Center for Biological Diversity2009年年度報告.pdf

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1、2009CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYANNUAL REPORT2009The Center won standout victories for endangered species in 2009,including a proposal from the federal government to designate 120 million acres of critical habitat for the polar bear in the Arctic.If finalized,this would be the largest,farthest-re

2、aching critical habitat designation since the passing of the Endangered Species Act almost 40 years ago.It comes in response to a years-long Center-led campaign to save polar bears from global warming.The Center also brought about the reversal of 51 illegal Bush-era decisions on endangered species a

3、nd habitats,achieved vital new protections for jaguars and Mexican gray wolves,and secured an Environmental Protection Agency decision that marks the first time in history that the Clean Water Act has been invoked to address the threat of ocean acidification.2009 was a particularly energetic year fo

4、r us a year in which,in the face of an ever-more ironclad scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions in the Earths atmosphere urgently need to be reduced to 350 parts per million or fewer to avoid catastrophic runaway global warming,only a handful of organizations,including the Center,kept u

5、p the pressure for national legislation that adheres to this scientific standard.We believe scientific imperatives not pressure from entrenched commercial interests or the politicians in their thrall need to determine our course of action against catastrophic climate change and the extinction crisis

6、,and that anything less will fail to solve the problem.And were more grateful than ever that you,the Centers core members,believe so strongly in the uncompromising passion we bring,through science,law and media,to saving the richness of biological diversity and the integrity of human life-support sy

7、stems.With deepest thanks for your support,The Center for Biological Diversity works through science,law and creative media to secure a future for all species,great or small,hovering on the brink of extinction.OFFICERSKiern Suckling,Executive Director;Stephanie Zill,Treasurer;Brent Hendricks,Secreta

8、ryBOARD OF DIRECTORSPeter Galvin,Katherine A.Meyer,Marcey Olajos(Board Chair),Scott Power,Todd Schulke,Robin Silver,Stephanie ZillANNUAL REPORT CREDITSWriting:Lydia Millet Editing:Julie Miller Design:Cassie Holmgren and Julie Miller Photo Editing:Cassie Holmgren and Maria Seiferle Photography:(Cover

9、)jaguar Michael M.Fairchild;(2)Pinnacle Buttes,Wyoming Thomas D.Mangelsen/;(3)Canada lynx Luc Durocher;(5)Hawaiian monk seal Michael Robles;(6)California tiger salamander Rob Schell/WRA,Inc.;(7)California condor Flickr Creative Commons/Isaac Hsieh;(8)Grand Canyon Edward McCain/;(9)Coal plant iS Olse

10、n;(10)Arctic sea ice Patrick Kelley/U.S.Coast Guard;(12)jaguar courtesy Northern Jaguar Project/northernjaguarproject.org;(13)Mexican gray wolf Robin Silver;(14)New York cityscape iS Kassie Siegel;Macho B puppet/Tucson All Souls Procession Cassie Holmgren;(18)Sea star Nick Hobgood;(19)polar bears Th

11、omas D.Mangelsen/;(20)Chelan mountainsnail William Leonard;(21)Hoh Rainforest Tierra Curry;(22-23)wildflowers at Tejon Ranch Richard DickeyPrinted on 100%post-consumer recycled paper with solvent-free vegetable-based inks.LETTER FROM THE DIRECTORSKiern Suckling Executive DirectorMarcey OlajosBoard C

12、hair1Keeping crucial lands and waters safe for the rare animals and plants that depend on them will be more vital than ever as the shifting climate and weather patterns of global warming put dangerous pressures on endangered species.Critical habitat,a mechanism of the Endangered Species Act,is one o

13、f the most powerful tools in existence for conserving wilderness and wildlife,and the Center continues to focus on establishing significant new critical habitat areas in the United States.In 2009,vast swaths of territory were protected under the critical habitat umbrella as a direct result of our le

14、gal actions.Alaskan sea otters were granted 3.7 million acres of habitat after a decade of Center work on their behalf,affording them safe haven in nearshore waters off the Aleutian Islands,Bering Sea and Alaska Peninsula.Twenty-five million acres were protected for the Canada lynx in Maine,Minnesot

15、a,Wyoming,Idaho and Washington.On the Florida coast,the Center won a designation of more than 840,000 acres for the smalltooth sawfish;also in Florida,as well as Georgia and South Carolina,two newly recognized species the frosted and reticulated flatwoods salamanders were given 27,000 acres in respo

16、nse to a suit we brought with local allies.Three new river systems were added to protected habitat for Atlantic salmon in the Northeast this year,including the Penobscot,Kennebec and Androscoggin rivers,in a designation of about 12,000 additional miles of rivers and estuaries and 300 square miles of

17、 lakes.Two little-known plants,the Cooks lomatium and large-flowered woolly meadowfoam,received 11,000 acres.And in what will be,if its finalized,the largest critical habitat designation in history,128 million acres were proposed to be protected for the polar bear in response to our multiyear litiga

18、tion and education program.Two million acres were proposed for the beluga whale,and 109,000 acres were proposed for the arroyo toad.Green sturgeon,one of the most massive and prehistoric-era fishes in freshwater,received 8.6 million acres,stretching from Monterey Bay up to the Canadian border,along

19、with a sorely needed recovery plan.And just after New Years Day,45 million acres were proposed as habitat for another ancient giant from the time of the dinosaurs,the Pacific leatherback sea turtle.CRITICAL HABITAT:PROTECTING PLACETwenty-five million acres in Maine,Minnesota,Wyoming(left),Idaho and

20、Washington were set aside as critical habitat for the Canada lynx in 2009,thanks to Center actions.23The past year has seen a cascade of victories in the Centers far-reaching campaign to redress the harm done to endangered species and habitats by the Bush government,which took a notoriously scorched

21、-earth approach to wildlife.The Bush administration was hands-down the worst in U.S.history at listing species under the Endangered Species Act:A mere 62 species earned federal protection throughout the administrations entire eight years,compared to 522 under the Clinton administration and 231 under

22、 George H.W.Bush.The Center fought these decisions while President Bush was in office and has continued to fight them over the past year through advocacy,negotiation and the law,with dozens of legal successes.Reversals of bad Bush decisions have come rolling in as a result of our persistence,and by

23、the end of 2009 we had brought about 51 major changes to wrongful Bush policies on endangered species.Among others,in March we won proposals to protect habitat for four New Mexico and Texas snails and shrimp found nowhere else in the world;and in May we won an agreement from the government to recons

24、ider habitat for the loach minnow and spikedace,two highly imperiled Southwest fish species weve been fighting for since 1993,as well as the Sonoma County population of the beautiful California tiger salamander.In June,along with our local partners,we secured agreements for reconsideration of habita

25、t for woodland caribou,of which a single herd of only 45 animals remains in the United States,as well as for wolverines,which are among the rarest mammals in the lower 48 states,and Hawaiian monk seals,of which now only about 1,200 remain in the world.We won an agreement from the federal government

26、to redo a deeply flawed Bush-era critical habitat designation for the California red-legged frog a species that went on to receive 1.6 million acres of habitat in early 2010,quadrupling the area the Bush government had wanted to allow it.In December,we secured a proposal of 9,605 acres for the tiny

27、Santa Ana sucker;we also persuaded the feds to reconsider giving critical habitat to 12 little-known invertebrates that live only in Texas caves,including the colorfully named robber baron cave harvestman and Comal Springs riffle beetle.We successfully halted,last June,a plan to delist the threatene

28、d marbled murrelet,and under the terms of an October agreement with the Center,the Thornes hairstreak butterfly and Hermes copper butterfly will be reconsidered for federal protection.ENDANGERED SPECIES:BATTLING THE BUSH LEGACY45The Hawaiian monk seal is one of more than 50 endangered species that w

29、on a second chance at protection this past year,due to our persistent campaign to overturn wrongful Bush-era policies.TOXICS:PESTICIDES AND LEADOur nationwide campaign to end the use of lead bullets and shot which have lethal effects on highly endangered California condors and other wildlife and als

