Annual Report 2000 - Sierra Club BC

print ads and a website that sent faxes to the premier instantly.The battle against the Vancouver Island Land Use Planwas hard fought by Jill Thompson and her team of volunteers,but ultimately lost. It was pushed through with little publicawareness or review, and legalizes reduced forestry standardson much of the Island. Lisa Matthaus drew attention to theprocess used to determine timber volumes and each region’sAnnual Allowable Cut, and commissioned and publishedCutting for the Economy’s Sake, a report that analyzes theunsustainable annual allowable cut in BC.Clayoquot Sound was designated a United Nations BiosphereReserve in 2000, an event in which the Sierra Club wasproud to play a part. Iisaak Forest Resources, a joint ventureof the Nuu-chah-nulth Central Region First Nations andWeyerhaeuser, began logging in their TFL in accordance withthe Ecoforestry commitments made to Sierra Club of BC andother conservation groups. While we are proud of this start,this magnificent piece of temperate rainforest continues torequire protection and remains on our list of current campaigns.Our marine program produced a well-received reporton marine protected areas in 2000, and two documents onwild salmon and groundfish are underway. The marinecommittee has been crafting a strategic plan to guide itthrough the next phase of growth, and to battle the urgentissues faced by our marine ecosystems.So all those endless meetings, planning sessions, communityhalls and classrooms — that is Sierra Club’s niche. Wetry to speak straight to the point with courage and determination,fuelled by science and by personal knowledge ofthe salmon, trees, people and places of our province. Thisapproach has been pivotal to our success in the past, and we’renot planning on stopping any time soon.Vicky Husband, Conservation Chair5

Program reports‘‘In the Great BearRainforest, we’vehelped to secure overone and a half millionacres in protectedareas.Forest conservationinitiativesGreat Bear RainforestOne quarter of the world’s remaining,unprotected temperate forests is foundon BC’s central and north coast and onVancouver Island. This rare ecosystemcontains large tracts of undisturbedancient forests, abundant salmon stocks,and habitat for an incredible diversity ofspecies, including the rare white Kermodebear. These forests and wildlife are underincreasing threat from logging and otherforms of development.That is why we have made our coastaltemperate rainforest campaign one of thecornerstones of our work. Our goal is topreserve the integrity of the coastal temperaterainforest ecosystem by encouragingcommunities to move to a more sustainable,conservation-based economy.Sierra Club of BC has been working tocreate a conservation legacy for BC’s coast,and a new approach to land use planningfor its forests — an approach that iscollaborative and solutions-oriented.By working with our allies to secureover one and a half million acres in protectedareas and over two million acres inofficial deferrals, we have been a leader inpreserving options for the Great BearRainforest.In the year 2000, we focused on:• Working intensively with otherenvironmental groups, First Nations,government and other parties to reach6

agreement on a package of land useinitiatives that include: protected areas,a change management framework, establishmentof an Independent InformationTeam, an ecosystem-based managementframework, and government-to-governmentprotocols between First Nations andthe provincial and federal governments.• Completing a Conservation AreasDesign for the Central Coast to encourageecosystem-level planning.• Promoting markets campaigns to raiseconsumer awareness and pressure industryand government.• Motivating consumers to writepostcards and letters and to use web-basedactivism tools.• Securing commitments from Canadianand US companies to stop buying temperaterainforest-derived products, mostnotably Home Depot, Lowe’s and BellCanada.• Using outreach tools, such as thepopular Rainforest Bus traveling aroundBC, new publications, postcards and rallies.• Forming strategic alliances with otherconservation groups to produce televisioncommercials, print ads and a new website(www.savethegreatbear.org) to enhanceour rainforest conservation work.Clayoquot SoundSierra Club of BC has played an active rolein protecting the temperate rainforest ofthe Clayoquot Valley for over three decades.In 2000, Lisa Matthaus, our forest policyanalyst, and Vicky Husband continued towork with the local community, First Nationsand other conservation groups to ensureClayoquot will truly be a model of ecologicaland economic sustainability.In 2000, we:• Played a significant role in having Clayoquotdesignated a United Nations BiosphereReserve, with a large financial commitmentfrom the government of Canada.• Obtained ecoforestry commitments withother conservation groups from Iisaak ForestResources to begin logging in their Tree FarmLicence. Iisaak is currently seeking a ForestStewardship Council stamp of approval.Far left: Sierra Club of BC has made great contributionstowards protecting the Great Bear Rainforest: home ofthe rare White Kermode Bear.Centre: The magnificent canopy of the coastal rainforestshelters an untold diversity of species.Right: Nelson Keitlah, Co-Chair of the Central Region ofthe Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation. Thanks to the effortsof local First Nations and many organizations, includingSierra Club of BC, Clayoquot Sound has been designateda United Nation’s Biosphere Reserve.7

