ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC (EIN 81-0421425)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-11-14
IRS object ID: 201113189349307071
Schema version: 2010v3.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-11-14T14:56:44-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	810421425	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	ROCK	NameControl
Phone	4065234500	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK RD	AddressLine1
City	MISSOULA	City
State	MT	State
ZIP Code	59808	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LORI PARKER	Name
Title	Treasurer	Title
Date Signed	2011-11-14	DateSigned

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	ALLEN M DAVID	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK RD	AddressLine1
City	MISSOULA	City
State	MT	State
ZIP Code	59808	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	59346548	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.rmef.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1984	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MT	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE MISSION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION IS TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF ELK, OTHER WILDLIFE, AND THEIR HABITAT. OUR MISSION INCLUDES CONSERVING HABITAT, PROMOTING MANAGEMENT OF ELK, AND EDUCATING MEMBERS ABOUT CONSERVATION & HUNTING.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	22	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	22	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	158	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	10000	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	1043645	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	19596877	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	27238033	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	12036775	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	4241405	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	-37233	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	252268	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	9335095	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	10303205	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	40931514	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	42034911	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	2000	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	6000	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	8065979	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	7684409	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	191484	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	57759	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	1222383	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	32515809	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	30536627	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	40775272	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	38284795	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	156242	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	3750116	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	48724285	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	52915082	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	11425257	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	10914325	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	37299028	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	42000757	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	THE MISSION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION IS TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF ELK, OTHER WILDLIFE, AND THEIR HABITAT. OUR MISSION INCLUDES CONSERVING HABITAT, PROMOTING MANAGEMENT OF ELK, AND EDUCATING MEMBERS ABOUT CONSERVATION & HUNTING.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	16953014	Expense
Revenue	1846700	Revenue
Description	LAND CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION: REPRESENTS LAND ACQUISITIONS, CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, LAND AND REAL ESTATE DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND LAND EXCHANGES. RMEF IDENTIFIES AND PRIORITIZES THE MOST CRUCIAL ELK RANGE AND HABITAT THROUGH THE USE OF ADVANCED HABITAT MAPPING TECHNOLOGY AND A 100 POINT RANKING SYSTEM. THIS IMPORTANT HABITAT IS PROTECTED THROUGH LAND ACQUISITIONS, USUALLY FOLLOWED BY A CONVEYANCE TO A GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ALLOW LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT THEIR LAND IN PERPETUITY. LAND AND REAL ESTATE DONATIONS ALLOW RMEF TO PROTECT HABITAT OR RAISE FUNDS FOR MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT. RMEF ALSO PARTICIPATES IN LAND EXCHANGES WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS. AT THE CLOSE OF 2010, RMEF HAD PERMANENTLY PROTECTED 973,484 ACRES OF CRITICAL ELK HABITAT.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	6624345	Expense
Revenue	1690435	Revenue
