2021-09-14T17:08:42-05:00 2020-12-31 203746583 TAYLOR ROTH AND COMPANY 800 GRANT ST STE 205 DENVER CO 802032944 990 2020-01-01 460505155 WILDLANDS RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS WILD 3035431411 2100 COLLYER STREET LONGMONT CO 80501 JEAN-PIERRE GEORGES TREASURER 3035431411 2021-09-14 true JEAN-PIERRE GEORGES 999009999 DIANE K GRANGER P01388919 3038308109 2021-09-14 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z KATHERINE POSTELLI 2100 COLLYER STREET LONGMONT CO 80501 1381392 false X WWW.WLRV.ORG X 2002 CO TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STEWARDSHIP AND RESTORATION OF PUBLIC, PROTECTED, AND ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDS ACROSS COLORADO AND BEYOND. 10 10 20 817 0 1161591 1096591 373436 258886 11154 10251 28178 15664 1574359 1381392 0 0 960168 894954 0 124871 504266 344376 1464434 1239330 109925 142062 1594902 2057591 675380 949776 919522 1107815 X TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STEWARDSHIP AND RESTORATION OF PUBLIC, PROTECTED, AND ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDS ACROSS COLORADO AND BEYOND. false false 263597 89995 NATURAL HABITATS - WRV'S CORE RESTORATION PROGRAM RESPONDS TO DIVERSE NEEDS ACROSS OUR REGION, WHETHER IT'S RESTORING SENSITIVE ALPINE AREAS, REHABILITATING PARKLANDS, OR REPLANTING WETLANDS. SPECIALTIES INCLUDE IMPROVING HABITAT FOR SAGE GROUSE BY BUILDING ROCK STRUCTURES AND IMPROVING HABITAT FOR BEAVER BY PLANTING WILLOWS AND BUILDING BEAVER MIMICKING STRUCTURES. WE ALSO CLOSE AND REVEGETATE UNUSED ROADS, AND CREATE POLLINATOR HABITAT WITH LOCAL FARMS THROUGH A RESTORATIVE AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE. IN 2020, WRV VOLUNTEERS REPAIRED 3,624 FT OF WILDLIFE- PROTECTING FENCE AND RESTORED 5,350 FT OF UNUSED ROADS. THEY PLANTED OVER 7,332 NATIVE PLANTS, SHRUBS, AND TREES, WHICH REBUILD SOIL, SEQUESTER CARBON, AND CREATE FOOD, FORAGE, STRUCTURE, AND SHADE FOR NATIVE SPECIES. 245237 56785 SUSTAINABLE TRAILS - WRV'S PHILOSOPHY WITH TRAIL WORK IS TO RE-ROUTE UNSUSTAINABLE TRAILS AWAY FROM SENSITIVE AREAS TO AVOID DAMAGE. WE ESTABLISH PRECEDENT TO STOP VEHICLE TRESPASS WHILE ALLOWING FOOT TRAFFIC WHERE APPROPRIATE. WE CEASE EROSION CAUSED BY TRAMPLING BY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE ROUTE TO THE VIEWS VISITORS SEEK. WRV CLOSES AND RECLAIMS OLD TRAILS, CONSTRUCTS NEW SEGMENTS AND CONNECTIONS, AND PREVENTS EROSION BY MAINTAINING TRAILS. WE REBUILD TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE, FLOOD, OR BARK BEETLES, AND CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE ROUTES. OVER WRV'S 21 YEARS, WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 122 MILES OF TRAIL WORK, AND IN 2020 ALONE WE COMPLETED 56 MILES, INCLUDING CLEARING DOWNED TREES WITH CROSSCUT SAWS FROM 50 MILES. 