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So much of PRBO’s success stems from our innovative conservation science, co-creating solutions with our partners and the support of generous members like you!
Like Melany Aten, PRBO staff exude a contagious enthusiasm for applying their scientific knowledge and working hand-in-hand with our public and private partners to make the world a better place for birds, other wildlife and us all.
Thank you for making PRBO’s science-to-solutions leadership possible with your most generous year-end gift today!
Best wishes for a joyous holiday season,
Ellie M. Cohen President and CEO
P.S. Please consider making your gift online today at www.prbo.org/donate.
Thank you again!
Friends of PRBO
Friends of PRBO support is key to our ongoing bird and ecosystem studies. Your gift — of cash, securities and/or property — is fundamental to our success. Together we are putting conservation science to work for a healthy future.
Friends of PRBO $500 – 999• Invitation to our Annual Friends of PRBO
Reception and Annual Meeting
• Subscription to PRBO’s quarterly journal, the Observer
• Updates from President and CEO Ellie Cohen
• Recognition in the Annual Report
Supporters’ Circle $1000 – 2,499• Includes all of the above, plus
• Personal invitation to special presentations by PRBO’s highly accomplished scientists
Patrons’ Circle $2,500 – 4,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to exclusive bird walks with President and CEO Ellie Cohen, and Naturalist Rich Stallcup
Mentors’ Circle $5,000 – 9,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to an exclusive travel opportunity with President and CEO Ellie Cohen, senior science staff, and Naturalist Rich Stallcup
Guardians’ Circle $10,000 – 24,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Special field trips to PRBO field research and project sites, led by senior science staff and President and CEO Ellie Cohen
Benefactors’ Circle $25,000 & Above• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to attend special PRBO Reception and Board Trip
PRBO also gratefully accepts planned gifts such as bequests, life income gifts and gifts through Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Planned gift donors are recognized in PRBO’s Tern Society.
To learn more about the Tern Society, please call Kerri Beeker, Planned Gifts Officer, at 707. 781-2547 or email at [email protected]
For more information on how you can support PRBO, please contact Nancy Gamble, Director of Individual Giving, at 707.781.2554 or [email protected]
PRBO Conservation Science • 3820 Cypress Drive #11, Petaluma, CA 94954
tel 707.781.2555 • fax 707.765.1685 • email [email protected] • www.prbo.org. Please follow PRBO on Facebook!
Printed with agri-based inks on 10% post-consumer waste recycled paper. Made in the USA.
Friends of PRBOS U P P O R T P R B O T O D A Y !
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Our climate smart techniques will improve habitat health by retaining water flow and soil moisture longer into the dry season.
next StePS: With your help, we will expand climate smart restoration across California; catalyze other similar efforts; and partner with plant scientists and geneticists to help species and ecosystems have a better chance of adapting to changing conditions.
Restoring the Farallon Islands In contrast with dismal ocean food conditions and breeding failure of Cassin’s Auklets in 2005 and 2006, PRBO documented 2012 as a banner year for some seabirds breeding on the Farallones. But it was another extremely poor year for Brandt’s Cormorants, Western Gulls and Pelagic Cormorants (which experienced complete breeding failure). Our 40+ year data sets reveal that the marine ecosystem is becoming more erratic with large swings in productivity and food availability, raising questions about what the future holds, especially for more sensitive species.
next StePS: With your help, we will expand our ongoing research with more comprehensive studies on plants, insects, endemic crickets and salamanders; and, advance restoration planning and research to protect the wildlife of the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge from non-native rodents.
Sierra Meadow Initiative High elevation meadows provide critical habitat for many bird species and other wildlife. They are an essential part of a healthy water cycle, driving the vitality of our watersheds and are ever more important as the permanent snow pack is lost to a changing climate.
These invaluable meadows have been degraded through timber harvest, ill-advised roads and railroads and inappropriate grazing practices. To reverse these trends, PRBO has guided the restoration and management of over 3,000 acres of public and private Sierran meadows, using birds as indicators of success.
next StePS: With your help, we will restore and protect an additional 5,000 acres of mountain meadows in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Forest Service, Feather River Coordinated Resource Management group and the Northern Sierra Partnership.
