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Over the course of the year, your partnership with The Wilderness Society, and your generous support, enabled us to secure significant conservation victories.

Working with community and Indigenous-led coalitions, we focused on undoing the damage of the Trump years and pursuing public lands solutions to climate change, species extinction and expanding equitable access to nature.

These victories demonstrate the impact of combining The Wilderness Society’s expertise and strength with efforts led by the people who have the most at stake.

Land Acknowledgment The Wilderness Society recognizes Native American and Indigenous peoples as the longest serving stewards of the land.

• Building equitable, community led collaborations in key landscapes to drive lasting conservation solutions.

Ensuring Equitable Access to Nature: Historically, institutions and systems have excluded or failed many communities—and in many ways, continue to do so.

Driving policy innovation to ensure equitable access to nature and inclusive public lands decision-making.

Wilderness Society scientists have identified the most biologically rich places to create a resilient landscape network that will allow species of all kinds to migrate and adapt to rapidly changing climate conditions.

Protecting nature on this scale will not only lessen the ongoing extinction crisis but will also help curb the worst effects of climate change and ensure communities have access to clean air, clean water and outdoor spaces.

and contain most of its remaining wildlands 28% Invited by the Tribal leaders who led the efforts to create and restore Bears Ears, The Wilderness Society’s President Jamie Williams (2nd from right, back row) attended the signing ceremony on October 8, 2021.

Thankful for ready access to thousands of acres of public lands near the city, Ned looked for ways to help protect other wild places, including those he may never visit.

“The Wilderness Society stood out as having the skills and capacity to build public support to protect large areas of wildlands across the country,” he says.

Crucially, the Biden administration went further, banning all industrial-scale logging of old growth trees throughout the committing an initial $25 million to Tribal priorities and community well-being in the region.

We are working to change the laws and policies that govern how public lands are managed so that they prioritize climate protection, equitable access to nature for everyone, and conservation—not corporate profits for fossil fuel and other extractive industries.

The impact of this is not only pollution that threatens the historical site and the health of nearby Tribal communities, but also emissions that threaten the future of our shared planet.

For far too long, too many have lacked easy access to nature and healthy outdoor activities—especially those who experience outsized burdens and challenges to their well-being.

Today, communities of color are three times more likely to live in nature-deprived areas, and low-income communities have significantly less access to nature than the rest of the country.

By fighting alongside local communities for park equity funds that provide outdoor access to all, we are working to address historical injustices.

Together we can set a new precedent for equitable access to public lands that everyone can get to, feel welcome in and benefit from.

With your support, The Wilderness Society contributed to two major state-level victories in a new level of equitable outdoor access, but also set a model for other states and for future national legislation.

In New Mexico, we supported a state-wide coalition that tripled the funding for the nation’s first state-level Outdoor Equity Fund, which provides grants to increase access to the outdoors for youth of color and youth living in low-income areas.

“It wasn’t easy to find groups willing to embrace the big, complex challenges of connecting urban communities to wildlands, including understanding and addressing the deep racial inequities in access to nature,” says Denis.

But The Wilderness Society had demonstrated the ability to do just that through our Urban to Wild program in Los Angeles, California—and expanding to Seattle was a natural next step.

For Senior Program Officer Steve Whitney, a Wilderness Society alum, it was a no brainer.

“Although The Wilderness Society didn’t have a history of engagement in Seattle’s urban neighborhoods, they are trusted for their collaborative approach, their deep policy and science expertise, and their effective advocacy efforts,” he says.

“This is a real opportunity to engage in natural area, open-space conservation, in collaboration with community partners, and to connect that work with efforts to protect the region’s public lands,” he adds.

As The Bullitt Foundation prepares to wind down its grantmaking in Society is looking ahead and sees the Urban to Wild program as integral to landscape-scale conservation.

The opportunity to refine this model to enhance the resilience of natural ecosystems and human communities will continue to benefit the greater Seattle region and beyond.

But many urban communities lack equitable access to nature, and after decades of discriminatory planning and development policies, communities of color are far more likely to face challenges accessing parks and green space.

That’s why The Wilderness Society launched the Urban to Wild program.

Together, we will build a more inclusive and powerful conservation movement to harness the potential of public lands to help our nation address the challenges of our time: species extinction, climate change and inequitable access to nature.

Our legacy society is named for Robert “Bob” Marshall, a visionary whose bequest served as the foundation for The Wilderness Society.

Bob’s gift through his will was the first planned gift to The Wilderness Society, and we gratefully acknowledge today’s visionaries who are following Bob’s example by including The Wilderness Society in their wills or other estate plans.

