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The Newsletter of the
Conservation Trust for North Carolina
Spring 2013
North Fork Reservoir
It’s not often that we get to protect the same
place twice. But the city of Asheville’s forested
watershed in the Black Mountains is not your
typical property.
For one thing, it is a vast and spectacular
wilderness. Its 17,543 acres are home to cleanrunning headwater streams, majestic forests,
and healthy wildlife habitat. The land can be
seen along 15 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Countless creeks trickle down the mountainsides into two pristine drinking water reservoirs
– Bee Tree and North Fork.
For another, the question of who will manage Asheville’s water supply in the future is
rather controversial these days. The city owns
and manages the property and water system,
but state legislators are writing a bill that would
transfer authority for the water system to the
Metropolitan Sewerage District or some other
entity. The argument is heated, and is the latest
installment in a long-running dispute between
urban and rural water
users near Asheville.
The fate of the legislation remains to be
determined. While
View of Asheville watershed from the Blue Ridge Parkway
CTNC won’t take a posiquality, forest and habitat health, and views
tion on it because it touches on several issues
from the Parkway. It was a state-of-the-art docuwith which we have no role, we did think it was
ment in those early days of easements, but
important to do whatever we could to ensure
we’ve recognized over the years that there were
that the watershed will be protected under the
not enough resource protections and clarity in
strongest possible conservation terms, regardthe original agreement.
less of future management.
Asheville City Councilman Marc Hunt took
“The new agreement guarantees that no
the lead in pushing to strengthen the existing
matter who is in charge of Asheville’s water
conservation easement. He brought together
supply in the future, stronger protections
other city councilors and staff with CTNC and
for drinking water quality, forest health,
the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conserwildlife habitat, and scenic views will be
vancy (SAHC, the local land trust based in
locked into place forever,” said Reid Wilson,
Asheville – www.appalachian.org) to identify
CTNC executive director.
areas in the easement that were either not
Since 1996, CTNC has held a conservation
easement on the watershed to protect water
SPOTLIGHT continued on page 4
REID WILSON
As we transition from winter to spring,
change is all around us. Days are lengthening,
buds are bursting, and forests are shifting from
gray to green seemingly overnight.
Nowhere is change more evident than in
Raleigh. We have a new governor, and 103 out
of 170 legislators are serving in their first or second terms. Because the pace of land conservation in North Carolina is so dependent on state
funding and tax incentives, CTNC and local land
trusts are working overtime to educate these
elected officials about the health, quality of life,
and economic benefits of land conservation.
It shouldn’t be a steep learning curve for
Gov. McCrory. As Charlotte’s mayor, he was a
champion for conserving land to protect drinking water in Mountain Island Lake, and creating
greenways on Little Sugar Creek and elsewhere
that have spurred healthy family recreation and
economic development.
He’ll face many difficult choices, but conservation funding shouldn’t be one of them. It’s
such a small amount of money relative to the
rest of the state budget, and it produces so
many benefits for all North Carolinians.
The state’s four successful conservation
trust funds have taken a big hit in recent years.
We have urged the governor and legislature to
restore some of that funding to ensure that high
priority properties can be conserved in the years
ahead. Our “asks” include:
• $40 million per year for the Clean Water
Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) as a
recurring budget item
• $5 million per year, recurring, for the
Agricultural Development and Farmland
Preservation Trust Fund (ADFPTF)
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• Maintaining dedicated revenue source
(deed stamp tax) for the Natural Heritage Trust Fund and Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, and opposing any
diversion of those funds
• Maintaining the NC Conservation Tax
Credit for landowners who donate conservation easements
(For more details on our legislative agenda,
see page 5).
We’re fighting for these programs for reasons that are important to all North Carolina
families – conserving land safeguards drinking
water quality and clean air, creates parks and
trails for healthy exercise, and maintains family
farms that produce fresh local foods. Plus, open
spaces and clean water provide the foundation
for agriculture, tourism, the military, and hunting and fishing, and boost the state’s ability to
attract new business.
At press time, Gov. McCrory was putting the
finishing touches on his proposed two-year
budget. From there, the state Senate and then
the House will take it up; both are expected to
make changes. Legislative leaders have set an
ambitious timeline for completing the budget so
that they can adjourn before June 30.
What that means for all of us who care about
conserving our forests, streams, parks and farms
is that we’ve got to get cracking now to influence the decisions being made on the budget.
The stakes are high. You can play a critical role
by talking to your elected officials. They respond
to the issues their constituents care about.
To stay up to date on the issues, please sign
up for our enewsletter and action alerts at
www.ctnc.org/enews, and follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ct4nc). Tell your
family and friends to get involved as well.
Working together, we can ensure that future
generations benefit from a sound and comprehensive approach to land conservation across
North Carolina. After a cold winter, let this be a
time of spring renewal for conservation funding
and land protection in our beautiful state.
MISSION
The Conservation Trust for North Carolina
works with landowners, local land trusts,
communities, and government agencies to
save the places you love – streams, forests,
farms, parks, and scenic vistas – for today and
for future generations.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Wilson, President
Jennie Derby, Vice President
Jim Pick, Secretary
John Gonella III, Treasurer
Andy Brown
Derwin Dubose
Diane Evia-Lanevi
Victor Harris
Bill Holman
Julia G. Mack
Jeff McKay
Robert Orr
Raymond E. Owens Jr.
Megg Rader
Marc Rudow
Kelley Dixon Russell
John Stanback
Dale Threatt-Taylor
Lysandra Weber
Roy Alexander, ex officio
Walter Clark, ex officio
STAFF
Development Director
Reid Wilson
Margaret J. Newbold
Melanie Allen
Alberto Alzamora
John Bell
Special Projects and Grants
Coordinator
Caitlin Burke
Executive Director
Associate Director
Diversity Program Coordinator
Staff Accountant
Fundraising Assistant/
Office Manager
Finance Director
Government Relations Director
Land Protection Director
Development Associate
Rebecca Hankins
Wendy Howard
Edgar Miller
Rusty Painter
Jan Pender
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CTNC PROTECTS BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY VISTA, HISTORIC TRAIL
In December 2012,
CTNC purchased a property next to the Heffner
Gap Overlook at Milepost 326 of the Blue
Ridge Parkway near
Spruce Pine. In addition
to its spectacular views,
the tract contains an important portion of the
Overmountain Victory
National Historic Trail
(OVT), the route taken
by colonial militia to the pivotal battle of Kings
Mountain during the Revolutionary War.
The 128-acre McDowell County property is
visible from both the Heffner Gap and Bear Den
overlooks, and lies between two other properties
that CTNC previously protected: the 1,488-acre
CSX conservation easement and the 534-acre
Rose Creek/OVT Natural Area, which is now a
state game land. The tract contains a short but
critical section of the OVT that links nearly 1.6
miles of the Trail on the CSX property with a 1.3mile section on the Rose Creek property.
National Park Service (NPS) Overmountain
Scenic Vista from
Heffner Gap Overlook
Victory National Historic
Trail Superintendent Paul
Carson said, “CTNC’s protection of this property will
open up a new section of
the trail for public use. It is
especially exciting because
so much of the surrounding
landscape and views from
the trail will remain as they were at the time the
patriots traveled this route.”
Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Phil
Francis added, “Stunning views from the
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail Superintendent Paul Carson (green jacket) leads a
hike on the Heffner Gap property
Heffner Gap and Bear Den Overlooks will remain unspoiled because this property was conserved. It’s especially important since the tract is
so close to the Parkway boundary.”
