Columbia Land Trust

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Aug 12, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$13,161,607

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Public outreach: columbia land trust increases awareness about the benefits of private land conservation and the importance of its mission: to conserve and care for the vital lands, waters, and wildlife of the columbia river region. The land trust focuses education and outreach to support conservation in priority areas, targets technical advisors to landowners, showcases successful projects to promote conservation and stewardship, and introduces the general public to land conservation through tours and publications. In addition, columbia land trust has a volunteer program that hosts up to 25 events on its lands each year.

Activity 3

Land stewardship: protecting and enhancing the conservation values of acquired lands is some of the most important work for columbia land trust. It is the responsibility of the stewardship program to protect conservation values and to be a good neighbor and community member for all columbia land trust properties through science-based management. The land trust evaluates each property for its conservation value, the threats to these values, and for opportunities to enhance conservation through responsible management. A stewardship plan is developed and implemented based on this analysis to include annual monitoring as part of an adaptive management framework. A number of columbia land trust properties currently include significant restoration work to replace lost functions and increase the conservation value of the property. Volunteers are a growing resource for the stewardship program with many individuals and groups providing hundreds of hours of service stewarding conserved lands. A stewardship funding strategy, including gift donations during the acquisition process, is an integral part of every new conservation project. The fund is used to provide for future expenses of restoration, monitoring, enforcing compliance with easement restrictions, and underwriting legal defense of the conservation protections for all columbia land trust properties. Columbia land trust has also established a stewardship endowment to provide permanent support for program activities.

Filer

EIN

94-3140861