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Upper Valley Land Trust
2010 Annual Report
Working Together
to Shape the Habitat We Call Home
“For me the Upper Valley Community Land Trust began when Frances Field of Lebanon,
who, like me, has a small farm, kept pestering me with questions. ‘How are we going to keep
our farms in farming? How can we keep all the farms in farming?’
Fran began attending meetings about land preservation and began pelting me (and many
others) with literature about conservation easements and community land trusts. ‘I think that’s
the answer,’ she told me, ‘and there are land trusts around here. But I’d feel better leaving my
farm under the protection of a local organization, a land trust of my neighbors in the
Upper Valley.’”
~Dana Meadows, First Chair of UVLT’s Board of Trustees in the 1987 Annual Report
From The President
Dear Friends
Around the Upper Valley, the signs of land conservation are increasing. We’re not just talking about
UVLT’s colorful signs marking the locations of conserved properties. We’re referring to profound changes
on the land and in communities.
In the years since UVLT was founded, Upper Valley farms have adapted and innovated, establishing fruit
and vegetable operations, organic dairies and artisinal cheeses. Farm stands now dot our roadways, and
area residents have organized farmers’ markets in nearly every town.
Community volunteers are actively working with landowners to create and maintain trails. Towns are
acquiring land for public natural areas. Physicians are prescribing walking for health. Senior centers are
leading regular hikes on conserved land.
Lake Associations and Conservation Commissions promote watershed conservation to protect drinking
water supplies. Biologists and economists analyze carbon sequestration in our forests. Farmers grow
oilseeds for fuel. Communities rely on biomass for energy. The natural meandering of rivers and streams
is protected as a means of mitigating flood risk. Students observe flora and fauna, keep journals, create art
and tell stories through “place-based” school curricula.
Conserved properties are more than green dots on a map of the Upper Valley region – they are multidimensional: connecting food, water, habitat, health, livelihood, learning… sustainability. The corridors
and networks overlap and reinforce one another. The impacts of land conservation are immediate and
personal. They continuously ripple outward and evolve.
This report describes UVLT’s activities and achievements during just one fiscal year. But fiscal year 2010
is inseparable from past and future– we reach forward empowered by the commitment, boldness and
generosity of UVLT’s founders. As we enter UVLT’s 25th anniversary year we have much to celebrate. But
our region and our planet face serious challenges.
Local solutions, identifying and investing in open space, strengthen the adaptability and resilience of our
communities. Here and now is where we are working, and the scope of possibility is what we make it.
Thank you for joining with us,
Rick Roesch
Chair, Board of Trustees
Jeanie McIntyre
President
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Conservation Successes
Above, Left to Right: Sara Cavin,
Lee & Kathy Larson, and Peg Merrens
at the project closing of the Larson’s
Songbird Forest in Lyme in December.
Laura & Walter
Ryan at the
signing of the
conservation
easement
on the Nathaniel
& Ina Thurber
Memorial Forest
in Unity, NH
in January.
At Left: Fran Wright
signs the easement
on the property belonging
to her and her husband,
John, in Weathersfield.
At Right: James Thaxton
looks on as Lilla Willey signs
the document to protect her
farmland in Thetford.
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959 acres: 13 parcels
Generous Landowners
Susan Baker
Ray & Tina Clark
Ann & Harte Crow
Town of Grantham
Anna Lamb
Lee & Kathy Larson
Town of Orford
Laura & Walter Ryan
Bert & Pam Vines
Lilla Willey
John & Fran Wright
Our successes make the Upper
Valley better - healthier, more
beautiful, more sustainable,
and more hopeful.
238 acres of prime farmland:
tillage along the Connecticut River, organic dairy farm
in Newbury, pastures in Hartland and along Academy Road
in Thetford
Over 3 miles of scenic road frontage:
backdrops for village centers and peaceful rural roads,
landscapes characterizing the Connecticut River
National Scenic Byway
77 acres of wetlands:
Jacobs Brook outlet in Orford, Mill Brook wetlands
in Weathersfield, confluence of Pressey & Tunis Brooks
in Hanover, large wetland and vernal pools in Strafford,
and an outdoor classroom on Thetford Hill
Forest land:
Town forests in Grantham & Unity, Tree Farm in Lyme,
productive Sugarbush in Strafford
Public access:
Seven properties conserved with public trails
or dispersed public access granted to UVLT
Memorial lands:
Strafford and Unity forests conserved
in honor of family members with deep roots in the land
Habitat:
Expanded wildlife corridors for large mammals,
beaver wetlands, upland songbird habitat, riparian areas
with wooded buffers
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Celebration & Community
Events and public programs
Hikes and tours on conserved land
We hiked Igor Blake’s conserved Tree Farm in
Newport, NH at the 2009 NH Tree Farm Field Day.
In January, we snowshoed at the Bear Pond Natural
Area in Canaan with the Mascoma Watershed
Conservation Council. Pictured below, we joined the
Hartford Parks & Recreation Dept. on a Wednesday
walk on the Cossingham Farm Road Trails. In April,
UVLT Trustee, Roger Hanlon, began leading Second
Sunday Strolls on UVLT-conserved trails. Also this
spring, we celebrated conservation at the Nathaniel &
Ina Thurber Memorial Forest in Unity, NH.
Stories & Images
In the fall, we collaborated with local photographer
Jim Block and Fool’s Gold puzzle maker David BeffaNegrini to sell puzzles made with images of the
UVLT-conserved Bicknell Brook area. We hosted
film screenings of “King Corn” and “Food, Inc.”
We collaborated with Everybody Wins! Vermont
to bring children’s author Natalie Kinsey Warnock
to the Hanover Inn. In May, we hosted a digital
photography workshop with Jim Block.
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At Right: the 2010 Patchen Miller Award was received
by the Thetford Elementary School for their support
of the conservation of Zebedee Headwaters.
Spreading the Word
We were the Co-op Food Stores’ partner of the
month for September (see Kathy Larson, above).
