Annual Report 2011

Working to protect public 44Years lands and wildlife since 1967. p4 Protecting 2011 Board Our Land Kathy Lichtendahl, President Clark

Janice Harris, Vice President Kyle Duba, LightHawk Aerial Support Laramie Tony Hoch, Secretary Laramie Keith Rittle, Treasurer Laramie Tom Bell, Emeritus p7 Lander Protecting Harold L. Bergman Laramie Our Air Rich Brame Lander

Kate Fox Scott Copeland Images Cheyenne Terry R. Jones Wheatland Beedee Ladd Wilson John Parr Cheyenne p8 Barbara Parsons Protecting Rawlins Our Water Anthony Stevens Wilson

2011 Staff Scott Copeland Images Laurie Milford Executive Director Richard Garrett Energy and Legislative Advocate Bonnie Hofbauer Office Manager p9 Steve Jones Watershed Protection Program Attorney Protecting Nathan Maxon Our Wildlife Energy and Public Lands Fellow Lisa McGee

National Forests & Parks Program Director Kathy Lichtendahl Chris Merrill Communications Director Sophie Osborn Wildlife Biologist, Wildlife Program Director Bruce Pendery Staff Attorney and Program Director p10 Linda Sisco Administrative Coordinator The Politics Gary Wilmot of Energy Associate Director Jamie Wolf Outreach Coordinator

2 Wyoming Outdoor Council • 2011 Annual Report Dear Members of the Wyoming Outdoor Council,

In last year’s annual report, we wrote about the relief Wyoming national forests. We began our campaign to keep oil and gas saw in spring 2011 from the ongoing drought. 2012 couldn’t stand development off the in the early in greater contrast. In Wyoming we were done skiing by mid- 1990s. Due to myriad reasons, including market forces and March, fruit trees bloomed a month early, temperatures rose to successful advocacy from our staff, the number of oil and gas record highs before Memorial Day, and scores of wildfires, a few leases on the Shoshone has declined. There are no producing of them national priorities, ignited across the state. wells on the forest today, and our goal is to maintain this The fact that the climate is changing may not be proven by condition if possible. Wyoming’s ongoing drought, but the tinderbox conditions A word about our approach: In asking the Bureau of Land do remind us to heed the climatologists: This is how global Management not to sell certain parcels of public land for energy climate change would look in this region of the country. These development, we are selective and consistent. We ask the weather extremes may illustrate the possible longer-term agency not to offer acreage that is important for biological or changes we face if we fail to reduce our collective greenhouse social reasons—it’s crucial sage-grouse habitat, for example, or gas emissions. Here at the Wyoming Outdoor Council, we it’s a special spot enjoyed by Wyoming people. We’re targeting recognize more and more that the work we do to conserve the places that are most important in holding on to the “wild” in landscapes may preserve some adaptability in ecosystems “wild West.” The BLM has commended us for our focus. under future stress from higher temperatures and less water. Ultimately, we work toward administrative protection for the Adaptability in Wyoming’s natural world is important for a host landscapes described here and many more. But until we have of reasons. Our natural heritage depends on it. Our society and the forces in place needed to achieve safeguards in perpetuity, quality of life do too. And so does our statewide economy— the disciplined prevention of leases before they are issued active, outdoor recreation, for example, brings more than $3.6 helps us to maintain the health of Wyoming’s wild, open spaces, billion annually in retail sales and service across Wyoming, even as the climate changes. This vigilance is keeping some of adding up to 17 percent of our gross state product. Add to Wyoming wide open. With your help, we intend to keep it up. , these numbers the value of the services provided by intact ecosystems in Wyoming: clean air and water, water storage, Sincerely, viable wildlife populations, pollination, healthy soil for food Kathy Lichtendahl Laurie K. Milford crops, and many others. President, Board of Directors Executive Director One of the ways in which the Outdoor Council conserves landscapes is to resist oil and gas development in highly targeted places—places where the agencies know we’re going to engage fiercely. In the , for example, because of our opposition to leasing in the Jack Morrow Hills, a lease has not been issued since the 1990s. Should the Council continue its advocacy, as we plan to, only 26,800 acres of leases will remain in the Jack Morrow Hills by 2018, down from a high of nearly 226,000 leased acres in 2006. In another of the Red Desert’s landscapes, Adobe Town, the BLM offered nearly 11,000 acres of oil and gas leases in three lease sales finalized in 2011. The Council challenged the leasing of Adobe Town parcels in each sale, and the BLM decided in the end not to offer any of these parcels. In its decisions, the BLM cited issues the Outdoor Council raised in our comments The 2011 Wyoming Outdoor Council staff, back row from left and protests. We have also challenged successfully oil and gas to right: Linda Sisco, Bonnie Hofbauer, Lauire Milford, Gary leases in other sensitive areas of southwestern Wyoming. Wilmot, Richard Garrett, Nathan Maxon, Steve Jones. Front Further north, the Wyoming Outdoor Council has been row from left to right: Chris Merrill, Sophie Osborn, Lisa Mc- working for decades to limit oil and gas leasing in our state’s Gee, Jamie Wolf, and Bruce Pendery.

wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org 3 Protecting Our Land

A historic opponent of the roadless rule and the threat of wildfire, for example, occur was a party to a lawsuit challenging in the front-country portions of our achievement: The it. In response, the Wyoming Outdoor forests, in areas called the “wildland- conservation of Council, represented by Earthjustice, urban interface.” That is where forest intervened on behalf of the Forest health projects are most appropriately roadless areas Service to defend the merits of the targeted—where the money is better The backcountry areas of our national rule and the process by which it was spent—not backcountry roadless areas. forests, also known as “inventoried put into effect. Further, the notion that roadless areas roadless areas,” have been in More than a decade of uncertainty create de facto wilderness is far from the administrative and legal limbo for more followed. Wyoming’s legal challenge truth. Snowmobile travel continues than a decade. The year 2011 brought found favor with a Wyoming federal unabated in roadless areas. And, an end to the controversy and reinstated district court that enjoined the rule in roadless areas where there are the protections that these areas deserve. nationwide. But in legal challenges existing roads or two tracks, summer The Wyoming Outdoor Council is elsewhere in the country the rule was motorized travel may still occur. proud to have played a part in this upheld. The decision that resulted The roadless rule provides balance nationally significant achievement. from Wyoming’s original challenge to and wise management of our forest Roadless areas are special and the rule was appealed. The Wyoming backcountry. For all of us whose lives are increasingly rare. In Wyoming, national Outdoor Council retained its position enriched by the presence of and access forest roadless areas account for just as intervenors in defense of the to the backcountry lands on our national 5 percent of our state’s acreage. They Forest Service. In 2011, the 10th forests, the reinstatement of the rule is comprise some of the best wildlife Circuit Court of Appeals reversed something to celebrate. habitat anywhere and are popular and the Wyoming court’s decision, accessible places people go to hike, instructing it to lift the nationwide Public plans for camp, bike, horsepack, hunt, fish, and injunction it had placed on the rule. generally enjoy our national forests. And, A later decision also denied the state of public lands as is often said: They’re not making any Wyoming’s request for reconsideration, We helped convince the Bureau of Land more of them. making clear that the rule is now valid Management to establish a resource Recognizing their value, the Forest and in full force. This is a historic advisory council as a way to make Service issued the Roadless Area conservation victory. management of public lands more Conservation Rule in 2001. The rule transparent and accessible to the public. was motivated not only by conservation Dispelling the myths The Outdoor Council participated in the interests, but also by common sense. nominating process for the resource The existing national forest road about roadless areas advisory council. We have attended network was extensive—too vast, in State and local elected officials in every meeting of the new group to fact, to allow the agency to manage Wyoming continue to criticize the advance relationships with members. it, given its budget constraints. Thus, roadless rule. Most of these criticisms, The group’s first project will be to the rule sought to prohibit new road however, are unfounded. For example, cooperate on the Rock Springs area land- construction as well as commercial- the rule does not prevent the Forest use plan revision, which should be out in scale timber harvest (an activity Service from pursuing projects related draft form by 2013. that almost always requires road to forest health. There is a specific construction) on roughly 58 million exemption in the rule that allows for Wind River Basin acres of national forests deemed the thinning of small diameter trees in The Lander BLM released its draft 20- “roadless,” which includes more than roadless areas, if necessary. That said, year land-use plan in September of 2011, three million acres in Wyoming. it is widely acknowledged that the most and the agency’s preferred alternative The state of Wyoming was an early effective treatments to defend against proposes to withdraw 100,000 acres in continued on page 6

