Promoting community decisions that respect the land and people of western North America

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Fred Borcherdt Wilcox, ArizonaKathy Borgen Denver, ColoradoFred Bosselman Evanston, IllinoisExequiel Ezcurra La Mesa, CaliforniaLouise Glasser Lake Forest, IllinoisAndy Gordon Phoenix, ArizonaSusan Heyneman Fishtail, MontanaMartha Hunter Phoenix, ArizonaBill Jack Westcliff, ColoradoNyda Jones-Church San Diego, CaliforniaDarlene Lavender Calgary, Alberta, CanadaGretchen Long Wilson, WyomingDennis Minano Tucson, ArizonaBryan Morgan (Secretary) Boulder, ColoradoDavid Parsons Tucson, ArizonaLouise Plank (Treasurer) Banner, WyomingAnna Hill Price (Chair) Tucson, ArizonaJane Ragle (Vice Chair) Tucson, ArizonaRichard Thweatt Helena, MontanaKaren Wade Fortine, Montana

EMERITUSMaría Elena Barajas Hermosillo, Sonora, MexicoLorraine Eiler Glendale, ArizonaJake Kittle Patagonia, ArizonaDonald Diamond Tucson, ArizonaFrank Gregg Tucson, Arizona

IN MEMORIAMEmily Stevens Wilson, WyomingErvin H. Zube Tucson, Arizona

OFFICES7650 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 203Tucson, Arizona 85710520-290-0828 Fax: 520-290-0969

201 S. Wallace Ave., Suite B3C Bozeman, Montana 59715406-587-7331 Fax: 406-587-2027

4835 E. Cactus Rd., Suite 270 Phoenix, Arizona 85254 602-393-4310 Fax: 602-393-4319

101 S. Third St., Suite 350Grand Junction, Colorado 81501970-263-9635 Fax: 970-263-9639

FIELD OFFICES

Montana Smart Growth CoalitionP.O. Box 543 Helena, Montana 59624Tel/Fax: 406-449-6086

Magisterio #627, Col. Profesores Federales, Mexicali, Baja California, C.P. 21370 MexicoTel: 011-52-686-582-54-31

ADMINISTRATION Luther Propst, Executive DirectorDon Chatfield, Deputy Director, OperationsJohn Shepard, Deputy Director,

Strategic Program AdvancementGinny Zaccheo, Associate Director,

Finance & AdministrationCarla Carpentier, Human Resources ManagerMonica Garcia, Administrative AssistantKathryn Jenish, Special Assistant to

Executive Director Debbie Potenzini, Grants & Contracts CoordinatorGina Romero, Accountant

DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONVictoria Collier, Publications ManagerNina Jaeger, Development ManagerRichard Newell, IT SpecialistWalt Staton, Web TechnicianAngie Taylor, Development Associate

CENTRAL ROCKIES OFFICE ENERGY IMPACTS & POLICY PROGRAMJim Spehar, Program Director

CONSERVATION & LAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Kristine Bentz, Program Director

LAND & WATER POLICY PROGRAMAndy Laurenzi, Program Director Jennifer Barefoot, Communications Project ManagerSusan Culp, State Trust Lands Project ManagerMarjo Curgus, WCSF/WLI Project ManagerJohn DiBari, Research ManagerEric Gorsegnor, Associate Program DirectorJason Meininger, Project ManagerDiana Rhoades, Outreach SpecialistMia Stier, Communications Associate

NORTHERN ROCKIES OFFICE Dennis Glick, Program DirectorJennifer Boyer, Project Manager Sharon Brodie, Office Manager Randy Carpenter, Land Use Planner Tim Davis, Program Manager,

Montana Smart Growth Coalition

SOCIOECONOMICS PROGRAM Nina Chambers, Program DirectorRebecca Carter, Project Manager Erin Mock, GIS Coordinator Alexandra Phillips, Field CoordinatorWhitney Tilt, RCC Program DirectorSarah Waring, Project Manager

SONORAN DESERT PROGRAM Frank Zadroga, Program DirectorEmily Brott, Project ManagerMonica Durand, Marketing Director,

La Ruta de SonoraAmy McCoy, Project ManagerCheryl McIntyre, Project Manager,Adaptive Management

Joaquin Murrieta, Director for People, Culture & Conservation

Ozzie Perez, Finance & Operations AssociateEdith Santiago, Field Coordinator – MexicoSarah Studd, Research AssistantJason Welborn, Research AssistantSharon Wright-Harris, Communications AssociateFrancisco Zamora-Arroyo, Project Manager,

Colorado River Delta

AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONSRincon Institute, Tucson, ArizonaChinook Institute, Alberta, CanadaSanta Lucia Conservancy, Carmel, CaliforniaLa Semilla CSO, Patagonia, Arizona

Editor: Victoria CollierDesign: Theresa Reindl BinghamPhoto/Map Credits Front and back cover: Northern Montana forest/lake by Josh McIntyreInside front cover: Staff & board members by friendly Helena bus driverPage 1: Yellowstone trees & fog by Keith BauerPages 2, 3: Maps by Cheryl McIntyre, Sonoran Institute; Photos in map: Snowy mountains, Sonoran Institute; Cabin, Bear, & Kayaker

by Mike Krehbiel; Rancher, Sonoran Institute; Yellowstone geyser by Cheryl McIntyre, Sonoran InstitutePage 4: Aspen Highlands solar panels by Auden Schendler, Aspen Skiing Company; State Trust Lands top and bottom courtesy of

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Middle courtesy of Wyoming Office of State Lands and InvestmentsPage 5: Sonoran Desert MapGuide, courtesy of National Geographic Society; Photos: Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar, Sonoran Institute Page 6: Yellowstone bison & steam by Keith BauerPage 7: Top, Chris Duerksen fishing in Alaska, courtesy of Chris Duerksen; Bottom, Adam Weinstein by Chris Mooney; Top right,

hummingbird by Brian AndersonPage 8: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, N. Mexico, reeds & reflection by Mike KrehbielInside back cover: Yellowstone sunset by Richard Shaffer

STAFF

Some Institute staff and board members met in Helena, Montana, in June 2006.

