2026-08-10T17:49:52-04:00 2025-12-31 830276355 HARKER MELLINGER LLC 1811 S SHERIDAN AVE SHERIDAN WY 82801 990 2025-01-01 383667856 WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION WYOM 3076722751 PO BOX 6588 SHERIDAN WY 82801 AARON BANNON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3076722751 2026-07-27 true LAURA B WUITSCHICK CPA P01623162 3076720785 2026-07-27 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z AARON BANNON PO BOX 6588 SHERIDAN WY 82801 397416 false X WWW.WILDWYO.ORG X 2003 WY THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION WORKS TO PROTECT WYOMING'S PUBLIC WILD LANDS TO ENSURE A FUTURE OF WILD PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE. 11 11 8 103 0 351993 323392 0 71491 44762 -17827 -3808 405657 364346 0 0 365300 248247 0 436 125965 142989 491265 391236 -85608 -26890 1156711 1135318 2682 8179 1154029 1127139 X THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION WORKS TO PROTECT WYOMING'S PUBLIC WILD LANDS TO ENSURE A FUTURE OF WILD PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE. false false 295238 THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATIONS HAD THREE MAJOR PUBLIC LANDS CAMPAIGNS IN 2025: THE BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ROCK SPRINGS PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING CAMPAIGN. THESE CAMPAIGNS INVOLVED EDUCATING OUR MEMBERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SCHOOL GROUPS, BUSINESSES, DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE FUTURE OF THESE WILD PLACES, CURRENT MANAGEMENT, PLAN REVISIONS, AND DRAFT LEGISLATION DISCUSSIONS. WWA GAVE PRESENTATIONS ON THE VALUE OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS. CONCERNED CITIZENS WROTE COMMENTS ON DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLANS, PROPOSED PROJECTS, PRODUCED OP-EDS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AND ATTENDED PUBLIC MEETINGS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT BASED ON OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS. WWA'S OUTREACH WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS, EMAIL ALERTS, BROCHURES, NEWSLETTERS, AND TABLING EVENTS. WWA INFORMED THE PUBLIC THROUGH PUBLICIZED OUTINGS, THE WILDWYO.ORG WEBSITE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WHILE SERVING TO PROTECT WYOMING'S PUBLIC WILDLANDS WWA STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPPORTERS VOLUNTEERED ON MULTIPLE STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS ON NATIONAL FORESTS AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS. WWA PROVIDED 24 ADVOCACY ACTION ALERTS, 198 POSTCARDS TO LAWMAKERS, AND OVER 753 PETITION SIGNATURES DEFENDING THE ROCK SPRINGS BLM PLAN, THE ROADLESS RULE AND THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE. IN 2025, WWA HOSTED SEVERAL OUTINGS ACROSS THE STATE. OUTINGS LED PARTICIPANTS INTO AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF LANDSCAPES BOASTING ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, AND POTENTIAL WILDERNESS LANDSCAPES. IN ADDITION, WWA ATTENDED SEVEN CLASSES TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO 80 STUDENTS ON TOPICS INCLUDING LEAVE NO TRACE, PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT, AND WILDERNESS. WWA ALSO HOSTED THE BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL IN SHERIDAN WITH OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS. IN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO ELEVATE OUR STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS. WWA INVOLVED OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTING OVER 700 HOURS AND 40 DATA COLLECTIONS. 4 WILDERNESS AMBASSADORS SPENT OVER 300 HOURS MONITORING AND CLEARING TRAILS, EDUCATING FOREST VISITORS, INSTALLING SIGNS, AND GATHERING IMPORTANT MANAGEMENT DATA. ONE WILDERNESS STEWARD MONITORED THE CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS THROUGH A COSTSHARE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WWA AND THE BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST. THROUGH OUTINGS AND PROJECTS WWA PROMOTED YOUTH ADVOCACY AND CONDUCTED USER-CREATED TRAIL INVENTORIES IN THE BIGHORN AND SHOSHONE NATIONAL FORESTS. TRAINING PROTOCOLS FOR SOLITUDE MONITORING AND USER-CREATED TRAIL INVENTORIES WERE PROVIDED THROUGH SIX COLLABORATIVE FOREST SERVICE AND WWA-LED TRAININGS. 4711 IN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO SERVE AND FILL LEADERSHIP ROLES ON COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AROUND THE STATE, INCLUDING THE BRIDGER-TETON WORKING GROUP, THE WYOMING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT COALITION, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING COALITION. WWA EDUCATES COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR SUPPORTERS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT AND PROPOSED LEGISLATION. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS GATHERED FROM WWA EMAIL ALERTS, NOTICES, COMMENT PORTALS, PUBLIC MEETING UPDATES, AND POSTCARD CAMPAIGNS. ADDITIONALLY, WWA HOSTED AND ATTENDED MULTIPLE VIRTUAL AND LIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE PERSONALIZED COMMENTS AROUND LARGE SCALE PLANS, SUCH AS THE ROCK SPRINGS BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE RESCISSION. MANY CONSTITUENTS FIND VALUE IN THESE WILD LANDSCAPES AND WWA INFORMS THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO STAY ENGAGED AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. WWA CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, DESIGNATED WILDERNESS, THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE AND THE ROADLESS RULE BY TRAVELING TO DC TWICE IN 2025. INITIATING 14 MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND STAFF. WWA CONTINUED TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN 2025 AROUND COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, WITH A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON TRIBAL, FEDERAL AGENCY AND CONSERVATION GROUP ENGAGEMENT WHO ALSO WORK ON THESE LANDSCAPES. PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS INCLUDED STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS, FILM SCREENING EVENTS, OUTDOOR RECREATION OUTINGS, INFORMATIONAL EVENTS, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT MEETINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON VARIOUS PANELS AND PRESENT DURING CONSERVATION FORUMS. 