2026-03-03T18:23:59-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 943175306 BODEGA LAND TRUST BODE 7077951683 PO Box 254 Bodega CA 94922 Mary Biggs President of the Board 7073284014 2026-02-21 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Mary Biggs PO Box 107 Bodega CA 94922 67196 0 X bodegalandtrust.org X 1992 CA Bodega Land Trust is dedicated to preserving and restoring land and its communities. We promote the appreciation of human interaction with plant, animal, and other species by encouraging wise and caring land use practices. We engage our community and draw from it in many of our activities. Our primary focus is to maintain the agricultural and rural scenic character of western Sonoma County. Bodega Land Trust helps to sustain our local resources through conservation and agricultural easements, restoration activities, education and community support. 6 6 0 20 0 0 34378 67196 0 0 16283 0 7798 0 58459 67196 0 250 0 0 33853 32255 0 0 1735 17134 25871 50987 58376 7472 8820 860745 1317376 0 0 860745 1317376 Our mission is to support and preserve the health and diversity of the various communities to which we belong. From its origins in the town of Bodega, the Trust has focused its efforts on protecting the local area roughly defined by the Sonoma Coast from Jenner to the Estero Americano and the watersheds of Salmon Creek and Dutch Bill Creek, a tributary of the Russian River. The Bodega Land Trust is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of land and its communities. It protects land through conservation easements, encourages wise land use practices, and promotes appreciation and knowledge of the interaction of individuals and communities with natural resources. 0 0 31476 0 0 Baseline and monitoring program - reviews each easement property on site once a year (or more if necessary) to monitor compliance with easement provisions. The program recruits volunteers and trains them to do the baseline monitoring. The program also creates the baseline for all new easements along with mapping and narration, and easement restrictions and allowances. The entire community benefits from this program. The program is led by the program monitoring program director. 0 0 945 Walks and Talks - a series of walks and lectures led by local naturalists and other experts concerning environmental interests of the local area including lambing, native plants, wildfire protection, birding, geology, and archaeology. These walks and talks are open to, and benefit, all members of the community and surrounding areas. There is a small charge and the leaders usually donate their time. 11108 0 0 Bodega Land Trust is extremely pleased to announce Mark Jacobsen's donation of Title to the important Tannery Creek Reserve (TCR) property to BLT. For almost 12 years, BLT has held a Conservation Easement on TCR, a beautiful 187.2 acre property that includes Tannery Creek canyon and its surrounding redwoods. BLT is working with the Tannery Creek Reserve Neighborhood Association, which has forged an impressive stewardship approach for the land. The Tannery Creek Reserve is truly protected for posterity. Bodega Land Trust is currently conducting a Forest Management Plan to protect the forest in the future. 0 0 0 42584 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 CA X X Susan Head 7077951683 PO Box 254 Bodega CA 94922 X Susan Anderson Board Member 2 X X 0 0 0 Sharon Welling Harston Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 James Hansen Secretary 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Mike Parrish Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Mary biggs President 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Eileen Jang Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10686 0 0 56510 0 67196 0 0 0 0 0 10686 0 67196 0 0 0 X 250 250 30629 30629 1626 1626 2205 2205 5636 5636 2201 1800 401 637 127 510 3672 3512 160 6872 6872 Organizational Expense 90 0 90 0 Printing and Copying 596 0 596 0 CA Sales Tax on Dinner 824 0 0 824 3138 931 2207 58376 42584 14057 1735 53681 48825 363550 378551 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 976 0 0 890000 0 442538 890000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 860745 1317376 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 860745 1317376 0 0 0 0 860745 1317376 860745 1317376 X 8820 0 0 0 0 447811 X 0 0 0 X 26648 41442 35541 42175 67196 213002 0 0 0 0 26648 41442 35541 42175 67196 213002 213002 407 1526 12013 16283 16426 46655 0 0 248499 0 0 0 0 248499 508156 0.41917 0.42388 X 26648 41442 35541 58458 67196 229285 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26648 41442 35541 58458 67196 229285 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 229285 1526 12013 16283 15481 45303 0 0 0 0 1526 12013 16283 15481 45303 0 0 0 248906 0 0 0 248906 275554 42968 47554 74741 82677 523494 0.43799 0.44264 0.08654 0.05963 X Schedule A, Part I, Line 10 No other income Schedule A, Part I, Line 12 No other income Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 No other income Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 No other income RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 20 1622 0 0 0 1 1 400 48435 1 0 890000 890000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 890000 Schedule D, Part II, Line 5 Each Conservation Easement specifies what is allowed on the specific easement. There is also a detailed Easement Baseline document describing the condition of the easement so that each year's easement monitoring can determine conditions with respect to the baseline. Yearly detailed photos and information are kept as part of Easement Monitoring Reports. There is also an Easement Defense Policy under development. In addition, Bodega Land Trust carries a policy with Terrafirma RRG LLC, a spinoff of the National Land Trust Alliance the Bodega Land Trust is a member of, to cover legal costs necessary for conservation defense. These costs include fees for attorneys and experts for lawsuits and mediation, for both the enforcement and defense of conservation easements and fee owned land. This would cover land trust attorney and other fees in the event the land trust either starts the lawsuit or is named in a lawsuit. It also covers attorney and other expert fees for efforts to resolve cases prior to litigation. Schedule D, Part II, Line 9 Bodega Land Trust acquires land conservation easements through donations as charitable contributions. The land conservation easements are not recorded as assets on the organization's Balance Sheet since the property rights granted to the organization are restricted, cannot be sold, and convey only the right to restrict the use and development of the land not owned by the trust. These easements generally provide that the land will be maintained unimpaired in its current natural, agricultural, scenic, or recreational state. For conservation easements which include donated land, of which there is one, the organization would record the value as a fixed asset - land. Dinner 10686 0 10686 0 0 500 1674 0 2174 0 0 10686 0 10686 0 0 500 1674 0 2174 4348 6338 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Submitted to each board member through e-mail. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 We have only one employee, the monitoring coordinator. A committee made up of board members meets and determines what their salary will be and then the whole board votes on it. This process was first used in 2024. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All of the organization's governing documents, financial statements, and other legal filings are maintained in a secure environment and held available for inspection by tax authorities and the general public. Tax returns are posted annually to www.guidestar.org where they are available for viewing to the public, and are also available for a physical inspection at the organizations off ice in Bodega, CA Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Tannery Creek Trail Maintenance $1240; Clifton Environmental Forest Management Plan $3895.80; Forest Consultant $500; Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Revaluation Surplus plus income