Pacific Crest Trail Association

“Members consist of individuals, associations, clubs, and organizations”

“Members have the right to vote on the election of Directors and on other matters submitted to the membership by the Board of Directors. Each individual member has one vote and each member group has one vote.”

“Members have the right to vote on changes to the bylaws.”

“The 990 is reviewed by the finance committee.1) The draft Form 990 is e-mailed to the finance committee members for review.2) The finance committee holds a meeting to discuss the contents of the Form 990.3) The committee submits review comments to the finance director and makes one of the following recommendations: A) File the Form 990 as prepared or B) Request a meeting with the auditor and staff to discuss potential changes4) Before the Form 990 is filed, a copy is provided to the Board.”

“At a regularly scheduled board meeting, the PCTA board of directors determines the salary of the executive director based in part on performance measured against objectives and other factors. In 2014 the Board of Directors used comparable salary data from a survey of Northern California non -profit organizations from the Nonprofit Compensation Associates.”

“At a regularly scheduled board meeting, the PCTA board of directors reviewed and approved the salary of the Finance Director.”

“All documents are available to the public upon request. Form 990 can be found through guidestar.org and PCTA's website and PCTA's Financial statements can also be found on their website.”

“In 2014, promotional activities included: publishing four issues (50,000 copies) of the Pacific Crest Trail Communicator magazine, and distributing it to members, partners and elected officials; publishing an annual calendar; publishing four regular issues of Trail Dirt, the PCTA's electronic newsletter. The PCTA received 999 calls to the toll-free Trail Information telephone line; issued 2,627 wilderness permits; and monitored 1,366,385 website visits and 67,500 Facebook likes. PCTA ran a national awareness campaign around the theatrical release of the movie Wild to build awareness for the trail and the PCTA as the only organization dedicated to preserving the entire length of the PCT.”

“In addition, PCTA advocated for Land and Water Conservation funding for the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. PCTAs advocacy work made it possible for the following acquisitions benefitting the PCT to occur in 2014: In California, the US Forest Service purchased more than 1,000 acres near Mount Eddy, west of Mount Shasta, nearly 500 acres of Fleming Ranch in Southern California and 100 acres of Onyx Peak in Southern California. In Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management purchased 160 acres in the Hyatt Lake area. In addition, the Nature Conservancy purchased nearly 48,000 acres near the Pacific Crest Trail east of Seattle including tracks within the PCT corridor in the state of Washington.PCTA also monitored or responded to ongoing threats to the trail, including the following: Trailwide - timber harvesting, fuels reduction, reforestation, invasive plant eradication, watershed restoration; California - wind development, solar installation, California High Speed Train, bankruptcy/selling of Warner Springs Ranch, Highway 138 expansion, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Base Expansion, Yellow Creek bridge expansion, and State Route 89 realignment at Burney Falls State Park; Oregon - Pacific Connector Natural Gas Pipeline; Washington - ski area expansion, Suiattle River Road repairs, and Stehekin Valley Road relocation. In 2014, PCTA staff conducted 528 meetings with government agency partners to plan field work. About half of these meetings included discussion of protection activities. Our 2014 protection activities also included an annual trip to Washington, D.C. in February to advocate for federal trail management, operations and land acquisition funding for the PCT. Volunteers - including youth - and PCTA staff members attended this "Hike the Hill" event, visiting with federal agency leaders and Congressional representatives and their staff.”