ANNUALREPORT

2014

PROTECT

RESTORE

CELEBRATE

CONTENTS

Board of Directors and Advisory Council 4

Meeting the Growing Challenges 4

Land & Water Resources 6

Education & Outreach 13

Our Supporters 16

Financial Statements 20

Staff 22

Board of DirectorsGary Noren, Chair Retired environmental educator

Melanie Kleiss Boerger, Vice Chair Co-owner, Kleiss Gears

Bonnie Swanson, Treasurer CPA, Wilkerson, Guthmann & Johnson

Karen Hansen, Secretary Attorney, Winthrop & Weinstine

Bob Bickford Owner, St. Croix Valley Adventures

Katie Clapp Co-owner, Windy Ridge Ranch

Patrick Collins Science Teacher, Chisago Lakes Schools

Jim Fitzpatrick Retired emeritus executive director, Carpenter Nature Center

Peter Gove Retired St. Jude Medical, Inc. executive

DavidGriffith Retired president St. Croix Valley Foundation

Don Hansen Retired director of investigation, U.S. Geological Survey

Richard Ihrig Attorney, Lindquist & Vennum

Dana Jackson Retired senior program associate, Land Stewardship Project

John Kaul Owner, Capital Gains

Mark Peterson Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Northland College

Tom Polasik Retired MN DNR state park, forest resource planner, resource manager

Pam Rasmussen Siting & Land Rights Senior Manager, Xcel Energy

PatriciaShifferd Retired Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Northland College

Tom Triplett Attorney, consultant

ThepastfiveyearsoftheSt.CroixRiverAssociation’s(SCRA)historyhavebeendrasticallydifferentfromourfirst98years.Asthechallengesfacingourriverhavegrown,sohasSCRA.Wearepleasedtoreportthatweareseeingsignificantresultsfromourefforts.

From its founding in 1911 to 2009, SCRA’s effortswere led by dedicated volunteersthatfocusedonrivercleanupsandinformationalmeetings.Fiveyearsago,respondingtogrowingthreatstotheSt.Croix’swaterqualityandhabitatandanincreasedneedto expand stewardship efforts, SCRAbegan transforming into a staffedorganizationequippedtomeetthechallengesfacingthewatershed.

This has taken an enormous amount of work, courage, collaboration, and generosity bymanypeople.WiththesupportofSt.Croixcommunity leadersandorganizations,wehaveexponentiallyexpandedourprograms.SCRAisnowtheofficialFriendsGroupfortheSt.CroixNationalScenicRiverway,aformalpartnershipwiththeNationalParkService (NPS)thatfurtherbuildsoureducation initiatives, landprotection,andpublicaccessprograms.

SCRA’sworkhaswonbroadrecognitionandgeneratedsignificantresults:

• Our River Connections program, a partnership with the National Park Service, brought over 27,000 people to the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, ourNationalPark,forlife-enhancingexperiencesin2014.

• As leaders of effective public-private partnerships, we have helped keephundredsofpoundsofphosphorouspollutionfromwashingintotheSt.Croix,substantially increased state investment in land and water protection, and starteddownthepathtocleanerwater.

• SCRA has helped secure public lands including large swaths of forest and public

MEETING THE GROWING CHALLENGESOur vision is to improve and maintain the water quality of the St. Croix River and

its tributaries, recognizing its interconnection with land use.

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Advisory Council JeffAnderson

Chuck Arnason

Ann Bancroft

DennyCaneff

Ron Carlson

Dan Engstrom

Tracy Fredin

Amy Frischmon

Shaun Hamilton

Jane Harper

Jim Harrison

John Herman

Jane Hetland Stevenson

Steve Hobbs

Martin Kellogg

Judith Kinkead

Ron Lawrenz

Sally Leider

Buck Malick

RosemaryMansfield

Dan McGuiness

Mike Miller

Hon.WalterMondale

Tia Nelson

Scott Peterson

Mike Prichard

Jane Prohaska

John Shepard

Nancy Speer

Chris Stein

Mary Vogel

Wendy Williamson

Dan Willius

areas, improvingwaterqualityandprovidingaccesstotheoutdoors.

