The Student Conservation Association annual report 2010 contents Chairman’s Letter...... 1 President’s Letter...... 3 SCA 2010 Highlights...... 5 A Pathway to Success...... 6

Our Supporters...... 16 Board of Directors...... 29 National Council, SCA Officers...... 30

Financial Report...... 31

The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the only national organization that develops tomorrow’s conservation leaders by providing high school and college students with conservation service opportunities in all 50 states, from urban communities to national parks and forests. SCA annually places over 4,000 interns and volunteers who render more than two million hours of conservation service protecting endangered species, restoring threatened habitats, building hiking trails and more. This hands-on experience is transformational, as SCA members develop powerful connections with nature while gaining new skills and improved confidence. Since 1957, SCA’s hands-on practice of conservation service has helped to develop new generations of conservation leaders, to inspire lifelong stewardship, and to save the planet. chairman’s letter

The Student Conservation Association’s leadership, strength and impact were on clear display last year to anyone who visited America’s public lands. But the most enviable vantage point—short of actually being an SCA volunteer—just may be my own.

As SCA chairman, I was privileged to see 4,200 young people provide meaningful conservation service in parks, forests and communities in every state in the nation, and even more of our alumni advance to positions of influence throughout the environmental world and within their own neighborhoods. As talented profession- als, dedicated stewards and selfless citizens, they are conserving our natural and cultural treasures and ensuring these resources will sustain and inspire our people well into the future.

Through responsible fiscal management and operational excellence, SCA grew its youth-serving programs, created new job paths for those seeking green careers, and affirmed its institutional integrity. We welcomed new partners, expanded existing collaborations, and broadened our networks, allowing SCA to expand opportunities for conservation service and job readiness during a time of heightened environmental stress and record youth unemployment.

And all of us at SCA applauded when Founder Liz Putnam received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Barack Obama. Liz has touched the lives of so many people over the years, and her passion for nature and stewardship remain stirring today. No one is more deserving of this extraordinary honor and such a special moment at the White House.

Liz, of course, is the first one to share the credit for SCA’s successes and in that vein I acknowledge my dedicated colleagues on the Board of Directors and thank them for their efforts, wisdom and resolve. In particular, I salute my predecessor as chair, Jane Goedecke, and other sunsetting board members including Melanie Beller, Tom Collier, David Fitch, Fraser Gilbane, Charles “Reb” Gregg, and Leslie Turner. I am also grateful to Dale Penny and his extremely gifted staff for their stellar performance in driving this organization forward. SCA simply would not be the force it is without them.

I am also appreciative of your continued faith and support. I assure you it is well founded and never taken for granted. Together, we are building the next generation of conservation leaders. Turn through the pages ahead and see for yourself.

Best Regards,

Dean W. Fischer Chairman

2010 Annual Report 1 Bay Area Community Crew, California president’s letter

Meeting the Need

As the challenges facing our environment grow in number and complexity, the Student Conservation Association continues to lead the way in advancing contemporary solutions to strengthen America’s public lands, young people, and society at large for many years to come.

In 2010, SCA launched dynamic, youth-driven initiatives to combat climate change, protect stressed watersheds, and preserve irreplaceable cultural treasures. We aligned our programs into a continuum of experiential learning practices to provide members with enhanced skill sets and career opportunities. And we significantly expanded our programs to engage more ethnically and culturally diverse youth and create a more inclusive green community.

In addition, last year SCA introduced an ambitious plan to double the number of young people serving in our conservation programs. Between now and 2020, we will engage 60,000 young people on the land as we double the number of our SCA participants to 10,000 young adults annually.

Although SCA service profoundly affects our parks and forests, its greatest impact is on the lives of those who serve, the hundreds of thousands touched through member outreach and education, and the millions more who depend on the land, air, water and other resources conserved by SCA participants.

I am grateful for the insightful leadership of SCA’s Board of Directors, the devoted efforts of the SCA staff, and the continued inspiration provided by SCA Founding President Liz Putnam, who was so deservedly awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal in August, 2010. I also thank you for your ongoing interest and support as we work together to build the next generation of conservation leaders.

Sincerely,

Dale M. Penny President

2010 Annual Report 3 Serving nature“” is among the most important and rewarding callings humankind can ever know. – SCA Founder Liz Putnam 2010 highlights SCA founder honored Interns take action in the Gulf The Presidential Citizens Medal is the For SCA’s Jennifer Raabe, the Gulf of Mexico nation’s second highest civilian honor. In its wasn’t just an assignment. It was her home. 40-year history, it had never been awarded The Long Beach, Mississippi native was to a conservationist—until SCA Founding serving at nearby Gulf Islands National President Liz Putnam accepted the medal Seashore when the Deep­water Horizon from President Barack Obama at a White oil spill struck in April 2010. “Seeing it House ceremony on August 4, 2010. firsthand made me feel physically sick,” Ms. Putnam, who launched the American Jennifer said. “The seafood industry— conservation service movement with the so many people’s livelihoods are at stake. establishment of the Student Conservation The beach—it’s what I’ve known my Association more than 50 years ago, was whole life.” honored for “performing exemplary deeds of service for her country and fellow citizens.” “Serving nature is among the most impor- tant and rewarding callings humankind can ever know,” she states. “I am grateful and humbled by this honor. I share it with all the young women and men of SCA, whose hands-on service protects our public lands and lifts our people’s hearts.”

SCA takes off with Southwest Southwest Airlines became the Official Airline of SCA in 2010, joining us in numerous Earth Day service projects and Jennifer spent the next several weeks on sponsoring our annual summer photo wildlife patrols, searching for affected ma- contest. In 2011 SCA and Southwest will rine life. Other SCA interns transferred to join together on the Conservation in Action the Gulf to assist in the emergency response. Tour—40 conservation service projects in Twenty-one year old Christine Chung 25 cities nationwide to celebrate the participated in as many as 11 seabird rescues airline’s 40th anniversary. in one day. “To hug a pelican so close to my heart,” she notes, “I have never felt so “Southwest Airlines is a citizen of this intimately connected to wildlife. It solidified planet and with that citizenship, it is my lifelong commitment to conservation our responsibility to set an example and and will stay with me forever.” support environmental stewardship now and plant the seed for future generations,” A year after the spill, Jennifer and Christine says Linda Rutherford, Southwest Airlines were both recognized by Audubon’s Women Vice President of Communication and in Conservation for their efforts in the Strategic Outreach. Gulf region.

“We share the Student Conservation Association’s vision of preparing future leaders for the responsibilities of citizenship to their communities and to our planet.”

2010 Annual Report 5 a pathway to success The Student Conservation Association has been building conservation leaders for over 50 years. We’ve engaged more young people in service, protected more public lands, and activated more lifelong stewards than any national service organization in America.

Now, SCA is also building green a single, progressive continuum of careers, a more inclusive conserva- experiences to better prepare our tion community, and new bridges members for successful careers and to nature that keep the outdoors adulthood. Amid a daunting job relevant and valued. market, SCA will provide young people with work skills, job training In 2010, SCA launched a bold new and professional pathways just as a vision in conservation service. We large percentage of the environmen- began to restructure our nationwide tal workforce reaches retirement. service-learning opportunities into

CITIZEN STEWARD CONSERVATION Trails to Conservation Leadership PROFESSIONAL

green jobs The SCA Experience energy conservation SCA entry points RETURNING SCA MEMBER Conservation Leader

climate advanced trail building change marine science & restoration & research projects

cultural & historic environmental education interpretation

Commitment community park GPS trail mapping, restoration wildlife monitoring

wilderness work skills training trail work & restoration wildlife habitat improvement, invasive removal

Developing Competence and Expertise Today, I feel the“” whole of nature rushing through me… I’m getting so much more than I have given. – Sam Zahn, SCA, Redwoods National Park

SCA is adding a new professional development program to help alumni and others leverage their experience, secure employment, and continue to care for our natural and cultural resources.

Through the implementation of these and other strategies, SCA will double our annual membership to 10,000 young people by 2020. That means thousands more would-be wildlife biologists, energy managers, urban SCA has also expanded our pioneer- planners and other green specialists ing urban conservation programs and, working each year to help protect for the first time, we have placed more our natural world and ensure it will teens in their home cities than in na- nurture our children’s children. tional parks and forests. In Chicago, Oakland, Washington, DC, and Serving the land irrevocably connects nearly 20 other major metropolitan people with nature and instills a areas, SCA introduced more than conservation ethic. It inspires lifelong one thousand diverse youth to their stewardship. local environment through hands-on service and employment programs. So, as devoted SCA members These individual’s advanced capabili- profoundly impact the American ties and varied cultural backgrounds landscape, the land also profoundly are already enriching the conservation affects them. field. This is how SCA builds the next In addition, SCA started crafting generation of conservation leaders. a more extensive environmental curriculum to provide more training in pertinent disciplines and eventually offer academic credits and conserva- tion certifications.

