2013−14 Annual Report
Point Blue
Conservation science for a healthy planet.
Point Blue Conservation Science
 Ellie Cohen and Ed Sarti.
Point Blue photo.
Climate-Smart Conservation
CHANGE defines life, and the study of change is integral
to successful conservation. At Point Blue, we have been
studying change since our founding as Point Reyes Bird
Observatory in 1965.
Today, environmental change has taken on a new and
ominous meaning, with impacts on ecosystems, wildlife, and
human communities evident around the world. We are at a
pivotal moment in the history of life on our planet.
To help birds, other wildlife, and our communities thrive in
the decades ahead, Point Blue’s 160 scientists and educators
work collaboratively to reduce the impacts of climate change,
habitat loss, and other environmental stressors on nature,
while preparing for the changes ahead.
We understand that real solutions come from working
together. We work with ranchers, farmers, government
agencies, non-profits, academic scientists, schools, and others
to improve conservation outcomes for nature and for our
communities.
We are deeply grateful to you, our donors and partners, for
making Point Blue’s climate-smart conservation science and
outreach possible. As highlighted in this annual report, we
are making significant progress through our ambitious and
urgent strategic initiatives to:
• Secure water and wildlife on working lands,
• Protect our shorelines,
• Conserve ocean food webs,
• Catalyze climate-smart restoration,
• Make plans and policies climate-smart, and,
• Train the next generation.
With your continued generosity, we will continue to be
leaders and innovators in climate-smart conservation, from
California to Antarctica. Together, we can make positive
change – and secure a healthy, blue planet, teeming with life
well into the future. Thank you!
Ellie M. Cohen
President and CEO
Ed Sarti
Chair, Board of Directors
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Below: The Adélie Penguin is the focus of Point Blue’s long-term ecosystem research
in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. Field biologist Ben Saenz, below, helped monitor
breeding penguins last year (see page 9). Photo by Megan Elrod/Point Blue.
On the cover: Lazuli Bunting is one of the birds that benefits from post-fire habitat in
the Sierra Nevada (see page 13). Photo by Tom Grey.
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VALUES and
VISION
At the core of Point Blue’s climate-smart
conservation strategies is our passion for
nature and our unwavering commitment to
scientific rigor, collaboration, innovation,
integrity, and excellence.
We believe that because of the collaborative,
climate-smart conservation work we do
today, healthy ecosystems will continue
to sustain thriving wildlife and human
communities well into the future.
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Securing Water and Wildlife on Working Lands
Point Blue scientists are working hand-in-hand with farmers, ranchers, foresters,
conservation organizations, and public agencies to advance wildlife- and waterfriendly practices on crop, grazing, and timber lands across California.
Turning rangeland watersheds into
water catchments. Through changes in
grazing management and other practices,
we are working to re-water more than one
million acres of California rangelands – to
restore groundwater and stream flows,
buffer drought impacts, store carbon in the
soil, enhance bird and other wildlife habitat,
and benefit ranchers’ bottom lines. We
added five Partner Biologists for a total of
nine Point Blue staff now working in local
field offices with the National Resource
Conservation Service (NRCS). To date
we have engaged 188 landowners who
manage more than 165,000 acres.
Increasing habitat on ag lands. Point
Blue scientists developed new management
practices to benefit shorebirds, ducks, and
other wildlife on more than 120,000 acres
of rice and alfalfa crop lands in California’s
Central Valley, with The Nature Conservancy
and Audubon California. • We tracked
individual shorebirds with satellite radio
transmitters to assess how these birds use
agricultural lands and to prioritize areas for
conservation. • We also used satellite imagery
to evaluate water distribution over more than
ten years in the Central Valley, to guide Farm
Bill investments and the Central Valley Joint
Venture’s conservation efforts.
Restoring montane meadows. Point
Blue works with dozens of partners to
conserve and restore meadows in the Sierra
Nevada. This critical habitat for mountain
birds and other wildlife also stores and
slowly releases water – especially important
as we lose permanent snowpack to
warming temperatures. We have amassed
an extensive bird database covering over 70
meadows across the mountain range. We
guided restoration planting design on 500
acres, helped improve grazing management
on 1,200 acres, and prioritized acquisition
of another 300 acres for conservation.
Point Blue also worked with the U.S. Forest
Service on their land-management plan
updates to ensure a focus on montane
meadow health.
“Our partnership with
Point Blue is critical
for the private land
conservation in our
region. Point Blue
supports landowners
with important
strategies for adaptive
and holistic land
management.”
— Bridget Fithian, Sierra
Foothill Conservancy
 The Lewis’s Woodpecker
inhabits oak woodlands
in California’s interior and
foothill rangelands.
Photo courtesy Gail West.
 Point Blue Partner Biologist in Mariposa County Melissa Odell (center) confers with sheep rancher Bill Wire (right) and NRCS District
Conservationist Robyn Smith (left). They discuss practices that will increase livestock productivity as well as wildlife habitat, water retention
in the soil, and other benefits of nature on this 230-acre ranch in the Sierra foothills. Photo by Wendell Gilgert/Point Blue.
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Protecting Our Shorelines
From San Francisco Bay and the California coast to the Pacific Flyway, Point
Blue’s science helps identify the best places and practices for safeguarding
shorelines in the face of increasing storm severity and sea-level rise.
Planning for “Silicon Valley 2.0.”
Our Coast Our Future (OCOF1), the
online climate-change adaptation tool
that Point Blue and partners developed,
now includes the shoreline of San
Francisco Bay. By providing highresolution visualizations of multiple
current and future flooding scenarios,
we are helping public agencies across
the region prepare for a changing
environment. We recently teamed up
with AECOM (an engineering design
firm) as well as Santa Clara County
agencies to provide detailed analyses of
areas that are vulnerable to rising seas
and intense storms. This new project is
called “Silicon Valley 2.0.” With a userfriendly interface, it draws upon OCOF’s
flooding scenarios as well as other
climate and economic data, helping
local decision-makers to plan for a range
of possible future scenarios.
Fostering Pacific Flyway
conservation. Point Blue has engaged
over 500 biologists and volunteers
as well as more than 30 partner
organizations in eleven countries from
Canada to Colombia to guide regional
conservation that is robust to climate
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http://data.prbo.org/apps/ocof
change, for shorebirds and people.
We jointly collected two million bird
observations this past year. With our
partners in Central and South America,
we also produced a bilingual Spanish
and English website and online
platform for data entry and
analysis. • Our collaborative
Migratory Shorebird Project2
was honored with the
U.S. Forest Service
Wings Across the
Americas award for
fostering international
cooperation across the
Pacific Flyway.
Sustaining San Francisco Bay.
Point Blue continued its leadership
in protecting and restoring Bay tidal
ecosystems to sustain birds and other
wildlife while buffering communities from
rising seas. • We published a key paper
in the prestigious journal Ecosphere
demonstrating the value of considering
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www.migratoryshorebirdproject.org
multiple future scenarios to prioritize
tidal marsh restoration action today.
