Annual Report 2013 - Western Environmental Law Center

Annual Report 2013
W
estern Environmental Law Center uses the
power of the law to safeguard the wildlife,
wildlands, and communities of the American West.
Photo credits (Cover) Glacier National Park-SpreadTheMagic. (Inside Cover) Glacier National Park-©iStock/LoonChild
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
At the Western Environmental Law Center, we
leverage the full power of the law to realize
our vision for the American West: thriving
wildlands, waters, and wildlife; and healthy
communities powered by clean, renewable
energy.
In 2013, we made great progress toward
achieving this vision—progress that you helped
make possible.
At the local level, we protected clean water for
family farmers in Colorado’s fertile North Fork
Valley by defeating fossil fuel industry efforts
to frack and drill on tens of thousands of acres
of cherished public lands.
At the state level in New Mexico, we helped
hold Big Coal accountable for harming our
health, climate, and environment by securing
coal-fired power plant retirements and by
speeding our transition to clean, renewable
energy from the wind and sun.
And at the national level, we rallied 90
conservation groups demanding federal action
to stop disastrous greenhouse gas pollution
leaking from oil and gas drilling operations.
We also successfully advocated for the
protection of wildlife threatened with
extinction across the West. We are leading
a coalition to ensure that wolverines receive
essential Endangered Species Act protections
and, for the second year in a row, we shut
down the recreational wolverine trapping
season in
Montana—giving
this rare species a
chance to survive.
In Washington,
we persuaded the
Department of Fish &
Wildlife to make the state’s
wolf management plan—a plan that provides
important protections for wolves—legally
enforceable.
And, continuing our storied legacy of ancient
forest and river protection in the Northwest,
we defeated ill-advised timber sales and
advanced wild salmon restoration efforts.
Our success demonstrates a simple truth:
Despite chronic political dysfunction—
dysfunction engineered by powerful industries
to obstruct meaningful progress—together, we
are making a difference.
Please take a moment to read our Annual
Report and to join us, if you have not already,
in our shared effort to safeguard the American
West’s wildlands, waters, wildlife, and
communities.
For the West,
Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Executive Director
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WILDLANDS
2013 VICTORIES: BY THE NUMBERS
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375,000 acres of national monument preserved.
200,000 people’s drinking water protected.
2,100 acres of forest saved from logging.
149 miles of wild and scenic river protected.
In 2013, we also initiated projects to ensure 188,293,938 acres of forest are managed
by science not politics; to preserve 487,000 acres of national monument, 150,800
acres of forest, and 50,000 acres of proposed wilderness; and to protect 3 rivers.
Together, we are protecting our natural heritage.
VICTORY! Clean Drinking Water Protected
We helped the community of
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon stop
the Goose timber sale, which
protected 2,100 acres of oldgrowth forest, saved a potential
wilderness area, and preserved
the crystal-clear McKenzie River,
a source of drinking water and
home to a diverse array of wildlife.
Preserving Proposed Crater Lake Wilderness
We filed a legal challenge to
prevent the Loafer timber sale,
which would log 800 acres near
Oregon’s Crater Lake National
Park, eliminating a proposed
wilderness area and destroying
habitat for imperiled species,
such as northern spotted owls,
wolverine, and Oregon spotted frogs.
Safeguarding Sonoran Desert From Gunfire
We filed suit challenging BLM’s
decision to authorize target
shooting throughout the entire
Sonoran Desert National
Monument in Arizona. Shooting
endangers visitors, as well as the
desert’s irreplaceable cultural
properties and spectacular
diversity of animal and plant life.
VICTORY! Missouri Breaks Defended
After a five-year fight, we won
a court order forcing BLM to
inventory, identify, and protect
cultural properties and features
in Montana’s Upper Missouri
River Breaks National Monument.
This national treasure is uniquely
rich in biological, historical, and
geological qualities.
Ensuring Science-Based Forest Management
As part of our campaign to ensure
science-based management
of our public forests, staff
attorney Susan Jane Brown is
representing conservation and
watershed organizations on the
federal committee overseeing
the implementation of the new
national forest planning rules.
VICTORY! Rare Forest Species Protected
For 15 years, we have steadfastly
defended the survey and manage
standard of the NW Forest Plan
from timber industry attacks. The
rule protects rare species that
are ecologically crucial to oldgrowth forests. We recently won
another battle upholding the rule
for at least the next two years.
Photo credits: (Opposite) Brett Cole Photography; (Left column) McKenzie River-Wikimedia; Crater Lake-Megan Culbertson; Sonoran Desert-Tomas Castelazo;
(Right column) Missouri Breaks-Conservation System Alliance; Forests-Brett Cole Photography.
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WILDLIFE
2013 VICTORIES: BY THE NUMBERS
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300 rare old-growth forest plant and animal species protected.
175 wolverines no longer face the threat of being caught in traps.
51 gray wolves on the way to stronger protections.
3 imperiled runs of wild salmonids given a better chance of survival and recovery.
In 2013, we also took action to limit trapping that has already ensnared 12 rare Canada
lynx, to protect the forest and river habitats of 9 species threatened with extinction, and
to improve conditions for 6 dwindling runs of wild salmon and steelhead.
