Donors who have contributed for the past three or more consecutive years.

Charter Members

Memorials

In Memory of Dolores Dickey WestMichelle Hawkins

In Memory of Stan EngleHelen Engle

In Memory of John Michael RobischonMartha AndersonPatricia BlissAlan CorwinSandra DinwiddieJames & Millie PluntzeDiane & James Reus

Honor Gifts

Honoring Dana Howard BotkaGreg & Linda Brown

Honoring Pat Kennedy & Janet LiddleBernard W. Abrams Family Foundation (Judy Abrams)Sarah Scott & Bill Compher

Honoring Burke GarrettSarah Scott & Bill Compher

Honoring Catherine Fluhrer WilliamsPatricia Fluhrer

Donations

Benefactors $100,000-Kenneth Braget EstateNisqually Indian Tribe

Legacy Circle – $25,000 –$100,000John Mounts

Conservators Circle--$5,000-$10,000State of Washington Combined Fund DriveRick & Cathy WilliamsThe Van Eaton Family

Watershed Patron—$1,000-$4,999Cathie Butler & Tom PipkinsChristopherson PropertiesHancock Forest Management-Natural Resource GroupJZ KnightNisqually Red Wind CasinoJohn OrafaoMargery SayreTatrimima TrustVirginia WalterWard & Rita Willits

Habitat Guardian—$500-$999Alpine ExperienceRobert Benson & Maureen MorrisCalPortlandSandy & Laura DesnerCaroline Feiss & Gordon DavidsonPatricia FluhrerJ.W. & Nicki FosterSusan MacomsonEdward & Patricia O’BrienPuget Sound EnergyDeborah Sample - Stormking SpaSuzanne Shafer

John & Clare Sleeter Ed & Lasha SteinwegJoanne Stellini & Gwill GingBrian Sullivan & Anna Leon-GuerreroJean TakekawaDavid Troutt & Jean Carr

River Steward—$200-499Anonymous DonationsArt House DesignsAshford Mansion, LLCPhilip & Harriett BeachGary BensonDan Berschauer & Phyllis EdwardsConstance BondMarylyn BradyBarbara & Tom CookAnn Daley & Mike RyherdJohn & Patricia DavisBill & Cathy ElledgeRuta & Patrick FanningPhil Freeman & Catharine GallagherDorothy GageMary Foster & Burke GarrettAnna Graham & Fred WolfJohn Grettenberger & Mary MahaffyCamille & Earl HaleConstance HellyerLinda & David HoffmanHolroyd Company, Inc. Kathryn & Albie JarvisRobert & Noelle KimballSteve KleinLinda Kunze & Gordon WhiteRuth Ella LaughlinDerek & Ellen LeckroneJanet Liddle & Pat KennedyNikki McClure & John ScottJane & Richard McCurdyNancy Neel Murray & Bonnie NelsonQuadrant HomesMay Louise RamptonTom Schooley & Sheila McCartanChris SchutzKatherine SeelErin & Eric SimonsonEric Slagle & Nancy HannaRosealma SmithDerek SolmieStanley StahlGeorge Walter & Liz HoenigJack Ward, Temperate Forest SolutionsPaul Wiseman

Osprey—$100-$199Wolfram AbichtSteve & Wendy AldersonSandra Altman (Stone Creek Lodge) Rick & Melissa AndersonNancy AxellJesse BarhamTanya BarnettKen & Nell BatkerChristopher BayleyKen Berg & Jan WeydemeyerJohn & Jane BerksonDana BotkaJules & Jim BoydPatt Brady Marilyn BucskoDouglas CanningAndrew & Regine CareyJeanne CarlsonEdward E. CoatesJennifer Cutler & Craig Bowhay