Logging onVancouverIslandLogging has had a dramatic impact on Vancouver Island, asevidenced by this 1999 map produced by our GIS mappingprogram. Black areas indicate intact old-growth forest; greyareas have been logged; white areas are bare.Vancouver IslandSierra Club of BC continues to promoteecologically sound forestry practices andland use on Vancouver Island, which iscontinually threatened by industrial logging.Our Vancouver Island Forest Programstaff worked hard in 2000 to opposeovercutting and environmentally damaginglogging practices on both public andprivately owned lands, aiming to reducethe impact on salmon habitat, endangeredspecies, wilderness recreation, and ruralcommunities.In 2000, despite the valiant efforts of SierraClub of BC staff and volunteers, VancouverIsland was hit hard by both logging developmentand the erosion of environmental policies.• The Vancouver Island Land Use Plan wasapproved despite extensive opposition fromconservation, tourism, recreation and fishinterests, as well as some First Nations. Theplan legally entrenches forestry standardsthat are lower than the provincial standardson 24% of the island.• Private Forest Practices Regulations wereenacted, but failed to meet our expectationsfor protecting environmental values.• The incredible Klaskish Valley onNorthern Vancouver Island was clearcutby Interfor this year, devastating in weekswhat had flourished in harmony for 10,000years. Years of process to create a moreappropriate forestry plan for this area werelost as Interfor slashed large clearcuts intothe valley.• Forest connectivity corridors, essentialto wildlife in an otherwise barren logginglandscape, became threatened by logging.Government proposed to open them up forlogging in order to achieve desired timbervolumes from the ever-dwindling oldgrowth forest.Some of our accomplishmentsincluded:• Establishing a quarterly newsletter,the Overcut Observer, to inform VancouverIsland citizens about the side effects of aninflated rate of cut on the island’s fish,wildlife, and communities.• Taking over coordination of thesuccessful Vancouver Island Forest Watchnetwork on behalf of Sierra Legal DefenseFund. Forest Watch involves dozens ofdedicated volunteers working around theisland as industry watchdogs to protect thevalues they care about.• Filing a legal complaint against theMinistry of Forests for planning andapproving logging in a key MarbledMurrelet nesting area, despite governmentresearch confirming the importance of thearea to this poorly understood andendangered seabird.• Helping to generate hundreds of lettersto the Minister of Forests and campaigningto encourage the Ministry to change itscourse and maintain forest connectivitycorridors.8