2010 Annual Report 7 Detroit Community Crew, Michigan taking the first step The SCA program continuum provides flexible entrance and exit points to meet a variety of interests and experience levels. For those of high school age, for example, SCA conducts summer trail crews as well as extended service-learning modules throughout the year that include weekend outings and service projects.

SCA introduces these participants to Independent studies also show SCA the outdoors, environmental ethics, participants acquire significantly stewardship, work skills, and conser- higher levels of self-esteem and con- vation career opportunities. Years of fidence, creativity, and initiative. For research consistently demonstrates that matter, just ask an SCA parent. the impact of this experiential learn- “We have been incredibly impressed ing on first-year SCA members. with how positive and self-confident Joey has become,” states John Cote n 95% state their service improved their environment/community of Palo Alto, CA. “He has established goals and is self-motivated, evidenced n 94% of those who serve in wilderness areas develop enduring connections by a new job and targeted college with nature applications.” n 88% of those who serve in their home communities reduce their ecological footprints

8 Student Conservation Association thesca.org It’s hard“” work, but it’s important to me because I live here. – Schcari Wade, SCA crew member

“There’s all this talk that Detroit is raggedy. That people are leaving because the city’s dirty,” he notes. “It feels good to be out here knowing we’re improving the city. We’re mak- ing a difference…and I’m learning a lot about myself.”

During a break, the high school junior confesses that until recently he wasn’t sure of what he wanted to do after graduation. But now he says he hopes to study forestry. He’s begun to see opportunity where he previously Welcome to Detroit, where the sun saw neither the forest nor the trees. is blazing, the heat index is well into triple digits, and an SCA crew Schcari suddenly takes a long pull comprised of local teens is cutting from his water bottle, leaps back on a trail through Rouge Park. Tools his feet, and grabs his Pulaski. As he in hand, the team spreads out and heads back to the trail, he turns and begins to grade a stretch they offers a final comment. cleared the day before. “One thing I do know—I’ll be back “We need to get a 5% angle to make with SCA next year.” it better for bikers,” explains Schcari Wade. “It’s hard work, tiring, but it’s important to me because I live here.” Johnson Controls, Inc., a global diversi- fied technology and industrial leader, is For most of the crew, this is their first part of a crucial network of private and public partners behind SCA’s community experience in the park. But Schcari programs. Johnson Controls generously says he recently learned his home provides SCA funding in Baltimore, town was once known as The City of Detroit and Milwaukee, where our joint Trees, and hopes his work will help effort was recently cited by the U.S. others discover this urban oasis. Conference of Mayors as a “best prac- tice in green jobs for youth.”

2010 Annual Report 9 Florida National Scenic Trail, Florida engaging hands, head and heart After planting the seeds of stewardship, SCA provides returning members with more advanced service and training opportunities. In some cases, the work is more technical, allowing members to apply newfound knowledge and hone recently acquired skills. In others, participants’ growth is spurred by traveling far afield and working with others to achieve common goals.

In the field, SCA members are tested benefits to the park are immediate not just physically but intellectually. and tangible, the enthusiasm of these They practice situational analysis, young people who worked in the innovation, and problem solving as fog and rain, camped in soggy condi- part of a team. They learn how to get tions, and returned to work the next the job done. morning, attests to the success of the Student Conservation Association. Speaking about the SCA members It is obvious that SCA is helping serving at Maryland’s Catoctin youth to develop a passion for the Mountain Park, Superintendent outdoors and become environmental J. Mel Poole says: “While the stewards.”

10 Student Conservation Association thesca.org Sometimes,“” you just have to do what you love. – Danny Nguyen, SCA crew member

near his California home. He’d spend his days documenting conditions, capturing GIS data and shooting photographs. He’d spend his nights wondering where his own trail was leading.

“My supervisor, Senior Trail Planner Steve Ross, was an excellent mentor. He not only taught me valuable and practical work ethic skills but also in- creased my interest in the outdoors,” Danny notes. Soon he switched his Danny Nguyen says growing up major from computer science to in Oakland, “all I knew were cars, environmental economics and policy, noise, streetlights and skyscrap- abandoning plans for a career in ers.” But the son of Vietnamese technology and instead focusing on immigrants admits he “unexpect- earning a law degree and specializing edly fell in love with nature and the in environmental justice. outdoors” after joining SCA while in high school. That led to a second “It’s surprising even to me,” he states. hitch, this time far from home, at “Sometimes, you just have to do Hopewell Furnace National Historic what you love. You have to consider Site in southeastern Pennsylvania. the ‘psychic income.’”

“It didn’t take us long to become a family. We built trails together by day SCA is grateful to the hundreds of indi- and socialized at night,” Danny says vidual resource management partners of his crew. “The environment was whose guidance, wisdom and support the complete opposite from home. are essential to the development of SCA Never in my life had I seen stars the members. In recognition of their contri- way I did out there!” butions, in 2010 SCA initiated the Serv- ing Youth Serving Nature Partner Award Last year, Danny advanced into an and presented the inaugural citation to Dawn Coulson, a forest technician at SCA internship with the Juan Bau- George Washington-Jefferson National tista de Anza National Historic Trail Forest in Virginia.

2010 Annual Report 11 Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico charting a career course For those with more extensive experiences or academic back- grounds, acquired through SCA or other institutions, the Student Conservation Association offers specialized internships in a wide range of environmental disciplines. Interns obtain train- ing and perform services under the supervision of professionals but routinely work independently in resource management, ecological research, visitor services and many other fields.

Parks, forests and refuges across the interns to combine their passions U.S. rely on thousands of SCA in- and educations with professional terns each year to help them achieve experience—a major step toward job- their conservation objectives. Just readiness and a powerful advantage as important, these sites allow SCA in today’s competitive job market.

12 Student Conservation Association thesca.org We are“” literally saving the canyon from ourselves. – Leah Duran, SCA intern

“Sphaeralcea ambigua—the only time I’ve used Latin since high school,” states Leah.

Her broad field experience—from visitor services to revegetation—made Leah an exceptionally qualified and attractive hiring prospect. “My time during trail season and work at the Grand Canyon enables me to apply for positions for which the general public is not eligible,” she notes. “I wanted to give back,” says “SCA presents unparalleled opportu- Leah Duran, explaining her SCA nities. Moreover, SCA solidified my internships at Montezuma Castle commitment not just to conservation, National Monument, where she but to service in general.” provided interpretive presentations, and SCA Massachusetts, where the As this publication prepared to go Connecticut native taught environ- to press, Leah accepted a permanent mental education and cared for state park guide’s position at Lassen parks. A journalism major, Leah had Volcanic National Park. “I’m excited thought she was destined for a com- to continue in the conservation field munications career but, she says, “the for another great organization,” more I delved into the conservation Leah says. “This job would not have world, the more I fell in love with it.” been possible without the continued support of SCA. You’ve made a huge, So last year, she returned to SCA positive difference in my life.” on a habitat restoration team at the Grand Canyon. “With more than five million tourists a year,” she notes, SCA played a key role last year in “human impact is the largest threat to establishing new regulations that make flora and fauna. We are literally saving it easier for qualified interns to transition into agency employment. SCA and its the canyon from ourselves.” She plant- members also influenced the recom- ed native prickly pear cacti and purple mendations of the Obama administra- asters where a paved road used to be, tion’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative, and in the park nursery she harvested which seeks to expand service and seeds from globemallow, a flowering career opportunities for youth on shrub indigenous to the Southwest. public lands.

2010 Annual Report 13 Golden Gate National Recreational Area, California building conservation leaders Up to 50% of employees at federal, state and municipal land management agencies as well as many private firms will reach retirement age in the next five years, placing workforce development and the continued care of our environment among our most urgent needs. SCA has worked with our partners to develop vocational apprenticeships to provide thousands of young adults with on-the-job training opportunities that lead to entry level positions and, eventually, long and productive outdoor careers.

SCA’s goal is not necessarily to turn educators, refuge volunteers and more. everyone into a park ranger. SCA SCA recognizes we must sustain the builds conservation leaders and such life’s work of the world’s environmen- leadership comes in all forms: clean tal professionals. For that is how we energy engineers, organic farmers, will sustain life itself. waste water managers, environmental

14 Student Conservation Association thesca.org It was “”like being a bridge between two worlds. – Coleen Gentles, SCA alumna

and the U.S. Geological Survey, today Coleen is TPL’s director of marketing in Washington, D.C., where she says she most enjoys constituent relations and providing elected leaders with the facts and figures they need to make informed decisions on public spaces. “I am passionate about helping people protect parks,” she states.

