2026-05-14T12:05:52-04:00 2025-06-30 934301629 Arete Assurance LLC 366 HICKORY TRAIL CROWNSVILLE MD 21032 990 2024-07-01 521859219 Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development WEST 3016711800 1260 Maryland Ave Ste 103 Hagerstown MD 21740 Amanda Kirby 3016711800 2026-05-14 false Amanda Ragula P01272970 4102077392 2026-05-14 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Amanda Kirby 1260 MARYLAND AVE STE 103 HAGERSTOWN MD 21740 5931718 false X www.wmrcd.org X 1993 MD Resource conservation and development 11 11 31 11 0 0 4616484 5914302 0 0 5519 17416 0 0 4622003 5931718 34123 0 0 0 1136742 1164897 0 0 0 2804665 4981496 3975530 6146393 646473 -214675 1640547 963227 671011 208366 969536 754861 The Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Councils WMRC&D mission is to build and sustain resource conservation programs which raise the quality of social economic and environmental development in our region. false false 6006696 0 0 In spring 2024 Western Maryland RC&D Councils Western Maryland Afforestation Program completed our largest planting year to date. We partnered with the Maryland Forest Service and 18 landowners to establish native forests on 178.9 acres of private and public land in Garrett Allegany Washington and Frederick Counties Maryland including 76.8 acres of new riparian buffer and plantings on 17.46 acres of formerly mined lands. In addition to providing wildlife habitat and water quality benefits in the local watersheds of western Maryland these plantings will improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay by reducing the flow of nutrients into the Bay. Estimated annual nutrient reductions achieved by these projects include 149.89 pounds of Phosphorus 5,210.52 pounds of Nitrogen and 320.46 tons of suspended solids. In partnership with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Services Game Bird Program WMRC&D Council employs one full-time Natural Resources Technician Maddy Ondo and two seasonal technicians in support of the Maryland Wild Turkey Research Project. Beginning in late 2022 the project has sought to examine variation in female turkey survival and reproductive success in two study sites in Maryland one in western Maryland and one in the mid-lower eastern shore. The projects goal is to understand the causes of declining populations and broaden current understanding of turkey reproductive ecology in the Mid-Atlantic region. The project also investigates wild turkey disease in varying landscapes. This year turkey trapping occurred between January and April 2024 with a total of 314 total turkeys captured. 85 GPS radio-transmitters were deployed and the rest of the turkeys were leg-banded. Combined with turkeys surviving from 2023 turkeys captured in 2024 provided an excellent sample size at the start of nesting season which runs from April to July in Maryland. Technicians tracked each bird multiple times per week and collected an enormous amount of data. Over the course of 2023 WMRC&D Council partnered with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service in order to complete the Snaggy Mountain Shared Use Trail Bridge Replacement Project which consisted of the replacement of four existing wooden bridges in Potomac-Garrett State Forest with new fiberglass bridges rated for 10,000 lbs. GVW. The project area is situated between Swallow Falls and Herrington Manor State Parks two very popular parks that attract thousands of visitors each year. To complete the project WMRC&D coordinated with Maryland Forest Service to procure bridge removal engineering design build and construction management services. 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In addition the Organization has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service not to be a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509a of the Internal Revenue Code. There was no unrelated business income for the year ended June 30 2025. The Organizations informational return filings are subject to audit by the Internal Revenue Service generally for three years after filing.| Part VI, Line 11b The draft Form 990 is reviewed by the executive staff of the organization and approved by the officer signing before it is filed. Part VI, Line 12c Board members or employees who have a conflict of interest related to a proposed transaction or arrangement are required to disclose that conflict to the Executive Council of the Board of Directors. The individual with the conflict of interest are excluded from decision making around the potential conflict. Independent members of the Executive Council determine whether or not the transaction or arrangement is in the best interest of the organization prior to any creation of such transaction or arrangement. Part VI, Line 19 These documents were not made available to the general public during the tax year. Part IX, Line 11g TREE PLANTING AND CONSERVATION SERVICES: 4,902,481