2021-10-13T15:07:16-05:00 2020-12-31 010463272 EDWARDS FAUST & SMITH 15 COLUMBIA ST STE 201 BANGOR ME 044016355 990 2020-01-01 043047156 BELGRADE REGIONAL CONSERVATION ALLIANCE INC BELG 2074956039 PO BOX 250 BELGRADE LAKES ME 04918 LAURA ROSE DAY PRESIDENT/CEO 2074956039 2021-10-06 true LAURA ROSE DAY 999009999 MARK W CHELLIS P00435439 2079474575 2021-10-06 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z 7 LAKES ALLIANCE LAURA ROSE DAY 11 CHESTNUT STREET HALLOWELL ME 04347 1292887 false X HTTPS://WWW.7LAKESALLIANCE.ORG/ X 1988 ME 7 LAKES ALLIANCE CONSERVES THE LANDS AND WATERS OF THE BELGRADE LAKES REGION FOR ALL. 20 20 48 90 0 1101231 1030792 242724 219344 82530 8531 43420 34220 1469905 1292887 0 0 666618 703033 0 209078 473732 531927 1140350 1234960 329555 57927 3537425 3369253 571038 312143 2966387 3057110 X 7 LAKES ALLIANCE CONSERVES THE LANDS AND WATERS OF THE BELGRADE LAKES REGION FOR ALL. false false 250883 190390 THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE MILFOIL PROGRAM PROTECTS AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AND THE PUBLIC ENJOYMENT OF THE LAKES IN THE BELGRADE LAKES WATERSHED BY PREVENTING AND MITIGATING THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS. 7 LAKES ALLIANCE PLACES BOTH PAID AND VOLUNTEER COURTESY BOAT INSPECTORS AT PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCHES TO CHECK FOR PLANT FRAGMENTS ON BOATS ENTERING AND LEAVING LAKES,AND EDUCATES BOATERS ABOUT THE THREAT POSED BY INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS. 7 LAKES ALLIANCE ALSO ORGANIZES INVASIVE PLANT PATROLS TO SEARCH FOR INVASIVE PLANTS THAT MAY BECOME ESTABLISHED IN AT-RISK AREAS. IN 2020, 7 LAKES ALLIANCE EMPLOYED 20 PART-TIME WORKERS AND 15 VOLUNTEERS THAT INSPECTED 11,362 BOATS ON 5 PUBLIC BOAT RAMPS AND 1 PRIVATE LAUNCH THAT AFFECTS PUBLIC WATERS. IN 2010, VARIABLE MILFOIL WAS FOUND GROWING IN THE GREAT MEADOW STREAM THAT RUNS BETWEEN NORTH POND AND GREAT POND. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2020, 7 LAKES ALLIANCE WORKED TO MITIGATE THE VARIABLE MILFOIL INFESTATION AND PULLED APPROXIMATELY 32,970 GALLONS OF VARIABLE MILFOIL, WHILE EMPLOYING 7 SUMMER STAFF. 109468 751 THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE, AN ACCREDITED LAND TRUST, CONSERVATION GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE QUALITY OF THE BELGRADE LAKES WATERSHED FROM DEGRADATION DUE TO THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPED AREAS WITHIN THE WATERSHED. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, 7 LAKES ALLIANCE WORKS TO IDENTIFY AND PERMANENTLY CONSERVE - EITHER THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF LAND OR THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENT - LANDS THAT PROVIDE HIGH VALUE HABITAT, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND RESTORATION. 99404 1368 THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE LAKE SCIENCE GOAL IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DRIVERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLBY COLLEGE AND SURROUNDING LAKE ASSOCIATIONS, CONDUCTS WATER QUALITY MONITORING ON ALL SEVEN OF THE BELGRADE LAKES. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF OUR LAKE SCIENCE DIRECTOR, DANIELLE WAIN, KEY WATER QUALITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING COLBY STUDENTS, 7 LAKES ALLIANCE STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS ROUTINELY MEASURE TEMPERATURE AND OXYGEN PROFILES, SECCHI DISK DEPTHS, AND ALGAL SPECIES COMPOSITION (USING A FLOWCAM) TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF THE LAKES. 389724 26835 OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: LAND STEWARDSHIP - A GROUP OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF PROTECT CONSERVATION PROPERTIES THROUGH CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE. YOUTH CONSERVATION CORP - THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE WATER QUALITY OF THE BELGRADE LAKES WATERSHED FROM DEGRADATION DUE TO THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPED AREAS WITHIN THE WATERSHED. THE WATERSHED PROGRAM CONDUCTS PROJECTS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED. THESE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED, IN PART, BYTHE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER SECTION 319 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND ADMINISTERED BY THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NONPOINT SOURCE (NPS) PROGRAM. 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SECURED TOWN FUNDING IN BELGRADE, ROME, OAKLAND, SMITHFIELD, AND SIDNEY. SUPPORTED STATE LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION. X X X 20 1864.97 1 true 420.00 38808 555320 138247 41209 395290 1464 338022 186230 514278 42121 185723 1586 555320 198948 11389 -4308 18420 1379 186230 237147 6812 40770 85000 781 198948 344918 28476 135234 1014 237146 0.69540 0.17390 0.13070 false false 2165550 2165550 333506 33349 300157 25501 4335 21166 2486873 1325683 32796 32796 1292887 1292887 1234960 1234960 1234960 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 5 EVERY PARCEL ON WHICH 7 LAKES ALLIANCE HOLDS AN EASEMENT WILL BE MONITORED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. MONITORING WILL BE DONE BY 7 LAKES ALLIANCE STAFF OR TRAINED VOLUNTEERS. THE MONITOR WILL FOLLOW ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES AND WILL THOROUGHLY DOCUMENT THE RESULT OF THE MONITORING VISIT. MONITORING REPORT FORM WILL BE KEPT ON FILE AT THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE OFFICE. WHENEVER A NEW CONSERVATION EASEMENT IS ACQUIRED, THE STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE WILL, WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE EASEMENT SIGNING, CONSIDER THE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS OF THE EASEMENT, ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE MONITORING SCHEDULE, AND APPOINT MONITOR FOR THE PROPERTY. WHEN A LANDOWNER EXERCISES RESERVED RIGHTS REQUIRING NOTIFICATION OF 7 LAKES ALLIANCE, ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL MONITORING VISITS WILL BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE ACTIVITIES ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EASEMENT. THE LANDOWNER WILL BE INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF ALL MONITORING VISITS AND INVITED TO ATTEND. FOLLOWING THE VISIT, THE OWNER WILL BE INFORMED IN WRITING OF THE RESULTS OF THE VISIT, WHETHER THEY WERE PRESENT OR NOT. THE PERSON CONDUCTING AN OFFICIAL MONITORING VISIT ON AN EASEMENT MAY NOT BE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. WHENEVER POSIBLE, THE SAME PERSON WILL MONITOR AND EASEMENT FROM YEAR TO YEAR. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9 7 LAKES ALLIANCE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE VALUED USING THE ZERO VALUATION METHOD. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 THE PURPOSE OF THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE ENDOWMENT FUND IS TO FUND THE LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF 7 LAKES ALLIANCE FEE LANDS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THE PURPOSE OF THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND IS TO FUND LEGAL DEFENSE OF 7 LAKES ALLIANCE FEE LANDS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THE PURPOSE OF THE YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS ACCOUNT IS TO PROVIDE ANNUAL OPERATING FUNDS TO THAT PROGRAM. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE MILFOIL PROGRAM PROTECTS AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AND THE PUBLIC ENJOYMENT OF THE LAKES IN THE BELGRADE LAKES WATERSHED BY PREVENTING AND MITIGATING THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS. 7 LAKES ALLIANCE PLACES BOTH PAID AND VOLUNTEER COURTESY BOAT INSPECTORS AT PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCHES TO CHECK FOR PLANT FRAGMENTS ON BOATS ENTERING AND LEAVING LAKES,AND EDUCATES BOATERS ABOUT THE THREAT POSED BY INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS. 7 LAKES ALLIANCE ALSO ORGANIZES INVASIVE PLANT PATROLS TO SEARCH FOR INVASIVE PLANTS THAT MAY BECOME ESTABLISHED IN AT-RISK AREAS. IN 2020, 7 LAKES ALLIANCE EMPLOYED 20 PART-TIME WORKERS AND 15 VOLUNTEERS THAT INSPECTED 11,362 BOATS ON 5 PUBLIC BOAT RAMPS AND 1 PRIVATE LAUNCH THAT AFFECTS PUBLIC WATERS. IN 2010, VARIABLE MILFOIL WAS FOUND GROWING IN THE GREAT MEADOW STREAM THAT RUNS BETWEEN NORTH POND AND GREAT POND. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2020, 7 LAKES ALLIANCE WORKED TO MITIGATE THE VARIABLE MILFOIL INFESTATION AND PULLED APPROXIMATELY 32,970 GALLONS OF VARIABLE MILFOIL, WHILE EMPLOYING 7 SUMMER STAFF. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: LAND STEWARDSHIP - A GROUP OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF PROTECT CONSERVATION PROPERTIES THROUGH CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE. YOUTH CONSERVATION CORP - THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE WATER QUALITY OF THE BELGRADE LAKES WATERSHED FROM DEGRADATION DUE TO THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPED AREAS WITHIN THE WATERSHED. THE WATERSHED PROGRAM CONDUCTS PROJECTS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED. THESE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED, IN PART, BYTHE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER SECTION 319 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND ADMINISTERED BY THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NONPOINT SOURCE (NPS) PROGRAM. MISCELLANEOUS ASSISTANCE - TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VARIOUS LOCAL LAKES ASSOCIATIONS AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 ORGANIZED WITH MEMBERS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A THE ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERS WHO HAD THE POWER TO ELECT OR APPOINT ONE OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B GOVERNANCE DECISIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY MEMBERS OTHER THAN THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDES REVIEW BY THE PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE TREASURER, THE OFFICE MANAGER, AND THE BOARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C 7 LAKES ALLIANCE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS SEMI-ANNUALLY REVIEWED AT THE SPRING AND FALL BOARD MEETINGS. ALSO, WHEN ISSUES ARISE DURING BOARD MEETINGS, WHERE VOTING IS REQUIRED THAT MAY INVOLVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, BOARD MEMBERS ABSTAIN. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION WAS CONDUCTED BY A PROFESSIONAL SEARCH FIRM AND INCLUDED A REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE PERFORMED ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 7 LAKES ALLIANCE MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE BY-LAWS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE MEMBERS UPON REQUEST AND DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS WRITTEN IN THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE'S BOARD MANUAL AND AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND 990 ARE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC AT GUIDESTAR WEBSITE AND THE 7 LAKES ALLIANCE'S OFFICE. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 173,241 10,005 128,250