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wetland health in the Central Valley, and in the Colorado River Delta to make sure water policies take the needs of the Whimbrel—and many other birds—into account.
A bird-watching platform on La Semilla farm in Colombia overlooks an area of rich biodiversity included in a conservation agreement between Audubon and the land’s owner, Daniel Escobar Arbeláez.
5x more carbon is stored in an acre of boreal forest than an acre of tropical forest.
OF BIODIVERSITY Data from the Migratory Bird Initiative have helped reveal the critical importance of North America’s boreal forest.
One of the most biologically unique ecosystems on the planet, the boreal constitutes remaining intact forest and supports nearly 400 bird species and some of the last healthy populations of the world’s large mammal species.
It also stores massive amounts of carbon, mitigating the disastrous effects of climate change.
But the boreal remains under constant threat from threat from the logging, mining, and oil and gas industries.
In response, Audubon has created the Boreal Forest Conservation Initiative to protect hundreds of millions of acres of this vital landscape within the tradi tional territories of hundreds of Indigenous governments across Canada.
The initiative focuses on three key areas: increasing awareness of and support for boreal conservation; developing science that highlights the conservation values and priorities for the boreal forest; and collaborating with Indigenous governments and communities to advance their conservation and land stewardship goals.
Research has shown that the methods used in Canada by Indigenous Peoples to steward their ancestral lands and waters are at least as effective at protecting and maintaining biodiversity as Western methods.
By partnering and providing support in communications, outreach, and advocacy, Audubon has helped amplify the voices and expand the impact of Indigenous conservation leaders.
Our efforts played a role in convincing the Canadian government to invest $$340 million in the Indigenous Protec ted and Conserved Areas and Indige nous Guardians programs.
Canada also committed to protecting waters by 2030 and passed legislation giving Canada’s Indigenous Peoples a powerful and influential voice in land-management decisions.
BIRDS TELL US “Birds will always have secrets— we can never know everything.
at Audubon In Conservation Officer—the first Black person to hold this title in Audubon’s history.
Since then, he has served as Vice President and Executive Director of Audubon Dakota and Vice President for Audubon Conservation Ranching.
critical moment in our organization’s—and our planet’s— history,” says Marshall.
A Great Gray Owl makes a landing in a snowy Minnesota forest.
Nearly all of this regal bird’s breeding habitat is located in the boreal forest.
A Greater Sage-Grouse leks in the sagebrush steppe of Natrona County, Wyoming.
This iconic bird is increasingly threatened by energy development and the effects of invasive plants in much of its remaining range.
Derrick Jackson’s love affair with puffins began when he first visited the Gulf of Maine as a reporter for Newsday in 1986.
That trip marked the beginning of a long-term association with Steve Kress, the founder of Audubon’s Project Puffin.
Later, as a columnist for the Boston Globe, Derrick published annual updates on the puffins.
His work culminated in the publication of two books, coauthored with Kress, about the quest to return the beloved seabirds to Maine’s coast.
Derrick’s most recent gift to Audubon supports a scholarship for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) summer interns at Project Puffin.
“If we’re going to save the planet, it needs to be all hands on deck,” he says.
“More than half of of color,” he notes.
“For conservation organizations to be truly equitable, every other intern they hire today should be BIPOC.
Hansjörg Wyss is deeply troubled by the gap between how little of our natural world is currently protected and how much should be.
South America to secure community lands and Indige nous rights.
Aves’ robust scientific capacities, we aim to support communities’ conservation goals and help translate them into action,” says Zimmerman.
The Golden-winged Warbler is a key focus of Conserva Aves’ efforts in Colombia, supported by the Wyss Foundation.
This stunning bird breeds in eastern North America and winters in Latin America.
For Natasha Grigg, it all comes down to the land.
As head of her local land trust in Boxford, Massachusetts, Grigg helped to secure almost open space—lakes, streams, hedges, forest, meadow, wetland, and mixed habitat—to designate as a wildlife sanctuary.