• Our ability to move swiftly to act on time-sensitive issues has made SCRA the “go to” group for addressing emergingconcernsthataffecttheSt.Croix.

• We have built a network of trained volunteers serving in the blue-green algae alert network, monitoring invasive species and shoreline development, and providing other stewardshipassistance.

Aswelookforwardto2015,SCRA’soverallgoalistomaketangibleprogressinourmissiontoprotect,restoreandcelebratetheSt.CroixRiverand itswatershed.Our twooverarchingobjectivesforthecomingyeararetoeffectively:

• ConnectmorepeopletotheSt.Croixthrougheducationand stewardship programs and broader communications efforts;and

• Protect the river and its basin through our land and waterinitiatives.

TheSCRAboardofdirectorsrecentlyrevisitedthestrategicplan.Itisexcitingtoimagineeverythingwe’lldothisyear,inthenextfiveyears,and in thenext98years.Noneof thisworkwouldbe possible without the support of the many organizations and individualswhoarecommittedtobeinggoodstewardsoftheSt.CroixRiver.Thankyou!

Everforward!

Gary Noren, Chair

DebRyun,ExecutiveDirector

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Protect the water quality and natural

resources of the St. Croix

We value the St. Croix for its abundance of ecological

features, recreational opportunities, and economic factors

thatmanyofour localcommunitiesrelyon. Insupportof

these values, we leverage resources, coordinate activities,

and build local capacity, through partnerships, for the

protectionoftheriveranditsresources.

In 2014, we worked with over 35 partners in the watershed

to complete a project aimed at water quality protection

throughhealthyforeststo:

• Develop pilot Landscape Stewardship Plans for two

tributary watersheds

• Coordinate an inaugural Upper St. Croix Forestry

conference with over 100 attendees

• Leverage over $80,000 to implement two forestry

demonstration sites including logging road

improvements to restore a trout stream, and the

restoration of a healthy forest community from

invasive species along the Kettle River

• Host two forestry education workshops, one for

landowners and one for forestry professionals

• Develop a new forest stewardship planning tool to

reach forest landowners with small parcels

Reduce nutrient inputs to the St. Croix and its

tributaries

The2012LakeSt.Croixclean-upplandetailsthephosphorus

impairmentofLakeSt.Croixandthereductionsneededto

bringthelakebacktoanacceptablestate.SCRAcoordinates

with the Basin Team and other partners to reduce pollution,

focusing on agricultural lands with the highest levels of

nutrientloads.

In 2014, we worked with over 15 partners to leverage a

$120,000 Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota

Resource (LCCMR)project intoan investmentof$245,000

to:

• Develop a holistic prioritization protocol, using water

quality, habitat, and recreation models, to target

resource investment dollars

• Identify and perform cost-benefit analysis for

over 200 best management practices in priority

subwatersheds in Washington, Chisago, and

Kanabec counties

• Installsixidentifiedprioritypracticesfora134-pound

annual phosphorus reduction in agricultural areas

Since the project’s completion, local governments

have used these tools to work more efficiently and

to successfully obtain additional funding to put more

projectsontheground.

LAND & WATER RESOURCES

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WHY WE AREDIFFERENTWE PROTECT AND IMPROVE

WATER RESOURCES, RECOGNIZING THEIR

INTERCONNECTION WITH LAND USE THROUGHOUT

THEWATERSHED.

WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO PARTNERSHIPS.WE WORK WITH

NONPROFIT, BUSINESS,

GOVERNMENT, CIVIC, AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

Saving Native Species

In2014,theSt.CroixRiverAssociationhiredstafftofocus

on the growing problem of invaders such as Asian carp

that can destroy habitat and overrun native species.

Immediate action is critical to protecting the highly

diversenativeecosystem.TheinitialprojectenablesSCRA

tocreateabasin-wideSt.CroixAquaticInvasiveSpecies

(AIS)strategicplan.

To develop this plan, we brought together a group of more

than thirty partners, including the National Park Service,

Wisconsin and Minnesota Departments of Natural

Resources, counties, lake and watershed associations,

non-profits,educationalandresearchgroups,andprivate

business.Moregroupsareengagingallthetime.

