2014 Annual Report - Islesboro Islands Trust

Islesboro
Islands
Trust
2013/14 Annual Report
Islesboro Nature Trails
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Turtle Head
This preserve at the northern tip of
Islesboro offers dramatic views of
both east and west Penobscot Bay,
spectacular geological formations,
historical sites and a variety of
interesting ecological features.
Access is from Turtle Head Road.
Shore access is also available.
Three trails: 1.5 miles total
Mission
Enhance the quality of residents’ lives through
the preservation of open space,
Educate all residents as to
the value of the islands’ natural ecosystems, and
Act as an environmental advocate on behalf of Islesboro
and the surrounding Penobscot Bay region.
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This is a popular swimming
beach with westerly views
across Seal Harbor to Flat
Island and the Camden Hills.
Access is from Main Road.
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Narrows Preserve
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This short loop trail along the
shoreline of Crow Cove offers
scenic salt marsh views and
good birdwatching. Access is
from Main Road. One trail plus
ashor spur: 0.5 miles
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Site of the IIT office and
surrounding gardens. The
property includes a small
piece of shore as well.
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Broad Point Preserve
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IIT’s newest preserve,
acquired in August 2012,
offers nearly fifty acres
of spectacular shorefront
on Mill Creek, Broad
Cove and Gilkey
Harbor. One loop
trail: approximately
1.5 miles
This property, located at
the end of Lime Kiln Road,
was given to the Town of
Islesboro by IIT in 1993.
It offers shore access and
views across East Penobscot
Bay to Castine and Cape
Rosier. Warren’s Landing is
the site of an historic lime
kiln and steamboat wharf.
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Big Tree Beach
Cregar Center
Warren’s Landing
Hinkle Preserve
Provides access to a sand and
gravel beach, a picnic area and
a short loop trail through a fern
meadow under mature hardwoods.
Access is from Point Comfort Road.
One trail: 0.2 miles
Hutchins Island and Marsh
These neighboring preserves offer two
spectacular hikes in the Coombs and
Parker Coves area. Elaine’s Trail leads
inland around the wetlands and beaver
flowages of Hutchins Marsh. The Hutchins
Island Trail crosses a tidal sandbar, and
then follows the shoreline of Hutchins
Island. Both trails offer excellent wildlife
viewing opportunities. Over 139 species
of plants and 112 species of birds and
other wildlife are found here. Parking is
at the end of Bluff Road.
Two trails: 2.5 miles total
Herbert Preserve
Lily Guest Trail
The Herbert Preserve offers two loop trails
in the scenic Ryder’s Cove area. The Herbert
Trail explores the western side of the preserve
following the salt marsh edge and returning
through upland forest and steep drainage ravines.
The Eastern Trail winds through early-successional
forest alond the shore of the Mill Pond providing
access to the Day Brigham Memorial Lookout.
Access is from Ryder’s Cove Road.
Two trails: 1.75 miles total
This IIT-managed trail is
entirely on private land and
offers a beautiful walk along
the shore of Jones Cove.
One trail: 1.5 miles
Photographs and graphic assistance were supplied by several people including Steve Miller, David Brock,
Taz Stafford, Dev Devereaux and Marilyn Smith among others.
Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper made with 100% renewable energy.
PO Box 182 · 376 West Bay Road · Islesboro, Maine 04848
207-734-6907 (voice) · 207-734-6747 (fax) · [email protected] (email)
www.islesboroislandstrust.org
· All trails blue-blazed
· Maps and rules are posted
at preserve trailheads
Letter from Our President
Autumn is in the
air this bright, clear
afternoon as I turn
to writing this year’s
annual message to you,
the valued members
of the Islesboro
Islands Trust. This
is an appropriate
time to assess how
we, the Trustees and
Staff, have carried out
our responsibility to
implement the mission
of the Trust during the
past year.
The preservation of open space is always high on our agenda and a prime IIT mission.
We currently have protected nearly 750 acres by limited development easements (and
several additional easements are in the works). These easements are monitored annually
by a dedicated staff of volunteers under the leadership of Sue Stafford. This monitoring
is important because we are obliged by law to ensure
that the easement restrictions are followed and we are
extremely grateful that the volunteers led by Sue do a
thorough audit of each easement every year. While signs
do not mark easements granted to the Trust, their impact
on the Island is profound. They preserve wild open
space and woods and, scattered as they are throughout
the Island, contribute immeasurably to the preservation
of the visual quality of life here.
