Keta Legacy Foundation

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Nov 14, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$416,640

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The mountaineers foundation promotes the study of the mountains, forests and streams of the pacific northwest, and contributes to preserving its natural beauty and ecological integrity. We fund modest, short-term projects, consistent with those purposes. The community grants committee meets three times a year to award grants to conservation and educational organizations. During 2012 the mountaineers foundation awarded grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for specific projects throughout the northwest. Examples of projects include funds to study and improve wildlife habitat, environmental education, publication production, habitat restoration, and wilderness designation.

Activity 3

The mountaineers foundation rhododendron preserve inspires people and protects a rare patch of our region's natural history. For over 20 years, the mountaineers foundation has been the owner and steward of the rhododendron preserve, a 386 acre nature conservancy, in kitsap county in washington state. The preserve is the home to the largest natural chum salmon run on southern puget sound as well as the associated riparian lands and ecosystem. The preserve is centered on the confluence of wildcat and lost creeks and protects the main stem of chico creek. The mountaineers foundation is actively suppressing non-native invasive plant species and expanding buffer properties to protect the core old growth habitat in the preserve. The mountaineers foundation supports educational uses of the preserve including graduate studies, public and private school field trips and salmon habitat health monitoring by tribal and government agencies. The rhododendron preserve is a unique large and unspoiled example of puget sound lowland forest: what the land was like before the coming of europeans.

Filer

EIN

23-7023350