2018-10-25T14:24:45-07:00 2017-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2017-01-01 942834151 Tuolumne River Preservation Trust TUOL 2092360330 829 Thirteenth St Modesto CA 95354 Patrick Koepele Executive Dir. 2018-10-25 true Adele Kaneda P01664922 5108352727 2017 2018-06-14 16:35:46Z Patrick Koepele 829 Thirteenth Street Modesto CA 95354 1097073 false false X www.tuolumne.org X 1981 CA Promoting stewardship of the Tuolumne River through: education, community outreach and adventures, collaboration with a diverse array of stakeholders, on-the-ground restoration projects, advocacy and grassroots organizing to demonstrate public support for our work. 11 11 18 1269 0 1135146 1084370 0 0 -12639 -12857 1122507 1071513 0 0 578432 626919 0 131578 477091 385181 1055523 1012100 66984 59413 721226 1625910 78449 923720 642777 702190 X The Tuolumne River Trust is the voice for the River. We promote stewardship of the Tuolumne through: Education, community outreach and adventures, collaboration with a diverse array of stakeholders, on-the-ground restoration projects, as well as advocacy and grassroots organizing to demonstrate public support for our work. false true 277488 Central Valley ProgramTRT continues to build support for increasing the amount of water flowing down the lower Tuolumne for fish, wildlife, water quality and recreation by engaging in the effort to relicense Don Pedro-the largest dam on the Tuolumne River. We have completed a strategic restoration plan for the lower Tuolumne River to benefit salmon and steelhead, and filed our plan with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in response to the Amended Final License Application for Don Pedro Dam. We have also made significant progress on a scientific analysis of stressors on salmon and steelhead and specifying specific environmental objectives that must be achieved in order to recover the salmon and steelhead populations. We organized hundreds of supporters to provide written and verbal testimony to the State Water Resources Control Board in support of increased flows in the lower Tuolumne into the Bay Delta to improve water quality and rehabilitate the salmon population. Our restoration efforts on the lower Tuolumne River have been focused on the removal of Dennett Dam. Towards this end, we have secured all the necessary funds to remove the dam in summer 2018. TRT continued to build our base of support within the communities along the lower Tuolumne River with two staff members offering programs that connect children and families to the river through safe and fun recreational activities, education programs, and river cleanups and other projects to improve these communities that involved thousands of people. 249409 Sierra Nevada ProgramTo support recovery from the massive Rim Fire, which burned 257,000 acres of forested watershed lands, we organized over 1,200 volunteers to help plant 20,000 trees on 100 acres, restore 5 miles of trail, pull noxious weeds on 60 acres of land, and other activities. We also raised funds and completed plans to begin a suite of restoration actions in the burned area, including 13 meadows, 7 springs, 950 acres of deer habitat restoration, install 23 Great Gray Owl Nest Structures, restore 32 acres of aspen stands, install 2 wildlife guzzlers and 20 wildlife-friendly troughs. We have also given watershed education presentations to 2,200 students and 1,000 members of the general public. We also significantly shaped the States Tree Mortality Task Force and Forest Climate Plan to consider negative impacts to carbon sequestration due to unhealthy forests and a need for greater emphasis on forest restoration. We also co-chair the Yosemite Stanislaus Solutions forest restoration collaborative, which is dedicated to restoring forest health, meadows, streams, and wildlife habitat in the headwaters of the Tuolumne watershed. 178795 Bay Area ProgramTRT continues to promote water conservation in the Bay Area communities that depend on water from the Tuolumne River. By promoting water conservation policies and actions, water use in these communities continues to decline despite the fact that Bay Area water agencies had projected an increase in total water use over this same time. Water use in the Bay Area has declined by 28% since 2008. We also educated more than 5,000 Bay Area kids about the river and what they can do to take care of it through conservation and water use efficiency. 11598 717290 true true false true false false true false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 18 true false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true false false false CA X X X Marisol O'Connor 2092360330 829 Thirteenth St Modesto CA 95354 John Nimmons Board Chair 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Camille King Sect'y/Treas 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Harrison Dunning Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bob Hackamack Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Heitz Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Kreiter Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Maher Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Len Materman Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marty McDonnell Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sue Ellen Ritchey Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Stern Director 6.