WYOMING Annual Report 2018 The Nature Conservancy in BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES $6 million Federal funding awarded to TNC and more than two dozen of Lenox Baker, Meeteetse NUMBERS Steven Buskirk, Laramie DEAR FRIENDS, our partners to improve conditions on the Popo Agie River and Mary Anne Dingus, Cody better secure important wildlife migration routes Mark Doelger, Casper It’s that time of year when we take the opportunity to proudly report to you Frank Goodyear, Jr., Cody on our work to fulfill our conservation mission. One of the things that made this year stand out is that our work took place against the backdrop of an Ken Lay, Glenrock election cycle. Mayo Lykes, Wilson 100 Chris Madson, Cheyenne Conservation has never been free of politics and mischaracterizations, often at the service of perpetuating Rendezvous Reid Murchison, III, Cody a particular perspective, and many of you may have noticed some pointed criticism of conservation, and Elementary Peter Nicolaysen, Casper The Nature Conservancy, this year. School fourth Lollie Plank, Banner 14 graders who One of the things that’s great about our country is our right to express ourselves. I enjoy taking advantage J.D. Radakovich, Cody Beaver dam analogue planted native of the opportunity to communicate an accurate message about who we are and how we work. Along those Adair B. Stifel, Dubois lines, let me share a few thoughts that, I hope, will resonate with you. structures built to grasses at Red Margie Taylor, Sheridan mimic dams and Canyon Ranch Page Williams, Cody In a recent poll, more than 90 percent of Wyomingites identified themselves as conservationists. TNC improve stream health Preserve to David Work, Victor, ID shares and reflects these longstanding Wyoming values. We use our science-based approach to help at Heart Mountain prevent erosion conserve Wyoming’s beautiful landscapes and the habitat it provides for the wildlife we all cherish and for and Red Canyon of stream banks BOARD EMERITUS the quality of life that defines us. Frank Bonsal Ranch Preserves 2 3 Barron Collier, II Our 3,000 dedicated members, our talented staff and our accomplished board of trustees who, true to Richard Davis the Wyoming way, have made successful careers in a variety of fields, including finance and the fossil fuel

WYOMING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Dennis Knight industry, are devoted to keeping Wyoming wild and working. We do this by collaborating with a range of Gilman Ordway partners and using a nonpartisan, nonconfrontational approach. Indeed, it is only by virtue of this approach Fred Whiting that we are able to report on the many successful endeavors profiled in these pages. Anne Young We deeply value private property rights. That’s one of the reasons we believe it’s important to respect the STAFF LEADERSHIP TEAM rights of landowners who choose to work with us to conserve their lands for themselves, their families and for the future. These long-lasting relationships are sustained only by acting with the utmost integrity. We Milward Simpson, State Director believe it’s important to be truthful and accurate in how organizations like ours are portrayed. Richard Garrett, Director of External Affairs 4,400 300 Arlen Lancaster, Conservation Director As a fifth generation Wyomingite, I am proud to work for TNC. Conservation is important to us in Observations of native Deer and elk fitted with Heather Wisniewski, Director of Development Wyoming, and TNC is Wyoming through and through. plants made by 200 GPS collars in a landmark Erica Wood, Interim Director of Development Thanks to you all for your ongoing support. Wildlife Watch citizen study of wildlife scientists helping migrations in the eastern study impacts of portion of the Greater climate change Yellowstone Ecosystem

The mission of The Nature Milward Simpson, Wyoming State Director Conservancy is to conserve the lands ON THE COVER BioBlitz 2018 © Dewey Vanderhoff THIS PAGE clockwise Popo Agie River © Scott Copeland; Rendezvous Elementary School students © Lori Mathews/TNC; Mule deer © Scott Copeland; THIS PAGE Milward Simpson © Richard Garrett and waters on which all life depends. Citizen scientists © Trevor Bloom/TNC; Building beaver dam analogue © Arlen Lancaster/TNC Refuge for a Rare RESILIENT LANDS Wyoming Toad

