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A Letter from the Executive DirectorBoard o
DirectorsTomasODell,Westbrook, Chair
AlisonGuinness,East
Haddam,ViceChairMichaelLutz,Higganum,reasurer
CindyGaudino,Middletown,
SecretaryJennierCharneski,MiddletownJimCostello,East Haddam
GaryCrump, ColchesterChristopherHolden,PortlandimothyMyjak,East
Haddam
BrianOConnor,ClintonJennierWeymouth,MiddletownMarkYuknat,Essex
StafJaneL.Brawerman, ExecutiveDirector
WendyL.Goodriend, NaturalResourceSpecialistBarbaraA.Davis,
OceAdministrator
EricMosher,
WatershedProjectsCoordinatorPamelaBajorek,WatershedProjectsIntern
PartnersAmericanFarmlandrust
CAssociationoConservationDistricts
CCouncilonSoil andWaterConservation
CDepartmento EnvironmentalProtection(DEP)
CResourceConservation&DevelopmentCouncilCRC&DEnvironmentalRevieweamProgram
CSea Grant
NationalAssociationoConservationDistricts
NonpointEducationorMunicipalOcials
Program(NEMO)
UConnCooperativeExtensionSystem
USDANaturalResourcesConservation
Service(NRCS)
USFishand WildlieService
USGeologicalSurvey
WorkingLands Alliance
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HE DISRICS 61S ANNUAL MEEING was held on October 18, 2008
atHammonasset Beach State Park, where Ranger Russ Miller, Director
o the Meigs Point NatureCenter, presented a well-received program
on the shoreline ecosystems o Long Island Sound.
Congratulations to theDistricts 2008 ConservationAward
Recipients!
Environmental Proessionals
Emily Wilson, Geospatial ExtensionSpecialist, UConn Center or
Land UseEducation and Research
Wendy Goodriend, Natural ResourceSpecialist, Connecticut River
CoastalConservation District
Communications/MediaP2 View, Judith Prill, Editor,
ConnecticutDEP Oce o Pollution Prevention
CooperatorAcer Gardens, Sharon and Bill Harris
Municipality o the YearOld Saybrook Conservation Commission
Special MeritEleanore Milardo
Christian Lie Church
Summer Hill Nursery, Michael Johnson
Certifcates o AppreciationGary Crump & Gloria Priam,Priam
Vineyards
Larry McCulloch, Chamard Vineyards
Mark & Mindy Yuknat,C River Expeditions
Old Saybrook Shopping Center,Matthew Rubin
Sunny Border Nurseries, Pierre Bennerup
Tomas D. Comer, CPA,Comer and Company, LLC
HE MISSION o the ConnecticutRiver Coastal Conservation District
is topromote the sound use and managemento our natural resources
through technicalassistance and education. Our programsand services
are provided to municipal staf,land use decision makers,
environmentalproessionals, engineers, armers, teachers,Realtors,
civic groups, and the general public.
Te District holds public meetings everyourth Wednesday, 7:00 pm
at the deKovenHouse Community Center, 27 WashingtonStreet in
Middletown. All programs andservices are ofered on a
nondiscriminatorybasis without regard to race, color,
nationalorigin, religion, sex, age, marital statusor handicap.
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, Rocky Hill, Salem and Westbrook.
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Several things stand out when looking back on the past year. One
notable theme was promotingsel-suciency through land care
practices. Harkening back to the days o victory gardens andmore
utilitarian yards, our annual shrub and seedling sale had a new
ocus on edible landscape plants.And, working with our Project Green
Lawn partners, we advocated starting a vegetable gardenand
encouraged do it yoursel organic lawn care.
Our watershed management eorts continued with a new ocus on
advancing restorationopportunities identied by our assessment
activities. o guide local action, we compiled a restorationreport
or three Mattabesset streams that fow through the town o Cromwell,
and began the nextsteps to implement a plan to improve water
quality in the Coginchaug River watershed.
Parks and open spaces were also a ocal point. Control o
non-native invasive plants, a pet wastepick-up program, and coastal
habitat management planning are just a ew examples o lastyears
natural resource assessment and conservation eorts.
Activities on tap or the coming year include promoting the
control o backyard invasive plantswith our brand new guide or
landowners, coordinating restoration action in the Coginchaug
Riverwatershed, and concluding a strategic planning eort or the
Connecticut River Watch Program.
We are looking orward to another active and productive year, and
want to thank youour donors,volunteers and partnersor being a vital
part o our many conservation successes.
Jane L. Brawerman, Executive Director
