2026-02-09T16:07:03-05:00 2025-03-31 820437743 BECKER CHAMBERS & CO PA PO BOX 909 HAILEY ID 833330909 990 2024-04-01 820474191 WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO WOOD 2087883947 119 E BULLION STREET HAILEY ID 83333 MARK ULLMAN TREASURER 2087883947 2026-02-15 false LINDA P CHAMBERS P00157522 2087889595 2026-02-09 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ROLAND WOLFRAM C/O 119 E BULLION STREET HAILEY ID 83333 9572845 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. 17 17 15 78 0 4839417 6509756 0 539045 741128 36303 56791 5414765 7307675 5775 0 1088428 1361105 0 684450 1230552 1188671 2318980 2555551 3095785 4752124 33753086 41150320 239446 2776244 33513640 38374076 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 430588 LAND ACQUISITION/PROTECTION LAND AND EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS IN FY 2024-25, WRLT PROTECTED THE OLD CUTTERS PRESERVE - A PARCEL IN HAILEY THAT BUFFERS AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDS AND WILL BE MAINTAINED AS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE PRESERVE. WRLT ALSO COMPLETED THE CORRAL FARM CONSERVATION EASEMENT, WHICH PROTECTS 160 ACRES OF PRIME FARMLAND IN CAMAS COUNTY. WRLT ALSO WENT UNDER CONTRACT FOR HAILEY HOT SPRINGS RANCH AND BEGAN THE FUNDRAISING FOR THIS ACQUISITION, WHICH CLOSED IN THE SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR. THIS PROPERTY WILL ADD 2,700- ACRES OF CONSERVATION LAND TO WRLT'S HOLDINGS AND PROTECT CRITICAL WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN HABITAT; MIGRATION CORRIDORS FOR ELK, MULE DEER, AND PRONGHORN; AND PROTECT HABITAT FOR SAGE GROUSE, MOOSE, AND MANY OTHER SPECIES. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN 2024-25, 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, PRIME FARMLAND, 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 PLAN FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT. THIS WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS. 486329 RIVER HEALTH & RESTORATION IN FY 24-25, WRLT CONTINUED THE DESIGN AND PLANNING FOR RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE HAILEY GREENWAY (HEAGLE PARK SIDE CHANNEL RESTORATION) AND COMPLETED A RESTORATION PROJECT ON ELKHORN CREEK TO CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODPLAIN CONNECTION FOR THE CREEK. WRLT CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HAILEY, BLAINE COUNTY, AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT 9 TO MOVE THE RESTORATION DESIGN WORK FOR 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 PRESERVE. THIS YEAR, WRLT CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF KETCHUM TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN OF 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. CONSTRUCTION ON THE RESTORATION BEGAN IN FY 2025-26. WRLT ALSO CONTINUED A ROBUST MONITORING PROGRAM TO CONTRIBUTE TO BASELINE MONITORING DATA FOR THE BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN: MAINTAINING 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. 443633 LAND STEWARDSHIP STAFF MONITORED ALL 46 OF THE WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, TOTALING 13,332 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 19 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 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 AND PUBLIC ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE ACCESS AND PROTECT HABITAT, CREEK RESTORATION PROJECTS, AND BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT RE-SEEDING AND POST-FIRE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER THE GLENDALE FIRE BURNED THROUGH THE 10,000-ACRE RANCH. 129969 5775 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, HOSTING OUR ANNUAL THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY SPEAKER SERIES TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EFFORTS AND HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED, 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. 129969 5775 1490519 true true false false false false true false false true true false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 28 0 true 15 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 17 17 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 ROLAND WOLFRAM CHAIR 4.00 X X 0 0 0 KAREN DE SAINT PHALLE VICE CHAIR 4.00 X X 0 0 0 BARRY BUNSHOFT SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK ULLMAN TREASURER 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ELISE LUFKIN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF SEELY DIRECTOR 9.00 X 0 0 0 VICTOR BERNSTEIN DIRECTOR 2.50 X 0 0 0 JAMES BARNES SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVE WOODWARD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT ORDAL DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 TRISH KLAHR DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 DAVE PERKINS DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MARY BACHMAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 NICK MILLER DIRECTOR 2.50 X 0 0 0 JIM SPECK DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 GAYLE STEVENSON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 SCOTT BOETTGER PRESIDENT 40.00 X 118977 0 19081 AMY TRUJILLO EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 139272 0 14030 258249 33111 2 false true false 218345 6291411 1017826 6509756 563861 563861 45785 45785 45785 45785 1880437 562000 1701257 563913 179180 -1913 177267 -1913 179180 OTHER REVENUE 11006 11006 11006 7307675 -1913 