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We’re commi t t ed to advanc ing the f i e ld o f conse r va t i on and f ix ing f r e shwate r a t a pace and s ca l e t ha t ma t t e r s fo r t oday and tomor row.

We’re commi t t ed to advanc ing the f i e ld o f conse r va t i on and f ix ing f r e shwate r a t a pace and s ca l e t ha t ma t t e r s fo r t oday and tomor row.

F R I E N D S ,

When I think about where The Freshwater Trust was ten, five and even one year ago, I’m astounded by our

growth, perseverance and tenacity. These qualities don’t just appear. They take time to cultivate. They come from having people like you behind us.

That’s why I know I speak for the entire staff when I say thank you for your dedication and investment in 2015. It’s made a real difference in the impact The Freshwater Trust has made on the world of conservation. With a solid foundation, we have the confidence to jump for the big solutions. This is what you want out of any good organization. Deep roots. Strategic ambition. Relentless effort.

Our donors have helped The Freshwater Trust grow to nearly 50 staff members with four offices in three states — including the new headquarters in downtown Portland. Over the last year, we’ve taken our tools and technologies to the next level. We gained traction with more cities, farmers, ranchers, conservation groups and the public at large. We owe success like this to you. Rest assured: We will continue fighting for outcomes that matter and bring our innovative solutions to bear on the most pressing problems in Oregon, California, Idaho and the country at large.

We wouldn’t be who we are today – nor who we will be tomorrow – without you.

In earnest,

J O E W H I T W O R T H | President

Capturing aCalifornia river

E X P L O R E | Staff take Google Street View Trekker on 67-mile float

In 2015, The Freshwater Trust took the Trekker, Google’s 15-lens camera, strapped it to an inflatable raft, and floated it down the length of California’s Russian River. A small flotilla of scientists took turns at the helm of the craft, the orb sitting tall on a pedestal and doing its job to snap 15 photos every 2.5 seconds.

While it doesn’t take much convincing for any of our staff to put palm to paddle, this trip wasn’t just for adventure. For more than 60 miles, the camera collected imagery of streamside vegetation and river conditions to be used for identifying and prioritizing restoration sites.

Snaking southward and draining Sonoma and Mendocino counties, the Russian River provides drinking water for several hundred thousand Californians and serves as critical wildlife habitat for fish migration

and spawning. The watershed has also been used to support vineyards and valuable orchard crops. Yet loss of streamside vegetation, overbearing invasive plants, and excess sediment from runoff have impacted the region’s waterways. The majority of the streams in the basin are listed as impaired under the Clean Water Act.

Using images gathered from the trek, The Freshwater Trust estimated that 30% of the Russian needs revegetation to lower the water temperatures to a more hospitable level for fish, filter nutrients and runoff, and stabilize the banks. More than 6,500 occurrences of invasive species were also mapped with the help of the imagery gathered from the trip.

“Our partnership with Google Maps gave us invaluable insight into what parts of the river need

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the most work,” said Mike Jolliffe, applied research scientist with The Freshwater Trust. “We could clearly see the problems and understand the path forward to fixing them. It was a great example of 21st century conservation in action.”

“We could clearly

see the problems

and understand the

path forward to

fixing them. It was a

great example of 21st

century conservation

in action.”

M I C H A E L J O L L I F F E

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Applied Research Scientist

A decade later and a basin made better

R E S T O R E | Long-term restoration adds up for the Sandy River Basin

Majestic. Wild. Lush. Dense. Powerful.

This is how we would describe Oregon’s Salmon River and Still Creek.

We know these waters. We’ve studied them. We’ve protected the native fish that call them home.

The Freshwater Trust has been building log jams, placing boulders, replanting native species, and reconnecting channels in the Sandy River Basin for nearly a decade. Walk along either of these waterways, and you’ll can see our impact – out of the water in the form of towering, stacked logs, and in it, where fish swim underneath. This is big.

