2024-11-13T09:50:11-08:00 2023-12-31 810455653 Rutherford MacDonald & Olson PC 619 SW Higgins Ave Ste R Missoula MT 59803 990EZ 2023-01-01 810525373 THE WATERSHED EDUCATION NETWORK WATE 4065419287 P O BOX 9201 Missoula MT 59807 DEBBIE B FASSNACHT Executive Dir. 2024-11-13 true true Stephen L Rutherford P00848225 4065492334 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X www.montanawatershed.org X 177334 X 169028 2795 2006 0 3505 2158 1347 0 175176 131479 15284 259 28336 175358 -182 202659 202477 X 204788 106631 3204 101661 207992 208292 5333 5815 202659 202477 Natural Resource & Water Education Services Our Backyard Citizen Science Program:WENs team developed a project for guiding everyone in citizen science in their own backyard creek, river or pond. WENs team created a Leaders Guide, take-home kits with supplies and tools, along with data sheets. The Citizen Science Kits and Leaders Guide provide each interested group with what they need to explore, observe, and collect data at their river, creek, or pond location. WENs team leads participants through introductory demonstration sessions and guides their field data collection. This citizen science program had twenty participating groups and teams. Youth programs: consist of interactive classroom activities and experiential field trips to introduce river ecology and healthy watershed concepts to students in grades Kindergarten High School. Our field trips take place at streams and rivers across western Montana each fall and spring. Most schools visit the same reach each season to facilitate seasonal and long-term comparisons of chemical, physical, and biological data. Field trips are a great way for students to get out of the classroom, get field science experience, and learn about their watershed from a scientific inquiry perspective. 34550 Backcountry Stream Corps (BCSC) is our two-week summer program for high school-aged youth. We train our BCSC members in data collection and observation techniques and then lead them into the Rattlesnake Recreation and Wilderness Areas in order to collect specialized data on the upstream, and less accessible, reaches of the Rattlesnake Creek Watershed. The BCSC participants are hiking and biking to their field locations and gathering data in reaches beyond the Citizen Science Stream Team. 3000 Growing the next generation of watershed stewards is at the heart of all our programs. Citizen science engages everyone in exploring, observing, and recording data in their local creeks, rivers, and ponds. WEN trains and leads a collaborative network of dedicated community members all working together to understand and raise awareness about water health and share their findings. Our Citizen Science Stream Team includes people from all walks of life - including retired scientists, college professors, AmeriCorps members, students from the University of Montana, and high school students -who want to learn more about water monitoring and by collecting base-line data, help to ensure the health of our local watersheds. 83400 120950 Casey Ryan Director 0 0 Joe Glassy President 0 0 Travis Ross Director 0 0 Dr Vicki Watson Director 0 0 Dr Fletcher Brown Director 0 0 Heidi Sedivy Treasurer 0 0 Jocelyn Leroux Vice President 0 0 Emily Wilmott Secretary 0 0 Debbie B Fassnacht Executive Director 40.00 35998 Brook Bauer Communications Coordinator 20.00 15379 Sara McComas Grants & Program Administrator 20.00 22953 Stephanie Novak Stream Team Coordinator 20.00 36066 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false MT Debbie B Fassnacht 802 East Front St Missoula MT 59802 4065419287 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 112614 143431 186593 240256 169028 851922 0 0 112614 143431 186593 240256 169028 851922 0 851922 33 49 71 2006 2159 0 0 854081 0.99750 0.99980 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Other Expenses.1009 Depreciation $1543 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $3113 Other Expenses.1 Grants & Contract Expense $19386 Other Expenses.2 Travel & Meetings $1240 Other Expenses.3 SUPPLIES $1050 Other Expenses.4 BANK CHARGES & CC fees $785 Other Expenses.5 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $535 Other Expenses.6 TRAINING $340 Other Expenses.7 Marketing $324 Other Expenses.9 LICENSES & FEES $20 Other Assets.1004 Miscellaneous - Beginning $2314 Miscellaneous - Ending $771 Other Assets.1005 Accounts Receivable - Beginning $0 Accounts Receivable - Ending $100000 Other Assets.1010 Inventories - Beginning $40 Inventories - Ending $40 Other Assets.2 Rent Deposit - Beginning $850 Rent Deposit - Ending $850 Total Liabilities.1001 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $5333 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $5815