2024-11-21T01:59:22-05:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 853664649 AMERICAN SONGBIRD MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY % Susan K Lafferty Chair AMER 9063703248 PO BOX 2 AHMEEK MI 499010002 Susan K Lafferty Chair 2024-11-21 2022 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Susan K Lafferty Chair PO BOX 2 AHMEEK MI 499010002 74998 false X X 2020 MI 2022 most significant activities were: 1. Continued research on endangered songbirds in the Southwest including second year of field work on 2021-2022 National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grant in CA. 2. Protection of native songbird habitat including donations to help preserve natural lands and purchases of bird sanctuaries in MI. 4 4 1 5 0 0 23017383 74998 0 0 0 0 0 0 23017383 74998 5012473 2755000 0 0 0 35248 0 0 0 35183 1893982 5047656 4684230 17969727 -4609232 18004727 15210995 0 0 18004727 15210995 Protect restore create and maintain native songbird habitat including fee simple or conservation easement ownership of real property. Research survey monitor and manage songbird populations and their breeding biology with an emphasis on the recovery re-expansion and reintroduction of rare declining threatened and endangered songbirds but including all avian species. Remove non-native parasitic brown-headed cowbirds primarily through topical trapping to protect native songbirds false false 2755000 27755000 0 Coastal Conservation Lake Superior CC LS: Grants contributed to two Nonprofit 501c3s targeted to help protect keystone properties within several Coastal Conservation Areas on Lake Superior. The natural lands protected lie on the coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula an area that is nationally known to ornithologists especially for nesting wood warblers and large numbers of migrating birds songbirds raptors ducks geese and shorebirds. The lands along the lakeshore are the most threatened by development and all grants funds were designated for new acquisitions that linked to already protected natural areas thereby creating landscape level protection including continuous corridors of native habitat for birds and other wildlife. 1858599 0 0 Five Bird Sanctuaries Acquired 926.1 acres 6,100 feet of Lake Superior Shore: Pileated Woodpecker PIWO 875 acres with 6,100 of Shoreline Red-eyed Vireo REVI Phase I 10 acres Joan Schutte Bird Sanctuary 40 acres $20K Donation as part of Bargain Sale American Bittern AMBI 1.1 acres of wetland and Evening Grosbeak EVGR down payment only. Expenses include acquisition costs of 4 Sanctuaries including closing costs 1099 pay attorney costs and prorated property taxes and down payment for 5th Sanctuary. 70631 0 0 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant NFWF G: 2022 was the second year of field work for National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant #71204 Least Bells Vireo Range Expansion Surveys on BLM Lands in the Mohave Desert and the Central Valley CA. Focused Least Bells Vireo Vireo bellii pusillus Vireo LBVI surveys were conducted in native willow-dominated riparian habitat on California Bureau of Land Management BLM lands in the Mohave Desert and in the Central Valley in the spring of 2022. The Grant builds upon work conducted in 2019 and 2020 and for this Grant in 2021. Expenses include Contractor 1099 Pay and Employee Pay and Reimbursement for both 2021 and 2022 Field Work and GIS & Reporting Payroll Taxes and Costs and Attorney Costs. 0 0 0 4684230 true false 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 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 3 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false 0 0 false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false X Susan K Lafferty 9063377248 PO BOX 2 AHMEEK MI 49913 X Susan K Lafferty Secretary Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Frank Blackman Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Randee Smitth Vice-chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jordy Kellogg Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 0 0 0 69998 5000 20000 74998 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74998 0 0 0 2755000 2755000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32743 32743 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2505 2505 0 0 60000 60000 0 0 1000 1000 0 0 216 216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26147 26147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bird Sanctuary Acquisition Expense: land cost, closing costs 1798474 1798474 0 0 BLM NFWF Grant Reimbursement for field and travel expenses 8145 8145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4684230 4684230 0 0 0 0 0 0 17969727 13360495 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1850500 0 35000 1850500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18004727 15210995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18004727 15210995 0 0 18004727 15210995 18004727 15210995 X -4609232 0 0 0 0 1815500 X false false false X 0 0 0 35 94998 95033 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 94998 95033 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95033 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 94998 95033 X Part III - Line 12 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2018, , | 2019, | 2020, | 2021, | 2022, | 1850500 1850500 1850500 true Superior Watershed Partnership 2 Peter White Drive Marquette MI 49855 383492677 501(c)(3) 2750000 0 na na Land Conservation 1 0 Part I Line 2 ASMAR requires a one year report from the Grantee and also confirms new land conservation acquisitions in public records Part VI, Line 12c At each Board Meeting all directors are required to disclosure a conflict of interest or even a perceived conflict of interest and abstain from votes as appropriate. Since the ASMAR Board is all volunteer financial conflicts of interest do not exist. Part XI, Line 9 | Description:, Explanation:, Amount:| Land Assets added in 2022, 2022 Acquisition of Bird Sanctuaries in Michigans Keweenaw Peninsula, $1815500| American Songbird Management and Recovery ASMAR prepared the 2022 Form 990 on or before November 15 2023 Extension to November 15th granted by the IRS; however the 2022 Form 990 was not saved and uploaded properly online. The error was discovered in 2024 while preparing the 2023 Form 990. Once discovered ASMAR used the Tax990 Service to upload the 2022 Form 990 successfully.