| 词条 | Western Cave Conservancy |
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| Non-profit_name = Western Cave Conservancy | Non-profit_type = | founded_date = {{start date and age|2003|paren=yes}} | founder = | headquarters = Santa Cruz, California, United States | key_people = | area_served = Western United States | focus = | method = Conservation by management and acquisitions | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | Non-profit_slogan = "Protecting the West's Last Frontier" | homepage = {{URL|westerncaves.org}} }} The Western Cave Conservancy is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in central California. It was primarily established to secure permanent protection for threatened caves in the western United States. The WCC also provides management, conservation, and education information to individuals, groups, organizations, and governmental agencies. [1]MissionThe primary objective and purpose of the Western Cave Conservancy is to protect caves and associated natural and cultural resources within the western United States. [2]Bylaws of the organization outline the following goals:[3]
Scientific ContributionsSeveral members of the WCC received significant publicity in August, 2012 following the discovery and analysis of a new family of spiders Trogloraptoridae.[4] IncorporationThe WCC is incorporated under the State of California as a nonprofit public benefit corporation. It was federally recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service in February, 2003.[5] In 2007, the WCC received the additional designation as a nonprofit public charity under section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Service.[6] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Western Cave Conservancy|url=http://www.westerncaves.org/|accessdate=2017-01-30}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Bylaws of the WCC|url=http://www.westerncaves.org/organizational-documents/wcc-bylaws.pdf|accessdate=2017-01-30}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Bylaws of the WCC|url=http://www.westerncaves.org/organizational-documents/wcc-bylaws.pdf|accessdate=2017-01-30}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=An extraordinary new family of spiders from caves in the Pacific Northwest|url=https://www.pensoft.net/journal_home_page.php?journal_id=1&page=article&SESID=506db58bf7fb759f274030c775a4539b&type=show&article_id=3547&issue_id=295&ttar=da&search=trogloraptor&IN=Journals&TIP=&Image100_x=0&Image100_y=0&|accessdate=2017-01-30}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=IRS Letter of Determination|url=http://www.westerncaves.org/organizational-documents/2007IRSFinalDeterminationLetter.pdf|accessdate=2017-01-30}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=IRS Letter of Determination|url=http://www.westerncaves.org/organizational-documents/2007IRSFinalDeterminationLetter.pdf|accessdate=2017-01-30}} External links
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