In partnership, we won many victories.
VICTORY! Wolverine Trapping Halted
For the second year in a row, we
stopped recreational wolverine
trapping in Montana—the only
state in the Lower 48 that still
permits this horrific practice.
With fewer than 50 wolverines
alive that are capable of
breeding, our victory gives this
rare carnivore a chance to recover.
Saving Rare Canada Lynx
We initiated two more projects to
protect Canada lynx, a species
listed as threatened with
extinction in 2000: We filed suit
in Montana to restrict traps set
in lynx occupied habitat; and we
sued to compel completion of the
long-overdue federal recovery plan
to rebuild lynx populations.
Protecting Owls and Wild Salmon in California
We have filed suit to protect critical
habitat in California from a plan
to log nearly 150,000 acres near
the Klamath, Scott, and Shasta
Rivers, which would impair
drinking water for downstream
communities, as well as destroy
habitat for imperiled wild salmon,
steelhead and northern spotted owls.
Protecting Washington’s Wolves
To prevent a repeat of the 2012
Wedge Pack wolf slaughter,
we filed a petition demanding
Washington’s balanced wolf
management plan be legally
enforceable. In response, the
state agreed to work with us
to make the plan enforceable,
solidifying protections for wolves.
Defending Endangered Grizzly Bears
A massive industrial logging and
road building project in the far
northwest corner of Montana
threatens to displace one of the
most endangered populations
of grizzly bears. We have filed a
lawsuit to protect these vulnerable
bears and the imperlied Canada
lynx also inhabiting the area.
VICTORY! Improving Hatcheries for Wild Fish
We won improved hatchery
operations on California’s Mad
River to help wild salmon and
steelhead recover. Hatchery fish
are decimating dwindling wild
fish populations in West Coast
rivers. We are now working to
replicate this success on three
other rivers in Oregon and California.
Photo credits: (Opposite) Canada Lynx-©iStock/MikeLane45; (Left column) Wolverine-©iStock/Anna Yu; Canada Lynx-Norbert Rosing;
Northern Spotted Owl-Brett Cole Photography; (Right column) Gray Wolf-USFWS; Grizzly Bears-First People; Chinook Salmon-USFWS.
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CLIMATE & ENERGY
2013 VICTORIES: BY THE NUMBERS
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1,138,000,000 gallons of water saved from being diverted for fracking.
200 percent increase in renewable energy investments in New Mexico.
155 fracking wells on 24,600 acres of public lands prevented.
In 2013, we also initiated work to improve oil and gas drilling on 9,509,831 acres of
public land, to prevent 420,000 lbs of toxic coal dust blowing off trains (per trip), and
to cut methane emissions equal to 37 coal-fired power plants or 27,000,000 cars.
With your support, we made a difference.
VICTORY! Clean Energy Investment Tripled
As leader of the Coalition for Clean
Affordable Energy, we worked
with the New Mexico legislature
to pass a bill tripling the percent
of revenue utilities are required
to invest in energy efficiency
each year. We are working with
Southwest Energy Efficiency
Project to monitor compliance.
Holding Coal Trains Responsible for Toxic Dust
Coal trains discharge as much as
420,000 pounds of toxic coal
dust each trip—polluting the
water we drink, food we eat, and
air we breathe. With our allies,
we filed two suits to hold BNSF
Railways responsible for polluting
the state of Washington’s rivers,
lakes, and streams.
Improving Drilling Plans for Public Lands
We are working on the ground with
Bureau of Land Management field
offices in Montana, Wyoming,
and Colorado to develop more
responsible and balanced plans
for oil and gas drilling on 9.5
million acres of public land to
better protect our water supplies,
air quality, and wildlife habitat.
VICTORY! Communities Win Against Fracking
Across Colorado and New Mexico,
we put the brakes on three oil
and gas drilling lease sales
encompassing a total of 55,300
acres of public lands. We are
helping communities fight back
to ensure that water supplies, air
quality, and wildlife are protected
from reckless fracking.
Cleaning Up Methane Waste
We are leading a coalition of 90
organizations across the country
pushing the U.S. Department
of Interior and the EPA to
limit methane emissions that
are unnecessarily vented and
flared from oil and gas drilling
operations on public lands each
year exacerbating climate change.
VICTORY! Drilling Secrets Revealed
We won a game-changing federal
lawsuit that opens to the public,
for the first time, the secretive
federal oil and gas drilling lease
process. The court ruled that
BLM can no longer keep secret
the identity of corporations that
request to lease public lands for oil
and gas drilling and fracking.
Photo credits: (Opposite) Farm-Brett Cole Photography; (Left column) Sunflower-©iStock/Yaruta; Coal-Mikemac29; Colorado Fall-©iStock/Adventure_Photo;
(Right column) River-Homer4k; Methane-Leonidikan; Colorado Winter-©iStock/Greg Panosian.
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CLIENTS & PARTNERS
We provide the legal muscle and strategic expertise to leverage the important work of our
conservation partners. Together, we tackle some of our most pressing environmental issues.
Thank you to our clients and partners with whom we share a passion for defending the American
West’s treasured landscapes and iconic wildlife, and for empowering our local communities.
In 2013, we helped 119 organizations and individuals.
