2023-10-05T12:09:27-07:00 2022-12-31 931157146 Kern & Thompson LLC 1800 SW First Avenue Suite 410 Portland OR 97201 990 2022-01-01 911583492 Columbia Riverkeeper COLU 5413873030 PO Box 950 Hood River OR 97031 LAUREN GOLDBERG Executive Dir. 2023-10-04 true LAUREN GOLDBERG 999009999 true Kristin L Brooks CPA P02397432 5032223338 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z LAUREN GOLDBERG PO Box 950 Hood River OR 97031 2551124 false X columbiariverkeeper.org X 1989 WA COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPERS MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND ALL LIFE CONNECTED TO IT, FROM THE HEADWATERS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 9 8 29 400 0 3401683 2317939 0 27848 23314 97847 209871 3527378 2551124 339510 249001 0 1275245 1540683 0 209260 442234 687809 2056989 2477493 1470389 73631 5520101 5468055 181968 273736 5338133 5194319 X TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND ALL LIFE CONNECTED TO IT, FROM THE HEADWATERS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. OUR STRATEGY FOR PROTECTING THE COLUMBIA INCLUDES WORKING IN RIVER COMMUNITIES AND PROTECTING THE PEOPLE, FISH AND WILDLIFE THAT DEPEND ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. false false 835071 FIGHTING FOSSIL FUELSRIVERKEEPER HAS WORKED WITH TRIBAL NATIONS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, STRONG COALITIONS, AND AMAZING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RIVER COMMUNITIES TO DEFEAT NEARLY EVERY NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ON THE COLUMBIA. THIS INCLUDES THE WORLDS LARGEST FRACKED GAS TO METHANOL REFINERY, THE NATIONS LARGEST OIL-BY-RAIL SHIPPING TERMINAL, AND THE NATIONS LARGEST COAL EXPORT TERMINAL. OUR WORK IS NOT DONE, BUT 2022 MARKED A YEAR OF VICTORIES AND MOVEMENT BUILDING.BOTTOMLINE: PREVENTING NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE IS A CRITICAL TASK TO PROTECT OUR CLIMATE. IF FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS BUILD NEW INFRASTRUCTURESHIPPING TERMINALS, PIPELINES, REFINERIESTHEY WILL LOCK US INTO DECADES OF FOSSIL FUEL USE AT A TIME WHEN WE MUST RAPIDLY MOVE TOWARD CLEAN ENERGY AND FEWER PETROCHEMICALS. IN 2022, RIVERKEEPER AND ALLIES CELEBRATED A MAJOR VICTORY WHEN BACKERS OF A CONTROVERSIAL FOSSIL FUEL PROCESSING AND EXPORT PROPOSAL IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, OFFICIALLY ABANDONED ITS FRACKED GAS REFINERY AND PIPELINE PROPOSAL, TERMINATING THE COMPANYS LEASE WITH THE PORT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE DECISION COMES AFTER YEARS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL ACTIVISM TO STOP A SIMILAR, MASSIVE FRACKED GAS REFINERY IN KALAMA, WASHINGTON. RIVERKEEPER ALSO RAMPED UP A CAMPAIGN TO STOP FRACKED GAS INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION: TC ENERGYS GTN GAS PIPELINE EXPANSION PROPOSAL. WE CONTINUED TO PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, LEGAL, AND COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS TO STOP THE PROPOSED GTN PIPELINE EXPANSION, AN EXISTING FRACKED GAS PIPELINE THROUGH WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA THAT, IF EXPANDED, WOULD UNDERMINE THE WEST COASTS CLIMATE COMMITMENTS. RIVERKEEPER ALSO PARTNERED WITH FARMERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND RESIDENTS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, TO OPPOSE PLANS TO REZONE OVER 800 ACRES ADJACENT TO PRIME SALMON HABITAT AT PORT WESTWARD FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL. THE REZONE WOULD PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE POLLUTION AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION. RIVERKEEPER SUPPORTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND PROVIDED LEGAL PROWESS TO PROTECT SALMON AND FARMLAND. WE ALSO ADVOCATED AGAINST A NON-CONVENTIONAL DIESEL REFINERY AT PORT WESTWARD WHICH, IF BUILT, WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE TOP TEN GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTERS IN OREGON. IN PORTLAND, RIVERKEEPER AND ALLIES HELPED PREVENT THE EXPANSION OF ZENITH ENERGYS OIL-BY-RAIL SHIPPING