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2012 ANNUAL REPORT | NCASCADES.ORG 18,559 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS IN 2012 32,514 PARTICIPANT DAYS IN 2012 $2.9 2012 BUDGET, IN MILLIONS 89% OF REVENUE SUPPORTS PROGRAMS benj drummond Executive Director NCASCADES.ORG | ANNUAL REPORT 2012 48 85% participating public schools school students 2,316 hours of stewardship 129 students NCASCADES.ORG | ANNUAL REPORT 2012 91% 70% 59% 47% ethnic minority ethnic minorities came from low- spoke a language and/or low income families other than English income at home PARTNERS north cascades national park mt. baker-snoqualmie national forest 1,917 hours of service to public lands 60 students NCASCADES.ORG | ANNUAL REPORT 2012 58% 32% 42% underserved low income ethnic minorities 8 450+ 1,700 teams service hours students and invested adults engaged PARTNERS the paul g. allen family foundation north cascades national park mt. baker-snoqualmie national forest north cascades national park national cascades north light city seattle PARTNERS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT | NCASCADES.ORG PARTNERS huxley college of the environment at western washington university NCASCADES.ORG | ANNUAL REPORT 2012 40 28 26 10 stewardship partnering Naturalist Citizen Science events organizations Certifications projects SPECIAL EVENTS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT | NCASCADES.ORG Bob Pyle Terry Tempest Williams Tim McNulty Tom Fleishner Cheryl Strayed We hosted more community outreach events than ever before, including public presentations by Terry Tempest Williams, Cheryl Strayed, Tim McNulty, Andrew Skurka, Tony Angell, Debbie Miller, Saul Weisberg, Jack Nisbet, John Marzloff, Subhankar Banerjee, Nick O’Connell, Robert Michael Pyle, David Williams and Tom Fleishner. More than 1,650 people attended these events. Photos clockwise: Benj Drummond, Marion Ettlinger, Joni Kabana, Benj Drummond, Institute Archives GROUP RENTALS RETAIL Our Group Rentals program offers the Environmental Learning Center and staff 812 resources as a venue 104 for conferences, board participants retreats, weddings, thousand hosted reunions and other special visitors events. In 2012, we hosted The Mountaineers, Western Washington University, Wounded Warrior Six stores are operated by Project, Woodland Park Zoo, Sierra Club, World North Cascades Institute in Affairs Council, Bellingham and Sedro-Woolley and around North Cascades school districts, Remote Medical International, National Park. Leadership Skagit, Northwest WildLinks Conference, Sustainable Connections and others. 13 Proceeds benefit the Institute’s conservation education programs. MAJOR PARTNERS COLLABORATING PARTNERS Aero Skagit Emergency Services Skagit Valley College Washington Department Alcoa Corporation Skagit Valley Publishing of Transportation Bellingham Parks and Recreation Dept. Skagit Watershed Council Washington State Parks Bellingham Public Schools Student Conservation Association Department Catholic Housing Services Sustainable Connections Washington Trails Association Catholic Community Services The Mountaineers Western Transportation Institute Center for Snake Conservation Troy Markus MD (Montana State University) Columbia Sportswear Thomas and Associates Western Washington University Conservation Northwest US Forest Service Whatcom County Sheriff Cornell Lab of Ornithology Village Books Wilderness Awareness School Deep Green Wilderness Washington Conservation Corps Dimensional Communications Washington Department of Ebey’s Landing National Fish and Wildlife Historical Reserve Environmental Education Association of Washington Hawkwatch International SCHOOL PARTNERS ADVISORY BOARD Anacortes Klondike Gold Rush National Thomas Lowe Fleischner, PhD Bellevue Historical Park Prescott College, Arizona Bellingham Lenati Clover Park Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Art Kruckeberg, PhD Everett Professor Emeritus, Botany, McNett Evergreen, Colorado University of Washington Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust Ferndale Mount Vernon Police Department Estella Leopold, PhD Friday Harbor National Outdoor Leadership School Professor Emeritus, Botany, La Conner National Phenology Network University of Washington Lake Chelan National Park Foundation Lopez Island Richard Louv Ninkasi Lynnwood Author of Last Child in the Woods North Cascades National Park Methow Valley North Coast Credit Union Chip Jenkins Northwest Communications Mount Vernon Deputy Director, Pacfic West Region Northwest Youth Corps Port Townsend National Park Service Oregon Zoo, Zoo Animal Redmond Renton Rob Iwamoto Presenters Program Forest Supervisor Sedro-Woolley Opportunity Council Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Padilla Bay National Estuarine Seattle (retired) Research Reserve Shoreline Peoples Bank Tacoma Michael Napier Vice President