30、o pose significant dangers to human health gained new traction.We filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service for their failure to protect condors from lead ammunition on public lands near the Grand Canyon.And we continued to lay the groundwork to take our camp

31、aigns success in California which led,a few years ago,to that states ban on lead hunting ammunition to the national level,seeking to save a host of endangered species across the United States by replacing lead bullets with less toxic forms of ammunition,as well replacing lead fishing tackle and sink

32、ers.We worked on multiple fronts last year to rid our lands and waters of polluting poisons from inadequately regulated pesticide use across our wildlands and watersheds,to the use of lead ammunition with lethal consequences for rare and vulnerable wildlife.In the summer of 2009,in response to an ap

33、peal by the Center and our partners,the Bureau of Land Management withdrew a massive plan to allow herbicide spraying across 1.5 million acres in southeastern New Mexico.The proposal had been one of the broadest ever seen in the state,covering source-water zones for the Bitter Lake National Wildlife

34、 Refuge,a biologically significant wetland complex.The federal agency had failed to consider alternatives to herbicide use or the impacts of the chemicals on water quality,human health or endangered species.Species saved from the spraying included two rare fish,four invertebrates and the Pecos sunfl

35、ower.Through an agreement we achieved with the Environmental Protection Agency,we secured a promise to study the effects of 74 pesticides in habitat for 11 endangered species in the San Francisco Bay area,including the Alameda whipsnake,bay checkerspot butterfly,California clapper rail,California fr

36、eshwater shrimp,California tiger salamander,delta smelt,salt marsh harvest mouse,San Francisco garter snake and San Joaquin kit fox,as well as to restrict the use of these pesticides in and adjacent to the species habitats.Also last summer,we filed a landmark notice of intent to sue the EPA for its

37、failure to protect threatened polar bears from the impacts of pesticides,since pesticides approved for use in the United States are transported to the Arctic and biomagnified with each step higher in the food web,reaching some of their greatest concentrations in the great white bears.Center campaign

38、s are helping to rid our wildlands and watersheds of toxics including lead in habitat for California condors and other wildlife,and pesticides in habitat for the California tiger salamander and 10 other Bay-area endangered species.67Our work to stop destructive mining is rapidly expanding.The Center

39、s Grand Canyon campaign,waged alongside Native American allies and others committed to saving this American icon from an ugly uranium boom,helped push the Obama administration last July to temporarily close 1 million acres of public lands surrounding the Grand Canyon to new claims and the exploratio

40、n or development of existing,unpatented claims.In September,we won a major appeals court ruling that struck down federal approval of a land exchange with mining giant Asarco.The deal would have handed Asarco about 11,000 acres of valuable public lands in exchange for 7,300 acres of the companys priv

41、ate holdings so that it could expand its massive,open-pit Ray Copper Mine in Arizona.Saying the governments approval of the swap had been“arbitrary and capricious”and ignored the exchanges environmental impacts,the court shut down the deal.Desert tortoises,bighorn sheep and many species of birds wer

42、e saved from the devastation this public-land giveaway to Asarco would have caused.The Centers coalition work on the Black Mesa Coal Complex scored a high-profile win in December with the Environmental Protection Agencys withdrawal of a water permit for the massive mine,located on Navajo Nation and

43、Hopi lands.The permit would have allowed the Peabody mining corporation at Black Mesa to continue discharging heavy metals and toxic pollutants into area washes,tributaries and groundwater relied on by local communities.TOXICS:MINING FOR URANIUM,METALS AND COALGLOBAL WARMING:COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTSC

44、oal-fired power is the single largest contributor to global warming,and the Center believes coal-fired power plants should be phased out quickly and replaced by renewable energy sources.Our work to stop the construction of new coal plants and close dirty facilities scored several wins last year.In t

45、he face of our appeals,the EPA held back a permit approving the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant in northwest New Mexico;as we showed,the proposed plant would spew mercury and other contaminants into the San Juan River basin,where the river and two endangered fish species the Colorado pikeminnow a

46、nd razorback sucker are already suffering heavy-metal contamination from three other coal-fired power plants.If approved,the Desert Rock coal plant could emit hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases over its 50-year lifespan,exacerbating local contamination problems in the process.Also last

47、 spring,the Center launched a legal campaign to stop the$5-billion Ely Energy Center in Nevada,whose massive footprint would have a cascade of damaging effects on local species,groundwater and air quality,as well as the global climate.Shortly thereafter,Elys proponent,NV Energy,announced indefinite

48、postponement of the plants construction on environmental grounds.And in Kentucky,we won a good decision on coal in response to a petition wed filed in 2007,challenging the operating permit for a highly polluting coal-fired facility run by the Tennessee Valley Authority.89In 2009 the Center successfu

49、lly suspended a number of dirty-energy projects that foul our lands,water and atmosphere from blocking permits for coal mining and new coal plants,to securing a stay on uranium mining on 1 million acres of public lands surrounding the Grand Canyon.GLOBAL WARMING:THE CLEAN AIR ACTThe Centers groundbr

50、eaking work to protect the Clean Air Act against industry attacks and use this powerful,proven law to curb global warming has made major recent progress.A far-reaching“endangerment”finding from the federal government,which acknowledged carbon dioxide as a danger to human health that should be regula

51、ted under the Act,was proposed in April.In December,the finding was finalized just after we filed our high-profile legal petition to the EPA asking the agency to set a 350-parts-per-million national pollution limit on greenhouse gases.The petition was the first-ever effort to push the EPA to set a s

52、trict atmospheric standard for destructive global warming emissions.Leading climate scientists have established that we need to reduce emissions to 350 parts per million(ppm)or fewer in order to prevent catastrophic runaway global warming.The planets now hovering around 385 ppm,and weak legislative

53、efforts so far proposed in the United States,whose leadership is needed for global change,clearly do not go far enough.Even if perfectly implemented,for instance,the climate bill passed by the House in 2009 will only get us to 450 ppm giving us at best a 50-50 chance of avoiding catastrophic warming

54、 and making it likely the worlds oceans will become so acidic that critically important marine food webs will risk collapse.The Centers 350 or Bust campaign encompasses this groundbreaking 350 petition and an array of other advocacy and public-education actions weve taken over the past year to push

55、the world to 350,including the launch of our Climate Law Institute in February,our presence at the climate summit in Copenhagen in December,and our 350 Reasons to Get to 350 campaign,which profiled 350 species that need protection now to avoid being driven extinct by climate change.In March,instead

56、of improving on the Bush administrations absurdly low fuel-economy standards for cars and light trucks,the Obama administration announced its own standards would be a mile per gallon lower.A few days later,the Center filed suit to overturn those disappointingly weak standards and the federal governm

57、ent quickly backpedaled,agreeing to increase the standards to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 less than ideal,but a significant improvement thanks to our swift action.We also successfully challenged federal denial of a waiver,required under the Clean Air Act,for the state of California to implement it

58、s 2002 Clean Vehicle Law,whose goal was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars sold in California by almost 30 percent by 2030.After two years of legal efforts by the Center and allies,in June the EPA issued the vital California waiver,which will have a ripple effect in other states.Back in 19

59、70,when Doug La Follette helped organize the first Earth Day and co-found“Wisconsin Environmental Decade”(now“Clean Wisconsin”),he thought one decade would be enough to fix many of the environmental problems facing his state.Forty years later,Wisconsin Secretary of State La Follette realizes that so

60、lving problems on the monumental scale of global warming will take relentless effort,even beyond his lifetime.He sees the Centers role on the climate issue as a critical one using legal action to hold regulatory agencies like the EPA accountable and its one facet of our work that inspired him to bec

61、ome a member of our Legacy Society with a planned gift.“Since the first Earth Day weve learned that protecting our environment is not a one-day event,but must go on continuously if were going to save the environment for future generations.Thats why I was excited to make a legacy gift to the Center,s

