2026-03-26T15:07:32-04:00 2025-09-30 414389964 WWCEJ & COMPANY PC 102 W SPRING ST OXFORD NC 275653245 990 2024-10-01 311742900 TAR RIVER LAND CONSERVANCY TARR 9194965902 P O BOX 1161 LOUISBURG NC 27549 ROBERT COVINGTON PRESIDENT 9194965902 2026-03-20 true false CARLEEN P EVANS P00022781 9196935196 2026-03-20 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z DEREK HALBERG P O BOX 1161 LOUISBURG NC 27549 2344736 false X WWW.TARRIVER.ORG X 2000 NC TAR RIVER LAND CONSERVANCY PRESERVES THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE TAR RIVER BASIN AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND OTHERS TO PROTECT RURAL LAND, RIPARIAN CORRIDORS AND ENSURE CLEAN WATER. 10 10 9 60 0 719938 1848956 60073 52566 378447 327086 59509 116128 1217967 2344736 0 0 409854 451368 0 8015 1002168 976866 1412022 1428234 -194055 916502 26159438 27424282 55509 73467 26103929 27350815 X TAR RIVER LAND CONSERVANCY PRESERVES THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE TAR RIVER BASIN AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND OTHERS TO PROTECT RURAL LAND, RIPARIAN CORRIDORS AND ENSURE CLEAN WATER. false false PURCHASED FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO 85.1 ACRES IN PERSON COUNTY, WHICH LAND PROVIDES BUFFERS TO ROCK FORK BRANCH. RECEIVED A DONATION OF 595 ACRES IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY, WHICH LAND PROVIDES BUFFERS TO SWIFT CREEK. RECEIVED A DONATION OF A .35-ACRE PARCEL, WHICH PROVIDES ROAD ACCESS TO THE PICTURE CREEK NATURE PRESERVE LOCATED IN GRANVILLE COUNTY 1302162 52566 TAR RIVER LAND CONSERVANCY ACHIEVED ITS LAND PROTECTION MISSION THROUGH THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: 4)RECEIVED A DONATION OF 35.86 ACRES IN NASH COUNTY, WHICH LAND PROVIDES BUFFERS TO MEADOW BRANCH. 5)OPENED PICTURE CREEK NATURE PRESERVE LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF STEM, IN GRANVILLE COUNTY, WHICH PROVIDES 2.6 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS. 6)BUILT AND MAINTAINED HIKING TRAILS ON NATURE PRESERVES IN GRANVILLE COUNTY THROUGH THE WORK OF A CREW OF DEDICATED LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER GROUPS. TRLC OFFERS FOR PUBLIC USE 14.8 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS AT FIVE NATURE PRESERVES IN GRANVILLE COUNTY. 7)TRLC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HOSTED THREE GUIDED HIKES, WHICH WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, ON TRLC PROTECTED PROPERTIES IN GRANVILLE AND PERSON COUNTIES. 8)MONITORED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND FEE PROPERTIES HELD BY TRLC. 9)MONITORED 64 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS HELD BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 10)WORKED TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY FOR FISHING CREEK IN HALIFAX COUNTY BY COMPLETING THE CLOSE OUT OF TWO ANIMAL WASTE LAGOONS, WHICH ARE BEING CONVERTED THEM TO FRESH WATER PONDS. THE DEQ PERMIT FOR THE LAGOONS WAS RESCINDED. ALSO, A NUMBER OF REMAINING BUILDINGS WERE DEMOLISHED WITH THE WASTE REMOVED AND THE CONCRETE CRUSHED FOR REUSE; FARM ROADS WERE REGRADED AND THE CRUSHED CONCRETE WAS ADDED TO LIMIT EROSION; AND A SEVEN-ACRE MEADOW AREA WAS PLANTED WITH POLLINATOR SPECIES. 11)ENGAGEMENT WITH MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS REGARDING OPEN SPACE PLANNING. 12)SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCES ON LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS LOCATED IN GRANVILLE COUNTY, WHICH LANDS WILL PROVIDE A BUFFER FOR CAMP BUTNER AND LOCAL RESOURCES. 13)SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCES ON LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS LOCATED IN PERSON COUNTY, WHICH LANDS WILL PROVIDE A BUFFER FOR FLAT RIVER AND LOCAL RESOURCES. 14)SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCES ON LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS AND OUTREACH TO LANDOWNERS IN HALIFAX AND NASH COUNTIES, WHICH LANDS PROVIDE BUFFERS TO FISHING CREEK AND LITTLE FISHING CREEK. 