Still Creek once provided vital spawning and rearing habitat for native coho, spring Chinook, winter steelhead, and cutthroat trout. Yet roads, recreation, development, stream cleanouts, forest fires, and historic timber harvest took a toll on this tributary. In 1964, the Army Corps of Engineers straightened sections of the Salmon River and removed large wood from the floodplain. Habitat decreased, and so did critical fish populations.

As part of the Sandy River Basin Partners, a group of public and private organizations working to restore the native fish populations of the basin, The Freshwater Trust has taken action on the ground for more than a decade.

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Our monitoring data shows it’s working. More diverse and complex habitat has been created, and fish are utilizing the restored areas. In 2015, adult salmon and steelhead were observed holding in restored pools and spawning in gravel recruited from constructed wood jams. Juvenile fish are now rearing in restored side channels.

“This is our backyard basin,” said Mark McCollister, habitat restoration director with The Freshwater Trust. “There’s something incredible about coming back here year after year and watching it change for the better. You can see the years of dirt work and collaboration. All of it has mattered.”

“There’s something

incredible about

coming back here

year after year and

watching it change

for the better.”

M A R K M C C O L L I S T E R

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A clear-eyed view for

how business should

think about the critical

resource of water in the

coming century.”

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Chairman of the Board, Intel

Big names andbold conversations

S H A R E | President launches book and podcast hits 15,000 downloads

On a Friday evening in September, Joe Whitworth made his way to the front of a crowded room at Powell’s Books Portland, the world’s largest independent bookstore. He took a deep breath and welcomed the more than 100 people in front of him. They were there to hear from the newly published author of “Quantified: Redefining Conservation for the Next Economy.”

Whitworth spent years working on what he calls a blueprint to fixing America’s waterways and moving conservation forward. Island Press published it in 2015, and more than a thousand copies were sold over the course of the year.

Drawing lessons from tech-savvy, high-impact organizations, he shows how we can make real gains for the environment. The no-nonsense strategy builds on the inspirational environmental work begun in the 1970s, while recognizing that the next economy

will demand new solutions.

Andy Bryant, chairman of the board at Intel, Andrew Kassoy, cofounder of B Lab, and Alexandra Cousteau, National Geographic Explorer, supported the book with rave reviews. Bryant says, “A clear-eyed view for how business should think about the critical resource of water in the coming century.” “Transformative” and “True innovation in the conservation world” wrote two other reviewers on Amazon.

2015 also proved itself to be an impressive year for our freshwater Talk podcast. Meg Lowman, an arbornaut who studies tree canopies by rope and airship, talked to us about the impact of drought on California redwoods. We hosted an episode from World Water Week in Sweden. George Hawkins, general manager of DC Water and former advisor to Al Gore, explained how he’s taken an innovative approach to treating water for 1.6 million people.

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From conflictto collaboration

R E N E W | Increase in Lostine River Chinook attributed to flow agreement

Eleven years ago, The Freshwater Trust entered a pact to improve habitat in the Lostine River. In 2015, we took stock of what it’s meant.

The Lostine is a defining waterway of northeastern Oregon. Sixteen miles of this tributary to the Wallowa River have been designated as “Wild & Scenic,” a recognition reserved by the U.S. Forest Service for protecting rivers with particular value, such as scenic, recreational or cultural.

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Much like the days of old, members of the Nez Perce Tribe still rely on the sacred, homeland waters of the Lostine for sustenance and actively work to preserve its place in the world. The Lostine River also supplies irrigation to thousands of acres of mostly forage and grain crops, keeping a small rural economy alive and well.

Our “Minimum Flow Agreement” compensates irrigators to maintain streamflow in the river from late August through September. More than 70 farmers and ranchers made the voluntary commitment, and the results of their cooperation on land can be seen under water.

In 2015, more than 1,000 natural and hatchery adults were documented entering the Lostine. This is in stark contrast from the mere 13 observed spawning in 1999.

“This is what we call a true biological response,” said Caylin Barter, flow restoration director with The Freshwater Trust. “This agreement essentially assured there would be more water in the river during the times when fish needed it the most.”