Diane Dakin & Stephen BrayJeff deGraanGeorge & Susan DimitroffWade & Mary Grace DozierJohn DuerrJames EllisJane ElyPerry & Larry EricksonRichard FrederickJay GeckMarc & Jo Ann GaspardJay GoldsteinKevin Haughton & Rachel WoodDavid Hays & Ann PotterRobert & Patricia HayesMerle HomStephen Hyer, Jr.Beth & Lech IlemSally & Tom Johnson Bob KaneRick & Laura KelleySteven Klein & Jomarie CarlsonNiel Lawrence & Eileen LeVanMary Lou LoPresteJeff & Elizabeth LoyerDiane LudwigFlorence & George McGrawLeonard & Josephine MartinFred & Barbara MichelsonCarole & Charles MillsLarry MirandaMount Rainier Guest ServiceJan & Gerald NorrisDonald & Margaret PaffrathJim Park & Barb WoodCleve & Marty PinnixEmily RayEdward & J.C. RedishJoanne Richter & Sara WienerSandra & Fred RomeroWilliam & Arlene RossDebra Salstrom & Richard EasterlyRick SandlerDennis Schaffer & Virginia RatliffJudith SchulerClyde & Jane ShinerLadd & Kathleen SmithNeda SobhaniSouth Sound Native PlantsNancy StevensonStorman’s, Inc. Ann-Kristin SundellGlen SuttStorman’s, Inc.Fred & Dorothy TobiasonTim WalterJ. T. WilcoxCharles Wilkinson & Melanie ItoBob WiltermoodTherese WoodingDebbie YoungPolly Zehm & Phil CraneRobert & Audrey Zimmerman

Salmon—$50-$99Judy & Hank BernardHugh & Donna BlakeKristin Blalack & Gerald SuzawithGary BostwickJudy BourgaultTim & Nora BurkeSherburne & Jean Cook Paul & Deborah CrosettoCarole DickersonDenny & Bernadene DochnahlCharles Dodge

John & Marilyn EricksonRick & Paula FinchSam & Christine GarstJoan & Craig Geyer (Mounthaven Resort)Sylvia & Bryan GoheenHerberta Gray (Copyreader on Call)Cindy & Mathew HamiltonDiane HamiltonLucia Harrison & James MurphyMichelle HawkinsDavid & Cheryl HeywoodJean HowardPatricia JamesElyse KaneJoe KaneEd & Mary Jo KenneyJudith KingsburyRuth KirkDan KlennertJoseph Krugh Richard & Alice LewisKathleen Lillis & Robert TinsleyWilliam LysakKim & Noelle MalcomBillie MazzeiAlbert McBrideLee Mohler & Sherry SullivanNorth Cascades Buddhist PrioryRalph OldroydJamie & Melissa PaulsonElizabeth PenneyHarry & Jerrilee PetersenJudy PhillipsJim PitchfordDonna Rice Susan RidgleyJudy & Don RogersWilliam & Arlene RossEthel RoyKarl RuppertPatricia SanbornAl SchmauderJim SchwartzAndrew & Sandy SmithDonna SnowCheryl StephanJan & Robert StewartLinda Strever & Barry TroutmanDan Ufnar & Cathy SampselleBarbara & David UberuagaVenture BankMimi & Don WilliamsLouise WackerleSandra Ware

Murrelet—$25-$49Barb AgeeDavid BatkerEd & Melissa BerghTerry & Louise CarsonCecelia CarpenterBill Casper Rob & Kathryn CookSharon CumminsClydia CuykendallJohn & Betsy DarrahCarolina deLeeuwKristi DillmanCatherine FlickMary FriesCharles GilmurKathryn GilmurThelma & Chuck GilmurHeather GlockJim & Carolyn HarmonDonald Hunter

Jim IsomJudith JacobsenKen KildahlBarbara KlineJudy KrillWalter KuciejJanet & Keith KuslerJanet Lampman & Keith SnowBritany LeRoyHarold & Vicki LewisDoreen LigranoJoel LigranoLisa LigranoBruce MacDonaldChris Maun & Jane PooleAnthony MartinBob MauryMike McCormickAbie Medina Yvonne MedinaMark MemovichSteven & Judith MetcalfDean & Caroline MillsMary Kay NelsonLee OverlandRoy & Maureen PaxtonDiana RaeRobin ReichEdward SalminenAdam & Fran SantJudith SmithKelly SmithJanet StrongTim TobinBob WalterSteve Wang & Kathryn Hamilton WangCandi Ziegert

