Cimarron Watershed Alliance Inc

“Each board member is provided a copy of the 990 return for review and approval before the form 990 is filed.”

“Each board member is provided with a copy of the conflict of interest policy and required to self report any conflict of interest.”

“The board approves compensation for management during annual budgeting process. The compensation is determined by comparison to positions in similar organizations and current market compensation rates. The approval of the annual compensation is documented by the approval of the annual budget.”

“The board approves compensation for the officers or key employees during annual budgeting process. The compensation is determined by comparison to positions in similar organizations and current market compensation rates. The approval of the annual compensation is documented by the approval of the annual budget.”

“Governing documents are maintained by a board member and are made available upon request”

“To restore, maintain, and/or preserve surface and groundwater quality, aquatic resources, and water supplies. Serve as a resource on watershed issues and information. To protect, restore, and maintain natural resources (land, water, forest, and wildlife) in the watershed.”

“The cwa was created as a result of a watershed study done by the new mexico environment department, as required by the united states department of environmental protection. This study resulted in the adoption of several total maximum daily load (tmdl) reports that identified certain problems in creeks and rivers within the cimarron watershed. These problems included turbidity, temperature, aluminum, and fecal coliform. The cwa was formed to help address these problems at the local level with local input. A list of concerns and possible actions were identified by the cwa members. However, the cwa recognized that to be effective it must limit its efforts to a finite number of these issues at any one time. Therefore, the members' first step was to categorize their objectives into long-term and short-term solutions. These categories were then narrowed to what the members believed to be most critical for the future health of the watershed. These included: replanting riparian areas, reducing forest biomass, and improving wastewater management throughout the county.”

“The organization's prior years form 990s were prepared on the accrual basis of accounting method, as indicated by the organization's prior years form 990s balance sheets which reported accounts payable and accrued expenses on its form 990 balance sheets. However, the organization inadvertently had the cash accounting method box checked on its prior years form 990s. The accrual method was used in prior years on the organization's form 990, so the error was limited to the accounting method box that was checked on the prior years form 990. Therefore, no form 3115 is required since there was no actual change in the accounting method used to prepare the organization's current year form 990.”