The endangered Wyoming toad is better off New Grassland Invaders today, thanks to the addition of 581 acres to the “It’s like a horror film!” That’s the way The The grasses are especially problematic for which seems to be the more problematic of the Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge was the last-known location where this Nature Conservancy’s northeast Wyoming ranchers who find them not just in pasture, two, also hosts a fungus that can infect and harm A Pronghorn that suffered serious program director Carli Kierstead describes but in their hayfields as well. Their low, wiry native species. scrapes while crawling under a uniquely Wyoming species was found in 1987, after the rapid spread of two invasive annual growth and metallic taste cause livestock to low strand of barbed wire fence populations crashed in the mid-1970s. grasses. What started as a few isolated patches avoid eating them. Even if they ate it, the high A few years ago, the negative economic impact faces another crossing The Nature Conservancy purchased the additional of Ventenata and medusahead could soon silica content and sparse leaves mean that the of Ventenata was estimated at $22 million property in 2010 with the intent of selling it to the U.S. Fish and become a serious problem, with real economic plants have little nutritional value. The grasses in northern Idaho and eastern Washington Wildlife Service. TNC then took care of the land until the Service consequences for Wyoming agriculture. emerge earlier in the spring than natives, alone. And the grasses are making headway in Don’t Fence Them In secured funds to purchase the additional acres for the Refuge this which helps their rapid spread. Ventenata, Wyoming, with the potential to cause even more economic damage than cheatgrass. Pronghorn may be the second fastest land animal on Earth, but they are past June. lousy jumpers. A fence can stop them in their tracks—unless the lowest This rare amphibian, also known as the Baxter’s toad (Bufo baxteri), Ventenata and medusahead are well-equipped wire is high enough to allow them to crawl under. A fence that is too tall can lives only in the floodplains of the Laramie Basin in southeast invaders. They can thrive in wet or dry conditions, present an obstacle even to high-jumping deer and elk—especially fawns 4 Wyoming. Its dramatic decline was due to several factors, including 5 and their seeds are viable for three to five years. and calves. Loose wires can even become snares and snag an animal that pesticide pollution, changes in climate, the chytrid fungus and loss So even if standing plants are killed, the patch will doesn’t make a clean jump. For several years, The Nature Conservancy has

WYOMING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 of habitat due to development. Things got so bad that in 1993, wild have to be treated for years to control regrowth. been working on our preserves and with private landowners to make fences toads were collected for captive breeding to help the species recover. Land managers are experimenting with varying friendlier for wildlife with some fairly simple modifications. combinations of herbicides and application times Today, Wyoming toads are once again breeding in the wild and have in hopes of finding a formula that works best in If the top wire is no higher than 42” and the bottom strand is at least 18” been reintroduced through voluntary collaborative conservation Wyoming conditions. above the ground, most wildlife will be able to get under or over fences efforts on public and private lands. TNC is proud to have played a safely, and cattle will still be contained. Ideally, the bottom strand should be role in efforts to bring this species back from the brink of extinction. Fortunately, Wyoming still has time to head off smooth, rather than barbed wire, to prevent it from scraping hide from an the kind of serious infestations seen in other animal and leaving it vulnerable to frostbite and infection. places, but we must act now to contain the damage. As a member of the Northeast Wyoming Of course, from the perspective of the animal, the best fence is none at all, Invasive Grass Working Group, TNC is helping so where possible, we’re removing fences entirely. find a solution to this problem by engaging with Over the last few years, TNC and our partners have modified or removed landowners and coordinating new experimental more than 50 miles of fence to allow safe passage for wildlife, and we’ve trials of control techniques. only just begun.