South Chilcotin WildernessThroughout 2000, Sierra Club of BCplayed a lead role in the campaign toprotect the Southern Chilcotin Mountainsand other natural areas in the Lillooetforest district.Bill Wareham and campaigners TomNichols and Doug Radies played strategicroles in the ongoing land-use planningprocess that will determine the fate ofthese ecologically important wildernessareas.Our activities included:• Contributing our satellite mappingexpertise and other conservation analysisskills to aid our allied environmentalgroups and First Nations preparingconservation arguments for the land useprocess.• Holding three months of intensemediated discussions with the forestindustry.• Developing a conservation, recreation,tourism and community based land useproposal for government to consider beforethe Spring 2001 election.• Creating briefing materials on priorityconservation areas.• Promoting a grizzly bear recoveryprogram for the Lillooet forest district.• Challenging logging plans inproposed protected areas.• Producing a risk assessment onbiological values in the Lillooet region.It is expected that government willagree to some protected area designationsin 2001. Completion of the land use planis not anticipated until late in 2002.Sierra Club of BC is committed tocompleting this process and ensuring thebest conservation package is realized forthis spectacular area of our province.Below: Trigger Lake wetland. Sierra Club of BC playeda leadership role in protecting the South ChilcoltinMountains Wilderness, an area of nationally significantecological diversity in the BC interior.9

Forest Practices CertificationFor eco-forestry to become the standardin our forests, we must create a market forwood products harvested using eco-forestryprinciples. Sierra Club of BC is workinghard to encourage such trends in themarketplace, and to establish forest policythat will support this fundamental shift.We stand behind the certification standardsof the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC),and for years have served as a member ofthe BC FSC Steering Committee.2000 was a banner year for the SierraClub’s Forest Certification campaign:• We helped provide information to themarketplace, creating a stir among industryand consumer outlets to meet certificationdemands.• We supported a collaborative effortknown as the Markets Initiative, of which theSierra Club is a primary partner, whichfacilitated the commitment of 16 Canadiancompanies to adopt purchasing policiesthat are ancient forest free, using FSCcertified products rather than woodproducts from endangered and old growthforests.• Sierra Club of BC’s RainforestEducation Bus traveled the province overthe summer months, profiling certificationas a primary tool in the solution-basedconservation plan for BC’s coastalrainforests.• The FSC commissioned a StandardsTeam of experts to develop the second draftof the Regional Standard for BC. SierraClub of BC remained close to this processby monitoring interim certifications, suchas Western Forest Products ManagementPlan for TFL 6 on the north end ofVancouver Island. We also maintained aposition on the Steering Committee asInformingconsumers:Sierra Club ofBC’s outreachmaterialsexplain thepolitics ofpulp, paperand lumberpurchasing.environmental chamber alternate andprovided further detailed input into theDraft Regional Standard for BC with afocus on high conservation value forests.The year ahead will be full of ForestCertification activity as Sierra Club of BCmaintains its position on the FSC-BCsteering committee and engages the publicin the completion of the Regional Standardfor BC. Our intent is to establish FSCstandards with high ecological integritythat will be used as a tool to encourageecosystem-based forestry and protect keyecological areas throughout BC.Left: By working with the Forest Stewardship Council,we’re helping to develop credible certification standardsfor sustainably produced lumber.10

Marine campaignThe goal of our Marine Program is toprotect the abundance and diversity ofBC’s marine ecosystems and marinespecies, paying particular attention toprotecting wild salmon and influencinghow decisions are made in marinespecies management.In 2000, we:• Established a Marine Committee madeBelow: BC’s marine species are facing serious threatsfrom over-fishing, pollution and commercialaquaculture.up of people with a broad range of skillsand experiences, including Gerald Amos,Kate Brauer, John Broadhead, SharonChow, Terry Glavin, Bruce Hill, VickyHusband and Bill Wareham.• Published a report on marineprotected areas by Dr. Scott Wallaceand David Boyd: Out of Sight, Out of Mindand Almost Out of Time – Towards an effectivesystem of Marine Protected Areas in BritishColumbia. This document evaluated thestatus of marine protected areas in BC,and was well-received by US environmentalgroups, government agenciesand scientists. It has also served as auseful tool for local marine activists.• Worked to protect wild salmon bysupporting the efforts of Fisheries andOceans Canada (DFO) to promote selectivefishing, and served as a committee memberto coordinate their annual Selective Fishingworkshops. We commented on DFO’sproposed Wild Salmon Policy, monitoredthe Pacific Salmon Treaty, and intervenedin issues such as Fraser Coho, Thompson,Skeena, and Vancouver Island Steelhead.• Worked with First Nations and othergroups seeking the elimination of marinebasedsalmon aquaculture (fish farming).We co-sponsored a Simon Fraser UniversitySymposium on aquaculture, and monitoredand provided input into BC’s FishProtection Act.• Mapped salmon streams at risk,based on the 1994 study by the AmericanFisheries Society, and assembled acomposite map of streams for all sixspecies of salmonids.• Served as one of the few Canadiangroups that intervened in Alaska’s bidfor Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)certification of its fishery, expressinggrave concern about the process’ lack of11

