2014 Annual Report

2014 Annual Report 1 Mission: To preserve and restore our freshwater ecosystems Vision: To increase the pace and scale of restoration

Avalanche Creek in Glacier National Park. by Jennifer Greco; Front Cover Photo by Sean O’Connor / Freesolo Collective

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Co-Chairs Marty Myers Table of Contents Pat Reiten Will Neuhauser Scott Sandbo Janet Neuman Tim O’Leary Hank Ashforth Michael Pohl Hunter Brown 2 Habitat & Flow 3 Technology & Policy Brad Preble David Chen Brian Rice Scott Demorest Steve Shropshire Peter Doubleday Anthony L. Trunzo Gary Fish Margaret Tuchmann Paul T. Fortino David Laurance emeritus 4–5 Communications 6–9 Financial Report Lynn Loacker Tim Boyle Mark Long Randy Labbe & Development Donors Dear Friends,

From keeping our rivers full and flowing to protecting valuable ecosystems, we understand that the impact we have originates with our generous donors. In 2014, we continued to make progress on the ground while building momentum for quantified conservation.

Over the past 12 months, we worked with an array of stakeholders to do more restoration projects, plant more native trees, secure more water Heidi Hoffman Photography in streams, and share our ideas widely. But we don’t buy into the simple notion that more is better. For us, better is better. That’s why we continue to quantify our actions using the most rigorous standards, cutting-edge tools, and methods that really work. With your help, we’re ensuring that every action we take is making a difference for our freshwater resources, our wildlife species and our communities. Thank you for lending us your strength and confidence to move beyond traditional tactics and pursue innovations that match the scale of the problems ahead of us.

We’ve done some great things together, and I hope you’ll see the impact you have had in the pages that follow. If you read closely, you’ll find not only milestones achieved but the building blocks for great things to come.

Yours in conservation,

Joe S. Whitworth President

Staff along the Willamette River in Portland, OR.

2014 Annual Report 1 87 million gallons of water restored per day As ongoing drought fuels competition for scarce freshwater resources, incentive-based water transactions have gained traction throughout . Our work in 2014 brought our cumulative flow restored to rivers and streams to 134 cubic feet per second — more than 87 million gallons of water per day. For Fifteenmile Creek, we continued to improve stream conditions through the innovative Fifteenmile Action Plan to Stabilize Temperature (FAST). This is a cooperative initiative that informs irrigators of forecasted lethal stream temperatures so that they can proactively curtail diversions. We also celebrated Signed 22 new flow restoration 10 years of keeping 15 cubic feet per second of flow contracts with landowners in the Lostine River during Chinook salmon spawning throughout Oregon migration and continued our partnership with the Nez Perce Tribe to monitor fish response to restored flows. And in the John Day Basin, we signed new Generous funding for flow restoration provided by NFWF’s water leases with multiple landowners on Reynolds Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program Creek, increasing flows to the mouth of this critical tributary to the John Day River.

Native fish habitat increased at 36 project sites More than 20 percent of the 10,000 known flowing into the Sandy. Through side channel freshwater fish species have become extinct or reconnection and placement of large wood and imperiled in just the past few decades. Having begun boulders, we’ve been able to dramatically improve as a group of fly fishermen, ensuring our rivers are the complexity and diversity of habitat for salmon. healthy enough to support thriving fish populations Each year, we chip away toward a long-term goal of is a critical part of The Freshwater Trust’s restoration revitalizing this basin as a place for fish to flourish. work. In 2014, we increased native fish habitat at 36 We also received a grant to restore 2.5 acres of project sites in Oregon and Idaho. streamside vegetation along the banks of Lone Pine Creek in Medford, Oregon. Shade provided by this Last year marked another of progress restoring vegetation will cool down the water and provide the Salmon River and Still Creek, two waterways more sustainable habitat.

Planted 63,400 streamside trees and shrubs

2 2014 Annual Report Doubled the number of staff with GIS expertise

New science and technology employed to fix rivers Ensuring a future with clean, flowing rivers will data collection of spawning beds for salmon and require accelerating the pace and scale of freshwater streamside vegetation were also added. We also restoration. Driven by the goal of fixing more continued developing StreamBank® BasinScout™, a rivers faster, we’ve developed and employed 21st watershed-level set of diagnostic tools that allows century tools and technologies to solve 21st century for remote surveying of large landscapes and freshwater problems. In 2014, our StreamBank® watersheds to identify sites where restoration would Monitoring App, a tablet-optimized app for collecting have the biggest impact. We successfully devised data in the field, was deployed to 14 pilot users. a methodology to determine the temperature and Two new features allowing for the monitoring and sediment benefits of conservation actions.

