POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

2519 S SHIELDS ST STE 1K PMB 202, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-1855

In care of

% KATHY BURGESS

Mailing address (990-N for 2014)

P O Box 271921, Fort Collins CO 80527

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

James Medlock, 3438 Golden Currant Blvd, Fort Collins, CO 80521

Principal officer (990-N for 2014)

Michael E Corbin, 280 Mount Blanc Rd, Livermore CO 805369372

Signed the 990

James Medlock, Treasurer

Phone

(970) 213-0483

Website

pwv.org

Mission

Poudre Wilderness Volunteers (PWV) is a Larimer County, Colorado, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1996. The mission of PWV is to assist the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the United States Forest Service in managing and protecting wilderness and backcountry, forests, and other public lands within its jurisdiction. To achieve this mission, PWV recruits, trains, equips and fields citizen volunteers to serve as wilderness rangers and hosts for the purpose of educating the public, and provides other appropriate support to these wild areas. PWV is one of the largest, most effective organizations of its kind in the nation, having an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff. PWV members use education and diplomacy to promote compliance with Wilderness and backcountry regulations and Leave No Trace principles. In addition, PWV maintains an ongoing "Kids in Nature" program and engages in substantive trail restoration caused by cataclysmic flood and wildfire events.

Program accomplishments

• The Results PWV has grown from 105 founding members in 1996 to 300 members in 2025. Poudre Wilderness Volunteers patrol approximately 290 miles along 70 trails in 650,000 acres of Wilderness, general National Forest, and National Grassland lands. PWV's efforts include establishing a: * Trail Crew to address insufficient USFS funds and personnel to clear fallen trees and other damage to trails. * Weed Crew helps the USFS locate, control, and eradicate noxious weeds. * Kids in Nature Program to support the USFS Kids in the Woods program. * Restoration Program when wildfires and floods ravaged the Canyon Lakes Ranger District. * Trails for ALL Program to foster safe, fun, and educational connections to the outdoors for people of all abilities. * Environmental stewardship and public outreach via the activities of other PWV programs, such as Adopt-a-Trail. Poudre Wildnerss Volunteers (PWV) has grown from 105 founding members in 1996 to 300 members in 2025. PWV patrols approximately 315 miles along 65 trails in 650,000 acres of Wilderness, General National Forest, and National Grassland lands. PWV's efforts include establishing an extensively trained Trail Crew to address insufficient USFS funding and personnel to clear fallen trees and other trail damage, and to construct new trails. * Weed Crew helps the USFS locate, control, and eradicate noxious weeds. * Kids in Nature Program to support the USFS Kids in the Woods program. * Restoration Program: When wildfires, floods, and wind storms ravage the Canyon Lakes Ranger District's trails and campgrounds, assist the USFS in restoring trails and campgrounds. * Trails for ALL Program to foster safe, fun, and educational connections to the outdoors for people of all abilities. * Leave No Trace Program to provide and facilitate training for PWV members in the teaching of LNT principles and outdoor ethics, so that they may, in turn, teach those concepts to members of the public. The committee's secondary mission is to teach LNT principles and outdoor ethics directly to the public. * Environmental stewardship and public outreach via the activities of other PWV programs, such as Adopt-a-Trail. PWV in 2025 continued to pursue its mission of assisting the United States Forest Service's Canyon Lakes Ranger District programs in managing and protecting the wilderness and backcountry areas. In support of our core effort to patrol trails and engage the public, we contacted more than 9,729 trail users while completing over 1,000 patrols. These contacts allow us to support backcountry users with advice, information, and education on Leave No Trace practices and USFS regulations, and to pursue restoration efforts focused on building bridges, constructing rock walls and steps, and controlling erosion on the trails. We continued our efforts to maintain trails at a high level last year, removing over 2,997 trees and clearing brush and limbs from over 62,100 feet of trail. Furthermore, in 2025, restoration efforts focused on building bridges, constructing rock walls and steps, erosion control on the trails, and installing grade dips and drains. PWV worked 21 days to improve drainage on our trails. We also worked for 21 days with the Rocky Mountain Conservancy's Youth Conservation Corps, building 2 bridges, 4 stepping-stone crossings, and 1,100 feet of rerouted trail. This amounted to 2,643 hours of trail work to restore the trails. In 2025, PWV contacted more than 9,729 backcountry users while completing over 1,084 patrols. Total volunteer hours - 23,180, Total number of patrols/reports - 1,000, Meaningful contacts with trail users - 9,729, Fallen trees removed from trails - 2,997, Feet of trail cleared of brush/limbs - 62,194, Pounds of trash removed - 339, Illegal fire rings removed - 87, Violations addressed or reported - 545, Patrols identifying or pulling weeds - 329, Constructed and repaired - 2 bridges and repaired 7 bridges, 38 check dam/steps,145 feet of rock wall, 51 steps, 15 drains and repaired 40 drains, 15 grade dips, 11 rock cairns, 2 stepping stone crossing, 6,516 feet of trail treads and repaired 70 feet of tread, decommissioned 763 of trail tread, constructed 703 feet of wall, repaired 123 water bars, installed 2 wood signs, repaired 21 wood signs, repaired 1 plastic sign, repaired 3 composite signs, installed 2 laminate signs, and repaired 1 laminate sign. PWV has gained regional and national recognition for its contributions, including the Larimer County Environmental Stewardship Award, the Take Pride in America Award for Non-profit Organizations, and the USFS Volunteer Group Award. PWV has no political agendas. Our single purpose is to protect the US Forest Service's Canyon Lakes Ranger District's Wilderness and backcountry areas through on-trail maintenance, construction, and public education. PWV has a rigorous and comprehensive training program for its recruits and recertifying veteran members. No other organization providing volunteer rangers for the U.S. Forest Service has as many members, provides as many hours on the trail, or does so much without any paid staff. _ A Successful and Different Organization PWV has gained regional and national recognition for its contributions, including the Larimer County Environmental Stewardship Award, the Take Pride in America Award for Non-profit Organizations, and the USFS Volunteer Group Award. PWV has no political or hidden agendas. Our single purpose is to protect the region's Wilderness and backcountry areas through on-trail service and public education. We are not an environmental advocacy group. PWV has a rigorous and comprehensive training program for its recruits and veteran members. No other organization providing volunteer rangers for the U.S. Forest Service has as many members, provides as many hours on the trail, or does so much without any paid staff.
  Expenses $50,865 · revenue $54,120
• Not applicable see prior.0
• Not applicable see prior.0

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

84-1333391

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1996

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Environment (C60)

Assets (IRS master file)

$264,960

Income (IRS master file)

$54,120

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 84-1333391).

Questions about POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS

What is the EIN of POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS?

The employer identification number (EIN) of POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS is 84-1333391.

Is POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1996.

Are donations to POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names James Medlock.

Who are the officers and directors of POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 12 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does POUDRE WILDERNESS VOLUNTEERS have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $54,120, expenses of $55,405 and total assets of $264,960 at year end.

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