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This map shows the general locations of roadless areas in wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org 5 Wyoming. For more specific information, visit roadlessland.org the Upper Wind River Valley from future “This draft plan goal of enhancing protections for the oil and gas leasing. This valley is one of Absaroka-Beartooth and Bighorn our nation’s most visually spectacular strongly mirrors our fronts as well as the Fifteen Mile Basin. landscapes and finest wintertime wildlife In order to influence this new plan areas. The draft plan precludes industrial vision for the Wind we worked closely with our partners development on the surface of nearly 1 River Basin, which to develop a defensible conservation million acres stretching from the Lander proposal. We have also endeavored to Front east to the Sweetwater Watershed we presented—with negotiate with two of the basin’s oil and and through the historic trails corridor. gas companies and have garnered some While there is still room to improve other good effect—to Interior support for protecting the Absaroka- aspects of this plan before it’s finalized, Beartooth Front. In addition, we have we will work tirelessly to retain, and Department officials, engaged Governor Matt Mead regarding build upon, these excellent provisions. Wyoming’s governor, his interest in prioritizing “enhanced This draft plan strongly mirrors our oil recovery” in the basin. This process vision for the Wind River Basin, which and to a variety of local could help focus development on we presented—with good effect—to existing oil and gas fields and away from Interior Department officials, Wyoming’s stakeholders.” important undeveloped landscapes. governor, and to a variety of local During the comment period we hosted stakeholders. to 291,000 acres and it adds three areas outreach events and informational of critical environmental concern. It meetings to engage the public. We sent Bighorn Basin withdraws, however, only 9 percent of letters urging landowners and hunters to The BLM also released its draft 20- the field office from oil and gas leasing, participate in the plan and we engaged year plan for the Bighorn Basin in the and, because of this, we see a lot of in BLM public meetings and cooperator spring of 2011. The agency’s preferred opportunity to improve the final plan. We meetings. We will continue to urge the alternative increases lands unavailable delivered in-depth technical comments BLM to craft a final plan that protects for oil and gas leasing by 140,000 acres in the summer of 2011 with the primary important resources.

Quick Hits • Good news for the Shoshone groups we represent. Negotiations the BLM has discretion to make National Forest: Windsor Energy may continue in 2012. We will informed decisions about whether Group withdrew its application to continue working to ensure that to issue an oil and gas lease after drill on the Beartooth Front in 2011, the leaseholder proposes a plan leases are sold at auction, but and the Forest Service canceled with fewer wells and less harm to is also required to make such the project, preventing the first wilderness-quality lands. a decision within 60 days of a well on the Shoshone in more than sale. The decision did not affect 20 years. • Victory in the courtroom: Western previously protested and deferred Energy Alliance, an organization of parcels, which was one of our • For the McCullough Peaks: In 2011 oil and gas companies, challenged top priorities. WEA has appealed we filed a request for BLM state the BLM’s practice of delaying this decision, and we will remain director review of a re-proposed issuance of oil and gas leases engaged as long as the legal drilling project that would harm sold at auction while it considers process continues.The outcome nearly 63,000 acres of wilderness- the merits of lease protests. We of the case could have sweeping quality lands in the Cody area. As intervened in the matter on behalf consequences for contested a result, the company withdrew of the BLM and appeared as local leases in the Wyoming Range and its applications to drill and asked counsel. The U.S. District Court for elsewhere. to negotiate with us and the the District of Wyoming held that

