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From the Chairman . . . 



EVERY YEAR the National Fish 

 and Wildlife Foundation fine- 

 tunes its conservation initia- 

 tives. Fiscal year 1992 was no 

 exception. We launched Bring Back the 

 Natives, a national venture with the 

 Bureau of Land Management and the 

 USDA-Forest Service that is the first 

 habitat-based fisheries protection 

 program in the country. To spur wetland 

 preservation on private lands, we 

 established the Partners on Private Lands 

 program under the auspices our North 

 American Wetlands Partnership. 

 Through our Partners in Flight program, 

 aimed at protecting both breeding and 

 wintering grounds for migrating song- 

 birds, we orchestrated a landmark event 

 in 1992: a national training workshop 

 that brought together more than 1,000 

 researchers and land stewards to share 

 information on managing habitats for 

 Neotropical migrant birds And through 

 our education initiative, we pined a 

 diverse group of corporations, govern- 

 ment agencies, and other conservation 

 organizations to fund the publication of 

 full-color, state-by-state guides to 

 premier wildlife viewing legations. Six 

 guides (Arizona, California, Indiana, 

 North Carolina, North Dakota, and 

 Texas) made their debut in 1992 with 

 Foundation support. 



In 1992, the Foundation generated 

 more than $19 million for 165 "on-the- 

 ground " conservation projects (an all- 

 time high) by raising $12 5 million in 

 private resources, more than matching 

 its $6.5 million commitment in federal 

 funds. Here's a sampling of what those 

 dollars are buying: 



■ In Louisiana, nearly 1,400 acres of «eu' 

 marshlands are being created for 

 migratory songbirds and waterfowl. 



■ A project has been launched to bring 

 Atlantic salmon back to spawning 

 grounds in the northeastern U.S. 



■ Across America, hands-on educational 

 programs on nature for elementary and 

 high school students, especially urban 



youths, are in the works. 



■ Critical wetland protection and 

 restoration is underway at Kelly's Slough 

 in North Dakota, in Kansas's renowned 

 Cheyenne Bottoms, along the Texas 

 Gulf Coast, in California's Sacramento 

 Valley, and in the ACE River Basin of 

 South Carolina. 



And beyond our borders: 



■ In the Gulf of California, a census of 

 the world's smallest cetacean, the 

 critically endangered vaquita, will help 

 spark a recovery plan for the species. 



News of these projects and of the 

 Foundation's efforts circulated nation- 

 wide in 1992. Stories appeared in The 

 Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles 

 Times. The Washington Post, U.S. News & 

 World Report, Sports Illustrated, and 

 National Geographic Television cover- 

 age of the Foundation's Neotropical 

 migratory bird conservation and wetland 

 programs aired on NBC and ESPN. Local 

 TV stations in Texas, Arizona, and 

 Washington, D.C., also broadcast news 

 of the Foundation. A full-page ad for last 

 year's Conservation Stamp and Print 

 appeared in the March 1992 issue of 

 Field & Stream. Since marketing our first 

 print in 1987, print and stamp sales have 

 generated more than $1.9 million for the 

 Foundation's conservation programs. 



"Settling In, " the painting of tfiree 

 snow geese shown here, is Nancy 

 Howe's fme work for our Sixth Annual 

 Conservation Stamp and Print. An avid 

 conservationist, Ms. Howe uses her art 

 to help restore waterfowl habitat. She is 

 the first woman to win the Federal Duck 

 Stamp Contest. 



Fiscal year 1992 also saw some 

 internal changes for the Foundation: 

 Eugene A. Bay, Ir., of our Board of 

 Directors retired in 1992, andJ.C 

 Perkins replaced him. And I'm pleased 

 to say that Amos S. Eno, formerly the 

 Foundation's acting dirertor, is now our 

 executive director. 



Amos is fond of saying that the 

 Foundation gives money tlie old- 



fashioned way: it makes its grantees 

 work for it. Any grant we give must be 

 matched by at least an equal amount in 

 state and private funds. And, because 

 the projects we support are carefully 

 evaluated and managed, we know that 

 your contributions — and those of all our 

 partners — are serving conservation in 

 the best possible way. Don't forget, the 

 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is 