Promot ing communi ty dec i s ions that respect the land and peop le o f wes tern North Amer ica

Friends,Although we like trees, we don’t actually hug them. We do, however, embrace the forest. The Sonoran Institute’s work in communities throughout the West often has impacts outside

the immediate area. Helping a county create and adopt an effective, comprehensive land-useplan, for example, can benefit an important wildlife migration corridor that extends farbeyond the county’s borders. Protecting a local natural or cultural landmark can give an economic boost to a wide area.

Featured in this report, our work in the northern Rockies of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming is an excellent example of a mosaic of individual projects that, whentaken together, benefit an entire region. Success in communities near YellowstoneNational Park and westward into Idaho contributes to the well-being of thepeople, wildlife, watersheds and other natural systems of the larger territory.

To sharpen our focus on the big picture, the Institute is in the midst ofa strategic planning process. We are studying the trends, challenges andopportunities coming down the road in the next five years and beyond,and we are carefully deciding where and how to best apply and leverageour energy and resources.

You can be certain that those decisions will incorporate theSonoran Institute’s core values: passion for the land; respect forpeople; collaboration; civil dialogue; knowledge; resilience; practical solutions; conviction that conservation and thoughtfulplanning complement prosperity; and, of course, big-picturethinking. Even in the swiftly changing West, some things are constant.

Best regards,

Luther PropstExecutive Director

…the Sonoran Institute’s core values: passion for the land; respect for people; collaboration; civil dialogue; knowledge; resilience; practical solutions; conviction that conservation and thoughtful planning complement prosperity; and big-picture thinking.

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Montanan John Crumley never imagined himself in cahoots with conservationists. Now the Madison County rancher considershimself one of them. “They’re not so bad,” he

acknowledged at the Sonoran Institute’s WesternLeadership Institute† last fall.

Crumley began collaborating with the Institute andother conservation groups in the 90s and helped form theMadison Valley Ranchlands Group, of which he is nowpresident. The valley’s rural community is known forproactive efforts to protect its natural assets and sustain its ranching heritage. These efforts also affect a bigger picture — Madison County is part of a region often called Greater Yellowstone.

Unfettered movement of wildlife is a hallmark of this area. Local news-papers recount amazing journeys: a lovesick wolverine traveled from northernYellowstone National Park to Pocatello, Idaho, and back; pronghorn antelopemigrate from Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park nearly to Utah; mule deer annually trek the length of Montana’s Gallatin and Bridger ranges.

Preserving islands of habitat and the connections between them becomesmore challenging as the human population grows. The good news is that notonly wild creatures are connected to these lands. People — old-timers and newcomers alike — are intimately linked to the mountains, rivers and plains.Opinion polls and land-use planning goals reveal broad support for preservingwildlife habitat, agricultural lands and rivers.

The Northern Rockies is a big chunk of terrain, so the Sonoran Institute isstrategic about where to focus its resources. The goal is to collaborate with rurallandowners and community leaders to identify, conserve and protect natural systems and quality of life. Our team scrutinizes ecological importance, degree of threat, local support for planning and other criteria to ensure that projectsbenefit local communities. Often, the bigger neighborhood also benefits, including landscapes critical to wandering wildlife.

A case in point is the Institute’s slate of projects in five huge counties thatconnect the Yellowstone region to the wilderness areas of central Idaho. Thecounties harbor world-class trout streams, spectacular wildlife refuges, vastmountains and valleys, farmers, ranchers, hunters, anglers, and fast-growingcommunities. The Sonoran Institute offers multiple conservation approaches,planning tools and rural-development strategies in this region. The WesternCommunity Stewardship Forum* and other Institute resources help communitiesconserve natural and cultural assets and connect the land and its inhabitants.

*Western Community Stewardship Forum Officials and other decision-makers from all of the counties featured here have attended the Sonoran Institute’s Western Community Stewardship Forum (WCSF) to acquire tools for addressing growth and land use in their communities. In March, eight counties in theMountain West sent 48 participants to WCSF, bringing the total to 285 in the forum’s seven-year history.

†Western Leadership InstituteIn September the Sonoran Institute presented its first Western Leadership Institute (WLI),drawing 47 residents from Madison and Missoula counties in Montana; Lemhi and Fremontcounties in Idaho; Chaffee, Routt and La Plata counties in Colorado; and Maricopa County,Arizona. WLI gives engaged citizens training to be leaders in communities grappling withgrowth and change.

LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO… is more than 90% public land, yet pri-vate land along the Salmon River iscritical for fish, wildlife and ranching.Montana’s Bitterroot Valley sprawl isspilling into the county, promptinglocal officials to seek Sonoran Institutegrowth-management training and localcitizens to create the Salmon ValleyStewardship (SVS). Per agreement, anInstitute staffer ran the organization fortwo years and now works for SVS,which offers programs addressinggrowth, planning, conservation andsustainable business. Thanks to theInstitute-SVS partnership, a land trustprotects important private lands.

