2003 ANNUAL REPORT

Building Salmon Nation

Historic North American range of Pacific salmon & steelhead

Original extent of North America’s temperate rain forest

Major rivers and streams

Building Salmon NationSalmon Nation is the place where wild Pacific salmon and people thrive. It includes the oldest natural nation in North America, where thousands of native communities lived prosperously for at least 15,000 years. It is a rich and beautiful landscape where the land meets the sea, where rivers flow from high desert and vast mountains through the largest coastal temperate rain forests in the world. Its citizens cherish the environment and want to live in a place where economic, ecological and social conditions are improving; a place where a “conservation economy” is emerging.

We invite you to explore these pages and dis-cover how Ecotrust is building Salmon Nation.

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WE all know that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but nature rarely follows such a path. Taking our cue from nature,

Ecotrust aims to rebuild the regional economy based on the environmental char-acteristics of the land rather than on the straight lines of an industrial model.

Salmon Nation — composed of tribal lands, forestlands, farm and ranchlands, watersheds, the maritime Pacific coast and estuaries, and urban landscapes from Alaska to California — is the place where wild Pacific salmon live. We imagine a region where the citizens who live here take responsibility for improving social, environmental, and economic conditions; a culture shaped by a sense of place and personal accountability for the well-being of the land and its occupants.

Building on this ancient but revolutionary idea is a challenging task. Many powerful forces of globalization are arrayed against it. What used to be local markets for seasonal food, fish and forest products became national — now global — markets in one short generation. The distinctive character of fresh, wild chinook salmon in May, local tomatoes and strawberries in August, the terroir (literally, taste of the soil) of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, clear 4"x12" Douglas fir beams and red cedar siding for fine homes — all are threat-ened by the sheer volume of commodity products competing on least cost of production terms, produced and distributed by a decreasing number of global giants, and retailed in big box super-stores.

The resulting pattern for citizens throughout Salmon Nation is that the gap between rich and poor is widening, we are using up the land, moving to town, and forfeiting the local ownership, control, and choices inherent in being connected intimately with place. Ecotrust and our affiliates at Ecotrust Canada, ShoreBank Pacific, and Shorebank Enterprise are committed to har-nessing the powerful forces of globalization to the advantage of the local. We help farmers, fishers, loggers, small businesses, non-profits, tribes, and local governments obtain better access to information, technology, and capital. We connect producers of environmentally sound goods and services to emerging green markets, and protect and restore ecosystems on a large landscape, watershed scale.

Ecotrust’s 2003 Annual Report highlights our work to build more reliably pros-perous communities based on local difference rather than global commonal-ity. This enterprise depends on citizens taking the lead rather than waiting for government to solve our problems. At a time when a keen sense of place and intimate relationship to the land is losing ground to an increasingly divi-sive national politic, it is refreshing to remember that you can’t gerrymander watersheds. We believe the idea of Salmon Nation has transformative power for the environmental movement generally and offers more hopeful prospects for the people who live here. Our strategy is to get rich slow.

Thank you for your support and your citizenship.

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NATIVE PROGRAMS

FISHERIES

FORESTRY

FOOD & FARMS

CITIZENSHIP

KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS 12

CAPITAL RESOURCES 14

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 16

BOARD, COUNCIL & STAFF 18

DONORS & SUPPORT 20

JOIN US IN 2004 24ROBERT E. FRIEDMAN, CHAIRMAN

SPENCER B. BEEBE, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER

BACKGROUND: Complex forest near the Sycan River, Klamath, Oregon

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NATIVE PROGRAMS Klamath Heartlands

A centerpiece of the Klamath Tribes’ repatriation efforts is

their plan for comprehensive forest restoration. To present an

on-the-ground look at the Tribes’ vision, Ecotrust is writing

and publishing Klamath Heartlands: A Guide to the Klamath

Reservation Forest Management Plan.

Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership Entering its fourth year, the Buffett Award honors

outstanding native individuals working in the fields

of conservation and community development.

Indigenous Youth Leadership Program Seeking to cultivate the Buffett Award winners of

the future, Ecotrust is joining with tribal community lead-

ers to explore a native youth leadership and

outdoor education program.

Copper RiverEcotrust and the Native Village of Eyak are teaming

up to acquire a parcel of land on Mummy Island, an

important cultural and spiritual site in the Copper

River Ecosystem.

Elakha Alliance Oregon’s coastal ecosystem is missing a keystone species:

elakha. Ecotrust is working with the Elakha Alliance to cre-

ate a middle school curriculum that highlights the impor-

tance of sea otters.

Wild Salmon Marketing The marketing of tules — a fall run of Columbia River

chinook — has proved challenging because of their pale-col-

ored flesh. Ecotrust and the Food Innovation Center

(FIC) are working with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal

Fish Commission (CRITFC) to build a business plan for tules.

Across Salmon Nation, Tribes, First Nations, and Alaska Natives

embody the generous spirit of this place.

Although many indigenous peoples remain culturally and economically disenfranchised by the legacy of the Euro-American migration, we see signs of change. Treaty fishing rights have been reaffirmed. So-called “terminated” tribes have been reinstated. Native populations are among the fastest growing in the region. And in British Columbia, ongoing treaty negotiations could dramatically increase the land and resource base under First Nations’ rule.

On many natural resource issues, native peoples occupy a unique and pivotal position. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reser-vation have negotiated the return of water to the Umatilla River, welcoming the salmon home after a nearly 70-year absence. Siletz tribal leadership has sponsored a plan for the reintroduction of elakha (sea otters) to the Oregon coast. And the Klamath Tribes are seeking to implement a “gold standard” forestry strategy on their ancestral land as part of the repatriation process.

At Ecotrust, we recognize that the health of this region is intertwined with issues that are crucial to indigenous communities. We stand poised to assist native peoples in leveraging their power to demon-strate an indigenous approach to management and land use policies. And we honor the native leadership that helps to bring the promise of Salmon Nation to fruition.

2 PARTNERS • CONF. TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA RESERVATION • COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION • ECOTRUST

C O N N E C T W I T H U S

CRAIG JACOBSON, VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIVE PROGRAMS

ELIZABETH WOODY, DIRECTOR, INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

www.ecotrust.org/nativeprograms

HONORING LEADERSHIPJeannette Armstrong, the third recipient of the Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership, sees the future for her people, the Okanagan First Nation from British Columbia’s Penticton Reserve, in the eyes of the young people she teaches at the En’owkin Centre, a cultural and educational institution dedicated to the practice of traditional knowledge systems.

Education, she says, is the best way to bring about real change. And that starts with foster-ing a deeper connection to the land. “We connect most strongly to the land as a community, not individuals,” she says. “So we’re concerned with teaching people how to be community people and contributors.” Armstrong is also active in the Locatee Lands Project, a long-term conservation plan to preserve a fragile niche of riparian cotton-wood habitat in Penticton.

Supported by the families of Howard and Peter Buffett, the Award that bears their name is conferred by Ecotrust on an individual whose leadership has improved the social, economic, political or environmental conditions of his or her community. 2003 marked the end of the initial three-year commitment from the Buffetts to support the award. But with its success, they are extending their generous support into the future.

As we travel into a new era with the Buffett Award, we also begin a new program aimed at supporting indigenous leadership among native youth. An initial small invest-ment in Ecotrust has enabled us to start planning a native youth outdoor education program. We look forward to working with tribes and First Nations to best determine how Ecotrust can be a part of supporting the Buffett Award winners of tomorrow. www.ecotrust.org/buffettaward

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TOP: 2003 Buffett Award Honorees Billy Frank, Jr., Jeannette Armstrong, Janet Wortman standing for Susan Masten, Agnes Pilgrim, and Chief Nathan Matthew.

LEFT: Award recipient Jeannette Armstrong with Ecotrust President Spencer B. Beebe and award benefactor Howard G. Buffett.

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CANADA • ELAKHA ALLIANCE • KLAMATH TRIBES • NATIVE VILLAGE OF EYAK • WARM SPRINGS FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES •

“Salmon are the measurement of well-being for all life in the Pacific Northwest.”

—Billy Frank, Jr.

