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NEW MEXICO
YEAR IN REVIEW 2018
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS
OF CONSERVATION
IN NEW MEXICO
40 YEARS OF GROWTH AND EVOLUTION
Thanks to you, we have accomplished so much over the past 40 years. Here’s a look at our collective
accomplishments with our many partners—and there is still so much more to be done.
The Nature Conservancy
in New Mexico WHAT WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE WILL DO
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Julia Peters, Santa Fe, Chair
Carrie Freeman, Corrales, Vice Chair
DEAR FRIENDS, Protect an additional
Zach Ives, Albuquerque, Secretary
Bill Feinberg, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and El Paso, TX, Treasurer We are rapidly approaching the 40th anniversary of our New Mexico Chapter. Looking back over our conservation 1,000,000
John Massopust, Santa Fe, Global Ambassador accomplishments of the past four decades, it is gratifying to see that our program has shown both a tremendous
410 firefighters 325,000 acres of land
© Alan Eckert Photography
© Blake Gordon
Deanna Archuleta, Albuquerque continuity of purpose and the ability to strategically innovate.
150 jobs created acres
© Mary Huffman/TNC
James E. Butcher, Santa Fe trained through Prescribed
Devon Fooks, Albuquerque A prime example of our persistence is our work on the Gila River, where we first started negotiations to purchase Fire Training Exchanges prepared for
Phil Haworth, Santa Fe
Ben Maddox, Arroyo Seco
property in 1979. Forty years later, we are managing tens of thousands of acres of land and five miles of the river treatment Plant 300
at our Gila Riparian Preserve.
trees
© Credit
Bob Moss, Santa Fe
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Tom Myers, Hillsboro
©Flora Hurteau
Trudy O’Toole, Santa Fe
Our chapter has had a profound, tangible and lasting impact both in and beyond New Mexico through successes in the Albuquerque
Chris Stagg, Taos Ski Valley such as the acquisition of the 220,000-acre Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, the purchase of the 320,000-acre metro area
Tom Swetnam, Jemez Springs Gray Ranch, and the protection of the 50,000-acre Rancho El Uno in Chihuahua, Mexico.
NEW MEXICO ANNUAL REPORT 2018
Henk van der Werff, Taos
Our innovations include the Rio Grande Water Fund, a collaborative project that will impact 600,000 acres of Restore
© Alan Eckert Photography
600,000
EMERITUS TRUSTEES
131,000 acres
© Erika Nortemann/TNC
forest in northern New Mexico, and our ambitious Albuquerque conservation program, where we are engaging
Robert Efroymson, Santa Fe
Susan McGreevy, Santa Fe
and inspiring youth and planting trees to keep neighborhoods cool and reduce air pollution.
restored with thinning 53 river miles conserved acres
© Alan Eckert Photography
STAFF We are grateful to you for making this conservation work possible. None of our successes would have been possible and controlled burning of forest through
©Laura McCarthy/TNC
Steven Bassett, GIS Program Manager without your generous ongoing support. Partner the Rio Grande
Anne Bradley, Forest Program Director
Martha Cooper, Southwest New Mexico Field Representative Thank you, with 100 Water Fund
Ariel De La Rosa, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer Rio Grande Water Fund
Robert Findling, Director of Land Protection & Stewardship
141 signatories by 2020
c) Bud Ellison, Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
Alberto Granados, Finance Specialist
Collin Haffey, Conservation Manager
Terry Sullivan, State Director
partners
Jackie Hall, Director of Philanthropy we work with
Sarah Hurteau, Albuquerque Urban Program Director to achieve
Laura McCarthy, Associate State Director 1.5 million 6,250 students
© Chris Helzer/TNC
ON THE COVER Abiquiú, NM © MissionPositive/iStock; THIS PAGE left to right Terry Sullivan © Alan Eckert Photography; Rocky Mountain
conservation Create more livable
© Dave Lauridsen
© Dave Lauridsen
Rachel Meier, Conservation Information Manager Youth Corp members © Jackie Hall/TNC; OPPOSITE PAGE left to right top row Prescribed burn © Mary Huffman/TNC; Conservation Canine
acres of land
program © Karine Aigner; Ponderosa Pine in Jemez © Alan Eckert Photography; Tree planting © Flora Hurteau; Malpai Borderlands © Blake
7 preserves reached through communities for
© iStockphoto
Priscilla Ornelas, Senior Director of Finance & Operations
protected
Natalie Sommer, Marketing Manager
Terry Sullivan, State Director
Gordon; middle row Jemez forest © Alan Eckert Photography; San Juan River © Erika Nortemann/TNC; Cedro Peak © Laura McCarthy/TNC;
Jemez River © Alan Eckert Photography; bottom row Santa Fe National Forest © Bud Ellison, Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0; Bee © Chris Helzer/TNC; in the state educational outreach 168,860 Albuquerque residents through
our Urban Conservation Program
Bison © Dave Lauridsen; Rancho El Uno © Dave Lauridsen; Albuquerque © iStockphoto
THEN & NOW
GILA & MIMBRES RIVERS
The Nature Conservancy established the Gila
THEN
Riparian Preserve and the Mimbres River
Preserve to protect land, water and habitat.
