report to members for the years 2012 • 2013 • 2014

Into the Woods… Apologies to Disney Studios

Out of the house, past the old barns, along the wheat field, into the woods… the 12-year old only child went often. A fairy tale land, a safe place, free

from chores and confusion. Big fir trees wrapped around her, a stream ran through. She built a small tipi from hay barn canvas and hosted girls-only campouts.

As a teen at Outdoor School, she learned the forest’s scientific names and the woods came alive, became family. During college, she added river and desert knowing everything is connected to everything else. Wanting others to feel this deeply too, my life’s work came easily. CFI was born with the help of many.

Fast forward 30 years: There are children, teens, college kids, and the tipis, the little stream, the big river, the desert, the women’s trips. Thank you for steadfastly supporting this work. Nature and culture education in places like this conjure awe-filled moments that translate to forever change lives.

Highlights of recent years most certainly include relocating Professor Valley Field Camp to leased private land nearby. We are refreshing river and camp school lessons toward climate change, STEM education and jobs, service and citizen science projects, and green living. Learning outdoor skills, unplugging from media, and a slower pace all remain vital elements.

Over the last three years to present, CFI is blessed with capable, long-term Moab-based staff. Reducing turnover in key office and field positions is a milestone.

Connecting people and nature for 30 years: history, education and adventure

As financial and service charts inside show, we saw a dip during 2013 around the unexpected federal government shutdown, with strong recovery a year later. Growth in adult user days can be attributed to weekend Park tours, sell-outs on adult seminar trips, and expanded partnerships with like-minded tour and nonprofit groups.

Thank you to last year’s capital campaign contributors for making Phase I at the new camp possible. Thank you to volunteer Trustees who completed service and joined our Board. Special thanks to Chair, Steve Getz, for activating committees

on important projects. Evaluation, training, and mentoring by nonprofit and nature center consultants has been invaluable.

On a personal note, the December 2014 death of my stepson and fellow outfitter, Arlo Tejada, was a great loss in our family and the professional community. We will celebrate his life in April.

The woods aren’t always easy as we know – there are demands, dangers, deaths. But, I am not done yet. Heading onto my career

bucket list, I ask for YOUR support for our team (and a magic wand would be handy!). On the horizon: funding more year-round staff positions, expanding capacity at camp, and growth of scholarships, endowments, and legacy giving. I will continue to shepherd a few select special places and people seminar trips.

For the 12-year olds yet to come, we aim to keep the desert, the river, the woods… places to know, to go, for healing and joy... to call home.

Karla VanderZanden, Co-Founder, Executive Director

Navajo Guide in Training, Spring 2014: Left to right - Back: Matthew Atene; Tyrone Bracker; Kate Spencer - CFI Guide; Kelsey Bushman - MVHS Teacher, Christopher Billsie. Middle: AJ Atene; Nicola Atene; Marlene Valentine - NNSDP; Angell Atene; Devonte Martinez; Deshawna Yazzie. Front: Charlene Valentine - CFI Guide; Karla VanderZanden - Executive Director.

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People of all ages come for learning adventures and leave cfi programs refreshed and with a deeper appreciation for the environment and for each other.

A Review of CFI Milestones

30 -Year Anniversary CFI hosted celebration events to raise funds including dinner and Silent Auction at Pack Creek Ranch. Hosts Jane and Ken Sleight helped guide CFI in its early years. Thank you to all who donated and purchased auction items. CFI took part in the statewide Love UT Give UT online day of giving, expanded “CFI Days” at local businesses, hosted an open house, and volunteer work parties.

Professor Valley Field Camp at Taylor Ranch OpensPVFC officially opened with a ribbon cutting in April, 2014 and hosted a variety of school, college and adult service groups in its first season. It

wasn’t long until we discovered a family of badgers living nearby and delighted in other animal neighbors such as mule deer, coyotes, bull snakes, leopard frogs, native bees, and migrating song birds.

Farewell to Field Camp and the Big MoveIn fall 2013 we said goodbye to our Professor Valley Field Camp located on BLM land for 26 years. CFI hosted a farewell dinner, then closed the gate on the old camp. In 2014 we hosted service groups to reclaim this site.

