2025-09-04T10:53:25-07:00 2024-12-31 300602335 TRACY CASSIDY CPA SC 1 Nugget Ln BRUNSWICK ME 04011 990 2024-01-01 010446281 MAINE WILDERNESS WATERSHED TRUST INC DBA PIERCE POND WATERSHED TRUST MAIN 2078354535 PO BOX 5660 AUGUSTA ME 04332 Matthew Capofreddi Treasurer 2025-09-04 true true Tracy Cassidy CPA P00283403 2075221014 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Anne Dougherty 833930 false X WWW.PIERCEPONDWATERSHED.ORG X 1989 ME To protect the wild character, natural resources, and scenic beauty of the Pierce Pond watershed and preserve traditional public recreational use of the area. 19 19 0 25 0 104300 104681 373 2784 61793 115543 1021 8540 167487 231548 0 0 4000 4500 0 16604 99851 129904 103851 134404 63636 97144 2953734 2760315 13 6 2953721 2760309 To protect the wild character, natural resources, and scenic beauty of the Pierce Pond watershed and preserve traditional public recreational use of the area. false false 39729 Stewardship: In 2024, MWWT engaged in a partnership with Somerset Woods Trustees to hire a part-time Stewardship Coordinator to take over caretaker duties as well as new ones, including improving easement-landowner relations. The new Stewardship Coordinator managed MWWTs 2024 trail volunteer day, during which 12 volunteers brushed all of PPWTs trails. She maintained the Otter Pond Cove campsite, maintained all trails, mitigated the impacts to trails of commercial timber harvest activity, and engaged in water-quality monitoring activities and conservation-easement monitoring. MWWT hired a summer intern for the second time, via collaborations with Maine Coast Heritage Trust and Somerset Woods Trustees that offset a large portion of the costs. The intern was supervised by the new Stewardship Coordinator and assisted with trail maintenance, water-quality monitoring, and educational programming.MWWT entered into a program through New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in which subsidies are provided to support conservation-oriented forest practices.. The first step in the program was to conduct a timber inventory and updated forest management plan for MWWTs watershed lands.MWWT representatives met with a team from Weyerhaeuser after learning that the company would be conducting timber harvests that would affect MWWT trails. They coordinated plans for communications, signage, and ways to minimize the inevitable impacts.In 2024 MWWT purchased water-quality monitoring equipment and initiated a water-quality monitoring program. Two types of WQ monitoring equipment were purchased out of prior dedicated/restricted donations from prior years: A dissolved-oxygen meter Temperature gauges to set in Lower, Middle, and Upper Pierce Pond at regular depth intervals to monitor temperature gradients throughout the season.MWWT personnel received training on both types of equipment from Maine Lakes. The Stewardship Coordinator will be the WQ point person going forward.The Anglers-Survey research project to track fish catches and prey was expanded via a drawing for a fly-rod outfit. These efforts were conducted in partnership with Cobbs Camps, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and Maine Lakes. 103 angler logs were submitted this year compared to 76 last year.MWWT once again partnered with Maine Audubon on the 2024 Pierce Pond loon count, an important yearly citizen-science project that helps track and understand populations of this iconic species. 33285 2784 Education/Outreach: Building on MWWTs initial 2022 efforts at educational programming, which is intended to attract new, younger outdoor enthusiasts to the watershed to support its conservation, 2024 educational programming was as follows: A Memorial Weekend Birding Program Eight half-day skill and naturalist programs offered in July and August at Cobbs Camps. A fly fishing program with Maine IF&W at Cobbs Camps The transitional biome of the area creates enhanced biodiversity for the bird-watching program. Participants observed 35 species of birds and identified calls from 11 more. Half-day sessions included a flora and fauna tour, a naturalist program, campfire building and cooking, and learning to fly-cast. Participants learned outdoor skills and twenty-two new people were exposed to the watershed for the first time. In addition, contact was made with potential educational programming partners at Chewonki, Bowdoin College, and Maine Audubon.MWWT's Annual Members Meeting and Banquet was held on April 24. Presentations at the Members Meeting and during the evening educated members about issues in the Pierce Pond watershed and MWWTs initiatives to address them. The evenings activities also serve to build engagement and interest in conservation of the Pierce Pond watershed.The annual MWWT newsletter is one of the Trusts main vehicles for educating supporters about the watershed and about Trust stewardship and protection activities. The 2024 edition was published in October, with a lead article explaining what stewardship is, why it is important, and how MWWT is fulfilling its stewardship responsibilities in the watershed. Other articles explained how the donations MWWT receives are spent/allocated, and what the activities of the Stewardship Coordinator and Intern consisted of in 2024. Another article explored the history of an iconic Pierce Pond location. The newsletter is mailed to all members and also published online. 