Thomas R. Wise * * Donors whose lifetime giving exceed $ 34 35 PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Bound by their shared commitment to The Wilderness Society, our President’s Circle members represent the organization’s most generous philanthropists and ambassadors.

Brenda was an officer of Johnson & Johnson, leading of global compliance and quality, energy, environment, health and safety.

He also serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Grand Canyon Trust and is a National Geographic Society Explorer, a New Mexico Community Luminaria and an E.F. Schumacher Society Fellow.

He advises many groups on environmental and conservation education as well as diversity, equity and inclusion.

A civil rights leader, environmentalist and social impact investor, Ben is President of People for the American Way.

As NAACP President and CEO from moved it to the forefront of critical social justice issues and launched its Climate Justice Program.

From the depletion of fish stocks to increasing ocean temperatures, human activity threatens marine ecosystems that are vital to the health of our ocean and all life on earth.

The Marine Mammal Center is a critical first responder to these threats and a leader in the field of ocean conservation through our work in marine mammal rescue, science and education.

Marine mammals are ecosystem indicators, and the health of these animals provides insights into human and ocean health threats.

Accomplished by a dedicated community Thanks to support from people like you, the Center continued its core work as an essential business while prioritizing staff and volunteer safety during this unprecedented time.

OUR MISSION The Marine Mammal Center advances global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education.

In uncertain times, our educators committed to empowering a community of future ocean stewards all over the world with innovative and mission-driven programs.

MarineMammalCenter.org We are so grateful for the support from this dedicated community.

Thanks to you, we can save the lives of marine mammals and advance global ocean conservation, while enriching our community.

The Marine Mammal Center rescues and rehabilitates sick and injured marine mammals at our state-of-the-art veterinary facilities by engaging a dedicated workforce and a supportive community.

Received and responded to more than endangered Hawaiian monk seals on Hawai‘i Island, sending responders out to an average of four seals per day to monitor the animal, and provide public outreach and education.

The Marine Mammal Center learns from the patients in our care and contributes to scientific understanding of the changing health of our ocean, taking action to address ocean threats and save endangered species.

Performed more than including 35 whales, dolphins and porpoises, and processed 10,185 specimens, such as blood, tissue and fur samples, to identify diseases and pathogens, investigate the reasons why marine mammals strand and determine how these factors are connected to ecosystem and human health.

Fiscal Year The Marine Mammal Center leads as a teaching hospital by training veterinary professionals locally and internationally, and inspiring future ocean stewards through innovative school and public education programs.

Continued to train and provide professional development experiences to students and practitioners in the field of marine mammal health, medicine and conservation during pandemic-related restrictions by leading lectures and presenting at conferences both in-person and virtually, providing one-on-one support for pursuits such as publishing research and passing board exams, and more.

of climate and conservation communication strategy with the professional community by launching the Climate Literacy Collaborative and leading presentations and workshops that reached more than 1,500 people.

Careful stewardship of these financial resources is key to increasing our impact in the face of ongoing marine mammal health threats and a rapidly changing ocean environment.

OUR WORK We rescue and rehabilitate sick and injured marine mammals at our state-of-the-art veterinary facilities by engaging a dedicated workforce and a supportive community.

We learn from the patients in our care and contribute to scientific understanding of the changing health of our ocean, taking action to address ocean threats and save endangered species.

We lead as a teaching hospital by training veterinary professionals locally and internationally, and inspiring future ocean stewards through innovative school and public education programs.

More than million members, e-activists, and social media followers support Oceana internationally.

In short, if you care about human nutrition, global biodiversity, and climate change, then you need the oceans to be sustainably nourishing as many people as possible.

© Oceana/Danny Ocampo Pollution undermines the health of ocean ecosystems.

Expedition-Powered We recognize that getting on the water – alongside scientists, divers, photographers, and campaigners – helps us bring these important marine places to life and make a stronger case for their protection.

© Oceana/Enrique Talledo Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), shown in Spain’s Canary Islands, are social animals that travel in pods.

Generous donors including the Marisla Foundation, Offield Family Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Sue J. Gross Foundation, and others provided the necessary funding to secure this victory.

Reducing single-use plastics, including balloons, is critical to the health of Maryland’s coasts and waterways and the on a clean coast.

© Nunatsiavut Government and Oceana Canada Safety diver Karina Erazo holds a piece of plastic during Oceana’s seafloor plastics survey expedition.

