Annual Reportarizona YEARS 40…Of Conserving Land and Water to Benefit People and Nature

2006 annual reportArizona YEARS 40…of conserving land and water to benefit people and nature

In 1966 a group of conservation-minded citizens raised money to buy the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, and The Nature Conservancy in Arizona was born. Over the years that followed, nature preserves throughout the state were purchased by or donated to the Conservancy. They had a common focus: protecting water and VISION: We will ensure freshwater sources are restoring the health of the land. secure and sustainable in order to support our growing population and the rich diversity of life This 40th annual report documents the natural evolution of an that depends on fresh water to thrive. We will work organization whose mission calls upon us to preserve the diversity with water users, providers and those who depend on growth to create the incentives and limits that of life on Earth. We have come to cherish Arizona’s rich biological will guide future growth and create well-planned heritage. We have learned about our vital connections with communities in the face of uncertainty created by neighboring states and other countries through a system of similar securing our future global climate change. habitats or ecoregions. We are beginning to understand how special places are vulnerable to changes that occur many miles away. And, we water now know that change can be friend and foe. Today we are working at an unprecedented scale, on critical issues not recognized 40 years ago, such as Upper San Pedro Partnership Verde River Greenway With the added urgency of the first recorded no- The Conservancy sponsored field trips and provided global warming and the decline in forest health. flow reading at Charleston gauge in 2005, the Upper testimony before the State Parks Board to help We practice conservation by creating a blueprint, drawing on our deep-science knowledge to allow San Pedro Partnership (USPP) has ramped up its win the vote to expand the State Parks Verde River us to focus our resources on the most important areas and threats. We practice community-based efforts toward long-term achievement of sustainable Greenway project area an additional 30 miles conservation, engaging with local communities in the Verde and San Pedro rivers and elsewhere. water management. Cochise County adopted a water downstream from Cottonwood. The Conservancy also We practice conservation across borders, working on projects in Mexico and New Mexico and in our conservation and management policy plan in 2006 supported efforts for Congress to designate Fossil exchange of scientists with Mongolia. that precludes any increases in residential density Creek as Arizona’s second Wild and Scenic River, and within a 2-mile corridor of the San Pedro River. partnered with Salt River Project to produce a Verde Perhaps most important is our aim to practice conservation with humility. Even with all our experience The plan relies on a new groundwater modeling tool River video that showcased the river’s magic and the and support, we cannot do this work alone; we need your help. The challenges are too great and the developed by science staff from the Conservancy and complex issues affecting its future. need is too urgent. the U.S. Geological Survey. The Conservancy is joining with partners to bring If you believe, as I do, that we can create a healthy future for our communities, our economy and The USPP also restructured to improve its ability science-based water resource management to nature—and if you believe the time to act is now—then together we can turn our hope into our destiny. to accomplish water conservation projects. The the Verde River. The nascent Verde River Basin Partnership completed an initial review of water Partnership will collaborate on policies and projects augmentation options and a water-needs study for aimed at ensuring sustainability of the “gift of green in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, a drought-ridden desert.” The partnership will focus which the Bureau of Land Management is using to on rivers, creeks and aquifers in the 6,600-square- Eventually all things merge into one, revise its federal water rights claims. The Nature mile Verde watershed. Pat Graham and a river runs through it. Conservancy is represented on both the partnership’s State Director –Norman F. MacLean executive and technical committees. 1 YEARS 40…of conserving land and water to benefit people and nature

In 1966 a group of conservation-minded citizens raised money to buy the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, and The Nature Conservancy in Arizona was born. Over the years that followed, nature preserves throughout the state were purchased by or donated to the Conservancy. They had a common focus: protecting water and VISION: We will ensure freshwater sources are restoring the health of the land. secure and sustainable in order to support our growing population and the rich diversity of life This 40th annual report documents the natural evolution of an that depends on fresh water to thrive. We will work organization whose mission calls upon us to preserve the diversity with water users, providers and those who depend on growth to create the incentives and limits that of life on Earth. We have come to cherish Arizona’s rich biological will guide future growth and create well-planned heritage. We have learned about our vital connections with communities in the face of uncertainty created by neighboring states and other countries through a system of similar securing our future global climate change. habitats or ecoregions. We are beginning to understand how special places are vulnerable to changes that occur many miles away. And, we water now know that change can be friend and foe. Today we are working at an unprecedented scale, on critical issues not recognized 40 years ago, such as Upper San Pedro Partnership Verde River Greenway With the added urgency of the first recorded no- The Conservancy sponsored field trips and provided global warming and the decline in forest health. flow reading at Charleston gauge in 2005, the Upper testimony before the State Parks Board to help We practice conservation by creating a blueprint, drawing on our deep-science knowledge to allow San Pedro Partnership (USPP) has ramped up its win the vote to expand the State Parks Verde River us to focus our resources on the most important areas and threats. We practice community-based efforts toward long-term achievement of sustainable Greenway project area an additional 30 miles conservation, engaging with local communities in the Verde and San Pedro rivers and elsewhere. water management. Cochise County adopted a water downstream from Cottonwood. The Conservancy also We practice conservation across borders, working on projects in Mexico and New Mexico and in our conservation and management policy plan in 2006 supported efforts for Congress to designate Fossil exchange of scientists with Mongolia. that precludes any increases in residential density Creek as Arizona’s second Wild and Scenic River, and within a 2-mile corridor of the San Pedro River. partnered with Salt River Project to produce a Verde Perhaps most important is our aim to practice conservation with humility. Even with all our experience The plan relies on a new groundwater modeling tool River video that showcased the river’s magic and the and support, we cannot do this work alone; we need your help. The challenges are too great and the developed by science staff from the Conservancy and complex issues affecting its future. need is too urgent. the U.S. Geological Survey. The Conservancy is joining with partners to bring If you believe, as I do, that we can create a healthy future for our communities, our economy and The USPP also restructured to improve its ability science-based water resource management to nature—and if you believe the time to act is now—then together we can turn our hope into our destiny. to accomplish water conservation projects. The the Verde River. The nascent Verde River Basin Partnership completed an initial review of water Partnership will collaborate on policies and projects augmentation options and a water-needs study for aimed at ensuring sustainability of the “gift of green in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, a drought-ridden desert.” The partnership will focus which the Bureau of Land Management is using to on rivers, creeks and aquifers in the 6,600-square- Eventually all things merge into one, revise its federal water rights claims. The Nature mile Verde watershed. Pat Graham and a river runs through it. Conservancy is represented on both the partnership’s State Director –Norman F. MacLean executive and technical committees. 1 VISION: We will restore natural processes that will result in healthy forests and grasslands, benefit water supplies and quality, moderate climate change, provide for sustainable rural economies and support Arizona’s native wildlife and unique places. We will provide sound science, promote creative investments and encourage community involvement.