transparency as well as the negative impactAlaska fisheries have on endangered salmonstocks in Canada and the lower US.• Supported a highly tense gillnet fisheryclosure on the Skeena and alerted DFOofficials to logging violations in theKalum valley.• Monitored and critiqued the controversialhooking-mortality studies of DFOon North Coast coho.• Worked cooperatively with otherorganizations and were one of the loudestvoices against the proposed lifting of themoratorium on oil and gas explorationoff BC’s coast.A highlight of ourmarine campaign in2000 – this influentialpublication calls foran effective systemof Marine ProtectedAreas in BC andsubstantive reformsto fisheries policies.Energy and climatechangeSierra Club of BC’s Energy and ClimateChange campaigns are run by our dedicatedvolunteers Tom Hackney, Bo Martin andMichael Mascall. Thanks to their efforts weplayed a partnership role in a Georgia StraitCrossing (GSX) coalition, which is fightingfor a thorough environmental assessmentfor this pipeline development process.In 2000, we:• Produced “Make a Change for ourClimate” as an Earth Day 2000 project.BC Transit and Ecosource Paper sponsoredits first print run.• Attended public meetings on GSX inShawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill, BC.• Worked with the GSX coalition to writeand submit a response to the NationalEnergy Board’s draft scope for the environmentalassessment of GSX, detailing severalfundamental inadequacies of the proposedscope. The result? The GSX was referred toa panel review, a rigourous process that hasdelayed GSX by at least a year.• Assisted in strategic planning anddeliberations that led to funding from WestCoast Environmental Law for the Coalitionto retain Bill Andrews as legal counsel.Endangered speciesThrough our active participation onthe BC Endangered Species Coalition, weused sophisticated media advocacy tactics,on-line activism tools, policy briefings,advertising and outreach to educatepeople across the country. In turn, theypressed the federal government for lawsthat will truly protect endangered speciesand the habitat they depend on to survive.In 2000, we worked to:• Complement the Sierra Club ofCanada’s Endangered Species campaign.• Oppose the proposed Species At RiskAct (SARA) for its weaknesses, in our roleas a member of the BC Endangered SpeciesCoalition. By the end of 2000, SARA wasoff the radar screen — for now. We expectto see it again in 2001, and will continueto push for strong legislation for ourendangered species and their habitat.12

