ANNUAL REPORT | 2014

UNITING PEOPLEAND SCIENCEFOR CONSERVATION

THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES ADVANCES THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE ACROSS THE AMERICAS THROUGH RESEARCH, MONITORING AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT.

BOARD OF D IRECTORS

Peter Brooke, ChairMargaret Cheney, TrusteeBrian Dade, TrusteeJared Keyes, Vice-Chair and TreasurerElizabeth Ruml, TrusteeChris Rimmer, Trustee

Cover photo: Palm Warbler, a welcome sight to New England in early spring. © Kent McFarland

ADVISORY COUNCI L STAFF

Chris Rimmer, Executive DirectorSusan Hindinger, Associate DirectorJohn Lloyd, Director of ScienceSteve Faccio, Conservation BiologistEric Hanson , Conservation BiologistJason Hill, Conservation BiologistKent McFarland, Conservation BiologistJuan Carlos Martínez-Sanchez, Conservation BiologistRosalind Renfrew, Conservation BiologistJudith Scarl, Conservation BiologistSara Zahendra, Conservation BiologistMelissa MacKenzie, Business ManagerShelly Melendy, Administrative Assistant

Elizabeth AdamsBrian FarrellDavid GoudyDonald GrahamBob Holley Eduardo Iñigo-Elias Ted JastrzembskiDavid KeySally Laughlin

Jeff MarshallLarry MasterPeter MarraBetsy McGeanGary MeffeWendy PaulsonJackie Richter-MengeTim Traver

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DEAR VCE FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS,

I received an animated call from a friend last week letting me know that VPR’s Outdoor Radio series is the station’s best program ever. What an inspiring phone call! I continue to marvel at what VCE and its lean staff of 13 has accomplished over the past year. We have worked hard to engage the public in novel and exciting ways. When a constituent recounts her discoveries via a comment on the website or at a monthly Suds and Science event, we know our presence is being felt. VCE’s unqualified success is due in large part to thoughtful communication and careful stewardship. As we continue to grow, we recognize that broadening our constituency will expand our reach as a vibrant, essential voice in the world of conservation science.

This past November, VCE held our first offsite retreat for Board, Advisory Council and staff. Tucked into a farmhouse on a quiet road in nearby Barnard, this lively and diverse group convened for what proved to be an energizing 24 hours of presentations, discussions and conversations. In a family-like setting, we forged new and closer bonds, while critically examining our individual and collective visions for VCE. Strong affirmation for the clarity of our mission underscored this powerful and inspiring gathering. Fellow Board member Jared Keyes summarized a meaty discussion about agenda-neutral science and conservation outcomes. In his words:

“VCE carefully retains scientific integrity by not guiding our research toward specific outcomes; our commitment to robust science is built on a firm belief that objective data are the key to informed decision making for conservation. The language and reality of integrity are critical in our communications.”

I am humbled by the scope of what this fine group of scientists has achieved, and I look ardently to its future. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I sincerely thank VCE’s many generous supporters. You are at the heart of our success. I encourage each of you to continue to engage with, and advocate for, this wonderful organization. Your involvement and support affirm our mission and energize our work.

PETER BROOKE

FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

“I am honored to be a part of this unique organization and am humbled by its ambitions, its scope, and its impact.”

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VIS ION 2020

�CONSERVATION SCIENCEPeer-reviewed publications are a key currency among scientists, and a measure of our contribution to scientifi c progress. Since 2008, VCE staff have authored or co-authored 40 peer-reviewed publications. By 2020, we will publish 50 more, with VCE staff as fi rst authors on 25.

�CONSERVATION OUTCOMESBy 2020, VCE’s commitment to deliver collaborative, evidence-based solutions for conservation will redouble, as we spearhead regional eff orts to narrow the gap between science, policy, and on-the-ground benefi ts for species and their habitats.

�CITIZEN SCIENCEOur corps of 800+ citizen naturalists is the nexus where we unite people and science for conservation. By 2020, this community will grow by 50%, to 1200, include more youth, and complete a major new biodiversity mapping project.

�OUTREACHOur 2014 expanded outreach initiatives (e.g., our new website and “Outdoor Radio” program) met with resounding success; our constituents are demanding more. By 2020, our capacity for public programming will increase with the addition of a staff naturalist/outreach coordinator.

�FINANCESWe will continue our trajectory of measured and strategic growth. Retaining current donors and recruiting new supporters, building our planned giving program, and diversifying our funding sources will all be key. By 2020, our Bicknell’s Legacy Society will have >50 members and a plan will be in place to establish an endowment.

�A PLACE TO CALL HOMEBy 2020, we will have an explicit plan for new VCE headquarters, dictated by our mission, core values, and anticipated growth.

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2014: A TRANSFORMATIVE YEAR FOR VCE We grew, solidified, and matured, while conducting topnotch conservation science. As I reflect on VCE’s 7-year history, I see a healthy balance between professionalism and personability. Our reputation among scientists, naturalists, and conservationists is solid. Effective communication is a VCE hallmark, a key element in our work and our values. As we continue our scientific pursuits, building and stewarding relationships with our volunteers, partners and donors will remain an unwavering priority.

As we report our 2014 accomplishments on the following pages, my thoughts turn to the future. At our retreat last fall, I proposed some preliminary ideas— my “Vision 2020,” which we will refine as a staff next year, as we craft our 2017-2021 strategic plan.

In each area—conservation science, conservation outcomes, citizen science, outreach, finances, and headquarters—we will establish ambitious and realistic goals that challenge us to innovate and lead in wildlife conservation. We will find new and meaningful ways to engage the public in this work and to secure VCE’s future through strategic and measured growth.

VCE is, and always has been, about people. As we eagerly look to the future, we never lose sight of the friends and partners who have helped us get this far. The energy and commitment you bring to the work we do together propel our vision of “Uniting People and Science for Conservation.”

CHRIS RIMMER

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

“Building and stewarding relationships with our volunteers, partners, and donors will remain an unwavering priority.”

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A central tenet of evolutionary biology—punctuated equilibrium— holds that species

evolution occurs via geologically brief, rapid, and rare events separated by long periods of relative stasis. This novel idea, proposed in 1972 by Niles Eldridge and Steven Jay Gould, contrasted sharply with the traditional view of evolutionary change as a continuous, gradual process. The punctuated equilibrium theory suggests that, while change does occur during prolonged periods of stasis, major, enduring, and directional progress takes place during bursts of widely spaced events.