THIS PAGE Pronghorn hair loss © Alberta Conservation Association; TNC’s Brent Lathrop releasing captively bred Wyoming toad at Mortensen Lake © Karen Craft/TNC; THIS PAGE Ventenata (left) and medusahead (right) grasses © Gary Stone Wyoming toad © U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service update: HEALTHY WATERS Tongue River From the time that it tumbles out of the Taking Back Bighorn Mountains until it slows and flattens In Our Backyard through fields and valleys, the Tongue River On a sun-washed day in late September, 20 students from Lander Valley serves many needs. It provides drinking High School gathered on the banks of the Little Popo Agie River. Donning the Shoshone River water, irrigates arid lands and supports gloves and rubber boots, the kids volunteered their time and energy to help In the early 1900s, when landowners planted Russian olive trees wildlife. But high bacterial levels and restore a highly visible stretch of the river , even though many folks probably as windbreaks and shelterbelts, they saw it as a tree that would stretches with degraded streambanks were a never realized that those steep grassy banks were a problem. grow quickly and survive harsh conditions. Little did they know concern. The Nature Conservancy has been that those same traits would make the trees a serious problem. working to improve the health of the river Because many of the willows were stripped away in years past, water It wasn’t long before Russian olives were taking over stream through alliances such as the Tongue River scoured and eroded the exposed banks. To bring back more natural banks, crowding out native species and obstructing river access Initiative. This is a partnership between function, the kids helped us plant young cottonwood and willow trees. Once across the Bighorn Basin. Not only do the trees support fewer TNC, the Sheridan Community Land Trust, established, the trees will secure the banks, protecting them from erosion types of wildlife than do our native trees, they use significantly and local, state, and federal agencies. We and shading the water, keeping it cool for fish. more water—making them even more problematic in our arid are also part of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, which encourages This was more than a day out of the classroom—it was a way to give these climate. They have been officially declared a noxious weed. 6 public–private alliances to improve soil 7 students a real, hands-on lesson in conservation and stream hydrology and In 2014, The Nature Conservancy began a pilot program to health, water quality and use, wildlife habitat function. They also took pride in keeping this local landmark healthy.

WYOMING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 eradicate the trees along the Shoshone River and restore native and other natural resources on private land. This event was part of the Healthy River Initiative, a broad community plants. Our work encouraged private landowners to do the same Over the last year, TNC has supported a range effort to protect and restore the integrity of the Popo Agie. Funds for this on their own land. of improvements on the river. On Goose project were provided through the Challenge for Charities. Tackling Russian olives is no small task. The trees are very Creek, a major tributary of the Tongue, 10 resilient, so rooting them out requires multiple actions over homes and nearly 50 camper spaces were several years’ time. First, the trees are cut down and their taken off septic systems and connected to stumps are sprayed with a mixture of herbicide and bark oil. For municipal sewers—reducing the sources of a couple of years following initial removal, the area is treated to bacterial contamination. We also worked to prevent regrowth. stabilize damaged streambanks, stopping erosion. Both of these activities improve So far, TNC has treated more than 400 acres along the conditions for brown and rainbow trout, Shoshone. We are moving into the last phase of the pilot along with other fish and various aquatic program, completing the final year of regrowth treatment and invertebrates. We’ve also begun to focus on conducting bird and mammal surveys to better understand the controlling invasive Russian olive trees. impact of our work.