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Consult and MentoringThe Association of Nature Center Administrators (ANCA) conducted a Peer Consult (organizational audit) and continues ongoing support. The process, funded by a grant from the Harris Foundation, centers on how CFI can chart a sustainable future for the next 30 years.

To learn more about CFI’s 30 year history, visit our web site: cfimoab.org/history.

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New Youth ProgramsNavajo Guide in Training ProgramEach June since 2012, CFI hosts a “Native Teen Guide in Training Program” over eight days in Monument Valley and on the San Juan River. The kids get exposed to basic first aid, customer service, gear care, native plant identification, hiking, river running skills and safety, plus visit with Navajo tour operators. Thanks to generous support of Val A. Browning Foundation, North Face Explore Fund and private donors, kids learn their own backyard, prepare for jobs nearby and possible careers in tourism and natural resources.

“I want to salute you and CFI for your 30 year milestone. As a founder and creator of CFI, I hope you are looking back with pride at all you have accomplished and the many lives your educational programs have touched over three decades. Canyonlands and Utah’s redrock country are better off thanks to your tremendous efforts which are greatly appreciated by all of us here at The Nature Conservancy.”

– Dave Livermore, Utah State Director, The Nature Conservancy

Sustainable You! Summer Youth CampCFI launched the first Sustainable You! Summer Youth Camp, a unique summer experience for middle schoolers created and led by Roslynn Brain, PhD, of Utah State University in Moab, and supported by CFI. Kids spent four days with one overnight investigating a different theme each day through local businesses – energy, land, air, and food – and learned about solutions that help our community.

First Annual Bates Wilson Youth Camp

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Kids who participate in CFI’s youth programs and camps leave excited and inspired by new experiences, and confident in new abilities.

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In 2014, Canyonlands National Park celebrated its 50th anniversary year. CFI joined with the Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks and NAVTEC Expeditions over Labor Day Weekend 2014 to offer the first Bates Wilson Summer Youth Camp

for high school students. The camp was held in the Needles District to promote interest in natural resource and recreation careers.

Native Guide in Training Program, Sustainable You! and the Bates Wilson Youth Camp will be offered in 2015.

“…The Navajo Guide in Training Program was an enriching learning experience for everyone. It afforded each one of us an opportunity to live for a few days outside of our daily experiences or life as we know it. Even though we live in a rural area we do not fully experience the outdoor life… We, as Diné need to begin thinking about ways to convey messages about recreating on tribal land while preserving it.”

– Marlene Valentine, Chaperone

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“Awesome program! The contrast between what our students know about the natural environment where we live (Pacific Northwest rainforest) and the desert Southwest, mixed with CFI’s enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff, provided an experience my students will remember the rest of their lives.”

– Russel Yates, Swan School, Spring 2013

School Groups: CFI’s Top Priority!Schools served: 83 school groups participated in river and field camp

experiences with ages from early elementary through college.

School types: CFI continues to successfully provide quality land and river programs for private as well as public school and charter school groups. Many schools return for trips year after year.

Group sizes: Groups as small as eight and as large as 67 students and their teachers were served.

School locations: School groups came from as near as cities in Utah and Colorado, to as far away as Alaska, California, Florida, New York, Montana, and Oregon.

Local Schools Initiative: CFI serves students from S.E. Utah including the Navajo Reservation with additional scholarship opportunities made possible through donors and grants. CFI’s Outdoor Science School helps boost interest and competencies in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).

Adult and Family ProgramsBy request “custom” river, hiking and lodge-based trips for special family or friend reunions are a CFI specialty. These trips, and our once a month expert-led seminars, offer an intimate, in-depth experience, with shared lasting memories. Custom and adult trips continue to grow our membership and underwrite youth programs. In recent years, CFI expanded BLM Special Use Permit authorizations in the Moab and eastern Book Cliff regions, and started

new trips in the Cedar Mesa canyons east of Bluff and Blanding.

Partnerships grew with Naturalist Journeys, Uncommon Journeys, America By Rail, Road Scholar/Elderhostel, Museum of Moab, and the Moab Music Festival.