The big picture in the Northern Rockies links people,

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BEAVERHEAD COUNTY,MONTANA …hasn’t seen as much rural sprawl as other parts of western Montana,but recreational homes are poppingup, especially near the famous BigHole and Beaverhead rivers. Countycommissioners learned ways to pro-tect natural assets and sustain theireconomy at the Sonoran Institute’sWestern Community StewardshipForum. Institute projections raisedconcerns about growth’s effect onranching and public finances. Ourfiscal impact study of alternativegrowth patterns illustrated that far-flung development will stretchcounty budgets for roads, emergencyservices and other expenses, whilebetter growth management will benefit agriculture and taxpayers.

FREMONT COUNTY, IDAHO … — its southern portion is the “seed potato capital of the world”and its north is a haven for moose, elk and big fat trout. Withincreasing development, officials and citizens recognize theneed to update and strengthen land-use plans and regulations.County commissioners participated in the Sonoran Institute’sWestern Community Stewardship Forum — twice. Concernedcitizens formed Fremont Growth Solutions (FGS) and, with theInstitute, are hosting land-use planning educational forums.Some attended September’s Western Leadership Institute. The Sonoran Institute is helping fund an FGS staff person tosupport the county’s work on an effective land-use plan.

MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA…residents are learning how the area can grow withoutsacrificing ranchlands, wildlife or the belovedMadison River. A new county growth policy approvedlast fall is part of one of rural Montana’s best efforts tomanage growth. The Sonoran Institute gave growth-management training to county officials and leader-ship training to Madison Growth Solutions, a group ofranchers, business people and other citizens. TheInstitute helped identify growth-management toolsthat make sense in this rural county.

GALLATIN COUNTY,MONTANA…Hebgen Basin at the edge ofYellowstone National Park attractslovers of wildlife and wild places —assets threatened by two large devel-opment projects proposed in the late90s. Residents requested the SonoranInstitute’s help to rewrite their land-use plan and zoning regulations,which now feature incentives to clus-ter homes away from wildlife migra-tion routes. Land purchased for openspace conserved nearly 500 acres ofimportant habitat. In the county’snorth, four years of work by BozemanPass citizens and the Institute resultedin a 23,000-acre zoning district toprotect wildlife migration and ruralquality of life.

Yellowstone National Park

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Collaborating for 40 Million AcresFrom Beans to Biodiesel:Mountain West CommunitiesFuel Energy Revolution

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• Wood chips provide efficient heat in Santa Fe classrooms.

• Concern about global warming’s impacton ski seasons and the economy isprompting Aspen and the Aspen SkiingCompany to move aggressively toreduce carbon emissions.

• In Montana and the northern plains, the U.S. Forest Service’s “Fuels forSchools” helps students learn in a warm, comfortable setting using normally wasted forest products.

• In southwestern Colorado, farmers are switching from beans to sunflowersand forming a co-op to produce bio-diesel.

• Green building techniques and energyefficiency win awards at the SonoranInstitute’s “Building from the Best” celebrations.

• Just down the road from the Institute’sCentral Rockies office in Grand Junction,Colorado, the Delta-Montrose ElectricAssociation earned a national reputationfor its progressive advocacy of geo-exchange heating systems.

Communities across the Mountain West are seizing control of their energyfuture to save money, increase the securityof energy sources, create jobs and busi-nesses, and protect the environment. The Sonoran Institute is poised to assistthem with its new Energy Impacts andPolicy Program.

The Argosy Foundation supplied initial funding to identify cities and townsinterested in reducing energy use andmoving toward alternative sources and to bring teams from up to eight of thosecommunities to Grand Junction next summer for training and to explore opportunities.

Nearly 40 million acres — abouttwice the size of South Carolina— is the amount of state trust

lands concentrated in nine westernstates. That’s 87 percent of such landsremaining in the entire country.

The federal government granted theselands to states when they joined theUnion to help them generate revenue,mainly for public schools. The land isoften leased or sold for development,recreation, grazing, or gas, oil or mineralexploration. As the West’s economyincreasingly relies on its natural ameni-ties, some of this land is more valuablefor conservation — of water, wildlifehabitat and scenery, for example.

The Sonoran Institute promotes mod-ernized, collaborative trust-land manage-ment across the West through the StateTrust Lands Project, a joint venture withthe Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.With state and local groups in Whitefish,Montana, for example, the Projectworked on a plan to guide real estatedevelopment and conservation use ofstate trust lands. The Project also is gen-erating innovative ideas with governmentand community groups for the urbandevelopment of Superstition Vistas – a275-square-mile tract of state trust landon the eastern edge of Phoenix, Arizona.

The Institute also works for reform incentury-old trust land management.Despite aggressive, well-funded oppositionby Phoenix homebuilders, Arizona voterslast fall barely rejected comprehensivereform for management of the state’s 9.2million acres of trust land. A hefty coali-tion of teachers, business leaders, out-doorsman, ranchers, elected officials andconservation advocates across the statesupported the initiative.

“The close election was disappointing,yet the great strength of the campaignwas our broad, committed coalition, andwe will build on that momentum,” saidAndy Laurenzi, director of the SonoranInstitute’s Land and Water PolicyProgram. “The opposition is swimmingagainst the tide as more people recognizethe economic and quality-of-life benefitsof protecting the West’s land, recreationalopportunities and other natural assets.”

Best practices and other informationthe State Trust Land Project gathers areshared with trust-land managers throughpublications, including a recent collectionof case studies that feature collaborativeplanning, available at trustland.org.