VISION: We will save places of Conserving Arizona’s Future Cooperative Planning for Healthy Forests unique beauty and natural diversity for A coalition of conservationists, educators and businesses including Conservancy A two-state team of Conservancy scientists completed the initial phase of a comprehensive forest all Arizonans by creating a network of protected areas, which also contribute volunteers and staff collected more than 300,000 signatures to place the “Conserving condition assessment through a cost-share agreement with Region 3 of the U.S. Forest Service. This to sustaining our vibrant economy. Arizona’s Future” state trust land reform initiative on the 2006 general election ballot. is the first time a comprehensive set of information has been compiled, and it will support upcoming We will provide leadership by making Among the measure’s goals: to conserve and protect nearly 694,000 acres of some revisions of long-range plans for 11 national forests in Arizona and New Mexico. The team compiled strategic acquisitions, informing of the most important natural areas in Arizona. The proposition lost by a razor-thin data to provide a basis for restoring forest health and to better predict how forests would respond to decisions with good science, and margin, but the Conservancy remains committed to move forward in the effort to restoration efforts over time. The forest assessments can be read at www.azconservation.org. creating community alliances that can promote conservation and better planning for future growth. act in a decisive and effective way to protect these lands before they are Rapidly Urbanizing Areas Project restoring the health of our lost forever. The Arizona Chapter signed a statewide Memorandum of Understanding with the land&water U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that recognizes a role for the Conservancy in planning Fire Management in Key Areas and executing conservation projects to mitigate In the first full year of the Apache/Sitgreaves National Forest’s stewardship for development-related impacts under the Clean contract approximately 11,000 acres were thinned in areas around communities Water Act. Conservancy staff secured $130,000 to in the White Mountains. Conservancy staff helped convene a group of experts protect land and water in the Hassayampa River to develop a comprehensive ecological monitoring framework for assessing the watershed through agreements with developers in effects of the 10-year contract that not only focuses on the contract area but also conserving our the rapidly growing Buckeye area. will analyze effects relative to the entire forest. The Forest Service accepted this land monitoring framework, and has begun implementation. Pima County Open Space Bond At the end of its second year the Pima County The Conservancy’s burn crew helped the Malpai Borderlands Group and Open Space Bond program had completed 26 ranchers in the Big Chino Valley and Coconino Plateau with planning of projects protecting 21,477 acres of private land prescribed burns designed to alleviate wildfire risk. Conservancy staff also helped along with acquiring 75,000 acres of state land to complete the Altar Valley Fire Management Plan, which covers 500,000 acres grazing leases. Total bond expenditures through of the Altar Valley watershed in Pima County. June 2006 were $50,842,489. Acquisitions Working Together for Healthier Forests this year concentrated on parcels in the Tucson Increasing Native Fish Populations In recent years the unprecedented scale and ferocity of wildfires in the western states has galvanized Arizona preserves continued to support the recovery of the endangered Gila public attention to the health of our forests. Fire suppression and prolonged drought have left forests Mountains, the Tortolita Fan and the Cienega topminnow and desert pupfish through restocking projects done in cooperation overgrown and vulnerable to insect outbreaks and stand-replacement fires (a fire in which 75 percent or Creek corridor. Conservancy staff identified lands more of the above-ground vegetation is killed or dies as a result). Human activity has drastically altered with state and federal agencies. The two species were stocked on Conservancy for protection, secured passage of the bond and ponderosa pine forests, creating conditions for these “uncharacteristic” fires that destroy vast landscapes. and Bureau of Land Management sites at Aravaipa Canyon, increasing the The two panels above illustrate the extent of change over time in a ponderosa pine forest at Walker Lake provided oversight on the acquisitions. number of native fish species at Aravaipa to nine. At the San Pedro River in the Coconino National Forest north of Flagstaff. The top panel is from 1875 where the system contains Preserve, topminnow joined desert pupfish previously stocked in rearing ponds mid- and mature-aged trees with an open canopy, grass understory and low risk of uncharacteristic fire. In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions In contrast, the forest in 2003 shows a closed canopy and markedly higher density of trees, yielding heavy on the next seven generations. that the Conservancy maintains. fuel loads and thus a much higher risk. Photos courtesy of NAU Ecological Restoration Institute. 