“If you save the land, you’ll save the insects, the birds, the mammals, and the people,” Natasha says.
And that’s one of the major reasons she supports Audubon.
“Unfortunately, we need laws to protect habitats and species,” she explains.
For Natasha and Charles, this is money well spent.
“We can’t take it with us,” she jokes.
Besides, “the planet needs us to act now.
Gaylord Donnelley was chairman of the R.R. Donnelley Corporation, once the world’s largest printing company.
He and his wife, Dot, divided their time between homes in Illinois and South Carolina, and became involved with land protection efforts in both states.
This dual focus has led the foundation to support organizations working in different geographic and cultural landscapes.
“We’ve been supporting Audubon for decades,” notes David.
nonpartisan orientation positions them to win the trust of a broad range of people,” says David.
“It’s a bird that’s regal, with its crown and crest, yet humble in stature.
T Ben’s passion for birding has taken him to six continents, and he has a life list of 6,300 species to show for it.
His “wow moment” occurred in the Andes, when he saw a Swallow-tailed Kite riding the air with exquisite grace and ease.
Birds are big part of Ben’s life, which is why he’s so deeply involved in Audubon’s work.
As a national board member from Audubon’s international conservation work.
With this holistic view of bird conservation, Ben is a lead funder of Conserva Aves.
“This program is the most significant thing I’ve seen at Audubon when it comes to international conservation,” Ben adds.
Hunter Jan Hunter Susan Hunter Rebecca Husted Drs.
Lawrence Mary Joy Leaper Carolyn Leaver Joan M. LeBel, M.D.
With its sleek two-toned pattern and perfect balance in flight, Ben’s spark bird—the Swallow-tailed Kite—is the Lamborghini of birds of prey.
T As the founder of explore.org, Charlie Annenberg has made it his mission to share a window into the wild.
Through live webcams, documentary films, and educational programming, the organization inspires people to engage with nature and—Charlie hopes—protect it.
“I wanted to create a platform where people from all walks of life could openly observe the natural world and fall in love with it,” he says.
Audubon and explore.org first partnered to create the Puffin and Osprey Cams in Maine.
In the years since, explore.org has been an important supporter of Audubon’s work at the Seabird Institute and at Rowe Sanctuary along Nebraska’s Platte River—the site of one of nature’s most magnificent spectacles.
“As the sun sets and the Sandhill Cranes swarm in, it’s a masterpiece that the great painters could only dream of capturing,” Charlie says.
The annual Sandhill Crane migration is emblematic of explore.org and Audubon’s mutually beneficial relationship.
The new bird discovery station at Audubon’s Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary in Nebraska.
To see Audubon’s full reach, including chapters, go to audubon.org/audubon-near-you.
Participants at the Quill Festival look out over the water at Richardson Bay Audubon Center in California.
At the Quill Festival, bird lovers gather to get tattoos, drink beer, hear live music, and take action for climate-threatened birds in the Bay Area.
Hemispheric Reach Each spring and fall, billions of migratory birds follow flyways from wintering to breeding grounds and back again.
By protecting the web of life that represents America’s richest veins of biodiversity, Audubon is safeguarding our great natural heritage for future generations, preserving our shared quality of life, and fostering a healthier environment.
Shorebirds SeabirdsLand Birds Raptors Waterfowl International Partnerships Audubon is proud to be a BirdLife International partner for the United States.
We work with local governments and NGOs in the Caribbean and Latin America to ensure birds are protected at every stage of their life cycle and migratory path.
We collaborate with partners to scale nature-based solutions, foster grassroots actions on climate change issues, and provide conservation policy and capacity development.
There are more than in the United States, and a further 2,100 throughout the rest of the Americas.
many provide state wide leadership for chapters, campus chapters, and centers.
the next generation of conservationists—inspiring them to join in protecting these iconic landscapes.
Campus Chapters Audubon is on of conservationists and supporting them as they engage in conservation and advocacy.
Audubon provides leadership training, mentorship, and pathways to sustainable careers.
and a network of international partners that serve as key contributors to a shared vision of bird and habitat conservation across the Americas.