While many factors contribute to the uptick in fish response over the years, including a suite of habitat actions implemented by restoration partners, a hatchery supplementation program initiated by the Nez Perce Tribe, and varying oceanic conditions, there is no denying that wetting what was once a dry river and allowing salmon to migrate to pristine spawning grounds has played an integral role in recovery.

For decades, conservation and agriculture have been at odds, failing to recognize that insufficient water doesn’t only harm the environment; it threatens the future of agriculture itself. From years of conflict we have come, to years of innovation and collaboration we must go. Those participating in the agreement maintained an average 6,732 gallons per minute (GPM) in 2015. In 2016, the minimum flow ramps up to 8,000 GPM. And for 2017, it steps up again to almost 9,000 GPM.

“Healthy rivers and working lands can – and must – coexist,” said Barter. “Individual actions on a landscape add up to either big problems or big solutions. This agreement is a testament to the fact that the sum of our actions is greater than our individual parts.”

. . .more water in the

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Funding for flow restoration is provided through the Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program.

Out with the paper and in with the app

I N N O VA T E | Monitoring goes paperless

Our tagline, “Changing the Course of Conservation,” is a five-word summary of our work to secure a future with clean, healthy waterways. We must protect and restore our water resources faster than we degrade them, and this will undoubtedly require using all the tools afforded by the 21st century. Real-time data. New technology. Cutting-edge innovation. The Freshwater Trust’s StreamBank® Monitoring App is the result of our work to incorporate these elements into conservation.

We first developed this tablet-optimized application to collect monitoring data in the field and compile that data for long-term analysis and reporting. Today, we’re proud to report our habitat monitoring has gone paperless.

“More efficient would be a dramatic understatement,” said Hilary

Cosentino, habitat monitoring coordinator. “We used to spend hours gathering data by hand and then entering it in a database. We’re not only improving efficiency by using this app, but the consistency and accuracy of our data as well.”

In 2015, we also added several new features allowing for the monitoring of salmon redds, streamside planting projects and streamside function. A redd is a spawning bed built by salmon and steelhead, most often in stream gravel. Redd counts allow staff and partners to monitor a waterway’s fish use and distribution of redds over time. The second new feature of the application allows for the monitoring of revegetation progress on a project. The third allows for the assessment of streamside forest quality and identification of potential restoration sites.

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More efficient

would be a

dramatic

understatement.”

H I L A R Y C O S E N T I N O

Over the coming year, we will continue improving the application’s features and getting it into the hands of other restoration professionals to help them monitor projects more effectively and efficiently. A set of clients and partners are currently testing the application on restoration sites in Idaho and Oregon.

“It’s important for us to empower the entire restoration community to better understand their water resources and easily track the exact ways restoration is having an impact,” said Cosentino. “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”

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Thank you D O N O R S |

A G E N C Y,C O M M U N I T Y,C O R P O R A T E , F O U N D A T I O N

Our solid foundation for big solutions

Thank you for your dedication and investment. It’s made a big difference in the impact The Freshwater Trust has made on the world of conservation and the rivers we love. With a solid foundation, we have the confidence to jump for the big solutions. Deep roots, strategic ambition and relentless effort: This is what we promise. So to each of you, we say thank you for your support.

Adopt-A-Stream FoundationAlpine GroupAmerican Fly Fishing Trade AssociationAquatic ContractingArlington ClubBella Vista FoundationBland Family FoundationThe Bobolink FoundationThe Boeing CompanyBuffalo ExchangeThe Bullitt FoundationBureau of Land ManagementCarr Auto GroupCity of Portland Water BureauClackamas CountyColumbia BankColumbia Basin Water Transactions ProgramCraford Benefit ConsultantsDavis Wright TremaineDeschutes BreweryThe Deschutes Club

Durham & BatesEarthShare of OregonEcotrustErnst & Young FEIFlyfishers’ Club of OregonFred Meyer Community RewardsGoldman Sachs GivesGordon and Betty Moore FoundationThe Greenbrier CompaniesGreenWood ResourcesHale FarmsJ.K. Carriere WinesThe Jackson FoundationThe Johnson Family FoundationJordan Ramis PCThe Kresge FoundationLamb FoundationLane Community CollegeL.P. Brown FoundationM.J. Murdock Charitable TrustMicrosoftMiller Forests, Inc.Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLPThe Mitzvah FoundationMorgan Stanley FoundationMorgan Stanley Wealth Advisors GroupMt. Jefferson Farms