Coleen describes SCA as “very In nature, everything is cyclical. influential” in her professional career And so it is for Coleen Gentles. as well as her personal attitude. “I learned a lot about how nonprofits Coleen served in two SCA intern- work, how businesses work,” she says. ships with the Trust for Public Land “Through SCA, I also learned there (TPL) in 2006 and 2007. She began are a lot of environmental advocates by collecting and processing data out there, that you’re not alone.” for TPL’s highly respected City Park Coleen draws hope from that fact Facts Report and conducting related as she assembles the latest City Park research, working with everyone Facts Report, which profiles the from field staff to senior executives. nation’s 77 largest city parks systems, “I interacted with high level officials representing some 1.3 million acres. to interpret raw data from the field,” she says. “It was like being a bridge “I may never see some of these places, between two worlds,” she says. but that’s okay,” Coleen reasons. “Inspiring or helping somebody else In fact, her SCA experience was is still great.” a bridge to a career. Coleen’s TPL supervisors saw in her a broad skill set and even greater motivation. So SCA envisions a world in which conserv- they expanded her responsibilities to ing our environment is a commitment include composing reports, writing shared by all young people as they entered their careers and assume the news releases, and blogging about responsibilities of citizenship. Today’s for- issues affecting urban parks. Soon she est rangers, solar engineers, eco-travel was also participating in fundraising agents and others upholding America’s and constituent relations. Coleen ex- natural and cultural legacy are all bound celled in every case, and so did TPL. by a common goal. Increasingly, they are Following additional internships with also tied to a common starting point: the the U.S. Department of Agriculture Student Conservation Association.

2010 Annual Report 15 The Community Foundation for Prince George’s County ConocoPhillips Dallas Women’s Foundation Edwin W. and Catherine M. Davis Foundation Delaware North Companies The Educational Foundation of America Energizer Charitable Trust Fairfield County Community Foundation Forest County Potawatomi Community Foundation Granite Construction, Inc. Grant Capital Management, Inc. Harley-Davidson Foundation David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation our supporters Horizon Foundation, Inc. As SCA implements a new vision for youth conservation service, we are The Kimball Foundation grateful to the individuals, foundations, corporations and community Laurel Foundation organizations for their generous support, without which we cannot succeed. Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Your gifts also help to protect valued national parks, forests and urban green The Lightfoot Foundation spaces, as well as cultural sites. Most importantly, they reflect the deep and LLH/LHM Foundation Marathon Oil Company enduring commitment of friends whose spirit continually inspires our work. Marpat Foundation, Inc. The Martin Fabert Foundation Faye McBeath Foundation The Morningstar Foundation Motiva Enterprises LLC Corporations & Foundations The Fifth Generation Fund of the Bradley-Turner Foundation, Inc Nottawa Wild Bird Supply $500,000 + The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Panhandle Energy The Peterson Charitable Lead Trust Johnson Controls, Inc. HoustonBuhl Foundation PSEG Foundation, Inc. ExxonMobil Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation The Countess Moira Charitable Foundation Public Service of New Hampshire $100,000 + Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation River Branch Foundation Anonymous (1) DS Waters of America, Inc. SAP American Eagle Outfitters Foundation El Paso Corporation Robert M. Schiffman Foundation American Water GE Asset Management The Seattle Foundation Amtrak The Heinz Endowments The Seedlings Foundation Aramark Corporation Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Harold Simmons Foundation The Boeing Company Charitable Trust Johnson & Johnson Sony USA Foundation, Inc. Colcom Foundation The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation Staples Foundation Dr Pepper Snapple Group JPMorgan Chase Sustainable Pittsburgh Exelon Foundation The Juniper Foundation Tapeats Fund The Home Depot Foundation L.L. Bean TRACO Div of Alcoa Richard King Mellon Foundation Mars Foundation United Way of Allegheny County National Forest Foundation Jim Moran Foundation U.S. Bank Unilever United States Foundation The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation Van Sloun Foundation National Fish & Wildlife Foundation West Monroe Partners LLP $50,000 + The Norcliffe Foundation The Wortham Foundation Anonymous (1) PNC Foundation WYCO Fund The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation REI S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Elmina B. Sewall Foundation $5,000 + The Boston Foundation Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission Anonymous (1) Bullitt Foundation State Street Foundation Connecticut Light and Power Jessie B. Cox CLT - Cox Family Fund The Crawford Taylor Foundation Dominion Foundation EarthShare America Vidda Foundation - Michael Brewer Fund The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. The Grable Foundation WildSpaces Forest Capital Partners LLC Greater Milwaukee Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts Corina Higginson Trust Houston Endowment Inc. Roy A. Hunt Foundation Mazda Foundation $10,000 + Johnson-Fortin Charitable Trust National Parks Conservation Association Anonymous (2) Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation NBC Universal Foundation Alcoa Foundation Edward S. Moore Family Foundation NRG Energy, Inc. Arizona Community Foundation Northeast Utilities The UPS Foundation Bank of America Patagonia The Bank of New York Mellon Pearson Family Charitable Foundation $25,000 + Charitable Foundation Pitney Bowes Foundation The Herb Block Foundation The Birmingham Foundation Points of Light Institute Citizens Bank Foundation The Boone Family Foundation The Prudential Foundation Clark-Winchcole Foundation

16 Student Conservation Association thesca.org Photos: Ed Shoemaker - Three Moon Bay Three - Ed Shoemaker Photos: SCA volunteers make a vital “”connection to our great outdoors. In September, 2010, U.S. Representative Norm Dicks (D-WA) was awarded the SCA Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam Founder’s Medal for meritorious conservation leadership. “SCA volunteers not only make important contributions to maintaining and restoring our public lands,” the congressman stated, “but they also make a vital connection to our great outdoors…accomplishing critical restoration work while producing savings that can be used for many other necessary park improvements.”

Purdue Pharma L.P. Gifts-In-Kind Campbell Creek Science Center Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation Fairbanks District Office Union Bank Foundation American Eagle Outfitters Foundation Glenallen District Yankee Gas Deuter USA, Inc. Northern Field Office Youth Foundation, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation White Mountain Houston Astros Denali Education Center L.L. Bean Denali National Park & Preserve Named Funds Leedsworld, Inc. Elmendorf Air Force Base SCA maintains a number of endowed funds Southwest Airlines Fort Egbert National Historic Landmark to support volunteers and priority programs. Targhee Fire Services, LLC Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve We appreciate special funds established in The Timberland Company Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve memory of volunteers, staff and other friends Hatcher Pass East Management Area of the Association. Izembek National Wildlife Refuge SCA Land Management Juneau Forestry Sciences Laboratory The Blaustein Foundation, Inc. Partners Katmai National Park & Preserve Kenai Fjords National Park Marvin Bodin Memorial Fund Alabama Ann Fraser and George Brewer Memorial Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Alabama 4-H Center and Environmental Brenda M. Cercone Memorial Fund Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Field School Scott Croll Memorial Fund Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Bankhead National Forest The Elizabeth and E. Sanderson Cushman Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Memorial Fund Matanuska-Susitna Borough Parks and Cumberland Piedmont Network Inventory & Robinson Cushman Memorial Fund Recreation Department Monitoring Program The Dannenberg Family Fund Murie Science and Learning Center Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge Jack Dolstad Fund Northern Southeast Regional Fort Morgan State Historic Site Betsy and Jesse Fink Fund for SCA Aquaculture Association Advancement Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Henry S. Francis Wilderness Workskills Fund Little River Canyon National Preserve (RTCA) – Alaska Peter Marshall French Scholarship Fund Natchez Trace Parkway Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Leon and Lisa Gorman Endowment for Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Tongass National Forest Diversity in the Outdoors Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site US Fish & Wildlife Service – Frederick John Kubeck Memorial Fund Kenai Field Office The Charles William Lynn Fund Alaska Kenai Fishery Resource Office Betsy Matsch Memorial Fund Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center King Salmon Fishery Resource Pamela Matthews Fund Alaska Interagency Visit Center Office Sarah Jane McCarron Fund Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge US Forest Service Alaska Regional Office Karen Norton Memorial Fund Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Upper Susitna Soil and Water Grace Hendricks Phillips Scholarship Fund Refuges Conservation District Walter E. Rice Endowment Fund Alaska Region Inventory & Monitoring Program Western Arctic National Parklands Al Ryan Memorial Fund Alaska Wildlife Alliance White Mountain National Recreation Area Brian E. Scanland Memorial Fund Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve Gen Shirane Fund Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve David D. Wadsworth Memorial Fund Bureau of Land Management – Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge A. Scott Warthin, Jr. Memorial Fund Alaska State Office 2010 Annual Report 17 SCA is creating a movement. “” In 2010, federal officials conducted more than 50 listening sessions across the country, hearing from 10,000 individuals and amassing over 100,000 ideas and suggestions for reconnecting people to nature and conservation as part of the America’s Great Outdoors initiative. SCA members and alumni were constants at these meetings, calling for easier and more affordable access to public lands, new technological bridges such as web portals and mobile applications, and expanded service and job opportunities. “When we looked at the youth sessions,” notes NPS Deputy Director Mickey Fearn, “those sessions were almost 60% people of color, largely due to how hard SCA worked to get those populations out. SCA is creating a movement…You’re beginning to see populations of people concerned about environmental stewardship that historically weren’t concerned about that.”