Alliance for the Wild Rockies
American Lands Alliance
American Rivers
American Whitewater
Amigos Bravos
Animal Welfare Institute
Archaeology Southwest
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
Benton Forest Coalition
Biodiversity Conservation
Alliance
Blue Mountain Forest Partners
Cabinet Resource Group
Californians for Alternatives to
Toxics
Cascadia Wildlands
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Environmental
Law and Policy
Central Sierra Environmental
Resource Center
Citizens for a Healthy Community
Clancy-Unionville Citizens Task
Force
Clean Air Task Force
Climate Solutions
Coalition for Clean Affordable
Energy
Columbia River BioRegional
Education Project
Columbia Riverkeeper
Community Association for the
Restoration of the Environment
Concerned Citizens of the Yakama Reservation
Conservation Northwest
Defenders of Wildlife
Diné CARE
EarthJustice
Earthworks
Environmental Protection
Information Center
Footloose Montana
Friends of the Bitterroot
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Friends of the Wild Swan
Friends of Toppenish Creek
George Wuerthner
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Grand Canyon Trust
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Helena Hunters and Anglers
Association
Hells Canyon Preservation
Council
High Country Citizens’ Alliance
High Sierra Hikers Association
Hunters for Predators
Hydropower Reform Coalition
Idaho Rivers United
Jaime Lynn Butler
Kettle Range Conservation Group
Klamath Forest Alliance
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Kootenai Environmental Alliance
Los Padres ForestWatch
Mckenzie Flyfishers
Michael and Dona Penfold
Moapa Band of Paiutes
Montana Backcountry
Hunters and Anglers
Montana Ecosystem Defense Council
Montana Environmental
Information Center
Montana Wilderness Association
National Parks Conservation
Association
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
National Wildlife Federation
Native Ecosystems Council
Natural Resources Defense Council
New Energy Economy
New Mexico Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
New Mexico Trout
New Mexico Wildlife Federation
North Cascades Conservation
Council
Northcoast Environmental Center
Northern Plains Resource Council
Orca Conservancy
Oregon Wild
Our Children’s Trust
Pacific Rivers Council
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Phillip and Barbara Jaquith
Powder River Basin Resource
Council
Prairie Falcon Audubon
Predator Defense
Project Coyote
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
Renewable Taos
Resources for Sustainable
Communities
Richard Walton and Susan Newell
Rocky Mountain Wild
Rogue Riverkeeper
San Juan Citizens Alliance
Selkirk Conservation Alliance
Sheep Mountain Alliance
Sierra Club
Sierra Forest Legacy
Southern Utah Wilderness
Alliance
Spokane Riverkeeper
Steamboaters
Sustainable Northwest
Swan View Coalition
The Lands Council
The Wilderness Society
Trout Unlimited
Umpqua Watersheds
Upper Missouri Breaks Audubon
Society
Wallowa-Whitman Forest Collaborative
Washington Forest Law Center
Western Clean Energy Campaign
Western Organization of
Resource Councils
Western Wildlife Conservancy
WildEarth Guardians
Wilderness Watch
Wildlands CPR
Wildlands Network
WildWest Institute
Wyoming Outdoor Council
Yellowstone Valley
Audubon Society
Photo credit: Lupine flowers in Oregon by Brizz Meddings.
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THANK YOU
The board and staff of the Western Environmental Law Center appreciate the generous
contributions from the following individuals, foundations, businesses, and organizations in 2013.
Your support allows us to use our expertise in solving the most pressing environmental issues
facing the West. Thank you for helping us defend and protect the American West’s treasured
landscapes, iconic wildlife, and communities.
We aim to provide an accurate and complete report of annual contributions. If you find an error, please accept our
sincere apology and contact David Lawlor, Director of Donor Relations: [email protected] or 541-485-2471 x 117.
Individuals and Families
Anonymous
Judith Abeles
Robert S. and Rosalind S.
Abernathy
Emory W. Ackley
Kerstin M. and Robert H. Adams
Fred Adler and Anne Collopy
George and Eva Ahuna
Clemens R. Aita, Jr.
Jonathan and Joy Alferness
George M. Alger
Andrew Allen
Valerie Amerkhail
Laurel W. Ames
Kenneth R. and Carol D. Ampel
Bruce H. and Edith W. Anderson
Clifford E. Anderson
Craig and Lizbeth Anderson
Frank and Dorothy Anderson
Fred Anderson, III
John and Agnes Anderson
Megan Anderson
Linda Andes-Georges
Pilar Ara
George L. Armantrout
Su Anne Armstrong and
Ted A. Hopkins
Jerry Asker
Christie and Bill Aspegren
Lori Maddox and David Atkin
Stephen and Judith K. Auerbach
Fritz M. and Ginger Bachem
Stephen R. and Irene Bachhuber
John W. Bacon
Elizabeth Baer
Peter Bahls
Pamela and Chris Baillio
Jim and Judith Baker
Virginia H. Baker
Steven Balagna
Jim D. and Nancye F. Ballard
Helen and Bill Ballinger
Jonathan and Julie Barber
Bob and Gail Barker
Rebecca Hallgarth and
Robert Barnes
Bruce C. Baron
Rosalie M. Barr, MD
Dr. James S. Barron
Susan Barter
Rose Blair Bauhs
David G. Baxter, MD
Ezra S. and Liana Bayles
Sarah Beasley
Michael Becker and Susan Hay
Esther M. Beebe
Richard G. Beidleman
Cathy Bellavita
Robert Bellucci
Edward L. and Mildred J. Bennett
Jon Bennett
Keith and Atsuko Bennett
Kris Bennett
Birch Berman
Don L. and Joan Bishop
Hazel Bishop
Matthew Bishop
Patricia M. Bitton
Earl U. Biven
Harvey C. and Sheila L. Bjornlie
Diane Black
Linda C. Black
Sara and Bob Blair
Edith Bockian
Peter Bonegteel
Daniel J. Booser, MD
T. William and Beatrice Booth
Ken Bosworth and Mary Hofle
Joseph Bower
Robert M. Bowman
William Brabender
Daniel Brachfeld
Arlene Brandwein
Kalman Brauner and
Amy D. Carlson
Byron G. Bray, Jr.