2014 brought a burst of punctuated evolution for VCE. Founded in 2007 by a group of six biologists, we operated during our formative years under a simple yet successful model. Our entrepreneurial biologists conducted independent conservation research, aided by hundreds of citizen scientists and a business manager who wore every

hat under the sun. VCE staff pooled eff orts and resources to publish not only scholarly papers, technical reports, and training manuals, but newsletters, blogs, a website, and articles for the popular media.

During those fi rst six years, we—in close concert with our legion of citizen naturalists—achieved notable impacts for conservation. Our work expanded from projects centered in Vermont and the Northeast to investigations and conservation eff orts that span the entire geographic range of migratory species’ lives. This “full life cycle” approach to conservation engages partners in wintering areas and along migratory pathways, enabling us to build an impressive network of projects and partnerships across the hemisphere. In recent years, VCE scientists have assumed leadership roles in collaborative, science-based conservation planning at regional, national, and international scales.

While VCE biologists were busy producing results and building a coalition of scientifi c collaborators, word spread about our intriguing and important work. The public wanted more. VCE’s constituents far and wide clamored to learn about our cutting-edge wildlife discoveries. Requests for outreach programs and public speaking engagements far outpaced our scientists’ capacity to deliver.

VCE’s fi rst six years saw donor numbers grow from 500 to 900, as our supporters’ enthusiasm tracked the trajectory of our work. Our operating budget doubled, as did income from grants and contracts, and additional biologists came on to support new projects. VCE operated in the black every year, even building a cash reserve to buff er public funding vagaries and the ebbs and fl ows of an inherently uncertain economy. Our workload was bursting at the seams; we needed a transformative adjustment.

Hawk Watching on Putney Mountain

2014 brought key structural changes to VCE, enabling the growth andmaturation that we envisioned in our 2012-2016strategic plan.

Enter the evolutionary “burst” of 2014, a year that brought key structural changes to VCE, enabling the growth and maturation that we ambitiously laid out in our 2012-2016 strategic plan. We hired an Associate Director in January, a Director of Science in November, and an Administrative Assistant in early 2015. These measured changes removed administrative work from the biologists’ plates, allowing them to concentrate on science. The result? An organizational structure that will allow VCE to realize our vision for conservation, while retaining our core focus on science—after all, 11 of our 13 staff are trained biologists—and providing the critical administrative support to underpin that science for years to come.

HIGHLIGHTS

FOOD WEB TOXINS �With collaborators at Dartmouth College, VCE is examining the effects of landscape characteristics on mercury accumulation in vernal pools and assessing the toxin’s bioavailability to breeding amphibians and the terrestrial food web.

PROTECT INGNEST ING LOONS VCE launched a 3-year effort to replace over 260 worn and outdated loon nest warning signs on lakes and ponds across the state, with the help of many volunteers, do-nors, the State of Vermont, and private foundations.©

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“Well-deserved publicity. I am proud to be associated with VCE!” —VCE SUPPORTER

MIGRAT ION ECOLOGY �As part of VCE’s full life cycle conservation efforts for grassland bird species, VCE is discovering the migration routes and wintering sites for Upland Sandpiper, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Bobolink. To track them during migra-tion, we’re fitting birds with high-tech backpacks called geolocators at six military installations —home to extensive grasslands—across the U.S..

OUTREACH �VCE and Vermont Public Radio team up to unite the sounds and science of nature on “Outdoor Radio,” an inno-vative, monthly public radio feature.

DOCUMENT ING THREATENED SPEC IES�Due to declines in Whip- poor-will populations throughout Vermont, the species is now listed as threatened in the state. In 2014, VCE conducted surveys in West Haven, Fair Haven, and the surrounding areas of Vermont to better define their distribution.

UNIT ING PEOPLE AND SC IENCE �VCE is leading the development of a network of grassland landscapes and cross-sector collaborators in the Midwest. Together, their work will support bird conservation objec-tives and the ecological, economic, and societal benefits of native, restored, and surrogate grasslands.

CAPACITY BU I LD ING �In an event titled, “One Bird, Two Worlds,” VCE hosted partners from across the Dominican Republic involved in habitat conservation for Bicknell’s Thrush, and led them to our long-term study site atop Mt. Mansfield.

CONSERVAT ION PLANNING �The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service selected VCE to write the blueprint for the conservation of Bobolinks not only across North America, but in South America as well—one of the first such conservation plans to span continents.

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HIGHLIGHTSC IT IZEN SC IENCE �VCE coordinated year two of the Rusty Blackbird spring migration blitz, in coopera-tion with the International Rusty Blackbird Working Group and eBird, to identify critical habitat across the North American migration pathways of this bird that has declined by 90% since the mid-1900s.

CR IT ICAL HAB ITATS �In response to illegal habitat destruction and illicit commercial agriculture within Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the Dominican Republic, VCE is working with local partners to engage the government and save the crown jewel of the country’s protected areas and core Bicknell’s Thrush habitat.

SPEC IES PROTECT ION �Three bumble bee species were listed as threatened in Vermont following VCE’s 3-year survey documenting significant recent declines in these species.

“Besides work that broadens knowledge of some of Vermont’s showier insects, VCE has been critical in advancement of other, perhaps less eye-catching, taxa.”

—SCIENTIFIC COLLEAGUE

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“Compelling story, well told. Your excitement really comes through.”

—VCE SUPPORTER

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HABITAT MANAGEMENT �VCE and its collaboratorsare reaching out to land- owners of Upper Valley VT and NH grasslands, providingthem with management options that protect grassland birds and meet landowners’ goals such as hay production and aesthetics.

DATA COLLABORAT IVES �VCE is compiling a master database of known and potential vernal pool locations from Nova Scotia to Virginia, working with partners in every state and province in the region. It’s an important first step in regional conservation of these vibrant and over-looked wetlands.

DIG ITAL DATAREVOLUT ION VCE and partners launched eButterfly, an ambitious online project allowing scientists and the public to report, store, organize, and view vast amounts of data on butterfly distribution across North America.

LONG-TERM TRENDS �Our Forest Bird Monitoring Project is now one of the continent’s longest-running studies of forest bird population trends. VCE is mining the project’s 25 years of data to determine where forest-interior bird diversity might be most at risk. Look for the “Status of Forest Birds” report in late 2015.