Steps taken to advance water quality trading Finalized regional recommendations In 1991, we helped list one of the first Pacific salmon on water quality trading for the under the Endangered Species Act. More than two decades later, while our focus has shifted, policy work remains a cornerstone of our efforts to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems. 2014 represented another year for advancing water quality trading, an innovative solution allowing regulated entities to Draft Regional Recommendations for the Pacic Northwest on Water Quality Trading meet compliance obligations by purchasing credits to offset their impacts. We co-prepared regional recommendations on water quality trading for the Pacific Northwest and participated in the first forum to support the adoption of an Oregon water quality trading rule. The rule is due to be adopted at the end of 2015. In addition, The Freshwater Trust served on Prepared By: Willamette Partnership two task forces implementing SB 839, a 2013 bill that The Freshwater Trust In Collaboration With: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality established a funding program designed to target Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Washington Department of Ecology

Under the USDA Conservation Innovation Grant Award state investment in water supply projects that create Multi-State Agency GuidanceWillame fortt eWater Partnership, Quality November Trading: Joint 2012 Regional Water Quality Trading Agreement (69-3A75-12-255) economic, social and environmental benefits.

2014 Annual Report 3 12 episodes of new podcast released

freshwater Talk podcast launched The way we consume entrepreneurs and innovators — all of whom information today is have provided engaging views on issues at the dramatically different intersection of finance, politics, technology and than even five years ago. the environment. This new narrative medium has In 2014, we responded to helped us creatively reach thousands across the this new world of media globe. At the time of this report’s printing, there and launched a podcast were more than 11,600 downloads, 12 episodes with President Joe Whitworth called freshwater launched on iTunes, Talk. Since its launch, we have interviewed a wide and listeners in Don’t forget to review your favorite episode on iTunes. array of thought leaders, scientists, adventurers, 76 countries.

Fight for Fish hits 10-year milestone During the first week of April last year, The Freshwater Trust held its annual Fight for Fish $145,500 raised charity golf tournament at Bandon Dunes Golf during annual Resort along the rugged and breathtaking Oregon golf tournament coastline. For 10 years, we’ve hosted this one-of-a- kind, exclusive event to raise funds for freshwater conservation, and not a year goes by where we aren’t humbled by the generosity of its participants. In 2014, Fight for Fish raised $145,500.

4 2014 Annual Report 10 event sponsors and 25 table hosts

2016 annual gala & auction happening February 26th.

$302,853 raised night of 31st annual gala in 2014 Three decades ago, we began hosting an annual gala and auction to support the continued preservation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems and to celebrate with our donors another year of great work. Held at the Portland Art Museum, the 31st event went off without a hitch. Thanks to the hundreds of attendees and sponsors, we raised $302,853 and entered 2015 in a good place to make a difference for more freshwater resources.

2014 Annual Report 5 Thank you to every one of our donors.

2014 With your support, we are changing the course of conservation.

Condensed Balance Sheet Corporate, Foundation, $10,000 – $24,999 Current Assets $5,106,003 Agency, Community Aquatic Contracting The Bobolink Foundation Long Term Investments $120,107 Organizations The Boeing Company Property, Equipment and Software $2,231,601 KeyBank $1,000,000 and above TOTAL ASSETS $7,457,711 National Fish and Wildlife Current Liabilities $401,237 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Foundation - Columbia Pacific Power Foundation Other Liabilities $4,022,500 Basin Water Transactions PacifiCorp Net Assets $3,033,974 Program/Bonneville Power Administration Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $7,457,711 $500,000 – $999,999 $5,000 – $9,999 Condensed Statement of Activities Oregon Watershed American Fly Fishing Trade Grants & Contributions $2,733,308 Enhancement Board Association Individual Giving $492,754 Collins Willmott & Co. LLC