Arizona Tonto National Monument Angel Island State Park Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Walnut Canyon National Monument Angeles National Forest Arizona Game & Fish Department White Mountain Apache Reservation Arastradero Preserve Arizona State University – Polytechnic Campus Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Argus Range Wilderness Area Bureau of Land Management – Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery Beale Air Force Base Arizona Strip Big Maria Mountains Wilderness Area Kingman Field Office Arkansas Big Morongo Area of Critical Safford Field Office Arkansas 4-H Center Environmental Concern Tucson Field Office Buffalo National River Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness Area Yuma Field Office Bull Shoals & Norfork Lakes Bighorn Mountain Wilderness Area Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge Central Arkansas Refuges Complex Black Mountain Wilderness Area Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Chugach State Park Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge Bodie State Historic Park Canyon de Chelly National Monument Fort Smith National Historic Site Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area Casa Grande National Monument Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge Cabrillo National Monument Chiricahua National Monument Hot Springs National Park Cache Creek Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Ouachita National Forest California Department of Parks & Recreation Coconino National Forest Ozark National Forest California Exotic Plant Management Team Coronado National Memorial Pea Ridge National Military Park California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Flagstaff Area National Monuments Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge Recreation Commission Glen Canyon National Recreation Area California State Parks Grand Canyon National Park California California WildCorps Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Bureau of Land Management – Camp Ramah Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Alturas Field Office Carrizo Gorge Wilderness Area Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Arcata Field Office Carrizo Plain National Monument Kaibab National Forest Bakersfield Field Office Catalina Island Conservancy Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Barstow Field Office Channel Island Field Station Lake Mead National Recreation Area California Desert District Channel Islands National Park Montezuma Castle & Tuzigoot Cedarville Office Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness Area National Monuments Clear Creek Management Area Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Area Navajo National Monument El Centro Field Office Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Fort Ord Public Lands City of Barstow Petrified Forest National Park Hollister District Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness Area Saguaro National Park Needles Field Office Cleveland National Forest San Carlos Apache Tribe Palm Springs South Coast Field Office Clipper Mountains Wilderness Area Sonoran Desert National Monument Ridgecrest Field Office Coachella Valley Preserve Sonoran Desert Network Inventory & Monitoring Riverside Office Coyote Mountains Wilderness Area Program Yuha Desert Dead Mountains Wilderness Area Sunset Crater National Monument Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Death Valley National Park Tonto National Forest Andrew Molera State Park Devils Postpile National Monument

18 Student Conservation Association thesca.org Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Old Woman Mountains Wilderness Area Warner Mountain Ranger District – Wildlife Refuge Pacific Crest Trails Association Modoc National Forest East Bay Regional Park District Pacific Southwest Research Station West Mesa Area of Critical El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Pahrump Valley Wilderness Area Environmental Concern National Historic Trail Association Palen/McCoy Wilderness Area Western Ecological Research Center Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness Area Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness Area Westminster Woods Camp & Conference Center Forever Young Treehouses Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Friends of Sausal Creek Pinnacles National Monument Wildlands Conservancy Funeral Mountains Wilderness Area Piper Mountains Wilderness Area Wildlife Center for Disease & Toxin Investigation Giant Sequoia National Monument Piute Mountains Wilderness Area Yosemite National Park Golden Gate National Recreation Area Plumas National Forest Golden Valley Wilderness Area Point Reyes National Seashore Colorado Grass Valley Wilderness Area Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest Havasu National Wildlife Refuge (RTCA) – Northern California Bureau of Reclamation – Technical Service Historic American Buildings Survey Rancho Arroyo Seco Center Hollow Hills Wilderness Area Redwood National and State Parks Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Ibex Wilderness Area Resting Springs Range Wilderness Area Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Rice Valley Wilderness Area Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge Indian Pass Wilderness Area Riverside Mountains Wilderness Area Buckley Air Force Base Institute for Wildlife Studies Rodman Mountains Wilderness Area Bureau of Indian Affairs – Inyo Mountains Wilderness Area Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front Southern Ute Agency Inyo National Forest National Historical Park Bureau of Land Management – Jacumba Wilderness Area Sacatar Trail Wilderness Area Colorado State Office Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness Area Dolores Field Office Environmental Concern San Bernardino National Forest Montrose District Jedediah Smith State Park San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Colorado Division of Parks & Outdoor Joshua Tree National Park San Gorgonio Wilderness Area Recreation Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail San Jacinto National Monument Colorado National Monument Juniper Flats Area of Critical San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Curecanti National Recreation Area Environmental Concern Santa Catalina Island Dinosaur National Monument Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area Santa Margarita Ecological Preserve U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Kiavah Wilderness Area Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness Area Mountain-Prairie Regional Office King Range Conservation Area Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Kings River Experimental Watershed Sequoia Forest Keeper Fort Collins Science Center Kingston Range Wilderness Area Sequoia National Forest Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre & Gunnison Klamath National Forest Sequoia Natural History Association National Forest Klamath Network Inventory &Monitoring Shasta-Trinity National Forest Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Program Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area Hovenweep National Monument Lacks Creek Conservation Area Sierra National Forest Mesa Verde National Park U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Six Rivers National Forest National Association of Interpretation Bay Model Visitor Center Slide Ranch Environmental Center National Park Service – Lake Mendocino Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Denver Contracting Office Lake Sonoma Wildlife Refuge Intermountain Region Pine Flat Lake South Nopah Range Wilderness Area Natural Resource Program Center Lassen National Forest Stanislaus National Forest Rocky Mountain National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park Stepladder Mountains Wilderness Area San Juan – Rio Grande National Forest Lava Beds National Monument StepUp2Green San Juan National Forest Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Area Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Little Picacho Wilderness Area Sugarloaf Ridge State Park The Nature Conservancy – Colorado Chapter Manzanar National Historic Site Summer Search Napa-Sonoma U.S. Geological Survey – McArthur-Burney Falls State Park Summer Search Silicon Valley Great Sand Dunes National Monument Meccacopia Special Recreation Susanville Railroad Depot/Bizz Johnson Stratton Sagebrush Ecological Research Site Management Area Rail Trail White River National Forest Mendocino National Forest Sylvania Mountains Wilderness Area Mesa Verde National Park Tahoe National Forest Connecticut Mesquite Wilderness Area Trilobite Wilderness Area City of Stamford Mojave National Preserve Trinity Alps Wilderness Elm City Parks Conservancy Mount Diablo State Park Trust for Public Land Solar Youth, Inc. National Civilian Community Corps Tule River Ranger District SoundWaters Center National Forest Recreation Association Turtle Mountains Wilderness Area Weir Farm National Historic Site Naval Air Station North Island US Department of Agriculture Research Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake Branch Delaware Newberry Mountains Wilderness Area U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service San Diego Delaware State Historic Preservation Office Nopah Range Wilderness Area National Wildlife Refuge Complex Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Fund North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness Area Vandenberg Air Force Base The Nature Conservancy – Delaware Old Spanish Trail Association Vasquez Rocks County Park

2010 Annual Report 19 So here I am. “” Sixty college students from around the country converged on Grand Canyon National Park in March for SCA’s annual Alternative Spring Break, sponsored by American Eagle Outfitters. They planted native shrubs and grasses near the South Rim, removed hazardous ice and snow from South Kaibab Trail, and erased graffiti near the canyon floor. “I really enjoy national parks,” says student Geoff Toy, “and I began to think about how many people it takes to maintain them. You know—staff, rangers, search and rescue teams, so here I am.”