91271 YOUTH & FAMILIES -WRV PROVIDES DIVERSE YOUTH WITH BROAD ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCES THAT BUILD KNOWLEDGE & AWARENESS; PROMOTES CRITICAL THINKING; AND ENCOURAGES SERVICE AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. WRV'S YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (WYLD) PROGRAM ENLISTS YOUTH TO DELIVER PROGRAMS FOR THEIR PEERS AND PLAN YOUTH-LED RESTORATION PROJECTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS AND PASSION TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY. WRV AND PARTNERS HOST YOUTH EXPLORING STEWARDSHIP (YES), A TWO-DAY ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR YOUTH FROM ACROSS THE REGION. IN 2020, WRV ENGAGED OVER 454 YOUTH AND FAMILIES WHO THINNED SIX ACRES OF FOREST, PLANTED 658 NATIVE TREES, PLANTS, AND SHRUBS, TREATED 1.86 ACRES OF INVASIVE SPECIES, REMOVED 2,388 FT OF HABITAT-FRAGMENTING FENCE, AND MORE. 355144 112106 TRAINING & COMMUNITY BUILDING - IN 2020, WRV DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED A PASSIONATE, HIGHLY SKILLED VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR PUBLIC, PROTECTED, AND ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT LANDS. DESPITE DELAYS, BUDGET CUTS AND GROUP SIZE LIMITS IMPOSED BY THE COVID19 PANDEMIC, WRV WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE 151 RESTORATION PROJECTS & TRAININGS. OVER 582,000 WORTH OF LABOR AND EXPERTISE WAS CONTRIBUTED BY VOLUNTEERS OVER 2,280 ATTENDANCES. THESE VOLUNTEERS BENEFITTED OVER 16,000 ACRES OF WILDLIFE HABITAT IN 2020 ALONE. THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION OF DONORS, FOUNDATIONS, VOLUNTEERS, AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS. IN 2020, WRV HELD NINE COURSES AND TRAINED 113 VOLUNTEERS IN TECHNICAL, LEADERSHIP, AND SAFETY SKILLS. SINCE INCEPTION, WRV HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 3,500 VOLUNTEER LEADERS IN SKILLS INCLUDING RESTORATION DESIGN, CREW LEADERSHIP, DIVERSITY/EQUITY/INCLUSION, AND MORE. EXPENSES 85,154 REVENUE 7,157 VITAL RIVERS - WATERWAYS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OVER 80% OF COLORADO WILDLIFE DEPENDS ON THEM OVER WRV'S 21 YEARS, VOLUNTEERS HAVE RESTORED OVER 63 MILES OF STREAM CHANNEL & SHORELINE AND OVER 89 ACRES OF WETLAND. MUCH OF THIS WORK IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS HAS FOCUSED ON STABILIZING STREAMBANKS AFTER FLOODS DAMAGED THEM, AND ON REMOVING NOXIOUS WEEDS THAT FLOODING DISPERSED. IN 2020, WRV VOLUNTEERS RESTORED OVER A MILE OF STREAM CHANNEL AND 11 ACRES OF WETLAND. EXPENSES 82,574; REVENUE 27,497 NATIVE SEEDS - RESTORATION PROJECTS REQUIRE A DIVERSE SUPPLY OF NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS, GRASSES AND WILDFLOWERS THAT ARE GENETICALLY ADAPTED TO THRIVE IN THIS AREA. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES JOIN US TO COLLECT, CLEAN, AND GROW-OUT NATIVE SEEDS. VOLUNTEERS ALSO HELP TEND PLANTS IN A GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY. OVER WRV'S 21-YEAR HISTORY, VOLUNTEERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER 39,471 PERSON-HOURS OF NATIVE SEED COLLECTION AND SPREAD UNTOLD MILLIONS OF SEEDS IN 2020, VOLUNTEERS SPENT OVER 6,630 HOURS COLLECTING NATIVE SEEDS TO BE GROWN-OUT OR USED ON FUTURE PROJECTS. EXPENSES 78,751; REVENUE 48,952 INVASIVE WEEDS - INVASIVE WEEDS THREATEN TO OVERTAKE NATURAL LANDS, CROWDING OUT NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND WEAKENING NATURAL SYSTEMS. WRV PRIORITIZES EFFORTS ON WEEDS WHICH ARE MANDATED FOR ERADICATION BY THE STATE OF COLORADO. OVER WRV'S HISTORY, OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE WEEDED 6,716 ACRES IN ADDITION, AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS NOW CAN IDENTIFY AND SAFELY REMOVE THESE INVASIVE SPECIES, PREVENTING THE DAMAGE THEY DO TO NATIVE HABITAT. IN 2020, VOLUNTEERS WEEDED OVER 283 ACRES. EXPENSES 78,560, REVENUE 9,500 HEALTHY FORESTS - COLORADO'S FORESTS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY UNNATURAL FIRE SUPPRESSION FOR DECADES, LEADING TO CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN A WARMING SYSTEM. BUT, WE CAN PROTECT ROADS, HOMES AND MUNICIPAL WATER FILTRATION PLANTS FROM THE FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES THAT FOLLOW. NOT TO MENTION HELP RARE NATIVE SPECIES RETURN AND RESTORE NATURAL SYSTEM FUNCTION. TRAINED VOLUNTEERS USE CHAINSAWS TO CONDUCT FOREST THINNING PROJECTS IN COMMUNITIES AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST. AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN OUR REGION IN 2020, WRV ANTICIPATES A GREAT DEAL OF POST-FIRE WATERSHED STABILIZATION IN THE YEARS TO COME. IN 2020 ALONE, WRV SAWYERS RESTORED 20 ACRES TO FOREST HEALTH. 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FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION DEPENDS ON AMAZING VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATE THEIR LABOR AND EXPERTISE. IN 2020, 817 VOLUNTEERS DONATED 21,510 HOURS OF SERVICE DURING THE YEAR, MANY OF WHOM ATTENDED MULTIPLE PROJECTS. MANAGEMENT ESTIMATES THAT THESE SERVICES HAD A VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY 585,782. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D TRAINING & COMMUNITY BUILDING - IN 2020, WRV DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED A PASSIONATE, HIGHLY SKILLED VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR PUBLIC, PROTECTED, AND ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT LANDS. DESPITE DELAYS, BUDGET CUTS AND GROUP SIZE LIMITS IMPOSED BY THE COVID19 PANDEMIC, WRV WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE 151 RESTORATION PROJECTS & TRAININGS. OVER 582,000 WORTH OF LABOR AND EXPERTISE WAS CONTRIBUTED BY VOLUNTEERS OVER 2,280 ATTENDANCES. THESE VOLUNTEERS BENEFITTED OVER 16,000 ACRES OF WILDLIFE HABITAT IN 2020 ALONE. THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION OF DONORS, FOUNDATIONS, VOLUNTEERS, AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS. IN 2020, WRV HELD NINE COURSES AND TRAINED 113 VOLUNTEERS IN TECHNICAL, LEADERSHIP, AND SAFETY SKILLS. SINCE INCEPTION, WRV HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 3,500 VOLUNTEER LEADERS IN SKILLS INCLUDING RESTORATION DESIGN, CREW LEADERSHIP, DIVERSITY/EQUITY/INCLUSION, AND MORE. EXPENSES 85,154 REVENUE 7,157 VITAL RIVERS - WATERWAYS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OVER 80% OF COLORADO WILDLIFE DEPENDS ON THEM OVER WRV'S 21 YEARS, VOLUNTEERS HAVE RESTORED OVER 63 MILES OF STREAM CHANNEL & SHORELINE AND OVER 89 ACRES OF WETLAND. MUCH OF THIS WORK IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS HAS FOCUSED ON STABILIZING STREAMBANKS AFTER FLOODS DAMAGED THEM, AND ON REMOVING NOXIOUS WEEDS THAT FLOODING DISPERSED. IN 2020, WRV VOLUNTEERS RESTORED OVER A MILE OF STREAM CHANNEL AND 11 ACRES OF WETLAND. EXPENSES 82,574; REVENUE 27,497 NATIVE SEEDS - RESTORATION PROJECTS REQUIRE A DIVERSE SUPPLY OF NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS, GRASSES AND WILDFLOWERS THAT ARE GENETICALLY ADAPTED TO THRIVE IN THIS AREA. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES JOIN US TO COLLECT, CLEAN, AND GROW-OUT NATIVE SEEDS. VOLUNTEERS ALSO HELP TEND PLANTS IN A GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY. OVER WRV'S 21-YEAR HISTORY, VOLUNTEERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER 39,471 PERSON-HOURS OF NATIVE SEED COLLECTION AND SPREAD UNTOLD MILLIONS OF SEEDS IN 2020, VOLUNTEERS SPENT OVER 6,630 HOURS COLLECTING NATIVE SEEDS TO BE GROWN-OUT OR USED ON FUTURE PROJECTS. EXPENSES 78,751; REVENUE 48,952 INVASIVE WEEDS - INVASIVE WEEDS THREATEN TO OVERTAKE NATURAL LANDS, CROWDING OUT NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND WEAKENING NATURAL SYSTEMS. WRV PRIORITIZES EFFORTS ON WEEDS WHICH ARE MANDATED FOR ERADICATION BY THE STATE OF COLORADO. OVER WRV'S HISTORY, OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE WEEDED 6,716 ACRES IN ADDITION, AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS NOW CAN IDENTIFY AND SAFELY REMOVE THESE INVASIVE SPECIES, PREVENTING THE DAMAGE THEY DO TO NATIVE HABITAT. IN 2020, VOLUNTEERS WEEDED OVER 283 ACRES. EXPENSES 78,560, REVENUE 9,500 HEALTHY FORESTS - COLORADO'S FORESTS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY UNNATURAL FIRE SUPPRESSION FOR DECADES, LEADING TO CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN A WARMING SYSTEM. BUT, WE CAN PROTECT ROADS, HOMES AND MUNICIPAL WATER FILTRATION PLANTS FROM THE FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES THAT FOLLOW. NOT TO MENTION HELP RARE NATIVE SPECIES RETURN AND RESTORE NATURAL SYSTEM FUNCTION. TRAINED VOLUNTEERS USE CHAINSAWS TO CONDUCT FOREST THINNING PROJECTS IN COMMUNITIES AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST. AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN OUR REGION IN 2020, WRV ANTICIPATES A GREAT DEAL OF POST-FIRE WATERSHED STABILIZATION IN THE YEARS TO COME. IN 2020 ALONE, WRV SAWYERS RESTORED 20 ACRES TO FOREST HEALTH. EXPENSES 30,105 REVENUE 19,000 FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE TREASURER EMAILS OUT A FINAL COPY OF THE 990 TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C WRV MONITORS AND ENFORCES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REQUIRING ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF TO READ THE POLICY AND FILL OUT THE DISCLOSURE FORMS ANNUALLY. IF A CONFLICT IS DISCLOSED APPROPRIATE ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE INDIVIDUAL, AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD CHAIR, TO REMOVE HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM THE SITUATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION OF THE TREASURER WHO UTILIZED COMPARATIVE DATA AND THE INDIVIDUAL'S CURRENT YEAR PERFORMANCE WITH CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO HOW THE FIRM WAS POSITIONED FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES SUCH DOCUMENTS PUBLIC UPON REQUEST, AT ITS PRINCIPAL ADDRESS OF BUSINESS. FORM 990, PART XII THE ORGANIZATION IS CHANGING ITS FISCAL YEAR FROM DECEMBER 31 TO FEBRUARY 28. AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE AN AUDIT WAS PERFORMED THAT ENCOMPASED THE 14 MONTH PERIOD FROM 1/1/20 THROUGH 2/28/21.