Wimberley Valley Watershed Association

“Each member of the board of directors is provided a copy of the form 990 for review prior to the board meeting. At the next board meeting, each member is given the opportunity to comment on the final or near final version prior to the form 990 being filed with the irs.”

“The organization passed a conflict of interest policy on 10/28/2010. The policy calls for an annual review of the policy and the organization's compliance therewith, and the results of the review are recorded in the minutes. Each board member signs an annual statement recorded in the minutes that they have received, understand, and subscribe to the policy.”

“The governing board of wvwa is composed of independent, uncompensated volunteer business and professional people, including at least one each of lawyers, accountants, entrepreneurs and educators. The board met contemporaneously with the compensation decisions for deliberation, substantiated the decisions from personal knowledge of reasonable salaries in the marketplace, and made the final determinations.”

“Wimberley valley watershed association makes its governing documents available to the public upon request at the organization's office.”

“Wimberley valley watershed association (wvwa) provides educational programs that focus on understanding watershed dynamics and preventing pollution. Wvwa works to raise community awareness and promote environmentally sound land management. Wvwa has presented workshops to school groups and adults on topics such as rainwater harvesting, water quality monitoring and the geology of the texas hill country.”

“Research being performed by various entities (gcds, tx parks and wildlife, usgs, tsu-rivers systems institute, wvwa and others) into a single, user friendly, format for the public. This effort documents the hydrogeologic conditions in a format that can be used for public education and awareness; documenting the movement of groundwater and the interaction of surface water and groundwater. The portfolio will present data in a format to help the public learn that sustainable aquifer and stream flow management is dependent on understanding the nature of the aquifer and that groundwater management grounded in good science is the key to sustainable surface water flows.”

“Educational outreach - the wvwa education programs inform the local community and policy makers about the value of water and land conservation and the importance of stewardship and sustainable watershed management. Wvwa provides weekly public tours and school programs and promotes land conservation through private landowner outreach programs. The wvwa is involved in outreach to the community through partnerships with local governments, agencies,universities, schools, nonprofits and local businesses. We also seek to inspire members of the community to share the responsibility to manage our water resources equitably by honoring our connection with the natural environment. Water quality monitoring - the wvwa conducts water quality monitoring for the texas clean rivers program. The wvwa monitors four sites on the cypress creek and three sites on the blanco river monthly during the spring and summer months and bi-monthly during the fall and winter. This data is utilized by the gudalupe blanco river authority and the texas commission on environmental quality to assess the water standards set by the united states environmental protection agency under the clean water act. The wvwa also has helped fund the installation and ongoing maintanance of a continous water quality and flow gauging station at jacob's well operated by the united states geological survey. The wvwa participates and partners with the texas stream team citizens monitoring program and the wimberley water testing program to sample six sites on the cypress creek and five sites on the blanco river for e-coli bacteria. The wvwa is a stakeholder and funding partner of the cypress creek project working with the local community and the river systems institute from texas state university to develop a watershed protection plan for cypress creek watershed. This project is funded in part by a grant from the environmental protection agency and the texas commission on environmental quality. Land stewardship - the wimberley valley watershed association (wvwa)is focused on conserving and managing land to protect water quality of the trinity aquifer, jacob's well, cypress creek and the blanco river watershed. The wvwa works with private and government partners to promote the use of conservation easements and fee simple land aquisitions for wildlife habitat preservation, water quality protection,establishing public parklands and scenic open space. The wvwa has purchased fifty five acres surrounding jacob's well to establish the jacob's well natural area as a nature reserve, environmental research and education center and a ecotourism destination.”

“Prof. Services-consulting 385 0 2,000 prof services-retreat 995 0 0 consulting/outreach-science 25,833 0 0 consulting/outreach-retreat 1,650 0 0”

“Fundraising event expenses 1,380 fundraising event expenses -1,380”