Today, thanks to our efforts to keep natural processes
NOW
intact and provide whole-watershed protection,
plant and animal species show a remarkable recovery.
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RIVERS | GRASSLANDS | FORESTS
The Gila and Mimbres Rivers are two of the last free-flowing rivers in the are being restored. We are working with our partners to re-establish
Southwest and support an astonishing array of plant and animal life. To the rivers’ natural ebbs and flows, encourage the recovery of riparian
protect land, water and habitat, The Nature Conservancy established the forests and aquatic habitat in the rivers’ natural floodplains, and restore
Gila Riparian Preserve in 1980 and the Mimbres River Preserve in 1994. periodic, low-intensity fire to the forest to reduce the threat
of severe, destructive burns.
We now manage 1,200 acres and five miles of river in the Gila Riparian
Preserve and own 600 acres and four river miles in our Mimbres River Today, with efforts focused on keeping natural processes intact and
Preserve. In recent years, our focus has evolved from direct habitat removing stressors like overgrazing, plant and animal species show a
management to whole-watershed protection, increasing the scale and remarkable recovery. Observable changes include stronger populations
pace of restoration in light of expected climate change impacts, including of native species, such as the Chihuahua chub—a freshwater fish found
more frequent wildfires. nowhere else in the United States and once thought extinct—the
Chiricahua leopard frog and the southwestern willow flycatcher.
Through our collaborations with public agencies and private land holders,
more than 250,000 acres of land within the Gila and Mimbres watersheds
large photoGila River © Erika Nortemann/TNC; inset left to right Silver City sunset © Tucker Sherman, Flickr CC BY 2.0; Cottonwood trees © Melanie Stansbury; Southwestern willow flycatcher © U.S. Department of
Agriculture/Flickr CC BY 2.0; Chiricahua leopard frog © Sue Sitko/TNC
THEN & NOW
GRAY RANCH
Once dubbed the “American Serengeti,” New Mexico’s and spurred Mexico to designate
In 1990, The Nature Conservancy purchased
THEN
Bootheel comprises the southwest corner of the state the surrounding 1.3 million
the Gray Ranch, the largest private land
and has long been known as a crown jewel of biodiversity. acres of prairie ecosystem as
acquisition in TNC history.
