2024-10-23T15:08:51-05:00 2023-12-31 911301672 SWEENEY CONRAD PS 10210 NE POINTS DRIVE SUITE 300 KIRKLAND WA 98033 990 2023-01-01 331034829 WILD SALMON RIVERS WILD 4255019852 16430 72ND AVENUE W EDMONDS WA 98026 DAVE MOSKOWITZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4255019852 2024-10-23 1 0 JANE J HUANG CPA P01515326 4256291990 2024-10-21 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X THE CONSERVATION ANGLER DAVE MOSKOWITZ 16430 72ND AVENUE W EDMONDS WA 98026 469104 0 X WWW.THECONSERVATIONANGLER.ORG X 2003 WA TCA IS TO CONSERVE FUNCTIONING SALMON/STEELHEAD ECO-SYSTEM AT WATERSHED LEVELS; INTEGRATE ANGLING ACTIVITIES WITH BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, COLLECT RAW DATA, MONITOR ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS, SALMON/STEELHEAD POPULATION DYNAMICS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PROVIDE LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR FIELD WORK IN REMOTE LOCATIONS, PROVIDE ANTI-POACHING SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION ETHIC AND SUSTAINABLE ECO-TOURISM, PUBLIC EDUCATION. 11 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 419703 467451 20992 1653 0 0 440695 469104 0 0 0 0 276658 283400 0 0 0 119358 173914 396016 457314 44679 11790 725961 734594 0 0 725961 734594 X TCA IS TO CONSERVE FUNCTIONING SALMON/STEELHEAD ECO-SYSTEM AT WATERSHED LEVELS; INTEGRATE ANGLING ACTIVITIES WITH BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, COLLECT RAW DATA, MONITOR ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS, SALMON/STEELHEAD POPULATION DYNAMICS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PROVIDE LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR FIELD WORK IN REMOTE LOCATIONS, PROVIDE ANTI-POACHING SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION ETHIC AND SUSTAINABLE ECO-TOURISM, PUBLIC EDUCATION. 0 0 113716 117058 COLUMBIA AND SNAKE - WILD STEELHEAD RETURNING TO THE MOST PROLIFIC STEELHEAD AND SALMON RIVER ON THE WEST COAST RUN A GAUNTLET AS THEY RETURN HOME. ONE OBSTACLE WE CAN EASE OR REMOVE IS HARVEST. TCA'S GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE ENCOUNTER RATE ON WILD STEELHEAD BY PROTECTING REFUGE AREAS AND REFORMING FISHING REGULATIONS ALONG THE WAY. CATCH AND RELEASE BY ITSELF IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROTECT WILD STEELHEAD BOUND FOR RIVERS SUCH AS THE WIND, KLICKITAT, DESCHUTES, JOHN DAY, WENATCHEE, CLEARWATER, SNAKE AND GRAND RONDE. 113716 117058 OLYMPIC PENINSULA WILD STEELHEAD ARE IN STEEP DECLINE OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS. TCA HAS WORKED CLOSELY IWTH WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE TO MODIFY MANAGEMENT REGIMES, REDUCE RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL HARVEST, SET ESCAPEMENT REQUIREMENT, PARTICIPATED IN NUMBER COMMISSION AND WORKING GROUP MEETING, DATA MINING. 69042 71071 WILLAMETTE RIVER STEELHEAD - REVENUE $64,905; EXPENSES $62,206THE WILLAMETTE IS OREGON'S LARGEST WATERSHED AND HOME TO WILD SPRING CHINOOK, WINTER STEELHEAD AND NUMEROUS WILD TROUT POPULATIONS. HOWEVER, ITS PRODUCTIVITY HAS BEEN HAMSTRUNG BY 14 FLOOD CONTROL AND HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS AND FAILING MITIGATION EFFORTS. TCA IS WORKING ALONGSIDE OTHER CONSERVATION GROUPS TO REFORM FLOW REGIMES AND REMOVE HARMFUL HATCHERY STEELHEAD PROGRAMS. 