THIS PAGE A Lander Valley High School student restoring the river © Kirk Rasmussen THIS PAGE Tongue River © Erica Wood/TNC Citizen scientists are playing Changing Seasons SECURING THE FUTURE a role in this research through the Wildflower Watch project. Does it really matter when wild berries are ripe? If you are a bear They’re noting phenological trying to load up on calories before hibernation, it does. With less of changes in a dozen species this natural food to eat at the time that it’s needed, bears may seek OF CONSERVATION out human food closer to campsites and homes. This scenario is along hiking trails in Grand Teton National Park. becoming more common as the climate changes here in the Rockies. The study of when plants leaf out, flower and fruit is called phenology and it’s the subject of research by TNC scientists Corinna Riginos our preserves: and Trevor Bloom. Keeping People Two years ago, the pair began monitoring the phenology of 75 plant More Than Parks species growing in the shadow of the Tetons. What’s exciting is that they are following the lead of scientist Frank Craighead, who The Nature Conservancy’s mission has working ranches, where TNC grazes cattle and Bears Safe changed since the days when we focused on a and/or offers grazing leases to other ranchers. Managing a Nature Conservancy preserve recorded his observations of these same plants, in this same area, single species or special site. Today, we work involves many joys, as well as challenges. during the 1970s and 1980s. By comparing their contemporary on large landscapes and whole ecosystems— These spaces serve as living laboratories for Many people who live near our preserves records with Craighead’s data, they can get an idea of how plants conserving wildlife migration routes and innovative conservation work on stream consider them to be part of their backyards. and wildlife are being affected by the changing climate. That entire river systems. Here in Wyoming, restoration, invasive weed control and But the preserves are wild places where deer, elk understanding can lead to solutions that help plants and wildlife 8 9 our preserves remain places that connect sustainable grazing. Red Canyon hosted and bears still have room to roam. adapt to the change. people with nature, but they are also tools for 40 staff from state and federal agencies WYOMING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 advancing conservation beyond their borders. for a beaver mimicry workshop, where At our Heart Mountain Ranch Preserve, a growing challenge is they learned valuable techniques for dealing with grizzlies that are emerging from hibernation. The The annual hike at Heart Mountain Ranch stream restoration. Graduate students presence of these bruins is testimony to the health of the preserve Preserve has become a tradition for nearby from Yale and the habitat, but no one wants a visitor to run into a bear on the trail. communities, as has the visit by members regularly conduct research on grasslands For the past few years, that has meant keeping the preserve of the Crow Nation to reconnect to the and sagebrush at Tensleep Preserve. And trail temporarily closed to hikers in the spring. It’s not an easy mountain that they consider sacred. At Red those are just a few of the researchers and decision. We confer with wildlife officials and closely monitor the Canyon Ranch, Rendezvous Elementary educators who use our preserves. trail ourselves. We know the policy can be frustrating for some School fourth graders got hands-on lessons as visitors, but it’s in the best interests of people and bears to avoid they planted native grasses on streambanks Despite the growth in use and outreach, potential encounters. to prevent erosion. We’ve hosted disabled one thing hasn’t changed—the preserves hunters and young conservation leaders, continue to serve a key purpose, conserving We now ask hikers to carry and know how to use bear spray—at all curlew researchers and archaeologists. Red important habitat for Wyoming wildlife. times of the year. With our friends, neighbors and visitors working Canyon and Heart Mountain even operate as together, we can ensure that both people and wildlife remain safe.

THIS PAGE Heart Mountain makes a great classroom for “Science Kids.” © Gina Morrison; THIS PAGE; Citizen scientists © Trevor Bloom; Grizzly bear © Samantha Gray; Beaver mimicry workshop at Red Canyon © John Coffman Trevor Bloom and Corinna Riginos © TNC Fire Funding Fix This past summer proved to be another devastating wildfire season in the West, and the cost of fighting the blazes—both in lives and dollars— continues to escalate. In 1995, the U.S. Forest Service spent roughly 16 percent of its budget fighting wildfires; by 2015, it was more than 50 percent. As a result, Forest Service budgets, which are based on best estimates of the cost of the next fire season, regularly fall short. To make up the shortfall, the Forest Service has been siphoning off funds that were designated for forest restoration efforts, aimed at lowering the risk of extreme wildfires in the first place.

In the face of this escalating problem, Congress moved to break this cycle with passage of the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act. This legislation, which goes into effect in 2020, brings wildfires more in line with the way other Winds of Wyoming disasters are funded and stops the practice of draining the budget for forest restoration. The Nature Conservancy was a vocal proponent of the Wyoming is one of the top states producing renewable wind power. act which, while not perfect, is an important step. That fact drew a group of California colleagues here for a tour of wind energy projects in eastern Wyoming and the Shirley Basin. The Nature 10 11 Conservancy’s external affairs director for Wyoming, Richard Garrett, served as a guide to a number of projects and wind farms.

WYOMING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Project Healing Waters The group discussed an ongoing study of the impacts of wind farms on pronghorn. TNC and the Wyoming Migration Initiative have equipped For all our many uses of water—from agriculture to producing energy— “By learning the sport, we’ve seen participants immerse themselves in 60 animals with GPS collars to monitor their movements in relation to there is one that is especially impressive: its power to heal souls. Who environmental education and stewardship of our rivers and streams,” says the facilities. has not felt that special peace that comes with wading a beautiful trout David Folkerts, chief operations officer for PHWFF. stream or canoeing a quiet stretch of water, when early morning mist rises The group also learned about a device to protect eagles from collisions. from its surface? The veterans learn more than fly fishing technique—they take another step When it detects eagles in flight, the device shuts down a turbine within on the path to recovery. 30 seconds, restarting it again in half an hour. So far, initial tests show The Nature Conservancy’s Veterans in Service to Nature (VINS) that it is 80 percent effective in its detection and response. Migrating recognized that special power at a retreat in Pine Butte Preserve in Brent Lathrop, director of TNC Wyoming’s southeast program, is an raptors are often killed by spinning blades at wind farms. In some places, Montana. The Montana event followed an earlier retreat that was held in Army veteran and one of the VINS members who organized the Montana turbines are shut down for certain periods during eagle migrations. and was a partnership with Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing retreat. He says, “The therapeutic value of outdoor experience on our (PHWFF). This nonprofit organization is dedicated to the physical and preserves is almost immediate and hopefully long lasting, a powerful thing TNC is proud of its Site Wind Right program, which provides resources emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and to witness.” that enable wind facilities to be located and operated with the least risk disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated activities. to the environment.

