2024-09-04T08:11:12-04:00 2023-12-31 300003878 BENNING GROUP LLC 6815 WEAVER RD STE 300 ROCKFORD IL 611148060 990 2023-01-01 362478025 NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE NATU 8159646666 320 SOUTH THIRD STREET ROCKFORD IL 61104 PAUL BAITS PRESIDENT 8159646666 2024-08-21 false CURTIS D KLECKLER P00641247 8153162375 2024-08-21 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z PAUL BAITS 320 SOUTH THIRD STREET ROCKFORD IL 61104 2071000 false X WWW.NATURALLAND.ORG X 1958 IL TO CREATE AN ENDURING LEGACY OF NATURAL LAND IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR PEOPLE, PLANTS AND ANIMALS 20 20 9 303 0 1051899 1231735 37308 45657 54886 146568 59281 63185 1203374 1487145 0 0 391970 434030 0 12380 692919 615803 1084889 1049833 118485 437312 18758522 20055779 619369 131300 18139153 19924479 X TO CREATE AN ENDURING LEGACY OF NATURAL LAND IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR PEOPLE, PLANTS AND ANIMALS false false 174638 6148 LAND PRESERVATION - PROTECT NATURAL AREAS THROUGH ACQUISITION OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS (SEE SCHEDULE O) 180275 250 NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE - RESTORATION OF 721-ACRE PRESERVE AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ROCK AND PECATONICA RIVERS (SEE SCHEDULE O) 376465 16833 RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRESERVES (SEE SCHEDULE O) 234024 22426 SEE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION FOR 4D 234024 22426 965402 true true false false false false true false true true true false false true false true true 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 true 2 0 true 9 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 20 20 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true false false IL X X JILL KENNAY 8159646666 320 SOUTH THIRD STREET ROCKFORD IL 61104 PAUL BAITS PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JUDY BARNARD VICE PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK LUTHIN VICE PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ASHLEY SARVER SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NANCY HOLM TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT CLARK TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN COOK TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK CORMIER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RAY FERGUSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RUSS JOHANSSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 HOWARD KNODLE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 LISA NORMOYLE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENN NOWICKI TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA SPEER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY WILLIAMSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAY EVANS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 CRISTOBAL MANZANO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RICARDO MONTOYA PICAZO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ADAM GUARINO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KERRY LEIGH EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 62253 0 0 62253 false false false 200499 30545 1000691 1231735 LAND HOLDING & MANAGEMENT 541610 44031 44031 PROGRAM FEES 611600 1626 1626 45657 179354 179354 44822 44822 44822 44822 509885 542671 -32786 -32786 -32786 58354 41184 17170 OTHER INCOME 900099 1193 1193 1193 1487145 91672 146568 X 62252 51769 8868 1615 315963 262754 45010 8199 27875 23164 3985 726 27940 23218 3995 727 292159 292159 10892 10892 51967 46127 4727 1113 10112 10112 5547 5547 46395 46395 42889 41482 1407 PLANTS AND SEEDS 56548 56548 LAND TRANSACTIONS 48781 48781 FIELD SUPPLIES 23071 23071 VEHICLE & EQUIP. REPAIR 14202 14202 13240 9181 4059 1049833 965402 72051 12380 447423 331930 414313 493510 500 512600 300000 25142 34878 1852067 362632 1428093 1489435 5690797 6792221 309895 333046 9929759 10280759 18758522 20055779 119182 