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“Collaboration often takes longer, butbecause the strategies represent a shared

vision, they are more likely to be implemented on the ground and

actually make a difference.”

- Jennifer Parody, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and participant in the Southeast New Mexico

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New Map Guides Geotourists

When Kevin Dahl looks at the newly released Sonoran DesertGeotourism MapGuide, he sees more than just the hottest new destination.

Dahl, executive director of Tucson’s Native Seeds/SEARCH, sees the nonprofit seed bank’s inclusion on the map as a way to spread the word aboutprotecting crop biodiversity and to celebrate cultural diversity through nativeseed distribution.

The MapGuide, created by a partnership of the National Geographic Society, the Sonoran Institute, Arizona Office of Tourism, Sonora Office of Tourism, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, showcases more than 300 special places in the Sonoran Desert region. National Geographic defines geotourism as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographic character of a place.

“Being on the map is a tremendous opportunity to broaden support for smallproducers earning their living through traditional crops and food products. It can boost farm-to-market partnerships and demand for unique foods at localrestaurants,” says Dahl. “It may also encourage more gardeners to cultivate seeds native to the American Southwest and northwest Mexico.”

People running restaurants, museums, natural areas, cultural attractions,ranches and other sites on the binational map are anticipating geotourism’s economic and conservation benefits. The expectation is that visitors’ apprecia-tion of the distinctive character of the Sonoran Desert region will prompt visitors and locals alike to encourage conservation of natural and cultural assets and support sustainable enterprise.

Request a free copy of the map by email: joaquin@sonoran.org.

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F R O M T H E S O N O R A N I N S T I T U T E— A LEADER IN COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

Thousands of volunteer hours and four years of work by engagedresidents, officials and Sonoran Institute staff in Gallatin County,Montana, resulted in a 23,000-acre zoning district to protect openspace and habitat in the Bozeman Pass area, a critical wildlife migration route to and from Yellowstone National Park.

The International Boundary and Water Commission adopted recommendations published by the Institute and several partners to guide restoration, policy and research in the Colorado River Delta region.

Widespread media coverage of You’ve Come a Long Way Cowboy:Ten Truths & Trends in the New American West drew hundreds to the Sonoran Institute’s Web site to learn how local economies arebeing shaped and how people can preserve quality of life in thechanging West. The electronic report, issued as part of the SonoranInstitute–Earth Friends Wildlife Foundation “Partnership for Economicsand Wildlife,” is available at www.sonoran.org/cowboy.

The Institute’s Northern Rockies office hosted a presentation and workshops in Bozeman in September featuring alternative-transportation advocate Dan Burden, executive director of WalkableCommunities, who energized the crowd of 160 with his passion for making cities friendlier to people than cars through collaborationand design for people.

Backcountry Bounty: Hunters, Anglers and Prosperity in theAmerican West, a report by the Sonoran Institute and the TheodoreRoosevelt Conservation Partnership, was presented at the WesternGovernors’ Association conference in June. It shows that wildlife, and therefore hunters and anglers, depend on public lands, includingroadless areas, and that hunting and fishing are a foundation for prosperity in many rural communities.

The Sonoran Institute’s biannual Building from the Best awardsin Tucson celebrate design and development that respect the environment and the character of the community. Trophies were presented in March to judges’ choices for urban infill, green building,mixed use and five other categories. Building from the Best of theNorthern Rockies will debut in Bozeman, Montana, spring 2007.

More than 1,100 acres were permanently protected via conservationeasements in Arizona’s Sonoita Creek watershed, and a new conserva-tion organization, La Semilla, was established to steward these lands.

Invasive plants at Tonto National Monument are being eradicatedas a result of Sonoran Institute scientists’ work to monitor the health of natural resources in 11 National Park Service sites in the SonoranDesert. They collect and analyze data to inform Park Service resource-management decisions.

In Montana, Sonoran Institute staff provided assistance in RavalliCounty to pass a zoning ordinance restricting the size of big-boxstores to protect downtown vitality in rural communities. In Missoula,the Institute collaborated with government, community groups andthe developer to preserve 266 acres of a 286-acre parcel as openspace along the Bitterroot River through conservation easements.

More 2006 Accomplishments

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Donor Outspoken in Support of Institute

Chris Duerksen is not only a generousdonor to the Sonoran Institute; he’s alsogenerous with his praise.

“The Sonoran Institute is doing the most important conservation andland-use work in the West,” he told community leaders attending the Big Skyor Big Sprawl conference in Helena,Montana, last fall. This is from a respected land-use attorney, with ClarionAssociates of Denver, who works with cities and counties across the country on planning and growth-management strategies.

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is doing the most important

conservation and land-use

work in the West.”Chris Duerksen, Land-Use Attorney, Clarion Associates, Denver, Colorado

Duerksen has watched the Institute since its early days as founder LutherPropst built what Duerksen calls the only “multi-state institution that stands up for thoughtful land-use planning in the West.”

“The Institute has educated an entire generation of planners and elected officials about sound growth management,” he says, referring to the WesternCommunity Stewardship Forum, which has provided training for nearly 300 local officials from across the West.

“The way the Sonoran Institute works is very impressive — putting out good publications, promoting conscientious development, and working withlocal officials, which is where things happen in the West,” Duerksen says. “The Institute gets its hands dirty and really helps.”

Company respects culture, environment, history — and Institute’s values

Rio Development and The Gadsden Companies were created to meet and respond to the challenges of Rio Nuevo, a large area of downtown Tucson, Arizona, targeted for redevelopment.Building communities that reflect the region’s culture, history, and identity in an urban setting is their mission.