Our conclusion: uncertainty in future
environmental conditions should not
prevent us from taking climate-smart
actions today. • Point Blue is helping lead
the new Bayland Ecosystems Habitat
Goals Climate Change Technical
Update. It will guide public and
private conservation in the Bay
for decades to come –
drawing on our ecological
expertise and decisionsupport tools. • We are
working to secure the longterm future of an avian icon and indicator
of tidal marsh health in the Bay – the
endangered Clapper Rail – by pioneering
new population assessment methods,
aiding partners in prioritizing investments,
and guiding restoration.
 The American Avocet is one of many
shorebird species reliant on San Francisco
Bay. Photos by Peter LaTourrette.
 Conferring at Point Blue’s headquarters on our newest online tools for climate-change
adaptation planning are members of our Informatics team. Standing is Michael Fitzgibbon,
Chief Technology Officer; seated are Martin Magana and Sherie Michaile. Point Blue photo.
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Conserving Ocean Food Webs
Point Blue confronts the growing threats to marine life through extensive
conservation science partnerships. We assess ocean health and guide
protection to give marine wildlife more time to adapt to human-caused impacts.
Protecting whales. Point Blue and
Securing the last ocean. Our long-term
partners developed Whale Alert–West
Coast to reduce ship strikes on whales.
Using near-real-time data on whale
locations, captured by mariners and
recreational boaters via a smart-phone
application,1 the Coast Guard recently
issued an alert to commercial vessels
off San Francisco to reduce their speed.
NOAA’s Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries invited Point Blue to help
develop a national program to reduce
whale strikes along both the East and
West Coasts.
studies of Adélie Penguins at the Ross
Sea, Antarctica, showed their population
at all-time highs. This likely reflects the
decline of the Antarctic toothfish, their
main competitor for food, due to an
unregulated and growing fishery. Also
known as Chilean sea bass, the longlived toothfish plays a critical role in the
Southern Ocean ecosystem. Point Blue
is co-leading the international scientific
effort to establish the Ross Sea as the
world’s largest marine protected area.
Safeguarding a key link in the food
web. Point Blue and partners hosted
a major workshop with 50 forage fish
experts to provide the scientific basis for
new conservation policies. Forage fish.
– including herring, sardines, anchovies,
and squid, which feed salmon, whales,
and other ocean wildlife – are increasingly
vulnerable to commercial fishing, ocean
acidification, and other pressures.
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http://westcoast.whalealert.org
Documenting change at the
Farallones. Point Blue’s long-term
monitoring of seabirds at the Farallon
National Wildlife Refuge revealed a
dramatic recovery of Cassin’s Auklets
from unprecedented breeding failures
in the mid-2000’s – due to a recent
abundance of krill. We expanded our
studies of this uniquely vital ecosystem
to assess the proposed USFWS invasive
mouse eradication as well as climatechange impacts.
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“Point Blue’s work to
monitor seabirds – important
indicators of change in the
marine environment – is a key
component in tracking the
health of California’s ocean
ecosystems.” — Liz Whiteman,
California Ocean Science Trust
Volunteers monitor local MPAs. Point
Blue and partners developed a citizenscience seabird monitoring program
along the entire California coast. We
are training volunteers in Point Blue
protocols to improve the effectiveness of
state marine protected areas (MPAs) for
seabirds and other marine wildlife.
National recognition. NOAA’s Office
of National Marine Sanctuaries presented
Point Blue with the prestigious 2014
Partner of the Year Award, recognizing
our science leadership that guides
conservation in the Gulf of the Farallones
and Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuaries.
 The Black-footed Albatross is one of
many species that feast on forage fish and
krill in the California Current. Photo by Peter
LaTourrette.
 Aboard a scientific cruise to sample the ocean food web are Jaime Jahncke, Director of Point Blue’s California Current Group, and
Amy Dean, Education Manager for the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. Our collaborative ACCESS Program (Applied California
Current Ecosystem Studies) provides invaluable data to agencies that manage and protect marine wildlife in balance with human uses of
the ocean. Photo by Jason Thompson/Mojoscoast.
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Long-term
data sets
Point Blue’s ongoing data collection
encompasses uncommon time spans
and provides the foundation for our
Catalyzing Climate-Smart
Restoration
Restoration is key to reversing habitat loss and preparing for novel
environmental conditions in the future. Point Blue develops innovative
restoration approaches to help ecosystems and people adapt to a rapidly
changing world.
innovative conservation efforts.
We are grateful to our partners who
Planting future habitat. Point Blue
Coastal Snowy Plovers – 36 years
developed the first-ever climate-smart
streamside restoration guide.1 Users
of this online tool can develop lists of
plant species for restoration projects to
buffer against a range of future climate
extremes. Riparian habitat planted today
will provide food and shelter for birds and
other wildlife into the decades ahead,
despite shifts in the timing of migration
and breeding.
Mono Lake Gulls – 32 years
Expanding climate-smart restoration.
make this possible.
Some 2013–14 landmarks:
Palomarin Field Station – 48 years
Farallon Islands – 46 years
Bolinas Lagoon – 43 years
Ross Island, Antarctica – 31 years
Central Valley riparian – 21 years
Sierra Nevada – 18 years
San Francisco Bay tidal marsh –
18 years
Northern Spotted Owls – 16 years
Vandenberg Air Force Base – 15 years
California/Arizona deserts – 12 years
Gulf of the Farallones – 10 years
TomKat Ranch Field Station – 4 years
Point Blue’s STRAW (Students and
Teachers Restoring a Watershed)
program completed 20 climate-smart
restorations last year. • Along the Pajaro
River (Monterey County, California) in
partnership with The Nature Conservancy
and the Wildlife Conservation Society, we
began test-planting resilient vegetation
communities. • Point Blue was an invited
presenter on climate-smart restoration
at the first National Adaptation Forum in
Denver, Colorado.
Buffering tidal marshland. Along
northern San Francisco Bay, we restored
an upper marsh margin or “transition
zone” with students and teachers.
This climate-smart approach provides
birds and mammals with habitat during
extreme high tides and helps wetlands
adapt to rising seas.
Securing multiple benefits with
flood protection. Point Blue is working
collaboratively to promote a new climatesmart approach to flood protection
in California’s Central Valley. We are
showing that investment in flood control
projects, including restoration, can
produce river ecosystems that benefit
people and wildlife including riparian
songbirds (see photos on right).
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To download the design database, visit
www.pointblue.org/restorationtools.
 Point Blue restoration manager John Parodi guides a climate-smart restoration with
participants in our STRAW Program. The native plants chosen for this project should provide
habitat through a greater range of climate extremes than today’s. Point Blue photo.
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 Migratory songbirds
that nest in California’s
streamside habitat include
the Wilson’s Warbler (top)
and Swainson’s Thrush.