125346 496093 4094 5954 619369 131300 X 14039478 14575560 4099675 5348919 18139153 19924479 18758522 20055779 437312 851921 496093 X false true X true false X 695618 849022 3443687 1051899 1231735 7271961 695618 849022 3443687 1051899 1231735 7271961 1368886 5903075 66779 158832 100054 156834 224176 706675 15989 10902 26891 393 500 1193 2086 8007613 644020 0.73720 0.81500 X PART II, LINE 10 OTHER INCOME 2,086 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X 50 4372.82 1 1 true 217.00 7790 false true X 3449611 28300 556477 126223 3908165 4117358 45555 -556335 156967 3449611 3713798 67177 459433 123050 4117358 3417108 20800 362644 86754 3713798 2883745 290150 373799 130586 3417108 0.35770 0.64230 true false 1254868 1254868 58675 52675 6000 538524 309957 228567 1489435 LAND HELD FOR PRESERVATION 10280759 10280759 X 2339066 851921 851921 1487145 1487145 1049833 1049833 1049833 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 5 NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE VISITS THE LAND ONCE A YEAR TO DETERMINE THAT THE LAND USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EASEMENT'S RESTRICTIONS. IF A VIOLATION IS FOUND THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION, LEGAL IF NECESSARY, TO STOP FURTHER DAMAGE AND CORRECT ANY PROBLEM. IF/WHEN THERE ARE NEW LANDOWNERS, THE STAFF WILL SPEND TIME WITH THEM TO ENSURE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE EASEMENT. MONEY IS SET ASIDE IN A STEWARDSHIP FUND TO COVER AND LEGAL ENFORCEMENT COSTS THAT MAY ARISE. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9 PURCHASED EASEMENTS ARE RECORDED AT ACTUAL COST AS AN ASSET ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. DONATED EASEMENTS ARE NOT ASSIGNED A VALUE AND ARE NOT RECORDED ON THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES OR ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART IV, LINE 2B THE ORGANIZATION WAS ASKED TO SERVE AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR KISHWAUKEE RIVER ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP TO ADMINISTER TWO GRANTS THE PARTNERSHIP RECEIVED AND OTHER REVENUES. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 TO ASSURE THE ONGOING VIABILITY OF THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ESTABLISHED THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE ENDOWMENT FUND. THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE AS IT CARRIES OUT ITS MISSION TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE NATURAL LANDS IN THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS REGION. THE FUND SERVES AS A REPOSITORY INTO WHICH DONORS OR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CAN DEPOSIT FUNDS TO BE USED IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS PROGRAMS AS A LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY OR AS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY SUCH DONOR OR BOARD. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED THE GORDON G. EGGERS FUND, AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF NLI'S LARGEST PRESERVE, THE 721-ACRE NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE. DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THIS FUND SUPPORT THE LONG-TERM RESTORATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT OF THE NYGREN WETLAND. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C) (3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, EXCEPT ON NET INCOME DERIVED FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANIZATION IS CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLIC CHARITY. THE ORGANIZATION IS ALSO EXEMPT FROM ILLINOIS TAXING JURISDICTION. FUNDRAISERS 58354 58354 41184 58354 58354 41184 41184 17170 FORM 990, PART III 4A: LAND PRESERVATION - PROTECT NATURAL AREAS THROUGH ACQUISITION OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. EXPANDING LIND-MCGEACHIE PRESERVEE: LAND PROTECTION IN 2023 INCLUDED 2 KEY ACQUISITIONS ADDING TO THE LIND-MCGEACHIE PRESERVE: THE 36-ACRE KENNEY PARCEL AND THE 20-ACRE CLAY WOODS PARCEL. THE EXPNADED LIND-MCGEACHIE PRESERVE IS NOW ALMOST 110 ACRES, WHICH INCLUDES A CORE OF OLD GROWTH OAK-HICKORY WOODLAND AND A MEANDERING SECTION OF SPRING FED SILVER CREEK. