Friends of Saguaro National Park Annual 2016 Report “I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision.”

From “America” by Carl Sandburg Pete Gregoire

Friends of Saguaro thanks all the members of our Board of Directors and our Advisory Board for their service during the past year. Board of Directors Advisory Board Dave Archer Erik Bakken Karen Fogas IBM and Dell (Retired) Tucson Electric Power Tucson Audubon Society Marsha Badanes Lahsha Brown Bella Furr Attorney (Retired) Native Seeds / SEARCH National Park Service Kevin Bonine, Ph.D. Curt Buchholtz Jack Gibson University of Arizona National Park Foundation Arizona Public Media Shannon Breslin Peter Chesson Barbara Hawke Tucson Electric Power Tucson Mountains Association Arizona Wilderness Coalition Debra Colodner, Ph.D. Chuck Conrad Chris Helms Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Founding FOSNP Board Member Former FOSNP Board Member Kevin Dahl Jim Cook Matt Nelson National Parks Conservation Association Western National Parks Association Arizona Trail Association Dave Hamra, CFP (Treasurer) Melanie Culver Rob Spath Gordian Advisors University of Arizona Arizona Conservation Corps Lisa Harris, Ph.D. (President) Morgan Darnold Russell True Harris Environmental Group BBVA Compass Bank White Stallion Ranch Libby Howell (Vice President) Dottie Davis Virginia Van Der Veer Pima Community College Founding FOSNP Board Member Tanque Verde Ranch Graeme Hughes Kirk Emerson Meg Weesner Visit Tucson Friends of Redington Pass National Park Service (Retired) Dan Kimball National Park Service (Retired) David Rabb IT & Software Development Joe Theobald, Ph.D. (Secretary) Raytheon Missile Systems (Retired) Don Wilson Raytheon Missile Systems

Ex-Officio Darla Sidles (Superintendent) Saguaro National Park Leah McGinnis (Interim Superintendent) Saguaro National Park Andy Fisher (NPS/FOSNP Liaison) Saguaro National Park Robert Newtson (Executive Director) Friends of Saguaro National Park From the Executive Director

Bob Newtson Executive Director

Dear Friends:

Celebrating the NPS Centennial in 2016, we were reminded of the Native American proverb that says, “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” The American visionaries who created the National Park Service a century ago understood that wisdom – and the dedicated men and women of the NPS are still guided by it today.

Those of us in the nonprofit community are privileged to be able to help the National Park Service in its work. Today, there are more than 200 park partner nonprofits – ranging from large national organizations like NPCA and the National Park Foundation, to community-based partners like Friends of Saguaro, working to raise money and recruit volunteers for individual park units.

Since our creation 20 years ago, Friends of Saguaro has raised over $4.5 million to help support Saguaro National Park . . . and each year, hundreds of community volunteers devote thousands of hours of service.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Friends of Saguaro provided Saguaro

National Park with a record-breaking level of project support in 2016 – more Pete Gregoire than $484,000 to support the innovative Next Generation Ranger Corps, improve recreational trails, assist with buffelgrass control, fund ongoing resource conservation projects, and extend multi-faceted environmental education programs to more than 15,000 youth throughout the community. And, also in 2016, a record number of 1,260 volunteers donated 38,146 hours of service to the Park – time and talent valued by Independent Sector at $898,720.

Limited federal budgets have meant that federal appropriations alone are not enough to sustain America’s national parks – community and private sector support for specific parks, and their programs, has become absolutely critical. Nonprofit park partners like Friends of Saguaro help bridge a portion of this funding gap, and provide vital financial support for essential programs. “Think where We’re grateful for the generous engagement and support of our donors and volunteers, and it is my pleasure to transmit this 2016 Annual Report describing man’s glory most the extraordinary success of their efforts in the past year. begins and ends Sincerely, and say my glory was I had such Robert Newtson friends.” Executive Director William Butler Yeats Purpose of Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park was created to preserve and protect saguaro cacti; diverse biotic communities (including the Sonoran Desert, associated mountain ecosystems, and Rincon Creek); cultural and archeological features; and scientific, scenic, and wilderness values. The Park provides opportunities for research, education, and public enjoyment, and strives to protect its resources from the effects of the encroachment from urbanization and development.

Friends of Saguaro Mission

Friends of Saguaro National Park is a nonprofit fundraising partner of the National Park Service, created to help protect wildlife and habitat, preserve cultural resources, promote environmental education, improve recreational trails, enhance visitor experiences, and build environmental stewardship at Saguaro National Park. Our purpose is to help the public Discover Saguaro – by reconnecting youth to nature, and encouraging the exploration and discovery of the resources, heritage and recreational opportunities of the Park…Protect Saguaro – by assisting the preservation and conservation of the natural and cultural resources of the Park, and sustaining its wilderness character…and Support Saguaro – by “The national parks are expressions of strengthening community partnerships, and who we are as a society, and what we building environmental stewardship through deem important.” philanthropy, public education, and volunteerism. Former NPS Director Jon Jarvis “As long as you’re on the side of parks, you’re on the side of angels.” Robert Moses FOSNP Fiscal Management

Our metrics of success, as an organization, have always been direct and straightforward: donors engaged…money raised…partnerships sustained…and volunteers involved. By any (and every) measure, 2016 was the most successful year in the 20-year history of Friends of Saguaro National Park. We increased our individual donor base by 8.2% over 2015; we raised more than $786,000 during the year, and provided over $484,000 in project- specific grants to the park; we strengthened our collaborative partnerships; and working with the NPS to support volunteer involvement, we more than doubled the number of Saguaro volunteers in 2016 (resulting in 38,146 hours of service).

We balanced our operating budget, and maintained a prudent operating reserve – and we continued to devote at least 85% of our total expenditures to programs, rather than fundraising or overhead costs.

For the seventh year in a row, we were recognized by GreatNonprofits (a national group that develops tools to help people rate charities) by being named a “Top-Rated Nonprofit” – and fewer than 1% of all nonprofits nationwide have been able to achieve that distinction.

We continued to ensure transparency, and accountability to our stakeholders, by posting our complete audited financials and IRS Form 990 on our website (www.friendsofsaguaro.org).

We maintained our coveted “Gold Participation” recognition from GuideStar Exchange – a leading symbol awarded by GuideStar USA, the nation’s premier source of nonprofit information.

“We do not inherit And, we sustained collaborative partnerships the earth from in 2016. We continued as one of only 3,500 worldwide nonprofit partners of 1% for the our ancestors, Planet – a network of environmentally-conscious we borrow it member businesses that donate at least 1% of their sales to help create a healthier planet – and from our children.” we continued as one of over 1,750 nonprofit participants in the Giving Library. Native American Wisdom 2016 Financial Summary

REVENUES FY 2016 FY 2015 Unrestricted Gifts / Donations $ 280,372 $181,543 Restricted Gifts / Grants $ 505,946 $ 258,931 TOTAL REVENUES $786,318 $ 440,474

EXPENSES FY 2016 FY 2015 Payroll $ 60,288 $ 60,288 Payroll Taxes $ 5,236 $ 5,346 Expenses for Annual Dinner $ 39,065 $ 35,342 Printing $ 6,591 $ 6,531 Office Rent $ 3,000 $ 3,000 Accounting/Professional Services $ 5,320 $ 4,743 Newsletter $ 6,800 $ 7,108 Phone/Computer/Internet $ 3,156 $ 3,075 Liability Insurance/D&O Policy $ 2,072 $ 1,562 Office Equipment & Supplies $ 2,569 $ 3,448 Postage $ 2,660 $ 3,274 Board & Staff Expenses $ 2,008 $ 2,151 Events $ 5,696 $ 1,511 Property Taxes / Depreciation $ 8 $ 24 Bank / Credit Card Fees $ 3,958 $ 2,078 Awards / Gifts $ 672 $ 218 Dues/Memberships/Donations $ 1,068 $ 1,861 FOSNP Capacity-Building Expenses $ 0 $ 8,693 Operations Expense Subtotal $150,204 $ 150,253 Program Grants to the Park $484,363 $ 270,609 TOTAL EXPENSES $634,567 $ 420,862

2016 Direct Program Grants to the Park included $406,057 for Saguaro’s Next Generation Ranger Corps; $32,213 for Environmental Education programs (including Teacher/Rangers, school transportation reimbursements, Youth Hiking Clubs, Jr. Rangers – including Jr. Rangers at Banner Diamond Children’s Hospital – and the NPS Youth Summit); $11,422 for recreational trail improvement project support; $9,534 for scientific research support (including the Centennial BioBlitz, a springs study, and bat gates in the TMD); $9,341 for NPS Centennial Engagement projects and events; $6,000 for a “Wilderness Forever” project with the Arizona College Prep Academy; $5,329 for volunteer coordination and support; and $3,750 for improvements to interpretive exhibits.