160840 163917 THE CONSERVATION ANGLER ADVOCATES FOR THE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF WILD FISH AND THE RIVERS AND ESTUARIES SUPPORTING THEM. MANY FACTORS ADVERSELY AFFECT WILD FISH AND SOME LAY BEYOND OUR IMMEDIATE CONTROL. TCA FOCUSES ITS MULTI-FACETED ADVOCACY ON TWO WE CAN CONTROL: HARVEST AND HATCHERY MANAGEMENT.KAMCHATKA STEELHEAD PROJECT - REVENUE $11,889; EXPENSES $19,867THE CONSERVATION ANGLER AND MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY CONTINUE TO BE UNABLE TO CONDUCT NORMAL FIELD OPERATIONS. TCA AND MGU INSTEAD, MOUNTED AN ANTI-POACHING OPERATION TO PROTECT CONSERVATION GAINS REALIZED OVER THE PRECEDING 28 YEARS.OSPREY JOURNAL - REVENUE $37,498; EXPENSES $31,318 THE OSPREY: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SALMON AND STEELHEAD CONSERVATION PUBLISHES THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, POLICY, NEWS, AND OPINION ABOUT WILD PACIFIC SALMON AND STEELHEAD CONSERVATION. OUR PARTNERSHIPS MAKE THIS POSSIBLE AND THE CONSERVATION ANGLER WORKS WITH FLYFISHERS INTERNATIONAL, THE FLY SHOP, WILD STEELHEAD COALITION, WORLD SALMON FORUM, SKEENAWILD, THE STEELHEAD SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, WILD FISH CONSERVANCY AND INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS AND WRITERS. THE OSPREY ADVOCATES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WILD STEELHEAD AND SALMON STOCKS AND THE RECOVERY OF DEPRESSED POPULATIONS. THE OSPREY IS GOVERNED BY AN EDITORIAL AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND A COUNCIL OF INTERNATIONALLY PROMINENT SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS PROVIDES EDITORIAL GUIDANCE.THE NORTH UMPQUA COALITION - REVENUE $33,445; EXPENSES $32,490THE NORTH UMPQUA COALITION CONSISTING OF NATIVE FISH SOCIETY, OREGON COUNCIL OF FLYFISHERS INTERNATIONAL, PACIFIC RIVERS, THE CONSERVATION ANGLER, THE NORTH UMPQUA FOUNDATION, THE STEAMBOATERS, TROUT UNLIMITED AND UMPQUA WATERSHEDS FORMED IN JANUARY 2021. COLLECTIVELY WE DETERMINED THAT OREGON SHOULD MANAGE THE NORTH UMPQUA AS A WILD STEELHEAD WATERSHED WHICH WOULD BECOME THE ONLY RIVER IN OREGON MANAGED FOR BOTH WILD WINTER AND SUMMER STEELHEAD. THE COALITION FOCUSED ITS ADVOCACY ON EDUCATING THE OREGON FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION ABOUT THE WILD SUMMER STEELHEAD, THEIR ICONIC STATUS AS A GAMEFISH PURSUED BY ANGLERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL AS THEIR INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY AND UNIQUE LIFE HISTORY ATTRIBUTES WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THEIR FUTURE SURVIVAL.NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCY REFORM - REVENUE $29,265; EXPENSES $28,429THE STATES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON AND OREGON OPERATE MULTIPLE SALMON AND STEELHEAD HATCHERIES ALONG THE COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVERS WHICH ARE THE PRODUCT OF AGREEMENTS TO TRADE FREE-FLOWING RIVERS FOR HATCHERY FISH. THESE HATCHERIES REPRESENT A FAILED PROMISE A PROMISE MADE BEFORE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT HATCHERIES WOULD FAIL TO REPLACE WILD STEELHEAD AND SALMON. TCA IS WORKING TO REFORM THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS AUTHORIZED BY MULTIPLE DAMS AND HATCHERY-BUILDING BOONDOGGLES SO THAT WILD FISH CAN REBUILD THE ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN MULTIPLE WATERSHEDS.INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION, SCIENCE AND ADVOCACY - REVENUE $51,822; EXPENSES $48,734OUR INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION, SCIENCE AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE KAMCHATKA STEELHEAD PROJECT, DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NORTHERN CROWN INITIATIVE, AND CROSS-BORDER SCIENTIFIC AND ADVOCACY COLLABORATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ONTARIO, CANADA. OUR SCIENCE AND ADVOCACY STAFF WORK WITH INDEPENDENT AND AGENCY SCIENTISTS AND ADVOCATES WITH ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN CANADA AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING AND EXCHANGING SCIENTIFIC AND CONSERVATION KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WILD