BACKGROUND: Mummy Island, Copper River, Alaska

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FISHERIES State of the Salmon

Ecotrust and partners — Wild Salmon Center, Flathead Lake

Biological Station and the World Conservation Union — have

begun an unprecedented effort to monitor salmon stocks

across the Pacific Rim and encourage the development of

collaborative management systems.

Copper River Ecosystem The Copper represents one of the last, best places for

Pacific salmon. Facing a fragmentation of jurisdictional

responsibility, Ecotrust is helping to coordinate a collab-

orative, “common ground” management approach among

the array of residents in the watershed.

Marine The Ocean Communities 3E ANalysis (OCEAN) was

designed to allow policy makers to incorporate the socio-

economic impacts and environmental consequences of

fishing management decisions. After

garnering national attention, this GIS-based analysis tool

is now poised for application to a variety of resource

management scenarios.

Salmon Anchor Habitats During periods of environmental stress, salmon will seek

out specific core areas. Our anchor habitat strategy aims

to protect the best by integrating conservation practices

that preserve salmon strongholds. This year, Ecotrust will

publish three-year research results for the Napa (CA),

Siuslaw (OR), and Nooksack (WA) basins.

The genus Oncorhynchus, including six species of salmon and two of

oceangoing trout, inhabit a range that extends from California across the North

Pacific to Russia and Japan.

Although still totaling an impressive half billion fish, these numbers are far below their historic bounty, a vast loss of natural capital. Our twin goals are the protection of healthy runs and watersheds, and the restor-ation of endangered ones.

With ranges that cross state, provin-cial and national boundaries, scale becomes a central question: both in monitoring the status of salmonids and managing our interactions with them. From full-range geospatial assessments to in-the-river snorkel counts, Ecotrust is positioned to work effectively at each level. We focus on three areas: Science, gathering the most credible information; Conserva-tion, developing models of collabora-tive management; and Policy/ Education, nourishing a citizenry that recognizes the interdependence of healthy communities, economies and ecosystems.

Emphasizing the human relationship implied in the word “fisheries,” Ecotrust’s OCEAN tool pioneered the application of community perspectives to spatial analysis. Today, our inte-gration of social and environmental strategies continues at key locations along the coast: in Monterey, California, Port Orford, Oregon, and the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. We are also working to bolster the livelihoods of fishermen through the promotion of wild salmon. It all adds up to this: We are building Salmon Nation.

4 PARTNERS • ALASKA MARINE CONSERVATION COUNCIL • COPPER RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT • FLATHEAD LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION

C O N N E C T W I T H U S

EDWARD BACKUS, VICE PRESIDENT OF FISHERIES PROGRAM

SARAH KLAIN, GIS TECHNICIAN I

R.J. KOPCHAK,DIRECTOR, COPPER RIVER ECOSYSTEM PROGRAM

ASTRID SCHOLZ, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIST

CHARLES STEINBACK, GIS ANALYST

STATE OF THE SALMON PROJECT XANTHIPPE AUGEROT, CO-DIRECTOR

(WILD SALMON CENTER)

BEN DONALDSON, RESEARCH ASSISTANT/GIS TECHNICIAN

DANA FOLEY, PROJECT COORDINATOR (WILD SALMON CENTER)

ANDREW FULLER, COMMUNICATIONS DESIGNER

CATHY PEARSON, RESEARCH COORDINATOR

PETER RAND, CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST (WILD SALMON CENTER)

GREG ROBILLARD, DATABASE DEVELOPER

www.ecotrust.org/fisheries

BUILDING COLLABORATIVE MODELS“There’s a feeling of magic on Mummy Island,” says Ecotrust’s RJ Kopchak, describing the emerald isle on Orca Inlet, between Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. The island is named for its scattered burial sites, those of the “Shallow Water People” who lived — and died — amidst the extensive mud flats of the sheltered inlet.

Today, descendents of that tribe are members of the Native Village of Eyak. Although they still reside in the area, they are in fact landless. Ecotrust and the Village are collaborating to acquire a parcel of land on Mummy Island, the only remain-ing inholding on this important cultural and spiritual place. Repatriation would reaffirm cultural and spiritual sovereignty and preserve the relationship between native communities and the resources that have sustained them for thousands of years.

Ecotrust’s partnership with the Village reflects our work in assist-ing the emergence of “common ground” management in the 26,500 square mile Copper River watershed. With much of the drainage under a fragmented ownership of various federal, state and private owners, integrated and collaborative approaches to resource data and information exchange are sorely lacking.

Ecotrust is helping develop a unified, trans-boundary management strategy that revolves around the Copper River’s world-renowned runs of wild salmon as a core element that ties resource managers and stakeholders together. We have begun to build partnerships with regional residents — such as the Native Village of Eyak — and are gathering together the pieces of a “Copper River Collaborative” management model. We feel that this collabora-tive process — bringing Native Alaskans, agency managers, scientists, non-governmental organizations, and community leaders together — represents our best hope for assuring

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• NATIVE VILLAGE OF EYAK • PACIFIC MARINE CONSERVATION COUNCIL • PORT ORFORD OCEAN RESOURCES TEAM • USFS CORDOVA DISTRICT • WILD SALMON CENTER • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND – AK •

BACKGROUND: Well-managed forestland, Olympic Peninsula

photo by spencer b. beebe

FORESTRY 2100 Project

In what are arguably the most productive forests in the

world, management approaches are not yielding the

highest economic or social value. By modeling busi-

ness-as-usual versus ecological forestry over

a 100-year horizon, the 2100 Project will establish

a vision of high-value forestry.

Pacific Coast Watershed Partnership As coordinator of the Pacific Coast Watershed

Partnership, Ecotrust is helping to build a network

of public and private land partnerships throughout

Washington and Oregon. In key coastal watersheds,

partners focus on large-scale, holistic watershed

restoration from ridgetop to estuary, incorporating

ecological, economic and social values.

Market Connections Building awareness for Forest Stewardship Council

(FSC) certified wood and matching the growing

green building industry with a steady supply of FSC

wood from regional forestland owners, Ecotrust is

creating and linking markets for ecological forestry.

Ecotrust Forests LLC With the growing sophistication of the socially

responsible investor, forestland investment gaining

popularity as an investment class, an expanding

market for certified wood products, and historically

low log prices, the time is right for Ecotrust to dem-

onstrate a working model of ecological forestry.

As a result of management practices over the course of the last century, our forests are contributing

ever-diminishing amounts of economic, ecological and social value to this region.

Meanwhile, the geography of industrial forestry is itself undergoing profound changes, shifting to fast-growing southern plantations.

In this global market, our regional strengths are our greatest asset. By creating a niche for high-quality saw logs and growing trees with longer rotations, we stand to stake out a new competitive position. Structurally complex and diverse forests can contribute, in addition to wood, services such as wildlife habitat, clean water and carbon storage. It is here, on some of the most valuable timberlands in the world and within a day’s drive of the largest green building market in the nation, that an ecological model of forestry can best take root.

Ecotrust is working to drive this transition to ecological forestry. We are: modeling 100-year scenarios of business-as-usual versus ecological forestry; coordinating a public lands partnership across the region; building market connections — from forestland owners to mills to developers and retailers; and fostering greater public awareness of independently certified good forestry. Through the launch of a forestland investment fund, Ecotrust also seeks to establish an on-the-ground demonstration of what ecological forestry can be. Now’s the time and Salmon Nation is the place.

6 PARTNERS • COMMUNITY FORESTRY RESOURCE CENTER • THE CONSERVATION FUND • INTERFOREST • PACIFIC COAST WATERSHED

C O N N E C T W I T H U S

BETTINA VON HAGEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF FORESTRY

MICHELE DAILEY, SENIOR GIS ANALYST

BRENT DAVIES, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC FORESTRY

KENT GOODYEAR, DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY MARKET CONNECTIONS

BARRY SIMS, PROJECT FORESTER

www.ecotrust.org/forestry

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CONNECTING MARKETSA quiet revolution is underway in the Pacific Northwest’s forest products industry, and it’s being given a boost on the lands of those who have called this place home longer than anyone else — the native tribes. With reservation lands on the forested eastern slope of Oregon’s Cascades, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs have a long history in forest management. The Warm Springs Forest Products Industries, started during the 1960s as a for-profit entity, provided the Tribe with a steady income source.