GAIA ProjectThe GAIA Project is a partnership betweenSierra Club of BC and the SalvadoranCentre for Appropriate Technology(CESTA). The long-term vision of theGAIA Project is to link people in the Northwith people in the South by supportingpractical, hands-on solutions to localenvironmental problems. We are achievingBelow: Working in partnership with the SalvadoreanCentre for Appropriate Technology, we’re giving Southerncommunities the tools to deal with environmental issues.this through promotion, education andsupport of appropriate technologies andmodels for sustainable living.In 2000, the GAIA Project:• Hosted a Canadian tour for twoSalvadorans, Carlos and Israel, to promoteour Landmines project. The project wascalled Healing the Land, Healing Ourselves andwas intended to raise awareness about thesocial and environmental impacts of war.The 4-week tour included public eventsheld in Victoria and Vancouver, as well asparticipation in a Youth Mines ActionConference hosted by the Red Cross.• Developed an Ecotourism program andwill be leading a 10-day pilot tour in early2001 to visit CESTA’s environmentalprojects. The goal is to raise awarenessabout the social and environmental issuesEl Salvador is facing, and inspire Canadianparticipants to visit the variety ofgrassroots projects that CESTA hasundertaken.• Began formalizing a new partnershipwith CIRDEMA/Arbolando in southernBolivia. This grassroots organization workstowards community restoration andreforestation efforts in the severelydegraded Calmacho watershed, and worksto raise awareness with local campesinosabout organic agriculture.• Took the Sustainable Living Busprogram across Canada, visiting 38communities between Hull, Quebec andVictoria, BC. The Bus continues to capturethe attention of the media and publiceverywhere it appears. We developed newenvironmental education programs forschools in 2000, delivering 78 educationprograms in 22 schools in the LowerMainland and Vancouver Island.• Hosted 13 different youth interns whoparticipated in our international youthinternship program. Early in 2000, threeinterns returned home from their sixmonthplacement in El Salvador. Threemore interns, funded through the MetisNational Council and the Department ofForeign Affairs, began their overseasplacement in February and returned inJuly. In May, seven interns were hired. Theyhad busy summers working on a variety ofenvironmental projects and preparing fortheir overseas components. We lookforward to hearing their tales when theyreturn in 2001.13

Tools for changeSierra Club of BC is a leader in satellite image analysisand the production of GIS map products for landprotection and land management campaigns in BC.GIS mapping programOver a decade ago, we discovered thatno one could tell us how much of BritishColumbia’s ancient coastal temperaterainforests remained. We launched BC’sfirst satellite mapping program, workingwith international experts to pioneer theuse of geographical information systems(GIS) to support our conservationcampaigns. Dramatic and informativemaps of British Columbia’s temperaterainforest, declining salmon stocks and theSouth Chilcotin wilderness are just some ofwhat has been produced. We continue to bethe leader in satellite image analysis andthe production of GIS map products forland protection and land managementcampaigns in BC. The demand for ourproducts and in-house technical expertiseis ever-increasing.The following are just a sample of themaps we produced in 2000:• A series of 40 ecosystem sensitivityanalysis maps for BC’s Central Coast.• A series of twelve draft maps for theCentral Coast Land Use Planning negotiationswith industry and First Nations.• Four maps demonstrating Interfortenures and logging.• Six maps of First Nations territoriesshowing logging plans and key watersheds.• Three maps for First Nations territoriesshowing Conservation Area Design (CAD).• Tabloid map for CAD.• Map of Oil and Gas Leases in BritishColumbia.• A map of BC’s coastal areas for DerSpiegel magazine in Germany.• Update of map demonstrating theVancouver Island land use plan.Forest policy andeconomic analysisUsing cutting-edge economic research andanalysis, our Forest Policy and Economicscampaign provided tools and support forcommunities in transition, exposedgovernment subsidies and other real costsof industrial resource extraction, and14

critiqued forest policy initiatives that aredetrimental to BC’s forests.In 2000, we:• Completed our engagement with theprovince’s Forest Policy Review, calling foraction on the more positive recommendationsthat emerged from the 1999 reviewprocess.• Commissioned and published Cuttingfor the Economy’s Sake. This report illustrateshow inadequate socio-economic analysis isused to support an unsustainable AnnualAllowable Cut (AAC) in BC, resulting incutting levels that are harmful to both theenvironment and local economies.• Alerted the public to the Private LandRegulations that were legislated in April2000; these minimal regulations allowlogging companies to claim they areoperating according to publicly acceptablestandards when in fact they do very little.• Developed socio-economic initiativesfor the Great Bear Rainforest campaign.We were the key player in organizing tworelated workshops, bringing togethercommunity economic developmentprofessionals from the region and othersinvolved in regional land use planning.Environmentaleducation in theclassroomEven as the battles in our woods, valleysand oceans are being won, the war will belost if we don’t cultivate the next generationof conservationists and consumers.Therefore, we work to increase both thelevel and quality of environmental educationin British Columbia’s schools,by working directly with teachers andstudents in the classroom using ourprofessionally developed, curriculumbasedand award-winning environmentaleducation program.In 2000:• Our TREE (Temperate RainforestEnvironmental Educators) team gaveinteractive environmental educationprograms to over 6,000 BC students onVancouver Island and the Lower Mainland.• Our guidebooks and learning resourceshave received recognition from boththe Ministry of Education (TrainingRecommended Learning Resource,Resource Science 11 & 12 – Forests) andthe British Columbia Teacher’s Federation(Top 12 BCTF Lesson Aids January 2000).• The Rainforest Bus, our tactilerainforest on wheels, had its biggest yearever. Over 6,000 children had the chance tostroke a bear, walk through a clearcut andlearn about sustainable alternatives tostatus quo logging practices.Above: Our environmental programs provide students across theprovince with memorable, hands-on learning experiences.15