FINANCIAL REPORT FINANCIAL $250,000 – $499,999 Special Events Income $455,353 Columbia Bank Bureau of Reclamation In-Kind Donations $221,209 Ernst & Young LLP GreenWood Resources Earned Revenue $4,035,529 $100,000 – $249,999 The Mitzvah Foundation Other Revenue $8,198 Bella Vista Foundation Morgan Stanley Foundation City of Portland TOTAL REVENUE $7,946,350 NW Natural Bureau of Land Management Conservation Programs $6,076,558 Oregon Lottery Pacific Power Blue Sky Outreach $333,034 Habitat Fund Pacific Crest Securities Development $522,614 USDA Natural Resources Quantum Spatial (WSI) Operations $830,899 Conservation Service The Standard Conservation Innovation Grant Sterling Savings Bank TOTAL EXPENSE $7,763,105 Change in Net Assets $183,245 $50,000 – $99,999 $2,500 – $4,999 Demorest Family Foundation Cardno Entrix Conservation Programs 78.3% Ecotrust Dick’s Sporting Goods Pacific FishAmerica Foundation Northwest M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust EarthShare Oregon Outreach 4.3% FEI $25,000 – $49,999 FLIR Systems, Inc. Development 6.7% L.P. Brown Foundation Jackson Foundation National Forest Foundation Jordan Ramis PC Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP Operations 10.7% Wells Fargo The Nature Conservancy

6 2014 Annual Report $10,000 – $24,999 Anonymous Mike and Vivian Pohl Georgia Ashforth Tony and Patricia Trunzo Colin Black and Thao Phuong David Boxberger $5,000 – 9,999 Troy and Marissa Brandt Tim O’Leary and Michelle Yvon Chouinard Cardinal Mark and Kelly Eitzen Peter and Claire Doubleday John and Jane Emrick Wayne Drinkward Colin and Rosine Evans John Earhart and Analia Garcia Janet Gillaspie and Jim Swenson Earhart Price Gripekoven Paul and Carol Fortino Ken Gustafson Joe and Sally Gillespie Ian and Lori Haight Richie Graham Natalie and Brett Hocken Jeff and Sandy Grubb Mitchell and Elisa Hornecker Dan Harmon Wendy and Roger Johnson Bob Levy Arthur and Trudy Kayser Craig and Kate McCoy Jim King Kennon McKee David and Stephanie Lawrence Brad Muhl Christopher and Genevieve Long John and Patricia Orr Brian Madden and Kristin Kurt and Joanne Ruttum Valente Scott and Betsy Sandbo Michel Hersen Roger Millar, Jr. Ron Sauer Mr. William Neuhauser Pacific Office Automation Bill and Marly Williams Craig Nichols Port of Portland Willamette Partnership Karl Wirkus Laura Salerno Owens and David R2C Group World Resources Institute Owens River Design Group $2,500 – $4,999 Bettsy and Wallace Preble Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust Individual Giving William and Paula Fitzgerald Craig and Tina Reeder William Hatcher Craig Reinhart Tonkon Torp, LLP $100,000 and above David Johnson William Rhoades Troutman Sanders LLP John and Carolynn R. Loacker David Laurance Steve and Mary Rose $1,000 – $2,499 Mark Long and Elizabeth Andy and Brigitte Russell $50,000 – $99,999 Schleuning Steve and Lisa Shropshire Bland Family Foundation Timothy and Mary Boyle Jon and Jennifer Nicolazzo Lara Skidmore Phyllis and Walter Malzahn Michael and Rosalind Keiser Charitable Trust Hadley and Gayle Robbins Fred and Christy Stockton Thomas and Margaret R Mt. Jefferson Farms Inc. John Strawn $25,000 – $49,999 Tuchmann Paul and Lory Utz Randall Family Foundation Hank and Francie Ashforth Joe and Liz Whitworth Woody Wolfe $500 – $999 Gary and Carol Fish John and Molly Wilson E. Randolph Labbe $500 – $999 Adopt-A-Stream Foundation Marty and Anne Myers $1,000 – $2,499 Tom and Marcia Baertlein Becker Capital Management Inc. Steven and Lynn Pratt Dave and Kari Anderton Gerald and Anne Brown Davis Wright Tremaine Formos Holland Family Foundation William and Nancy Rosenfeld Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation

$250 – $499 Lange Estate Winery Watercourse Engineering

$100 – $249 Crescent Valley High School The Deschutes Club Eleanor A. Smith & Associates Fred Meyer Community Rewards Kieser & Associates, LLC KIND Healthy Snacks Portland General Electric