“Protection of this property will provide
multiple benefits for generations to come,” said
Reid Wilson, CTNC executive director. “Beautiful views from two Parkway overlooks will be
preserved, a portion of the Overmountain Victory Trail will connect two longer sections on either side for hikers, and the forest, creeks and
wildlife habitat will remain healthy.”
CTNC purchased the property for $700,000
from John & Anna Watson of Atlanta, GA using
grants from the NC Department of Transportation’s Scenic Byways Program, NC Clean Water
Management Trust Fund, NC Environmental Enhancement Grants Program, and a generous donation from Fred & Alice Stanback of Salisbury.
CTNC plans to transfer the property to the
National Park Service to be incorporated within
the official boundaries of the Blue Ridge Parkway
and dedicated as an official section of the NPS
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. The
OVT will soon be open on the Heffner Gap tract.
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SPOTLIGHT continued from page 1
strong enough to ensure long-term protection
of the property, or were too vague to provide
clear guidance to future land managers.
Amending an easement is not something we
do lightly; these legal agreements are intended
to last forever. Plus, because both CTNC and
SAHC have earned national accreditation, we
cannot amend easements unless those changes
will make the agreement stronger. We saw an
opportunity to significantly improve the easement, so we began working with our partners to
make the upgrade. It took several months, but it
wasn’t a typical “us vs. them” negotiation. All
the parties shared the same goal of putting in
place stronger protections for water quality, forest health, wildlife habitat, and Parkway vistas.
The new easement’s top priority is to care
for the land to ensure high water quality in the
streams and reservoirs. A key provision is that
commercial logging is now prohibited on
the property. The agreement calls for a forest
stewardship plan to guide activities that will
maintain forest health and wildlife habitat. And,
the easement ensures that spectacular views of
the watershed along 15 miles of the Blue
Ridge Parkway will remain unspoiled.
North Fork Swannanoa River
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Both the Asheville City Council and CTNC
Board of Directors approved the new easement,
and it was officially recorded on January 28,
2013. CTNC will hold the easement and monitor the property each year to ensure that its provisions are being upheld. SAHC will serve as the
“backup holder”
should that become necessary.
SAHC was a
crucial partner
throughout the
redrafting of the
agreement.
“When the original easement
was put into
place in 1996, it
was state-of-the-art. However, in the years since
then we’ve learned a great deal about how to
strengthen such agreements so that they withstand the test of time. It was wise for the parties to take action to strengthen the
protections for the watershed,” said Carl Silverstein, SAHC executive director.
“It was nearly 100 years ago that Asheville’s
leaders began acquiring lands in the watershed,”
said Marc Hunt, Asheville City Council member.
“They knew that protecting the land that feeds
the water supply was critical to public health
and economic growth. Approval of stronger
permanent protections will build on that
legacy and will ensure safe and plentiful
drinking water for generations to come.”
CTNC Board member Marc Rudow of
Asheville, a real estate attorney, gave generously
of his time and expertise to
help make the new easement as strong as possible.
In addition, Fred and Alice
Stanback of Salisbury made a
generous donation that will
be used to create the forest
stewardship plan and other
land management plans. For
those contributions, we are
literally forever grateful. {
FISCAL CLIFF DEAL BOOSTS CONSERVATION
Conservation funding and policy
were elements of the “fiscal cliff” bill that
Congress passed and the President
signed into law in January. The most important conservation measure renews for
2012 and 2013 the enhanced federal tax
deduction for landowners who donate
conservation easements. This will help
land trusts work with farmers, ranchers
and other modest-income landowners to
significantly increase the amount of land
conserved nationwide. In addition, the
deduction for charitable giving was left
largely intact.
Still up in the air are the fate of the Farm
Bill’s conservation programs and funding levels
for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Congress will consider both in the coming
months. In February, North Carolina Senator
Richard Burr introduced bipartisan legislation
that would require full funding for
LWCF, a critical source of funding for
land acquisition projects that create and
expand parks, provide recreational opportunities, protect water quality, and
ensure healthy wildlife habitat. We
greatly appreciate Sen. Burr’s continued
strong leadership! We also thank Senator
Kay Hagan for cosponsoring the bill.
There is a lot of work ahead to ensure strong federal funding and policies
for conservation. We need your help!
Please sign up to receive our action alerts
(www.ctnc.org/enews) so that you can communicate with your senators and representative.
Thank you!
STATE CONSERVATION FUNDING AND INCENTIVES FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE
With the arrival in Raleigh of a new governor and legislature, the crystal ball is cloudy as
to the fate of the state’s four conservation trust
funds and the NC Conservation Tax Credit.
There are so many new faces that it’s simply impossible to predict what’s going to happen.
Because of the recession and changing priorities, we’ve seen a steep decline in conservation
funding since 2008. At the top of our agenda is
increasing the Clean Water Management Trust
Fund (CWMTF) to $40 million per year. Last year
CWMTF was reduced to under $11 million,
down from $50 million in the previous year and
its peak of $100 million. The current level of
funding will provide grants for less than 10 percent of the more than $125 million requested to
protect drinking water supplies and other water
resources. In addition, the current budget makes
CWMTF a “non-recurring” item, which means
that it starts at zero in the new budget being considered. We will push hard for CWMTF to be
made a recurring item again.
We’ll also advocate for an increase in the
Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund (ADFPTF) from $1.7 million
per year to $5 million. The ADFPTF provides
funding for agricultural easements on family
farms and projects to make farming operations
more profitable. To date, the ADFPTF has protected nearly 13,000 acres of working farms and
provided more than $3 million for agricultural
development projects.
We’ll make a concerted effort to protect the
dedicated funding source for the Parks and
Recreation Trust
Fund (PARTF)
and the Natural
Heritage Trust
Fund (NHTF).
These trust
funds are supported by revenues collected
through the
deed stamp tax,
which provided more than $40 million last fiscal
year to expand state and local parks and protect
significant natural heritage areas and cultural resources.
Another major public policy issue that’s
being debated is tax reform. One legislative
proposal would eliminate the state income tax
and partially replace those revenues with new
taxes on services and an increased sales tax.
The proposal would eliminate the NC Conservation Tax Credit, which is available to
landowners who donate conservation easements on their properties.
The credit has been successful in protecting
more than 230,000 acres of conservation land
valued at $1.3 billion. For every dollar of tax
credit used, the state has leveraged nearly six
dollars in donated
land value. The
proposal could
also result in less
revenue being
available for land
acquisition funding. The combination of losing the
conservation tax
credit plus decreased funding would be a devastating blow to
conservation in North Carolina.
Strong bipartisan public support exists for
land conservation, and we believe Governor McCrory’s conservation record and emphasis on
water resources and infrastructure may carry the
day to move conservation programs forward.
Make your voice heard on these critical conservation issues – please sign up to receive our
e-newsletter and action alerts at
www.ctnc.org/enews.
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BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY & BLOWING ROCK EXCHANGE LANDS
In December 2012, the National Park Service (NPS) and the Town of Blowing
Rock completed an important land exchange that adds 192 pristine forested acres
to the Parkway’s official boundary. In return, Blowing Rock received from the
Park Service a 20-acre property that contains the town’s drinking water reservoir.
The entire process took eleven years! CTNC kicked things off in 2001 by purchasing the 192-acre Johns River Gorge property before a developer could implement plans to build homes there. The tract, adjacent to Moses Cone Park and US
Forest Service lands, contains healthy forests and wildlife habitat, and a beautiful
hiking trail along the pure waters of China Creek. The trail will be available for
public use.
The town of Blowing Rock and CTNC worked together to secure a grant from
the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund so that the town could purchase the
property from CTNC in 2003. Since then, NPS and Blowing Rock have been working together to trade the properties. Federal land exchanges require congressional approval, and in 2010 President Obama signed the bill into law.