TheWorkgroupmetthreetimes in2014,withakick-off

eventinDecemberatCrexMeadows.Thesediscussions

were used to develop components of the AIS Strategic

Plan,whichwillbecompletedin2015.

SCRAhelpedhost3AIS-specificvolunteerevents(Project

Riverine Early Detectors, Fall Snapshot Day, and Eurasian

watermilfoil pull) that engaged 28 volunteers formore

than 76 hours of AIS early detection and removal in and

aroundtheSt.CroixRiver.SCRAalsocoordinatedAlgae

Alert Network monitoring for blue green algae blooms,

engaging 4 summer-long volunteers at 4 different

locationsalongthemainstemoftheSt.Croix.

ToraiseawarenessofAIS,staffvisitedmorethan70river

businesses,includingbaitshops,outfitters,andmarinas.

Protecting Wild and Scenic Values

Through partnerships, SCRA works to protect and

restore important natural and scenic areas throughout

thewatershed.Onewaywedothisisbyworkingwitha

legal intern. Our 2014 legal intern researched whether

Wisconsin’s five-foot buffer requirement protects

Wisconsin’s waterways from nonpoint-source water

pollution. Another partnership for protection is the

citizen volunteers who monitor variance requests and

development activities in their towns, and keep SCRA

informed.

A significant amount of land along the St. Croix River

is legally protected by ownership and conservation

easements held by the National Park Service (NPS).

NPS has limited resources to monitor conditions on

land protected by these easements. This protected

land is critical to the preservation of the wild and scenic

attributes of the river, including diverse habitat and water

quality.In2014SCRAcommittedresourcestoassistNPS

withlandprotectionby:

• Engaging two interns to electronically organize

easementdataheldbyNPSintheSt.CroixNational

ScenicRiverway’s(SACN)areaofresponsibility

• Developing a volunteer easement monitoring

program whose function is to collect on-site data

and observe current conditions

LAND & WATER RESOURCES

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LAND & WATER RESOURCESCreating partnerships with conservation organizations and

creating positive relationships with land use regulators are

critical to themissionofSCRA.As theorganizationwitha

watershed-wideperspective,SCRAisuniquelypositionedto

convene a forum to discuss shared interests in promoting

stewardshipthroughouttheSt.Croixwatershed.Since2006,

SCRAhasconvenedtheSt.CroixConservationCollaborative

(SCCC), with proven success. In 2014 we celebrated two

importantparcelsnowpermanentlyprotected:

• One property is near the St. Croix headwaters,

upstream fromGordon,WI. This 210 acre easement

inruralDouglasCountyhas7,900feetoffrontageon

theSt.CroixRiverandprotectsaportionofOxCreek,

asmalltributarythatdrainsdirectlyintotheSt.Croix.

• The 15-acre Aiple property has over 3,500 feet of

shoreline situated directly on the banks of the St.

Croix just north of Stillwater, and is adjacent to the

Brown’sCreektrail.WashingtonCountyandtheCityof

Stillwater envision a new park, adding to highly prized

publicspacealongtheriver.

Future Direction

SCRAwillcontinuetoprotectthewaterqualityandnatural

resourcesoftheSt.Croix.Inthecomingyear,ourprograms

aremovingforwardto:

• Keep our north woods forested in order to protect

valuable forest lands for water quality and habitat

against conversion to high intensity agriculture and

development through private landowner engagement

and tools such as easements, stewardship plans, and

outreachmaterials.

• Reduce agricultural pollutants by growing new

partnershipsandleveragingfundstoimplementfield

level nutrient reduction practices with emphasis on

continuous living cover such as cover crops, managed

grazing,harvestablebuffersandperennialgrains.

• Leverage additional state, federal and local funding

resources to implement on the ground practices to

reducenutrientstoLakeSt.Croix,guidedbytheLake

St.CroixCleanupandImplementationPlan.

• Engage the 10 counties that are located in the 3,516

squaremilesoftheMinnesotaportionoftheSt.Croix

watershed.SCRAwillcontinuetoexpandpartnerships

with local governments, community associations, and

private businesses, especially marinas and bait shops,

inMinnesotaandWisconsin.

