2024-11-14T18:25:59-05:00 2023-12-31 Jamie Matthews CPA PO Box 2996 Durango CO 81302 990 2023-01-01 454046629 Dolores River Boating Advocates DOLO PO Box 1173 Dolores CO 81323 Josh Munson President 2024-11-13 true true Jamie Matthews P01899878 9704608575 2024-11-14 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z 472374 false X www.doloresriverboating.org X 2013 CO Dolores River Boating Advocates protects and enriches the recreational and ecological values of the Dolores River through advocacy, stewardship and education. 8 8 4 80 0 0 323624 405799 31800 20954 192 1162 30876 32230 386492 460145 0 0 180024 231141 0 22401 82395 84230 262419 315371 124073 144774 198165 344573 1109 2743 197056 341830 Dolores River Boating Advocates protects and enriches the recreational and ecological values of the Dolores River through advocacy, stewardship and education. false false 259773 20953 ---General: Dolores River Boating Advocates (DRBA) has a unique niche as a local conservation and whitewater boating advocacy group. We are the only group solely focused on the Dolores River landscape and we are dedicated to working collaboratively toward lasting solutions. We help bring people together around complicated issues facing the Dolores River and we serve as a voice for the river. We educate the public and provide valuable recreational information to those rafting the Dolores River. Our collaboration with other groups in Colorado and our leadership in local conversations about the Dolores River has made us a strong and relevant organization locally and regionally. ---Advocacy, Long-term Protection Work: Our advocacy work is focused on securing long-term protection for the Dolores River Canyon Country below McPhee Reservoir, and guarding against potential damaging development proposals related to the river and adjacent public lands. The National Conservation Area proposal that we have worked on closely with diverse stakeholders made significant progress in 2023. This bi-partisan legislation that would protect a portion of the lower Dolores River in Montezuma, Dolores, and San Miguel Counties, including 76 river miles and almost 70,000 acres, was reintroduced in both the Senate and House in the new session of Congress. The Senate Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the bill and then in December it passed out of the Committee in a subsequent mark-up session on a unanimous voice vote. We also worked with the Dolores River Coalition which is made up of local, regional, and national conservation and recreation organizations that have an interest in protecting the Dolores River, and in 2023 that Coalition developed a proposal for a Dolores Canyons national monument around the Dolores River in Montrose and Mesa Counties. In 2023 we continued to serve as the co-chair of the Native Fish Monitoring and Recommendation Team which works to benefit native fish and the river environment downstream of McPhee Reservoir. --Stewardship and Partnership Work: Operating within our established MOUs, in 2023 we continued to partner with three Bureau of Land Management field offices spanning four counties to engage in stewardship activities that benefited the Dolores River. Specifically, DRBA coordinated and conducted our annual river campsite maintenance and monitoring on the lower Dolores in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to improve campsite visibility, quality, and recreational safety. We coordinated a boat launch cleanup and clearing volunteer project at Bradfield Bridge that was attended by 12 volunteers, and we had 2 volunteers that cleaned up fire rings in campsites along the Ponderosa Gorge of the Dolores River. In 2023 we also continued supporting the USFS by providing a bathroom for the 5-month high use period at a popular river take-out adjacent to the town of Dolores. We continued to financially support the maintenance of a USGS river gauge at Slick Rock ---Education Programming: Our River School youth and family education programs continued to evolve and successfully serve a diversity of youth in 2023. We were again able to serve over 600 youth in our community this year. Our youth programs continue to include river trips, school field trips, and in-class programming. We also continued our river trip and Paddle Day programs with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to provide fun paddle experiences in partnership with the Tribes summer youth program. We implemented our summer camp program again for middle school age youth, which was once again a huge success. Based on our experience with the first two years of the program, we have decided to offer two sessions and serve over twice as many youths next year. All of this programming is provided at no cost to youth, families, and schools. Much of this work was conducted as part of our partnership with the Montezuma Inspire Coalition, which has a goal of getting all youth in local communities in a meaningful way and inspiring future stewards of the river. We engaged 24 volunteers during the implementation of our youth programs in 2023.---Outreach and Education: We held our annual Permit Party and Silent Auction Fundraiser in person in Dolores, CO after holding the event online for the past two years due to the pandemic. Over 250 people attended the event which included films, a band, a silent auction, and local food and beverages. We engaged 30 volunteers for planning, setup and cleanup, and production of the event. We continued selling the new official Dolores River Guide for the Dolores River that we released in 2021 and it sold out. The guide includes a unique education and outreach section, including information about advocacy work on the Dolores River. The proceeds from selling the guide will be used to produce the next version of the guide which will be released in 2024. We were a sponsor of and participated in the Dolores River Festival in 2023. We had an outreach booth and also provided free raft rides for community members as part of this event. 