California Wilderness Coalition

“The organization has contracted with The Next Generation for administrative services from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.”

“The Next Generation works with the bookkeeper and tax preparer to create the draft 990 which is reviewed by the entire board before it is signed and submitted.”

“The standard of behavior at California Wilderness Coalition (CalWild) is that all staff, volunteers, and Board members scrupulously avoid conflicts of interest. The purposes of this policy are to protect the integrity of CalWilds decision-making process, to enable our constituencies to have confidence in our integrity, and to protect the integrity and reputations of staff, volunteers, and board members. Before election, hiring or appointment, CalWild will require applicants to make a full written disclosure of interests, relationships, and holdings that could potentially result in a conflict of interest. We keep these disclosures on file. There are minutes of any meeting at which potential conflicts are discussed include the material facts considered. Board members review annually the conflict of interest policy for purposes of identifying and reviewing transactions or relationships that have the potential to lead to conflict of interest - actual or an appearance of conflict - among the interests of CalWild and its personal, professional, business, or other interests.”

“The compensation was determined by a special session by the board that included significant deliberation and follow up.”

“By request.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Sierra Forests CalWild is a leader in National Forest Plan Revisions throughout Californias 18 National Forests. The most recent wave of revisions started in the Sierra and in this fiscal year included the conclusion of the Inyo NF plan as well as the final stages for the Sierra and Sequoia NFs. Through advocacy, providing ground-truthed data, and developing relationships with Forest Service staff, CalWild is advocating for over 450,000 acres of new eligible wilderness and 500+ miles of eligible wild and scenic rivers in the two remaining Forests. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: 1) The Central Coast Heritage Protection Act passed the House of Representatives in February 2020, which would protect 244,909 acres of wilderness and 159 miles of wild and scenic rivers. It has the support of over 500 businesses, schools, organizations, chambers of commerce, and municipalities. 2) The San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act passed the House of Representatives in February 2020, which would protect 31,069 acres of wilderness and 46 miles of wild and scenic rivers. It has the support of over 500 businesses, schools, organizations, chambers of commerce, and municipalities. 3) We launched our Public Lands Equity and Resilience program in February 2020, which aims to build our black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) supporter base and generate more public lands advocacy in California's Central Valley. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8:”