Past participants on our Navajo Mountain and Rainbow Bridge trail hiking trips helped fund a conservation corps trail crew to allow Navajo/CFI led trips to continue in this rugged, spectacular corner of Utah.

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Young ProfessionalsAmeriCorps/VISTACFI joined a community-wide VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) grant program in 2012. VISTA members serve one year building capacity through recruitment, public outreach, fundraising, expanding volunteer opportunities, and improving office system efficiency. Special thanks to CFI’s VISTA members Curtis Tripp (2012-13), Hannah Boone (2013-14), and Evan Kieber (2014-15).

Apprentice Guides and InternsEvery year, a lucky handful of Apprentice Guides, Interns and AmeriCorps workers gain teaching, river running, cooking, guiding, gear repair, and administrative skills during their term with CFI. Our “graduates” carry on CFI’s values and mission as they move into positions in conservation, business, education, government, and community. They continue

sharing their skills, love, and care for the river and desert long after they leave and as they settle and start their own families.

Students, adults, and families come together from near and far to discover an appreciation for the colorado plateau through cfi programs.

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Plateau Society Donors and Members $500 and above

IndividualsRonald Apfelbaum and

Kathy Murray Karen BartlettGordon BehJulie BryanJanet DeLongDavid Dietel and Betsy

Longenecker Matt and Heidi EilersDavid EverittSusanne Feller and Toni

Davison Dorothy GarceauPatty and Lee GelattSteve and Terri GetzCatherine Hansen-StampAnn and Rob HansonDiane HansonMark HaroldsenJohn and Sena HauerDr. Leslie JohnsonAustin KingMary KohlerSusie and Bob LadenburgerLinda LeckmanPauline and John Linhart

Board of TrusteesJune 2012Dave Bierschied, ChairChristine Williams Dunton,

SecretarySam Crane, TreasurerMatt Eilers Steve GetzSena Taylor Hauer Trisha Hedin Karla VanderZanden,

Ex-officio (non-voting)

June 2013Steve Getz, ChairTrisha Hedin, SecretarySam Crane, Treasurer Dave Bierschied Christine Williams Dunton Diane Hanson Sena Taylor Hauer Karla VanderZanden,

Ex-officio

CFI StaffAdministration, Marketing, FundraisingStacy DezelskyAlison HillisSusan JamiesonHeather PalmerMona PompiliFranklin SealMarilyn WorthleyKarla VanderZanden*

Operations and Program Support Kelly Evans*Dave Montgomery*Kate Niederehe*

AmeriCorps MembersHannah BooneEvan KieberCurtis TrippSarah Dendy

Guest FacultyTim GrahamWinston HurstRebecca MartinTamsin McCormick.Carol PattersonJoel TuhyJohn WeisheitLinda WhitthamWilderness Medicine Institute

Foundations and Organizations Jane Barton and JoAnne Gann, Mattox

Memorial FundRanna Bieschke, Moab Half MarathonDavid Bonderman and Laurie Michaels, Texas

Pacific GroupCharla Brown and Rob Burnett, The Ruth H.

Brown FoundationDarcy Brown and Ken Helfenbein, The Ruth H.

Brown FoundationBruce and Barbara Browning, Val A. Browning

FoundationJohn and Laurel Catto, Alpenglow FoundationPaul Chasman and Anna Wiancko Chasman,

Wiancko Charitable Foundation Chevron Humankind Fund

Bertram and Barbara Cohn, Jewish Communal Fund

Eastern Utah Community Credit UnionMargot Gilbert and Allan Frank, Lewis D. and

John J. Gilbert Foundation Grand County Credit UnionGrand County Recreation Special Services DistrictGrand Soil Conservation DistrictSusie Harrington and Kalen Jones, Desert

Dharma/WithGaiaDesignsRichard and Leslie Helppie, Helppie Family

Charitable FoundationHenry and Angela Hite, The William H. & Mattie

Wattis Harris Foundation Leon and Judith Jones, Jones Family Charitable

FoundationJim Lindheim and Jim Tharp, The Lindheim-

Tharp Charitable FundVincent and Anne Mai, The Mai Family

FoundationSandy Mailliard, The Community Foundation of

Mendocino CountyJohn and Laurie McBride, McBride Family &

Aspen Business Ctr Foundation National Environmental Education FoundationNorth Face Explore FundDenise and Don Oblak, Canyon Voyages