Other Gina MoultonSteve PruittLily WackwitzDenny Allen & Sally Harrison

Combined Fund DonorsNancy Anderson Daniel Bode Bruce Botka Dana Botka Jill Brady Rebecca ChristieLarry Corbin (in memory of Noelle Corbin) Ann Daley Deborah Davies Patricia DelaneyAnnette DiekerRussell FrankStephen HassettKarl Heller Benjamin Henwood Adrienne HidyMarijean Holland Mark Hunter Jeffrey Kildahl Kathleen Lynch Mark MatthiesDeborah McCurley Stephen Posner Mark Pree Helen PressleyJames RainwoodElizabeth RedfieldGary RobinsonMary Jo Sullivan

2009 ContributorsFrom the PresidentIn his report, our executive director, Joe Kane, has done a great job of summarizing this past year’s activities. It has been another outstanding year of substantial progress toward your Land Trust’s mission of protecting valuable natural lands in the Nisqually watershed.

For my message, I want to elaborate on a theme that Joe mentions briefly, the growth in the importance of partnerships. Partners have been absolutely critical to our achievements in recent years. Here are just two examples.

Awhile back the Nisqually salmon-recovery team identified restoration of Ohop Creek as a critical project for Nisqually Chinook salmon recovery. Your Land Trust has played the role of landowner and manager in this

effort– we have acquired over 235 acres along Ohop Creek and have plans to acquire at least a hundred more. Our acquisition partners have included the State of Washington (through its Salmon Recovery Funding Board and Department of Fish and Wildlife, or WDFW), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Pierce County, through its Conservation Futures program.

Now, the first phase of restoration is underway – from Highway 7 you can see the restored stream, which replaced half a mile of straightened ditch with more than a mile of winding, salmon-friendly creekbed, as it meanders through the Ohop Valley. And here again there are partners, including the Nisqually Indian Tribe, the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group, USFWS and WDFW. Also, many volunteers with the Nisqually Stream Stewards and the Nisqually Education Project have helped restore the valley forest along Ohop Creek.

A second acquisition/habitat restoration project is underway on the Mashel River. Added to the above list of partners is the Town of Eatonville. The Mashel is the largest tributary stream of the Nisqually, and restoring Chinook salmon and steelhead production there is vital to the recovery of both species. As the map in this report illustrates, your Land Trust has been very actively acquiring Mashel shoreline property and, with its partners, securing restoration and permanent protection for this critical stream corridor.

When we first started this Land Trust, we were implementing small-scale projects using donated funds and volunteers. But now it’s all quite different. We are working on large-scale watershed restoration and landscape-preservation projects, in partnership with many entities. And, with these partners, we are accomplishing a lot. But please remember, it is you – our supporting members – who make it all possible. Your support, season after season and year after year, is the reason we have a Nisqually Land Trust capable of building such productive partnerships. Thank you!

George Walter, President

Kristin Swenddal Juliet Van EenwykJohn Walkowiak Vicki Zarrell

In-Kind Donations

Alpine Experience & Olympic OutfittersArt House Design, OlympiaAshford Creek PotteryMarian BaileyBatdorf & Bronson Coffee RoastersBellus Salon Care, OlympiaBoston Harbor Photography & DesignBoston Harbor PiesPatt BradyJulia BrayshawC.I. Shenanigan’sCapital PlayhouseCedar Creek TreehouseCedar Loft Cabin at Mt. RainierDave ChealsChildhood’s End GalleryChris Lester with Fred Hanson & AssociatesClear Lake Pottery, EatonvilleColorado River & Trail Expeditions, Inc. Common Ground CSATom & Barbara CookCopper Creek Inn, Lodge & CabinsPhil CraneCurtright & Son Tribal ArtD & J RhodiesDeep Forest CabinsEd Newbold - Wildlife ArtistGreg FalxaKaren Luke FildesFish Brewing CompanyAmy FisherJ.W. FosterKaren FraserGordon’s Garden CenterHands-On Children’s MuseumMarie HassettJack HavensHeron DanceMel HillPat & Clarence HoenigBradley HubbardDebby HydeInternational Mountain GuidesIsland Enterprises, Inc.Sue & Tom JohnsonJZ Rose, Inc. in YelmKahout’s AutomotiveNeugen KautzDavid KennedyKGY RadioMichael Kiefer, DVM;Dan KlennertLacey CostcoJanet Lampman & Keith SnowLinda Andrews & CompanyLyle LoncostyLoowit Art GlassMyrna LopasBetsy LoyerSusan MacomsonLeonard & Josephine MartinBillie MazzeiAlbert McBrideNikki McClureMcKenzie Jewelers