National Fish and Wildlife FoundationNational Forest FoundationNeil KellyNez Perce TribeNorth HighlandNW NaturalOregon Watershed Enhancement BoardPacific PowerPacific Power Blue Sky Habitat FundPerkins CoiePerkins Coie Charitable FoundationPort of PortlandPortland Garden ClubThe Rockefeller FoundationSchwabe, Williamson & WyattThe StandardSeamus GolfSkanska USA Building, Inc.Tonkon Torp, LLPTREW GearTroutman Sanders LLPWells Fargo - PortlandWells Fargo Environmental Solutions for CommunitiesWild Rivers Coast AllianceWilliam and Nancy Rosenfeld Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation

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AnonymousDan and Tamara AfrasiabiAmanda AirdJames Alterman and Cheryl BalkenholBruce and Edith AndersonCliff and Allison AndersonDorothy and Frank AndersonDave and Kari AndertonPamela AndrewsDean and Betty AnsonRobie AnsonJon and Dawn AppelSenen AquinoNigel ArkellTom ArmstrongTony ArnerichGeorgia AshforthHank and Francie AshforthRay and Jean AuelNed AustinLincoln and Allison BachRay Wells and Sarah BachmanAnne Badgley and Mark WalkerJules and Jessica BaileyStephen and Marian BaileyHenry and Annette BakerRobert and Julia BallSam BarasoKenn and Nancy BattaileMartin BauerAdam BeakLinda and Fred BealefeldBarbara H. Bean, Deceased TrustDavid BechtoldPat and Tabitha BeckerEric BelangerKenneth BenchLen BergsteinGlenn BiehlMark BiglerBroughton and Kelley BishopSean BistoffThomas BittnerLeroy and Jane BlakeClark and Anita BlanchardHerbert BlankSusan BodinJason and Laura Bolt

Judith BoothbyFred BowmanTimothy and Mary BoylePeter and Sister BragdonTroy and Marissa BrandtSally BredewegMichael BrochuHunter and Liz BrownStevenson BrownAndy and Nancy BryantAlma BuckBennett BurnsScott and Glenda BurnsAdam BussanJake CambierLance CampbellHenry Carlile and Genevieve LongMichael and Marschelle CarrisJohn CarterJim CathcartJim ChandlerTimothy ChapmanGil and Julie ChildYvon ChouinardEric and Tracy ChristianAndrew and Ann ClarkBobby CochranMike and Su CoddingtonMike CohenPete and Katherine ColeScott CollinsJames CollisDavid and Nancy CookJ.R. and Cynda CookJohn CorsonJames CoxJames and Jean CurranJoffa and Ellen DaleJames DalzielPamela DaveeJohn DayJim and Linda DeForestJason Del CampoScott and Rebecca DemorestGun DenhartMousa DiabatRichard DickinsonJohn DirrJonathan and Heidi DormodyPeter and Claire DoubledayJulie DoughertyGregory Dufault

Brett DumasDanielle Dumont and Joel MichaelMichelle EatonLinelle EckhoutPat and Karen EganMatt and Amy EhaRichard EllegoodHelen ElkinsJohn and Jane EmrickDick ErathKaren ErdeArthur and Margianne EricksonScott and Jennifer EricsonAmy Evans and Jeff JohnsonColin and Rosine EvansMark EvansRose Evonuk and Michael GelardiRuss and Karen FauxRobert FeldhousenAmy FieldsRay and Carri FioriGary and Carol FishTom FishJeff FisherEmily FlockWill Forney and Paige WittePaul and Carol FortinoGary FoulkesAndrew and Susan FranklinRandy and Marsha FreedTripp Frey and Lucy GlaizeDan and Leah FryeJoseph and Katie FuriaVige and Maurice FykesLynne and George GadburyKeith GarlinghouseTodd GartnerBecca and Devin GatteyCharles GehlingJohn GellerJim GenesWendy GerlachBruce and Lou Ann GibbsJoe and Sally GillespieRichard and Barbara GlickLeigh GoldbergCynthia GrantJohn and Shirley GrayWalter GrebeGary and Laurie GriffBill GrimmPrice Gripekoven