62、o their work can continue long into the future.”Doug La FolletteMEMBER SPOTLIGHT1011Weve worked for more than a decade to protect and recover the jaguar in the American Southwest,but 2009 was a landmark year for these big cats of the borderlands in ways both tragic and triumphant.In March 2009,when

63、the Arizona Game and Fish Department euthanized the last known American jaguar called Macho B after capturing and fitting him with a radio collar,the Center swiftly launched a campaign to determine the causes of Macho Bs death and prevent the deaths of future jaguars migrating over the border.We imm

64、ediately called for an independent medical investigation,which would ultimately reveal that Macho Bs death was due in large part to illegal agency mismanagement.We persuaded the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service law-enforcement arm to carry out its own independent investigation.And in September,we filed

65、 suit against Arizona Game and Fish to prevent the killing of more jaguars.Our persistence paid off in January 2010,when the Interior Departments inspector general released a report concluding that Macho Bs capture had been intentional and that Game and Fish had no permit to capture jaguars,either i

66、ntentionally or otherwise.The same month brought a long-awaited victory when,in response to our extensive litigation,and right after the Center and 36 other conservation organizations wrote a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to designate critical habitat and develop a federal recovery plan f

67、or the jaguar in the United States,the Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would do both.2009 was a mixed year for wolves,bringing death to hundreds in the northern Rockies due to a disappointing move last summer by the Obama administrations Department of Interior,under Secretary Salazar,to embra

68、ce a Bush-era plan to remove Endangered Species Act protection from northern wolves.As soon as the decision was announced,the Center and allies filed suit to overturn it and to stop the massive hunts planned by the states of Idaho and Montana following removal of the wolves protection.A judge found

69、the delisting was probably illegal but declined to stop the fall hunts,which gave carte blanche to the tragic killing of some 500 wolves over the course of the season.In the Southwest,where wolves are far scarcer,the outlook was better:We called for a desperately needed new Mexican wolf recovery pla

70、n and for the halting of wolf removals from the wild.We petitioned to separate the Mexican gray wolf from other U.S.wolf populations and list it under the Endangered Species Act as either an endangered subspecies or a“distinct population segment”a move that would give the wolf more protection.And as

71、 a result of a Center lawsuit,the Department of Agricultures“Wildlife Services”predator-killing arm was ordered by the court to release records that detailed exactly where Mexican wolves had preyed on livestock,bringing about their shooting or trapping by the agency.Also in response to our legal act

72、ion,the Fish and Wildlife Service reclaimed its decision-making authority over Mexican gray wolf management from a group largely hostile to wolf recovery,meaning the much-criticized lethal“three-strikes”rule responsible for the deaths and capture of many wolves over the years was finally thrown out.

73、PREDATORS:AMERICAN JAGUARSPREDATORS:WOLVESFrom the northern Rockies to the Southwest,the Center fought on several fronts in 2009 to reform policies that have stacked the deck against recovery of gray wolves in the wild.A long-awaited agreement securing designated critical habitat and a federal recov

74、ery plan for the American jaguar bodes a better future for borderlands jaguars that may be poised to cross into the United States,like this one photographed by motion-sensor camera in Northern Mexico in early 2010.1213Explosive and unsustainable human population growth is a root cause of the extinct

75、ion crisis and also helps drive other key environmental problems,including global warming.In 2009 the Center tackled this major extinction threat head on,launching our creative overpopulation campaign to save endangered species.The simple truth is that without action to curb population growth,other

76、forms of environmental advocacy can only have limited success.Vast human numbers are increasingly reducing our quality of life,sapping the planets resources,and driving other species to oblivion,and the possibility of diversity and abundance in the future is being foreclosed.In the United States,whi

77、ch has the worlds third-highest population after China and India,the fertility rate is rising again after leveling off and declining in previous decades.At 2.1 children per woman,our highest rate since 1971,the birthrate is the highest of any developed nation and well above the developed-world avera

78、ge of 1.6.Our current population tops OVERPOPULATION300 million and is projected to grow by 50 percent by mid-century,eventually approaching 450 million with at least 9 billion people on the planet.Discussion of overpopulation has,however,become taboo in the environmental movement.For that reason th

79、e first phase of the Centers campaign has been aimed at raising awareness both of the major role that overpopulation plays in environmental arenas and of the solutions to this burgeoning growth:universal access to birth control and education,empowerment of women,and a firm social and political commi

80、tment.Our first major action was the Endangered Species Condoms project,a creative outreach effort that turned into an instant,runaway success.The Center designed and produced six different endangered species condom packages,each featuring original artwork of endangered animals:the polar bear,coqu g

81、uajn frog,snail darter,spotted owl,American burying beetle and jaguar.Each packet bears a slogan say,“Wear with care,save the polar bear”and language that explains the close connection between human reproductive behavior and the fate of other species.We produced a first run of 100,000 of these free

82、condoms in early 2010 to coincide with Valentines Day;within days we had 3,000 volunteers step forward to hand them out,all over the country.With the immediate media buzz,our overpopulation campaign went viral.In response to the clamorous demand,we are now producing hundreds of thousands more.Extinc

83、tion isnt the environmental issue that gets the most attention from the media,the public,or even from environmental groups,but Tim Hogan sees it as the issue.“Day-to-day species loss is the smoldering fire,”he says,and thats what drew his support to the Centers work in the Southwests spotted-owl cou

84、ntry almost 20 years ago.These days,Tim says,hes impressed that the Center commands a powerful voice on global issues like climate change,and still has the“chops”to tackle tough issues like overpopulation that others shy away from.The Boulder,Colorado-based botanist boosts his financial support of t

85、he Center with a sustaining membership that makes it simple to contribute a relatively small amount each month,for a gift that adds up over the year.“Once I make the decision,it just keeps on going.”Tim HoganMEMBER SPOTLIGHT15Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Humes book Eco Barons,which was publi

86、shed in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim in reviews and blogs from The New York Times to Time Magazine,told the story of a quiet green revolution being led by visionaries including the Center for Biological Diversitys founders and staff.Humes believes these“eco barons”are making a vast difference

87、 to endangered species and landscapes from the North Pole to the South.Three lengthy chapters in Eco Barons were devoted to the Center,whose creative leaders,wrote Humes,have given new life to a stodgy environmental movement.In Humes words,“The Centers unparalleled success rate has quietly transform

88、ed the American landscape,safeguarding hundreds of millions of acres of wilderness.routinely outperforming the better-known and more moneyed conservation organizations in exposing corruption and official lawbreaking,then bending local governments,multinational corporations,and even presidents to its

89、 leaders will.Its no exaggeration to say that the modern American environmental movement has been reinvented by the Center.”Also published this year with a strong focus on the Center was Douglas Bevingtons The Rebirth of Environmentalism:Grassroots Activism from the Spotted Owl to the Polar Bear,a s

90、weeping examination of contemporary activism.According to Bevington:“The Center for Biological Diversity has become one the most successful grassroots biodiversity groups,both in terms of environmental protection and organizational growth.It has a 90 percent success rate in litigation.And in terms o

91、f influence,the Center has more of an impact on species protection through listings and critical habitat designation than even the largest national groups.”Last year saw our largest-ever media outreach effort in sheer numbers:The hard-hitting polar bear television ads we distributed on a shoestring

92、budget received more than 100 million views by years end,in both English and Spanish-speaking households,from Alaska to New York to Arizona.The ads clearly helped raise the profile of the great white predators,now a worldwide symbol of the Arctic climate crisis thanks in large part to our legal and

93、media work.Since launching,our ads have ranked 13th most popular of all public service announcements nationwide,creating a groundswell of public fervor that helped us deliver 94,000 petitions to the Obama administration urging it to revoke Bushs“special rule”sharply limiting polar bear protection.Ou

94、r own lifelike polar bear,who goes by the moniker“Frostpaw,”made numerous New York Times,TV,and YouTube interview appearances this year at such venues as the international climate summit in Copenhagen.And far away from the North Pole,in the Centers headquarter city of Tucson,Arizona,our media presen