• Develop a boat launch inspection program along the

main stem of the St. Croix, and continue existing

volunteer programs, such as Algae Alert Network,

ProjectRED,andFallSnapshotDay.

• Develop and assist in the implementation of stewardship-

based land use rules and practices tailored to the lower

river, and provide a forum for communication among

public officials, land owners, users, and developers.

Anewstaffpositionwillbecreatedinthesummerof

2015 toworkon this projectwith communities from

TaylorsFallssouthtoHastings.

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WE FILL THE NEED FOR BASIN-FOCUSED LEADERSHIP THAT BRINGS GROUPS TOGETHER,

LEVERAGES RESOURCES, AND CROSSES POLITICAL

BOUNDARIES.

WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN RESPONSIBLE

RECREATION, LEADING TO HEALTHIER

LIFESTYLES, AND EXPANDING A CULTURE

OF CARING FOR THE ST.CROIX,PRESERVING

THIS NATIONAL JEWEL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

In 2014, SCRA offered expanded river experiences,

education and stewardship opportunities for the larger

publicaswellasforkeyunder-servedpopulations.Inall,

ouroutreacheffortsengagedmorethan27,300peoplein

St.Croixexperiencesin2014.Throughapartnershipwith

the National Park Service, we hired a River Connections

Steward to coordinate the Education and Outreach

program. Part of the work involved managing six

committed summer interns embedded in our National

Park. SCRA and NPS also worked collectively with

volunteers and Board members to build collaborative

educational programs with civic groups, healthcare

providers, educational institutions, local governments,

andbusinessesinthewatershed.Highlightsofourwork

in2014includethefollowing:

• Effective, meaningful internship program. SCRA

set out to develop an internship program with

NPS offering valuable work experience and the

opportunity to provide meaningful service within

the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. This was

an enormously successful effort, with four Park

Guide Interns leading programs and serving as

ambassadors to the park, and two working as

Lands Interns researching the private lands with

easements held by NPS, updating landowner files,

and developing an easement monitoring volunteer

program. In addition to providing service to River

Connections participants, the internship program

helpedinspirethesesixcollegeandgraduateschool

studentstobecomelifelongriverprotectors.

• Week-long educator workshop. Teachers in the

watershed learned how to use the St. Croix as

theirclassroom,withproject-based learningacross

disciplines. Seventeeneducators fromeight school

districts participated in the workshop, with training

focused on achieving education that is relevant,

inclusive,andactive.

• Unique on-river program activities.Morethan1,900

people participated in River Connections’ on-river

programs. Serving people that lack access to the

river, and creating deep, high quality experiences

forparticipantsarecrucialcomponentsofourwork.

Some programs included six or eight people with

rangers.Otherprogramsfosteredopportunitiesfor

the river to form a backdrop for important personal

interactions. Combat veterans shared stories

around the campfire, and children with shared

medicalconditionsandfamiliesneedingqualitytime

together met and played together in the healing

contextoftheRiverway.

• Intensive volunteer training. More than fifty citizen

scientistsareactivelyengaginginriverimprovement.

They learned how to identify and provide algae alerts,

monitor easements along the river, and reduce the

spreadofaquaticinvasivespecies.

• Active Trails Program. Through the River Connections

program, NPS and SCRA built a new partnership

in Burnett County, titled “Healthy Parks Healthy

People,” supported healthcare providers in issuing

EDUCATION & OUTREACH

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EDUCATION & OUTREACHParkPrescriptionstopatients.Participantsused“Active

Trails Passports” to increase hiking and paddling, and

timespentoutdoors.Theprogramreachedover1,700

peopleinthecommunity.

• River Awareness Week (July 12-20). SCRA coordinated

this annual effort that provided river-centered

education and engagement opportunities to more

than12,400peoplein2014.Wepartneredwithgroups

throughout the basin to hold river cleanup events,

teamedwiththeCityofHudsonfortheirfivedaysof

RiverFest activities, co-hosted a river cruise workshop

for community leaders, and collaborated with local

parkstoconductthepopularSt.CroixSojourn.