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“An astounding and absolutely inspiring bit of research. Keep up the great work!”

—VCE SUPPORTER

COLLATERAL CONSERVATIONLong-term Monitoringand Opportunistic Results

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COLLATERAL CONSERVATIONLong-term monitoring fl ies in the

face of cultural trends favoring instant gratifi cation and

immediate answers. Annual objectives? Keep it going. Deliverables? Ask again in 20 years. This is not the glamorous, tidy work that makes headlines and entices funders. Why then do we bother?

Not all questions can be answered in a one-year study. Patterns and processes that unfold over years or decades come to light only with long-term investigation, and that requires an unwavering commitment to conduct the same study year after year.

Mountain Birdwatch (MBW) is a citizen science project launched by VCE biologists in 2000 and coordinated by us every year since. With the exception of a major redesign in 2010, MBW has repeated the same protocol for 15 years (and will for at least 15 more). Our objective is to illuminate long-term trends in vulnerable montane bird populations across northeastern North America.

Like any project worth its salt, there were explicit goals and measurable scientifi c objectives from the start. But serendipity and opportunity have amplifi ed MBW’s value over time, in ways no one could have anticipated at the start. Indeed, these “collateral outcomes”—the on-the-ground conservation the project enables—may represent the most practical and

enduring value of any long-term dataset. However, because these outcomes are by their very nature indefi nable as objectives at the outset, too often long-term monitoring projects are undervalued and diffi cult to fund.

Here is a sample of conservation results made possible by MBW data:

�A 12,000-acre, high-elevation tract in Maine was protected by the Trust for Public Land, which used MBW data to justify the land’s overall conservation signifi cance and establishment of a 4,000-acre mountaintop ecological reserve. MBW helped TPL mobilize over $7.6 million for the project.

� MBW data has been used in siting wind and radio communications towers in Maine and New York, to minimize impacts to critical montane bird habitat.

� The Audubon Society used MBW data to inform designation of Important Bird Areas across the Northeast, garnering special protection for these sites.

� Conservation strategies and land management decisions across northeastern North America have been made based upon habitat models developed and ground-truthed using MBW data.

We can measure MBW’s “collateral conservation” as opportunities arise, and be confi dent that the full suite of conservation outcomes the project generates will hinge upon, and surpass, the objectives defi ned at the start. With the continued support of donors and citizen scientists, and commitment of VCE biologists to deliver the data to conservation practitioners, this unique, long-term dataset will guide and inform conservation of the Northeast’s montane forests for decades to come.

Long-term Monitoringand Opportunistic Results

Monitoring on Mt. Mansfi eld

FINANCIALSVCE recently formed the Bicknell’s Legacy Society, to honor friends and supporters who have provided for VCE’s future through their estate plans. Making a bequest, designating VCE as a beneficiary of an insurance policy or retirement plan, and establishing a charitable annuity or trust through a community foundation are all options for planned gifts. BLS donors are ensuring that VCE’s innovative blend of conservation science and citizen engagement will continue to work for wildlife for generations to come. For more information about joining the BLS, visit www.vtecostudies.org/give/planned-giving.

BICKNELL’S LEGACY SOCIETY

“I think very highly of the work you all are doing. Please keep it up!”

—BLS MEMBER

BICKNELL’S LEGACY SOCIETY Anonymous (2)George ClarkAnn B. DayThe Whit and Closey Dickey Fund

at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

Abbott Fenn*Barbara GerstnerPaula GillsAnnette GosnellLynda Graham-Barber and David HunterEd HackKaren KlugeSally LaughlinGordon MacFarlandJenn MegyesiCharlotte Metcalf Julie Nicholson*Patricia Nye*Lorna Chang PostCharles and Clare RimmerChris and Leslie RimmerElizabeth RumlJen Stamp and Thomas AndersonPeter and Mary Stangel

*deceased

PROF I T AND LOSS STATEMENT 2014* 2013

INCOME CONTRACTS/GRANTS.......................................................... $491,094 PROGRAM INCOME................................................................ $13,459 DONATIONS........................................................................$608,003 INTEREST..................................................................................... $628 OTHER..................................................................................... $7,960

TOTAL INCOME....................................................................$1,121,144

EXPENSE PERSONNEL EXPENSES......................................................... $677,247 BUSINESS EXPENSES............................................................... $2,780 CONTRACT SERVICES.......................................................... $135,444 GENERAL OFFICE................................................................... $43,469 MAILING COSTS....................................................................... $6,932 TRAVEL COSTS........................................................................ $33,771 MEETING...............................................................................$10,766 DEPRECIATION........................................................................ $6,293 FACILITIES EXPENSE.................................................................$34,075 INSURANCE............................................................................. 10,865 BANK FEES............................................................................... $2,339 SUB GRANTS..........................................................................$46,370 OTHER................................................................................. $3,988

TOTAL EXPENSE................................................................... $1,014,339 NET INCOME......................................................................... $106,805

$380,253 $8,648 $446,111 $409 $2,046

$837,468

$603,524 $22,596 $47,188 $40,350 $7,904 $30,654 $4,922 $4,444 $25,725 $11,086 $1,826 $31,005 $480

$831,705 $5,763

BALANCE SHEET 2014* 2013

ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS.................................................................. $644,878 EQUIPMENT............................................................................ $24,292

TOTAL ASSETS........................................................................ $669,170 LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES.............................................................. $129,545 CAPITAL LEASE.......................................................................... $3,242

TOTAL LIABILITIES................................................................... $132,787 NET ASSETS UNRESTRICTED..................................................................... $368,539 TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED..................................................... $167,844

TOTAL NET ASSETS.................................................................. $536,383 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS* ........................................ $669,170

$426,051 $6,502

$432,553

$2,836

$2,836

$358,204 $71,513

$429,717

$432,553

* The figures that appear in the financial summary shown are derived from the 2014 consolidated financial statements that have been audited and have received an unqualified opinion.