The Trust also owns just over 257 acres in thirteen
preserves, including Broad Point, acquired in 2012,
which has nearly fifty acres of woodland and shorefront
on Mill Creek and Gilkey Harbor. These preserves are
the public face of the Trust and are clearly designated
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Letter from Our President
continued
with signs that invite
the public to enjoy the
wonderful features
of each. Most of the
preserves have trails that
are well marked and
have passages over the
wet areas. In fact, there
are over fifty bridges
in all. While we do not
keep count, the use of the
trails, as well as Big Tree
Beach, seems clearly to
have grown each year.
With this popularity,
which we welcome,
comes the responsibility
of maintaining the
trails and bridges. Fallen trees and branches have to be cleared frequently and the
bridges, which are made of wood, have to be maintained and occasionally replaced. We
want, indeed must, ensure that our preserves are safe for all visitors. Steve Miller, our
wonderful Executive Director, has undertaken much of this preservation work and we
have just hired a stewardship assistant, who lives here on the Island, to help him with this
ongoing task. We readily accept
this responsibility, however, as the
preserves are a vivid and visible
testament to IIT’s contribution to
Islesboro and we once again thank
all those whose contributions made
them possible.
The second mission is education.
Our programs for children continue
to be very successful and we look
forward to even better programs
next year under the direction of
our new stewardship assistant.
Steve has also organized special
programs for all ages including one
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Letter from Our President
continued
on the green crabs that have invaded our mussel beds and threaten the soft-shell clams,
which provide another source of income to Island fishermen. A horticultural expert who
discussed the unique apple trees found in the old Island orchards presented another very
interesting program.
Finally, the Trust acts as an
environmental advocate on behalf of
Islesboro and the surrounding region.
This requires constant vigilance. No
sooner did the proponents of an LPG
terminal in Searsport withdraw the
application following a determined
opposition by the Trust and many
other concerned citizens then a long
dormant proposal to dredge the
federal channel in Searsport and
deposit nearly one million cubic
yards of dredge material off the
western shore of Islesboro was put
out for public comment by the Army
Corps of Engineers.
IIT filed comments critical of the proposal (technically called a Draft Environmental
Assessment) with the Corps. From the beginning, the IIT position has been that the
Corps’s draft was deficient in its analysis of the economic and environmental effects
of the proposed dredging, particularly on the marine population of the Bay where the
nearly one million cubic yards of dredge material were to be deposited, and that a more
extensive study, called an Environmental Impact Statement or EIS, should be performed
as, we believe, is required by law. IIT was joined in requesting such a study by the select
boards of Islesboro and nine other towns that would be impacted by the dredging.
In addition, IIT retained a Washington consulting firm (funded by generous friends)
which specializes in advising clients on Corps projects. The firm, Dawson and Associates,
found several key flaws in the Corps’s draft (which substantiated our call for an EIS) and
more importantly pointed out that with minimal maintenance dredging in the federal
channel and deepening of the water beside the berths, virtually all of the benefits of
the “big dredge” could be accomplished at a fraction of the cost and with only minimal
quantities of dredge material that would have to be disposed of, hopefully in landfills.
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Letter from Our President
continued
Since the applicable law requires the Corps to use the least environmentally damaging
alternative, we will continue to press for an Environmental Impact Statement and
adoption of the Dawson approach. This is, after all, a win-win result, as it will
accomplish the principal economic and efficiency goals of the dredging advanced
by the State of Maine, with minimal environmental impact. The road ahead is rather
long and complicated, winding through the Corps bureaucracy, then the White
House and Congress. We will continue to advocate vigilantly for an economically and
environmentally responsible outcome.
The Trustees approved inaugurating a new program -- the Islesboro Conservation
Society -- to recognize and honor donors who name IIT in their estate plans, whether
through bequests, gifts of life insurance or retirement plan designation, or as beneficiary
of life income gifts. Gifts of all sizes are welcome. While the amount of the gift will be
confidential, IIT will recognize Society members, with
their permission, in the Annual Report and at special
events.
In closing, I extend my endless gratitude to Steve
Miller for his devotion and dedicated work on behalf
of the Trust and the Island. We all owe him a huge
shout-out! Lang Smith, Chris Allen and Jim Mitchell
provide very useful and inspiring work as fellow
officers of the Trust and I am grateful for their counsel.