• Paddling events.Acombined190people tookpart in

theweek-longpaddlejourneyandone-dayNPSRanger-

ledpaddles.Thesewereopportunitiestounplugfrom

hectic lifestyles—paddling, camping, and community-

buildingalongtheSt.CroixRiver.Weprovidedaccess

to those who otherwise may not be able to camp in

theParkontheirownforsixdays,andofferedlearning

opportunitieswhereparticipantsexploredthehistory,

ecology,andgeologyoftheRiver.

Future Direction

There is a deep interest in, and need for, on-river programs

that provide education, engender respect for our natural

world, improve physical, social and mental well-being, and

createstrongpersonalconnectionstotheSt.Croix. Inthe

future,wewilldeveloppartnershipsto:

• Create a “PowerUp St. Croix” program with NPS that

directly builds on 2014 Active Trails Burnett County

pilot efforts, and adds the Stillwater-based Lakeview

Health initiative to encourage the community to eat

well and be active. This partnership will focus on

healthyoutdoorrecreationforfamilies.

• Connect more people to their National Park, the St.

Croix National Scenic Riverway, through expanded

programs and activities in service, learning, and

communityengagement.

• Offer more training for educatorsonusingtheSt.Croix

as a living laboratory for multi-disciplinary learning

througha“RiversinOurSchools”project.

• Provide more program offerings for youth, veterans,

at-risk populations, low income individuals, and others

thatwouldotherwisebeunabletoexperiencetheSt.

CroixNationalScenicRiverway.

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WE PROTECT AND RESTORE IMPORTANT NATURAL AND SCENIC AREAS ALONG THE

RIVER AND THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED.

River Keeper ($5,000+ )Peter & Mary GoveLeeS.andDorothyWhitsonFoundationofTheSt.PaulFoundationonbehalfofTom&Dianne Polasik

Victoria Miller & Jim CarterGeorge Reid

River Champion ($2,500 – $4,999)45 DegreesBill & Sharon ClappKaren & Craig HansenRichard Ihrig & Colleen CooperDebra Kelley

River Steward ($1,000 – $2,499)ArchieB.&BerthaH.WalkerFoundationFuller & Connee CowlesRobert & Vivian DunbarEric FlinnDavid&KatherineGriffithJulia Kaemmer Fund of HRK FoundationJerry LeFevre & Jennifer GrossLee Lynch & Terry SaarioMargaretD.AndersonFundofTheMinneapolis

Foundation on behalf of Margaret Anderson & David Washburn

Gary Noren & Marty HardingDwight & Chris PorterStanley & Lucy ShepardHelen SilhaJanice StullKris & Jean Van TatenhoveJohn Velin & Jane HarperFritz & Cynthia WestPresbury WestDan & Ruth Ann Willius

River Guardian ($500 – $999)AliceM.O’BrienFoundationonbehalfofAliceO’BrienBerquist

Gene & Marian AndersenChet & Eloise Anderson

Anonymous(multiple)John & Mary BeattieBending BranchesColleen BollomDave & Pat BorchertBill & Ginny BuellNancyCosgriffJay & Page CowlesFirst State Bank & TrustDennis FrandsenJames & Judith FreundJames Wm Johnson & Kita McVayJohn Kaul & Gloria GunvilleMartin & Esther KelloggKleissGears,Inc.Krueger’sChistmasTreeFarmofLakeElmoFrances LaFonRichard & Sally LeiderBridget & Ross LevinLee Lewis & Steve BubulJim & Kristen LindbergJay & Gail LundCatherine MayerRick & Val MooreTom & Yoka OmdahlLinda PetersonMarty PlantePort of Sunnyside Club, IncMike & Lyne PrichardDeb Ryun & Steve RasslerPatriciaShifferdMichael & Pamela SmithDavid Stephens & Susan FerronJohn Stoklosa & Nancy ColeSteve Suby & Susan LoganTheRiverCroixFundoftheSt.CroixValley

FoundationTheTerryDevitt&MichaelHoffmanFamily

Fund of The Saint Paul FoundationJohn & Shari ThomasKristin TuengeJack & Janice WarrenRichard & Rebecca Winkelmann

