Organizations Filed Purposes:
CONSERVES NATIVE SPECIES AND HABITATS THROUGH RESTORATIONS, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION
OUR EFFORTS TO RESEARCH, MONITOR AND REINTRODUCE ENDANGERED SPECIES INTO RESTORED HABITATS IN WESTERN OREGON HAS MANY SUCCESSES. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED NEW POPULATIONS OF GOLDEN PAINTBRUSH, KINCAID'S LUPINE, NELSON'S CHECKERMALLOW, BRADSHAW'S LOMATIUM, AND WILLAMETTE DAISY. ALL OF THESE SPECIES WERE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION, BUT DUE TO OUR EFFORTS AND PARTNERSSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, ARE NOW BECOMING MORE COMMON ON THE LANSCAPE. THEY ALSO NOW GROWN IN PLACES WHERE LOCAL PEOPLE IN LOCAL COMMUNITITES CAN SEE AND INTERACT WITH THEM REGULARLY, A SEA CHANGE FOR CONSERVATION!
FOR OVER 20 YEARS, IAE'S MISSION HAS INCLUDED RESTORING RESILIENT ECOSYSTEMS. WE'VE LEARNED THAT TO INCREASE HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY IS TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF NATIVE SEEDS AND PLANTS. WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH BY SUPPORTING THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY NATIVE PLANT PARTNERSHIP AND DEVELOPING A NATIVE PLANT FARM. THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY NATIVE PLANT PARTNERSHIP (WVNPP), STAFFED BY IAE AND FUNDED IN PART BY THE OREGON WATERSHIED ENHANCEMENT BOARD, HAS OVER 30 PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONSN AS MEMBERS, INCLUDING WATERSHED COUNCILS, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATIONS DISTRICTS, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, PRIVATE LAND TRUSTS, COMMERCIAL GROWERS, AND STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. THIS YEAR WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY PROPAGATED, RAISED AND HARVESTED SEED FROM NINE NATIVE PLANT SPECIES, TWO OF WHICH ARE ENDANGERED, ON OUR NATIVE PLANT FARM AT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT NUMBERS:(-) 1340 ACRES IN RESTORATION ACROSS OREGON(-) 2825 NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS OUTPLANTED(-) 1746 VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR RESTORATION AND SEED PRODUCTION
THE DECLINE IN HUMAN CONNECTION WITH NATURE IS FOUND ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSEVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR REGION, INCLUDING INCARCERATED PEOPLE WHO NUMBER OVER 15,000 IN OREGON AND 2.3 MILLION NATIONWIDE. THIS NATURE DEFICIT LEADS TO LOWER HUMAN HEALTH, HIGHER INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE, AND REDUCED SENSE OF WELL-BEING. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS OFTEN A DISCONNECT BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE IN THE REGION WHERE RESTORATIONS TAKE PLACE. THIS ISOLATION EXCLUDES VALUABLE INSIGHTS FROM PROJECTS AND REDUCES OWNERSHIP OF HABITAT RESTORATIONS BY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF DIVERSITY ARE PARTICULARLY DEPRIVED OF OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERACT WITH ECOSYSTEMS AS WELL AS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS. ONE PROJECT OF OUR ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN PARTICUALR, SAGEBUSH IN PRISONS, DEEPLY ENGAGES PRISON INMATES IN HABITAT CONSERVATION BY GIVING THEM VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN NATIVE PLANT NURSERY MANAGEMENT AND A LECTURE SERIES IN CONSERVATION SCIENCE. THESE INCARCERATED ADULTS ARE HEALING THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THEIR COMMUNITITES, AND THEMSELVES.PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT NUMBERS:(-) PLANTED ITS 1 MILLIONTH SAGEBUSH SEEDLING IN IDAHO TO RESORE SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT(-) PROGRAM DIRECOTR STACY MOORE WAS AWARDED AS A 2018 DIFFERENCE MAKERS BY TIAA(-) SPP WAS ACTIVE IN 9 PRISONS IN 5 STATES, WITH 2500+ INMATES RECEIVING ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Thomas Kaye | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 42 | $90,067 |
| Sarah Greene | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Laurie Halsey | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Julissa Rosales | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Debbie Johnson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Carol Savonen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Brandy Humphreys | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Bob Hansen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Smith | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Deborah Clark | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Cary Stephens | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Ken Bierly | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
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