on the wing Our Accomplishments Fiscal Year 2009-2010 The Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary in Orange County by Scott Gibson. Continually innovating

California is a beautiful, immense place, full of diverse natural Seeking a more productive way forward with private Thousands of people this year made their voice heard on wonders that are unmatched anywhere else in the world. landowners whose properties provide critical habitat, we’re important policy issues through our online action alert working with them and seeing unprecedented results for system, and many more bird enthusiasts connected with Protecting these treasures is a challenging task, particularly birds and wildlife. These types of partnerships are only us–and each other–through our Facebook and Twitter these days when funding for conservation is increasingly possible because Audubon has led the way in platforms. And people from around the world got a whole scarce. But the economy is just one of many obstacles. There testing an assortment of strategies to not only make farms new perspective on nature watching nesting Barn Owls and is also the size of the place. About 80 million of the state’s more hospitable for migratory birds, but also to improve hummingbirds on our live webcams. 100 million acres are open space, agriculture, or rangeland. habitat along the edges of farms. Within that expanse are 145 Audubon Important Bird Areas, California is a dynamic place, so doing things the same essential habitat for breeding, wintering, and migrating birds. Down in Orange County, we’re field testing new ways to old way year after year is a recipe for ineffectiveness. remove non-native plants without the use of chemicals. If Audubon California is going to make real progress for Then there are the threats–such as climate change, In Kern County, we’re trying to see if we can create new birds and nature here, we have to continually seek new non-native species, water shortages, development, and habitat for the Tricolored Blackbird. solutions to the challenges our state faces. pollution–which are even more difficult to address in a state that has such a diversity of bird species and habitats. We’re also finding new ways to connect with people. Our Please join us in our efforts to protect California’s nature centers and sanctuaries are continually creating exciting new wonders well into the future. I would love to hear any Thankfully, this is California, known throughout the educational programs to draw young people into the natural ideas you have. world for finding innovative solutions to the most complex world. Similarly, we have facilitated funding to bolster some challenges. We embrace that spirit as we seek new and better of the best ideas and expertise in local Audubon chapters. ways of accomplishing our conservation goals. Graham Chisholm [email protected]

Audubon California | 1 The next generation of conservationists “As we share some of these best practices and find ways to coordinate our efforts, we’ll make a real difference for the next generation of conservationists.”

Wendy Dalia steps off the trail for a moment to let a line Audubon California is a rare organization that prioritizes of young campers in floppy hats and baggy jeans stomp nature education right alongside habitat conservation and back from the shoreline where they’ve been learning about policy work. But we simply don’t have enough nature invertebrates. She smiles at a teenage group leader taking centers and sanctuaries to offer programs to large numbers up the rear. of kids ourselves. However, the Audubon chapter network in California offers dozens of terrific education programs. Dalia is the director of education at the Dalia has begun gathering chapter education leaders together Audubon Center & Sanctuary, and a key part of Audubon to share best practices and curriculum ideas to find ways to California’s effort to connect the state’s young people to the better serve California as a whole. natural world around them. “You would be amazed at some of the great work being “We’re starting to reach the point where kids that started in done out there in Audubon’s name,” she says. “As we share summer camp in grade school are coming back to the Center some of these best practices and find ways to coordinate our as teens and young adults to teach the next wave of kids,” efforts, we’ll make a real difference for the next generation says Dalia. “We would love to see some of these kids take this of conservationists.” interest with them to college and perhaps even build a career around it.”

Wendy Dalia helps children at the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary get a close-up view of nature.

2 | www.ca.audubon.org Partners in conservation “Agriculture and food production is an integral part of the economy and the heritage of this state, and natural habitat has an important role to play in that system.”