95、ce played a critical role in supporting a highly successful campaign to secure new protections for jaguars after the death of Macho B,the last known American jaguar,euthanized in March by a state agency.Our memorial service for Macho was held outside the local offices of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Se

96、rvice and made a plea for better protection of other jaguars;we also crafted and carried a Macho B puppet in the citys annual All Souls Procession an immense homemade jaguar with a paper mch head and paws that floated through a crowd of 50,000.MEDIA:OF BOOKS&BARONSMEDIA:FROSTPAW&MACHO BThe Centers i

97、nnovative spirit was celebrated in a wide variety of media last year including two books charting our rise from a grassroots group saving the Southwests spotted owls,to a force to be reckoned with on the national scene.Opposite page:Frostpaw the polar bear drew reporters in Copenhagen,while our larg

98、er-than-life memorial to Macho B became a powerful presence at Tucsons All Souls Procession.1617Our work to save our oceans from global warming and associated large-scale threats like acidification won a crucial victory last spring,when the Environmental Protection Agency,in response to our petition

99、 and litigation threat,agreed to take steps to protect U.S.waters from the threat of ocean acidification under the Clean Water Act.The EPA decision marked the first time that the Clean Water Act had ever been invoked to address ocean acidification,which is degrading seawater quality and could have a

100、 ripple effect on marine organisms and ecosystems,stopping shell-building in marine animals and threatening to erode coral reefs within our lifetime.The Center has long advocated for the protection of corals as a crucial step toward protecting our oceans;the first species ever declared threatened by

101、 global warming were staghorn and elkhorn corals,protected under the Endangered Species Act in response to our petition.This past October we built on that precedent by filing a petition to protect no fewer than 83 imperiled coral species under the Act.These corals,living in U.S.waters from Florida a

102、nd Hawaii to the Caribbean,face a growing threat of extinction due to rising ocean temperatures caused by global warming and the related threat of ocean acidification.Scientists have warned that coral reefs are likely to be the first worldwide ecosystem to collapse due to global warming;without rapi

103、d action all the worlds reefs could be destroyed by 2050.With the change of presidential administrations early in 2009,there were hopes that U.S.Arctic policy would dramatically improve.Unfortunately,conservationists are being forced to keep fighting tough defensive battles to keep fossil-fuel drill

104、ing and climate change from driving Arctic species extinct.The Center is actively working to save polar bears,bearded,spotted,ringed and ribbon seals,and Pacific walruses in the Arctic,among other animals.A federal denial of desperately needed protections for ribbon seals,late in the Bush administra

105、tion,ignored scientists predictions about the dramatic decline of the animals sea-ice habitat in the Bering and Okhotsk seas.So in summer 2009,the Center and allies filed suit.If greenhouse gas emissions continue as usual,sea ice in the seals range could decline 40 percent by mid-century,leading to

106、widespread pup mortality.And despite the more than 94,000 petitions the Center delivered to President Obamas Interior Department in May,along with 30-some newspaper-board editorials and letters to the editor,asking the government to revoke the damaging Bush-era 4(d)“special rule”that hurts polar bea

107、rs,Interior Secretary Salazar announced in May that he would leave the lethal rule in place.Meanwhile,data released by the government because of a Center suit confirmed population declines of polar bears and Pacific walruses in Alaska.In fall,after a partial settlement in a lawsuit brought by the Ce

108、nter and its partners,the Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to designate more than 128 million acres(or about 200,500 square miles)of coastal lands and waters along Alaskas north coast as critical habitat for polar bears which,if made final,would become the largest expanse of habitat ever protected

109、 under the Endangered Species Act.OCEANS:CORALS&ACIDIFICATIONOCEANS:THE ARCTIC BATTLEGROUND1819The Centers campaigning yielded swaths of new protections for forests across the country in 2009.First,93 million acres were protected from harmful Bush-era regulations under the National Forest Management

110、 Act;then another Bush attack,on 2001s far-reaching Roadless Rule,was struck down in court as a result of our work with a broad coalition,improving protections for 50 million relatively pristine roadless acres across the country.In December,another suit we brought with allies yielded a decision from

111、 a federal judge to uphold a“survey and manage”requirement that national forests in the countrys Northwest look for hundreds of hard-to-find,ecologically important species like snails,mosses and mushrooms before they allow the cutting of big trees a ruling that essentially struck down the last remai

112、ning piece of the Bush strategy to increase logging in spotted owl territory.We also made tremendous headway stopping a wide array of individual projects,tackled by our lawyers,scientists and activists on a case-by-case basis,that put vulnerable species and habitats at high risk.We saved 1,600 acres

113、 from cutting in the Sierra Nevada through our innovative greenhouse gas litigation;we stopped the quadrupling of clearcutting on 2.6 million acres through the Western Oregon Plan Revision;and we protected 942,000 roadless acres in four Southern California forests the Angeles,Los Padres,Cleveland an

114、d San Bernardino when we had a biological opinion struck down in a far-reaching victory that will help scores of species,including the California condor,Peninsular bighorn sheep and Quino checkerspot butterfly.A massive old-growth timber sale was stopped on Alaskas precious Tongass National Forest n

115、ear the end of the year.FORESTSHundreds of low-profile but critically important denizens of Pacific Northwest forests like the Chelan mountainsnail(left)had protections upheld in 2009 due to Center legal action,which also saved old-growth habitat for spotted owls and other wildlife in the process.20

116、Our work to stop off-road vehicle damage on public lands also saw some key victories:The Grand Canyon-bordering Kaibab National Forests harmful ORV plan was halted in August;an ORV plan on 3 million acres of Bureau of Land Management-administered Mojave Desert was struck down in the fall;and a permi

117、t was pulled in October from a dirt-bike race in Californias Eldorado National Forest.In December,we won an ATV victory on 350,000 acres in Vermont.And a landmark agreement we forged with Arizona Forest Restoration Products and the Grand Canyon Trust in April is now the nations largest comprehensive

118、 forest restoration effort.The plan is aimed at safe restoration of beneficial fires and the conservation of biological diversity in northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests,the worlds largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest.It will allow operation of an oriented strand board plant to use small-diam

119、eter trees resulting from about 30,000 acres of ecological restoration treatments per year across a 2.4 million-acre area.After a century of ecological decline and decades of litigation in these remarkable forests,the agreement,which was 15 years in the making,marks a sea change in southwestern fore

120、st politics,focusing both industry and conservation groups on a common goal of conserving species and ecosystems in a rapidly warming climate.21URBAN SPRAWLMEMBER SPOTLIGHTElsie Wattson LambTucsonan Elsie Wattson Lamb first“met”the Center for Biological Diversity in the mid-90s at a meeting about th

121、e cactus ferruginous pygmy owl the tiny predator that would spark the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan,perhaps the nations most visionary plan to protect endangered species and open space from urban growth.The link between habitat loss and biodiversity loss made an impression that day,and so did the

122、“rough and tumble”organization spearheading the effort to save the owl.Fifteen years later,Elsie still puts her money on the Center for our“smart,effective and efficient”legal work,and last year offered a generous challenge grant to our members.“My hope was to maximize my gift to the Center by encou

123、raging others to join in the giving.”The Center continues to lead the fight against widespread sprawl development that would pave over astoundingly diverse landscapes at Tejon Ranch the largest expanse of unprotected wilderness remaining in California.Our work to stop runaway development on Californ

124、ia lands in 2009 won the Center three spots in the prestigious“Top Achievements”Report of nonprofit Environment Now in early 2010.This work included our advocacy to stop the Mid-County“Parkway“in fact a$3 billion,32-mile,six-lane freeway in Riverside County which ultimately cut the size of the devel

125、opment by half.The western end of the so-called Parkway,which we and our local allies blocked,would have hurt numerous homes as well as vital habitat conservation areas.In other victories over sprawl in 2009,we blocked the building of a carbon-dioxide spewing Walmart Supercenter near Joshua Tree Nat

126、ional Park and defended an injunction thats protecting San Diego vernal pool habitat.We continue to lead a powerful,high-profile,multiphase fight against the leviathan Tejon Ranch development,at the head of a broad coalition of endangered species advocates,Native Americans,environmental justice advo