Alexander Brennen
Frances Brinkerhoff
William Brooks
Ann Chadbourne Brown
Courtney L. Brown
Kenneth and Virginia Brown
Philip Bulliard
Anne Burke
James and Toni Burke
Lisa Buttrey and David Cothran
John and Jessie Buzawa
Christopher and Carol Calvert
Bruce R. Campbell
Mary C. Campbell and
Pamela A. Fuqua
Jim Carlson
Victoria Carnate
Robert Carolan
Arleta and Duane Carr
Linda L. Carroll
Richard L. Carrothers
Courtney H. and Linnea Carswell
Robert Cattoche
Mary Cedarwolf
Lyn Chambers
Kevin and Katrin Chandler
Michael W. Chapin
Lynn G. Chiapella
Elisabeth M. Chiera
Linda D. and David H. Chipping
Tina Choi and Shawn Powell
Ann and Doug Christensen
Ralph and Barbara Christensen
Robert H. Clark
Susan N. Clark
Tom Clark
William Clarke
Timothy McNally
David M. Grant, MD and
Lisa Cogswell
Gale Cohen-DeMarco
Frank M. Coleman
Philip R. Colvard
Sarah Conn
Dianne Connors
Linda A. and Del B. Coolidge
James K. Coons and
M. Mary Nuwer
Betsy Ann Cooper
Joyce Cooper
Lori Houck Cora
Patrice and Howard Corneli
Bernard G. Corrigan
Keith W. Cowan
Jemma T. Crae
Thomas and Lila V. Creager
Sylvia F. Crisler
Natalie T. and Douglas Danforth
May D. Dasch
Tom Davis
Jon F. Davison
Durfee Day
Liz De Niro and Paul Swetik
Michael Dean
Gerard and Rita Van Deene
Lou Anna Denison
Donald L. Dick
Helen Dick
Raya C. DiGiorgio
Judith P. Dillman
John Doane
Earl F. Dodds
David J. Domin
John and Anna Doran
Wakefield Dort, Jr.
Lee Doughty
John E. Douglas
Hugh and Louise Doyle
Daniel Drake
Roger Duba
Marianne Dugan
Lawrence B. Dunlap
Mark J. and Lois Eagleton
Michelle Eaton
William Cameron Eddy
Dan E. Eggleston and
Ann C. Kloka
Jeanne W. Eisenstadt
Alan Eliason
Peter Galvin and Cynthia Elkins
Photo credit: Oregon Waterfall by Brett Cole Photography.
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Stephen Rose & Barbara Zaring
Taos, New Mexico
Keystone Partners and
Donors Since 2000
We support WELC because what’s left of
the wild world needs powerful, effective
defenders. When our second grandchild was
born last week, I was asking myself, “What
kind of world was he coming into? What kind
of legacy are we leaving? Will he be able to
enjoy clean air and water and the peace and
healing of wild places?”
As a fellow (now retired) lawyer I have
witnessed up close how successful WELC
lawyers are in the important work they do,
helping create new legal structures and
wielding the sword of existing law to protect
our precious environment and ourselves.
Knowing that our support helps WELC take on
the big environmental issues of our time, helps
me feel better about the answers I might give
my grandson when he is grown.
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Neil Elliott
Ray Elliott
Valerie R. Elliott
Robert Ellis
Beth Enson
Heike and Wallace Eubanks
Alice B. Evans
Audrey D. Evans
David Evenson
Kathryn S. Evers and Robert Gordon
Joan C. Ewing
Linda Fair
Chuck and Anne Fairchild
Kathleen A. Fay
Robert W. Feldhousen, Jr.
