Organizations Filed Purposes:
To work collaboratively on water issues and mobilize on-the-ground actions that encourage diverse sustainable use, protection, recovery and enjoyment of Itasca Countys world-class water and shoreland resources that are critical to a strong economy.
The mission of IWLP is to explore and enact strategies to maintain and improve water quality in Itasca County, protect watersheds and to highlight the importance of the areas impressively clean water.
Itasca Waters leads an effort to help property owners curb water pollution and runoff by focusing on shorelands. Through seminars, literature, visits to restored shorelands and consultations with local professionals and experts the project will educate the public in the areas of the aquatic zone, shoreland, erosion/runoff, septic/excavation, and private forest management. In 2019, more than 40 volunteers participated in training as part of the Shoreland Advisor Program. The program provides onsite information and assistance, at no cost, to lakeshore owners interested in curtailing sources of pollution form their property.
Itasca Waters began a two-year initiative to use community driven solutions to protect Itasca Countys water. The process supports engaging all stakeholders in designing a community-wide plan to protect the water quality in the lakes, rivers, and streams of Itasca County. Over 1,000 Itasca County residents were engaged in a variety of ways including online survey, one-on-one interviews, phone interviews, focus groups, and human-centered design sessions to better understand how we as a community can ensure high-quality water in perpetuity. The stakeholders reached include area lake associations, local government, business owners, fishing guides, resort owners, realtors, and the general public.
Itasca Waters hosted the We Are Water exhibit, which took place in 2019. The six-week exhibit was produced in partnership by the MN Humanities Center, MN Pollution Control Agency, and several other state agencies. The exhibit will provide information about clean water and related environmental issues, including septics, unused/unsealed wells, native shoreland plants, raingardens, reducing summer landscaping, AIS, nontoxic cleaners, disposing medications, pet waste, fertilizer/pesticide usage and participating in decisions about water in communities.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Lynn Moratzka | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Bill Grantges | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Meghan Christianson | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tim Scherkenbach | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Davin Tinquist | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| William Marshall | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| John Downing | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jesse Davis | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ben Benoit | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jan Best | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sandy Anderson | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kathy Cone | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Shirley Loegering | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Brian Whittemore | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
| Jan Sandberg | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Pat Leistikow | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| David Lick | President | 1 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202033219349306578_public.xml