In addition, I am much honored to have such a
dedicated Board of Trustees who always provide such
enthusiastic and energetic advice and support.
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Executive Director’s Report
Islesboro Islands Trust’s commitment to environmental
advocacy (which, along with land conservation and
environmental education, comprises IIT’s mission) is rather
unusual among land trusts. None-the-less, individuals and
organizations everywhere struggle with the decision to
engage or sit quietly when a controversy arises. Mission, like
purpose, goes to the very heart of life’s central question,
“Why are we here?”
Forthwith, Seven Reflections on the matter.
I. For, Not Against
When should we fight and when should we chop wood? What
distinguishes righteous indignation from hubris? What is right
livelihood?
In a letter to Gary Snyder, Thomas Berry wrote, “I am not
going to get done fighting and live at peace in anything like
the simple way I once thought I would. So how to keep from
becoming evil? Maybe the answer is to fight always for what
you particularly love, not for abstractions and not against
anything...”
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Executive Director’s Report
continued
II. Requiem
When apples fall ripe
a month before the custom,
and the too-warm, too-humid sou’west
blows brown Ash leaves across
the still-green lawn,
unreliable, asymmetrical climate
plays chaotic sonatas
instead of predictable symphonies.
It is we who turn,
away from summer and seasons,
perhaps inevitable centuries ago,
when gatherers turned into farmers
and farmers into industrial consumers,
toward the end of nature,
as if droughts and floods are abstractions,
as if the earth has no limits.
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Executive Director’s Report
continued
III. Place
There is no end of spoils and waste
for the infinitely greedy sovereigns.
Floating on the water under open sky,
in view of Spruce, Birch, Warren,
routine and grand, exciting and comforting.
Gulls and Cormorants in the air and on buoys,
vessels at lazy anchor, a sailboat
cruising away from shore, a harbor seal
flips and dives.
They decimate the Cod,
poison crustaceans,
bring invaders to suck life
from the bones of the Bay.
“We could be here; we
could be any place,” they seem to say.
The Gang of 50 and roguish cohorts
venerate abstract economic growth
as an end in itself or for itself.
Makes me a contrary old son-of-a-bitch
ready for a fight.
Largesse of thought
is essential to survival —
Stinginess of thought
a contaminant.
Fight for what you love.
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Executive Director’s Report
continued
IV. Sea Ducks
Keep looking for the break thru,
the voice that says,
“This is the way;
you’re doing okay.”
Sea ducks lifting up;
Sea ducks drifting down on the tide -a kind of dance;
perhaps a lesson.
Keep wondering where this all leads,
what’s the purpose,
why should anyone even care?
Listening to the rhythms,
listening to the song,
pressing the bubble that constrains
understanding,
hoping it will burst!
Is that a whisper
in the trees,
sliding across the water;
a message,
a sign
of some kind?
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Executive Director’s Report
continued
V. Caring
The bait-stained skiff pulls across the still harbor as the sun
begins to lighten a hazy morning mist. Once on board the
lobster boat – engine warming to the task – nature rises
directly and unmediated.
Or, dipping the sampling tube twelve inches below the cold
surface, the student opens, flushes, then quickly collects
dissolved oxygen, micro phytoplankton, maybe coliform
from the estuary for analysis.
Or yet again, torn by inequity and injustice, anxious
about tomorrow, tired of arrogant judgments that skip the
“informed” part; the three playful otters splashing and
swimming not far from the woodland shore-side trail refresh
and invigorate her.
The environment – nature – is where we live, work, play and
pray. Challenges and glory inextricably bind each moment
together. Caring for nature is caring for people; we cannot
have the latter without the former.
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Executive Director’s Report
continued
VI. Seven and More Generations
Cutting a wedge from the red ripe apple,
the sticky juice runs down the blade.
White like snow but blushing like cabernet grape
near the blossom end,
the slice of fruit tastes
of rain and summer,
earthy sugar and heirloom DNA.
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continued
VII. EdgeLess
Incandescent fog rests thick over the island tonight,
glowing lightly.
Tall towering tree trunks
and their full summer arrangement
of leaves and new growth are black
against the matte gray air.
Fireflies blink eerily here and there
along the road margins
above fruited grasses.