STEELHEAD. DATA COLLECTED THROUGH THE KSP HAS PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR OVER TWO DOZEN SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND INCLUDES IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ANADROMOUS AND NON-ANADROMOUS LIFE HISTORIES WITHIN AND BETWEEN BREEDING POPULATIONS. THROUGH INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM FLY-CAUGHT STEELHEAD DURING THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT, OUR UNDERSTANDING NOT ONLY OF ASIATIC STEELHEAD BUT, BY EXTENSION, THEIR NORTH AMERICAN RELATIVES AND HAS ENABLED OUR ORGANIZATION TO ADVOCATE FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS TO FURTHER WILD FISH RECOVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. 160840 163917 457314 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 WA OR X CHRIS JONES 3606081555 PO BOX 13121 PORTLAND OR 97213 PETER SOVEREL PRESIDENT 19.20 X X 6400 0 0 TOM PERO VICE PRESIDENT 0.40 X X 0 0 0 DAVID MOSKOWITZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETA 40.00 X X 56250 0 0 DAN BURNS DIRECTOR 0.40 X 0 0 0 ROBERT SHELEY DIRECTOR 0.40 X 0 0 0 KARL KONECNY DIRECTOR 0.40 X 0 0 0 OTIS FUGELSO DIRECTOR 0.40 X 0 0 0 PETER HERZOG DIRECTOR 0.40 X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE SOVEREL DIRECTOR 8.10 X 5000 0 0 JONATHAN OLCH DIRECTOR 0.40 X 0 0 0 JAMES VAN LOAN EMERITUS DIRECTOR 0.10 X 0 0 0 67650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 THE OSPREY 110000 37496 37496 KAMCHATKA STEELHEAD PR 110000 11889 11889 418066 418066 467451 1653 1653 469104 469104 0 0 56250 56250 192500 192500 18121 18121 16529 16529 34534 34534 4213 4213 24700 24700 24444 24444 13614 13614 2978 2978 OSPREY PROGRAM EXPENSE 31318 31318 KAMCHATKA STEELHEAD PRO 19867 19867 MEALS (DEDUCTIBLE 50%) 6956 6956 PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES 4253 4253 7037 7037 457314 457314 0 0 725961 233582 459495 41517 725961 734594 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 725961 734594 725961 734594 725961 734594 X 11790 -3157 X 0 0 0 X 492989 299206 447922 419702 467451 2127270 492989 299206 447922 419702 467451 2127270 0 0 0 2127270 2328 2018 25369 20992 1653 52360 2328 2018 25369 20992 1653 52360 495317 301224 473291 440694 469104 2179630 0.97600 0.97610 0.02400 0.02390 X 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9325 9325 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: DIRECT LOBBYING FOR SPECIFIC LEGISLATION RELATED TO AGENCY FUNDING, WILD FISH AND BEAVER MANAGEMENT, AND GOOD GOVERNANCE 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DAVID MOSKOWITZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETA 56250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56250 0 0 0 X 2 39186 NASDAQ STOCK EXCHANGE 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 PETER SOVEREL IS THE FATHER OF CHRISTINE SOVEREL FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B OUR PROCESS IS FOR THE ACCOUNTANT TO FORWARD THE ANNUAL FORM 990 TO A OFFICER TO REVIEW, AND ONCE FINALIZED, TO THE PRESIDENT OR TREASURER FOR REVIEW AND SIGNATURE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12 EACH DIRECTOR IS REQUIRED TO FILL OUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND THESE FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY THE STAFF. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SETS THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION. THE PRESIDENT SETS COMPENSATION OF THE STAFF WHICH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE FOUNDATION'S OFFICE ON REQUEST TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO CALL AND SCHEDULE A MEETING AHEAD OF TIME. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAIN 3,799. 50% NONE DEDUCTIBLE MEALS -6,956.