Description	MEMBERSHIP SERVICES: REPRESENTS THE COSTS OF PROVIDING BENEFITS TO ALL ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION MEMBERS, INCLUDING CERTAIN COSTS RELATED TO BUGLE MAGAZINE. RMEF OFFERS SEVERAL LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP, WITH DIFFERENT BENEFITS AT EACH LEVEL. RMEF PROVIDES A VARIETY OF GIFTS TO ITS MEMBERS IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR SUPPORT. ITEMS VARY WITH LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP, INCLUDING AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO BUGLE-ELK COUNTRY AND THE HUNT, DECALS, LAPEL PINS, PERSONALIZED PLAQUES AND JACKETS. MEMBERS ALSO RECEIVE EDUCATIONAL MEMBERSHIP MATERIALS AND HABITAT PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION BROCHURES. MEMBERS ARE ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND ANY NUMBER OF RMEF LOCAL OR NATIONAL EVENTS. AT THE CLOSE OF 2010, RMEF HAD 178,014 MEMBERS.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	6096402	Expense
Revenue	370198	Revenue
Description	CONSERVATION PROJECTS: REPRESENTS PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE ESSENTIAL FORAGE, WATER, COVER AND SPACE COMPONENTS OF WILDLIFE HABITAT. TYPES OF PROJECTS INCLUDE RESTORING ASPEN COMMUNITIES, FIGHTING THE SPREAD OF NOXIOUS WEEDS, BOOSTING RANGELAND PRODUCTIVITY WITH PRESCRIBED BURNING, AND THINNING OF FORESTS. RMEF FUNDS WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS WELL AS FENCING PROJECTS TO PROVIDE BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK. RMEF ALSO FUNDS A VARIETY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STUDIES TO BETTER MANAGE ELK OR THEIR HABITAT. RESEARCH TOPICS INCLUDE ELK CALF MORTALITY, NUTRITION, PREDATION, LIVESTOCK INTERACTION, DISEASE, MIGRATIONS AND GENETICS. AT THE CLOSE OF 2010, RMEF HAD ENHANCED 4,963,527 ACRES OF CRITICAL ELK HABITAT.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	6000	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	334072	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	33027418	TotalProgramServiceExpense
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Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	22	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
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The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DOUGLAS GREEN CPA	NamePerson
Telephone Number	4065234500	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK ROAD	AddressLine1
City	MISSOULA	City
State	MT	State
ZIP Code	59808	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (33 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
WILSON GLENDA
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
WARD KEITH
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
TRIEPKE RODNEY
Secretary	50.00		162370	0	8783	X
TREADWAY JOE
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
TOLAR MARK
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
SWANSON LEE
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
SPRINGER ROB
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
SMITH HORACE
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
ROADY CHUCK
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
PRUSINOVSKI LOU
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
POWELL LINDA
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
PARKER LORI
Treasurer	50.00		117474	0	8446	X
PARKER GRANT
GENERAL COUNSEL	50.00		126325	0	8144		X
ONCKEN RICK
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
OLSON BILL
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
O'CONNELL PAUL
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
MUNSON BOB
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
MCCOY GEORGE
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
KRAMER MARVIN
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
GAMBLE LEE
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
FRENCH SWEDE
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
FLORES MICHAEL
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
DEVIN LARRY
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
DECKER CHARLIE
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
COOK DON
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
CAID JOHN
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
CADE JEFF
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
CABOT NED
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
BRYANT TERRY
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
BRYANT FRED
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0
BLACKWELL JACK
VP LANDS & CONSERV	50.00		116799	0	2358		X
ALLEN M DAVID
President & CEO	50.00		227170	0	9134	X
ALEXANDER BILL
Director	5.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	750138	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	36865	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	5	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
OPEN RANGE LAND LLC
100 HAZLE LANE	WETMORE	CO	81253	HABITAT ENHANCEMENT	411595
HERITAGE FRAMES AND FINE ART
4416 STABLE LANE	FORT COLLINS	CO	80525	FRAMING	177434
ENHANCED FOREST MANAGEMENT INC
380 JOSEPH DR	CORVALLIS	MT	59828	HABITAT ENHANCEMENT	203739
EM BROWN INC
329 MT JOY RD	CLEARFIELD	PA	16830	HABITAT RECLAMATION	849457
BIG TIME ENTERTAINMENT
1984 NORWAY LAKE RD SW	PINE RIVER	MN	56474	TELEVISON PRODUCTION	169104