District of Columbia Urban Tree House Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Anacostia Park Washington DC Children and Youth Investment Preservation Jacksonville Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Trust Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Historical Park Washington DC Department of Health: (RTCA) – National Capital Region Civil War Defenses of Washington Environmental Health Administration- Riverwoods Field Laboratory Earth Conservation Corps Watershed Protection Division St Marks National Wildlife Refuge Fund for American Studies Washington DC Public Charter Schools South Florida/Caribbean Network George Washington Memorial Parkway Washington DC Public Schools Inventory & Monitoring Program Heritage Documentation Programs The Nature Conservancy – Historic American Building Survey Florida Blowing Rocks Preserve Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens Agricultural Research Service Disney Wilderness Preserve Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Agricultural Research Service – Invasive Eastern Traveling Team National Historic Site Plant Research Laboratory Florida Chapter National Capital Parks-East Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve Lake Wales Ridge National Capital Region Archbold Biological Station Tiger Creek Preserve National Park Foundation Avon Park Air Force Range Tyndall Air Force Base National Parks and Conservation Big Cypress National Preserve Association Biscayne National Park Georgia National Park Service – Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium Andersonville National Historic Site Center for Cultural Resources Canaveral National Seashore Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Diversity and Special Projects Dry Tortugas National Park Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Heritage Preservation Services Eco-Discovery Center Cumberland Island National Seashore Historic Preservation Office Eglin Air Force Base Fort Frederica National Monument Office of Legislative & Congressional Affairs Everglades National Park Fort Pulaski National Monument Youth Programs Division Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge National Tourism Office Florida National Scenic Trail Hickory Hill – The Historic Home of Native American Cultural Heritage Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge Thomas E. Watson Preservation Program Florida Trail Association, Inc. Honda Environmental Center Native American Graves Protection/ Florida/Caribbean Exotic Plant Management Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Repatriation Act Team Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site National Oceanic and Atmospheric Fort Pickens State Park Moody Forest Natural Area Administration’s Chesapeake Bay Program Gulf Islands National Seashore National Park Service – Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance Jonathan Dickinson State Park Southeast Regional Office (RTCA) – Washington DC Program Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge Ocmulgee National Monument Rock Creek Park National Key Deer Refuge Southeast Coast Network Inventory & The Nature Conservancy – National Park Service – Monitoring Program Maryland/District of Columbia Chapter Business Management Group Spirit Creek Educational Forest Trust for Public Land Wilderness Stewardship Division The Nature Conservancy – Georgia Chapter Office of US Representative Sherwood Boehlert Naval Air Station Pensacola University of Georgia Marine Extension Service Office of US Representative Henry Brown Naval Air Station Whiting Field Warm Springs Fish Technology Center Office of US Representative Jim Costa Ocala National Forest Warm Springs Regional Fish Hatchery Office of US Representative Ron Kind Ordway-Swisher Biological Station Office of US Representative Steve Rothman Panama City Ecological Services Field Guam Office of US Representative Christopher Shays Office War in the Pacific National Historical Park

20 Student Conservation Association thesca.org Hawaii Iowa Fort Washington Park Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Desoto National Wildlife Refuge Greenbelt Park Haleakala National Park Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Hard Bargain Farm Hawaii State Office – Natural Resource Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Monocacy National Battlefield Conservation Service Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge National Capital Parks East – Fort Washington Hawaii Volcanoes National Park U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Naval Air Station Patuxent River Kaloko-Honoko Hau National Historical Park Coralville Lake Naval Support Activity South Potomac Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project Patuxent Research Refuge Kilauea Field Station Kansas Rock Creek Park Fort Scott National Historic Site The Nature Conservancy – Maryland/District Idaho Horton Agency of Columbia Chapter Bureau of Land Management – Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge Coeur D’Alene District Massachusetts Pocatello Field Office Kentucky Joseph Allen Skinner State Park Twin Falls District Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Alternatives for Community and Bureau of Reclamation Snake River Historical Park Environment Area Office Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge Appalachian Mountain Club - Berkshire Boise National Forest Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Chapter Clearwater National Forest Daniel Boone National Forest Appalachian Mountain Club - Camp Coeur D’Alene Tribe Green River Lake Wildlife Management Area Noble View Craters of the Moon National Monument Mammoth Cave National Park Ames Nowell State Park Dworshak Reservoir Natural Resource Conservation Service- Appalachian Trail Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness Kentucky Bartholomew’s Cobble – Trustees of Harriman State Park U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Reservations Idaho Trails Association Buckhorn Lake Berkshire Natural Resources Council National Interagency Fire Center Louisville Blue Hills Reservation Nez Perce Indian Reservation Boston Bikes Program Nez Perce National Forest Louisiana Boston Harbor Islands National Nez Perce National Historical Park Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Recreation Area Northwest Watershed Research Center Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Boston National Historical Park Payette National Forest Wildlife Refuge Breakheart Reservation Salmon and Challis National Forests National Center for Preservation Breath of Life Dorchester Salmon River Ranger District Technology and Training Cape Cod National Seashore Sawtooth National Forest New Orleans Jazz National Historical Chester-Blandford State Forest – Boulder Park Scotchman Peaks Roadless Area Park Clarksburg State Park Spatial Dynamics, Inc. Red River National Wildlife Refuge Connecticut River Coordinator’s Office U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Southeast Louisiana Refuges Corellus State Forest Lucky Peak Dam and Lake Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Demarest Lloyd State Park Yellowstone National Park Refuge Complex Dubuque Memorial State Forest Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Illinois F. Gilbert Hills State Forest Chicago Park District Maine Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Chicago Wilderness alliance Acadia National Park Harold Parker State Forest City of Chicago Department of Appalachian Trail The Hitchcock Center for the Environmental Protection Baxter State Park Environment Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Ferry Beach Ecology School Leominster State Forest Forever Young Treehouses – Barrington Maine Appalachian Trail Club Longfellow National Historic Park Parks Project Maine Land Trust Lowell National Historical Park Friends of the Forest Preserves National Park Service – Lynn Woods Reservation Lincoln Home National Historic Site Northeast Regional Office Manice Education Center Rock Island County Soil and Water Saint Croix International Historic Site Massachusetts Audubon Society Conservation District Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center Massachusetts Parks – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Kenneth Dubuque State Forest Lake Shelbyville Maryland Middlesex Fells Reservation Antietam National Battlefield Minute Man National Historical Park Indiana Assateague Island National Seashore Mohawk State Forest Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge Association of Partners for Public Lands Moore State Park Gary Sanitary District Battle Creek Nature Education Society Mount Everett State Reservation Great Lakes Science Center Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Mount Grace Conservation Land Trust Hardy Lake State Recreation Area Historical Park Mount Greylock State Reservation Hoosier National Forest Catoctin Mountain National Park Mount Tom State Reservation Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Clara Barton National Historic Site Mount Wachusett State Reservation Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Deep Creek Lake State Park Mount Washington State Forest The Nature Conservancy – Environmental Concern, Inc. Myles Standish State Forest Kankakee Sands Project Office Fort McHenry National Monument and Natural Resource Conservation Service – Western Lake Erie Basin Project Office Historic Shrine Massachusetts

2010 Annual Report 21 The Urban Garden could make “”a huge difference. SCA joined the Pittsburgh Pirates and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl in 2010 to plant urban gardens in the Steel City. The initiative helps local youths grow fruits and vegetables that are donated to the disadvantaged. “The Urban Garden could make a huge difference for the many hungry children and families in the City of Pittsburgh,” said Pirates’ star Andrew McCutchen. The effort also reduces the number of overgrown lots in city neighborhoods.

Nantucket Conservation Commission Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Nantucket State Forest (RTCA) -- Michigan Mastodon State Historic Site New England Forestry Foundation Shiawasse National Wildlife Refuge Onondaga Cave State Park North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Ozark National Scenic Riverways Olmsted Center for Landscape The Nature Conservancy – Eastern Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge Preservation Traveling Team Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Otter River State Forest U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Quabbin Reservoir Ecological Services--Upper Peninsula St. Louis District Red Gate Farm Sub-Office Wappapello Lake ReVision Urban Farm Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Roundhouse Center for Cultural Minnesota Montana Evolution Grand Portage National Monument Aerial Fire Depot Salem Maritime National Historic Site North Country Trail Association Big Hole National Battlefield Southwest Boston Community Prairie Wetlands Learning Center Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Development Corp Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Area Savoy Mountain State Forest (RTCA) – Minnesota Bitterroot National Forest Stony Brook Reservation Superior National Forest Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex The Nature Conservancy – Voyageurs National Park Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Berkshire Taconic Landscape Program Windom Wetland Management District Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribe Martha’s Vineyard Flathead National Forest Massachusetts Field Office Mississippi Glacier National Park Massachusetts Islands Program Conservation Recovery - Mississippi Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site Wachusett Mountain State Reservation Crow’s Neck Environmental Education Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Wendell State Forest & Conference Center Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge West Hill Dam and Charles River Gulf Islands National Seashore Yellowstone National Park Natural Valley Storage Area Mississippi Sand Hill Crane National U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Wildlife Refuge Nebraska East Brimfield Lake Natchez Trace Parkway Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Westville Lake Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Homestead National Monument of America Westfield River Wild and Scenic (RTCA) – Mississippi Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Advisory Commission Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge National Underground Railroad Network Willard Brook State Forest Missouri to Freedom Michigan George Washington Carver National Monument Niobrara Scenic River Scotts Bluff National Monument Hiawatha National Forest Great River National Wildlife Refuge Winnebago Agency Isle Royale National Park Heartland Network Inventory & Monitoring Keweenaw National Historical Park Program North Country Scenic Trail Association Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Ottawa National Forest Mark Twain Lake Project Office Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Mark Twain National Forest