This is a
huge win for
the forest,
creek, trails,
and all who
will enjoy
them. Thank
you to all who
communicated
with congressional offices
and/or submitted supportive
comments to
the National
Park Service
along the way.
Hikers enjoy China Creek Trail
Johns River
IRA CHARITABLE ROLLOVER EXTENDED
After a 2012 fourth quarter marked by the
uncertainty of many unsetting tax planning opportunities, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of
2012 has extended through 2013 the IRA charitable rollover. The provision allows an exclusion from gross income for qualified charitable
distributions of up to $100,000 from a traditional individual retirement account (IRA) or a
Roth IRA, which would otherwise be included in
income. To qualify, the charitable distribution
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must be made to a charity
to which deductible contributions are made on or
after the taxpayer attains
70 1/2 years of age. Such
distributions are not
taken into account for
charitable deduction purposes; i.e., the taxpayer cannot claim the contribution as an itemized deduction. The
distribution is required
to be made by the IRA
trustee directly to a charitable organization (such
as CTNC). In addition, a
qualified charitable distribution is taken into account in determining if
the taxpayer's minimum required distribution
requirements have been satisfied for the year.
BOARD AND STAFF CHANGES
After a three-year
term on the CTNC
board, David Huffine
of Wilmington rolled
off the board in December. David was
an outstanding
board member,
whose sound advice
on land protection
deals and conservation of foreclosed
properties was particularly helpful as
we navigated an altered land protection
and economic landExecutive Director Reid Wilson, David Huffine, Board President John
scape. Fortunately
Wilson (L-R)
for us, David has
and we appreciate all they did for conservation
agreed to remain on our Land Protection Comon the CTNC team!
mittee. Thank you, David, for your top-notch
The bright side? We’ve welcomed two excelservice to the board and to land conservation
lent new staff people! Rebecca Hankins, our
throughout North Carolina!
new Fundraising Assistant and Office Manager,
We also have a new board Vice President,
joined us in December and is doing a great job
Jennie Derby of Charlotte. She is a Business
getting us organized for upcoming events and
Planning Specialist & Wealth Management Advioutreach.
She brings over ten years of fundraissor with Northwestern Mutual Financial Neting and communications experience in the nonwork. She joins returning board officers John
profit world. She received her B.A. in Art History
Wilson, President; Jim Pick, Secretary; and John
from
the College of the Holy Cross and also
Gonella III, Treasurer.
earned her Master’s Degree in Museum Studies
We recently bid fond farewells to two wonderful staff members – Lisa Creasman, our Con- and a Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Seton Hall University.
servation Projects Director, who moved to
Caitlin Burke came aboard in February as
Baton Rouge, and Megan Smith, Office and
our
Special Projects and Grants Coordinator. As
Membership Administrator, who is moving to
a member of the Land Protection team, she will
Winston-Salem. They both did fabulous work
manage collaborative grants with numerous land trusts including the Upper
Neuse Clean Water Initiative and Scenic
Byways program. She’ll help with our
farmland preservation work and land
stewardship activities as well. She brings
great expertise in natural resource policy
and experience in non-profit management
and advocacy. She has a PhD in Forestry
from NC State University and a BS in
Wildlife Science from Virginia Tech.
Caitlin Burke
Rebecca Hankins
North Carolina land trusts share information
and work together to promote and expand
land conservation and land trust
effectiveness across the state.
STATEWIDE
Black Family Land Trust
North Carolina Rail-Trails
MOUNTAINS
Blue Ridge Conservancy
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Land Trust for the Little Tennessee
National Committee for the New River
Pacolet Area Conservancy
Southern Appalachian Highlands
Conservancy
PIEDMONT
Catawba Lands Conservancy
Davidson Lands Conservancy
Eno River Association
LandTrust for Central North Carolina
Lumber River Conservancy
Piedmont Land Conservancy
Sandhills Area Land Trust
Tar River Land Conservancy
Triangle Greenways Council
Triangle Land Conservancy
COAST
Northeast New Hanover Conservancy
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
Smith Island Land Trust
a subsidiary of Bald Head Island Conservancy
Scan this code with
your smartphone to
find your local land
trust, or visit
www.ctnc.org/ltmap.
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Join the
Conservation Trust
for North Carolina
this summer for
kid-friendly hikes
and events that will
connect you and
your family to the
natural world.
Saturday, June 1 – Cane River Hike: Come and splash in the Cane River and enjoy
an afternoon hike near Mount Mitchell in Yancey County. This spirited gathering includes a
cookout and plenty of time to play and explore.
Hosts: CTNC Board Member Bob Orr and wife, Louise
Local Land Trust Partner: Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Time: Noon to 5:00 | Hike Difficulty: Options available, depending on interest
Saturday, July 20 – Linville Gorge Hike: Enjoy the
spectacular views of one of Eastern America’s most scenic and
rugged gorges. We’ll hike through protected forests that contain
virgin hemlock, white pine, oaks, hickory and birch.
Hosts: CTNC Board Member Megg Rader and husband,
Judge Robert Rader
Local Land Trust Partners: Blue Ridge Conservancy,
Time: 1:00 to 5:00 | Hike Difficulty: Moderate
Please respond early. Space is limited. To RSVP,
call Rebecca at 919-828-4199 ext. 17
or email [email protected].
Please visit www.ctnc.org to get involved in land
conservation in North Carolina.
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Saturday, August 17 – Blowing Rock Area: Enjoy a
guided hike along protected land in the Blowing Rock area.
Make a long weekend of it and attend a Thursday evening
reception at the Gideon Ridge Inn to learn about conservation
efforts in the High Country.
Hosts: CTNC Board and Staff
Local Land Trust Partners: Blue Ridge Conservancy,
Gideon Ridge Reception: August 15, 5:00 to 7:00
Hike: August 17, 1:00 to 5:00
Hike Difficulty: Options available, depending on interest
CONSERVATION SUPPORTER LEAVES GENEROUS LASTING LEGACY
By John Bell, Development Director
Martha Avison Woodson
they must-- it’s incumbent
loved nature and beauty of all
on the present generation
kinds, and she loved children.
to help them experience it
From the orchids in her
more fully.
home, to the birds outside her
Too many young people
living room window, to memotoday are growing up inries of her drives through oncedoors. Sedentary life and
rural Wake County, Martha took
fast-paced electronics cause
much pleasure in nature. On one
numerous physical and psyof my first visits with her, Martha
chological deficiencies such
enthusiastically described a redas obesity and an inability to
tailed hawk named “Pale Male,”
concentrate. Kids are inMartha Woodson
one of the first to establish its
creasingly unaware of nanest on a tall building facing New York’s Central ture, indifferent to it. If young people don’t
Park. She first learned to identify wildflowers on spend more time outside, and develop an apchildhood walks in the woods of rural western
preciation for streams, plants, and wildlife, they
Massachusetts.
will not protect nature when they’re adults.
Martha was devoted to her three children,
When Martha died in December 2011, one
Sheila Horine, Richard Woodson, and Martha
of her last acts was to leave CTNC a generous
Dunnagan, and her five grandchildren. She bebequest. The board and staff are deeply honlieved - as CTNC does – that young people have ored and thankful. In consultation with her husan innate affinity for nature, and that if future
band Peyton and the Woodson children, CTNC
generations are to protect the natural world--as
will use these funds to help create a new pro-
gram to reconnect youth with nature.