6 Wyoming Outdoor Council • 2011 Annual Report Protecting Our Air

A bad call on ozone “But more importantly—and our In 2011 President directed members remind us of this all the time the Environmental Protection Agency to ­—it’s not enough just to have jobs,” abandon its plan to strengthen important Pendery said. “We also have to make ozone pollution rules—as had been sure those workers, their families, and Scott Copeland Images unanimously recommended by the EPA’s their communities are safe and they’re expert advisory group of air quality not being harmed by the industrial Outdoor Council accepted an invitation to scientists and medical professionals. development.” be on this task force. The EPA had planned to issue the new Ozone is an invisible air pollutant that, at We are cautiously optimistic that the regulations in the summer of 2011 in an the concentrations that have been recorded group will be able to recommend solutions. effort to reduce industrial emissions of the in the Pinedale area, can cause permanent And finally, after dropping the ball in chemicals that cause smog and dangerous and irreversible damage to human lungs. 2011, the EPA is scheduled to revisit the ground-level ozone pollution, which can be Scientists have now established, current ozone standard in 2013. We are especially harmful to children, the elderly, repeatedly and unequivocally, that the hopeful the agency will strengthen the and those with respiratory difficulties, such current federal limits for ozone pollution standard at that time. as asthma. are not strict enough to protect the The New York Times reported that public health. Responding to the this decision by President Obama came “after an intense lobbying campaign by On the flip side, “Son of Jonah” industry, which said the new rule would Encana’s proposed “Normally Pressured cost billions of dollars and hundreds of some progress Lance” natural gas field south of Pinedale— thousands of jobs.” We have continued to work with our which the BLM took public comment partners in the Pinedale area to help state on in 2011—would, effectively, more Alongside citizens in the Pinedale area, regulators make progress in improving air than quadruple the size of the existing the Wyoming Outdoor Council has worked quality in western Wyoming. Jonah field. for years to raise awareness about the First, the EPA has recently designated The Wyoming Outdoor Council dangerous ozone pollution there, and about Sublette County (and portions of Lincoln is arguing that the Bureau of Land the need to strengthen protections for the and Sweetwater Counties) in nonattainment Management must ensure that people who live and work in the area. with the current ozone standard. Although dangerous air pollution is addressed We took issue with this decision and the current standard is inadequate as before it can approve this proposed responded forcefully in the media and with a national standard, the nonattainment 3,500-well field. decision-makers. designation still provides a new legal status In official comments submitted in 2011, In a September media release, Wyoming for this region of Wyoming that will serve we pointed out that the BLM cannot Outdoor Council Program Director Bruce as a strong inducement toward adopting continue to permit these large-scale Pendery called the decision “distressing” improved emissions controls in this area. industrial activities in Sublette County— and addressed the industry claims head-on: Second, the Wyoming Department of which are the overwhelming cause of “You’ll hear people try to make the Environmental Quality has established the existing air pollution problems—until argument that these regulations will the Upper Green River Basin Air Quality Pinedale-area residents can breathe healthy hurt the economy and cost jobs, etc.,” Citizens Advisory Task Force. This advisory air again throughout the year. Pendery said. “Industry lobbyists have group of about 25 citizens, county and city A final decision on this proposed made these same arguments about every commonsense pollution control since the government officials, and BLM, DEQ, and development is being expedited by the Nixon administration—and the sky has Forest Service officials is charged with BLM, but it is uncertain when we will see never fallen like they claimed it would. making recommendations to the DEQ for the draft environmental analysis, which will And we’ve all benefited from cleaner air ways to reduce emissions of the pollutants provide another opportunity for the public to and water.” that lead to ozone formation. The Wyoming comment on and influence the project.

wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org 7 Protecting Our Water

Fracking likely con- The water wells were contaminated development on his property and taminated Wyoming by dangerous levels of cancer-causing BLM grazing allotments; benzene, methane, diesel- and gasoline- • Deb Thomas, organizer for the drinking water range compounds and chemicals often Powder River Basin Resource The Environmental Protection Agency associated with fracking, according to Council, who presented on the ways in 2011 released a draft report of the EPA. drilling has affected people in Clark its investigation into groundwater The Wyoming Outdoor Council and Pavillion, Wyoming; contamination east of Pavillion, engaged heavily in this report and hired • David Burnett, with the Department Wyoming. In that report the agency an independent hydrologist to review the of Petroleum Engineering at Texas found that the drilling practice of draft investigation and provide expert A&M University, who presented on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, scientific comments to the EPA. best practices; likely contaminated a groundwater Throughout 2011 we continued our aquifer that residents had used for multi-year effort to secure full disclosure • Ann Maest of Stratus Consulting, stock water, drinking water, and of the chemicals used in hydraulic who presented on “flowback” and domestic use. fracturing and we continued to push for a produced water; and statewide requirement for baseline water • Brianna Mordick, science fellow and testing prior to drilling. These campaigns geologist at the Natural Resources are ongoing. Defense Council, with six years of experience working for Anadarko UW forum on Petroleum Corp. hydraulic fracturing They were all excellent. The hosted a forum in September 2011 with the Our role in the forum purpose of exploring the technical and As the steering committee planned environmental issues related to hydraulic the event, it fell to the environmental fracturing and its associated activities. groups on the committee to ensure The two-day conference in Laramie that discussions of water- and air- was successful in that 400 people quality concerns, best management attended and exchanged ideas about how practices, the EPA investigation into to manage this high-tech and potentially water contamination in Pavillion, and high-risk drilling tool. landowner issues were included on Michelle Escudero Wyoming Outdoor Council Water the agenda. Residents outside of Pavillion have Protection Program Attorney Steve “This steering committee process said for years that their domestic water Jones and Executive Director Laurie was a clear example of the essential role wells were good and clean until an oil Milford were on the steering committee nongovernmental organizations play in and gas company started drilling and that planned the forum. Working representing the interests of the public,” hydraulically fracturing near their homes with our colleague from the Natural Executive Director Laurie Milford said of to produce natural gas. Resources Defense Council, Amy Mall, the experience. The EPA’s 2011 report included details we helped to secure these speakers: Many thanks to both the University of of the chemical contamination found • Robert Field, associate research Wyoming School of Energy Resources in water wells that were drilled by the scientist with the UW Department of and the Ruckelshaus Institute of EPA for the purposes of the agency’s Atmospheric Science, who presented Environment and Natural Resources investigation, as well as information on ozone pollution in Pinedale; for hosting the forum and for including about contaminants found in domestic • Pat O’Toole, a rancher from Savory, the Wyoming Outdoor Council on the water wells. Wyoming, who has oil and gas steering committee.

