2026-08-28T17:18:58-04:00 2026-02-28 203746583 TAYLOR ROTH AND COMPANY 1580 LINCOLN ST STE 520 DENVER CO 802031517 990 2025-03-01 460505155 WILDLANDS RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS WILD 3035431411 2100 COLLYER STREET LONGMONT CO 80501 ERIC GERTLER TREASURER 3035431411 2026-08-28 true DAVID RUMSEY P03480587 3038308109 2026-08-28 2025 DAVID ELMORE 2100 COLLYER STREET LONGMONT CO 80501 2370343 false X WWW.WRV.ORG X 2002 CO BUILDING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT CARE FOR THE LAND. 12 12 35 5558 0 1642642 1453296 494804 871997 13383 32700 16003 12350 2166832 2370343 0 0 1180466 1269063 20000 0 201999 777512 933662 1977978 2202725 188854 167618 2422031 2539281 1033850 936837 1388181 1602444 X BUILDING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT CARE FOR THE LAND. false false 561076 74077 SUSTAINABLE TRAILS - WRV VOLUNTEERS SAFEGUARD SENSITIVE WILDLIFE AND CULTURAL SITES BY REROUTING HARMFUL TRAILS, STOPPING OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRESPASS, AND RESTORING TRAILS AFTER FIRES AND FLOODS. TRAINED SAWYERS CUT AND REMOVE FALLEN TREES. THE 2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 111+ MILES OF TRAIL MAINTAINED, CLOSED, REROUTED, RESTORED OR CLEARED, A NEW WRV RECORD. 383332 271451 YOUTH & FAMILIES - WRV CONNECTS DIVERSE YOUTH AND FAMILIES TO NATURE WITH SPANISH-ENGLISH BILINGUAL, HANDS-ON LEARNING. LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES TEACH RESTORATION, OUTDOOR SKILLS, AND GREEN CAREERS, FROM LOCAL PARKS TO REAL- WORLD PROBLEM-SOLVING. A PAID LAFAYETTE YOUTH CORPS BUILDS SCIENCE, TEAMWORK, AND LEADERSHIP. IN 2025, OVER 1,304 YOUNG PEOPLE JOINED IN. 245637 156655 NATURAL HABITATS - FROM WILDERNESS AREAS TO URBAN PARKS AND PLAINS, WRV VOLUNTEERS ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF NEEDS ACROSS OUR REGION., WHILE EXPLORING NEW TECHNIQUES. WITH A RECENT FOCUS ON NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS LIKE ZEEDYK STRUCTURES, ROOTED IN INDIGENOUS PRACTICES. IN 2025, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS PLANTED OVER 25,584 PLANTS, SHRUBS, TREES, AND WILLOWS, REBUILDING SOIL, RESOURCING NATIVE SPECIES AND SHADING NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY ALSO INSTALLED 262 SEDIMENT-RETAINING STRUCTURES IN WATERWAYS TO MITIGATE EROSION AND SAVE PRECIOUS WATER. 544499 369814 HEALTHY FORESTS - CLIMATE CHANGE AND FIRE SUPPRESSION HAVE LEFT COLORADO'S FORESTS TINDER-DRY. IN 2025, VOLUNTEERS PLANTED 3,850 TREE SAPLINGS IN CAMERON PEAK FIRE AND HIGH PARK FIRE BURN SCARS, WHERE NATURAL PINE REGENERATION WAS LOW. THE SEEDLINGS THEY USED WERE GROWN FROM CONES VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED IN 2024. TRAINED VOLUNTEER CHAINSAW CREWS CONTRIBUTED 2,100 HOURS THINNING OVERLY DENSE STANDS ACROSS 11 ACRES AND BUILDING BURN PILES. THEY TURNED DOWNED COTTONWOOD INTO 35 HABITAT PILES, BENEFITING 3.2 ACRES OF PLAINS RIPARIAN HABITAT. THESE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTHIER FORESTS, RETURNING WILDLIFE, AND THE REDUCTION OF FIRE RISK. 2025 EXPENSE 198,939 REVENUE 141,679 PLANTS AND POLLINATORS - NATIVE PLANTS SUPPORT NATIVE WILDLIFE, INCLUDING BIRDS AND BEES. WRV VOLUNTEERS BEAT BACK INVASIVE WEEDS AND GATHER LOCAL NATIVE SEEDS FOR GROW-OUT TO RESTORE DAMAGED LAND. IN 2025, VOLUNTEERS CLEARED 469 ACRES, AND LOGGED OVER 2,420 HOURS COLLECTING, CLEANING, AND CULTIVATING NATIVE SEEDS INCLUDING CONIFERS. VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSIST IN NURTURING PLANTS IN OUR GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO SPOT AND SAFELY REMOVE NOXIOUS WEEDS, PREVENTING FURTHER HABITAT DAMAGE. 