We are working hard to launch this summer a pilot program for a new North Carolina
Youth Conservation Corps (NCYCC). It will provide summer conservation employment opportunities for young people ages 16-24. NCYCC
crew members will develop a better understanding of environmental conservation, build work
and life skills, earn a salary, and improve protected lands through important work such as
trail maintenance and construction.
In envisioning the world you would like to
see, whether during your lifetime or beyond,
please consider how you might best use your assets to make important initiatives, such as this
one, a reality. To confidentially discuss an idea
of your own, or your giving options, please contact me, John Bell, or Reid Wilson, our executive
director.
We are grateful to Martha Woodson for quietly leaving such a wonderful legacy for the benefit of young people and our natural world – for
they are both beautiful and precious.
CTNC SUPPORTS MINORITY FARMERS THROUGH “FARM TURNAROUND TEAM”
The Conservation Trust for North Carolina,
along with 14 organizations including government agencies and universities, is supporting
limited-resource farmers through the North Carolina Farm Turnaround Team. This comprehensive collaborative approach was created by
CTNC board member and publisher of Minority
Landowner Magazine, Victor Harris. Harris, a
forester by training, saw firsthand the challenges
landowners face when weighing often contradictory recommendations from financial advisors,
foresters and farm resource professionals.
By bringing a team of professionals together
to meet with landowners around their kitchen
tables, the Farm Turnaround Team hopes to
give these landowners the opportunity to look
at their entire farm operation at one time and
get support to make the best decisions for their
land and their farm business. The team engages
experts in four focus areas: Financial Manage-
ment, Marketing, Technical Assistance, and SucLast year, CTNC helped the Farm Turncession Planning. CTNC coordinates the Succes- around Team provide free consultations to 57
sion Planning Group. This group helps
farm families. One potential outcome is conlandowners plan for the long-term future of
necting interested families with local land trusts
their land and supports families in discussions
to explore conservation options. This work is of
about estate planning and transitioning the farm paramount importance to preserving North Carfrom one generation to the next.
olina's small family farms.
For example, one family is working
to transition their 300-acre farm in Halifax County from heirs’ property to a
more stable ownership structure.
Heirs' property is land that is owned
by a group of family members who received the property from an ancestor
who did not have a will. Any one person who inherits or purchases an interest in the property can force a sale of
the land. Because of this, heirs' propThe Farm Turnaround Team is helping small farmers
erty is among the most vulnerable land maintain ownership of their land.
to development in the southeast.
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FINANCIAL REPORT JULY 1, 2011, TO JUNE 30, 2012
2012 Total Operating & Program Revenue
2012 Total Operating & Program Expenses
(Excluding land transactions and including $1,569,695
(Excluding land transactions and including $1,369,995
of revenue for land trusts.)
passed through to land trusts.)
$3,585,532
$2,716,335
CTNC receives contributions and government support for the purchase
of conservation lands and easements. This restricted revenue is not available
for CTNC operations. Financial highlights of CTNC’s land conservation activities
for fiscal year 2011-2012 are as follows:
Individual Contributions and Government Support for Land Purchases: $180,469
Land Conveyed to Government Agencies: $280,652
Land Acquisition Expenses: $100,415
REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS
The Conservation Trust for North Carolina operates three revolving loan funds to enable land trusts to protect properties threatened by development. No loans were made during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, but since 2001 CTNC has made 27 loans totaling $10 million to nine
land trusts, protecting 6,936 acres with a fair market value of $38 million.
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THANK YOU 2012 DONORS!
GIVING SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
CTNC’s major gift societies are the Summit ($5,000 or more annually), Meadow
($1,000 or more) and Blue Ridge ($1,000 or more shared equally by CTNC and
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy).
We thank these generous members for their invaluable support and invite others to
join them as philanthropic leaders in conservation.
This year’s list includes gifts made
during the 2012 calendar year. We
have tried our best to ensure that all
names and gift amounts are correct.
If you see an error, please accept
our apologies and contact Rebecca
Hankins at 919-828-4199 x17, or
[email protected].
DONORS ($5,000+)
Fred and Cleone Black
Rick and Carole Marcotte
Nat and Sara Swann Watson
Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin
John and Sherra Blackburn
Mast General Store
Richard Whisnant
Welborn and Patty Alexander
Blue Spiral 1 Fine Arts Gallery
Blythe Family Fund
Bradley and Carole Wilson
Nancy Allured
Steve and Louise McCoy
D. Reid Wilson and Karen Rindge
Anonymous (1)
Leslie McKinney
Benton Wise
Hilda Bailey
John and Connie McLendon
Don and Marie Wood
Allan Barbee
John Cram
The Clabough Foundation
Carole Spainhour
Gloria Blythe
Brady Foundation, Inc.
Jane and Anthony Arnold
John and Faye Cooper
DONORS ($250 - $499)
Jennie and Leigh Derby
Andy and Joyce Brown
Murray and Renee Miller
Lauren and David Worth
Joe and Diane Bastian
EarthShare of North Carolina
Malcolm and Patty Brown
Cobb and Cindy Milner
Tom and Elaine Wright Foundation
Al and Ann Blackburn
Susan Frazier
Jim and Betsy Bryan
Margaret J. Newbold
Frank Borden Hanes Charitable
Lead Trust
James and Kay Stripling Byer
DONORS ($500 - $999)
Cooper Brantley
Margaret and Ed Campion
Pat Oglesby and Mary Norris
Preyer Oglesby
Anonymous (1)
Broadfoot Publishing Company
Carolina Hand and Sport Medicine
Ray Owens and Sally Higgins
Lars and Lynn Balck
Patagonia
Bernhardt Furniture Company
F. Borden Hanes Jr.
Robin Hanes
Dr. Chris T. Lechner
Philip and Amy Blumenthal
Tom Broadfoot
Brian and Deb Brown
Debbie Hill
Dorothy Chappell
Cynthia Payne
Lynn Hill
Robert and Callie Connor
Fredric and Mary L. Pement
Dorothy Rose Borden
Stuart Camblos
Robert P. Holding Foundation
Steve and Brooke Cornwell
Bryan Peters and Susan Joyner
Hanes and Lida Boren
Charles and Janice Carter
Robert and Peggy Culbertson
Kristopher Pickler
Frank and Katherine Bragg
Charles and Carolyn Clement
Kent Davis and Carlos Garcia-Valez
Mary L. Powell
Kirby C. Brown
Bob and Barbara Collier
Dr. Jack and Martha Emery
Jane Preyer
Bob and Roddy Dixon
Shannon and Rachel Davis
William C. Ethridge Foundation, Inc.
Julian Price Family Foundation
George Edens and Carolyn Edge
Graham and Anne Denton
Ray and Susan Ellis
Anna Lee Dorsett
Chris Eubank
Stuart and Josephine Dorsett
Tom and Sandra Foster
Herbert and Sylvia Gill
Olivia Holding
Huband & Brown CPAs PLLC
Jane Huband and Deb Brown
F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
Little Acorn Fund
Ann Mack
James and Connie Maynard
NC Electric Membership
Corporation
June Small
Algine Neely Ogburn
Jim and Judy Pick
Brad and Shelli Lodge Stanback
Fred and Alice Stanback
William and Nancy Stanback
The Prentice Foundation
Bobbi Hapgood
L. Richardson Preyer Charitable
Lead Unitrust
Rich and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer
Ted and Terri Waller
John and Ashley Wilson
Woodson Family Foundation
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc.