22 Student Conservation Association thesca.org Nevada Silk Farm – New Hampshire Audubon San Andes National Wildlife Refuge Bureau of Land Management – Society for the Protection of New Santa Fe National Forest Blacks Creek Hampshire Forests Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge Carson City District Squam Lakes Association White Sands National Monument Great Basin National Park The Fells/John Hay National Wildlife Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Refuge New York Lake Mead Exotic Plant Management Town of Allenstown Adirondack Park Team Umbagog State Park Appalachian Trail Project Lake Mead National Recreation Area U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Bard College Field Station, NYS Mojave Desert Network Hopkinton – Everett Lakes Department of Environmental Southern Nevada Agency Partnership University of New Hampshire Conservation Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Cooperative Extension 4-H ((Head Bear Mountain State Park University of Nevada, Reno – Biological Heart Hands and Health) Bird Conservation Area Program Resources Research Center Wadleigh State Park Blue Mountain Wild Forest Western Ecological Research Center Wallis Sands State Beach Blue Ridge Wilderness Area Webster Elementary School Caroga Lake Campground New Hampshire Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Ahern State Park White Mountain National Forest Catskill Center for Conservation and Allenstown Elementary School Wilson Elementary School Development Audubon Society of New Hampshire Winslow State Park Central New York Conservancy Bear Brook State Park Wonalancet Out Door Club Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve Beaver Brook Falls Wayside Park Crailo State Historic Site, NYS Office of Beech Street Elementary School New Jersey Parks, Recreation and Historic Central New England Fisheries Appalachian National Scenic Trail Preservation Resource Office Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Debar Mountain Wild Forest City of Manchester Gateway National Recreation Area Division of Public Affairs and Education, Coleman State Park Hunterdon County Department of Parks Albany Deer Mountain Campground and Recreation Eight Lake Campground Dixville Notch State Park Morristown National Historical Park Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Echo Lake State Park New Jersey State Parks Center, NYS Office of Parks Ellacoya State Park Princeton University Ecological Recreation and Historic Preservation Franconia Notch State Park Research Project Environmental Management Bureau Geneva Point Center Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve Finger Lakes National Forest Greenfield State Park Fire Island National Seashore Hallsville Elementary School New Mexico Five Rivers Environmental Education Hampton Beach State Park Abiquiu Lake Corps of Engineers Center, NYS Department of Hillside Middle School Bandelier National Monument Environmental Conservation Jewett Elementary School Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge Gateway National Recreation Area – Lafayette Campground Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Jamaica Bay Lake Francis State Park Bureau of Indian Affairs – New York City Lake Massabesic Watershed Mescalero Apache Agency Staten Island and Headquarters New Hampshire Audubon Zuni Reservation Golden Beach Campground Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge Bureau of Land Management – Grafton Lakes State Park Maple Mania Event – New Hampshire Audubon Carlsbad Field Office Greene County Soil and Water Margaret & H.A. Rey Center Taos Field Office Conservation District Mount Sunapee State Park Campground Capulin Volcano National Monument Hale Creek Field Station, NYS Department Nashua National Fish Hatchery Carlsbad Caverns National Park of Environmental Conservation New Hampshire Department of Chaco Culture National Historical Park Hoffman Notch Wilderness Area Transportation Chihuahuan Desert Network Inventory & Hudson River Estuary Program The New Hampshire Division of Parks Monitoring Program Hudsonia, Limited and Recreation Dexter Fish Technology Center James Baird State Park New Hampshire Farm Museum Dexter National Fish Hatchery Jessup River Wild Forest Natural Resources Conservation El Malpais National Conservation Area Lake George Land Conservancy Service – NH El Malpais National Monument Lake George Wild Forest Odiorne State Park El Morro National Monument Lewey Lake Campground Pawtuckaway State Park Fish & Wildlife Service Southwest Lila-Whitney Wilderness Area Pikes Peak Fire Prevention Regional Office Limekiln Lake Campground Pillsbury State Park Gila Cliff Dwellings National Park Long Island Field Office Pisgah State Park Gila National Forest Mason Lake Campground Randolph Mountain Club Lincoln National Forest Minnewaska State Park Preserve Rhododendron State Park Pecos National Historical Park Moffit Beach Campground Robert Frost Farm Rivers Trails & Conservation Assistance Mohonk Mountain House Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site (RTCA) – New Mexico Moose River Plains Recreation Area Salvation Army Kids Cafe Rails to Trails Association Moreau Lake State Park Salvation Army of Manchester Rocky Mountain Research Station National Parks of New York Harbor Salvation Army Tutoring Center Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program

2010 Annual Report 23 ...one of the biggest “”turning points of my life. Many SCA alumni reached new heights in 2010, perhaps none more than Eric Larsen (SCA ’93, Kenai Fjords NWR), who last year completed an unprecedented trek to the South Pole, North Pole and summit of Mount Everest in a continuous 365-day period. The Minnesota native journeyed to what he calls “the front lines of global warming” to showcase humans’ impact on the “last great frozen places” and urge action to combat climate change. “My SCA experience was probably one of the biggest turning points of my life,” Eric states. “I learned that stewardship of our planet could come in many forms...I hope that people are able to use my story to gain a better appreciation of the world around us and feel empowered to protect our planet for future generations.”

National Park Service – Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Cape Lookout National Seashore Northeast Regional Office Saratoga Spa State Park Eastern Cherokee Reservation New York City Department of Scenic Hudson Eastern Cherokee Agency Environmental Protection – Stream Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Incorporated Great Smoky Mountains National Park Management Program Schodack Island State Park Land Trust for the Little Tennessee New York State Department of Sergeant Ponds Wild Forest Southeast Coast Monitoring Network Environmental Conservation Seventh Lake Campground Moores Creek National Battlefield New York State Department of Health Sharpe Reservation Pisgah National Forest New York State Office of Parks Sharpe Reservation/Fresh Air Fund Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Recreation & Historic Preservation Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge Central Office Staatsburgh State Historic Site State of North Carolina New York/New Jersey Trail Conference - Statue of Liberty National Monument The Nature Conservancy – Eastern Appalachian Trail, Bear Mountain Stone Barns Center for Food & Traveling Team State Park Agriculture New York/New Jersey Trail Conference - Stony Kill Farm Environmental North Dakota Appalachian Trail, Education Center, NYS Department Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Dutchess/Putnam of Environmental Conservation Fort Berthold Agency New York/New Jersey Trail Conference Taconic Outdoor Education Center Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Nick’s Lake Campground Taconic Region Office Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Norrie Point Environmental Center, New Thacher State Park Theodore Roosevelt National Park York State Department of The Nature Conservancy – Turtle Mountain Outdoor Learning Center Environmental Conservation Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Turtle Mountain Tribe Northampton Beach Campground Long Island Chapter NYC Department of Environmental Wilton Wildlfe Preserve & Park Ohio Protection The Wild Center and Adirondack Museum Cuyahoga Valley National Park Palisades Interstate Park System Tioga Point Campground Dayton Aviation Heritage National Peebles Island State Forest Titusville State Forest Historical Park Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Deer Creek Lake Pixley Falls State Park New York District Dillon Lake Project Point Comfort Campground U.S. Green Building Council - Forever Young Treehouses – Laurel Hills Poplar Point Campground NY Upstate Chapter Project Rivers Trails and Conservation Assistance Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (RTCA) -- New York City West Canada Lakes Wilderness Area Ohio Historical Society Region 2 Office NYS Department of Women’s Rights National Historical Park Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Conservation YMCA Camp Chingachgook Wayne National Forest Region 3 Office NYS Department of Environmental Conservation North Carolina Oklahoma Reinstein Woods Environmental Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Chickasaw Agency Education Center Appalachian Highlands Network Inventory & Chickasaw National Recreation Area Riverkeeper Monitoring Program Bureau of Indian Affairs – Rockland Lake State Park Appalachian Highlands Region Choctaw Nation Rockwood State Forest Blue Ridge Parkway Concho and Horton Agencies Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Eastern Oklahoma Agency Santa Clara Fee Lands Cape Hatteras National Seashore Oklahoma City Office

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Partnering for Progress. As SCA closed the first decade of the millennium, it opened the door to the next by co-hosting a special “NPS Academy” to prepare dozens of ethnically diverse college students for careers with the National Park Service. Participants received an introduction to park employment opportunities and performed as field interns at Grand Teton, Yellowstone and a dozen other national parks along the way to entry-level, full-time positions. SCA also expanded a successful pilot program to place young people of color in over half the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuges, and launched a model “Pathways to Parks” initiative to produce a more qualified and credentialed workforce for the Department of the Interior.