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Mark GroveJeff and Sandy GrubbSteve Guy and Amy ProsenjakGary and Kirsten HainesWilliam Hallmark and Kate CarterRalph and Meggan HammJohn Handy and Gloria BenciRobert Myall and Robinette HarmanDale Harris and Michelle PetrofesGreg HarrisRichard HarrisArley and Mira HartleyDavid and Linda HarveyWilliam HatcherRamzy HattarDavid HellingsMichael and Donna HendersonNancy HendricksonMichael and Jennifer HerrickGary and Janie HiblerJosh Hinerfeld and Andrea BinderDavid and Maryann HipplyNatalie and Brett HockenCharles Holstine and Hollis Fishelson-HolstineLeland HoltMitchell and Elisa HorneckerAlan and Sarah HortonPaul and Antje HowardDavid and Heather HowittLaura HudsonJulie HulbertJeffery and Nancy HuntJeff Hunter and Margery DogotchMatthew HunterEinar and Debra IngebretsenJessa IrzykJustin and Nicole IsleTom IssacMichael and Patricia IvieMatt and Larissa JaekelDan and Julia JamesMartin JaquaMatthew Johnson and Michele RossoloAlex and Andrea Johnson

Tom Johnson and Yoona ParkJames and JoAnne Marie JohnstonNancy and Gregory JolliffeW. Bradford Jonasson, Jr.Barry and Kathleen JonesLael Jones and Christie PargeterMel JonesMolly JonesKelley JorgensenAl JubitzPaul KaplanZeno KatterleDavid KayArthur and Trudy KayserBruce KayserBen KehsMichael and Rosalind KeiserBrian KelleyRichard and Susan KelloggJim Kelly and Sue PorterJohn and Marilynne KeyserJim KildeaJim KingMargaret KirkpatrickBob KirkwoodJoann KlineKirk Kneeland and Linda AgueAnthony KnickerbockerRichard and Marlene KoplitzDon KrahmerDavid and Meredith KreifelsLisa KronDawn KroppRob and Kim KruegerKaren KruseE. Randolph LabbeRudy and Patricia LachenmeierStacy and Wade LangeSheryl Langerman and Warren RosenfeldDavid LauranceDavid and Stephanie LawrenceWilliam and Emmy LawrenceGary LeavertonMarvin and Liz LeeMyron Lee

Josh Haslitt and Naomi Levelle-HaslittSarah LevisJim and Courtney LewisJoseph and Elizabeth LillyDiane and Doug LivermoreJohn and Carolynn LoackerEtta Lockey

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EMPLOYERSCambia Health SolutionsGoogle Inc.Hewlett PackardKaiser PermanenteMorgan StanleyWells Fargo

EARTHSHARE OF OREGONCity of PortlandEugene Water and Electric BoardLeupold & Stevens, Inc.McKenzie River BroadcastingNW NaturalPort of PortlandPCC StructuralsState of OregonStoel RivesTonkon Torp, LLPTriMetWashington County

UNITED WAYCostcoIntelLane Powell PCMultnomah CountyPacifiCorpRoseburg Forest Products

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Niki and James LoewenIan Lombard and Kristin CornuelleMark Long and Elizabeth SchleuningConnie LonsdaleJennifer LoveJon and Rosiland LundChristopher LydonGordon and Nancy LyfordJohn and Lisa LynchJake and Heather MadisonMatthew MaiNathan and Amy MakiPhyllis and Walter Malzahn Charitable TrustTimmie MandishFrancis MangelsJoann MarksJames Allen MarshallJuan MartinezRobert and Donna MartynMike MatthewsRaymond MayerTimothy MayerRobert and Janet McCarthyA. Ronald and Marlene McCartneyJudy McCordCharles McCormickCraig and Kate McCoyCathy Macdonald and Dan BellJeff McEnroeMike and Karen McEnteeMegan McGuireKennon McKeePatrick and Rebecca McRaeAndy Meeks and Sarah EustisVictor MenasheNathan and Jannine MerktJohn MerrittAri MichelsenRoger Millar, Jr.Jennifer and Eric MillerJohn and Sue MillerAnthony MillerFred MillerMax and Lori MillerWalter MillerKirk Mills

