1. NGO’s Who is big? Who was a product of the 70s environmental movement? Who was a product of 80s – responding to James Watt Who affects biodiversity the most? Who impacts Federal Agencies the most?

2. Top 5, by membership National Geographic Society (8.5 million) World Wildlife Fund (5.0 million) National Wildlife Federation (4.0 million) Sierra Club (1.3 million) Natural Resources Defense Council (1.3 million) # 6 Nature Conservancy (~1.1 million) # 7 Ducks Unlimited (~780,000)

3. Started in the 70s National Wild Turkey Federation Natural Resource Defense Council

4. Started in the 80s Center for Plant Conservation Land Trust Alliance Pheasants Forever Quail Unlimited Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Plus….most every existing “environmental” NGO grew substantially in membership starting in the early 1980s. Why?

5. The James Watt Factor Secretary of the Interior in the Reagan Administration 1981-1983

8. During a March 1991 dinner event organized by the Green River Cattlemen's Association in Wyoming, Watt said, "If the troubles from environmentalists cannot be solved in the jury box or at the ballot box, perhaps the cartridge box should be used.”

9. Who is doing the most “grass roots” work? Ducks Unlimited National Wild Turkey Federation Then: Izaak Walton League of America Pheasants Forever Quail Unlimited Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Trout Unlimited AND PROBABLY NEED TO INCLUDE The Nature Conservancy here.

10. Who is doing the most for biodivesity? The Nature Conservancy Ducks Unlimited ?

11. Who is the most effective at impacting federal agencies? Environmental Defense Fund National Wildlife Federation Natural Resources Defense Council Sierra Club World Wildlife Fund The big 5