The sluggish regional market in the forest products industry during the past decade took a toll, however, and the Tribe soon began looking for new ways to capitalize on its vast landbase. Enter Larry Potts. As a manager with Collins Pine, he helped usher the company through the process of earning certifica-tion under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a global standard bearer in guiding forest management toward sustainable outcomes. He also considered it part of his role to assist other landowners, such as Warm Springs, in explor-ing certification. “I could see immediately that we were a good fit for FSC certification,” says Potts.

Now, after meeting FSC conditions and earning the approval of the Tribal Council, 430,000 acres of certified tribal forestlands are poised to meet the growing demand for FSC lumber in Portland’s green building market. Ecotrust’s Market Connections project, aimed at facilitating the flow of sustainably harvested wood to urban green builders, quickly recognized the Warm Springs certification as a key piece in completing the puzzle of providing a steady supply of FSC-certified lumber to the regional construction market.

The Market Connections team helped broker a landmark deal to have Lumbermens, a regional chain of building supply stores, stock Warm Springs FSC timber on its shelves. The first shipment of 185,000 board feet of Douglas fir framing lumber rolled out of the Warm Springs mill and into the Clackamas Lumbermens outlet in January 2004, the beginnings of what might be a transformative force on the regional timber market.

PARTNERSHIP • SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST • US FOREST SERVICE • WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY • WILD SALMON CENTER •

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ABOVE: Green building uses wood from well-managed forests that maintain a continuous forest cover.

BELOW: Warm Springs tribal members Vincent Culpus and Lori Courtney show pride in their FSC certified lumber.

BACKGROUND: Local berries, Portland Farmer’s Market, Natural Capital Center

photo by melissa tatge

FOOD & FARMS Farmer-Chef Connection

Now in its fourth year, the pathbreaking Connection confer-

ence hosted by Ecotrust and the Portland Chapter of the

Chefs Collaborative provides vegetable, meat, and poultry

growers the opportunity to direct market their products

to local chefs, retailers, and institutional buyers.

Fisherman-Chef Connection This offshoot of Farmer-Chef was a huge success in its first

year — more than 100 fishermen, restaurateurs, and buyers

came together to develop strategies for enhancing sales of

local seafood. In 2004, we’re looking to host similar events

in San Francisco and Seattle.

Guide to Local and Seasonal Products A handy online and print resource for growers, fishermen,

restaurants and retailers to source or sell local products.

Boasting 177 participants, the Guide lists the key players

in Oregon’s burgeoning “foodshed.”

Buy Local Campaign Last year, our Tale of Two Tomatoes comicbooks and

SectionZs introduced 340,000+ eaters to the benefits

of buying local. This summer, we’ll keep the momentum

rolling with further newspaper and in-store materials pro-

moting local food choices.

Vivid Picture Awarded to Ecotrust by the Roots of Change Fund, the

Vivid Picture Project will create a comprehensive vision

for a sustainable food system in California and develop a

change agenda for achieving that vision. Using Ecotrust’s

GIS database capacity, the Project will build analytical tools

for measuring impacts on the landscape.

Grapes from Chile, tomatoes from Israel, lamb from New Zealand: One glance around

the supermarket affirms that we live in a global

food marketplace.

The negative effects of this food industrialization — rural economies on the ropes, faltering commodity markets, mad cows, obesity and hunger — become harder to ignore with each passing year.

Over the last few decades, food activists building best management practices for agriculture have spawned an entire industry based on quality foods. While recognizing the importance of having more acres in well managed production, Ecotrust is aiming to expand the sustainable agriculture movement to include a comprehensive shift to a more sustainable “food system.” Areas of focus include ensuring that rural economies are strengthened, that urban eaters have easy access to high quality foods, and that the public costs of supporting the system are well conceived.

Such a food system will see the reinvigoration of regional markets as a counterpoint to the global. We work to enable this transition by encouraging eaters to choose foods from their foodsheds, fostering the re-creation of regional networks of processing and distribution, and coordinating with economic and public policy planners to provide incentives for both environmen-tally sound production and access to quality foods. It’s a pragmatic approach to food sector economics. And it’s part of building a conserva-tion economy in Salmon Nation.

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C O N N E C T W I T H U S

EILEEN BRADY, VICE PRESIDENT OF FOOD & FARMS PROGRAM

ANALISA GUNNELL, GIS TECHNICIAN II

ANDREA HILDEBRAND, FOOD & FARMS ASSOCIATE

DEBRA SOHM, DIRECTOR OF FOOD & FARMS MARKET CONNECTIONS

www.ecotrust.org/foodfarms

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BOOSTING LOCAL SALESFew things taste better than a fresh, sun-ripened tomato picked right off the vine during the heat of a Pacific Northwest summer. Last year in A Tale of Two Tomatoes we personi-fied this treat as Local Lucy, the tomato next door. Choosing Lucy preserves diversity and keeps dollars in our local communities. Her counterpart, Traveling Tom, doesn’t fare as well — he’s bred for transport, not taste. Tom is picked while still green and then gassed to ripeness before being shipped across the country, or even around the globe.

Could we — using the tomato as an icon — boost awareness of the critical decisions that consumers face, and thereby increase sales of local foods? That question was at the crux of our Tomato Initiative. To find out, we enlisted the participation of 35 retailers and distributors who agreed to stock local tomatoes, accompanied by colorful signs of Local Lucy. And we distributed over 340,000 copies of our Tale to eaters in California and Oregon. The tabulations show that they got the message loud and clear: Local tomato dollar sales more than doubled from $113,000 to $244,000. And local tomato market share increased by 74 per-cent, to 41 percent overall.

The campaign demonstrated win-win-win outcomes. Local area professional farmers enjoyed the support. Participating retailers and distributors found that establishing direct relationships with farmers could be profitable. And eaters got fresher tomatoes.

This summer, we’ll be looking to extend the Tomato Initiative, with the goals of extending to other fruit, signing up more partners and watching the numbers jump once again. It’s the beginning of a local food revolution, and Ecotrust is charging ahead.

Local Lucy’s display at retailer Zupan’s Market at Northwest 23rd Avenue and Burnside in Portland.

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CONSERVATION COUNCIL • PORTLAND CHAPTER OF THE CHEFS COLLABORATIVE • PORTLAND FARMERS MARKET •

BACKGROUND: Salmon Nation Block Party, October 4, 2003, Natural Capital Center

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CITIZENSHIP Building a Constituency

Some 3,500 people have declared themselves “Citizens of

Salmon Nation," and in 2004 we hope to gain thousands

more from across the rural and urban geographies of

Oregon. Once declared, citizens receive an official Salmon

Nation Citizen’s Kit.

Shifting PerceptionsThrough an array of outlandishly creative materials,

we are working to shift public perceptions on issues

of critical importance to the communities of Salmon

Nation. We will work to shift perception in Portland-

area residents so that:

• 30% recognize “Salmon Nation.”

• 52% prefer to purchase wild salmon.

• 45% prefer to “buy local first.”

• 15% understand the significance of FSC.

• .5% can declare “My lawn is Salmon-Safe.”

• The above percentages each exceed 85%

among adult Salmon Nation citizens.

Growing PartnershipsAn unusual alliance is joining to spread the word

about Salmon Nation:

• Outdoor clothing retailer Patagonia has embraced

Salmon Nation as the theme of their 2003-2004

store displays and suite of catalogs, which are

received by over a million customers worldwide.

• Portland’s Celilo Group published a Salmon

Nation edition of its popular Chinook Book,

the coupon book for healthy living.

• ShoreBank Pacific will issue a Salmon Nation

VISA card in 2004.

• K-Lyn Fisheries out of Charleston, OR, sports a

Salmon Nation delivery truck that can be seen up

and down the I-5 corridor delivering local seafoods.

We’re all seeking long-term economic

prosperity, aren’t we?

And the truth of the matter is that, deep down, we all care about the health of the environment as well. Here’s the challenge: although the two realms — economy and environment — are symbiotic, we often witness the marginaliza-tion of the latter to the status of a special interest. The time’s come to take our case back to the people.

