2021-11-15T14:25:36-06:00 2020-12-31 030210880 AM PEISCH & COMPANY LLP 24 AIRPORT ROAD SUITE 402 WEST LEBANON NH 037841663 990 2020-01-01 030346759 NORTHWOODS STEWARDSHIP CENTER NORT 8027236551 PO BOX 220 EAST CHARLESTON VT 05833 CHARLES CAPALDI TREASURER 8027236551 2021-11-15 1 CHARLES CAPALDI 999009999 MANDY C GILES CPA P01204048 6033060100 0 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z CHARLES CAPALDI PO BOX 220 EAST CHARLESTON VT 05833 1688835 0 X WWW.NORTHWOODSCENTER.ORG X 1995 VT CONNECTING PEOPLE AND PLACE THROUGH SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND ACTION. 13 13 80 43 0 0 952039 1268949 324202 399844 0 -4363 27883 11883 1304124 1676313 0 0 0 0 941092 795511 0 0 73831 321900 327647 1262992 1123158 41132 553155 1744203 2226358 473180 372518 1271023 1853840 X CONNECTING PEOPLE AND PLACE THROUGH SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND ACTION. 0 0 560245 189525 CONSERVATION CORPS - THE NORTHWOODS CONSERVATION CORPS IS A HANDS-ON CONSERVATION-BASED EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 15 - 25. CREW MEMBERS ARE HIRED FROM COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING PROJECT AREAS AND PROVIDED WITH HIGH-QUALITY CONSERVATION TRAINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. THE EXPERIENCE PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH TO EXPLORE CAREER PATHS IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF CONSERVATION AND SCIENCE AND NATURAL RESOURCES. GIVEN A VERY DISMAL OUTLOOK IN THE SPRING OF 2020 DUE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WE WORKED WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP PROTOCOLS FOR MITIGATING THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WHILE ALSO ALLOWING FOR THE SAFE RETURN TO OUTDOOR WORK. WHILE THE PANDEMIC HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FISCAL IMPACT ON THE CONSERVATION CORPS OVERALL - WITH A BUDGET SHORTFALL OF 20% OF THE OVERALL NORTHWOODS BUDGET JUST WITHIN THE CORPS PROGRAM, THE SEASON WAS ONE OF HOPE AND GRATITUDE. SOME CREWS WERE DOWNSIZED OR CANCELLED TO ALIGN WITH SAFETY PROTOCOLS, BUT THROUGHOUT 2020 THE CORPS EMPLOYED 53 YOUTH CREW MEMBERS, 18 CREW LEADERS, AND NEARLY 20 CONSERVATION INTERNS THROUGHOUT THE FIVE NEW ENGLAND STATES. IN TOTAL, 58 MILES OF TRAIL WERE IMPROVED THROUGH THE WORK OF THE CORPS. NOTABLE PROJECTS INCLUDED A WALKING TRAIL AT THE HISTORIC OLD STONE HOUSE MUSEUM, PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE SILVIO O. CONTE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, VICTORY BOG WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, KINGDOM TRAILS ASSOCIATION, AND OTHERS. OVERALL, THE ATTITUDE AS SEASONAL STAFF RETURNED TO WORK WAS EXCEEDINGLY POSITIVE - RETURNING TO OPEN SPACES AND WORKING ON CONSERVATION PROJECTS WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC WAS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. THE FALL FIELD SEASON EXTENDED THROUGH NOVEMBER, WITH A RIVER ACCESS CREW NAMED "THE STONE CREW" WHICH WORKED WITH THE STATE FISH & WILDLIFE DEPT. TO CONSTRUCT CAR-TOP BOAT ACCESS POINTS ON SEVERAL NEK RIVER SITES. THE SHARED GOAL IS TO BUILD FOR SUSTAINABLE ACCESS - ADDRESSING EROSION, WATER QUALITY AND PROVIDING USER-FRIENDLY ACCESS POINTS. THE CORPS ALSO CONTINUED KEY COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER NON-PROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPAND OUR IMPACT IN 2020. THIS INCLUDED THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, WHITE MOUNTAIN TRAIL COLLECTIVE, VT FISH AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS, PARKS AND REC AND MANY MORE. 119059 128002 EDUCATION, GROUPS & CAMPS - THE EDUCATION PROGRAM SEEKS TO FOSTER A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICIPANTS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS BY PROVIDING DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT BRING AWARENESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENGAGE PARTICIPANTS WITH EDUCATION AND EXPLORATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD, AND PROVIDE SKILLS, CONFIDENCE, TEAMWORK, AND LEADERSHIP THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO BUILDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND PLACE. MUCH OF THE YEAR IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS CENTERED AROUND RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. DESPITE A SHORT INITIAL CLOSURE, THE EDUCATION TEAM WAS ABLE TO ADAPT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC. IN THE SPRING OF 2020 THIS INCLUDED PROVIDING VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS OFFERING IN PERSON OUTDOOR PROGRAMS THAT MET SAFETY REQUIREMENTS - RANGING FROM AN APPLE PRUNING WORKSHOP GEARED FOR ADULTS, AND A VARIETY OF SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS - FROM NATURE DRAWING TO TEAM BUILDING ON ZOOM. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BUSY SUMMER SEASON, SIGNIFICANT WORK WAS DONE COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SET UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROCEED WITH SUMMER CAMPS, ADJUSTED TO MEET SAFETY PROTOCOLS. WITH VERY LOW COVID 19 CASE COUNTS IN THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER SUMMER CAMPS WITHIN THE RECOMMENDED CDC GUIDELINES. WE SCALED DOWN THE CAPACITY OF CAMPS, REDUCING OVERALL CAMPERS BY ABOUT 25%, WITH 115 CAMPERS THROUGH 10 WEEKS OF CAMP PROGRAMS. WE WERE STILL ABLE TO OFFER CAMPS IN OUR TWO LOCATIONS AT THE NORTHWOODS CAMPUS IN EAST CHARLESTON AND IN THE HUB FOR REGIONAL OUTDOOR RECREATION IN EAST BURKE. CAMP THEMES INCLUDE EXPLORATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD, BUILDING SKILL AND SENSE OF PLACE THROUGH OUTDOOR RECREATION AND HANDS ON EXPERIENCE, FOSTERING INCLUSIVE TEAMS, AND TEAM BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HOST THE LOCAL NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH 4 WEEKS OF ENRICHMENT EDUCATION - WORKING WITH 8 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE SUPERVISORY UNION AND BRINGING 75 LOCAL STUDENTS TO NORTHWOODS FOR A WEEK-LONG ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOMEMADE, HEALTHY FOOD, IN PART THANKS TO THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM, SPONSORED BY THE USDA. WITH THE RETURN TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 2020, OUR EDUCATION STAFF COLLABORATED CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT THE GROWING DEMAND FOR OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING. IN TOTAL, 2,141 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE SUPPORT FOR LEADERS OF ALL AGES WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN 2020 WITH THE SECOND COHORT OF THE 6-MONTH INTENSIVE ADULT NEK LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, AND THE LAUNCH OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, GEARED FOR 8TH GRADERS AROUND THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM. BOTH PROGRAMS ADJUSTED AS NEEDED TO A HYBRID VIRTUAL PROGRAM BUT WERE ABLE TO CONCLUDE IN THE SUMMER WITH AN IN PERSON GATHERING. WITH THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING LEADERS WHO MAKE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOUNG LEADERS TRANSITIONING TO HIGH SCHOOL, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE DESPITE THE PANDEMIC WAS INCREASINGLY VALUED, AS THE CHALLENGES, STRESS, AND BURNOUT THAT IS A PERENNIAL LEADERSHIP HURDLE WAS EMPHASIZED THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL STRESS AND CHALLENGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC. 114997 43470 CONSERVATION SCIENCE - THE GOAL OF THE CONSERVATION SCIENCE PROGRAM IS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS, PARTICIPATE IN WORK GROUPS, AND PROMOTE PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT ECOLOGICAL HEALTH, HABITAT ENHANCEMENT, WATER QUALITY, AND OTHER OUTCOMES WHICH HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO EXEMPLIFY GOOD STEWARDSHIP THROUGH GOOD SCIENCE. THE SPRING RIPARIAN LANDS CREW WAS THE FIRST CREW TO RETURN TO WORK AFTER THE SHUTDOWN CAUSED BY THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT TURNING POINT - WHERE A SMALL CREW, WORKING OUTDOORS, WITH PROPER SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE, WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO FIELD WORK SUCCESSFULLY. THE FIRST PROJECT WAS ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER - WHICH NOT ONLY CONNECTS VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BUT HAS LINKED MANY PARTNERS IN A DECADE LONG RESTORATION EFFORT OF THE FLOODPLAIN FOREST IN THIS AGRICULTURAL VALLEY. THROUGHOUT THE SPRING OF 2020, SEVERAL PROJECTS TOOK PLACE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CT RIVER. IN 2020, RIPARIAN LANDS CREWS PLANTED 5,796 TREES AND SHRUBS, 2635 HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, AND 8440 LIVE STAKES AND WHIPS. THE CONSERVATION SCIENCE PROGRAM BUILT CAPACITY TO POSITIVELY IMPACT RIPARIAN LANDS THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, WHICH SUPPORTS LANDOWNER OUTREACH AS WELL AS RESTORATION PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY ON STATE-OWNED RIPARIAN LANDS. THE CON SCIENCE DEPARTMENT WORKED ON HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS ON A TOWN LEVEL AND CONSULTED WITH THE MANY AREA LAKE ASSOCIATIONS TO SUPPORT AWARENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING RIPARIAN BUFFERS, INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, AND INFILTRATION STEPS. 