TERMINAL. OIL-BY-RAIL IS BAD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, OUR CLIMATE, AND CLEAN WATER. FOR YEARS, RIVERKEEPERS TEAM OF GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND ATTORNEYS WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ADVOCATE FOR AN END TO ZENITHS DANGEROUS OIL-BY-RAIL OPERATIONS. IN 2022, RIVERKEEPER AND OUR PARTNERS LAUNCHED A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC-ENGAGEMENT SERIES IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS PORTLAND AND CRAFTED NEW LEGAL STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY OF PORTLAND CHANGING COURSE ON REGULATING ZENITH. OUR WORK CONTINUES.IN FALL 2022, WE CELEBRATED A HUGE VICTORY: AFTER A MULTI-YEAR CAMPAIGN AND LITIGATION, RIVERKEEPER AND ALLIES PREVAILED OVER THE CONTROVERSIAL PERENNIAL WINDCHASER, A 415-MW FRACKED GAS POWER PLANT PROPOSED IN UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. IF CONSTRUCTED, PERENNIAL WOULD HAVE EMITTED MORE THAN ONE MILLION TONS OF GREENHOUSE GASSES PER YEAR, MAKING IT THE SIXTH LARGEST STATIONARY SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE STATE.RIVERKEEPER ALSO WORKED IN RIVER COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR CLIMATE ACTION AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE SECURED A BIG WIN WHEN THE CITY OF VANCOUVER ADOPTED A PERMANENT FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE ORDINANCE. WE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ACROSS PORTLAND TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PORTLAND FOSSIL FUEL ORDINANCE. 308546 SAVING SALMONRIVERKEEPER WORKS TO PROTECT SALMON BY REDUCING POLLUTION, PROTECTING AND RESTORING HABITAT, AND ADVOCATING FOR DAM REMOVAL. THE COLUMBIA ONCE PRODUCED MORE SALMON THAN ANY RIVER ON EARTH. AN ESTIMATED 16 MILLION SALMON RETURNED TO THE COLUMBIA FROM THE OCEAN EACH YEAR, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED THESE SALMON SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. THE COLUMBIA STILL SUPPORTS IMPORTANT SUBSISTENCE, COMMERCIAL, AND RECREATIONAL SALMON FISHERIES. COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON ARE ALSO FOOD FOR CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS AND OTHER WILDLIFE. TODAY, COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON POPULATIONS ARE A FRACTION OF THEIR HISTORIC SIZE. DESPITE THE DAMS AND OTHER THREATS, SOME COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON STILL SURVIVE, ALTHOUGH MANY POPULATIONS ARE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION. IN 2022, RIVERKEEPER WORKED WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THE COLUMBIA TO PROTECT KEY SALMON HABITAT FROM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER THREATS, INCLUDING FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE (SEE BELOW), NEW SHIPPING TERMINALS, AND CHEMICAL PLANTS. THIS INCLUDED DEEPENING OUR LONG RUNNING WORK TO PROTECT THE COLUMBIA RIVER ESTUARY, AN ESTUARY OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SALMON HABITAT IN THE WORLD. RIVERKEEPER WORKED WITH TRIBES AND RIVER COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE ESTUARYS HEALTH FOR GENERATIONS, INCLUDING PROPOSALS TO BUILD MASSIVE, NEW HEAVY-INDUSTRIAL PORTS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, AND COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON. RIVERKEEPER ALSO ADVOCATED FOR DAM REMOVAL AND DAM-OPERATION CHANGES TO PROTECT SALMON AND THE CULTURES THAT RELY ON THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2022 WE WORKED WITH TRIBES AND PARTNERS TO SECURE BIG WINS FOR FISH PASSAGE ON THE LEWIS RIVER. THE LEWIS RIVER BASIN IS FAMOUS FOR SALMON, STUNNING WATERFALLS, BIG TREES, BLURRY BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS, AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER. ON ITS WAY TO THE MIGHTY COLUMBIA, THE LEWIS RIVER FLOWS THROUGH THREE LARGE RESERVOIRS: YALE, SWIFT, AND MERLIN. THESE RESERVOIRS PROVIDE ELECTRICITY AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THE DAMS ALSO STOP LEWIS RIVER SALMON AND STEELHEAD FROM REACHING THEIR NATIVE SPAWNING STREAMS. WE SUCCESSFULLY