127、cates,and local residents.The growing opposition is being drawn together by concern for the California condor,the sacred sites of the Chumash people,air quality degradation,and decreased quality of life for current residents if the sprawl complex is built,and in late 2009 our coalition filed suit to

128、 overturn Kern Countys approval of the controversial Tejon Mountain Village resort development.In response to a Center lawsuit,the Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to reconsider its deeply flawed decision to slash critical habitat for the Riverside fairy shrimp last December,a disappearing species w

129、hose last stronghold is highly desirable for agriculture and housing development.$500+Jennifer AbeleJason AberbachAnne AbseyAlan&Albert AdlerJohn&Susanne AlcockAliBier In Memory of Max Meyer FundKathryn&Gary AllenRon AllinJohn Alroy&Heather WeaverKathy Altman&Ivy SchwartzSteven A.AndersonNykole Ande

130、rsonGlenn Anderson&Tekla IngleseJohnny&Karen ArmstrongIsabel&Lawrence ArnoneJoan AxelsonTim BainAnne&Howard BaldwinGreg BallmerWilliam BellJoseph Paul BelliMelinda BenedekScott&Elana BensonBruce BergerMatt Berman&Gabrielle BarnettDale L.BerryBlistex,Inc.Erika BokaDoris Bouwensch,c/o Woodman&EatonLau

131、ra BradleyAngelle BrooksThomas&Betty BudlongIrene Cannon-GearyJulia CarolGiro CestaroBill ChambersArthur CharityAlfred B.ChaseJanet ChenThe Chicago Community FoundationWilliam&Teresa ChuJames W.&Jeanne ClarkeEileen CoeClayton&Mary CollinsShan&Noreen CollinsMelinda CombsJanet&Robert ConklinLaurie&Bri

132、an ConroyJoyce CourtneyDonald&Michele CroninKimberly DalyRudy&Kathryn DankwortDavid L.&Patricia DavidsonJohn&Lydia DelventhalDavid DesjardinsCharlie DonnesKathleen DoyleWilson DurhamJosh&Melinda EagleMichael EarlRuth EckertJeri EdwardsAnne D.Ehrlich&R.Alfred WodehouseNancy J.EllifritEnvironmental As

133、sociation for Great Lakes EducationAudrey EvansPatricia L.EvansJohn FelstinerRobert&Judy FenertyCharles FoxKenlynn FranszczakM.Cecilia Freeman&Donald K.LarkinFriends of the Houston Nature CenterKenneth Fry&Katherine KelleyDavid B.GalvinBetty Gaye-ToneySusan GeeDouglas GeyerJ.William Gibson&Carol Mit

134、hersElsa M.GibsonHelen GjessingDavid GordonHarrison GrathwohlKathryn GrayEben GroverDana GurleyDiana HadleyAnthon HahneJennifer HamiterLynne HarkinsThomas&Susan HausamPaul&Catherine HerkovicTherese HickeyHirschi InvestmentsJohn&Laura HoferGrace HoldenLouise&Herb HorvitzMichael C.HughesJohn HunkeleGa

135、rth&Wendy IllingworthElizabeth JacksonLivia JacksonAnila JacobJewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesRobert A.JohnstonDoug JordanSusan KeatsAdam KeatsBarbara Kingsolver&Steven HoppPatricia KlineAron&Katherine KnickerbockerKohn Family Corp.Jay&Carrie KolenovskyConstance KozlowskiPhilip Krohn&Monic

136、a BondSarosh KumanaThomas S.KusbelHelen LaddWilber David Laird,Jr.&Helen M.IngramParris LampropoulosGary LandersMarta LawrenceKenneth Layne&Laura CraneLouis LazKathi&Steve LindsayDavid&Malia LitmanMary Ann&James LockhartPhoebe LoveBenjamin&Sandy LovellAndrew LukDavid LutzJane ManginiKarla Maree&Gary

137、 MillerGideon MarkBinell A.&Raymond T.MartinoCharlotte&Alex MasarikLawrence MasterWalter&Laurina MatuskaClaude McDonaldJeff McLoughlinKatherine Meyer&Eric GlitzensteinMatthew C.Michael&Maki FifeGuthrie MillerRob ModicaThe Moe Family Charitable FundJim MoreheadJames MurphyDavid MyersStacy NealDaryl N

138、eesPatricia NicklesJames NoriegaOnline Resources CorporationAmy Noelle Osajima&George Chris TruesdaleRoberta ParryRobert&Patricia PaulTheresa PerenichDrs.Robert&Veronica PetersenNuri&John PierceRussell&Lisa PierceElizabeth Pierson&William RaineyPlan It Green PrintingDale PogorelskiCharles PowellFran

139、ces QuallsDr.Naomi Rachel&Ryo MurraygreenRudolph E.Radau,Jr.Linda&Martin RidenourJulia RobbinsKatherine RobertsFrank RobeyBarbara RosenJeri Roth&Robert H.LandeSanjay RoyBarbara RubinsteinLinda&Lee RudinPaul RussellMichael RussoJay SachsDavid SalmanSan Fernando Valley Audubon SocietyDebby SatterJohn

140、SchaarElizabeth Schloss&Tom LarsonVictoria SeidmanTania SeldenSunil&Sadna ShenoyPeter Skartvedt&Ann RillingTerri SlivkaBrenda SmithVictor&Shirley SoukupSperling FoundationElizabeth StandardDiana StarkElizabeth SteeleSarah B.Stewart,Psy.D.Christopher Stover&Lorraine R.BazanJean StremmelThe David&Sylv

141、ia Teitelbaum Fund,Inc.Lawrence ThompsonMargaret ThorpAlan TimmermanMercedes TodescoLisa Towell&David CortrightSteven&Camilla TracyMimie&Edison TseNathan TsuchiyaCyndi TuellJulia TullisAaron Turkewitz&Anna DiRienzoEric&Martha Van DykeSeeske VersluysAlison VossBetty WaltersKurt WarmbierPeter WarnerRo

142、nald&Judi WarrenJudith WatsonDavid WeeshoffKaren WehrmanDavid Weinstein&Lauren OckeneSteve WerndorfLaurie WhiteAllen WilliamsElaine WoodriffJames WoodsAnne WrightStephen YehLucia YoungGeorge ZbiegienLeda Zimmerman&Joseph BlattTHANK YOU,DONORS.LEADERSHIP CIRCLE2425$50,000+Marcey OlajosLindsey Quesinb

143、erry&Nancy Bower$10,000+Jonathan&Kathleen Altman FoundationFrederick&Judy BuechnerBill CollinsDennis CoulesHopkins Family TrustChandra Jessee&Julius GaudioKen JohnstonSteve Leuthold Family FoundationKen MillerBryan&Axson MorganRichard Pritzlaff,Biophilia FoundationDavid RosensteinJon Spar&Karen Kuli

144、kowskiJennifer&Randy SpeersRobert&Pat TammenRyah TaylorElsie Wattson LambRoy Young,Natures Own$1,000+Theresa AcerroJudith AronsteinMahgum AsgarianKathy&James AssalleyEd Begley,Jr.Michael&Jeanne BemiKate Bernheimer&Brent HendricksThe Beverly FoundationKrista&Alan BinnieKerstin&Spencer Block,Buffalo E

145、xchangeWilliam BloxomJay Brewer&Ingrid Larson-BrewerEleanor BriggsMonica Briggs Walker&Carolina ButlerTom CarlinoCCS FundSteven ChambersJune ClemensJoyce Clements&Susan RobinsonPeter&Carole ClumSterling ColeDan ColemanConcept2,Inc.Steven&Carolyn ConnerFrederic ConteKatherine CourtlandGary Cramer&Mar

146、jorie HerringJennifer L.Crandall&Frederick C.HansingLynn CrossNancy CunninghamGreg DanforthVirginia DavisLaurie DavisLaura DeikelFrank DelfinoSnowdy DodsonDon&Ellen DollarJudith Donath Family FoundationChristopher EarleConstantina EconomouFrances EpsenPaul EscobosaLeland EttingerRussell FaucettMeryl

