FY 2014-2015 Annual Report

PHOTOS (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT): ERIC GUTH; CHRIS SHERMAN; AJ DEXTER; DAVID LORENZ WINSTON; BRAD GOLDPAINT; MARIELLE COWDIN; USDA; ODFW; HIKING WILD JUSTIN BAILIE; PETE SPRINGER; ERIK SANDERS; USFWS a conservationist’s guide to oregon’s pacific crest trail OREGON WILD BY THE NUMBERS 2014-2015 Sandy Glacier Caves 30,000 Newly discovered ice PETITION SIGNATURES caves in Sandy Glacier DELIVERED TO SENATOR are believed to be the WYDEN IN SUPPORT OF THE largest glacier caves CRATER LAKE WILDERNESS in the lower 48. It is Mount Hood PROPOSAL predicted that, due to a At 11,240 feet, warming climate, these Mount Hood is the caves will be completely highest point in 53 gone in 7-10 years. Oregon. By 2009, HIKES AND OUTDOOR 63,177 acres TRIPS LED surrounding the dormant volcano were designated 42 Wilderness, OUTREACH AND ACTIVIST though several key TRAINING EVENTS HOSTED areas and watersheds remain unprotected. 16 Red Tree Vole BREWERY AND BREWING Red tree voles are COMMUNITY PARTNERS highly specialized, THAT JOINED THE OREGON nocturnal mammals BREWSHED® ALLIANCE IN that live in old ITS INAUGURAL YEAR growth Douglas fir trees and feed on pine needles. Due Olallie Scenic Area 90% to the destruction Olallie Lake, a snow WATER CONTENT IN of their habitat, they fed alpine lake, is CRAFT BEER (WATER are considered a near- a popular layover QUALITY AFFECTS BEER QUALITY) for PCT hikers. Conservationists recently won a victory to prevent 34,914 the PCT route just TOTAL ACTIONS TAKEN north of the lake from ONLINE being aggressively Mount Jefferson Recreation opportunities abound in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness, as Whitebark Pine well as vital habitat Pinus albicaulus is found for deer, black at high elevation, but bear, bald eagles and fire suppression and a warming climate has made the species vulnerable to pine beetle outbreaks and fungal infections. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has warned the species Waldo Lake Waldo Lake is over 10 square miles and Oregon’s second largest non-alkali lake. It is named after conservationist Three Sisters John B. Waldo, who recorded a trek from The Three Sisters here to Mount Shasta, Wilderness is one of a route that would the most popular Wilderness areas in Oregon, and its second largest. It has the distinction of being among the first Wilderness areas designated by Crater Lake First preserved in 1902, Crater Lake National Park is one of Oregon’s most inspiring destinations. Unfortunately, nearby mining claims Sky Lakes and logging projects Designated in 1984, just outside the park the Sky Lakes threaten forests and Wilderness has over 200 pools, from small ponds to 40 acre lakes. Some of these pools contain the purest natural lake- water in the OR-7 and Pups Wolves have recently returned to the Oregon Cascades after a nearly 60 year absence. OR- 7, a radio collared wolf from Eastern Oregon, made a historic Pacific Fisher journey all the way to California and has now The fisher is a large, settled down with a mate elusive cousin to the and litter in the proposed weasel and one of the few animals to prey on porcupines. Their numbers have dwindled recently as many are poisoned by illegal marijuana grows Pacific Crest Trail Protected Wilderness Unprotected Wilderness Other 32% State Scenic Waterways protection. Waterways Scenic State Bequests Administration COVER PHOTO BY MICHAEL BURKHARDT MICHAEL BY PHOTO COVER 83% Rivers just a few steps away from from away steps few a just Rivers Grants and Contracts and Grants Fundraising 42% to bring the Molalla and Chetco Chetco and Molalla the bring to Contributions and Waters Protection Waters and 19% the Oregon State Parks Department Department Parks State Oregon the 6% Wildlife Wildlands, and Memberships 11% Worked with the Governor’s office and and office Governor’s the with Worked • 7% farming on 22,000 acres of refuge land. refuge of acres 22,000 on farming EXPENSES REVENUE years to reform leaseland commercial commercial leaseland reform to years Board President Board Director Executive 2015 REVENUE AND EXPENSES AND REVENUE 2015 FY 2016. This could be the best chance in in chance best the be could This 2016. Anantha Vik Stevens Sean Plan for Klamath refuges by August August by refuges Klamath for Plan release a Comprehensive Conservation Conservation Comprehensive a release AND NET ASSETS NET AND $1,457,118 $1,063,258 expenses Total accountable by demanding that the agency agency the that demanding by accountable LIABILITIES OTAL T For the wild, the For hold the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service Wildlife and Fish U.S. the hold 119,425 Fundraising $1,339,391 assets net Total Convinced a U.S. District Court judge to to judge Court District U.S. a Convinced • 60,293 Administration - Endowment - 2,435 Restricted Permanently membership in less than 5 months. 