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NEW MEXICO
YEAR IN REVIEW 2020
The Nature Conservancy
in New Mexico
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Julia Peters, Santa Fe, Chair
Phil Haworth, Santa Fe, Secretary
Bill Feinberg, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and El Paso, TX, Treasurer
Jamie Aranda, Santa Fe
DEAR FRIENDS,
Deanna Archuleta, Albuquerque
Robert Efroymson, Santa Fe
Devon Fooks, Albuquerque
Eileen Grevey Hillson, Albuquerque
Ben Maddox, Arroyo Seco
Julia Melton, Santa Fe While working from home over the course of this challenging year, I thought a lot about the concept of resilience.
Bob Moss, Santa Fe
Observing the ever-changing array of birds, greedy squirrels and curious deer at my backyard feeders provided me
Trudy O’Toole, Santa Fe
Wilson Scanlan, Santa Fe with a constant reminder of nature’s strength.
Chris Stagg, Taos Ski Valley
Henk van der Werff, Taos A fundamental goal of our conservation work is to protect nature in the face of climate change. Historically, we have
achieved this by focusing on the protection of large, intact natural landscapes with their resilient mosaics of diverse
2 EMERITUS TRUSTEE species and habitats. A classic example is our decades of work on the borderlands. Through the purchase of the Gray
Susan McGreevy, Santa Fe
Ranch and the establishment of the Janos Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, we protected a natural corridor of more than
STAFF 2 million acres containing an extraordinary assemblage of ecosystems.
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Steven Bassett, Director of Planning and Spatial Analysis
Anne Bradley, Forest Program Director Our work is now increasingly focused on creating resilience by providing a helping hand to nature through restoring
Nina Carranco, Director of External Affairs ecosystems that have been altered. A great example is our new program to collect one million pine seeds and to plant
Martha Cooper, Freshwater Program Manager and 100,000 trees to rehabilitate severely burned areas within the Jemez Mountains.
Southwest New Mexico Program Manager
Robert Findling, Director of Land Protection & Stewardship Thanks to your ongoing support we are able to expand our efforts to conserve and create a resilient New Mexico for
Alberto Granados, Director of Finance
Collin Haffey, Forest and Watershed Health Manager
our children and our grandchildren.
Jackie Hall, Director of Philanthropy
Sallie Hoefer, Donor Relations Manager
Yours in nature,
Sarah Hurteau, Albuquerque Urban Program Director
Aaron Jones, Spatial Scientist
Melissa McLamb, Conservation Coordinator
Susan Millsap, Director of Conservation Terry Sullivan, State Director
Priscilla Ornelas, Senior Director of Finance & Operations
Terry Sullivan, State Director
ON THE COVER A storm rolling through the Cliff-Gila Valley at sunset. © Dave Showalter THIS PAGE left to right top row State Director Terry Sullivan
© Alan Eckert Photography; Hummingbird © John Duncan/TNC Photo Contest 2018; Partners across New Mexico helped TNC in reforestation,
tree-planting and other conservation efforts this year, both in person and remotely. © Roberto Rosales OPPOSITE PAGE large photo The Gila River, the
last of the Southwest’s major free-flowing rivers, runs through Grant County, New Mexico. inset top to bottom The Conservancy’s Gila Riparian Preserve
protects more than 1,200 acres of the Southwest’s fragile riparian habitat and the verdant gallery woodland along the river. © Erika Nortemann/TNC; A
pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) at the wetland pond at TNC’s Gila River Farm in Cliff, New Mexico. © Erika Nortemann/TNC;
PIVOTAL PROJECTS
Hooray for the Gila!
Some remember 1982 for buying your first CD or hearing about the Falkland Islands, but for conservationists in
New Mexico, that was the year when the first purchase was made to establish TNC’s Gila River Preserve. Nearly
40 years later, the preserve protects one of the last free flowing rivers in the West, a “reference river” — a place 33
people can learn from when working to restore rivers that are no longer functioning well.
The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission’s important decision this year to not construct a diversion on the
PIVOTAL PROJECTS
river will safeguard those flows for future generations.