2015 Direct Program Grants to the Park included $138,537 for establishment of the Saguaro Next Generation Ranger Corps; $37,254 for Environmental Education programs (including Teacher/ Rangers, school transportation reimbursements, Youth Hiking Clubs, and Jr. Rangers); $31,000 for the Water & Wildlife project; $11,639 for Volunteer Recruitment, Coordination and Support; $7,966 for Community Outreach; $6,280 for Trails Support; $4,000 for water sampling; $3,900 for Tropical Cat Surveys; $3,400 for the Spring Mini-BioBlitz; and $10,411 for other scientific research support (including development of data sets, Gila monster conservation, and bat monitoring equipment). Next Generation Ranger Corps

In its 2011 “Call to Action” the National Park Service proposed to “create deep connections between a younger generation and parks through a series of diverse park experiences”… ”create a new generation of citizen scientists and future stewards of our parks”… “help students develop a deep understanding of park resources”… “sponsor excellence in science and scholarship, gain knowledge about park resources, and create the next generation of conservation scientists”… and “recruit candidates [for the NPS] to provide a source of diverse, motivated, and well-trained employees that reflect local communities…”

With these objectives in mind, FOSNP established the Next Generation Ranger Corps (internship) program in January, 2015 – designed to enable young people to discover Saguaro National Park and its different operational divisions, by providing NextGen interns an experiential, engaging, and supportive learning and working opportunity at the Park.

Investing more than $500,000 in the program over the past 24 months, Friends of Saguaro has employed a diverse group of 29 NextGen Ranger interns – each working for a specific department at Saguaro National Park, developing valuable skills and gaining unique work experiences. All NextGen Ranger participants have shared a broad range of training experiences, and have been provided a basic understanding of NPS history, the Saguaro Wilderness, resource management, interpretation, safety, community outreach, and visitor protection. In addition, each NextGen Ranger intern had the opportunity to work with a Park mentor on an individualized project in a specific skill area.

The National Park Service has recognized that there is a particular need for urban parks, like Saguaro, to engage diverse audiences, and create a workforce that is representational of the surrounding urban community. Among our initial cohort of 29 NextGen Rangers, 63% were women, and 39% were from underserved communities; additionally, fully 65% worked at least 640 hours in the program – qualifying them for “Public Land Corps” hiring authority with the National Park Service and other federal land management agencies. In its first two years, the innovative FOSNP Next “Contemplating the flow of life, and of Generation Ranger Corps internship program is successfully achieving its goals: change through living things, each of 1. Expanding the Park’s urban outreach; them tied to cloud, stone, and sunlight, 2. Strengthening the Park’s connection to local schools; we may make new discoveries about 3. Providing targeted training, mentoring, and work ourselves.” experiences for qualified participants; Ansel Adams 4. Achieving greater levels of engagement with underserved communities; 5. Providing competitive hourly wages to participants; 6. Achieving Park resource protection objectives; 7. Meeting Public Land Corps requirements; and 8. Creating an ethic of conservation and resource stewardship among participants.

Mentored by Park staff, and specializing in areas including environmental education, community outreach, natural resource monitoring, environmental restoration, and other relevant fields, FOSNP’s NextGen Ranger interns are gaining critical workforce skills. Diverse interns are then supporting additional community outreach by joining Park staff in visiting schools, and facilitating field trips and citizen science activities, to expose additional underserved students to environmental-related fields, and stimulating student interest in the potential of public land management careers.

With this paid internship and work experience, the FOSNP Next Generation Ranger Corps is providing a pathway for currently-underserved and underrepresented students to enter the workforce. And, by engaging diverse underserved youth in meaningful internship opportunities, the Next Generation Ranger Corps can be the beginning of a lifetime of involvement and advocacy for national parks and public lands. Discover Saguaro

Encouraging the exploration and discovery of the resources, heritage and recreational opportunities of Saguaro National Park.

Engaging Youth With Nature Saguaro National Park’s youth engagement and environmental education programs are designed to actively connect young people to nature; promote hands-on experiential learning, recreation and conservation activities; and enable all children – including currently-underserved youth – to achieve a greater understanding of environmental stewardship and the Park’s conservation mission. In 2016, financial support from Friends of Saguaro allowed the Park to extend its multi-faceted environmental education programs to more than 15,000 youth throughout the community.

Curriculum-based, science-oriented field trips to the Park actively engaged students in a variety of hands-on activities – and FOSNP provided transportation reimbursements to local schools for the cost of a bus and driver.

Youth Hiking Clubs involved students in healthy outdoor activities, provided them valuable map-reading skills, and taught them about “Leave No Trace” principles and the Park’s fragile ecology.

In connecting with urban youth, we wanted to highlight the incredible biodiversity protected at Saguaro, while also noting that biodiversity can thrive throughout the urban landscape. In cooperation with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the University of Arizona, we engaged more than 550 K-12 students as “citizen scientists” to participate in Schoolyard BioBlitzes that focused on this urban biodiversity. Students posted geo-tagged photos and other data to an app called iNaturalist, where experts all over the world helped identify specimens.

In late May, we partnered with Ironwood Tree Experience to enable four high school students to join Park science staff in a 9-mile hike up to Manning Camp in the Rincon Mountains, where they helped collect data on high-elevation insects. The Park hopes that this effort will lead the way for continued data collection on the many life forms that make Saguaro one of the most biologically-rich Wilderness areas in the United States.

“Surely our people do not understand even yet the rich heritage that is theirs…[We] must preserve [these places] for their children and their children’s children forever.”

Theodore Roosevelt R A O R N “Explore, Learn, and Protect” is the NPS Junior I G N E Ranger motto – recited by children around the U R J country; each taking an oath of their own to protect

E T parks, continue to learn about parks, and share their X C P L E O T O own ranger story with friends and family. Friends of R R E P Saguaro continued to support this popular program L E A R N in 2016 – including its expansion to young patients at Banner Diamond Children’s Medical Center who weren’t physically able to visit the Park. Saguaro staff and volunteers teamed up to “take the park to the hospital,” and with medical staff guidance, presented monthly programs that meet the safety and medical requirements of the children. These Junior Ranger activities engaged the young patients both mentally and physically, and helped create an appreciation for the Park’s resources; at the conclusion of the 45-minute program, each participant got a Junior Ranger badge and special desert gift.

Friends of Saguaro supported a special Centennial Youth Summit in 2016 – enabling a diverse group of ten high school students from three southern Arizona counties to participate in service learning activities and discussions at seven national park sites. They explored questions surrounding public access and responsibility while remediating graffiti at Coronado National Memorial. They restored important pollinator habitat along the only federally-protected stretch of the Santa Cruz River. And, they helped clear trail for hikers and horses in Saguaro National Park’s Cactus Forest. Each project and park visit gave participants an opportunity to develop relationships with park sites and subject-matter experts, as well as discover potential career paths for various divisions of the NPS.

