About Wildscape
Who We Are
2008 Board Members
Charlie Black, Executive Director
Tom Garretson, Chairman
Mike Vineyard, Vice Chairman
Bud Vick, Treasurer
David Strohm, Secretary
Robert M. Beachy, Vice Chair of Projects
Jim Booker
Hank Booth
Jim Braden
Warren Gfeller
John Grange
Bill Hawes
Mike Hayden
Kieth Hiesterman
Jim Huntington
Laurel Johnstin
Gary Junghans
Chuck Kreiser
Brad Mitchell
Senator Steve Morris
Dr. Max Moss
John Prather
Bob Ring
John Rose
Roger Sink
Mike Thiessen
Mike Valentine
Dave Wheeler
Fred White
About the Foundation
Wildscape is a "Kansas Only" organization with all funds raised staying in the state. No monies raised will be sent out of state to support national parent organizations, and no fund raising companies are utilized to take a percentage of the funds they help raise.
Wildscape promotes outdoor recreation and emphasizes the public use and access of land as opposed to strictly preserving or protecting the land.
Wildscape is project-oriented in nature. Examples of project involvement include the Kansas Wetlands Educational Center in Cheyenne Bottoms, the Cabins Project, Outdoors Kansas for Kids (OKKIDS) Program, Milford Wetlands Restoration, just to name a few.
Wildscape vs. Other Organizations
Wildscape many times acts as a "facilitator" among several entities to help raise funds for important projects such as OWLS, Milford Restoration Project, and Rails to Trails.
Wildscape stresses public/private partnerships, such as our relationship with the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Wildscape is set up to handle land donations and acquisitions and will aggressively look for these opportunities. All Wildscape land acquisitions will be made with private funds from willing sellers.
Wildscape is not a "lobbying" or legislative influencing" organization in nature, and our charter actually prohibits such efforts. The Kansas Wildlife Federation and Audubon Society are more involved in lobbying and legislative initiatives, for example.
Wildscape has assembled a well-respected "corporate/civic" Board of Directors to give credibility to the organization and to assist with the fund-raising activities of the Foundation.
Wildscape is an active fund-raising Foundation established to help fund important projects and not an "annual meeting" or "social gathering" conservation organization.