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	9	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	6346393	MembershipDues
Government Grants	3697899	GovernmentGrants
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Noncash Contributions	11477235	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	27238033	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
MEMBERSHIP REVENUE	900099	1690435	1690435
LAND SALES	900099	1846700	1846700
HUNTING	900099	334072	334072
CONTRACT REVENUE	900099	370198	370198

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	4241405	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	252336	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$252,336	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	221466	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$221,466	ExclusionAmount

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	1418068	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	1418136	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-68	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-68	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$68	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Fundraising Direct Expenses	12560147	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	5511037	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$5,511,037	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Gaming	4976161	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	2448541	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2527620	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$2,527,620	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	1734635	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	884813	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	849822	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	842110	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	7712	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	ExclusionExclusionAmount	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue
MISCELLANEOUS	900099	106034	$106,034
GRAZING FEE/LEASE INCOME	900099	51293	$51,293
ADVERTISING IN MAGAZINE	541800	1035933		1035933

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1193260	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	42034911	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	5083515	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	1043645	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$8,669,718	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6000	Total
Program Services	6000	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	469158	Total
Program Services	236539	ProgramServices
Management And General	171500	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	61119	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5400051	Total
Program Services	3478167	ProgramServices
Management And General	1609425	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	312459	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	268862	Total
Program Services	173475	ProgramServices
Management And General	80575	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14812	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1028666	Total
Program Services	519798	ProgramServices
Management And General	458109	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	50759	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	517672	Total
Program Services	322857	ProgramServices
Management And General	162963	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	31852	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17064	Total
Program Services	13423	ProgramServices
Management And General	3053	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	588	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	47535	Total
Program Services	34699	ProgramServices
Management And General	11804	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1032	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	145497	Total
Program Services	144482	ProgramServices
Management And General	734	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	281	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	57759	Total
Fundraising	57759	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22435	Total
Program Services	21350	ProgramServices
Management And General	875	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	210	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	759140	Total
Program Services	673557	ProgramServices
Management And General	49893	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	35690	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	438184	Total
Program Services	276545	ProgramServices
Management And General	111971	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	49668	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4959481	Total
Program Services	3924197	ProgramServices
Management And General	588303	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	446981	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	56	Total
Program Services	25	ProgramServices
Management And General	29	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	433450	Total
Program Services	359129	ProgramServices
Management And General	60690	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	13631	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1222186	Total
Program Services	649612	ProgramServices
Management And General	508484	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	64090	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	111865	Total
Program Services	57356	ProgramServices
Management And General	48205	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6304	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1871	Total
Program Services	1441	ProgramServices
Management And General	347	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	83	Fundraising

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	708692	Total
Program Services	600721	ProgramServices
Management And General	77900	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	30071	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	70223	Total
Program Services	58752	ProgramServices
Management And General	9123	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2348	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
RENT & MAINTENANCE - OTHER	166893	106126	54312	6455
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS	1821903	1821903
LAND PROTECTION	3939500	3939500
CONSERVATION PROJECTS	4548584	4548584
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS	10851098	10851098

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	270970	Total
Program Services	208082	ProgramServices
Management And General	26699	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	36189	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	38284795	Total
Program Services	33027418	ProgramServices
Management And General	4034994	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1222383	Fundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	X	JointCosts

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4288451	BOY
EOY	4812908	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1132000	BOY
EOY	1218000	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1886190	BOY
EOY	2399873	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1373489	BOY
EOY	1223949	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2230424	BOY
EOY	2656556	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	740992	BOY
EOY	890926	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	35377974	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	9177888	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26686011	BOY
EOY	26200086	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8466702	BOY
EOY	9747584	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1320000	BOY
EOY	3165175	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	600026	BOY
EOY	600025	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48724285	BOY
EOY	52915082	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3894295	BOY
EOY	3769992	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1367952	BOY
EOY	1395069	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4283338	BOY
EOY	4097500	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	181784	BOY
EOY	4681	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1697888	BOY
EOY	1647083	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11425257	BOY
EOY	10914325	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12994460	BOY
EOY	17366604	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18252549	BOY
EOY	18310753	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6052019	BOY
EOY	6323400	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	37299028	BOY
EOY	42000757	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48724285	BOY
EOY	52915082	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	3750116	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	951613	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	21259537	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	38146605	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	46440915	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	19596877	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	27238033	CurrentTaxYear
Total	152681967	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1517062	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	11423253	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	5251104	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	13318589	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5976040	CurrentTaxYear
Total	37486048	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7173368	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8304045	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	25487021	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	22894060	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	23047345	CurrentTaxYear
Total	86905839	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit509 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Of Svcs Fclts Furnishd By Govt ValueOfSvcsFcltsFurnishdByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	29949967	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	57873903	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	77179040	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	55809526	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	56261418	CurrentTaxYear
Total	277073854	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	4147889	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	581849	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1158231	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1298797	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	81573	CurrentTaxYear
Total	7268339	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	4147889	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	581849	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1158231	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1298797	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	81573	CurrentTaxYear
Total	7268339	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	269805515	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1274038	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1313071	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	592871	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	363366	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	473802	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4017148	Total