Photos by Tom Grey.
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Making Plans and Policies Climate-Smart
Point Blue is a pioneer in promoting the implementation of climate-smart principles in ocean and land-use
plans and policies. From regional to hemispheric, we are helping natural resource managers put climatesmart conservation into action.
Climate-smart conservation –
nationally. Point Blue was an invited
participant in the 23-member expert
work group that produced a first-ofits-kind national guide on climatesmart conservation. This free online
guide,1 published by the National
Wildlife Federation, provides practical
steps to advance land, ocean, and
wildlife conservation in the face of
unprecedented environmental change.
Empowering practices. Point Blue
co-led two major workshops in California
on best practices for systematic planning
to secure climate-smart conservation
policies and actions. We engaged over
50 practitioners and decision-makers from
federal and state agencies, universities,
and consulting firms. We are now coleading the development of a U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service checklist for habitat
and wildlife management agencies to
evaluate whether proposed projects or
reports follow best practices. Point Blue is
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At www.nwf.org, search for “Climate-Smart
Conservation Guide.”
also leading scenario planning workshops
to help public and private natural resource
managers assess a range of possible
futures and prioritize actions today for the
best possible outcomes.
Guiding post-fire actions. With
fire a growing influence in mountain
landscapes, Point Blue works to guide
management of post-fire ecosystems
that are climate-adapted – resilient to
increasing temperatures, drier soils, and
more frequent and hotter fires. • We
expanded our ecological monitoring
effort with partners to eight post-fire
areas in National Forests across the
Sierra Nevada. • We studied birds at
300 sites near Yosemite, where the
massive Rim Fire burned a year ago and
where logging burned trees has been
proposed on 40,000 acres. Based on
initial findings, we provided decisionmakers with expert opinion to help
ensure climate-smart management of
the salvage logging there.
Toward our climate-smart future.
Point Blue initiated efforts to ensure that
climate-smart conservation principles are
incorporated into updates of National
Forest Management Plans currently
under way. • We provided scientific
guidance to the California Governor’s
Office of Planning and Research draft
Environmental Goals and Policy Report,
focused on climate-change adaptation
and mitigation by 2050, when the
state’s human population is projected
to reach 50 million. • Through multiple
conservation partnerships, Point Blue has
successfully led efforts to incorporate
climate-smart conservation concepts into
over a dozen major management and
strategic guidance plans covering much
of California.
“Point Blue’s expertise provides
valuable data regarding how our
management activities affect
avian communities.”
— Tom Rickman, USDA Forest Service
 “Post-fire habitats, where woody shrubs resprout, wildflowers proliferate, and burnt tree snags remain, are unique and important
ecosystems,” says Ryan Burnett, Director of Point Blue’s Sierra Nevada Group. Here he surveys a site in the Rim Fire zone near Yosemite.
Photo by Ken Etzel.
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Training the Next Generation
Point Blue equips future scientists and educators with the tools they need
to study, protect, and enhance our natural world – and become the next
generation of conservation leaders.
Advancing hands-on learning. In
Fostering new conservationists.
2013–14, through our STRAW (Students
and Teachers Restoring a Watershed)
program and educational visits at the
Palomarin Field Station, almost 4,000
students (kindergarten through college)
and their teachers learned
about birds, ecology,
conservation science, and
climate-smart restoration. •
For example, high-school
students worked and
learned at a major
wetland restoration
project at the former
Hamilton Airfield1 in
northern San Francisco
Bay.They counted
shorebirds at low tides,
sampled and tested
soil, and planted a
wildlife corridor.
Point Blue graduated another 54 interns
from our renowned conservation science
training programs. Interns apprenticed
at our Farallon Island and Palomarin
Field Stations as well as in our marine
laboratory, restoration programs,
Informatics group, and more. Over
1,500 interns from 22 countries
have completed Point Blue
internships, and some 80%
have pursued careers in
conservation.
 Alissa is a high-school
student who participated in the
Hamilton restoration (described
at left) and later attended the
State of the Estuary Conference
with Point Blue, in Oakland, to
share a positive message. Photo
courtesy San Francisco Estuary
Institute.
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http://hamiltonwetlands.scc.ca.gov/public-access
“With the profound and
unprecedented changes
now under way in our
environment, Point Blue’s
training in support of
tomorrow’s scientists
and conservationists is
invaluable.”— Jeff Kimball,
The Kimball Foundation
Partnering with grad students.
We collaborated with 18 graduate
students on priority Point Blue
projects as part of their masters and
doctoral research at U.C. Davis, San
Francisco State, and other universities.
Graduate students’ skills and energy
are vital components of Point Blue’s
research and conservation work. •
One example: Libby Porzig focused
her doctoral studies on our 48-year
data set on songbirds at the Palomarin
Field Station, as well as the recent
habitat change there. With chapters of
her dissertation now being published
in scientific journals, Libby recently
joined the Point Blue staff as a senior
ecologist.
 An intern field biologist at the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, Katie Saunders, holds a Rhinocerous Auklet. After recording the status
of its egg, she will carefully return this adult bird to its nest box. While assisting in our many aspects of our science and outreach programs,
interns gain valuable skills. Many go on to careers in conservation science – including at Point Blue!
Photo by Annie Schmidt/Point Blue.
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 Black-backed Woodpecker, a species
that thrives in post-fire forest habitat.
Photo by Brent Campos / Point Blue.
2013–14 Publicat
Peer-reviewed papers, selected reports,
Publications and Reports
A novel papillomavirus in Adélie penguin
(Pygoscelis adeliae) faeces sampled at the
Cape Crozier colony, Antarctica. A. Varsani, S.
Kraberger, S. Jennings, E. Porzig, L. Julian, M.
Massaro, A. Pollard, G. Ballard, D. Ainley. Journal
of General Virology.
Abundance patterns of landbirds in the Marin
Municipal Water District: 1996 to 2013. R.
Cormier, N. Seavy, D. Humple. Unpublished
report to the Marin Municipal Water District.
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Powered by Point
Blue
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Point Blue is a global leader in managing and interpreting bird ecology data to advance
conservation. We also pioneer the development of data-rich interactive websites that improve
conservation investments today and in a future of increasing environmental change. This
“informatics” capacity, with almost half-a-billion ecological observations, drives Point Blue’s
conservation success and powers the work of many of our partners.
Here is a sampling of data and tools we collaboratively developed and/or manage to advance
climate-smart conservation:
• Avian Data Centers: California, Midwest,
Southeast, Northwest
• USGS (US Department of Interior) Bird
• Our Coast Our Future
• Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey
• Sierra Nevada Management Indicators
Point Count Database
• Future Marshes Tool
Species
• Silicon Valley 2.0
For more information, see www.pointblue.org/tools
Annual migratory patterns of Long-billed
Curlews in the American west. G. Page, N.