We also collaborated with the Co-op to sell water
bottles and promote tap water. We participated
in Flavors of the Valley by distributing samples of
pesto made from the invasive Garlic Mustard. We
shared a table with the Hartland Conservation
Commission and Trout Unlimited at the Hartland
Farm Fest. There, we served Japanese Knotweed
Crumble and discussed ways of removing the
pesky invasive plant.
Learning Opportunities
In October, we participated in a walking tour and
land management workshop at Orange County
Forester, David Paganelli’s family Tree Farm in
South Strafford. During the winter, UVLT hosted
a gathering and discussion for Conservation
Commissioners. In May, we collaborated
with Steve Faccio of the Vermont Center for
Ecostudies to host a vernal pool walk at the Chas
Baker Sugarbush in Strafford, VT (at right & top,
facing page).
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Above: In April, Jeanie McIntyre received
the Sarah Thorne Award, given to her by the Society
for the Protection of New Hampshire’s Forests.
From theTreasurer
Your Land Trust has been managed well through the
economic uncertainties of these past two years. UVLT’s
Endowment has regained the value it had prior to the
economic downturn. This is largely due to the careful asset
stewardship of Doug Loudon, Quentin Faulkner and the other
members of UVLT’s Investment Committee. Our endowment
is the base that lets us be confident that we can fulfill our
obligations in perpetuity.
The engine that keeps the land trust running smoothly is
the superb, dedicated and skilled staff – one of our key assets.
The budget that supports this work is approximately $650,000
annually and two-thirds of this funding comes from the
generous support of our members. Last year, even with the downturn in the economy we were
able to achieve our fundraising goals. And this year, we ended the year right on target. We are
thankful to you for your support through these sometimes frightening times. You have enabled us
to “stay the course.” Our work is to team with landowners and funders and create conservation
easements which protect important parts of our valley. These are the value which we create.
However, these assets don’t show up on our financial statements. This year we’ve protected 13
more parcels and nearly 1,000 more acres. In total, we now hold an interest in 400 properties and
40,000 acres across the Upper Valley. At a conservative $5,000 per acre for development rights,
your generosity over the past 24 years has moved over $200 million in value to the “public side
of the balance sheet.” This is the score of the bounty generated by our superb staff and funded by
your generosity. Thank you!
That officially ends the Treasurer’s Report.
But as a retiring Trustee, I would like to ask your indulgence in a swan song. I would
first like to express my high confidence in the future leadership of the organization, in the staff especially Jeanie McIntyre and Lorie Hood - and in the exceptional Board of Trustees. Second,
we need your continuing generous support of the unique, dedicated staff. Third, as state and
local funding for conservation dwindles, I ask that you keep in mind the possibility and necessity
of funding from within the Valley for specific conservation projects. And lastly, please consider
naming UVLT in your will. I cannot imagine a finer legacy than conserving our beautiful valley
for generations to come.
Brian Walsh
Treasurer
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Revenues & Expenses
Sources
60%
Gifts from Individuals
$420,426
19%
Foundation & Agency Grants
$130,004
14%
Endowment Income
$96,000
6%
Interest & Other
$44,727
*These are preliminary
statements. UVLT’s
annual audit and complete
financial reports will be
available Fall 2010.
To request a copy, or for
more information, please
contact us.
1%
Corporate Support
$4,816
Total:
$696,028
Uses
55%
Land Conservation & Stewardship
$334,971
24%
Community Relations
As UVLT’s inventory of
conserved lands grows,
so does its stewardship
responsibility. UVLT’s
stewardship endowment, to
which funds are added each
time a project is accepted,
supports much of this work.
$143,464
14%
Management
$87,312
7%
Fundraising
$41,066
Total:
$610,036
UVLT Endowments: year ending June 30, 2010
Stewardship
Endowment
Balance at 6/30/2009
Distributions
Additions
Change in Market Value
Balance at 6/30/10
Operating
Endowment
Conservation
Endowment
Special
Endowments
Total
Endowment
1,463,866
488,835
326,732
103,113
2,382,546
(70,964)
(24,701)
(3,349)
(5,191)
(104,205)
144,701
45,323
31,702
8,162
229,888
1,595,279
509,457
355,085
106,084
2,565,905
57,676
57,676
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STEWARDSHIP
What is Stewardship?
When private land is conserved under a conservation easement, landowners agree to work
with UVLT to ensure that their land is protected in perpetuity. The agreement includes annual
communication between the landowner and a UVLT staff member, followed by a monitoring visit
to the property.
Monitors document natural and human-induced changes that may occurr on a property over
the course of the year. Annual visits give UVLT an opportunity to build a relationship with the
landowner, answer questions, and keep track of land use from year to year. If there are breaches
of conservation restrictions, UVLT will discover them in a timely manner and staff can then work
with the landowner to choose an appropriate course of action. These visits also allow UVLT to
provide landowners with requested information or to direct them to appropriate land stewardship
resources.
Between monitoring visits, landowners may continue their
contact with UVLT. Many conservation easements require
UVLT approval for a number of allowed activities, such as
building agricultural structures, subdividing a reserved house
lot, planning for long-term forestry work, or creating a pond.
UVLT reviews each case and works with landowners to ensure
that plans are consistent with the conservation easement.
In addition to being responsible for land under easement, the
UVLT Stewardship Team, with volunteers, maintains seven
paddler-access campsites along the Connecticut River, and
maintains a number of Upper Valley trails on conserved land.
Volunteer Opportunities
Easement Monitoring involves meeting landowners of conserved land, hiking off-trail
to find property boundaries with a map and compass, and recording observations.
Each volunteer completes a training course that includes general easement
information and instruction on using a map and compass as well as hands-on field
practice. Easement monitors have the opportunity to go for walks in the forests,
fields, and along waterways on conserved land in the Upper Valley.
For more information about becoming a UVLT stewardship volunteer, please contact
Jason Berard, UVLT’s Stewardship Coordinator at [email protected]
or (603) 643-6626 ext. 110.
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OUR DONORS
“But the single most
necessary ingredient,
without which nothing
would have happened,
was the supportive
community, which has
demonstrated [...] that it
wants important lands
treasured and protected.”