Rio Development’s Mercado District of Menlo Park is Rio Nuevo’s first major project and features residential, retail and office space, native landscaping, public spaces and design based in historical context.

To Rio Development’s Adam Weinstein these attributes dovetail with the values of the Sonoran Institute, which presents biannual awards for design and development that respect southern Arizona’s culture and environment. The company was the major sponsor of the Institute’s 2006 Building from the Best awards program.

As Tucson develops — and redevelops — an ongoing dialogue among all those involved is essential, says Weinstein. “I support the Sonoran Institute because it plays a vital role in guiding this dialogue and encouraging smart and sustainable growth.”

D o n o r P r o f i l e s

ANNOUNCINGSonoran Institute’s

Hummingbird Society

The hummingbird ranges across theWest from Mexico to the NorthernRockies, the same territory where theSonoran Institute promotes collaborativeconservation. The hummingbird is animportant pollinator; the Institute helpscommunities to blossom.

Our new Hummingbird Society recognizes those who donate $1,000 or more to the Sonoran Institute. Societymembers receive a number of benefits,including invitations to special tours, preferred seating at Institute events,monthly e-mails about current activities,and a hand-crafted hummingbird lapel pin.Society members also have the satisfactionof knowing they are advancing the visionof a West where conservation and prosper-ity go hand-in-hand. Visit sonoran.org or call Angie at 520-290-0828 for more information.

Chris Duerksen

Adam Weinstein

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Revenues & ResourcesContributions $ 506,736 13%Foundation grants 1,325,709 33%Government grants 813,925 20%Contracts 1,167,563 29%Interest income 31,028 <1%Program service income 22,344 <1%Other income 115,077 3%

TOTAL $3,982,382* 100%

*In addition, resources for FY 06 include $2,813,603 in multi-year grants carried forward from previous years and restricted for use in this and future fiscal years.

ExpensesSonoran Desert $ 947,683 20%Northern Rockies 499,033 11%Conservation & Land Development 165,049 3%Resources for Community Collaboration 59,299 1%Land & Water Policy 1,188,338 25%Central Rockies 142,910 3%Socioeconomics 520,520 11%Administration 732,659 15%Program Development 6,777 <1%Fundraising 237,382 5%Communications 263,668 6%

TOTAL $4,763,318 100%

www.sonoran.orgThe Sonoran Institute’s newly redesigned Web site was launched in January 2007.

Please visit www.sonoran.org to learn more about the Institute, our partners and our collaborative conservation efforts in western North America.

FY 2006: July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006

Foundation Grants 33%Government Grants 20%

Contracts 29%

Program Service Income <1%Other Income 3%

Interest Income <1%Contributions 13% Sonoran Desert 20%

Northern Rockies 11%

Conservation & Land Devlopment 3%

Resources for CommunityCollaboration 1%

Land & Water Policy 25%

Central Rockies 3%

SocioEconomics 11%

Administration 15%

Program Development <1%

Fundraising 5% Communications 6%

F i n a n c i a l s

$50,000 & UP Gilman & Marge Ordway • Louise Benz Plank

$15,000-$49,999 Anonymous (1)

$10,000-$14,999 Kent Brodie • Al & Martha Gay • Denny Hubbell • David & Adriana Parsons • BazyTankersley

$5,000-$9,999 Daniela Bell • Kathy Borgen • Jim & Louise Glasser • Nyda Jones-Church • Katie Jo Lincoln • Gretchen Long • John Smith & Jane Ragle •Bob & Hope Stevens • Walt & Beth Weissman

$1,000-$4,999 Mita Bell • Paul & Susan Bertelli • Fred & Kay Bosselman • Bertram & Barbara Cohn • Bill & Ann Cole • Wade & Susi Dokken • Michael& Linda Dorn • Peggy Dulany • Antonia Stolper and Bob Fertik • Marshall Field, V • Grady Gammage, Jr. • Michal & Mike Glines • Andy Gordon • AnnaHill Price • Bill Jack • Judith Gans & Joseph Kalt • Craig & Michelle Larson • Darlene Lavender • David & Joan Lincoln • Maxwell Milton • Denny &Marty Minano • Dwight & Minxie Minton • Courtney & Audrey Moe • Howard & Nancy Ochman • Lyman Orton • Luther Propst • Bill & Alice Roe •Curtis Scaife • Dr. Helen & John Schaefer • Sarah & David Smallhouse • Linda McMullen & Farwell Smith • Peter and Virginia Storer • Thaddeus C. Sweet,III • Dick & Suzanne Thweatt • Peter & Margaret Ward

$500-$999 Rick & Linda Allen • Anonymous • Terry & Brian Babcock Lumish • Jai Bakshi • Jim & Connie Binns • Carl Bosse • Lindy Caine • Elizabeth &Kent Campbell • Mike & Jane Conlin • Stephen & Geraldine Connolly • David & Judith Cook • Marianne DeVries • John Shepard & Carol Evans • FrankGrundstrom & Cynthia Dickstein • Richard Duffield • Marc Ebbin • John Furbee • Karen Gaulke • Jim Glock • Kiku & Johnnie Hanes • Tim Crawford &Kathy Hansen • Warren & Denise Michaels • Walter & Helen Norton • Michael Finkelstein & Diana Rhoades • William & Pricilla Robinson • Whitney &Stuart Tilt • Donna Scherban & Daniel Walton • Jack Webb • Ginny Zaccheo