By connecting the work of the Audubon network—chapters, campus chapters, centers and sanctuaries, global, national and state staff, volunteers, U.S. and international partners, and other supporters along each of the flyways of the Americas—Audubon weaves a seamless web of conservation across the hemisphere.
“If birds could talk, they would say, ‘We are the result of millions of years of evolution, just like you.
Photos: Mac Stone (cover); Roger van Gelder/Audubon Photography Awards (inside cover); Michael Schulte/Audubon Photography Awards (p(p4-5); Michele Black/Great Backyard Bird Count (p5 inset); Brent Anderson/SFWMD (p6-7); Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark (p7 inset); Luke Franke/Audubon (p8-9 and p10-11); Steven Bower/Alamy (p11 inset); Carmen Chan (p12-13); Courtesy Audubon (p12 insets); Luke Franke/Audubon (p13); Ron Niebrugge/wildnatureimages.com (p14-15); Courtesy of MBI/Audubon (p15 inset); Andres Estefan (p16-17); Jan Wegener/BIA/Minden Pictures (p16 inset); Camilla Cerea/Audubon (p17); Scott Suriano/Audubon Photography Awards (p18-19); Mike Fernandez/ Audubon (p19); Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies (p20); Jack Zhi/ Audubon Photography Awards (p22); Melissa Groo (p25); Courtesy of Derrick Z. Jackson (p25 inset); Melissa McMasters/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) (p27); Pete Muller (p27 inset); John Comisky/Audubon Photography Awards (p29); Luke Franke/Audubon (p29 inset); Charles Wheeler/ Audubon Photography Awards (p31); Courtesy of David Farren (p31 inset); Mac Stone (p33); Luke Franke/Audubon (p33 inset); Xianwei Zeng/ Audubon Photography Awards (p35); Chad Galloway/Trail Films (p35 inset); Luke Franke/Audubon (p38); Mike Fernandez/Audubon (p4041); Vance Solseth/Audubon Photography Awards (p44-45); HTWE/ Shutterstock (back cover).
2021 Annual Report 2 Earth Island Institute is a nonprofit environmental organization and fiscal sponsor to more than seventy-five projects working in the areas of conservation, energy and climate, women?s environmental leadership, international and Indigenous communities, sustainability and community resilience, and more.
assistance for our projects; a legal division, Earth Island Advocates; a youth leadership program, New Leaders Initiative; and an award-winning magazine, Earth Island Journal.
Founded in legendary environmentalist David Brower, Earth Island Institute is one of the leading environmental activist organizations in the United States.
Our fiscal year impacted by a whirlwind of disruption as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It required closing our offices and finding ways for staff to work remotely.
We had to put a hold on our in-person public events and fundamentally change the way we do our work.
At first, we had great concerns about whether we would be able to do all the necessary support work to assist our network of more than protection campaigns around the world.
But thankfully our Project Suppor t Program staff is a talented and resilient bunch, and our projects are not to be deterred in their efforts to protect the environment and build a better world.
I?m very proud to report that we had a year of exceptional growth and accomplishments.
We held our annual Brower Yout h Awards program with an inspirational virtual event that successfully conveyed the amazing work of this next generation of young environmental leaders from around North America.
Our legal arm, Ear t h Island Advocat es, filed lawsuits to prevent unlawful logging on federal land and to stop corporate greenwashing, and obtained settlements that protect wildlife.
Our news magazine, Earth Island Journal, kept up its bold reporting on a wide range of environmental issues both in the United States and abroad, including the ways in which climate change is already manifesting around us, how regulatory systems often prioritize corporations over people, and how brave environmental activists are fighting powerful interests to preserve their lands and communities.
Despite the pandemic, a steady stream of project applicants sought to be part of Earth Island, and we added five new projects.
sharing resources and benefiting from synergistic exchanges of experience and energy.
Earth Island has stayed strong and unwavering in our commitment to stepping up to reverse the perilous environmental course we are all on.
5 MISSION STATEMENT Earth Island supports environmental action projects and celebrates the next generation of leaders in order to achieve solutions to the environmental crises threatening the survival of life on Earth.
Earth Island Institute is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization.
Our fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30.