Innovating Conservation Science for a Healthy Future
the Last Ocean PRBO is a science leader in international efforts to secure protection for the Ross Sea in Antarctica, where we have worked since 1972 studying Adélie Penguins. Larger than California, the Ross Sea is the last near-pristine ocean in the world. Yet this remote ecosystem is facing increased pressures from fishing and climate change.
With H.T. Harvey and Associates, we facilitated a collaboration of more than 50 researchers from 6 countries to establish the scientific basis for a Ross Sea Marine Protected Area—one of the largest ever proposed. We interpreted scientific findings for top government officials in the United States, South Korea and China to inform the management and protection of this rich ocean ecosystem.
next StePS: With your help, PRBO will continue to inform the global leaders who are determining the fate of the Ross Sea and conduct our 30th year of Antarctic research to advance conservation of the world’s “Last Ocean.”
Conserving Pacific Flyway Shorebirds This year we launched an ambitious 10-year, multi-partner research project to guide shorebird and wetland conservation from Alaska to Patagonia. PRBO is leading the effort to study over 1 million shorebirds at more than 2000 sites in 7 countries, the largest coordinated survey ever of wintering shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of the Americas. Using shorebirds as indicators of environmental change, the Migratory Shorebird Project will guide management of wetlands and agricultural lands for birds and people.
next StePS: With your help, we will work with partners from across the Americas to assess shorebird and habitat vulnerability to climate change, prioritize landscapes for conservation action, develop on-line bilingual communications, and coordinate surveys across 10 countries with expanding coverage in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the United States (Oregon and Washington).
Climate-Smart Restoration Ecological restoration is key to addressing impacts of climate change on nature and people. However, the vast majority of current restoration efforts do not include future climate conditions. Through our STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed) Program, PRBO scientists are testing new climate-smart restoration approaches including planting species with wider tolerances to drought, flooding and heat extremes, and species that produce food earlier and later in the year to accommodate changes in migration timing.
Dear Friend,
Thanks to your support, PRBO is leading the charge to reduce the impacts of accelerating environmental change on birds, other wildlife and our communities.
We face enormous challenges ahead but remain hopeful. We know that because of our innovative work today, healthy ecosystems will continue to sustain vibrant wildlife and people, on land and at sea, for future generations.
Following are recent accomplishments and next steps that we will achieve with your help!
Re-watering California’s Foothills “Engaging ranchers to find win-win solutions is incredibly rewarding,” explained Melany Aten. Melany is one of 3 new PRBO Partner Biologists, working hand-in-hand with over 40 cattle ranchers and farmers in collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and others. Her work is at the heart of PRBO’s new Rangeland Watershed Initiative. Our 5 year goal is to “re-water” 1.1 million acres of Central Valley and coastal foothills by implementing prescriptive grazing and other eco-friendly practices. Our cooperative approach will get creeks flowing again, increase water supply downstream, create healthy habitat for birds and other wildlife and enhance ranchers’ bottom lines.
next StePS: With your help, we will hire 7 new Partner Biologists in priority watersheds and leverage $12.5 million in Farm Bill habitat funds over the next 3 years.
Your most generous year-end gift today helps bring back the water
to sustain watersheds, wildlife and our communities!
Saving Whales and Seabirds Nearly 50 whales have been injured or killed due to ship strikes off California since 2001. Through our at-sea research partnership with NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, we helped develop recommendations to modify shipping lanes that could significantly reduce vessel strikes on whales. We are pleased to report that the Coast Guard accepted the proposal. New navigation routes should be implemented in the next couple of years. Our collaborative efforts have also identified preferred seabird feeding hotspots off our coast.
next StePS: With your help, PRBO and our partners will improve tracking of whales; design a smart phone application to provide near-real-time alerts; and increase protection of Sanctuary seabird feeding hotspots.
Your generous year-end gift ensures that PRBO will continue to be a leader in innovating conservation science for a healthy future!
Cunita Barrier Island, Columbia. Photo by Richard Johnson- Associacion Calidris
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Humpback whale by the Farallon Islands. Photo by Annie Schmidt.
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Our climate smart techniques will improve habitat health by retaining water flow and soil moisture longer into the dry season.
next StePS: With your help, we will expand climate smart restoration across California; catalyze other similar efforts; and partner with plant scientists and geneticists to help species and ecosystems have a better chance of adapting to changing conditions.