Oklahoma Fisheries Resources Office Umpqua National Forest The Outdoor Classroom/Boyce-Mayview Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Park Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Willamette National Forest University of Pennsylvania – Tinker Air Force Base U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Morris Arboretum Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery Libby Dam – Kootenai River Upper Delaware Scenic and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Recreational River Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge Research Station Urban Ecology Collaborative Valley Forge National Historical Park Oregon Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Bonneville Lock and Dam Allegheny County Parks – North and YouthWorks Bureau of Indian Affairs – South Parks Portland Regional Office Allegheny National Forest Puerto Rico Bureau of Land Management – City Charter High School San Juan National Historic Site Eugene District City of Pittsburgh Lakeview Resource Area Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Rhode Island McDermitt Creek Eisenhower National Historic Site Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Fairmount Park Complex Center Flight 93 National Memorial Vale District Fort Necessity National Battlefield South Carolina Warm Springs Reservoir Friendship Hill National Historic Site Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge Columbia River Gorge Gettysburg National Military Park Clemson University Coop Unit Crater Lake National Park Grey Towers National Historic Site Congaree National Park Deschutes National Forest Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Cowpens National Battlefield Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Healcrest Farm Cumberland Piedmont Network Inventory & Center Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Monitoring Program Fort Clatsop National Monument Independence National Historical Park Fort Sumter National Monument Haystack Rock Marine Garden and Johnstown Flood National Memorial Kings Mountain National Military Park National Wildlife Refuge Mount Washington Community Middleton Place National Historic John Day Lock and Dam Development Corporation Landmark Klamath Network Inventory & Monitoring National Center for the American Revolution Overmountain Victory National Historic Program National Park Service – Trail Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Northeast Regional Office Palmetto Conservation Foundation Mount Hood National Forest Office of Surface Mining Santee National Wildlife Refuge Northwest Regional Office Pittsburgh City Parks Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Ochoco National Forest Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Sumter National Forest Oregon Caves National Monument Pittsburgh Urban Programs Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife – Pocono Environmental Education Center Salem District Powdermill Nature Reserve South Dakota Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Progress Fund Badlands National Park Siskiyou Field Institute Raystown Lake – Army Corps of Crow Creek Agency Siuslaw Forest, Cape Perpetua and Engineers D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Oregon Dunes Schuylkill Environmental Center Great Plains Region Siuslaw National Forest Silver Lake Nature Center Huron Wetlands Management District Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge Southwestern Pennsylvania Watershed Jewel Cave National Monument Association Lower Brule Agency

2010 Annual Report 25 Mount Rushmore National Memorial Chamizal National Memorial Environmental Learning Center Wind Cave National Park Conservation Recovery-Padre Islands South Texas Refuge Complex Yankton Agency National Seashore Texas Audubon Society Council for Environmental Education Texas Coastal Watershed Program Tennessee Dallas Independent School District Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Dallas Museum of Natural History Texas Parks & Wildlife - Galveston Big South Fork National River and Guadalupe Mountains National Park Island State Park Recreation Area Heard Natural Science Museum & Texas Parks & Wildlife - Sheldon Lake Cherokee National Forest Wildlife Sanctuary State Park Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Herman Park Conservancy Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fort Donelson National Battlefield Houston Arboretum and Nature Center Region 4 Headquarters Great Smoky Mountains National Park Houston Conservation Collaborative Trees for Houston Invasive Plant Control Houston Independent School District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Natchez Trace Parkway Houston Parks Board Georgetown Lake Overmountain Victory National Historic Houston Wilderness Lake Texoma Trail Houston Wilderness Initiative Mid-Brazos Project Office Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge Houston Zoo Sam Rayburn Reservoir River Ridge Environmental Education Katy Prairie Conservancy Waco Lake Program Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Shiloh National Military Park Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Utah Stones River National Battlefield Memorial Park, Houston Arches National Park Memorial Park Conservancy Ashley National Forest Texas Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens Bee Biology and Systematics Lab Amistad National Recreation Area NRG Cedar Bayou EcoCenter Bryce Canyon National Park Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Nature Discovery Center Bureau of Land Management – Attwater Prairie Chicken National Outdoor School at Camp Champions Moab Field Office Wildlife Refuge Padre Island National Seashore Monticello Field Office Audubon Texas at Cedar Ridge Preserve Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Vernal Field Office Battleship Texas State Historic Site Preservation Dallas Canyonlands National Park Big Bend National Park San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Canyonlands Research Station Big Thicket National Preserve San Jacinto Battleground and Battleship Texas Cedar Breaks National Monument State Historic Sites Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Sea Turtle Group Project Buffalo Bayou Partnership Dinosaur National Monument Sheldon Lake State Park & Cedar Ridge Audubon Dixie National Forest

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grand for Our Youth and Our Land

Leave a Legacy to SCA There are many ways to create a legacy that will help to build new generations of conservation leaders who will protect our parks, forests, refuges, seashores and urban communities. If it is time to create or review your will or living trust, you can designate SCA as a beneficiary of a set dollar amount, a particular asset or a percentage of your estate or trust assets.

You can also use do-it-yourself techniques. Leave the following assets to SCA by completing simple forms on your own: Retirement Plan • Life Insurance Policy • Bank or Brokerage Account

All legacy gifts, large or small, are greatly appreciated.

For more information, please contact Hugh Montgomery, SCA’s Director of Gift Planning, directly at 603.504.3241 or [email protected]. 26 Student Conservation Association thesca.org Golden Spike National Historic Site Staunton State Park Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Grand Canyon – Parashant National Monument US Forest Service – Preservation Alliance of West Virginia Grand Staircase – Escalante National Glenwood-Pedlar Ranger District The Nature Conservancy – West Virginia Monument Virginia Department of Conservation West Virginia Sustainable Communities Hovenweep National Monument and Recreation Program Manti-La Sal National Forest Virginia State Parks National Park Service – Volunteer Fairfax Wisconsin Southeast Utah Group Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Virgin Islands Natural Bridges National Monument Bureau of Indian Affairs – Buck Island Reef National Monument Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Great Lakes Agency Natural Resources Conservation Uinta National Forest Menominee Tribal Enterprises Service - Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands Wasatch-Cache National Forest Menominee Tribe Virgin Islands National Park Zion National Park Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Great Lakes Exotic Plant Management Vermont Washington Team Bishop Booth Conference Center Alpine Lakes Wilderness Milwaukee County Parks Button Bay State Park Bureau of Indian Affairs – Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway Green Mountain National Forest Menomie Tribal Enterprises Schlitz Audubon Center Isle La Motte Preservation Land Trust Yakama Tribe The Nature Conservancy – Wisconsin Jamaica State Park Chief Joseph Dam Project Office Field Office Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Clarkston Natural Resource Office Urban Connections Historical Park Columbia Cascades Support Office Urban Ecology Center Merck Forest & Farmland Center Colville National Forest Mt. Ascutney and Wilgus State Parks Cowlitz Valley Ranger District Wyoming Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area Pittsford National Fish Hatchery Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe U.S. Army Corp of Engineers – Area Mendocino National Forest Upper Connecticut River Basin Bighorn National Forest Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest University of Vermont Bridger-Teton National Forest Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife Bureau of Indian Affairs – Mount Rainier National Park Vermont Institute of Natural Science Wind River Agency National Park Service – White River National Fish Hatchery Devils Tower National Monument Pacific West Coast Regional Office Francis Emroy Warren Air Force Base Virginia North Cascades Institute Fort Laramie National Historic Site Aegis Combat Systems Center North Cascades National Park Complex Fossil Butte National Monument Appalachian National Scenic Trail North Coast/Cascades Exotic Plant Grand Teton National Park Appalachian Trail Manage Network Historic Trails Council Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment Okanogan National Forest Medicine Bow Conservation District Assateague Island National Seashore Olympic National Forest National Elk Refuge Blue Ridge Parkway Olympic National Park Natrona County Fire Mitigation Booker T. Washington National Olympic National Park, Yakima Reservation Commission Monument Rivers Trails & Conservation Prior Mountain Wild Horse Range Colonial National Historical Park Assistance – Idaho Oregon Washington Yellowstone National Park Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge Fish & Wildlife Service Washington U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Office Chief Joseph Dam International Partners Fort Ambrose Powell Hill Vashon Maury Island Land Trust Coastal Livelihoods Trust, New Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Washington State Department of Brunswick Military Park Natural Resources Conservation Council of New Brunswick George Washington and Jefferson Washington State Parks & Recreation Conservation of Communities and National Forests Commission Rivers, Gatineau, Quebec George Washington Birthplace National Washington Trails Association Ducks Unlimited Canada – Monument Wenatchee National Forest – Cle Elum District Newfoundland George Washington Memorial Parkway Wenatchee National Forest – Naches Nature Trust of New Brunswick Kiptopeke State Park Ranger District Quebec/Labrador Foundation – Manassas National Battlefield Park Yakama Indian Reservation Blanc de Sablon and Harrington Marine Corps Base Quantico Harbor, Quebec, Canada West Virginia Mid-Atlantic Network Inventory and Monitoring Quebec/Labrador Foundation – Appalachian Trail Conference Program Canadian Headquarters, Montreal Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Mount Rogers National Recreation Area St. Croix River International Waterway Harpers Ferry National Historical Park NatureServe Commission – New Brunswick Hatfield-McCoy Trail System Petersburg National Battlefield US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Prince William Forest Park Monongahela National Forest Richmond National Battlefield Park National Conservation Training Center Shenandoah National Park New River Gorge National River Staunton River State Park North Bend State Park

