2025-02-14T16:54:48-05:00 2024-03-31 820437743 BECKER CHAMBERS & CO PA PO BOX 909 HAILEY ID 833330909 990 2023-04-01 820474191 WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO WOOD 2087883947 119 E BULLION STREET HAILEY ID 83333 MARK ULLMAN TREASURER 2087883947 2025-02-15 false LINDA P CHAMBERS P00157522 2087889595 2025-02-14 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ROLAND WOLFRAM C/O 119 E BULLION STREET HAILEY ID 83333 5799479 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. 18 18 18 75 0 3015698 4839417 0 277530 539045 8988 36303 3302216 5414765 0 0 1008171 1088428 40500 0 415115 1283497 1230552 2332168 2318980 970048 3095785 29932154 33753086 287924 239446 29644230 33513640 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 419367 LAND ACQUISITION/PROTECTION COLORADO GULCH PRESERVE EXPANSION IN FY 2023-24, WRLT ADDED 30 ADDITIONAL ACRES TO THE COLORADO GULCH PRESERVE, WHICH IS PART OF THE LARGER HAILEY GREENWAY, THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF THE GRASSI PROPERTY. ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY PROTECTS CRITICAL WETLANDS AND FLOODPLAIN HABITAT, WINTERING HABITAT FOR ELK AND OTHER ANIMALS, AND EXPANDS PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE BIG WOOD RIVER. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN 2023-24, WRLT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION PROJECTS OVER APPROXIMATELY 9,000 ACRES COLLECTIVELY, THAT WILL CONSERVE WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, RIPARIAN HABITAT, UPLAND GAME HABITAT, CRITICAL SAGE GROUSE HABITAT, AND AREAS FOR PUBLIC RECREATION. THESE PROJECTS CAN TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS TO DEVELOP AND ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. COMMUNITY PLANNING EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO THE RAPID GROWTH AND CHANGE IN THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY, WRLT BEGAN A NEW COMMUNITY PLANNING PROGRAM. INFORMED BY 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, THE PROGRAM WORKS TO USE PLANNING TOOLS AS ANOTHER AVENUE 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 CONTINUED TO WORK WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT. THIS WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS. PIONEERS ALLIANCE WRLT STAFF'S COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE PIONEERS ALLIANCE (INCLUDING PARTNERS LIKE THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IDAHO, THE CONSERVATION FUND, AND IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE) 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 2023-24, 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. 478619 RIVER HEALTH & RESTORATION IN FY 23-24, WRLT COMPLETED THE BELLEVUE SIDE CHANNELS RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT, WHICH REMOVED 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 RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE HAILEY GREENWAY (HEAGLE PARK SIDE CHANNEL RESTORATION), AS WELL AS A RESTORATION PROJECT ON ELKHORN CREEK, SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED IN FY 24-25. 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 TO DESIGN THE RESTORATION PROJECT TO RESTORE 1 MILE OF WARM SPRINGS CREEK AND ITS FLOODPLAIN THROUGH THE PRESERVE. THE CITY IS ALSO PLANNING FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES. 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 CONTINUED 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. 503700 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 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TRAILS AT COLORADO GULCH PRESERVE AND SIMONS/BAUER PRESERVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES TO ACCESS OUR PUBLIC PRESERVES. WRLT ALSO SUPPORTED THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S RINKER ROCK CREEK RANCH BY PARTNERING ON PROJECTS TO INSTALL GATES TO MANAGE ACCESS AND PROTECT HABITAT, AND BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT AERIAL MONITORING OF SAGE GROUSE THROUGHOUT THE 10,000-ACRE RANCH. 117766 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, HOSTING THE ANNUAL BIG WOOD RIVER CLEAN UP, AND HOSTING 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. 117766 1519452 true true false false false false true false false true true 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 true true false false false false false false false true 37 0 true 18 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 18 18 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 DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 ROLAND WOLFRAM CHAIR 8.00 X X 0 0 0 BARRY BUNSHOFT SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN BEAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TRISH KLAHR DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 NICK MILLER DIRECTOR 1.20 X 0 0 0 ROBERT ORDAL DIRECTOR 6.00 X 0 0 0 DAVE PERKINS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GAYLE STEVENSON DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES BARNES DIRECTOR 3.50 X 0 0 0 VICTOR BERNSTEIN DIRECTOR 2.50 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 10.00 X 0 0 0 ELISE LUFKIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY BACHMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JIM SPECK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT BOETTGER PRESIDENT 40.00 X 120129 0 17618 AMY TRUJILLO EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 111145 0 19428 231274 37046 2 false false false 41337 4798080 1544320 4839417 500617 500617 36303 36303 36303 36303 423142 384714 38428 38428 38428 5414765 38428 536920 X 828808 521786 116078 190944 185523 129785 30551 25187 74097 46648 10378 17071 19380 15720 3660 51922 51922 28529 28529 459794 417774 42020 32712 20595 4581 7536 30605 19268 4286 7051 43882 27626 6146 10110 6065 6065 39828 15775 24053 850 850 173498 135589 14331 23578 45467 45467 FUND DEVELOPMENT 91878 91878 STEWARDSHIP 89729 89729 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 