Finally, FOSNP continued to support the “Park Stewards” program, enabling high school students to participate in a variety of experiential learning opportunities at Saguaro National Park – helping to restore habitat, survey saguaros, and monitor wildlife. In 2016, the program included 117 students from Tucson’s Arizona College Prep Academy – an inner-city charter school with a high minority population – in a “Wilderness Forever” project focused on monitoring the Park’s wilderness character. Improving Recreational Trails Friends of Saguaro helped the Park maintain and improve its network of nearly 200 miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails in 2016 – including conversion of the popular Mica View Trail in the RMD into an ADA- compliant trail, with a hardened upper trail surface (per the Park’s 2007 General Management Plan). For people with disabilities, children in strollers, and the elderly, the 0.7-mile Mica View Trail – linking the trailhead near the eastern end of Broadway with the Mica View Picnic Area – could previously be daunting; the newly-rebuilt trail provides these visitors with a much safer (and enjoyable) park experience.

Construction work on Saguaro’s trails is often made possible by the Park’s pack mules, as they are often used to haul supplies and equipment to remote construction sites. Funding support from FOSNP donors has enabled the Park to replace three of its (aging) pack mules over the past three years – and additional funding in 2017 will allow the Park to purchase one additional mule, so that the stock can be rotated for more efficient use.

Friends of Saguaro also continued its longstanding partnership with the Arizona Trail Association in 2016 – funding ten students from the ATA’s “Seeds of Stewardship” program to participate in “Saguaro Youth Corps” projects at the Park. The program provided a stipend for the students to participate in trail maintenance and restoration activities inside Saguaro National Park, and provided the students with incredible backcountry experiences as well. The students were introduced to the art and science of trail construction and maintenance, and hopefully, were inspired to consider a career in conservation. “…our national parks [have become] a reservoir for our spirits…we remember who we are. Not only do we save these lands, they save us.”

Terry Tempest Williams

Connecting People & Place

Through its project support for the Park, Friends of Grand Canyon National Park, and an “NPS Centennial Saguaro sought to connect people to the outdoors – Challenge” course in Flagstaff. Training sessions particularly young, urban, multicultural audiences – and included First Aid and CPR classes, as well as a “Leave introduce them to the nation’s shared history and iconic No Trace” workshop, and participants volunteered for landscapes preserved in our national parks. Earth Day projects at Grand Canyon before hiking the Bright Angel Trail. During the NPS Centennial year, FOSNP support enabled Finally, FOSNP assisted NPS staff to participate in more the Park’s efforts to than 100 events throughout “Connect People & southern Arizona – all Place” through social designed to engage the Tucson media. In 2016, the community more fully with Saguaro National Park. Park’s Facebook page FOSNP funding created the “Sunny Saguaro” mascot, increased its followers by helping the Park to reach new audiences. 20% - engaging viewers in current events, staff In pursuit of the NPS “Urban bios, climate change, Agenda” (nurturing a more and wildlife videos. The collaborative relationship between Park’s Instagram page Saguaro and Tucson’s diverse received over 25,000 new urban community), Friends of Saguaro and the Park followers in 2016, and developed an innovative Lideres del Sendero project – continuing expansion of training Latino Millennials to lead local hiking clubs. the Park’s social media capabilities will prove Lideres del Sendero hosted over 20 activities last year, critical to the NPS’s ability to inspire the next generation including regular hikes in Saguaro National Park, hikes of park stewards. in the Coronado National Forest, a camping trip to Protect Saguaro

Assisting the preservation and conservation of the natural and cultural resources of Saguaro National Park.

Supporting Scientific Research “Our national heritage is richer The extraordinary biodiversity of Saguaro National Park is than just scenic features; the increasingly threatened by negative impacts caused by climate change and the growing urbanization of the Tucson Basin. realization is coming that perhaps Habitat fragmentation, increasing human/wildlife interactions, our greatest national heritage is and changes in land use all threaten the overall health and stability of certain vulnerable species at both districts of nature itself, with all its complexity the Park. and its abundance of life, which, The Centennial BioBlitz. With financial support from Friends of Saguaro, the Park when combined with great scenic celebrated the NPS Centennial with a unique beauty as it is in the national parks, series of bioblitzes conducted throughout the Tucson community – joining with 125 other national park becomes of unlimited value. This units throughout the nation to record biodiversity observations by citizen scientists. In partnership with the Arizona-Sonora Desert is what we would attain in the Museum and the University of Arizona, we conducted eight national parks.” “schoolyard bioblitzes” at Tucson-area schools, in which NPS staff, FOSNP NextGen Rangers, ASDM staff, and a dozen University of Fauna of the National Parks of the U.S., 1933 Arizona interns worked with hundreds of K-12 students to collect biodiversity data at local schools. Saguaro’s Centennial BioBlitz concluded over the Memorial Day weekend when four local high school students and Park staff hiked to Manning Camp, where they collected data on high-elevation insects.

In early 2017, the NPS reported on the overall (national) success of The Centennial BioBlitz, as across the National Park Service a total of 143,202 observations were made of 13,135 species in 295 national park units. We were pleased to learn that Saguaro National Park led the nation in The Centennial BioBlitz, with 5,506 observations of 1,045 different species!

Water & Wildlife Research. Beginning in 2015, Friends of Saguaro funding enabled NPS resource managers to begin to conduct ecological vulnerability assessments, and develop proactive management strategies to adapt to climate change impacts – and to engage the public in conservation efforts to address long-term environmental change at the Park. Continuing throughout 2016, this work supplemented, and built upon, the ongoing FOSNP-sponsored research to examine the relationship between water and wildlife in the Sonoran Desert/Sky Island eco-region. Gila Monster Conservation. To better understand the natural history, population ecology, and conservation biology of Gila monsters in the Sonoran Desert ecosystem, Friends of Saguaro has supported a comprehensive research and conservation project at Saguaro National Park since 2009. To conduct field research, the NPS has joined with the School of Natural Resources at The University of Arizona to study the health, characteristics, and movement patterns of the Gila monster population within Saguaro National Park – assessing the negative impacts from habitat loss and fragmentation in areas adjoining the Park, estimating the size of the Gila monster population within the Park, and determining the specific needs for Gila monster conservation in an urban environment. Generous financial support from Western National Parks Association last year enabled researchers to organize and analyze hundreds of photos taken by park visitors since 2008 – resulting in the identification of 153 individual animals (based on each animal’s unique skin patterns). Researchers were also able to gather additional radio telemetry data on this species, and analyze home range size and activity patterns for eight individual animals that have been tracked at the Park since 2008.

Desert Bighorn Sheep in the TMD. In the spring of 2016, two desert bighorn sheep were photographed in the (west) Tucson Mountain District of the Park – the first documented sighting of the species in the Tucson Mountains in 60 years. A park visitor reported seeing two young sheep on Wasson Peak, and subsequent photos retrieved from a remote, motion-triggered wildlife camera confirmed the animals’ presence. The sheep were believed to be from a herd known to be in the Ironwood Forest National Monument area northwest of Saguaro National Park. If so, they would have crossed the expanse of the Avra Valley – a movement corridor that would be severed by a proposed interstate highway route. In February, 2014 the FOSNP Board unanimously expressed its opposition to the construction of this proposed interstate highway route through the Avra Valley, noting that it would “cut through sensitive habitat recommended for protection by Pima County’s landmark Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan … sever critical wildlife movement corridors, and effectively block all animal migration from the Tucson Mountains to the West…” Maintaining Native Habitat Utilizing a series of “study plots,” NPS staff and volunteers regularly monitor the health and status of the Park’s iconic saguaro cacti; some of these plots have been continuously monitored since 1941 – making the effort one of the longest- running vegetation surveys in the National Park Service, and providing 75 years of data on this unique species.

Centennial Saguaro Survey. Beginning in the fall of 2015 and continuing through the spring of 2016, the Park enlisted ten local citizen science interns – six undergraduate students, three high school students, and one recent college graduate – to serve as group leaders for a community- based “Centennial Saguaro Survey” at Saguaro National Park. Hundreds of citizen scientist volunteers – students, retirees, and workers from local nonprofits and businesses – helped gather data that will help the NPS determine how factors such as weather, climate change, and invasive species are impacting the Park’s signature saguaros.

