2025-08-28T13:26:48-04:00 2025-02-28 203746583 TAYLOR ROTH AND COMPANY 1580 LINCOLN ST STE 520 DENVER CO 802031517 990 2024-03-01 460505155 WILDLANDS RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS WILD 3035431411 2100 COLLYER STREET LONGMONT CO 80501 LAUREL BROWN TREASURER 3035431411 2025-08-27 true true KEN ROTH P01389203 3038308109 2025-08-28 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z DAVID ELMORE 2100 COLLYER STREET LONGMONT CO 80501 2166832 false X WWW.WRV.ORG X 2002 CO BUILDING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT CARE FOR THE LAND. 11 11 34 4044 0 1601538 1642642 455469 494804 9588 13383 49066 16003 2115661 2166832 0 0 1178427 1180466 15000 20000 207413 905912 777512 2099339 1977978 16322 188854 2088380 2422031 919968 1033850 1168412 1388181 X BUILDING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT CARE FOR THE LAND. false false 506038 117952 SUSTAINABLE TRAILS - WRV REROUTES UNSUSTAINABLE TRAILS AWAY FROM SENSITIVE WILDLIFE AND CULTURAL SITES TO AVOID HARMING RESOURCES. VOLUNTEERS SET A PRECEDENT BY STOPPING OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE (OHV) TRESPASS WHILE PERMITTING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. EFFORTS INCLUDE CLOSING AND RESTORING OLD TRAILS, CREATING NEW SECTIONS, AND REBUILDING TRAILS AFTER FIRE, FLOOD, OR TREE BLOWDOWN, AND SCOUTING TRAILS WITH TRAINED SAWYERS TO BUCK UP BLOWN-DOWN TREES FROM THE TRAIL. IN 2024, VOLUNTEERS MAINTAINED, CLOSED, REROUTED OR RESTORED OVER 28 MILES OF TRAIL, A WRV RECORD. 313595 67262 YOUTH & FAMILIES -WRV PROVIDES DIVERSE YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH CULTURALLY RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SERVICE LEARNING. THE PROGRAM PROGRESSES FROM BUILDING KNOWLEDGE CLOSE TO HOME TO CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM-SOLVING, AND DECISION-MAKING IN THE FIELD. MONTHLY LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RESTORATION, OUTDOOR SKILLS, AND CAREERS IN NATURAL RESOURCES. WRV OFFERS A PAID YOUTH CORPS PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, WHERE YOUTH LEARN RESTORATION TECHNIQUES, NATURAL SCIENCE, TEAMWORK, AND LEADERSHIP. MOST OF WRV'S YOUTH & FAMILIES PROGRAMMING IS OFFERED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IN 2024, OVER 774 YOUTH ENGAGED IN RESTORATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. 197771 30136 NATURAL HABITATS - WRV'S PRIMARY RESTORATION PROGRAM ADDRESSES A WIDE RANGE OF NEEDS ACROSS OUR REGION, INCLUDING DESIGNATED WILDERNESS AREAS, URBAN NATURAL SPACES, MOUNTAINS, AND PLAINS. WE STRIVE FOR INNOVATION BY EXPLORING NEW RESTORATION TECHNIQUES, WITH A RECENT FOCUS ON NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS LIKE ZEEDYK STRUCTURES. IN 2024, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS PLANTED OVER 10,401 PLANTS, SHRUBS, TREES, AND WILLOWS TO REBUILD SOIL AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR NATIVE SPECIES AND SHADE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. VOLUNTEERS ALSO INSTALLED 152 SEDIMENT AND MOISTURE-RETAINING STRUCTURES IN WATERWAYS TO MITIGATE EROSION AND PRESERVE CRITICAL RESOURCES. 468697 279454 HEALTHY FORESTS -COLORADO'S FORESTS HAVE FACED CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO BOTH CLIMATE CHANGE AND DECADES OF FIRE SUPPRESSION. IN 2024, VOLUNTEERS REPLANTED 6.5 ACRES OF SEVERELY BURNED PONDEROSA PINE FOREST FROM THE 2020 CAMERON PEAK FIRE AND THE 2012 HIGH PARK FIRE WHERE NATURAL PINE REGENERATION WAS LOW. THE SEEDLINGS USED IN THESE PLANTINGS WERE GROWN FROM CONES COLLECTED BY WRV VOLUNTEERS IN THE FALL OF 2023. IN 2024, VOLUNTEERS ALSO MANUALLY THINNED OVERLY DENSE FORESTED AREAS, REDUCING STAND DENSITY ACROSS SIX ACRES BY BUILDING BURN PILES WITH THE MATERIAL ON FIVE ACRES. WRV USED MATERIAL FROM ONE ACRE IN LOW-TECH PROCESS-BASED RESTORATION BY STRATEGICALLY PLACING THE MATERIAL IN THE STREAM TO BUILD BDAS AND PALS (BEAVER DAM ANALOGS AND POST-ASSISTED LOG STRUCTURES). THESE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESTORATION OF HEALTHY FORESTS, THE RETURN OF NATIVE SPECIES, AND THE MITIGATION OF FIRE-RELATED RISKS. 