Wild Salmon Rivers

What it reported doing in 2024

Tca's priorities are to galvanize anglers in a coalition to protect and enhance our iconic watersheds, which represent the lifeblood of wild steelhead and salmon. Conservation activities carried out in 2024 include: - columbia and snake river steelhead conservation- olympic peninsula steelhead conservation- willamette river steelhead and chinook conservation- north umpqua steelhead conservation [see schedule o for more information]columbia and snake river steelhead conservation - 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. Olympic peninsula steelhead conservation - olympic peninsula wild steelhead are in steep decline over the last 30 years. Tca has worked closely with the Washington department of fish & wildlife to modify management regimes, reduce recreational and commercial harvest, set escapement requirement, participated in a number of commission and working group meetings, and data mining. Willamette river steelhead and chinook conservation - the willamette river 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. North umpqua steelhead conservation - the 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.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
• Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $26.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 70%; rating input score 70; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 18%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 34.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings