NC Conservation Network Annual Report
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Environmental Resource Program Pew Charitable Trusts Counter Culture Coffee Meredith Emmett and Galia William Nottingham 2013 Farmer Foodshare Physicians for Social Responsibility, Farm To Feet Goodman Katie Oates and Dan Murrey ORGANIZATIONAL Food & Water Watch Western NC Chapter Foothill Guide Service Bill Eubanks Richard Partridge Foothills Conservancy of North Piedmont Environmental Alliance Great Outdoor Provision Co. Ben Feldman Alice Patterson AFFILIATES Carolina Piedmont Land Conservancy Green Assets Elizabeth Anne Felty David and Cary Paynter Albemarle Environmental Friends of Forsyth POWER Action Group Green Planet Catering Karl B. and Debbie Leiner Fields Sam and Linda Pearsall Association Friends of Pocosin Lakes National River Guardian Foundation Grier Furr & Crisp, PA Barbara Fitzgerald Vickie Penninger American Rivers Wildlife Refuge Roanoke River Partners Larry’s Coffee Beans Ted and Joanne Frazer Susan Pizzo Appalachian Voices Friends of State Parks Rocky River Heritage Foundation Mack and Mack Jory Froggatt Scot Quaranda Audubon North Carolina Friends of the Deep River Sandhills Area Land Trust Merge Records Lena Gallitano Peter Raabe Bald Head Island Conservancy Greenpeace North Carolina Save Our Sandhills Nantahala Outdoor Center Rick and Bronwyn Gaskins Matt and Danya Raker Kathryn Gavaghan and Scott Bryna Rapp Black Family Land Trust Haw River Assembly Scotland County Of Tomorrow Nature’s Way Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Southern Alliance for Clean Energy NC GreenPower Sanner Ulla-Britt Reeves Blue Ridge Conservancy Margaret Gifford John and Kristin Replogle Cape Fear Citizens for a Safe Land Trust for the Little Tennessee Southern Appalachian Highlands New Belgium Brewing LandTrust for Central North Conservancy Proximity Hotel Brian Glover Kathleen Rice and Peter Bruns Environment Sue Glover Carolyn Ritchey McCall Cape Fear River Watch Carolina Southern Environmental Law Publico Design LLC League of Women Voters of Center Rain Water Solutions Eloise Grathwohl Melissa Robins Carolina Farm Stewardship Jeri Gray Bob and Linda Rodriguez Association North Carolina SouthWings Robert B. Dance, Artist Lumber River Conservancy Sustainable Sandhills Self-Help Credit Union Kathleen Gray and Peter Higgins Sandra Rodriguez Carolina Mountain Land Meredith Green Lynn and Mike Ruck Conservancy Moravian Task Force on Tar River Land Conservancy Seventh Generation 3 Environmental Stewardship The Conservation Fund Sierra Nevada Martha Grissom Irene Sacks Carteret County Crossroads Nadja Gustafson Lidia Sarabia Catawba Center for the MountainKeepers The Conservation Fund’s Sustainable Pest Systems National Committee for the New Resourceful Communities T.S. Designs Wayne and Lynn Hale Michael Joseph Savino Environment Elizabeth Harris Bob and Kathy Schlagal Catawba Lands Conservancy River Program The Umstead Hotel & Spa Natural Resources Defense The Nature Conservancy Top of the Hill Distillery Pricey Harrison Katherine Seligmann Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation Lee Hawley Kathy Shea Chatham Citizens for Effective Council Toxic Free North Carolina Triangle Green Cleaning NC Alliance for Transportation Triangle Greenways Council Trophy Brewing Company John Heaven Margaret Small Communities Mavis Hill Jane and Gary Smith NC Conservation Network Citizens for a Safe Environment Reform Triangle Land Conservancy Ugly Boy Flutes NC Coastal Federation Umstead Coalition Vigor + Vim Kathleen Hoffmann Krissa Sotomayor Clean Air Carolina John Hollingsworth Art and Kristin Spell Clean Water for North Carolina NC Coastal Land Trust Union of Concerned Scientists Weaver Street Realty Annual Report NC Council of Trout Unlimited WakeUP Wake County Wines for Humanity Andrew Holton Jack and Jenny Spruill Community United Church of Anne and Sam Hummel Fred and Alice Stanback Christ NC Herpetological Society Waterkeeper Alliance NC Interfaith Power & Light, a Western North Carolina Alliance INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS Gillian and David Iery Paula Stober & Willard Bucklen Conservation Trust for North Michaela Iery Frank Stroupe Carolina program of the NC Council of White Oak-New Riverkeeper Marian Anders Churches Alliance Laurie Anderson Jeffrey Irving Jane Stutts Dan River Basin Association Loretta Jadelis Brenda Summers Davidson Lands Conservancy NC League of Conservation Voters Winyah Rivers Foundation Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin NC Rail-Trails Yadkin Riverkeeper Linda Bach Bethany and Erik Johnson Suzanne Tesh Democracy North Carolina Sandy Johnson Peter Theye Dogwood Alliance NC Sierra Club Lee Barnes NC Waste Awareness Reduction Marcie Barnes Sabrina Jones Niggel Ben Thomas East Coast Greenway Alliance 2013 SUPPORTERS Richard Kark Elizabeth Thomas Eno River Association Network