River Friend ($50 – $499)Jean & Dann AdairMichael Addy & Nancy JohnsonSamuel Albert & Beth StockingerJames AlmendingerJudith AlnesBrian & Bonnie AltonGeorgiana AndersonChuck & Peg ArnasonSarah Atkins & John HoggattAudubon Center of the North WoodsLane Ayres & Marion McNurlenKent BahnerJohn BairdAnn Bancroft & Pam ArnoldKathy Bartilson & Kevin HagenMike BartzMary BauerKathleen BeddowLindsay BergerJames & Kim BerryCharles Betz & Sue MagdaleneKathleen Beutel & Will MitchellBob BickfordJeffBlack&DebYankerBlackFred BlakeMelanie Kleiss BoergerChester & Margaret BoikeBrad & Sonia BorgPatricia BrannanDavid & Wanda BrownMary Burrill-Van WieRichard BurtonRobert&MarjanaCalleryDennyCaneffRonald & Joyce CarlsonCascade BPChanhassen Dinner TheatresPaul ChapmanBarbara ChristensenKatie Clapp & Mark WardPaul & Gretchen ClarkWhitney & Sarah ClarkElizabeth ClendenenPatrick Collins

THANKYOUTOOURSUPPORTERS!

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The St. Croix River Association gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the donors whose

annual support ensures we carry out our mission of protecting, restoring and celebrating the

St. Croix River and its watershed.

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Bill CookElizabeth CowieJames & Kathleen CowieRobertCraggs&AnitaFojtik-CraggsDave CrawfordJacquelynCroninDavid & Vicki CrossGuillermo Cuellar & Laurie MacGregorDwight CumminsCyclovaCarol DahlDonna DaltonDancingDragonflyWineryRichard DanielsSteven De LappAnne DeCosterBarb DelaneyJerry Doherty & Sheila MaybanksPamela & Daniel DonahueWilliam Donohue & Jane ProhaskaJerryDorff&MarilynChesnikCharles & Karen DoshBernard & Michele DrevnickGeorge DunnSusan DustinNils Dybvig & Michele BraleyPaul EarneyBenjaminEiseleLindberg & Tracy EkolaDeb EngelsDanEngstrom&BarbaraCoffinJudy EricksonRonald Erickson & Lisa DoerrLee & Mary Ann FabelEd & Kathleen FagerlundPriscilla FarnhamBob FedderlyRandy Ferrin & Kathy Trombly-FerrinDave FerrisJim FitzpatrickPhil FitzpatrickWendell & Susan FletcherForrest & Lisa FlintTracy FredinPaul & Kathy FredricksonSally & Bill FriedlanderJulie Galonska & James NalenJames & Teddy GesellCindy & John GilpinConnie GoldmanChristie Gove-Berg & Peter BergDonald Greenebaum & Beth HonetschlagerDan Guenthner & Margaret PenningsGuillermo Cuellar PotteryJohn Haack

Tom HagertyRoger HaleBarbara HalliganKenneth & Karen HannahDon Hansen & Sydney ParedesHanson Accounting ServiceKathy Harker & Curt MoeJim & Roberta HarperWilliam HarperMichael HarriageJim & Sharon HarrisonJon & Becky HavenSteve HavigKeith HawkinsonAmy HawksJohn & Linda HellandPaula & Doug HemerJohn & Melba HenselJohn & Diane HermanAdele Sargent HerseyTheresa HillJohn HolmanMike & Sue HolmanDean HonetschlagerMary HooleyRobert & EstherAnn HornJohn & Pamela HorwichPhillip & Karin HousleyTom & Karen HoweDana JacksonJonathan JacobsDorothyJeffries&LaurenceBilekRichard & Mary JenksLyn JewellKeith JohansenKyle JohansenAndy & Kristin JohnsonBrad & Susan JohnsonJoseph & Suzanne JohnsonKent & Janice JohnsonLeta JohnsonRon JohnsonJudd Sather PhotographyBelwin ConservancyKanabec Soil & Water Conservation DistrictLarry & Katie KellerRobert KessenTom Kigin & Donna AveryJulie Kilpatrick & Andy JenksJohn & Judith KinkeadAndrew & Ann KirnChris & Heather KnoopKerri KolstadTed & Rachael KozlowskiVerna Kragnes & Rick Hall