With ongoing, FOSNP-supported saguaro monitoring research, Park managers hope to learn if there is any increase in saguaro germination in higher elevations – which could be an indication of the plants adaptation to the changing climate. Overall, these efforts will provide data that will inform scientific research, management, and education related to the saguaro and climate change, including addressing questions of saguaro recruitment, response to precipitation and temperature, and changes in distribution.

Recognizing the value of this ongoing saguaro research, Friends of Saguaro funding in 2016 enabled the NPS to make all of its accumulated research data available to the public online. Today, anyone can go to the NPS Data Store (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2227261) for a guide to reports and original data from long-term monitoring in the Park. From the Data Store website, the public now has free access to search, view, download, and print information about saguaros at Saguaro National Park.

“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife, are in fact plans to protect man.” Stewart Udall Buffelgrass Management & Control. The Park’s native habitat, of course, is negatively impacted by invasive vegetation – and the overriding invasive species problem at Saguaro National Park (and all of southern Arizona) is African buffelgrass, as it has the potential to fuel intense, destructive fires in a Sonoran Desert ecosystem that is not fire-adapted. Through funding and volunteer support, Friends of Saguaro has been assisting the NPS with buffelgrass management and control activities since 2006, providing nearly $40,000 in funding support in just the last four years alone.

Using helicopters equipped with computers and sophisticated mapping software, the Park has mapped more than 1,800 acres of buffelgrass infestations over the past several years – much of it located in remote canyons and cliffs, miles from the nearest trail. This aerial mapping effort has proven invaluable to the NPS’s ability to pinpoint specific areas where precious resources can be most effectively deployed.

Utilizing FOSNP funding in 2016, the Park’s Restoration and Invasive Plant Management Program attempted to “Stop Terrestrial Hitchhikers” on Saguaro’s trails by installing boot brushes at two popular trail heads. NextGen Ranger Carolyn Harper created interpretive signs to accompany the boot brush stands, as they were installed at the Sendero-Esperanza and Broadway trail heads. Before and after hiking these trails, hikers are now able to brush off seeds, plant parts, and dirt that may harbor invasive plant seeds, and help the Park to stop the potential spread of invasive plants. Support Saguaro

Promoting environmental stewardship for Saguaro National Park. “The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good people, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset, and of the effectiveness of outdoor life and recreation in the production of good citizenship.” Theodore Roosevelt

“We have fallen heirs to the most glorious heritage a people have ever received, and each one of us must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.” Theodore Roosevelt

Celebrating the NPS Centennial With the signing of The Organic Act on Sunny the Saguaro Mascot. August 25, 1916, the National Park Service Friends of Saguaro funded this was created to preserve and protect America’s “walk-around” mascot to help the national treasures, stories and heritage. Today Park appeal to new audiences – a century later – our national parks protect at environmental education and some of America’s most complete ecosystems community outreach events. The and many of the areas of greatest biodiversity. mascot was used to help connect And, our national parks have become living families to the Park, engage youth classrooms for our in a fun and creative way, and help children, while enabling spread the word about the importance all of us to pursue healthy, of the saguaro cacti in this eco-region. active lifestyles. “National Parks in Quilts.” With Friends of Saguaro celebrated the NPS assistance from FOSNP, the Park Centennial throughout 2016 by supporting hosted a (national) traveling quilt the Park’s participation in a variety of special exhibit for a month-long display at activities and events – all designed to involve the Arizona State Museum, on the the Tucson community, and highlight the NPS campus of the University of Arizona. objective of engaging the next generation of The exhibit featured a special park visitors, supporters and advocates, while “saguaro quilt” prepared for the NPS renewing the commitment of those who already Centennial. know and love the parks. “Centennial Saguaro.” Throughout 2016, the Park highlighted its own “Centennial Saguaro” at the Rincon Building Community Mountain Visitor Center. Transplanted in 1966 to Engagement / NPS celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NPS, this cactus was believed to be 100 years old in 2016, as it now Urban Agenda towers over the Visitor Center at a whopping 27 feet! Friends of Saguaro assisted in the implementation of Saguaro Science Symposium. FOSNP joined with the NPS Urban Agenda in the NPS Cenennial year by Western National Parks Association, Tucson Electric actively engaging the Park’s stakeholders throughout Power Company, and the University of Arizona’s College Tucson’s urban landscape, and reaching out to diverse of Science to host a Science Symposium to highlight communities to listen, learn and activate the next the history of the Park in the study of the giant saguaro generation of visitors, supporters and advocates for cacti. Attendees had the opportunity to learn from Saguaro National Park. scientists who study saguaros, as well as honor the Economic Impact of Saguaro National Park. A peer- scientific work of Ray Turner, the intellectual bridge who reviewed economic impact report released by the NPS spans generations of work studying saguaro cacti. revealed that in 2015, national park visitor spending Student Art Exhibit. Friends nationwide created 295,000 jobs and boosted the of Saguaro hosted a month- nation’s economic output by over $32 billion. Arizona’s long art exhibition by southern 22 national park units generated 14,729 jobs and Arizona students at the nearly $1.4 billion in benefits to the state’s economy, Joel D. Valdez Main Library while visitor spending at Saguaro National Park alone in downtown Tucson. The had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of exhibition featured 45 works $66.5 million and supported 691 Tucson-area jobs. of art – each representing Community Engagement Through Social Media. the landscapes, wildlife, and FOSNP support enabled the Park to significantly enhance cultural resources of Saguaro its public engagement through social media activities in National Park. This piece – from Daisy at Sky Island 2016. The Park’s Facebook page increased its followers High School in Tucson – is entitled “Scorpion at Sunset,” by 20%, while Instagram secured 25,000 new followers with the artist noting: “This painting is about the special in the NPS Centennial year. Saguaro’s Earth Day story on time of day around sunset when the vegetation and the Snapchat reached over 2 million people, and the young creatures are illuminated by the pastel hues.” “citizen scientists” who “One Day for Saguaro” Centennial Campaign. participated in our To celebrate the NPS Centennial schoolyard bioblitzes on August 25, 2016, Friends of posted their geotagged Saguaro hosted a special One Day photos and other data to for Saguaro fundraising campaign. an app called iNaturalist, DAY FOR The effort was a “peer-to-peer” or where experts all “crowdfunding” single day community over the world helped SAGUARO engagement campaign – and raised identify specimens. THURSDAY | AUGUST 25 $27,829 from over 100 donors! Saguaro’s Latino Engagement. The Park’s Lideres del Sendero project helped train Latino Millennials to lead local hiking clubs, and offered a guided camping experience to seven Latino families who enjoyed their first visit to Saguaro. The Park has sought to engage Tucson’s large Latino population in recent years by partnering with the Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Coalition, and offering a “fee free day” on Cesar Chavez’s birthday. Community Events & Activities. FOSNP and the in mid-March, we celebrated the NPS Centennial at the Park participated in the community’s BEYOND events – Tucson Festival of Books on the University of Arizona sponsoring a free, non-competitive social run/walk campus. During National Park Week in April, Saguaro among the saguaros in the (west) Tucson Mountain participated in “National Park Rx Day” – the NPS’s first District. In February, NPS staff and volunteers marched annual day to celebrate and promote the connection in the nationally-renowned Tucson Rodeo Parade, and between health and national parks and public lands. Strengthening Stewardship Support Throughout the NPS Centennial celebration in 2016, this Report, those donations enabled FOSNP to support Americans were reminded that nonprofit park partners the innovative Next Generation Ranger Corps, improve like Friends of Saguaro exist to help raise money, recreational trails, assist with buffelgrass control, fund recruit volunteers, and advocate support for our ongoing resource conservation projects, and extend national parks. Limited federal budgets mean that multi-faceted environmental education programs to more federal appropriations alone are not enough to sustain than 15,000 youth throughout the community. America’s national parks – making community and private sector stewardship support absolutely vital for Also in 2016, two separate property donations added specific parks, and their programs. 332 acres to Saguaro National Park. The Trust for Public Land donated 282 acres in the RMD that provided a Donations. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, protected habitat corridor along Rincon Creek, and a Friends of Saguaro National Park raised a record- second 50-acre tract – also in close proximity to Rincon breaking $786,318 in the NPS Centennial year – bringing Creek – was donated by philanthropist Roxanne Quimby our total to more than $4.5 million over the 20-year to mark the NPS Centennial. history of the organization. As described throughout Volunteers. FOSNP worked closely with the NPS to support volunteer involvement at Saguaro National Park during 2016 – and the result was a doubling of the number of volunteers for the NPS Centennial (1,260 people providing service to the Park, up from 554 in 2015). These volunteers provided 38,146 hours of service – with an Independent Sector valuation of $898,720.