WORKED IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE COWLITZ TRIBE AND YAKAMA NATION TO ADVOCATE FOR COMPLETION OF FISH PASSAGE THROUGHOUT THE LEWIS RIVER BASIN.RIVERKEEPER MADE STRONG PROGRESS IN 2022 TO ADDRESS THE HOT WATER CRISES ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. WHY? HOT WATER, CAUSED BY DAMS AND EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, IS KILLING COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVER SALMON. THE RIVERS ARE SIMPLY TOO HOT. SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS FEED ON SALMON AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA DURING CRITICAL MONTHS BEFORE CHILDBIRTH. THE LACK OF SALMON CAUSES STARVING ORCAS AND THE TRAGIC LOSS OF ORCA CALVES. THE FEDERAL AGENCIES IN CHARGE ARE NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM. THROUGH STRATEGIC MEDIA, INSPIRING EVENTS, AND LITIGATION, WE SOUNDED THE ALARM ON THE HOT-WATER CRISIS ON THE COLUMBIA. THIS INCLUDED USING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, AND CLEAN WATER ACT TO FORCE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ADDRESS TEMPERATURE IMPACTS ON ADULT SALMON MIGRATION.RIVERKEEPER ALSO ADVOCATED TO RESTORE SALMON BY REMOVING THE FOUR LOWER SNAKE RIVER DAMS. TOGETHER WITH TRIBES AND OUR PARTNERS, WE PUT SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON NORTHWEST LEADERS AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO REMOVE THESE DAMS, RESTORE SALMON AND ORCAS, HONOR TRIBAL RIGHTS, AND REPLACE THE DAMS SERVICES. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION COMMITTED TO CHARTING A DURABLE PATH FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE, AND LEADERS FROM THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SNAKE RIVER DAM REMOVAL IS THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT EXTINCTION. WE STILL HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD, BUT WE ARE GAINING MOMENTUM. FOR EXAMPLE, OVER 70 BUSINESSES JOINED RIVERKEEPERS LETTER TO OREGON ELECTED OFFICIALS ASKING THEM TO SUPPORT REMOVING THE LOWER SNAKE RIVER DAMS. THROUGHOUT OUR SAVING SALMON EFFORTS, RIVERKEEPER ENDEAVORED TO IMPROVE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIMARY CAUSES OF SALMON DECLINES, INCLUDING COMBATING THE RACIST NARRATIVE OF TRIBAL FISHING AS A LEADING CAUSE OF THE EXTINCTION CRISIS. 270085 ENGAGING COMMUNITIESTHE PANDEMIC DISCONNECTED PEOPLE FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND IN SOME CASES THE COLUMBIA. ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAM AREAS, RIVERKEEPER ENGAGES COMMUNITIES. THROUGH THE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, WE AIM TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE RIVER AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE, VIBRANT CULTURES WITHIN RIVER COMMUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES MONITORING THE RIVER TO GIVE PEOPLE THE CONFIDENCE TO SWIM WHEN AND WHERE IT IS SAFE. THE REALITY: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DONT ROUTINELY MONITOR WATER QUALITY IN THE COLUMBIALET ALONE MAKE DATA EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. WITH ACCESS TO WATER QUALITY DATA AND CULTURALLY-INFORMED MESSAGING, PEOPLE CAN MAKE CHOICES TO USE THE RIVERAND GET INSPIRED TO FIGHT FOR CLEAN WATER. THE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM ALSO USES IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EDUCATION AND A RADIO SHOW TO CONNECT WITH THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WHO CALL THE COLUMBIA HOME.IN 2022, RIVERKEEPER CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS TO LATINA/O/X COMMUNITIES, WITH A FOCUS ON RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. THIS INCLUDES DOING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, PRODUCING BILINGUAL RADIO SHOWS AND PODCASTS, CALLED CONOCE TU COLUMBIA (KNOW YOUR COLUMBIA), ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MATERIALS IN SPANISH. RIVERKEEPERS POPULAR WATER-QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM GREW IN POPULARITY AND REACH IN 2022. WE MONITORED 20 COLUMBIA RIVER AND TRIBUTARY BEACHES AND