From the Bluff across Church Turn,
down to Drift Inn, then back home again,
I pass one car. Most are abed this hour.
Two small soundless parties
and a couple of house lights
breathe photons into the mist.
It’s quiet.
This could be 1940 or 1860 - the elements
are elemental to this specific place.
I feel easy in the blurred landscape.
There are no sharp edges.
A numinous mystery has settled in.
Walking, the vapor
beads my hair. Muted foot falls.
I feel a kind of dispensation - I
could become luminous, edgeless.
I could evaporate into this phosphorescence.
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Schedule of Receipts and Disbursements
For the Years Ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2014
Receipts and PLEDGES
Contributions:
General Operations
LPG Fund
Penobscot Bay Advocacy
Broad Point – Gifts and Pledges
Total Contributions
June 30, 2013
Other Income
$ 243,285
444,578
0
15,000
$702,863
$244,531
0
30,000
0
$274,551
0
38,699
874
Transfer from LPG tp Pen Bay Advocacy
Total Receipts
June 30, 2014
854
$703,737
$275,405
$132,257
8,920
2,503
8,374
5,488
4,197
167
10,678
2,228
3,392
24,438
1,750
2,302
5,880
0
$118,070
10,813
3,993
10,719
1,398
4,487
3,685
7,424
2,403
5,032
21,157
1,325
805
7,011
1,246
Disbursements
General Operations
Salaries, Health Insurance and Taxes
Accounting and Bookkeeping
Island Explorations & Expeditions
Insurance
Legal Expenses
Maintenance
Miscellaneous
Office
Preserve Stewardship
Printing
Property Taxes
Subscriptions, Dues and Donations
Travel
Utilities
Vehicle Expenses
Total Operating Expenses
$212,574
$199,208
Special Projects and Capital Expenses
Broad Point Acquisition and Expenses
LPG Legal and Consulting
Hinkle Property
Frame Easement
Penobscot Bay Advocacy Expenses
Cregar Center Reserve Fund
Preserve Stewardship Fund
$1,005,747
406,245
11,000
7,078
0
0
0
$0
0
11,000
7,078
58,176
5,000
3,317
Total Disbursements
$1,642,644
Total Expenses – Special and Capital
$1,430,070
Excess of Disbursements over Receipts
($938,907)
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$84,571
$283,779
($8,374)
Balance Sheet Summary
For the Years Ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2014
ASSETS
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2014
Current Assets
Operating Accounts
$133,672
$137,786
Broad Point Account
77,000
0
LPG Account
38,699
0
Easement Stewardship Fund
18,324
16,317
Preserve Stewardship Fund
5,489
9,249
Penobcsot Bay Advocacy Fund
0
11,290
Cregar Center Reserve Fund
0
5,000
Total Current Assets
$273,184
Equipment Net of Depreciation
Pledges Receivable – General Fund
Pledges Receivable – Broad Point
5,732
0
182,734
Land, Building & Easements
Spruce Island Preserve
125,281
Hutchins Island Preserve
99,508
Big Tree Beach 29,965
Turtle Head Preserve
630,000
Hutchins Marsh Preserve
75,904
Herbert Preserve
180,880
Cregar Center
164,881
Batchelor Preserve
85,455
The Narrows Preserve
90,479
Hinkle Preserve
250,000
Broad Point Preserve
1,000,000
Bluff – Easement
125,017
Speed – Easement
195,107
Frame – Easement
85,000
Total Land, Building & Easements
Total Assets
$179,642
5,179
19,000
134,948
125,281
99,508
29,965
630,000
75,904
180,880
164,881
85,455
90,479
250,000
1,005,368
125,017
195,107
85,000
3,137,477 3,142,845
$3,599,127$3,561,614
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities
Accrued Payroll
Accounts Payable
Hinkle Property Note
Frame Property Note
Broad Point Bridge Loan
$ 3,933
$ 3,554
1,528
1,642
11,00011,100
7,078
