2024-05-13T14:14:20-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 010927490 TECHE PROJECT TECH 3372444645 PO BOX 165 Arnaudville LA 705120165 Patricia Holland Secretary 3372774645 2024-05-13 Patricia Holland 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Connie Castille 125 Roma Dr Breaux Bridge LA 70517 106486 0 X TECHEPROJECT.ORG X 2010 LA WORK TO ENHANCE THE ECOLOGY OF BAYOU TECHE AND TO BUILD AND MANAGE THE BAYOU TECHE PADDLE TRAIL, A DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECOGNIZED NATIONAL WATER TRAIL, FOR TRAIL BASED TOURISM IN THE FIFTEEN COMMUNITIES ALONG BAYOU TECHE. 9 9 0 150 0 0 99536 106486 0 0 0 0 0 0 99536 106486 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 452 112045 107935 112045 107935 -12509 -1449 46161 44712 0 0 46161 44712 WORK TO ENHANCE THE ECOLOGY OF THE BAYOU TECHE WATERSHED. TO ENCOURAGE RECREATIONAL USE OF BAYOU TECHE BY BUILDING A FIRST CLASS PADDLE TRAIL WITH ACCESS DOCKS IN ALL FIFTEEN TOWNS ALONG THE BAYOU. TO WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROMOTE TRAIL BASED TOURISM AND ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BAYOU TECHE CORRIDOR 0 0 12904 15365 PROMOTED THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF BAYOU TECHE: HOSTED THE 11TH ANNUAL SHAKE YOUR TRAIL FEATHER PADDLE PARADE AND FESTIVAL WITH OVER 250 ATTENDEES ENJOYING THE LIVE MUSIC AND PADDLE EXCURSION. LOCAL CAJUN MUSICIANS ENTERTAINED PADDLERS IN OUR ANNUAL BAYOU TECHE PADDLE PARADE. THE TECHE PROJECT HOSTED OUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP BANQUET IN JEANERETTE AT THE HISTORIC ALBAINA MANOR WITH OVER 110 ATTENDEES. A CULTURAL PRESENTATION PERTAINING TO THE ART PROJECT INSPIRED BY NATURAL ELEMENTS OF BAYOU TECHE "MEANDER MINDSET WAS PRESENTED. REPRESENTED THE TECHE PROJECT AND OUR MISSION AT SEVERAL EVENTS. WE ATTENDED SEVERAL EVENT AND WEMALSO GAVE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE GOALS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS. 602 1398 Enhancing the ecology of Bayou Teche: We took part in the spring Love the Boot campaign by cleaning trailhead parks at all of our dock sites. We also periodically pulled trash with boats to account for a grand total of 60 tons of trash in the past 12 years. We partnered with the City if New Iberia and the Iris Conservation Initiative to plant irises on phase 3 of the New Iberia City Park bank restoration project. We held our annual wood duck management workshop in Franklin. We now have 60 participants in our program to rear ducks along the bayou, and are hatching over 800 ducklings annually. We received a grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful and installed trashcans at 10 of our trailheads on the Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail. We also hosted a youth workshop (Geaux Paddle) in June of 2023with the goal of getting kids paddling on the bayou and teaching them about riparian ecology. The kid's art sculpture made with water bottles is on display at the Teche Museum in New Iberia. We plan to continue this workshop each summer. 71697 79803 Encouraging Recreational Use on Bayou Teche: The TECHE Project continued work with the LA Office of Culture and Tourism under a grant (H.013508) to build the Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail access docks in each community along Bayou Teche. In 2023, we finished our work on that grant, installing the last access dock at Poche Bridge. This dock completed our goal to install 15 trailheads along the Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail. We also worked with the Town of Leonville, the Parish of St. Martin, and the Town of Arnaudville with the installation of their complimentary trailhead restroom facilities which were completed in 2023. There are now 3 full-service trailheads along the paddle trail. Also in 2023, we installed over 100 directional signs enabling people to locate the National Paddle Trail dock sites. We plan to continue our work to add features to improve paddle trail usage into the future. 0 0 0 85203 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 LA X X Thomas Holland 3372774636 PO BOX 165 Arnaudville LA 705120165 Patti Holland Council member/ Secretary/Exucitive Director 30 X X 0 0 0 Dane Thibodeaux council Member 0.5 X 0 0 0 Conni Castille Council memberr/President 2 X X 0 0 0 Brent Miller Council Member/Treasurer 1 X X 0 0 0 Eric Martin Council Member 0.2 X 0 0 0 MARGARET SIMOM COUNCIL MEMBER 0.2 X 0 0 0 GREG GUIDROZ COUNCIL MEMBER 0.2 X 0 0 0 JIMMY GRAVOIS COUNCIL MEMBER 0.2 X 0 0 0 ALEX GUILLORY COUNCIL MEMBER 0.2 X 0 0 0 Thomas Holland Bookkeeper 3 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2848 7232 0 77315 19091 0 106486 0 0 0 0 0 0 7232 0 0 0 0 0 106486 0 0 0 X 23004 3000 20004 26957 26957 879 879 1247 337 910 302 302 600 600 57 57 199 91 108 1239 479 760 fabricatio of docks and signs 47215 47215 0 0 sales tax 51 0 51 0 equipment rental 91 91 0 0 bank fees 107 0 72 35 5987 5497 73 417 107935 85203 22280 452 46161 44712 46161 44712 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 46161 44712 46161 44712 46161 44712 -1449 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 83585 173568 131423 99536 106486 594598 83585 173568 131423 99536 106486 594598 0 594598 594598 0 1 1 X Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 The TECHE Project has non voting members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b Committees are not to act on behalf of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A copy of the return is given to each governing member to review before fileing Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements were not available to the public during the 2023 tax year the form 990ez for 2015 and the form 990 for years 2016 through 2022were available online. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Workshop instructors $1,400, Dock site preparation $6.696, way finding sign design $17,000, banquet catering $1,121, concert fees $700, speaker honorarium $40