Advocacy. Friends of Saguaro continued its advocacy for Saguaro National Park in 2016 through participation in the 55-member (nationwide) National Parks Second Century Action Coalition – as we collectively sought to “promote the protection, restoration, and operation of the National Park System as it enters its second century of service.” In December, 2016 Congress approved the National Park Centennial Act – which included funding authorization for an NPS Centennial Challenge Fund, and improvements in the federal Public Land Corps Act to benefit internship programs like the Saguaro Next Generation Ranger Corps. Enhancing Collaborative Partnerships National Park Foundation. The FIND YOUR PARK campaign to celebrate the NPS Centennial – undertaken in partnership with the National Park Foundation and over 200 other park partners – was a resounding success, as collectively, nearly $300-million was raised to help America’s national parks prepare for their 2nd century.

Public Lands Alliance. The Public Lands Alliance is an organization of more than 100 friends groups, cooperating associations, educational institutes, and other nonprofit partners of America’s public lands. In 2016, the Alliance worked to find common ground among public land management agencies and their nonprofit partners about what makes these partnerships most successful.

National Parks Traveler. We continued our relationship as a supporting nonprofit partner of the web-based National Parks Traveler – a site dedicated to “educate the general public about the National Park System, increase awareness and understanding of issues affecting the national parks and the National Park Service, and build a stronger advocacy for protection and sound stewardship of the parks.”

NPCA and the National Parks Second Century Action Coalition. We continued as a member of National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) – an organization with approximately 350,000 members nationwide – to increase our overall advocacy on behalf of the national parks.

And, we continued to participate in the National Parks Second Century Action Coalition – led by the NPCA and supported by more than 55 organizations nationwide – as we collaboratively sought to “promote the protection, restoration, and operation of the National Park System as it enters its second century of service.”

Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection. We continued to grow our partnerships within the Tucson community in 2016 – maintaining our participation in the 35-member Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection. 2016 Individual Donors

Friends of Saguaro National Park acknowledges its donors throughout the year in The Saguaro Rib newsletter, as well as in our Annual Report and on our web site (www.friendsofsaguaro.org). We greatly appreciate the generosity of these individual donors during the past year, and we apologize for any errors or omissions.

Margaret Ackerman, Tucson Paul Belden IV, Grand Rapids, MI Lisa Brenskelle, Houston, TX James & Sharon Akridge, Tucson James Bellamy, Grand Junction, CO Shannon Breslin, Tucson Nancy Alderson, Louisville, CO Rett & Michele Benedict, Tucson Lindy Brigham, Tucson Dr. Edward Alexander, Tucson Roy Benefield, Grand Canyon, AZ Arch & Laura Brown, Tucson Jean Allhoff, Boulder, CO Michael & Helen Bennis, Tucson Philip & Barbara Brown, Tucson Cindy Almeida, Scottsdale, AZ William H. Bens, Green Valley, AZ Richard Brown, Seattle, WA John & Laura Almquist, Tucson Carol B. Bentz, Springfield, VA Robert Brown, Tucson Dennis & Sabra Anderson, Duluth, MN Linda & Larry Bernhardt, Livonia, MI J.P. Bruce, Tucson Jennifer Angel, Belmont, MA Jack Berry, Northville, MI Ann & H.D. Bruner, Tucson Anonymous (6) Erin Berryman, Laguna Beach, CA Daniel & Carol Brunton, Tucson Shannon Anthony, Minneapolis, MN Carleen Beste, Hermosa Beach, CA Thomas Brysacz, Tucson Richard & Deborah Apling, Tucson Francine Bickart, Tucson Chris Bubany, Tucson Marilyn Appeldorn, White Bear Lake, MN Linda Hunt Bishop, Green Valley, AZ Curt Buchholtz, Estes Park, CO Jill Applegate, Tucson Henri Bisson, Tucson Lisa Bunting, Fairfield, IL Dave Archer & Robin Looney, Tucson Marion Black, San Diego, CA Michael Burdick & Lauve Metcalfe, Tucson Rob Arnberger, Tucson Susan Blacker, Tucson Susan Burg, Tucson Anne Arnold, Tucson Ralph & Anita Blackman, Arlington, VA Leonora B. Burkhart, Deer Park, IL Felicia Atkinson, Rennes, France Michael & Lori Block, Tucson John Burkholder, Tucson Juliana B. Auel, Herndon, VA Kevin Bonine & John T. Busch, Tucson Enrique & Jennifer Aviles, Tucson Angela Urbon-Bonine, Tucson Michael & Beverly Busch, Shoreview, MN Deborah Ayers, Tucson Rodney & Connie Boorse, Tucson Jim & Donna Byers, Tucson Barbara “Bobi” Borenstein, Oro Valley, AZ Julian M. Babad, Tucson Carol Borges, Tucson Dean & Diane Cadoret, Sun City, AZ William Bache, Tucson Jerry & Suzanne Bouwens, Tucson Mary Caldwell, Chandler, AZ Dana Backer, Tucson Dave & Jeanne Bowen, Raytown, MO Mark Cameron & Nancy Wilson, Newark, DE Marsha & Peter Badanes, Vail, AZ Glen Bower, Effingham, IL Carianne Campbell, Tucson Gary Bakken, Oro Valley, AZ William Boyd, Tucson Scott Campbell & Priscilla Baldwin, Tucson Bonnie Bradford & Steve Tripka, Tucson Catherine Walker, Lansing, MI Dawn Bantel, Tucson Victor Braitberg, Tucson Leah Campos, Tucson Ellen Barnes, Tucson Marcy Briggs, Tucson Bradley Cardinale, Ann Arbor, MI Andrew & Jennifer Barton, Tucson Catherine Bradley, Petosky, MI Vincent Carlo, Tucson Carol J. Baum, Green Valley, AZ K & L Bradley, Tucson Randy Carlson, Tucson Deron Beal, Tucson John Breen, Lexington, MA Neil Carr, Baltimore, MD

“. . . the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear, Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