wetland health in the Central Valley, and in the Colorado River Delta to make sure water policies take the needs of the Whimbrel—and many other birds—into account.

A bird-watching platform on La Semilla farm in Colombia overlooks an area of rich biodiversity included in a conservation agreement between Audubon and the land’s owner, Daniel Escobar Arbeláez.

5x more carbon is stored in an acre of boreal forest than an acre of tropical forest.

OF BIODIVERSITY Data from the Migratory Bird Initiative have helped reveal the critical importance of North America’s boreal forest.

One of the most biologically unique ecosystems on the planet, the boreal constitutes remaining intact forest and supports nearly 400 bird species and some of the last healthy populations of the world’s large mammal species.

It also stores massive amounts of carbon, mitigating the disastrous effects of climate change.

But the boreal remains under constant threat from threat from the logging, mining, and oil and gas industries.

In response, Audubon has created the Boreal Forest Conservation Initiative to protect hundreds of millions of acres of this vital landscape within the tradi tional territories of hundreds of Indigenous governments across Canada.

The initiative focuses on three key areas: increasing awareness of and support for boreal conservation; developing science that highlights the conservation values and priorities for the boreal forest; and collaborating with Indigenous governments and communities to advance their conservation and land stewardship goals.

Research has shown that the methods used in Canada by Indigenous Peoples to steward their ancestral lands and waters are at least as effective at protecting and maintaining biodiversity as Western methods.

By partnering and providing support in communications, outreach, and advocacy, Audubon has helped amplify the voices and expand the impact of Indigenous conservation leaders.

Our efforts played a role in convincing the Canadian government to invest $$340 million in the Indigenous Protec ted and Conserved Areas and Indige nous Guardians programs.

Canada also committed to protecting waters by 2030 and passed legislation giving Canada’s Indigenous Peoples a powerful and influential voice in land-management decisions.

BIRDS TELL US “Birds will always have secrets— we can never know everything.

at Audubon In Conservation Officer—the first Black person to hold this title in Audubon’s history.

Since then, he has served as Vice President and Executive Director of Audubon Dakota and Vice President for Audubon Conservation Ranching.

critical moment in our organization’s—and our planet’s— history,” says Marshall.

A Great Gray Owl makes a landing in a snowy Minnesota forest.

Nearly all of this regal bird’s breeding habitat is located in the boreal forest.

A Greater Sage-Grouse leks in the sagebrush steppe of Natrona County, Wyoming.

This iconic bird is increasingly threatened by energy development and the effects of invasive plants in much of its remaining range.

Derrick Jackson’s love affair with puffins began when he first visited the Gulf of Maine as a reporter for Newsday in 1986.

That trip marked the beginning of a long-term association with Steve Kress, the founder of Audubon’s Project Puffin.

Later, as a columnist for the Boston Globe, Derrick published annual updates on the puffins.

His work culminated in the publication of two books, coauthored with Kress, about the quest to return the beloved seabirds to Maine’s coast.

Derrick’s most recent gift to Audubon supports a scholarship for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) summer interns at Project Puffin.

“If we’re going to save the planet, it needs to be all hands on deck,” he says.

“More than half of of color,” he notes.

“For conservation organizations to be truly equitable, every other intern they hire today should be BIPOC.

Hansjörg Wyss is deeply troubled by the gap between how little of our natural world is currently protected and how much should be.

South America to secure community lands and Indige nous rights.

Aves’ robust scientific capacities, we aim to support communities’ conservation goals and help translate them into action,” says Zimmerman.

The Golden-winged Warbler is a key focus of Conserva Aves’ efforts in Colombia, supported by the Wyss Foundation.

This stunning bird breeds in eastern North America and winters in Latin America.

For Natasha Grigg, it all comes down to the land.

As head of her local land trust in Boxford, Massachusetts, Grigg helped to secure almost open space—lakes, streams, hedges, forest, meadow, wetland, and mixed habitat—to designate as a wildlife sanctuary.

“If you save the land, you’ll save the insects, the birds, the mammals, and the people,” Natasha says.

