne R. Conn, Seattle, WA

Margo Earley, Mount Hood, OR

James and Margaret Ellsworth, Mill Valley, CA

Chris and Margot Enbom, San Anselmo, CA

Dan Flickinger, Seattle, WA

Rick Flory and Lee Robert, Paradise Valley, AZ

Ed Groark, McLean, VA

Ann Harvey, Wilson, WY

Gerald and Lena Hirschler, Kirkland, WA

Jeffrey Kenner, New York, NY

Michael and Ann Loeb, New York, NY

Henry D. Lord, New Haven, CT

Patrick and Sandy Martin, Evanston, IL

Janice Miller, Pacific Palisades, CA

Priscilla Natkins, Scarsdale, NY

Diane Parish and Paul Gelburd, Sausalito, CA

Nancy Plaxico, Annapolis, MD

Gaylan Rockswold, M.D., Ph.D., Minneapolis, MN

Carl and Jan Siechert, Pasadena, CA

Robin Stebbins, Ph.D., Silver Spring, MD

Ted and Penny Thomas, Princeton, NJ

Andrew Turner, Ph.D. and Barbara Turner, Seattle, WA

Marshall Hackett Whiting and Richard Arnold, Telluride, CO

Edward B. Whitney, New York, NY

Eleanor and Frederick M. Winston, Wayzata, MN

Marsha M. Zelus, Carmel, CA

* Chair of the President’s Council

StaffWilliam H. Meadows, President

Frederick L. Silbernagel III, Senior VP (Finance & Administration)

Amy Vedder, Senior VP (Conservation)

Paula Wolferseder Yabar, Senior VP (Membership, Marketing & Development)

Communications and MarketingJane Taylor, Vice President

Laura Bailey, Bennett H. Beach, Lisa Dare, Emily Diamond-Falk, Jennifer Dickson, Ted Fickes, Andrea Imler, Brenda Kane, Kathy Kilmer, Annette Kondo, Christopher Lancette, David Madison, Neil Shader, Jennifer Stephens, Kitty Thomas, Tashia Tucker, Jared White

ExecutiveMandy DeVine, Leslie Jones (General Counsel), Linda Saunders Smith, Kathleen Welsch

FinanceAshford Chancelor, Vice President

Ray Boyer, David Conley, Gina Even, Sharon Hess, Julie Hogan, Diane Jackson, Maria Saponara, Stacey Terry

Membership and DevelopmentCorinne Abbott, Heather Addison, Maura Sullivan Biasi, Sean Bowie, Cullen Brady, Kristina Brownlee, Moira Chapin, Mary Dennis, Sheila Dennis, Lisa Diekmann, Jennifer Donahue, Amanda Eisen, Jodie Goldberg, Meredith Gower, Robin Hickman, Betty Holmes, Luciana Honigman, William Klass, Julie

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OperationsLisa L. Loehr, Vice President

Gerald Arthur, Anita Godfrey, Patricia Holmes, Caranda Julius, Djonggi Lubis, Terry New, Emily Rogers

Public LandsAnn J. Morgan, Vice President

Jon Belak, Nada Wolff Culver, Alex Daue, Pamela Eaton, Benjamin Friedman, Phillip Hanceford, Ti Hays, Joshua Hicks, Margie Linskey, Paul Sanford, Juli Slivka, Vera Smith, Jane Steadman

Public PolicyMelanie Beller, Vice President

David Alberswerth, M’Shae Alderman, Cecilia Clavet, Liese Dureau Dart, Nevena Djurdjevic, Michael Francis, Jessica Goad, Chase Huntley, J. P. Leous, Anne M. Merwin, David Moulton, Alan Rowsome, Louise Tucker

Regional ConservationSara Barth, Vice President

Bob Ekey, Assistant Vice President (Northwest)

Leanne Klyza Linck, Assistant Vice President (East)

Melyssa Watson, Assistant Vice President (Southwest)

Anna Wlodarczyk; ALASKA: Nicole Whittington-Evans (Director), Lois Epstein, Karen Hardigg, Connie Quinley, Lydia Olympic, Austin Williams; CALIFORNIA/NEVADA: Dan Smuts (Director), Bryce Esch,