$250-$499 Dante & Diana Archangeli • Diane Vosick & Geoff Barnard • Kristine Bentz • Peter Bigot • Emily Brott • Andrew Curtis-Dean • David L.Fletcher • Roger Sullivan & Mayre Flowers • David and Ellen Goldstein • Tom & Candance Grogan • Marilyn Bolles & Dan Guggenheim • Anne Hedges •Ira Holt • Constance Horder • David & Laurie Hutchinson • Alex & Ruthann Jacome • Kathryn Jenish • Gray Davidson & Deb Kmon • Karen Knudsen •Nancy Laney • Brownie & Jim Leach • Katherine Loo • Michael & Linda McNulty • Jason & Deven Meininger • Frances Merryman • Greg Mohl • Bill &Sandi Moomey • Laurinda Oswald • Ozzie Perez • Dorinda Rife • Ron Slade • Judy & Lin Smith • Jennepher Stowell • Albert Tilt • Steve & Amy Unfried •Jim & Valerie Webster • Burton Williams • Jeff Williamson • Ellen & Gardner Yenawine • Jim Kaple & Rowe Young • Frank & Leticia Zadroga • Jack Zittere

$100-$249 Archie & Nina Alexander • Kirsten Almquist • Dabney & Katherine Altaffer • Carlos & Lucy Amparano • Andy & Virginia Anderson • HollyAnnala • Anonymous (6) • Luis & Eileen Aranda • Alexis Artwohl • Frank S. Bangs, Jr. • Blanton & Betty Belk • Teree Bergman • Barbara C. Berlin •George Binney • Debra Zeller & Fred Borcherdt • David & Lou Ann Brower • Alan & Mary Brutger • Deborah Butterfield & John Buck • Stacy Burnett •Carla & Jon Carpentier • Karen & Don Chatfield, Ph.D. • Victoria Collier • John Sharawara & Carolyn Cooper • Heather Steole & Paul Craig • KarenDahood • John & Mary Hope Dillon • Gerald & Marjorie Dixon • Robert Paulus & Randi Dorman • Tom Doucette • Vivian Drake • Kevin & Ashlyn Dumais •Albert Elias • Elkhorn Ranch • Ron & Nancy Erickson • Dorothy Finley • Diane S. Fordney, M.D. • Tad Foster • Zachery & Deena Freeland • George &Linda Gault • Harry George • Susan & Richard Goldsmith • Michael & Kathy Hard • Jessica Harrison • Peter & Sally Hart • John & Kathryn Heminway •Anthony Biel & Martha Hopkins • Frank & Sarah Horiel • Kathleen & Michael Houghtaling • Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Howe • Chuck & Maureen Huckelberry •Luis Ibarra • Glenn & Gabriella Isaacson • Katherine Jacobson • Bill & Char Johnson • Steven J. & Jeanne Johnson • George Johnston • Ruth Kopec &Charles Ketterman • Cecily Knepprath • Ken & Lesley Kontowicz • Brad Lancaster • Mayo & Susan Lykes • Rodney & Lanette Mackey • Linda Svendsen &Kent Madin • Martie & Joe Maierhauser • Mary Maj • Mary Kay Lefevour & Laura Markowitz • Felicia Sanders & Warren Lee May • John & Mary HelenMaynard • Grant McCormick • Doug & Carmen McSpadden • Susan & Dwight Merriam • Adam Mersereau • Stewart & Karen Mitchell • John E. &Caroline Montague • Michael Montgomery • Sarah More • Dino & Elizabeth Murfee DeConcini • Alan & Nancy Nicholson • David & Angie Nimick •David Nimkin • Bill & Ellie Ogden • Tatsuo Okada • Philip Ostrum • Don Weinstein & Beverly Parker • Duncan & Eva Patten • Anne Pendergast • John &Victoria Peters • Charles Pettis • Jack & Patricia Pfister • Ben & Penelope Pierce • Tim Puntenney • Carol Marguerite Rose • Brett & Erika Roush • LynnScarlett • Mary Sexton • Worth & Liz Smith • Donald & Luda Soldwedel • Julia & David Stafford • Jim & Heather Stahle • Susan Bury & David Stauffer •Alice Stowell • Don & Donna Surina • Margaret Thomas • Jon & Pam Trachta • Ernest & Hazel Tracy • Timothy & Tina Visscher • James & Cynthia Ward •Roger Watson • Kelly Niles & Jeff Welch • Bob & Judy Wilkes • Gerald Wolff • Chris Wood