Most rivers in the Southwest are disappearing or struggling due to stresses such as over-diversion, de-watering, dams
and other barriers. Investing time into restoration equity, the Gila now has an intact flow regime that experiences
the full range of flows, creating an incredibly dynamic river ecosystem resilient to challenges. It rebounds from
floods and drought because the flow regime is intact, a keystone component to its health and diversity.
Our optimistic outlook for a resilient riparian area resulted from long-term investments in science, planning,
analysis and ultimately, action. Where land, water and topographical changes intermingle, diversity thrives.
Here, neotropical migratory songbirds like the Southwest willow flycatcher nest in Goodding willows shading
the floodplain and where the American black bear, New Mexico’s state animal, can be spotted on trail cameras.
This diverse habitat led conservationists to collaborate on community-based strategies using every tool in the
protection toolbox, from land and water right acquisitions to wetland restoration demonstration projects with
places for monitoring and passive recreation. Today, more than 250,000 acres are collaboratively managed by
TNC, local landowners, federal and state agencies in partnership with local organizations.
Healthy Forests & Water
Bringing our forests back to life
one tree at a time
Imagine your favorite forested area without Using seeds procured by the timber industry in the 1970s,
big, beautiful pine trees cooling you from the Santa Clara Pueblo has already planted 3,000 trees.
sun or providing fresh air during your hike.
That’s what we’re facing across the Jemez “But, we have a challenge in front of us in that we need to
Mountains, which were scorched by the collect millions of seeds now because supply is running out,”
Las Conchas Fire in 2011. Haffey said.
The flames burned so hot that the seed supply was destroyed. A new online app in development can teach people how to
That, combined with drought and warmer temperatures, collect the right kind of seeds from the right landscapes.
4 Collected seeds will be delivered to Dr. Owen Burney,
could mean serious issues for our water, recreation industry
and the animals who call the forest their home. superintendent of New Mexico State University’s John
T. Harrington Forestry Research Center, who will ensure
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To enhance the TNC-led Rio Grande Water Fund, the chapter new trees grown are resilient to warmer, drier weather.
launched a reforestation effort — After the Fire: Seeding New
Mexico’s Future — designed to bring life back to 4,000 acres of Creating resilient forests and planting trees are strategies
scarred land in the Bandelier National Monument. embedded in the 2020 New Mexico State Forest Action
Plan. Former TNC employee and current State Forester
“The Rio Grande Water Fund has thinned 140,000 acres to Laura McCarthy worked with TNC and other stakeholders
prevent severe fires — including one in the Santa Fe National to develop a plan to address land and watershed issues in
Forest this summer,” says Collin Haffey, TNC’s Forest and the face of climate change. Recreation — as a driver of our
Watershed Health Manager in New Mexico. “Now, we’re economic engine — is also pivotal part of the plan.
thinning in tandem with planting to create forests that
capture carbon, protect our water and create wildlife habitat. Haffey agrees. “A healthy environment is inextricably tied
to a healthy economy,” he said.
large photo Fall foliage in Hyde Memorial State Park © Erika Nortemann/TNC; inset left to right More than 80 partner organizations support the Rio Grande Water Fund and its
reforestation efforts. © Collin Haffey/TNC; TNC and partners are planting thousands of seedlings to reforest New Mexico. © Collin Haffey/TNC; RGWF Signatories meeting in
2019 © Jackie Hall; RGWF partners are planting baby trees sprouted from seeds collected in the 1970s. © Collin Haffey/TNC
HEALTHY FORESTS & WATER 55
Tackling Climate Change
Ready! Climate! Action!