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	17037	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	32398	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	28494	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	23109	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	17168	CurrentTaxYear
Total	118206	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1291075	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1345469	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	621365	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	386475	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	490970	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4135354	Total

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	-485387	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	-171594	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	-488298	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	134475	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	157327	CurrentTaxYear
Total	-853477	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	30755655	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	59047778	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	77312107	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	56330476	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	56909715	CurrentTaxYear
Total	280355731	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.96240	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.94770	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.01480	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.01660	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	137320	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	24562	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	161882	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	53019815	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	53181697	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	1000000	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	250000	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	1000000	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	1000000	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	1000000	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	1000000	CurrentYear
Total	4000000	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$6,000,000	LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	46901	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	32551	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	42888	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	161882	CurrentYear
Total	284222	Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	250000	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	250000	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	250000	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	250000	CurrentYear
Total	1000000	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,500,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures GrassrootsLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	15000	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	15000	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	16941	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	137320	CurrentYear
Total	184261	Total

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Protection Of Natural Habitat	X	ProtectionOfNaturalHabitat
Preservation Of Open Space	X	PreservationOfOpenSpace
Total Number Of Easements	170	TotalNumberOfEasements
Total Acreage	22	TotalAcreage
Nmbr Easements Modified	1	NmbrEasementsModified
Nmbr States In Which Easements Held	15	NmbrStatesInWhichEasementsHeld
Written Policy Monitoring	true	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Staff Hours Spent On Enforcement	16	StaffHoursSpentOnEnforcement
Expenses Incurred For Enforcement	121608	ExpensesIncurredForEnforcement
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied

Art Public Exhibition Amts ArtPublicExhibitionAmts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets In Part X	600025	AssetsInPartX

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collect Used For Public Exhibition	X	CollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Collect Used For Preservation	X	CollectUsedForPreservation

Collection Used For Other CollectionUsedForOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used For Other Purposes	X	CollectionUsedForOtherPurposes
Description Of Other Purposes	CONSERVATION EDUCATION	DescriptionOfOtherPurposes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	10852000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	319000	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	1085292	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	-992000	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	-20292	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	11244000	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	8051000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	453000	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	1328149	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	1038000	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	-18149	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	10852000	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	9553000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	523000	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-1718021	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	-289000	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	-17979	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	8051000	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	0.20800	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.54400	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance	0.24800	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	13456825	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	13456825	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	13033714	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1923130	Depreciation
Book Value	11110584	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	7619685	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	6356657	Depreciation
Book Value	1263028	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1267750	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	898101	Depreciation
Book Value	369649	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	26200086	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Of Book Value Program Related	3165175	TotalOfBookValueProgramRelated