Warnock, T. Tibbitts, D. Jorgensen. C. Hartman,
L. Stenzel. The Condor.
Antarctic climate change: Extreme events
disrupt plastic response in Adélie penguins. A.
Lescroël, G. Ballard, D. Grémillet, M. Authier, D.
Ainley. PLoS ONE.
Assessing migratory stopover site quality for
birds during fall migration along two California
rivers. R. Cormier, T. Gardali, J. Wood. Western
North American Naturalist.
Balancing act: Relative influence of static and
dynamic features on Black-footed Albatross
habitat use in Central California sanctuaries.
P. Michael, K. Hyrenbach, J.Jahncke. Fisheries
Oceanography.
Conservation reliance among California’s at-risk
birds. J. Wiens and T. Gardali. The Condor.
Dependent vs. independent juvenile survival:
Contrasting drivers of variation and the
buffering effect of parental care. K. Dybala, T.
Gardali, J. Eadie. Ecology.
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“Point Blue Conservation Science has been an essential partner in helping the
Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership advance data-driven bird
conservation – helping us do the right things for the right birds in the right places!”
— Katie Koch, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Division
ions
and Point Blue online tools
Establishing a method for estimating populations of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)
using remote sensing imagery. M. LaRue, H.
Lynch, P. O’B Lyver, K. Barton, D.G. Ainley, A.
Pollard, G. Ballard. Polar Biology.
Habitat suitability through time: using time
series and habitat models to understand
changes in bird density. E. Porzig, N. Seavy,
T. Gardali, G. Geupel, M. Holyoak, J. Eadie.
Ecosphere.
Lifetime survival rates and senescence in
northern elephant seals. R. Condit, J. Reiter, P.
Morris, R. Berger, S. Allen, B. Le Boeuf. Marine
Mammal Science.
Light-level geolocators reveal strong migratory
connectivity and within-winter movements for
a coastal California Swainson’s thrush (Catharus
ustulatus) population. R. Cormier, D. Humple, T.
Gardali, N. Seavy. Auk.
Modeling climate change impacts on tidal
marsh birds: Restoration and conservation
planning in the face of uncertainty. S. Veloz,
N. Nur, L. Salas, D. Jongsomjit, J. Wood, D.
Stralberg, G. Ballard. Ecosphere.
Modeling the population-level impacts of Barn
Owls on Scripps’s Murrelet population trends
on Santa Barbara Island. N. Nur, A. Harvey, S.
Thomsen, R. Bradley, J. Jahncke. Unpublished
report to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Projecting demographic responses to climate
change: Adult and juvenile survival respond
differently to direct and indirect effects of
weather in a passerine population. K. Dybala,
J. Eadie, T. Gardali, N. Seavy, M. Herzog. Global
Change Biology.
Revisiting winter wing molt in Western Grebes
(Aechmophorus occidentalis) and Clark’s
Grebes (A. clarkii). D. Humple, H. Nevins, L.
Henkel. Waterbirds.
Scenario planning for climate change at TomKat
Ranch: Final report. Point Blue Conservation
Science and TomKat Ranch Educational
Foundation.
Success of captive-rearing for a threatened
shorebird. K. Neuman, L. Stenzel, J. Warriner,
J. Erbes, C. Eyster, G. Page, E. Miller, L. Henkel.
Endangered Species Research.
The effects of crop treatments on migrating
and wintering waterbirds at Staten Island,
2010–2012. D. Shuford, M. Reiter, K. Strum, C.
Gregory, M. Gilbert, C. Hickey. Unpublished
report to The Nature Conservancy.
The importance of agriculture to Long-billed
Curlews in California’s Central Valley in fall.
D. Shuford. G. Page, G. Langham, C. Hickey.
Western Birds.
Towards ecosystem-based fishery management
in the California Current System – predators
and preyscape: A workshop. D. Ainley, P.
Adams, J. Jahncke. Unpublished report to
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Trends in the breeding population of Adélie
Penguins in the Ross Sea, 1981–2012: A
Coincidence of climate and resource extraction
effects. P. Lyver, M. Barron, K. Barton, D. Ainley,
A. Pollard, S. Gordon, S. McNeill, G. Ballard, P.
Wilson. PLoS ONE.
Online Tools
Avian Knowledge Network. Migration and
redesign of collaborative international partnership supporting the conservation of birds and
their habitats using data. www.avianknowledge.net
California Climate Commons. Expansion of
this vital resource of scientific resources about
climate change across California. http://climate.
calcommons.org/
Our Coast Our Future. Planning for sea-level
rise and storm hazards in the San Francisco Bay
Area. http://data.prbo.org/apps/ocof/
Riparian Restoration Design Database. A pilot
guide for climate-smart restoration of riparian
vegetation. www.pointblue.org/restorationtools
Sonoran Joint Venture. Models of projected
climate change impacts on birds to identify
areas of potential vulnerability in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, with the
information available on a bilingual, online web
portal. http://data.prbo.org/apps/sjv/
Whale Alert. Gathering real-time data on whales
off the coast of California. http://westcoast.
whalealert.org/
Using seabird habitat modeling to inform
marine spatial planning in Central California’s
national marine sanctuaries. J. McGowan, E.
Hines, M. Elliott, J. Howar, A. Dransfield, et al.
Plos ONE.
Winter management of California’s rice fields to
maximize waterbird habitat and minimize water
use. K. Strum, M. Reiter, C. Hartman, M. Iglecia,
T. Kelsey, C. Hickey. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment.
To learn more about these resources or find
our complete list of publications, please visit
pointblue.org/annualreport/fy1314/citations/.
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We appreciate the hundreds of partners who make our work possible.
2013–14 Partnerships and Collaborations
The agencies and groups with which Point Blue collaborates or is affiliated with currently include the following.
