2024-01-29T12:35:41-05:00 2023-03-31 820437743 BECKER CHAMBERS & CO PA PO BOX 909 HAILEY ID 833330909 990 2022-04-01 820474191 WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO WOOD 2087883947 119 E BULLION STREET HAILEY ID 83333 SCOTT BOETTGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2087883947 2024-01-31 SCOTT BOETTGER XXX-XX-XXXX false LINDA P CHAMBERS P00157522 2087889595 2024-01-29 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ROLAND WOLFRAM C/O 119 E BULLION STREET HAILEY ID 83333 3500633 false X WWW.WOODRIVERLANDTRUST.ORG X 1994 ID THE WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND SUSTAIN THE TREASURED LANDSCAPES AND LIFE-GIVING WATERS OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY AND TO INSPIRE LOVE FOR THIS SPECIAL PLACE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 15 15 15 76 0 10504285 3015698 0 323590 277530 13605 8988 10841480 3302216 500000 0 0 803153 1008171 47750 40500 474122 733135 1283497 2084038 2332168 8757442 970048 29176745 29932154 113251 287924 29063494 29644230 X THE WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND SUSTAIN THE TREASURED LANDSCAPES AND LIFE-GIVING WATERS OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY AND TO INSPIRE LOVE FOR THIS SPECIAL PLACE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. false false 731753 LAND ACQUISITION/PROTECTION REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO THE RAPID GROWTH AND CHANGE IN THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY, WRLT EMBARKED ON A NEW INITIATIVE TO ELEVATE THE NEED FOR REGIONAL PLANNING ACROSS JURISDICTIONS. WRLT INITIATED A ROBUST COMMUNITY PROCESS THAT INCLUDED COMMUNITY LISTENING AND VISIONING SESSIONS AND BROUGHT TOGETHER STAFF FROM CITY AND COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY TO DISCUSS ISSUES THAT CROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES IN AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR VALLEY. WRLT'S FOCUS IS TO USE REGIONAL PLANNING AS ANOTHER CONSERVATION TOOL TO PROTECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES ON WHICH OUR COMMUNITY RELIES. BULLION STREET CONSERVATION & COMMUNITY HOUSING PROJECT IN 2022, WRLT PURCHASED A 15-ACRE PROPERTY ON BULLION ST, CONTIGUOUS WITH THE HAILEY GREENWAY. PER THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE GIFT, APPROXIMATELY 8 ACRES OF THE SITE WILL BE HELD FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES AND INCORPORATED INTO THE HAILEY GREENWAY (SECURING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE GREENWAY FROM BULLION STREET AND PROTECTING MATURE COTTONWOOD FOREST AND RIPARIAN HABITAT), AND UP TO 7 ACRES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO CITY SERVICES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING. THIS FISCAL YEAR, WRLT WORKED WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT. THE TEAM WORKED WITH INPUT GATHERED FROM COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS, FOCUS GROUPS, AND MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORS. THIS WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS. PRESERVE CROY CANYON IN FY 2021-22, WRLT WORKED WITH THE CITY OF HAILEY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN A MASTER PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE CROY CANYON CORRIDOR, WHICH INCLUDES PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF HAILEY AS WELL AS WRLT'S SIMONS/BAUER PRESERVE. THIS PROCESS RESULTED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF GOALS FOR THE CORRIDOR, AND EVENTUALLY TO THE CITY ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT TO SELL A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OVER THEIR PROPERTY TO WRLT TO BE MANAGED CONSISTENTLY WITH THE SIMONS/BAUER PRESERVE. THIS CAMPAIGN WAS COMPLETED IN FY 2022-23 AND WRLT PURCHASED THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT WHICH GIVES WRLT THE RIGHT TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC RECREATION AND WILDLIFE HABITAT PROTECTION. QUEENS CROWN WRLT COMPLETED THE PURCHASE OF THE QUEENS CROWN PROPERTY, A 281-ACRE PROPERTY WITH SIGNIFICANT HABITAT CONNECTIVITY FOR BIG GAME, UPLAND BIRDS, AND GREATER SAGE-GROUSE, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS TO SURROUNDING LANDS OWNED BY THE BUREAU OF LANDS MANAGEMENT. PIONEERS ALLIANCE WRLT STAFF'S COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE PIONEERS ALLIANCE HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER RANCHERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROTECT APPROXIMATELY 90,000 ACRES IN THE PIONEER MOUNTAINS-CRATERS OF THE MOON LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE'S AGRICULTURAL LANDS EASEMENT PROGRAM. IN 2022-23, WRLT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN THIS LANDSCAPE TO RESTORE RIPARIAN HABITAT. WRLT ALSO CONTINUED TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON GREATER SAGE-GROUSE POPULATIONS AND WORKED WITH LANDOWNERS TO RESTORE HABITAT ON CONSERVED LANDS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN 2022-23, WRLT WORKED WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION PROJECTS THAT WILL CONSERVE WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, RIPARIAN HABITAT, UPLAND GAME HABITAT, CRITICAL SAGE GROUSE HABITAT, AND AREAS FOR PUBLIC RECREATION. 431443 RIVER HEALTH & RESTORATION IN FY 22-23, WRLT COMPLETED THE COLORADO GULCH RESTORATION PROJECT, REMOVING RIP RAP AND FILL FROM THE RIVER AND PROVIDING NEW SIDE CHANNEL HABITAT TO ALLEVIATE FLOOD FLOWS AND ENHANCE FISH SPAWNING AND REARING HABITAT. WRLT ALSO CONTINUED THE DESIGN AND PLANNING FOR THE RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE HAILEY GREENWAY (HEAGLE PARK SIDE CHANNEL RESTORATION), AND IN BELLEVUE (BELLEVUE SIDE CHANNELS PROJECT). WRLT CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HAILEY, BLAINE COUNTY, AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT 9 TO MOVE THE RESTORATION OF LIONS PARK AT THE HAILEY GREENWAY FORWARD. THE GOAL OF THIS MULTI-YEAR PROJECT IS TO RESTORE FLOODPLAIN CONNECTIVITY AND FUNCTION AND MITIGATE FLOODING THAT OCCURS IN COMMUNITIES DOWNSTREAM BECAUSE OF DEGRADED RIVER FUNCTION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021-22, WRLT CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY OF KETCHUM'S SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN TO ACQUIRE THE WARM SPRINGS PRESERVE TO FOREVER BE MAINTAINED AS A PUBLIC PARK. THIS YEAR, WRLT WORKED WITH THE CITY OF KETCHUM ON A ROBUST COMMUNITY PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE WARM SPRINGS PRESERVE. THE PLAN IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO RESTORE WARM SPRINGS CREEK AND ITS FLOODPLAIN, AND PROVIDE UNIVERSAL ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES FOR THE PRESERVE. WRLT IS FOCUSED ON THE CREEK RESTORATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF KETCHUM TO RAISE THE FUNDS AND IMPLEMENT THE RESTORATION PROJECT. WRLT ALSO BEGAN A ROBUST MONITORING PROGRAM TO FILL GAPS IN MONITORING DATA FOR THE BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN: INSTALLING DATA SENSORS AT MULTIPLE POINTS ALONG THE BIG WOOD RIVER TO COLLECT REAL-TIME TEMPERATURE DATA TO MONITOR AND REPORT ON RIVER CONDITIONS; AND CONTINUING A MULTI-YEAR MACROINVERTEBRATE TREND MONITORING PROGRAM. WOOD RIVER WATER COLLABORATIVE TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS AT TROUT UNLIMITED AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CONTINUES TO HELP FACILITATE THE WOOD RIVER WATER COLLABORATIVE (WRWC). THERE ARE 75 PARTNERS IN THE COLLABORATIVE REPRESENTING DIVERSE INTERESTS INCLUDING: SENIOR AND JUNIOR WATER USERS, AGRICULTURE, GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS, MUNICIPALITIES, STATE LEGISLATORS, THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, THE IDAHO WATER RESOURCE BOARD, COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER NON-PROFITS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE WRWC IS TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE WATER USE FOR FARMING AND RANCHING; TO PRESERVE SAFE, CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE WOOD RIVER WATERSHEDS; AND TO CONSERVE RIPARIAN AND RIVER HABITAT FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE THAT RELY ON THE BIG WOOD RIVER, SILVER CREEK, LITTLE WOOD RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. 