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 the Form 990 of 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 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.”

“PCTAs advocacy work made it possible for the following acquisitions benefitting the PCT to occur in 2016: In the northern Sierra, the U.S. Forest Service acquired the 406 acre Castle Valley Property along the Interstate 80 corridor protecting a quarter-mile of the PCT. In Southern California, the Bureau of Land Management acquired 160 acres adjacent to the PCT in San Diego County, protecting the viewshed of the Trail. The U.S. Forest Service purchased two parcels totaling 163 acres in Los Angeles County, eliminating a trespass issue. In Washington, the U.S. Forest Service acquired 1,164 acres from The Nature Conservancy to permanently protect the PCT corridor on the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forests. The U.S. Forest Service also acquired 273 acres in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, protecting a mile of the PCT.The Pacific Crest Trail Association acquired two properties on the PCT for later U.S. Forest Service acquisition. The 160 acre Donomore Meadows property in Siskiyou County, California and the 245 acre Landers Meadow property in the Kern County, California. Both properties protect scenic view shed and high elevation meadows along the PCT. 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 Rail, Highway 138 expansion, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Base Expansion, Yellow Creek bridge expansion, State Route 89 realignment at Burney Falls State Park, Forest Planning and over-snow vehicle planning; Oregon Pacific Connector Natural Gas Pipeline; Washington Joint Base Lewis-McCord Alpine Training Site proposal. In 2016, PCTA staff conducted 402 meetings with government agency partners to plan field work. About half of these meetings included discussion of protection activities. Our 2016 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.”