2024-05-02T18:00:56-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 814366308 PUDDING RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL PUDD 5039825387 190 Garfield St Woodburn OR 97071 Kurt Berning Co-Executive Director 5034752871 2024-05-06 Kurt Berning 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Kurt Berning 190 Garfield St Woodburn OR 97071 250832 0 X www.puddingriverwatershed.org X 2015 OR As a watershed council we're dedicated to community engagement and voluntary restoration work to improve the ecological health of our watershed, with a focus on local streams, rivers, and creeks. 9 9 2 30 0 0 279831 245642 12316 5190 0 0 0 0 292147 250832 0 0 0 0 87617 131783 0 0 15131 175420 98742 263037 230525 29110 20307 49311 67356 2302 40 47009 67316 Pudding River WC collaborates with local partners, community members, and landowners to restore, enhance, and protect the Pudding River watershed. The watershed comprises over 500 square miles of land in Marion and Clackamas counties in Oregon, and includes cities like Silverton, Woodburn, Mt. Angel, Aurora, Scotts Mills, and creeks like Abiqua, Butte, Silver, Drift, Rock, and Davis. 0 0 96105 117260 River and Stream Restoration Projects- Worked torward the removal of two large fish passage barriers, Aamodt Dam and the Scotts Mills Dam. Began a rapid bio assessment of all important salmonid watershed streams. Worked on riparian restoration at two small publically accessible sites, one in Silverton and another in Aurora, and completed a riparian fencing project near Aurora along the Pudding River. 40367 40271 Fire recovery and resilience near waterways - Replanted trees on three sites burned in the 2020 Beachie Creek Wildlife, did two maintenance passes to care for trees, did site evaluations to check if more plantings were needed. As the climate changes we plan to continue wildlife response and mitigation work so that we can help community members prepare for and respond to fire on the landscape. 52918 52918 Community outreach, landowner engagement, and ecological stewardship - An important part of a watershed council's job is engaging and educating the community around ecological issues in the watershed. In 2023 that engagement took a number of forms, including work w/ the City of Aurora and volunteers to maintain the Aurora Mills Green Space, connecting landowners who need trees or plants with resource on where to find those plants and sometimes delivering plants to them, attending community meetings to talk about the watershed, visiting landowners on their farm or place of residence to talk about potential restoration projects, tabling at community events to help people learn more about the watershed, inviting community members to our bi-monthly board meetings to share their concerns or ideas, and many other small projects. 0 0 0 189390 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OR X Kurt Berning 5034752871 190 Garfield st Woodburn OR 97071 X Anna Rankin Co-Executive Director 40 X 62500 0 0 Kurt Berning Co-Executive Director 35 X 50907 0 0 Ray Eder Board Chair 1 0 X 0 0 0 Bob Qualey Board Vice Chair 1 0 X 0 0 0 Caitlin Oxley Board Secretary 1 X 0 0 0 Jeff Butch Board Treasurer 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jason Marshall Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Cole Grube Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sarah McArthur Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Bev Koutny Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Carlee Michelson Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 113407 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 244521 1121 0 245642 Forest fire recovery outreach and prevention 813312 5190 5190 0 0 0 0 0 0 5190 0 0 0 0 0 0 250832 5190 0 0 113407 85930 14691 12786 7923 6004 1026 893 10453 7920 1354 1179 504 304 200 224 224 2664 2664 2423 1836 314 273 688 688 2986 2986 Program and Project Supplies 11391 11391 0 0 Contractor Fees 76873 76005 868 Membership and Dues 470 0 470 0 Professional Development 450 0 450 0 69 69 230525 189390 26004 15131 14677 59614 33510 6615 1124 1127 49311 67356 2302 40 2302 40 X 40307 49163 6702 18153 47009 67316 49311 67356 20307 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 81784 71946 75913 292147 250832 772622 4800 4800 4800 4800 6000 25200 86584 76746 80713 296947 256832 797822 797822 797822 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b This 990 and the schedules were prepared by Kurt Berning, Co-Executive Director in charge of finance and operations, and then sent to the Finance Committee, which includes the Board Treasurer and one additional board member, as well as the full board two weeks prior to submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization's financial statements are presented at each bimonthly board meeting, and those board meetings are advertised to the public and it's often that members of the public attend. The organization's conflict of interest and governing documents policy are reviewed biannually by the board, and the public can access the documents at that time. At any time the public can contact staff or the board through the Pudding River Watershed website and ask for copies of financial statements, governing documents, or the conflict of interest policy.