In the 21st century, the nature of citizenship is evolving. Social and ecological degradations demon-strate that we cannot rely on an invisible hand to guide our actions. In this modern economy, the choices we make as consumers can be as important as the choices that we make as voters in a democracy.

Look around your dwelling, or down the street that runs into town. Turn to the hillcrests that define your watershed. This is the human habitat; its health and ours are inextricably linked. Ecotrust is working to spotlight these linkages. Through our sectoral work — fisheries, forestry, foods — we seek to leverage structural shifts towards a conservation economy. We believe that those shifts require a larger regional awareness as well. And so, Ecotrust looks to catalyze a citizenry that lives like we mean it. We are all citizens of Salmon Nation.

10 PARTNERS • CELILO GROUP • K-LYN FISHERIES • NEW SEASON’S MARKET • PATAGONIA • SALMON-SAFE • SHOREBANK PACIFIC

C O N N E C T W I T H U S

EILEEN BRADY, VICE PRESIDENT OF CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM

SAM BEEBE, COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE

KARA ORVIETO, EVENTS AND MARKETING COORDINATOR

SYDNEY MEAD, DIRECTOR OF EVENTS

KEITH PETERS, PROJECT COORDINATOR

HOWARD SILVERMAN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

MELISSA TATGE, CREATIVE DIRECTOR

www.ecotrust.org/citizenship

LIVING LIKE WE MEAN ITFormer Oregon governor John Kitzhaber declared his proud citizenship at 2003’s Fireside Chat, a gathering of leaders that kicked off Salmon Nation’s coming-out party. And the more than 4,000 who joined the Block Party the next day added their enthusiastic agreement.

Posters for the event urged people to “party like an animal,” and they obliged. Attendees swayed to the swingin’ sounds of Pink Martini as they dined on wild salmon and oysters. Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Chair Antone Minthorn, and Oregon Representatives Earl Blumenauer and David Wu contributed their thoughts on the regional identity. A biodiesel-powered dragster occasionally roared to life. Children took turns racing salmon go-karts. Urban dwellers applauded the demonstration of a compact sawmill slic-ing through a sustainably harvested log. A wandering troupe of salmon dancers swam through the crowds. The event mixed a neighborhood party with a sustainable products trade show.

The day also saw thousands of people from all walks of life pledge their allegiance, as citizens of Salmon Nation, to “live here like I mean it.” They share with Ecotrust the goal of creating a place where the economy and ecology are in balance.

In 2004, the energy and momentum that started with the Salmon Nation kick-off will continue. Citizens will get a Salmon Nation Citizenship Kit in the mail. And more events are planned for the fall. Most importantly, Ecotrust will use telephone surveys to measure the resonance of Salmon Nation’s key messages. Our goal is to raise awareness and shift perceptions on a number of regional issues, including the importance of wild salmon, recognition of FSC wood certification, the benefits of local foods, and a basic understanding of watersheds as natural units of organization. With a solid set of baseline data to work from, our 2004 surveys will test how well we are communicating Salmon Nation ideals to the public at large. www.salmonnation.com

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• WIEDEN + KENNEDY • WILDCATCH SEAFOOD, INC. • WORLD CUP COFFEE •

BACKGROUND: North Pacific coast topography and bathymetry

map by ecotrust gis

KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

With a sophisticated capacity for spatial analysis, Ecotrust

GIS takes a leading role on regional issues. The GIS team

provides support for Ecotrust programs, as well as for select

partners and clients.

Tidepool Considered a must-read by many of the region’s decision

makers, Tidepool.org filters and interprets the best of each

weekday’s regional news stories through its website and

email services. Tidepool also feeds headlines to other web-

sites, offers a clipping service to its readers, and provides a

searchable archive dating back to 2000.

Inforain With interactive mapping and downloadable GIS data lay-

ers, Inforain.org serves as an important online destination

for researchers investigating the state of our region’s for-

ests, oceans, watersheds, and communities.

Alaska Conservation GIS Center Ecotrust’s Anchorage-based GIS Center provides key sup-

port for conservation goals, including Arctic Refuge and

National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A) mapping of issues

that will re-emerge in 2004.

OCEAN Originally an aid in visualizing the socio-economic

impacts and environmental consequences of the West

Coast’s groundfish fleet restructuring, the OCEAN (Ocean

Communities 3E ANalysis) framework will be expanded to

other Ecotrust programs.

SectionZ With quick hitting soundbites and deep diving

subtexts, SectionZ is “making our economy safe for

people and nature.” An occasional addition to Sections

A thru E of the Portland and San Francisco papers,

SectionZ employs guerrilla marketing panache to survey

key regional issues for a mass audience.

We are awash with information: radio,

Internet, cable TV, and more.

And in the hyper-modern era, our groundings are shifting faster than ever. Larger pictures that integrate the economic, social and ecological questions of our day become ever more challenging to paint.

In the policy realm, many government agencies are similarly grappling with vast quantities of data. California Department of Fish and Game, as an example, has collected over 20 years of data on catch and landings specific to all marine fisheries: how many boats are fishing from which ports to what parts of the ocean and so on. In two decades, this data has never been standardized, assessed for varying levels of accuracy, or analyzed spatially. Those are among the initial procedures that Ecotrust GIS will perform on contract for the three National Marine Sanctuaries in central California. By year’s end, we will provide the tools that allow our clients to evaluate the economic, social and ecological benefits of any spatially based management decision they might consider.

Ecotrust is, above all, rooted in this region. We work at the interface of the human and natural environ-ments. The task of our technical and editorial support staff is to assemble disparate informational sources into systematic wholes. We are creating knowledge systems. And we are very at home — here in Salmon Nation.

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C O N N E C T W I T H U S

MIKE MERTENS, GIS MANAGER/SENIOR GIS ANALYST

HOWARD SILVERMAN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

ASTRID SCHOLZ, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIST

ECOTRUST GISDAVID ALBERT, SENIOR GIS ANALYST

MICHELE DAILEY, SENIOR GIS ANALYST

BEN DONALDSON, GIS TECHNICIAN

ANALISA GUNNELL, GIS TECHNICIAN II

SARAH KLAIN, GIS TECHNICIAN I

DAVID PRAY, GIS ANALYST

GREG ROBILLARD, DATABASE DEVELOPER

CHARLES STEINBACK, GIS ANALYST

www.ecotrust.org/gis

ECOTRUST COMMUNICATIONSSAM BEEBE, COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE

ANDREW FULLER, COMMUNICATIONS DESIGNER

ED HUNT, TIDEPOOL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

DEREK REIBER, TIDEPOOL MANAGING EDITOR

MELISSA TATGE, CREATIVE DIRECTOR

SETH ZUCKERMAN, TIDEPOOL CHIEF CORRESPONDENT

www.ecotrust.org | www.tidepool.org

ENABLING GREATER COMPREHENSIONIn 2000, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, the federal managing body for West Coast fisheries, faced a dire situation. The coast’s groundfish stocks were spiraling down-ward, the result of too many boats chasing too few fish. The Council’s solution was equally dire — reduce the commercial groundfish fleet by half, a decision that would affect commu-nities up and down the coast. But to reduce the fleet’s numbers in a way that both enhanced conservation while also preserving the livelihood of communities was a tall order.

Ecotrust — together with the Pacific Marine Conservation Council, a fishermen-led conser-vation organization — responded by developing a geospatial, analytical tool that integrates ecological, fishery-dependent and socioeconomic data. Three years later, the success of that original effort has now boosted the creation of an integrated marine GIS platform called OCEAN (Ocean Communities 3E ANalysis). OCEAN takes the analytical muscle developed for the groundfish effort and applies it to other community-based marine man-agement issues, helping agencies and organizations to assess the intersections of essential fish habitat, marine sanctuaries, and socio-economic concerns of fishing-dependent com-munities.

The OCEAN tool’s application isn’t restricted to marine matters, either. By integrating upstream and upland information, analysis using the OCEAN approach can start to present a holistic picture of the complex interactions between marine and terrestrial habitats. It’s the natural evolution of Ecotrust’s vision since day one — the full integration of ecology, economy and equity into an analysis of how we live on the lands and waters. We’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of OCEAN’s potential for coherence and connectivity among Ecotrust’s core programs.

