2019-06-11T09:39:16-05:00 2018-12-31 810348775 JUNKERMIERCLARKCAMPANELLASTEVENS PC PO BOX 16237 MISSOULA MT 59808 990 2018-01-01 522073018 INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM & NATURAL RESOURCES INST 6086305738 PO BOX 1996 MISSOULA MT 59806 DAVID SPRATT CEO 6086305738 2019-05-24 1 DREW RIEKER CPA P01372762 4065494148 208.123.198.253 2019-05-24 12:29:27 MD P D88A9C5A577C381933409E3B118E3C2F93CBF988 970B8EDCAC0B130B2272BCCFDD545A8A064E857A 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z DAVID SPRATT PO BOX 1996 MISSOULA MT 59806 314527 0 X WWW.IJNR.ORG X 1997 MT THE ORGANIZATION PURSUES HIGHER STANDARDS OF NEWS COVERAGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- STANDARDS OF ACCURACY, FAIRNESS, BALANCE, DEPTH AND CONTEXT. 10 9 4 281 0 0 847861 313385 0 0 835 1142 0 0 848696 314527 0 0 0 0 249821 320600 0 0 29930 181042 246889 430863 567489 417833 -252962 629938 397589 14864 40450 615074 357139 X THE ORGANIZATION PURSUES HIGHER STANDARDS OF NEWS COVERAGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- STANDARDS OF ACCURACY, FAIRNESS, BALANCE, DEPTH AND CONTEXT. 0 0 105323 UPPER MISSISSIPPI INSTITUTE - SEE SCHEDULE O 86049 LOWER COLORADO RIVER INSTITUTE - SEE SCHEDULE O 80418 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY INSTITUTE - SEE SCHEDULE O 180296 180296 452086 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X THE ORGANIZATION 6086305738 PO BOX 1996 MISSOULA MT 59806 FRANK ALLEN CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PAM ROCKLAND VICE CHAIR 0.50 X X 0 0 0 MARY G HAGER TREASURER 0.50 X X 0 0 0 CHRIS SIEGLER TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 STEVE DOLBERG TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 SARA SHIPLEY HILES TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 PETER ANNIN TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 WAYNE WATKINSON TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 RON WAKIMOTO TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 DAVID SPRATT CEO 40.00 X X 109930 0 0 109930 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 313385 313385 1142 1142 314527 0 0 1142 109930 84197 14833 10900 165145 126488 22282 16375 7335 2755 4287 293 15302 15302 22888 16195 4808 1885 18368 17477 891 4158 4158 9700 9700 933 609 324 1800 1800 169305 168235 684 386 30853 30032 730 91 9280 9280 PROGRAM MATERIALS 1358 1106 252 FACULTY HONORARIA 700 700 MISCELLANEOUS 434 134 300 567489 452086 85473 29930 404792 323274 150000 75146 74315 629938 397589 14864 40450 14864 40450 X 74664 68200 513198 288939 27212 0 615074 357139 629938 397589 -252962 -4973 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 115783 435663 246833 847861 313385 1959525 115783 435663 246833 847861 313385 1959525 1267972 691553 1008 328 835 1142 3313 1962838 50 0.35230 0.33780 X 75146 3000 -3831 74315 24373 48212 2561 75146 19654 3668 1051 24373 19933 -279 19654 18925 1008 19933 0.61100 0.36600 0.02300 0 0 0 309554 -4973 -4973 314527 0 314527 567489 0 567489 0 567489 PART V, LINE 4: IJNR HAS ADOPTED A SPENDING POLICY TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATIONS EACH YEAR BASED UPON THE APPRECIATION OF THE ASSETS HELD IN THE PORTFOLIO. THE INTENT OF THE BOARD IS TO RETAIN 100% OF DONATED ASSETS WITHIN THE FUND PORTFOLIO AS WORKING CAPITAL. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH IJNR'S OBJECTIVE TO MAINTAIN THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE ENDOWMENT ASSETS HELD IN PERPETUITY OR FOR A SPECIFIED TERM AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REAL GROWTH THROUGH NEW GIFTS AND INVESTMENT RETURN. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER INSTITUTE - MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, IOWA, ILLINOIS, MISSOURI - JUNE 16-23, 2018 WITH A WATERSHED THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL OR PART OF 31 U.S. STATES AND TWO CANADIAN PROVINCES, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COULD BE SAID TO REFLECT NORTH AMERICA ITSELF. THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ABOUT HOW WE USE OUR LAND GOVERNS BOTH HOW OUR GREATEST RIVER FLOWS AND WHAT FLOWS THROUGH IT. AND MANY OF THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE FAR UPSTREAM, BEFORE THE MISSISSIPPI BECOMES THE MIGHTY, MUDDY AMERICAN ICON. IN JUNE OF 