Pete Gregoire Vicki Carroll, Sterling, VA Thomas Delawder, Tucson Ernest & Kieran Fasse, Tucson Evelyn Carswell-Bing, Tucson Nadia Del Real, Los Angeles, CA Hester Fassel, Tucson Joann Caruso, Tucson Katherine Denune, Columbus, OH Barbara Fazenbaker, Clarkston, WA John Case, Scottsdale, AZ Phil Derkum & Flora Yee, Tucson Betty Feinberg, Tucson Mike Cavanaugh, Freehold, NJ Carol des Cognets, Tucson Gary Fenstermacher & John Chambers, Tucson Arthur & Pamela Deters, Tucson Virginia Richarson, Tucson Robert A. Chapman, Hudson, OH Robert Deurloo, Salmon, ID Dr. Sharyn Felton, Tucson Rebecca Chauvin, Seminole, FL Terry DeWald, Tucson Katharine A. Ferguson, Tucson Michael Chehoski, Tucson Suzanne Dhruv, Tucson T.J. Ferguson, Tucson Carl & Sarah Chen, Oro Valley, AZ Cindy Dick, Phoenix, AZ Marcel Ferrere, Grove City, PA Hai Chi, Signal Hill, CA Ruth & Stephen Dickstein, Tucson Martin Fettman, Tucson Tracy & Rene Chinen, Port Townsend, WA Sandy Diggins, San Mateo, CA Michelle Fidler, Tucson Shirley & Robert Clark, Snoqualmie, WA Arthur Dilley, Tucson Lois Filanowicz, Salt Lake City, UT Barry & Joyce Cohen, New York, NY Alex Dioyenis & Kimberly Fitzpatrick, Tucson Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Cohen, Tucson Mary K. France, Gold Canyon, AZ Paul & Vicki Flemm, Tucson Leonard Cohen, Philadelphia, PA Dotty Dittmar, Tucson Richard Florence, Yuma, AZ Leslie & Mike Cohen, Tucson Peter Doctors, Santa Barbara, CA Melanie Florez, Tucson Mary Cohen, Encino, CA Elizabeth Dooling, Tucson Anthony & Gloria Floridan, Oro Valley, AZ Christopher Cokinos, Tucson Marcy Dorsey, Phoenix, AZ Pamela Forcier, Sandpoint, ID Brad Cole, Carbondale, IL Janice Dowling, Tucson Mark Fraze, Tucson Dr. Walter Cole, Tucson Christine Doyle, New York, NY Robert Frear & Vito & Margaret Colella, Aurora, IL Marie Doyle, Tucson Tim Kennedy, San Francisco, CA Susanna Coleman, Greenville, AL Alan & Elizabeth Dozier, Missouri City, TX William C. Freeman, Jr., Boise, ID George Collins, Las Cruces, NM Jim & Vicki Drews, Malvern, IA Margaret Frick, Ankeny, IA Debra Colodner, Tucson David Dreyer, Tucson Jack & Janice Friedman, Tucson Chuck & Louise Conrad, Tucson Gail Dunlap, Tucson Peter & Linda Friedman, Tucson Jim Cook, Tucson Tony & Nann Durando, Tucson Jennifer Fugatt, Whitefish, MT Stephen Joel Coons, Tucson Ann P. Dursch, Anacortes, WA William A. Fulton, CPA, Snohomish, WA William Cowan, Beaumont, TX Thomas Cram, Tucson Dorothy Eakin, Tucson Linda Gallu, Lake Villa, IL Kay Crofoot, Tucson Larry & Judy East, Tucson Catherine Gale, Tucson Linda Crouch, Boulder, CO Emerson & Joyce Elliott, Arlington, VA G & C Family Foundation, Moraga, CA David Crown, Tucson Kendall Elmer & Marjorie Woodrich, Tucson Robert & Sharon Garcia, Tucson Marisa Cuneo-Linsly, Saint Paul, MN Kirk Emerson, Tucson Amy Garling, Seattle, WA Janna-Neen J. Cunningham, Tucson Ted & Rose Emery, Orono ME Marie Geraci, Tucson David Emme, Tucson Kathy Gerst, Tucson Kevin Dahl & Bam Miller, Tucson Norman Epstein, Tucson Tina & Homer Geymer, Tucson Rich & Mary Daly, Tucson Robert Erbe, Tucson Jack & Laura Gibson, Tucson Christine Davis, Los Angeles, CA Donna Eriksen & Tom Finan, Burlington, CT Bob & Dotty Giffen, San Diego, CA Dorothy “Dottie” Davis, Tucson Jennifer Errick, Greenbelt, MD Roberta Gillilan, Tucson Sarah Davis, Tucson Art Evans, Tucson Laura Ginger, Bloomington, IN Shirley Davis, Tucson Joy & Brendan Godfrey, Albuquerque, NM Mark C. Day, Rockford, IL Jean Farmer, Tucson Kathryn & Brendan Godfrey, Missouri City, TX Kristin Delahanty, Glenview, IL Fred Farsjo, Tucson Bruce & Vivianne Gold, Tucson 2016 Individual Donors