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BACKGROUND: Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, Portland, Oregon

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CAPITAL RESOURCES Natural Capital Fund

Ecotrust’s Natural Capital Fund leverages businesses and

projects that are pioneers of triple bottom line performance.

Launched in 1992, the Fund currently totals $20 million in

assets, with plans to grow to more than $50 million in the

next decade. A few of our investments:

• The Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center houses

a community of tenants and hosts events that

convey what it means to live and work while

deeply connected to place.

• A strategic 1,450-acre parcel on Berg Lakes

puts us at the negotiating table to help protect

the integrity of the Copper River Delta.

• Ecotrust Forests LLC aims to demonstrate

an approach to forestry that mimics nature,

providing both financial returns to investors

and opportunities for local communities.

ShoreBank Pacific With total assets up to more than $80 million, ShoreBank

Pacific steers investments to manufacturers, distributors,

and service companies that stand to benefit from adopting

sustainable business practices. Coming this year, the bank

will introduce a Salmon Nation VISA card.

Shorebank Enterprise Pacific With more than $14 million in loans to enterprises in

Pacific Northwest coastal communities since its inception,

Shorebank Enterprise — a nonprofit, economic develop-

ment corporation — is helping rural economies transition to

a conservation-based focus.

Ecotrust Canada Natural Capital Fund Offering credit and business services as well as environmen-

tal expertise, Ecotrust Canada is assisting small

business enterprises and local jurisdictions in British

Columbia’s coastal communities. Our Canadian affiliate

has also partnered with VanCity Credit Union in a CAN$7 mil-

lion conservation finance program.

Nourished by the annual return of Pacific salmon and home to the world’s largest

coastal temperate rain forest, the region we know as Salmon Nation offers vast

riches of natural capital.

This capital has facilitated enormous wealth creation in the past century and a half. But we have lived off our principal long enough, and as Jane Jacobs reminds us, paying off our debts to the past is only possible through gifts to the future. Our thoughts turn to restoring the productivity of our habitat and our home — an investment in future asset creation.

Mapping the historical flow of the region’s natural capital, we would find lines of resources running from rural to urban coordinates. The result is a diminishment of ecosystem productivity, and a decline of resource-dependant rural economies. Ecotrust seeks oppor-tunities to invest intellectual and financial capital back into our lands and waters, and at the same time provide more reliably prosperous lives for all who live here.

After the redevelopment of a former warehouse into a green building showcase and our Portland base, Ecotrust is now looking to establish the first forestland investment management organization devoted to ecological forestry in the Pacific Northwest. It’s all part of investing in your beliefs — here in Salmon Nation.

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C O N N E C T W I T H U S

SPENCER B. BEEBE, PRESIDENT

OFELIA SVART, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT

BETTINA VON HAGEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF NATURAL CAPITAL FUND

www.ecotrust.org/ncf

INVESTING IN OUR HOMEOver the course of our thirteen years, Ecotrust has launched organizations and initiatives that include our partnerships with Shorebank Corporation and our redevelopment of the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center. In each instance, we recognized a niche that others were slow to fill. Now, Ecotrust is aiming to demonstrate a new approach to forestry with real examples on the land.

This year we are launching Ecotrust Forests LLC, a fund that seeks to acquire forestland in Salmon Nation and demonstrate healthy financial returns through a long-term com-mitment to forest health and productivity. It will be a leading forestland investment fund in the region and combine two emerging trends: the emergence of vehicles for direct investment in forestland, and the growth of socially responsible investing, which has become a multi-trillion dollar mar-ket.

On the ground, our forest management approach will mimic natural patterns of disturbance that lead to a diversity of native species, tree ages, and forest structure. Improvement in water quality and the res-toration of stream and salmon habitat will be part of this approach. Generating and maintaining local jobs will be a priority, as well. By purchasing strategic parcels in coastal watersheds of the Pacific Northwest, the initiative will seek to influence forestland manage-ment on a holistic, watershed scale through cooperation with adjacent public and private landowners.

While investors in Ecotrust Forests LLC will largely derive monetary values from sales of timber, non-timber sources, such as conservation easements, recreation leases, carbon cred-its, habitat banking and limited ‘green’ real estate development, will also contribute. Putting our capital back into the land from which it came: It’s an investment in our home.

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The Fund’s approach to managing forests not only enhances biodiversity but produces merchantable timber that is seven times more

Market Value of Merchantable Timber

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETSYears Ending December 31, 2003 and 2002

Assets 2003 2002Cash $648,509 $574,444 Investments 5,801,088 6,076,528Grants, Notes and Accounts Receivable 2,426,066 2,052,314Land, Building and Equipment 12,549,537 12,780,840Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets 111,387 114,091Total Assets $21,536,587 $21,598,218

Liabilities and Net AssetsAccounts payable $179,972 $55,082 Loans payable 8,174,817 8,659,941Accrued expenses and other liabilities 430,654 364,101Total Liabilities $8,785,443 $9,079,124

Unrestricted net assets 8,781,385 10,060,667Temporarily restricted net assets 3,073,344 1,561,970Total Net Assets $11,854,728 $11,622,637

Investment member interest $896,416 $896,457

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $21,536,587 $21,598,218

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITYYears Ending December 31, 2003 and 2002

Revenue 2003 2002Grants and Contributions $4,148,464 $2,882,033Natural Capital Fund Revenue 973,934 838,071Contracts, Services and Other 422,205 477,507Total Revenue $5,544,603 $4,197,610

ExpensesNative Programs $235,185 $217,558Fisheries 797,566 743,480Forestry 586,933 156,052Food and Farms 136,293 49,490Citizenship 571,703 371,181Knowledge Systems 759,665 848,398Natural Capital Fund 1,554,391 1,176,101Supporting Services: Administrative 446,943 309,299 Fundraising 223,873 260,532 $5,312,553 $4,132,091 Excess of Revenue Over Expenses $232,050 $65,519

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FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIONADAM LANE, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

DAGMAR CARSTENSEN, HUMAN RELATIONS COORDINATOR/RECEPTIONIST

RAY HOLLANDER, SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT

ERNEST McCARTY, STAFF ACCOUNTANT

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYCHRIS SANFORD, DIRECTOR OF

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

GABE CARLTON-BARNES, SYSTEMS ENGINEER

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NATURAL CAPITAL CENTER

Venture$.13 (<1%)

Partnerships$3.9 (20%)

Income$3.1 (16%)

Real Estate$12.3 (64%)