2 –Iroquois Federation, 18th Century 3 arizona conservation For 40 years, The Nature Conservancy has been highlights saving the Last Great Places in Arizona. We have protected 1.5 million acres, created a dozen nature preserves and developed new funding sources for conservation throughout our glorious state. This brief review chronicles important conservation actions we have taken in Arizona or to which our work has contributed. Note the progression and expansion of the Conservancy’s mission and accomplishments, from early days when the goal was simply to purchase 1995 land for preservation. In the 21st century the The Conservancy completes first Conservancy’s Arizona Chapter welcomes a new era large-scale burn at Muleshoe of cooperation – not protecting nature from people, 1987 Ranch CMA with the Bureau of Hartwell Canyon is donated to the Land Management. rather saving land and water for people. SUPPORTING GLOBAL CONSERVATION Conservancy by Kittredge family. VISION: We will contribute to the global goal for 1981 conservation of arid lands, temperate forests and 1999 The Conservancy establishes first 1988 freshwater systems by supporting and learning from conservation easement in Arizona, at The Conservancy purchases partners worldwide. Thomas Canyon. The Conservancy, Bureau of historic 22,000-acre San Land Management and U.S. Rafael Ranch. This purchase Mongolian Exchange Visit Forest Service sign Cooperative made with Arizona State 1974 1986 2000 2004 E C O N The Arizona Chapter hosted an international Management Agreement for Parks staves off the threat of R S E Dr. Nelson Bledsoe (left) gifts Ramsey The Conservancy acquires land from Conservancy completes comprehensive The Conservancy takes leading role in T U R exchange visit by two Mongolian scientists Muleshoe Ranch’s 55,000 acres. subdivision and secures one A V Canyon property to the Conservancy. Norman & Dorothy Lykes to create the analysis of the Sonoran Desert on both passing an unprecedented open space bond N A working to save the Gobi Desert. They toured of the last great grasslands. N Hassayampa River Preserve. sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. to begin protecting nearly 186,000 acres of E C ranches from Prescott to the Malpai Borderlands H high-priority Sonoran Desert conservation Y lands in Pima County. TT east of Douglas and visited with ranchers and ecologists for a two-way exchange of knowledge 1 9 6 6 2 0 0 6 on sustainable grazing techniques and strategies 1966 1989 2001 2005 FORTYYEARS for conserving arid grasslands. Founders of the Conservancy in Arizona, The Conservancy acquires Kartchner The Conservancy signs a conservation After years of negotiations, Fossil Creek in partnership with the Audubon Society, Caverns on behalf of Arizona State Parks. easement with Babbitt Ranches on the is reborn with two hydroelectric dams Los Fresnos Partnership purchase property protecting Sonoita Creek 34,480-acre Cataract Ranch. voluntarily shut down by Arizona Public Stewards from our Arizona preserves brought near Patagonia. 1990 Service, and projects for restocking native their equipment and expertise to help with a The Nature Conservancy conceives and fish. The Conservancy took an early role in 600-acre prescribed burn at the Los Fresnos cooperative negotiations. leads through passage, the largest and most Ranch just south of the international border in successful public funding initiative ever 2002 passed by the conservation community in The Conservancy and its partners secure Sonora, Mexico. This burn was a cooperative 1978 Arizona. The Arizona Heritage Fund, derived passage of the Arizona Agricultural effort between the Conservancy’s Arizona and Department of Water Resources grants from the Arizona Lottery, has since devoted Protection Act, creating a statewide Mexico programs, along with Biodiversidad first instream-flow water rights permits in $320 million to conservation, $10 million purchase-of-development-rights program state to the Conservancy at Ramsey and annually each to Arizona Game and Fish and granting counties authority to create y Desarrollo Armónica (BIDA) and Naturalia, 4 O’Donnell creeks. Department and Arizona State Parks. similar programs. important Conservancy partners in Sonora. 5 arizona conservation For 40 years, The Nature Conservancy has been highlights saving the Last Great Places in Arizona. We have protected 1.5 million acres, created a dozen nature preserves and developed new funding sources for conservation throughout our glorious state. This brief review chronicles important conservation actions we have taken in Arizona or to which our work has contributed. Note the progression and expansion of the Conservancy’s mission and accomplishments, from early days when the goal was simply to purchase 1995 land for preservation. In the 21st century the The Conservancy completes first Conservancy’s Arizona Chapter welcomes a new era large-scale burn at Muleshoe of cooperation – not protecting nature from people, 1987 Ranch CMA with the Bureau of Hartwell Canyon is donated to the Land Management. rather saving land and water for people. SUPPORTING GLOBAL CONSERVATION Conservancy by Kittredge family. VISION: We will contribute to the global goal for 1981 conservation of arid lands, temperate forests and 1999 The Conservancy establishes first 1988 freshwater systems by supporting and learning from conservation easement in Arizona, at The Conservancy purchases partners worldwide. Thomas Canyon. The Conservancy, Bureau of historic 22,000-acre San Land Management and U.S. Rafael Ranch. This purchase Mongolian Exchange Visit Forest Service sign Cooperative made with Arizona State 1974 1986 2000 2004 E C O N The Arizona