8 Wyoming Outdoor Council • 2011 Annual Report Protecting Our Wildlife

Sophie Osborn listing priorities. The agency will make a final decision on the Wildlife Biologist,Wildlife wolverine’s status by 2013. Program Director Much of our work on behalf of wildlife in 2011 dealt with Nearly everyone I meet in Wyoming appreciates proposed and ongoing energy development. I assisted National our wildlife. However, the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s work Forests and Parks Program Director Lisa McGee by analyzing to help it persist in the face of energy development and other the potential impact of an oil and gas development project on pressures often faces fierce resistance from a small number of birds that are dependent on sagebrush habitats in the Hoback influential people or groups. As a result, protecting wildlife can area. And I helped Watershed Protection Program Attorney Steve sometimes feel like a Herculean task. Along with our successes Jones by serving as an expert witness on sage-grouse as we over the years, we’ve also faced difficult disappointments, battled the issuance of a permit to the Lost Creek uranium mine including some in 2011. Nevertheless, we made encouraging by the Environmental Quality Council because of concerns over progress in some areas, and we continued to be an increasingly the project’s serious predicted affects on the area’s sage-grouse powerful voice for Wyoming’s wildlife, both inside and outside population. I provided extensive comments on the proposed of the state. Sweeney Ranch, Quaking Aspen, and Chokecherry/Sierra Madre Despite years of engagement, including ongoing efforts in wind projects, urging greater protections for wildlife, including 2011, the Council was unable to convince the state to adopt golden eagles and sage-grouse. The latter project would be the statewide management for wolves in Wyoming. Once wolves are largest wind farm in North America. I also submitted substantive delisted in Wyoming, the Wyoming Game and Fish comments on federal wind energy guidelines and the Department should be responsible for managing national eagle conservation plan proposed by the the species statewide. Unfortunately, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. I encouraged Wyoming opted to adopt a dual-status the federal government to adopt more

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wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org 9 The Politics of Energy