With the sun shining at least 75 days a for tax credits for electric vehicles and for charging
year more than most states, New Mexico stations. Reviewing methane regulations, increasing
radiates potential for solar, wind and carbon sequestration on working lands and natural
other clean energy alternatives. Now infrastructure solutions also round-out TNC’s clean
the state is focused on those renewable energy and climate action agenda in New Mexico.
options, thanks to a huge change in
momentum that took place in 2019. A good example of how conservation can help in the
fight against climate change is the Rio Grande Water
In that year, an Executive Order called for statewide Fund, a public-private partnership collaborating to
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 45 prevent catastrophic wildfire while also reforesting
percent by 2030 over 2005 levels, in support of the 2015 critical areas. This successful project demonstrates
6 Paris Climate Agreement. Next, the Energy Transition TNC leading on-the-ground action that helps our
Act (ETA) established clear goals for the state to utilize ecosystems and mitigates climate change to clean our
these resources for transitioning our energy needs away air, improve our health and create new jobs.
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from carbon-based power.
“I hope momentum continues,” Carranco said. “A good
Establishing these goals was a needed first step, but foundation exists, but we need to ensure New Mexico
work must continue to ensure we meet these goals. engages and keeps making progress on these matters.
We can sequester carbon and help remove carbon
“We believe that it is possible to meet the goals of the ETA, dioxide from the atmosphere. Our leadership here
have carbon-free power and protect key ecosystems can demonstrate to the rest of the region and the US
and natural places in New Mexico,” said Nina Carranco, how a transition to clean energy works. We can make
TNC’s director of external affairs in New Mexico. a difference here.”
Carranco said that in 2020, TNC advanced clean energy
and climate change action in New Mexico by advocating
large photo and inset left to right TNC's vision
for New Mexico will encourage diverse collaboration, thoughtful policy and practical action at local, state and national
levels. Priorities include reducing carbon emissions to achieve a 45% statewide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 relative to 2005 levels, while considering
carbon costs, protecting the environment and improving quality of life for all New Mexicans.© Positive Solar Energy; The last decade was the warmest on record across
the Southwest, and science has shown that without action, New Mexico faces an uncertain future. © Positive Solar Energy; Electric car charging station. © iStockphoto
TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE 77
Inspiring People For Nature
People Partner Together for Planting Trees
When you look at trees, you may see them In addition to the Youth Corps, TNC organized volunteers
for the shade they provide or the green pop who gave more than 1,000 hours to the tree planting effort last
of color they add to the landscape. They also year. Working with an alliance composed of public and private
serve as air purifiers, water filters, and even industry leaders, TNC also produced a series of videos to raise
squirrel homes. Trees are forts, hammock awareness about the need to steward our mature tree canopy
holders and sometimes even grocery stores, for while planting for the future.
the fruit they give to birds and us. Today, we also recognize
trees as climate fighters and with us, partners for nature. Additionally, The Nature Conservancy launched a Tree
Stewards program to help train volunteers in proper tree
People and organizations around Albuquerque are joining The care. Now in its second season, volunteers are helping
Nature Conservancy to plant trees. Collectively, the goal is to another non-profit, Tree New Mexico, lead on planting
8 establish more than 100,000 trees in Albuquerque over the this fall — adding nearly 1,000 trees toward our shared goal.
next 10 years to build shade that will reduce heat and improve A video featuring Bell and other bilingual speakers explains
air quality naturally. the partnership online at nature.org/abq.
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The effort has attracted groups like the City of Albuquerque Jennifer Dann, a former urban and community forestry
Parks and Recreation Department to local residents to program manager for New Mexico State Forestry said the
join the cause. The cascading collaboration continues with arrival of TNC’s tree-planting program was “a life-saving
additional partners like the Friends of Valle de Oro, which defibrillator on the heart of the Middle Rio Grande Valley
launched a Backyard Refuge program, and local community natural resource community.”
groups that support the collaborative's tree-planting goal by
volunteering to plant seedlings around the city. Dann said TNC collaborated with more than 20 government
and non-profit organizations to identify and execute a
“This is one of the only opportunities we have here to bring unifying strategy with precision while developing capacity
nature back into our culture and our urban areas,” said Cherry and leveraging funding.