2014 Annual Report 7 Gun Denhart John Audley and Andrea Durbin Jennifer and Eric Miller Linelle Eckhout Bill and Lauren Gaar Robert and Julia Ball Jack Morton and Mary Ellen Karen Erde Kerry Hagen Eric Belanger White Arthur and Margianne Erickson David and Linda Harvey Glenn Biehl Charles Muehleck Dominique and Bjorn Estlund Mischa Hey Leroy and Jane Blake David and Julia Primozich Andrew Fang John Hull Greg Block Judith Rice C.E. Francis William and Barbara Hutchison Susan and Robert Burke Susan and Steve Rupert Joe Franco Kent Schnepp Nancy and Gregory Jolliffe Robert and Elizabeth Calo Chuck and Kate Garman Joan Snyder and Phil Don Krahmer Jake Cambier John Geller VanDerWeele Will and Pamela Levenson Timothy Chapman Judd Gerber Andrew Solomon John and Lisa Lynch James Cox Charles and Marcia Gerhardt Wendy and AaronTaylor John Mack James and Jean Curran Bruce and Lou Ann Gibbs Thomas and Ann Usher Bill Gaffi and Linda Macpherson John Dirr Richard and Barbara Glick Beverly Warren-Leigh Sean and Adrian McCarthy Jonathan and Heidi Dormody John and Shirley Gray Patty Dost Lee Weinstein Walt and Nancy Meyer Walter Grebe Peter Dykstra Dennis and Susan Wright John and Sue Miller Michael Greenstreet Pat and Karen Egan Rick Yugler and Chris Tarpey Ryland and Brittany Moore Gary Griff Alison and Dean Freed Curtis Nickerson $100 – $249 Bill Grimm Michael Gelardi and Rose Evonuk John Norville Dorothy and Frank Anderson Jessica Hamilton Stephen Guess Peter and Caroline Paquet Lisa Hansen William Hallmark and Kate Rodney and Barbara Antilla Dick and Colleen Pedersen Carter Anne Badgley and Mark Walker Marla Harrison Bradley and Caroline Preble Dale Harris and Michelle Andrew Bauer Shane and Patti Harrison John Pyle and Suzanne Casey Petrofes Kenneth Bench Josh Haslitt and Naomi Levelle- Greg and Emily Redinbo Arley and Mira Hartley Patricia Benner and Tony Howell Haslitt Toni Smith Charles Hendricks Chris and Melissa Bombeck Tracii Hickman and Mike Laura Hudson Rassbach Eric Sporre Richard Boonstra Matt and Larissa Jaekel Jasmine Hites and Chris Krupa Thomas Talbot Fred Bowman Matthew Johnson and Michele Walt Hollands Jim Tucker Ann Boyd and Josh Reed Rossolo Charles Holstine and Hollis Kenny Weiner and Hanne Sally Bredeweg Rousing John Lambie and Marsi Thelin Fishelson-Holstine Gordon and Melissa Brinser Jay and Vanessa Wilkins Jim Lewis Leland Holt Diane and Doug Livermore Anton and Elizabeth Broms Alan and Sarah Horton $250 – $499 E. Kimbark MacColl, Jr. Hunter Brown Alex and Rachel Inman Anonymous Lawrence and Cindy Maeda David Chen Seth Isenberg and Amber Keyser Jon and Dawn Appel Patricia McDowell Christopher Claire Robert Grott and Vera Jagendorf Dorothy Clark Julie Jarvis Mike Cohen Lian Jewell Scott Collins Mike Jolliffe Jeff Comstock and Virginia Paul Kaplan Gewin David Kay J.R. and Cynda Cook Richard and Susan Kellogg Colin Cooper John and Marilynne Keyser Gene and Marilyn Cripe Jim Kildea Stephanie and John Dains Carrie Leonard and David Kimball Peter and Kathleen Dalke Jake Kindrachuck Danielle Dumont and Joel Michael Bob Kirkwood Lori and Scott Eberly Joann Kline Kyle and Wendy Eckhart Kirk Kneeland and Linda Ague Richard and Marlene Koplitz Mark Korros Loran and Cathy Lamb-Mullin Mark and Debbie Lamey Chris and Hala Lewis Blake and Katherine Livingston Etta Lockey Ian Lombard and Kristin Cornuelle Tony and Andrea Malmberg Timmie Mandish Joann Marks James Allen Marshall

