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To: Fr: Re: Date: WildEarth Guardians “Inner Circle” John Horning, Executive Director 2011 “A WILD FUTURE” Campaign Report January 12, 2012 Over the past 22 years WildEarth Guardians has become one of the most successful, influential and effective organizations fighting to protect and restore the wildlife, wild rivers and wild places of the American West. We haven’t done it alone, either. We’ve depended on the support and help from sympathetic foundations and corporations, friendly partner non-profit organizations, our almost 16,000 members and e-activists, and -a small cadre of our closest and most generous supporters. You are a critical part of this Inner Circle of supporters -thank you . In 2011 WildEarth Guardians approached you and around 150 of Guardians closest friends, both long-time supporters and some newer to our work, to ask your support for our A WILD FUTURE campaign. Our goal was to raise $425,000, which would help enable Guardians to build on and leverage the opportunities resulting from our historic Endangered Species Act settlement with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. You may recall we finalized the settlement in September 2011 and broke the decade-long listing logjam, fixed the systemic dysfunction of the ESA listing process and restarted regular endangered species listings. As of January 1, 2012, over 100 of you had responded, and we surpassed our $425,000 goal! Thank you. In 2012, thanks to your generous support, we will leverage 2011’s ESA success across all of WildEarth Guardians’ programs and campaigns as we strive to curtail oil and gas development, keep coal in the ground in the northern Rocky Mountains, end inhumane animal aerial gunning, poisoning and trapping of public lands, return secure robust populations of wolves from the Gila Wilderness in southern New Mexico to the northern reaches of Montana, and so much more. You, our Inner Circle, provided almost 25% of our revenue in 2011 and enabled us to successfully leverage the enthusiasm and contributions of our 16,000 members and e-activists. In recognition of your generosity and support, in 2012 we’d like to acknowledge you better and provide you with special opportunities to meet program staff, attend special events, attend fieldtrips and get the inside scoop. So watch for notices this year for opportunities to interact with us and continue the vital exchange of ideas and information that has been the hallmark of our organization. Thank you for making a wild and diverse world possible through your generous support for WildEarth Guardians . 1
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