Adventure CompanyBen Phillips, Manners Golden Rule FoundationJeff Pillus, SET EngineeringDonald and Sylvia Robinson Family FoundationJennifer Speers, The Palladium Foundation and

My Good FundHope Stevens, Fanwood FoundationThe Maki FoundationThe TOSA FoundationKarla Vander Zanden, Joy InvestmentsJohn and Susette Weisheit, Living Rivers

Howard MannSuzanne and Cornelius

McGinn Mark and Kathryn McLaneJanet MindenJames and Donnasu MoodyRobert Nemitz and

Chris WarrenKate NiedereheBarbara PedersonAndrew PhelpsBen PhillipsCraig RhodesPaul RienscheDedee and Gerald RiggHank Rutter and

Susan Fralick Gordon ShawLeigh SingletonCherry Talbott-MorjikianBill and Nancy TopperGary Topping and

Marianna Hopkins Richard and Diana TothChristine WarrenDale WeissCraig and Kim ZellerAnonymous

June 2014Steve Getz, ChairDr. Roslynn Brain, Vice-ChairTrisha Hedin, Secretary Diane Hanson, Treasurer John Groo Ann Hanson Sena Taylor Hauer Leigh H. SingletonKarla VanderZanden,

Ex-officio

Naturalist Guides Eric AteneCharlene Valentine AteneMatt BiglerJessie CubberlyTamara Desrosiers Brad HansonNichol HaroldsenChristie HicksDavid MalutichNathaniel MeyerMeghan MontgomeryJennifer NewmanAllyson O’ConnorXandra OdlandScott ShahverdianKatharine SpencerSpenser WilliamsJeff Zenger

Interns Abigail CarrollDana ChristensonJana FranchiniNicole GautierTaylor HarveyHeather HolladayKari NielsenRichard NoelCarmelita RosnerJohanna TrautBrittney Worthen

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Other Donations In Memory OfKaren Bartlett in memory of Howard HastingsJane Barton and JoAnne Gann in memory of Richard Mattox Sr.Richard and Dana Mattox in memory of Richard Mattox Sr.Austin King in memory of Beth KingAndrew Phelps in memory of Chris PhelpsRichard Schwartz in memory of Chris PhelpsChristine Warren in memory of Bob Nemitz

In Honor OfJoseph DeMarco Jr. and Noranne DeMarco in honor of

Christie HicksMargot Gilbert and Allan Frank in honor of Craig and Kim ZellerRichard and Dana Mattox in honor of Jane BartonJeff and Kelly Weak in honor of Tom Wylie

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(*also serve as Naturalist Guides)

Scott Anderson, Triassic Industries

Back of Beyond BooksBuck’s Grill HouseChuck and Jason Henderson,

Henderson Builders LLCRon Holyoak, A & E ElectricCity Market/KrogerMoab Music FestivalNichols Custom WoodcraftPlateau Restoration

In-Kind Donations Rick’s GlassSheri Griffith ExpeditionsKen and Jane Sleight,

Pack Creek LodgeSpanish Valley VineyardsVillage MarketDoug Whipple Jr., Moab

Plumbing Ye Ole Geezer Meat ShopYouth Garden Project

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Individual & Business Members Lisa Albert and Rob Kerchen Cynthia AldrichBarbara AllanDonna AllanStacy AllanMichael AllenCarol AlmsonMary ArmstrongBeth Aspedon and Alice Duffy Genevieve AtwoodAutomotive Service and Performance Steven Bachrach and

Carmen Nitsche Ray BagleyBrad BarberBrad T. BarberJoyce BarnesJohn and Lucy BarrettHathaway BarryRhonda Bazil and Tom ToddThomas Beck and Sandra RostPeter and Susan BeesonHoward BehleSt. Moritz Lodge/ HMB Investments,