Tumble around the dirt roads of Yolo County with Miles protecting natural resources on their land and the installation DaPrato and you’ll realize pretty quickly that he can tell you of wildlife-friendly habitat. It’s a matter of trust, respect, and everything you need to know about each property you pass – most importantly, practicality.” how long the land has been in this farmer’s family, why that farmer chose to grow almonds, why this other farmer chose More than half of California’s Important Bird Areas are on to put up owl boxes. He learned this information the old- private property, so if we want to help sensitive bird species fashioned way, in a series of person-to-person conversations we need to find creative ways to work with landowners. over the course of years. Our work in Yolo County is just the beginning. Whether it’s rice farmers in the Sacramento Valley, dairy farmers in DaPrato is a restoration project manager with Audubon the Central Valley, potential developers at Tejon Ranch, California’s Landowner Stewardship Program. His job is to or private families in the Surprise Valley – we’re finding make connections with local property owners and to help solutions that benefit birds and nature. them explore ideas for how to improve habitat for birds and wildlife on their farms and ranches. “Most farmers and ranchers I work with see themselves as stewards of the land,” says DaPrato. “I think as we “Agriculture and food production is an integral part of the demonstrate how wildlife conservation can be done economy and the heritage of this state, and natural habitat has alongside farming, the door will be flung wide open for an important role to play in that system,” says DaPrato. “Our the opportunities to create a vast network of habitat across goal is to be the bridge between the landowner’s interest in the agricultural landscape.” Miles DaPrato seeds a restoration site on a farm in Yolo County.

Audubon California | 3 Finding a better way “While restoring the land at Starr Ranch is important, it’s even better if we can inspire others to be more considerate in how they manage their lands.”

The approach to the Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary takes “While restoring the land at Starr Ranch is important, it’s you through some of Orange County’s sprawling residential even better if we can inspire others to be more considerate developments. One second, you’re surrounded by upscale in how they manage their lands,” she adds. “So much of multi-story homes, then you turn a corner and you’re in the the coastal sage scrub and grasslands are disappearing, and midst of nature. This is country that Sandy DeSimone, if we lose them we’ll also lose all the wildlife that depends Starr Ranch’s director of research and education, knows on them.” better than most. DeSimone is also working to address a completely different– “The woodlands, coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and streams but no less severe–threat to Southern California habitat. She on Starr Ranch are a rare reminder of the old Orange helped create a partnership called the South County Land County, before all the houses and freeways,” she says. Stewards–including Starr Ranch, Rancho Mission Viejo Land Trust, Cleveland National Forest, and Orange County DeSimone is developing new techniques for restoring native Parks–to work on cooperative land management and to grasslands and coastal sage scrub without the use of chemi- conduct a volunteer fire watch. cals. She regularly welcomes researchers, students, and land managers to the Ranch to share her restoration techniques, “While fire is natural, the frequent, intense fires that rip and publishes her findings in scholarly journals. through Southern California can actually convert native habitats to weedy landscapes that are less hospitable,” DeSimone explains.

Sandy DeSimone works a restoration site on the Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary. Photo by Scott Gibson.

4 | www.ca.audubon.org All about the birds “When we find creative ways to tap into the enthusiasm that people have for birds, we can accomplish great things.”

Gary Langham peers through a pair of binoculars at a “This is the perfect project for us because we can use floating clump of leaves and grass in a small inlet off Clear our strengths at both the state and local levels,” he says. Lake. Along with the others on the boat, he counts one, “Audubon California can provide the science and large- two, three, then maybe dozens of Western Grebes sitting scale support while these chapters can make great use on floating nests. of the local knowledge and expertise.”

Langham, Audubon California’s director of bird As a trained ornithologist, Langham oversees all of Audubon conservation, is here to help members of the Redbud California’s scientific work, including our research into the Audubon Society do some early scouting as part of a project effects of climate change and the mapping of Important Bird he’s developed to help breeding Western and Clark’s Grebes Areas. But while he understands the important role that sci- in four lakes, which together support 76 ence plays in bird conservation, he also likes to be surprised. percent of the total number of nesting grebes in California. That’s why, when he saw how one Audubon chapter had Aside from the opportunity to make a real impact for birds success protecting Western Snowy Plover nesting sites using in need, what excites him the most about this project is the children’s art, he found funding to share the idea with other chance to partner with local chapters on monitoring and local chapters. community outreach. “When we find creative ways to tap into the enthusiasm that people have for birds, we can accomplish great things,” he says.

Gary Langham enjoying the great outdoors. Photo by Rodd Kelsey.