UP TO $99 Amy McCoy & Brian Anderson • Jennifer Lowe & Conrad Anker • Anonymous (11) • Mary Fahr & Paul Antonucci • Marvin & Susan Backer •Ramona Marotz-Baden & John Baden • Nina Baehr • Jim & Anne Banks • Rhonda Bannard • Mike & Kimberlie Barrett • Jim & Heidi Barrett • Catherine &David Baumbauer • Shirley & Robert Bayley • Barb Beck • Sean Becker • Mike & Carol Bell • Patti Bell • Thomas Biglen • Sheila & Harvey Bjornlie •Adrienne Blauser • David Boggs • Hazel & Joseph Bonebrake • Barbara Bortner • Stewart Brandborg • Phillip Brooks • Scott M. Bryan • Theresa & LarryBucher • Henry Neal Camp • Jerry & Dolores Cannon • Mary Manning & John Caratti • Randy Carpenter • Dee Cecil-Parson • Stuart Leidner & NinaChambers • Cindy M. Chase • Mary Clark • Robert J. Clements • Gaydell & Roy Collier • Julie & Pat Connors • Richard & Connie Corbett • Stephen E. &Brigitte K. Cornelius • Stephen & Maura Cornell • Peter & Susan Culp • Francis Cyr • Matt Daly • Judith Dare • Richard Darling • Charles Day • Cynthia& Donald Debethizy • Linda Devoy • John DiBari • Terri & Arnold Dood • Neil & Monica Dorman • Mike Wolfe & Laurel Douglas • Pam Doyle • Chris &Jackie Duncan • Jim & Dee Ann Durgan • Rosemary F. Edmonston • Norm & Jeanne Eggert • Teresa Henry & Stephen Egli • James Hansen & Janet Ellis •Gregory Engellant • Spencer Shropshire & Susan Epstein • Ro Eugene • Rhian Evans Allvin • Alvin & Joanne Finkelstein • J. Fisher • Gary & CharleneForbes • Steve & Louise Forrest • Lawrence Frank • Heather Bentz & Curt Freese • Rob & Norane Freistadt • Katherine Gibson • Jeanette Gilette • HannahGosnell • Mike Grassinger • Judith & Alfred Habeeb • Margherita Gale Harris • Don Hart • John Preston & Holly Hausmann • Barbara & Frank Heinrich •Sarah Helfrich • Janet Helm • Elin & Doug Hert • Charles Hoffman • Marcylene Dee Holler • Howard C. Holman • Jim Howe • Kaaren Jacobson • Alan &Sally Jeffcoat • Jon Jinings • Louise & J. R. Johnson • Chuck & Karen Jonaitis • Karl Sutton & Darci Jones • Marvin Glotefelty & Marie Jones • Dave & LoriKascht • Patricia Kemp & Christine Kaufmann • Alice & Edgar Kendrick, Ph.D. • Rae Keppelmann • K. C. Kientzler • Earline Bohling & Vera Kissinger • Bill& Ellen Klenn • Chris Kmotorka • Dorothy Knowles • Christine Philips & Ted Lange • Sandra Laursen • Greg Lind • John Lounsbury • Richard & LillianLund • Cynthia & Jonathan Lunine • Jennifer Madgic • Mary Helen Maley • Michael Marks • Robert Marquard • J. Douglass Marshall • Betty Mason •Robert Mason • Judith Gray & Brian McCarthy • Joe McCarty • Clyde & Joan McClelland • Robert & Shirley McCormack • Erin McIntire • Don & BetsyMcLaughlin • John Meinert, M.D. • Shelley Meredith • Matt Merrill • Karen & Carson Miller • Craig & Bobbi Miller • Kristen L.H. Minard • Cliff & JoanMontagne • Ken & Sherry Morrison • Ronald Mueller • Ellyn Murphy • Jean & Carl Myers • Pam & Dave Nardinger • Linda J. Newberry • Gerald &LaVonne Nielsen • Hazel Norton • Becky Piske & Paul Pacini • Marcia & William Patterson, Jr. • Laura Penny • Gregg & Jen Perry • Robert Pertzborn •Marilyn Peters • Jennifer L. Peterson • Kathleen Williams & Thomas Pick • Dennis Pickering • Bruce Plenk • Elizabeth Pryzgoda • Larry & Ellie Raffety •Jodi & Ray Rasker, Ph.D. • Robert S. Rasmussen • Micah & Katie Remley • Gail & John Richardson • Melissa Richey • Deborah Roth • Thomas & EileenRotkis • John & Lynn Roulston • Rebecca Ruopp • Patricia Sablatura, Ph.D. • Wendy Calvert & James Sayer • Robin & J. R. Schielke • Paula Schlusberg •Rosann Schott • Denise Hayman & Michael Scott • Lynea Seher • Marie Provine & Michael Shelton • Florence Shepard • Betsy & Arthur Sickler • DianeSipe • Sherrye & Thomas Smith • Emilie Snell-Rood • Nancy Solomon • Elizabeth Storer • Edward Stowell Jr. • Jerome Strack • John E. Stults • Steve &Shari Sutherland • Tim & Nancy Swanson • Walter & Ann Tannert • Carson & Dede Taylor • Michelle Thong • Nina Trasoff • Dorothy Tucker • Russ & LisaTuckerman • Becky Weed & Dave Tyler • Susan & Donato Valdivia • Delores J. Van Zyl • Mary Vant Hull • Warren Vaughn • Gary Vodehnal • David &Christine Wald-Hopkins • James Walters • T. Weaver • Don Eugene & Wendy Erica Werden • Glenn Whiteside • D. E. & Barbara Woerner • Mary EllenWolfe • Joseph Woznicki • Dick & Jan Young • Marcia Youngman • Sandy & Manny Younker-Hellman • Kathy Zaccheo

GIFTS WERE MADE IN HONOR OF Community of Choteau • Piper Foster • Louise Glasser • Mel Goldberg • Anna Hill Price • Karen Hyun • RalphMason • Russell Cornell & Dawn Perry • Jane Ragle • Whitney Tilt • Cynthia Ward • William A. Whiteside

GIFTS WERE MADE IN MEMORY OF Samuel H. Bell, Sr. • John Chatfield • Margaret Cyr • Bill & Norma Jinings

DOUBLE DONORSGifts from first-time donors and those who have resumedgiving to the Sonoran Institute are matched dollar-for-dollarthrough the generosity of an anonymous donor via theKendeda Fund for Sustainability, administered by the Tides Foundation.

