Vermont
OakLog
Winter 2014
Celebrating West Mountain
and the Kingdom Heritage Lands
the Oak Log
David Furman
Published biannually by
The Nature Conservancy of Vermont
web: nature.org/vermont
State Chapter Office
27 State Street, Suite 4, Montpelier, VT 05602-2959
telephone (802)229-4425; fax (802)229-1347
From the Director
Heather Furman
Southern Vermont Office
348 Bentley Avenue, Poultney, VT 05764
telephone (802)884-8165; fax (802)884-8126
Connecting our Iconic Landscape
B oard of Trustees
Lynn Bondurant, Danby
George Burrill, Charlotte
Allen Clark, Plainfield
Greg Driscoll, Sunderland
Sheppard Guryan, Pawlet
Lawrence Hamilton, Charlotte
Richard Heilemann, Manchester
Lester Humphreys, Brattleboro
Richard Jackson, Dorset
Bryan McCarthy, North Hero
Sarah Muyskens, Burlington
Maggie Paine, Cornwall
Peter Van Oot, Norwich
Stan Williams, Norwich
Staf f
Heather Furman, State Director
Jon Binhammer, Director of Protection
Lyndon DeSalvo, Field Assistant (AmeriCorps)
Dan Farrell, Conservation Information Manager/GIS Analyst
Phil Huffman, Director of Landscape Conservation and Policy
Jennifer Kramer, Director of Philanthropy
Paul Marangelo, Senior Conservation Ecologist
Murray McHugh, Critical Lands Manager (Southern Vermont)
Lynn McNamara, Critical Lands Manager (Northern Vermont)
Joe Merrill, Director of Operations
Rose Paul, Director of Critical Lands and Conservation Science
Susi Richardson, Major Gifts Manager
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve
the lands and waters on which all life depends.
The Nature Conservancy is a private, international membership
organization committed to the preservation of natural diversity.
To date, we have protected more than 117 million acres in the
United States and around the world.
In Vermont, the Conservancy has protected more than
185,000 acres and owns and operates a network of
54 natural areas across the state.
The Nature Conservancy is supported by contributions from
individuals. Donations may be sent to the Vermont chapter
at 27 State Street, Suite 4, Montpelier, VT 05602-2959.
The Oak Log is written and edited by Glenn Scherer and
designed by The Laughing Bear Associates, Inc.
Cover photo: The American Marten — a far-ranging mammal requiring
unfragmented forest like that found in the West Mountain WMA — has returned
to Vermont after a long absence. Photo: Erwin & Peggy Bauer/USFWS
Printed on 90% recycled (including 30% PCW),
process chlorine-free paper
Many Vermonters, and certainly the TNC members that I’ve met over
the past year, have a deep and abiding connection to our iconic landscape.
TNC’s rich history of protecting special places helps support that connection and contributes to the narrative of who we are as Vermonters.
A prime example of this connection has played out over the past several
decades in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, on the 132,000-acre former
Champion International timberlands, now designated Kingdom Heritage
Lands. After a decade and a half of permanent protection, TNC and its
partners, led by the Department of Fish & Wildlife, have revisited the
original goals of the state’s largest protection effort to ensure the original
vision for its protection continues to be carried
TNC has played forward. Passions run high when you talk to anyone
who lives, works and plays in this part of the
a pivotal role
Kingdom, and each feels a sense of ownership.
in conserving
And for good reason – public lands are for everypublic lands all one. For over 15 years, we’ve worked closely with
across the state our partners to balance ecological protection with
recreation and local economies – not always an
— to the tune of easy task when public interests range so widely.
140,000 acres. Fortunately, the partnership to protect and manage
this area has served as a model of success.
Beyond the Northeast Kingdom, TNC has played a pivotal role in conserving public lands all across the state – to the tune of 140,000 acres – in
places woven into the fabric of Vermont: Green River Reservoir, Hunger
Mountain, Camels Hump, Green Mountain National Forest, and the
Equinox Highlands, to name a few. These public lands are the backbone
for much of our conservation work today, whether we’re protecting and
restoring forests and wetlands, or using our science to support safe road
crossings for wildlife. Large unfragmented blocks of habitat and healthy
forests are critical to a multitude of natural communities, rare animals and
plants, as well as supporting the forest products industry to help sustain
local economies. Our public lands also provide abundant aquatic resources
and wetlands, diverse recreational opportunities, and carbon sequestration
to help curb the effects of climate change.
A simple walk in the woods may not immediately reveal all the benefits a
healthy forest has to offer. But it’s like all good things – you know it when
you see it, and you want to be sure it endures.
Glenn Scherer
Picturing
Connectivity
infrastructure is most suitable for wildlife – information
that is useful when culverts are replaced in the future.”
The new research funded by VTrans is assessing culverts
and bridges in the Worcester Range to Northeast Kingdom
linkage – an important wildlife corridor identified by SCI
computer modeling. Partners include the Conservancy,
VTrans, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
(VTF&W), and the UVM Transportation Research Institute.
“TNC provides just the right fit for this work, with its excellent field scientists and solid fiscal management capabilities,”
says VTF&W Conservation Planning Biologist Jens
Hawkins-Hilke. “TNC always
delivers, and keeps us coming back
for more.”
“This work is particularly valuable
because the study runs year round,
so we’ll have data from all seasons,
and see how animals move between
habitats using culverts that are dry,
full of water or snow,” says TNC
Consulting Ecologist Laura Farrell.
TNC’s Paul Marangelo checks an infrared game camera.
You or I may experience a Vermont country road as a
picturesque adventure. But a bear or salamander encountering
the same byway confronts a potentially lethal obstruction.
Now a collaborative study by TNC and its Staying Connected
Initiative (SCI) partners is researching ways to make road
crossings safer for animals and drivers in the state’s Northeast
Kingdom – and they’re doing it by taking pictures.
“Of all the constructed features on the landscape, roads have
one of the largest habitat fragmenting effects across the
Northern Appalachians,” says TNC Senior Conservation
Ecologist Paul Marangelo.