7,078
0
113,000
Total Current Liabilities
$23,539$136,274
Long Term Liabilities
Hinkle Property Note
33,00022,000
Frame Property Note
27,726
20,648
MCHT Bridge Loan
275,000
0
Total Long Term Liabilities
335,72642,684
Total Liabilities
$359,265$178,9225
Total Equity
$3,239,865$3,382,692
Total Liabilities and Equity
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$3,599,127
$3,561,614
Grantors of Conservation Easements
1986 – 2014
Jeri Hamlen
2013
Taz and Sue Stafford
2012
The Mary and Pyam Williams Family
2012
Hodding Carter III & Patricia Derian
2011
Dudley H. Ladd
Ethan & Haven Ladd
2011
2011
Dr. & Mrs. Robert McNeil
The Phyllis Frame Family
2011
2008
Denis Moonan &
Pamela MacBrayne
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Lamb
2007
2007
Sue Hatch & Tom Tutor
Missy Hatch & Vern Spinosa
Gary & Greg Yeaton
2007
Lawrence Hoder & Harriett Bering
2007
2007
Members of IIT
“The Field”
2006
Turtle Head Cove LLC
2004
Mr. & Mrs. E.T. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pike
Rev. & Mrs. Ned Sunderland
2002
2001
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Berg
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Burgess
2000
1998
Ginny & Lynn Hall
The Hawker Trust
1996
1996
Jack & Sue Gardner
Mr. & Mrs. George Post
1995
1993
Mildred Stanley
Capt. & Mrs. V.V. Utgoff
1993
1992
Mr. & Mrs. Frank West
Caroline (Neenie) Pierce Doyle
1990
1989
Mr. & Mrs. James Rowan
1989
Veronica Pendleton
Anne Owsley
1989
1988
Mary Ann & Chuck Verrill
Lang & Valerie Smith
1987
1986
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Contribution Year 2013—2014
(July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014)
Conservation Society
Mrs. Eleanor Stayton Gammon
Mr. Harry Grassick
Mrs. Anne Owsley
Mr. Charles Verrill.
American Eagle
The Allen Family
Philip and Elisabeth Allen
Carla and Hans Brigham
Catherine V. Brigham
Nicholas Brountas and Marlane Melican
The Dunn Family
Clarence and Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust
Richard Gilder and Lois Chiles
Bayard and Karen Hollins –
The Elizabeth Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton
Gladstone and Amanda Jones
Robert and Debbie McNeil
Langhorne and Marilyn Smith
Maine Osprey
Mrs. Linda Cabot
Harry and Carter Brigham
Darrell Crate
Joan Frost
Palace Head Foundation
Walter and Sue Stafford
Landon Thomas
Massie and Virginia Valentine
Penobscot Heron
Caulkins Family Foundation
Arthur B. Choate
William and Helen Elkins
Deven and Sandy Hamlen
Elizabeth Weintz Cerf –
The Harbor Lights Foundation
Jockey Hollow Foundation
Joseph and Judith Kaminski
Edward and Joyce Lawrence
Charles and Dena Verrill
Stephen Reynolds and Susan Wolf
Islesboro Eider
Bessemer Trust
Adam and Kristen Bird
Lucy Burr
Maud Cabot
Bruce and Karen Claflin
Rudolf Haffenreffer and Mallory Marshall
Jeri Hamlen and Joseph Hammer
The Harbor Lights Foundation –
Polly Weintz Sanna
Ann Hersey
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Contribution Year 2013—2014
(July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014)
James Houghton and Constance Coburn
Reid and Jewell Hausmann
David M. Leuschen Foundation
Nigel and Judy MacEwan
Dana and Nancy Mead
Christopher and Caroline O’Donnell
G. Peabody & Rose Gardner Charitable Trust
Stephen and Candace Phillips
Stuart and Robin Ray
Mr. and Mrs. J. Woodward Redmond
William and Beverley Rogers
Robert and Margaret Rothschild
Peter and Ann Rothschild
David and Betsy Sessions
The Trafelet Foundation, Inc.
