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Financial StatementJuly 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011
INCOMEStateFunds $50,000LocalFunds 46,020319Grants
36,300MaterialSales 35,651RiverWatchProgram
5,185UConnNutrientManagementProject 4,005Contributions
3,206EasternConnecticutRC&DArea 1,575
RockallFoundationGrant 750InterestIncome 539Miscellaneous
295Workshops 178
Total Income $183,704
EXPENSESWages $141,043ShrubSale&FundraisingExpenses
25,569Rent 13,200axes 11,667403(b)Matching 4,251elephone
3,281GrantExpenses 2,794EquipmentLease&Maintenance
2,521Publications&Advertising 2,134Insurance
2,028ProessionalFees 750OceExpense
659Conerences,Meetings&Workshops 602
Postage 602Mileage 516Depreciation 163Dues&Subscriptions
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Total Expenses $211,925
Excess (Defciency) ($28,221)
Compiled by Comer & Company, LLC,Certifed Public
Accountants
HE MISSION o the Connecticut RiverCoastal Conservation District
is to promotethe sound use and management o ournatural
resourcesthrough technicalassistanceand education. Our programs and
servicesare provided to municipal staf, land
usedecisionmakers,environmentalproessionals,engineers, armers,
teachers, Realtors,civicgroups,andthegeneralpublic.
Te District holds public meetings everyfourth Wednesday, 7:00 pm
at the deKovenHouse Community Center, 27 WashingtonStreet in
Middletown. All programs andservices are ofered on a
nondiscriminatorybasis withoutregard to race, color,
nationalorigin, religion, sex, age, marital status orhandicap.
Te District serves the towns o Berlin,Chester, Clinton,
Colchester, Cromwell,Deep River, Durham, East Haddam,East Hampton,
Essex, Haddam, Hebron,Killingworth,Lyme, Madison,
Marlborough,Middleeld, Middletown, New Britain,Newington, Old Lyme,
Old Saybrook,Portland,RockyHill,SalemandWestbrook.
Connecticut River Coastal Conservation
District, Inc.deKoven House Community Center27 Washington
StreetMiddletown, CT 06457
Phone:(860)346-3282E-mail:[email protected]:conservect.org/ctrivercoastal
Natural resource proessionals rom the DEEP,CT Sea Grant, US Fish
and Wildlie Service andthe District continued gathering feld data
atBartholomew Preserve in Old Lyme or a coastalhabitat management
planning project.
This rain barrel and accompanying eye-catchingsign were
installed at Kidcity in Middletown aspart o our Rockall Foundation
unded projectto promote rain barrels as easy to use greenpractices
to conserve water and watersheds.
Bank stabilization concerns brought sta to thePattaconk Yacht
Club on the Connecticut Riverin Chester to evaluate whether
relocating riprapand stones currently stabilizing the bank,
butplaced below the high tide line, would causenegative impacts to
the river.
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Saety Fair, kids engaged in a treasurehunt or critters important to
healthy soil. Thetake-home message rom Project Green Lawn?Lawn
pesticides and herbicides can kill thesebenefcial critters that
help plants grow.
CONSERVATION HIGHLIGHTS