AECOM
American Bird Conservancy
American Rivers Conservancy
American Rivers
Antarctic and Southern Ocean
Coalition
Antarctic Ocean Alliance
Army Corps of Engineers
Asociación Calidris
Association of Bay Area
Governments
Audubon California
Audubon Canyon Ranch
Aves y Conservacion, Birdlife in
Ecuador
Avian Knowledge Network
Avian Knowledge Northwest
Avocet Research Associates
Bank Swallow Technical
Advisory Committee
Bay Area Ecosystems Climate
Change Consortium
Bay Area Joint Policy
Committee
Bay Area Watershed Network
Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Science Advisory Panel
Bay-Delta Science Consortium
Baylands Ecosystem Habitat
Goals Technical Update for
Climate Change—Steering
Committee
Bird Conservation Alliance
Bird Conservation Funding
Coalition
Bird Education Alliance for
Conservation
Bird Studies Canada
BirdLife International
Bodega Marine Laboratory
Bolinas Lagoon Technical
Advisory Committee
Bolsa Chica Conservancy
Big Sur Land Trust
Butte County Resource
Conservation District
Cache Creek Conservancy
California Association of
Winegrape Growers
California Coastal Conservancy
California Dept. of Fish and
Wildlife
California Dept. of Parks and
Recreation
California Dept. of Water
Resources
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
California Native Plant Society
California NRCS State Technical
Advisory Committee
California Partners in Flight
California Rangeland
Conservation Coalition
California Association of
Conservation Districts
California Rice Commission
California Sea Grant
California State Parks
California State Universities
Canada–U.S. Shorebird
Monitoring and Assessment
Committee
Canal Family Support Program
CEMEX
Center for Ecosystem
Management and Restoration
Central Valley Flood
Management Program
Central Valley Joint Venture
Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique
(France)
Centro de Investigacion
Cientifica y de Educacion
Superior de Ensenada
Centro Neotropical de
Entrenamiento en Humelales
Peru
City of American Canyon
City of Petaluma
City of Santa Rosa
Clear Creek Technical Work
Group
Comisión Nacional De Áreas
Naturales Protegidas (Mexico)
Concejo Comunitario Esfuerzo
Pescador
Connecting Conservation
Cordell Bank Sanctuary Advisory
Council
Cosumnes Research Group
County of Marin Wind Energy
Advisory Group
Copper River International
Migratory Bird Initiative
Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuary
Cordell Marine Sanctuary
Foundation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Council on Ocean Affairs,
Science and Technology
Creekside Center for Earth
Observation
Defenders of Wildlife
Delta Conservancy
Deltares
Ducks Unlimited
East Bay Regional Park District
Ecostudies Institute
El Dorado County Resource
Conservation District
Elkhorn Slough Foundation
Environment Canada
– Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment for the Americas
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Education
Council of Marin
Environmental Science
Associates
ERT, Inc.
ESA PWA
Farallones Marine Sanctuary
Association
Fauna y Flora Internacional
Feather River Coordinated
Resource Management Group
Feather River Land Trust
Filmmakers Collaborative
Friends of the Tuolumne, Inc.
Glen County Resource
Conservation District
Golden Gate National Parks
Conservancy
Golden Gate National
Recreation Area
Grassland Water District
Great Basin Bird Observatory
Great Lakes Commission
Grupo de Aves del Noroeste de
México
Gulf of the Farallones National
Marine Sanctuary
H.T. Harvey & Associates
Hawaii Pacific University
Humboldt State University
Imperial Irrigation District
Information Center for the
Environment (U.C. Davis)
Institute for Bird Populations
Institute for Fisheries Resources
Intermountain West Joint
Venture
Island Conservation
Klamath Bird Observatory
Laguna de Santa Rosa
Biodiversity Advisory
Committee / Foundation
Lake Almanor Watershed Group
Landbird Monitoring Network
of the Americas
Landcare Research, New
Zealand
Lassen County Resource
Conservation District
Literacy for Environmental
Justice
Los Angeles Department of
Water & Power
Los Angeles Museum of Natural
History
Manomet Center for
Conservation Sciences
ManTech SRS Technologies, Inc.
Marin County Board of
Supervisors
Marin County Dept. of Parks &
Open Space
Marin Dept of Public Works
Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Marin Municipal Water District
Marin Resource Conservation
District
Marine and Coastal Conservation Spatial Planning Center.
Marine Fish Conservation
Network
Mariposa Country Resource
Conservation District
McEvoy Ranch
Midwest Coordinated Bird
Monitoring Partnership
Migratory Bird Conservation
Partnership
Mission Blue / Sylvia Earle
Alliance
Mono Basin Science Council
Mono Lake Committee
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Morro Bay National Estuary
Program
MWH Americas, Inc.
National Audubon Society and
local chapters
National Coalition for Marine
Conservation
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation
National Park Service and
National Parks
National Science Foundation
Natural Resources Defense
Council
Naturaleza y Cultura
Internacional
Nevada County Resource
Conservation District
2013–14 Annual Report
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 Asociación Calidris, one of Point Blue’s
partners in the Migratory Shorebird Project,
conducts a workshop in Colombia.
 Long-billed Dowitcher. Photo by Peter
LaTourrette.
NOAA National Marine
Fisheries Service
NOAA National Marine
Sanctuaries
North American Banding
Council
North American Bird
Conservation Initiative
North Bay Watershed
Association
North Marin Water District
North Pacific Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Ocean Science Trust
Oceana
Oikonos
Oiled Wildlife Care Network
Olofson Environmental, Inc.
Oregon State University
Pacific Coast Ocean Observing
System (NOAA)
Pacific Coast Joint Venture
Panamá Audubon
Parques Nacionales de Peru
Parque Nacional Natural
Sanquianga
Partners in Flight
Pepperwood Preserve
Petaluma Wetlands Alliance
PEW Charitable Trust
PG&E
Pomona College
Point Reyes National Seashore
Prince William Sound Science
Center
Private Landowners
Program for Regional and
International Shorebird
Monitoring
Prunuske Chatham Inc.
Resources Legacy Fund
Riparian Habitat Joint Venture
River Partners
Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory
Romberg Tiburon Center
for Environmental
Studies
Sacramento Regional
County Sanitation
District
Sacramento River
Riparian Sanctuary
Technical Advisory
Committee
Sage Grouse Initiative
SalvaNATURA
San Francisco Bay Bird
Observatory
San Francisco Bay
Conservation and
Development Commission
San Francisco Bay Joint
Venture
San Francisco Bay National
Wildlife Refuge Complex
San Francisco Bay Upland
Habitat Goals Steering
Committee
San Francisco Bay Wetlands
Regional Monitoring Program
San Francisco Estuary Institute
San Francisco Estuary Project
San Francisco Science
Collaborative
San Joaquin River Partnership
San Luis National Wildlife
Refuge Complex
Santa Lucia Conservancy
Science Applications
International Corporation
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
Seabird Protection Network
Sequoia Riverlands Trust
Shorebird Research Group of
the Americas
Sierra Foothill Conservancy
Simon Fraser University
Smithsonian Institution
Society for Northwest
Vertebrate Biology
Solano County Farmlands &
Open Space Foundation
Sonoma Resource Department
of Public Works
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Sonoma County Water Agency
Sonoma Ecology Center
Sonoma Land Trust
Sonoran Joint Venture
Sonoma Resource
Conservation District
South Slough National
Estuarine Research Reserve
Southern Sierra Research
Station
Stanford University
Stillwater Sciences
Straus Ranch
Sustainable Conservation
Swainson’s Hawk Technical
Advisory Committee
Terra Peninsular, A.C.
Thank You Ocean
The Amargosa Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy
The Pacific Wildlife Foundation
The Presidio Trust
Thomas Reid Associates
Tomales Bay Watershed
Council
TomKat Ranch
Tricolored Blackbird Working
Group
Trout Unlimited
Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners
Unión de Ornitólogos de Costa
Rica
United Anglers of Southern
California
U.S. Army
U.S. Bureau of Land
Management
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
USDA Forest Service
USDA Natural Resource
Conservation Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and National Wildlife Refuges
U.S. Navy
U.S. Shorebird Conservation
Council
U.S. Geological Survey
University of California,
various campuses
UC Agricultural Extension
UC Davis Rangeland
Watershed Lab
Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México
University of Alabama
University of Illinois
University of New Hampshire
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Southern
Mississippi
University of Victoria, B.C.