Restoring the Farallon Islands In contrast with dismal ocean food conditions and breeding failure of Cassin’s Auklets in 2005 and 2006, PRBO documented 2012 as a banner year for some seabirds breeding on the Farallones. But it was another extremely poor year for Brandt’s Cormorants, Western Gulls and Pelagic Cormorants (which experienced complete breeding failure). Our 40+ year data sets reveal that the marine ecosystem is becoming more erratic with large swings in productivity and food availability, raising questions about what the future holds, especially for more sensitive species.
next StePS: With your help, we will expand our ongoing research with more comprehensive studies on plants, insects, endemic crickets and salamanders; and, advance restoration planning and research to protect the wildlife of the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge from non-native rodents.
Sierra Meadow Initiative High elevation meadows provide critical habitat for many bird species and other wildlife. They are an essential part of a healthy water cycle, driving the vitality of our watersheds and are ever more important as the permanent snow pack is lost to a changing climate.
These invaluable meadows have been degraded through timber harvest, ill-advised roads and railroads and inappropriate grazing practices. To reverse these trends, PRBO has guided the restoration and management of over 3,000 acres of public and private Sierran meadows, using birds as indicators of success.
next StePS: With your help, we will restore and protect an additional 5,000 acres of mountain meadows in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Forest Service, Feather River Coordinated Resource Management group and the Northern Sierra Partnership.
Innovating Conservation Science for a Healthy Future
the Last Ocean PRBO is a science leader in international efforts to secure protection for the Ross Sea in Antarctica, where we have worked since 1972 studying Adélie Penguins. Larger than California, the Ross Sea is the last near-pristine ocean in the world. Yet this remote ecosystem is facing increased pressures from fishing and climate change.
With H.T. Harvey and Associates, we facilitated a collaboration of more than 50 researchers from 6 countries to establish the scientific basis for a Ross Sea Marine Protected Area—one of the largest ever proposed. We interpreted scientific findings for top government officials in the United States, South Korea and China to inform the management and protection of this rich ocean ecosystem.
next StePS: With your help, PRBO will continue to inform the global leaders who are determining the fate of the Ross Sea and conduct our 30th year of Antarctic research to advance conservation of the world’s “Last Ocean.”
Conserving Pacific Flyway Shorebirds This year we launched an ambitious 10-year, multi-partner research project to guide shorebird and wetland conservation from Alaska to Patagonia. PRBO is leading the effort to study over 1 million shorebirds at more than 2000 sites in 7 countries, the largest coordinated survey ever of wintering shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of the Americas. Using shorebirds as indicators of environmental change, the Migratory Shorebird Project will guide management of wetlands and agricultural lands for birds and people.
next StePS: With your help, we will work with partners from across the Americas to assess shorebird and habitat vulnerability to climate change, prioritize landscapes for conservation action, develop on-line bilingual communications, and coordinate surveys across 10 countries with expanding coverage in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the United States (Oregon and Washington).
Climate-Smart Restoration Ecological restoration is key to addressing impacts of climate change on nature and people. However, the vast majority of current restoration efforts do not include future climate conditions. Through our STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed) Program, PRBO scientists are testing new climate-smart restoration approaches including planting species with wider tolerances to drought, flooding and heat extremes, and species that produce food earlier and later in the year to accommodate changes in migration timing.
Dear Friend,
Thanks to your support, PRBO is leading the charge to reduce the impacts of accelerating environmental change on birds, other wildlife and our communities.
We face enormous challenges ahead but remain hopeful. We know that because of our innovative work today, healthy ecosystems will continue to sustain vibrant wildlife and people, on land and at sea, for future generations.
Following are recent accomplishments and next steps that we will achieve with your help!
Re-watering California’s Foothills “Engaging ranchers to find win-win solutions is incredibly rewarding,” explained Melany Aten. Melany is one of 3 new PRBO Partner Biologists, working hand-in-hand with over 40 cattle ranchers and farmers in collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and others. Her work is at the heart of PRBO’s new Rangeland Watershed Initiative. Our 5 year goal is to “re-water” 1.1 million acres of Central Valley and coastal foothills by implementing prescriptive grazing and other eco-friendly practices. Our cooperative approach will get creeks flowing again, increase water supply downstream, create healthy habitat for birds and other wildlife and enhance ranchers’ bottom lines.
next StePS: With your help, we will hire 7 new Partner Biologists in priority watersheds and leverage $12.5 million in Farm Bill habitat funds over the next 3 years.
