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 Chief Financial and Administrative Officer 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 an executive session of a regularly scheduled board meeting, the PCTA board of directors determines the salary and bonus of the executive director and Chief Financial & Administrative Officer based in part on performance measured against objectives and other factors. In addition, the Board of Directors uses compensation data from comparable nonprofit organizations as well as a survey of Northern California nonprofit organizations from the Nonprofit Compensation Associates.”

“At an executive session of a regularly scheduled board meeting, the PCTA board of directors determines the salary and bonus of the executive director and Chief Financial & Administrative Officer based in part on performance measured against objectives and other factors. In addition, the Board of Directors uses compensation data from comparable nonprofit organizations as well as a survey of Northern California nonprofit organizations from the Nonprofit Compensation Associates.”

“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 2015, promotional activities included: publishing four issues (46,000 copies) of the Pacific Crest Trail Communicator magazine, and distributing it to members, partners and elected officials; publishing an annual calendar; publishing eleven regular issues of Trail Dirt, the PCTAs electronic newsletter. The PCTA responded to 6,207 inquiries from trail users and the general public; issued 4,462 wilderness permits; and monitored 2,923,891 website visits and 108,000 Facebook likes.”

“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 benefiting the PCT to occur in 2015: In Southern California, the Mojave Desert Land Trust successfully completed the transfer of 224 acres to the Bureau of Land Management protecting view shed for more than one mile of the PCT through the San Gorgonio Wilderness area. In Washington, the U.S. Forest Service acquired 908 acres from the Trust for Public Land to permanently protect the PCT corridor on the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forests. PCTA also monitored or responded to ongoing threats to the trail, including the following: Trailwide timber harvesting, fuels reduction, reforestation, invasive plant eradication, watershed, meadow, and fire restoration, illegal use, grazing, ski resort expansion, commercial competitive events; California wind development, solar installation, California High Speed Train, 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 Joint Base Lewis-McCord Alpine Training Site proposal. In 2015, PCTA staff conducted 472 meetings with government agency partners to plan field work. About half of these meetings included discussion of protection activities. Our 2015 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.”