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PLANNED GIVING CONTRACTS	Description
Amount	$1,647,083	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	1647083	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	42034911	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	38284795	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	3750116	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	1045347	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Other	-$93,734	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	951613	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	4701729	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	43173992	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	1045347	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Other Revenues	93734	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	1139081	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	42034911	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	42034911	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	38284795	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	38284795	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	38284795	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Part II, Line 5	Part II, Line 5 - Summarized Policy	THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION (RMEF) HAS ADOPTED THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE'S STANDARDS AND PRACTICES FOR COMPLETING AND HOLDING PERMANENT LAND CONSERVATION PROJECTS. THESE GUIDELINES INDICATE HOW WE AS AN ORGANIZATION MONITOR, INSPECT, RESPOND TO POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS, AND ENFORCE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. IN ADDITION, RMEF HAS A NUMBER OF OUR OWN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE WHICH DICTATE HOW WE WILL MONITOR, ENFORCE, AND PROTECT OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THESE PROCEDURES INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOW WE WILL NOTIFY LANDOWNERS OF AN UPCOMING INSPECTION, HOW WE WILL DOCUMENT AND CONDUCT THE ANNUAL INSPECTION, AND HOW WE WILL REPORT, INVESTIGATE, AND ACT UPON THE FINDINGS AND ANY POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS. THESE PROCEDURES AND RMEF'S OBLIGATIONS TO UPHOLD THE VALUES OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE EASEMENT DOCUMENT AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE REGULAR DOCUMENTED COMMUNICATION WITH LANDOWNERS AS WELL AS OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE STATUS OF THE EASEMENTS WHICH THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS.
Part II, Line 3	Part II, Line 3 - Explanation of Each Easement Change	DURING 2010, THE TERMS OF ONE CONSERVATION EASEMENT WERE AMENDED TO ADD THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY LANGUAGE FOR THE STATE OF WYOMING. THE WYOMING WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST CONTRIBUTED FUNDS TO RMEF IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND REQUIRED THE LANGUAGE BE ADDED TO THE DEED.
Part XII, Line 2d	Part XII, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	CHANGE IN VALUE GIFT ANNUITIES $93734
Part XI, Line 8	Part XI, Line 8: Other Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances	CHANGE IN VALUE GIFT ANNUITIES $ -93734
Part V, Line 4	Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROTECTION FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT RMEF'S CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM. WHEN RMEF ACCEPTS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, IT TAKES ON THE OBLIGATION TO MONITOR AND DEFEND THAT EASEMENT IN PERPETUITY. DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUND ARE USED TO COVER MONITORING COSTS OR TO LEGALLY DEFEND AN EASEMENT. THE STRATEGIC LAND PROTECTION FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ACTIVE CAPITAL FOR COMPLETING PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS.THE GENERAL ENDOWMENT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR LONG TERM STABILITY. THE EARNINGS OFF THE FUND WILL GO TO SUPPORT RMEF'S GENERAL ACTIVITIES.THE TORSTENSON FAMILY WILDLIFE CENTER'S ENDOWMENT WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT ONGOING ACTIVITIES AT THE RANCH. THE EARNINGS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE TWC CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES.
Part III, Line 4	Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose.	THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS CONSIST OF ARTWORK, BRONZES, MOUNTS, HISTORICAL OBJECTS, AND OTHER ITEMS OF CONTINUING VALUE AND INTEREST. THESE ITEMS FURTHER OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE BY PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT CONSERVATION AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO ELK HABITAT. THE ITEMS ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION HELP TO DRAW INTEREST AND ATTENTION TO OUR ELK COUNTRY VISITOR CENTER, WHICH SHOWCASES OUR MISSION WORK, PROVIDES EDUCATION ABOUT WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITAT, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE HISTORY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION.
Part II, Line 9	Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements.	RMEF'S POLICY FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PRESUMES THAT THE BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FLOW THROUGH TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE RECORDED AS REVENUE AND PROGRAM EXPENSE IN THE YEAR THE APPRAISED VALUE IS MADE AVAILABLE. CONTRIBUTED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE RECORDED AT ESTIMATED VALUE WHEN AN APPRAISAL IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	X	MailSolicitations
Email Solicitations	X	EmailSolicitations
In Person Solicitations	X	InPersonSolicitations
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrants
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfGovtGrants
Special Fundraising Events	X	SpecialFundraisingEvents
Agreement Ref Fundraising	true	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	ActivityActivity	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFunds	Amount Retained By ContractorAmountRetainedByContractor	Name Of IndividualNameOfIndividual
JAMES C SOFT
PO BOX 80114	BILLINGS	MT	59108	CONSULTING	false	8000
BENTZ WHALEY FL
7251 OHMS LANE	MINNEAPOLI	MN	55439	CONSULTING	false	8400
(no name)
2615 DEER CANYO	MISSOULA	MT	59808	CONSULTING	false	36000	DAVID WESLEY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors	52400	TotalRetainedByContractors
Licensed States	WY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	VT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStates
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	SD	LicensedStates
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStates
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NE	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStates
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStates
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStates
Licensed States	IA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	ID	LicensedStates
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	DE	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStates

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	NATL CONVENTION	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	2342024	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	2342024	GrossRevenueEvent1
Cash Prizes Event1	7500	CashPrizesEvent1
Non Cash Prizes Event1	13204	NonCashPrizesEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event1	109399	RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	372655	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1	157078	EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	566620	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	TUCSON AZ	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	316098	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	316098	GrossRevenueEvent2
Non Cash Prizes Event2	59801	NonCashPrizesEvent2
Rent Facility Costs Event2	12125	RentFacilityCostsEvent2
Food And Beverage Event2	40591	FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	6504	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events	52	TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events	15413062	GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events	15413062	GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Cash Prizes Other Events	5555	CashPrizesOtherEvents
Non Cash Prizes Other Events	5350939	NonCashPrizesOtherEvents
Rent Facility Costs Other Events	549642	RentFacilityCostsOtherEvents
Food And Beverage Other Events	1840106	FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events	3468428	OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	18071184	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	18071184	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Cash Prizes Total Events	13055	CashPrizesTotalEvents
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	5423944	NonCashPrizesTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events	671166	RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	2253352	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events	157078	EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	4041552	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	12560147	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	5511037	NetIncomeSummary

Gaming Information GamingInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteer Labor Bingo	false	VolunteerLaborBingo
Volunteer Labor Pull Tabs	false	VolunteerLaborPullTabs
Gross Revenue Other Gaming	4976161	GrossRevenueOtherGaming
Cash Prizes Other Gaming	23192	CashPrizesOtherGaming
Non Cash Prizes Other Gaming	1926923	NonCashPrizesOtherGaming
Rent Facility Costs Other Gaming	142514	RentFacilityCostsOtherGaming
Other Direct Expenses Other Gaming	355912	OtherDirectExpensesOtherGaming
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	true	VolunteerLaborOtherGaming
Volunteer Labor Prcnt Other Gaming	0.96620	VolunteerLaborPrcntOtherGaming
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	4976161	GrossRevenueTotalGaming
Cash Prizes Total Gaming	23192	CashPrizesTotalGaming
Non Cash Prizes Total Gaming	1926923	NonCashPrizesTotalGaming
Rent Facility Costs Total Gaming	142514	RentFacilityCostsTotalGaming
Other Direct Expenses Total Gaming	355912	OtherDirectExpensesTotalGaming
Direct Expense Summary Gaming	2448541	DirectExpenseSummaryGaming
Net Gaming Income Summary	2527620	NetGamingIncomeSummary

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	WY	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	WI	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	WA	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	PA	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	OR	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	ND	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	MN	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	MI	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	IA	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	IL	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	ID	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	CO	StatesWhereGamingConducted
States Where Gaming Conducted	AK	StatesWhereGamingConducted
Licensed	true	Licensed
License Suspended Etc	false	LicenseSuspendedEtc
Gaming With Nonmembers	false	GamingWithNonmembers
Member Of Other Entity	false	MemberOfOtherEntity
Percentage Of Gaming Othr Facility	1.00000	PercentageOfGamingOthrFacility
Name Of Gaming Rec Keeper Person	LORI PARKER	NameOfGamingRecKeeperPerson

Address Of Gaming Rec Keeper US AddressOfGamingRecKeeperUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK RD	AddressLine1
City	MISSOULA	City
State	MT	State
ZIP Code	59808	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contract With3rd Party For Gam Rev	false	ContractWith3rdPartyForGamRev
Charitable Distrib Required	true	CharitableDistribRequired
Amount Distributed	2527619	AmountDistributed

Form990 Schedule G Part IV Form990ScheduleGPartIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Part III, Line 17b - Distributions Required Under State Law	AK $23423 CO $292511 ID $151147 IL $58897 IA $60957 MI $111808 MN $171685 ND $85553 OR $368900 PA $261673 WA $307245 WI $268679 WY $365141
Schedule G - Additional Information	ON SCHEDULE G PART II COLUMN C, THE INCORRECT TOTAL NUMBER OF FUNDRAISING EVENTS IS LISTED DUE TO SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS. THE CORRECT TOTAL NUMBER OF FUNDRAISING EVENTS IN COLUMN C SHOULD BE 724.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained
No Grant More Than5000	X	NoGrantMoreThan5000
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	0	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	0	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Grant	SCHOLARSHIP	TypeOfGrant
Number Of Recipients	3	NumberOfRecipients
Amount Of Cash Grant	6000	AmountOfCashGrant

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier

ExplanationExplanation

Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used

RMEF REQUIRES A SIGNED VERIFICATION FROM A FACULTY ADVISOR THAT THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED AND ATTENDING CLASSES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY RELEASE THE FUNDS TO THE STUDENT. WE ALSO REQUIRE TWO REFERENCE LETTERS FROM PROFESSORS TO VERIFY THE STUDENT'S GRADE POINT AVERAGE DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS.