Norman B. Ferguson
Patty Ferrari
Yvonne B. Fichtenau
David J. and Ann C. Fidanque
Deborah Filipelli
Bob and Carol Fischer
Edward Fisher
Erik W. Fisher
J. Fisher
Michael B Fishlen
Diane B. and Bruce Follansbee
John W. Foster
Rachel Foster and Randy McGowen
Floyd and Betty Frakes
Norman C. Frank
Janis E. Frazee
Bea Frederickson
Adolfo Freinquel
Victor and Diane Fresco
Sidney Friedman and
Marilyn Walster
John Fries
Melvin Frucht
Eva M. Fuld
Laura D. Funk
Moffie G. Funk
Jim Furnish
Marnie W. and Marc Gaede
Ken Gallard
John M. and Lynn G. Garberson
Dave Garcia
Bill Gardner
Lydia Garvey
Susan Gary
Linda H. and Keith M. Gelbrich
Garth German
Cheryl Chevis and Edwin Gerow
Greg Gessay
John M. Gibboney
Mark Giesecke
Eliza H. Gilkyson
Thomas J. and Molly M. Gillcrist
W. Tyrone and Helen Gillespie
Jackie and Eric Gladstone
Theo J. Glenn
Laurence E. Goeltz
Michael A. and Patricia Gold
Marshall C. Goldberg
Chris M. Golde
Phil Goldsmith and Susan Newman
Dina Gonzales
Mark Alan Good
Arifa Goodman
Denison Goodrich-Schlenker
Brendan and Tanya Goodrich
James and Marlene Gorman
Michael Gosenski
Annunziata O. Gould
Joseph & Pamala Gouveia
John Paul Graff and
Katherine O’Neil
Mary Grafious
John Graham and Ann Medlock
Malcolm and Julie Graham
Fay C. Graning
Eugene and Emily L. Grant
Alan and Sallie Gratch
Jeffrey L. Grathwohl
Randy and Nora Gray
John F. Green
Morris H. and Joyce C. Green
Rev. Steven E. Greenebaum
Phillip M. Gregg
Michael Gross
Alan Grossberger
John R. Gustafson
Betty Gutman
Alfred and Nellie Habegger
Jonathan Haber
Stephen W. Hager
Frederick J. Haggerson
Timothy W. Hahn
Martha J. and Robert Hall
Marshall Hamilton
Thomas Patrick Hammond
Judith R. Hance
Robert and Sharon Handelsman
Brad N. and Leisa Hansen
Dennis G. Hanson
Roger and Margaret B. Harmon
Patricia A. Harper
J. Barton Harrison
Mark and Jane Heald
Gerilyn Gess Healey
June E. Heilman
Holly Hein
Dan Heinz and Karen Boeger
Patricia B. Helvey
Dennis and Karen Henderson
Lynn J. and Don P. Herring
Lois C. Herrmann
David and Evelyn Hess
Joseph W. Hess
Jane Hiatt and Robert Pearl
John and Hermi Hiatt
Walter and Barbara Higgins
Milton Hildebrand
Mary Licini Hill
Colleen Hinds
Kathleen Semerad and
Peter Hoagland
Jana M. Hobbs
Len C. and Phyllis J. Hockley
Linda Hodapp
Steve Hollowell
Ann S. and Mark Hollyfield
Greg Holmes
Kirsten Holmquist
Judith Horstmann
Kathy Horton
Natalie T. Houghton
Cheryl H. Houser
Cheryl Howard
Tony Howell and Patricia Benner
Rosemary Howes
Richard W. Hughes
Julie Hulme and Rob Handy
Julie Huntington
Harold E. Hushbeck, Jr.
Judith Hutchins
John H. Hutchison
Pamela W. Hyde
James L. and Wendy L. Inkster
Richard Jacobi
Hilary Jacobs and
Daniel D. Schelling
Milton S. Jacobs
Majduddin and Patricia Jaffer
Susan C. and Gerald E. James
Marilyn Jasper
Elizabeth Javens
Wendell and Bernice Jeffrey
Robert W. Jensen
Stephen C. Jett
Heidi S. Jochem and
Craig A. Jensen
Carolyn Johnson and Kevin Cook
Debra Dee Johnson
Erik Johnson
Hillary and Bern Johnson
Margery Johnson
Terry Johnson
Kevin Johnsrude
Lonay and Susan Jones-Nelson
D. Darrell Jones
Doreen Royston Jones
R. Steven Jones
Teri and Bob Jones
Linda Agerter and Rick Judd
Marcus A. Jung
Al Kaplan and Judy Macfarlane
Arthur Lipson and Rochelle Kaplan
Judy Kaplan
Paul Kaplan, MD and Jane Squires
Phil Katzen and Joan Kleinberg
Stephen and Alice Keil
Joanne and Dennis Keith
Patricia R. Kellogg
Marilyn Kelly-Clark and
Dennis Clark
Jonathan and Janet Kempff
Frank and Joan Kenna
Matt Kenna
Helen Kennedy
Michael Kenning
William A. Kern
Linda Kervin
Kevin Kirchner and Mary Sing
Ruth J. Kistler
Adam C. J. Klein
Charles Nelson Kleinhans
Jon Klingel
Billy Knight
Kip Knight
Andrew B. Knox
Gerald V. Koch
William and Lauretta Koopmann
Bonnie Korman and Bob Bishop
Cina Kraft
H. Robert Krear
Ellen B. Kritzman
Elise Kroeber
Cathi and Charles Kroon
Michael Krumper
David Kumpe and
Rosemarie Wipfelder Kumpe
Karen Kunde
Donald E. Kusler
Brigita Lacovara
Roger Lais
Gary D. Landers
Connie M. Landis
David A. Langebartel
Russa Kittredge and
Christian Langpap
Matthew Latterell and Ina Zucker
Katie and Josh Laughlin
David Lawlor
W. William and Barbara Leaphart
Karen Kole Leary
Joseph Lee
Robert and Dee Leggett
Craig and Nancy Leman
Amy Jo Levin
Adam E. Levine
Jay and Beth Levine
Alex Levinson
Abe and Pat Levy
Mary Levy
David B. Lewis
William Z. Lidicker, Jr. and Louise
N. Lidicker
Helen Liguori
Jason A. and Linda E. Lillegraven
Sandra P. Lilligren
Kathi Lindsay
Michael E. and Tammy K. Lindsay
William G. Lindsay
Anita S. Linke
Edna Litten
Tom Lively
Laura and Walter Long
Walter W. Loniak
Glen and Rhoda Love
Norris Love
Patricia Lovejoy
Greg L. Lower
Annette Lowry
Merv Loya
Tara Lumpkin
Bernice C. Maertz
Joseph T. Maier
Edward Mainland
Terrie Mangat
Francis Mangels
Judith Mangina
Christopher Manke
Lisa Manning
Lisa Maragon
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Kevin Kirchner
Washington, DC
WELC Board Member
Donor Since 2004
In more than 30 years of environmental
advocacy, one of my greatest pleasures
has been working with the talented and
dedicated staff and attorneys at WELC.