2025 EXPENSES 143,105 REVENUE 164,554 COMMUNITY BUILDING AND TRAINING - IN 2025, WRV VOLUNTEERS TURNED 1.17M IN DONATED LABOR AND EXPERTISE INTO 219 PROJECTS, BENEFITTING 1,146 ACRES OF HABITAT. WE RAN 38 COURSES, TRAINING 475 VOLUNTEERS IN RESTORATION DESIGN, CREW LEADERSHIP, TRAIL SKILLS, AND MORE. OUR FIFTH BILINGUAL COHORT ENGAGED 500+ SPANISH SPEAKERS. 2025 EXPENSES 110,573 REVENUE 16,814 VITAL RIVERS - COLORADO'S WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS SUSTAIN 90% OF OUR WILDLIFE, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FISHING, RAFTING, AND BIRDING - AND FILL OUR GLASSES. WRV VOLUNTEERS HEAL THEM USING BEAVER MIMICRY PAIRED WITH FOREST THINNING THAT REPURPOSES THE CUT TREES RIGHT BACK INTO STREAMS. 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FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 DURING THE YEAR, VOLUNTEERS DONATED 32,376 HOURS OF SERVICE. MANAGEMENT ESTIMATES THE VALUE OF THESE SERVICES AT APPROXIMATELY 1,170,069 BASED ON INDEPENDENT SECTOR 2025 VALUE OF VOLUNTEER TIME. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D HEALTHY FORESTS - CLIMATE CHANGE AND FIRE SUPPRESSION HAVE LEFT COLORADO'S FORESTS TINDER-DRY. IN 2025, VOLUNTEERS PLANTED 3,850 TREE SAPLINGS IN CAMERON PEAK FIRE AND HIGH PARK FIRE BURN SCARS, WHERE NATURAL PINE REGENERATION WAS LOW. THE SEEDLINGS THEY USED WERE GROWN FROM CONES VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED IN 2024. TRAINED VOLUNTEER CHAINSAW CREWS CONTRIBUTED 2,100 HOURS THINNING OVERLY DENSE STANDS ACROSS 11 ACRES AND BUILDING BURN PILES. THEY TURNED DOWNED COTTONWOOD INTO 35 HABITAT PILES, BENEFITING 3.2 ACRES OF PLAINS RIPARIAN HABITAT. THESE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTHIER FORESTS, RETURNING WILDLIFE, AND THE REDUCTION OF FIRE RISK. 2025 EXPENSE 198,939 REVENUE 141,679 PLANTS AND POLLINATORS - NATIVE PLANTS SUPPORT NATIVE WILDLIFE, INCLUDING BIRDS AND BEES. WRV VOLUNTEERS BEAT BACK INVASIVE WEEDS AND GATHER LOCAL NATIVE SEEDS FOR GROW-OUT TO RESTORE DAMAGED LAND. IN 2025, VOLUNTEERS CLEARED 469 ACRES, AND LOGGED OVER 2,420 HOURS COLLECTING, CLEANING, AND CULTIVATING NATIVE SEEDS INCLUDING CONIFERS. VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSIST IN NURTURING PLANTS IN OUR GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO SPOT AND SAFELY REMOVE NOXIOUS WEEDS, PREVENTING FURTHER HABITAT DAMAGE. 2025 EXPENSES 143,105 REVENUE 164,554 COMMUNITY BUILDING AND TRAINING - IN 2025, WRV VOLUNTEERS TURNED 1.17M IN DONATED LABOR AND EXPERTISE INTO 219 PROJECTS, BENEFITTING 1,146 ACRES OF HABITAT. WE RAN 38 COURSES, TRAINING 475 VOLUNTEERS IN RESTORATION DESIGN, CREW LEADERSHIP, TRAIL SKILLS, AND MORE. OUR FIFTH BILINGUAL COHORT ENGAGED 500+ SPANISH SPEAKERS. 2025 EXPENSES 110,573 REVENUE 16,814 VITAL RIVERS - COLORADO'S WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS SUSTAIN 90% OF OUR WILDLIFE, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FISHING, RAFTING, AND BIRDING - AND FILL OUR GLASSES. WRV VOLUNTEERS HEAL THEM USING BEAVER MIMICRY PAIRED WITH FOREST THINNING THAT REPURPOSES THE CUT TREES RIGHT BACK INTO STREAMS. IN 2025, VOLUNTEERS RESTORED 3,284 FEET OF STREAM CHANNEL AND SHORELINE, AND REMOVED TRASH FROM OVER SIX MILES OF CHANNEL. 2025 EXPENSES 91,882 REVENUE 46,767 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 AND STAFF 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. 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 ORGANIZATION 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 394,204 0 0