4711 299949 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 9 0 false 8 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true false true true false X HARKER MELLINGER CPAS LLC 3076720785 1811 S SHERIDAN AVE SHERIDAN WY 82801 JENNIFER MANS BLM WILDLAND X X 0 0 0 BART KOEHLER ADVISORY COU X X 0 0 0 DAN STALKER DIRECTOR X X 0 0 0 PETER STAHL DIRECTOR X X 0 0 0 DEBORAH CLEMENS DIRECTOR X X 0 0 0 PEGGIE DEPASQUALE DIRECTOR X X 0 0 0 IVA MOSS DIRECTOR X X 0 0 0 ARIEL KAZUNAS DIRECTOR X X 0 0 0 BARRY REISWIG DIRECTOR X X 0 0 0 ANDREA HARRINGTON DIRECTOR X X 0 0 0 AARON BANNON EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 6154 0 0 6154 false false false 49927 3000 270465 323392 36673 36673 32323 24234 8089 8089 8089 5028 8836 -3808 364346 44762 6154 4615 1539 208042 166434 41608 15810 11973 3702 135 18241 14593 3648 12341 12341 2014 500 1514 8475 5589 2832 54 152 129 23 6145 4633 1452 60 15582 11686 3740 156 4465 909 3556 OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES 61468 61468 STEWARDSHIP EXPENSE 12568 12568 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 9029 1438 7591 BANK CHARGES 5227 5227 5523 3414 2078 31 391236 299949 90851 436 208261 165373 946750 968245 1700 1700 51834 51834 1156711 1135318 2682 8179 2682 8179 X 1154029 1127139 1154029 1127139 1156711 1135318 -26890 X false false false X 1074828 322588 774742 351993 323392 2847543 1074828 322588 774742 351993 323392 2847543 2847543 2847543 115820 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 51834 51834 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATIONS HAD THREE MAJOR PUBLIC LANDS CAMPAIGNS IN 2025: THE BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ROCK SPRINGS PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING CAMPAIGN. THESE CAMPAIGNS INVOLVED EDUCATING OUR MEMBERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SCHOOL GROUPS, BUSINESSES, DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE FUTURE OF THESE WILD PLACES, CURRENT MANAGEMENT, PLAN REVISIONS, AND DRAFT LEGISLATION DISCUSSIONS. WWA GAVE PRESENTATIONS ON THE VALUE OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS. CONCERNED CITIZENS WROTE COMMENTS ON DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLANS, PROPOSED PROJECTS, PRODUCED OP-EDS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AND ATTENDED PUBLIC MEETINGS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT BASED ON OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS. WWA'S OUTREACH WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS, EMAIL ALERTS, BROCHURES, NEWSLETTERS, AND TABLING EVENTS. WWA INFORMED THE PUBLIC THROUGH PUBLICIZED OUTINGS, THE WILDWYO.ORG WEBSITE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WHILE SERVING TO PROTECT WYOMING'S PUBLIC WILDLANDS WWA STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPPORTERS VOLUNTEERED ON MULTIPLE STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS ON NATIONAL FORESTS AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS. WWA PROVIDED 24 ADVOCACY ACTION ALERTS, 198 POSTCARDS TO LAWMAKERS, AND OVER 753 PETITION SIGNATURES DEFENDING THE ROCK SPRINGS BLM PLAN, THE ROADLESS RULE AND THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D IN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO SERVE AND FILL LEADERSHIP ROLES ON COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AROUND THE STATE, INCLUDING THE BRIDGER-TETON WORKING GROUP, THE WYOMING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT COALITION, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING COALITION. WWA EDUCATES COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR SUPPORTERS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT AND PROPOSED LEGISLATION. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS GATHERED FROM WWA EMAIL ALERTS, NOTICES, COMMENT PORTALS, PUBLIC MEETING UPDATES, AND POSTCARD CAMPAIGNS. ADDITIONALLY, WWA HOSTED AND ATTENDED MULTIPLE VIRTUAL AND LIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE PERSONALIZED COMMENTS AROUND LARGE SCALE PLANS, SUCH AS THE ROCK SPRINGS BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE RESCISSION. MANY CONSTITUENTS FIND VALUE IN THESE WILD LANDSCAPES AND WWA INFORMS THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO STAY ENGAGED AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. WWA CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, DESIGNATED WILDERNESS, THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE AND THE ROADLESS RULE BY TRAVELING TO DC TWICE IN 2025. INITIATING 14 MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND STAFF. WWA CONTINUED TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN 2025 AROUND COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, WITH A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON TRIBAL, FEDERAL AGENCY AND CONSERVATION GROUP ENGAGEMENT WHO ALSO WORK ON THESE LANDSCAPES. PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS INCLUDED STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS, FILM SCREENING EVENTS, OUTDOOR RECREATION OUTINGS, INFORMATIONAL EVENTS, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT MEETINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON VARIOUS PANELS AND PRESENT DURING CONSERVATION FORUMS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE TREASURER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEW THE RETURN. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C UPON DISCUSSION OF ISSUES, A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY MAY REVEAL A CON FLICT OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT FOR REVIEW. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD REVIEWED SURVEYS OF OTHER NON-PROFIT DIRECTORS INITIALLY. THE C URRENT DIRECTOR RECEIVED ABOUT HALF THE SALARY OF THOSE SURVEYED. THE BOA RD REVIEWS THE DIRECTOR'S SALARY ANNUALLY WITH THE BUDGET. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE BOARD IS NOT COMPENSATED AND THERE ARE NO OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.