1302162 52566 1302162 true true false false false false true false false true true false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 9 true false false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false X AMY EDGE 9194965902 121 NORTH MAIN STREET LOUISBURG NC 27549 DEREK HALBERG EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 146076 0 4373 ANGELA PARKER ALLEN DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 ERNIE AVERETT DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 TIM BEVACQUA DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 TYLER RAY BLACK DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 ALVIN BRASWELL VICE PRESIDE X X 0 0 0 DAVID COBB DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 ROBERT COVINGTON PRESIDENT X X 0 0 0 GARY A HARRIS DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 NOLA REED KNOUSE DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 BOYD STURGES SECRETARY-TR X X 0 0 0 146076 4373 1 false true false 618738 1230218 1040660 1848956 CWMTF MONITORING 541900 19932 19932 RENTAL HOUSE 531120 17511 17511 EEP MONITORING 541900 15123 15123 52566 327086 327086 OTHER 76934 76934 HUNTING AND FARM LEASE INCOME 38440 38440 SPECIAL EVENT 754 754 116128 2344736 495780 146076 124398 20129 1549 243064 177278 62283 3503 32182 27419 4400 363 30046 23337 6321 388 55 55 6791 5853 854 84 10043 10043 35414 29394 5666 354 22527 20314 2079 134 LAND STEWARDSHIP-CLEANUP 742774 742774 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE 44895 40800 3854 241 TRAIL EXPENSE 25794 25794 PROFESSIONAL 21408 17361 3934 113 67165 57342 8537 1286 1428234 1302162 118057 8015 214742 184062 297901 295447 60319 76092 8140 10907 19393208 122313 17766522 19270895 7777151 7520597 34663 66282 26159438 27424282 12105 837 43404 72630 55509 73467 X 21648863 23430411 4455066 3920404 26103929 27350815 26159438 27424282 X 916502 333149 -2765 X false true X false false X 1848591 748105 1271593 719938 1848956 6437183 1848591 748105 1271593 719938 1848956 6437183 6437183 109221 333379 296816 361429 327086 1427931 7865114 495780 0.81840 0.83740 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 98 10850.97 1 true 816.00 38336 2355314 68595 94947 16983 2546502 1848040 33375 69087 15245 2355314 1615886 60150 67125 12968 1848040 2034791 45600 96015 14120 1615886 1720111 44700 34815 11571 2034791 true false 18828047 18828047 414342 59483 354859 150819 62830 87989 19270895 DEFERRED INFLOW OF RES-LEASES 60959 COMPENSATED ABSENCES 10271 SECURITY DEPOSITS 1400 72630 X 2344736 2344736 2344736 1428234 1428234 1428234 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 5 CONSERVATION EASEMENT ENFORCEMENT POLICY WAS ADOPTED IN 2011 BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE NOT REPORTED AS INTERESTS IN LAND IN THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE STATEMENT. THE INCOME RECEIVED FROM GRANTS AND OTHER DONATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITIION OF EASEMENTS ARE REPORTED AND THE EXPENSES RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION OF EASEMENTS ARE REPORTED AS EXPENSES. EASEMENTS ARE LISTED AS AN ITEM ON THE BALANCE SHEET. TAR RIVER LAND CONSERVANCY ACQUIRES CONSERVATION EASEMENTS THROUGH A NUMBER OF WAYS. EASEMENTS ARE SOMETIMES DONATED, GIVING THE DONORS OPPORTUNITY FOR INCOME TAX AND ESTATE TAX BENEFITS. WHEN AVAILABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE PRESENT, TRLC MAY PURCHASE THE EASEMENT FROM A LANDOWNER. THIS PRACTICE ISGENERALLY REFERRED TO AS PURCHASING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OR "PDR". NO VALUE IS RECORDED FOR THES PDRS, AS THEY CANNOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED AND CANNOT BE ENCUMBERED. TRLC CURRENTLY HOLDS 98 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 THE ORGANIZATION'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE USED FOR THE STEWARDSHIP AND LEGAL DEFENSE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS HELD BY THE ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE STEWARDSHIP AND LEGAL DEFENSE OF FEE PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE ORGANIZATION. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X TAR RIVER LAND CONSERVANCY DOES NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS OR COSTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. INCOME TAX RETURNS FROM 2022 THROUGH 2024 ARE OPEN TO EXAMINATION BY TAX AUTHORITIES. false false false false false false false false false DEREK HALBERG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 146076 4373 150449 X LAND 4 1040660 false false false SCHEDULE M, PAGE 2, PART II THERE WERE FOUR DONATIONS OF LAND IN THE CURRENT YEAR: MT HARMONY, RICHMOND RUN, TURKEY CREEK AND WILSON FARM. FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TAR RIVER LAND CONSERVANCY PRESERVES THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE TAR RIVER BASIN AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND OTHERS TO PROTECT RURAL LAND, RIPARIAN CORRIDORS AND ENSURE CLEAN WATER. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D TAR RIVER LAND CONSERVANCY ACHIEVED ITS LAND PROTECTION MISSION THROUGH THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: 4)RECEIVED A DONATION OF 35.86 ACRES IN NASH COUNTY, WHICH LAND PROVIDES BUFFERS TO MEADOW BRANCH. 5)OPENED PICTURE CREEK NATURE PRESERVE LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF STEM, IN GRANVILLE COUNTY, WHICH PROVIDES 2.6 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS. 6)BUILT AND MAINTAINED HIKING TRAILS ON NATURE PRESERVES IN GRANVILLE COUNTY THROUGH THE WORK OF A CREW OF DEDICATED LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER GROUPS. TRLC OFFERS FOR PUBLIC USE 14.8 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS AT FIVE NATURE PRESERVES IN GRANVILLE COUNTY. 7)TRLC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HOSTED THREE GUIDED HIKES, WHICH WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, ON TRLC PROTECTED PROPERTIES IN GRANVILLE AND PERSON COUNTIES. 8)MONITORED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND FEE PROPERTIES HELD BY TRLC. 9)MONITORED 64 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS HELD BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 10)WORKED TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY FOR FISHING CREEK IN HALIFAX COUNTY BY COMPLETING THE CLOSE OUT OF TWO ANIMAL WASTE LAGOONS, WHICH ARE BEING CONVERTED THEM TO FRESH WATER PONDS. THE DEQ PERMIT FOR THE LAGOONS WAS RESCINDED. ALSO, A NUMBER OF REMAINING BUILDINGS WERE DEMOLISHED WITH THE WASTE REMOVED AND THE CONCRETE CRUSHED FOR REUSE; FARM ROADS WERE REGRADED AND THE CRUSHED CONCRETE WAS ADDED TO LIMIT EROSION; AND A SEVEN-ACRE MEADOW AREA WAS PLANTED WITH POLLINATOR SPECIES. 11)ENGAGEMENT WITH MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS REGARDING OPEN SPACE PLANNING. 12)SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCES ON LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS LOCATED IN GRANVILLE COUNTY, WHICH LANDS WILL PROVIDE A BUFFER FOR CAMP BUTNER AND LOCAL RESOURCES. 13)SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCES ON LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS LOCATED IN PERSON COUNTY, WHICH LANDS WILL PROVIDE A BUFFER FOR FLAT RIVER AND LOCAL RESOURCES. 14)SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCES ON LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS AND OUTREACH TO LANDOWNERS IN HALIFAX AND NASH COUNTIES, WHICH LANDS PROVIDE BUFFERS TO FISHING CREEK AND LITTLE FISHING CREEK. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT AND EMAILED TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR REVIEW. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE POLICY ANNUALLY. THEY READ AND SIGN A STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE POLICY. AT ANY BOARD MEETING WHERE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MAY ARISE, THE BOARD UNDERTAKES AN ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION BASED ON THE POLICY AND DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A CONFLICT. IF THERE IS A CONFLICT, THEY HANDLE THE ISSUE ACCORDING TO THE POLICY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 TRLC IMPLEMENTED ASC 710-10 TO BOOK ACCRUED SICK LEAVE AS PART OF COMPENSATED ABSENCES. THE PRIOR YEAR NET ASSETS WAS RESTATED TO MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.