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT FROM THE ILLINOIS CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALONG WITH NLI'S INCREDIBLY GENEROUS MEMBERS TO PRESERVE THIS RICH AND VITAL WOODLAND. THE PRESERVE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 TO A NICE CROWD OF NLI MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS. THE SITE'S LARGE OAKS DREW MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM VISITORS. NATURE IS ALSO RESPONDING WELL TO INITIAL RESTORATION WORK ON THE SITE. TWO LARGE SWATHS OF INVASIVE BUSH HONEYSUCKLE AND BUCKTHORN WERE CLEARED THIS WINTER AND THE RESPONSE THIS SPRING BY THE NATIVE WOODLAND FLORA FAR EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. SILVER CREEK STREAM SURVEYS REVEALED A HEALTHY POPULATION OF ILLINOIS ENDANGERED MOTTLED SCULPIN FISH - THEY REQUIRE COOL AND CLEAN STREAMS WITH GRAVELLY RIFFLES AND BOTTOMS. THE SURVEYOR THOUGHT IT WAS THE LARGEST SAMPLE HE HAD EVER SEEN IN ILLINOIS. FREEPORT PRAIRIE NATURE PRESERVE GETS A BUFFER: NLI HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH FREEPORT PRAIRIE NATURE PRESERVE (OWNED BY JANE ADDAMSLAND PARK FOUNDATION IN FREEPORT). NOT ONLY WAS IT DEDICATED AS AN ILLINOIS NATURE PRESERVE IN 1977 WITH ASSISTANCE FROM NLI, IT IS AN ILLINOIS NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY SITE. WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY AROSE LAST YEAR TO PURCHASE A HALD ACRE OF LAND NEXT TO THIS HIGH QUALITY, REMNANT UPLAND PRAIRIE, NLI PURCHASED THE LAND AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOUNDATION WITH FUNDS FROM THEM THAT WERE SET ASIDE FOR THIS TYPE OF PURPOSE. NLI THEN SOLD IT TO JAPF. THIS HALD ACRE WILL PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE BUFFER TO THE PRAIRIE. HANOVER FOREST PART OF BIGGER COMPLEX: NLI PURCHASED A 35 ACRE WOODED PARCEL IN 2003 ADJACENT TO THE HANOVER BLUFF AREA AND IS PART OF A 1,100 COMPLEX OF LAND CONSISTING OF AN ILLINOIS NATURE PRESERVE, ILLINOIS LAND AND WATER RESERVE, AND STATE NATURAL AREA OWNED BY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND A PORTION THAT IS OWNED BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. THE HANOVER BLUFF AREA, WITH ITS UNIQUE LANDSCAPE AND RARE PLANT COMMUNITIES, IS ALSO AN ILLINOIS NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY SITE. FOR 20 YEARS NLI HELD THE 35 ACRE HANOVER FOREST TO PROTECT IT WITH THE INTENTION OF SELLING IT TO THE IDNR WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE IT. THAT TIME CAME LAST YEAR. PUBLIC ACCESS IS AVAILABLE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF HANOVER BLUFF STATE NATURAL AREA AT 10600-10700 S. WHITTON RD., HANOVER, ILL. 61041. NLI CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PROTECTION OF BELL BOWL PRAIRIE, LOCATED AT THE CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AIRPORT EXPANSION PLANS INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PRAIRIE, A PORTION OF WHICH IS AN ILLINOIS NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY SITE (INAI) THAT HAS NOT ONLY HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE TO ROCKFORD FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF CAMP GRANT AND THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, BUT HOSTS A SIGNIFICANT NATURAL DRY GRAVEL PRAIRIE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW OF THESE LEFT IN ILLINOIS AND MANY MIGRATORY BIRDS REST THERE ON THEIR JOURNEY, ATTRACTING BIRDERS FROM ACROSS THE MIDWEST. NLI'S FOUNDER, GEORGE B. FELL, FOUGHT TO PROTECT THIS PIECE OF OUR HISTORIC ILLINOIS LANDSCAPE AND AT ONE TIME SAVED IT FROM THE BULLDOZERS. THE ENTIRE PRAIRIE WAS 25 ACRES, WITH 4.88 ACRES LISTED AS THE INAI. THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE AND ITS MANY PARTNERS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF STEWARDING THE BELL BOWL PRAIRIE. IN 2021, THE RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLE BEE, A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES, WAS OBSERVED ON THE PRAIRIE. NLI PARTICIPATED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE IDNR AND THE ILLINOIS ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION BOARD. THE AIRPORT BULLDOZED A ROAD THROUGH THE PRAIRIE ON MARCH 9. 