25 volunteers helped with that effort. We participated in a film/outreach event roadshow around Colorado in 2023 to build support for long term protection, highlighting the values of the Dolores Canyons landscape and the need for protection. 259773 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 9 0 true 4 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true false false false true true false true true true true false false X X Lindsay Buchanan 9707998704 PO Box 1173 Dolores CO 81323 Amber Clark Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 87338 0 0 Ashleigh Tucker Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bruce Saxman Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Matt Barnes Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeremy Christensen Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jay Loschert Board Member 2.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christina Callicot Vice President 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Josh Munson President 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jon Kelly Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Bob Gleason Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 87338 0 0 0 false false false 405799 405799 Youth Trips 900099 20954 20954 20954 1162 1162 28976 9121 19855 19855 15483 3108 12375 12375 460145 22116 0 32230 87339 61137 13101 13101 103651 97824 5827 26157 21329 3070 1758 13994 11647 1387 960 1813 1813 1714 1200 257 257 355 355 3885 1189 2696 10732 7512 1610 1610 8877 8877 1603 1603 Outreach 1880 1880 Protection work 13913 13913 Youth Programs 32586 32586 Stewardship 1468 1468 5404 400 2985 2019 315371 259773 33197 22401 33376 37349 149275 231437 60000 10912 8718 4602 7069 198165 344573 261 1457 848 1286 1109 2743 X 197056 196003 145827 197056 341830 198165 344573 144774 0 X false false false X 83982 122379 132690 232624 426752 998427 83982 122379 132690 232624 426752 998427 998427 127 115 121 192 1162 1717 1000144 0.99830 0.99920 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2726 false false 2726 2726 257047 259773 51955 12989 false 27617 28325 51955 107897 161846 2339 2590 2726 7655 6904 7081 12989 26974 40461 3229 2590 2726 8545 Direct and indirect political campaign activities (Part I-A, line 1) DRBA made significant progress in 2023 on the designating of a National Conservation Area thatwould protect a portion of the lower Dolores River including 76 river miles and almost 70,000 acres.Legislation was introduced in both the Senate and House in the summer. The Senate Natural ResourcesCommittee held a hearing on the bill in the fall, and it came very close to passing in December. We alsocoordinated the Dolores River Coalition which is made up of local, regional, and national conservationand recreation organizations that have an interest in protecting the Dolores River. Permit Party 28977 28977 600 919 7602 28977 28977 600 919 7602 9121 19856 Committee meeting documentation Part VI line 8b During a regularly scheduled board or executive committee meeting, the members review the Form 990 and makes edits and suggestions to the included information for modification. The final revised copy of the Form 990 is provided electronically to the members for final approval before filing. Comments and corrections are strongly encouraged. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The executive committee of the board of directors reviews the Form 990 prior to filing. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c 1. Duty to Disclose. In connection with any actual or possible conflicts of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of his or her financial interest and must be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. 2. Determining Whether a Conflict of Interest Exists. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he or she shall leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. 3. Procedures for Addressing the Conflict of Interest (a) An interested person may make a presentation at thegoverning board or committee meeting, but after such presentation, he or she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of,and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest.(b) The chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. (c) After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether DRBA can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. (d) If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably attainable undercircumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the governing board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors or disinterested members of the committee whether the transaction or arrangement is in DRBA best interest and for its own benefit, and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to DRBA, and shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination. 4. Violations of the Conflicts of Interest Policy (a) If the governing board or committee has reasonable cause to believe that a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. (b) If, after hearing the response of the member and making such further investigation as may be warranted in the circumstances, the governing board or committee determines that the member has in fact failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action including, but not limited to, disqualification of the member from certain deliberations or removal from the board. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a Executive Director salary was approved during the budgeting process by the board of directors. The budget used acomparative salary survey to establish salary recommendations. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 A copy of the governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements will be provided upon written request.