Whether they are out in our communities
with farmers, ranchers and residents,
or inside a courtroom ensuring that our
environmental laws are enforced, they bring
a passion and expertise to their work that is
as amazing as it is necessary.
I’m proud to be part of an organization
that has been Defending the West for the
past 20 years and will continue to do so for
generations to come.
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Robert J. and Susan Marett
Arlen and Patricia Markus
Jackie Marlette and Rich Dambrov
James Marsh
James T. Martin
Betsy and Robert Martinez
Joel W. Marx
Tyler M. Mason
Joel Masser
Mary Ann Matthews
John I. Mattill
Raymond A. Mayer
Linda G. McBride
Norma J. McCallan
B. Riley and Pat McClelland
Annette McClure
Evelyn McConnaughey
Bob McCoy
Lucy McDonald
Carolyn McFarland
Larry D. McKnight
Adam and Nancy McLane
Barbara Kumpf McManus
Jean McNamar
H. Glenn Meares
Diane Mehling
Roger D. Mellem
John Mellgren
Julie A. Mellgren
June E. Mellgren
Millie and Jeff Mellgren
Vreni Merriam
William H. and Nancy L. Meyer
M. Jane Meyerding
Marcia Michaels
Yolande Michaels
Louise J. Michlin
Gaia Mika and Hank Brusselback
Philip S. and Linda J. Miller
Gerry Milliken
Michael Milstein, MD
Bob and Naomi Mindelzun
Leigh and Carol Mintz
Rene Minz and Robert Brasted
Rebecca Mirsky
Chuck and Dian Missar
Karen Mitchell
T. Charles Moore
William and Terry Moore
C. Albert Moreno
Clark and Georgia Morgan
Dan M. Morgan
Gerald Morsello and Elaine Rees
Ruth I. Morton
Linda Moscarella
Allyn and Joyce Mosher
Robert C. and Janet H. Mountjoy
Virginia Mudd and Clifford Burke
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Kenneth Murdoff
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Lawrence D. Nagel
Barbara Nakata
Lucia Nascimento
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Renze Nesbit
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Michael O. Nimkoff
William K. Nisbet
Jonathan Krauss and
Ann Mary Norton
Andrew V. Nowak
Ernest and Marietta O’Byrne
Roy O’Connor
Moira O’Hanlon
Alison O’Reilly
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George W. Ordal
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John Osborn
John M. and Suzanne Otter
Robert Pabst
Charles M. Paden
Lavonne Painter
Theodore W. and Laramie Palmer
Ruth and Mark Pash
Eric and Nora Patterson
Jean M. Paulk
Julia A. Paulsen and
Kevin O’Connor
Martha and Warren Pavlat
Edgar Peara
William G. Pearcy
Mark William Pearson
Betsy Peirce
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Nancy Perryman
Ilsa Perse
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Damon R. Phillips
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Nancy Pitblado
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Charles K. and Louise R. Quigley
Gerald Quintana
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Ann Marie Rasmussen
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Steven Raymen
Robert C. Raymond and
Dorothy Downes
Elizabeth Readel
Joy Ann L. Reading
Charles M. Reed
Scott W. and Mary Lou Reed
Marilyn L. Reeves
Margaret Regan
James Rego
Roslyn P. Regudon
Arthur Reidel
Scot Renick
Robert A. Resnik
Rebecca J. Reynolds
Robert G. Ribe
Susan and John Richmond
Harry Riffenburgh
John Rimel
Barbara A. Roach
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William H. Rodgers, Jr.