2024 EXPENSE 174,534 REVENUE 149,898 PLANTS AND POLLINATORS - NATIVE PLANTS ATTRACT AND SUPPORT THRIVING NATIVE WILDLIFE. AT WRV, WE ERADICATE WEEDS THAT ARE LEGALLY MANDATED FOR REMOVAL, AND COLLECT NATIVE SEEDS FOR GROW-OUT AND REPLANTING DEGRADED HABITAT. WEEDS OTHERWISE DISPLACE NATIVES AND DISRUPT NATURAL SYSTEMS. IN 2024, VOLUNTEERS WEEDED 253 ACRES OF HABITAT, AND DEVOTED OVER 2,836 HOURS COLLECTING, CLEANING, AND CULTIVATING THE SEEDS OF NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS, GRASSES, AND WILDFLOWERS WELL-SUITED TO THRIVE IN OUR REGION. VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSIST IN NURTURING PLANTS IN OUR GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY. THANKS TO THESE AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO IDENTIFY AND SAFELY REMOVE NOXIOUS WEEDS, PREVENTING FURTHER DAMAGE TO NATIVE HABITATS. 2024 EXPENSES 147,224 REVENUE 95,766 COMMUNITY BUILDING AND TRAINING - IN 2024, WRV NURTURED AND DEVELOPED A DEDICATED AND HIGHLY SKILLED COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO CARING FOR THE LAND. THROUGH THEIR IN-KIND LABOR VALUED AT OVER 977,286, THIS GROUP COMPLETED AN IMPRESSIVE 188 RESTORATION PROJECTS. THESE EFFORTS POSITIVELY IMPACTED 1,308 ACRES OF HABITAT. IN 2024, WRV HOSTED 23 COURSES, TRAINING 300 VOLUNTEERS IN SKILLS INCLUDING RESTORATION DESIGN, CREW LEADERSHIP, TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION, AND MORE. MOREOVER, IN 2024, WRV CONDUCTED ITS FOURTH YEAR OF SPANISH/ENGLISH BILINGUAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING, RESULTING IN THE ENGAGEMENT OF 563 VOLUNTEERS USING SPANISH. THIS INITIATIVE HAS FOSTERED GREATER INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION WITHIN OUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY, FURTHER EXPANDING OUR IMPACT. 2024 EXPENSES 103,912 REVENUE 15,103 VITAL RIVERS - WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT OVER 90% OF COLORADO'S WILDLIFE. THEY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS TO ENJOY ACTIVITIES LIKE FISHING, RAFTING, AND BIRD WATCHING. MOREOVER, CLEAN DRINKING WATER IS CRUCIAL. RECENT EFFORTS HAVE USED BEAVER MIMICRY TO JUMP-START THE RECOVERY OF STREAMS THROUGH NATURAL PROCESSES THAT REQUIRE LESS-INTENSIVE ENGINEERING AND RELY MORE ON THE SYSTEM TO GUIDE ITS RETURN TO HEALTH. WRV PAIRS THIS WORK WITH FOREST THINNING, WHICH IN TURN PROVIDES THE MATERIALS FOR THE INSTREAM RESTORATION. IN 2024 VOLUNTEERS RESTORED 5,882 FEET OF STREAM CHANNEL AND SHORELINE, 2.2 ACRES OF WETLAND, AND 10 ACRES OF STREAMSIDE HABITAT, MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF VITAL WATERWAYS. 2024 EXPENSES 43,027 REVENUE 18,688 468697 279454 1486101 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false true false true false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 17 0 true 34 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X X X VERA LINE 3035431411 2100 COLLYER STREET LONGMONT CO 80501 DAVID ELMORE EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 32146 0 1320 KEVIN SHUCK ACTING EXECU 40.00 X 94269 0 13223 ASHLEY VANDER MEEDEN CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 MATT WILLIAMSON VICE CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 LAUREL BROWN TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 DAN MILLER SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 MARGARET PAGET MEMBER-AT-LA 2.