5 than less in membership 52,234 Waters We’re honored to work with you to keep our state a special place. special a state our keep to you with work to honored We’re in April and more than doubled doubled than more and April in 0 Restricted Temporarily 123,613 Wildlife Thank you for being such a vital part of the Oregon Wild community. community. Wild Oregon the of part vital a such being for you Thank SAGE BROWN SAGE beer community charter members members charter community beer 1,336,956 assets net unrestricted Total $707,693 Wildlands Alliance along with 7 brewery/ 7 with along Alliance can read more about our accomplishments elsewhere in this report. this in elsewhere accomplishments our about more read can Lake Wilderness Proposal, five partner partner five Proposal, Wilderness Lake hikes, and festivals with partners. with festivals and hikes, 419,057 Operations for Available Conservation Programs Conservation Launched the Oregon Brewshed® Brewshed® Oregon the Launched • several campaigns and celebrated clear victories in other efforts. You You efforts. other in victories clear celebrated and campaigns several a week long hike series in the Crater Crater the in series hike long week a releases, pint nights, community talks, talks, community nights, pint releases, and Equipment and Congress to do something overnight), we made marked progress in in progress marked made we overnight), something do to Congress XPENSES E Led 50 hikes for the public, including including public, the for hikes 50 Led • Brewshed® Alliance happy hours, beer beer hours, happy Alliance Brewshed® 280,395 Property in Invested aters W While many of our efforts are built for the long haul (you don’t convince convince don’t (you haul long the for built are efforts our of many While Hosted and participated in 12 Oregon Oregon 12 in participated and Hosted • $1,323,313 revenue Total Endowment gathered to celebrate Oregon’s wildlands. Oregon’s celebrate to gathered to participate in public processes. public in participate to 387,504 Board-Designated decade and we are setting targets to surpass that number in the coming year. coming the in number that surpass to targets setting are we and decade Wilderness Block Party where hundreds hundreds where Party Block Wilderness on topics ranging from wolves to forests. to wolves from ranging topics on 62,937 Miscellaneous to teach people the ins and outs of how how of outs and ins the people teach to Operating Reserve Operating fiscal year saw the largest increase in new Oregon Wild members in over a a over in members Wild Oregon new in increase largest the saw year fiscal Ken Brower along with our first ever ever first our with along Brower Ken Hosted four film screenings across the state state the across screenings film four Hosted • RHETT WILKINS RHETT -23,420 (loss) income Investment Wild Ones and held a series of 8 classes classes 8 of series a held and Ones Wild $250,000 Board-Designated conserve the last of our ancient forests is resonating with the public. The past past The public. the with resonating is forests ancient our of last the conserve Conference with keynote speaker speaker keynote with Conference we developed an activist curriculum for for curriculum activist an developed we 55,776 contributions In-kind Unrestricted different community events across the state. the across events community different Our work to protect wilderness, safeguard native species like wolves, and and wolves, like species native safeguard wilderness, protect to work Our Hosted the Oregon Wilderness Wilderness Oregon the Hosted • comments, appeals, and objections. and appeals, comments, members and growing. Subsequently Subsequently growing. and members 249,777 Bequests Connected with new supporters at ten ten at supporters new with Connected • ET ASSETS ET N from logging all across Oregon through through Oregon across all logging from network and training resource, with 100 100 with resource, training and network stability for protecting against future attacks on Oregon’s wild places. wild Oregon’s on attacks future against protecting for stability wolf country for themselves. for country wolf 420,250 contracts and Grants Sale and, and spared hundreds of acres acres of hundreds spared and and, Sale Launched Wild Ones, a wildlife activist activist wildlife a Ones, Wild Launched • outdoor writers to adventurers. to writers outdoor $117,727 liabilities Total principal is invested in perpetuity in order to provide additional financial financial additional provide to order in perpetuity in invested is principal intrepid adventurers to see Oregon’s Oregon’s see to adventurers intrepid $554,635 memberships and Contributions challenging the White Castle Timber Timber Castle White the challenging featuring guest speakers ranging from from ranging speakers guest featuring The board of directors infused over $200,000 into the fund last year and the the and year last fund the into $200,000 over infused directors of board The Wallowa Wolf Rendezvous, taking taking Rendezvous, Wolf Wallowa Related Expenses Related and advocate for pro-wildlife policy.

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