Additional Supplemental Information

EVERY YEAR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION WHO EXHIBIT OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP. APPLICANTS MUST LIST THEIR LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES, HOBBIES, EMPLOYMENT AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS THEY RELATE TO WILDLIFE OR NATURAL RESOURCES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEY MUST ALSO WRITE ESSAYS DESCRIBING IMPORTANT CONSERVATION ISSUES FACING NORTH AMERICA, THE ROLE OF HUNTING IN CONSERVATION, AND HOW THE SCHOLARSHIP WOULD BENEFIT THEM IN ACHIEVING THEIR CAREER GOALS. THIS PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN THE CONSERVATION WORLD AND IS EXTREMELY WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY REGARDED IN ACADEMIA.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	true	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	true	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException
Rebuttable Presumption Procedure	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcedure

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

TRIEPKE RODNEY
ALLEN M DAVID

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MISSOULA COUNTY MONTANA	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Issuer EIN	816001397	IssuerEIN
Date Issued	2010-12-23	DateIssued
Issue Price	4097500	IssuePrice
Description Of Purpose	REFINANCE CONSTRUCTION ISSUE	DescriptionOfPurpose
Defeased	false	Defeased
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Pool Financing	false	PoolFinancing

Form990 Schedule K Part II Form990ScheduleKPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Proceeds	4097500	TotalProceeds
Current Refunding	true	CurrentRefunding
Advance Refunding	false	AdvanceRefunding
Final Allocation Made	true	FinalAllocationMade
Adequate Books And Recds Maintaind	true	AdequateBooksAndRecdsMaintaind

Form990 Schedule K Part III Form990ScheduleKPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Owning Bond Financed Property	false	OwningBondFinancedProperty
Any Lease Arrangements	false	AnyLeaseArrangements
Mngment Cntrct Bond Financd Prprty	false	MngmentCntrctBondFinancdPrprty
Any Research Agreements	false	AnyResearchAgreements
Bond Counsel Routinely Engaged	false	BondCounselRoutinelyEngaged
Post Issuance Compliance Procdrs	true	PostIssuanceComplianceProcdrs

Form990 Schedule K Part IV Form990ScheduleKPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8038 T Filed	false	Form8038TFiled
Variable Rate Issue	false	VariableRateIssue
Hedge Identified In Books And Recds	false	HedgeIdentifiedInBooksAndRecds
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInGIC
Gross Proceeds Invested	false	GrossProceedsInvested
Exception To Rebate	false	ExceptionToRebate

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	4	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	8228	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	AVG ON RECEIPT	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Qualified Contrib Other QualifiedContribOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	15	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	10851098	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	APPRAISAL	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Real Estate Commercial RealEstateCommercial

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	600000	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	APPRAISAL	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Description	KNIFE SHARPENER	Description
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	17909	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	RETAIL VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of8283 Received	16	NumberOf8283Received
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	true	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	true	ThirdPartiesUsed