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DONORSLEADERS$10,000+Anonymous (4)Anonymous Fund at the Boston

FoundationBinnacle Family FoundationThe Bobolink FoundationAnnette GosnellGale HurdJared and Songmei KeyesThomas Marshall FoundationCharlie and Clare RimmerRiverledge FoundationCarter and Lissa Winstanley

GUARDIANS$5,000 to $9,999AnonymousPeter A. Brooke Fund at the Boston

FoundationGeorge ClarkWill and Laurie DanforthDrs. Karen and Peter HansonWarren and Barry KingJudy PetersonNicholas SkinnerWendling FundThe Wildwood Foundation

PROTECTORS$1,000 to $4,999Anonymous (3)Charles and Jill AgnewCarolyn FoundationPriscilla and William ChesterChildren’s Fund of the

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation - Upper Valley Region

Barbara Cohen and Donald ScarlConroy Family FoundationGerrit CrosbyMr. and Mrs. Charles B. CurtisErika and Brian DadeEugene B. & Nina L. Doggett

Charitable Fund at the Boston Foundation

The Donnelley FoundationJohn and Margot ErnstJudy Geer and Dick DreissigackerStephen and Mary GormanNorman and Jane HansonPatricia HighbergThe Florence O. Hopkins Charitable

Fund, Inc.The Inglesea Charitable TrustCarolyn B. JacksonSarah JonesThe Robert K. and Annabel Joyce

Jones Foundation, Inc.Gregory Kaufman and Ellen SeidmanRobin and David KeyClaudia and Peter Kinder Charitable

Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation

Keiji KondoEmily Landecker Foundation, Inc.Sarah B. LaughlinJenepher LingelbachWinifred McDowellEd McNeilShirley NicholsThe Grace Jones Richardson Trust

Judy RichardsonChris and Leslie RimmerNancy Ashkin Smith-Andrew E. Smith

FundMr. and Mrs. William StetsonRuth StewartStone House Farm Fund of the New

Hampshire Charitable FoundationTelaka FoundationGeorgena TerryDavid Tobias and Elizabeth MicheelsTranscanada Hydro NortheastTom and Charity TremblaySteve TrombulakMr. and Mrs. John Valentine, Jr.Paul Wieczoreck and Mary CraneMr. and Mrs. David WinstanleyDavid and Katie WrightWilliam and Joanna Wright

CONSERVERS $500 to $999AnonymousAIG Matching Grants ProgramAugust 23 Fund of the Vermont

Community FoundationAnne BadgleyPaul J. Beisswenger, MD and

Carolynne T. KrusiMargaret BiggarThe Perry and Nancy Browning

Charitable FoundationBarbara Butler and Jeff BendisBill and Ginger CottenAnn B. DayWhit and Closey Dickey Fund of the

NH Charitable FoundationBasil Dobbin and Jena WoodDonald Graham and Carol BarrNora E. HankeHesler Family FundRobert and Lisa HolleyThe Ironwood FoundationBarbara M. JordanTom Kearney and Rebecca PschirrerClaudia KinderLawson’s Finest LiquidsLock and Lube, LLCLynn McNamaraHarriet and Harry Mitiguy Fund of the

Vermont Community FoundationOtter Creek Engineering, Inc.Norene and George W. Peck IVDon and Linda PostRichard and Lorna C. PostAnn and Tip RayAlbert and Barrie SchultheisFred and Margaret SibleyCarla SkinderMike and Jean SmithStettenheim FoundationTamarack Fund of the Vermont

Community FoundationPrudence M. Webb Trust

SUPPORTERS$100 to $499Anonymous (15)Mary AbeleMrs. David H. AckermanPeg AckersonClay and Liz Adams

Dale AddingtonRobert and Karen AllenBeth AllingTom Amidon and KK HarveyLee and Carmen AndersonTerri ArmataAscutney Mountain Audubon SocietyAnne AversaFran and Tom AversaBill BadgerBarbara BadgleyThe Bank of America FoundationVirginia BarlowJames BarrettBarrett M. Singer CompanyMK Beach and Terry OsborneGiff BeatonDr. and Mrs. Ross T. BellThomas BerrimanLouis and Anne BiglianiJon Binhammer and Linda GarrettBirds & Beans, LLCMichael BiroJohn and Cindy BlackburnMarilyn BlightClay Block and Virginia BrackJann and Jim BlockMargaret F. BordenKaren BowlesHillel BrandesColin Brant and Ann PibalMargaret BriggsRichard L. BrooksMr. Henry I. Brown, IIISusan and Larry BruceDavid Budbill and Lois EbyAmanda Cannell-BooneDavid E. CapenSimon Carr and Lynn AdamsJosette and Steve CarterDennis Casey and Barb ZanderCashdan/Stein Great Grandmother

Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation

Anne and Mike CassidyDick and Barb CatlinJohnnie ChaceRichard and Ann ChalmersMargaret Cheney and Peter WelchJohn and Melanie ClarkeBrenda ClarksonChristina ClaytonAlan CodyConcept2, Inc.Jean CondonJennifer CookeHarry and Karla CorneliusJim CorvenDr. Davida CrabtreeRuth CrawfordDr. Kevin D. and Valerie CrowleyCharles Curtis and Kari DolanJohn T. CurtisAndy and Judy DalesMary DalyCharles and Ann DavisJudy DavisMarilyse de BoissezonMichael DeCorteRandy DettmersMatthew and Monica DiMagnoCourtney Dobyns

Wick and Cynthia DoggettAnne and Derek DrummondJudith DunnanJo-Ann and Norman EckerEddy FoundationJ. Eddy and Judy EdwardsMarvin and Susan ElliottEdwin Emmons Charitable FundPeter and Nancy EngelsNona EstrinGilda FaccioMollie C. FairAnne Felton SpencerAbbott FennJeffrey and Nancie FernandezJanina FinsthwaitLionel and Ardys FisherGerry FitzgeraldLynne FitzhughFive Twenty-Five Foundation, Inc.Patricia FontaineJim and Susan FordC.J. FrankiewiczConrad and Lea FreyJonathan Frishtick and Holly GlickSue Fritz and Jim LaBelleCarolyn and Milton FryeBarbara D. GerstnerBarbara GibbsCyrus and Joanne GibsonJonathan Gibson and Eliza MabryKate GillisAl and Susan GillottiPaula A. GillsArthur V. GilmanLinda GiontiMrs. William GoedeckeDonna GoldbergDavid Goudy and Susan GallagherAlan and Kris GrahamClive GrayPhil GrayJanet C. GreenSusan and Dean GreenbergGreen Mountain Audubon SocietyDonald GrollRichard and Marcia HaasSandy and Edward HackHand MotorsJan and Dave HapkeJohn and Joan HardingJanet and Doug HardyBrian Harrington and Martha SheldonMari HarterLake Harvey AssociationLarry HaughPatti HaynesGeorge and Jill HelmerRichard and Michelle HicksDavid and Susan HindingerMartha HoarJudith HobbsAllen and Kit HoodSusan HoustonRalph and Cathy HybelsKerv HylandIBM International FoundationTed and Kathy JastrzembskiTom and Carlyn JervisPeter A. Johnson and Claire Lyon Robert and Shirley JohnsonWin and Rita Johnson