DONORS ($1,000 - $4,999)
Chip and Judy Anderson
Anonymous (1)
Bernard and Holly Arghiere
Jane and Anthony Arnold
Ernie and Phyllis Averett
Joe and Karen Bearden
Frank and Ran Bell
John Bell and Judy Whisnant
Monty White
fhi360
Dr. Albert J. Siemens
Laura Edwards
Julian Price Family Foundation
Pricey Harrison
Alex Bernhardt
Rusty and Jennifer Bryson
Edward Fleming
Robert and Megg Rader
Diane Evia-Lanevi and Ingemar
Lanevi
Don and Linda Frey
Thomas and Elizabeth Redding
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
John and Margaret Ann Gonella
Thomas and Susan Ross
Jeffrey and Dianna Goodman
Marc Rudow and Deborah Miles
Harry Goode and Sally Couch Vilas
Amy Grissom
John and Kelley Dixon Russell
Clemie Gregory
Ruth Ann Grissom
Mike and Eileen Hendren
Nancy Sample
Hal and Ellie Lamb
Mary Hill
Hillsdale Fund, Inc.
Edward Scott
Kathleen Leutze
Susan L. Hogan and Dominic Moore
Victor and Judy Sears
Cary and Jean McDonald
Nancy Howie
Mary Scott
Matching Gifts
Pamela Freeman
David and Lallie Godschalk
Elizabeth W. Goode
Julie Hoell
Robert and Alethea Segal
Lisa McQuay
Edward and Cordelia Kidder
Thomas Hollinshed and Katherine
Lange
Kathy and John Singleton
Allison Northcutt
Mark Kirkpatrick and Debbie Arnold
The Eddie and Jo Allison Smith
Family Foundation, Inc.
Edward and Susan Norvell
Diane and James Lea
Bob and Louise Orr
Hamp and Katty Lefler
John and Sally Pellew
Paul and Sheilah Lombardo
Vivian and Lorette Hollinshed
Trig and Alice Horton
Eddie Smith
John and Anita Howell
Mark Stanback and Nancy Popkin
Ron Shearin
John and Meg Stanback
David Margolis and JoAnna Barnes
Wool and Bobbye Howell
Lee Smith and Hal Crowther
Thomas Statnick
Dan McLawhorn
David and Susan Huffine
Social & Scientific Systems
Hilary Stokes
John and Priscilla Mills
Kate and Hutch Johnson
Bruce and Jo Ann Stonestreet
Betty P. Kenan
Robert Strickland Family
Foundation
Mike and Claudia Nix
Patrick and Sally Stout
Susannah D. Patton
Thomas Kenan, III
Duane and Betti Kirkman
Kulynych Family Foundation I, Inc.
Petro Kulynych
Jim and Lynn Lawton
Ann Leonard
Lydia Sargent Macauley
Julia Mack
Sarah Manning
Teagle Foundation Incorporated
The Mary and Elliott Wood
Foundation
William Penn Wood
W.V. Hydro, Inc.
James Price
Bill and Judy Watson
Elizabeth Watson
Troutman Sanders LLP
Ashley Story
Edwin and Amy Peacock
Jan and Tom Pender
Todd and Sara Turner
Dickson and Jean Phillips
Steve Underwood and Lisa
Creasman
Greg and Mary Ann Poole
Dewey Wells
Daniel Wilkinson and Kate Dixon
Clyde Williams
Norris and Kathryn Preyer
Bob Prior and Joanne Senkus
Sam and Missy Rankin
John and Ellen Rogers
Terry and Laurie Sanford
Spring 2013 • 11
Beverly Button and Christine Ann
Peterman
Pete Hairston
James Semans and Margaret Rich
Bob and Pat Sevier
Eric and Mary Calhoun
William Hardman
Terry and Elizabeth Simmonds
Randy and Rebecca Campbell
Clifton and Nancy Harris
Sandy Sisson
Carole Hollowell Interiors
Robert Healy
Rose Seay
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
MOST RECENT BLUE RIDGE
SOCIETY MEMBERS
Sherwood and Eve Smith
Members of the Blue Ridge Society generously
and equally support the work of CTNC and the
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.
Joel and Marla Adams
John and Annie Ager
Bernard and Holly Arghiere
Charlie and Troy Ball
Courtney Blossman
Nathan and Anne Burkhardt
Stuart Camblos
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Cheesborough
Billy and Cindy Clarke
Elizabeth Colton
John Cram and Matt Chambers
Charles and Jeanne Cummings
Bob and Carol Deutsch
Paul and Chris Dismukes
Ronald and Nancy Edgerton
Equinox Environmental Consultation & Design, Inc.
Andy Brown
Brent and Priestley Ford
George and Lisa Francisco
Peter and Jasmin Gentling
Joseph Goldston
Jeffrey and Dianna Goodman
Grove Stone & Sand Co./ Hedrick Industries
Lynn Hill
Stace and Sheila Horine
Virginia Hunneke
Randy and Mary Johnson
James and Lynn Karegeannes
Henri Kieffer and Ann Batchelder
Jack and Florence Krupnick
Bill and Janice Maddox
John and Dee Mason
Chuck and Jean McGrady
Greg and Rosalind Olson
James Perkins and Martha Eblen
Sally Rhoades
Charles and Ramona Rowe
Terry and Elizabeth Simmonds
Kathy and John Singleton
Philip and Pat Smith
Bill and Nina Snoddy
Carole Spainhour
Ted and Terry Van Duyn
Robert and Jean Webb
Laura Webb
Michael and Ellen Winner
Ben Woolf and Patty Cunningham-Woolf
12 • Spring 2013
Carole Hollowell
F. Borden and Ann Hanes
Teresa Heavner
Kyle and Mary Sonnenberg
Chris Carpenter
Mark Heimberger
Robert and Janet Stout
Bill and Judy Carson
Bo Henderson
Blake and Dell Strayhorn
Patrick and Patricia Cartwright
Juliana Henderson
Alice Thomasson
James and Karen Catalana
Sara Hill
James R. Trotter
Mike Cavender and Paulette Webb
Bill Hollan
Rob and Susan Weaver
Robert Cerwin
Bill Holman and Stephanie Bass
J. Tracy and Barbara M. Wilkerson
Stephen Chandler and Peggy
Dorfman
Andrew and Charlotte Horton
Walter and Jean Wilkinson
I. Clark and Johanna Wright
Smedes and Rosemary York
Sandra Chappell
Stephanie Horton and John
Finnegan
Neal and Nancy Cheek
F. Bryan Houck
Thomas and Mary Chervenak
Frances Howie
Don Clapp
Frances Huber
Victor Cocowitch and Dawn Erikson
Patti Hughes
Lib Conner
Victor Cononi
Mark Hulbert and Merideth
Tomlinson
Bart and Nancy Conway
John Humphrey
Becky Anderson
Maureen Corbett and Jean-Marie
Maillard
Gov. Jim and Carolyn Hunt
Charles Anderson and Nancy
Easterling
John Curry
George Ivey
DONORS ($100 - $249)
Jeff and Melinda Abrams
Carolyn and Donald Allen
Eugene and Clare Allen
Roy and Rebecca Alson
Anonymous (1)
Russell Arno
Gilbert and Connie Backlund
Neil and Casey Bagchi
Bank of America
Matching Gifts
Marvin and Michele Barg
Don and Dorothy Basnight
John and Josephine Beall
Ronald and Christine Beane
Thomas and Kay Beardsley
Moubray and Joanne Beaty
Martha Beery
Jim Bell
Susie Bell
Bob and Donna Benner
Alex and Anne Bernhardt
Andrew and Caelia Bingham
Bill Black
Bob and Carol Black
Stanley and Roberta Black
