2017-10-20T09:32:57-07:00 2016-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2016-01-01 942834151 Tuolumne River Preservation Trust TUOL 2092360330 829 Thirteenth St Modesto CA 95354 Patrick Koepele Executive Dir. 2017-10-20 true Adele Kaneda P01664922 5108352727 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Patrick Koepele 829 Thirteenth Street Modesto CA 95354 1143033 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. 12 12 15 800 0 1288459 1135146 0 0 4026 -12639 1292485 1122507 0 0 534067 578432 0 131934 417062 477091 951129 1055523 341356 66984 700119 721226 124326 78449 575793 642777 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 false 309086 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. Thanks to our efforts, the irrigation districts are conducting studies of the feasibility of passing steelhead and salmon around La Grange and Don Pedro Dams to historic spawning grounds in the upper Tuolumne River. 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 to support the Board staff proposal to increase 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 completed all engineering designs, environmental review, and permits required for the project. 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. 226591 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 50,000 trees on 180 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. 210212 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. 2735 748624 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 false true 9 0 true 15 true false false false false false true true false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true false false false CA X Marisol O'Connor 2092360330 829 Thirteenth St Modesto CA 95354 John Nimmons Board Chair 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Susan Stern Past Chair 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Eric Heitz Chair Emeritus 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Hap Dunning Vice Chair 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Camille King Treasurer/Secty 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Gordon Becker Past Secretary 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Bob Hackamack 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 Cecily Majerus 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 Patrick Koepele Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 85000 0 9762 Marisol O'Connor Finance Dir. 42.00 0.00 X 47477 0 5775 132477 15537 0 false false false 0 71403 396645 667098 7558 1135146 0 0 0 0 0 0 4650 71403 20526 -15876 -15876 0 0 Miscellaneous 3237 3237 3237 1122507 -12639 X 0 0 0 0 150129 72019 63896 14214 0 354888 281051 15185 58652 3775 2623 170 982 26733 18601 7162 970 42907 30024 6871 6012 0 0 15845 15845 0 0 0 260280 249573 8140 2567 7619 4602 3017 101824 36131 26955 38738 0 0 40518 30389 6078 4051 32753 23111 6801 2841 0 0 0 0 1281 1281 12279 12279 Other expenses 4692 500 1285 2907 0 1055523 748624 174965 131934 509899 500580 0 182866 188238 0 0 0 0 0 4029 12902 17462 1281 16181 0 0 0 0 3325 3325 700119 721226 124326 78449 124326 78449 X 196198 387589 379595 255188 575793 642777 700119 721226 66984 X false true X true false X 869238 1044441 647615 1288459 1135146 4984899 0 0 869238 1044441 647615 1288459 1135146 4984899 846047 4138852 206 105 213 524 0 3237 3237 4988660 33050 0.82970 0.78550 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false X X X 2 21 1 true 84 1052 false 11987 368 11619 5475 913 4562 16181 X 1122507 1122507 1122507 1055523 1055523 1055523 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, 2016 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. The Organization expenses costs related to managing 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, 2016 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. false Annual Dinner 76053 71403 4650 17086 240 3200 76053 71403 4650 17086 240 3200 20526 -15876 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. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process After the initial draft of the 990 is received by finance personnel it is then forwarded to the Board Treasurer and Executive Director. If time does not allow the 990 to be reviewed by the entire Finance Committee, the 990 is then reviewed, discussed and approved by the Board Treasurer and Executive Director over the phone. 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.