~Dana Meadows,
First Chair of UVLT’s
Board of Trustees
FOUNDATIONS &
ORGANIZATIONS
Anonymous (1)
Alexander Host Foundation
Animal Rescue League of
Boston
City of Lebanon
Elizabeth Parkhill Charitable
Trust
Hulbert Outdoor Center
Kroka Expeditions, Inc.
LCHIP
Lebanon School District
McCollom Family
Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable
Foundation
New Hampshire Preservation
Alliance
Norwich Gateway, LLC
RONDO, Orford, NH
Saint-Gaudens Memorial
Sherman Fairchild
Foundation
Snow Coasters, Inc.
Society for the Protection
of NH Forests
PERSONAL MEMBERS
Stanley H. & Theodora L.
Feldberg Fund-Combined
Jewish Philanthropies
State of Vermont
Stettenheim Foundation, Inc.
Tarleton Fund of the N.H.
Charitable Foundation Upper Valley Region
Taylor Unity Foundation
The Byrne Foundation
The Charles E. & Edna T.
Brundage Foundation
The CPH Trust
The Frank & Brinna Sands
Foundation, Inc.
The Hartland Foundation Inc.
Town of Grantham
Town of Hartland
Town of Randolph
Town of Thetford
Town of Unity
Two Rivers-Ottauquechee
Regional Commission
Vermont Housing &
Conservation Board
BENEFACTOR
$5,000 or more
Anonymous (2)
Bonnie Allard & Clint Swift
Barbara & Dick Couch
Susan Cross
Charles & Charlotte Faulkner
Quentin Faulkner
Marion McCollom Hampton
Kate & Phil Harrison
John & Joanna Hawkins
Wilfred & Sylvia Hill
Peter Martin & Lynn
Freeman
Peter & Jane Kitchel
McLaughlin
Barbara & David Roby
Rick & Linda Roesch
Elisabeth W. Russell
George & Lynn Tidman
Gretchen & Bob Wetzel
LEADER
$2,500-4,999
Closey & Whit Dickey
Nancy & Don Dwight
Donald Graham & Carol Barr
Douglas & Jean Loudon
Bruce Mays & Cynthia
Maltbie
John & Nomi Stadler
BUSINESS LEADER
$1,000 or more
Lyme Northern Forest Fund,
L. P.
Shepard Butler Landscape
Architecture
BUSINESS SPONSOR
$100-499
A.H.T. Inc. Plumbing &
Heating
Blackmount Equipment, Inc.
DesMeules, Olmstead &
Ostler
Domus, Inc.
EnergySmiths
Hanover Consumer
Cooperative Society, Inc.
Haynes & Garthwaite
Architects
Lake Sunapee Bank
Meadowsend Timberlands
Ltd.
Norwich Bookstore
Resource Systems Group
Stave Puzzles
Wells River Savings Bank
GUARDIAN
$1,000-2,499
Anonymous (2)
Joan Ashley
Ray & Cynthia Barrette
William J. Breed
Lisa Cashdan & Peter Stein
Robert W. Christy
Ray & Tina Clark
Mary E. Connor
Robert deCourcy
Kathryn S. Fuller
John & Pam Gerstmayr
Mary & Steve Gorman
Mrs. Marion W. Grassi
Roger & Ann Hanlon
Peter & Laurie Hayden
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Hedges,
Jr.
Carola Lea
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Laurel & Sid Letter
O. Ross McIntyre
Anne Peyton
Patricia Polk
Dick & Sallie Ramsden
Cam & Mary Anne Rankin
Gordon & Patricia
Richardson
Bruce & Sarah Schwaegler
Nancy P. Sevcenko
Walt & Kathy Swift
Brian F. Walsh & Linda
Patchett
Jennifer & Stanton Williams
SUSTAINER
$500-999
Anonymous (5)
Liora Alschuler
Dr. & Mrs. James Barrett
Arthur & Anne Berndt
Charles & Lynn Bohi
Jane Bayley Brown & Skip
Brown
Dale Peters Bryant
Scott & Mary Carson
Stephen C. Donahue
Bob & Kathy Fox
Milton & Carolyn Frye
Thomas & Margaret Greene
Anne & George Hartmann
James Kelsey
Sue Kirincich & Chuck
Wooster
Sydney Lea & Robin Barone
Helene Nagy
Stephanie Reininger
Riccardo Salmona & Bill
Doyle
Brenda Sirovich
OUR DONORS
Alan Strickland & Marcia
Herrin
Louise Nunan Taylor
Peter F. Welch
Doug & Joanne Wise
Willis & Cristina Wood
SUPPORTER
$250-499
Anonymous (3)
Susan Almy
Dr. Peter Areson
Anne Baird & Stephen
Campbell
Jim Barker
Wayne Barstad & Anne
Kapuscinski
David K. Barton
George Beal
Igor R. Blake
Mark & Kathy Blanchard
John Bowen
Frank & Mardi Bowles
Peter & Susan Brink
George Clark
Fred Cressman
James & Deborah Crowell
John & Deecie Denison
Carol & Rodney DuBois
Stephens Fowler
Helle & Per Frost
Geoffrey & Ellen Gaulkin
E. Ann Gormley & Richard
Wallace
The Revs. Lisbeth & Lyle Hall
June Hemberger
David Kotz & Pamela Jenkins
Lee & David Lemal
Stephen & Katie Loughman
Michael & Elizabeth Mayor
Richard G. & Leila I.
McDanolds
Betsy McGean & Tom
Blinkhorn
Jeanie McIntyre & Geoffrey
Little
Julie McNulty
Peg & Ed Merrens
Porter Miller
Dennis & Linda Mitchell
William & Margaret
Montgomery
Bill Morris & Evie Conroy
Michael & Sally Newbold
Barbara & Tom Perry
John Powers
John Quimby & Michael
O’Donnell
Steve & Martha Richardson
Benjamin Schore
Merle & Helen Schotanus
J. David Scott
James E. & Sonia Sheridan
Dudley & Julie Smith
Mike & Jean Smith
Shiela & Steve Swett
Gretchen & Steve Taylor
Carolyn C. Tenney
Barb Walden & Bill Veronesi
Eugene Yeates
Robert Barnes Zuckert
Leeli Bonney
William & Susan Boyle
Charles D. Brackett
Mr. & Mrs. Sargent Bradlee,
Jr.