Audubon California | 5

Birds Matter All of the work we do to safeguard California’s natural treasures springs from our love of birds.

Migratory birds Seabirds Tricolored Blackbird This year marked the second year of Audubon California’s We stepped up our involvement in the Marine Life Protection Audubon California this year took over leadership of the ambitious partnership with The Nature Conservancy, and Act process, which will secure seabirds’ food resources and Tricolored Blackbird Working Group–a partnership of PRBO Conservation Science to produce real improvements protect key breeding colonies from disturbance. Our goal is to conservation organizations, state and federal agencies, private for migratory birds in the Central Valley and Klamath-Modoc ensure that seabird colonies and feeding sites are protected as landowners and agricultural groups. We also completed a regions of California. Highlights from this year included these Marine Protected Areas are selected. Tricolored Blackbird habitat restoration project at Audubon’s several habitat restoration projects at the partnering Davis Kern River Preserve which, if successful, will serve as an Home Ranch, a 5,300-acre working farm in the Sacramento Yellow-billed Magpie important example of how we can create habitat on private Valley; the second annual Rice and Waterbirds Workshop In December, nearly 3,000 voters in an online survey helped lands for this species. that drew 55 rice farmers to discuss bird-friendly farming; Audubon California name the Yellow-billed Magpie our first experiments on rice farms in the Sacramento Valley to test Bird of the Year. In June of 2010, we sponsored our second practices that enhance the value of rice fields for shorebird; annual survey of species in an effort to learn more about and a strengthened relationship with the California Rice where the species is living and in what numbers. We counted Commission to work together on behalf of migratory birds. nearly double the number of magpies as the previous year, and had more than double the participation. Brown Pelican wings over the California coast. Photo by Efren Adalem. Efren by Photo coast. the California wings over Pelican Brown

Audubon California | 7 On the ground Protecting California’s best habitats is a one of our main strategies to preserving California’s natural legacy.

Audubon Important Bird Areas Audubon California continued to make great strides • In an effort to permanently protect the recently restored increasing the protection of Audubon Important Bird Areas wetlands at Owens Lake, we are working with Eastern in California. Elements of this work are described throughout Sierra Audubon, the Los Angeles Department of Water and this report, but other highlights include: Power, and the State Department of Fish and Game, among others, to reach a lasting conservation agreement. • Our new research shows that Important Bird Areas will provide habitat for sensitive bird species despite climate • We recently completed a study identifying tidal marsh and change well into the future. Overall, 89 of the 145 sites streamside forest restoration opportunities at the mouth of will enable 50 percent or more of their sensitive species the Santa Ynez River in northern Santa Barbara County to persist. with the support of the California Coastal Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, • In order to protect seabirds, we have partnered with and California Department of Fish and Game. Audubon Alaska and top marine ornithologists to identify approximately 55 marine Important Bird Areas • This year, we began advising the U.S. Navy on how along coastal North America from Canada to Mexico best to manage for endangered California Least Tern and as a first step toward protection of these sites. Western Snowy Plover populations at Marine Corps Base, photo by Aquafornia (www.flickr.com/aquafornia). Camp Pendleton.

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A student from the Audubon Center at Debs Park enjoys the wildflowers at at the wildflowers enjoys Debs Park the Audubon Center at from A student Castañeda. Gabriela by Ranch. Photo Tejon Jones. Andrea by photo Lake during a bird survey. Owens out over Looking

San Francisco Bay Sacramento Valley San Joaquin River This year, we completed a major tidal restoration project on In the last year, we have intensified our efforts to improve Thanks to the settlement of years of litigation, the San Tubbs Island at the National Wildlife Refuge habitat in the Sacramento Valley for the millions of migratory Joaquin River this past year began receiving water again in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Planning waterbirds that rely on this area. We are actively working with throughout its length, reviving habitat areas that have been for our Aramburu Island restoration project in Richardson rice and alfalfa farmers in the region to devise bird-friendly dormant for decades. Audubon California is using this new Bay went into full-gear. Fundraising and project design are farming practices. Through the Migratory Bird Conservation spirit of cooperation to work with private landowners to well advanced for this ambitious habitat restoration of this 17- Partnership, we have conducted workshops with growers, restore bird habitat along the river. We’re also playing a strong acre island in the northwest corner of Richardson Bay that has established a working partnership with the California Rice role in the newly-formed San Joaquin River Partnership, become increasingly important bird habitat. Commission and are implementing practices on at least six which seeks to maximize conservation opportunities while rice farms covering more than 20,000 acres. At the Davis building support for the larger restoration. Home Ranch, a 5,300-acre working farm in the Sacramento Valley, we have launched restoration projects that will serve to demonstrate how agriculture and bird conservation can work hand in hand.