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FOUNDATION & GRANT SUPPORT Anonymous Foundation (1) • Argosy Foundation • Arizona Community Foundation • Camp-Younts Foundation •Carney Family Foundation • Charlotte Martin Foundation • Clark Family Foundation • Compton Foundation, Inc. • Donors Trust, Inc. • Earth Friends •Environmental Fund for Arizona • Flora Family Foundation • Gates Family Foundation • George B. Storer Foundation, Inc. • George Binney Conservation Fund •Giles W. & Elise G. Mead Foundation • Goldberg Foundation • Henry P. Kendall Foundation • Homer A. & Mildred S. Scott Foundation • John D. & Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation • LaSalle Adams Fund • Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation • L. P. Brown Foundation • M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust • MakiFoundation • Mattlin Foundation • McCune Charitable Foundation • Mountain Sky Guest Ranch Fund • National Fish & Wildlife Foundation • National ForestFoundation • New York Community Trust • Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust • North Star Foundation • Orton Family Foundation • Rockefeller Family Fund •Steele Reese Foundation • Stephen & Diana Goldberg Foundation • Steven Leuthold Family Foundation • Summit Foundation • Thaw Charitable Trust • TheBrainerd Foundation • The Bullitt Foundation • The Christensen Fund • The David & Lucile Packard Foundation • The David Rockefeller Fund • The Doris DukeCharitable Foundation • The J.M. Kaplan Fund • The Nature Conservancy of Arizona • The Northern Environmental Support Trust • The Tinker Foundation, Inc. •The Virginia Wellington Cabot Fund • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation • The Wyss Foundation • Tides Foundation • Tides Foundation - Kendeda Fund •Tides Foundation- Silver Salmon Fund • Turner Foundation • V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation • Vinaya Foundation • Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation •Wallace Global Fund • Walton Family Foundation • Weeden Foundation • Western Conservation Foundation • Wilburforce Foundation

GOVERNMENT & NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SUPPORT Arizona Native Plant Society • Arizona Zoological Society • Bitterrooters for Planning •Chaffee County (CO) Board of County Commissioners • Campaign for America’s Wilderness • CICESE • Citizens for a Better Flathead • City of ApacheJunction • City of Tucson • Clark Fork Coalition • Conserving Arizona’s Future • Cultural Exchange Services • Desert Foothills Land Trust • EnvironmentalDefense • Fondo Mexicano Nature Conservation Fund • Greater Yellowstone Coalition • Human Resource Development Council • Idaho Conservation League •Island Press • Joshua Tree National Park Association • La Ruta de Sonora Ecotourism Association • Lincoln Institute of Land Policy • MBA Non-ProfitConnection • Montana Association of Conservation Districts • Montana Audubon • Montana Environmental Information Center • Montana Wildlife Federation •National Parks Conservation Association • Northern Plains Resource Council • Open Space Alliance of Central Yavapai • Park County Environmental Council •Patagonia Partnership • Plan Helena • Pronatura Sonora • Santa Lucia Conservancy • Sonoran Office of Tourism • Superstition Area Land Trust • The NatureConservancy • The Wilderness Land Trust • Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership • Town of Sahuarita • Town West Development • University ofArizona • University of Colorado • U. S. Army Yuma Proving Ground • U.S. Bureau of Land Management • U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service • U.S. National ParkService • Wilderness Land Trust • Wyoming Wilderness Association

CORPORATE & ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT Altria Group • American Conservation Real Estate • Arizona Raft Adventures & Grand Canyon Discovery •ARTISAN, LLP • Blake Nursery • Brasher Real Estate • Burns Wald-Hopkins Architects • Carondelet Health Network • Clairion Associates of Colorado, LLC •Conservation Properties, Inc. • Coppersmith, Gordon, Schermer, Owens & Nelson • CTA Architects Engineers • Curtis Lueck and Associates • David E.Shambach Architect, Inc. • Deep Freeze Development, LLC • Desert Hot Springs Rotary Club • Diamond Ventures • DeVries CPAs of Arizona • DMBAssociates, Inc. • Dorn Homes • Downtown Billings Partnership • Drake Engineering Inc. • Epic Rides • Farmer’s Investment Company • Flathead Lakers, Inc •Gelenberg Consulting & Publishing, LLC • Gromatzky, Dupree & Associates • Harbor Mountain Properties • HomeWord, Inc. • Horizon Pictures, Inc. •igive.com • InteResources Planning • John Wesley Miller Companies • Johnathan L. Foote and Associates • KB Home Tucson • Ken Wallace Consulting •Lanning Architecture • Law Office of Bruce Burke, P.C. • Leon-Taylor Management, Inc. • Lyle Anderson Development Company • Mill District Partners, LLC •Mission Peaks 4000, LLC • Mission Springs Development • Monsoon Marketing • Mountain Homes • NewFields Companies • Partners for Strategic Action,Inc. • Pastiche Modern Eatery • Pheasant Farms LLC • Phelps Dodge Corporation • Porteen & Associates, Inc. • Racy Associates, Inc. • Radius Architects •Rancho Sahuarita Management Co. • Rio Development • Riverside Builders, Inc. • Saguaro Ranch Real Estate Corporation • Saylor-Brown Bolduc Architects •Sidewinder Grill • Southwest Solar • Southwestern Financial Partner • Squire Sanders & Dempsey • Strategic Issues Management Group • Sundt ConstructionInc. • Sweetgrass Development • Tejon Ranchcorp • The Dabney Company • The Planning Center The Solar Store • Temp Connection • Tohono O’OdhamGaming Authority • Tucson Electric Power Company • Twin Buttes Properties • Westland Resources, Inc.

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