Paul D. Rogland
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Chris Rose
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H. Gerritt Rosenthal
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Edward Rossi
Sandra Rossi
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Robert Russell
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Helen Rynaski
Charlotte R. Sahnow
Herbert K. Salmon, III
Flo Samuels
Janie Corinne and Rachael Sanborn
Margie Sanford
Sally Saulvester
Joseph L. Sax
Marrick E. Sayers, PhD
Elizabeth Scanlin
Ronald F. Scheuerman
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Erich F. Schimps
Marvin Schinnerer
Pierre F. Schlemel
Erik Schlenker-Goodrich and
Rachel Conn
Nicholous F. Schneider
Robert Schoen
Eric T. Schoenfeld
Mary Lou Schriner
David J. Schroeder
Donald R. Schuman
Donald and Beverly Schwab
Thomas Seddon
Richard Seeley
Karl Seifert
John Shafer
Patricia Sharkey
James H. and Katherine Shea
John M. Sherman
Sylvia J. Sherman
Barbara and Patrick Shields
Ruth I. Shimondle
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Robert Shotola
Nathan T. Sidley
Bret Siler
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Randy S. Simon and
Jonathan Meier
Peter Sinclaire
Tom Singer
Norman Singfield
Richard H. Sinkoff
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J. Michael Starr
Gerry Stassinos
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Edwin Steimling
Herbert M. Stein
Otto L. Stein
Susan L. Steinberg
Frances W. Stevenson
Kenneth Martin and Elizabeth
Stevenson
Robert and Jill Stoecker
Brian K. Stompe
John and Tamera Stone
Patricia Stranski
Darol Streib
Mary Ellen Strote
Nicholas W. Sturch
Renee Such
Ardis A. Sussell
Janet B. Svirsky
Dan and Sandra Szymanski
Gary Tackman
Ed and Donna Taggart Murphy
Ken and Janet Taht
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Ann Tattersall
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Sabine du Toit
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Marilyn J. Blank
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Jane and Lawrence Yazzie
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Keystone Partners
Thank you to our monthly and
quarterly donors!
Anonymous
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Dorothy Downes
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Helen Rynaski
Charlotte R. Sahnow
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Rachel Conn
Robert Shotola
Norman Singfield
Herbert M. Stein
Kenneth Martin and
Elizabeth Stevenson
Ann Tattersall
Sara Tiede
Charles H. Trost
Mark Van Ryzin
Eve Vogel
Richard S. Wheeler
Legacy Donors
We deeply thank our loyal
supporters who have included
WELC in their estate plans.
Anonymous
Bruce H. and Edith W. Anderson
Joseph Bower
Jemma T. Crae
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Alan Eliason
Ray Elliott
Martha J. and Robert Hall
John I. Mattill
Annette McClure
Michael P. Ryan
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John M. Sherman
David Weissman
Lornie White
Tribute Gifts
We appreciate all the gifts
made in honor of family
and friends.
Marjorie Sue Abramovitz
Roy Hunter
Andy Meislin
Ann and Jim Gritman
Terria McNamar
Morgan Ellis Peters
Sandra Lilligren
Celebrating 20 Years!
1993-2013
2001
2003
2007
2008
Thank you to our
wonderful supporters for
making our 20 years of
Defending the West a success!
2004
2004
2010
WELC 20|20
Please take a moment to view the
short film celebrating WELC’s
20 years (1993-2013) of
Defending the West and
get a glimpse at our
next 20 years!
Watch the film on our website: westernlaw.org
Foundations &
Charitable Funds
Caroline Gabel
President and CEO
Shared Earth Foundation
The Shared Earth Foundation is proud
of its 10-year partnership with Western
Environmental Law Center. We are
grateful for the opportunity to have shared
in the success of protecting wolverines,
lynxes, all the other Western predators,
and their habitat. The Foundation could
have done none of this work alone, or by
focusing on single species.
Working through the courts and the
law, and with people, this partnership
has made a substantial difference to
wide ecosystems, which depend on top
predators for their health. We look forward
to another decade of work together. Thank
you, WELC.
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Anonymous
Anonymous*
444S Foundation
Bella Vista Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Blue Oak Foundation
Brainerd Foundation
Burning Foundation
Energy Foundation
Eugene and Emily Grant Family
Foundation
Evergreen Hill Education Fund
of The Oregon Community
Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Firedoll Foundation
Flathead Community Foundation
Sallie and Alan Gratch
Family Fund
Harder Foundation
Harrison L. Grathwohl
Environmental Trust
Joseph Rosen Foundation
Jubitz Family Foundation
Kenneth White Trust
Margaret W. Reed Foundation
McCune Charitable Foundation
McKenzie River Gathering
Foundation
Nell Newman Foundation
New-Land Foundation
Newman’s Own Foundation
Patagonia Environmental Grants
Program
Rochester Area Community
Foundation
Sacharuna Foundation*
Schwab Charitable Fund
Shared Earth Foundation
Snoqualmie Tribe
State Street Foundation, Inc.
Taos Community Foundation
The Alper Foundation
The Connable Office, Inc.
The Dawn Hill Fund
The Jonathan and Kathleen
Altman Foundation
The Peter and Josephine Von
Hippel Family Fund
The Purple Lady/Barbara J.