Remote Medical International Vancouver, WA Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Ross Lake Resort FARM PARTNERS Seattle City Light Robert Michael Pyle, PhD Blue Heron Farm Skagit State Bank Author, Conservationist and Lepidopterist Nerka Sea Frozen Salmon Skagit County Emergency Nooksack Delta Ranch John Reynolds Medical Services Moka Joe Coffee Director Pacific Northwest Region, Skagit County Parks and Recreation Osprey Hill Farm National Park Service (retired) Skagit County Youth and Family Services Taylor Shellfish Farm Skagit Environmental Endowment Chuck Robinson Viva Farms Commission Owner, Village Books; former President, Jones Creek Farm American Booksellers Association Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group 14 THANK YOU DONORS! 2012 ANNUAL REPORT | NCASCADES.ORG Ann Childs and Stephen Thornton $200 to $499 Dale and Sharon Evans Corwin Fergus via the Elizabeth Adobe Systems Incorporated Fergus Foundation Douglas and Maria Bayer GE Foundation Foundation Harrington-Schiff Foundation David and Victoria Benoliel Chip and Laurie Jenkins Curtis Allred and Barbara Braun Edwin and Mary Langbein Debra and Robert Brodie Chris and Valerie Legler Mary and Tom Brucker Michele and Robert Liburdy David Cheyette and Libby Mills and Rusty Kuntze Cynthia Todd New Belgium Brewing Company Naomi Cohen Barbara Rutecki and Steven and Rebecca Cooper Mark Weisberg Scott Davis $250,000 and above BF Schaetti Philanthropy Fund Ann DeMarrais Adele and William Behn Seattle Foundation Darwin and Suzan DeVore Elizabeth Berggren North Cascades Environmental Charles and Phyllis Self Alice and Pete Dewell Lynn Best Learning Center Fund, SmartWool Advocacy Fund Sunnie Empie Sarah Bierschwale The Seattle Foundation David and Barbara Sussman Knappa High School- Judy and Marv Blount Rick and Suzy Titcomb Avarie Fitzgerald Leo and Teresa Bodensteiner $50,000 to $249,999 Maggie Weisberg BP Fabric of America Fund Brad Borland Saul and Shelley Weisberg Thomas Gedosch Pam Borso Anonymous John and May Gerstle Kate Bradley Skagit Environmental $500 to $999 Jeff and Janet Giesen Jane Brandt Endowment Commission Jeanne Glick Geary and Mary Britton-Simmons Paul and Debbi Brainerd Jamie and Julian Andersen Barbara Grant Amy Brown James and Lynelle Beaulaurier Alan Greenbaum Buffalo Exchange $25,000 to $49,999 Paul Brookshire and Jennifer Hahn Laura Busby Melissa Mullins David and Molly Hashimoto Phyllis Busby Ginny Darvill Joyce and Rabel Burdge Philip Higuera Terry Butler Henry M. Jackson Foundation Cedar Road Publishing - Keith Horton Nancy Callan Mount Baker-Snoqualmie House of Mercy Music Neil and Patt Jorgensen Jennifer and Robert Campbell National Forest Barbara and Ross Craigie Bob and Cindy Klein Frances Carr John and Wendy DePaolis Barry and Dawn Landau Catherine Carter $10,000 to $24,999 Deborah DeWolfe Cassondra and Sean Lucey Ann Chaikin Michael and Shannon Flory Len and Sue Madison Chao Qia and Hui Zhen Chen Alcoa Foundation Jim Ford Ted and Deb Martin Daniel and Martha Chesluk The Burning Foundation Alan Fritzberg and The Mehalchin Family Katie Chipko Bill and Trice Booth Lisbeth Hadden-Fritzberg George Thornton and Lee Miller The Cole Family Darby Foundation Barbara Grant Chris Moench The Daller Family Emily Nugent Jean Gorton and Charles Monty Jeanne Muir and Art Brochet Frank Choltco-Devlin Catherine and David Hall Michael Napier Beverly and Terry Conner $5,000 to $9,999 The Huisman Family Sarah Navarre Lee Cordova Candy and Dick James Neal and Carol Nicolay Julie Coryell Nancy Burnett Conservation Northwest Susan Crampton Sonya and Tom Campion via the Bellingham Anne Crandall Seattle Foundation Therese Ogle Bill and Pat Culkin Judy Chapman and Carl Johansen Patricia Otto Kristin deLancey Drs. Sterling and Sandra Clarren Kasey and Lee Potzler Richard DeWaard Fred Meyer Corporation James Ridgley Jan and Louis Doescher Humanities Washington Carl Rinder Annette Dong JiJi Foundation Mamie Rockafellar Lani Donohoe DV and Ida McEachern David Allan and Marcy Shapley Al Dorow and Jody Ericson Dorow Charitable Trust Sandy Alice and Steven Nason Debbi and Al Downs National Park Foundation Abby Sussman Rebecca Drury National Forest The Venable Family Michelle Dumas Foundation Walter Brodie and Linda Versage Mitchell and Wendy Eckert REI Louis Weisberg Ruth Egger Barry and Dawn Landau Peter Jackson and Laurie Werner David Elkins $2,500 to $4,999 David and Linda Leisy April Williamson Karl Essig Harriet and Stanley Litt Amy Wilcox and Andy Szurek The Evans Family Clif Bar Family Foundation John Miles and Susan Morgan Cathy Wissink Dave and Beth Fitch ERM Group Foundation Stan Miller Chris and Laura Fisher Microsoft Matching Gifts Organically Grown Company $199 and under Georgene Fitzgerald Outdoor Youth Connections Brian and Debby Peterman Brian Flaherty Brian and Joan Poor Robert Ricks Anonymous Carol Flexer Byron Ricks and Maren Dianne Riter