Birth of an Department of Environmental Quality Losing ‘rare or uncommon’ energy policy? in an advisory capacity. Our biggest disappointment during As a result of our efforts, the bill the session was the passage of House Wyoming Governor Matt Mead ultimately, correctly, and explicitly Bill 152, which removed the power of announced plans in 2011 to work with referenced well-established federal the Environmental Quality Council to state agencies, industry, legislators, and standards for landfill designs. designate places in Wyoming as “very environmental organizations to develop What this means is that the state’s rare or uncommon,” a designation a state energy policy. The Wyoming groundwater resources—the water that affords modest recognition and Outdoor Council was one of the groups aquifers under and near Wyoming’s protections. invited to participate in this process. existing and future landfills—have been Since this law’s enactment in the early The governor has pointed out, quite afforded crucial protections. 1970s (and its amendment in 1976) a tiny rightly, that absent a national energy fraction of the state—fewer than 220,000 policy, Wyoming must chart a path Several bills die that would have acres—has been designated very rare or forward that is balanced and proactive, been environmental rollbacks uncommon and most of that acreage is one that anticipates how the state’s Included in this list are House Bill in Adobe Town (185,000 acres). To help abundant energy portfolio will be 260, House Bill 55, and House Bill put this into perspective: There are 63 administered while protecting other 51. Each in its own way would have million acres of land in Wyoming. About critical natural resources including air, removed or significantly altered many 48 percent of that is federally owned and water, and wildlife. of the environmental protections that about 3 percent is state owned. Thus, Climate change represents a profound we’ve fought for over the years. House less than half a percent of Wyoming’s challenge to the Council’s mission. Bill 55 had the added implication of land has been designated as very rare By adopting conservation and restricting access to the Industrial Siting or uncommon. efficiency as well as deploying new and Environmental Quality Council’s Many important historical places such technologies using traditional and hearings, which often include rulemaking as Fort McKinney and the Medicine renewable sources of energy, society and decision-making processes. On each Wheel have been designated. Culturally can begin to reverse the effects of of these bills the Wyoming Outdoor important places, such as Devils Tower, anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Council was the lone, early objector. have received the designation. Adobe As we raised awareness about the bills’ Town has been designated largely The 2011 legislature implications, other voices (sometimes because it has geological features that unlikely) were added. We strongly are found nowhere else in Wyoming. Fighting for water in Cheyenne believe that without our early opposition, Despite having lost the battle, we’re The Wyoming Outdoor Council worked more than one (and perhaps all) of these encouraged to have heard that the hard with many others during the 2011 rollback bills would have passed. governor would like to begin to find legislative session to strengthen a bill, a way to implement many of the best Senate File 121, which established new Additional victories elements of a very rare or uncommon statewide standards for landfills. We worked hard to support and designation within an existing (or even Before the landfills bill was sent to the see passed House Bill 179 (Energy new) framework or mechanism. full Senate for a vote, it was substantially Improvement Program) and Senate File rewritten based on the efforts of a 62 (Large Project Funding). The former broad range of stakeholders who came will enable homeowners to finance together to reach a consensus. energy efficiency improvements through This group’s participants included their monthly electricity bill while our State Sen. Eli Bebout (who introduced support of Senate File 62 was recognized the original bill), the Wyoming Outdoor by its advocates as an important Council and other conservation groups, element in continuing to encourage the the City of Casper, the Fremont County legislature’s support of the Wildlife and Richard Garrett Solid Waste District, and the Wyoming Natural Resource Trust Fund. Energy and Legislative Advocate

10 Wyoming Outdoor Council • 2011 Annual Report Expenses by Activity Statement of Financial Position As of December 31, 2011

Assets 2011 Cash and Savings $496,331 Donations Receivable 326,881 Property and Equipment, net 86,579 Investments / Endowments 1,861,917 Long-Term Pledges Receivable 509,480 General and Total Assets $3,281,188 Administrative Fundraising 6% 11% Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts Payable $45,555 Net Assets Unrestricted 528,961 Unrestricted, Board Designated 1,143,559 Temporarily Restricted 844,755 Program 83% Permanently Restricted 718,358 Total Net Assets $3,235,633 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $3,281,188

Statement of Activities Year Ended December 31, 2011

Support and Revenues Individual Contributions $206,526 Foundation Contributions 414,342 Memberships 16,074 Other Support 300 Interest and Dividend Income 62,510 Total Revenue and Support $699,752*

Expenses by Activity Program Services $759,514 General and Administrative 100,659 Fundraising 54,904 Total Expenses $915,077

* This number underrepresents the true operating income for 2011. Pledge payments received during the fiscal year were shown as income in prior years to comply with accounting standards. The 2011 audit report is available on request.

“The Wyoming Outdoor Council’s mission is timeless. Its work is essential. And its thousands of members over the years are my heroes. Every one of them. Thank you for giving us the resources we need to get the job done.”