University of Washington,
Seattle
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Virginia Institute of Marine
Science
Wak Ka Koneke Indigenous
Association
Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife
Washington State University at
Vancouver
Waterbirds of the Americas
Western Bird Banding
Association
Western Hemisphere Shorebird
Group
Western Hemisphere Shorebird
Reserve Network
Western Hummingbird
Partnership—Executive
Committee
Western Shasta Resource
Conservation District
Western Snowy Plover Working
Groups—Regions 4 and 5
Wetlands & Water Resources
World Wildlife Fund
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Working
Group
Yolo County Resource
Conservation District
Yuba Bear Watershed Council
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Point Blue Conservation Science
2013–14 Friends of Point Blue
Gifts received between April 1, 2013, and March 31, 2014
$1,000,000 +
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
$100,000 to $999,999
Anonymous (3)
Elinor Patterson Baker Trust
The Huldie Schoener Clark
Trust
Moore Family Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
TomKat Charitable Trust
Susie Tompkins Buell Fund
$50,000 to $99,999
Anonymous (4)
11th Hour Project
Julia E. Chitwood Trust
Marin Community Foundation
Resources Legacy Fund
Foundation
The Biz and Livia Stone
Foundation
Sylvia Earle Alliance
$25,000 to $49,999
Anonymous
Dix and Didi Boring
DJ & T Foundation
Ernest F. Hollings Ocean
Awareness Trust Fund of the
National Marine Sanctuary
Foundation
Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy
Foundation
Jeffrey Kimball and Pamela
Hogan
Kimball Foundation
March Foundation
Marisla Foundation
Giles W. & Elise G. Mead
Foundation
R. Thomas Goodrich and
Rebecca Patton
Edward and Michelle Sarti
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail
Transit SMART
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous (5)
Arntz Family Foundation
California Sea Grant
Frank A. Campini Foundation
Martha Ehmann Conte
Faucett Family Foundation
Firedoll Foundation
Lisa and Douglas Goldman
Fund
Carolyn Johnson and Rick
Theis
Teke and Elizabeth Kelley
Lancor Partners
Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
Pacific Gas and Electric
Company
Andrew and Deborah
Rappaport
RHE Charitable Foundation
Dorothy & Jonathan Rintels
Charitable Trust
Schrader- Robertson Family
Fund
Robert and Joni Shwarts
University of California, San
Diego
$5,000 to $9,999
Anonymous
Anne W. Baxter
George & Ruth Bradford
Foundation
Michael Bykhovsky and Maria
Gonzales
Megan Colwell and Bonnie
Stewart
Community Foundation
Sonoma County
Geoffrey Gordon-Creed and
Jean Fraser
Arthur and Alison Kern
Jack and Adrienne Ladd
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary
District
Lamar Leland
Marin Agricultural Land Trust
New Belgium Brewing
Company
Michael Rosauer
Susan Schwartz
Olivia and Craig Sears
The Shark Trust
Jed and Caitlin Smith
Ann Stone
Joe Straton
Verna White
$2,500 to $4,999
Anonymous
Autodesk
Bob Battagin
Katherine Beacock
Ruth H. Brandt
California Native Plant
Society – Marin Chapter
Center For Ecoliteracy
Jean Conner
Carole E. Deitrich
Edith and Jeb Eddy
Robert J. Erickson
Russell B. Faucett
Ana Galutera
Ellie C. Insley
Stuart Jacobson and Andrea
Sandvig
The Libra Foundation
Helene Marsh
Outrageous Foundation
Elizabeth Patterson
Sanford and Jeanne
Robertson
Gayle Rohrbasser
The Springcreek Foundation
Marilyn M. Strand
Mary Stroh-Twichell and
Chuck Twichell
$1,000 to $2,499
Anonymous (3)
Janet Allen
American Rivers
Arizona Field Ornithologists
Thomas C. Benet
Robert Boehm
Robert Bradford
Sandra E. Brawders
Barbera Brooks
California Rice Commission
Murray Cann
Michael C. Carver
Janelle and Gary Cortese
Lokelani Devone and Annette
Brands
Daniel and Lee Drake
Ted and Pat Eliot
Enterprise Holdings
Environ International
Corporation
Robert and Michelle Friend
Philanthropic Fund
Friends of Pajaro Dunes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gale
The Griffith Family
Foundation
Patricia S. Hager
Harriet Heyman
Henrik Jones
Dwight L. Johnson
Jennifer Kellor
Peter Knapp
Karen and Robert Kustel
Jude and Eileen Laspa
Robin L. C. Leong
Nancy and Tony Lilly
Ewan Macdonald and Kirsten
Walker
The McGraw Hill Companies
Mr. and Mrs. Miles McKey
Michael Mecham
Bryan and Tara Meehan
Barbara J. Meislin
The Nathan M. Ohrbach
Foundation
Susan and Franklin Orr
Carolyn H. Pendery
Sarah Powell and Christopher
Knight
Patricia and Tim Preston
Mary Jean and Bob Rumer
Stephen Rumsey
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sauer
Shasta Wildlife Conservation
Foundation
Sara and Bill Snyder
Ellen and Jim Strauss
Steve and Britt Thal
Steve Vallarino and Raini
Sugg
Janet Wessel
Robert and Lynne Zolli
$500 to $999
Anonymous (4)
Cheryl and Alan Abel
Jane A. Allen
Sara and Wm. Anderson
Barnes Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
Barrymore
Richard and Marilyn Bates
Don and Barbara Bauer
Greg Bell and Debera Brown
Mr. and Ms. Dale Berner
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
Blackman
Margaret and Thomas
Blankenship
L & L Borok Foundation
Bransford Farm
William H. Bucklin
Susan Caldwell
Anne Chadwick Charitable
Fund
Chevron Corporation
(Humankind)
Everett Clark
Carole and Peter Clum
Terry and Zeo Coddington
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coon
2013–14 Annual Report
Constance Crawford
J. Oliver and Millie Cunningham
Kenneth Drexler and Sarah Leach
Dempster and Sylvia Drowley
Fischer Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fitton
William and Karen Foss
Simon and Claire Francis
William Glenn and Prescott
Hafner
Jean Greaves
Sherman Gromme
Hanford Arc
Richard Honey and JoAnne Kipp
Donald K. Howard Jr.
Jack and Marilyn Jones
Patricia H. Kelso
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey King
Judy Klein
Howard Lasky and Sarah King
Peter and Sue LaTourrette
Lawrence Leong
Thomas and Danelle Mann
Kathryn K. McNeil
Mitchel Family Fund
Gerald and Mary Edith Moore
Gloria and Richard Newhouse
Nikon Precision Inc.