Chapter hosted an international Management Agreement for Parks staves off the threat of R S E Dr. Nelson Bledsoe (left) gifts Ramsey The Conservancy acquires land from Conservancy completes comprehensive The Conservancy takes leading role in T U R exchange visit by two Mongolian scientists Muleshoe Ranch’s 55,000 acres. subdivision and secures one A V Canyon property to the Conservancy. Norman & Dorothy Lykes to create the analysis of the Sonoran Desert on both passing an unprecedented open space bond N A working to save the Gobi Desert. They toured of the last great grasslands. N Hassayampa River Preserve. sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. to begin protecting nearly 186,000 acres of E C ranches from Prescott to the Malpai Borderlands H high-priority Sonoran Desert conservation Y lands in Pima County. TT east of Douglas and visited with ranchers and ecologists for a two-way exchange of knowledge 1 9 6 6 2 0 0 6 on sustainable grazing techniques and strategies 1966 1989 2001 2005 FORTYYEARS for conserving arid grasslands. Founders of the Conservancy in Arizona, The Conservancy acquires Kartchner The Conservancy signs a conservation After years of negotiations, Fossil Creek in partnership with the Audubon Society, Caverns on behalf of Arizona State Parks. easement with Babbitt Ranches on the is reborn with two hydroelectric dams Los Fresnos Partnership purchase property protecting Sonoita Creek 34,480-acre Cataract Ranch. voluntarily shut down by Arizona Public Stewards from our Arizona preserves brought near Patagonia. 1990 Service, and projects for restocking native their equipment and expertise to help with a The Nature Conservancy conceives and fish. The Conservancy took an early role in 600-acre prescribed burn at the Los Fresnos cooperative negotiations. leads through passage, the largest and most Ranch just south of the international border in successful public funding initiative ever 2002 passed by the conservation community in The Conservancy and its partners secure Sonora, Mexico. This burn was a cooperative 1978 Arizona. The Arizona Heritage Fund, derived passage of the Arizona Agricultural effort between the Conservancy’s Arizona and Department of Water Resources grants from the Arizona Lottery, has since devoted Protection Act, creating a statewide Mexico programs, along with Biodiversidad first instream-flow water rights permits in $320 million to conservation, $10 million purchase-of-development-rights program state to the Conservancy at Ramsey and annually each to Arizona Game and Fish and granting counties authority to create y Desarrollo Armónica (BIDA) and Naturalia, 4 O’Donnell creeks. Department and Arizona State Parks. similar programs. important Conservancy partners in Sonora. 5 The Nature Conservancy in Arizona Financial Summary (Unaudited)

SUPPORT AND REVENUE FY06 FY05 Dues and contributions (includes in-kind donations) $7,822,913 $2,707,060 Government awards 989,303 1,048,305 Investment income or (loss) (a) 3,878,100 2,406,762 Other income 529,005 438,454 Gifts of land 8,281 5,000

Total support and revenue before sales of conservation land $13,227,602 $6,605,581 Sales of land to government and other conservation entities 3,200,000 1,027,286 Mr. H. James Douglass Don & Jonaé DeLong Annual Support Donors Herbert H. & Barbara C. Dow Foundation Lisa & Jimmy Dobbs III TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $16,427,602 $7,632,867 $500,000+ In memory of Paul C. Dwyer William H. Donner Foundation The Dorrance Family Foundation Roger S. Firestone Foundation Foundation For Those Without a Voice EXPENSES AND CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS Elizabeth R. Summers* Philip L. & Juanita F. Francis Frankel Family Foundation Additions of conservation land & buildings -- net increase/(decrease) (2,139,219) (830,991) $100,000 - $499,999 Globe Foundation John & Kathleen Graham Increase/(decrease) in endowments and Land Preservation Fund 6,584,170 1,183,281 Nancy B. Buck Charitable Trust Betty R. Griggs Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership Conservation programs 4,176,044 3,713,237 Board of Trustees The Nature Conservancy’s The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Lee & Nancy Hanley Hidden Meadow Ranch Mr. & Mrs. Gary K. Herberger Dr. Gabrielle L. Katz Cost of land or easement sold to government partners and other conservation entities 2,697,500 835,991 Fiscal Year 2006 The Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation* accomplishments were Stewart R. Horejsi & Ellen Cooper Jim & Carolyn Kautz Value of land contributed to government & other conservation agencies 310,000 0 Rosie & Rusty Lyon in memory of Roy Lyon Officers made possible Salt River Project Jon & Carrie Hulburd Mr. Carl Krekeler Total conservation program expenses and capital allocations $11,628,495 $4,901,518 Chair: David A. Howell, Jr., Phoenix by the many individuals, Connie & Craig Weatherup Eugene & Betty Jensen Richard James Lane, M.D. Chair Elect: John W. Graham, Scottsdale organizations, businesses Robert & Ardith Wilkens William R. & Charlotte S. Johnson Ms. Patricia Lewis General and administrative 811,759 715,834 Secretary: John D. Doerr, DDS, Tucson and foundations that made gifts Robin & Tim Kaehr Dr. Linda Lopez & Dr. George Poste Fundraising 784,185 804,610 Treasurer: Thomas P. Martin, Scottsdale $50,000 - $99,999 J. W. Kieckhefer Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bryan McCay to our vital A. L. Johnson Foundation