Your most generous year-end gift today helps bring back the water
to sustain watersheds, wildlife and our communities!
Saving Whales and Seabirds Nearly 50 whales have been injured or killed due to ship strikes off California since 2001. Through our at-sea research partnership with NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, we helped develop recommendations to modify shipping lanes that could significantly reduce vessel strikes on whales. We are pleased to report that the Coast Guard accepted the proposal. New navigation routes should be implemented in the next couple of years. Our collaborative efforts have also identified preferred seabird feeding hotspots off our coast.
next StePS: With your help, PRBO and our partners will improve tracking of whales; design a smart phone application to provide near-real-time alerts; and increase protection of Sanctuary seabird feeding hotspots.
Your generous year-end gift ensures that PRBO will continue to be a leader in innovating conservation science for a healthy future!
Cunita Barrier Island, Columbia. Photo by Richard Johnson- Associacion Calidris
Gur
nsey
Cre
ek M
eado
w, L
asse
n N
atio
nal F
orre
st. P
hoto
by
Ryan
Bur
nett.
Humpback whale by the Farallon Islands. Photo by Annie Schmidt.
Shor
t-bill
ed D
owitc
hers
. Pho
to b
y To
m G
rey.
Blac
k-bac
ked
Woo
dpec
ker.
Phot
o by
Tom
Gre
y
Our climate smart techniques will improve habitat health by retaining water flow and soil moisture longer into the dry season.
next StePS: With your help, we will expand climate smart restoration across California; catalyze other similar efforts; and partner with plant scientists and geneticists to help species and ecosystems have a better chance of adapting to changing conditions.
Restoring the Farallon Islands In contrast with dismal ocean food conditions and breeding failure of Cassin’s Auklets in 2005 and 2006, PRBO documented 2012 as a banner year for some seabirds breeding on the Farallones. But it was another extremely poor year for Brandt’s Cormorants, Western Gulls and Pelagic Cormorants (which experienced complete breeding failure). Our 40+ year data sets reveal that the marine ecosystem is becoming more erratic with large swings in productivity and food availability, raising questions about what the future holds, especially for more sensitive species.
next StePS: With your help, we will expand our ongoing research with more comprehensive studies on plants, insects, endemic crickets and salamanders; and, advance restoration planning and research to protect the wildlife of the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge from non-native rodents.
Sierra Meadow Initiative High elevation meadows provide critical habitat for many bird species and other wildlife. They are an essential part of a healthy water cycle, driving the vitality of our watersheds and are ever more important as the permanent snow pack is lost to a changing climate.
These invaluable meadows have been degraded through timber harvest, ill-advised roads and railroads and inappropriate grazing practices. To reverse these trends, PRBO has guided the restoration and management of over 3,000 acres of public and private Sierran meadows, using birds as indicators of success.
next StePS: With your help, we will restore and protect an additional 5,000 acres of mountain meadows in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Forest Service, Feather River Coordinated Resource Management group and the Northern Sierra Partnership.
Innovating Conservation Science for a Healthy Future
the Last Ocean PRBO is a science leader in international efforts to secure protection for the Ross Sea in Antarctica, where we have worked since 1972 studying Adélie Penguins. Larger than California, the Ross Sea is the last near-pristine ocean in the world. Yet this remote ecosystem is facing increased pressures from fishing and climate change.
With H.T. Harvey and Associates, we facilitated a collaboration of more than 50 researchers from 6 countries to establish the scientific basis for a Ross Sea Marine Protected Area—one of the largest ever proposed. We interpreted scientific findings for top government officials in the United States, South Korea and China to inform the management and protection of this rich ocean ecosystem.
next StePS: With your help, PRBO will continue to inform the global leaders who are determining the fate of the Ross Sea and conduct our 30th year of Antarctic research to advance conservation of the world’s “Last Ocean.”