New research is assessing “So we’re interested in
making road corridors
culverts and bridges in
as permeable as possible
the Worcester Range to
to allow wide-ranging
Northeast Kingdom
mammals and other wildlife
to safely negotiate them.”
linkage — an important
The study, begun last spring
and running for over
two years, is New England’s largest. Ultimately, more than
50 infrared heat-sensitive game cameras will be placed at
different types and sized culverts and bridges to track animal
usage. The results will be shared with SCI partners from
New York’s Adirondacks to the Canadian Maritimes.
wildlife corridor.
To encourage animals to pass under roads rather than over
them, “we need to know whether wildlife prefer big box
culverts over metal pipes, or culverts that are right-sized
for the stream running through them, or that have sandy
substrate (preferred by hoofed animals like deer) rather
than rocky surfaces,” says Marangelo. “This data, provided
to the Agency of Transportation (VTrans), tells them what
“Research shows that wildlife
corridors work if properly built
– whether for moose or salamanders,” says VTrans Environmental Specialist Supervisor Chris Slesar who is leading a
grassroots effort to build a “critter culvert” in Monkton
to protect one of the state’s best amphibian habitats.
“These wildlife studies are enhancing connectivity where
it’s now blocked by roads and railways, and VTrans is very
receptive to the concept,” says Agency of Transportation
Environmental Specialist James Brady. “It’s a win-win for
highway safety and for wildlife.”
A Fish Swims Through It
Culverts support habitat connectivity in two ways —
providing pathways for terrestrial animals, plus aquatic
connectivity for fish, turtles and salamanders. That’s why
the Central Vermont Chapter of Trout Unlimited is teaming
with TNC and Redstart, Inc., a private consultant, to assess
1,600 culverts in the Otter Creek watershed. The data will
help town road departments make informed connectivity
enhancing decisions about future culvert replacements.
This is TNC’s fifth watershed study in the Champlain Valley.
“Biologists have discovered that trout travel miles, feeding
in one place, spawning in another, seeking cooler water up
a small tributary – important as climate change worsens,”
notes Rose Paul, TNC Director of Critical Lands and
Conservation Science. “Otter Creek is already a terrific trout
stream. Making culverts better will defragment tributaries,
and likely make it even better.”
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Cove r Story
Celebrating
West Mountain
and the Kingdom
Heritage Lands
T
he 132,000-acre Kingdom Heritage Lands
represent the largest, most complex, most
contentious, collaborative land protection
project in Vermont history. “It’s one of the
crown jewels of Vermont conservation
areas,” declares TNC Director of Landscape
Conservation and Policy Phil Huffman,
“born out of a visionary plan – a thoughtful
approach to large scale conservation that integrates strong
ecological protection, permanent public access, and local
economies and community connections to the land.”
This vast area was acquired from Champion International,
Inc. in 1998 through an innovative partnership involving
TNC, the State, The Conservation Fund, the Vermont
Housing and Conservation Board, Vermont Land Trust,
and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
About two-thirds of the lands – 84,000 acres owned and
managed today by Plum Creek Timber Company – were
permanently protected as working forest, with easements
preserving public access forever. 26,000 acres were added
to the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.
At the heart of the deal was the newly created 22,500-acre
West Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA), state
land dedicated to ecological values, wildlife habitat and public
access, with a 12,500-acre “core area” given special protection.
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To achieve that vision, the 2002 WMA
Management Plan called for closing deadend gravel roads in the core area to motorized
traffic. This prompted a firestorm of criticism
from the Vermont Traditions Coalition
(VTC) and the Champion Lands Leaseholders & Traditional Interests Association,
representing forestry, hunting, fishing,
snowmobile, and primitive camp owner
interests.
That plan came up for revision over the
past year, but the rancor that erupted in
the original public process didn’t recur.
“We commend the Vermont Fish & Wildlife
Department (VTF&W) for reaching out
to stakeholders, getting us together and talking to understand each other’s goals,” says
VTC Government Affairs Director Frank
Stanley. “The updated plan is a reasonable
compromise that allows TNC and VTC
to meet our road access goals.”
Huffman agrees: “The new plan upholds the original WMA
vision and maintains the integrity of the core area. The most
ecologically detrimental roads will be closed soon, others
will be phased out over a longer period, and extensive public
access will continue to be available.”
“The Kingdom Heritage Lands have enormous value for
Vermont,” says State Biologist and Planner Doug Morin
who led the recent WMA planning process. “The victory
for public access is huge.”
“I see nothing but a rosy future for West Mountain,” says
TNC trustee and hunter Bryan McCarthy. “Over the years,
I’ve seen land broken up, sold, posted, and lost to hunters.
This land will be open to all for generations to come.”
Wildlife benefit, too. After a half-century absence, Canada
lynx and American marten have recently reappeared in the
Northeast Kingdom. Conservation efforts like the Kingdom
Heritage Lands, TNC’s work on the Connecticut River, and
the Staying Connected Initiative for wildlife connectivity
all play a part in that success.
“Their return is something to celebrate,” says VTF&W Land
and Habitat Program Director John Austin. “It is one of
the great dividends we get for dollars spent to conserve and
manage land.”
View the updated management plan summary at: www.vtfpr.org/lands/
documents/Draft%20Executive%20Summary%2020%20Jan%202014.pdf.
Ferdinand Bog: Tony Smith, VT ANR; Canada Warbler: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS
“The idea of the core area was to establish a
small portion of unmanaged lands within the
surrounding managed landscape – a place left
alone where ecological processes can run their
course, where species needing space from
people can thrive,” explains Huffman.
Emily Boedecker
The 140,000-Acre Miracle:
TNC Adds to Public Lands
From our chapter’s inception in 1960, TNC has worked
with the State of Vermont and federal government to
create and expand public parks, forests, and wildlife
management areas statewide. You won’t often see a sign
crediting TNC’s key role when you hike Camels Hump
or the Worcester Range; canoe Otter Creek; or hunt at
West Mountain and 22 other WMAs. But TNC was there.
“Most people know TNC’s conservation role at the global
level, but not the state level,” notes retired Vermont
Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation Conrad
Motyka. “I think Vermont’s collaborative relationship
with the Conservancy and other conservation groups is
the envy of states around the nation.”