147、 A.FaulknerNora&Andrew FiedlerJames FieldJon Fleagane&Sharon FleaganePeggy ForsterThe Henry J.Fox TrustMatt FrankelEllen FriedlanderFriedlander Family FundPeter Galvin&Cynthia ElkinsChristian&Joanne GariPatricia&Charles GeigerStephen&Martha GibsonPhoebe GilchristJim GilchristMartin&Enid GleichGoldth

148、waite FoundationGordon Family Charitable FoundationElizabeth Gordon,William J.J.Gordon Family FundApril GornikLumina GreenwayAvtar GrewalJanet Karleen HallPhilip&Anne-Marie HallJennifer&Alton HallumMike HansenJoseph D.Herron&Patricia A.BairdCharlotte HillJonathan HoeflerElizabeth W.HoldenScott Holmq

149、uistNatalie T.HoughtonJohn HulstonEd Jabari,P.E.&Connie JabariSuzanne Jones&Robert EliaMartin&Chureeporn JosephsonRichard Kahn&Thomas LutaziRonnie KanarekJenny KendlerJane KenyonJeanie&Murray KilgourBenjamin KitchenGina KlumpStephen&M.Karen KoermerDavid&Phyllis KoslowFayette F.KrauseKirsten KraussPa

150、mella&C.Stephen KrieghSteven KuhnDr.Juliet Lamont&Phil Price,Creekcats Environmental FundDr.John LaneKenneth LangoneA.Lane Leckman,M.D.George&Cathy LedecIrene LeeEd&Mary Ann LewisSusan Loesser&Dennis GallagherJoseph&Denise LoganKeith LoringFelicia Lowery&Andrew MacLeodAmy LowrySuzan R.Mackler FundJe

151、an ManningMary Jane MarcusPaul MartinMarilyn MartinMateel Environmental Justice FoundationDavid McCargoScott&Anne McCleveJames&Lola McGrewLovett McLuckie Family TrustElizabeth McNagnyPaul MeadowHoward Mechanic&Janet Grossman,Capsule ConnectionStephen&Sharon MetschJoe MeyerSaralaine Millet,EVIM Found

152、ationClark&Carol MitchelThe Monast FamilyJames MoorePhilip MorganJohn&Jan MuellerNeil MultackAnupam Narayan&Judith Sugg,Ph.D.William NewsomShirley NicholasMargery NicolsonPatricia&Richard NyeEmily OBrien&Diane CummingsHelen Ogden&Rick McGarrityOKeefe Family FoundationCarol ONeil,M.D.Ordinary People

153、FoundationPeter&Jean OssorioParkway Message Center,Inc.William D.Patterson&Doris E.BrownCynthia PattersonJessie PaulCary&David PaynterKristen PetersonHoliday Phelan-Johnson&Christopher JohnsonMs.Margo Phipps&Mr.John W.AldenDr.Ingeborg M.PoglayenPool Family FundScott PowerArian PregenzerSue Princiott

154、aEdward J.PushichRacoosin Family FoundationBarbara Radwan-Kuzelewski&Joe DurnellBonnie RaittMarcia RautenstrauchRegis UniversityAnna RichardsThe Grace Jones Richardson TrustRichmond Foundation,Inc.Stacey RichterBruce RobertsonHugh RodgersRenee Rondeau&Gordon RoddaF.Peter RoseEd Rounds&Callae Walcott

155、-Rounds FundSuzette RussiBruce SakashitaLillian SakkasSusan SakmarJohanna Santer,Orca FreeJack SawyerJustin&Li SchmidtSean&Amy SebastianDel SheldonRichard&Lois SheltonDr.Robin Silver&Karyn McCrearyR.P.Simmons Family FoundationRichard SlaughterSarah Snell&Eric MeyerDebbie SonenblickSouthern Californi

156、a Equestrian CenterBeverly SpectorGregg&Susan SpindlerSandra StaklisLawrence&Jacqueline SternTim StorerPhilippa StrahmKai Sung&Dr.Eva-Marie ChongSwimmer Family FoundationJohn&Margaret TannerDonna TarttGeorge&Debra TashJoan&Robert TaylorJ.Holley TaylorRosalie UhtUniversal Ethician ChurchJose ValdezAl

157、i&Rick Van ZeeJan VanderslootThe Viola FundBill Viola&Kira PerovRichard VoskanianCarey WallTed&Emily WarmWarren&Janis WatkinsJohn&Erin WatsonIain WebbLindsay Wheeler&Richard MakdisiDoug Wood&Joseph KolmanJeff&Connie Woodman FoundationEleanor G.Wootten,T&E,Inc.Lily Wu&David ChangRebecca YoungMargaret

158、 MayerLynn McCaffrayVeronica McClaskeyLaurel McCormickPatricia&Michael McCoyGordon McCurryVirginia McDonald-Sorenson&Roy SorensonDanny McGinnisBernard McHugh&Frances ClarkRobert&J.McIntoshHenry&Kathleen McIntyreMargaret&Carsten BrandtBarbara MeislinRuth Melnick&Martin SilberbergJohn MertesShefali&Ga

159、vin Milczarek-DesaiJoan E.MillerJohn&Kathleen MillerKevin Milliken&Alaine MillerBernie MinskJohn MitchelDavid&Laura MizenerHiram F.Moody,IIIT.Charles&Meredith MooreSuzanne MooreSylvia MorafkaOctavia MorganJo&Wayne MorrisonBoyce MorrisonRuth MortonAmy MowerRob MrowkaJacob MunsonMegan MurrayJohn Murre

160、llEleanor M.MusickRobert&Shirley Ann MyersJean&Gregory MyersBrian&Marlene MyresMargaret Naylor&Farzad FarrGeorge NelsonAlice Neuhauser&Thomas ConroyGeorge NewellMichael O.NimkoffWilliam K.NisbetLinda Ann NobleRebecca NoblinGlenn&Barbara NoblinDorothy NorrisAnitra N.Novy&Aaron V.BeanAnne OakesJim&Kar

161、en OBrienJudy ODonovanJames Kevin OHalloranMargaret OkuzumiCindy OstrowskiTracy OuelletteDavid OwenIvars OzolinsJoseph PadulaNoel&Diana ParkMelissa PartinDorothy&Walter PelechVan&Kathy PerkinsRichard PetersTina PetersonThomas PhalenNancy Phillips&Jerry KovacsLark PhillipsJan PollardBob PopeJames Pop

162、hamJoseph A.PopperRichard&Gail PottsMaryanne PreliMathew PricePatricia PrichardPamela PritchardMarianne Pyott&David EhleDaniel RaleighLuisa Rangel De Ferre&Antonio Luis FerreJoseph RehfeldKaren&James ReifschneiderPhilip ReiterHeinz RemoldDr.Robert A.&Mary J.ResnikWilliam&Ines RhoadsMichael RhodesSte

163、ven RichardsLaurose&Burton RichterDavid RindlaubSally RingsSusan RippleDvora RobinsonLeslie RoesslerJacqueline RouffRodolfo&Irene RuibalCharles RumseyWilbur&Gaile RussMary&William RussellLord Robin RussellBarrie RyanMiyoko Sakashita&Beko Reblitz-RichardsonJeffrey&Bebette SandersFlorence SandokSteven

164、 SardoSocorro SargentSteven&Adel SarnoffAl SattlerWerner SchaeferAnnette SchlossRuth SchlossbergGeorge SchnackDewey V.SchorreSusan&Marurico SchraderMarian D.SchravesandeSusan SchuhardtAnn SchultzAnne ScofieldMatthew SeacordWalter SedgwickGloria&John SeftonSequoia ForestKeeperCarol&Jonathan SesslerPe