Media-Consultants CorporationMercato RistoranteMiles Sand & GravelTony & Aldona MinelgaMount Rainier Guest ServicesMount Tahoma Trails AssociationMounthaven ResortMt. Rainier Art StudioNisqually Department of Natural ResourcesNorthwest Outdoor CenterNorthwest TrekJan OlmsteadOlympia Art & FrameOlympia FramemakersOrca BooksPacific Editions Limited, Victoria BCPanera BreadPatagonia, Inc. Pendleton Northwest & the Northwest Museum Store, TacomaMarty PinnixPioneer Farm MuseumPatrick PringleGinny Ratliff & Dennis SchafferRenate’s GasthausRiverman Guide ServiceRon & Beckie Warfield PhotographyMaria RuthSally’s PhotosJudy ScavoneRichard SchneiderSchafer Gallery Art & FrameChris SchutzSeasonalsSeattle MarinersRaymond SerranoDoris SharpJohn SimmonsEric SlagleJohn & Clare SleeterRobert & Marjorie SmithSound Native PlantsSteamboat Island NurseryStellar FlutesStone Creek LodgeSunbirds Shopping Center, YelmSunrise Beach PotterySusan Rosen & AssociatesGerald Suzawith & Kristin BlalackTacoma PowerTacoma Rainiers Professional BaseballCurtis & Wendy TannerTaylor Shellfish FarmsGerry TaysThe Inn at Mallard CoveThe Mountaineers BooksThe MountaineersDale ThompsonFred & Dorothy TobiasonLoralin ToneyTom Touse, Murkwood WoolsTraditions Café & World Folk ArtDavid TrouttBill TweitTwinStar Credit UnionDave & Barbara UberuagaPat & Edwinna Van EatonChris Von NeudeggLouise WackerleGeorge WalterWashington Center for the Performing ArtsWashington Rock Quarries

AbbreviatedStatements ofFinancial PositionAs of December 31, 2009

AssetCash $ 516,343Conservation Land 13,837,457Investments 113,787Other 252,026Total Assets 14,719,613

Liabilities 178,176Net Assets 14,541,437Total Liabilities and Net Assets 14,719,613

AbbreviatedSummaryof ActivitiesFor the Year Ended December 31, 2009

Support and RevenueRestricted Grants 3,419,867Unrestricted Grants and Contributions 950,638Fundraising 53,692Interest and Investments 10,379Other Income 41,060Total Support and Revenue 4,475,636

Expenses and AcquistionsConservation Program Services 372,676Management and General 88,937Fundraising 19,707Total Expenses 481,320Land Acquistions (Purchased) 3,721,547Total Expenses and Acquistions 4,202,867

Net Result 272,769

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2010Annual Report

The Nisqually Land Trust acquires and manages critical lands to permanently protect the water, wildlife, natural areas, and scenic vistas of the Nisqually River watershed.