Daniel Brand
Arnie & Annette Brown
Peter Bryant
Roald Cann
Betsy & Bob Carlson
Josette & Steve Carter
Bill & Elizabeth Chabot
David Chambers & John
Crane
Richard & Cynthia Chapman
William & Priscilla Chester
Elizabeth W. Christie
Sherry & Herb Clark
William & Elizabeth
Clendenning
Chuck Cole & Liz Ryan Cole
Nicole & Tom Cormen
Alexander D. Crary
Fred & Sophia Crawford
Marilyn Crowell
Elena & Jere Daniell
Robert & Sara Danziger
Douglas Demarest
Donald F. Dickey
Norman A. Doenges
Gary & Karen Douville
Eugenie Doyle & Samuel Burr
Joseph & Eugenie Doyle
Marianne & Brian Doyle
Harrison & Betsy Drinkwater
Mr. Drysdale & Ms. Higgins
Frank H. Duffy, M.D.
Robert C. Dwyer
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Eaton
Cliff & Felixa Eskey
Ray A. Eusden, Jr.
Jane Beckett Fant
Alison Farrar
Andrew Faunce & Miriam
Voran
Mary B. Fenn
Cassandra Fesen
Frances W. Field
Ann A. Flowers
Sharon F. Francis
Ehrhard Frost & Brenda
Courtemanche
Harold Frost
Val Galton
SPONSOR
$100-249
Anonymous (11)
Bill & Frances Ackerly
Peg & Rich Ackerson
F. Clayton Adams
Brooke & Jim Adler
K. Sandra Anderson & Reeve
C. Williams
Peter Hoyle Armstrong
Tara Bamford & Barbara
Knauff
Nina & Roy Banwell
Virginia Barlow
Harriette S. Barnes
Christine & Donald Bartlett,
Jr.
John & Virginia Bayliss
Judith A. Belyea
Suzi & Ennalls Berl
JoAnn Berns
Richard & Jody Biddle
Eric Bivona
Donald Blackmer
Pete & Ruth Bleyler
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Elsa Garmire & Robert
Russell
R. Andrew Garthwaite
Charles & Mary Vic Giersch
Clive Gray
Mary Lou Guerinot & C.
Robertson McClung
Vail & Barbara Haak
Robert & Honore Hager
Bruce & Megan Ryan
Hammond
Mrs. Warren Hance
Fran & Josie Hanlon
Chris & Sally Harris
Karen R. Harris
Nick & Connie Harvey
Emmy & Rick Hausman
Peter Helm
Herndon-Miller Family
Charles & Judy Herr
Dan Hershenson & Kitty
Scott
Nate Hine & Nellie
Pennington
David & Jody Horan
Robert & Megan Houser
Richard Howarth & Kari
Asmus
Dan Hudnut & Lynn Sheldon
Clark & Hope Hungerford
Dianne Ingalls
Robert & Mariet Jaarsma
Ann James
Debra & John Jayne
Stuart Johnson
Deb Jones & Jeem Peterson
Richard G. Jones
Paul & Marya Klee
Karen Kluge & Terry
Rosenmeier
Mark P. Krenitsky
Thomas & Agnes Kurtz
James LaBelle & Sue Fritz
Barbara & Steven Landau
Terese L. Lane
Jean & John Lawe
Jack & Susi Learmonth
Ronnie Lesser & Erica
Schoenberg
Hugo & Cynthia Liepmann
Paul Lindberg
Peggy Little
Daniel & Louise Longnecker
Elsa M. Luker
Suzanne Lyons
Frank Magilligan
Bryan J. Marsh
Mary N. Masland
David & Jeanne Mason
Gretchen & Roger Maynard
Ana Mayor
J. Michael McGean
Peter McGowen
John McLanahan
Rich & Jackie Menge
Fern K. Meyers
Christopher Milanesi
Nancy & Peter Mogielnicki
Daniel Monahan & Heather
Woodcock
Joan Monroe & Clifford Cary
Anne Montgomery
Celina Moore Barton
Robert J. Moran
Arthur & Mary Mudge
Claire & Allen Munck
Donna & Bruce Nelson
Chris & Nancy Nesbitt
Robert & Nita Norman
Jennifer O’Flaherty &
Elizabeth Ryan
Osgood Family
David & Mary Otto
Barbara Palmer & Dennis
Stern
Claude Phipps & Connie
Philleo
Susan & Jay Pierson
Steve & Becky Powell
Ken & Anne Rawson
Judith Reeve & Ken Baker
Sarah Drew Reeves
Mr. & Mrs. James Reynolds
Torunn Rhodes
John & Cicely Richardson
R. G. Ridgeway
Les & Diane Riman
Gerhard Roberts
Eric & Joanne Sailer
Andrew & Terry Samwick
Karen & John Sanders
James Sawyer
Mark & Jennifer Schiffman
Carl W. Schmidt
Alice Schori
Mark & Nancie Severs
Stan Sharenson & Linda
Taylor
Sandra Sharp
Susan Gussenhoven Shea
Margaret Sherman
Nicholas Sherman
Rebecca Siegel
Martin & Carolyn Singer
Carol & Roger Sloboda
Douglas Smith & Stephanie
Ellis-Smith
Ernest Smith
Mrs. Anstiss L. Smithers
Frank & Connie Snyder
Roger H. Soderberg
Martha S. Solow
Hal & Carol Sox
Whit Spaulding
Gary Spiess
Orson L. St. John
Dr. Elijah Stommel & Ms.
