Another Reason to Do Your Taxes: The Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund
Have you done your taxes yet? If not, be sure to have them completed by April 15, and don't forget to make a contribution to the Colorado Healthy River Fund on line 42 of your state income taxes. The Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund, financed by the Colorado Tax Checkoff Program, provides tax payers with the opportunity to contribute a portion of their tax return or make a donation to assist locally-based conservation groups in their efforts to protect our land and water resources. 
Since 2003, over 125,000 citizens have donated more than $1,004,000 from their tax returns. Donations collected from the Fund have helped support 72 projects statewide. Projects include River Watch's Macroinvertebrate Bio-Indicator Assessment Project, whose goal was to improve and expand their macroinvertebrate program by providing volunteer groups with standard equipment/training and analysis of their samples. Thanks to funding from the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund, River Watch has able to provide supplies to 6 volunteer groups and have 56 macroinvertebrate samples analyzed. To read more about other projects funded by the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund, click here. Help the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund continue to support local conservation groups complete important projects by making a donation on your state income taxes this year. It's easy! Just fill in the amount you would like to donate on line 42 of your Colorado Individual Income Tax Form 104 or ask your tax consultant to include your donation on line 42.