Jamaica State Park
TNC teamed with the State to protect 629 acres on the
West River in 1969, and with VHCB to conserve a 312-acre
parcel on Turkey Mountain in 2007. This year, TNC “did a
rapid ecological inventory and found lungwort, a lichen only
seen on old growth trees,” says Binhammer. “So we worked
with the State to add this old growth grove to the Hamilton
Falls Natural Area, expanding it from 51 to about 200 acres.”
“Today, we continue to identify important ecological
resources and advocate for their protection with our
government partners, then work to close the deals,”
says TNC Protection Director Jon Binhammer.
Lynn McNamara
Three Green Gems:
Special Places TNC Helped Protect
Lynn McNamara
The Lower Winooski Partnership
Green River Reservoir State Park
This 5,112-acre park is beloved by paddlers and campers
who enjoy its solitude, loons and osprey. When the Morrisville
utility needed to sell this prime parcel in 1999, TNC joined
the State, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB),
and Friends of Green River Reservoir to conserve it. “It was
instrumental that TNC was there to give the state the loan to
put the deal together,” says Motyka.
In the 80’s, TNC joined the State and the Winooski Valley
Park District to save a string of marshes on the Lower
Winooski River including Derway Island and Halfmoon
Cove WMA. “It’s an incredible ecological resource right
in Burlington’s backyard,” says Binhammer. This project
led to TNC’s Lake Champlain Wetlands Acquisition Study
and ongoing Lake Champlain Wetlands Project, conserving
over 10,000 acres for wildlife, water quality, and access
on the big lake.
“I feel good knowing the Conservancy is out there,
with vital ecological data at their fingertips and the
ability to focus on Vermont’s special places”
– retired Vermont State Naturalist Charles Johnson.
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Faces from the Field
Good News About Bats
Joel Flewelling/VTF&W
TNC’s Aeolus bat cave in Dorset – Vermont’s biggest hibernaculum
– saw up to 96 percent of little brown bats survive last winter.
That’s good news after a decade of mortality topping 90 percent
due to white nose syndrome. Scientists can’t explain the recovery as
yet. TNC is aiding Vermont Fish & Wildlife in counting the cave’s
overwintering bats. Want to help? Build a summertime backyard bat
house. Find free plans, tips, and a bat house builder’s handbook at
Bat Conservation International: http://www.batcon.org/.
Southern Vermont on the Move
LEAF interns Alexia Cox, Zina Venezia, and Rachel Castillo
monitor restoration plantings at Hubbardton River Clayplain
Preserve. “LEAF volunteers pulled 2,659.5 pounds of water
chestnuts, monitored 800 trees, and maintained 6.3 miles of
trail this summer!” reports TNC Field Assistant and Volunteer
Coordinator (AmeriCorps) Kelsy Allan.
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Castleton State College students do trail work at the Buckner
Preserve.
LEAF intern Alexia Cox and TNC Field Assistant Lyndon DeSalvo
encounter a swimming timber rattlesnake on a water chestnut
pull in western Rutland County (Yikes!).
Clockwise from top left: Lyndon DeSalvo, Chuck Helfer, Zina Venezia, Kelsy Allan
Volunteers from the Oliver Wyman Foundation battle invasive
garlic mustard on a rainy day at Equinox Highlands Natural Area.
Northern Vermont in Action
Clockwise from top left: Lynn McNamara, Rose Paul, Lynn McNamara, Lynn McNamara
High school students from Thetford’s Camp
Akeela build a LaPlatte bog bridge.
Dealer.com, the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps and LEAF build a
bridge and complete the mile-long loop trail at Raven Ridge, in Monkton.
Berlin’s Confluence Community Fitness Center CrossFit volunteers carry
lumber for bog bridging at Chickering Bog. “It was a lot of heavy lifting,
but that’s what they love to do!” says TNC’s Northern Vermont Critical
Lands Manager Lynn McNamara.
UVM Professor Bill Keeton’s Restoration Ecology
Class developed a restoration plan for our LaPlatte
River Marsh Natural Area this summer, then
implemented the plan by planting trees.
The Conservancy Welcomes New Staff and Trustee
Greg Driscoll was appointed a
Vermont TNC trustee in August.
He is VP and Controller with Orvis
Inc., the outdoor direct market
retailer. Previously, he was CFO/
COO with a number of direct
marketing companies, and spent
15 years with L.L. Bean. He has
served on the Student Conservation
Association and Merck Forest and
Farmland Center boards. “I offer a financial management
perspective, plus experience with conservation nonprofits,”
says Driscoll, “and I see a very strong alignment between
my background and the mission of TNC.” Greg grew up in
Maine and lives with his wife Sandi in Sunderland.
Sandi Driscoll
Glenn Scherer
Joe Merrill has been appointed Operations Director of
TNC’s Vermont Chapter. He has worked for TNC since
2005, serving as Finance Manager for the Maine and
Vermont chapters from 2005 until early 2013, and for
Maine and Connecticut since then. Joe has prior experience
in public accounting, banking and
private industry. “My biggest passion
is the environment and sustainability,”
says Merrill. “I’m thrilled to be part
of an exciting new chapter in TNC
Vermont’s history – we have new
leadership and momentum, and I look
forward to playing a role.” He and his
wife Doreen relocated from Maine to
Montpelier in August.
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Conservation with a Nod to Tradition
by Heather Furman, State Director, Vermont Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
T
he Nature Conservancy in Vermont has helped conserve
more than 185,000 acres. Most of this land, whether
owned by the state or federal government and under a TNC
easement, or owned outright by the Conservancy, is open to
the public for hiking, nature watching, and to the surprise of
many – hunting.
At a time when hunting and conservation seem at odds to
many Vermonters, and private land is rapidly being posted
with “No Trespassing” signs, it’s worth noting that the tradition of hunting plays an important role in helping TNC
achieve its mission to conserve the lands and waters on
which all life depends.
In fact, Louis Porter, Commissioner of the Vermont Fish and
Wildlife Department calls TNC a role model: “Conservation
lands that remain open to hunting, fishing and trapping not
only protect habitat and species, but also serve as an essential
example to other private landowners. It’s vital to our state that
not just public lands be available for these activities, but that
private lands, like those owned by groups like TNC, remain
open,” says Porter.
