Organizations Filed Purposes:
OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE HABITAT FOR BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE THROUGH LAND ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY.
CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES: MAS PURCHASED 204 BEAUTIFUL ACRES AT ITS FAVILLE GROVE SANCTUARY (FGS) AND NOW PROTECTS/MANAGES >1800 ACRES AT FGS AND GOOSE POND SANCTUARY. THERE, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PERFORMED RIGOROUS HABITAT MANAGEMENT/RESTORATION INCLUDING PRAIRIE PLANTING, INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, NATIVE SEED COLLECTION, PRESCRIBED BURNS, AND WILDLIFE SURVEYS. MAS CONDUCTED VOLUNTEER-LED CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS SUCH AS MONARCH BUTTERFLY TAGGING, KESTREL NEST BOX MONITORING, AND MORE. MAS PARTICIPATED IN PROJECT SNOWSTORM TO HELP CONSERVE SNOWY OWLS. THOUSANDS OF VISITORS ENJOYED MAS SANCTUARIES FOR EVENTS OR SIMPLY TO ENJOY NATURE. MAS MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR EXCELLENCE AND LAND CONSERVATION PERMANENCE FROM NATIONAL LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION, A MARK OF DISTINCTION IN LAND CONSERVATION.
EDUCATION: WE PROVIDED HANDS-ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN 2019 WE REACHED ABOUT 1,000 CHILDREN, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM WERE FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. OUR CURRICULUM EMPHASIZED STEM AND LITERACY, AND INCLUDED LESSONS WHERE STUDENTS BECAME SCIENTISTS AND LEARNED TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THEIR WORLD. WE CONTINUED EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING LINCOLN, JOHN MUIR, MENDOTA, AND MIDVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, GOODMAN, BAYVIEW AND VERA COURT COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND OPERATION FRESH START, AMONG OTHERS. WE ALSO PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT ADULT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR AUDUBON NATURALIST SERIES.
ADVOCACY: TOGETHER WITH OUR MEMBERS, MAS ADVOCATED WIDELY FOR NATURAL RESOURCE AND BIRD CONSERVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN MULTIPLE MEDIA CHANNELS. AMONG OTHER ACTIVITIES, MAS SUPPORTED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, PROVIDED PLAN INPUT FOR STATE-OWNED LANDS, PROMOTED NATIVE PLANTS AND BIRD-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTED DIVERSE VOICES SUCH AS #BLACKBIRDERSWEEK, ADVOCATED FOR PROTECTIONS IN THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT, AND DEFENDED THE KNOWLES-NELSON PROGRAM FOR STATE FUNDING OF CONSERVATION. MAS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC OUTREACH THROUGH PROGRAMS, GUEST LECTURES, AND EVENTS. MAS ALSO COORDINATED AND LED MULTIPLE CITIZEN SCIENCE EFFORTS LIKE BALD EAGLE NESTWATCH. OUR BIRD COLLISION MONITORING PROGRAM WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DOCUMENT BIRD WINDOW STRIKES AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE BIRD-FRIENDLY.
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 |
|---|
| Matthew Reetz | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $65,667 |
| Olivia Pietrantoni | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Lisa Lepeak | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Fortney | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Pat Clark | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Rihn | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Patrick Eagan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Shillinglaw | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mareda Weiss | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Arlyne Johnson | DIRECTOR (THRU MARCH) | 1 | $0 |
| James Shurts | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Joanne Jones | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Topf Wells | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Galen Hasler | VICE PRESIDENT (FROM APRIL) | 1 | $0 |
| Marcia Mackenzie | VICE PRESIDENT (THRU MARCH) | 1 | $0 |
| Roger Packard | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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