Anne Blackman
Wilbert and Carolyn Blackman
Sharon Blalock and Marcia Tittotson
Charles Blanchard
Meredith Bolon
Bonesteel Films
Paul and Wyndy Bonesteel
David and Laura Bourne
Doug and Nancy Brittelle
Dan and Linda Brown
Kirk and Shelley Brown
Rodney and Martha Brown
Charles and Lou Bryan
S. Karen Bullock
David and Thorunn Ivey
Arthur and Mignon DeBerry
Barry and Robin Jacobs
Robert Detjen
Jack and Karen James
April Dockery
John and Susan Jezorek
Connie and Eloy Doolan
Joel Johnson
Jim and Wynn Dorsett
Randy and Mary Johnson
Duke Energy Foundation
James and Tracy Joseph
Matching Gifts
Elyse Jung
Berniece Dunnagan
Marc and Sandy Kadyk
Rufus and Linda Edmisten
Devin and Ed Entmacher
Samuel Katz and Catherine
Wilfert-Katz
Elisabeth Ervin
Michael and Cindy Kebelbeck
Ed and Michelle Evans
Kitty L. Kemp
Richard and Adrienne Ferriss
Bob and Nan Keohane
Henry and Elizabeth Fieselman
Clifford and Ruth Kirk
First Citizens Bank
Alan and Kelli Kirkpatrick
Kristen Hoffman
John and Junith Koon
Dan Fitz and Mario Cescutti
William Kruse
Larry and Trish Fleishman
Tom and Donna Lambeth
Bob and Nancy Jo Fleming
Neil and D'Etta Leach
John and Carolyn Fletcher
Jeff Lemons and Deborah Murphey
David and Lucy Fountain
Michael and Michelle Leonard
Mary Lucille Foy
Justin Little
Laura Fraioli
Jerrell E. Lopp
Chip Freund
Meg MacLeod
Groome and Ann Fulton
Larry Maddison
Lee Galloway and Nancy Thompson
Lynn Maguire
GE Foundation
Terry and Liz Maguire
Matching Gifts
Michele M. and Brad Makrucki
Rick and Susan Geldmeier
Bob and Patricia Mauldin
Frank Gibson
Mike and Laura McCue
Ralph Glaser
James and Mary Ann McDermott
Gary and Judy Gloster
Charles and Debra McNealy
Charlotte and Reid Gonella
Walter and Linda Meadors
Ray and Susan Goodmon
Robert and Lisa Meeks
Eric and Laura Goulian
Gregg and Karen Merchen
Charles Gunn
Edgar and Kivi Miller
Sharon Mills
Florence H. Shelor
Al and Betty Adams
Laura Collins
Cheryl Harper
Arthur B. Monroe Family Fund
Harley Shuford
Bert and Janet Agnew
John Compton
Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr
Julie Moore
Marcee Silver
Robert and Mary Ajax
David and Natalie Connell
Robert and Mabel Harvey
Lawrence and Minnie Moore
Rob and Dell Slack
Nell E. Allen
Jerry and Alice Cotten
Seth and Kelly Hawkins
Crae and Mamie Morton
Norfleet and Gertrude Smith
Robert and Mary Jane Allen
Lynn Coulthard
Robert Hazel
Netta and John Moseley
Sara Smith
Sharon Applegate
Robert and Caroline Cowan
John Headley
Louise Mowbray
Thomas Smith
Patricia Austin
Mary C. Cridlebaugh
Julianne Heggoy
Michael Murchison and Barbara
Sullivan
Smith & Fox, Inc.
William and June Bagby
Mary Croghan
James Hemby
Prentiss Baker
W.E. Danneberg
Richard Hines
Charles and Lucretia Neetz
Southern Appalachian Highlands
Conservancy
Paul T. Barrett
William and Wanda Davis
Ronald and Holly Hoag
Robert and Mary Gail Nesbit
Aleen Steinberg
John Barry
Jim and Cindy DeGrave
Jeffrey and Jeanhee Hoffman
Minetta Newbold
Don Stephenson
Louise Beasley
Keri Deluca
David and Deborah Holland
Leon and Sandra Niegelsky
William Stevens
Mark and S. Elizabeth Beeler
Edgardo and Alex Diez
George and Emelia Huntley
Susan Oller
Idus Stinson
Kim and Lorilei Beer
Michael Domonkos
Sig Hutchinson
Oliver Orr, Jr.
Jim and Cathy Stuart
Isbell Behrer
Mike and Elyn Dortch
Lynn and Carolyn Ikenberry
Richard Owens
John and Sara Stuart
Dan Benfield and Connie Dodd
Richard and Nancy Doss
Sonja Jauch
Gregg and Cindy Pacchiana
Cullie and Sylvia Tarleton
Bob and Chris Berndt
Jennifer Dotson
Ray and Michelle Johnson
Max and Mary Padgett
Thomas and Jan Taylor
William and Katherine Bernstein
Eliza Douglass
Clenzo Joins and Nina Threatt-Joins
Bill and Karen Painter
Marie Thomasson
John Bevan
Helen Drivas and Denny O'Neal
William and Maggie Jonas
Betty Parker
Keith and Tricia Billy
Cary Driver
Reid and Coles Jones
David Parker
Dale Threatt-Taylor and Barrington
Taylor Jr.
Thomas and Barbara Blackburn
Stephen and Gail Dula
Erik and Melissa Jordan
Josephine Patton
Ronald and Judy Thurman
Blackwater, LLC
Joe and Raleigh Dulaney
JP Morgan Chase
Sally and Lowell Pearlman
A.G. and Jeanette Tolley
Alden and Anna Lee Pearson
Betty Twiggs
Kirk Peterson
Col. E. J. Vaughn
Peter and Joni Petschauer
James and Jean Veilleux
Edward Phifer
Erd M. Venable
Cathy Phillips
Mary Vilas
Dan Pittillo
Tony and Cathy Walgate
David and Lisa Price
Charlotte Walton
Robert and Lois Pruehsner
Stella Waugh
Alfred and Suzy Purrington
Ann Rogerson Weaver
Bill and Jane Raney
Weaver Street Realty and Auction
Company
Stephanie Rehm
W. Jim and Jane Richardson
Jay and Beverly Ripps
Doug and Kirsten Ririe
Battle and Dorothy Robertson
Dillon and Karen Robertson
Billy and Mary Katherine Robinson
Brandon Robinson
Brenda Robinson
Arthur and Ann Roede
Fon and Mac Rogers
John and Frances Rogers
Ed and Ann Rowell
Paul Rudisill
John and Mary Nash Rusher
Reid and Laura Russell
Cherry and Paul Lentz Saenger
Mikki Sager
William Sall and English Clemmons
Cynthia Satterfield and Dean
Ruedrich
Paul Savery and Sioux Watson
Lyle Schoenfeldt and Wanda
Hinshaw
Steve Schuster and Mary Anne
Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Scott III
Gary Phillips
John and Cristina Webb
Art and Dannie Weber
Lorrie and Tom Weidenhamer
Peter and Ann Weigl
R.A. and Rosalind Weintraub
Western Carolina Medical Society
Patricia Whisnant
Monty and Nancy Hanes White
White Oak Financial
Management, Inc
Priestly Ford
Elizabeth Whitener
George and Betsy Wilcox
Janet Wilson
Shirley Windham
Michael and Ellen Winner
William and Shirley Winston
Carol W. Wood
Beth Wright
Grover Yancey
Greg and Ellen Young
David Yount
DONORS (UNDER $100)
Lisa Aaron
Robert Seymour
Elaine Abrams
John Shaw
Michelle Abrams
Billy Holiday
Alan and Pam Duncan
Matching Gifts
J.J. and Ruth Blum
Mike Dunn
Annette Jurgelski
Tom and Judith Bobo
Louis Dwarshuis and Marilyn Kolton
Suzanne Kalbas
Emilie Booker
Leah Karpen
W. Cecil Brandon
Larry Earley and Renee GledhillEarley
Katie Breckheimer
Thomas and Kathleen Eaton