Gary and Gloria MiniszewskiGustavo MonteverdeDavid Moon and Joan KelleyChris and Eileen MooneyRyland and Brittany MooreThomas and Sharon MorrisJack Morton and Mary Ellen WhiteGail Mueller and Paul PoreskyStephen MuellerKimberlee MyersMarty and Anne MyersRalph MyersAndrew NelsonWilliam NeuhauserJanet Neuman and Bob SlaytonRichard NeumanAnne NoblesJeff and Kathryn NussTim O’Leary and Michelle CardinalRonald OlsonGary PaapePeter and Caroline PaquetShaun and Sharon ParkinsonGregory and Myra ParrottChad PaulsonWilliam PearcyJim Pearre and Diane DeRocherKevin PeckDavid and Claire PetersonRichard and Wanda PettlerWalter PettyKim PfallerDavid Pilz and Natasha BellisDavid PleimanMike and Vivian PohlDennis PollockBrad and Caroline PrebleWallace and Elizabeth PrebleLinda PrendergastSidney PrescottMeridel PrideauxKenneth PrierDavid and Julia PrimozichJim and Allison ProsserErin PutnamJohn Pyle and Suzanne CaseyChris and Jill RandolphJames and Reta Ratcliffe

Craig and Tina ReederPaul and Angie VogelTony and Sherryl ReserRonald RhodesJudith RiceKarly RitterHadley and Gayle RobbinsMike and Lynne RooksJohn Rose and Carolyn PedoneCarol RossJames RowenVasili and Michelle RozakisAndy and Brigitte RussellSeth RusslerSusan RustSusan SaffordTony and Susie SalazarScott and Betsy SandboJosh SasakiDaniel SaucySara SawickiSteven SchenkThomas and Joan SeibertGreg and Claire SeiblyDiane SeitzSusan SenserJon and Linda SewellMichael SherwinAlexander ShiloffBo and Kathy ShindlerSteve and Lisa ShropshireCarlene ShultzAshley SiderGarrett SlayJennifer SlickersJason and Jennifer SmesrudCourtland and Linda SmithHank and Meredith SmithHarold and Patricia SmithPatrick and Victoria SmithToni SmithHoward and Ann SohnAndrew SolomonJoe and Carroll Anne SowerbyNicole SpencerTracy StantonMary Ellen StefanouAlan and Lorna Stickel

Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of these lists. If our report contains errors or omissions, please accept our sincere apologies. So we can correct our records, please contact Andy Meeks at 503-222-9091 x58 or at andy@thefreshwatertrust.org. Thank you.

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Doug StirlingCharles StockwellJeff Stone and Jennifer SatalinoJoshua and Stephanie StoutJohn StrawnEdward and Elly StyskelKim SwartzRobert SweetMichelle TalalThomas TalbotKeith TattersallChristi TaylorDavid and Ruth TaylorBob ThackerChris ThomasKaren TrachselMichael TreadawayLeland TrotterMark and Jennifer TrumboTony and Patricia TrunzoThomas and Margaret R. TuchmannMatthew and Thanh TunnellMarty UrmanPaul and Lory UtzEdward VailPeter and Eleanor van AlderwereltAnthony van der HoornJane Van DykeHans VanDerSchaafJean-Pierre and Summer VielletChris and Shareen VogelHaley WalkerMichael WalkerSherry WallaceJ.V. WardRobert WatzkeWilliam and Nancy Marie WeareMary Louise Welby and Robert McNeilPeter WelchDavid WestCynthia WestermanG.E. WestersundPhilip WhiteSonya and Thayer WhiteJaye WhitworthJoe and Liz Whitworth