When the 320,000-acre Gray Ranch in the heart of this the Janos Biosphere Reserve.
landscape became available for purchase in 1990, the
Nature Conservancy leapt into action, making the largest Gray Ranch, Malpai Borderlands,
Rancho El Uno, and the Janos
Today, roughly 2.3 million contiguous
NOW
private land acquisition in our organization's history. acres are protected, serving as one of
Biosphere Reserve protect
Shortly after the purchase was completed, we began roughly 2.3 million acres of the most important conservation and
conversations with the Hadleys, a local ranching some of the most biodiverse land wildlife corridors in North America.
family who ultimately purchased the Gray Ranch and in the Americas and encompass
6 established the Animas Foundation to ensure the two countries and four states. 77
permanent protection of the ranch. We retained the Conservation efforts have
conservation easements. reintroduced genetically pure bison to the this
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reserve and protected the corridor for roaming
RIVERS | GRASSLANDS | FORESTS
Thanks to the leadership of the Hadleys and other local jaguars and other animals.
ranchers, more landowners were inspired to work
toward conservation. They established the Malpai The effort is one of the first and most successful
Borderlands Group, uniting private landowners examples of conservationists working with ranchers
to allow additional conservation easements and and across borders to accomplish conservation. TNC
better public land management. continues to manage Rancho El Uno and we have
expanded conservation easements on the Gray Ranch,
As the Malpai Borderlands Group grew from New now part of the Diamond A Ranch. What began in
Mexico to Arizona, TNC began partnerships in New Mexico now serves as one of the most important
Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, and acquired conservation corridors in North America.
Rancho El Uno in 2005. The 50,000-acre ranch
was the largest private land purchase in Mexico
large photo Bison roam the El Uno Ecological Reserve, within the Janos Biosphere Reserve. © Dave Lauridsen; inset left to right Working with ranchers in the Malpai
Borderlands region © Blake Gordon; Jaguar © Bernard Dupont/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0; Thick-billed parrot © Charlie Ott; Black-tailed prairie dog © Pixabay
1973 1980 1983 1989
Sevilleta Ranch Gila River Conservation Targets Dripping Springs
The Nature Conservancy TNC initiates efforts Mimbres River, TNC acquires the
acquires the 220,000-acre to preserve riparian Rattlesnake Springs, 2,200-acre Cox Ranch
Sevilleta Ranch and woodlands in the Kuenzler Cactus, in the Organ Mountains.
transfers the property to
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 1979
Gila River watershed,
known as the Gila
Jornada Bat Caves,
and the Sabo Preserve
1987 After it is transferred
to the Bureau of Land
Natural Lands Protection
Service, establishing the TNC in New Mexico Riparian Project. are announced as critical Management, the ranch
TNC lobbies successfully
Sevilleta National Wildlife The chapter is formally conservation targets. becomes the Dripping
to pass the Natural
Refuge. At the time, this chartered and authorized TNC protects all five Springs Natural Area.
Lands Protection Act
was the largest single by the Board of Governors sites by the year 2000. in the New Mexico
acquisition in TNC history. to “engage in natural
State Legislature.
40 YEARS IN NEW MEXICO
area preservation activities.”
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1993 2000 2005 2006 2010 2014 2018
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40 YEARS IN NEW MEXICO
Gaining Momentum
Jornada Bat Caves Santa Fe Canyon Rancho El Uno Climate Change Santa Fe Canyon Rio Grande Water Fund
Preserve Now supported by more
TNC acquires mineral PNM donates 200 TNC and our partner Initiative The launch of the Rio than 70 public and
acres in the Santa Fe in Mexico, Pronatura TNC launches the An additional 320 acres Grande Water Fund
rights to the Jornada private organizations,
River Watershed, which Noreste, acquire Southwest Climate of land are donated offers a comprehensive
Bat Caves, thereby the Rio Grande Water
to the Santa Fe
1990
protecting the bat
community from mining.
ultimately serves as the
foundation of the Santa
46,000-acre Rancho
El Uno in the Janos
Change Initiative,
a three-year program 2009 Canyon Preserve. 2012
plan for wildfire and water
source protection to 2016 Fund restored 33,000
acres of forest in 2018.