Audubon California | 9 Connecting People to Nature Conservation, education, and research come together at a number of our sites:

Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary/ Audubon Center at Debs Park Audubon Kern River Preserve This year, the Audubon Center at Debs Park served more Our Audubon Kern River Preserve continued its work This past year, we strengthened programs at the Center than 11,000 members of the community as the Center protecting and celebrating one of California’s Globally while providing service to more than 15,000 community focused on refining existing programs. The Arroyo Green Significant Important Bird Areas. In 2009, we acquired members. We fine-tuned educational programs, making each Team, a group of local high school and middle school youths, the last 106 acres of the adjacent Alexander Ranch with more appropriate to its audience and ensuring that all our restored degraded coastal sage scrub habitat in the park and $600,000 raised last year from private donors. Further from programs have strong science and conservation elements. organized community work days. We also created partner- the Preserve itself, we purchased 290 acres along Kelso Creek We worked with five new underserved schools as part of our ship programs with two local preschools and one day care with private funding. Protecting the Kelso Creek watershed new Audubon’s Birds program and Adopt-A-Beach program- provider. In total, we documented nearly 15,000 visits to the is important as it is upstream of the Kern River Preserve and ming, and provided in scholarships for bus and field trip center, and most programs, including summer camp, part of our long-term vision to protect the South Fork Kern expenses for underserved schools. Our pilot youth leadership saw marked increases in attendance. River Valley. This land is being transferred to the Bureau of program had a successful year with students operating several Land Management for long-term management. Volunteers test restoration sites. We had 155 young people participate in continue to be integral to the work we do at the Preserve–at our Youth Naturalists program, and we hired two former festivals, monthly outreach events, and stewardship workdays Youth Naturalists to serve as summer interns. The program on the third Saturday of each month. In all, 70 volunteers has come full circle. donated over 2,000 hours this past year toward various proj- ects including the pond turtle project, bird feeding, habitat restoration, weekend cleanups, and festivals. The quarterly A young student at Richardson Bay. at student A young nature festivals brought more than 1,000 of the nearly 8,000 visitors to the Preserve last year.

10 | www.ca.audubon.org Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary This Orange County sanctuary continues to serve as a model for research-based, land management in southern California. We’re now working on exotic control on 460 upland acres: 160 of those total acres on coastal sage scrub restoration and about 300 acres on native grassland enhancement. This work and associated research provided the platform for a number of lectures to outside organizations and classes, as well as peer-review publications. A total of 5,600 visitors came to Starr Ranch last year, many for educational programs such as Starr Ranch Junior Biologists and Adult Research Classes. The teen Junior Biologists program continued to provide a rich nature experience in southern Californian wildlands. Many thousands of people experienced the beauty of native wildlife on Starr Ranch through the wonders of the live streaming bird webcams, which passed 1 million page views from 110 countries.

Two high school students from Sacramento get hands-on training in conservation during a SLEWS restoration day as part of a joint program of our Landowner Stewardship Program and the Center for Land-Based Learning.