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Patrick Koepele Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 90400 0 12550 Marisol O'Connor Finance Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 59577 0 8700 149977 21250 0 false false false US Forest Service 19777 Greenley Rd Sonora CA 95370 Forestry Services 862593 1 115619 350873 617878 5580 1084370 0 0 0 0 0 0 12602 115619 25560 -12958 -12958 0 0 Miscellaneous 900099 101 101 101 1071513 -12857 X 0 0 0 0 171227 101814 58793 10620 0 376035 285201 22100 68734 8199 5928 408 1863 27104 21292 267 5545 44354 31131 6570 6653 0 2610 2610 9450 9450 0 0 0 187761 187164 570 27 8489 8489 67871 19610 21735 26526 0 0 41993 29897 5866 6230 33201 23547 7010 2644 0 0 0 0 4330 4330 13664 13664 Other expenses 15812 11706 1370 2736 0 1012100 717290 163232 131578 500580 469527 100104 188238 1033255 0 0 0 0 0 12902 7848 17462 5611 16181 11851 0 0 0 0 3325 3325 721226 1625910 78449 923720 78449 923720 X 387589 440933 255188 261257 642777 702190 721226 1625910 59413 X false true X true false X 1044441 647615 1288459 1135146 1084370 5200031 0 0 1044441 647615 1288459 1135146 1084370 5200031 712268 4487763 105 213 318 0 3237 101 3338 5203687 17252 0.86240 0.82970 X false false 1012100 1012100 176210 44053 false 153424 167669 180552 176210 677855 1016783 38356 41917 45138 44053 169464 254196 X X X 2 21 1 true 61 104 false 11987 2873 9114 5475 2738 2737 11851 X 1071513 1071513 1071513 1012100 1012100 1012100 Part II, Line 5: Summarized Policy The Tuolumne River Trust monitors its conservation easements at least annually in order to observe the condition of the property to determine whether it is in compliance with easement terms, create a record of easement stewardship and property condition over time, and maintain a working relationship with the landowner. It is TRTs policy to uphold its conservation easements as written and to identify, investigate, evaluate and respond to any potential violations as quickly as possible. In the case of a material violation, TRT will require cessation, repair, and/or mitigation of any damage to protected conservation values. TRT is prepared to take legal action to defend its rights as easement holder if necessary. TRTs policy clearly describes the process for enforcing the terms of the easement should any violation be identified to ensure corrective actions are taken to cure the violation. Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. Easements acquired by the Organization are conservation easements and include restrictions over the use of land which is not owned by the Organization. By accepting such conservation easements the Organization becomes responsible for certain costs related to monitoring and enforcing the easements. The Organization recognizes a contingent liability related to such easements. The footnote describing these obligations and easements in the Organizations financials is as follows:As of December 31, 20167 conservation easements managed by the Organization consisted of the following: Dos Rios Ranch: Approximately 1,603 acres near the Tuolumne River located in Stanislaus County, California. Hidden Valley Ranch: Approximately 497 acres near the Tuolumne River located in Stanislaus County, California. The Organization has a fiduciary responsibility to preserve the conservation easements, and this responsibility may result in future costs to the Organization for monitoring, management or enforcement of the terms of the related easements. The amount of such future costs is uncertain and depends on factors such as the existence, if any, of violations of the conservation easements in the period in which such costs are incurred. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2017 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. false Annual Dinner 128221 115619 12602 13750 7358 4452 128221 115619 12602 13750 7358 4452 25560 -12958 Form 990, Part III, Line 3: Ceased Conducting or Significant Changes To Services We did not conduct our Paddle to the Sea or By Land or By River programs. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Fiscal ProjectsThe organization is the fiscal sponsor of the Airport Neighborhood Collaborative (ANC), a coalition of groups, community members and persons residing or involved in the Modesto Airport Neighborhood and to Operation 9299, a collaborative project funded by the Sylvan Improvement Club. We also act as the fiscal sponsor for the Merals Pool whitewater put-in. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process For review first to Finance Director, then Executive Director then approval granted by Treasurer. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts To ensure TRT operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes and does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status, periodic reviews are conducted. The periodic reviews, at a minimum, include the following subjects:a. Whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information, and the result of arm's length bargaining.b. Whether partnerships, joint ventures, and arrangements with management organizations conform to TRT's written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further charitable purposes and do not result in inurnment, impermissible private benefit or in an excess benefit transaction. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available All such documents are available upon request. Financial statements are also included in our Annual Report.