Dear Members of the Nisqually Land TrustThanks to your support, your Nisqually Land Trust continues to enjoy robust growth. Over the twelve months through September the conservation lands under our permanent protection grew by 660 acres, or 23 percent, to a total of 3,490 acres. Our recent audit (available on our website) shows us to be in excellent financial health, with solid cash reserves for stewardship, land acquisition, and operations. As expected, our annual operating expenses nearly doubled, reflecting our increased commitment to stewardship, but management costs were just 2 percent of our overall expenditures. In just one year, our net assets (mainly the value of all of our properties at the time of their acquisition) grew by some 40 percent, to $14.7 million. But here’s the real show-stopper: 74 percent of the Nisqually River’s salmon-producing shoreline is now permanently protected by the Land Trust and its watershed partners. For those of you who were with us at our founding 21 years ago – when raising $40,000 to protect twenty acres was a colossal achievement – these numbers are surely mind-boggling. We hope they are also a reassuring measure of the integrity of your vision. And they tell a story about our unique place among the state’s 26 land trusts: We are the rare land trust that focuses almost exclusively on owning conservation lands outright. Of the 3,490 acres under our permanent protection, we own 3,423 of them, or 98 percent. This is a deliberate choice. Some land trusts specialize in conservation easements, others in transferring private lands to public entities. Mainly, we acquire land and keep it – the most expensive approach to conservation. Full ownership costs more than acquiring partial rights through easements, and it incurs permanent ongoing stewardship costs. But direct ownership is also the strongest conservation tool available to us. It gives us full freedom (and full responsibility) to manage our lands in ways that best assure their ecological health.

Meanwhile, as the map in this report illustrates, the pace of conservation within the Nisqually Watershed is advancing strongly, thanks to an increasingly sophisticated network of partnerships that has given the Nisqually an international reputation as a leader in cooperative conservation. Over the next year, we expect to make significant advances in our protection initiatives along the Mashel River, Ohop Creek, and the Upper Nisqually Valley near Mount Rainier National Park, and we expect our role within the larger Nisqually community to remain essentially the same: to acquire, restore, and permanently protect the critical lands that make the Nisqually Watershed such a unique and wonderful place for us all. On behalf of your board and staff, I thank you for your support, and for continuing to make this work possible. Joe Kane, Executive Director

2009 Expenditures Land Acquistion 88.5% Conservation Program Services 8.9% Management and General 2.1% Fundraising 0.5%

Waterstreet Cafe+BarWellspring Spa at Mt.RainierDes Whitchurch & Barbara KarshmerWild Birds UnlimitedWildwater River Tours, Inc. Dave WiedabushMimi WilliamsRenetta Wilson, State Farm AgentRalph & Arlene WolfeWood Loved by LarryRobert & Audrey Zimmerman

Land Donations

The Tatrimima TrustJack and Joyce Walker

Nisqually Land Trust

The Nisqually Land Trust acquires and manages critical lands to permanently protect the water, wildlife, natural areas, and scenic vistas of the Nisqually River watershed.

Move date: Wednesday, October 27

Mailing Address:1420 Marvin Rd. NESte. C PMB 243Lacey, WA 98516-3878Phone: 360-489-3400Fax 360-489-3333Email: staff@nisquallylandtrust.orgWebsite: www.nisquallylandtrust.org

OFFICERS:George Walter, PresidentWilliam Kogut, Vice PresidentCathie Butler, TreasurerPatt Brady, Secretary

BOARD MEMBERS:Steve CraigJ.W. FosterMary FosterMary GentryLinda HoffmanJudith ScavoneDavid Troutt

STAFF:Joe Kane Executive DirectorConnie Bond Membership & Operations CoordinatorKim Bredensteiner Stewardship CoordinatorJoe Kennedy Land StewardCandi Ziegert Administrative Assistant/Field Technician

Design by: Wide Design Team

New Ohop Creek Channel

Land Trust Executive Director Joe Kane and Mount Tahoma Trails Association (and Land Trust) board member Judy Scavone at MTTA’s Copper Creek cross-country ski hut, located on property acquired and permanently protected by the Land Trust in 2010 through its Mount Rainier Gateway Initiative.

Cover: Large Photo: Forest on the Land Trust’s most recent acquisition, near Mount Rainier National Park, which will be managed for development of old-growth habitat for threatened northern spotted owls and marbled murrelets. Inset: Land Trust partners and volunteers planted 38,000 trees and shrubs to help restore salmon-friendly habitat as part of the re-meandering and restoration of Ohop Creek.