8 2014 Annual Report Workplace Giving Michael Mason Ronald and JoEllen Windes Thank you to the following organizations and businesses that supported Robert and Janet McCarthy Scott and Sara Wright The Freshwater Trust in 2014 through workplace giving campaigns and matching gifts. Jeff McEnroe Patrick and Rebecca McRae Employers that provided matching gift contributions for their In-Kind Donations employees: Deb Merchant Becker Capital Management, Inc. Regence BlueCross BlueShield Robin Miller 23 Hoyt Restaurant Kaiser Permanente of Oregon Boyd and Natalie Morgan A to Z Wineworks Morgan Stanley Wells Fargo Marc Mueller Airlines Portland General Electric Oscar and Bobbi Murphy Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe Andrew Nelson Ankeny Vineyard Organizations and businesses that encourage workplace giving through EarthShare Oregon: Janet Neuman and Bob Slayton Annie Bloom’s Books Gary Newland Art Heads Custom Picture City of Portland PCC Structurals Inc. Jeff and Kathryn Nuss Framing Eugene Water and Electric Board State of Oregon Chad Paulson Roger Bachman Leupold & Stevens Inc. Stoel Rives David and Claire Peterson Bamboo Sushi McKenzie River Broadcasting Tonkon Torp LLP Wally Powell and Sue Greer Bandon Dunes Golf Resort NW Natural TriMet James and Reta Ratcliffe Bank of America Port of Portland Washington County Tyson Raymond Beaverlake Nursery A special thanks to EarthShare Oregon for making workplace giving easy Pat and Randi Reiten Benchmade Knife Company and convenient. Richard Reiten The Bent Brick Organizations and businesses that encourage workplace giving John Rose and Carolyn Pedone through United Way: James Rowen Blush Beauty Bar Costco Multnomah County Greg Ryerson Bosky Dell Natives Intel PacifiCorp Josh Sasaki Timothy and Mary Boyle Lane Powell PC Roseburg Forest Products Daniel Saucy Cafe Yumm! A special thanks to United Way for making workplace giving easy Jenna and Nat Scholz CF Burkheimer Fly Rod and convenient. Company Thomas and Joan Seibert Chinook Book Diane Seitz Jim Klug Punch Bowl Social Jon and Linda Sewell Club Sport Oregon Lagunitas Beer Pat and Randi Reiten Lois Shamberger Coast Products Lange Estate Winery Kerry Shepherd Cog Wild Bicycle Tours Laurelwood Public House & Scappoose Bay Watershed Michael Sherwin Brewery Council Nursery Lisa Shippy Connoisseurs Golf Sea Glass Fine Art Courtland and Linda Smith Transportation Seamus Golf Nicole Spencer Crane Creek Graphics Magaurn Video Production Seven Oaks Native Nursery Dorothy Sperry Deschutes Brewery Magnum Opus Shriver Farms Jeff Stone and Jennifer Satalino Dick’s Sporting Goods Matto Photography Sokol Blosser Shannon Summers and Lisa Leis Domaine Serene Winery Meriwethers Soter Vineyards Sara Swangard Dragonwell Bistro The Merry Kitchen Sun Country Tours David and Ruth Taylor Duo Con Brio Mirador Community Store Threemile Canyon Farms, LLC Douglas Tilgner E&R Wine Shop Navillus Press Marc and Nicola Timm Echo Valley Natives New Seasons Market Volcano Lands Thomas and Andrea Tongue Noble Rot Voodoo Donuts Leland Trotter Fishpeople North Berkely Imports Wanderlust Tours Mark and Jennifer Trumbo The Floate Shoppe The Old Spaghetti Factory The Water Report Matthew and Thanh Tunnell Foot Traffic Tim O’Leary and Michelle Weyland Photography Marty Urman Full Sail Brewing Company Cardinal Willamette Valley Vineyards Peter and Eleanor van G. Loomis, Inc. Ollar Photography Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures Alderwerelt The Governor Hotel Oregon Native Plant Nursery Yoga Shala of Portland Joe Vaughn Grand Central Baking Company Your Own French Home Scott Venables and Danielle Gabriel Green Drop Garage Park Kitchen Mary Wahl Hatch Outdoors Inc Pastaria Every effort is made to Helfrich River Outfitters, Inc Patrick T. Windsor Photography Andrea Ward ensure the accuracy of our Robert Watzke Highland Hills Ranch Pedal Bike Tours records. If our report contains Ken and Claudia Weber Hollywood Theatre Pendleton Round-Up Assn. errors or omissions, please HOTLIPS Pizza contact Nicole Spencer at Mary Louise Welby and Robert Popina Swimwear 503.222.9091 x26 or at McNeil Hyland Estates Portland Rose Festival [email protected] Philip White Idylwilde Flies Inc. Foundation so that we may extend our Ian Whitlock J. Christopher Wines Portland Timbers apology and correct our records. Randall Wildman Kind Healthy Snacks Pro Photo Supply

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