Grassroots activismmore weparticipate, the morewe influence change,‘‘Theand the better ourfuture will be.MICHAEL MASCALLSince 1892, Sierra Club has been apowerful body of people who care enoughabout our planet to fight for it. We areproud of our grassroots heritage and theregional and national representation itprovides our members. All our volunteersdeserve heartfelt thanks for their tirelessadvocacy on behalf of the wild placeswe cherish.Victoria Group• Silver Spray victory! The Land UseCommittee of the Capital RegionalDistrict (CRD) voted to oppose this hugedevelopment proposal, validating fouryears of work by East Sooke residents.Special mention goes to Pete Dixon forhis tireless volunteer campaigning inraising this issue and keeping it alivewhen all signs pointed to defeat.• Pete was given formal recognition forhis work in 2000, receiving the DrinkingWater Stewardship Award from the CRD,awarded for his environmental stewardshipof Ayum Creek by the Society for theProtection of Ayum Creek.• The Victoria Group also worked onpesticide issues in Victoria, trying to reduceresidential use and supporting a ban on alluse of pesticides for lawns and ornamentalgardens.Coast Mountain Group• Work crews scouted Bornite Mountainthree times in 2000 before setting up awork crew to begin trail rebuilding andmaintenance in the fall. The group fromSkeena country adopted the trail in cooperationwith the local Ministry ofForests. Not content with that, they arepresently reworking a proposal to build ashort trail off the Exstew River to the westof Terrace.• Glenn Grieve finished a mappingproject of Howe Creek, a stream that runsthrough Terrace. While there is a municipaltrail at present, Glenn won’t stop hisquiet work until that trail runs the lengthof the stream and Howe Creek is properlyconnected to the Skeena again, rather thanplunging into it via a metal culvert.• Group members Rob Brown andBruce Hill researched information on the16

dangers of oil and gas exploration offHaida Gwaii and assisted the MarineCampaign.• Coast Mountain’s biggest event of theyear was hosting a training session forForest Watch. It attracted people fromHaida Gwaii to Smithers who formed ForestWatch cells in their own communities.Recently, the Group has focused on givingpublic comment on the newly releasedKalum LRMP.• In between all this work, there have beenkayak trips and plans for more kayak tripsto the Kitlope and the Stikine.East Vancouver IslandsGroup• The year 2000 was made up of somewonderful outings to the beautiful areas welive in and work to protect. We maintaineda full hiking schedule, with weekly hikes aswell as several weekends on the Juan deFuca trail and Quadra Island. All hikes werepublicized, with community membersencouraged to participate to learn aboutSierra Club of BC issues and build respectfor our Island environment. Several hikeswere held with the Cowichan ValleyNaturalists.• A work party on the Mt. Sutton trailwas organized jointly with another hikinggroup, and the annual broom blitz at theFlower Reserve on Mt. Tzouhalem was heldin October.• A letter-writing campaign was organizedto comment on the proposed federalEndangered Species legislation. The groupalso lodged its opposition to an OutdoorRecreation Park proposed in an ecologicallysensitive area near sacred Native lands.• Group members attended theNorth Cowichan municipality workshopsto discuss the proposed mapping ofcommunity hiking trails, as well as theplacement of the Trans Canada Trailthrough the Cowichan Valley. Later in theyear, members hiked and mapped MountProvost for this project.Below: Demonstrations: one of many avenues SierraClub of BC uses to communicate our messages.17