Paul Johnston and Anna BattigelliKathryn JorgensenHank KaestnerKen and Karen KaliskiBob and Sue KancirHeather Karlson and Bill LeesonAlan KeittPreston and Virginia KelseySherman and Laura KentCharles KerchnerKey and CompanyAlbert Key and Monica RayJudy and Jonathan KeyesChristopher KibbeMacie and Ned KirschbaumKaren Kluge and Terry RosenmeierMark and Lorena KrenitskyKen and Renee KudrakDeb KunhardtJo LafayetteJudy Lam and Jiggs BlackburnJim and Patty LambertPeter LarsenGertrude LepineKatherine LintonTrevor Lloyd-Evans and Linda LeddyMichael LocherPatricia LongLois Lorimer and William SullivanGordon MacFarlandBruce and Pam MacPhersonDr. Joan MadisonElizabeth Maislen and William SchultsJohn and Carolyn MarshLouise MarshallBetsy McGeanGeoffrey McGeanMark and Mary McGrathBob McGuireLinda McIntireHolly McKenzie and Robert P. MartinKenneth and Augusta McKusickGail and Mark McPeekGary and Nancy MeffeBill MerciaDavid MerkerFrank S. MillerGilles and Jackie MolleurEric and Jane MolsonNancy Money and Paul ThabaultJack and Karen MorganLinda MorgensMr. John MudgeMary MudgeJudith and Lester MunsonRon and Denise MuraKevin and Polly MurdoughHolly Nash WolffNichols Pond AssociationNortheast Kingdom AudubonMrs. Donald D. NotmanLouise Nunan TaylorMarne OnderdonkAmelia OnoratoElinor and George OsbornNancy OsgoodMargo and Joe Osherenko FoundationOtter Creek Audubon SocietyDarlene and Ernest PalolaAlexander S. ParrJan ParsonsDr. Karyn M. Patno

Zachary SoucySouth Pond Landowners AssociationSoutheastern Vermont Audubon

SocietyStephanie SpencerLynn Spensley and Erika de PappGus and Cameron SpethCindy Sprague and Jim ConverseSt. Johnsbury Animal HospitalStark Mountain WoodworkingJohn SteinBrooke StevensCatherine L. StewartBob Stymeist and Martha SteeleSusan Sussman and Scudder ParkerNed Swanberg and Tory RhodinChip and Suzi SwansonMichael SweatmanGerry and Paul SweterlitschShiela and Steve SwettFrederic TaylorSusan and Carl TaylorCho-Nan and Sandy TengBridget TierneyTig and Elise TillinghastJacquelyn TuxillRod and Betty ValleeSusie VancuraKathy and George Van Der AueVermont Woods Studios, LLCRoss and Sandra VirginiaJim and Ginger ViscontiGeorge and Patricia von TrappAli WagnerTom and Amy WagnerMargery S. WalkerClare Walker LeslieMarianne and Michael WalshMrs. Virlinda G. WalshRichard A. WarrenJim and Tricia WassermanThomas and Paulette WatsonHowie and Sue WemyssMark and Dawn WernerRon and Norma WiesenWilliams FamilyReeve Williams and Sandra

AndersonAdam and Susie WinstanleyFriends of Wolcott PondMrs. Elizabeth WoodsSunny and Mark WrightJanice Roy and Steven YoungConnie and Mark YoungstromTom Ziobrowski

FRIENDS$0 - $99Anonymous (16)Skip AbelsonKathleen AchorTed AllenVirginia AllenGaret Allen-Malley and Wallace

MalleyBlake AllisonJulia Alvarez and Bill EichnerAmazonSmile FoundationKathleen S. AndersonTia AnechiaricoStephen AntellJim and Cheryl Arney

Jean ArrowsmithDavid and Karen AscheAnne AugustCharles AversaJoseph AversaTom AversaDavid BaileyCharles and Diana BainMarcia BakerChristine BarneyMaria BattagliadeForest BearseCassandra BeauvaisEdward and Sheila BeckerLeslie BergumNicholas BiddleSeth and Melva BigelowHarry and Sylvia BinghamJoan BinnsBirdsbesafe LLCGlenda L. BissexTom BjorkmanDavid BlocksteinLiz Blum and Nelson KasfirMichael BlustJoan BokRuss and Anita BonnevieMarsha BookerBobbie Jean Booth and Sandra HammMatthew BourgaultBob and Ginnie BowmanKingsley Boyd and Tina BrazeauRichard and Nicole BoydenMargaret BraggMartina BreedColleen BrennanPeter and Susan BrinkBristol-Myers Squibb FoundationMeriel BrooksJim and Judy BrownSandy BrownAnnie and Jason BrueckCharles BuellDouglas and Mary BurnhamCharles and Margaret CammackPatricia CampbellRobert CappuccioBodo CareyDeb and John CauloSara CavinCharles and Kathryn ChamberlainDoreen ChambersDon ClarkMicki ColbeckJeremy ColemanAbby ColihanVeronique ConnollyWendy and Charley ConquestTed Boze and Becky CookEmma CookeKen CopenhaverRebecca CorbettPete CorradinoBruce and Cheryl CoxCynthia CrawfordSophia and Fred CrawfordJason and Michaela CrooksLouise CrossTina CulverWilliam and Marcy CummingsFred and Ann CurranAnne Dannenberg

DONORS

Mark and Debra Leigh PaulMark S. Pecker and Elizabeth A.