Bell of the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps. “With all the industry
and everything, it’s good to add some new green into the area.” “For the first time, I feel like we all have the same heart
rhythm,” she said.
large photo With a population approaching 600,000, Albuquerque offers opportunities to incorporate nature-based solutions. ©iStock; inset left to right TNC and partners have planted
hundreds of trees in Albuquerque to provide future shading that will lead to cooler city temperatures. © Roberto Rosales; Working with the City of Albuquerque and partners, we hope
to help plant 100,000 trees. © Roberto Rosales; Since 2016, TNC and local partners have worked together to tackle climate change in Albuquerque by planting trees. © Roberto Rosales
INSPIRING PEOPLE FOR NATURE 99
One Conservancy
Local to Global
Strength and vitality lie in being one Thaidene Nëné means Land of Ancestors in the
organization and working together Denesoline language. People who have lived in this
in local places and across borders to area for centuries fish and harvest caribous whose
achieve our global mission. hides are used for clothing, whose bones are used for
tools and whose meat they can consume.
New Mexico leaned into this One
Conservancy core value when Nature “Indigenous people in Canada, New Mexico and
United (TNC’s name in Canada) needed operations around the world have a profound connection to the
and finance support to establish Thaidene Nëné in land,” said Terry Sullivan. “New Mexico is proud to
Canada’s Northwest Territories. The 6.5-million-acre be part of the conservation of this vast territory and
protected area, which is bigger than Vermont, includes excited for the future of these communities.”
10 Canada’s newest national park. Indigenous leadership
and government collaborated on this historic land The conservation challenges we face today are
protection project. immense. By helping each other, we can make an
everlasting difference.
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“We are grateful for the time and energy our colleagues
in the New Mexico Chapter, specifically Alberto
Granados and Priscilla Ornelas, put into supporting
the work of the Canada team,” said Jenny Brown, The mission of The Nature
TNC Canada’s conservation director.
“The Thaidene Nëné Trust will ensure the Lutsel K’e
Conservancy is to conserve
Dene First Nation has the financial resources it needs
for long-term stewardship of their traditional territory,”
the lands and waters on
she said. “It’s innovative as it’s financing the stewardship
activities and leadership of the Indigenous people
which all life depends.
in perpetuity.”
large photo Northern lights in Canada © Nelson Lutz/TNC Photo Contest 2019; inset left to right The Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation community participates in a round dance to
mark the official protection of Thaidene Nëné. © Pat Kane; A muskox grazes on a wetland within Thaidene Nëné in Canada’s Northwest Territories. © Pat Kane; Establishing
Thaidene Nëné will protect an ecological system that spans more than 18 million acres — one of the largest terrestrial protected-area zones in North America. © Pat KaneONE CONSERVANCY 11 11
THANKS
The Nature Conservancy’s accomplishments are only made possible by the many individuals,
organizations, businesses and foundations that made gifts to our vital conservation programs during
fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020). Every gift plays a crucial role in our work—for people
and nature. We thank you for your commitment to our mission.*
Anonymous (9) Mr. Robert J. Byram Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Efroymson Mr. Stuart Hall Mr. and Mrs. Alan Lampson Ms. Karen C. McGrath
Ms. Erika A. Adams Cabin Fund, Santa Fe El Deseo Foundation Mrs. Valerie W. Hamilton Ms. Christa L. Lancaster Ms. Dee A. McIntyre