Meislin Fund of the Jewish
Community Federation and
Endowment Fund
The Seattle Foundation
Turner Foundation
WCEC Re-Grant Fund of the
Tides Foundation
Weeden Foundation
Wiancko Charitable Foundation
Wilburforce Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation
Organizations
Amigos Bravos
Citizens for a Healthy Community
Clean Air Task Force
Field Institute of Taos
Renewable Taos
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
Santa Fe Garden Club
Sierra Club
Taos Search and Rescue
* Contributors to Chama Peak Land Alliance
Businesses & Employee
Giving Programs
Applied Scientific
Instrumentation, Inc.
Blackfoot River Brewing Company
Caffry and Flower,
Attorneys at Law
Cerro Vista Farm
Cid’s Food Market
Corrie Yackulic Law Firm, PLLC
Delindas Designz
Deschutes Brewery, Inc
Five Star Burgers
Google Matching Gifts Program
Inger Jirby Gallery
KW Botanicals
La Bodega Fresca
Lewis & Clark Brewing Company
Los Rios River Runners
M S Marketing
Marrone Construction, Inc.
Mountain Rose Herbs
Mudd-n-Flood Mountain Shop
Network for Good
New Belgium Brewing Company
Oakshire Brewing
Organically Grown Company
Overlode, Inc.
Paradigm Winery
Petree’s Nursery and Greenhouses
PG&E Corporation Campaign for
the Community Program
Phil’s Electrical Service
Taos Mesa Brewing
Team Estrogen, Inc.
The Boeing Company Gift Match
Program
Trillium Natural Foods
United Way of the Columbia
Willamette
YourCause, LLC - Trustee for
Hewlett-Packard
In Kind Donations
Bent St. Cafe & Deli
Bruce Gomez Photography
Cerro Vista Farm
Doc Martin’s Restaurant
Earthship Biotecture
El Meze Restaurant
Eske’s Brew Pub & Eatery
Eske’s Paradise Balloons
Far Flung Adventures
Field Institute of Taos
Hair
KKIT
KRZA 88.7
KTAO Solar Radio & Bar
KUNM
KVOT
La Bodega Fresca
Los Rios River Runners
Luna 103.7 FM
Mabel Dodge Luhan House
Mary Cedarwolf
Sangre de Cristo Chronicle
Seconds Eco Store
Shree Yoga Taos
Taos Fly Shop &
Streit Fly Fishing
Taos Mountain Outfitters
Taos Pizza Out Back
The Good Sole
The Historic Taos Inn
The Oval Door Inn
The Santa Fe New Mexican
The Taos News
Training Resources for the
Environmental Community
Wild Earth Llama Adventures
Shawn Donnille
Co-owner and Vice President
Mountain Rose Herbs
As a business owner in Oregon, I love this
great state for its scenic, recreational,
and aesthetic values. The preservation of
its beauty is intimately connected to and
dependent on conservation efforts.
The Western Environmental Law Center
is an essential ally in the fight to protect
the quality of our wild places, which
matter deeply to us all. For this reason,
Mountain Rose Herbs supports WELC and
we applaud all that they do to protect the
magnificent state that we call home.
Mountain Rose Herbs is an Herbs, Health, and Harmony company
based in Eugene, OR. www.mountainroseherbs.com
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Investment &
Other Income
1%
2013 REVENUES:
Program Services
$438,189
Foundation Grants $879,716
Contributions $331,380
Investment & Other Income $24,560
TOTAL
Contributions
20%
Program
Services
26%
Foundation
Grants
53%
$1,673,845
2013 EXPENDITURES:
Program $1,273,255
Administration $139,985
Fundraising $143,878
TOTAL
$1,557,118
Please contact our Northwest office in August for a complete audited financial report.
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Fundraising
9%
Administration
9%
Program
82%
Our victories are YOUR victories. Thank you!
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Corrie Yackulic
President
Kevin Kirchner
Lori Maddox
Vice President
Lisa Manning
Mike Lindsay
Phil Katzen
STAFF
Erik Schlenker-Goodrich
Executive Director
Pete Frost
Attorney
Megan Anderson
Attorney, Climate & Energy
Program Director
Dina Gonzales
Administrative Coordinator
Matthew Bishop
Attorney, Northern Rockies
Office Director
ADVISORY BOARD
Rodney Brown, Jr.
William H. Rodgers, Jr.
James Cox
James R. Strittholt, PhD
Jim Furnish
Scott Summy
Alex Levinson
Charles F. Wilkinson
Andrea Rodgers Harris
Mary Wood
Susan Jane Brown
Attorney, Wildlands
Program Director
Mary Cedarwolf
Finance Officer
Greg Costello
Attorney
Monique DiGiorgio
Conservation Strategist
Shiloh Hernandez
Attorney
Katie Laughlin
Director of Foundation
Relations
David Lawlor
Director of Donor Relations
Geoff Hickcox
Of Counsel
Jackie Marlette
Development &
Communications Coordinator
Hillary Johnson
Director of Communications
John Mellgren
Attorney
Matt Kenna
Of Counsel
Andrea Rodgers Harris
Of Counsel
Laura King
Legal Fellow
Tom Singer
Senior Policy Advisor
Russa Kittredge
Director of Donor Relations
Kyle Tisdel
Attorney
Nick Warren
Development Assistant
Photo credits: (Cover) Glacier National Park by SpreadTheMagic; (Inside cover) Arizona Desert by ©iStock/Ron Thomas.
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