McGeeMarne PerreaultDr. Robert and Jane PerrinDave and Ellie PetersGerald and Susan PetersonLynn and Nancy PetersonThomas PetersonChris and Nissa PetrakNicki PfisterThe Phipps FamilyRoy W. PilcherCarol PinneyJim and Faith PivirottoMike and Barbara PowersPaul Prappas and Carolee ColterFrederick Pratt and Eleanor Bisbee

PrattLisa and Van PurcellKaren Pushee and Mark GreenbergHugh and Rosanne PutnamRobert QuaSharon RandallCurtis and Mallory RavenelRamsay Ravenel and Rebecca StrausJon and Jeanne RaymondBruce ReadVirginia RenfrewRenfro-Pihut Family from Shadow LakeCatherine Richmond and David

McCulloughWilliam Rigby and Mary BrownlowJennie and Gil RobbinsHarry Roberts and Elizabeth HowardMr. and Mrs. Walter RodigerBrent Rohloff and Lorna Kane-RohloffKen and Anne RosenbergLewis and Sheila RosenbergDr. Alan RozyckiJim and Chris RuncieCarl and Deb RungeCynthia RussellElisabeth RussellRutland County Audubon SocietyFred and Mary-Em SaarLaury SaligmanSara Jean SangdahlJames SawyerTina ScharfMonty and Edwina ScharffMolly P. ScheuScott Schwenk and Roxanne BogartLi ShenDwaine Smith and Susan Pelkey SmithMike and Lisa Sorenson

“This has me captivated. The more I learn about birds, the happier I am.”

—VCE SUPPORTER

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Raven DavisBarbara De AngelisMichael DeBonisJan and Jennifer DembinskiEmelio DiSabatoDomus, Inc.Kathleen DuclosDr. Harriet H. DuncanG. Richard and Bonita DundasEcho Lake Protective AssociationSam EdwardsJean EisenhartLaura EllsDavid and Laura EmersonE. Stanley EmeryEvergreen ErbJohnny and Joanne EsauGeorge and Robin EvartsPage FairchildDiane FakoJan FalabellaSarah FellowsSteven FesmireJune M. FickerMike and Cynthia FieldDavid and Julie FilibertiAnne FinesBruce FlewellingStanley FlinkPolly FoleyPat FolsomKarin FrazerDavid and Valerie FrenchGreg FrickK and N FriedVeer-Tess FrostRommy FullerMaia Fulton-BlackLisa Furmanski and Peter SolbergColleen GaffeyJon Gailmor and Cathy MurphyCharles M. Gangas and Jerrine

Kampf-GangasGardell FamilyClint and Libby GardnerAnne GarrigueHolly GaudetLiz and Alan GeeWilliam and Reilly GerhardSeth GibsonBetty GilbertLou and Cathy GilbertBarry and Lorrie GoldensohnAlice GollnickJennifer GomoDoug Goodman and Lori SchoenfeldFred GoodwinBilli GoshDavid GovatskiRoberta GowingPeter GraceLynda Graham-Barber and

David HunterJim GravesMargaret GreavesAmy GreherGreenwood Lake AssociationDenise GriffinRobert and Suzanne GriffithsLake Groton AssociationGretchen GurrRobert Gurwitt and Karen Harris

Katie HaddockSteve Hagenbuch and Dana HudsonGeorge and Charlotte HallSheila HalpinNicole HamiltonJoan HarloweBelinda HathornHaynes & Garthwaite ArchitectsCourtney HaynesLaurie-Helise HeijnOz and Judy HenchelRobert HendelAnn HicksLibby Hillhouse and Bob ManningBeth HindmarshAlicia HingstonDavid HoagDeborah Holmes and Tim ShortFrederick and Joyce HolmesTom Honigford and Sharon O’ConnorJamie and Nancy HortonBecky HoweEduardo Iñigo-EliasAnne and Dave IveyJames and Sharon JacksonSusan JamesEd JanewayDave and Jan JohnsonPat JohnsonScott JohnsonDr. Thomas Johnston, DDSBob and Dian JonesPeter Jones and Terri DonovanJanice JorgensenSheila JurnakElizabeth KaretHeather KeithHoward and Linda KeltonKim Kendall and James ShanleyEileen KerkesAnn KerreyHenry Keutmann and Ilene GipsonMeredith KimbellJohn and Sandy KnappLindsay KnowltonBarbara KohnRon and Janet KolarEllen KouwenhovenRudy and Carol KrauseKathleen and William KruesiBill and Dianne KudrezRudolph KuglerLinda and Russell KulasKim KurakAileen LaDucMarilyn B. LagrowMary Ellen LaPineSheila LaPointFuat LatifDavid and Patricia LawlorMiriam LawrenceElizabeth LeeJim and Pat LeeJohn LeonardKathy and Peter LeonardKarl and Susan LeskinAnn LewisRob and Linda LibbyCarol LichtBrian and Sandi LincolnCrawford and Ann LincolnMarcia Liotard

The Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award honors Julie Nicholson’s extraordinary passion and commitment to birds and wildlife conservation through her many years of tireless work as a citizen scientist. It is given annually to an individual who exemplifies Julie’s dedication to the cause of citizen science and conservation.

Marv and Sue Elliot shared the award in 2014. They are long-time volunteers whose dedication to birds made the second Atlas of Breeding Birds a success and helped conserve part of the West Rutland Marsh. Marv and Sue have chased birds, butterflies, and all manner of critters for VCE’s citizen science projects. Sue leads the species count on the iNaturalist Vermont Atlas of Life leaderboard, having identified over 1600 species in almost 5,000 observations!

“Vermont is the perfect place for citizen science projects, with its small size and environmental ethic, and with so many birders and naturalists all over the state, there are endless opportunities for learning new things.” —SUE ELLIOT

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

Doc and Joan PhillipsJoshua PhillipsPeter Phillips and Libba MooreDr. Carlos F. A. PinkhamPollinatorsWelcome.comCarol PostCraig and Donna PowersRon and Joanne ProutyMitzi QueenCarol and George RamsayerMargaret RamsdellJoan RandallChris and Theresa RebeorPendennis and Barbara ReedDavid and Sarah ReevesReimanis FamilySusan and Martin ReiterHira and Solon RhodeTerry RichKeith and Marvelene RichardsDiana B. RichardsonTad RichardsonPip RichensRebecca RichmanEileen RileyDavid and Mary RimmerSue Roberts and Steve VictorFrank RobeyJeff RobinsJames C. Robinson FamilyAmelia Robinson-FritzLarry and Mona RogersLinda and Marilyn RogersLinda RomansBeth RundquistMichael Sacca and Elizabeth BillingsScott and Pat SainsburyLouise SalantRobert SalterDavid ScarboroughJonathan T. Schechtman and Karin