Natural Capital Fund Assets in MillionsTotal Value: $19.2 Million

Program Spending: 2002 | 2003

Board of DirectorsSpencer B. Beebe Portland, OR

Dalee Dorough Anchorage, AK

Robert Friedman, Chair San Francisco, CA

Ian Gill Vancouver, BC

Ron Grzywinski Chicago, IL

Cameron Healy Portland, OR

Richard Jaffe Portland, OR

Jacqueline Koerner Vancouver, BC

Steven McGeady Portland, OR

Antone Minthorn Adams, OR

Alan Parker Olympia, WA

Dylan Simonds San Francisco, CA

Karie Thomson Woodside, CA

Dan Wieden Portland, OR

Jack H. Vaughn, Chair Emeritus Tucson, AZ

BOARD, COUNCIL, & STAFFAdvisory CouncilAndrea Alexander, Seattle, WA Gerald Amos, Vancouver, BC Richard Atleo, Nanaimo, BC Gordon Baskerville, Qualicum Beach, BC Robert Bateman, Salt Spring Island, BC Constance Best, Santa Rosa, CA Clark Binkley, Boston, MA Stewart Brand, Sausalito, CA Kay Brown, Anchorage, AK Howard G. Buffett, Assumption, IL John Castles, Portland, OR Charles Collins, San Francisco, CA Roberta Conner, Pendleton, OR John Craighead, Missoula, MT Sophie Craighead, Kelly, WY Herman Daly, College Park, MD Jack Dangermond, Redlands, CA Wade Davis, Washington, D.C. David Denecke, Portland, OR Suzanne E. Edison, Seattle, WA Amos Eno, South Freeport, ME John R. Evans, Toronto, ONT Kathy Fletcher, Seattle, WA Jerry F. Franklin, Seattle, WA John Fraser, Vancouver, BC Glenn Fuller, Atlanta, GA Jhon Goes In Center, Ft. Collins, CO David Harrison, Seattle, WA Thom Henley, Queen Charlotte City, BC Carsten Henningsen, Portland, OR Mary Houghton, Chicago, IL Jane Jacobs, Toronto, ONT Julie Lewis, Portland, OR James Lichatowich, Columbia City, OR Jane Lubchenco, Corvallis, OR Patricia Marchak, Vancouver, BC Ed Marston, Paonia, CO David Martin, Vancouver, BC Peter Meehan, Santa Cruz, CA Gary Miranda, Portland, OR Frederick F. Moon, San Francisco, CA Robert Naiman, Seattle, WA Stephen Owen, Vancouver, BC George Patterson, Tofino, BC Daniel Pauly, Vancouver, BC T. Lester Purce, Olympia, WA James Quinn, Portland, OR David Rockefeller, Jr., Cambridge, MA George Russell, Gig Harbor, WA Michael Sands, Grayslake, IL Leslie Sauer, Philadelphia, PA Peter Seligmann, Washington, D.C. Samuel D. Skaggs, Juneau, AK Leon Smith, Chicago, IL Nicholas Sonntag, Vancouver, BC Jeff Sullivan, Seattle, WA Jean Vollum, Portland, OR Carl Walters, Vancouver, BC Peter Warshall, Tucson, AZ Greg Watson, Westborough, MA Charles Wright, Seattle, WA

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David Pray GIS Analyst

Pete Reed Event Center Security

Derek Reiber Tidepool Managing Editor

Lori Reinecke Event Coordinator

Greg Robillard Database Developer, State of the Salmon

Dorie Roth* GIS Analyst

Kristi Rux* Assistant Director of Finance & Administration

Chris Sanford Director of Information Technology

Astrid Scholz Ecological Economist

Howard Silverman Director of Public Information

Debra Sohm Director of Food & Farms Market Connections

Charles Steinback GIS Analyst

Ofelia Svart Assistant to the President

Melissa Tatge Creative Director

Liz Woody Director of Indigenous Leadership Program

On contractAndrea Hildebrand Food & Farms Associate

Keith Peters Citizenship Program Coordinator

Barry Sims Forester

Edward C. Wolf Writer

Seth Zuckerman Tidepool Chief Correspondent

Staff who left in 2003Loren Acker, Nancy Church, Charley Dewberry, Maurice Higdon, Wisteria Loeffler, Jackie Johnson

InternsJohn Harrington, Adam Hixon, Annie Mancini, Michael McGreevey, William Potts, Kelly Stewart

StaffSpencer B. Beebe President

Edward Backus Vice President of Fisheries Program

Eileen Brady Vice President of Information Services, Food & Farms, and Citizenship Programs

Craig Jacobson Vice President of Native Programs

Adam Lane Chief Financial Officer

Bettina von Hagen Vice President of Forestry Program and Natural Capital Fund

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RJ Kopchak Director of Copper River Ecosystem Program

DeL’Aurore Kyly Development Coordinator

Andrew Lightcap* Remote Sensing Technician

Ernest McCarty Staff Accountant

Sydney Mead Director of Events and NCC Programs Manager

Mike Mertens GIS Manager/Senior GIS Analyst

Kara Orvieto Events and Marketing Coordinator

Cathy Pearson Research Coordinator, State of the Salmon

David Albert Senior GIS Analyst

Samuel M. Beebe Communications Associate

Kim Burkland Director of Development

Gabe Carleton-Barnes Systems Engineer

Dagmar Carstensen Human Relations Coordinator/Receptionist

Michele Dailey Senior GIS Analyst

Brent Davies Director of Community and Public Forestry

Todd Diskin Event Center Assistant

Ben Donaldson Research Assistant/GIS Technician

Andrew Fuller Communications Designer

Luke Gavin Event Center Housekeeping

Kent Goodyear Director of Forestry Market Connections

Analisa Gunnell GIS Technician II

Ray Hollander Senior Staff Accountant

Ed Hunt Tidepool Editor in Chief

Sarah Klain GIS Technician I

DONORS & SUPPORTCorporationsBruce Forster Photography, Inc.CampagnolaCoates KokesEcoISPFood Front Cooperative GroceryGulf of AK Coastal Communities CoalitionHewlett Packard CompanyKerr Pacific CorporationLumbermen’sNewman’s Own, Inc.Newman’s Own OrganicsNew Seasons MarketNIKE — Employee Matching ProgramNorthwest MediaPatagonia, Inc.PGEPipeVine, Inc.Portland Brewing CompanyScatter Creek Garden ServiceSheldon Marine EnterprisesStarbucks Coffee Co.TomPaine.comWalsh ConstructionWorld Cup Coffee and Tea

FoundationsAlaska Conservation FoundationAnonymous Foundation IAnonymous Foundation II Anonymous Foundation IIIArntz Family FoundationAyudar FoundationBank of America FoundationBill and Julie Young Fund of the Oregon Community FoundationBill Healy FoundationBrainerd FoundationBullitt FoundationCarl J. and Alma Johnson Fund of the Oregon Community FoundationCollins FoundationColumbia Foundation*David & Lucile Packard FoundationDavid Axelrod and Marilyn Couch Fund of The Oregon Community FoundationDylan Todd Simonds FoundationEcoTrustFanwood Foundation/West*Flintridge FoundationGiles W. and Elise G. Mead FoundationGordon and Betty Moore FoundationHenry John Simonds Foundation, Inc.Homeland FoundationHoward G. Buffett Foundation*Hunt Alternatives FundJim and Patty Rouse Family FoundationJubitz Family Foundation

Jyn FoundationKinship FoundationLaird Norton Endowment FoundationLazar FoundationM.J. Murdock Charitable Trust*Mancini FoundationMerrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.Money/Arenz Foundation, Inc.Moore Family Foundation*New Priorities FoundationNorth Star FoundationNorthwest Area FoundationOak FoundationOwen and Kristina O’Donnell Family FoundationPhil and Jo Chase Fund of the Oregon Community FoundationPhileo FoundationRahr FoundationRobert C. & Nani S. Warren FoundationSan Francisco Foundation (Robert and Elizabeth Fisher)San Francisco Foundation (Phyllis Friedman)San Francisco Foundation (Robert Friedman and Kristina Kiehl)Searle Family TrustSkaggs FoundationSpirit Foundation*Steven McGeady FoundationTalbott Lea Simonds Foundation, Inc.Tim and Karen Hixon FoundationWiancko Family Donor Advised Fund of the Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWilburforce Foundation

GovernmentBristol Bay Coastal Resource Service AreaCity of Portland, Office of Sustainable DevelopmentCity of Portland, Portland Water BureauCoquille Indian TribeOregon Economic & Community Development Department*Pacific States Marine Fisheries CommissionPort of PortlandUSDA Community Food ProjectsUSDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest RegionWashington State Department of Ecology

OrganizationsCascadia Region Green Buildling CouncilComo Watershed GroupCopper River Watershed ProjectEcotrust CanadaFoodRoutes NetworkMattole Restoration CouncilNorthwest Environment WatchSierra Club NW OfficeSitka Conservation SocietyU.S. Green Building CouncilWild Salmon Center

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Jacqueline J. AbelJesse AbramsJeff AkenDavid AlbertBerry AllenFrank & Maggie AllenAnonymous I*Anonymous IIAnonymous IIISteve Apotheker & Diane MeisenhelterNeil B. ArmantroutGerald & Jane ArmourTom ArmstrongJerome G. ArnoldWilliam & Helen Aron (in memory of John R. Donaldson)Dan ArquilevichDon ArthurVikki Avara

Brian BackHoward & Nancy BalesWilliam BarmettlerMartha BaskinCarol M. BaumannNancy BeamerKarolyn BeebeMary L. Beebe & Charles ReillySamuel M. BeebeSandra A. BeebeSpencer B. & Jane M. BeebeR.W. BehanBrian & Sharon BeinlichWilliam BelknapHarry F. BellMarlene Bellman