Conserving Pacific Flyway Shorebirds This year we launched an ambitious 10-year, multi-partner research project to guide shorebird and wetland conservation from Alaska to Patagonia. PRBO is leading the effort to study over 1 million shorebirds at more than 2000 sites in 7 countries, the largest coordinated survey ever of wintering shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of the Americas. Using shorebirds as indicators of environmental change, the Migratory Shorebird Project will guide management of wetlands and agricultural lands for birds and people.
next StePS: With your help, we will work with partners from across the Americas to assess shorebird and habitat vulnerability to climate change, prioritize landscapes for conservation action, develop on-line bilingual communications, and coordinate surveys across 10 countries with expanding coverage in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the United States (Oregon and Washington).
Climate-Smart Restoration Ecological restoration is key to addressing impacts of climate change on nature and people. However, the vast majority of current restoration efforts do not include future climate conditions. Through our STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed) Program, PRBO scientists are testing new climate-smart restoration approaches including planting species with wider tolerances to drought, flooding and heat extremes, and species that produce food earlier and later in the year to accommodate changes in migration timing.
Dear Friend,
Thanks to your support, PRBO is leading the charge to reduce the impacts of accelerating environmental change on birds, other wildlife and our communities.
We face enormous challenges ahead but remain hopeful. We know that because of our innovative work today, healthy ecosystems will continue to sustain vibrant wildlife and people, on land and at sea, for future generations.
Following are recent accomplishments and next steps that we will achieve with your help!
Re-watering California’s Foothills “Engaging ranchers to find win-win solutions is incredibly rewarding,” explained Melany Aten. Melany is one of 3 new PRBO Partner Biologists, working hand-in-hand with over 40 cattle ranchers and farmers in collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and others. Her work is at the heart of PRBO’s new Rangeland Watershed Initiative. Our 5 year goal is to “re-water” 1.1 million acres of Central Valley and coastal foothills by implementing prescriptive grazing and other eco-friendly practices. Our cooperative approach will get creeks flowing again, increase water supply downstream, create healthy habitat for birds and other wildlife and enhance ranchers’ bottom lines.
next StePS: With your help, we will hire 7 new Partner Biologists in priority watersheds and leverage $12.5 million in Farm Bill habitat funds over the next 3 years.
Your most generous year-end gift today helps bring back the water
to sustain watersheds, wildlife and our communities!
Saving Whales and Seabirds Nearly 50 whales have been injured or killed due to ship strikes off California since 2001. Through our at-sea research partnership with NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, we helped develop recommendations to modify shipping lanes that could significantly reduce vessel strikes on whales. We are pleased to report that the Coast Guard accepted the proposal. New navigation routes should be implemented in the next couple of years. Our collaborative efforts have also identified preferred seabird feeding hotspots off our coast.
next StePS: With your help, PRBO and our partners will improve tracking of whales; design a smart phone application to provide near-real-time alerts; and increase protection of Sanctuary seabird feeding hotspots.
Your generous year-end gift ensures that PRBO will continue to be a leader in innovating conservation science for a healthy future!
Cunita Barrier Island, Columbia. Photo by Richard Johnson- Associacion Calidris
Gur
nsey
Cre
ek M
eado
w, L
asse
n N
atio
nal F
orre
st. P
hoto
by
Ryan
Bur
nett.
Humpback whale by the Farallon Islands. Photo by Annie Schmidt.
Shor
t-bill
ed D
owitc
hers
. Pho
to b
y To
m G
rey.
Frie
nds
of P
RBO
So much of PRBO’s success stems from our innovative conservation science, co-creating solutions with our partners and the support of generous members like you!
Like Melany Aten, PRBO staff exude a contagious enthusiasm for applying their scientific knowledge and working hand-in-hand with our public and private partners to make the world a better place for birds, other wildlife and us all.
Thank you for making PRBO’s science-to-solutions leadership possible with your most generous year-end gift today!
Best wishes for a joyous holiday season,
Ellie M. Cohen President and CEO
P.S. Please consider making your gift online today at www.prbo.org/donate.
Thank you again!
Friends of PRBOFriends of PRBO support is key to our ongoing bird and ecosystem studies. Your gift — of cash, securities and/or property — is fundamental to our success. Together we are putting conservation science to work for a healthy future.
