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In This Issue Wildlife News | Winter 2013 IN THIS ISSUE 2 THANKS TO 2012 Dear Friends and Fans of Oregon Wildlife – SUPPORTERS! Although we’ve undergone some changes over the last several years, our reason for being hasn’t. Oregon Wildlife (Heritage Foundation) was organized in 1981 as an operating charitable PROJECT UPDATE foundation to ‘accept and distribute charitable gifts for the enhancement, restoration, use, 3 management, and conservation of Oregon’s fish, wildlife, and other natural resources.’ Something else that hasn’t changed is the need. Perhaps more than ever, financial and in-kind 4 PROJECT UPDATE support for the use, enhancement, restoration, and conservation of our fish and wildlife is critically important. Habitat loss, invasive species, and the specter of climate change are real PROGRAMS and significant challenges to the sustainability of Oregon’s natural resources. Increasingly scarce public resources and the anticipated doubling of Oregon’s population by 2050 only adds to our collective quandary. GRANTS-IN-AID 5 Part of how we’re answering the challenge is outreach and education. We want to show people GO WILD FOR OREGON how special Oregon is and that, working together, we can keep it that way. That’s why we’ve WILDLIFE CONTEST invested in programs like the Discovering Wildlife Lecture Series and Firsthand Oregon. To- date, the public response has been very positive and, with assistance from a dedicated volunteer, MAX STATION SALMON we’re improving the content of our programs and have plans to expand both initiatives to other HABITAT & BOARDWALK regions of Oregon. PROJECT We’ve also invested in social media marketing; cultivating an active presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. This is, in part, to broaden our audience but also in acknowledgement that charitable giving is steadily moving online. Websites and, increasingly, social media hubs 6 SAVE THE DATE! like Facebook and Twitter is where information is shared. Our intent is to position Oregon Wildlife to be a trusted and reliable source for information about wildlife and a vehicle to support wildlife and fish related projects. What’s next? We’re exploring the potential of an online funding platform, dedicated to our purpose, to make charitable giving fun and really easy. Beginning in 1981, everything Oregon Wildlife (Heritage Foundation) has accomplished is the PO Box 30406 result of motivated and dedicated people like you. Thank you for your support! Portland OR 97294-3406 Phone:503-255-6059 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.owhf.org www.facebook.com/orwildlife www.twitter.com/orwildlife www.youtube.com/orwildlife www.flickr.com/orwildlife www.pinterest.com/orwildlife Cam Preus PROGRAM SPONSORS Buzz Ramsey THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS Dave Ratcliffe FISH CAMP Julia Rea $5,000-$9,000 Mike Rice Carol & Velma Saling HERITAGE SOCIETY Tim & Mary Boyle Jack Forell Don Richelderfer Foundation (Grant) individuals or companies Rod Brobeck Dale Forster Scott Richmond contributing $1,000 or more Capital Pacific Bank Susan Foster Norm Ritchie UNRESTRICTED GRANTS in 2012 Dave Cummings Chuck & Carol Geldaker Daniel Robertson Tumac Lumber Company Fund $10,000 or more Herzog-Meier Auto Center/ John Geller Bill Robins of The Oregon Community Inter-Fluve, Inc Chris Meier M Jane Goeth Hadley Robins Foundation Hood River Distillers Carolyn Goolsby Damon Rogers CM Bishop Jr Family Fund $5,000-$9,999 Steve Holwerda Tom Gordon John Romero of The Oregon 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