John and Francie Train
Islesboro Affordable
Property
Abner and
Diana Kingman
Haven and Molly Ladd
Helen Francis Ladd
Family Fund –
Mrs. Sunny Ladd
Roxanne Leighton
Norcross Wildlife
Foundation
Lisa Train and
Clive Pinnington
George Post
John and Carlisle Rex-Waller
William and Elinor Rosenberg
Marc Schnur
Robert and Valerie Slater
Eric Weintz, MD
Red Oak
Benjamin Berg
Reynolds and Darcy Burgund
A. Lee and Diane Fentress
Andrew and Wendy Fentress
Phillip and Judith George
Thomas and Caroline Gillespie
Archibald and Linda Gillies
James Hamlen
The Harbor Lights Foundation – J. Fred Weintz
Marjory Hardwick
The Healey Family Foundation
Robert Holmgren and Anita Spertus
White Pine
Alexander and Tracy Babbidge
John and Jan Belmonte
Mark Collins
Hank Conklin and Carol Pierson
Donald Etchison
Maria Forney
John Lanier and Jane Garvey
Alex and Kate Gilbert
David and Harriet Hathaway
John and Lindsey Higginson
Mark and Laurie Keating
Erwin Koeritz
Jack and Linda Knebel
Elaine Fiske and Philip Ladd
Richard and Paula Leighton
Andrea Lutz
Cary Slocum and
Glenn Montgomery
Frederick and Perk Moseley
Russell and Deborah Reynolds
J. Andrew and Kelly Roberts
Christopher and Carol Rooney
Patricia Scarpelli
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Contribution Year 2013—2014
(July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014)
Kenneth and Audrey Senior
Gladys Thomas
Alix Thorne
Daniel Thorne
Henry and Alice Warren
Henry and Abby Wilder
E. Thomas and Lyn Williams
Ben and Julie Wurts
Richard Youngman and Vanessa Gillespie
Eric and Margaret Zitzmann
Thomas and Caren Carpenter
Hodding Carter III and Patricia Derian
Norman and Zulette Catir
Page Clason
Phyllis Coelho
Bradford and Helen Colcord
James and Jane Colihan
Marcella Congdon
Harden and Ailsa Crawford
Nancy Crooker and George Siscoe
Joseph and Jane Cullen
Dark Harbor Boat Yard Corp.
Antelo and Meg Devereux
Larry and Carol Dornisch
Jon and Bentley Drezner
Elin Elisofon
Joseph and Maria Freeman
Dudley and Priscilla Fort
John and Gayle Foster
D.B. Gilbert
Caroline Gillespie
Edward and Alice Girvin
Thomas Gohagan
Irene Goodale
Benjamin Goss
Richard Grisaru and Gitta Robinson
Harleston and Louise Hall
Timber Spruce
Madelaine Alexander and Jon Kerr
Corinne Axelrod
Martin and Linda Badoian
Helen Barrett
May P. Bartlett
Sandy and Margaret Beard
David Beck
Greg and Lisa Beck
Harriet Bering and Larry Hoder
Frederick and Linda Bishop
Bill Boardman and Lisa Satchfield
David and Elizabeth Brock
Andree Brown
Clayton and Pauline Brown
Eric and Zita Cambra
Douglas and Gail Carmichel
2014
Islesboro Islands Trust
Conservation Awards
Presented to deserving students
from the Islesboro Central School
who best exemplify the goals and purpose
of Islesboro Islands Trust.
The educators at Islesboro Central School
who know them best
nominate and select the students
who receive these awards.
Elementary School
Anna Zlotkowski
Blake Zlotkowski.
Middle School
Olivia Kelly
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High School
Ryan Murphy
Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Contribution Year 2013—2014
(July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014)
Charles Pendleton
Stanley Pendleton and Diana Roberts-Pendleton
Roy Pfeil and Juliana Post
Diana Post
Chris and Jenny Post
Barbara and Charles Purinton
Douglas and Joyce Putnam
Yvette and Adam Reid
William and Julie Reidy
Aileen Reynolds and Bob Silverstein
The Rockport Company – Robert Zontini
Palmer and Susan Sargent
Kenneth and Denise Sauter
Ivan and Martha Schlager
Jack Schlottman and Becky Schnur
Katherine Schwarzenbach
Huntington and Adelaide Sheldon
Bob and Patty Slawson
Langhorne Smith, Jr.