Jasmin Bihler
Mike Sutherland
Steve & Lucy Swartz
Betsy Sylvester
David & Susan Taylor
Vijay Thadani & Onita
Connington
Tig & Elise Tillinghast
Peter & Janice Treadwell
Anna Typrowicz & Richard
Cohen
Charles & Natalie Urmson
John Vogel & Judy Music
Bruce & Marion Waters
Frederick Weiss
Andrew Weller
W. Brinton & Jean W. Whitall
William & Christianne
Wohlforth
John & Jeanne WoodwardPoor
Jim & Betsy Wooster
James & Susan Wright
Mark & Susan Zankel
PARTNER
$50-99
Anonymous (12)
Steve Aikenhead
Heywood & Beatrice
Alexander
Pat & Fred Appleton
Marcia B. Armstrong
James B. Atkinson &
Gretchen A. Holm
Robert & Lillian Baier
Sharry Baker & David Merker
Ian Baldwin, Jr.
Barbara Ragle Barnes
Rick Barrows & Marcia
Groszek
Bill & Fran Baschnagel
Ronald Bean
Rev. Judith Taw Beck
Pamela & Birkett Becker
Clifton Below
John Benjamin
Rep. Bernard L. Benn
Shirley R. Beresford & Nan
Jesse
Michael & Ellen Bettmann
Richard D. Bircher
Richard & Pieter Birnie
Jim & Jann Block
Stuart Blood & Li Shen
Amber & Kurt Boland
Dorothy & Richard Bower
Anne E. Brainerd
Martina F. Breed
Hoke Brissenden
Preston Bristow
Richard L. & Robin Brooks
Tom & Suzanne Brown
Phil & Hilary Burling
Mrs. Virginia Cadbury
Camp Glen Brook,
Marlborough, NH
Sean Carapella
Ann B. Carter
Peter & Debbie Carter
David Cate & Margaret
Fanning
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Sara Cavin & Ed Meyer
Robert & Kate Chamberlin
Robert & Janice Chapman
Nancy & David Charkes
Gloria Charney
Dave & Ann Cioffi
Ledge Clayton
David Cole & Karen Henry
Pauline Cole & Neal
Meglathery
John & Nancy Collier
Martha & Lantz Cook
Margaret & Robert Cope
Gibb & Mary Cornwell
Joe & Carolyn Cravero
Stephen F. Crimmin & Liba
F. Hladik
Ingrid Curtis
Lawrence & Linda Dacey
Carolyn & Gary Danielson
Kathy Davidow
Patricia & Vincent J. DeMasi,
Jr.
Bryant & Marilyn Denk
Phyllis Deutsch
William & Barbara Doyle
Nora Doyle-Burr & Robert
Webber
Analee Durant
Jessica Eaton
Patricia W. Eckels
Adele P. Edgerton
Brian & Susan Edwards
Ms. M. Scott Eliassen
OUR DONORS
Becky Ent
Justine & Pete Fahey
William H. B. Fenn
Edward Feustel
Sharon A. Fromm
Michael & Linda Fuerst
Edith M. Gieg
Judith C. Giordan &
Lawrence B. Friedman
Harry & Jacqueline Glass
Paul Glover, Jr.
David & Cindy Glueck
Susan & Jeff Goodell
Dennis & Laura-Beth
Goodman
Steven & Nancy Goodspeed
Charles & Cathy Miles Grant
William B. & Joan G. Grant
Tom & Linda Gray
Grace S. Green
Janet Grevstad
Shirley K. Griggs
Dana & Dan Grossman
Bob Hagen & Kathy
Astrauckas
John & Priscilla Hall
Stephen Halleran
Jennifer Hardy
Susan E. Hardy
Phyllis Harmon
John & Alice Harrison
John H. Hatheway
Carol Quimby Heath
John T. Hemenway
Pete & Ann Henderson
Melissa Herman
Richard & Deborah Holmes
Lorie S. Hood
Jack & Jane Hooper
Jeffrey L. Horrell
D. R. Hughes, Jr.
David S. Hume
Elizabeth M. Hunter
Barbara H. Jones & Willmott
Lewis, Jr.
David J. Jorgensen
Robert & Evelyn Kaiser
Doug & Linda Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Kennedy
Joan S. Kidder
Marie Kirn
Ellen & Roy Knights
Austin Kovacs
Fredrick J. Kull
Ann Lavanway
Bill Lipfert
Dan & Ellen Lynch
Judy Macnab
Margot & Steve Maddock
Lucretia & Peter Martin
Patsy & John Mathews
Faith Mattison
Don & Lisa McCabe
Mary L. McCleskey
Joanne & John McCormick
Martha McDaniel & Stephen
Plume
Betsey McGrath
Lewis & Barbara McKeon
Meg McLean
Gail & Mark McPeek
Kristi Medill & Alex
Medlicott
Roberta & Matt Merrens
Cordelia N. Merritt
David Michael
Betty Miles
Frank & Nancy Miles
Betty & Doug Miller
Tom & Sarah Monego
Lee Monro & Elvin Kaplan
Jean & Ben Moss
Cappy & Mark Nunlist
Abraham & Bineke Oort
Nancy & Bill Osgood
Theodore K. Osgood
John & Ruth Page
George H. Palmer
Louise C. Paquette
Peter & Rebecca Paquette
Henry Worth Parker & MaryMargaret Andrews
Jude Parker
Belden & Lisa Paulson
Dale & Mindy Penny
Harriet & Fred Phillips
Richard & Gloria Plummer
Dan & Rickey Poor
Baxter Prescott
Ted H. Putnam
Martina A. Quellmann
Brian & Allie Quinn
Margaret A. Read & Charles
L. Russell
Andrew & Jessie Reid
Len & Denise Reitsma
George & Mary Richards
Mr. David Richardson
Thomas M. Ritchie, Jr. & Jean
B. Ritchie
Lois C. Roland
Ellis & Virginia Rolett
Andy Rowles
Alan Rozycki
Fred & Joan Rueckert
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sage
John & Emily Sands
Guy & Roxane Scaife
Molly Scheu
Jill & John Schiffman
Sandra & Erland Schulson
Ann & Dean Seibert
Ernest & Loraine Shand
Robert & Patricia Shellard
Susan D. Shimko
Caroline & Iain Sim
Alcott L. Smith
George & Nancy Smith
Don & Irmi Snowden
P. Sobel
Hilda & Robert Sokol
Amy Stephens & Charles
Barlowe
Jane & John Stephenson
Peter & Caroline Storrs
Leslie & Marcus Tarkington
J. Derek Teare & Katharine L.
Reichert
Gordon A. Thomas
DougTifft & Bonnie
MacAdam
Averill Tinker
Amy Vanderkooi
John & Cathy Vansant
Richard Waddell
Barbara & Philip Wade
John Waldo & Mary Welz
Victoria Ward
William & Kathleen Waste
Carol Weingeist
Stephen & Stephanie
Willbanks
Peggy Willey
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Mr. & Mrs. Fielding L.