1994
Gray Ranch Fe Canyon Preserve. grassland, which is that established tools Janos Grasslands Rare Jemez Salamanders restore forests and secure Urban Conservation The total number is now
TNC acquires the contiguous with the to help communities The government of TNC begins a partnership fresh water for one TNC establishes an 108,000 acres treated
320,000-acre Gray Rio Nutria Preserve Gray Ranch. This was and landscapes adapt Mexico designates with Conservation million New Mexicans. Urban Conservation with thinning, controlled
Ranch which, at the TNC acquires the the largest private to climate change. 1.3 million acres of the Canines to locate Program in Albuquerque burns and managed
time, was the largest 1,280-acre Rio Nutria conservation Janos grasslands as endangered Jemez and adds Climate and natural fires.
conservation project in the Zuni Mountains. acquisition in the the Janos Biosphere Mountain Salamanders. Energy to our strategic
in the history of all The preserve provides history of Mexico. Reserve, one of the framework.
TNC’s global chapters. essential habitat for the largest grassland
Zuni bluehead sucker. reserves on the planet. top left to right © Pixabay © Pixabay; bottom left to right © Dave Lauridsen; © Karine Aigner; © Leslie Ikenda/ NM Dept. of Game and Fish;
© Alan Eckert Photography; © Dave Lauridsen; © Alan Eckert Photography; © Karine Aigner; © iStockphoto
THEN & NOW
FOREST RESTORATION & THE
RIO GRANDE WATER FUND
In 2003, the Fire Learning Network held
THEN
its first national meeting—focused on
lessening the threat of catastrophic wildfire
and implementing prescribed fire safely.
The 2000 Cerro Grande fire burned 45,000 acres burned 43,000 acres in the first day, eventually
and several hundred homes in Los Alamos, New burning a total of 156,000 acres in the Santa Fe The Rio Grande Water Fund is a trailblazing
NOW
Mexico. In the aftermath of Cerro Grande and a National Forest. The fire brought a sense project that is increasing the pace and scale of
similarly devastating fire in Oregon, the federal of urgency to accelerate forest restoration. forest restoration to ensure a continuous supply
government created the first national fire plan, People living in the burned area returned to a of water to half of New Mexico's population.
paving the way for a national cooperative landscape severely transformed by fire, flood
agreement between the Department of the and drought. People downstream were affected
Interior, U.S. Forest Service and The Nature by ash and debris overwhelming rivers and
10 Conservancy. The resulting Fire Learning streams that supply water to more than one 11
Network—focused on lessening the threat million New Mexicans. As an example, the 2018 Venado fire in the
of catastrophic wildfire and implementing Jemez Mountains started as a crown fire,
In response, TNC established the Rio Grande quickly spreading through the tree canopy, but
NEW MEXICO ANNUAL REPORT 2018
prescribed fire safely—held its first national
RIVERS | GRASSLANDS | FORESTS
meeting at Bishop’s Lodge in Santa Fe in 2003. Water Fund in 2014 to ramp up the pace and dropped to the ground when it reached an area
scale of forest restoration. Now with more than treated by the Rio Grande Water Fund. Instead
“Support from the Fire Learning Network 70 partners—including nonprofits, government of facing a catastrophe, fire crews were able to
allowed us to build partnerships with federal agencies, private companies, foundations, manage the lower burning flames.
forest managers, leading to our first restoration and individuals—the Rio Grande Water Fund
project on 200 acres in the Jemez Mountains,” restored 33,000 acres of forest in 2018. The Water Fund’s success is a result of
says Anne Bradley, TNC forest program director. partnerships and cross-boundary coordination
“That small start led to many cross-boundary “The concerted effort of the Water Fund and its among a number of public agencies and private
restoration efforts that have continued to partners to do as much as possible after the Las landowners and signatories. The trailblazing
this day.” Conchas fire has greatly enhanced our ability project is not only restoring forests from the Rio
to prevent fires from causing the same extent of Grande headwaters to Albuquerque but is also
The need for larger scale restoration became devastation as Las Conchas,” says Collin Haffey, ensuring a continuous supply of clean water to
undeniable in 2011 when the Las Conchas fire TNC conservation manager. half the state’s population.