Biologists have identified parts of Vermont where the deer
population is well above the baseline of a naturally balanced
ecosystem. “If there are too many deer, they over-browse
and harm habitat,” says Rose Paul, TNC Director of Critical
Lands and Conservation Science. “Over-browsing eliminates
tree seedlings that prevent healthy forest regeneration.”
Lacking large predators like wolves and catamount, hunting
helps maintain ecological health.
Northwest of Rutland is
High Pond. Established as
a private nature preserve
by adventurer W. Douglas
Burden, its 2,500+ acres
have seen virtually no hunting since 1926. TNC acquired the
preserve in 1985. This fall it opens to deer hunting.
“Two Antioch University New England graduate students did
a study at High Pond and found that deer are over-browsing
native undergrowth and impairing forest regeneration,” says
TNC Southern Critical Lands Manager Murray McHugh.
“Without a healthy understory, invasive species can take hold.
So it makes ecological sense to reintroduce hunting, manage
the deer herd, and bring things into balance.”
Deer hunting at High Pond is by permission only. Contact
Murray McHugh (802-884-8165 x 23; mmchugh@tnc.org).
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TNC has partnered with the State to create or expand 23
Vermont Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), including
West Mountain WMA in the Northeast Kingdom –Vermont’s
largest. We also helped protect vast tracts of federal land now
available to hunters in Green Mountain National Forest.
We respect the needs and values of local communities, and
recognize the role hunting plays in Vermont’s cultural identity.
Hunting is important to the local food movement, to our spirit
of self-sufficiency and is a valued traditional use of the land.
Many Vermonters identify
“Hunters have a great vested
themselves both as hunters
interest in preserving habitat
and conservationists, and
and wildlife.”
we’re pleased to count
– Bryan McCarthy,
some among our fervent
TNC Vermont Chapter Trustee supporters.
TNC owns and manages 54 preserves in Vermont – nearly
40,000 acres, most of which are open to hunting. TNC charges
no hunting fee and only requires a valid Vermont hunting
license. To find our hunters’ page and guidelines, go to: nature.
org/vermont/hunting, or call our Critical Land Managers to
find a natural area near you. In northern Vermont, contact
Lynn McNamara (802-229-4425 x 116; lmcnamara@tnc.org).
In southern Vermont, contact Murray McHugh (802-884-8165
x 23; mmchugh@tnc.org).
Join TNC at the 2015
Yankee Sportsman’s Classic
For the third year running, TNC will have a display at
the Yankee Sportsman’s Classic. This huge event, in its
23rd year, celebrates the Vermont outdoors tradition and
features 175 exhibitors ranging from outfitters to hunting,
fishing, camping and hiking retailers. Fifty free seminars
feature rainforest reptiles and birds of prey.
Join TNC and cure your
cabin fever by coming
out for this 3-day, familyfriendly event, January
16-18, 2015 at the
Champlain Valley Expo
in Essex Junction. Info at:
www.yankeeclassic.net/
Right: Trustee Bryan
McCarthy mans TNC’s
Yankee Sportsman booth.
Left: Chuck Helfer; below: Heather Furman
High Pond
Natural Area Opens
to Deer Hunters
Hunting-generated dollars also continue to be one of the largest
funding sources for conservation of critical habitat in Vermont
and the nation, benefiting game and non-game species alike.
Dave Menke/USFWS
Annual
Report
2013-14
Black-throated green warbler
A Legacy Year and New Beginnings
I
t has been an extraordinary year for the Vermont
Chapter – a time of transition, with the departure
of long-time director, Bob Klein, and the arrival
and welcoming of Heather Furman to lead the
Chapter forward.
In celebration, our members generously supported
the Land and Legacy campaign to honor Bob, enabling
us to build on his legacy and accomplish many of our
major conservation goals.
Thanks to our members, we raised over $1.7 million
that allowed us to protect hundreds of acres in 7
Conservancy Natural Areas across the state, improve
access at 3 of our flagship properties, and raise critical
funds needed to enhance the visibility of our work.
At Black Mountain in Dummerston, we conserved
275 critical acres at the heart of this sensitive ecological
area. At Chickering Bog and Deer Leap, we acquired
the last essential parcels to complete projects that began
more than 30 years ago.
Our amazing volunteers and the Vermont Youth
Conservation Corps built a new loop trail at Raven
Ridge, in Charlotte, and we’re beginning construction
on a universal access boardwalk at Eshqua Bog, in
Woodstock.
In support of TNC’s long-term ecological resiliency
strategies on the Connecticut River, the Chapter was
awarded significant grant funds that allow us to provide
ecological analysis to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) for the relicensing of five
Connecticut River hydropower dams, a five-year
process to be completed in 2019.
In support of habitat connectivity, we joined with
our Staying Connected Initiative partners in a
two-year wildlife
corridor study using All across the Green Mountain
game cameras in the State, we are speaking out
Northeast Kingdom. for healthy natural systems,
We continue our
and protecting the ecological
innovative aquatic
services these landscapes offer.
habitat connectivity
surveys in the Champlain Valley and our pioneering
work to restore Connecticut River floodplains to
full ecological health by planting disease tolerant
American elms, a historic keystone species in these
forests. And we’re working to raise awareness about
the importance of dynamic unfragmented forest for
Vermont’s ecological, social and economic health.
All across the Green Mountain State, we are speaking
out for healthy natural systems, and protecting the
ecological services these landscapes offer. This work
is made possible by our members, and reflects our
resounding commitment to remain strategically focused
on addressing the most critical environmental issues
facing Vermont.
Richard L. Heilemann, Board Chair
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Barbara & Bob George
John & Jill Gilbert
R. William & Valerie L. Graham
Harvey L. Gray
Charlie & Susan K. Grigg
Vern Grubinger
Sheppard & Joan Guryan
Lawrence S. & Linda S. Hamilton
Roger Haydock
Dr. & Mrs. James D. Heckman
Richard & Martha Heilemann
Chuck & Gail Helfer
A. Brandt & Marie Henderson
Edward Hoagland
Kathryn N. Hodges
Holborn Foundation - Jill & John Gilbert
Cynthia Hooley
David & Kay Hoopes
Lauren Horowitz
Mary B. Houghton
Jennifer Howlett
Lester & Sheila Humphreys
Charles Humpstone
Gale S. Hurd
Mrs. C. H. Ford Hutchings
Barbara & Sal Iannuzzi
Carolyn Jackson
Richard M. & Ann Jackson, Jr.