Ms. Constance Adler and Community Foundation Ms. Louisa B. Emerson Mr. Vernon O. Hamilton Susan Ninde N. Lanier Mr. Tim McKimmie
Ms. Judith Nelson Joe Cairns Enterprise Bank & Trust Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hammond III Mary A. Laraia Mr. Guy R. McNamara
Ms. Barbara Albin Mr. and Mrs. C. Caldwell Eugene and Jane Petchesky Fund Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hannah Ms. Dev Lawrence Dr. Patricia Mehlhop
Albuquerque Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carruthers Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Fairbank Mr. Jasper Hardesty and Dr. Elizabeth Dr. A. Leckman and Ms. Deborah Hall Ms. Coleen T. Meyer
Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Mr. and Mrs. Alvino Castillo Mr. Don J. Fanslow Richards Ph.D. Mr. Stephen H. Levine Ms. Doris Meyer and Mr. Richard Hertz
Flood Control Authority Mrs. Katherin L. Chase Ms. Alice E. Fehlau Robin Hardin Nancy Levit & Cathy Underwood Dr. Darlis A. Miller
Mr. Jonathan A. Altman Mr. Daniel M. Chew Feinberg Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Alexandra M. Harrison Mrs. Pamela Lichty Paul A. Miller
Mr. Robert Anderson Chicago Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William B. Feinberg Mr. Peter D. Harrison Charles Light Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Milnes
Jamie Aranda Mr. Mark Childs and Ms. Elaine Thomas Fidelity Charitable Hans Hartse and Margaret Barroll Mrs. Mildred A. Lillis Ms. Charlotte B. Minter
Ms. Deanna A. Archuleta Mr. Frank Welch Clinard Jr. Mr. Thomas Fink and Sylvia Fink Mr. Michael Hartshorne and Ms. Lida Crooks Carlie Lines and B. Rimbeaux Ms. Marcia A. Miolano
Mr. Dana D. Atkins and Mrs. Gail M. Atkins Dr. Roger L. Clough Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Finkel Dr. Phil Haworth Ms. Lee D. Lockie Ellen Moore and Robert Coffland
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Atkins Ms. Camille F. Coates Mr. Casey Finstad and Ms. Elaine Drees Larry Hayward and Pamela Yellen Ms. Donna W. Lockner Morgan Stanley
Austin Community Foundation Sarah Cobb and Nathaniel Cobb Martha Flanders Dr. Steven Hecht and Ms. Dori Smith Ms. Donna M. Lombardi Ms. Letitia P. Morris
Avalon Trust Mr. Robert Coffland and Ellen Moore Ms. Denise J. Fligner David Hedrick Los Alamos National Laboratory Robert E. Moss
Mr. Stephen Badger II and Mr. and Mrs. Randall Cole Jr. Fooks Law LLC Mr. Bertram P. Heil Louise Arnold Maddox Environ. Foundation Ellen Mozurkewich and George Mozurkewich
Ms. Stina Permild Grace Colvin & William Winn Ms. Clarice Fooks Mrs. Pauline Heil Robert Lowe and Elena Spielman George Mozurkewich and Ellen Mozurkewich
Bank of America Andrew T. Cowan Mr. Devon Fooks Ms. Pamela A. Henline Mr. Michael T. Lyon Ms. Leigh W. Murray
Margaret Barroll and Hans Hartse Eben Crawford Ms. Judith Ford Mr. Andrew J. Henry Mr. Craig A. Machemehl Melissa M. Myerly
12 Donald H. Bates Ms. Lida Crooks and Ms. Ruth Ford and Mr. Donald Mawhinney Mr. Richard Hertz and Ms. Doris Meyer Mr. Ben Maddox and Andra Maddox Mr. Thomas W. Myers
Ms. Stephanie H. Bear Mr. Michael Hartshorne Dr. Patricia G. Foschi Connie Hickman and James Hickman Ms. Louise A. Maddox Ms. Judith Nelson and Ms. Constance Adler
Ms. Karen Becklin Norman Crowe Mrs. Dawn S. Foster Clifford Ho and Sylvia Saltzstein Carol Madley New Mexico Coalition of Conservation District
Mr. John Berg and Ms. Alison Dorries Donna S. Cygan Mr. John D. Foster Mr. Rory Holscher and Ms. Marilyn Holscher Vivien Malloy New Mexico Watershed and
NEW MEXICO ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Ms. Phyllis Bergman Dr. and Mrs. David Dain Carrie and Brian Freeman Leo G. Horan Mrs. Edith L. Marianes Dam Owners Coalition
Mr. Christopher Beyer Ms. Kate Daniel Ms. Carolyn L. Freese Mr. Kerry J. Howe Marin Community Foundation New Venture Fund
Dr. Eva R. Birnbaum Ms. Marcia E. Darnell Ms. Barbara W. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Huser Ms. Jacqueline B. Mars Newton Family Fund
Mary and John Bloch Mr. James N. Davidson Mr. Howard Friedman and Debra Friedman James L. Iden Robert S. Marshall Mr. Jerry R. Oldenettel
BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund Dr. Jefferson Davis and Ms. Bronwen Mr. Patrick P. Fry J. F. Maddox Foundation Ms. Janis C. Marston Dr. Alden C. Olson
Bonneville Environmental Foundation Denton-Davis Garfield Street Foundation S. R. Jewell Luther M. Martin Mrs. Barbara H. Olson
Mr. Charles R. Borgman Mr. David L. Deal General Mills, Inc. Ms. Pamela Johnson and Mr. Carl Haefling Mr. Thomas Martin and Ms. Cynthia Phillips Frank X. O'Sullivan
Mrs. Mae Claire Branton Dennis A. O'Toole Family Foundation Joyce Gentry Jonathan & Kathleen Altman Foundation Ms. Lynore Martinez and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O'Toole
Phebe S. Brecher Ms. Joan E. Denton Dr. and Mrs. Frank Gerstle Jr. Mr. Edward J. Kandl Mr. Michael Patrick Mr. Nathaniel Owings and Julia Slauron
Andrew Brill Mr. Peter U. Diebold Gilbert and Beverly Grady Trust Mr. John M. Karon Mr. and Mrs. John Massopust Ms. Jo Paap and Tony Paap
Mr. Jonathan D. Brinkerhoff Mr. Irving M. D. Dietz III Gilbert-Wroten Fund Ms. Joanna Kaufman Ms. Sara Mathews Padosi Foundation
Allison J. Brody Mr. and Mrs. Steve Doorn Ms. Marilyn J. Gioaninni Mr. Gary E. Kirk Mr. Donald Mawhinney and Ms. Ruth Ford Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pankuch
Dr. Hamilton B. Brown Ms. Alison Dorries and Mr. John Berg Ms. Nona M. Girardi Mr. Darrow Kirkpatrick Mr. Armando Maya Ms. Catherine Parker and James Parker
Maria C. Brueckner Esther Dovichin and Mike Dovichin Natalie P. Goldberg Mr. Charles E. Knapp Edel Mayer and Thomas Mayer Mr. Michael Patrick and Ms. Lynore Martinez
Mr. and Mrs. David Bruner Ms. Elaine Drees and Mr. Casey Finstad Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Goodman Mr. John G. Kneen Mr. Thomas Mayer and Edel Mayer Daniel J. Peacock
Ernest A. Bryant Mr. Laurence D. Dreyfuss Grace and John T. Harrington Foundation Ms. Patricia Kneen Mary L. Mc Nallie Ms. Stina Permild and Mr. Stephen Badger II
Mrs. Cornelia Bryer and Drug Policy Alliance Dr. Sarah Gude D.O. and Ms. Doris L. Knight Dr. Maxine McBrinn-Howard and Joey Perry
Mr. Herman Siegelaar Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dunham Dr. Clayton Smith D.O. Carl J. Koestner Dr. Kenneth Howard Ms. Julia L. Peters
Robert E. Burke Mr. J. Ryan Dunn Carl Haefling and Pamela Johnson Ms. Gayle A. Kuldell Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCullough Ms. Cynthia Phillips and Mr. Thomas Martin
Mrs. Mary E. Byram Edel and Thomas Mayer Foundation Dr. Kathleen B. Hall Sharon Kurtz Fred W. McDowell Mrs. Karen W. Phippard
*Annual gifts of $500 or moreDONOR
Daniel J. Pless Mr. and Mrs. Ted Seeley United States National Fish and
PNM Foundation, Inc. Mr. Graham J. Sharman Wildlife Foundation
Mr. Ronald Poland and Ms. Kristi Watterberg Ms. Jessica K. Sharman United Way of Central New Mexico
Mr. David A. Ponton Ms. Sarah E. Sharpton Ms. Dona J. Upson
PROFILE
Sally R. Pratt Ms. Linda K. Sheldon Ms. Karin L. Urban
William B. Pratt Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Henk Van Der Werff
Colonel Alexander W. Purdue Dr. Parkhurst A. Shore Mr. and Mrs. Richard Van Dongen
Kenneth Rawie Mr. Herman Siegelaar and Mrs. Cornelia Bryer Mr. Richard D. Van Dongen
Matt Rawlings and Jerusha Rawlings Mrs. Carol Siemens Van Essen Family Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Ann Simms and Leo Harris Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Villescas
Ms. Barbara A. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sjulin Vitality Works Endowment
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reedy Julia Slauron and Nathaniel Owings Mr. James R. Voet