THIS PAGE Wind turbine © Daniel Austin/Creative Commons; Wildfire © Harry Miller THIS PAGE Feeling the peace © Kaylee Kenison/TNC 13 Contributions 71% Government & Contracts Grants 2% Income Investment 20% Other Income 7% Conservation 71% and General Administrative 10% Fundraising 19% FY 2018 FY 2018 FY 2018 Revenue Expenses $3,912,317 $3,222,322 Total Expenses Total Total Revenue* Total * Total revenue includes land gifts and investment income that are not part of operating cash. not part of operating that are income includes land gifts and investment revenue * Total $67,566 $6,415,113 $7,827,422 $15,841,403 $171,916,403 $201,932,775 $202,000,341 $202,000,341 At June 30, 2017 2017 June 30, At $27,002 $27,002 $3,234,209 $17,458,707 $17,458,707 $4,206,884 $178,488,861 $178,488,861 $203,361,659 $203,361,659 $203,388,661 $203,388,661 $203,388,661 $203,388,661 At June 30, 2018 2018 June 30, At THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN WYOMING STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT IN WYOMING CONSERVANCY THE NATURE make up the majority of the conservation lands on our balance sheets and reflect the generosity of Wyoming landowners who, date, to have granted 184 easements TNC. to This figure includes our conservation easements. The value of these easements, which cannot be sold, by sustainable financial resources. We have built a strong and effective effective and strong a built have We resources. financial sustainable by organization in keeping with our strategic plan. plan. strategic our with keeping in organization Our conservation accomplishments this year have been empowered empowered been have year this accomplishments conservation Our

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12 WYOMING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 City of Laramie University of Wyoming – Haub School of Something to The Conservation Fund Environment and Natural Resources and the Ruckelshaus Institute The following donors made gifts/pledges to the Wyoming program or live in Wyoming and Curt Gowdy State Park University of Wyoming – made gifts/pledges to other Conservancy programs between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018. Environmental Defense Fund Wyoming Natural Diversity Database THANKS Fremont County Weed and Pest U.S. Department of Agriculture – CELEBRATE! Gaylor Warnock Ditch Company Natural Resources Conservation Service CONSERVATION EASEMENT DONORS Mrs. Mary Paulette Orbin & Dr. Ronald Orbin Bob Giurgevich Daniel M. Smith U.S. Department of Agriculture – Eleanor F. Prince Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Anne Pendergast Molly & Bruce Hampton James & Polly Spencer Forest Service Indiana University Lollie Benz Plank Stanley E. Hartman Adair* & Arnold Stifel U.S. Department of Interior – $1M+ Jackson Hole Land Trust Anonymous Prospect Land & Cattle Co., LLC Michael & Sarah F. Healy Catherine Symchych Bureau of Land Management Laramie County Conservation District Barron Collier, II* Bart & Liz Rea Homer & Mildred Scott Foundation Naoma Tate U.S. Department of Interior – Bureau of Reclamation Laramie Rivers Conservation District Knobloch Family Foundation Rocky Mountain Power Eric K. Huber Trillium Family Foundation U.S. Department of Interior – Fish & Wildlife Service Larimer County Colorado Open Space Patten Davis Foundation James & Christine Scott Lieutenant Colonel Charles Huff Mary W. Vaughan U.S. Department of Interior – Fish & Wildlife Larimer County, CO Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Tucker Foundation & Ms. E. A. 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