Kathleen James & Alexandra Heintz
Gerard & Emily Jones
Phyllis Kaplan
Kelsey Trust
Liza Ketchum
Barry & Warren King
Monica Knorr & Steve Sinding
Joann M. Langrock
Pat & Jim Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Eldredge Leeming
Cathy C. Long
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver A. Manice
Leonard J. Martin
John & Patricia Mathews
John Mattill
Bryan & Helen McCarthy
Lois McClure
Fiona & Bob McElwain
John J. McInerney, Jr.
Katharine J. Mears
Rick & Joan Meril
Paul R. Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. C. Midgley
Ron Miller
Nora Mitchell & Rolf Diamant
Dr. & Mrs. Carleton Moore
Gregory Moschetti & Connie Baxter
Sarah Muyskens & Michael Green
The Nichols Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. David Nichols
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Peabody
Mr. & Mrs. George Peck
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Powers
Richard F. Raubertas
Robert A. Reed
John C. Reese
Troy & Zoe Resch
Robin D. Rothman
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Rowland
Austin & Josephine Royle
Ian & Camille Schmidek
Louise Schwebel
Dr. John W. Sharpless & Janet Rutkowski
Ad & Mavis Shaw
Carolyn M. Silsby
Walter Slowinski
Allan & Bette Snyder
Eric R. Sorenson & Catherine Kashanski
Steven & Kathy Squires
Orson L. St. John & Connie Anderson
Philip & Marcia Steckler
Dennis & Barbara Stern
Mr. & Mrs. William Stritzler
Philip Tabas & Helen Hooper
James M. Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. W. N. Thorndike
Jacquelyn L. Tuxill
Richard Webb
Ralph M. Weihe
Thomas Wessels
Frederick & Constance West
The William P. Wharton Trust
Daniel Williams
Eesha Williams & Elizabeth Wood
Elizabeth G. Woods
Joanne Wuschke
Gertrude Yager
Steve Young
George R. Zaiser
Donors
Thank You to
Our Members
The Vermont Chapter wishes to thank our members for their
support from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. If you spot an
error or omission, please let us know at srichardson@tnc.org.
Oak Society
(Gifts of $1,000 or more)
Anonymous: 32 gifts
Jayne & Leonard Abess Foundation
Jayne & Leonard Abess
Alcyon Foundation
Dr. Peter Alden* & Susan B. Alden
Robert & Laura Andolina
Jerry & Lynn Babicka
Baltimore Community Foundation
The Bay and Paul Foundations
Charles G. Beaudette
Diana J. Bingham
Bloomer & Bloomer
Lynn Bondurant and Gary Derr
Gracey Bradley*
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Brownell
Bufka Foundation
Karen Bufka
George Burrill & Lola Van Wagenen
CAC Charitable Lead Unitrust
Canusa Corporation
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Cavin
William & Priscilla* Chester
Children’s Fund of the Upper Valley of
the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Pete & Jane Childs
Allen & Claudia Clark
Stuart Close & Kristin Brown Close
Coca-Cola Company Matching Gifts Program
Ralph Colin
Community Foundation of New Jersey
Concept II
Consultants Period, Ltd.
Cooper Family Foundation Inc.
Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust
Sidney & Anne Craven
Susan Cross
Timothy A. Crowell & Patricia Sabalis
W. B. Dade & Erika Dade
William & Laurie Danforth
Davis Conservation Foundation
Anne Dean
Sarah K. deCoizart Charitable Trust
Kathleen Dolan
Francie & John Downing
Earth Share
Peggy Farabaugh
Fieldstone Foundation, Inc.
Joanna Garbisch
Newton C. Garland
Judy Geer & Richard Dreissigacker
General Electric Foundation Matching Gift Program
Herbert Goertz
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gifts
Dr. Glenn D. Goldman
Dr. William Graham & Valerie Graham
Clive S. Gray
Charlie & Susan K. Grigg
Sarah Gruenig*
Sheppard & Joan P. Guryan
Ronald Harmsen
Philip S. Harper Foundation
Dr. Cedric F. & Arlette E. Harring, Jr.
Roger Haydock
Richard & Martha Heilemann
Chuck & Gail Helfer
Carolyn Henry
Highfield Foundation
Doris A. Hill
Holborn Foundation - Jill & John Gilbert
Anne Hoover*
Lester & Sheila Humphreys
Dr. Mahendra S. Hundal
Gale S. Hurd
William B. Hurd
IBM Employee Services Center
IBM Matching Grants Program
Carolyn Jackson
Richard M. & Ann Jackson, Jr.
Adrian L. Scott
Seventh Generation
James & Deborah Sharpe
Dr. John Sharpless & Jan Rutkowski
Nicholas A. Skinner
Estelle Smucker*
The Solstice Trust
Elizabeth Steele
Daniel Stein
Richard Stoner & Theresa Hyland
Mr. & Mrs. William Stritzler
Polly Swetland Jones & Richard Jones
Peter Swift & Diana McCargo
Mr. & Mrs. Hooker Talcott
Mr. & Mrs. James Taylor
John & Ellen Thompson
Jacquelyn L. Tuxill
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vessels
Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation
Thomas Vogelmann & Mary Neighbours
Stephen Waud
Ralph M. Weihe
Frederick & Constance West
Paul Wieczoreck & Mary Crane
Stan & Jennifer Williams
Elizabeth G. Woods
Dr. William C. & Joanna Wright
Joanne Wuschke
Jatoma Charitable Foundation
Gerard E. & Emily Jones
Kelsey Trust
Jonathan & Judith B. Keyes
Peter & Claudia Kinder
Barry & Warren King
Roberta W. Knight
Jennifer Kramer
Ernest & Heide Kruse
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Laber
Kate Lieber
Deborah Lynch
Ann & Denton Lyon*
Barbara & J. Robert Mann, Jr.