Audubon California | 11 Supporting local leaders Audubon California is committed to working closely with our 48 Audubon chapters in California to promote conservation in local communities throughout the state. Examples of our work with chapters are mentioned throughout this report, but here are some other highlights:

• Audubon California this year secured funding from • Audobon in 2010 continued to invest in its California • Chapter citizen science volunteers helped collect data on TogetherGreen’s Pennies for the Planet program and a chapters with a record $315,000 in grants and other at-risk birds such as Yellow-billed Magpie and Long-billed private donor for four chapters to use children’s art as signs funding. California chapter projects ranged from Curlew, and participated in Christmas Bird Counts, Great on the beach to make people aware of sensitive Western restoration of wetland habitat to engaging inner city Backyard Bird Counts, and Breeding Bird surveys. Snowy Plover nesting sites. Signs were chosen through youth in restoring habitat for Cactus Wren in children’s art contests conducted through local schools. Los Angeles. • Audubon California has provided resources and support to a number of chapters engaged in reviewing and commenting on potential impacts of renewable energy development on birds and habitat. A tree full of Yellow-billed Magpies. Photo by Rich Hansen. Photo ofPhoto grebes Clearat LakeHayes. by Floyd Audubon chapters are key to a new project to help breeding help breeding to a new project key to are Audubon chapters Western and Clark’s Grebes four at northern California lakes. Advocating for birds and nature Audubon California continues to advocate for policy changes that benefit birds and nature. Here are a few highlights:

• No single issue dominated the State Legislature as much in 2009-2010 as water. As lawmakers burned the midnight oil in a special session to agree on the framework for resolving long-standing problems with the Sacramento Bay-Delta water system, Audubon California was a constructive player helping put in place a legislative package that addressed Audubon California and local chapters are working to protect Mountain Plovers, environmental damage, water shortages, and infrastructure a sensitive species who habitat is under threat from a variety of sources, needs. We successfully fought for specific provisions ensur- including renewable energy development. Photo by Greg Smith. ing no net loss of bird habitat from any Delta improvements made as a result of the new legislation. • Continuing our long support for California State Parks, • In the 2010 legislative session, we continued our efforts to we took a lead role in putting Proposition 21 on the reduce the dangerous effects of lead on birds and other • In response to an unprecedented rise in poaching violations November 2010 ballot. The initiative was intended to wildlife by helping author and support Assembly Bill 2223, in California, we sponsored and passed new legislation provide over $500 million annually for state parks wildlife which would have prohibited the use of lead shot in state (Assembly Bill 708) to establish mandatory minimum and areas and marine protected areas. Audubon California not wildlife areas. Although we were ultimately unsuccessful in higher maximum fines for illegal take of wildlife. The new only provided funding to help place Prop. 21 on the ballot, getting this important protection passed, we did succeed in legislation also includes potential for revoking licenses of but it also rallied volunteer signature gatherers and lent raising awareness of this threat to California birds. We view repeat offenders. assistance to the public awareness effort. Unfortunately, the this effort as part of a longer-range effort to rid our natural initiative failed, but we will continue to seek a permanent environments of the dangers posed by lead ammunition solution for state parks. and shot. We will certainly continue to press forward.