Total administration and fundraising $1,595,944 $1,520,444 conservation Melodie Lewis Dr. Hugh McKenzie Trustees in memory of Arthur L. “Bud” Johnson Michael J. Malley The Nason Family Foundation Peter G. Backus, Vail programs in Arizona The Pakis Family Foundation TOTAL EXPENSES AND CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS $13,224,439 $6,421,962 Pat & Keith McKennon National Bank of Arizona Laura Brown, Tucson during fiscal year 2006 Mr. & Mrs. William G. Roe Evelyn McNeill in memory of Dr. Robert J. McNeill Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Odom Bennett Dorrance, Scottsdale (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006). Charles & Ann Tewksbury George Meyer & Maria Semple Mr. Thomas C. Parrish NET RESULT Frederick G. Emerson, Phoenix $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. & Mrs. Steve Moak Mrs. Barbara K. Present Support and Revenue over Expenses and Capital Allocations $3,203,163 $1,210,905 Sharon B. Foltz, Tucson Anonymous (1) Molina Fine Jewelers Robert & Margaret Sanderson Footnote: Katharine Jacobs, Tucson Every gift, Harriet D. Brewster Foundation, Robert Rosepink Lucia S. Nash Barbara W. Sobey (a) Investment income represents interest earned on short term investments plus market gains and losses on Endowment Funds Bill Kusner, Sedona no matter what size, Laura & Arch Brown Nathan & Associates, Inc. Sunbelt Holdings Richard J. Lehmann, Phoenix plays a crucial role Michele & Daryl Connell Ms. Kathy F. Page Mr. David Tarico ASSET, LIABLITY & NET ASSET SUMMARY Melodie Toulouse Lewis, Paradise Valley in helping us Jacquie & Bennett Dorrance Larry Buzz Petersen Joanne & Philip Von Blon Frederick Pakis, Paradise Valley Sally & Rich Lehmann The David E. Reese Family Foundation Mary Seymour P. Wastcoat Book value of nature preserves and conservation easements $20,939,104 $23,078,323 Charles L. Redman, Ph.D., Tempe F. Francis Najafi Family Foundation Bill Riffle & Ruann Ernst Wells Fargo Bank Investments held for land acquisitions 13,438,433 13,667,205 save the last great Dorothy P. Stephens, Phoenix Mr. Dan A. Redwine* Don V. Budinger, Rodel Foundation Wespac Construction, Inc. Endowment investments 24,561,645 17,977,475 places on Earth. Christopher D. Thomas, Phoenix Art & Corinne Smith* Sundt Construction, Inc. Property & equipment (net of depreciation) 3,062,286 3,191,212 $1,000 - $4,999 Beth Vershure, Ph.D., Tempe The Steele Foundation, Inc. Carol Sydney Current assets 5,965,834 4,030,803 Anonymous (17) Nan Stockholm Walden, Tucson Wallace Research Foundation Sally & Gregg Tryhus John & Susanne Alcock Other assets* 43,491 354,464 Craig E. Weatherup, Scottsdale Walton Family Foundation Chip & Daryl Weil Jerre & Carole Allen Total Assets $68,010,792 $62,299,482 The Whiteman Foundation Thomas A. Zlaket, Tucson Mike & Cindy Watts Mr. & Mrs. Homer Anderson The Wellik Foundation Bruce & Stephania Williams Jody & Andy Anderson Total Liabilities** 13,051,444 13,896,211 Chair’s Council $10,000 - $24,999 F. Keith & Patricia A. Withycombe Jim & Kathy Arner Total Net Assets $54,959,349 $48,403,271 Edward Z. Fox, Phoenix Anonymous (4) $5,000 - $9,999 Mr. J. Brian Augustine Footnotes: Chuck Pettis, Tucson Melissa Andrea & Judy Ellickson Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Baird Jack Pfister, Phoenix * FY05 included notes and interest receivable; FY06 includes interest receivable. Edie Arrowsmith Willi E. & Marta H. Allemann Bank of Arizona Floyd Sedlmayr, Tucson Ashley & Chris Baiker Mr. & Mrs. Peter Backus Bob & Joey Barbee ** Primarily composed of the $10,000,000 interest free Ranchland Preservation loan we received in July 2001. Kathleen Daubert Smith, Tucson William J. Breed Beckham Dentistry Mr. & Mrs. Hartley Barker The purpose of this loan is to allow The Nature Conservancy to buy properties that will eventually be sold to Conservation Buyers. Bruce C. Williams, Phoenix Mr. & Mrs. Drew M. Brown Buuck Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward Basha Other liabilities include the internal Land Preservation Fund loans and deferred revenue. 6 Beth Woodin, Tucson Clark Family Foundation, Inc. Cornwell Corporation Ms. Judi Basso (continues) 7 Bruce Berger Richard Duffield Kay & Phil Korn Vincent & Laura Nitido Mr. Burt A. Townsend Anna M. Panka Invasive plant removal: $0 Ms. Barbara B. Berman Elizabeth Easton Ms. Jennifer Kottra Benjamin R. Norris Margaret M. Tsiang Cynthia R. Perin Software design and maintenance: $0 Mr. & Mrs. John Bertko R. L. Eckert, M.D. Carole & Rich Kraemer Ms. Julie M. O’Brien Tucson Electric Power & UniSource Energy Service Sol Resnick Mrs. Ann Bickford El Adobe Corporation Ms. Gesine Krogh Kathy M. Olmstead Linda & Dave Turner Greg Roberts Conservancy volunteers: Priceless Jim & Connie Binns Fred & Marion Emerson Bill & Justine Kusner Mark & Carolyn O’Malley United Way of Greater Tucson George E. Rolinger Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Arizona Employees’ Community Fund at The Boeing Co. David & Janis Labiner Opus West Corporation John Unruh, CRNA, PC Ray Sayre The Nature Conservancy volunteers in Arizona contributed John & Oonagh Boppart Grace Evans Ms. Georganna Lagen The Orcutt/Winslow Partnership Dr. David B. Van Wyck & Ms. Linda Drake Claudia Stone & Kenneth J. Hollett 30,000 hours to help reach our goals in fiscal year 2006. Their John & Bonnie Bouma The Flori Foundation Ms. Cynthia Lasko Ellen Partch Stephen & Christine Verkamp Mr. & Mrs. William Thornton time is the equivalent of 16 full-time employees. Nancy Bower & Lindsey Quesinberry FNF Construction, Inc. Ms. Sue Lebby Rob Paulus & Randi Dorman Beth Vershure & Chuck Whitfield Burt A. Townsend Mrs. Sally Braman William Friese & Staci Mayer Robert & Jeanne Leftwich Donald Pitt Family Foundation Skip & Mary Walker Joan Troutner In addition to their hours of effort and their many Mr. & Mrs. Harold Bray Mr. John D. Gareau Ms. Anne W. Leight The Pogue Center Linda Wallace-Gray & John Gray John & Nancy True conservation successes, volunteers are the Conservancy’s Dr. & Mrs. Melvin W. Breese Paul & Genie Gengler Mr. Larry Lepin Mr. William W. Pretlow Susan & Merl Waschler Barbara West ambassadors in the communities in which they live and work. Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Brooke, Jr. Homer & Mary Gilchrist Tod & Becky Lewis Family Mary Dell Pritzlaff Tom & Kay Whitham They lend their skills and expertise over a wide range of Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bryant Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gisi Linda Mr. & Mrs. Doug Pruitt Robert & Kathleen Winder We received gifts from the estates of the following Mr. & Mrs. David Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. James Glasser Elaine & Joseph Livermore Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Rallison Mr. Robert Wolk & Dr. Mary Cochran individuals: professions and interests. Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Bucon Patrick & Gail Graham Dr. & Mrs. Robert Londeree Raytheon Charitable Giving Mrs. Julie M. Woodrow Ruth E. Anderson The volunteers assist staff by monitoring plants and Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Burgess Carolyne N. Gray & Edward W. Yeaw Mr. & Mrs. John Long Charles & Linda Redman Dr. James M. Woolfenden Margaret M. Arrington animals, from black-footed ferrets in the northwestern part Mr. & Mrs. Peter Buseck Joan & Gordon Griffes Dr. & Mrs. Herbert J. Louis Ann Richards Mr. Richard Wrubel in memory of O. N. “Pop” Arrington of the state to grasses in southeastern Arizona; designing Mr. Mike Cahill Pamela L. Grissom & Scott Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Frank Low Douglas Richardson & Diana Phillips The Zicarelli Foundation Catherine Bastress Can-Do Fund of the Arizona Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fred Griswold Barry Lutz & Susanna Maxwell Mr. Laurence E. Riordan Mary Zumoff complicated databases for our science-based approach; Philip W. Biggers greeting preserve visitors; acting as on-site hosts and Dr. Patricia A. Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Gary Grube Ann Ross MacIver Mrs. Louise N. Robbins * These donors have supported conservation beyond our Martha S. Boyer Mr. & Mrs. C. William Carson, Jr. Daniel G. & Elaine Gruber Ms. Christine Martin Mr. & Mrs. W. Robertson state’s borders, and their gifts have resulted in matching Robert C. & Helen Burkholder stewards of the Conservancy’s nature preserves; building Cavan Investments, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Philip W. Hagenah Tom & Victoria Martin Mr. & Mrs. William J. Robinson grants from the Robert W. Wilson Challenge Fund in Dorothy W. Crockett trails; removing invasive plants; interacting with the public at Paul Cella Ms. Lynn Hagman Vicki Mattox & Ken Fleshman Mrs. Joan Robles support of Arizona programs. Robert J. Dolezal special events, and performing many other important tasks. Centex Homes Corporation, AZ Gerry & Elinor Hallowell Warren & Felicia May Dr. Adam Rosenberg Edith F. Edwards Chanen Construction Company, Inc. Mr. Alton V. Hallum III Elizabeth Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenquist Christine M. Evans Anne & Fred Christensen Cliff & Katie Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Mc Namee April & Mark Sapsford The Legacy Club Frances L. Foster Clannad Foundation Dr. Arnold Hampel Suzanna McDougal Drs. John & Helen Schaefer Our future vision is closer to realization through planned James R. Groundwater Mr. & Mrs. Wes Clelland Ms. Teresa Hare Mr. & Mrs. William McKnight Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Schermer and estate gifts of our Legacy Club members. Richard L. Hay Ms. Diane L. Cline Dr. & Mrs. Edwyn Harrison III Mrs. Claire E. McLeese Mr. Edward Schevill Josephine Herz Jill A. Cohen, MD Mr. John Heindl Mr. & Mrs. Michael McNulty Betty M. Schilling The following either named The Nature Conservancy in Walter W. Hinz Tom & Debbie Collazo Ms. Anne M. Hermida Joseph & Kathleen McVaugh Rogil Schroeter their estate plans or invested in a life-income gift with us Mildred I. Hottat James & Carol Collins Dr. John E. Hildebrand & Dr. Rebecca Hildebrand Benita McWenie Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Sedlmayr in fiscal year 2006: Dorothy F. Innes Compass Bank Mrs. Constant E. Hopkins Ms. Phyllis Meek Ms. Nancy S. Shiley Anne G. Johnson Anonymous (5) The Constenius Family Ms. Natalie T. Houghton James & Jean Meenaghan Jolie Sibert Merne Murray Kimmey Thomas Aldrich & Diana Videtti John & Margery Cox Mr. & Mrs. David A. Howell Mesa United Way Susan Sirkus Anna Linsky Don & Nancy Alpert Richard Creath & Jane Maienschein Mr. William C. Howell Eric Meyer & Sarah Snell Mr. Brian A. Skiff Marcus M. Matthias, Jr. V. Nan Apfelbaum Diane Curtis Ms. Cynthia P. Hubiak Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Micek Mr. & Mrs. Peter Slocum Ardis C. Moore Tom & Lois Benson Ms. Robin Daggett Mr. & Mrs. Robert Huntoon Floyd & Barbara Miller Ms. Kathleen D. Smith