this page Cebolla Canyon of Santa Fe National Forest © Karine Aigner; opposite page inset left to right Firefighter © Esmé Cadiente/The Terra Project; Properly thinned ponderosa
pine stand © Alan Eckert Photography; Marsh marigold and stream © Laura McCarthy; large photo Yellow Bellied Marmot © notnyt/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
THANKS DONOR PROFILE
The Nature Conservancy’s accomplishments are only made possible by the many individuals, Mr. and Mrs. George Ruptier Ms. Nara S. Thacher
Mr. Daniel E. Ryerson The Smidinger Trust
organizations, businesses and foundations that made gifts to our vital conservation programs during David Ryerson and Marilyn Ryerson The Taos Ski Valley Foundation
fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018). Every gift plays a crucial role in our work—for people and Ms. Karen Sakamoto and Mr. Robert Angell Tides Foundation
Julie Fisher Melton
John M. Salas Ms. Edith M. Timken
nature. We thank you for your commitment to our mission.* Patrick Samora Tt&G Family Fund
Al and Mary Anne Sanborn Turner Foundation
Santa Fe Community Foundation The Turner Law Firm, LLC
Anonymous (12) Carol Burleson and George Burleson El Deseo Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hannah LOR Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Alden Olson Santa Fe Garden Club, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James Turner
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Abram Cabin Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation Ms. Luisa B. Emerson Mr. Jasper Hardesty Los Alamos National Laboratory Mr. David E. Oram Mr. Allen G. Sault Ms. Alice Tyrol-Elliott
D. L. Albright Joe Cairns Ms. Cindy Ewing Robin Hardin Los Alamos National Security, LLC Dr. Lawrence Osborn, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sayre United Way of Central New Mexico Julie Fisher Melton has been a member of The
Albuquerque Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. David Falk Mr. Michael Hartshorne and Ms. Lida Crooks Mr. John R. Love Mrs. Lou Helen O’Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Schlauch Ms. Dona J. Upson Nature Conservancy for well over a decade,
Mr. Peter A. Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Henk Van Der Werff
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Allison Ms. Carolyn O. Callaway Mr. Don J. Fanslow Dr. Phil Y. Haworth Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lutgens Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O’Toole
Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. Richard D. Van Dongen
investing in a cause that means a great deal to
Keith Almquist Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carruthers Ms. Alice E. Fehlau Ms. Sheila Heighway Andra Maddox and Ben Maddox Mr. and Mrs. Gary Overturf
Mr. Jonathan A. Altman Mr. and Mrs. Alvino Castillo Feinberg Foundation, Inc. Mr. Bertram P. Heil Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mandelbaum Mr. Ted B. Owens Mr. James J. Schwarz Dr. Betsy Vanleit her. After recently moving to New Mexico with
Mr. Robert D. Anderson Ms. Emily Castillo Mr. and Mrs. William B. Feinberg Ms. Pamela A. Henline Doug Mapel Ms. Jo Paap and Tony Paap SCM Partners, LLC Mr. James R. Voet her husband, Ed, which sparked early memories
Archer/Patterson Family Foundation Mary Ray R. Cate Karen Sue Fenimore Mr. Andrew J. Henry Mrs. Edith L. Marianes Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pankuch Mr. James C. Scott David and Marietta E. Vogel
Ms. Deanna A. Archuleta Roy D. Caton Charles R. Ferenbaugh Mr. and Mrs. James Hickerson Ms. Jacqueline B. Mars Mr. Malcolm J. Panthaki Mr. and Mrs. Albert Seargeant, III Randy L. Waln of childhood walks with her father along the
Mr. Alan W. Armentrout Carlton M. Caves Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Finkel James Hickman and Connie Hickman Robert S. Marshall Mr. Jerald V. Parker Mr. John Seeger and Ms. Lise Spargo Buzz Waterhouse Rio Grande, Julie decided it was time to make
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Seeley Evelyn Watkins
Mr. Dana Atkins and Mrs. Gail Atkins Mr. Niels N. Chapman Mr. Daniel Finley, III and Ms. Judith Bernstein Ms. Nicole A. Hixon Luther M. Martin Ms. Sarah S. Parker
Mr. Graham Sharman Ms. Kristi Watterberg and Mr. Ronald Poland
a bigger impact. Through a generous donation
Mr. and Mrs. John Auby Mr. Mark Childs and Ms. Elaine Thomas Mr. Casey Finstad and Ms. Elaine Drees Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Hollander Ms. Pamela W. Massey Patina Gallery, Inc.