And that’s one of the major reasons she supports Audubon.

“Unfortunately, we need laws to protect habitats and species,” she explains.

For Natasha and Charles, this is money well spent.

“We can’t take it with us,” she jokes.

Besides, “the planet needs us to act now.

Gaylord Donnelley was chairman of the R.R. Donnelley Corporation, once the world’s largest printing company.

He and his wife, Dot, divided their time between homes in Illinois and South Carolina, and became involved with land protection efforts in both states.

This dual focus has led the foundation to support organizations working in different geographic and cultural landscapes.

“We’ve been supporting Audubon for decades,” notes David.

nonpartisan orientation positions them to win the trust of a broad range of people,” says David.

“It’s a bird that’s regal, with its crown and crest, yet humble in stature.

T Ben’s passion for birding has taken him to six continents, and he has a life list of 6,300 species to show for it.

His “wow moment” occurred in the Andes, when he saw a Swallow-tailed Kite riding the air with exquisite grace and ease.

Birds are big part of Ben’s life, which is why he’s so deeply involved in Audubon’s work.

As a national board member from Audubon’s international conservation work.

With this holistic view of bird conservation, Ben is a lead funder of Conserva Aves.

“This program is the most significant thing I’ve seen at Audubon when it comes to international conservation,” Ben adds.

Hunter Jan Hunter Susan Hunter Rebecca Husted Drs.

Lawrence Mary Joy Leaper Carolyn Leaver Joan M. LeBel, M.D.

With its sleek two-toned pattern and perfect balance in flight, Ben’s spark bird—the Swallow-tailed Kite—is the Lamborghini of birds of prey.

T As the founder of explore.org, Charlie Annenberg has made it his mission to share a window into the wild.

Through live webcams, documentary films, and educational programming, the organization inspires people to engage with nature and—Charlie hopes—protect it.

“I wanted to create a platform where people from all walks of life could openly observe the natural world and fall in love with it,” he says.

Audubon and explore.org first partnered to create the Puffin and Osprey Cams in Maine.

In the years since, explore.org has been an important supporter of Audubon’s work at the Seabird Institute and at Rowe Sanctuary along Nebraska’s Platte River—the site of one of nature’s most magnificent spectacles.

“As the sun sets and the Sandhill Cranes swarm in, it’s a masterpiece that the great painters could only dream of capturing,” Charlie says.

The annual Sandhill Crane migration is emblematic of explore.org and Audubon’s mutually beneficial relationship.

The new bird discovery station at Audubon’s Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary in Nebraska.

To see Audubon’s full reach, including chapters, go to audubon.org/audubon-near-you.

Participants at the Quill Festival look out over the water at Richardson Bay Audubon Center in California.

At the Quill Festival, bird lovers gather to get tattoos, drink beer, hear live music, and take action for climate-threatened birds in the Bay Area.

Hemispheric Reach Each spring and fall, billions of migratory birds follow flyways from wintering to breeding grounds and back again.

By protecting the web of life that represents America’s richest veins of biodiversity, Audubon is safeguarding our great natural heritage for future generations, preserving our shared quality of life, and fostering a healthier environment.

Shorebirds SeabirdsLand Birds Raptors Waterfowl International Partnerships Audubon is proud to be a BirdLife International partner for the United States.

We work with local governments and NGOs in the Caribbean and Latin America to ensure birds are protected at every stage of their life cycle and migratory path.

We collaborate with partners to scale nature-based solutions, foster grassroots actions on climate change issues, and provide conservation policy and capacity development.

There are more than in the United States, and a further 2,100 throughout the rest of the Americas.

many provide state wide leadership for chapters, campus chapters, and centers.

the next generation of conservationists—inspiring them to join in protecting these iconic landscapes.

Campus Chapters Audubon is on of conservationists and supporting them as they engage in conservation and advocacy.

Audubon provides leadership training, mentorship, and pathways to sustainable careers.

and a network of international partners that serve as key contributors to a shared vision of bird and habitat conservation across the Americas.