Quadra Island GroupOur major campaigns included:• Working to ensure the provincialgovernment honours its commitment tocreate parks at Small Inlet and Waiatt Bay(at the north end of Quadra Island), andpushing to protect red-listed ecosystemsthat are threatened by private-land loggingat the south end of the island.• Sponsoring guest speakers on a varietyof issues and topics, some of which wereconnected to our outings.• Reviewing a number of ForestDevelopment Plans, including those forfive woodlot owners on the island and theextensive proposals from TimberWest.• Launching an appeal to the EnvironmentalAppeals Board concerning the airemissions for a proposed co-generationplant at Elk Falls Mill in Campbell River.Haida Gwaii Group• An eight-member executive committeewas elected in early 2000 to help direct thisnewest Sierra Club of BC group, and wequickly set to work designing plans andstrategies.• A Forest Watch group was formed, withcomments submitted on Weyerhaeuser’sFDP and the latest Timber Supply Review.• We worked to oppose the proposedlifting of the oil and gas moratorium foroffshore drilling.• We looked at alternative energy andsustainable living options for islandresidents. Our five year goal is to build analternatively powered sustainable Groupheadquarters!• We kept our meetings social, punctuatedby outings and gourmet potlucks.Below: At the heart of our organization are volunteerslike those of the Haida Gwaii group, whose grassrootsefforts provide a powerful regional voice.18

Financial Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2000For the year ending December 31, 2000 the Sierra Club of British Columbia generated an excess of revenueover expenditures (surplus) of $9,512 and increased of our fund balances (equity) to a total of $198,831.RevenueThe increased Sierra Club of BC surplusis due, in part, to the increase in revenuesfrom approximately $1,525,000 in 1999to more than $1,724,000 in 2000. Thisrepresents an increase of $199,000 orapproximately 13%.As in the prior year, the Sierra Clubof BC’s two major sources of funding are:• The Sierra Club of British ColumbiaFoundation; and• Government contracts and grants.For 2000, the Sierra Club of BritishColumbia Foundation provided $1,040,487in grants. This reflects a $360,000increase over 1999. For 2000, fundingprovided by the Sierra Club of BritishColumbia Foundation represents 60.4% oftotal Club revenue. Of this, approximately$295,765 is in individuals and corporatedonations and approximately $744,722comes from other foundations fundingthe Sierra Club of BC through the SierraClub of British Columbia Foundation.Government grants and contractsprovided an additional $485,700 or 28.1%.While very significant to overall SierraClub of BC activities, government grantsand contracts were down by approximately$233,000 over 1999 as we to move to amore diversified funding base.Non tax-deductible donations madedirectly to the Sierra Club of BC increasedby $27,445 or 405% over the prior year.17.2% Sierra Club of BCFoundation donations0.5% Interest1% Product sales and events7% Service contracts,cost recovery & other0.9% Membership dues2.1% Donations28.1% Government fundingWe would like to take this opportunity tothank our donors for their generosity andcontinued confidence in the Sierra Clubof BC.Memberships contributed $14,928 toclub revenues, a reduction of more than$5,400 over 1999. This reduction resultedfrom a change from chapter-collectedmemberships (1999) to the national officecollecting memberships (2000).2000 Revenue $1,724,254Foundationsthrough SierraClub of BCFoundation 43.2%19