Michael Behrendt Susan BellagambaBruce BergerKathleen and Jim BessingerDave and Nicole BierschiedThe Nature Conservancy - Utah

Chapter, Pauline Blanchard Ann and Richard BoelterLois BoomerPeter BooneLisa BooseRoslynn BrainWilliam BreedRichard and Lola BrettRichard BrockC. A. and Sue BrownLaura and Murray BrownChip’s Grand Tire Co/American

Car Care Center, Chip Brox Frances BrutonSteven BudelierNation’s Towing, Chris BurtonZach BynumGarland and Sarah CampbellSue CampbellCanyonlands AdvertisingJanet and John CardleAbigail, Sue and Haley CarrollCastle Creek WineryEric Chase and Sandy FlintChevron Humankind Matching

Gift ProgramPat ChristensenKatherine ClarkeClub RioMargaret Cochran

Christopher CoffmanJeff Cohen and Heather CampbellJewish Communal Fund, Bertram and

Barbara CohnDave and Suzanne ConineWilliam and Melissa ConnellyRoy and Diana ConovitzMary CoombsRob CowenWylie CoxDavid CranstonMargaret and Joan CrossleyArlo CrymbleMark CurnutteCharles CurrentNelsons Heating and Refrigeration,

Monte CurtisCarolyn Dailey and Larry EdwardsClayton DaughenbaughCatalina DavisLynn DavisBeth and Marvin DavissonChristine DecykCynthia DefranciaLinn DeNesti and Greg MacDonaldPete DevineH. D. DewittStacy DezelskyRuth DillonVirginia DodsonKara DohrenwendDeb DolphJanine DonaldGary DonaldsonRick DonhamJane Dougherty and Maura LakeKaren DowneyPhyllis and Roger DubaCaroline DuellMarian and Nick EasonEddie McStiffsThe Ranch House LLC- Moab Springs

Resort, H. McKay Edwards James and Ana EgnewBenjamin EisenbergBryan and David EldredgeJake and Susan ElksJames EllefsonChristopher Erickson and

Lori Clark-EricksonR. Henry EvansSherry and George EvansKaren FearyTom FergusonKevin FitzgeraldSarah Fitzgerald and Peter BrownDoug Fix and Jane RobertsKZMU Moab Public Radio,

Jeff FlandersJeanne P. FlowersMr. John Fogg

Benjamin and Susan FosterGene and Mary FousheeLynda FoxPaul Frank and Anne Clare EricksonJustin Frost and Cora Jean RobinsonBill Gannon and MargaretArthur and Jackie GarceauJohn Geiger and Faye Gilbert-GeigerMrs. Marion GendellGerhart Family Trust, John W. and

Janet GerhartBego GerhartMary GermainWabi Sabi, Mel GillesShirley GlovaEntrada Embroidery, James and

Lou GostlinJoan GoughNaanue GowanStevan GrahAudrey and Tim GrahamLewis Greiner and Cheryl PriceJohn and Cynthia GrooMark GrosserNatalie Grout and Obe TejadaDoug Haag and Jennifer SheldahlJames HamrickShik HanGeoffrey and Cynthia HanceBetsy HandKathy HandsElizabeth HansonDorothy HardingDesert Dharma/WithGaiaDesigns,

Susie Harrington and Kalen Jones Dr. Steve HawksTrisha HedinSarah Heffron and David SvendsonBrandt and Marie HendersonCasady HenryGene HensleyDavid and Jody HeppeRobby Ray HesslerSandra HeydChristie HicksBarbara Hicks and John HartleyNan and Bob HinchsliffBarbara HippeRiverside Plumbing & Heating, Rick

and Cindy Hirschfeld Lisa and Kirk HobbsCarol Hochsprung and J.B. KempJudith and William HoldingStan and Page HollandRecapture Lodge, Jim and

Luanne HookAngela HoughtonRobert and Dixie HuefnerDr. Merrill HugentoblerMyke HughesArne HulquistBrad HumphreyFloyd Humphreys