Williams, Jr.
Lindsey Williams
Bob & Joan Williamson
Jeffery & Dorothy Wolfe
Dan & Nikki Woods
Fran & John D. Wright, Jr.
Sarah Wunsch
Arthur & Jeanne Young
Claudia Zayfert
Philip & Betsy Zea
Robert Zwolak
FRIEND
$25-49
Anonymous (5)
Lynn Adams & Simon Carr
Bruce & Jane Altobelli
Hilary K. Alvarez & Alex
Streeter
C. Treat Arnold
Earl Ashcroft
Henry & Lucy Treadwell
Atkins
Ron Bailey
Joan Baret
Dave & Carolyn Barney
M K Beach
Iris M. Berezin
John Bergeron
Dr. & Mrs. James L. Bernat
David & Carole Bibeau
Linda & Larry Blais
Bob & Melody Blake
Harrison & Marceny Bourne
Erica Brinton
Frank & Jo Ann Browning
Judith & Phil Bush
Harry & Nancy Byrd
Loel & Leigh Callahan
Stu Campbell
Sarah F. Carter
Mike & Nita Choukas
Mary Churchill
Bill & Ruth Cioffredi
Brian Clancy & Amy Driscoll
Jeffrey Cohen
Susan Cohen
Marguerite Collier
Patricia C. Compton
Eliza Cope-Nolan
Kenneth J. Cragin
Fred & Shirley Curtis
Lee S. Cushman
Mr. & Mrs. John Dangelo
Bill Dietrich
Courtney Dobyns
Frank & Gail Dolan
Elizabeth Bowen Donovan
Robert K. Doorly
Martha Drake
Marcia Dunning
Thomas Ebert
Nancy B. Emery
Monica Erhart
Marc & Linda Titus Ernstoff
Katharine & Walter Fisher
Janet Forbush
Jim Fowle
Kevin G. French
Milton Fullerton
Patricia Glowa & Donald
Kollisch
Leah Goat
Mrs. Warren Goldburgh
Nadia & Greg Gorman
Robert & Patricia Gosselin
Kurt Gotthardt
Nora Palmer Gould
Alan & Frances Green
Richard H. Hamilton
Laurie Harding
Mrs. A. E. Haskell
Betty Ann Heistad
Hildamarie Hendricks
Gordon P. Hercod
Sandra Hoeh
David & Kathy Hooke
Peter Jeffries
Homer L. Jernigan
Nancy C. Jerome
Margaret A. Johnson
Nancy P. Jones
Stanley & Cynthia Jones
J. Richard & Carolyn Judson
Sheila Kaplow
John Karol & Portia Fitzhugh
Phyllis & Arnold Katz
Karen Kayen & Terry Boone
Al Kelley
Peter Keyes
Paul & Joyce Killebrew
Lucille Killiany
Joan G. Kissner
M.C. Koehler
Kimberly & Joshua Kol
Joyce & Harry Lang
Ted Levin & Annie Weeden
Suzanna Liepmann
Christine Lilyquist
Bob & Leanne Linck
Mary R. Lincoln
Tom Linell
Robert A. Lloyd
Catharine Mabie
Patrick Magari
James & Suzanne Masland
Tom Massoth
Philip & Stephanie McCaull
Tim & Phebe McCosker
Laura McDaniel
Molly McHugh &
Christopher Schmidt
Jean A. Meck
Dr. & Mrs. Robert K. Mehler
Lyn Swett Miller
Sandra Miller
Caleb Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. David
Montgomery
Karen Moulton
John Mudge
Adair D. Mulligan
Kay & Bill Murphy
Deb & Dan Nelson
Lafayette Noda
Dick & Joanne Norton
Margo Nutt
John A. O’Brien
Thomas Oleksyk
Rosamond Orford
Russ & Ashley Patton
Barbara & Henry Payson
Florence M. Peet
Elizabeth S. Perry
Elmer Pfefferkorn
Sue & Bob Pitiger
Virginia Prince
Terry & Joe Quattrone
Jeff Reed
Roberta C. Reuben
Becky Rice & Don Mesec
Chris & Leslie Rimmer
Judith E. Rocchio
June M. Rock
June & Robert Russell
David & Susan Russo
Alexander & Eileen Samor
Ellen H. Satterthwaite
Walter Schmidt
Hildagarde G. Searle
Bob & Pam Shaughnessy
Marian R. Shields
Kay & Peter Shumway
Charles H. Shurcliff
Anne & Peter Silberfarb
Norma Jean Simon
Marion B. Simpson
Helen Skeist
Vicki Smith
Edward Sonder
C. Elizabeth Spencer
Kate G. Stephenson
Nina C. Strauss
Jan & Stew Stryker
Leslie Sullivan
Systems Plus Computers, Inc.
Nancy B. Taylor
Leslie & Monty Tilles
Joyce & George Tompkins
Walter Tucker
Keith & Kit Van Winkle
Elizabeth B. Walk
William Walker
Marianne & Michael Walsh
Elizabeth A. Watson
Stephen W. Webster
Carol Westberg
Celeste & Walter Wetherell
Tilda & Stuart White
Nancy Wightman
Irene C. Williams
Jane Woods
William & Ruth Zimmerman
WITH THANKS
up to $25
Anonymous (1)
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Janet Gail Besser
George & Jean Boveroux
Josephine S. Bruce
Chris & Anne Callahan
Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Colton
Katherine Holt
June G. Klitgord
Skip Morrison
Charles & Irene Moses
Thomas & Patricia Spencer
Quinn Biron Warren
IN KIND GIFTS
Canoe Club
Cardigan Mountain School
James & Deborah Crowell
Farm-Way, Inc.