Richard Fairbanks, Samuel Goldman, Sally Miller, Daniel Rossman, Stanley Van Velsor; COLORADO: Suzanne Jones (Director), Camille Bright-Smith, Barbara Hawke, Soren Jespersen, Steve Smith; UTAH: Julie Mack (Director), Steve Knox; IDAHO: Craig Gehrke (Director), Brenda Bielke, Bradley Brooks, John McCarthy; NORTHEAST: Ben Rose (Director), Brian Gagnon, Mary Krueger, Jeremy Sheaffer; NORTHERN ROCKIES: Peter Aengst (Director), Megan Birzell, Scott Brennan, Anne Carlson, Jennifer Ferenstein, Janelle Holden, Steff Kessler, Anne Rockhold; PACIFIC NORTHWEST: Peter Dykstra (Director), Julianne Bukey, Kathleen Craig, Bob Freimark, Cynthia Wilkerson; SOUTHEAST: Brent Martin (Director), Jill Gottesman; SOUTHWEST: Michael Casaus (Director), Zoe Krasney; WILDERNESS SUPPORT CENTER: Jeremy Garncarz (Director), Ryan Bidwell, Michael Carroll, Michael Costello, Melissa Giacchino, Matt Keller, Bart Koehler, Nicole Layman, Lindsey Levick, Michael Quigley, Paul Spitler, Jeff Widen

ResearchSpencer Phillips, Vice President

H. Michael Anderson, Greg Aplet, Travis Belote, Jennifer Boggs, Michele Crist, Matthew Dietz, John Gallo, Michelle A. Haefele, Dawn Hartley, Evan Hjerpe, Ann Ingerson, Joe Kerkvliet, Wendy Loya, Stephanie McAfee, Peter McKinley, Pete Morton, Christine Soliva, Janice Thomson, Mark Wilbert, Bo Wilmer, Ryan Wilson

Regional Offices

Alaska705 Christensen DriveAnchorage, Alaska 99501907-272-9453

Pacific Northwest720 Third Ave. (#1800)Seattle, WA 98104206-624-6430

California655 Montgomery St. (#1000)San Francisco, CA 94111415-398-1111

Northern Rockies503 W. MendenhallBozeman, MT 59715406-586-1600

Idaho950 W. Bannock St. (#602)Boise, ID 83702208-343-8153

Colorado1660 Wynkoop St. (#850)Denver, CO 80202303-650-5818

Utah1055 East 200, SouthSalt Lake City, UT 84102 801-355-8504

New Mexico 600 Central Ave. (#237)Albuquerque, NM 87102505-247-0834

Northeast9 Union St. (3rd floor)Hallowell, ME 04347207-626-5553

Southeast563 W. Main St. (#1)Sylva, NC 28779828-587-9453

Wilderness Support Center1309 E. 3rd Ave. (# 36)Durango, CO 81301 970-247-8788

Annual ReportEditor: Bennett H. Beach

Photo Editor: Lisa Dare

Design: Amanda Davies, amandalynndavies.com

TREES SAVED

This report was printed on Mohawk Options paper, which is made entirely of 100% post-consumer-waste recycled fiber and is produced with 100% wind power. Using this paper instead of virgin stock produced with fossil fuel-based electricity saved 22 fully grown trees and 7 million BTUs of energy. Selection of this paper, which is certified by Smartwood to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), also prevented the creation of 2,106 pounds of greenhouse gases and 616 pounds of solid waste. Environmental impact estimates were made using the Environmental Defense Fund Paper Calculator (www.papercalculator.org).

Page 3 photography credits: Brad Niva: © www.wildrogue.com, Rebecca W. Mahurin: © Kelly Gorham, Roger Osorio: © Bill Hodge, Katie Gibson: © Scott Bischke

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Front Cover: Mountain goats at Glacier National Park. © Art Wolfe/www.artwolfe.comBack Cover: Bob Marshall Wilderness. © Jeff L. Fox

FORESTby david matthews

How would i explain a forest toSomeone who has never been in one –The trees and the wind thru them,The birds and their songs andTheir acrobatic flight about the branches.The smell of the last time andThe time before and the time beforeThat, that i was in the woods. TheSound and the silence. The peaceAnd the crunch of the leaves and the branchesOn the snow. The sound of a stream orA woodpecker or a squirrel disappearing.And the trees reaching up and upAnd up to gather the sun and turnLight to air, to jigsaw the moonlit winterSky. The trees like a fortress for the naturalWorld. What if i could not take mychildren for a walk in the woods.

Documents

The Wilderness Society 2010 Annual Report