DavenportMark and Jennifer SchiffmanJason SchmittTaj SchottlandMary SchravenTatiana SchreiberLisa SchukeiDennis Shaffer and Amy Emler-ShafferHeather ShandAndrew and Jennifer ShawKent Shaw and Jean O’ConorMavis and Ad ShawTracy W. SherbrookGail ShinnersHeather ShouldiceShrewsbury Outing ClubLisa Sicotte and Ken AlbertiCronin and David SleeperEmily SloanMary SloatConstance SnyderDiane SnyderThomas and Priscilla SnyderOlaf SoltauEric Sorenson and Cathy KashanskiChristine SoychakDarlene SpragueRussell and Janet SpringJen Stamp and Tom AndersonGary and Kathleen StarrKarl Stein and Judy Carpenter

DONORSJeff SternBetsy T. StevensMrs. Jenifer StewartLee and Mary StewartJeremy Stonier and Jennifer

MacCulloughVal StoriDorothy H. StoweKate Summey FrankTom and Karen SweeneyKimy TaberRebecca TalcottErin TalmageDavid and Susan TaylorTania ThomasPaula ThompsonThree Tomatoes TrattoriaDoug Tifft and Bonnie MacAdamAndrew ToepferRebecca TrudeauSusan W. TuckerNeil and Barbara UlmanKathleen UptonEllen Valley and Countryside KuttsDeb and Jay Van ArmanLisa von KannShirley WagnerDawn WalkerKit Walker and Rob HofmannThomas and Karen WardSteve and Chris WarsawMary and Bernie WaughHeather WeeksJohn Weeks, Jr.Alex and Allison WeinhagenMilton and Rhonda WeinsteinRichard Weinstein and Catherine

CrawleyPeter WestonSusanne WetmoreRichard and Suzanne WhitingMarv and Kathie WidnessAllon WildgustLisa WilkinsThe Williams FamilyJay and Hermine WilliamsKate WilliamsAnita WimetteMike and Kira WinslowPen and Susan WoodWillis and Tina WoodWoodbury Lake AssociationMike Woods and Debby HallTom and Barbara WoodwardPeter and Penny WrightPaula Yankauskas and Dale MartinCarol YarnellMonique and David YergeauPhilip ZabkowiczShirley Zundell

GIFTS IN HONORIn Honor of Anne Aversa, doing

Birdathons for 30 years! Barbara De AngelisIn Honor of MK Beach Robert and Jacob OsborneIn Honor of David Chevrette Judith and Lester MunsonIn Honor of George Clark Cynthia Crawford

In Honor of Hugh and Judith Cox on their Anniversary

Bruce and Cheryl CoxIn Honor of all the Lunatics on Lake

Dunmore (you know who you are!) Louise Marshall

In Honor of Eric Hanson Matthew and Monica DiMagno Cynthia Russell Dorothy H. Stowe Jim and Tricia WassermanIn Honor of Brooke and Dory Hindinger Dr. Harriet H. DuncanIn Honor of Fran and Dean Keutmann Henry Keutmann and Ilene GipsonIn Honor of Brian and Sandi Lincoln Crawford and Ann LincolnIn Honor of Kathy Malley Montague Garet Allen-Malley and Wallace

MalleyIn Honor of Claire Merritt Joanna Mintzer and Donald FerrellIn Honor of Quincy Deborah Holmes and Tim ShortIn Honor of Ted Richards Paula A. GillsIn Honor of Ted and Paula Richards Laura EllsIn Honor of Ray and Evelyn Richer Zachary SoucyIn Honor of Chris Rimmer Anonymous Tom Kearney and Rebecca PschirrerIn Honor of Clare and Charlie Rimmer

Westy LovejoyIn Honor of Linda and Peter Romans Carol LichtIn Honor of Elizabeth Ruml The Florence O. Hopkins

Charitable Fund, Inc.In Honor of Tara Thacker Louise Cross

GIFTS IN MEMORYIn Remembrance of David H. Ackerman Mrs. David H. Ackerman George and Robin EvartsIn Remembrance of Myra Addington Dale AddingtonIn Remembrance of Charlotte and Sal

Aversa Fran and Tom AversaIn Remembrance of Anne Badgley Barbara BadgleyIn Remembrance of Hal D. Casey Dennis Casey and Barb ZanderIn Remembrance of Priscilla Chester Johnnie Chace Kathryn Jorgensen Barbara Kohn Keiji Kondo Kenneth and Augusta McKusick Amelia Onorato Mr. Andrew E. Smith and Mrs.

Nancy A. Smith Jay and Hermine WilliamsIn Remembrance of Grace Chewning Patti HaynesIn Remembrance of Jim Downey David MerkerIn Remembrance of Elizabeth Dreher Jared and Songmei Keyes

Bruce and Karen LippensJulia Lloyd WrightRebecca Lovejoy and Kevin PetersonWesty LovejoyDeborah and Peter LuquerAriel and Mike LynchStephanie LynchBarbara and Brian MacauleyDeb MacKeyW. Scott MacLachlan DVMBob MalbonJames and Nancy MalcolmKathleen Malley MontagueEllen Maloney and John EzellMartha ManheimMadeline MannJon and Sally MargolisDonna MartinMascoma Valley Retired Educators

AssociationDavid and Roxanne MatthewsEdgar and Nancy MatthewsJim MaxfieldBill and Mae MayvilleKay McCabe and Rod GriffinRobert and Nancy McCaffertyJoan McCallumPenny McConnel and Jim GoldJo-Anne McCoyMartha McDanielCheryl McEwanRobert and Gloria McEwenJerry and Gretchen McFarlandElisabeth McLaneTodd and Renay McLeishNancy MeadDavid MehlmanJane and Jim MeyersburgMark MilazzoDonald H. Miller, Ph.D.Francis and Betty MillerSusan and Bill MinardVictoria MinorJoanna Mintzer and Donald FerrellThomas Moran and Rebecca PurdumEugene and Candace NattieCarole NeeseMimi NeffDonna and Bruce NelsonMartha NelsonBlair NikulaRodney NobleCraig NolanNorthland Construction CompanyDick and Joanne NortonEric and Ingrid NuseRobin Nuse and Arthur GardinerTimothy O’DonoghueMichael O’Leary and Gretchen

CheringtonDavid and Kay OlesKate Olgiati and Dory RiceRodney and Meghan OlsenRobert and Jacob OsborneBill and Hannis OvergardAnn B. OwenChris Owen and Patricia HazouriRick and Susan ParadisPhyllis ParrottRoger F. PasquierSuzanne PearlKarl Pfeiffer

