2012 Annual Report - The Nature Conservancy

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Sandy Hedrick Santa Paula, California “Ventura County, and particularly the Santa Clara River Valley area, is blessed with some of the deepest topsoils in the world and a very mild climate where we can grow most anything. It’s one of the finest agricultural areas anywhere in the world. I remember when I was a child watching huge pastures just getting swept away because there were no roots or trees to hold it in place. Now we have a nice wide buffer zone of riparian forest and wellvegetated floodplain that is much less subject to erosion if we have a major storm. I think all along the Santa Clara River farmers are getting the benefit of these riparian buffers.” Nearly half of the Earth’s land surface is used for agriculture. * Source information p. 52 Sandy Hedrick owns and operates Hedrick Farms, where he grows oranges, lemons, tangerines and avocados. Climate change and sea level rise threaten many communities, including farmers, and through projects like Coastal Resilience Ventura, the Conservancy will help decision-makers implement on-the-ground conservation methods to preserve agricultural land and provide nonstructural flood protection through floodplain easements. 20 The Nature Conservancy I nature.org
NATURE NOURISHES OUR FARMLANDS “ I remember when I was a child watching huge pastures just getting swept away. ” Nature Matters I The Nature Conservancy 21
Page 1 and 2: PROTECTS NOURISHES STRENGTHENS INSP
Page 3 and 4: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A NEW
Page 5 and 6: THE YEAR IN CONSERVATION Protecting
Page 7 and 8: THE YEAR IN CONSERVATION Using Natu
Page 9 and 10: THE YEAR IN CONSERVATION Expanding
Page 11 and 12: NATURE PROTECTS NOURISHES STRENGTHE
Page 13 and 14: CTS The air we breathe is shared wi
Page 15 and 16: NATURE PROTECTS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
Page 17 and 18: NATURE PROTECTS OUR TRADITIONS Fire
Page 19 and 20: Bread, meat, milk and wine do not c
Page 21: NATURE NOURISHES OUR DREAMS Marisa
Page 25 and 26: NATURE NOURISHES COMMUNITIES Thomas
Page 27 and 28: ENS A healthy natural world and hea
Page 29 and 30: NATURE STRENGTHENS OUR FUTURE Susan
Page 31 and 32: NATURE STRENGTHENS OUR HEALTH 51% o
Page 33 and 34: RESas a Nature provides many tangib
Page 35 and 36: NATURE INSPIRES ART Andrei Kushnir
Page 37 and 38: NATURE INSPIRES ACTION Margaret Lou
Page 39 and 40: WERS Whether cooking our food, heat
Page 41 and 42: NATURE EMPOWERS OUR CITIES Zhao Yim
Page 43 and 44: NATURE EMPOWERS OUR HOMES Nature Ma
Page 45 and 46: ES Water is life. That’s an adage
Page 47 and 48: Dr. Samuel M. ‘Ohukani’ohi’a
Page 49 and 50: WATER REQUIRES OUR VIGILANCE WATER
Page 51 and 52: Preston Jimmerson Camilla, Georgia
Page 53 and 54: Financial Summary For the fiscal ye
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