Verna Osborn
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin D.
Parmeter
Perotti & Carrade
George S. Peyton Jr.
Maryann Rainey and
Wendy Pelton
Toni Rembe
Jon and Carol Richards
The Rock Foundation
Arthur and Lois Roth
William Roth
Anne J. Schneider Fund
Maggie and Contee Seely
Martin and Karen Shore
Lynne Stanley and
Christopher Elliott
Jean Starkweather
Langdon Stevenson and
Mary Farr
Hope Stewart
Dr. and Mrs. Bill Talmage
Jennifer Tejada
Anne Teller
John Thacher
Peter J. Watkins
Eric Wilcox
Mason Willrich
Chris and Barbara Wilson
Rachel Woodard
Linda Zimmerman
To honor our history and sustain our commitment to bird
conservation, we established The Point Reyes Bird Observatory Fund.
Donations to the fund support our long-term bird ecology studies
and internships at our Palomarin Field Station (Point Reyes National
Seashore) and the Farallon Islands (Farallon National Wildlife Refuge).
During the 2013–14 fiscal year, donors generously supported the
fund with gifts totaling $151,295.
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 Marine mammals and seabirds by the thousands
congregate over rich seasonal food supplies in the Gulf
of the Farallones. Above, a humpback whale amidst
Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters. Photo by Sophie Webb.
Farallon Patrol. These volunteer skippers provide year-round
transportation for Point Blue and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to our
field station on Southeast Farallon Island. We thank all Farallon Patrol
members, including the following who served actively this past year.
Keith Sedwick,
Commodore
Harry Andrews
Don Bauer
Terry Berkemeier
Jim Bewley
Tom Charron, MD
Henry Corning
Roger Cunningham
Mark Dallman
Paul Dines
Al diVittorio
Jim Ellis
Jody Harris
Andy Jones
Sam Lavanaway
Peter Molnar
Warren Sankey
Clifford Shaw
Harmon Shragge
John Wade
Alan Weaver
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Point Blue Conservation Science
 At Mono Lake, field biologist Justin Hite holds a
California Gull chick. Photo by Nora Livingston/Point Blue.
Conservation Science Legacy
Tern Society Members and Estate Gifts
Tern Society members are individuals who have notified us that Point Blue is
included in their estates.
Anonymous (5)
Janet W. Allen
Robert E. and Gertrude Allen
Gail Anderson and King McPherson
Gayle A. Anderson
Estate of Richard Bachenheimer
Estate of Susan Barthell
Avis Boutell and Alice Miller
Dix and Didi Boring
Dr. Richard Bradus
Robert K. Brandriff
Valerie Chenoweth Brown
Estate of Barbara Champion
Estate of Julia E. Chitwood
Rick and Jillian Clark
Estate of Dr. Howard Cogswell
Ellie M. Cohen and Miki Goralsky
Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson
John Dakin
Estate of Robert C. Da Costa
Estate of Anna D. D’Alvy
Martha Day
Carol E. Deitrich
John and Sara Donnelly
Estate of William R. Eastman
Martha Ehmann Conte
Ted and Pat Eliot
Linda Fisher
Nancy W. Gamble
Geoff Geupel and Janet Kjelmyr
Estate of Suzanne Geupel
Doris Grau
Estate of Margaret D. Greene
Patricia D. Gunther
Dean and Nancy Hanson
Jack and Deyea Harper
Estate of Dorothy A. Harvey
Jim and Karen Havlena
Totton and Joanne Heffelfinger
Scott and Claudia Hein
Estate of Shirley Hicklin
Aaron Holmes
Estate of Frances Hovey
Estate of William S. & Vivienne Howe
Dorothy Bell Hunt Trust
Ann Hunter and the late Robert E.
Hunter
Diane Ichiyasu
Estate of Alexander Imlay
Stuart Jacobson
Carolyn Johnson and Richard Theis
Emily Hanna Johnson and Dick Bricker
Estate of Suzanne Van Ysen Johnson
Louise Johnston and the late Don C.
Johnson
Joy Kennedy-Maxion
Harvey and Mary King
Nancy Kling
Mark Leggett
Estate of Doris F. Leonard
Robin L. C. Leong
Ewan Macdonald and Kirsten Walker
Macdonald
Estate of Roderick Macpherson
Estate of Annemarie Manley
Helene Marsh
Sara Mathews
Jane Matthewman
Mary V. Mayer
Estate of Margaret McDowell
Barbara Moulton
Leah Norwood
Estate of Judith B. Nadai
Linda O’Neill
Doris Panzer
Carolyn Pendery
Estate of Wilson Pendery
Regina Phelps
Willis J. and Gloria R. Price
John and Cynthia Rathkey
Glena Records
Mark Reynolds, PhD and Gretchen Le
Buhn
Estate of Margina Rhyne
Brett M. Robertson
Jacqueline Robertson
Marie W. Ross
Victoria Rupp
Steve Rutledge and Julie Beer
Ellen Sabine
Ed Sarti
Peggy Sloan
Estate of Grace Alice Grabe St. Amand
Estate of Mel Stamm
Judith Ciani Smith
Ann Stone
Matthew and Polly Stone
Estate of Carter and Mary Thacher
Stephen and Britt Thal
David Thomas
Linda Vetter and Terry Blanchard
Estate of Mary Ellen Warters
Nadine Weil
Arthur Fredrick White and Verna N.
White Trust
Estate of Ruth V. Wilson
Cam and Dennis Wolff
For information about creating a legacy at Point Blue, and becoming a member of the Tern Society, please contact Stacey Atchley, Planned Gifts Officer,
at 707.781.2547 or email legacy@pointblue.org. • Planned gifts will continue to be accepted under PRBO, PRBO Conservation Science, or Point Reyes
Bird Observatory.