R. Melvin and Elizabeth Keiser
Mark and Katherine Brigham
Marjorie Eckels
John and Paula Kelton
William Brinson
Gerald and Rosemary Enos
Gene and Sandy Kent
Brian and Audrey Brooks
Frederick and Suzanne Falchook
Bob and Norma Kimzey
Ned and Ginny Brooks
Kitty Felts
Cy King
Alfred Brown
Audrey Fisher
Doris King
Josh Kelly and Becky Brown
Robert and Elizabeth Fisher
Linda Lahre
Robert Brown
Olivia Fleming
Matty Lazo-Chadderton
Charles and Lois Brummitt
Lynne Fletcher
Bentley Leonard
Joshua and Marisa Bryant
Bill Flournoy
Will Levine
Williams and Jennifer Bryant
Bill and Jann Ford
Ernestine F. Libros
Katie Burdett and Neelanjan
Mukherjee
Jim Ford
Margaret Lillard
Randal and Sally Frazer
Marge Lillard
Donna Burke
Rudy and Vivian Frazier
Marriott Little
Walter and Vera Burkert
Sally Fri
George and Joanne Lofquist
Thomas Butcher
Michael and Mary Friedman
Jerome Long
Anne Marie Cabell
Greg and Joyce Fulcher
Emily Lu
Cameron Memorial Land Trust
Julie Furdyna
Jianping Lu
Bliss Campbell
Thomas and Erin Furr
Jay and Beth Machielse
Tim Candler
John Fussell
Betty Mack
Jessie Cannon
Dennis and Wink Gaines
Thomas and Diane Magnuson
Dr. Julia Capps and Mrs. Nell Capps
Louis Gottlieb
Dr. Lee Mandell
Robert and Mary Carpenter
Max and Cheryl Gouge
Dr. J.H. Carter III
Stuart and Carol Grant
Charles Martin and Laura SmithMartin
David and Sarah Catron
Grass Roots Press
Fred and Bess Matthews
John and Ann Chalk
Miriam Melendez and Gary Cappy
Michele Karwoski
Osborne Mauck
Neal and Julie Chapman
James F. Green
J. Malcolm and E. Anne McCormick
Robert P. Cherry
John and Claudia Greene
Robert McGahey
Wayne and Connie Cherry
Edward Gregory
Hervey and Jane McIver
Daniel Clodfelter and Elizabeth
Bevan
Harriet Hagen
Mark McKenzie
Ted and Peggy Haigler
McKesson Foundation Inc.
Kelly Coffey
Phillip Haire
John and Caryn McNeill
Susan Cohen and Pete Goldberg
Conrad and Virginia Hall
Deborah McRae
Rebecca Collett
David and Lena Hardaway
Margaret Meyer
Spring 2013 • 13
Meg Miles
Kenneth and Elaine Nelson
Ken and Margo Perkins
Fanny Stronach
Lucinda Minton
Ben and Rose Newlin
Sue Perry
Stan Styers
Donald and Jane Misch
James and Sally Nurss
Karl Petersen
Edward and Janice Swab
Don Moffitt and Sidney Cruze
Timothy and Michele O'Donnell
Yates and Marisa Pharr
David and Carol Swing
Moyna Monroe
Anne O'Leary
Frank and Patti Phelps
Joseph and Jo Ann Swofford
Nick and Kristy Morgan
Christine Osborne
Helen Phillips
Wendy Tanner
Gregory and Stephanie Mosteller
Raymond Ozmore
John and Lydia Pickard
Phyllis Tarrant
Timothy G. Murphy
James and Frances Parnell
Scott and Pat Pollard
Mr. Bud Taylor
Michael and Sandra Myers
Karin Pasquale
James and Lillian Poole
Lee Templeton
John Gonella
Charlotte and Reid Gonella
Lloyd Higgins
Nancy E. Howie
Frances Howie
Michael Hussey
Jane Hutchens
Jim and Barbara Neal
Rosalie Payne
Fred and Stephanie Porter
Gordon Tennett
Jeffrey and Randi Neff
Pamela Pecquet
Joe and Anne Powell
Dennis and Paula Testerman
Randall Johnson
Charles and Linda Nelms
Adam and Sonia Perillo
Marian Price
The LandTrust for Central North
Carolina
Randall Johnson
Primrose School at Hope Valley
Farms
THE LEGACY SOCIETY
Joining CTNC’s Legacy Society with a planned
gift will help sustain conservation efforts for
many years to come. Gifts can be made in honor
or memory of loved ones, be made permanent
endowments or available for current needs, be
limited to specific areas and activities, or
allowed to be used where most needed. Often,
planned gifts require little or no expense at the
present date and specific arrangements can
provide donors with annual income and tax
benefits. For more information please contact
John Bell at 919-828-4199 x13, or speak to your
lawyer, accountant or financial planner.
Anonymous (9)
Chip and Judy Anderson
Connie Backlund
Philip and Liz Pritchard
Lt Col (ret) and Mrs. Robert S. Todd
Al Capehart and Carolyn Townsend
Allen and Caroline Proctor
Drs. George and Carole Troxler
John and Elizabeth Purrington
Jean Turner
Rick and Jane Ranieri
Anita Uber
Haywood and Sabine Rankin
Betsy Underwood
Anna Louise Reynolds
Eric and Susan Van Tassel
Charles and Caroline Ribelin
Ross Vaughan
Jeremy Richards
Aidan Waite
Fran Richardson
Tom and Debbie Wallace
Kenneth Rickler
Justin Waller
Don Roberts
William and Karen Watts
Brent and Beverly Rockett
Michael and J. Nelson Weaver
Peter and Jane Roda
Warren and Judith Wegner
Susan Roderick
David Welch
William and Eileen Rose
Thomas Wentworth and Linda Rudd
William Rothwell
Kristin White del Rosso
Dr. Nancy R. Routh
Barry L. Williams
John Sanders
Jerry Williams and Patricia Rexford
John and Deborah Santini
Maurice Williams and Evonne Mack
John and Amy Scott
Wade Wilmoth
John J. Bevan III
Mitchell Scott
Patricia Wilson and Roald Schrack
Everett Bowman
Richard Shaw and Holly Reid
John and June Witherspoon
Robert Shepherd
Scott and Lisa Wojnovich
John A. Bell
Nella Jo Brecht *
Derwin Dubose
Lester and Marjorie Forbes
Lynn Hill
Julia Mack
Algine Neely Ogburn *
Dan Shirlen
Robert and Mary Woodrow
Benjamin and Brenda Shore
Wilbur Wright
Chris and Lisa Simmons
Michael and Ann Skinner
HONOR GIFTS
George R. Slaton
Lisa Aaron
Barrett Slenning and Greta
Johansen
Jim and Judy Pick
Anthony and Patricia Smith
Joseph Rowand
Steve Schuster and Mary Anne Howard
Richard Whisnant
Thelma White
Elizabeth G. Whitener
Walter and Jean Wilkinson
Bernard Smith
Jeff Smith
Nathan and Megan Smith
Penelope Smith and Margaret Bray
Peter and Carolyn Smith
Josephine Snelling
Esther Snyder
C and Nancy Sommer
Milton and Nancy Spann
Jean Spooner
William and La Rose Spooner
Robert Stelloh
John Stephens
Martha Woodson *
*Deceased
14 • Spring 2013
Tom Sternal and Martha Enzmann
Leo and Margaret Storey
Western Carolina Medical Society
Rose Marie Kennedy
Marge Lillard
Doris A. King
Lisa Aaron
Julia Mack
Social & Scientific Systems
Julia Mack
Stella Waugh
North Carolina Soil & Water
Conservation Districts
Dale Threatt-Taylor and
Barrington Taylor Jr.