By connecting the work of the Audubon network—chapters, campus chapters, centers and sanctuaries, global, national and state staff, volunteers, U.S. and international partners, and other supporters along each of the flyways of the Americas—Audubon weaves a seamless web of conservation across the hemisphere.

“If birds could talk, they would say, ‘We are the result of millions of years of evolution, just like you.

Photos: Mac Stone (cover); Roger van Gelder/Audubon Photography Awards (inside cover); Michael Schulte/Audubon Photography Awards (p(p4-5); Michele Black/Great Backyard Bird Count (p5 inset); Brent Anderson/SFWMD (p6-7); Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark (p7 inset); Luke Franke/Audubon (p8-9 and p10-11); Steven Bower/Alamy (p11 inset); Carmen Chan (p12-13); Courtesy Audubon (p12 insets); Luke Franke/Audubon (p13); Ron Niebrugge/wildnatureimages.com (p14-15); Courtesy of MBI/Audubon (p15 inset); Andres Estefan (p16-17); Jan Wegener/BIA/Minden Pictures (p16 inset); Camilla Cerea/Audubon (p17); Scott Suriano/Audubon Photography Awards (p18-19); Mike Fernandez/ Audubon (p19); Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies (p20); Jack Zhi/ Audubon Photography Awards (p22); Melissa Groo (p25); Courtesy of Derrick Z. Jackson (p25 inset); Melissa McMasters/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) (p27); Pete Muller (p27 inset); John Comisky/Audubon Photography Awards (p29); Luke Franke/Audubon (p29 inset); Charles Wheeler/ Audubon Photography Awards (p31); Courtesy of David Farren (p31 inset); Mac Stone (p33); Luke Franke/Audubon (p33 inset); Xianwei Zeng/ Audubon Photography Awards (p35); Chad Galloway/Trail Films (p35 inset); Luke Franke/Audubon (p38); Mike Fernandez/Audubon (p4041); Vance Solseth/Audubon Photography Awards (p44-45); HTWE/ Shutterstock (back cover).

2021 Annual Report 2 Earth Island Institute is a nonprofit environmental organization and fiscal sponsor to more than seventy-five projects working in the areas of conservation, energy and climate, women?s environmental leadership, international and Indigenous communities, sustainability and community resilience, and more.

assistance for our projects; a legal division, Earth Island Advocates; a youth leadership program, New Leaders Initiative; and an award-winning magazine, Earth Island Journal.

Founded in legendary environmentalist David Brower, Earth Island Institute is one of the leading environmental activist organizations in the United States.

Our fiscal year impacted by a whirlwind of disruption as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

It required closing our offices and finding ways for staff to work remotely.

We had to put a hold on our in-person public events and fundamentally change the way we do our work.

At first, we had great concerns about whether we would be able to do all the necessary support work to assist our network of more than protection campaigns around the world.

But thankfully our Project Suppor t Program staff is a talented and resilient bunch, and our projects are not to be deterred in their efforts to protect the environment and build a better world.

I?m very proud to report that we had a year of exceptional growth and accomplishments.

We held our annual Brower Yout h Awards program with an inspirational virtual event that successfully conveyed the amazing work of this next generation of young environmental leaders from around North America.

Our legal arm, Ear t h Island Advocat es, filed lawsuits to prevent unlawful logging on federal land and to stop corporate greenwashing, and obtained settlements that protect wildlife.

Our news magazine, Earth Island Journal, kept up its bold reporting on a wide range of environmental issues both in the United States and abroad, including the ways in which climate change is already manifesting around us, how regulatory systems often prioritize corporations over people, and how brave environmental activists are fighting powerful interests to preserve their lands and communities.

Despite the pandemic, a steady stream of project applicants sought to be part of Earth Island, and we added five new projects.

sharing resources and benefiting from synergistic exchanges of experience and energy.

Earth Island has stayed strong and unwavering in our commitment to stepping up to reverse the perilous environmental course we are all on.

5 MISSION STATEMENT Earth Island supports environmental action projects and celebrates the next generation of leaders in order to achieve solutions to the environmental crises threatening the survival of life on Earth.

Earth Island Institute is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization.

Our fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30.