799832 X 5775 5775 1070818 595200 115202 360416 198064 105916 13264 78884 92223 51260 9922 31041 21290 14158 7132 58887 58887 30000 30000 406815 352106 54709 28428 15802 3058 9568 38609 21460 4154 12995 28831 16025 3102 9704 4247 4247 21071 14338 6733 665 665 108725 60433 11696 36596 54231 54231 EASEMENT ACQUISITION 113740 113740 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 105556 65247 7176 33133 FUND DEVELOPMENT 91113 91113 STEWARDSHIP 42457 42457 34006 11690 1316 21000 2555551 1490519 380582 684450 147031 6687311 11072728 481867 83120 4542 7712 20849335 618998 18996302 20230337 6937304 8703138 645760 906254 33753086 41150320 229446 75820 10000 2700424 239446 2776244 X 17330007 19236275 16183633 19137801 33513640 38374076 33753086 41150320 X 4752124 70839 37473 X false true X true false X 3905718 10504285 3015698 4839417 6509756 28774874 3905718 10504285 3015698 4839417 6509756 28774874 7163645 21611229 97302 128649 287652 536920 609646 1660169 10006 10006 30445049 915 0.70980 0.63990 X PART II, LINE 10 MISC 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 46 13332.00 1 true 577.00 46845 true 5820958 792452 321467 87054 6847823 5152487 363913 598225 293667 5820958 5227908 313834 -339120 50135 5152487 4203323 958118 104977 38510 5227908 1920575 1908339 436688 62279 4203323 0.58830 0.41170 false false 15424554 4238778 19663332 1093963 563867 530096 92040 55131 36909 20230337 REFUNDABLE DEPOSITS 2615681 ACCRUED PAYROLL AND RELATED LIABILIT 84743 2700424 7348514 70839 70839 7277675 30000 30000 7307675 2488078 2488078 30000 37473 67473 2555551 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 0 BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 37,473 false IDAHO COALITION OF LAND TRUSTS PO BOX 1845 BOSIE ID 83701 464754548 501C3 5775 LTA CLIMATE COMMUNIC X true true X X X false false false false false false false false false AMY TRUJILLO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 111446 21200 6626 14030 153302 SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 1A EMPLOYEE HAS A HOUSING ALLOWANCE WHICH IS INCLUDED IN HER W-2 IN THE AMOUNT OF 6026. X 8 259066 AVERAGE OF HIGH/LOW X 1 76000 APPRAISAL X 1 682760 APPRAISAL 1 false true false FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A LAND ACQUISITION/PROTECTION LAND AND EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS IN FY 2024-25, WRLT PROTECTED THE OLD CUTTERS PRESERVE - A PARCEL IN HAILEY THAT BUFFERS AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDS AND WILL BE MAINTAINED AS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE PRESERVE. WRLT ALSO COMPLETED THE CORRAL FARM CONSERVATION EASEMENT, WHICH PROTECTS 160 ACRES OF PRIME FARMLAND IN CAMAS COUNTY. WRLT ALSO WENT UNDER CONTRACT FOR HAILEY HOT SPRINGS RANCH AND BEGAN THE FUNDRAISING FOR THIS ACQUISITION, WHICH CLOSED IN THE SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR. THIS PROPERTY WILL ADD 2,700- ACRES OF CONSERVATION LAND TO WRLT'S HOLDINGS AND PROTECT CRITICAL WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN HABITAT; MIGRATION CORRIDORS FOR ELK, MULE DEER, AND PRONGHORN; AND PROTECT HABITAT FOR SAGE GROUSE, MOOSE, AND MANY OTHER SPECIES. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN 2024-25, 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, PRIME FARMLAND, 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 PLAN FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT. THIS WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B RIVER HEALTH & RESTORATION IN FY 24-25, WRLT CONTINUED THE DESIGN AND PLANNING FOR RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE HAILEY GREENWAY (HEAGLE PARK SIDE CHANNEL RESTORATION) AND COMPLETED A RESTORATION PROJECT ON ELKHORN CREEK TO CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODPLAIN CONNECTION FOR THE CREEK. WRLT CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HAILEY, BLAINE COUNTY, AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT 9 TO MOVE THE RESTORATION DESIGN WORK FOR 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 PRESERVE. THIS YEAR, WRLT CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF KETCHUM TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN OF 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. CONSTRUCTION ON THE RESTORATION BEGAN IN FY 2025-26. WRLT ALSO CONTINUED A ROBUST MONITORING PROGRAM TO CONTRIBUTE TO BASELINE MONITORING DATA FOR THE BIG WOOD RIVER BASIN: MAINTAINING 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 46 OF THE WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, TOTALING 13,332 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 19 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 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 AND PUBLIC ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE ACCESS AND PROTECT HABITAT, CREEK RESTORATION PROJECTS, AND BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT RE-SEEDING AND POST-FIRE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER THE GLENDALE FIRE BURNED THROUGH 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, HOSTING OUR ANNUAL THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY SPEAKER SERIES TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EFFORTS AND HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED, 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 352,106 54,709 0 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 BOOK/TAX DEPREC 0 BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 37,473 TOTAL 37,473