2023-05-15T16:29:17-05:00 2022-12-31 872929781 ANDONIAN & GHAZARIAN LLP 101 S 1ST ST BURBANK CA 91502 990EZ 2022-01-01 237113312 SOCIETY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF BIGHORN SHEEP SOCI 6612676523 PO BOX 94182 PASADENA CA 911094182 MARK R LECOMPTE TREASURER 6612676523 2023-05-11 1 MARK LECOMPTE 999009999 0 SHANT ANDONIAN P01764743 8188750950 2023-05-11 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X WWW.SCBS-CALIFORNIADESERTBIGHORN.COM X X 86040 X 82197 3815 28 86040 561 419 74120 75100 10940 359437 0 370377 359437 370377 359437 370377 0 0 359437 370377 X CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE WILD SHEEP POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA SATTELLITE WATER MONITORINGCOLLECT AND PROVIDE DATA TO CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS AND MARINE BASE STAFF BIOLOGIST AT 29 PALMS ON WATER SOURCE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SATELLITE MONITORING SYSTEMS INSTALLED ON BIG GAME GUZZLERS. THIS DATA IS USED TO DETERMINE WHEN WATER HAULING OR GUZZLER REPAIRS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE WILDLIFE. 0 3536 SATELLITE MONITOR REPAIR AND INSTALLATIONSTHE WATER MONITOR SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON VARIOUS BIG GAME GUZZLERS INCLUDING THOSE AT THE 29 PALMS MARINE CORPS BASE ARE IN VERY REMOTE LOCATIONS AND ARE POWERED BY BATTERIES CHARGED BY SMALL SOLAR PANELS, THESE BATTERIES NEED TO BE REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME AND OTHER REPAIRS ARE SOMETIMES NECESSARY. THE MATERIAL COST IS GENERALLY MINISCULE COMPARED TO THE VOLUNTEER TRAVEL TIME AND LABOR HOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE REMOTE LOCATIONS AND REPLACE BATTERIES OR MAKE THE REPAIRS. 0 325 WATER HAULING TO BIG GAME GUZZLERS DURING CRUCIAL DRY SUMMER MONTHSTHE BIGHORN SHEEP ARE DEPENDENT ON THE MAN MADE WATER SOURCES DUE TO THE FACT THAT NATURAL WATER SOURCES SUCH AS SPRINGS HAVE BEEN DIMINISHED BY GROUND WATER PUMPING AND OTHER TYPES OF HUMAN CONSUMPTION AS WELL AS RECORD DOUBT CONDITIONS. HIGHWAY AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS HAVE ALSO DISRUPTED THE HISTORICAL MIGRATION ROUTES USED BY THE SHEEP TO FIND WATER DURING THE DRY SUMMER MONTHS. SCBS VOLUNTEERS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE USE THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES TO HAUL WATER TO THESE REMOTE GUZZLER SITES. WATER WAS HAULED TO THE MARVIN WOOD BGG, LITTLE FARGO BGG AND KERR BGG BY VOLUNTEERS. WATER WAS DELIVERED TO THE SOUTH I-40 BGG UNDER SCBS DIRECTION BY PHILLIPS CONSTRUCTION INC. THIS REQUIRES COORDINATION WITH CAL TRANS AND THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AS ONE LANE OF THE I-40 FREEWAY MUST BE CORDONED OFF TO MAKE THE WATER DEPOSIT IN THE GUZZLER STORAGE TANK. 0 1400 SHEEP SHEET NEWS LETTERPRINT AND DISTRIBUTE THE SHEEP SHEET NEWS LETTER THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION ON WILDLIFE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BOTH PAST AND FUTURE. IT IS DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS. 0 1197 STATE LANDS COMMISSION / STATE SCHOOL LANDS, GRANITE BIG GAME GUZZLERTHE BIG GAME GUZZLER SITES PLANED FOR STATE LANDS SCHOOL SITES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS WITH A LEASE FOR 90 GUZZLER SITES ABOUT TO BE APPROVED. CURRENTLY THERE IS ONE TWO AND ONE HALF ACRE SITE WITH AN EXISTING GUZZLER HAS BEEN LEASED BY SCBS AND IT WILL BE MONITORED AND MAINTAINED BY VOLUNTEERS WITH RESULTS BEING REPORTED TO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE GRANITE MOUNTAINS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. 