PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION
1331 GARDEN HWY NO 230, SACRAMENTO, CA 95833 www.pcta.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE PACIFIC CREST NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL AS A WORLD-CLASS EXPERIENCE FOR HIKERS AND EQUESTRIANS, AND FOR ALL THE VALUES PROVIDED BY WILD AND SCENIC LANDS.

TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE PACIFIC CREST NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL AS A WORLD-CLASS EXPERIENCE

PROTECT:IN 2019, THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION (PCTA) PARTNERED WITH LAND TRUSTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PURCHASE LAND FROM PRIVATE OWNERS THAT INCLUDED OR WAS ADJACENT TO THE PCT. IN ADDITION, PCTA ADVOCATED FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. PCTA'S ADVOCACY WORK IN 2019 MADE POSSIBLE THE FOLLOWING ACQUISITION BENEFITTING THE PCT: -IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE ACQUIRED 10,300 ACRES FROM THE MICHIGAN-CALIFORNIA TIMBER COMPANY IN SISKIYOU AND TRINITY COUNTIES, PROTECTING 17 MILES OF THE PCT AND 10 ALPINE LAKES.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)PCTA ALSO MONITORED OR RESPONDED TO ONGOING THREATS OR LAND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ALONG THE TRAIL, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: -TRAILWIDE- TIMBER HARVESTING, FUELS REDUCTION, REFORESTATION, INVASIVE PLANT ERADICATION, WATERSHED, MEADOW, AND FIRE RESTORATION, ILLEGAL USE, GRAZING, SKI RESORT EXPANSION, COMMERCIAL AND COMPETITIVE EVENTS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, ILLEGAL MOTORIZED USE, PUBLIC LAND TRANSFERS, IMPACTS FROM INCREASED USE;-CALIFORNIA- WIND DEVELOPMENT, SOLAR INSTALLATION, ENERGY TRANSMISSION LINES, WATER PIPELINES, DAM REAUTHORIZATION, ENDANGERED SPECIES, CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL, HIGHWAY 138 EXPANSION, YELLOW CREEK BRIDGE EXPANSION, STATE ROUTE 89 REALIGNMENT AT BURNEY FALLS STATE PARK, FOREST PLANNING, TRAVEL MANAGEMENT AND OVER-SNOW VEHICLE PLANNING;-OREGON- PACIFIC CONNECTOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE; PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ADVOCACY FOR THE BRIDGE OF THE GODS -WASHINGTON- GRIZZLY BEAR RESTORATION. OUR 2019 PROTECTION ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDED AN ANNUAL TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. IN FEBRUARY TO ADVOCATE FOR FEDERAL TRAIL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND LAND ACQUISITION FUNDING FOR THE PCT. VOLUNTEERS-INCLUDING YOUTH-AND PCTA STAFF MEMBERS ATTENDED THIS "HIKE THE HILL" EVENT, VISITING WITH FEDERAL AGENCY LEADERS AND CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR STAFF.

PRESERVE:IN 2019, 2,038 VOLUNTEER CITIZEN STEWARDS AND CORPS CREW MEMBERS PERFORMED THE HARD, PHYSICAL LABOR OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION OF THE PCT. PCTA VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 106,512 SERVICE HOURS IN 2019, AN IN-KIND VALUE OF $2.7 MILLION. THESE HOURS INCLUDED:-1,605 MILES OF TRAIL MAINTENANCE-31 MILES OF TRAIL RECONSTRUCTION-47 VOLUNTEER TRAINING EVENTS.

PROMOTE:THROUGH OUR PRINT AND ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND PERSONAL OUTREACH,-WE PROMOTE THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL-PROMOTE SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE TRAIL BY EDUCATING TRAIL USERS IN "LEAVE NO TRACE" PRINCIPLES-MARSHAL VOLUNTEERS TO MAINTAIN THE TRAIL-KEEP OUR MEMBERS AND ELECTED LEADERS INFORMED OF PROGRAMS AND ISSUES FACING THE TRAIL(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) IN 2019, PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: -PUBLISHING FOUR ISSUES (56,000 COPIES) OF THE "PACIFIC CREST TRAIL COMMUNICATOR" MAGAZINE, AND DISTRIBUTING IT TO MEMBERS, PARTNERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS; -PUBLISHING AN ANNUAL CALENDAR; -PUBLISHING TWELVE REGULAR ISSUES OF "TRAIL DIRT", THE PCTA'S ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER.THE PCTA ALSO...-RESPONDED TO 7,724 INQUIRIES FROM TRAIL USERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; -ISSUED 7,888 LONG-DISTANCE PERMITS;-MONITORED 1,842,111 WEBSITE VISITS, 163,332 FACEBOOK LIKES AND 96,000 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS.

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