4B: NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE - RESTORATION OF 721-ACRE PRESERVE AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ROCK AND PECATONICA RIVERS. NYGREN IS A BIRDING "HOTSPOT" SUPPORTED BY CORNELL LABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGY'S E-BIRD DATA. IF YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK, JOIN OUR BIRDERS OF NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE TO SEE DAILY IMAGES FROM VISITORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE SITE WHO GENEROUSLY SHARE A WEALTH OF IMAGES OF WHAT THEY ENCOUNTER. WINE & BREW AT THE WETLAND, A FUNDRAISER FOR NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE AND HELD THERE ON JULY 15, INCLUDED SEVERAL BEER, WINE AND WHISKEY TASTING STATIONS. IT WAS CATERED BY GREENFIRE RESTAURANT. THANK YOU TO THE BEVERAGE VENDORS: PRAIRIE ST. BREWING CO., PIG MINDS BREWING CO., CARLYLE BREWING CO., URBAN FOREST CRAFT BREWING, FOREST CITY BREWERS AND ARTALE & CO. FALL PRAIRIE HARVEST DAY, A SEED COLLECTION EVENT, WAS HELD ON SEP. 9 AT NYGREN WETLAND. FAMILY NATURE ADVENTURES WAS HELD AT NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE IN ROCKTON ON JUNE 24. INVITING FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO DISCOVER NATURE IN A PERSONAL WAY AS THEY EXAMINED THINGS LIKE ACORNS AND LEAVES AT THE WOODLANDS STATION, BIRCH BASKETS (AND LEARNED HOW NATIVE AMERICANS USED THEM), CRAYFISH AND WATER BUGS AT THE WETLANDS STATION, OR PETTED A COYOTE PELT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE MAMMALS STATION, LEARNED HOW TO DRAW BIRDS AND HOW TO WRITE ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL WHILE EXPLORING OUTSIDE. THESE AND SO MANY OTHER EXPERIENCES BROUGHT JOY TO THE FACES OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE EIGHTH ANNUAL FAMILY NATURE EVENT. FAMILY NATURE ADVENTURES INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION TO PROTECT THE NATURAL WORLD. LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND NATURE AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH IT WILL LEAD TO WANTING TO PROTECT IT. HONONEGAH HIGH SCHOOL HONORS BIOLOGY STUDENTS USED NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE AS AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM WHERE THEY STUDIED THE WATER QUALITY OF RACCOON CREEK, THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE PRESERVE, OBSERVED PRAIRIE ECOLOGY AND DID A MACROINVERTEBRATE STUDY. WILDLIFE MONITORING WAS CONDUCTED BY VOLUNTEERS FOR BLUEBIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, BATS, DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES AT NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS MONITOR BIRDS USING THE EBIRD APP TO ESTABLISH DATA ABOUT BIRDS AND MIGRATION AT THE NYGREN WETLAND. 4C: RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRESERVES IT'S BEEN NEARLY A DECADE SINCE MAJOR RESTORATION EFFORTS GOT UNDER WAY TO IMPROVE BURR OAK VALLEY'S PRAIRIES, WOODLANDS, AND RAVINES. THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD OF TIME A RESTORATION DAY ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH HELPED FOCUS OUR REMOVAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES LIKE BUSH HONEYSUCKLE AND BUCKTHORN THAT ONCE BLOCKED OUT THE SUN AND PREVENTED NATIVE SPECIES FROM THRIVING. INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL AND CONTROL HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS COMPLETED BY BOTH NLI STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS BY ECOLOGICAL CONTRACTORS HIRED THROUGH GRANTS AND DONATIONS. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF NEXT STEPS ON THE PROPERTY. IN ORDER TO STAY AHEAD OF THE INVASIVES WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THE BRUSH THROUGH THE USE OF PRESCRIBED BURNS AND PERIODIC MOWING AND EVEN SOME ADDITIONAL BRUSH CLEARING IN AREAS THAT ARE TOUGH TO ACCESS. NLI STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT MUST BE MADE TO FIRE BREAKS AND AREAS OF RESPROUTS AND SEEDLINGS LEFTOVER FROM ALL THE INVASIVES THAT HAVE BEEN CLEARED. WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING LAND, THE WORK IS NEVER DONE, BUT THE WORK DOES GET A LOT EASIER OVER TIME. NLI STEWARDSHIP STAFF BEGAN DIGGING INTO A NEW PROJECT AT THE RECENTLY EXPANDED LIND-MCGEACHIE PRESERVE IN ROCKFORD. THIS PRESERVE INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF PROTECTED HABITAT SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD WITH FULLER MEMORIAL PRESERVE TO THE WEST AND NLI'S SILVER CREEK WOODS PRESERVE TO THE NORTH. A TRAIL NETWORK WILL ALLOW VISITORS TO REACH THE NEW PRAIRIE AND APPRECIATE GRAND OLD OAKS FROM A SMALL PARKING AREA ON FITZGERALD ROAD THAT WAS INSTALLED THROUGH A PUBLIC AMENITY GRANT, ALSO FROM ICECF. WILLIAM & GAYLE KEEFER NATURE RESERVE WITH ITS MONSTER CHINKAPIN OAK AND RARE SURVIVING BLUE ASH TREES. THE SITE'S HISTORIC QUARRY WHERE A FOSSIL CRINOID WAS COLLECTED AND NAMED TO SCIENCE IN HONOR OF BURPEE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY'S FIRST DIRECTOR, MILTON MAHLBERG. THIS RESERVE WAS DONATED TO NLI BY GAYLE KEEFER IN 2017 AND LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE OF ROCKTON, THE KEEFER NATURE RESERVE IS 37 ACRES OF DIVERSE LANDSCAPES AND HABITATS. FROM OLD RIVER ROAD YOU CAN SEE A STEEP BLUFF THAT IS HOME TO NUMEROUS OAK TREES AND IN THE SPRING IS COVERED BY CUT-LEAVED TOOTHWORT (CARDAMINE CONCATENTA). HIDDEN FARTHER BACK INTO THE PROPERTY ARE THREE OLD LIMESTONE QUARRIES. NIEMAN MARSH, IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF PECATONICA AND IS HOME TO MANY PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT ARE RARE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. THE KING RAIL (RALLUS ELEGANS), ONE OF THE RAREST MARSH BIRDS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS, CAN BE HEARD IN THE SEDGE MEADOW AND SHALLOW MARSH HABITATS PRESENT ON SITE. IN COORDINATION WITH ILLINOIS DUCKS UNLIMITED, NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE AND OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN A GRANT AWARDED BY THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE THROUGH THE NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT (NAWCA). THE PORTION OF FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D SEE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION FOR 4D FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THOROUGHLY REVIEWS AND COMPARES THE 990 TO THE AUDIT REPORT. PRIOR TO SIGNING, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD TREASURER REVIEW THE 990. THE FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING FOR REVIEW AND UPLOADED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REQUIRING ALL OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SIGN AN ANNUAL STATEMENT AGREEING THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED AND READ THE POLICY AND WILL COMPLY WITH THE TERMS. ANY PERSON WITH A PERCEIVED OR ACTUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST SHALL LEAVE THE MEETING DURING THE DISCUSSION OF, AND THE VOTE ON, THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT INVOLVING THE POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PAY AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS ALL OTHER STAFF. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE MAKES ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THEIR WEBSITE. IT PROVIDES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 292,159 0 0