Red Salmon Creek Management Unit41 acresAcres Acquired October 2009: 3.5

This 3.5-acre acquisition, funded by the Nisqually Environmental Mitigation Trust, protects water quality in Red Salmon Creek, the headwaters of the largest tidal channel in the recently completed multi-million-dollar Nisqually Estuary Restoration Project. A seasonal wetland on the property collects and filters I-5 run-off, and springs located on the property drain into the creek. About one-third of the land is forest that provides a scenic corridor along I-5.

Lower Reach Management Unit32 acresAcres Acquired January 2010: 32

The Lower Reach is the Nisqually’s eleventh and newest management unit, established thanks to the Blake family’s generous donation of 32 acres between Yelm and Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The property includes one-quarter mile

of wild Nisqually River shoreline that provides spawning and rearing habitat for all five species of native salmon, including threatened Chinook.

With this addition, over eight miles – or nearly 80 percent – of the Lower Reach are permanently protected by the Land Trust and its partners, including the military base and the Nisqually Indian Tribe.

Mount Rainier Gateway Forest Reserve1940 acresAcres Acquired April 2010: 600

This purchase, the second-largest in our 21-year history, brings the Land Trust close to completing a permanently protected wildlife corridor between the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Elbe Hills State Forest, near Mount Rainier National Park. The $1.96 million purchase

Land AcquisitionsOctober 2009-September 2010

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was completed with a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and a $130,000 donation from the Nisqually Indian Tribe.

Protection of this land will conserve habitat for northern spotted owls and marbled murrelets—listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act—and at least nine other species of concern to natural-resource agencies. In addition, the site is located within the viewshed of State Route 706, the main approach to Mount Rainier National Park, and includes a portion of the Mount Tahoma Trails Association’s hut-to-hut ski trail system, including the popular Copper Creek ski hut.

Yelm Shoreline Management Unit196 acresAcres Acquired August 2010: 25

Moving quickly to take advantage of a short-sale situation, the Land Trust acquired 25 acres of high-quality salmon habitat along the main stem of the Nisqually River. This acquisition expanded our Yelm Shoreline Management Unit block to 196 acres and nearly two miles of continuously protected shoreline along a reach rated highest priority for protection by the Nisqually Chinook Salmon Recovery Plan. The property includes significant wetlands and had suffered from unpermitted dumping, development and timber harvest. The purchase was funded by a grant from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board that includes funds for site clean-up.

Stewardship and RestorationSeptember 2009-August 2010

Wilcox Flats Management Unit

We planted 4,000 trees and shrubs at Wilcox Flats and prepped 13 acres for 2010-11 plantings.

Powell Creek Complex

Volunteers initiated our Powell Creek riparian-forest restoration by helping plant 7,600 trees and shrubs, pulling tons of Scot’s broom, and prepping 18 acres for 2010-11 plantings.

Ohop Creek Management Unit

Over a mile of Ohop Creek, which was converted to a straight ditch in the 1930s, has been rebuilt as a naturally meandering channel with 42 engineered logjams that provide salmon-friendly pools. As part of the project, located entirely on Land Trust property, we planted 28,000 trees and shrubs in the floodplain and 10,000 along the channel and prepped 44 acres for 2010-11 plantings.

Nisqually Land Trust ManagementUnits Appear in Red on This MapAs the Land Trust grows we are able to connect our properties and create large blocks of protected habitat, which greatly increases the conservation values of the individual parcels. Currently, these habitat blocks constitute eleven management units, as shown on this map.

Conservation PartnersGreater Tacoma Community FoundationMount Tahoma Trails AssociationNisqually Environmental Mitigation TrustNisqually Indian TribeSalmon Recovery Funding BoardSouth Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement GroupTown of EatonvilleUSDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement ProgramU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceU.S. Natural Resource Conservation ServiceWashington Conservation CorpsWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeWashington Department of Natural ResourcesWashington Wildlife and Recreation Program

Stewardship & Restorationby the NumbersSeptember 2009 – August 2010

• Volunteers: 150• Volunteers Hours: 750+ • Trees and Shrubs Planted: 50,000• Acres Planted: 78• Weed Control and Invasive Species Removal: 125 acres• Prep for 2010-11 Plantings: 62 acres (for 45,000 native trees and shrubs)• Work Parties: 14

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