Gladys M. O’Donnell Mr. & Mrs. Erich Boehm Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Hyde Mrs. Polly G. Miller Drs. Michael S. & Janice R. L. Smith Gladys E. Oatman Wayne A. Brandt Mr. & Mrs. Chester Davis Intel Corporation Robert & Gladys Miller Foundation Reed Smith & Janet Summers Genevieve Oppen Elizabeth Danforth Dr. Donald R. Davis Katharine Jacobs & David Plane John & Cindy Millikin Richard & Alice Snell Kathryn Pooler Daniel G. Gruber Michael & Robyn DeBell Eric Jacobsen Carol Mimless Mr. & Mrs. Steven H. Snoey Joanetta Pritchard Michael A. Hall & Betsy Stunz-Hall Mr. & Mrs. Donald DeFord Nea Johnston Mr. & Mrs. John Mitchel Squire, Sanders & Dempsey John C. Pritzlaff, Jr. Cliff & Katie Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Delano Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Jones, Jr. Duane & Margaret Morse Ms. Carolyn M. Stearns Madeleine Rodack Terrence M. Hanson Delta Diversified Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Michael P. Jordan Mr. & Mrs. George Mowry Mr. & Mrs. Paul Steiner Leile Laura Wickland Marjorie Kamine Wayne & Dorothy Delvin Mr. & Mrs. Keith Justice John & Helen Murphey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Harry Stewart Janet H. Womble Bix Demaree Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Kasper Charles Myers Mr. Rick Stoltenberg Ken Landau Mr. Michael Deskin Richard Keiler & Tommilee Phillips Mark Myers & Tamra Whiteley-Myers Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Strub Julie Mapes Lindholm If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Ms. Margaret R. Diaz Scott Kell Mr. R. Carlos Nakai & Mrs. Pam Hyde-Nakai Sunstate Equipment Co. Michael J. Malley list, please call Cheryl Marino in Tucson at (520) 547- 3425 or Melissa Magyar in Phoenix at (602) 322-6999. Ms. Barb Dickerson Edwin & Penelope Kilburn Dr. Thomas Nash III & Ms. Corinna Gries Carol & Bernard Tauber Louise & Robert Martin Dr. A. Richard Diebold, Jr. Kitchell Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Needham Peggy Lee Taylor Brian E. McCarthy & Judith A. Gray Thank you. Mary Hope Dillon Dr. Robert E. Kleiger Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Neilson Dr. & Mrs. John H. Tedford Steven T. & Betsy A. McKellar Patty & John Doerr Dr. Linda B. Knoblock Mrs. Arthur Nelson Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Annie G. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Matt Donovan Ms. Julie E. Konigsberg Ron & Georgia Nelson R. Timmis & Catherine Ware Emeline T. Newman 8 9 Bruce Berger Richard Duffield Kay & Phil Korn Vincent & Laura Nitido Mr. Burt A. Townsend Anna M. Panka Invasive plant removal: $0 Ms. Barbara B. Berman Elizabeth Easton Ms. Jennifer Kottra Benjamin R. Norris Margaret M. Tsiang Cynthia R. Perin Software design and maintenance: $0 Mr. & Mrs. John Bertko R. L. Eckert, M.D. Carole & Rich Kraemer Ms. Julie M. O’Brien Tucson Electric Power & UniSource Energy Service Sol Resnick Mrs. Ann Bickford El Adobe Corporation Ms. Gesine Krogh Kathy M. Olmstead Linda & Dave Turner Greg Roberts Conservancy volunteers: Priceless Jim & Connie Binns Fred & Marion Emerson Bill & Justine Kusner Mark & Carolyn O’Malley United Way of Greater Tucson George E. Rolinger Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Arizona Employees’ Community Fund at The Boeing Co. David & Janis Labiner Opus West Corporation John Unruh, CRNA, PC Ray Sayre The Nature Conservancy volunteers in Arizona contributed John & Oonagh Boppart Grace Evans Ms. Georganna Lagen The Orcutt/Winslow Partnership Dr. David B. Van Wyck & Ms. Linda Drake Claudia Stone & Kenneth J. Hollett 30,000 hours to help reach our goals in fiscal year 2006. Their John & Bonnie Bouma The Flori Foundation Ms. Cynthia Lasko Ellen Partch Stephen & Christine Verkamp Mr. & Mrs. William Thornton time is the equivalent of 16 full-time employees. Nancy Bower & Lindsey Quesinberry FNF Construction, Inc. Ms. Sue Lebby Rob Paulus & Randi Dorman Beth Vershure & Chuck Whitfield Burt A. Townsend Mrs. Sally Braman William Friese & Staci Mayer Robert & Jeanne Leftwich Donald Pitt Family Foundation Skip & Mary Walker Joan Troutner In addition to their hours of effort and their many Mr. & Mrs. Harold Bray Mr. John D. Gareau Ms. Anne W. Leight The Pogue Center Linda Wallace-Gray & John Gray John & Nancy True conservation successes, volunteers are the Conservancy’s Dr. & Mrs. Melvin W. Breese Paul & Genie Gengler Mr. Larry Lepin Mr. William W. Pretlow Susan & Merl Waschler Barbara West ambassadors in the communities in which they live and work. Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Brooke, Jr. Homer & Mary Gilchrist Tod & Becky Lewis Family Mary Dell Pritzlaff Tom & Kay Whitham They lend their skills and expertise over a wide range of Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bryant Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gisi Linda Mr. & Mrs. Doug Pruitt Robert & Kathleen Winder We received gifts from the estates of the following Mr. & Mrs. David Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. James Glasser Elaine & Joseph Livermore Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Rallison Mr. Robert Wolk & Dr. Mary Cochran individuals: professions and interests. Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Bucon Patrick & Gail Graham Dr. & Mrs. Robert Londeree Raytheon Charitable Giving Mrs. Julie M. Woodrow Ruth E. Anderson The volunteers assist staff by monitoring plants and Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Burgess Carolyne N. Gray & Edward W. Yeaw Mr. & Mrs. John Long Charles & Linda Redman Dr. James M. Woolfenden Margaret M. Arrington animals, from black-footed ferrets in the northwestern part Mr. & Mrs. Peter Buseck Joan & Gordon Griffes Dr. & Mrs. Herbert J. Louis Ann Richards Mr. Richard Wrubel in memory of O. N. “Pop” Arrington of the state to grasses in southeastern Arizona; designing Mr. Mike Cahill Pamela L. Grissom & Scott Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Frank Low Douglas Richardson & Diana Phillips The Zicarelli Foundation Catherine Bastress Can-Do Fund of the Arizona Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fred Griswold Barry Lutz & Susanna Maxwell Mr. Laurence E. Riordan Mary Zumoff complicated databases for our science-based approach; Philip W. Biggers greeting preserve visitors; acting as on-site hosts and Dr. Patricia A. Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Gary Grube Ann Ross MacIver Mrs. Louise N. Robbins * These donors have supported conservation beyond our Martha S. Boyer Mr. & Mrs. C. William Carson, Jr. Daniel G. & Elaine Gruber Ms. Christine Martin Mr. & Mrs. W. Robertson state’s borders, and their gifts have resulted in matching Robert C. & Helen Burkholder stewards of the Conservancy’s nature preserves; building Cavan Investments, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Philip W. Hagenah Tom & Victoria Martin Mr. & Mrs. William J. Robinson grants from the Robert W. Wilson Challenge Fund in Dorothy W. Crockett trails; removing invasive plants; interacting with the public at Paul Cella Ms. Lynn Hagman Vicki Mattox & Ken Fleshman Mrs. Joan Robles support of Arizona programs. Robert J. Dolezal special events, and performing many other important tasks. Centex Homes Corporation, AZ Gerry & Elinor Hallowell Warren & Felicia May Dr. Adam Rosenberg Edith F. Edwards Chanen Construction Company, Inc. Mr. Alton V. Hallum III Elizabeth Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenquist Christine M. Evans Anne & Fred Christensen Cliff & Katie Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Mc Namee April & Mark Sapsford The Legacy Club Frances L. Foster Clannad Foundation Dr. Arnold Hampel Suzanna McDougal Drs. John & Helen Schaefer Our future vision is closer to realization through planned James R. Groundwater Mr. & Mrs. Wes Clelland Ms. Teresa Hare Mr. & Mrs. William McKnight Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Schermer and estate gifts of our Legacy Club members. Richard L. Hay Ms. Diane L. Cline Dr. & Mrs. Edwyn Harrison III Mrs. Claire E. McLeese Mr. Edward Schevill Josephine Herz Jill A. Cohen, MD Mr. John Heindl Mr. & Mrs. Michael McNulty Betty M. Schilling The following either named The Nature Conservancy in Walter W. Hinz Tom & Debbie Collazo Ms. Anne M. Hermida Joseph & Kathleen McVaugh Rogil Schroeter their estate plans or invested in a life-income gift with us Mildred I. Hottat James & Carol Collins Dr. John E. Hildebrand & Dr. Rebecca Hildebrand Benita McWenie Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Sedlmayr in fiscal year 2006: Dorothy F. Innes Compass Bank Mrs. Constant E. Hopkins Ms. Phyllis Meek Ms. Nancy S. Shiley Anne G. Johnson Anonymous (5) The Constenius Family Ms. Natalie T. Houghton James & Jean Meenaghan Jolie Sibert Merne Murray Kimmey Thomas Aldrich & Diana Videtti John & Margery Cox Mr. & Mrs. David A. Howell Mesa United Way Susan Sirkus Anna Linsky Don & Nancy Alpert Richard Creath & Jane Maienschein Mr. William C. Howell Eric Meyer & Sarah Snell Mr. Brian A. Skiff Marcus M. Matthias, Jr. V. Nan Apfelbaum Diane Curtis Ms. Cynthia P. Hubiak Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Micek Mr. & Mrs. Peter Slocum Ardis C. Moore Tom & Lois Benson Ms. Robin Daggett Mr. & Mrs. Robert Huntoon Floyd & Barbara Miller Ms. Kathleen D. Smith Gladys M. O’Donnell Mr. & Mrs. Erich Boehm Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Hyde Mrs. Polly G. Miller Drs. Michael S. & Janice R. L. Smith Gladys E. Oatman Wayne A. Brandt Mr. & Mrs. Chester Davis Intel Corporation Robert & Gladys Miller Foundation Reed Smith & Janet Summers Genevieve Oppen Elizabeth Danforth Dr. Donald R. Davis Katharine Jacobs & David Plane John & Cindy Millikin Richard & Alice Snell Kathryn Pooler Daniel G. Gruber Michael & Robyn DeBell Eric Jacobsen Carol Mimless Mr. & Mrs. Steven H. Snoey Joanetta Pritchard Michael A. Hall & Betsy Stunz-Hall Mr. & Mrs. Donald DeFord Nea Johnston Mr. & Mrs. John Mitchel Squire, Sanders & Dempsey John C. Pritzlaff, Jr. Cliff & Katie Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Delano Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Jones, Jr. Duane & Margaret Morse Ms. Carolyn M. Stearns Madeleine Rodack Terrence M. Hanson Delta Diversified Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Michael P. Jordan Mr. & Mrs. George Mowry Mr. & Mrs. Paul Steiner Leile Laura Wickland Marjorie Kamine Wayne & Dorothy Delvin Mr. & Mrs. Keith Justice John & Helen Murphey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Harry Stewart Janet H. Womble Bix Demaree Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Kasper Charles Myers Mr. Rick Stoltenberg Ken Landau Mr. Michael Deskin Richard Keiler & Tommilee Phillips Mark Myers & Tamra Whiteley-Myers Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Strub Julie Mapes Lindholm If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Ms. Margaret R. Diaz Scott Kell Mr. R. 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