Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Charles River Conservancy, Inc. strives to make the Charles River and its parks a well-maintained network of urban places that invite and engage all in their use and stewardship.
Conservancy Volunteers - This program organizes 2,000 volunteers each year to improve the landscape, health and safety of 400 acres of the urban Charles River parklands. Projects include erosion control, debris removal, brush cutting, tree pruning, bench and rail painting, plantings, restoration of river embankments and addressing invasive vegetation.
One of the Conservancy's main goals is to serve as an advocate for the Charles River and its parklands. This is currently manifested through three prongs: (a) support for the health of the Charles with a Floating Wetland, (b) as a voice in public processes when projects and developments impact the public's access and use of the parks, and (c) communicating information to the public. The Charles River Floating Wetland is a multi-year pilot project that utilizes research, engagement, and placemaking to evaluate a new water quality intervention that may help the river be more resilient to cyanobateria blooms that plague it each summer. Installed in 2020, the wetland will remain in the river for 2-3 years, after which data that was collected will help inform potential larger interevention installations. Being a voice for the parklands involves actively participating in the public processes for development and transportation projects in and near the parks and by building coalitions of stakeholders around common goals. In the past, this has included working to improve the connectivity of park pathways with underpasses, and more recently as an active participant in the I-90 realignment project in Allston. The Conservancy shares information about its work and other news affecting the parklands through a monthly enews letter and preiodic paper mailings.
The Conservancy has worked for many years to see swimming return to the Charles. For several years, it has hosted a one-day sanctioned public swim to allow the community to experience river swimming. The Conservancy is engaged in the multi-year planning and development of a seasonal swim facility, so that there can be a designated space monitored for swimming.
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 |
|---|
| Jasinski Laura | Executive Director | 40 | $124,500 |
| Sunaram Gautam | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Lawaetz Frans | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Koester Lonsdale | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Green Taurean | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gauthier Nathan | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Foote Virginia | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Bida Craig | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Kropper Steve | Clerk | 4 | $0 |
| Iles Debra | Treasurer | 4 | $0 |
| Pickett Joan | Chair | 4 | $0 |
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