SHARED INFORMATION ON SWIM GUIDE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABS) VISUAL MONITORING PROJECT TO ADDRESS AN EMERGING POLLUTION ISSUE ON THE COLUMBIA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. RIVERKEEPER ALSO DEVELOPED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND WEBPAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA MATERIALS ALERTING PEOPLE TO THE RISKS OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND EDUCATING THEM ON WAYS TO PROTECT BOTH PEOPLE AND PETS. RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING WILL HELP TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO RELY ON LOCAL RIVERS.RIVERKEEPER ALSO BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENTS ALONG THE RIVER, CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, RESTORED HABITAT, AND EDUCATED STUDENTS THROUGH THE POPULAR NICHOLS NATURAL AREA PROJECT IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. 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AT THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD THEY REPORT ON PROGRESS MADE. false false false false false false false false false LAUREN GOLDBERG Executive Dir. 145833 7580 7779 161192 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: CLEANING UP HANFORDTHE COLUMBIA RIVER RUNS ALONG THE HANFORD NUCLEAR SITE, HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS POLLUTION ON EARTH. A LEGACY OF WORLD WAR II AND THE COLD WAR, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SELECTED HANFORD AS A TOP-SECRET SITE FOR THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, WHICH CALLED FOR ENRICHING PLUTONIUM FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE 586-SQUARE-MILE HANFORD SITE RESTS ON THE CEDED LANDS OF MULTIPLE TRIBAL NATIONS. IN 2022, RIVERKEEPER WORKED IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE TRIBES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADING THE EFFORT TO HOLD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR CLEANUP.RADIOACTIVE AND TOXIC POLLUTION FROM HANFORD THREATENS PEOPLES HEALTH, SALMON, AND WATER QUALITY. CONTAMINATION FROM HANFORD STILL REACHES THE COLUMBIA RIVER. WITHOUT EFFECTIVE CLEANUP, MORE POLLUTION THREATENS TO ESCAPE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE COMING DECADES.IN 2022, RIVERKEEPER USED PUBLIC PRESSURE, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF CLEANUP PLANS TO ADVOCATE FOR THOROUGH, TIMELY CLEANUP. FOR EXAMPLE, OVER 1,000 RIVERKEEPER MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS ADVOCATED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGYS PROPOSED HANFORD CLEANUP PLANS. RIVERKEEPER ALSO OPPOSED THE GOVERNMENTS PLANS TO RE-LABEL HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE AS LOW-LEVEL IN ORDER TO LEAVE IT IN PLACE, INSTEAD OF MORE PROTECTIVE CLEANUP. RIVERKEEPER EXPANDED OUR OUTREACH BY IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES AIMED AT INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN HANFORD ADVOCACY. THIS INCLUDES WATERS WALK THROUGH WATER, A BILINGUAL (SPANISH/ENGLISH) AND INTERACTIVE STORY MAP, WHICH BREAKS DOWN SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS POLLUTANTS AND CLEANUP AREAS AT HANFORD, BRINGING THE CLEANUP TO LIFE THROUGH VIVID ART AND STORYTELLING. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE YAKAMA NATION TO PUSH FOR BETTER AND FASTER CLEANUP OF NUCLEAR WASTE. THIS INCLUDED THE SECOND HANFORD JOURNEY, AN EVENT CO-HOSTED BY RIVERKEEPER AND THE TRIBE. NEARLY 200 PEOPLE GATHERED ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER, UPSTREAM FROM HANFORD, TO CELEBRATE RESILIENCY, HOPE, AND ACTION FOR A THOROUGH CLEANUP. THE EVENT SPURRED MUCH-NEEDED MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE PEOPLE AND PLACES IMPACTED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECISIONSAND HOW TO GET INVOLVED. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: ENGAGING COMMUNITIESTHE PANDEMIC DISCONNECTED PEOPLE FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND IN SOME CASES THE COLUMBIA. ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAM AREAS, RIVERKEEPER ENGAGES COMMUNITIES. THROUGH THE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, WE AIM TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE RIVER AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE, VIBRANT CULTURES WITHIN RIVER COMMUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES MONITORING THE RIVER TO GIVE PEOPLE THE CONFIDENCE TO SWIM WHEN AND WHERE IT IS SAFE. THE REALITY: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DONT ROUTINELY MONITOR WATER QUALITY IN THE COLUMBIALET ALONE MAKE DATA EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. WITH ACCESS TO WATER QUALITY DATA AND CULTURALLY-INFORMED MESSAGING, PEOPLE CAN MAKE CHOICES TO USE THE RIVERAND GET INSPIRED TO FIGHT FOR CLEAN WATER. THE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM ALSO USES IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EDUCATION AND A RADIO SHOW TO CONNECT WITH THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WHO CALL THE COLUMBIA HOME.IN 2022, RIVERKEEPER CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS TO LATINA/O/X COMMUNITIES, WITH A FOCUS ON RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. THIS INCLUDES DOING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, PRODUCING BILINGUAL RADIO SHOWS AND PODCASTS, CALLED CONOCE TU COLUMBIA (KNOW YOUR COLUMBIA), ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MATERIALS IN SPANISH. RIVERKEEPERS POPULAR WATER-QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM GREW IN POPULARITY AND REACH IN 2022. WE MONITORED 20 COLUMBIA RIVER AND TRIBUTARY BEACHES AND SHARED INFORMATION ON SWIM GUIDE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABS) VISUAL MONITORING PROJECT TO ADDRESS AN EMERGING POLLUTION ISSUE ON THE COLUMBIA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. RIVERKEEPER ALSO DEVELOPED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND WEBPAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA MATERIALS ALERTING PEOPLE TO THE RISKS OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND EDUCATING THEM ON WAYS TO PROTECT BOTH PEOPLE AND PETS. RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING WILL HELP TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO RELY ON LOCAL RIVERS.RIVERKEEPER ALSO BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENTS ALONG THE RIVER, CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, RESTORED HABITAT, AND EDUCATED STUDENTS THROUGH THE POPULAR NICHOLS NATURAL AREA PROJECT IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. THE NICHOLS PROJECT PROVIDES HANDS-ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO HUNDREDS OF LOCAL STUDENTS, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE AWARENESS, TOOLS, AND STRATEGIES TO REDUCE POLLUTION IN THEIR COMMUNITY. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: COMUNIDADESRIVERKEEPER IS THE PROUD FISCAL SPONSOR OF COMUNIDADES. RIVERKEEPERS SENIOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND LATINA/O/X COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS CREATED THE ORGANIZATION TO ADDRESS UNMET NEEDS AND AMPLIFY VOICES FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. COMUNIDADES IS LED BY MEMBERS OF LATINA/O/X COMMUNITIES IN THE GORGE AND COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING LATINA/O/X COMMUNITIES THROUGH ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, AND EDUCATION. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b BEFORE THE 990 IS SUBMITTED THE FINANCIAL STAFF REVIEWS THE DRAFT 990 AND THEN PROVIDES A FINALIZED DRAFT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, CONFIRMING THAT THE 990 HAS BEEN CAREFULLY REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS PROVIDED TO BOARD MEMBERS AND REVIEWED ANNUALLY. COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER ALSO MAINTAINS A BOARD COMMITTEE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS AFTER REVIEWING COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN SIMILAR FIELDS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS CAN BE VIEWED AT THE OFFICE OF COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER, MAILED OR EMAILED.