NONPROFITAmerican Bird ConservancyAppalachian Mountain ClubAscutney Mountain Audubon SocietyAtlas of Living AustraliaAudubon New YorkAudubon VermontBiodiversity Research InstituteBird Studies CanadaBirdLife InternationalBirds of Vermont MuseumBirdsCaribbeanConsorcio Ambiental DominicanoCornell Lab of OrnithologyEcho Lake Aquarium and Science

CenterEcostudies InstituteFour Winds Nature InstituteFundacion Loma Quita EspuelaGreen Mountain Audubon SocietyGreen Mountain PowerGrupo JaraguaJamaica Conservation & Development

TrustKeeping TrackMassachusetts Audubon Merck Forest & Farmland CenterNational AviaryNature CanadaNature QuebecNatureServeNew Hampshire AudubonNorth Branch Nature CenterNortheast Kingdom Audubon SocietyNorthern WoodlandsOne World Conservation CenterOtter Creek Audubon SocietyPlatte River Whooping Crane

Maintenance TrustRegroupement Quebec OiseauxRutland County Audubon SocietySociedad Ornitologica de la His-

paniolaSociedad Ornitologica

Puertorriquena Inc.Sociedad Para el Desarollo Integral

del NordesteSociete Audubon HaitiSoutheastern Vermont Audubon

SocietySouthern Vermont Natural History

MuseumSpace for Life in MontrealTaconic Tri-State Audubon SocietyThe Nature ConservancyVermont Institute of Natural ScienceVital Communities

STATE - ILLINOISIllinois Department of Natural

Resources

STATE - MAINEBaxter State ParkMaine Dept of Inland Fisheries &

Wildlife

STATE - MARYLANDMaryland Division of Natural

Resources

STATE - NEW HAMPSHIRENew Hampshire Fish & Game

STATE - NEW JERSEYNJ Division of Fish and Wildlife

STATE - NEW YORKNYS Dept of Environmental

Conservation

STATE - VERMONTVermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentVermont Forests, Parks & Recreation

DepartmentVermont Monitoring Cooperative

STATE - WISCONSINWisconsin Department of Natural

Resources

UNIVERSITIESClemson UniversityDartmouth CollegeKansas State UniversityOregon State UniversityPaul Smiths CollegePlymouth State UniversitySiena CollegeState University of New York, ESFTufts University Wildlife Veterinary

ClinicUniversity of DelawareUniversity of Maine - OronoUniversity of MassachusettsUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of Missouri - St. LouisUniversity of New BrunswickUniversity of New EnglandUniversity of OttawaUniversity of VermontUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison

In Remembrance of Ed Emmons The Edwin Emmons Charitable FundIn Remembrance of David Evancich Carla SkinderIn Remembrance of Ken and Ramona

Flewelling Bruce FlewellingIn Remembrance of Rian Fried K and N FriedIn Remembrance of Judy Ashford Holly Gaudet In Remembrance of Emily Guertin deForest BearseIn Remembrance of Richard A. Harter Mari HarterIn Remembrance of Jane W. Hoppe St. Johnsbury Animal HospitalIn Remembrance of Patricia Jarvis Kevin and Polly MurdoughIn Remembrance of Marjorie Linton Katherine LintonIn Remembrance of Eugene and Ruth

Kosche G. Richard and Bonita DundasIn Remembrance of Charles A.Lawson Lawson’s Finest LiquidsIn Remembrance of Deb Miller Deb and John CauloIn Remembrance of Gramma Moog Anne DannenbergIn Remembrance of Julie Nicholson Anne Aversa Betty Gilbert Julia Lloyd WrightIn Remembrance of Patricia Nye Steve and Chris WarsawIn Remembrance of Uncle Peter Colleen GaffeyIn Remembrance of Thea Pyle Judy Lam and Jiggs BlackburnIn Remembrance of Esther Renfrew Virginia RenfrewIn Remembrance of Pat and Bill Renfro

Renfro-Pihut Family from Shadow Lake

In Remembrance of Byron Connor Roosa

AnonymousIn Remembrance of Howard Rundquist Beth RundquistIn Remembrance of Jason Saltman Kim KurakIn Remembrance of Danny Shand Heather ShandIn Remembrance of Lew Shattuck Dr. Kevin D. and Valerie CrowleyIn Remembrance of Tom Siccama Martha HoarIn Remembrance of Bob Spear Evergreen ErbIn Remembrance of Richard Spensley Lynn Spensley and Erika de PappIn Remembrance of Peter Van Der Aue Kathy and George Van Der AueIn Remembrance of Pete Walsh Mrs. Virlinda G. WalshIn Remembrance of Ruth E. Weston Peter WestonIn Remembrance of Widget Louise SalantIn Remembrance of William L. Wilson Tom and Carlyn Jervis

CORPORATIONSArrowwood EnvironmentalBarre Public Works DepartmentCoaticook River Water Power

CompanyEssex Timber CompanyGreat Bay HydroHardwick Electric DepartmentHelados BonHigh Branch ConservationMorrisville Water and LightNew Page CorporationPlum CreekStowe Mountain ResortTransCanada UPM-Kymmene CorporationVermont Bird Tours

CONSORTIA & PARTNERSHIPSAtlantic Coast Joint VentureCentro Oriental de Ecosistemas y

BiodiversidadEastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big

Rivers Landscape Conservation Cooperative

Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitor-ing Partnership

North Atlantic Landscape Conserva-tion Cooperative

Northeast Coordinated Bird Monitor-ing Partnership

Vermont Entomological SocietyVermont Reptile & Amphibian AtlasFederal - CanadaEnvironment Canada / Canadian

Wildlife Service New Brunswick Dept of Natural

ResourcesParks Canada

FEDERAL - DOMINICAN REPUBLICMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural

de Santo DomingoSecretaria de Estado de Medio

Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

FEDERAL - JAMAICANational Environment and Planning

Agency

FEDERAL - UNITED STATESMalheur National Wildlife RefugeNational Park ServiceSmithsonian Migratory Bird CenterUS Fish & Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Program Habitat and Population Evaluation

TeamUSDA Forest Service Forest Service Office of Internation-

al Programs Green Mountain National Forest Northern Research Station White Mountain National ForestUS Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research

Center Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Upper Midwest Environmental

Sciences Center

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