2018, IJNR TOOK A GROUP OF 18 JOURNALISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON A WEEKLONG LEARNING EXPEDITION DOWN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI TO GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ORIGINATE IN AND IMPACT A WATERSHED THAT DRAINS NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF THE CONTIGUOUS U.S. WE TRAVELED FROM THE RIVER'S HEADWATERS NEAR BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA TO ST. LOUIS' FAMOUS ARCH AS WE EXPLORED TOPICS LIKE NUTRIENT RUNOFF, INVASIVE SPECIES, RIVER RESTORATION, FLOOD CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN DOWNSTREAM COMMUNITIES. WE MET WITH LOCAL CITIZENS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUSINESS OWNERS, RESOURCE MANAGERS, FARMERS AND SCIENTISTS AS WE GOT OUT INTO THE FIELD TO EXPLORE (AMONG OTHER THINGS): - THE 2018 FARM BILL AND HOW ACTIVITIES AND INCENTIVES IT PROMOTES ON LAND WILL SHAPE THE RIVER FROM ITS HEADWATERS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. - THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS, MIDWEST AGRICULTURE AND THE LOSS OF MINNESOTA FORESTS AND WETLANDS. - A NEW VISION FOR THE MISSISSIPPI AND A PUSH TO CONNECT MORE COMMUNITIES TO THE RIVER IN THE TWIN CITIES. - 'SOIL HEALTH,' THE LATEST SCIENCE IN SOIL CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO REDUCE RUNOFF ON MINNESOTA FARMS. - FEDERAL AND STATE EFFORTS TO RESTORE HABITAT, REBUILD ISLANDS AND REINTRODUCE ENDANGERED FRESHWATER MUSSELS BELOW LOCK AND DAM 7. - MINING FOR SAND IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO LOCAL CONTROL OF ZONING AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION. - INDUSTRIAL-SCALE AGRICULTURE, NITRATE POLLUTION AND MOUNTING DIFFICULTIES FOR UTILITIES TRYING TO PROVIDE SAFE DRINKING WATER TO RURAL COMMUNITIES. - EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND EXOTIC PATHOGENS. - THE MISSISSIPPI'S LONG HISTORY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL FLOODS AND KEEP THE RIVER ON AN "ACCEPTABLE" COURSE. - BIG MUDDY'S BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT AS A MAIN ARTERY OF COMMERCIAL SHIPPING. LOWER COLORADO RIVER INSTITUTE - NEVADA, ARIZONE, CALIFORNIA, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 17-24, 2018 THERE'S AN ADAGE IN THE AMERICAN WEST THAT "WHISKEY IS FOR DRINKING, WATER IS FOR FIGHTING OVER, AND PERHAPS NOWHERE DO THOSE WORDS APPEAR TO RING TRUER THAN IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN. THE POSTER CHILD OF AN OVER-ALLOCATED AND EMBATTLED RESOURCE, THE COLORADO PASSES THROUGH SEVEN STATES AND OFFERS SUSTENANCE ON MANY FRONTS: IT PROVIDES WATER FOR MORE THAN 30 MILLION PEOPLE AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY. IT'S HOME TO A HANDFUL OF ENDANGERED FISH AND WILDLIFE SPECIES, AND SUPPORTS A $26 BILLION RECREATIONAL ECONOMY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. AND YET, DEMAND FOR WATER SO OUTSTRIPS SUPPLY THAT THIS MIGHTY RIVER RUNS DRY MORE THAN 100 MILES BEFORE IT REACHES THE COAST AT THE SEA OF CORTEZ. ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY MANAGED RIVERS IN THE WORLD, THE COLORADO BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE: MORE THAN 100 DAMS HAVE BEEN BUILT BY THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY, FLOOD CONTROL, AND STORAGE. AQUEDUCTS, PIPELINES, TUNNELS AND CANALS SHUNT WATER AWAY FROM THE RIVER; AGRICULTURE CONSUMES NEARLY 80 PERCENT OF THE COLORADO'S WATER, WHILE MUNICIPAL NEEDS CLAIM THE REMAINING 20 PERCENT. PREDICTIONS SUGGEST THAT THE FUTURE WILL SEE MORE OF THE SAME. POPULATIONS AND WATER DEMAND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE, AND SOME SCIENTIFIC MODELS SUGGEST THAT CLIMATE CHANGE WILL LEAD TO SHORTER WINTERS, EARLIER SPRING RUNOFF, AND INCREASED EVAPORATION. DROUGHT WILL EXACERBATE AN ALREADY STRESSED RESOURCE. THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST, ECOSYSTEMS AND ECONOMIES ALIKE HANG IN THE BALANCE. BECAUSE THE COLORADO STRETCHES ACROSS SUCH AN EXTENSIVE SWATH OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO COVER THE WHOLE RIVER OVER THE SPAN OF ONE INSTITUTE. SO, WE DECIDED TO DO TWO. IN LATE JULY 2017, WE CONDUCTED AN INSTITUTE THAT EXPLORED THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER, FROM ITS HEADWATERS IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK TO THE NORTHERNMOST REACHES OF LAKE POWELL. IN EARLY 2018 WE RETURNED TO THE REGION, AND CONTINUED THE JOURNEY DOWNSTREAM ON A SECOND INSTITUTE WITH A SEPARATE GROUP OF FELLOWS. ON OUR LOWER COLORADO RIVER INSTITUTE, JOURNALISTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT: - HOW THE DEMANDS OF THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN IMPACT THE LOWER AND VICE VERSA; - THE COMPLEX, CONTENTIOUS - AND OFTEN CONFUSING - WORLD OF WATER LAW, AND HOW PENDING POLICIES AND AGREEMENTS WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST; - THE ECOLOGY OF THE COLORADO RIVER, INCLUDING ENDANGERED AND INVASIVE SPECIES, AND HOW HUMAN IMPACTS ARE SHAPING THE NATURE OF THE RIVER - FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE; - HOW AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION HAVE SHAPED THE REGION - SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY - THROUGHOUT HISTORY, AND HOW THE ROLE OF THESE MAJOR PLAYERS MAY ALREADY BE CHANGING; - THE QUESTIONS AND CONUNDRUMS SURROUNDING WATER STORAGE IN THE BASIN'S MAJOR RESERVOIRS - AND THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPORTING WATER FROM ELSEWHERE TO MEET THE REGION'S GROWING DEMAND; - THE HISTORY, FUTURE AND ECOLOGY OF THE SALTON SEA; - TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS AND THE EXPANDING ROLE OF THE REGION'S TRIBES IN COLORADO RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT; - MINUTE 323, U.S.-MEXICO WATER POLITICS, AND THE FUTURE OF THE COLORADO RIVER DELTA - THE DEMAND FOR MUNICIPAL WATER AND THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION IN THE REGION'S MAJOR METROPOLISES, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES, LAS VEGAS, SAN DIEGO, PHOENIX AND TUCSON SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER INSTITUTE - QUEBEC, ONTARIO, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23-29, 2018 THE GREAT LAKES CONTAIN 20 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S FRESH SURFACE WATER, PROVIDE DRINKING WATER FOR MORE THAN 30 MILLION PEOPLE, MOVE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN GRAIN AND IRON, AND PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN ECONOMIES FROM CHICAGO TO TORONTO TO MONTREAL. THE GREAT LAKES, LIKE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ALSO CONNECT NORTH AMERICA'S HEARTLAND TO THE LARGER WORLD - THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. AND WHILE THE ST. LAWRENCE HAS UNQUESTIONABLY FACILITATED IMMENSE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, THIS MAN-MADE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ATLANTIC HAS ALSO INTRODUCED COSTS: INVASIVE SPECIES UPEND ECOSYSTEMS, LEGACY POLLUTION LINGERS, AND COSTLY, SOMETIMES OBSOLETE, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE CHALLENGED BY A CHANGING CLIMATE. FROM SEPTEMBER 23-29, 2018, IJNR CONDUCTED A SIX-DAY PROGRAM FOR 15 JOURNALISTS FROM ACROSS CANADA AND THE U.S. AS WE EXPLORED THIS VITAL - BUT OFTEN UNDER-REPORTED - WATERWAY. USING MONTREAL AS A HUB CITY, THIS PROGRAM INVESTIGATED NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, INCLUDING: - THE ROLE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER IN THE SHIPPING ECONOMY OF THE GREAT LAKES. - IMPACTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES MOVING THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY - THE TOXIC LEGACY OF INDUSTRY ON THE RIVER AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF CLEAN-UP EFFORTS. - ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN NATIVE NATIONS. - HOW THE ENDANGERED RIGHT WHALE THREATENS BUSINESS AS USUAL ON THE RIVER, AND POTENTIAL RIPPLE EFFECTS ON SHIPPING AND FISHING. - THE IMPORTANCE OF OUTDOOR ECONOMIES TO RURAL COMMUNITIES. - THE INTERSECTION OF EXTREME RAIN EVENTS, AGING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ST. LAWRENCE WATER QUALITY. - HOW THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA COOPERATE TO MANAGE A SHARED RESOURCE IN A TENSE POLITICAL CLIMATE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE SENT AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE RETURN FOR REVIEW BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORM 1023 AND 990 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.