Greg KrampeBetsy KremserAndy & Sara KubiakCharlene & Mark LaFonRon Lawrenz & Sylvia CrannellBill & Rita LawsonPeter LawtonDon & Marlyce LeePeter LeeteKate LehmannSally LehmannWalter Lehmann & Sylvia StrobelFern LetnesDennis & Karen LienMary Jo LindebergSheryl LindholmGeorge&MarjorieLisovskisAnn LongfellowJill LucasTroy LundeMaryLusher&JeffPetersonPierre MacGillisJim Maher & Gayle KnutsonTracy Maki & John DybvigJames & Sharon MallmanJane&RobertMarquardMargaret MarrinanRaymond&JacquelynMarshallTom MayerBill & Kate McCarthyDarren & Suzanne McGannDaniel & Nan McGuinessMatthew McGuireCarol & Jim McKinneyJill MedlandMatthew & Amanda MeentsJoan & Rick MeierottoRobert MelzerAmy Middleton & Therese DurkinGregory MillerMichael Miller & Mary TrettinThe Honorable Walter MondaleDavid & Lola MonsonJohn & Patty MuellerNasreen SalonRobert & Delores NelsonPeg NolzJane NorbinBarb NormandinKevin & Jody NyenhuisRev.NymanJim&PhyllisO’ConnorSharonO’FlanniganJason & Allissa OblerJohn & Yvette Oldendorf

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Danette OlsenJudith OlsonPardun’sCanoeRental&ShuttleChristopher & Mary PaulRobert & Alice PetersJeffPetersonMark & Erica PetersonSolvay PetersonMary PiontekSue & Joseph PlankisTom & Dianne PolasikPolk County Association of Lakes & RiversCraig Poorker & Joanie MillerJoan & Helmut PorcherDoreen PraschakKatherine PrendergastMichael PressmanJohn & Gayle PrestPaul & Peggy QuinnPam & Scott RasmussenGaylen & Beth ReetzPeter & Anne ReichMike & Sally ReiterJudy & James RemingtonHarriet RiceDavid & Diane RobishawKevin RogersRichard RosengrenPaul & Sandi RossoThomas Rumreich & Ruth RonningAndrew & Heather RutledgePatricia RyanMary Jane Sahl & Mark ForsbergMichael SauntryScandia-Marine Lions ClubKaren Schik & James MartinLisa Schlesinger & Charlie AllenLisa Schlingerman & Craig ChristensenNick & Karen SchmitOralee SchockJames & Patricia SchoellerKaren & Greg SchulzBill & Mary ScottNorma ScottSecurity State Bank of MarinePhil & Jone SeeDenny & Carol SeefeldtDan SeemonDouglas Seitz & Joan BeaverPeter & Lucia Selb

Robert & Kathryn SetzerJill ShannonStephen SilhaPaul SimenstadMiriam SimmonsDaryl & Nancy SkaarBill & Jackie SmithD SmithNeil & Beth SoltisErik SorensenBuzz SorgeAl & Lori SoukupNancy Speer & Jim ShaverJoe & Sue SperberSt.CroixInnSt.CroixRegionalMedicalCenterStanding Cedars Community Land Conservancy, Inc.

StarPrairieLandPreservationTrust,Inc.Eugene StifterCynthia StimmlerTim & Melissa StoddartJeffrey&KathrynStonehouseEdmund SummersbyTom SwainBonnie SwansonGreg SwansonHolly&GeoffSylvesterDebra TeachoutMark ThomasPeter ThompsonWilliam TiltonLouis & Linda TiltonRoger Tobin & Linda BlumNorm & Darlene ToensingTom TriplettPenny Van KampenRonald & Joyce Van ZeeSusan VentoGerald & Nancy ViebrockMerry VinetteJohn WachlarowiczAnna WaldGary & Carolyn WardRichard & Linda WarnerThomas Warth & Zantha LaFon WarthSarah WaterworthJohn & Gracy WaughSteven WeekesJerome Werle