Fool’s Gold
Hanover Inn at Dartmouth
College
Mountain Goat
Anne Peyton
Rick & Linda Roesch
Upper Valley Food Co-op
Special thanks for photos to
the Larsons (pages 6, 11, &
13) and Tillinghasts (page 10).
HONORARY &
MEMORIAL GIFTS
In Memory of
Patricia P. Terrill
Mary L. McCleskey
In Honor of
John Ashley
Courtney Ashley
Betsy Watson
Julia Wieting
Terri Ashley
Christopher Ashley
OUR DONORS
Terri Eastman
James W. Ashley, Jr.
Joan Ashley
In Memory of
Dean Francis Snyder
Frank & Connie Snyder
In Memory of
Susan Herman
Melissa Herman
In Honor of
George Grove’s 85th birthday
Susan & Jeff Goodell
In Memory of
James. W. Ashley
Elizabeth A. Watson
In Memory of
Jean Faulkner
John Bowen
Animal Rescue League of
Boston
Elizabeth Bowen Donovan
In Memory of
Douglas & Margaret Christie
Elizabeth W. Christie
In Memory of
Douglas Christie
Lucille Killiany
Janet Grevstad
Richard Hamilton
Ledge Clayton
Walter Schmidt
Hildamarie Hendricks
The Osgood Family
In Honor of
John & Libby Chapin
Suzi & Ennalls Berl
In Honor of
Connie & Frank Snyder (for
Zebedee)
Gene Kadish
In Memory of
Eleanor Griffiths
Kate & Phil Harrison
In Memory of
Richard Haugen (for
Zebedee)
VOLUNTEERS
Frances R. Haugen
In Memory of
Myles J. Connor
Mary E. Connor
In Honor of
Ginger Armstrong (for
Zebedee)
Martha Rich
In Honor of
Eric Pyle & Marty Jacobs
(for Zebedee)
Warren Pyle & Lisl Urban
In Honor of
Thetford Conservation
Commission (for Zebedee)
Jennifer Davey & David Fisk
In Honor of
Stephanie McCaull
Philip McCaull
In Honor of
Barbara & Jim Perry
Al Kelley
In Memory of
Robert J. Bryant
Peter Bryant
In Honor of
Deb & Andy Williams
Lindsey Williams
In Honor of
Allison & Dick Colburn
Harrison & Betsy Drinkwater
In Honor of
The Nierenburgs’
Andrew Weller
In Memory of
Robert Gregory McGrath
Margaret Sherman
In Memory of
Mary Kilmarx
Janet Gail Besser
In Memory of James W. Ashley
and In Honor of
Jim, Barb, Jim III, Peter,
Courtney and Megan
Christopher, Terri, Chris,
Michael and Becca
Cooper, Barb, Sarah, Claire
and Graham
Courtney Ashley, Mark
Wieting, Miles, Julia and
Eleanor
John Ashley & Terri
Eastman
Elizabeth Watson
Joan Ashley
8th Grade Class at
Richmond School
Sarah Austrin-Willis
Anne Baird & Stephen
Campbell
Virginia Barlow
Denis Bassett
Elizabeth Bayne
Ron & Elisabeth
Berthasavage
Dana Blais
Jim & Jann Block
William J. Breed
Bill Bridge
Dick Broussard
David Bruce
Jay Buckey
Jacob Busby
Leigh Busby
Chris & Anne Callahan
Nick Chiasson
David R. Chipman
Christ Redeemer Church
Eammon Coughlin
Don Derrick
Don Dwight
Scott Edwards
Anne Esler
Chester Fox
Frank Furs
Kurt Gotthardt
Donald Graham
Clark & Happy Griffiths
Vail & Barbara Haak
Marion McCollom
Hampton
Roger Hanlon
Connor Hedges
Nathan Hicks
Sally Mansur Hull
Nancy Jones
James S. Kennedy
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Thomas & Katherine Laflam
Jan Lambert
Kathy & Lee Larson
John Laufmann
Judy Macnab
Chakrapani Mandava
Sandy Marks
Bruce Mays
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Tim & Phebe McCosker
David Merker
Ed Meyer
Richard & Melissa Meyer
Tom Morrison
Joseph Nolin
Mimi Pearson
Skip Pedersen
Justin Pevnick
Anne Peyton
Claude Phipps & Connie
Philleo
John Quimby & Michael
O’Donnell
Cam & Mary Anne Rankin
Pip Richens
Rachel Ringel
Rick Roesch
Elisabeth W. Russell
Kate Ryan Reiling
Walter Ryan
Frank Sands
Kate Schaal
Alice Schori
Aime Schwartz
Philip Sebasco
Caroline Sim
Vicki Smith
Don & Irmi Snowden
Alan Strickland
Jan & Stew Stryker
Edith Summers
Louise Nunan Taylor
Tuck School of Business at
Dartmouth
Anna Typrowicz & Richard
Cohen
Topher Watts
Rob Webber
Bob Wetzel
Deb Williams
Reade Wilson
Sally & Timothy Wilson
Doug Wise
Willis Wood
Zebedee Headwaters, Thetford, VT.
Photo courtesy of Jim Block.
GIFTS TO
THE ZEBEDEE
HEADWATERS
PROJECT
Anomymous (1)
Deb Albert
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aliber
Liora Alschuler
Susan Arnold
Bonnie Avery
Brock Barton
Elijah Stommel & Jasmin
Bihler
Peter W. Blodgett
Marty & Ellen Blumberg
Karla Bourland
Regina & Steven Bradley
Stephen Branchflower
Tim Briglin & Laurel Mackin
Karen & Charlie Buttrey
Heather Carlos
Stephanie Carter
The Chaffee’s
Libby & John Chapin, Jr.