Mr. William L. Auby Ms. Ann Clark and Mr. Leo Harris Mr. and Mrs. John FitzPatrick Mr. Rory Holscher and Ms. Marilyn Holscher Mr. and Mrs. John Massopust Deborah N. Payne Ms. Jessica K. Sharman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weiler made via her IRA, Julie is helping to defend
Avalon Trust Dr. Roger L. Clough Martha Flanders Thomas F. Hora Mr. William K. Mathison Mrs. Betty L. Perkins Ms. Sarah E. Sharpton Ms. Stefi A. Weisburd the Gila River from a diversion and supporting
Ms. Jan Avent and Mr. Dave Rossetti CNA Financial Corporation Mr. Roger B. Flegel Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Huser Dr. Robert Mayer Ms. Julia L. Peters Ms. Linda K. Sheldon Mr. Dennis R. Weller
Ms. Catherine Aves Ms. Camille F. Coates Ms. Denise J. Fligner James Iden Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mayer Laura Peters Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Sherman Wells Fargo Foundation the work of the Rio Grande Water Fund—an
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Mr. Nathaniel Cobb and Sarah Cobb Mr. Mark S. Follett Mr. and Mrs. Zach Ives Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCullough Phillips Family Living Trust Mrs. and Mrs. Warren Siemens Christine L. Wells initiative that is helping to secure water for
Sigma Science Mr. and Mrs. Terrell White
12 Barker Management Company Mr. Robert Coffland and Ellen Moore Mr. Devon Fooks Jacqueline Jauregui Ms. Susan McGreevy Ms. Cynthia Phillips and Mr. Thomas Martin
Mr. Peter C. Simons Mr. and Mrs. Ron Wilkins
1 million New Mexicans. “Using my IRA to 13
Ms. Sylvia J. Bartay Peter Coha and Vicki Nowark Ms. Judith Ford Mr. Larry A. Jones Barbara H. McGuire Mr. William Piatek and Carol Piatek
Donald H. Bates Grace Colvin and William Winn Mrs. Dawn S. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jones Ms. Dee A. McIntyre Daniel J. Pless Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sjulin Mr. Michael Williams and Ms. Mary Louise Williams support the Conservancy was an easy decision.
Ms. Ann H. Batum Mr. and Mrs. Peter Coneway Mr. and Mrs. David Fox Ms. Terry Jurrens Mr. Guy R. McNamara PNM Resources, Inc. Mary Sloane and Andrew Wallerstein Mr. Matthew Wilson and Ms. Lyle York I was able to make the contribution—without
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Bauer Christopher Conover and Diane Conover Carrie and Brian Freeman Mr. James M. Keller Mr. Richard N. Meadows Mr. Michael B. Podolny Ms. Linda J. Slutz Ms. Melissa Wilson and Mr. Lewis Suber
incurring income tax on the withdrawal—making
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Ms. Karen Becklin Andrew T. Cowan Carolyn L. Freese Ms. Wendy Keller Ms. Linda J. Meincke Anthony G. Quay Ms. Dori Smith and Dr. Steven Hecht Jill D. Winans
Ms. Debra A. Beeson Norman Crowe Ms. Barbara W. Friedman Ms. Elizabeth J. Kelly Mrs. Julie Melton Ms. Barbara Quissell Mr. Brian G. Solan Mr. Doyle R. Wise it an efficient way to support an organization
Dr. Sherill L. Spaar Jan M. Wiste, M.D.
Ms. Alma Best Cuadros Mr. Patrick P. Fry Mr. Gary E. Kirk Ms. Coleen T. Meyer Mrs. Mary L. Raje
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Spear Ms. Karen Wohlgemuth
that I care very deeply about.”
