2021-11-12T15:41:38-06:00 2020-12-31 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 2200 RIVERSIDE DRIVE GREEN BAY WI 54301 990 2020-01-01 391561423 DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST INC DOOR 9207461359 PO BOX 65 STURGEON BAY WI 54235 JEFF OTTUM TREASURER 9207461359 2021-11-09 1 JEFF OTTUM 999009999 BECKY MEYER P01246910 9204367800 2021-11-09 0 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z DONNA HAKE PO BOX 65 STURGEON BAY WI 54235 4341337 0 X WWW.DOORCOUNTYLANDTRUST.ORG X 1986 WI OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE DOOR COUNTY'S EXCEPTIONAL LANDS AND WATERS FOREVER. 17 17 11 71 0 0 2391269 2059727 19795 0 173445 124946 1708 -1648 2586217 2183025 560000 78675 0 0 642797 677850 0 0 120703 413755 355282 1616552 1111807 969665 1071218 32456503 33802595 41819 52233 32414684 33750362 X THE DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST IS A LOCAL, NON-GOVERNMENTAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PRESERVE DOOR COUNTY'S EXCEPTIONAL LANDS AND WATERS FOREVER. 0 0 366464 78675 ACQUISITION - THE DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST COMPLETED 6 CONSERVATION PURCHASES, 1 LAND DONATION AND 1 CONSERVATION EASEMENT AGREEMENT PROJECT, PROTECTING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 239 ACRES OF LAND IN DOOR COUNTY IN 2020. THE PROJECTS INCLUDED A CONSERVATION EASEMENT AGREEMENT ON PRIVATE LAND THAT PROTECTS SCENIC OPEN SPACE ALONG A COUNTY HIGHWAY AND A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR NEAR WETLANDS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED AS INTERNATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT. THE PURCHASE OF THREE PROPERTIES ON WASHINGTON ISLAND HELP PROTECT WATER QUALITY FOR LAKE MICHIGAN FISHERIES AND TWO OF THE THREE PROTECT AREAS OF GROUNDWATER CONTRIBUTION FOR A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE PURCHASE OF THREE FORESTED WETLAND PROPERTIES AT GIBRALTAR EPHRAIM SWAMP PROVIDE IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS, PROTECT WATER QUALITY IN THIS COASTAL WETLAND SYSTEM AND BENEFIT GREEN BAY FISHERIES. A LAND DONATION AT KELLNER FEN PROTECTS WILDLIFE HABITAT INCLUDING CRITICAL HABITAT AND THE GROUNDWATER CONTRIBUTION AREA FOR A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES. THESE PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH FUNDING FROM COMPETITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSERVATION GRANTS AND PRIVATE DONATIONS. ALL OF THESE PURCHASED AND DONATED PROPERTIES WILL BE OWNED AND MANAGED BY THE DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST AS PART OF OUR NETWORK OF NATURE PRESERVES AND NATURAL AREAS AND ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HIKING, HUNTING, SNOWSHOEING AND WILDLIFE OBSERVATION. THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF A LARGER CONSERVATION VISION TO PROTECT IMPORTANT, HIGH QUALITY, FUNCTIONAL NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT BENEFIT WILDLIFE, RARE AND NATIVE SPECIES, WATER QUALITY AND OUR HUMAN COMMUNITY. 235577 OUTREACH - THE DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST SHARES PROTECTED LANDS WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES, AND ACTIVITIES THAT DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION. DURING 2020, 10,000 NATURE PRESERVE MAPS, 15,000 NEWSLETTERS, AND 4,000 NATURE CALENDARS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY. NATURE PRESERVE VIDEOS WERE SHARED VIA OUR WEBSITE. MORE THAN 30 MILES OF NATURE PRESERVE TRAILS WERE OPEN FOR PUBLIC RECREATION. VISITATION AT NATURE PRESERVES WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS AS THE NATURE PRESERVES PROVIDED SPACE FOR SAFER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PANDEMIC. 246092 STEWARDSHIP - THE DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST MAINTAINED MORE THAN 25 MILES OF NATURE PRESERVE TRAILS WITH THE HELP OF VOLUNTEERS. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED ANNUAL MONITORING OF EACH OF THE 42 NATURE PRESERVES AND NATURAL AREAS AND EACH OF THE 74 CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROPERTIES. TREATMENT OF 10 ACRES OF INVASIVE GARLIC MUSTARD AT THE RICHTER COMMUNITY FOREST AND HEINS CREEK NATURE PRESERVES WAS COMPLETED. STAFF INSTALLED 12 BOOT BRUSH STATIONS AT 10 NATURE PRESERVES AND NATURAL AREAS. THE CORDWALK AT STURGEON BAY SHIP CANAL NATURE PRESERVE WAS REPLACED TO ENSURE GOOD ACCESS TO LAKE MICHIGAN WHILE LIMITING EROSION. RESTORATION PLANTING WAS COMPLETED AT GRAND VIEW PARK, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF LIBERTY GROVE. 848133 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 WI X KRISTI RICE 9207461359 PO BOX 65 STURGEON BAY WI 54235 DONNA DENARDO PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 ROY THILLY TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 BRYAN NELSON SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 JEAN BARRETT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS BLACKWOOD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 PETER DESCHLER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JACK FINGER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BARBARA FRANK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DEB HAGMAN-SHANNON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DONNA HAKE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARK HOLEY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BOB LING DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARK MARTIN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF OTTUM DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANNA PEPELNJAK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JUDY PERKINS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 GRETCHEN SCHMELZER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS CLAY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 101881 0 3634 101881 0 3634 1 0 0 0 0 736409 7245 827295 488778 146419 2059727 80503 80503 2187887 2143444 44443 44443 44443 12705 7245 14868 -2163 -2163 515 0 515 515 2183025 0 0 123298 78675 78675 105515 78565 12205 14745 464600 345935 53739 64926 12675 9438 1466 1771 52997 39461 6130 7406 42063 31320 4865 5878 24526 19266 5260 17903 17903 15328 15328 16310 16310 56478 41044 7834 7600 19211 13591 3069 2551 20187 17943 1016 1228 3877 2887 448 542 6498 6498 10120 7535 1171 1414 19488 14511 2254 2723 LAND ACQUISITION EXPENS 48939 48939 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 32956 32956 STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM EXP 22749 22749 LANDINGS 18090 13226 2432 2432 22622 7284 7851 7487 1111807 848133 142971 120703 345144 329063 1568090 1544826 54155 219199 20825 19224 27980991 157514 27035347 27823477 3376269 3809842 56673 56964 32456503 33802595 41819 52233 41819 52233 X 8640645 9171422 23774039 24578940 32414684 33750362 32456503 33802595 1071218 264460 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1930440 1828509 1529327 2391269 2059727 9739272 1930440 1828509 1529327 2391269 2059727 9739272 636146 9103126 5422 126143 84350 125412 80503 421830 30322 8933 15475 13220 67950 10229052 0.88990 0.88240 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X 74 3306.00 1 1 1 592.00 33260 3402940 257642 362259 122003 3900838 2842899 110377 560659 110995 3402940 3038423 122115 -217091 100548 2842899 2457069 176860 434494 30000 3038423 2260099 57112 146858 7000 2457069 0.73588 0.19253 0.07159 0 0 27645860 27645860 250417 73589 176828 84714 83925 789 27823477 2447025 264460 14868 279328 2167697 15328 15328 2183025 1111347 14868 14868 1096479 15328 15328 1111807 PART II, LINE 9: THE DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST DOES NOT TRACK ITS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WITHIN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BECAUSE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS REPRESENT A LIABILITY TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT CAN NOT BE MEASURED BY DOLLARS RATHER THAN AN ASSET (WE CAN NOT SELL EASEMENTS OR CASH THEM IN FOR MONETARY GAIN). THEREFORE, THE FULL TRACKING OF OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IS DONE OUTSIDE OF THE FINANCIAL ARENA AND INSTEAD IN SEPARATE SPREADSHEETS AND IN LAND FILES. IT IS IN THESE SPREADSHEETS AND FILES WHERE INFORMATION ON EVERY ONE OF OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROPERTIES ARE KEPT INCLUDING MONITORING RECORDS, APPRAISED VALUE (IF APPLICABLE), THE DATE ACCEPTED, PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS, LANDOWNER CONTACT INFORMATION, ETC. PART V, LINE 4: THE PURPOSE OF THE DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST STEWARDSHIP ENDOWMENT IS TO GENERATE INCOME TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND MONITORING OF LANDS OWNED BY DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST, AND FOR THE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS HELD BY DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST. BY CREATING THE STEWARDSHIP ENDOWMENT, DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST WILL LESSEN ITS RELIANCE ON FLUCTUATIONS IN ANNUAL SUPPORT AS A MEANS OF FUNDING ITS LAND STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISER EXPENSES NET WITH FUNDRAISER INCOME 14,868. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISER EXPENSES NET WITH FUNDRAISER INCOME 14,868. MIDWINTER GATHERING 19950 7245 12705 3000 2836 9032 19950 7245 12705 3000 2836 9032 14868 -2163 0 VILLAGE OF SISTER BAY PO BOX 769 SISTER BAY WI 54234 396024651 GOVERNMENT 78675 ASSIST WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE PEBBLE BEACH PROPERTY FOR CONSERVATION 1 0 PART I, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION HAS MULTIPLE POLICIES REGARDING MONITORING, AMENDING, VIOLATION PREVENTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS THAT MEET LAND TRUST ALLIANCE'S STANDARDS AND PRACTICES. X 11 51419 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 1 0 EASEMENT - NO VALUE X 1 95000 FAIR MARKET VALUE 1 0 1 0 PART I, COLUMN (B): THE ORGANIZATION IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN COLUMN B. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE BYLAWS WERE AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGES TO COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTANTS, AND OFFICERS REVIEW THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED BY OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES AND EMPLOYEES ANNUALLY. EACH INDIVIDUAL COMPLETES A DISCLOSURE FORM TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS. ALL DISCLOSURE FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY OFFICERS. INDIVIDUALS ABSTAIN FROM ACTIVITY THAT IS, OR MAY APPEAR AS, A CONFLICT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PROPOSES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION BASED ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE, LAND TRUST ALLIANCE'S COMPENSATION SURVEY, AND THE LOCAL MARKET. THE BOARD APPROVES THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WHILE APPROVING THE ANNUAL BUDGET. OTHER STAFF COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY/REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE'S COMPENSATION SURVEY AND THE LOCAL MARKET ARE CONSIDERED WHEN DETERMINING COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE LAND TRUST MADE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. A YEAR END FINANCIAL STATEMENT WAS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE LAND TRUST'S PUBLICATION "LANDINGS" THAT IS MAILED TO ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SUPPORTERS AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.