0 125 CC BIG GAME GUZZLER INSTALLATION PROJECTTHE NEW GUZZLER INSTALLATION IS THE FIRST TO BE INSTALLED AT THE US ARMY'S FORT IRWIN NATION TRAINING CENTER FACILITY NEAR BARSTOW CALIFORNIA. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE USE ARMY'S CERTIFIED BIOLOGISTS, 39 SCBS VOLUNTEERS INSTALLED A 3 RAIN CATCHER TANK SYSTEM COMPLETE WITH A RAIN MAT AND A BURRO EXCLOSURE. DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS SCBS VOLUNTEERS ALSO HAULED WATER IN TO FILL THE NEW TANKS AND BY THE END OF CONSTRUCTION 6900 GALLONS OF WATER HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO THE SITE. THE TANKS AND MUCH OF THE MATERIAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS PURCHASED IN 2021 AT A COST OF $23,488.85 MAKING THE TOTAL MATERIAL EXPENSE $26,551.64 0 3063 AREA CAPTAIN PROGRAMCOORDINATE WITH CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, U.S. PARK SERVICE, CALIFORNIA STATE PARK SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS INCLUDING INSTALLATION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE BIG GAME GUZZLERS AND NATURAL SPRINGS. CONDUCT SURVEYS AND PROVIDE THE RESULTS TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF WILDLIFE HABITAT. COORDINATE WITH VOLUNTEER AREA CAPTAINS TO INSPECT AND MAINTAIN OVER 48 BIG GAME GUZZLES AND VARIOUS NATURAL SPRINGS.THERE IS OFTEN LITTLE EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS ABSORB THEIR OWN TRAVEL AND OTHER MINOR EXPENSES THEMSELVES AND CONSIDER IT PART OF THE OBLIGATION AS SPORTSMEN TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT. 0 715 WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS BIG GAME GUZZLER REPAIRSLIKE MOST OF THE REMOTE BIG GAME GUZZLERS THEY NEED MINOR REPAIRS FROM TIME TO TIME AND THE AREA CAPTION CHARGED WITH THE BI-ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OFTEN MAKES THESE REPAIRS AS NEEDED. FREEZE BREAKS, HIGH MINERAL CONTENT IN THE WATER OR MINOR EARTH MOVEMENT CAN DAMAGE PIPES THAT LEAD TO THE TANKS OR DRINKERS AND MUST BE REPAIRED TO PREVENT LEAKAGE OF THE VALUABLE WATER SOURCE. OFTEN TIME THE MONETARY COST IS MINIMAL BUT THE TIME AND EFFORT INVESTED BY THE VOLUNTEERS IN MONUMENTAL IN KEEPING THE SYSTEM OPERATIONAL SO THERE IS WATER FOR THE WILDLIFE IN THE HOT DRIVE SUMMER MONTHS. 0 59 BIG GEES BIG GAME GUZZLER REPAIR MUCH LIKE THE WHIPPLE BGG, BIG GEES NEEDED MINOR PLUMBING REPAIRS THAT WERE HANDLED BY THE VOLUNTEER AREA CAPTAIN. THESE REPAIRS MUST BE MADE SO THERE IS NO LOSS OF THE RAIN WATER COLLECTED DURING THE WINTER MAKING SURE THE WATER SOURCE IS COMPLETELY AVAILABLE TO THE WILDLIFE DURING THE HOT DRY SUMMER MOTHERS. 0 88 CHUCKWALLA / SHIP CREEK BIG GAME GUZZLER REPLACEMENTTHE R5 CHUCKWALLA / SHIP CREEK GUZZLER REPLACEMENT BECAME NECESSARY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM WAS DESTROYED BY A FLASH FLOOD IN 2019. THIS SYSTEM HAD BEEN A RELIABLE WATER SOURCE FOR BIGHORN SHEEP AND OTHER WILDLIFE FOR 48 YEARS AND ITS REPLACEMENT WAS IMPERATIVE. VOLUNTEERS FROM SCBS ALONG WITH THE CA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE US BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WORKED TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MONUMENTAL TASK. TONS OF ROCKS AND BOULDERS HAD TO BE MOVED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE 3 NEW TANKS THAT WERE AIR LIFTED INTO PLACE. WIRE MESH GABIONS FILLED WITH ROCK WERE ERECTED TO PREVENT FUTURE EROSION AND THE ORIGINAL RAIN WATER COLLECTING DAM WAS DUG OUT, REPAIRED AND PLUMBED TO THE NEW TANKS. A SATELLITE MONITOR WAS INSTALLED SO THE WATER LEVELS CAN BE MONITORED REMOTELY. BY THE LAST DAY OF INSTALLATION 2300 GALLONS OF WATER HAD BEEN AIR LIFTED AND DELIVER TO THE NEW TANKS SO THE WILDLIFE WILL HAVE IMMEDIATE BENEFIT FORM THE PROJECT. 