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Part I, Line 32, Hire and Use of Third Parties	Identifier
Explanation	NONCASH CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF REAL ESTATE ARE SOMETIMES SOLD BY UTILIZING THE SERVICES OF A REAL ESTATE AGENT.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	RMEF'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO ON FILE WITH MOST SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICES AS PART OF RMEF'S CHARITABLE SOLICITATION COMPLIANCE. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR WEB SITE, WWW.RMEF.ORG. IN ADDITION, RMEF'S FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS PUBLISHED ON CHARITY NAVIGATOR AND GUIDESTAR WEB SITES.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Board Members, Business Professionals who serve on Board Committees, Officers, and Key Employees are required to disclose or update annually their interests and those of their family members that could give rise to conflicts of interest. Insiders must avoid any actual or apparent conflicts of interest, or shall appropriately manage the conflict or apparent conflict through disclosure and recusal. The conflicted party or potential conflicted party shall recuse him or herself from any discussion and voting on the matter. In addition, other techniques shall be used as necessary to ensure that the letter and spirit of this conflict of interest policy are followed. Actual or apparent conflicts of interest may occur because persons associated with the Elk Foundation may have multiple interests and affiliations, and various positions of responsibility. It is possible that an individual may owe duties of loyalty to more than one organization. Nonetheless, any conflict of interest, or situations potentially involving conflicts of interest, shall be fully disclosed, and shall be managed so that the integrity, reputation and tax exempt tax status of the Elk Foundation will be maintained, including recusal of the conflicted party from consideration of the issue. When engaging in land and easement transactions with insiders, RMEF shall follow this Conflict of Interest policy; document that the project meets the RMEFs mission; follow all transaction policies and procedures; and ensure that there is no private inurement or impermissible private benefit. For purchases from and sales of property to Insiders, RMEF shall obtain a qualified independent appraisal prepared in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice by a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser who has verifiable conservation easement or conservation real estate experience. Additionally, when selling property to Insiders, the RMEF shall widely market the property in a manner sufficient to ensure that the property is sold at or above fair market value and to avoid the reality or perception that the sale inappropriately benefited an Insider. Any RMEF Staff members involved in a conflict of interest, potential conflict of interest, or appearance of a conflict of interest, will disclose this information to his or her supervisor, as well as RMEFs Director of Human Resources and General Counsel. These individuals, or their delegees, will determine a recommended course of action consistent with this Policy and Standard Operating Procedures. If any Insider is involved in a conflict of interest, potential conflict of interest, or appearance of a conflict of interest, such Insider will disclose this to the Chairman of the RMEF Board of Directors and RMEFs General Counsel, who, along with appropriate Board Members and/or Staff, will determine a recommended course of action consistent with this Policy and Standard Operating Procedures.The General Counsel will report conflicts of interest and recommended courses of action to the RMEF Audit Committee.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	MANAGEMENT PREPARES THE RETURN, WITH A PRELIMINARY REVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE TREASURER. A TECHNICAL REVIEW IS ALSO COMPLETED BY A THIRD PARTY ACCOUNTING FIRM. THE FINAL REVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY THE TREASURER, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL. THE RETURN IS PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. EACH BOARD MEMBER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REVIEW CONDUCTED WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Form 990, Part III, Line 4d : Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: CONSERVATION EDUCATION: REPRESENTS PROGRAMS TO NURTURE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE PEOPLE PLAY IN CONSERVING ELK, OTHER WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITAT. THE GOAL OF OUR CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND HUNTING HERITAGE PROGRAMS ARE TO CULTIVATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF CONSERVATIONISTS AND HUNTER-CONSERVATIONISTS. BY PROVIDING IN-DEPTH TRAINING, OUTDOOR SKILLS ACTIVITIES, AND TOURS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, RMEF HOPES TO ENCOURAGE MORE CONSERVATION LEADERS AMONG YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE. RMEF ACHIEVES THE EDUCATION THROUGH OUR ELK COUNTRY VISITOR CENTER, MEDIA OUTREACH, WILDLIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, AND VARIOUS WORKSHOPS. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: REPRESENTS RESTORATION OF ELK HERDS AND RMEF'S TORSTENSON FAMILY WILDLIFE CENTER (TFWC). ELK RESTORATION INCLUDES PROJECTS TO REINTRODUCE WILD FREE-RANGING ELK INTO HISTORIC RANGES THROUGH FEASIBILITY STUDIES, ELK RELEASES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. RMEF'S TORSTENSON FAMILY WILDLIFE CENTER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOUBLE H RANCH, WAS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN 2002. AT APPROXIMATELY 135,000 ACRES, THE TFWC PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITY. YOUTH CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND EXTENSIVE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT MANAGAMENT PROJECTS TAKE CENTER STAGE TO BENEFIT PEOPLE AS WELL AS ELK, MULE DEER, PRONGHORN, AND DOZENS OF OTHER WILDLIFE SPECIES. THE TFWC PROMOTES HUNTING, OUR HUNTING HERITAGE, AND HABITAT STEWARDSHIP.