83921 41872 884 41165 EASEMENT ACQUISITION 21070 21070 11422 9300 1527 595 2318980 1519452 384413 415115 6558987 6687311 486039 481867 3302 4542 19573675 577373 16812008 18996302 5625906 6937304 445912 645760 29932154 33753086 277924 229446 10000 10000 287924 239446 X 15691369 17330007 13952861 16183633 29644230 33513640 29932154 33753086 X 3095785 658532 115093 X false true X true false X 2852815 3905718 10504285 3015698 4839417 25117933 2852815 3905718 10504285 3015698 4839417 25117933 8260684 16857249 151922 97302 128649 287652 536920 1202445 25160 25160 26345538 915 0.63990 0.65240 X PART II, LINE 10 STAFF HOUSING 25,160 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 44 13171.00 1 true 320.00 31482 true 5152487 363913 598225 293667 5820958 5227908 313834 -339120 50135 5152487 4203323 958118 104977 38510 5227908 1920575 1908339 436688 62279 4203323 2380151 36967 -415796 80747 1920575 0.61340 0.38660 false false 14210221 4238778 18448999 1051631 528346 523285 73045 49027 24018 18996302 6044767 658532 658532 5386235 28530 28530 5414765 2175357 2175357 28530 115093 143623 2318980 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 5 WRLT HAS WRITTEN POLICIES THAT DIRECT STAFF TO MONITOR EVERY CONSERVATION EASEMENT AT LEAST ONCE PER YEAR TO DETERMINE IF THE LANDOWNER IS ADHERING TO THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE TERMS OF THE EASEMENT TO ENSURE THE CONSERVATION PURPOSE OF THE EASEMENT IS BEING ACHIEVED. STAFF VISIT EACH CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND INSPECT THE USES AND CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT. WRLT HAS WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT GUIDE STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS ON HOW TO TAKE ACTION IF A VIOLATION IS DISCOVERED, INCLUDING HOW TO RESOLVE A VIOLATION VOLUNTARILY THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH THE LANDOWNER AND EDUCATION, AS WELL AS RESOLVING A VIOLATION THROUGH LITIGATION IF NECESSARY. 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 XII, LINE 4B BOOK/TAX DEPREC 40,601 BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 74,492 X 14 544920 AVERAGE HIGH LOW X 1 999400 APPRAISAL false true false FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A LAND ACQUISITION/PROTECTION COLORADO GULCH PRESERVE EXPANSION IN FY 2023-24, WRLT ADDED 30 ADDITIONAL ACRES TO THE COLORADO GULCH PRESERVE, WHICH IS PART OF THE LARGER HAILEY GREENWAY, THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF THE GRASSI PROPERTY. ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY PROTECTS CRITICAL WETLANDS AND FLOODPLAIN HABITAT, WINTERING HABITAT FOR ELK AND OTHER ANIMALS, AND EXPANDS PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE BIG WOOD RIVER. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN 2023-24, WRLT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION PROJECTS OVER APPROXIMATELY 9,000 ACRES COLLECTIVELY, THAT WILL CONSERVE WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, RIPARIAN HABITAT, UPLAND GAME HABITAT, CRITICAL SAGE GROUSE HABITAT, AND AREAS FOR PUBLIC RECREATION. THESE PROJECTS CAN TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS TO DEVELOP AND ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. COMMUNITY PLANNING EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO THE RAPID GROWTH AND CHANGE IN THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY, WRLT BEGAN A NEW COMMUNITY PLANNING PROGRAM. INFORMED BY 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, THE PROGRAM WORKS TO USE PLANNING TOOLS AS ANOTHER AVENUE 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 CONTINUED TO WORK WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT. THIS WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS. PIONEERS ALLIANCE WRLT STAFF'S COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE PIONEERS ALLIANCE (INCLUDING PARTNERS LIKE THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IDAHO, THE CONSERVATION FUND, AND IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE) 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 2023-24, 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. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B RIVER HEALTH & RESTORATION IN FY 23-24, WRLT COMPLETED THE BELLEVUE SIDE CHANNELS RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT, WHICH REMOVED 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 RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE HAILEY GREENWAY (HEAGLE PARK SIDE CHANNEL RESTORATION), AS WELL AS A RESTORATION PROJECT ON ELKHORN CREEK, SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED IN FY 24-25. 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 TO DESIGN THE RESTORATION PROJECT TO RESTORE 1 MILE OF WARM SPRINGS CREEK AND ITS FLOODPLAIN THROUGH THE PRESERVE. THE CITY IS ALSO PLANNING FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES. 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 CONTINUED 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 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TRAILS AT COLORADO GULCH PRESERVE AND SIMONS/BAUER PRESERVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES TO ACCESS OUR PUBLIC PRESERVES. WRLT ALSO SUPPORTED THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S RINKER ROCK CREEK RANCH BY PARTNERING ON PROJECTS TO INSTALL GATES TO MANAGE ACCESS AND PROTECT HABITAT, AND BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT AERIAL MONITORING OF SAGE GROUSE THROUGHOUT THE 10,000-ACRE RANCH. 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, HOSTING THE ANNUAL BIG WOOD RIVER CLEAN UP, AND HOSTING 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 PRESIDENT AND 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 CHAIR, 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 417,774 42,020 0 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 BOOK/TAX DEPREC 40,601 BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 74,492 TOTAL 115,093