Philip Smith
David and Nina Speed
Frederick and Jane Stahl
Fred and Anne Stocking
Bruce and Nancy Suppes
Sam Thompson
Ellen Tully
Priscilla Tully
Sarah Tully
Kathryn Hall
Gillian Hannum
Missy Hatch and Vern Spinosa
Jeanne Hathaway
Lawrence and Amanda Hobart
Holly and Richard Hoffman
Alexandra Jamali
Frederika and Charles Jenner
Diane Keehner
Michael and Kathleen Kerr
Barrington and Marjorie King
Richard and Sherry Krajczar
Peter Lacoux and Mai Watts
James and Jane Lawrence
Jennifer Lawson and Larry Ely
Sasha Lazard
Alice Leighton
Joan Lillie
Christy Love-Sadron
Peter Matthews
William and Candace Meade
Ved and Linn Mehta
James Miller and Mollie Noyes
Denis Moonan and
Pam MacBrayne
Tavis Moonan
Amanda and Patrick O’Bannon
Whitney and Tony Oppersdorff
Lilias Outerbridge
Andrew and Janet Pasakarnis
Andrea Pendleton
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Contribution Year 2013—2014
(July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014)
Jane Vickery
Janet Webb
Douglas and Norma Welldon
Patricia West
Joanne Whitehead and Lois Hill
Allison Wood and
Nancy Krusell
Kay Wood
Mary Zimmerman
Anthony Zontini
In-Kind Contributions
Martin and Linda Badoian
Lang and Marilyn Smith
Climate Change March in New York September 21, 2014
Sue Stafford
“People’s Climate March in New York City. It was beyond massive
and it was almost beyond belief. Standing in the middle of
the march route along Central Park, I could see people in every
direction, with signs, banners, flags, musical instruments,
children in strollers -- and incredible optimism and energy.
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“Early estimates - 310,000. Made my heart sing!
It was huge, very long, we’re all beat.
I texted with Sue Hatch all day.
Could never get close enough to see them!”
Sue Stafford
There were so many people that
the march lineup was over four miles long.”
Michael Brune, Sierra Club
Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Founders
Lily Guest
Edward Lawrence
Anne Owsley
Liberty Redmond
Lydia Rolerson
Board of Trustees
Charles Verrill, President
Langhorne Smith, Treasurer
Sara Babbidge
Johan Brigham
Andrew Coombs
Darrell Crate
Devens Hamlen
Mary Beth Blake
Maxwell Caulkins
Jonathan Cohen
Todd Congdon
Shey Conover
Thomas Gill, Jr.
Archibald Gillies
Margery Hamlen
Pegram Harrison
Jewell Hausmann
James D. Houghton
Laura Houle
Christopher Allen, Vice President
James Mitchell, Secretary
Heather Knight
James Mitchell
Advisory Council
Gladstone Jones, III
Jon Kerr
Sandra Kramer
Nancy Krusell
Edward Lawrence
Robert deLuxembourg
Julia Pershan
Diana Roberts
Beverley Rogers
Sue Stafford
Thomas L. Tutor
Nigel MacEwan
Deborah McNeil
Stephen Phillips
Shar Piper
Julie Reidy
William Rosenberg
Elisabeth Rowan
Philip Seymour
Landon Thomas
Frances Train
Daniel Tutor
Virginia Valentine
Staff and Contractors
Stephen Miller, Executive Director
Patricia Shannon, Administrative Specialist
Chloe Joule, Stewardship and Environmental Education Specialist
Heather Sinclair, Island Expeditions Leader
Kangas & Kangas, Certified Public Accountant
Fred Stocking, Legal Counsel
Madeline Tomlin Associates, Bookkeeping
Jairus Miller, IT Specialist and Mowing
Committees
Fundraising and Membership
Education, Communications
and Special Events
Lisa Beck, Chair
Sara Babbidge
Margery Hamlen
Heather Knight
Carlisle Rex-Waller
Christopher Allen, Chair
Archibald Gillies
Gladstone Jones, III
Julia Pershan
Beverley Rogers
Elisabeth Rowan
Charles Verrill
Nancy Wouri
Land Conservation
Devens Hamlen, Chair
Christopher Allen
Darrell Crate
Archibald Gilles
Easement Stewardship
Sue Stafford, Chair
Linda & Martin Badoian
Greg & Lisa Beck
David & Elizabeth Brock
Mary Caulkins
Todd Congdon &
Robyn Kiers
Patty & Jeff Crawford
Alice Fay
Tom & Jody Gill
Linda Graf
Harriett & David
Hathaway
Jewell Hausmann
Anita Herrick
Owen & Beth Howell
and Family
Glad & Amanda Jones
Beverley Rogers
William Rosenberg
Langhorne Smith
Virginia Valentine
John Kauer &
Barbara Talamo
Laurie & Mark Keating
Michael & Kathy Kerr
Molly McNamara
Jairus Miller
Holly Mitchell & Family
Kim & Taylor Ongaro
Julia Pershan
Robin Ray
Yvetter Reid
Anne Renarde
Katie Schwartzenbach
Lang & Marilyn Smith
Walter Stafford
Allie Wood & Nancy Krusell
and Family
Kay Wood
Chuck Verrill, Chair
Sue Hatch
Nominating
Stephen Miller
Trail Maintenance
Madelaine Alexander
Karen Betts
Benjamin Dove
Susan Hatch
John Izaijs
Isabel Jackson
Sharon McCorison
Evan Schmidt, Chair
Johan Brigham
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Edward Lawrence
Robert McNeil
Charles Verrill
Paula Mirk
Shar Piper
Diana Roberts
Lisa Satchfield
Daniel Tutor
Barry Wherren
Cregar Center
Stephen Miller
Islesboro Nature Trails
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Turtle Head
This preserve at the northern tip of
Islesboro offers dramatic views of
both east and west Penobscot Bay,
spectacular geological formations,
historical sites and a variety of
interesting ecological features.
