2024-10-04T10:27:08-05:00 2023-12-31 480567703 PINION LLC 1821 SOUTH AVENUE WEST 5TH FLOOR MISSOULA MT 59801 990 2023-01-01 810723892 WILDLIFE ECOLOGY INSTITUTE WILD 9712098005 PO BOX 4725 HELENA MT 596044725 TIM HILLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 9712098005 2024-10-03 1 1 IRIS OWEN P01259219 4067217800 2024-10-03 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z TIM HILLER PO BOX 4725 HELENA MT 596044725 109521 0 X WWW.WILDLIFEECOLOGY.ORG X 2015 MT ADVANCE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION THROUGH APPLIED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. 4 3 9 110 0 0 424193 96966 0 0 1716 9629 0 0 425909 106595 0 0 0 0 245731 234377 0 0 0 196313 254244 442044 488621 -16135 -382026 924544 711562 94805 696572 829739 14990 X ADVANCE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION THROUGH APPLIED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. 0 0 267630 BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS WERE ONCE THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT, BUT AFTER DISCOVERING A SINGLE REMNANT POPULATION, A SUCCESSFUL CAPTIVE-BREEDING AND REINTRODUCTION PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CAPTIVE-BREEDING AND REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS, CONSERVATION OF THIS RARE MUSTELID CURRENTLY FACES SUBSTANTIAL CHALLENGES. OUR ONGOING WORK INCLUDES COLLABORATIONS WITH STATE, TRIBAL, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND OTHER NGOS, TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING THE SUBSTANTIAL IMPACTS OF SYLVATIC PLAGUE ON POPULATIONS OF FERRETS AND PRAIRIE DOGS, TO ASSESS FIELD TECHNIQUES (TRADITIONAL SPOTLIGHTING, INFRARED CAMERAS, SCENT-DETECTION DOGS) TO IMPROVE MONITORING OF FERRET POPULATIONS, AND OTHER CONSERVATION EFFORT FOR THIS FEDERALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES.MUSKRAT POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING LARGE-SCALE POPULATION DECLINES ACROSS AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S., BUT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DECLINES. THIS SPECIES HAS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS, AND CAN BE CONSIDERED AN INDICATOR SPECIES OF WETLAND HEALTH. WE HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO PHASE II OF OUR RESEARCH IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN, WHICH IS BUILT UPON THE FOUNDATION OF OUR WORK DURING PHASE I, BUT ALSO RECENT RESEARCH OF OTHERS. PHASE II IS A FOCUSED FIELD-BASED INVESTIGATION TO EVALUATE MUSKRAT DEMOGRAPHICS AND HEALTH ACROSS MULTIPLE STUDY SITES THAT WERE SELECTED ACROSS A GRADIENT OF HABITAT AND HYDROLOGY CONDITIONS. 89788 GRAY FOXES ARE A VALUABLE AND UNDERSTUDIED FURBEARER ACROSS ITS ENTIRE RANGE. SEVERAL INDICES SUGGEST RANGE CONTRACTIONS IN INDIANA, BUT ALSO OTHER MIDWEST STATES. THE FACTOR(S) CAUSING THESE DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES IS UNKNOWN, BUT MAY BE LINKED TO HABITAT LOSS AND FRAGMENTATION, CHANGING MESOCARNIVORE (E.G., COYOTE) COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, DISEASE, AND OTHER FACTORS, AND LIKELY IS A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP AMONG THESE FACTORS. WE ARE ASSESSING GRAY FOX POPULATIONS AT TWO STUDY SITES IN INDIANA THROUGH A 4-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE STUDY DESIGNED TO DIRECTLY ASSESS CAUSES OF POPULATION CHANGES OF GRAY FOXES, AND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THIS SPECIES THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN INDIANA, BUT ALSO OTHER MIDWEST STATES. 20261 MANAGEMENT OF ELK IN THE WESTERN U.S. HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND SCRUTINIZED. STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES MUST BALANCE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS DURING DECISION MAKING. POPULATIONS OF LARGE CARNIVORES HAVE BEEN RECOVERING, POPULATIONS OF ELK ARE ABOVE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES IN MANY AREAS, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELK HAS SUBSTANTIALLY SHIFTED FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE LANDS DURING HUNTING SEASONS. ACCESS TO PRIVATE LANDS IS RELATIVELY LIMITED FOR HUNTERS TO DECREASE ELK POPULATIONS, AND ECONOMIC LOSS (DAMAGE) TO LANDOWNERS HAS INCREASED. WE ARE EVALUATING STATE MODELS FOR ELK MANAGEMENT IN THE WESTERN U.S. TO COMPARE MODELS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. 377679 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X KCOE ISOM LLP 4064421040 828 GREAT NORTHERN BOULEVARD 4TH HELENA MT 59601 DOUG COTTAM DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRENT RUDOLPH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHAUN DESCHENE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY HILLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 100162 0 0 100162 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 94911 2055 96966 12555 2926 9629 9629 9629 106595 0 0 9629 100162 71962 28200 114030 114030 3005 3005 17180 8297 8883 20947 20947 1374 975 399 200 200 10225 1931 8294 11249 74 11175 40841 26022 14819 435 435 17650 13582 4068 5625 5625 OUTSIDE SERVICES 128216 128216 FIELD AND LAB SUPPLIES 10186 8805 1381 MISCELLANEOUS 6138 3658 2480 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 1031 1031 127 127 488621 377679 110942 0 11170 45821 20 20 873295 634238 170380 138972 39984 31408 75 75 924544 711562 622822 35805 17504 59000 55400 0 846 94805 696572 X 829739 14990 829739 14990 924544 711562 X -382026 -432723 X 0 0 0 X 471944 822274 494175 424193 96966 2309552 471944 822274 494175 424193 96966 2309552 50309 2259243 2309552 0.97820 0.97900 X 5848 4995 853 164532 133977 30555 31408 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 846 846 TIM HILLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXPENSES NOT COVERED BY CURRENT GRANT FUNDING SOURCES X 17504 0 0 0 17504 TIM HILLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5400 RENT 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY TO REVIEW BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C AN ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM IS SIGNED BY EACH BOARD MEMBER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INCLUDING REVIEW, APPROVAL, COMPARABLE DATA AND DELIBERATION OF THE DECISION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN REQUESTED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN REQUESTED. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES -17,607. TO CORRECT PRIOR REVENUE RECOGNITION -415,116.