79711 37329 FOREST STEWARDSHIP - THE GOAL OF THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE IS TO PRACTICE AND PROMOTE ECOLOGICALLY SOUND LAND MANAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING FOR FOREST ECOSYSTEMS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH MANAGEMENT OF THE NORTHWOODS DEMONSTRATION FOREST, BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO FOREST LANDOWNERS, AND THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2020, THE FSI PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE MAJORITY OF ITS PROGRAMS, DESPITE THE PANDEMIC. ENGAGEMENT WITH LANDOWNERS THROUGH LAND CONSULTATION REMAINED A KEY INTERACTION, WITH 31 LANDOWNERS BEING SERVED. ON THE NORTHWOODS DEMONSTRATION FOREST, MANAGING THE 1,500-ACRE PARCEL AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC FOR ACCESS AND EDUCATION WERE THEMES OF OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THE FORESTRY INTERNSHIP GRADUATED ITS THIRD SUCCESSFUL COHORT - WITH A FOCUS ON INVASIVE SPECIES, FOREST ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE LEVEL FOREST HEALTH, AND BUILDING A SET OF BOTH FIELD AND OFFICE SKILLS FOR EMERGING CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS - REPRESENTED IN 689 FOREST INTERN HOURS. THROUGH A NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FEDERATION GRANT AND A HIGH MEADOWS FUND GRANT THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT BUILT CAPACITY TO SUPPORT GREATER CONSERVATION OUTCOMES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO WILDLIFE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT (1,264 ACRES ASSESSED IN 2020) AND THE INTERSECTION OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS LED TO INCREASED ENGAGEMENT WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ON THE NORTHWOODS DEMONSTRATION FOREST, TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE FORESTRY PRACTICES WERE CONDUCTED, AND SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS WERE AIMED AT PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS FOR A DIVERSE SET OF NON-MOTORIZED ENDEAVORS - INCLUDING HIKING, SKIING, AND SNOWSHOEING, EXPLORATION AND EDUCATION IN THE DEMONSTRATION FOREST, NATURAL HISTORY, AS WELL AS HUNTING, FORAGING, AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS. 79711 37329 874012 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X X SUSAN MOORE 8027236551 154 LEADERSHIP DRIVE EAST CHARLESTON VT 05833 CATHIE WHEELER PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BILL KILPATRICK VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHARLES CAPALDI TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ALAN GIESE SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JASON BREMILLER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 GERRY CAHILL TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JESSE COE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 HAP ELIASON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL IRONS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARISA MAURO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 WALTER NORMAN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 TOPHER WARING TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL WORDEN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARIA YOUNG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 53662 0 9710 53662 0 9710 0 0 0 0 CARTEE CONTRACTING LLC 636 SANVILLE DRIVE IRASBURG VT 05845 ROOF REPLACEMENT 135705 1 28083 812711 428155 14930 1268949 CONSERVATION CORPS 541900 189525 189525 EDUCATION PROGRAM FEES 611600 76733 76733 CAMP FEES 721210 51269 51269 CONSERVATION SCIENCE 541900 44988 44988 FSI LAND MANAGEMENT SE 541900 37329 37329 399844 517 517 11978 0 11978 11978 11978 1255 130 0 6265 1255 -6135 -4880 -6135 1255 0 28083 4698 -4698 -4698 5012 1559 3453 3453 WOOD SALES 111000 1150 1150 1150 1676313 410290 0 -2926 53662 23028 14278 16356 638923 530670 73665 34588 6755 5368 1387 41028 31416 9612 55143 46084 5865 3194 125 125 588 588 3012 2046 593 373 1984 111 48 1825 13179 4210 5769 3200 7609 2609 1201 3799 25681 7782 17669 230 9050 7831 324 895 602 602 17463 11150 6313 26908 26908 55300 51028 3023 1249 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES 75808 70738 1000 4070 VEHICLE EXPENSES 27081 24277 2682 122 CONTRACT LABOR 25129 22993 1836 300 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 15163 13840 1323 22965 18229 1106 3630 1123158 874012 175315 73831 20489 33490 52535 250853 88667 166563 1987308 252718 1549181 1734590 1248 4507 32083 36355 1744203 2226358 14544 17886 12168 1250 354512 348939 91956 4443 473180 372518 X 1239813 1687243 31210 166597 1271023 1853840 1744203 2226358 X 553155 1576 28086 X 0 0 0 X 556067 681649 831138 914841 1256799 4240494 6800 6450 4653 5237 12150 35290 212708 271753 304161 333752 1122374 775575 959852 1139952 1253830 1268949 5398158 5398158 1637 5419 0 1650 14010 22716 1150 1150 5422024 724046 0.99560 0.48070 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 35528 3109 1694 588 36355 32083 3445 35528 37281 -5198 32083 0.00000 0.86000 0.14000 1 0 1112900 1112900 743426 181811 561615 105715 70907 34808 25267 25267 1734590 VISA BANK CARD 3943 SECURITY DEPOSITS 500 4443 WESTMORE MOUNTAIN 17298 17298 4698 17298 17298 4698 4698 -4698 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE PROCESS USED TO REVIEW THIS FORM IS CREATED IN CONSORT WITH THE BUSINESS MANAGER, REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION TO THE TREASURER. 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