Joyce BennettCharles & Irene BensingerJohn BerdesJames R. BergDenise BergezKaren Berkowitz & Robert RutenbergHoward & Deborah BernsteinElizabeth BieckNancy BirdPaul W. BirkelandArt BlundellGerald BoeseJames BoiesDr. Edith BorieJenna BorovanskyDavid R. BostonEileen Brady & Brian RohterMary E. Braun

Jo & Mark BrodyJohn & Ibby BrookeJodi BroughtonBarbara BrownElizabeth BryerTimothy BuckleyMike BundyRalf BurgertCharles & Doris BurklandKimberly R. BurklandVirginia L. ButlerHomer & Marguerite CampbellDouglas CanningCyd CannizzaroKathy CarlsonDagmar Carstensen

Egon & Ursula CarstensenIngrid CarstensenThomas E. CarterJohn & Sarah CastlesCindy ChangYvon & Malinda ChouinardRobert ChristensenEllen W. ChuPatrick H. ClancyMary ClarkMarianna CooleyDeborah CornettRandy Countryman & Gwen OsborneStacey CrollJames & Anne CrumpackerMary F. CushmanKarl d’AdamoAlice B. & David Davies

Brent M. DaviesPatrick de FreitasRoger de FreitasLawrence W. DealEllen DeehanTimothy DetermanJohn C. DiamanteLenox & Helene DickDennis R. DimickRalph DiNolaMuriel M. DonaldsonKevin DowningJohn J. EarhartJoe EbersoleArielle EckstutCarol Edelman

Andrew EngelsonRon Ennis & Leslee CoxMarianne L. EspositoShamu FenyvesiDonald L. FerryAlyssa FirminDodd & Nancy FischerThomas W. FitzHughRobin FladeboSusan FowellsJeffrey & Ann FrankRobert Friedman & Kristina KiehlJeffrey FryerSara L. GabinCharlotte A. GallagherRebecca GeisenJared GersteinMichael W. GjerdeLee GoldbergRobert GoldbergGabriela GoldfarbJerry GorslineRob GouldOliver GranthamScott GreacenKeri GreenLee GreenKaren & Bill GrimaudMarietta Grimaud (in honor of Bill & Karen Grimaud)Jere & Raymond GrimmElizabeth GrossmanDarrin GunkelThomas GuthrieDiana Hadley & Peter WarshallDavid & Lauren Hall (in honor of Jennifer Rasor)Jim HannaGreg HanscomRichard HansisGordon & Margaret HargravesGordon S. Hargraves, Jr.Lisa HarringtonGary Harris & Mary GlobusBarbara HartTed HartBetsy & Jeffrey HarveyAndrew HayesEdmund & Sis HayesSummer HayesSiri HealyPaul HeikkilaLinda HenryDrew Pitney HigginsonGregory M. HillJohn Hillstrom

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C O N N E C T W I T H U SKIM BURKLAND, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

kim@ecotrust.org

DEL’AURORE KYLY, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR delaurore@ecotrust.org

www.ecotrust.org/donate

*FULFILLMENT OF 2002 PLEDGE

Ecotrust President Spencer B. Beebe and former Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield present Dr. Jean Vollum with the first Salmon Nation flag.

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Dorothy Hirsch (in honor of James & Luise Lane)Peter HobergPeter H. HolloranMike & Judy HolmanPeggy S. HolmanJon M. HoneaSonia HoneydewJane HopeBruce HowardPhil & Janie HoysradtAndrew HundEdward HuntJohn D. HuntDonna HunterJames E. HunterWilliam T. & Lynda HuttonMartha IrelandCraig Jacobson & Kendra Morris-JacobsonJake & Pat JacobsonDick & Mary JaffeBetsy JewettJim JohannessenMayo JohnsonRees & Maryanne JohnsonGeorge M. KaminskyVictoria KaplanLarry KarpackRebecca Kelley & David EdelsteinJulie A. KennedyDavid KenneyAndy KerrDonald & Cameron KerrJeanne & Andrew KinneyRuth E. KirkAndre KohlerR.J. & Barclay KopchakDavid KosiurJaeson KoszarskyMichael T. KovacsJesse A. KropfJoel KuperbergDeL’Aurore KylyMichael KyteJames & Luise LaneNancy LaPlacaAnthony LaskaWilliam LawrenceJerry LedesmaKarl LeeNadja S. LillyJ.A. LittooyDavid LivingstonJack & Carolynn D. LoackerAlan LocklearJanel LondonMark Loran

Joseph A. LosiJohn R. LoweJane Lubchenco & Bruce MengeVeronica A. Macdonald (in memory of Colin Macdonald)Marie MaglebyJane MalarkeyGreg MalletteJames G. MaloneyDavid ManelskiJohn W. MapleDoug MarkerMarie MarrsDeborah MarshallCass MartinezJohn MasonLeonard & Ilene MathisenBarbara J. MaynardFern J. McArthurLeslie McBrideMichelle L. McConnellLawrence McCronePeter & Jill McDonaldJohn McKeanKatheryne McKenzieTim Z. McMenaminClaudia McNeillPatricia L. McQuearySuellen MeleLydia & B. Jenkins MiddletonAlia MilesSally N. MillerKate & Jack MillsAlisa MoffatMrs. Albert MoormanDuffy MorganLindley Morton & Corinne OishiBob & Melissa NaitoNan Nalder & Alvin GriffithJames I. NevillePaul NewmanVictor & Charlotte NoerdlingerRoy & Susan O’ConnorBenjamin Zui OldsMichael Z. & Gloria B. OldsBob OliverKathryn A. Oliver-GarnettGilman & Marge OrdwayChet & Wendy OrloffKara OrvietoWendy OwenPeter PaquetBrad PaymarWilliam G. PearcyJudith I. PeckBeverly PerttuTamzyn PetersonJoanne R. PolayesVictoria Poling

Peter & Josephine PopeRusty PostRobert PricePaul & Angel PrzyzbylowiczAlan D. RammerBruce ReedOtto & Mary ReiberRamona RexCarole RichmondRobert J. RitchieDaniel RitzmanDavid RobertsKenneth L. RosenbaumDaniel Rosenfeld & Heidi DucklerLois & Arthur RothBruce RozenhartMichael RunningWilliam K. RuppDavid & Deborah RutherfordKristi RuxJon SaarheimMichael SakariasDavid SavageFannette SawyerKathleen Sayce & Frank WolfeChristina ScarzelloSteven ScherSasha A. SchwenkBronwyn ScottMelvin F. SeifertJanet S. SeniorSarah A. SevernLynn ShannonLinda SharpDan SheinJohn & Joan ShipleyNoriko ShojiHoward SilvermanClaude SingerLori SingerDebra SohmAnne N. Stacey (in honor of Bill & Karen Grimaud)John H. StadlerWilliam D. StanfordMary B. StellerAllie StephensGregory StewartDawn Stover & Jay LettoRichard StricklandJohn & Carla StrohBruce SutherlandBruce TaylorDarwin TaylorGreg TaylorJeremy L. ThomasMichael G. ThornileyMark ThygesenJennifer TiceLaurie L. Todd

Stuart K. ToddJason A. TrachewskyDoug TwitchellKrag UnsoeldDonna VaccarinoDarby VeeckJudith VergunChris VogelEve VogelKristina Vogt (in honor of Daniel Vogt)Martha WagnerTristan J. WagnerMary J. WalkerJudy Walton & Stephen FrenkelLauran WarnerCynthia Wayburn & James RoushCharles WeissKenneth R. WellsMaryann WelschFrederick WeyerhaeuserCollin WhiteheadCarole WiegardtDiane WillisRobert WilsonBart WittenmyerEdward C. Wolf & Karen McKayMadeleine H. WolfeBarb WoodRichard & Mary Worrell (in honor of Gordon Hargraves, Jr)Jeff Wright & Julie OmelchuckSeth Zuckerman

IN-KIND DONATIONSCorporations & OrganizationsAyers Creek FarmBasta’s Trattoria & BarBon Appétit Management CompanyBugatti’s RistoranteCafé AzulCafé MamCaffe MingoCatch of the SeaClassic FoodsCold CreekDaily CaféDelphina’s BakeryEcoroofs EverywhereESRIFishermen’s DirectFlying FishFood Front Cooperative GroceryFord Farms LLCGino’s RestaurantGrand Central BakeryGreener Pastures Poultry

DONORS & SUPPORT (CONT.)