Mr. Chris Beyer Ms. Pamela J. Culwell Helen J. Fuller Mr. Darrow Kirkpatrick Ms. Doris Meyer and Mr. Richard Hertz Jerusha Rawlings and Matt Rawlings
Mr. Paul H. Bianchi Ms. Hope A. Curtis Ms. Mary S. Gardner Mr. Charles E. Knapp Paul A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reedy Doug L. Sporn Tom Wood and Ann Wood
Dr. Eva R. Birnbaum Ms. Marcia E. Darnell Mr. and Mrs. William Gardner Mrs. Pat Kneen Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Milnes Mr. and Mrs. John Reeve Mr. and Mrs. Chris Stagg Mr. Eric J. Wortman Thanks to her national and international connections, Julie is also helping to
Silke S. Bletzer Mr. James N. Davidson Garfield Street Foundation Ms. Gayle A. Kuldell Ms. Charlotte B. Minter Ms. Lisa Reichman and Mr. Richard Reichman Mr. Paul M. Stanford Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stern, III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wyckoff spread the word about the Conservancy’s work throughout the state and country.
Mr. Steve T. Boerigter Mr. Andrew A. Davis Ms. Bridget M. Gavahan Lori A. Kunkel Ms. Marcia A. Miolano Ms. Edward Reid
Mr. William A. Bradley Dr. Jefferson Davis and Dr. and Mrs. David Gay Susan Ninde N. Lanier Ms. Letitia P. Morris Mr. Bob D. Reinovsky Mrs. Jan R. Stone Ms. Ellen Wymer She holds a doctorate from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns
Sulica Fund Ms. Pamela Yellen and Larry Hayward
Mr. and Mrs. John Brayer Ms. Bronwen Denton-Davis General Mills, Inc. Ms. Sue Lashley Ms. Leigh W. Murray Mr. Robert E. Rhien Hopkins and has been a consultant to many international NGOs on the topics of
Ms. Adele C. Breech Terry D. Davis Dr. and Mrs. Frank Gerstle, Jr. Ms. Pamela A. Leech Mr. Rex Myers and Ms. Susan Richards Dr. Elizabeth Richards, Ph.D. Robert Suminsby Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zebrowski
Mr. Bill F. Briney Mr. David L. Deal Roz and Larry Gibel Toby K. Leon Mr. and Mrs. Albert Narath, III Robert L. and Marilyn H. Ridgley Mr. and Mrs. Tom Swetnam Mr. Michael Zimber microenterprise development and building partnerships between indigenous and
Mr. Jonathan D. Brinkerhoff Mr. Peter Diebold Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Gilbert Dr. Beth Leuck and Mr. Edwin Leuck National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Ms. Louise A. Rinn T & E, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Zinn international NGOs. While a fellow at the Program on Nonprofit Organizations
Ms. Marilyn L. Brodie Mr. and Mrs. Steve Doorn Daniel A. Goss Mr. James R. Leverett Frederick A. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ritchie Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Tarwater
Antoinette Taylor | Stuart Trugman at Yale, she taught a course at the Yale Forestry School on World Population, and
Allison J. Brody Ms. Paula Dorris-Osborn Grace and John T. Harrington Foundation Nancy Levit and Cathy Underwood New Mexico Watershed Coalition The Robert E. and Polly A.
Mrs. Ann Brown Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dunham David and Marilyn Granner Mr. Richard Levy and Ms. Dana Asbury Mr. Joshua A. Newman Zimmerman Foundation Mrs. Sheri S. Tepper she spent 10 years as a program officer at the Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio,
Mrs. Aija Thacher
Dr. Hamilton B. Brown Mr. J. Ryan Dunn Ms. Kathleen A. Gross Carlie Lines and B. C. Rimbeaux Newton Family Fund Eric Robinson a democracy think tank. She is the author of three books on indigenous NGOs,
Mr. Richard R. Brusuelas Eco-Cpa, Inc. Mr. Scott D. Habermehl Mrs. Alice Liska Dr. Kurt Nolte and Dr. Bronwyn Wilson Ms. Judith A. Roderick
Ernest A. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Efroymson Mrs. Valerie W. Hamilton Ms. Ann Livingston and Mr. Mark Livingston Mrs. Martha B. Northrup Ms. Susan R. Rothenberg
including The Road from Rio: Sustainable Development and the Nongovernmental
Robert E. Burke Jean A. Eilek Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hammond, III Ms. Donna M. Lombardi Claiborne M. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. James Ruff Movement in the Third World and Importing Democracy: The Role of NGOs in South
THIS PAGE inset Julie Fisher Melton © Will Wenzel;
Africa, Tajikistan and Argentina.