281101 LAND STEWARDSHIP STAFF MONITORED ALL 44 OF THE WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, TOTALING 13,171 ACRES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH INDIVIDUAL EASEMENT RESTRICTIONS/LANGUAGE AND TO NOTE ANY CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY. ALL MONITORING DATA, SUCH AS PHOTO POINTS, WERE REPORTED AND ENTERED INTO THE PERMANENT RECORD. WRLT CONTINUED TO MANAGE AND STEWARD OUR 16 FEE SIMPLE PROPERTIES LOCATED IN AND ADJACENT TO THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY. THESE PRESERVES ARE MAINTAINED IN THEIR NATURAL STATE AND/OR RESTORED TO A HEALTHY LANDSCAPE. STEWARDSHIP STAFF ADDRESSES SUCH ONGOING PROBLEMS AS NOXIOUS WEEDS, TRASH, UNWANTED VEHICLE USE, EROSION AND TRAIL UPKEEP. WRLT ALSO CONTINUED DEVELOPING THE COMMUNITY ORCHARD AT THE COLORADO GULCH PRESERVE THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND INSTALLED ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE POPULAR BOW BRIDGE IN THE DRAPER PRESERVE TO RESTORE AREAS AROUND THE BRIDGE THAT WERE EXPERIENCING EROSION AND BEING DAMAGED BY USERS. WRLT ALSO SUPPORTED THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S RINKER ROCK CREEK RANCH BY PARTNERING ON PROJECTS TO REMOVE DILAPIDATED BARBED WIRE FENCING AND REPLACING IT WITH ELECTRIC LET-DOWN FENCING THAT ALLOWS FOR BETTER WILDLIFE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE RANCH. SOUTHERN IDAHO LAND TRUST IN FY 22-23, WRLT PROVIDED CONTRACT MONITORING SERVICES TO THE SOUTHERN IDAHO LAND TRUST TO MONITOR THEIR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS HELD IN THE MAGIC VALLEY AREA. 165625 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT A COMMUNITY THAT ENJOYS AND LOVES THE LAND WILL WORK TO PROTECT IT. RESEARCH SHOWS THE BEST WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT THE LAND AND OUR ENVIRONMENT IS TO ENCOURAGE MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES IN NATURE. 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ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR INCLUDED A CITIZEN SCIENCE BIRD MONITORING PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY, AND VOLUNTEER WORK PARTIES IN WRLT'S PRESERVES TO IMPROVE HABITAT, REMOVE OLD BARBED WIRE FENCING TO PREVENT WILDLIFE COLLISIONS AND ENTANGLEMENTS WITH FENCING, AND MANAGE TRAILS. 165625 1609922 true true false false false false true false false true true false false false false false true false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 27 0 true 15 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false ID CA WA OR X BECKER CHAMBERS CO PA 2087889595 206 E WALNUT HAILEY ID 83333 DAVE WOODWARD FORMER CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ROLAND WOLFRAM CHAIR 8.00 X X 0 0 0 BARRY BUNSHOFT SECRETARY 1.50 X X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN BEAN DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 TRISH KLAHR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICK MILLER DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 BOB ORDAL DIRECTOR 6.00 X 0 0 0 REBECCA PATTON DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 DAVE PERKINS DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 GAYLE STEVENSON DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES BARNES DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 VICTOR BERNSTEIN DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN DE SAINT PHALLE VICE CHAIR 4.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK ULLMAN TREASURER 4.00 X X 0 0 0 JEFF SEELY DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT BOETTGER EXECUTIVE DI 35.00 X 118604 0 15085 118604 15085 1 false false false 58600 4513 2952585 156429 3015698 264938 264938 22714 22714 22714 22714 197283 184691 12592 12592 12592 58600 13726 -13726 3302216 12592 287652 X 774606 480274 102802 191530 167030 103563 22167 41300 66535 41253 8830 16452 10687 10587 100 46656 46656 40500 40500 27690 27690 314882 307082 7800 32999 20461 4379 8159 38656 23968 5130 9558 32969 20441 4376 8152 11896 11896 28436 21772 4777 1887 576 576 100333 80281 7004 13048 35245 21788 4700 8757 EASEMENT ACQUISITION 359125 359125 FUND DEVELOPMENT 90627 90627 STEWARDSHIP 90062 90062 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 51800 8319 229 43252 10858 9050 908 900 2332168 1609922 248124 474122 6879521 6558987 250198 486039 10821 3302 17349858 537850 16310867 16812008 5521466 5625906 203872 445912 29176745 29932154 103251 277924 10000 10000 113251 287924 X 15128716 15691369 13934778 13952861 29063494 29644230 29176745 29932154 X 970048 -436873 47561 X false true X true false X 3131408 2852815 