ExpendituresTotal expenditures increased by$194,000 to approximately $1,715,000.This represents an increase of more than12.7% on the 1999 expenditures of$1,521,808 and reflects an expansion ofour programs and activities.The most significant organizationalexpenditures include:• Wages and benefits for the hardworking Sierra Club of BC staff ($566,735or 33% of total expenditures); and• Subcontractor and consulting feesthat ensure the Sierra Club of BCremains a credible and respected voice onenvironmental issues in British Columbia($440,473 or 26% of total expenditures).Looking at Sierra Club of BC expen–ditures from another perspective, for theyear ended December 31, 2000, operatingexpenditures account for approximately11.5% of total expenditures. These expendituresare those incurred to keep the SierraClub of BC operating and include admin–istrative support staff, rent, bookkeeping,audit, legal and administrative expenses, aswell as group and board expenses.Costs associated with the purchase ofcapital assets, i.e. depreciation, were keptto approximately 1%.The remaining 87% of expenditures,or $1,492,419, are directly related to thedelivery of programs and services: 80% forour conservation programs and 7% forproducing the Sierra Report on a quarterlybasis and membership development.0.6% Surplus0.5% Groups2.3% Sierra Report4.7% Membership0.9% Capital costs11.5% Operating costs2000 Expenditures $1,714,742In essence, for every dollar thatcomes in the door, $0.87 is spent directlyon protecting and educating peopleabout BC’s treasured wild places andwildlife.Our financial transactions are auditedon an annual basis. The audited financialstatements are available upon request fromour Victoria office.Conservationprograms 79.5%20

Thanks toour supportersand fundersThe Brainerd FoundationThe Bullitt FoundationBC Ministry of Environment, Landand Parks – Environment Youth TeamCanada Trust Friends of theEnvironment FundCanadian Council for Human Resourcesin the Environment IndustryThe Endswell FoundationEnvironmental Fund of BCHuman Resources DevelopmentCanada – Fédération de le jeunessecanadienne-françaiseJeune BrothersW. Alton Jones FoundationKonsgaard-Goldman FoundationThe Lazar FoundationLGL LimitedLuna TrustThe Moriah FundMountain Equipment Co-opNorth American fund forEnvironmental CooperationNorcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc.The David and Lucile Packard FoundationPatagonia. Inc. in association withSocial and Environmental EntrepreneursProject Aware FoundationRockefeller Brothers FundSierra Club of BC FoundationSierra Club USTop Shelf FeedsTurner Foundation Inc.Vancouver Community CollegeVancouver FoundationThe Victoria FoundationWilburforce FoundationWorld Wildlife Fund CanadaYorkton SecuritiesDonorsHundreds of individuals havehelped to make our work possiblethrough their generous donationsin 2000. We thank all donors fortheir support. In particular, we’dlike to recognize the contributionsof the following individuals, whoeach donated more than $500:Murray BaronRobert and Birgit BatemanM. ChechikPeter and Allene DrakeBristol FosterAllan GravesMark GreenstreetNancy HarrisonE. HorlockPaul HunterJ. and R. LotzkarLarry LunnB.M. MartinR. and P. NorthDennis PerryThomas PerryBrian PinchKeith ReynoldsSandra ThomsonMuriel TownsendBuddy WilliamsKen WilliamsLinda WilliamsThe Sierra Club of BC receives all charitable gifts and grants through theSierra Club of BC Foundation, 576 Johnson Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1M32000 Gaia Projectsupporters anddonorsBC HydroBC Ministry of Environment, Landand Parks – Environment Youth TeamBC TransitCanadian InternationalDevelopment FundClimate Change Action FundTransport CanadaPHOTO CREDITSCover, Lisa BailePage 2, 4 Ivan HunterPage 6, Lisa MatthausPage 7, Darcy Riddell,Lisa MatthausPage 9, Dave WilliamsPage 10, Silva ForestFoundationPage 11, Mark HobsonPage 13, Mike SimpsonPage 15, Jenn HoffmanPage 17, Mark FreemanPage 18, Sierra Club of BCPage 21, Federation ofMountain Clubs

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