*Annual gifts of $500 or more large photo Seeds of wild lettuce plant © Chris Helzer/TNC
LEGACY CLUB
Ms. Beth Francis and Mr. David Wiley Thomas F. Hora Mrs. Barbara Mann Ms. Lisa Patterson John and Marsha Spencer
Brenda Franks Ms. Susan Horst Gloria L. Manney Mr. and Mrs. David Patton Chris Stagg
LEAVE A
Lisa Freeman Ms. Melissa Howard Else Mans Donna and Bill Pedace Susan R. Steel
Carrie and Brian Freeman Marie Hudson and Clark Hudson Lauren Marchese and Peter Street John Pedersen and Sharon Pedersen Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Steensma
Ms. Martha A. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hull Robert Marcus and Ann Coulston Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Peinado, III Luther and Elaine Stevens
Bill Freimuth Clarice Hunter Edith L. Marianes Virginia Persson Mrs. Jan R. Stone
Dianne Frost and Robert Silver Mrs. Jean S. Ingold Dr. Martha Marks and Mr. Bernard Marks Julia L. Peters Adele Strasser
The Legacy Club is a group of supporters who have made a life-income gift to The Nature Conservancy or Mr. and Mrs. William Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Kent Jacobs Mr .and Mrs. James Martin Ms. Eleanor L. Petrie Ms. Cathie L. Sullivan
LEGACY
Mr. Phil Geller and Dr. Diane Morrissette Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Jaeger Deanna Martinez and Richard Land Joni K. Pierce Steven Swenerton
named the Conservancy as a beneficiary in their estate plans. We thank our Legacy Club members for their Mr. Raymond S. George Toya James Mr. and Mrs. Roy Masinton Gunnar Plake William and Rebecca Tallman
dedication to our mission. Ms. Susan Gerber Jacqueline Jauregui Jean and Bill Mason M. LaRue Pollard Eugene Tepper
Frank and Pauline Gerstle Mrs. Mary Esther Jolly Helen Matelson David L. Propst Betty J. Tichich
Anonymous (43) John Bessey and Shirley Nagelschmidt Mr. Stockton B. Colt Audrey Q. Ginn Daniel P. Jones Ms. Sara Mathews Stephenie Purnell Jackie Tobias
Ms. Ann N. Aceves Michael Q. Bily and Christy Ford David L. Colton Mr. Christopher Goad and Ms. Donalda Speight Douglas M. Jones Mr. George Matthews Meg Quinn Janet Trauth
Robin S. Acton Fred and Daryl Black Eugene P. Colton Ronald J. Gole Heloise R. Jones Janet Harkness Matthews Roberta and Fred Ramsey Patricia Trumbull
Ms. Constance Adler Leith H. Black Mary E. Correnti and Delores F. Anderson Hector R. and Pamela L. Gomez Terry Jurrens Robert J. Maxwell Ms. Mary Reed Arlene J. Tugel
Sharon Ahrens Mr. William J. Blanchard Mr. Warren Cox and Mrs. Susan Forster-Cox Chris Gorbach Hildegard Kaigler Thomas and Edel Mayer Terry Richey and Nancy Pope Mr. Sam Tuma
Kathryn Marie Albrecht Mr. and Mrs. James Boden Robert W. and Hannah C. Crooks Ms. Judith F. Gordon Marjorie Kamine Margarete Mayer Ronald J. Richman Alice C. Van Buren
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