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2008 Annual Update

December, 2008

 

The Hoh River Trust had a very productive year in 2008. 

Below is a list of our major accomplishments….

 

  • Published our beautiful book entitled “Fast Moving Water” which is being sold in many book and specialty stores throughout Western Washington
  • Partnered with the Burke Museum to create the Hoh River exhibit that is now traveling around the state. The show in nearly fully booked in several venues around the state over the next 2 years
  • Held second annual Hoh Down at the Burke Museum and recently partnered with The Nature Conservancy to host an Evening with David Guterson at REI
  • Completed major restoration projects including invasive plant removal from our Schmidt Bar property, multiple culvert removal and road decommissioning at our Oil City holdings, and restoration thinning of a diseased second growth spruce forest on our Dismal Creek holdings.
  • Had our 3rd year of employing summer interns working on research and restoration
  • Formed a strong alliance of state, tribal, community, and fish advocacy groups to secure top rating for Salmon Recover Board funding to restore Pole Creek sub basin. We also have a good shot at getting Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program funding for additional fish habitat restoration that will result in the complete restoration of this important sub basin. Total project cost is approximately $500k.
  • Formed a productive relationship with Jefferson Land Trust who has begun their annual monitoring of our activities to ensure we are meeting our conservation and stewardship objectives.
  • Received funding to begin layout and design of a community trail that will be constructed in 2009. The Hoh valley residents are very supportive of this, and we will have local volunteers participating in the construction. This is another major outreach accomplishment that helps to counter the ever present local concerns about HRT’s intentions.
  • Working with the Olympic Natural Resource Center (part of the UW) to get funding to apply their computer modeling on our lands to show how to best utilize certain forest management strategies to achieve the conservation outcomes we desire, which is to restore our lands to old growth condition supporting primarily spotted owl and marbled murrelet habitat.

 

We’ve got a full plate of restoration and outreach planned for 2009. In spite of the lousy economy, the Hoh River Trust remains healthy financially. We expect to end 2008 with over $330,000 in cash and insured CD’s, slightly better than plan. We extend our sincerest gratitude to all of our donors who continue to support the mission of the Hoh River Trust through their generous gifts. Thank you!

 

Here’s to a better world in 2009.

 

Phil