Access is from Turtle Head Road.
Shore access is also available.
Three trails: 1.5 miles total
Mission
Enhance the quality of residents’ lives through
the preservation of open space,
Educate all residents as to
the value of the islands’ natural ecosystems, and
Act as an environmental advocate on behalf of Islesboro
and the surrounding Penobscot Bay region.
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This is a popular swimming
beach with westerly views
across Seal Harbor to Flat
Island and the Camden Hills.
Access is from Main Road.
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Narrows Preserve
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This short loop trail along the
shoreline of Crow Cove offers
scenic salt marsh views and
good birdwatching. Access is
from Main Road. One trail plus
ashor spur: 0.5 miles
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Site of the IIT office and
surrounding gardens. The
property includes a small
piece of shore as well.
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Broad Point Preserve
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IIT’s newest preserve,
acquired in August 2012,
offers nearly fifty acres
of spectacular shorefront
on Mill Creek, Broad
Cove and Gilkey
Harbor. One loop
trail: approximately
1.5 miles
This property, located at
the end of Lime Kiln Road,
was given to the Town of
Islesboro by IIT in 1993.
It offers shore access and
views across East Penobscot
Bay to Castine and Cape
Rosier. Warren’s Landing is
the site of an historic lime
kiln and steamboat wharf.
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Big Tree Beach
Cregar Center
Warren’s Landing
Hinkle Preserve
Provides access to a sand and
gravel beach, a picnic area and
a short loop trail through a fern
meadow under mature hardwoods.
Access is from Point Comfort Road.
One trail: 0.2 miles
Hutchins Island and Marsh
These neighboring preserves offer two
spectacular hikes in the Coombs and
Parker Coves area. Elaine’s Trail leads
inland around the wetlands and beaver
flowages of Hutchins Marsh. The Hutchins
Island Trail crosses a tidal sandbar, and
then follows the shoreline of Hutchins
Island. Both trails offer excellent wildlife
viewing opportunities. Over 139 species
of plants and 112 species of birds and
other wildlife are found here. Parking is
at the end of Bluff Road.
Two trails: 2.5 miles total
Herbert Preserve
Lily Guest Trail
The Herbert Preserve offers two loop trails
in the scenic Ryder’s Cove area. The Herbert
Trail explores the western side of the preserve
following the salt marsh edge and returning
through upland forest and steep drainage ravines.
The Eastern Trail winds through early-successional
forest alond the shore of the Mill Pond providing
access to the Day Brigham Memorial Lookout.
Access is from Ryder’s Cove Road.
Two trails: 1.75 miles total
This IIT-managed trail is
entirely on private land and
offers a beautiful walk along
the shore of Jones Cove.
One trail: 1.5 miles
Photographs and graphic assistance were supplied by several people including Steve Miller, David Brock,
Taz Stafford, Dev Devereaux and Marilyn Smith among others.
Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper made with 100% renewable energy.
PO Box 182 · 376 West Bay Road · Islesboro, Maine 04848
207-734-6907 (voice) · 207-734-6747 (fax) · [email protected] (email)
www.islesboroislandstrust.org
· All trails blue-blazed
· Maps and rules are posted
at preserve trailheads
Islesboro
Islands
Trust
2013/14 Annual Report