Rusty Painter
Bill and Karen Painter
Lawrence Raymond
Michael D. Samuel
Leo Spencer
Robert Strickland Family
Foundation
Thomas C. Stout
John W. Thomas
Richard Whisnant
Patricia Whisnant
Dan and Kay Sisk
Cynthia Payne
Tom and Liz Redding
Clifford and Barbara Younger
Mary Johnson
Doris King
John Bell
Debbie Hill
Thomas G. Carpenter
Charles Carter
Charles Carter
John B. Wilson
Christine Osborne
John B. Wilson
Hal and Ellie Lamb
John B. Wilson
Meredith Bolon
Graham Wood
Carol W. Wood
Charles Young
Charles Anderson and
Nancy Easterling
Rudy and Vivian Frazier
Charles Cobeland
Triangle Community Foundation
Robert Darst
Rudy Frazier
Groome Fulton
MEMORIAL GIFTS
Marsha Ball
Kent Davis and Carlos GarciaValez
Judy Danneberg
W.E. Danneberg
Donna Deitz
Bob and Pat Sevier
Woodrow Foster
Ray Mack
Edward Scott
Ann Mack
William C. Friday
Mabel Myers
Todd and Sara Turner
Evelyn Duerler Handel
Hal and Ellie Lamb
Todd Hilbers
Sandy Sisson
Mary Howard
Rob Hogan
Susan L. Hogan and Dominic
Moore
John and Caryn McNeill
Prentiss Baker
Lucinda Minton
Robert and Elizabeth Fisher
Minetta Newbold
Bentley Leonard
Jessie Cannon
Margaret J. Newbold
Ernestine F. Libros
Anna Lee Dorsett
Sue Perry
Bob and Carol Deutsch
Charles and Linda Nelms
Eliza Douglass
David and Lisa Price
John and Margaret Ann Gonella
Ray Owens and Sally Higgins
Berniece Dunnagan
John and Elizabeth Purrington
Susan Roderick
fhi360
Battle and Dorothy Robertson
Eric and Susan Van Tassel
John and Carolyn Fletcher
Mitchell Scott
Ted and Peggy Haigler
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Scott III
Michael and Sandra Myers
Sydney Owens
Rick and Jane Ranieri
Gilma Roberts
Don and Dorothy Basnight
Martha Woodson
Lue Pearson
Lorrie and Tom Weidenhamer
Miriam Rudow
Don Roberts
James Rogers
Brian and Audrey Brooks
Bertram Taft Smith
Charles Martin and Laura SmithMartin
Richard W. Wilson
Clifton and Nancy Harris
Dan and Kay Sisk
Reid and Coles Jones
Erd M. Venable
Michele Karwoski
Monty and Nancy Hanes White
Marriott Little
Smedes and Rosemary York
Kenneth Rickler
CONTRIBUTORS FOR 10 OR MORE YEARS
CTNC is deeply grateful to donors who consistently contribute year after year. These dedicated donors make it possible for us to
pursue our day-to-day conservation work and plan future projects. Thank you for your long-term commitment to conservation.
Welborn and Patty Alexander
Nancy Allured
Anonymous (2)
Lars and Lynn Balck
Joe and Karen Bearden
Thomas and Kay Beardsley
Mark and S. Elizabeth Beeler
Martha Beery
Bob and Chris Berndt
Bernhardt Furniture Company
Alex Bernhardt
Andrew and Caelia Bingham
Al and Ann Blackburn
John and Sherra Blackburn
Wilbert and Carolyn Blackman
Blackwater, LLC
Billy Holiday
Dianne Blanke
Blue Spiral 1 Fine Arts Gallery
John Cram
Dan and Linda Brown
Malcolm and Patty Brown
Patrick and Patricia Cartwright
James and Karen Catalana
Neal and Nancy Cheek
Robert and Callie Connor
Robert and Caroline Cowan
Michael Domonkos
Anna Lee Dorsett
EarthShare of North Carolina
Marjorie Eckels
Ronald and Nancy Edgerton
Dr. Jack and Martha Emery
Gerald and Rosemary Enos
Chris Eubank
Edward Fleming
Donald and Linda Frey
Michael and Mary Friedman
Lee Galloway and Nancy Thompson
Herbert and Sylvia Gill
David and Lallie Godschalk
Grass Roots Press
Miriam Melendez and Gary Cappy
Charles Gunn
Robert Healy
Juliana Henderson
Debbie Hill
Olivia Holding
Stace and Sheila Horine
Nancy Howie
Leah Karpen
Henri Kieffer and Ann Batchelder
Bob and Norma Kimzey
Cy King
Clifford and Ruth Kirk
Jim and Lynn Lawton
Paul and Sheilah Lombardo
Jerome Long
Lydia Sargent Macauley
Lynn Maguire
Sarah Manning
Mast General Store
John and Faye Cooper
Leslie McKinney
John and Connie McLendon
Lisa McQuay
Sharon Mills
Michael Murchison and Barbara Sullivan
Margaret J. Newbold
Minetta Newbold
Edward and Susan Norvell
Oliver Orr, Jr.
Max and Mary Padgett
Dickson and Jean Phillips
Cathy Phillips
Jim and Judy Pick
James and Lillian Poole
Bill and Jane Raney
Thomas and Elizabeth Redding
W. Jim and Jane Richardson
John and Ellen Rogers
Fon and Mac Rogers
Nancy Sample
John and Deborah Santini
Victor and Judy Sears
Robert and Alethea Segal
John Shaw
George R. Slaton
Philip and Pat Smith
C and Nancy Sommer
Brad and Shelli Lodge Stanback
Fred and Alice Stanback
William and Nancy Stanback
Bruce and Jo Ann Stonestreet
Leo and Margaret Storey
Joseph and Jo Ann Swofford
Ross Vaughan
Tom and Debbie Wallace
Charlotte Walton
Bill and Judy Watson
Dewey Wells
Elizabeth Whitener
J. Tracy and Barbara M. Wilkerson
Carol W. Wood
Spring 2013 • 15
Nonprofit Org.
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Permit No. 414
Raleigh, NC
Visit us on the web at www.ctnc.org
and see how we’re saving the places you love!
PLEASE JOIN US APRIL 28 FOR OUR ANNUAL MEADOW,
SUMMIT & LEGACY SOCIETIES RECEPTION
Our guest speaker will be Meg Lowman, Director of the Nature Research
Center (the exciting new wing of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences).
Meg is an internationally renowned scientist who has done
groundbreaking (skybreaking?) research on tropical rainforest canopies. In
her talk, “Out on a Limb – Saving Forests Both Locally and Globally,”
“Canopy Meg” will share her dynamic international perspective on the
importance of saving natural areas right here in North Carolina.
Sunday, April 28, 4 – 6 pm, at the Raleigh home of CTNC Board member
Kelley Dixon Russell and husband John.
Keep an eye out for your invitation in the mail.
Visit us on the web at www.ctnc.org and follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ct4nc)
and twitter (www.twitter.com/ct4nc) for the latest conservation news and information
on how you can become more involved in protecting North Carolina’s natural lands.

It`s not often that we get to protect the same place twice. But the city

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