Karen and Joe Bearden Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation David J. Biesack Jane Kendall and Ran Coble Charles and Patricia Thompson Environment North Carolina FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS Peter Krull Gudrun Thompson Environmental and Conservation New River Foundation Russ Bishop and Ginger Hamilton Northeast New Hanover Beattie Foundation Mary T. Boatwright Michelle Lee Karl Thor Organization Blumenthal Foundation Teme Levbarg Kristen Thornburg Environmental Defense Fund, Conservancy (Figure Eight John Bonitz Island) Burt’s Bees Greater Good Jessica and Sterling Bowen Pam Liebman Diana Travis and MaryAnn NC Office Foundation Terry Lincoln Mueller Environmental Educators of Pacolet Area Conservancy Emily Brassell The Educational Foundation of Teresa Sue Bratton Patrick Long Loretta Valenski North Carolina Pamlico-Tar River Foundation Mary Lucas and Ken Boggs Marna Van Der Ploeg PenderWatch & Conservancy America Vero Brentjens The Energy Foundation Edward Brophy Susan Luster Charles Walker The John Merck Fund Ron and Nancy Bryant Margaret Anne Mackie Michael Weaver and J. Nelson- Julian Price Family Foundation Kemp and Jenn Burdette HR and Betsy Malpass Weaver Mary Norris Preyer Fund Caitlin Burke Patrick and René Martin Don and Darlene Wells Park Foundation Chris Bush Molly Matlock Carola Westermann and Lee Patagonia Kathryn Byer Julie Mayfield & Jim Grode Chambliss The Prentice Foundation Lawrence Cahoon Easter Maynard and John Parker Dale Weston Snider Family Charitable Fund Tracey Callison Marshall and Amye McCallie Mark White Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Philip and Linda Carl Portia McCracken Doris Whitfield Marta Chase James McGavran John Wiley ORGANIZATIONAL Martina Christie Deborah McGuinn Robert Williams Location NC Conservation Network & BUSINESS SUPPORTERS Damon and Amy Circosta Anne McLaughlin Ken Winter 19 E. Martin Street, Suite 300 David and Renee Connelly Craig & Nikki Melby Nathalie Worthington Raleigh, NC 27601 Beth Owl’s Daughter, Tarot reader Helen and Robert Conrad Sally Migliore Alice Zawadzki Biltmore Estate Robert Crenshaw Adam Migliore Meyer email [email protected] Burt’s Bees Andrea Crook Debbie Millis Long Earth Share North Carolina Camellia Cottage Bed and Don Moffitt and Sidney Cruze donors (919) 857 4699 Peter Crow phone Breakfast Monica DeAngelis Ken Moore and Kathy Buck …and our many other generous Cape Fear River Adventures Herbert Munt donors cursor www.ncconservationnetwork.org Cindy DiMattia Carolina Morning Ilana Dubester and Gary Phillips David B. Neal Majorie Neufer facebook facebook.com/ncconservationnetwork Carolina Solar Energy James Emery LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MISSION REVENUE Dear Supporters & Friends, • If the NC General Assembly allows fracking The North Carolina Conservation Network is a 49% to begin in our state, farms could be lost, water statewide network of nearly 100 environmental, GRANTS 36% n 2013, we launched our 10-year action plan could be tainted, and communities destroyed. community, and environmental justice CONTRIBUTIONS to protect North Carolina’s environment. organizations focused on protecting North IIt is an ambitious plan that puts us on the • If President Obama’s administration allows Carolina’s environment and public health. path of stopping environmental rollbacks while sonar testing for offshore oil reserves to begin Our mission is to support, train, and coordinate also making progress to protect our state for on our coast it could pave the way for drilling, diverse groups and directly advocate to achieve generations. While much work remains, we putting our over 300 miles of pristine coastline equitable and sustainable solutions for our are proud of what we accomplished in 12 short and over 2 billion tourism dollars at grave risk. environment. months. Last year, we: 0.5% • If the Environmental Management 2013 BOARD: INTEREST & 1. Grew. We more than tripled the size of our MISCELLANEOUS Public Alert network and now reach over Commission decides to throw away decades worth of clean water protections, our waterways 70,000 activists. We also grew our Facebook Julie Mayfield Marilynn Marsh- 1.5% 3% 10% page to over 60,000 followers. could become polluted and lifeless. Western NC Alliance; Chair Robinson EVENTS AFFILIATE Environmental Defense Fund CONTRACTS Kemp Burdette DUES 2. Started to make the environment a top But, what if we came out on the right side of Cape Fear River Watch; Vice- Don Moffitt Chair Eno River Association issue for North Carolinians. We created a these watershed moments? What if we were able comprehensive communications plan, hired to make Duke Energy clean up all of their coal Peter Raabe David Paynter EXPENSES our first Communications Director, and earned American Rivers; Secretary NC Coastal Federation ash lagoons? What if our state decides not to a growing drumbeat