Robert HunterSuzan Iuni and J. Michael GrimesLaura JacksonSandy JacksonBetty Ann JaegerSusan JamiesonJoan JanderStephen and Lisa JettDanette Johnson and Kirk PiersonClark Jones and Robyn SkudlarekKyle KaiserGregg and Kristine KampfRichard KannerLinda KeliarKaren KennedyRonda KershisnikRichard Kimball III and Patty KimballChantze KinMax KingKate Kitchell and Michael EldredKnowles Home Furnishings,

Christopher KnowlesDon and Jo Ann KnowlesSandra KoenigLinda KolbRide With Respect, Clifton KoontzAndrew T. and Judy C. KramerAlfred KreinbergThomas Kurth and Anita KurthSarah LaBrecGary LakePat Lambrose and Jim CoxLinda LanhamGeorge and MaryJo LatulippeMariah LauritzenMuriel LavenderCanyonlands Jeep Adventures, Steve

Lawry Belinda LedbetterLema Trading Company, Tony and

Carolyn Lema Mimi LevittRobert Lippman and

Pamela HackleyFred LohrGeorge and Roberta LohrArmistead and Kelly Sullivan LongWalter and Delora LoopeJoy LoseeLos JilbertosHelen LoveWilliam E Love and Karen RobinsonBarbara LudwigHarold and Joan LyndeDr. James MacMahonHelen MaddockLarry and Mary MagesCathy and Gabriel MagtutuBarbara and Thomas MaloneLois MansfieldRebecca Martin and Jeff JohnstonSarah MartinDan Mason

Stephanie MatlockRichard and Dana MattoxLa Donna MayerBob and Creel McCormackJean McDowellMary McGannKathleen McGinleyKay and David McLeanMichael and Beverly McTigueJanet McVickarRobert and Catherine MelichMs. Margretta MeyerEmil and Phyllis MikityDean and Kathe MillerKristen MillisMoab BreweryMoonflower MarketBetty and Paul MooreMary E. MoranTyler MorrisJ. Scott Morrison, CPA and

Gordon Beh Alicia MozianStan MullinPam Tanner MurayJames and Pat NatseosErin NeversDiana NevinsThomas W. NewtonNicholas and Margaretta NilesSusan NoahChuck NobleAllyson O’ConnorBruce OdlandMichael OdlandOutdoor Utah, Red and

Karen Oelerich Christopher O’GaraMegan O’NeillJean OttoHenry and Patricia OverbeckPat OwensMaya Page and Michael PearceParadox PizzaPete ParryDiana Pedely and Alan ClarkCynthia PeironnetEarl Perry and Anne BekoffDean PfannenstielJackie and Don PicardLloyd PiersonPlateau RestorationLee and Mary PodlesMona PompiliTim and Elaine PowersPeter and Marita PrandoniAna RamirezThomas RamptonMarsha and Mark RasmussenSunny and Hardy ReddRed Rock BakeryRick Reeb

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Financial and Service Reports

* 2014 Revenue includes $190,570 capital drive for Field Camp Relocation.

Fiscal years are July 1 through June 30. Figures are from IRS 990 tax returns, available upon request. Expense figures DO include depreciation. CFI’s Federal Identification Number is 87-0418027.

Adult/ Family

Student/Youth

2,033

1,127

2012 Participant DaysTotal: 3,160

2012 Expense$341,472

77% Program Services

16% General/ Admin.

7% Fundraising

2012 Revenue$429,638

53%Program Services

46% Public Support

1% Other2012

2,039

679

Adult/ Family

Student/Youth

2013 Participant DaysTotal: 2,718

2013 Revenue$382,805

42%Program Services

56% Public Support

2% Other

2013 Expense$375,330

17% General/ Admin.

74%Program Services

9% Fundraising2013

1,932

1,234

Adult/ Family

Student/Youth

2014 Participant DaysTotal: 3,166

2014 Revenue*$551,745

63%Program Services

35% Public Support

2% Other

2014 Expense$380,743

21% General/ Admin.