Mr. and Mrs. John Reeve Ms. Donna M. Smith Ms. Victoria V. Wall
Mr. Lee Regan Dr. Sherill L. Spaar Mr. Andrew Wallerstein and Mary Sloane
Mr. Richard Reichman and Ms. Lisa Reichman Mr. Michael J. Spear Ruth M. Waterhouse
Resources Legacy Fund Elena Spielman and Robert Lowe Wildlife Conservation Society
Mr. Robert E. Rhien Douglas L. Sporn Climate Adaptation Fund
Dr. Elizabeth Richards Ph.D. and Mr. Jasper Hardesty St. Jerome's Episcopal Church Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weiler
Rane R. Richardson Mr. Chris Stagg Ellie Weisberg
Robert L. & Marilyn H. Ridgley Mr. Bill F. Stefanech Ms. Stefi A. Weisburd
Tribute to
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ridgley Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stern III Mr. Dennis R. Weller
B. Rimbeaux and Carlie Lines Candis J. Stern Christine L. Wells
Lou Anne Rinn Mr. Lewis Suber and Ms. Melissa Wilson Dr. Verner S. Westerberg
Don Lichty
Robert J. Lowe & Elena Spielman Charitable Fund Sulica Fund Mr. and Mrs. Ron Wilkins
Mrs. Carol D. Robinson Pamela J. Sullivan Kira Willett
Eric Robinson Robert Suminsby Mrs. Julia Williams
Mr. Michael S. Rogers T & E, Inc. Mrs. Aletta T. Wilson
Mr. Dave Rossetti and Ms. Jan Avent Taos Community Foundation, Inc. Mr. Matthew Wilson and Ms. Lyle York 13
Ms. Susan R. Rothenberg Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Tarwater Ms. Melissa Wilson and Mr. Lewis Suber In 2020, we suffered the loss of Don Lichty,
Ms. Eva E. Rudahl Antoinette Taylor and Stuart Trugman Jill D. Winans a champion for the conservation of the
Mr. and Mrs. James Ruff Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Taylor Mr. William Winn and Ms. Grace Colvin
Gila River. Over the course of several
JoAnn Ruppert and Steve Ruppert Gregg W. Taylor Mr. Doyle R. Wise
Mr. and Mrs. George Ruptier Eugene & Sheri Tepper Mrs. Fay D. Wise decades, Don and his wife Pam established
Marsha A. Rutledge Mrs. Sheri S. Tepper Jan M. Wiste, M.D. a lasting conservation legacy. The Lichtys
Marilyn Ryerson and David Ryerson Carol Teutsch M.D. and Steven Teutsch M.D. Ms. Karen Wohlgemuth built a house while farming on the banks of
Mr. Myron B. Salamon Ms. Nara S. Thacher Ms. Linda S. Wolcott
Mr. John M. Salas The Benevity Community Impact Fund Tom Wood and Ann Wood the Gila River in the late 1970s. They sold
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. The Robert E. & Polly A. Zimmerman Mrs. Eleanor G. Wootten the farm and moved their family to Hawaii
Santa Fe Community Foundation Foundation Mr. Eric J. Wortman in the 1980s, but after TNC purchased
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Sauer The Smidinger Trust Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wright
Mr. Allen Sault and Michelle Sault The Taos Ski Valley Foundation Ms. Pamela Yellen and Larry Hayward
the property in the early 2000s, Don
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Scanlan Ms. Elaine Thomas and Mr. Mark Childs Ms. Lyle York and Mr. Matthew Wilson and Pam funded the establishment of
Ms. Diane M. Scena Thornburg Investment Management Mr. Michael Zimber the Lichty Ecological Research Center
Janet M. Schuh Mr. Joseph J. Trott Mr. Robert E. Zimmerman
at their former residence. The Gila River
Mr. Peter A. Schultz Stuart Trugman and Antoinette Taylor Nina Zingale and Jerry Meyer
Schwab Charitable Fund Dr. Jake Turin Mr. and Mrs. Clark Zrakovi Farm and the Lichty Center have become
Mr. James J. Schwarz Turner Foundation the centerpiece of our community-based
Scm Partners, LLC Two Meadowlarks Foundation, Inc. conservation work on the Gila, serving
Mr. James C. Scott Ms. Alice Tyrol-Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Seargeant III UBS Financial Service Inc as a residence for staff and researchers,
a wonderful meeting space for scientists
and conservationists and a gathering
place for the local community.