—Laurie Milford, executive director

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Gary and Judy Babel Esther Brown Amy and Scott Bach Kristen Brown and Eric Concannon John and Peggy Bryant Foundations Sustainable Wealth Management Eric and Julie Backman Tracy Bacon and Justin Stoltzfus Andrew Bryson and Barbara Chatton 1002 Foundation Whimpy Wolf Builders Mike Bailey Jessica Buckles and Jay Rouston Alki Fund of Tides Foundation Wild Iris Mountain Sports Leslie and Frances Bailey, III Aram and Helga Budak Blue Ridge Fund The Wilderness Society Gene Ball Caroline Byrd and Garry Edson The Brooks Foundation Williams Companies, INC Colleen Cabot and Norman Farquhar Burdick Faulkner Charitable Fund Yukon to Yellowstone Conservation Tim Banks Initiative Fran Cadez Burlington Northern Santa Fe Mary Beth Baptiste and Richard Allen Foundation Bob and Janet Baringer Alexa Callison-Burch Woody Barmore and Heidi Stearns Bob and Jane Campbell Cinnabar Foundation Individuals ($1,000+) Community Foundation of Pilar Bass Julena Campbell and Jeff Martinelli Anonymous (6) Jackson Hole Gary Beauvais and Melissa Martin Susan and Kim Cannon Lynne and Jim Bama Confluence Fund Terry Beaver Alan Carlson T. Anthony and Linda Brooks Educational Foundation of America Susan Becker and Daniel Taylor Jim Carlson (joint grant with EARTHWORKS Oil James and Laura Cafferty Lanie Beebe Lew Carpenter & Gas Accountability Project) Martha Christensen Barry and Rebecca Beeson Don and Sarah Carpenter Elmer L. & Eleanor J. Andersen Rich and Mary Guenzel Foundation Christopher Beeson and Andrew and Nancy Carson Scott Kane and Michelle Escudero Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Alexandra Smith Barbara Cartwright Robert and Michele Keith, Jr. Furrer Foundation Ron and Jane Beiswenger Patricia Cavicchioni Beedee and Ted Ladd Furthur Foundation Tom Bell Jean-Pierre Cavigelli Susan Lasher and Chris Pfister Guthrie Family Foundation Susan Benepe Norm and Sue Cessna Kathy and Ken Lichtendahl Harder Foundation Joan Puma Bennet Joan Chadde Heather MacLeod Lander Community Foundation Petie Bennett Arminee Chahbazian George McClelland, Jr. LOR Foundation, Inc. Leo and Rosemary Benson Richard Charlesworth Gilman and Marge Ordway Maki Foundation Dottie Bentley Lewis and Jean Chase, M.D. Keith and Kathleen Rittle Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Harold and Annie Bergman Michael Cheek and Kathy Brown Foundation Annie, David, & Timothy Schaub Mark Bergstrom and Liz Alva Rosa Dave Cherry McCoy Charitable Foundation Mike Shonsey Susan Berta and Howard Garrett Ronald and Frances Chilcote The New-Land Foundation, Inc. Georgie Stanley Beth Beyer Mike Chiropolos New Venture Fund Anthony and Erika Stevens Bill and Linda Biles Joan Chitiea The Schaub Foundation Carol Tolan Meagan Binkley Amy Cilimburg and Rick Craig Stanley Family Fund of the Liz Tuohy and Gary Cukjati Gary and Kathy Blackwelder Norma Clark Community Foundation of Stephen and Amy Unfried A. James Blair, Jr. Rita Clark and Kirby Hornbeck New Jersey Jack Van Baalen Andrew Blair and Susan Clark and Denise Casey George B. 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12 Wyoming Outdoor Council • 2011 Annual Report Bob Gallagher Chuck and Barbara Herz Robert and Susan Gardner Sarah Heyen Ralph and Mary Garrett Delbert and Deanna Hiemstra Lydia Garvey Garrett Higley Paul Genetti Robin Hill Stephen Gerdes Ann Hinckley Eliza Gilkyson Bern Hinckley and Sarah Gorin Tony Gilkyson Wilmer and Ann Hines Norm and Irma Gillespie Tony Hoch David Gillilan Phil and Jean Hocker Jack and Donna Glode David Hodges Margaret and Kip Gobin Bonnie and Phil Hofbauer Joe and Priscilla Golden Dave and Sukey Hohl Jack and Mary Goodrich Steve Holbrook and Bonnie Zare Cathy Gorbett Erma Holzmann Diane Gorski Jeffrey and Deborah Homan “I’ve worked for the Outdoor Council for 20 years, Pete Gosar Victoria Hoover and we’re the biggest and best we’ve ever