Leonard J. Martin
The Mazur Family Foundation
Bryan & Helen McCarthy
Lois McClure
Christopher F. McGratty
Meadowhill Fund
Middlebury College
David Middleton & Claire Beck
Ron Miller
Elsbeth Mode
Sarah Muyskens
Rex Myers & Susan Richards
The New York Community Trust - James
Talcott Fund
The Nichols Foundation, Inc.
Open Space Institute
Orvis Company, Inc.
William & Betsy Peabody
William F. Pedersen Jr. & Ellen Frost
David D. Perkins & Nancy C. Mackinnon
Leigh H. Perkins, Jr.
Perk Perkins
Dean & Connie Phypers
Patricia P. Polk
Porpoise Fund
Frederick A. Pratt & Eleanor Bisbee Pratt
The Prentice Foundation
Jeffrey T. Prescott
Richard F. Raubertas
Susan Z. Ritz
Riverledge Foundation
Robert L. Crowell Charitable Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Rowland
Milton Russell
The S & C Harvest Foundation, Inc.
The Frank & Brinna Sands Foundation, Inc.
Frank & Brinna Sands
Ian & Camille Schmidek
Sarah A. Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schwanke
Louise Schwebel
The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Chapter
Revenues
Acorn Society
(Gifts of $100–$999)
Anonymous: 24 gifts
Marvin Aber
Adirondack Community Trust - Evergreen Fund
James & Jennifer Adkisson
Steve & Lisa Adler
Suzanne Affinati
Kenneth & Gail Albert
John B. Alden
Richard E. Alderman
Judith L. Allard
Mr. & Mrs. Rob J. Allen
Mr. Thomas L. Allen
William Alley & Patricia Passmore Alley
Vanessa Almony & John Wurzbacher
Dr. Gary F. Alsofrom
Wendy R. Andersen
Kristofer Anderson
Lester C. Anderson
July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014
Expenses
Government awards
$436,397
General and
administrative
$460,588
Gifts of land
$504,133
Investment and
other income
$1,029,798
Dues and contributions
$7,923,143
Robert Anderson
Arden L. Andresen
Jim & Kris Andrews
Letitia Annis
Stephen Antell & Barbara S. Leaf
Mr. & Mrs. Reed Anthony
Emilie Arbaugh
Katharine Archer
Dr. Bradford Armstrong
Jean Arrowsmith
David & Cynthia Ashton
Ann Austin
Michael Austin
Sarah Axtell
Paul & Cecilia Ayres
Melody Badgett
Russell E. Baer Jr.
Alison Baetzel
Everett C. & Doris Bailey
Janet Bailey
Ralph E. Bailey
Christine Bailey-Kellogg
Barbara Baker
Nancy Baker & Brian Flynn
Susan R. Baker
Ian Baldwin Jr.
Peter G. Banta
Tony Barbagallo
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Barber
John S. Barbour & Carla Hochschild
Gary Barnes & Lorraine Nichols
Georgine Barrie
Linda Barrows
Dr. L. G. Bartholomew
Donald & Martha Bartsch
Dana & Susan Basiliere
Denis A. Bassett
Shirley R. Bate
Peter H. Bauer
Walter Baumann
Sarah Beard
Russell Beatty
Anne Beck
Ernest A. Belforti
Sally Bellew
Nicole M. Belval
William & Melanie Benko
Crocker Bennett II & Christina Boerner
John & Patricia Bennett
Peter & Caroline Bennett
Carol L. Benson
Don W. Berg
George & Doris Bergeron
Thomas Berriman
Donald F. Berth
Fund raising
$226,069
Total conservation program expenses & capital allocations
$1,420,476
* Deceased
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Donors
Wren Forbes: 2014’s Youngest Fundraiser
* Deceased
12 Winter 2014-15
Patricia Carr & Chapin Kaynor
Gregory K. Carroll
Alan Carter
Trudy Carter
Marie Carver
Carver/Delaney Families Foundation, Inc.
Teresa A. Casey
Diane J. Cass
Grover R. & Carol Ann Castle
Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Catlin
John B. & Deborah Cave
Alice Rooney Ceppetelli
Kathryn C. & Chip Chamberlain
Mr. & Mrs. George Chandler
Paul Charow
Judy Chaves & Craig Heindel
Celia Y. Chen & Doug Boulger
William P. Childs
Christopher C. Chiquoine
Linda Christensen
Citizens Bank Charitable Foundation
Kathleen Wine Clark
Brenda Clarkson
Grace B. Cleary
Debbie Clemmer
Alain Cloutier
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cochran
Sarah L. Cochran, D.V.M.
Richard & Rose Colletti
Mr. & Ms. Peter Collier
Robert A. Colman
Rudyard Colter
Harry E. Colwell
Christopher Commichau
Carol Cone
Frederick M. Coonradt
Mr. & Mrs. E. Corneille
Peter E. Cottrell
Christine Couturier
Richard Cowart & Anne Winchester
Francis Cowie
Joyce M. Crabtree
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Crandall
Frederik O. & Sophia J. Crawford
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Cresswell
Megan Culp
Cultural Intrigue
Jane Cumming
Richard C. Dale
Stephen Dale
Leslie Damon
Mr. & Mrs. R. Damon
Charles Darmstadt
Eva Davant
Ruth E. Davies
Deborah C. (Raven) Davis
Deborah Davis
Marclay Davis
Shirley A. Davis
David M. & Beth Dawson
Ann B. Day
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Day
Stanley C. Day
Dr. Charles R. de Burlo, Jr.*
Andy & Birgit N. Deeds
Mark R. Delaney
Mr. & Mrs. Carlo Derege
Rosita Desjardins
Matthew DeSorgher
John & Linda Devlin
Allaire K. Diamond
Mary Jane Dickerson
James Dickmann
Peter Dietrich
Michael Dietz
Mark Dillenbeck
Kathe Dillmann
Lisa A. Dillmann & Christopher H. Cox
Tom & Cynthia White
John B. & Alida A. Dinklage
David P. Dinsmore
Tom & Pat DiSilvio
Peter Dixon
“I read in a magazine about
white nose syndrome, and
got interested because of
how endangered the bats
were. I wanted to help,”
says Wren Forbes in her
matter-of-fact 10-year-old
way. “So I had an art show.