THIS PAGE inset Pam and Don Lichty built a conservation legacy. © Martha Cooper/TNC;
large photo A tree continues to grow along the banks of the Gila River. © Erika Nortemann/TNCLEGACY CLUB
The Legacy Club is a group of supporters who have made a life-income gift to The Nature Conservancy or named the Conservancy as a beneficiary in their estate plans. We thank our Legacy
Club members for their dedication to our mission. If you would like to join our Legacy Club, please contact Jackie Hall, director of philanthropy, at 505-946-2021 or jacquelyn_hall@tnc.org.
Anonymous (67) Dr. Kathleen B. Blair Ph.D. Mr. Guy E. Dahms Ms. Martha A. Freeman Richard Henry Mr. Thomas Korosec and Ms. Rose Farley
Ms. Ann N. Aceves Mr. William Blanchard Mr. Wayne C. Darnell Mr. William Freimuth and Ann Freimuth Jennifer Hermann and Tom Hermann Dr. Rebecca A. Kraimer
Mr. Robin S. Acton Peter Bohlin and Laverne Bohlin Dr. Jefferson Davis and Mrs. Dianne Frost and Mr. Robert Silver Mrs. Elinore Herriman Ms. Jennifer C. Kruger
Anyonymous Mr. and Mrs. Mike Boring Ms. Bronwen Denton-Davis Mr. Michael D. Gallagher Mrs. Margaret W. Hetrick Mr. Douglas Kurtz and Jessica Kurtz
Sharon Ahrens Mr. James L. Botsford Ms. Vera M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. William Gardner Ms. Anne L. Hickman Dr. A. Leckman and Ms. Deborah Hall
Ms. Kathryn Albrecht and Mr. Eric Albrecht Ms. Shirley J. Brainard Omar L. DeWitt, Jr. and Susanne T. DeWitt Mr. Phil Geller and Dr. Diane Morrissette Mr. David N. Hill Mr. Jerry D. Lee
Mr. Len Alexander Ms. Susan L. Brake Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickerson Mr. Raymond S. George Ms. Shirley M. Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leech
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Allgood Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brancato Mr. Irving M. D. Dietz III Ms. Susan Gerber Ms. Nancy Hockstad Lisan S. Lema
Ms. Alice L. Anderson Ms. Katherine Breen and Mr. John Merritt Mr. Maurice M. Dixon Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Gerstle Jr. Ms. Susan L. Hodges and Ms. Kirsten Haake Mrs. Susan Lentz
Mary E. Correnti & Delores F. Anderson Mr. Jonathan D. Brinkerhoff Mr. Michael C. Drong Ms. Audrey Q. Ginn Jim Hoge and Sandra Hoge Ms. Diane N. LeResche
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Andrews Anonymous (Ms. Virginia L. Adams) Celestine Duncan Mr. Christopher Goad and Ms. Donalda Speight Mr. and Mrs. Michael Holmberg Susan Leviton and Scott Leviton
Mr. Eugene H. Antes Mr. Larry T. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dusseau Dr. Ronald J. Gole Thomas F. Hora Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lindsay
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