Ron WierengaAustin WillettsKathleen WilliamsJanet and Sam WilliamsonJohn and Molly WilsonRonald and JoEllen WindesRich WinterJeff and Lynne WolfstoneRoger and Virginia WoodDennis and Susan WrightScott and Sara WrightSheri YadavAndrew YadenRick Yugler and Chris TarpeyDan ZinkandNicholas Zwick

A to Z Wineworks / Rex HillAce HotelAdelsheim VineyardadidasAlaska AirlinesAlder Creek Kayak and CanoeAngler’s Book SupplyAnkeny VineyardAnnie Bloom’s BooksRoger BachmanBandon Dunes Golf ResortBase Camp Brewing CompanyBendistilleryBlue HourBlush Beauty BarBob’s Red Mill Natural FoodsBollywood TheaterBoyd Coffee CompanyBridgewater BistroBroadway Rose Theatre CompanyBuck KnivesCafe Yumm!C.F. Burkheimer Fly Rod CompanyClear Creek DistilleryCOAST ProductsCog Wild Bicycle ToursColumbia River Maritime Museum

Columbia Sportswear CompanyCostco Wholesale AlohaDeschutes BreweryEagle Digital ImagingEastside DistillingElk Cove VineyardsEmbassy Suites Portland DowntownExperience Music Project MuseumEnterprise Rent-A-CarFire on the MountainThe Float ShoppeFlying Pie PizzeriaFogo de ChaoFort George BreweryG6 AirparkMarley GaddisGarnish ApparelGlendoveer Golf & TennisGoogle Inc.Grand Central Bakery CompanyHenry’s TavernHerzog Meier VolvoHiggins RestaurantHighland Hills RanchHood River DistillersHotel Five SeattleHouse Spirits DistilleryJ.K. Carriere WinesJet Blue AirwaysJohn and Carolynn LoackerKaady Car WashesKells Irish Restaurant and PubLange Estate WineryLaurelhurst MarketLaurelwood Public House and BreweryLittle Bird BistroMagaurn Video MediaMagnum Opus SalonMark Spencer HotelMcMenaminsThe Merry KitchenMirador Community StoreMontana Flyfishing ConnectionMt. Hood MeadowsMultnomah Whiskey LibraryWilliam Neuhauser

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Terry NewNew Deal DistilleryNew Seasons MarketNoble RotNW Women’s Fitness ClubOaks Amusement ParkOregon Museum of Science and IndustryOregon SymphonyThe Oregon Zoo FoundationOtterBoxOx RestaurantPacific Science CenterPaloma ClothingPastini PastariaPatton Valley VineyardPearl BakeryPedal Bike ToursPink Martini & Heinz RecordsPittock MansionPor Qué No? TaqueriaPortland Children’s MuseumPortland NurseryPortland PlayhousePortland SpiritPortland TimbersPortland’s Culinary WorkshopBradley and Caroline PrebleQuail Valley Golf CourseRajeff SportsPat and Randi ReitenSauceboxSea Glass Fine ArtSeamus GolfSeattle CineramaSky High SportsSteamboat FlyfisherSun Country Raft ToursValley Cinema PubVeritable QuandaryVoicebox KaraokeWanderlust ToursThe Water ReportKenny Weiner and Hanne RousingWhole Foods MarketWild At Heart SalonWillamette Valley Soaring ClubWillamette Valley VineyardsWillamina Modern ApothecaryYoga Shala of PortlandYour Own French Home

Current Assets $3,678,342 Long-Term Investments $118,343 Property, Equipment & Software $2,453,432

Total Assets $6,250,117 Current Liabilities $423,084 Other Liabilities $4,036,500 Net Assets $1,790,533

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $6,250,117

Grants & Contributions $4,307,149 Individual Giving $156,703 Special Events Income $592,575 In-Kind Donations $405,384 Earned Revenue $1,909,391 Other Revenue $5,966

Total Revenue $7,377,168

Conservation Programs $6,596,586 Outreach $347,872 Development $418,876 Operations $1,223,094 Total Expense $8,586,428

Change in Net Assets $(1,209,260)

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