3905718 10504285 3015698 23409924 3131408 2852815 3905718 10504285 3015698 23409924 7566930 15842994 158578 151922 97302 128649 287652 824103 26824 25160 51984 24286011 1230636 0.65240 0.64360 X PART II, LINE 10 OTHER INCOME 51,984 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 44 13171.00 1 true 312.00 27339 true 5227908 313834 -339120 50135 5152487 4203323 958118 104977 38510 5227908 1920575 1908339 436688 62279 4203323 2380151 36967 -415796 80747 1920575 2351389 22000 32150 25388 2380151 0.60210 0.39790 false false 12014660 4238778 16253438 1051631 493061 558570 44789 44789 16812008 2851379 -436873 13726 -423147 3274526 27690 27690 3302216 2270643 13726 13726 2256917 27690 47561 75251 2332168 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9 THE WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST HAS ADOPTED THE POLICY TO NOT CAPITALIZE THE ACQUISITION OF EASEMENTS, BUT RECOGNIZES THEM AS PROGRAM INCOME AND EXPENDITURES IN THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND DISCLOSES THEM IN THE FOOTNOTES OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE HELD TO ASSURE THAT THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND DEFEND ITS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN PERPETUITY AND ASSURE THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE ORGANIZATION. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D DIRECT EXP FUNDRAISER 13,726 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D DIRECT FUNDRAISING COSTS 13,726 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 4B BOOK TO TAX DEPR DIFF 47,561 X X X X X X X true TRANSFORMING PHILANTHROPY LLC PO BOX 475578 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94147 CONSULTING false 40500 -40500 40500 -40500 ID CA WA OR DECEMBER FUNDRA 58600 58600 3120 6136 4470 58600 58600 3120 6136 4470 13726 -13726 X 9 156429 AVERAGE OF HIGH/LOW false true false FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A LAND ACQUISITION/PROTECTION REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO THE RAPID GROWTH AND CHANGE IN THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY, WRLT EMBARKED ON A NEW INITIATIVE TO ELEVATE THE NEED FOR REGIONAL PLANNING ACROSS JURISDICTIONS. WRLT INITIATED A ROBUST COMMUNITY PROCESS THAT INCLUDED COMMUNITY LISTENING AND VISIONING SESSIONS AND BROUGHT TOGETHER STAFF FROM CITY AND COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY TO DISCUSS ISSUES THAT CROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES IN AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR VALLEY. WRLT'S FOCUS IS TO USE REGIONAL PLANNING AS ANOTHER CONSERVATION TOOL TO PROTECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES ON WHICH OUR COMMUNITY RELIES. BULLION STREET CONSERVATION & COMMUNITY HOUSING PROJECT IN 2022, WRLT PURCHASED A 15-ACRE PROPERTY ON BULLION ST, CONTIGUOUS WITH THE HAILEY GREENWAY. PER THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE GIFT, APPROXIMATELY 8 ACRES OF THE SITE WILL BE HELD FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES AND INCORPORATED INTO THE HAILEY GREENWAY (SECURING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE GREENWAY FROM BULLION STREET AND PROTECTING MATURE COTTONWOOD FOREST AND RIPARIAN HABITAT), AND UP TO 7 ACRES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO CITY SERVICES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING. THIS FISCAL YEAR, WRLT WORKED WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT. THE TEAM WORKED WITH INPUT GATHERED FROM COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS, FOCUS GROUPS, AND MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORS. THIS WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS. PRESERVE CROY CANYON IN FY 2021-22, WRLT WORKED WITH THE CITY OF HAILEY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN A MASTER PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE CROY CANYON CORRIDOR, WHICH INCLUDES PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF HAILEY AS WELL AS WRLT'S SIMONS/BAUER PRESERVE. THIS PROCESS RESULTED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF GOALS FOR THE CORRIDOR, AND EVENTUALLY TO THE CITY ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT TO SELL A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OVER THEIR PROPERTY TO WRLT TO BE MANAGED CONSISTENTLY