Hill Country Conservancy Inc.

“The directors are members of the organization, and they elect officers and directors at the annual board of directors meeting.”

“The form 990 is circulated to the audit committee for review, comment, and approval, prior to submission to the irs.”

“The executive committee annually reviews possible conflicts of interest, and/or executive committee can review possible conflicts at any time.”

“Process for determining compensation includes a review and approval and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.”

“Process for determining compensation includes a review and approval and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.”

“This information is made available to the public upon request.”

“Hill country conservancy (hcc) provides and promotes health and human services in counties and metropolitan areas across the state of texas and particularly throughout the edwards aquifer region and texas hill country, including the cities of austin, san marcos, boerne, blanco, llano, fredericksburg and san antonio, and the counties of bandera, bexar, blanco, gillespie, hays, frio, kendall, kerr, llano, mason, medina, travis and williamson. Hcc works to conserve the water quality and quantity of the hill country rivers and streams and preserve the working farms and ranches. This conservation work has a direct and positive impact on all citizens who depend on the edwards aquifer for their drinking water and on these farms and ranches for their food source. Hcc staff helps plan and implement statewide land trust conferences that educate land owners and other citizens throughout the hill country/edwards aquifer region. Participants at these conferences also include landowners, land trust managers and government officials from dallas, houston, lubbock, tyler and san antonio. Hcc has taken the lead on creating a regional 100-mile trail system to provide healthy recreational opportunities to tens of thousands of texas, helping to ensure better physical and mental health. This natural trail corridor also helps ensure clean air, water and wildlife habitat. Hcc is actively collaborating with decision-makers, other land trusts and trade organizations and public interest groups statewide to create the texas farm and ranch lands conservation advisory council, which will create standards for and incentivize private lands preservation agreements. Hcc serves on the advisory council of the texas coalition for conservation, which educates decision-makers statewide regarding the benefits of preserving texas's natural ecology and recreational resources. Hcc is a member of the texas land trust council, serving citizens across the state. Hcc conducts regular tours for scouts and other youth groups on its open space lands and teaches these young citizens best management practices for habitat restoration. Hcc implements comprehensive ecological restoration programs on its own and in partnerships with landowners and public agencies to ensure clean water and better air quality across the aquifer region.”

“Land transaction services 46,019 0 0 outreach services 177,885 0 0 stewardship & other 443 0 0 1,536 30,917 44,205”