5521 Land Protection: MWWT works cooperatively with other watershed landowners to conserve the wildlife, water quality, and other natural resources of the Pierce Pond watershed. MWWT has conserved 10,500 acres and over 30 miles of shoreline through the purchase of conservation easements and land. MWWT has established agreements with two sporting camps to ensure the continued traditional operation of these historic camps.In 2024, MWWT continued its efforts in support of acquisition of the 6,800 acres of watershed lands that are currently under commercial timber management. After learning that the landowner, Weyerhaeuser, had a new national director of conservation, two MWWT leaders arranged a meeting with the new conservation director to explain MWWTs goals and learn about Weyerhaeuser's changing priorities. In addition, MWWT representatives continued the search for appropriate swap parcels that would allow for Weyerhaeusers continued fulfillment of their SAPPI contract in the event of a land sale to MWWT. 78535 true true false false false false true false false true true false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 false 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 19 19 true false false false true true true true true false false false true true true false false false false false X X X KYLE MCCASKILL 2078354535 PO BOX 5660 AUGUSTA ME 04332 Kate Drummond Director 0.50 0.00 X 4500 0 0 ANNE DOUGHERTY President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ann Messinger Vice President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Matthew Capofreddi Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David Soule Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Charles Burnham Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jaysen Cobb Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Ekstrom Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Gibson Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chas Gill Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christina Jackson Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Leo Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Norris Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Peluso Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Peppard Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Isaiah Peppard Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Derek Pierce Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jane Podkaminer Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Wallace Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 4500 0 false false false 0 82128 22553 700 104681 PROGRAM REVENUE 110000 2784 2784 2784 68398 68398 0 0 0 638771 591626 47145 47145 47145 18551 10756 7795 0 0 MAP MERCHANDISE 900099 745 745 745 231548 3529 115543 X 0 0 0 0 4500 4500 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1000 -1000 1702 1702 0 0 9063 9063 77803 45631 22221 9951 0 2278 1910 278 90 0 0 0 1220 748 472 0 0 0 0 0 6391 3708 2683 EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES & MAINT 17620 17584 36 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 4920 1150 970 2800 TAXES & LICENSES 3067 3067 Postage and Shipping 2025 366 932 727 4815 871 908 3036 134404 78535 39265 16604 57323 52959 1018358 1044050 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 395270 9469 731729 385801 0 0 0 0 1146324 1277505 2953734 2760315 13 6 13 6 X 2953721 2066550 693759 2953721 2760309 2953734 2760315 97144 55372 -345928 X false false false X 225447 339448 194303 104300 123232 986730 0 0 225447 339448 194303 104300 123232 986730 75720 911010 6702 5823 20041 54188 115543 202297 0 14831 2430 7691 24952 1213979 0.75040 0.89280 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 7 11 1 true 4127 false 698544 500 5286 693759 684456 14088 698544 689252 1 4797 684456 479469 220879 7 11103 689252 393413 104500 19 18463 479469 true true false 385801 385801 8760 8760 709 709 385801 Rounding 1 1277505 Part II, Line 5: Summarized Policy MWWT HAS A WRITTEN MONITOING AND ENFORCEMENT POLICY. Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE NOT TREATED AS ASSETS IN THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE NO VALUE. NO NEW EASEMENTS AQUIRED IN THE CURRENT YEAR. X X X false AUCTION 18551 18551 1500 8141 1115 18551 18551 1500 8141 1115 10756 7795 KATE DRUMMOND BOARD MEMBER 4500 CONTRACT SERVICES false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 DAVID AND ISAIAH PEPPARD - BOTH ARE DIRECTORS AND HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.CHARLES BURNHAM AND BETH EKSTROM - BOTH ARE DIRECTORS AND HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 ONE CLASS OF MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ANY PERSON, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL, TRUST, ESTATE, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIAITION, MUNICIPALITY, COMPANY OR CORPORATION, THAT MAKES A CONTRIBUTION IN CASH OR IN KIND WHICH IS IN KEEPING WITH THE POLICIES OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION. MEMBERSHIP OF ANY MEMBER SHALL TERMINATE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD FOR WHICH SAID MEMBER HAS MADE AN APPROPRIATE CONTRIBUTION. THE BY-LAWS "PROHIBITION AGAINST PRIVATE GAIN", STATES NO OFFICER, DIRECTOR OR MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE ANY PAY, COMPENSTAION, OR BENEFIT FROM MWWT FOR THEEIR DUTIES OR MEMBERSHIP. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING, EACH MEMBER IN GOOD STANIDNG IS ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE, A MEETINGS CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING DIRECTORS AND TRANSACTING OTHER BUSINESS. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL BE ELECTED FROM THE MEMBERSHIP AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CORPORATION BY THE MEMBERS. THE BOARD MANAGES THE PROPERTY, AFFAIRS & ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPORATION. MEMBERS MAY ALSO CALL SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS EXPRESSLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVAL OF THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR ANY INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR MAY BE REMOVED, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE, BY VOTE OF A 2/3 MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT AND VOTING. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Treasurer approves Form 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Ongoing discussions at Board meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public. PART XI, LINE 8: PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT EASEMENTS WERE REPORTED AS ASSETS IN ERROR IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THESE WERE REMOVED WITH AN ADJUSTMENT OF $349,005PRE-AQUISITION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FEE PROPERTY WERE INCORRECTLY REPORTED AS EXPENSES VS AS PART OF THE ASSET. AN ADJUSTMENT OF $3,077 IS REFLECTED ON PART X LINE 10A. TOTAL OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS TOTAL $345,928