I made art, and my mom
and dad made art, and
anyone who wanted to
made art, and the show was
on Valentine’s Day, so we
called it Art with Heart. And
if you bought something we donated your money to the bats.” This young
fundraiser selected TNC and its Mt. Aeolus Bat Cave as beneficiaries.
Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow, Wren’s parents and founders of the
Center for Whole Communities in Fayston, are proud: “Wren did a
wonderful job raising money, independently researching what she cared
about, and writing an article for the local paper,” says Helen. “It was very
inspiring.” In thanks, TNC and State researchers gave Wren a tour of
the bat cave, which made a tremendous impression. “I recommend that
other people give to TNC and contribute to bats,” suggests Wren.
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
Sally Dodge & Dale Guldbrandsen
Carol Doerflein & Frederick A. Mecke
Marijke M. Dollois
Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program
Deirdre H. Donaldson
Patricia Donehower
Mr. & Mrs. John Donnelly
Jim Donovan & Patricia M. O’Donnell
Sandra Dooley
Karen Douville
Kathy M. Doyle & Jim Graves
Dr. & Mrs. John Drake
Janet M. Draper
Dr. Frank H. Duffy
Biddle & Idoline Duke
Marilyn Dupre
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Durovich
Eleanor & H. Thomas Dyett
Dr. Frederick Eames
Jan Eastman & John Marshall
Lois Eby
David T. Edsall
Nicholas C. Edsall
William H. Edwards
Mr. & Mrs. David Ellis
John I. Ellis
Lee & Janice A. Ellis
Dr. Edward S. Emery III
Dana R. Engel
F. Brett Engstrom & Betsy Brigham
Zoe Erdman
Susan Erisman
A. Erit
William H. Estabrook
John K. Evancie
A. Murray Evans & Dee Monte
John & Jane Ewing
Elizabeth Ezerman
J. Fabricius
Gordon Faison
Barbara Farnsworth
Irving F. & Annie Fellows
Stephen L. Ferber
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ferguson
David G. Ferguson
Holly Ferguson
Eugene Ferrara
Crystal C. Fielding
Alvin Figiel
Cynthia Fine
Lionel & Ardys Fisher
Jean Fitts
Ms. J. Flanders
Martha G. Fleming
Mr. & Mrs. John Flickinger
Elvira Flight
Kim M. Fodor
Robert Fogelin
Patricia Fontaine
Dr. Roger Foster
Diane L. Fountas, M.D.
Isabel Fox
Priscilla Fox
C. J. Frankiewicz
Churchill & Janet H. Franklin
Dr. Barbara L. Frankowski & Eric Bishop
Daniel Frazier
Richard E. & Virginia F. Freeman
Robert Fricke
Theodor H. Friedman
Sue E. Fritz & James LaBelle
Milt & Carolyn Frye
Toby Fulwiler
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Furland
Heather Furman
Hilarie J. Gade
Mary K. Gade
Margaret Gadon
Aimee I. Gaffney
Mr. & Mrs. Amory Gage
Galvin G. Gall
Mr. & Mrs. James Gallagher
Mr. G. D. Ganter
Jennifer Garber & Donald J. Brown
Walter & Joan Gates
Ann R. Geoffrion
Bob & Barbara George
Jonathan Gibson & Eliza Mabry
Walter S. Gibson
Clinton Gilbert, Jr.
Craig Gilborn
Pamela Gillis
Douglas Gimler
Stephen Gladstone
Ann Goering
Doug & Gail Goldsmith
Lynda Goldsmith
Harvey J. Golubock
A. Edward E. Good III
Lois & Dale Good
Peter W. Goodell
Penelope M. Goodkind
Mark Gorman
Sue Gorton
Stuart M. Graves, M.D.
Edward C. Gray
Russell Green
Dean & Susan Greenberg
Elizabeth B. Greene
David L. Greenewalt & Melanie Kent
David & Annie Greenhaus
Derek Gregorek
Eileen Y. Gregory
Kenneth Grillo & Joan Shannon
Carolyn Grodinsky
Growald Family Fund, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Growald
Vern Grubinger
Malcolm Guild
Hobart G. Guion
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Guitar
Marcia H. Gustafson
Robert Hagen, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Haley
R. A. Hall
Hamill Family Foundation
Susan Hamill Simmers & Clayton Simmers
Lawrence S. & Linda S. Hamilton
Helen Hamman & Peter C. Isakson
Richard Hammer
Joy Hammond
Peter Forbes
Alexa Berton
Douglas Bertsch
Rob Biddiscombe
Margaret Biggar
Richard Bingham
Jonathan Binhammer
Ian & Brenda Black
Richard Blackburn & Judith Lam
Mr. & Mrs. John Blackmer
Reba Blair
Marielle A. Blais
Irene J. Blanchard
Laura Bliss
Ellen J. Block
John Blodgett
Jean Bodeau
J. R. Bohannon
Barbara & Charles Bohn
Wendelyn Bolles
Barbara G. Bolton
Amy Bond
Mr. & Mrs. James Bosek
John Bossange
Bill & Ruth Botzow
Judith Boucher & James L. Hamilton
Sarah Bourne
Karen M. Bourque & Robert Horton
Ed Bouton
Steven Bower
Judith K. Boyd
Darby Bradley
Colin Brant
David R. Brautigam
Walter L. Brenneman, Sr.