165、ter SeubertSusan ShapiraRichard Shepard&Una Hayes-ShepardJohn M.ShermanMichael SherrellJack ShuckCraig&Barbara SiegelStan&Pam SiegelStephan SilenRobert H.SilsbeeHenry C.Simmons&Helen C.McDonaldGene&Elisabeth SimonMartha&Kenneth SimonsenChristine SimpsonErwin Sityar&Christine WashburnPaul SkanMaureen

166、 Sloan&Cindy von HoffmannWilliam&Carol SmallwoodFlorence Gay Smith FoundationRebecca SmithDavid SmithJohn Smith-Lontz,II&Chandra R.Lontz-SmithAriana SophieaCarol&Harold SpanglerDaniel SpitzleyRobert&Gail StagmanWilliam W.&Ann P.StaintonEileen StarkMatthew StatmanGeoffrey StearnsLaurence StearnsJerry

167、&Sally StefferudMark StevensChristopher StevensonFrances StevensonAshe StickneyNancy StierJason StollerGary&Teresita StricklandMs.Shana Strongin&Mr.Jon CorshenTom StruhsakerDeborah&Randy StykaMargaret SueokaRebecca Summer&Richard DucoteyConstance&Kevin SuttonEthel&Michael TankensonCharlot TaylorJoe&

168、Sue TaylorSuzanne C.&Seth B.ThompsonPaula ThomsenKurt ThomsonDonald ThomsonLisa TogniPaul Torrence&Bonnie JohnsonCheryl TothChristopher TowerRobert TrautLouann&David TungTerrie L.Ulery&Thomas A.PechinskiRichard&Janice UlrichChristie&Ronald UlrichStephen&Amy UnfriedUnitarian Universalist Church of So

169、utheastern ArizonaDona UpsonAbby UptegraffMichael Van PattenMike&Y.VandemanShelley VargaDeborah VathSusan M.Vaughan&William K.BrubakerGreg VinesBarbara VinsonMichael&Elizabeth Berger VittesRusselle WallaceCatherine J.WallingBarbara WalshKrista WardRoxanne WarrenBarbara WatersJacob WegelinE.Jennifer

170、WeilJoseph WeinsteinSusan WeisbergMike WelbornCharles&Sally WelchJohn WendellMichael&Iris WengAdam WerbachJustin WhartonLesley WheelerRobert WhiteCarol WhiteNancy WhitlowRev.Dr.Forrest Whitman&Frances A.BlackRobert WiegertDave Wilhelm&Nancy StewartSherri WilliamsonJanet WillisAndrew WilsonRegina Wil

171、sonMichael&Mary WoodRachel L.WoodardCharlene&William WoodcockCatharine Woodin,Aire Design CompanyBarbara WoodsWilliam WoodsLouise WoodwardNathalie WorthingtonMichael YannellYavapai Group Sierra ClubDiane YoungLily YoungMary F.YoungMr.David Young&Mr.Donald BirdTolford YoungMichael Zatto,D.D.S.Richard

172、 ZaveskyHelena ZimmermanFoundationsCare for the Wild International Change Happens Foundation Compton Foundation Desert Protective Council Educational Foundation of America Environment Now Firedoll Foundation Frankel Family Foundation David B.Gold Foundation Richard&Rhoda Goldman FoundationKongsgaard

173、-Goldman Foundation Lazar Foundation Living Springs Foundation M.U.S.E.Make Yourself Foundation Martin Foundation New Hampshire Charitable Foundation New-Land Foundation Newmans Own Foundation Orchard Foundation Proteus Fund San Francisco Foundation Sandler Foundation Sierra ClubSan Gorgonio Chapter

174、 Temper of the Times Foundation Turner Foundation Wallace Global Fund Wilburforce Foundation WildSpacesWorking Assets$250+Mark Abel&Kathleen WilliamsJames L.Adcock&Anne OttenMary AdkinsDaniel AeschlimanHolly&Heinrich AichemShay AlberCaroline AllenElizabeth&Richard AllenDavid AllenStuart&Cindy AltRic

175、hard D.Amerling&Mary C.KellyLinda AndersonNorman AndersonDavid AndersonClifford E.AndersonDarla AndersonJohn AndersonHelen AndersonRobin&Ken AppleberrySusan&Jayson ArkinJohn Arnold&Gayle KlauserLeroy&Marilyn AthenourTeresa AudesirkPaul K.AueBenita AugeMargery B.AvirettJames&Marianne AyresW.K.Bagwell

176、Rebecca&Randall BahrAnne Marie BaioneLaird H.BarberCameron BarfieldEdward BarkerTracy BarneyJack BartleyEllen T.&Donald C.BauderBobbie&Marianne BeckerBetsy BeersLisa BelenkyLinda BellEvalyn BemisCharles BennettDonna BensonLori BertrandDavid BinnsAndrew BlackGary BlockKelly BlueLoretta BoberSteve Bob

177、erg&Lynn MoweryWalter BockJohn BogartL.BonningtonEleanor BookwalterJoseph BowerLyman BrainerdSusan BrandesKim BrinkSean BrunerLouis BubalaJelena BundesmannBrenda BurnettNancy BusroeBill BussAmy ButteLorene CalderCalifornia Native Plant Society,Los Angeles ChapterJanice CalkinCarlos Campbell,M.D.&Eli

178、zabeth Knight-CampbellEmily CampbellAnne Evelyn Carl&Al AndersonRobert CarrLinda Louise CarrollGerald&Joyce CarterMarcelle P.ChaseGail&Douglas CheesmanJonathan ChildsGerald F.Cichlar&William F.PeerRobert H.ClarkSusan ClarkAlice ClevelandClip and Still+,Inc.Cindy CobbTeresa CobleTeri&Alan CohenMeliss

179、a Cole&Susan OliverAlbert&Margaret CollinetLauren ColvinMelisande Congdon-DoyleAnn Marie ConnorSusan ConsidineMike&Joy CookHelen M.CoolurisUrsula CowgillMichael CraibJane E.Cronin&Samuel W.WethernLinda&Barbara CrutchfieldRobin CusickElysa Daniels&Edward FedorukMaria&Leonr DaoJan DavidsonSusan DavisM

180、ildred DawsonBarbara De LeebeeckRamona&Dorian DeaneGuy&Heidi DeCorteCaroline DeeganThomas DeflerElizabeth&Mike DenningDiana DennistonJohn DespinesMelvin DickersonPeter M.&Janet G.DickeySandy&Ray DiTirroJonathan&Laurie DittmarSusan Dixon George DLouhyJuli,Alex,&Jon DoarAmy M.DonahoeFrank&Kate DraperM

181、r.David C.Dunand&Ms.Janice C.EberlyCharles DuncanGeoff DunnLarry&Judith EastSarah Edwards-Schmidt&Dennis SchmidtBrooke,Christina,&Ethan EldridgeStephen Elston&Cymie PayneDiane ElyDarryl&Eileen EngleDianne EnglekeThomas EnslowMelissa L.EppleStephen Evans&Monica FletcherPhilip EvanstockEleanor Evertse

182、nMelissa FarleyMarc FarleyNancy FentonHerb FibelDonald&Diane FikeFine Family FoundationAl&Joanne FinkelsteinHeidi FleischmannLis,Tova,&D.M.FlemingTimothy J.FloodRussell D.FolksMargaret ForrestelDelaina FosterNaomi FranklinMaura FuchsDavid Fullmer&Clare HeitkampVirginia GainesMargot&Francis GaltGisel

183、a GamperNina GenesonDedre GentnerBarbara GeorgeStuart Gibbs&Suzanne Patmore-GibbsMike GiblinEric GilchristMiranda GlasbergenDonald&Carol GlenJennifer Sarna GlickRichard Golek&Susie DongDavid GoodwardKatherine Gould-Martin&Robert L.MartinJoan&Irwin GovermanJess GreenspanNorma GreenwoodFred GrindleLan

184、ce K GroodyThomas GrossAlexandra GruskosJoyce HansenJeanne HansenAsk HansenMarylin&Warren HarkeyKate HarperHugh HavlikLeslie HaydelGail HeathJune HeilmanDonald HelfrichKathleen Ann HenkelJoan HeroStacey HerzingAnne G.HessHelen&Roger M.HessGilliam S.HicksLynn&Nancy HigbeeSally HillsJan Z.Hintermeiste