Ann Gonzalez, Tucson Gordon & Jennifer Holton, Vail, AZ Karen Kiburz, Tucson Jean Goodrich, Tucson Sharon Holzman-Cox, Tucson Dan & Kit Kimball, Tucson Neil & Margot Goodwin, Cambridge, MA Barbara Hook, Green Valley, AZ K. Kimberly King, Tucson Jennifer Roth Gordon, Tucson Don Hopkins, Louisville, KY Barbara Kingsborough, Mount Kisco, NY Heather Gores, Tucson Mary Jane Hopkinson, Deming, NM Peter & Marsha Kirk, Hurricane, UT Dennis Gray & Nancy Houchins, Arnolds Park, IA Jim & Shirley Kiser, Tucson Kay Cameron, Winston-Salem, NC Michael & Kathleen Houghtaling, Tucson Lisa Kiser, Tucson Rosalind Greco, Locust, NJ Wynn Houtkooper, Tucson Carol Klafeta, Schiller Park, IL Tom & Cindy Green, Tucson Libby Howell & Gary Mechler, Tucson Karen Klafeta, Schiller Park, IL Pete Gregoire, Tucson Colleen Hoyt, Portland, OR Kris Klebs, Sanford, FL Perry Grissom, Tucson Julie Huebsch, Alexandria, VA David Klindienst, Baltimore, MD Brina Grusin, Tucson Gerald & Rowena Hughes, Troutdale, OR David B. Klindienst, Petersburg, PA Kathryn Gullen, Green Valley, AZ Graeme Hughes, Tucson Jeanine Koehler, Peaster, TX Gretchen Gurnee, Ferndale, CA Joan & Ted Hullar, Tucson Robin Koeller, Port Orford, OR Eric & Karen Gustafson, Tucson Marge Humphreys, Tucson Stephanie Koessler, Tucson John & Dana Hunter, Huntington Beach, CA Kay P. Korn, Tucson Sarah Hadler, Santa Rosa, CA Leslie L. Hunter, Lakewood, OH Gabriele Koschorke, Tucson Mary Hahn, Tucson Fred Huntington, Tucson Barbara Kostka, Cicero, IL Paula Hahn, Clinton, WI Caroline Hutchison, Burleigh Heads, Australia Jo Kubran, Vail, AZ Brian & Linda Hall, Tucson Phil & Judy Hutchison, Kirkwood, MO Thomas Kuehl, Tucson Gene Hall, Tucson Brent Kyte, Tucson Jolene Hall, Floyd, VA David Irvine, Leesburg, VA Linda & John Halsey, East Lansing, MI John & Joyce Isom, Indianapolis, IN Susan LaBate, Littleton, CO Sandra Hambacher, Tucson George & Laura Ivey, Canton, NC Robert & Elizabeth Ladd, South Dartmouth, MA Hilary Hamlin, Tucson Karen Lake, Tucson Amy & Richard Hammel, Tucson Ian Jackson, Pinetop, AZ Larry Lang, Tucson Michael & Joni Hammond, Sherwood, OR Richard B. Jacobs, Prescott, AZ David Langebartel, Tucson Dave Hamra, Tucson Frederic Jandrey, Tucson Eugene Laporte, Benzonia, MI Sherry & David Hansen, Tucson David Johnson & Barbara Lapp, Evanston, IL Donna J. Hansen-Albertsen, Tucson Marsha McMullin, Falls Church, VA Phil LaRocca, Grand Junction, CO Eleanor Hanson, Tucson Glenda Johnson, Ellicott City, MD Stan & Coinda Lawhead, Carson City, NV Linda Hanson, Marana, AZ Janet Johnson, Green Valley, AZ Dana Lawson, Tucson John Harbison, Portland, OR Judith Johnson, Tucson Dr. Kevin & Barbara Leehey, Tucson Richard Hardy, Tucson Maria Johnson, Phoenix, AZ Greg Leitner, Tucson Lisa Harris, Tucson Michael E. Johnson, Tucson Stacia Lenger, Santa Maria, CA Paula Hartgraves, Tucson Dr. Philip Johnson, Chapel Hill, NC Michael Lennon, Oro Valley, AZ Richard & Judith Hartigan, Vail, AZ Dr. Robert Johnson, Tucson Janelle Lenser, Sioux Falls, SD Gayle Hartmann, Tucson Sharon Johnson, Tucson Gerald Lessells, Tucson Addison Hazen, Tucson Storm Rogers Johnson, Tucson Dr. Alan Lesselroth, Tucson Tom Headlee, Tucson Bruce Johnston, Fresno, CA Bert Lewis, Tucson Alice Heard, Novato, CA Anne Crafts Jones, Walnut Creek, CA Cathy Lewis, Rising Sun, MD Donald Heller, Tucson William Jones, Oro Valley, AZ Richard Liebe, Brevard, NC Chris & Donna Helms, Tucson Maxine & Bill Joplin, Tucson Marie Lindquist, Berkeley, CA Louis & Phillis Herbster, Tucson Richard & Barbara Joyce, Tucson Kenneth Lingelbach, Tucson Janine Hernbrode, Tucson Sarah & Merlin Juilfs, Gresham, OR Hilary Lips & Wayne Andrew, Blacksburg, VA Katherine Hester, Atlanta, GA Jeanne Julian & Tim Murphy, New Bern, NC Ann E. Litsas, Tucson Duane High, Tucson Craig & Kathy Little, Tucson Craig Hillock, Arlington, VA Alice Kachman, Livonia, MI Robert & Shirley Livingston, Tucson Lawrence Hinchliffe, Corona de Tucson, AZ Edward Kaplan, Hamden, CT Pat & Mary Lou Long, Tucson Nicolas & Judy Hiner, Tucson Mary Keane & James McCorry, Tucson Susan Lubiens, Folsom, CA Harlan Hobbs, Green Valley, AZ Georgia Keefer, Tucson Fred & Sandra Luckau, Tucson Valerie Hoffer, Spokane Valley, WA Richard Keiler & Tommilee Phillips, Tucson James Lumpkin, Tucson Russell & Jeanne Holcomb, Brooklyn, NY Lydia E. Kelley, Tucson Gary “Deak” Lundlee, Tucson Ronald Holle, Oro Valley, AZ Barbara Kelly, Tucson Carol Lyons, Tucson Jasmine Holloway, Tucson Caroline Keppler, Watertown, MA H. Deon Holt, Tucson Lisa Kern, Tucson Diana Madaras, Tucson Richard M. Miller, Flower Mound, TX Robert & Margaret Patricelli, Simsbury, CT Brian Madigan, Tucson Susan Miller, Vashon, WA Robert Pazak, Upper Marlboro, MD Steven Magallanes, Tucson Saralaine Millet, Tucson Joan Person, Tucson Nancy Mahoney, Reno, NV John Casey Mills, Portland, OR Dave & Ellie Peters, Lake Elmore, VT Tom & Carol Maier, Rochester, NY Richard & Mary Ann Miya, Tucson Linda Petersen-Vargas, Tucson Judith Malen, Tucson Kristi Moos, Stockton, CA Brian Peterson, Tucson Dimitri Manos, Tucson Lawrence & Nancy Morgan, Tucson Gary & Susan Peterson, Center City, MN Jennifer Marcus, Tucson Andrea Morics, Redlands, CA Vicki Peterson, Tucson Adrienne B. Mars, Tucson Renee Munro, Chicago, IL Tom & Dabney Philabaum, Tucson Janice Marshall, Tucson Geraldine Murphy, San Francisco, CA Martha Piechowski, Tucson Betsy & Jon Martens, Bartlesville, OK Heather & Edward Murphy, Tucson Alburt Pifer, Oro Valley, AZ Bradley & Barbara Massam, Chatham, NJ Heather Pilkington, Silverton, OR Heidi Massuco, Seattle, WA Mohan Nadkami, Charlottesville, VA Louise B. Plank, Tucson Debbie Mastella-Sershon, Eden Prairie, MN Linda Nash, Marana, AZ Herbert C. Ploch, Green Valley, AZ Nicola Masters, Vail, AZ Johanna Naumu, Tucson Ling & Len Poliandro, Tucson Daniel Matlick, Tucson Philip Neil, Des Moines, IA Andrew Potter, Prescott, AZ Sam Matsunaga, San Bruno, CA Eleanor Nelson, Tucson Brian Powell, Tucson Bruce & Linda Mau Family, Glenview, IL Lucy Netsch, Tucson Norman & Amy Prestup, Tucson Maria Elena Maytorena, Tucson Marcia Neugebauer, Tucson Helen S. Price, Tucson Brendan & Christine McCooey, Tucson Tom Nevers & Lee Anne Hartley, Tucson Jane Priem, Salt Lake City, UT Marie & Harry McDermott, Tucson Betty Newtson, Tucson Anne C. Pugh, Richmond, VA Mike & Barb McElroy, Tucson Caitlin Newtson, Tucson Daniel Pyevich, Tucson Molly McGill, Mountlake Terrace, WA Jeremy & Andi Newtson, Iowa City, IA Sally McGreevy, Tucson Kristofer & Michelle Newtson, Bisbee, AZ David & Lauren Rabb, Tucson Cheryl McIntyre, Tucson Robert & Amy Newtson, Marana, AZ June Radlinger, Ojibwa, WI Justis McLaren, Federal Way, WA Wendell H. Niemann, Tucson James Rauff, Decatur, IL James & Carole McLean, Vail, AZ Emily Nottingham, Tucson Edgar Rawl III, Tucson Catherine Jean McNeill, Vail, AZ Joseph & Leta Regezi, Santa Fe, NM Matt McWenie, Phoenix, AZ Sharon Ogan, Tucson Kay Reibold, Raleigh, NC Robert Meadows & Pamela Oldfield, Norco, CA Ethel Reinard, Washington Crossing, PA Janice Potter, Bellevue, WA David & Deborah Olien, Fitchburg, WI Rodney & Pamela Rempt, Big Sky, MT Frederick Mecke, Montpelier, VT Marlene Olson, Tucson Debra Reynaud, Twisp, WA Kenneth Megel, Tucson Sharon O’Neal, Tucson Diana Rhoades, Tucson Amanda Merck, San Antonio, TX Aviva O’Neil, Tucson Barbara Ricca, Tucson Russell Messinger, Glenside, PA Ray O’Neil, Tucson Traci Riccitello, Tucson Judith D. & Dr. Richard B. Meyer, Tucson JoAnn Osborne, Jupiter, FL Dennis Richards, Tucson Kris Michel, Westerville, OH Diana Richards, Vail, AZ Walter Milbrath, Hudson, OH Kristin Packer, Santee, CA Thomas P. Richter, Omaha, NE Alexandra L. Miller, CPA, Tucson Nanette & Lester Packer, Green Valley, AZ Carol Riggs, Lufkin, TX Gary Miller, Tucson Ellery Page, Tucson Mary Riley, Issaquah, WA Nancy Miller, Tucson Susan Parker-Hotchkiss, Tucson Suzanne Robb, Prescott, AZ Neil Miller & Paul Brouillette, Somerville, MA Dave & Mary Parnell, Tucson Jerry & Nancy Roberts, Noblesville, IN 2016 Individual Donors