been. Ben and Susan Gose Elizabeth and Richard Horsch This organization is doing great work and I’m James Gossett John and Josephine House glad to do my part. Here’s hats off to all of our Barbara Grace Liz Howell members, you make it happen!” Chuck and Halene Graves Wayne Hubert —Bonnie Hofbauer, office manager Fred Gray Tim Hudson and Stefani Farris Robert Gregg, Jr. Wendell and Celina Hudson Kathy Lichtendahl Joe Greig Stan and Dorothy Huff Elaine Crumpley Michael and T. Bachrach Ehlers Michael Griffith Mary Humstone and George Burnette Mark Cupps Gretel Ehrlich Daphne Grimes Grainger and Teresa Hunt Sarah Dahlberg and Robert Hamlin Fred, Betty and Eric Eiserman Jeff Gruver and Shay Howlin Jill Hunter Matt and Cindy Daly Neil and Barbara Elliott William and Verna Guenther Jon Huss and Anne MacKinnon Anthony and Barbara Dardy Sharon Emerson and James Woolf Christian and Barbara Gunther Sue Ibarra and Mark Jenkins John and Sue Daugherty Coralie Emmons Peter and Mary Gustafson Dick and Judy Inberg Nick Davis LaMar Empey Richard and Eileen Haberstroh Rob and Michele Irwin Richard and Tami Davis, Jr. John and Joan Enger Bill Haeffelin Rawil Ismail Thomas Davis John and Cathy Erickson David and Laura Haire Raymond Jacquot Eric and Anne Delahaye John Evans Randolph Hamburger Larry Jansen and Lesley Wischmann Carl Detwyler Mike and Joyce Evans Bruce and Molly Hampton David Javorsky Sara Deur Frank and Patty Ewing Robert Handelsman Rachel Jenkins Larry DiBrito Marcia Fagnant Jennifer Hanft Karen Jerger and Chuck Harris H. R. and Sally Dieterich John and Lucy Fandek Jerry Hankin Barb and G. A. Johnson Bill and Gail Dillon Kim and Nancy Faulkner Chad Hanson Bethany, Joshua, May, and Clement and Barbara Dinsmore Bruce Fauskee Ray and Mary Hanson Gwen Johnson David Dobmeyer James Ferguson Donald and Fran Harger Claus Johnson Nick Dobric Tony Fiedor Bob and Suzanne Hargis Jessica Johnson Peter and Vicki Doenges Mike Field Joyce Harkness LaVern and Carolyn Johnson Virginia Doerr Robert Field Brian Harrington Lisa Johnson and Ben Hammond David and Sarah Doll Kathy Firchow and Tom Laurion Patrick Harrington Marco Johnson and Anne Magnan John Domingue Carol Fischer and Steve Borin Tom Harrington Darci Jones and Karl Sutton David Dominick Tom and Ann Flack Janice and Duncan Harris George Jones and Connie Wilbert Ward Dominick and Nicky Brew Dave Flaim Josh and Leyla Harris Steve Jones Jody Donnelly Caroline Forrest Marcia Harris Terry and Katherine Jones Patricia Donovan Jim and Mary Forrester Brandt and Anna Hart Earl and Marty Jorgensen Lloyd and Michele Dorsey Keri Foster John and Marta Hartman Pete and Jean Jorgensen Ken Driese and Ellen Axtmann Kate Fox Ann Harvey Mary Joyner Toni Duggan Laura Francis Robert Harvey Brian Kahin and Julia Royall Don Dunham Bonnie Fransen Jean Haugen Cielette Karn and Tom Williams Kathy Dunham Dennis and Becky Freeman Charles and Lucille Havens Kenneth and Carolyn Katsma Debra East Jerry and Helen Freilich Bruce Hayse Jonathan Kawulok Michelle Eaton Boyd Frye Bonnie Heidel Shari Kearney and Karen Mott Dale Eckhardt Rob and Zaidee Fuller Casady Henry John and Biruta Kearns Jamey Eddy John and Lou Furrer Stephen Henry Robert and Linda Keiter Daly Edmunds Lilly and Roger Gair Vicki Sue Henry Jack and Darla Kelly

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June 23, 2012, Lander Our sincere thanks to the Lander Art Center During the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s 45th anniversary celebration, for helping us see, once the young artists pictured above showed us their vision for Wyoming. again, a great vision of the future.

Stop by the Lander Our task today is to secure that vision into the future. office to see the children’s work of art! Cover: Kathy LIchtendahl The Outdoor Council’s mission to protect Wyoming’s environment and quality of life is essential and timeless.

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