Friends of PRBO $500 – 999• Invitation to our Annual Friends of PRBO
Reception and Annual Meeting
• Subscription to PRBO’s quarterly journal, the Observer
• Updates from President and CEO Ellie Cohen
• Recognition in the Annual Report
Supporters’ Circle $1000 – 2,499• Includes all of the above, plus
• Personal invitation to special presentations by PRBO’s highly accomplished scientists
Patrons’ Circle $2,500 – 4,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to exclusive bird walks with President and CEO Ellie Cohen, and Naturalist Rich Stallcup
Mentors’ Circle $5,000 – 9,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to an exclusive travel opportunity with President and CEO Ellie Cohen, senior science staff, and Naturalist Rich Stallcup
Guardians’ Circle $10,000 – 24,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Special field trips to PRBO field research and project sites, led by senior science staff and President and CEO Ellie Cohen
Benefactors’ Circle $25,000 & Above• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to attend special PRBO Reception and Board Trip
PRBO also gratefully accepts planned gifts such as bequests, life income gifts and gifts through Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Planned gift donors are recognized in PRBO’s Tern Society.
To learn more about the Tern Society, please call Kerri Beeker, Planned Gifts Officer, at 707. 781-2547 or email at [email protected]
For more information on how you can support PRBO, please contact Nancy Gamble, Director of Individual Giving, at 707.781.2554 or [email protected]
PRBO Conservation Science • 3820 Cypress Drive #11, Petaluma, CA 94954
tel 707.781.2555 • fax 707.765.1685 • email [email protected] • www.prbo.org. Please follow PRBO on Facebook!
Printed with agri-based inks on 10% post-consumer waste recycled paper. Made in the USA.
Friends of PRBOS U P P O R T P R B O T O D A Y !
Adé
lie P
engu
in. P
hoto
by
Chr
istop
her M
iche
l
Spotted Towhee. Photo by Peter LaTourrette.
Frie
nds
of P
RBO
So much of PRBO’s success stems from our innovative conservation science, co-creating solutions with our partners and the support of generous members like you!
Like Melany Aten, PRBO staff exude a contagious enthusiasm for applying their scientific knowledge and working hand-in-hand with our public and private partners to make the world a better place for birds, other wildlife and us all.
Thank you for making PRBO’s science-to-solutions leadership possible with your most generous year-end gift today!
Best wishes for a joyous holiday season,
Ellie M. Cohen President and CEO
P.S. Please consider making your gift online today at www.prbo.org/donate.
Thank you again!
Friends of PRBO
Friends of PRBO support is key to our ongoing bird and ecosystem studies. Your gift — of cash, securities and/or property — is fundamental to our success. Together we are putting conservation science to work for a healthy future.
Friends of PRBO $500 – 999• Invitation to our Annual Friends of PRBO
Reception and Annual Meeting
• Subscription to PRBO’s quarterly journal, the Observer
• Updates from President and CEO Ellie Cohen
• Recognition in the Annual Report
Supporters’ Circle $1000 – 2,499• Includes all of the above, plus
• Personal invitation to special presentations by PRBO’s highly accomplished scientists
Patrons’ Circle $2,500 – 4,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to exclusive bird walks with President and CEO Ellie Cohen, and Naturalist Rich Stallcup
Mentors’ Circle $5,000 – 9,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to an exclusive travel opportunity with President and CEO Ellie Cohen, senior science staff, and Naturalist Rich Stallcup
Guardians’ Circle $10,000 – 24,999• Includes all of the above, plus
• Special field trips to PRBO field research and project sites, led by senior science staff and President and CEO Ellie Cohen
Benefactors’ Circle $25,000 & Above• Includes all of the above, plus
• Invitation to attend special PRBO Reception and Board Trip
PRBO also gratefully accepts planned gifts such as bequests, life income gifts and gifts through Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Planned gift donors are recognized in PRBO’s Tern Society.
To learn more about the Tern Society, please call Kerri Beeker, Planned Gifts Officer, at 707. 781-2547 or email at [email protected]
For more information on how you can support PRBO, please contact Nancy Gamble, Director of Individual Giving, at 707.781.2554 or [email protected]
PRBO Conservation Science • 3820 Cypress Drive #11, Petaluma, CA 94954
tel 707.781.2555 • fax 707.765.1685 • email [email protected] • www.prbo.org. Please follow PRBO on Facebook!
Printed with agri-based inks on 10% post-consumer waste recycled paper. Made in the USA.
Friends of PRBOS U P P O R T P R B O T O D A Y !
Adé
lie P
engu
in. P
hoto
by
Chr
istop
her M
iche
l
Spotted Towhee. Photo by Peter LaTourrette.