Mary Roberts, Miller Place, NY Geraldine Smith, San Diego, CA Virginia Van Der Veer, Tucson Marion O. Robertson, Chevy Chase, MD Joseph L. Smith, Vail, AZ Deborah Van Ohlen & Marvin Rockford, Denver, CO Robert & Suzanne Snow, Tucson Wendy Payton, West Hartford, CT Renee Rockford, Denver, CO Louise & Tim Spears, Tucson Greg & Laura Viviano, Oro Valley, AZ Shelley & Stan Rockwell, Williamsburg, VA Keith & Mala Spence, Vail, AZ Marianne Vivirito, Tucson Sarah Rogers, Mesa, AZ Travis Spore, Denver, CO Jere Voigt, Tucson Mary Stevens Rogot, Tucson Vicki Stanton, Tucson Jon & Cheri Romanoski, Tucson Todd Steele, Fort Wayne, IN Candace Waage, Santa Cruz, CA Owen Rose, Tucson Charles & Nikki Stein, Scottsdale, AZ Kaye Wagner, Baileys Harbor, WI Harry & Nina Rosefelt, Tucson John & Alice Steinhilper, Tucson James Wagoner, Tucson Rick Rosen, Tucson James & Janice Stevenson, Tucson Donna Wahl, Tucson Fran & Glen Ross, Durham, NC Kate Straub, Tucson Anne & Ron Walker, Oro Valley, AZ Mark Rossi, Tucson Emily Sullivan, West Chazy, NY Frances Ann Walker, Tucson Loretta & Thomas Rowley, Tucson Susan Summers, Vail, AZ Frank & Judy Walker, Bozeman, MT Victoria Ruehl, Stamford, CT Jim Suozzo, Slingerlands, NY Nancy Wall, Tucson Gary Rumack, Tucson Sarah Sutton, Tucson Jeff Wallner, Tucson Barbara Rumburg, Rio Rico, AZ Ravi Swamy, Cary, NC Bill & Judy Walter, Minneapolis, MN Dorothy Russell, Tucson Don Swann, Tucson Phil & Jo Ward, Tucson John Ryan, Old Greenwich, CT Taylor Swanson, Tullahoma, TN Mark & Debbie Wartenberg, Redwood City, CA Tom Ryan, Tucson Lisa Swift, Tucson Kristine Watters, Wauwatosa, WI James Swinehart, Tucson Fred & Mary Alice Webster, Tucson Shirley Sandelands, Tucson Jacob Swygert, Anderson, SC Meg Weesner, Tucson Mary Louise Sassé, Tucson Timothy Sylvester, Avondale, AZ Steven Weinstein, Tucson Carolyn Saunders, Tucson Michael Welborn, Tucson Suzanne Saxman & Lawrence V. Tagg, Tucson John Welch, Green Valley, AZ Peter Labadie, Oak Park, IL Donna Tang, Tucson Ivy Wells, Winter Haven, FL Margaret Schadler, Schenectady, NY Charles & Anne Tatum, Tucson Dr. Jeanette Wendt, Tucson Thomas & Kathleen Schart, Green Valley, AZ Cathy Tempelman, Ellington, CT Tim Wernette, Tucson Eric Schindler, Tucson Howard & Marlies Terpning, Tucson Paul Wesolowski, New Hope, PA Veronica & Karl Schirmer, Tucson Christine Thalls, Sunnyvale, CA Harold West, Tucson Peter Schmidt & Sherry Terrell, Tucson Joe & Connie Theobald, Tucson Lee Whitley, Houston, TX Margaret M. Schmit, Morris, IL Courtney Thomas, Central Bridge, NY Thomas Wildenberg, Tucson Lori Schnetz, Tucson Hugh & Allyn Thompson, Tucson Cheri Williams, Fullerton, CA Karen Schollmeyer, Tucson Annette Bunting Thomson, Prescott Valley Alex Wilson, Tucson Jessica Schroeder, Alameda, CA Scott Thomson, Westfield, MA Don & Karen Wilson, Tucson Nancy J. Schuman, Columbia City, IN William C. Thornton, Tucson Sid & Mary Wilson, Tucson John Schwerkoske, North Oaks, MN Gail Todaro, Templeton, CA Robert & Kathleen Winder, Tucson Norman Scott, Tucson Toni Torpey, Tucson Janet Winters, Tucson Paul Scraggs, Clark, NJ Chip Travers, Tucson Lyn Withey, Tucson J.F. Seeger, Tucson Patricia Trossman, Tucson Barbara Wolf, Rochester, NY Debora Segal, Silver Spring, MD Steven & Alice True, Tucson Lisa Wong, Tucson Connie & David Shanks, Grove City, OH Maryann Truitt, Reno, NV Carol Wood, Pitman, NJ Gordon & Carol Shaw, Tucson Judith Tuck, Sun City, AZ James Wood, Sleepy Hollow, NY Janet Sheppard, Kankakee, IL Linda Tuck, Tucson Charles& JoAnn Woodruff, San Antonio, TX Virginia Sherman, Tucson Barbara Joy Tucker, Tucson Jane & Charles Wright, Tucson Sue Sherrick & Miles Green, Tucson Martha Tullis, Tucson Kelly Wurzel, Spokane Valley, WA William & Gretchen Shirley, Vail, AZ Erin Turner, Tucson Darla Sidles, Estes Park, CO Victor & Geraldine Yarne, Edgewood, NM Harvey D. Simmons, Canandaigua, NY Jerrie K. Uitti, Tucson Lyndsay Yates, Long Beach, CA Donald C. Slack, Tucson Drs. Judith & John Ulreich, Tucson Kathy Yeager, Oro Valley, AZ Gary & Bonnie Slaten, Tucson Christine & Thomas Uzzell, Tucson Shohei Yoneda, Canton, MI Steve Slocum, Eden Prairie, MN Robert Small, Tucson Faye Vamvakias, Tucson Annette Zinn, Houston, TX Carol & Emmett Smelser, Marana, AZ Bobbie & Don VandeGriff, Tucson Ruth & Robert Zollinger, Tucson 2016 Corporate & Foundation Donors

Donations of $5,000 Donations of $1,000 to or More $5,000 National Environmental The Community Foundation for Education Foundation Southern Arizona National Park Foundation The Cote Foundation Cox Communications Arizona Fund The Outdoor Foundation Expressworks International Rocking K Development First Giving & Diamond Ventures Groundwork USA Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation IBM Corporation Bess Spiva Timmons Foundation IBM (Foundation) Matching Gift Program Larry H. Miller Charities Tucson Electric Power Company Rincon Valley Holdings, LP University of Arizona Foundation Southern Arizona Roadrunners Western National Parks Association Wilderness Forever Donations to $1,000 Active Network, LLC Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Saguaro Horseman’s Association Alfonso Gourmet Olive Oil Harris Environmental Group UA Tree-Ring Laboratory Appleton-Whitell Research Ranch H.F. Coors Dinnerware Southern Arizona Roadrunners Arizona Cardinals Hilton Scottsdale Resort Southwest Airlines Arizona Coyotes Historic Taos Inn Strater Hotel, Durango Arizona Diamondbacks Hotel Congress Sullivan’s Eatery & Creamery Arizona Opera Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Summit Hut Arizona Public Media Illinois Tool Works Foundation Taliesin West Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum International Fiber Collaborative Tanque Verde Ranch ASDM Art Institute Jim Click Automotive Team Texas Instruments Foundation Arizona State Museum Jonathan’s Cork Togwotee Mountain Lodge Arizona Trail Association JW Marriott Starr Pass Tohono O’dham Gaming Enterprise B & B Cactus Farm Just Give Total Wine & More Benevity Community Impact Fund Kalil Bottling Company Tucson Balloon Rides Beyond Bread Kingfisher, An American Grill Tucson Botanical Gardens Biosphere 2 Little America Hotel, Flagstaff Tucson Roadrunners Brookby Foundation Lodge on the Desert Tucson Subaru BrushFire BBQ Company Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Tucson Symphony Orchestra Buffalo Exchange MacArthur Foundation UA Flandrau Science Center Buffalo Trading Post Melting Pot UA Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter Canyon Ranch Miraval Resort Tucson UA Presents Caruso’s Restaurant Muleshoe Ranch UA Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab Cheesecake Factory National Audubon Society University Termite & Pest Control Cheri’s Desert Harvest Nature Conservancy Verde Canyon Railroad Davis Selected Advisers Omni Tucson National Resort Visit Tucson DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Pastiche Westin La Paloma Desert Botanical Garden Phoenix Zoo Westward Look Wyndham Resort Disneyland® Picánte Designs White Stallion Ranch Furnace Creek Inn Pizza Hut of Arizona Xanterra at the South Rim Gaslight Theatre Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort YMCA of the Rockies Gordian Advisors Rancho Bernardo Inn Zion Canyon Field Institute Grand Canyon Association Razoo Foundation Zion Lodge Grand Canyon Railway Reid Park Zoological Society Green Valley Pecan Company Rocky Mountain Conservancy Friends of Saguaro National Park 2700 North Kinney Road · Tucson, AZ 85743 (520) 733-8610 [email protected] www.friendsofsaguaro.org Scan this QR code with your smart phone to bring you directly to our site.