2010 Annual Report 27 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Robert Aldag III Jane O. Goedecke** Shannon Quist* Consultant Massachusetts National Museum Arizona of the American Indian Timothy Gratto District of Columbia Patricia Bacon Dr Pepper Snapple Group Consultant Texas John Reynolds California National Park Service [Retired] John Gordon Virginia Edmund Bartlett* Prudential, Inc. Maryland New Jersey Jane Rogers Consultant Lillian Bloch* Charles R. Gregg** California University of CA Gregg Law California Texas Steven T. Seward Attorney Margaret Brown Martin M. Hale Washington CIRI Hellman, Jordan Mgmt Co Alaska Massachusetts Thomas B. Shepard Partner Concepts Thomas C. Collier, Jr.** Blane Harding California Steptoe & Johnson LLP Colorado State University District of Columbia Colorado Joshua C. Stearns* Free Press Joan Cousar George Hatch* Massachusetts Florida Publisher Massachusetts Leslie Turner** Charles D. Dickey III* The Coca-Cola Co. Wyco, Inc. Steven C. Holtzman* Georgia Washington Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP California C.S. Vosmik* Dayton R. Duncan Fazenda Investment, LLC Florentine Films Patricia Merritt Goochland, VA New Hampshire UBS Financial Services, Inc. New York Rob Wallace Dean W. Fischer GE Energy West Monroe Partners Alan Mintz District of Columbia Illinois VanNess Feldman Washington, DC Mary L. Williams* David D. Fitch** Arizona Gables Residential Joan B. Murphy Texas Arizona

Fraser Brewer Gilbane* ** Jacqueline Oldham* **Sunset November 2010 Rhode Island Consultant Colorado

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Jack Chin* Theodore Roosevelt IV Blue Print Research & Design, Inc. Barclays Capital California New York

William C. Coleman, Co-Chair James G. Speth CLF Ventures Vermont Massachusetts SCA is recognized by Charity Navigator with its highest four-star rating. The American Institute of Leslie Turner Philanthropy also ranks SCA among America’s top Thomas C. Collier, Jr. The Coca-Cola Co. conservation charities for fundraising efficiency. Steptoe & Johnson LLP Georgia District of Columbia Rand Wentworth Charles H. Collins Land Trust Alliance The Forestland Group Washington, DC Massachusetts

Jesse M. Fink* SCA is a proud member of Earth Share, a federation of MissionPoint Capital Partners nonprofit conservation and environmental organizations Connecticut OFFICERS that provides opportunities for individuals to contribute funds through workplace giving campaigns.

Kathryn S. Fuller Dean Fischer Washington, DC Chair

Jane O. Goedecke, Co-Chair Edmund Bartlett Massachusetts Treasurer #11313 Scott D. Izzo Peter H. Jost Our thanks to many donors who contribute to SCA Secretary & General Counsel through workplace giving. For more information, please Richard King Mellon Foundation contact Pam Pecor at 603.543.1700 Pennsylvania ext. 152 or via email at [email protected]. Dale M. Penny Thomas Lovejoy President & CEO The Heinz Center Washington, DC Valerie J. Bailey Assistant Secretary Patrick F. Noonan & Chief of Staff The Conservation Fund Virginia Richard J. Seaman Assistant Treasurer SCA is a proud partner of AmeriCorps and the Corpo- ration for National and Community Service Network. & Chief Financial Officer John C. Oliver Pennsylvania Robert C. Coates Chief of Program C.W. Eliot Paine Ohio Scott C. Weaver Senior Vice President for Wendy J. Paulson Partnership Development Chicago, IL & Government Relations

Bruce M. Putnam New Hampshire SCA is a nonprofit, charitable organization as qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. *Denotes Alumni Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted Allison Whipple Rockefeller* by law. SCA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to workforce diversity. New York

2010 Annual Report 29 Denali National Park, Alaska financial report

Financially, as well as programmatically, 2010 was a hugely positive year for SCA. Achieving this success required innovation, determination and flexibility to capitalize on a recovering economy and activate new funding sources. SCA increased its revenues by over 20%. Federal support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided meaningful service opportunities for our youth and they, in turn, provided a strong return to our nation’s public lands. This was complemented by increased support from our corporate and foundation partners.

SCA also strengthened its balance sheet through a combination of a modest operating surplus, positive investment performance, and continued success in our planned giving strategy.

Building a strong financial foundation is critically important as SCA positions to engage significantly higher numbers of young people in the near future. We know the interest is there among both America’s youth, from whom we received an average of 10 applications for every position we offered in 2010, and federal land resource managers, for whom sizeable budget reductions remain an ongoing dilemma. Throughout its history, SCA has successfully responded to government budget limitations and challenging economic times. We are excited to work with our partners, both new and old, as SCA once again creates ways for young people to serve the land and meet the complex needs of our modern environment,

We thank our partners and contributors for your continued support of the SCA mission.

Sincerely,

Richard Seaman Chief Financial Officer

2010 Annual Report 31 Statement of Activities 2009-2010 For Years Ended September 30 ($ in Thousands)

OPERATING SUPPORT AND REVENUE 2009 2010 Program Income $21,600 $27,911 Gifts and Grants 4,356 5,223 Individual Giving 2,484 2,334 Other Income (13) 45 Released from Restriction Deferred Grant Revenue 568 449 Endowment Contribution 0 150 Total Operating Support and Revenue 28,994 36,112

OPERATING EXPENSES Program Expenses: Field Expenses $20,233 $23,622 Program Support and Development 6,194 6,350 Participant Recruitment 1,506 1,463 Total Program Expenses $27,933 $31,435 General and Administrative 2,552 3,151 Fundraising for Operations 1,800 1,400 Total Operating Expenses $32,285 $35,986

OPERATING SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) ($3,291) $126

RESTRICTED REVENUES Board Designated Planned Gifts for Endowment * $301 $835 Expenses Related to Planned Giving (230) (390) Temporarily Restricted Gifts and Grants ** 527 514 Donor Restricted Gifts to Endowment 110 16 Return on Investments 111 459 Relased from Restriction (568) (599) Net Restricted Revenues $252 $835

INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS ($3,039) $961

BALANCE SHEET Total Assets $23,434 $25,442 Total Liabilities 13,522 14,570

ENDOWMENT VALUE AT SEPTEMBER 30 Board Designated Funds * $4,125 $4,546 Donor Restricted Funds 4,003 4,552 Total Endowment Funds $8,128 $9,099

* Board Designated: All unrestricted bequests and other planned gifts to SCA’s Endowment

** Temporarily Restricted Gifts and Grants: Grants awarded to SCA in current year to be received or expended in future years.

32 Student Conservation Association thesca.org SCA Operating Revenue 2000-2010 (in millions)

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2010

2010 Support and Revenue 2010 Expenses Agency and Partner Revenue 78.7% Program Expenses 86.4% Foundation and Corporate Grants 14.7% General & Administrative 8.7% Gifts from Individuals 6.6% Fundraising 4.9%

2009

2009 Support and Revenue 2009 Expenses Agency and Partner Revenue 76.0% Program Expenses 86.0% Foundation and Corporate Grants 15.3% General & Administrative 7.8% Gifts from Individuals 8.7% Fundraising 6.2%

2010 Annual Report 33 Acadia National Park, Maine

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