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Bob and Rosie Heil
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San Francisco Bay Area Sierra Club members and wilderness enthusiasts Bob and Rosie Heil have long embodied the Club's motto to "explore, enjoy and protect the planet." "We're outdoors people. We joined in 1990 due to Sierra Club's reputation for protecting wilderness. Later, we became involved with The Sierra Club Foundation as a result of personal interaction with members of the Foundation's board," says Bob, who sat on the Foundation's board for six years.

Today, Bob and Rosie focus their support on Sierra Club's Resilient Habitats campaign; protecting natural systems and human communities from the damaging effects of climate change. "This harkens back to Sierra Club's heart and soul—protecting wilderness and public lands," observes Bob. "The campaign is complex and intellectually stimulating, as well as exceptionally important to the preservation of wilderness regions in an era of changing climate." Last year, the Heils provided the Sierra Club with a matching gift to promote online contributions in support of the Resilient Habitats campaign.

The Heils' dedication to the environment also includes a bequest for The Sierra Club Foundation. "Planning this gift from our living trust was very straightforward. We’ve made provisions for family and relatives and have instructed our trustee to give the remaining funds to the causes and organizations most important to us. The Sierra Club is at the top of our list. Our hope is that our own enduring legacy will be in the form of good work made possible from our living trust."

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Resilient Habitats

Restoring, connecting, and protecting healthy ecosystems so that wildlife and wilderness can thrive in a climate-changed world.  
A River (Again) Runs Through It

Thanks to The Sierra Club Foundation and its allies, a 25-year fight to begin the largest dam removal project in American history has been won in Washington. More than 100 years ago, the Elwha Dam and Glines Canyon Dam were constructed – impairing the Elwha River and local ecosystem. Soon, workers will dismantle both dams, and conservationists will introduce 400,000 local plants and trees to revive the newly exposed land.

Protecting Critical Habitats

To protect the threatened bull trout and the ecosystem of the Western U.S., The Sierra Club Foundation supported efforts to encourage activists to push for an expanded conservation proposal, generating the most public comments received by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Thanks to this work, the Service released a revised critical habitat designation for the bull trout ­ protecting 19,000 miles of streams and 490,000 acres of lakes and reservoirs.

To learn more about the Resilient Habitats Campaign on the Sierra Club's website, click here!

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