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL DOMINGUEZ DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANN ERICKSON LANG DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 KATE GALLAGHER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 PEDRO LOPEZ DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARK PASCHKE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BREANA WINTERS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BILL GOODWIN VICE CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 MARY BALZER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN CARPENTER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA KUHN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC GERTLER TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 126415 14543 false false false 608311 1034331 6129 1642642 GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS 900099 412970 412970 COMMUNITY PARTNERS 900099 66731 66731 TRAININGS 900099 15103 15103 494804 13383 13383 13800 13800 13800 13800 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 900099 2203 2203 2203 2166832 497007 27183 X 182482 131773 28644 22065 801789 579177 125735 96877 21615 15544 3430 2641 90392 65000 14345 11047 84188 60531 13357 10300 15200 15200 20000 20000 214224 214224 31367 11700 4364 15303 44992 22694 9219 13079 53160 48695 2361 2104 23675 23675 1015 1015 25273 11002 11653 2618 54113 40290 7309 6514 27693 20041 5451 2201 PROJECT MATERIALS 148088 148088 PROJECT SUPPORT 58917 58917 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH 40177 40177 TRAINING 15096 15096 24522 19654 2204 2664 1977978 1486101 284464 207413 199824 218636 101181 583835 252549 110411 11178 13900 1217598 169266 1049917 1048332 414174 415306 59557 31611 2088380 2422031 81162 95925 31362 374111 392996 186013 414448 377801 919968 1033850 X 1015041 1128826 153371 259355 1168412 1388181 2088380 2422031 188854 30915 X false true X true false X 43100 1391752 1418106 1601538 1642642 6097138 43100 1391752 1418106 1601538 1642642 6097138 396704 5700434 2856 32958 18809 23188 27183 104994 6202132 1854528 0.91910 0.94060 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 414174 43242 -40000 -2110 415306 363625 5826 52625 -1912 414174 398029 769 -32853 -2320 363625 396106 1907 2082 -2066 398029 391209 5392 -526 396075 1.00000 false false 160000 160000 902467 111823 790644 155131 57443 97688 1048332 EID LOAN 343840 OPERATING LEASE OBLIGATION 32711 RENTAL DEPOSITS 1250 377801 2197747 30915 30915 2166832 2166832 1977978 1977978 1977978 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 ABSENT ANY DONOR-IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS, ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENDOWMENT INCOME ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. X X X X X true CHRISTINA LUI 6397 GLENMOOR ROAD BOULDER CO 80303 CONSULTING false 20000 -20000 20000 -20000 CO FORM 990 IN 2020, WILDLANDS RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS CHANGED OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDING FROM DECEMBER 31ST TO FEBRUARY 28TH. THIS ALLOWS THE STAFF TO BETTER PLAN AND PREPARE FOR A FULL PROJECT SEASON. AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE,A SHORT PERIOD 990 COVERING 1/1/21-2/28/21 WAS FILED, AND THE 2020 REVENUE AMOUNTS ON THE SCHEDULE A REFLECT THAT SHORT TAX PERIOD. FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 DURING THE YEAR, VOLUNTEERS DONATED 28,091 HOURS OF SERVICE. MANAGEMENT ESTIMATES THE VALUE OF THESE SERVICES AT APPROXIMATELY 977,286. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D HEALTHY FORESTS -COLORADO'S FORESTS HAVE FACED CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO BOTH CLIMATE CHANGE AND DECADES OF FIRE SUPPRESSION. IN 2024, VOLUNTEERS REPLANTED 6.5 ACRES OF SEVERELY BURNED PONDEROSA PINE FOREST FROM THE 2020 CAMERON PEAK FIRE AND THE 2012 HIGH PARK FIRE WHERE NATURAL PINE REGENERATION WAS LOW. THE SEEDLINGS USED IN THESE PLANTINGS WERE GROWN FROM CONES COLLECTED BY WRV VOLUNTEERS IN THE FALL OF 2023. IN 2024, VOLUNTEERS ALSO MANUALLY THINNED OVERLY DENSE FORESTED AREAS, REDUCING STAND DENSITY ACROSS SIX ACRES BY BUILDING BURN PILES WITH THE MATERIAL ON FIVE ACRES. WRV USED MATERIAL FROM ONE ACRE IN LOW-TECH PROCESS-BASED RESTORATION BY STRATEGICALLY PLACING THE MATERIAL IN THE STREAM TO BUILD BDAS AND PALS (BEAVER DAM ANALOGS AND POST-ASSISTED LOG STRUCTURES). THESE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESTORATION OF HEALTHY FORESTS, THE RETURN OF NATIVE SPECIES, AND THE MITIGATION OF FIRE-RELATED RISKS. 2024 EXPENSE 174,534 REVENUE 149,898 PLANTS AND POLLINATORS - NATIVE PLANTS ATTRACT AND SUPPORT THRIVING NATIVE WILDLIFE. AT WRV, WE ERADICATE WEEDS THAT ARE LEGALLY MANDATED FOR REMOVAL, AND COLLECT NATIVE SEEDS FOR GROW-OUT AND REPLANTING DEGRADED HABITAT. WEEDS OTHERWISE DISPLACE NATIVES AND DISRUPT NATURAL SYSTEMS. IN 2024, VOLUNTEERS WEEDED 253 ACRES OF HABITAT, AND DEVOTED OVER 2,836 HOURS COLLECTING, CLEANING, AND CULTIVATING THE SEEDS OF NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS, GRASSES, AND WILDFLOWERS WELL-SUITED TO THRIVE IN OUR REGION. VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSIST IN NURTURING PLANTS IN OUR GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY. THANKS TO THESE AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO IDENTIFY AND SAFELY REMOVE NOXIOUS WEEDS, PREVENTING FURTHER DAMAGE TO NATIVE HABITATS. 2024 EXPENSES 147,224 REVENUE 95,766 COMMUNITY BUILDING AND TRAINING - IN 2024, WRV NURTURED AND DEVELOPED A DEDICATED AND HIGHLY SKILLED COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO CARING FOR THE LAND. THROUGH THEIR IN-KIND LABOR VALUED AT OVER 977,286, THIS GROUP COMPLETED AN IMPRESSIVE 188 RESTORATION PROJECTS. THESE EFFORTS POSITIVELY IMPACTED 1,308 ACRES OF HABITAT. IN 2024, WRV HOSTED 23 COURSES, TRAINING 300 VOLUNTEERS IN SKILLS INCLUDING RESTORATION DESIGN, CREW LEADERSHIP, TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION, AND MORE. MOREOVER, IN 2024, WRV CONDUCTED ITS FOURTH YEAR OF SPANISH/ENGLISH BILINGUAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING, RESULTING IN THE ENGAGEMENT OF 563 VOLUNTEERS USING SPANISH. THIS INITIATIVE HAS FOSTERED GREATER INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION WITHIN OUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY, FURTHER EXPANDING OUR IMPACT. 2024 EXPENSES 103,912 REVENUE 15,103 VITAL RIVERS - WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT OVER 90% OF COLORADO'S WILDLIFE. THEY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS TO ENJOY ACTIVITIES LIKE FISHING, RAFTING, AND BIRD WATCHING. MOREOVER, CLEAN DRINKING WATER IS CRUCIAL. RECENT EFFORTS HAVE USED BEAVER MIMICRY TO JUMP-START THE RECOVERY OF STREAMS THROUGH NATURAL PROCESSES THAT REQUIRE LESS-INTENSIVE ENGINEERING AND RELY MORE ON THE SYSTEM TO GUIDE ITS RETURN TO HEALTH. WRV PAIRS THIS WORK WITH FOREST THINNING, WHICH IN TURN PROVIDES THE MATERIALS FOR THE INSTREAM RESTORATION. IN 2024 VOLUNTEERS RESTORED 5,882 FEET OF STREAM CHANNEL AND SHORELINE, 2.2 ACRES OF WETLAND, AND 10 ACRES OF STREAMSIDE HABITAT, MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF VITAL WATERWAYS. 2024 EXPENSES 43,027 REVENUE 18,688 FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 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 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. STAFF MEMBERS CAN ACCESS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IN THEIR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. 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 IX, LINE 11G PROJECT SERVICES 214,224 0 0