2013–14 Annual Report
Other Income 1%
Foundation and
Corporate Grants 26%
Contributions from
Individuals 25%
Fundraising and
Member Services 7%
Contracts 48%
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General and
Administrative 15%
Programs 78%
REVENUE
EXPENSES
2013–14 Financials
Statement of Financial Position as of March 31, 2014 and 2013
Statement of Activities for the Years Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
2014 Assets 20142013
Changes in unrestricted net assets:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 1,958,835
Certificates of deposit
491,476
Contracts receivable
1,447,481
Contributions, grants and bequest receivable 2,089,679
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
78,694
Total current assets
6,066,165
Non-current assets:
Certificates of deposit 245,611
Long-term grant receivable
291,234
Endowment fund
262,421
Property, net of accumulated depreciation
5,379,844
Total non-current assets
6,179,110
Total Assets
12,245,275
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
283,265
Accrued vacation
261,426
Deferred revenue
366,351
Total current liabilities
911,042
Net assets: Unrestricted
Board-designated funds
1,612,639
Other
6,393,477
Total unrestricted
8,006,116
Temporarily restricted
3,228,117
Permanently restricted
100,000
Total Net Assets
11,334,233
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$12,245,275
The condensed financial statements presented above
were extracted from Point Blue’s complete set of financial
statements for 2013 and 2014 which have been audited
2013
1,868,113 483,456
1,426,836
704,661
54,962
4,538,028
626,471
150,026
5,485,943 6,262,440 10,800,468
Revenue and Support:
Government and other contracts
Contributions from individuals
Foundation and corporate grants
Investment and other income
Net assets released from restrictions:
Contributions from individuals
Foundation and corporate grants
Total revenue and support
Expenses:
Program services
Management and general Fundraising and member services
Total expenses
Change in unrestricted net assets*
262,625
246,541
324,509
833,675 1,671,048
5,761,052 7,432,100
2,534,693 9,966,793 $10,800,468
$ 4,917,557
1,629,840
20,247
123,838
4,975,058
603,488
113,296
84,905
997,021
2,653,278
10,341,781
1,340,962
1,827,982
8,945,691
7,608,669
1,485,572
673,524
9,767,765
7,403,205
1,130,677
579,938
9,113,820
574,016
(168,129)
Changes in temporarily restricted net assets:
Contributions from individuals
1,068,240
Foundation and corporate grants
3,275,483
Net assets released from restrictions
(3,650,299)
Change in temporarily restricted net assets 693,424
Changes in permanently restricted net assets:
Contribution from individual
100,000
Change in permanently restricted net assets
100,000
Change in net assets
1,367,440
Net assets at beginning of year
9,966,793
Net assets at end of year
$ 11,334,233
1,066,745
3,316,366
(3,168,944)
1,214,167
1,046,038
8,920,755
$9,966,793
*Note: The 2014 increase in unrestricted net assets was due to the receipt
of two bequests.
by Perotti & Carrade, Certified Public Accountants, and
on which they have rendered an unqualified opinion
dated July 24, 2014. The organization’s complete audited
financial statements and the independent auditor’s report
can be found at www.pointblue.org/2013–14auditreport.
Marilyn Kihara
Controller
3820 Cypress Drive #11
Petaluma, CA 94954
T: 707.781.2555
E: pointblue@pointblue.org
pointblue.org
Board of Directors
Ed Sarti, Chair
Ellie M. Cohen, President
and CEO
Brett Robertson, Vice
Chair
Rebecca Patton,
Secretary/Strategic
Planning Committee
Chair
Carolyn Johnson,
Immediate Past Chair
Megan G. Colwell, Chair,
Finance Committee
David Ackerly, PhD
Martha Ehmann Conte
Edith Eddy
Rob Faucett
Simon Francis
Ana Galutera
Stuart Jacobson
Jeffrey Kimball
Mary Power, PhD
James F. Quinn, PhD
Ivan Samuels
Robert S. Shwarts
Honorary Board
Members
Ted Eliot
William S. Foss
Jack Ladd, Audit Chair
Ann Stone
Stephen Thal
Science Advisory
Committee
David Ackerly, PhD, Chair
Larry Crowder, PhD
John Eadie, PhD
Mary Gleason, PhD
Sam Luoma, PhD
Adina Merenlender, PhD
Peter Moyle, PhD
Mary Power, PhD
James F. Quinn, PhD
Terry L. Root, PhD
Hugh Safford, PhD
Rebecca Shaw, PhD
President and CEO
Ellie M. Cohen
Chief Financial Officer
Padmini Srinivasan
Chief Science Officer
Grant Ballard, PhD
Chief Technology
Officer
Michael Fitzgibbon
California Current
Jaime Jahncke, PhD,
Director
Regina Ball
Ryan Berger
Russell Bradley
Meredith Elliott
Julie Howar
Jamie Miller
Dan Robinette
Jim Tietz
Peter Warzybok
Climate Change and
Quantitative Ecology
Grant Ballard, PhD,
Director
Nathan Elliott
Dennis Jongsomjit
Nadav Nur, PhD
Sam Veloz, PhD
Emerging Programs and
Partnerships
Geoffrey R. Geupel,
Director
Ryan DiGaudio
Bonnie Eyestone
Wendell Gilgert
Benjamin Martin
Chris McCreedy
Melissa Odell
Breanna Owens
Navit Reid
Tiffany Russell
Corey Shake
Kelly Weintraub
Alicia Young
Informatics and
Information Technology
Michael Fitzgibbon,
Director
Deanne DiPietro
Noah Eiger
Martin Magaña
René Mejorado
Sherie Michaile, PhD
Douglas Moody
Leonardo Salas, PhD
Zhahai Stewart
Pacific Coast and
Central Valley
Tom Gardali, Director
Blake Barbaree
Renée Cormier
Mark Dettling
Dave Dixon
Kristy Dybala, PhD
Jennifer Erbes
Carleton Eyster
Doug George
Michelle Gilbert
Carlene Henneman
Catherine Hickey
Diana Humple
Kristina Neuman
Gary W. Page
Elizabeth Porzig, PhD
Matt Reiter, PhD
Nat Seavy, PhD
Kristin Sesser
W. David Shuford
Dan Skalos
Lynne E. Stenzel
Khara Strum
San Francisco Bay
Grant Ballard, PhD,
Acting Director
Megan Elrod
Julian Wood
Sierra Nevada
Ryan Burnett, Director
Brent Campos
Ken Etzel
Alissa Fogg
L. Jay Roberts, PhD
Outreach and Education
Melissa Pitkin, Director
Emily Allen
Lishka Arata
Jennifer Benson
Leia Giambastiani
Gina Graziano
John Parodi
Claire Peaslee
Laurette Rogers
Isaiah Thalmayer
Vanessa Wyant
Development and
Membership
Brian Huse, Director
of Strategic Program
Development
Nancy Gamble, Director
of Individual Giving
Stacey Atchley
Jody Holzworth
Alison Romano
Eve Williams
Finance and
Administration
Padmini Srinivasan,
Chief Financial Officer
David Adams
Lee Callero
Karen Carlson
Marilyn Kihara
Heather Kurland
Laurel Schuyler
Research Associates
David G. Ainley, PhD
Sarah Allen, PhD
Frances Bidstrup
Jules G. Evens
Mark Herzog, PhD
Ellen M. Hines, PhD
Aaron Holmes, PhD
Steve N. G. Howell
David Hyrenbach, PhD
John P. Kelly, PhD
Borja Mila, PhD
Helen M. Pratt
Mark Rauzon
Annie Schmidt, PhD
Stacy Small, PhD
Jane C. Warriner
Sophie Webb
John Wiens, PhD
David W. Winkler, PhD
Steve Zack, PhD
Biologist Megan Elrod surveys a
San Francisco Bay tidal marsh.
Photo by Mark Dettling / Point Blue.