185、rKenneth HittelEric HolleJ.William HollidayHelen HolmgrenDavid&Shelly HopsonGary HoytLynn HuberKennon HudsonDr.Joyce&M.HuesemannChuck HuffstutlerPhilip HultErik HuntsingerI Do FoundationShari IaconeMarjean IngallsMelinda IrvinMarian IsaacLynn JacksonG.Kent Jacobs&Cynthia L.WickerDorian E.Jankowski&G

186、regory L.DaussinG.Arthur Janssen,M.D.Karin&Thomas JefferyJeffrey A.JensJewish Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community FederationThomas&Candice JohnsonKarolina JohnsonMarilyn C.Jones,M.D.Eric JonesJudith JoyRuth KaczmarekRuth KahnDori Karol-LaybourneMichael KavanaughMr.&Mrs.Kirk KeilDennis&J

187、oanne KeithThomas KellyHugh&Molly Rice KellyPatricia KenyonSarah Kimball&Christine M.MontgomeryWarren&Barry KingMandy KingAngela KingCynthia Knuth-FischerKate&Bill KochLewis&Melissa KohlLisa Kornse&August L.WasserscheidEkaterina Korobkina&Robert GolubShirley KosekArlene KotilIlya KravchenkoPaul&Kay

188、KrehbielStephen KresgeMary E.,Loren A.,&Ernestine KriegerEllen KritzmanCary LaCheenLance LandrumDavid A.LangebartelEloise&Asa LanumR.&Cathy LargayCalvin E.Lash,Jr.Lindsey Lawrence&Chuck LibbyPam&Raymond LawrenceKatie LeeRoger Lee&Irisita AzaryDavid LeithauserRichard LeonardJeanette LeporeMagali Lequ

189、ientHarold&Kathleen LesKristin LeuschnerPhil LevyJed LindGreg LuckeyJohn MackinLiwen Mah&Yvette LeungRick MalchowSaba&Ali MalikLaurence&Sheila MaloneMaureen E.MannSylvie MaracciPatricia MarinaccioRuth E.MartilloSusan MartinJames MartinDora MartindaleCherie&Kenneth MasonJennifer Anne MathersFelicia&W

190、arren May26272009 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESMatching Gift ProgramsThe Center thanks employees of the following foundations and companies for directing funds from their workplace giving programs to support our work.Adobe Systems IncorporatedAetna Foundation,Inc.American Express FoundationAmgen Foundatio

191、nApplied BiosystemsBank of AmericaBarclays Global InvestorsBP Foundation,Inc.Bristol-Myers Squibb FoundationCA,Inc.C.R.Bard FoundationCaterpillar FoundationEmployees Community Fund of the Boeing CompanyFirst Data FoundationFM Global FoundationGE FoundationGoogle Matching Gifts ProgramHewlett-Packard

192、Intuit FoundationJohnson&JohnsonJPMorgan Chase Foundation Matching Gift&Volunteer ProgramsKingdon Capital Management LLCKraft Foods Matching Gifts ProgramMcKesson Foundation,Inc.Merrill Lynch&Co.Foundation,Inc.Microsoft Employee Giving CampaignMotorola FoundationMSNBC.comNestle FoundationNew York Ti

193、mes Company FoundationNintendo of AmericaOracle Matching Gifts Program Pepsico FoundationPfizer Foundation Matching GiftsProgressive Insurance FoundationResearch CorporationCity of SeattleSymantecTruistTyco Matching Gifts ProgramUnilever United States Foundation,Inc.Matching Gift ProgramUnited eWayU

194、nited Way Columbia-WilliametteUnited Way for Greater RochesterUnited Way of Santa Cruz CountyUnited Way of Tucson&Southern ArizonaMesa United WayVerizon FoundationCombined Fund Drive of Washington StateWellpoint Foundation Associate Giving CampaignWilliam Wrigley Jr.Company FoundationYahooServices&I

195、n-kind GiftsWalt AndersonKaren AshleyBob BaxterDouglas BevingtonMike DanzenbakerPeter GalvinCarrie GarrisonDavid JohnsonThomas D.MangelsenLawrence MasterPaul MirochaGary NafisMarcey OlajosScott Power,Herchmer LLCJoel Sartore Photography Bill SnapeRobert ZellerIn Remembrance Thank you to all who gave

196、 gifts in memory of:Jeannette KochT.J.LangleyElsie MillerIsaac SesayAnna WorthSUPPORT AND REVENUEGrants and donationsFoundation grants Membership and donationsTotal public supportRevenueLegal returnsContracts MiscellaneousInvestment incomeTotal revenueTotal support and revenueEXPENSESProgram service

197、sEndangered SpeciesClimate Public LandsInternationalOceansUrban WildlandsTotal program servicesSupporting servicesGeneral and administrativeFundraisingTotal support servicesTotal expensesChange in net assetsNet assets,beginning of yearNet assets,end of yearFor Year Ended 12/31/09.Totals include rest

198、ricted and unrestricted support.Audited financial statements are available on request.$1,423,127 4,795,424 6,218,551 1,173,517 5,780 15,162 69,531 1,263,990 7,482,541 1,261,075 987,648 1,368,117 207,108 638,570 369,136 4,831,654(83%)284,064 (5%)675,408 (12%)959,472 5,791,126 1,691,415 6,462,365$8,15

199、3,780 LEGACY SOCIETYThe Center for Biological Diversity thanks the following supporters who have remembered us in their retirement plans,wills or other estate plans.To learn more about joining the Centers Legacy Society and leaving a lasting gift for endangered species and wild places,contact Tim Ja

200、nes at(866)357-3349 x.318 or tjanesbiologicaldiversity.org.Jim&Peggy AlexanderMichael BeckerWill BerlinerDale BerryFlorence BisanzBarry BradenMatt BurgessChristopher CaninoTom CarlinoRonald M.ClaytonBill CollinsMelisande Congdon-DoyleEfren CoteroCharlene CraigNancy CunninghamJohn DAmbraDarry DolanJa

201、nice G.EckhardtConstantina EconomouJudie EisenhauerAnne EpsteinThe Eshbaugh FamilyDavid EvansMarie L.FarrMeryl A.FaulknerDeborah FilipelliSylvia FitchenWilliam ForbesAnne Galloway CurtisSheila GershenBruce GungleMelva HackneyAbigail HaglerRoger HarmonRoxy HillsLisa JenningsKaren KampferJane KatesAnd

202、y KerrFayette F.KrauseElise KroeberDoug La FolletteDebra LandauKatie LeeJohn I.MartinKaren MauchDoyle McClureBarbara MoritschPeter&Jean OssorioNicole PanterTerri PaulsKelly PoeMark PrettiNaomi Rachel&Ryo MurraygreenTroy ReganDave RichMichael RobinsonSteven RussPaul RussellMark SaylorJustin SchmidtEl

203、aine SchwartzBrad SeldenAndy StudebakerSigmund SzujewskiNancy TaylorJanet&Mark ThewJohn TylerSteve TylerCharles WarlopElsie Wattson LambBeverly WhiteBeverly White-McCarttIn 2009,the Centers supporters contributed close to$7.5 million to our critical efforts to protect imperiled wildlife and habitat.

204、Our highly effective use of funds resulted in 83 percent of all expenses going directly to support our conservation programs,earning us continued high marks from charity raters.Weve again weathered a tough economy with the wisest possible investment:continuing to grow our large,loyal membership base,whose unflagging support steadies us against a fluctuating financial market and lays an ever-stronger foundation for our future.28295%GENERAL&ADMINISTRATIVE12%FUNDRAISING83%PROGRAM SERVICESNonprofit OrgUS POSTAGEPAIDTUCSON AZPermit No 1308P.O.Box 710 Tucson,AZ 85702-0710www.biologicaldiversity.org