Audubon California | 13 Our Generous Supporters Susan P. and Franklin M. E & J Gallo Winery $5,000-$9,999 Holly and Ned Scheetz Orr, Jr. The S.L. Gimbel Anonymous Sony Pictures Entertainment July 1, 2009 to October 31, 2010 Pacific Gas and Foundation Fund of the Belvedere Community Subaru Audubon California is deeply grateful to all the individuals, Electric Company Orange County Community Foundation Sykes Family Foundation foundations and businesses whose generous contributions Relativity Media, LLC Foundation Brewster West Foundation Union Bank Foundation support our work. Pauline and John Ryan Hastings/Quillin Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Sheana and Lewis H. Butler Patricia and Chris Wilcox Sempra Energy Foundation Kathleen Carey $250,000 + Marin Community Valley Community Silicon Valley $1,000-$4,999 Foundation Foundation Steve and Dorothy Coontz Anonymous (2) Community Foundation Anonymous (11) The Ralph M. Parsons Anita Hirsh Lauren and Alan Dachs S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Stephen M. Stackpole Libby Agran Foundation Anneke and Stephen Neal Employees Community The David and Lucile Philip A. Swan The Winifred and Harry B. The San Francisco Margery A. Nicolson, Ph.D. Fund of Boeing California Packard Foundation Allen Foundation Foundation $10,000-$24,999 Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Edward Fry and $100,000-$249,999 Cathy Fry Fund The Allergan Foundation TogetherGreen, a program Anonymous (2) Norris Foundation Cinco Hermanos Fund of National Audubon Elizabeth and Frank Gerber Lyn and David H. Anderson 3M Kristi and The Robert Stephens and Society with funding Thomas A. Patterson Anne and Jeff Howson Robert Barnes The Bank of America Julie Packard Nonendowed from Toyota Motor BridgeBuilders Foundation Charitable Foundation Recreational Equipment Liz Hume and Jay Jacobs Donor Advised Fund at the North America Incorporated (REI) Alison and Art Kern H.F. Burroughs Community Foundation of The Bothin Foundation $25,000-$49,999 The Rose Hills Foundation Family Foundation Santa Cruz County The Capital Group The Kimball Foundation Anonymous Alan and Ellyn BZ-Bee Pollination, Inc. The Ahmanson Foundation Companies Charitable Colin and Anne Lind John and Marsha Anderson Seelenfreund California State Parks Foundation & The Capital William and Elizabeth Foundation $50,000-$99,999 Susan and Daniel Gottlieb/ Group Companies Southern California Edison Patterson Family Fund G2 Gallery The Capital Group Alison Elliott and Iya Labunka and The Sunshine Fund– Joy and George Rathmann– Companies Charitable Steve Blank James Family Foundation Wes Craven Bank of America Charitable Rathmann Family Foundation in honor of California Community Environmental Gift Fund Foundation Morgan Family Foundation Phil Swan Foundation Defense Fund The Dean Witter National Fish and Renewable Resources Group Foundation Brewster Carroll The Dirk and Charlene Wildlife Foundation Russell Faucett Holding Co, Inc. Kabcenell Foundation Central Valley Bird Club

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Mountain Bluebird by Martin Meyers.

Audubon California | 17 Pygmy Nuthatch photo by Alison Sheehey. Audubon California In Thousands Fiscal Year ’09 Fiscal Year ’10 Revenue Actual Actual Contributions*...... $4,559 ...... $3,819 Government Grants...... $690 ...... $1,014 Investment Income...... $995 ...... $745 Earned Income ...... $559 ...... $585 Total Revenue...... $6,804 ...... $6,163

Expenses Salary and Fringe...... $3,851 ...... $3,768 Consultant/Legal/Travel...... $804 ...... $813 Promotional/Events...... $72 ...... $70 Facilities, Operations and Mgt**...... $1,265 ...... $743 Support Services Allocation**...... $812 ...... $769 Expenses Total ...... $6,804 ...... $6,163

Endowment and Other Funds Raised Actual Actual Endowment and Reserve Funds Raised...... $958 ...... $86 Purchase of Conservation Lands and Easement...... Public dollars raised...... $- ...... $- Private dollars raised...... $800 ...... $- Funds for Future Use...... $467 ...... $518 * Contributions include dollars raised for land acquisitions and funding from reserves ** Includes expenditures for land acquisitions *** Fee paid to National Audubon Society for administrative services Long-eared Owl photo by Alison Sheehey. Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue Fiscal Year 2010 Expenses

9% 13%

12% 12%

62% 1% 61% 17% 13%

 Contributions $3,819,000–62%  Salary and Fringe $3,768,000–61%  Government Grants $1,014,000–17%  Consultant/Legal/Travel $813,000–13%  Investment Income $745,000–12%  Promotion/Events $70,000–1%  Earned Income $585,000–9%  Facilities/Operations/Management—$743,000–12%  Support Services to National Audubon Society—$769,000–13%

Audubon California | 19 Audubon California Board of Directors

Marsha Anderson Steve Blank Steve Coontz Wes Craven Sid England, Ph.D. Belinda Faustinos Steve Ferry Susan Gottlieb Scott Huber Charlene Kabcenell Gerald “Jerry” Karr Margery Nicolson Kristi Patterson Regina Phelps Wendy Pulling (Chair) Chris Redfern Cristina Sandoval, Ph.D. Robert Stephens Philip A. Swan Keith Wagner Jim Wickett

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Front Cover: Red-tailed Hawk by Jacqueline Deely. Audubon California is a field program of the National Audubon Society.