Darrin & Catherine Clement
Wendy Cole
Frederick B. Cressman
Sherry Crossley
Kathleen Cunneen
Jennifer Davey
Chris Levey & Barbara
DeFelice
Owen & Eamon Deffner
Lois de la Pena
Alison Dittrich
Debra Dixon
Marcia Dunning
Robert & Shirley Eaton
Jessica Eaton
Jeanne Fabrikant
The Ferriter Family
Denise & Greg Froehlich
Ehrhard Frost & Brenda
Courtemanche
Stacey Glazer
David Goudy
Dana & Dan Grossman
Marcia Groszek
Bob Hagen & Kathy
Astrauckas
John & Patricia Hall
Frances R. Haugen
Lee Ilsley
Corinne B. Johnson
Gene Kadish
Ken & Karen Kaliski
Deborah Kimbell
Laurie & Harry Kinne
Ronald Koeppel
Ann Lavanway
Geoffrey Little
Jennifer Loros & Jay Dunlap
Linda Matteson
Max McCabe
Tim McCosker
Jim McCracken
Amy & Mark McElroy
Merchants Bank
Sandra Miller
John M. Morton
New Hampshire Charitable
Foundation’s Connecticut
River Mitigation and
Enhancement Fund
New Hampshire Charitable
Foundation’s Children’s
Fund of the Upper Valley
Robert Nichols
Duncan Nichols
Terry Osborne
Judy & Tom Ozahowski
Nora Paley
Patrick Parenteau
L. Carl Pedersen
Robert J. & Laura Pulaski
Warren Pyle & Lisl Urban
Martha Rich
William Stevens Riley
SBLC, Inc.
Li Shen & Stuart Blood
Shepard Butler Landscape
Architecture
Bill Shepard & Lelia Mellen
Sarah Shipton
Michael Shoob & Judy
Yocom
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Emily Silver
Snow Coasters Inc.
Ann C. Snyder
Connie Snyder
John & Nomi Stadler
State of VT Fish & Wildlife
John & Margaret Stephens
Alice Stewart
Skip Sturman
Susan Tallman
Eileen Taylor
David & Kathleen Thaxton
James & Melissa Thaxton
Thetford Bake Sale
Thetford Water Coop
Elise & Tig Tillinghast
Joseph Tofel
Town of Thetford
Heinz & Ingeborg Trebitz
Jo Valens
Rick Walter
Watson’s Automotive
Susan & David Weider
Wells River Savings Bank
William & Patricia Weyrick
Sally Duston Whitlock
Dean Whitlock
Ross Whitlock
Ann Wickham
Martha Wiencke
Jean Wolstenholme
Jim Zien
UVLT Legacy Society
We made it! Hikers pictured at the lookout
on the Lackie Lone Oak Trail in Bath, NH in June.
UVLT Board
of Trustees FY ‘11
Rick Roesch,
Chair
Bob Wetzel,
Vice Chair
Douglas M. Loudon,
Treasurer
Chris Lang,
Secretary
Donald R. Dwight
Charlotte Faulkner
Quentin Faulkner
Donald A. Graham
Roger Hanlon
John Hawkins
Kathy Larson
Dennis Mitchell
Anne Peyton
Freda Swan
Doug Wise
Chuck Wooster
UVLT Advisory
Council FY ‘11
Lilla McLane-Bradley
Bruce McLaughry
Patricia Richardson
Frank Sands
Bruce Schwaegler
Mike Smith
Peter Stein
Henry Swan
Steve Taylor
Fred Thomas
Jenny Williams
Virginia Barlow
Bill Breed
Dale Peters Bryant
Lisa Cashdan
Thomas Ciardelli
Deecie Denison
Stephens M. Fowler
Sharon Francis
Clark Griffiths
Paul Gross
Jack Harned
Karen Harris
Kate Harrison
Nick Harvey
Robert Kilmarx
Bill Lipfert
Stephen Loughman
Marion McCollom
Hampton
Leo McKenna
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Joan Ashley
Charles & Lynn Bohi
Roald Cann
Robert W. Christy
Patricia Ayres Crawford
James & Deborah
Crowell
Marion W. Grassi
Marilyse de Boissezon
Hamm
Marion McCollom
Hampton
Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred G.
Hill
Carol Langstaff
Carola Lea
Peter Martin & Lynn
Freeman
J. Michael McGean
Jeanie McIntyre
Christopher Milanesi
David & Sarah Drew
Reeves
Elisabeth Russell
Carl Schmidt
Don & Irmi Snowden
Elizabeth Speer
Anne & David Stephens
Edward & Virginia
Taylor
Genevieve Williamson
UVLT Staff FY ‘11
Jason Berard,
Stewardship Coordinator
Amber Boland,
Conservation Mapping
& Field Specialist
Sara Cavin,
Project Manager
Nora Doyle-Burr,
Programs Coordinator
Pete Helm,
Vice President
Stewardship
Lorie Hood,
Office Manager
Jeanie McIntyre,
President
Peg Merrens,
Vice President
Conservation
James Thaxton,
Project Manager
Photo by Lee Larson - taken on Wright’s Mountain
in Bradford, VT prior to UVLT’s 2010 Annual Meeting.
The Upper Valley Land Trust helps people conserve land.
We engage people in the vision and process of land conservation and in the stewardship of
conserved lands. We provide conservation leadership, tools and expertise to permanently protect
the working farms, forested ridges, wildlife habitat, water resources, trails and scenic landscapes
that make the Upper Valley a special place to live.
Our conservation projects secure the mixture of land uses that are critical to the region’s vitality
and identity. These transactions include donated conservation agreements and purchases; land
received through bequests or bought with local conservation funds. We conserve heritage parcels
that will pass through a family for generations and we conserve properties that are for sale right
now - all through voluntary efforts of landowners and communities.
For each parcel we protect, we are committed forever to uphold the conservation values entrusted
to us. To ensure that we can fulfill this obligation, UVLT maintains an active monitoring program
backed by a dedicated endowment fund.
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NONPROFIT
Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
White River Jct., VT
Permit # 192
19 Buck Road
Hanover, NH 03755
This Year, Help Us Celebrate 25 Years
of Land Conservation in the Upper Valley!
Find Upcoming Events at www.UVLT.org