West Wisconsin Land TrustCurtis WestDavid & Gretchen WettergrenLarry & Mary WhitakerKatharine WidinDeanna WienerSteve&TerriWilcoxWildRiverOutfittersDiane WileyJeffreyWillius&SallyGibsonRobert Wilmers & Susan MilesRon Winch & Toni MeglitschWarren & Beth WoodMichael WoolseyKavaZabawa&JohnBishcoffMonica ZachayRichard & Janine Zehring

Foundations & Government Grants

ArchieD.andBerthaH.WalkerFoundationCarnelian-Marine-SaintCroixClean Water Fund, State of Minnesota, through

the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency KatherineB.AndersenFundoftheSaintPaul

FoundationMiddleStCroixWatershedManagement

OrganizationMinnesota Department of Natural ResourcesMinnesota’sEnvironmentandNatural

Resources Trust Fund, Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources

Mortenson Family FoundationNational Park FoundationNorcross Wildlife FoundationPatagoniaRiverwayFundattheSt.CroixValleyFoundationSouth Washington Watershed DistrictThe McKnight FoundationThe Nash FoundationUS Forest Service, through Minnesota

Department of Natural Resources University of Wisconsin - ArboretumWashington Conservation DistrictWeyerhaeuser Family FoundationWisconsin Department of Natural Resources,

through the River AllianceXcel Energy

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This list represents gifts given from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. It also includes in-kind and memorial gifts. Every attempt was made to ensure the accuracy of this report. We sincerely regret any errors or omissions. You may call our Development Office at 715-483-3300 with questions or corrections.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2014Balance Sheet FY 2014

Assets

Current Assets

Checking / Savings $138,403

Other Current Assets 51,991

Total Current Assets 190,394

Other Assets 112,500

Total Assets $302,894

Liabilities & Equity

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable $4,333

Other Current Liabilities 35,543

Total Current Liabilities 39,876

Equity 263,018

Total Liabilities & Equity $302,894

Financial statements audited by Carlson Highland. A copy is available upon request.

In2014,91%ofeverydollar went to91%

program services

general operations5% In2014,5%ofevery

dollar went to

In2014,4%ofeverydollar went to4%

fundraising

In 2014, number of members increased 40%.

40% In 2014, revenue increased $140,366 or 30%.

30% 20

Expenses FY 2014

Expenses Program Administration Fundraising Total

Payroll $244,164 $4,919 $7,351 $256,434

Contract Services 3,640 2,870 6,510

Occupancy 16,290 2,861 19,151

General Administration 32,910 20,792 7,759 61,462

Travel 20,262 2,829 288 23,380

Professional Services 12,994 1,879 14,873

Events 427 5,907 6,334

Lobbying 14,325 14,325

Programs 205,025 205,025

Total Expenses $550,037 $33,281 $24,175 $607,493

ProgramExpenses

Land & Water Resources $173,263

Education & Outreach 267,741

Lobbying 14,325

Other Programs 94,708

$550,037

Misc IncomeGifts In KindPrograms

Events

Foundations& Grants

Public Support

FY 2014 Income $678,063

Other Programs

Lobbying

Education & Outreach

Land & Water Resources

FY 2014 Program Expenses $550,037

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DebRyun,ExecutiveDirector

AngeliqueEdgerton,InvasiveSpeciesCoordinator

KatyGaynor,Development(2015)

Lisa Giefer, Administrative Assistant

JennyMakosky,RiverConnectionsSteward(2015)

MarceleenMosher,RiverConnectionsSteward(2014)

Monica Zachay, Water Resource Steward

Photo Credits:

Cover:CorryMosher,InsideCover:KelseyAnderson,Page7:CodyLund,Page8:AngeliqueEdgerton,Page12:NPSStaff,

Page11,15:LisaGiefer,Page19:MadiAnderson,Page23:CorryMosher,BackCover:JohnKaul

ST CROIX RIVER ASSOCIATION STAFF

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ST.CROIXRIVERASSOCIATION

POBOX655,230S.WASHINGTONST.,UNIT1

ST.CROIXFALLS,WI54024

715.483.3300|STCROIXRIVERASSOCIATION.ORG

Our Mission: protect, restore, and celebrate the St. Croix River and its watershed.