0 16662 KINGSTON PEAK AND JAY BEES BIG GAME GUZZLER REPAIRSBOTH KINGSTON PEAK AND BIG GEES GUZZLERS EXPERIENCED FLOAT VALVE FAILURES DUE TO CORROSION OF THE ALUMINUM FLOATS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE LOSS OF WATER DUE TO THE DRINKER VALVES REMAINING OPEN. BOTH SYSTEMS WERE REPAIRED BY VOLUNTEERS WITH NEW SEALED FLOAT VALVES. 0 337 SB 14 THE BOB CAMPBELL GIG GAME GUZZLER SYSTEM REPAIRTHE BOB CAMPBELL BGG IS IN A REMOTE LOCATION NORTH OF PRIMM NEVADA AND THE RAIN COLLECTION DAM AND 2" PIPING GOING TO THE STORAGE TANKS HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY A FLASH FLOOD, SO THE SYSTEM WAS NOT COLLECTING AND STORING WATER. VOLUNTEERS MADE TWO ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE AND REPAIR THE GUZZLER AND A THIRD TRIP IN JANUARY 2023 WILL BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE FINAL REPAIRS. ALL OF THE REPLACEMENT PLUMBING PARTS MUST BE CARRIED IN BY HAND AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE MADE A VALENT EFFORT TO GET THIS SYSTEM BACK ON LINE. 0 145 EAGLE MOUNTAIN TANK EXCHANGE PROJECTTHERE ARE TWO BIG GAME GUZZLERS WITHIN THE BOUNDARY'S OF THE FORMER KAISER EAGLE MOUNTAIN MINE FACILITY AND THE EXISTING TANKS HAD BECOME OLD, CRAKCED AND LEAKING. VOLUNTEERS FROM SCBS ALONG WITH THE CARETAKERS OF THE MINE FACILITY WORKED TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TANKS WITH NEW RAIN CATCHER TANKS TO SERVE THE BIGHORN SHEEP PUPULATION THAT MIGRATES THROUGH THE ISOLATED MINE PROPERTY NEAR DESERT CENTER IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY CALIFORNIA. THE MINE PERSONAL HAULED WATER AND FILLWED THE NEW TANKS AS SOON AS INSTALLATION WAS COMPLETE. 0 7214 34866 X TERRY ANDERSON DIRECTOR 5.00 0 0 0 BRYAN CIMARUSTI DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 JEFF CROUSE DIRECTOR 5.00 0 0 0 BOB BURKE DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 STEVEN HART DIRECTOR 5.00 0 0 0 JENNIFER HINOJOSA SECRETARY 5.00 0 0 0 MARK LECOMPTE TREASURER 9.00 0 0 0 NORM LOPEZ DIRECTOR 5.00 0 0 0 STEVE MARSCHKE PRESIDENT 7.00 0 0 0 DAVID M'GREENE DIRECTOR 5.00 0 0 0 MIKE MORGAN DIRECTOR 5.00 0 0 0 JON ROY DIRECTOR 5.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA MARK R LECOMPTE 34625 CARSON VIEW LN ACTON CA 93550 3239564242 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 77383 161776 77119 53615 41838 411731 77383 161776 77119 53615 41838 411731 411731 393 394 832 567 2186 413917 0.99470 0.99340 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT INCOME DESCRIPTION: DIVIDEND. AMOUNT: 28. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: PROJECT EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 48,581. DESCRIPTION: PROMOTIONAL EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 550. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE SUPPLIES. AMOUNT: 207. DESCRIPTION: FUEL. AMOUNT: 3,086. DESCRIPTION: SHEET PRINTING. AMOUNT: 1,197. DESCRIPTION: OTHER PRINTING. AMOUNT: 387. DESCRIPTION: DMV FEES. AMOUNT: 524. DESCRIPTION: PHONE & INTERNET. AMOUNT: 1,073. DESCRIPTION: MONITOR EQUIPMENT. AMOUNT: 325. DESCRIPTION: MONITOR MONTHLY. AMOUNT: 3,536. DESCRIPTION: TAX & FEES. AMOUNT: 5,073. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 4,043. DESCRIPTION: EQUIPMENT. AMOUNT: 3,280. DESCRIPTION: FOOD. AMOUNT: 1,768. DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL. AMOUNT: 490. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 74,120. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.