2015-05-11T13:53:04-05:00 2014-12-31 020476956 TYLER SIMMS & ST SAUVEUR CPA PC 19 MORGAN DRIVE LEBANON NH 03766 990 2014-01-01 510639429 THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES INC VERM 8026491431 PO BOX 420 NORWICH VT 05055 CHRISTOPHER C RIMMER EXECUTIVE OFFICER 8026491431 2015-05-11 1 JAMES N GODFREY CPA P00913422 6036530044 2015-05-07 2014 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z CHRISTOPHER C RIMMER PO BOX 420 NORWICH VT 05055 1117843 0 X VTECOSTUDIES.ORG X 2007 VT THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES ADVANCES THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE ACROSS THE AMERICAS THROUGH RESEARCH, MONITORING AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT. 6 5 20 850 0 0 826363 1095796 6311 10451 410 628 4384 10968 837468 1117843 31005 36690 0 0 603523 677248 0 0 143872 197176 300401 831704 1014339 5764 103504 517510 669170 87793 132787 429717 536383 X THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES ADVANCES THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE ACROSS THE AMERICAS THROUGH RESEARCH, MONITORING, AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT. 0 0 212298 1967 SUSTAIN THE HEALTH OF NORTHEASTERN ECOSYSTEMS- THE ECOREGION THAT STRETCHES FROM NEW YORK'S CATSKILL MOUNTAINS AND MASSACHUETTS'S BERKSHIRES TO THE GASPE PENINSULA OF QUEBEC IS UNIQUELY AT RISK. HOME TO ALMOST 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE AND WITHIN A DAY'S DRIVE FROM 70 MILLION MORE, THE REGION'S HEART IS THE RUGGED AND ANCIENT APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN RANGE, FLANKED BY AN ECOLOGICALLY RICH WEB OF TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC NATURAL COMMUNITIES. VCE'S WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND MONITORING WITHIN THE EXPANSIVE AREA CROSSES INTERNATIONAL, STATE, AND PROVINCIAL BOUNDARIES TO FOCUS ON FOUR DISCRETE ECOSYSTEMS OF CONSERVATION CONCERN; MOUNTAINS, GRASSLANDS, FORESTS, AND LAKES. OUR OVERARCHING GOAL FOR NORTHEASTERN ECOSYSTEMS IS TO GALVANIZE AND COORDINATE COLLABORATIVE, SCIENCE-BASED CONSERVATION ACTIONS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEMS INTEGRITY IN THESE FOUR LOCAL AREAS. 143698 PORTECT VITAL CARIBBEAN HABITATS- SOME 120 SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING BIRDS MIGRATE ANNUALLY TO THE CARIBBEAN, AN ECOREGION THAT IS EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT FOR GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY. ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AMONG THE TOP "HOTSPOTS" FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION WORLDWIDE, WITH 148 ENDEMIC BIRD SPECIES AND AT LEAST 2% OF THE PLANET'S TOTAL COMPLEMENT OF PLANT AND VERTEBRATE SPECIES. YET, BURGEONING HUMAN POPULATIONS AND THEIR ATTENDANT DEMAND FOR NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN MONTANE FORESTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE REGIONS MOST HIGHLY THREATENED TERRESTRIAL HABITAT. THESE FORESTS ALSO PROVIDE CRITICAL WINTER HABITAT FOR BICKNELL'S THRUSH, ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S HIGHEST CONSERVATION PRIORITY MIGRANT BIRDS. CLASSIFIED AS GLOBALLY VULNERABLE, BICKNELL'S THRUSH HAS BEEN AT THE CORE OF VCE CONSERVATION INTIATIVES THAT HAVE STEADILY EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS A SUITE OF AT-RISK WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS. VCE'S PROJECTS IN THE GREATER ANTILLES COMBINE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH MONITORING, CAPACITY BUILDING OF LOCAL CONSERVATION PARTNERS, HABITAT ACQUISITION AND RESTORATION, AND OUTREACH TO BRING ABOUT LASTING HEMISPHERIC CONSERVATION. 242451 8410 MAP BIODIVERSITY FOR CONSERVATION- WITH MANY ECOSYSTEMS UNDERGOING UNPRECEDENTED CHANGE AS A RESULT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY, OUR MAPPING BIODIVERSITY FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE KEY INFORMATION FOR CONSERVATION. MANY HABITATS HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOSS, DEGRADATION OR FRAGMENTATION, INTRODUCTION OF EXOTIC SPECIES HAVE TRANSFORMED OTHERS, CAUSING DECLINES OR EXTINCTIONS OF NATIVE WILDLIFE. ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE NOW THREATENS TO REDRAW THE GEOGRAPHIC MAP OF BIOTIC DIVERSITY STUDIES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS AS A MEANS TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION, TERMED "CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY", USE THE CONCEPTUAL TOOLS AND METHODS OF BIOGEOGRAPHY TO ADDRESS REAL WORLD CONSERVATION PROBLEMS. RESULTS PROVIDE PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FATE OF KEY SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS, NOW AND FAR IN THE FUTURE. 71275 36690 3242 71275 36690 3242 669722 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 1 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X X MELISSA MACKENZIE 8026491431 PO BOX 420 NORWICH VT 05055 PETER BROOKE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARGARET CHENEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM BRIAN DADE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JARED KEYES VICE-CHAIR, TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH RUML DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER C RIMMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 45.00 X X 66398 0 0 66398 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 350172 745624 1095796 PROGRAM SERVICE 541700 10451 10451 10451 628 628 7800 0 7800 7800 7800 3007 0 3007 3007 MISC 900000 161 161 161 1117843 13619 0 8428 36690 36690 568595 360323 116291 91981 66595 39850 15406 11339 42058 27510 7915 6633 1091 1091 53182 25873 10542 16767 34075 34075 33771 33059 208 504 10766 7609 304 2853 241 241 10866 3118 7748 CONTRACTORS 144032 131153 12879 DEPRECIATION 6293 6293 INKIND EXPENSES 3333 3333 MISC EXPENSE 2751 1204 631 916 1014339 669722 200745 143872 128140 164555 164388 325220 213681 137946 450 0 4349 17157 67473 43181 6502 24292 517510 669170 66234 84572 21559 43384 4831 87793 132787 X 358204 368539 71513 167844 429717 536383 517510 669170 103504 3300 -138 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 664201 657394 705251 826363 1095796 3949005 9200 3109 9280 13674 13619 48882 3619 596 1196 2046 7457 677020 661099 715727 842083 1109415 4005344 0 0 0 4005344 957 956 718 442 8428 11501 957 956 718 442 8428 11501 677977 662055 716445 842525 1117843 4016845 0.99710 0.78280 0.00290 0.00150 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 67473 43181 24292 24292 1121143 3300 3300 1117843 0 1117843 1014339 0 1014339 0 1014339 1 CANADA 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES CONSERVATION RESEARCH. 22523 HAITI 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES CONSERVATION RESEARCH. 28833 0 1 0 0 0 1 51356 0 51356 CANADA GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT RECIEPTS VERIFYING THAT FUNDING IS EXPENDED ONLY ON ALLOWABLE COSTS AND ACTIVITIES. 1500 HAITI GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT RECIEPTS VERIFYING THAT FUNDING IS EXPENDED ONLY ON ALLOWABLE COSTS AND ACTIVITIES. 35190 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY KEY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 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