Grassroots Organizing & Advocacy More than 7.5 million supporters and advocates – ranging from local on-the-ground fishers to activists on social media – help Oceana and our allies win victories all over the world.

Social media outreach and virtual events helped rally support for a pause on offshore drilling.

The film exposes human rights abuses in fisheries.

On International Fishermen’s Day last June, artisanal fishers in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul shared an Oceana image on social media urging the Supreme Court (STF) to defend a bottom trawling ban that Oceana successfully advocated for in 2018.

Rio Grande do Sul fishers shared this image on social media, which urges Brazil’s Supreme Court to say no to trawling and yes to artisanal fishing.

By combining Sailors for the Sea’s goal of educating boaters about marine conservation with Oceana’s experience mobilizing supporters to advocate for policy that supports healthy and abundant oceans, the Green Boating Initiative creates a global network of active, engaged ocean champions within the sailing and boating community.

Hoskins-Brown participated in Oceana’s #OceanStewardSpotlight series, which highlighted ocean stewards from diverse backgrounds to help create a more welcoming ocean conservation community.

© Oceana Oceana, the Ministry of the Environment, and the local community attended a launch for six new information panels about the rich marine ecosystem of Caleta Tortel, Chile.

A snapshot of Oceana’s virtual advocacy event to stop the expansion of offshore drilling in the U.S. Oceana’s team in the Philippines hosted a forum on economic recovery post-COVID, featuring a joint panel of experts from the government, civil society groups, and fisherfolk communities.

Adopting a sea creature is the perfect gift for friends and family and supports Oceana’s campaigns.

Make a Gift of Appreciated Stock Follow Oceana Follow Oceana on social media for breaking news from all around the world and insights into our research and campaigns.

As the Chair of Oceana’s Board of Directors, Waterston brings to the organization a wealth of talent and resources in support of Oceana’s programming and mission.

The Nikita Foundation supports charitable initiatives in the areas of health, education, and environmental protection.

This organization seeks to educate, create awareness, and become a national example by implementing scalable models of conservation, focused on coastline public access, marine protected areas, and zoning tools and regulations.

As an ESPY award winner and Gabeira is one of the most influential female surfers of all time.

As an advocate for the environment and human health, King is also a founding member of C.O.A.C.H. for Kids, an organization that provides medical assistance to underserved children.

We are in the midst of one of the most challenging times in recent history: a global pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine, natural and human-made disasters, and a constant flow of disinformation.

In Brazil, WRI helped the federal government revise its national safety plan, which pledged to cut traffic fatalities in half.

You’ll meet Mariana Oliviera, who comes from a coffee-growing family in Brazil and works to prevent deforestation, and Andika Putraditama, who studies sustainable palm oil production in Indonesia.

In this way, we invite you to experience our work as much more than individual initiatives, but instead as a cohesive effort touching every sector of society.

As Africa’s population and urban areas grow, country leaders on the continent have unique opportunities to develop green infrastructure and expand access to affordable, renewable energy.

Digital Transport for Africa, an open-data platform managed by the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, tracks transportation systems throughout Africa and Latin America, including information on sustainability, accessibility, safety and efficiency.

that is the basis of WRI’s Gender Equity Practice.

The Food and Land Use Coalition, a community of more than organizations and individuals, pursues sustainable ways to grow, distribute and consume food at the grassroots and policy levels around the world.

WRI’s office in Washington, DC, is the base of the institute’s USfocused work, as well as many of its programs and core functions that underpin the financial systems, operations, human resources and more .

For the Water, Peace and Security Partnership, he and the rest of the team work to identify and help resolve potential conflicts connected to water.

Among many other projects, WRI Europe’s office in The Hague supports PACE (Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy), which catalyzes business, government and civil society to eliminate waste and safely use natural resources.

Together with nearly initiated the Partnership of Biodiversity and Finance to unite stakeholders, including financial institutions, the private sector, academia, development agencies and social organizations to meet financing needs for biodiversity conservation, improve investment mechanisms and promote global collaboration.

Ignacio Bernabe Galván and the rest of the urban development and accessibility team, including those who work on water quality issues, pursue projects across the country.

WRI’s Human Resources team provides services that are complementary to the institute’s DEI work.

Pay gaps are measured and corrected where necessary to align with WRI’s compensation philosophy: pay for performance, based on market, free of discrimination.

EDGE is the global leader in certification for gender equality.

The institute invests in staff learning and development, including new hire training and behavioral science education.

Flexible work WRI approved a new framework prioritizing the creation of working conditions that maximize our impact while emphasizing productivity in an equitable way.