WITH THE SIMONS/BAUER PRESERVE. THIS CAMPAIGN WAS COMPLETED IN FY 2022-23 AND WRLT PURCHASED THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT WHICH GIVES WRLT THE RIGHT TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC RECREATION AND WILDLIFE HABITAT PROTECTION. QUEENS CROWN WRLT COMPLETED THE PURCHASE OF THE QUEENS CROWN PROPERTY, A 281-ACRE PROPERTY WITH SIGNIFICANT HABITAT CONNECTIVITY FOR BIG GAME, UPLAND BIRDS, AND GREATER SAGE-GROUSE, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS TO SURROUNDING LANDS OWNED BY THE BUREAU OF LANDS MANAGEMENT. PIONEERS ALLIANCE WRLT STAFF'S COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE PIONEERS ALLIANCE HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER RANCHERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROTECT APPROXIMATELY 90,000 ACRES IN THE PIONEER MOUNTAINS-CRATERS OF THE MOON LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE'S AGRICULTURAL LANDS EASEMENT PROGRAM. IN 2022-23, WRLT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN THIS LANDSCAPE TO RESTORE RIPARIAN HABITAT. WRLT ALSO CONTINUED TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON GREATER SAGE-GROUSE POPULATIONS AND WORKED WITH LANDOWNERS TO RESTORE HABITAT ON CONSERVED LANDS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN 2022-23, WRLT WORKED WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION PROJECTS THAT WILL CONSERVE WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, RIPARIAN HABITAT, UPLAND GAME HABITAT, CRITICAL SAGE GROUSE HABITAT, AND AREAS FOR PUBLIC RECREATION. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B RIVER HEALTH & RESTORATION IN FY 22-23, WRLT COMPLETED THE COLORADO GULCH RESTORATION PROJECT, REMOVING RIP RAP AND FILL FROM THE RIVER AND PROVIDING NEW SIDE CHANNEL HABITAT TO ALLEVIATE FLOOD FLOWS AND ENHANCE FISH SPAWNING AND REARING HABITAT. WRLT ALSO CONTINUED THE DESIGN AND PLANNING FOR THE RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE HAILEY GREENWAY (HEAGLE PARK SIDE CHANNEL RESTORATION), AND IN BELLEVUE (BELLEVUE SIDE CHANNELS PROJECT). WRLT CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HAILEY, BLAINE COUNTY, AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT 9 TO MOVE THE RESTORATION OF LIONS PARK AT THE HAILEY GREENWAY FORWARD. THE GOAL OF THIS MULTI-YEAR PROJECT IS TO RESTORE FLOODPLAIN CONNECTIVITY AND FUNCTION AND MITIGATE FLOODING THAT OCCURS IN COMMUNITIES DOWNSTREAM BECAUSE OF DEGRADED RIVER FUNCTION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021-22, WRLT CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY OF KETCHUM'S SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN TO ACQUIRE THE WARM SPRINGS PRESERVE TO FOREVER BE MAINTAINED AS A PUBLIC PARK. THIS YEAR, WRLT WORKED WITH THE CITY OF KETCHUM ON A ROBUST COMMUNITY PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE WARM SPRINGS PRESERVE. THE PLAN IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO RESTORE WARM SPRINGS CREEK AND ITS FLOODPLAIN, AND PROVIDE UNIVERSAL ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES FOR THE PRESERVE. WRLT IS FOCUSED ON THE CREEK RESTORATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF KETCHUM TO RAISE THE FUNDS AND IMPLEMENT THE RESTORATION PROJECT. WRLT ALSO BEGAN A ROBUST MONITORING PROGRAM TO FILL GAPS IN MONITORING DATA FOR THE BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN: INSTALLING DATA SENSORS AT MULTIPLE POINTS ALONG THE BIG WOOD RIVER TO COLLECT REAL-TIME TEMPERATURE DATA TO MONITOR AND REPORT ON RIVER CONDITIONS; AND CONTINUING A MULTI-YEAR MACROINVERTEBRATE TREND MONITORING PROGRAM. WOOD RIVER WATER COLLABORATIVE TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS AT TROUT UNLIMITED AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CONTINUES TO HELP FACILITATE THE WOOD RIVER WATER COLLABORATIVE (WRWC). THERE ARE 75 PARTNERS IN THE COLLABORATIVE REPRESENTING DIVERSE INTERESTS INCLUDING: SENIOR AND JUNIOR WATER USERS, AGRICULTURE, GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS, MUNICIPALITIES, STATE LEGISLATORS, THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, THE IDAHO WATER RESOURCE BOARD, COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER NON-PROFITS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE WRWC IS TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE WATER USE FOR FARMING AND RANCHING; TO PRESERVE SAFE, CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE WOOD RIVER WATERSHEDS; AND TO CONSERVE RIPARIAN AND RIVER HABITAT FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE THAT RELY ON THE BIG WOOD RIVER, SILVER CREEK, LITTLE WOOD RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C LAND STEWARDSHIP STAFF MONITORED ALL 44 OF THE WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, TOTALING 13,171 ACRES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH INDIVIDUAL EASEMENT RESTRICTIONS/LANGUAGE AND TO NOTE ANY CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY. ALL MONITORING DATA, SUCH AS PHOTO POINTS, WERE REPORTED AND ENTERED INTO THE PERMANENT RECORD. WRLT CONTINUED TO MANAGE AND STEWARD OUR 16 FEE SIMPLE PROPERTIES LOCATED IN AND ADJACENT TO THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY. THESE PRESERVES ARE MAINTAINED IN THEIR NATURAL STATE AND/OR RESTORED TO A HEALTHY LANDSCAPE. STEWARDSHIP STAFF ADDRESSES SUCH ONGOING PROBLEMS AS NOXIOUS WEEDS, TRASH, UNWANTED VEHICLE USE, EROSION AND TRAIL UPKEEP. WRLT ALSO CONTINUED DEVELOPING THE COMMUNITY ORCHARD AT THE COLORADO GULCH PRESERVE THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND INSTALLED ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE POPULAR BOW BRIDGE IN THE DRAPER PRESERVE TO RESTORE AREAS AROUND THE BRIDGE THAT WERE EXPERIENCING EROSION AND BEING DAMAGED BY USERS. WRLT ALSO SUPPORTED THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S RINKER ROCK CREEK RANCH BY PARTNERING ON PROJECTS TO REMOVE DILAPIDATED BARBED WIRE FENCING AND REPLACING IT WITH ELECTRIC LET-DOWN FENCING THAT ALLOWS FOR BETTER WILDLIFE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE RANCH. SOUTHERN IDAHO LAND TRUST IN FY 22-23, WRLT PROVIDED CONTRACT MONITORING SERVICES TO THE SOUTHERN IDAHO LAND TRUST TO MONITOR THEIR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS HELD IN THE MAGIC VALLEY AREA. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT A COMMUNITY THAT ENJOYS AND LOVES THE LAND WILL WORK TO PROTECT IT. RESEARCH SHOWS THE BEST WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT THE LAND AND OUR ENVIRONMENT IS TO ENCOURAGE MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES IN NATURE. WE BRING PEOPLE TO THE LAND AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY'S YOUTH ON CONSERVATION THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE HOSTING FIELD TRIPS AT OUR PRESERVES AND HOSTING VOLUNTEER WORK PARTIES TO IMPROVE OUR PRESERVES. ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR INCLUDED A CITIZEN SCIENCE BIRD MONITORING PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY, AND VOLUNTEER WORK PARTIES IN WRLT'S PRESERVES TO IMPROVE HABITAT, REMOVE OLD BARBED WIRE FENCING TO PREVENT WILDLIFE COLLISIONS AND ENTANGLEMENTS WITH FENCING, AND MANAGE TRAILS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE 990 AND THEN A COPY IS ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS, WHO ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE POLICY AND COMPLETE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM THAT DISCLOSES POSITIONS, PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, BUSINESS DEALINGS, OR FINANCIAL INTERESTS THAT MAY PRESENT A CONFLICT TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S WORK OR BOARD ACTIVITIES WITH THE LAND TRUST. FURTHERMORE, THE LAND TRUST REVIEWS WHETHER THERE MAY BE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PRIOR TO ANY LAND TRANSACTION DECISION TO BE MADE BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MAKES A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS THEN PRESENTED FOR FINAL APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE VICE CHAIR, CHAIR, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND ONE BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE. SALARY SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE ARE USED TO PROVIDE COMPARABILITY DATA BASED ON OTHER LAND TRUSTS WHICH AE SIMILAR IN SCOPE AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE DISCLOSED UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 307,082 7,800 0 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 DIRECT EXP FUNDRAISER 13,726 DIRECT FUNDRAISING COSTS -13,726 BOOK TO TAX DEPR DIFF 47,561 TOTAL 47,561