The Greenlands Reserve

“The board of directors reviews the tax return before submitting it to the irs.”

“The organization monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy through meetings.”

“Compensation for officers or key employees by voting at the annual board meeting.”

“These items are available at the organization's website.”

“Educate regarding open space and natural resources, study public health impacts of open space and natural resources, and develop open space and natural resource plans”

“We conduct ongoing reviews of changing ecological and social conditions which may impact the quality of our easement lands. We also keep in contact with current conservation easement property owners, particularly related to questions they may have questions regarding acceptable activities under the conservation easement deeds. On five of our easements tree thinning was performed to reduce wildfire hazard and promote a more diverse forest, under the direction of the Colorado State Forest. We review all activities to make certain they comply with conservation deeds and enhance (or do not diminish) conservation purposes set forward in the deeds.”

“We organized and sponsored monthly public forums to education and collaborate on forest health issues. Participants include state and county officials, U.S. Forest Service personnel, Colorado Stte Forest Service personnel, the public-at-large, academics, timber industry representatives, and other stakeholders. We participated in other public events. We participated as non-profit members of the Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative. We created and maintain a website to educate on forest health and wildfire issues. We publish a monthly electronic newsletter to educate about 500 interested parties on forest health issues. We have created a Facebook page. We have expanded our volunteer forest monitoring the Straight Creek Watershed to now include all of Summit County. In 2014 We will receive a small grant from Colorado State University to facilitate the monitoring work. We now have over 50 volunteers, 200 monitoring plots on U.S. Forest Service managed land. Partners and stakeholders include the Town of Dillon, Summit County government, the U.S. Forest Service, the Colorado State Forest Service, Friends of the Dillon Ranger District (a non-profit), and several watershed groups. We have expanded our forest restoration monitoring work in Straight Creek to monitor for long term impacts of climate and localized variations in soil types on regeneration patterns. The purpose of our on-going forest projects is to reduce wildfire danger, foster a more diverse forest, protect watersheds, and study forest conservation methods.”

“We created and maintain two websites: www.greenlandsreserve.org and www.foresthealthtaskforce.org to inform and educate on conservation and forest health issues. We generate monthly newsletters to stakeholders to inform and educate.”