71% Program Services

8% Fundraising2014

Betsy (Elizabeth) RiekeLee RimelJohn and Angel RobisonJanet RossSpanish Trail Shell, Charles and

Marinda Ross Steve RubeyCarol RubinLanny Rubin and Elizabeth StrasserGerianne RuddBarbara RungeSabaku SushiJen SadoffSandra SandbergMeghan and Bill Sayres Kathleen SbarbaroKim Schappert and Ed Weeks Nicole SchaubEd SchlegelWilliam (Bill) SchlotthauerStuart G. and Sharon L. SchmidBob SchmuckerLarry and Lee SchneblyRichard SchwartzFranklin SealAmanda SeayErik SecristRoger SegalWade SeukeranJanice and Patrick SeurynckDarlene and Bernard SeusSaxon Sharpe and Floyd DeanPeter and Esther ShermanKim Sherwood and Cherie MajorEileen ShieldsDr. Charles H. ShultzRandall SiebertDennis Silva and Mary MoranNoel Silverman and Tanya MelichCarol SimonChris SimonThe Sloan Law Firm, PLLC,

Christina Sloan Budget Lock and Key, Ralph Smith Michael SmithCynthia SmithDale and Olive SmithKatherine SmithMichael G. SmithEddie McStiff’s, Eddie and

Audrey Snyder Jim and Colleen SobieskiSuperior Energy Systems, Rob SoldatJoe SorensenRoberta Staat and George Niederehe Catherine StampDavid StanleySue SternbergRobert StevensMarion StoddartCurt and Alesia StripeikaSam SturmanSerena Supplee

Joshua SurkesArthur SwindleFranklin TateConrad TausendEmma TejadaMarcia and Jim TendickJacqueline TerryDavid and Jan Thiede-SmithLarry and Sharon TiceRyan TimoneyAndrea TobackBarbara and William TomsonEric TrenbeathHoward TrenholmeAnthony F. Turhollow, Jr. and

Helga Van Miegroet Peggy UteschR. A. Valdez & Associates,

Richard ValdezJennie Van SchyndelTrina Van SchyndelJoel VanderhoofvenNorman VanwagenenGeorge VdovinChuck and Linda VidalCarla and Dennis WackerDeborah WagnerAnn and Joe WalkaKody WallaceQuintStar Management, J.J. WangBonnie and Corby WardChristine WarrenJeff and Kelly WeakDorothy WeaverJim and Vicki WebsterMr. & Mrs. S. W. WebsterMoab Charter School, Emma WeissEllen WeissPaul and Bonnie WeissIrene WerginzJanet WestbrookWhispering Oaks RanchHenry Whiteside and

Karol KumpferLinda WhithamDaniel WileChristy Williams and

Michael DuntonMary and Mike WilsonKent Winterholler Christy Nan WiseErma WiszmannLarry and Connie Witt Donna Wojcik-Barabas Charles and Marcia Wood Jean WylieTom and Pam Wylie Zax Wood Fired Pizza Brad and Pam Ziraldo

“Thank you for making the river trip such an amazing experience... I learned how canyons form, interesting things about Juniper trees, and how to properly throw water at others! This trip helped me see the beauty of nature, and will make me want to go on more trips.”

Claudia, 8th grade, Glenwood Springs Middle School, Colorado

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Report to Members for the years 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • cfimoab.org

Heartfelt thanks to all who support CFI in ANY way. Please let us know of any errors or omissions.

Canyonlands Field Institute is a 501 (c) 3 not for profit outdoor education organization established in 1984.

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(435) 259-7750 (800) 860-5262

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Our Mission is to: • Increase understanding of,

connection to, and care for the Colorado Plateau

• Expand perception of and appreciation for the beauty and integrity of the natural world

• Improve the quality of field-oriented, experiential teaching and learning for students and adults

• Encourage individuals to be involved in the care of their own home places

Through:• Interdisciplinary studies in natural science, the literary arts, and the physical and

cultural geography of the region• Immersion in natural settings and provision of outdoor public service opportunities

at field camps, on land and river trips, and in residential retreats• Dialogue about issues affecting the public, private, and tribal lands of the Colorado

Plateau bioregion• The introduction of a land ethic that includes respect, reverence, responsibility, and

reciprocity to the natural world.• Developing environmentally sound consumption practices within our business that

provide financial stability while improving quality of life for staff and community.

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