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Hensel’sHiggins RestaurantHot Lips PizzaJudy 2 FisheriesKaster’s Kustom CuttingKatayama FramingKuller Fish Co.The Last Place on Earth Oyster FarmLucère RestaurantLucy’s TableMAC ClubMickeys Wild ChinookNatural Harvest FarmNew Seasons MarketNewell SeafoodsNewport Bay Fish CompanyNorthwest River GuidesNourishment

Oregon’s Choice Gourmet AlbacoreOrganically Grown CompanyPatagonia, Inc.Portland Farmers MarketPortland StreetcarPrairie Creek FarmPrime Select SeafoodProvvista Specialty FoodsQueener Fruit FarmRIPES & B SeafoodsSaturday MarketSauvie Island OrganicsSecond Story BistroSignature SalmonSinging Pig FarmSmotherman Seafood Inc.

Sudan FarmSunshine DairySweet Creek FoodsTazo Tea CompanyTom Epler’s BuffaloWestern Culinary InstituteWhite Oak CiderWildwood RestaurantWildsockeye.orgWillamette Farms of Oregon HazelnutsWinter HawkWolaver’s Organic AlesYour Kitchen GardenZena Timber

IndividualsKrista AndersonEdward Backus

Carol & Anthony BoutardLinda ColwellDave DicksonMichele Longo EderGinny GoblirschAmy GrondinElizabeth GrossmanHelen & Dave StevensonKenyon HenselGreg HigginsCraig Jacobson & Kendra Morris-JacobsonPat & Jake JacobsonJeff BoardmanJohn & Debbie OakesMaya KleinR.J. & Barclay Kopchak

Adam & Victoria LaneGreene LawsonLarry LevDan LipowMike MorrisseyWill NewmanRay TosteRoy BurtonSteve SmrstikScherri SotomishJanne StarkDianne Stefani-RuffSteve SmithDan VollumJeff X. WartelleMichael WilhelmDave Yudkin

Salmon Nation AdvisorsJed Alger, Wieden+KennedyLucy Brehm, ShoreBank PacificEric Fishman, Metropolitan GroupJeff Gersh, NarrativeLab CommunicationsJennifer Gilstrap Hearn, Metropolitan GroupJelly Helm, Wieden+KennedyDan Kent, Salmon-SafeDavid Lakey, The Lake GroupKim Lilly, ZibadesignJennifer Maxwell-Muir, Maxwell PRSusan Mikolasy, Metro Networks

Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, Metropolitan GroupMichelle Peterman, Kettle Foods & FlexcarKeith Peters, kpcommChris Riley, StudiorileyDan Wieden, Wieden+KennedyEdward C. Wolf, AuthorSeth Zuckerman, Journalist

VolunteersMiranda BedwellAnnie BeltLucas Clarke Jeannie CovellMichael CurnesJoanne DauntPeter DonaldsonElle Green Marcia Hollander Alan HummelBrian KrejcarekJulia LappJoy LawrenceJerry LedesmaChrista LeonardBarbara LinssenMarco LowensteinJohan MatheisonKay Matheison Tim McMenaminJohn Murchison Fred Noble John NurseAlisan Peters Keith PetersSarah ReichBrian RohterCasey RohterCassie SalinasRob SchneiderEvan SmithTeresa SvartReid TenKleySarah TrakselisJohn TromboldFlavia WagnerCollin WhiteheadKaren Wolfgang

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C O N N E C T W I T H U SKARA ORVIETO, VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

kara@ecotrust.org

A float trip on the Copper River provided donors and board members a first-hand look at the astounding Childs Glacier.

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SUMMER SUPPER

June 23, 2004

WINTER ROASTFALL FEAST

September 24, 2004 December 15, 2004

Un-earth Seasonal SuppersJune 23, 2004 • September 24, 2004 • December 15, 2004

6:30–10:00 pm

ABOVE: In 2003, 15,408 individuals attended 321 events in the Billy Frank, Jr. Conference Center. Events ran the gamut from workshops, seminars, and lectures, to parties, dinners, and weddings.

BELOW: Each Thursday throughout the summer, 45 local vendors and 2,500 Portland residents transform the Natural Capital Center into a setting for the Portland Farmers Market.

Headquarters for Salmon Nation, the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center is a historic warehouse renovated by Ecotrust in 2001. Here we are joined by a community of business, agency and non-profit leaders, each working towards a conservation economy. Tenants are gathered around the themes of salmon conservation, ecological forestry, responsible investing, sustainable agriculture, green urban development, and clothing and adventure travel.

JOIN US IN 2004…

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In December 2003, the Buffett Award panel-ists renamed the Ecotrust Conference Center to honor native activist Billy Frank, Jr. Born in 1931, Billy is a member of the Nisqually Tribe and served his country as a Marine in the Korean War. At the age of 14 he faced the first of over 80 arrests, each under the mis-guided attempt of the State of Washington to squelch tribal treaty rights. His efforts, along with those of others, culminated in the semi-nal 1974 case United States v. Washington, which finally clarified the treaty-mandated tribal and non-Indian co-ownership and co-management of the fisheries resource. Since 1981, Billy has served as chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. He has been awarded — along with notables such as former President Jimmy Carter — the Albert

Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism. Billy remains the living embodi-ment of the Ecotrust mission — to build Salmon Nation. Join us this Fall for a formal dedication ceremony.

REBUILT GREEN: THE NATURAL CAPITAL CENTER AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF BUILDING was published by Ecotrust in 2003. A journey through renovation of the landmark LEED™ Gold-certified Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, the book tells of our experi-ence renovating the 1895 warehouse, and provides resources and inspiration for others who are interested in green building and the LEED certification process. The book is available for sale at Ecotrust and online at www.ecotrust.org/publications.

C O N N E C T W I T H U SJean Vollum Natural Capital Center 721 NW Ninth Avenue, Portland, OR

SYDNEY MEAD, DIRECTOR OF EVENTS AND NCC PROGRAMS MANAGER

KARA ORVIETO, EVENTS AND MARKETING COORDINATOR

LORI REINECKE, EVENT COORDINATOR

events@ecotrust.org

www.ecotrust.org/ncc

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Dedication Ceremony &

BlessingSeptember 12, 2004

Portland Farmers Market

Thursday Evenings June 2–August 25, 2004

4:00–8:00 pm

ECOTRUST jean vollum natural capital center 721 nw ninth avenue, suite 200 portland, oregon 97209 tel 503.227.6225 fax 503.222.1517 info@ecotrust.org www.ecotrust.org

ECOTRUST CANADA 1238 homer street, suite 200 vancouver, british columbia v6b 2y5 canada tel 604.682.4141 fax 604.682.1944 info@ecotrustcan.org www.ecotrustcan.org

SHOREBANK ENTERPRISE PACIFIC p.o. box 826 203 howerton way se ilwaco, washington 98624 tel 360.642.4265 fax 360.642.4078 www.sbpac.com

SHOREBANK PACIFIC p.o. box 400 ilwaco, washington 98624 tel 360.642.1166 fax 360.642.3780

jean vollum natural capital center 721 nw ninth avenue, suite 195 portland, or 97209 tel 503.916.1552 fax 503.827.5003

ecobank@sbpac.com www.eco-bank.com

member fdic

PUBLICATION CREDITS

WRITERS: Howard Silverman, Derek Reiber DESIGN & PRODUCTION: Melissa Tatge PRINTER: Paramount Graphics, Beaverton, OR

Printed on New Leaf Paper’s Reincarnation Matte with soy-based inks. Printed on 100% recycled paper with 30% post-consumer content, PCF

Building Salmon Nation

jean vollum natural capital center 721 nw ninth avenue, suite 200 portland, or 97209

tel 503.227.6225 | fax 503.222.1517 info@ecotrust.org | www.ecotrust.org