Sara Brettell
Ms. C. S. Brevda
Mr. & Mrs. Graham Bright
Deb Brighton
Lucile Adams Brink
Herbert I. Britt
Donald & Gail Brodie
Alice F. Brown & Andrew McClellan
Anne C. Brown & Lee Alison Crawford
David Brown
Glenn Brown
Jessica & Dan Brown
Mark Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brown
Tracy Brown & Jane Bayley Brown
Faye Dale Browning
Lawrence & Susan Bruce
Mr. & Mrs. G. Brumbaugh
Lois D. Brush
Kevin & Ashleen Buchanan
N. Arlette Bucknall
Ralph & Lenore Budd
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Budell
Sylvia G. Burrill
Patrick Burtis
Daryl J. Burtnett
Roy Burton
Richard & Gail Butz
Bruce & Sue Byers
Mary E. Cadwell
Anna T. Caleb
David Call
Peter Callas
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cammack
Jean M. Campana
Sarah Campbell
Stephen A. Carbine
Richard G. Carbonetti
Nancy Carey
Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Carleton
Paul Carlile & Sue Ellen Strang
Barbara L. Carlson
Stanley Carlson
Susan D. Carlson
Roberta Carnwath
Josephine N. Carothers
Donors
Chris Jacobs
Gerald H. Jacobs
Dr. Julian J. Jaffe & Joy Jaffe
Linda B. James
Susan James
Miriam E. Jencks
Owen & Wendy R. Jenkins
David Jenne
Brian Jennings
Carol L. Jensen
David B. Jensen
Andrew M. Jesdale
David A. & Elizabeth H. Jillson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Johannesen
Peter A. & Helen Johnke
Charles W. Johnson & Nona Estrin
Claudine Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Johnson
Thomas P. Johnson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Johnston
David Jones
Kathryn O. Jorgensen
Martha L. Judy
Dr. Amy Jurewicz & Dr. Stephen Jurewicz
Steven F. Justis
John Kaeding
Tom Kafka
Janet R. Kahn
Maurice & Peggy Kahn
Francis A. Kampf
Robert Kancir
Joan C. Kane
Christos & Susan Kapsalis
Serge Karpovich
Jon Kart
Alex Katz
Stephanie Kaza
Anne H. Kelton
Diane Kemble
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Kemmerer
Paul L. Kendall
Barb Kennedy
William A. Kennedy
Lois A. Kenney
Martha F. & Don Kent
Catherine Kenyon
Dr. Robert Kest
William Ketterer
Nancy G. Keyes
Jonathan Kilburn
Kurak Kim
Priscilla J. Kimberly & Jerome B. Lasky
Lorraine Kimble
Cynthia M. Kingsford & Peter B. Gilmore
Donald & Judith Kinley
Sibyl Kirby
Dr. J. K. Kirkaldy
Robert Klein & Jean Vissering
Lloyd E. Klinger
Anne T. Knapp
Dorothy W. Knapp
Monica Knorr & Steve Sinding
John & Linda Kohler
Victoria G. Kohler
Bonnie Kolber
Linda Kornbluth
Dr. Stephen S. Kornbluth
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Kost
Joseph M. Kraus
Mr. & Mrs. Max Kraus
Ronald Krause
William L. Krause & Sheila Bowley-Krause
Ronald B. & Anita Krauth
Jen Kravitz
John G. Kristensen
David Krolick
Dr. Kate Kruesi, D.V.M.
Charles E. Kuehn
Patricia Kuntz
Craig P. La France
Thomas Lacey
Stephen C. Lagasse
Patricia Lambert
Kate Lampton
Terry Larsen & Rebecca Hill-Larsen
Alison M. Latham
Avery Lavoie
Thomas Learmonth
Edith L. Leckey
Pat & James Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Eldredge Leeming
Alexandra Lehmann
Roxanne M. Leighton
Sarah D. Leiser
David & Lee Lemal
Mr. & Mrs. Craigh Leonard
Gertrude Lepine
Carolyn Lettieri
Walt Levering
Jamie Levis
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Lewis
William J. Lewis & Suzanne Kusserow
Amy Lily & Dr. Prospero Gogo, Jr.
Carlos & Charlotte Lima
Ann W. Linde
James W. & Jackie Lindenmeyer
Dan & Jaye Lindner
Jenepher Lingelbach & William Badger
Constance Linnell
Timothy Little
William Littlefield
Philip A. Littler
Ann Livingston
William Livingston
Jessica Londa
George H. & Linda Long
William Long
Jason R. Longo
Charles Lovett
Mr. & Mrs. David Luce
Ms. Maryann Ludlow
Dr. & Mrs. John Lunde
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Luquer
Theodore Lyman
Heidi Lynn & Michael Lynn
Mark & Jill Lyons
John W. Mac Arthur
Terence Macaig
Bruce Macphail
Mr. & Mrs. B. Madden
Betty Maguire
Raymond G. & Patricia Mainer
Dr. Marvin K. Malek
Elizabeth Malko
Joyce C. Mandeville
Oliver A. Manice
Scholten Marietta
Roger Marshall & Barbara Smorgans
Shona L. Marston
Cynthia J. Martin & George Longenecker
Dr. Roger A. Marum
David & Lucy Marvin
William & Margaret M. Mather
Gina Mazer & Mark Howard
Harry Mazer
A. Sloan McBurney
Mr. & Mrs. James McCabe
Robert McConnaughey
Daisy McCoy
Jeffrey McDonald
Winifred McDowell
Mark & Mary McGrath
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McGuire
James W. McIntire
John A. McKenna
Margo McKenna
Bill McKibben & Sue Halpern
Elizabeth McLain
Tii McLane
William D. & Catherine L. McMains
Mr. & Mrs. James McQueston
Howard F. & Nancy McRae
Patricia E. Means
Larry & Karen Medsker
Dr. & Mrs. C. Meeker
Dr. & Mrs. Gary K. Meffe
Barry R. Meinerth
Glenn & Lisa Mercurio
Rick & Joan Meril
Susan Childs Merrick
Cordelia N. Merritt
Robert & Kathryn F. Mesaros
Kenneth H. Meyer
Donald & Miriam Meyer
Paul R. Meyer
Sandra J. Meyerhofer
Carol Michaud
Neil & Elizabeth Mickenberg
Mr. & Mrs. C. Midgley
William Mierse
Abigail B. Miller & Robert B. Ryder
Andrea J. Miller
Burr Miller
Francis S. Miller
Jean E. Miller
John C. Miller
Ann Mills
Dale K. Mills
Dr. John H. Milne & Robin Milne
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Milnes
Maureen Mindell
Stephanie J. Miner
Barbara Mines
Arthur E. Mitchell
N. J. Mitchell & Rolf Diamant
Susan Moegenburg & Toben Galvin
Suzanne Moffat
Moffatt Family
Anne Montgomery
Barbara A. Moore
Dr. Ronda P. Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Morel
Georgia G. Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Moriarty
George P. Moser Jr.
Mountain Gardeners
John Ewing:
A Legacy of Service
Susan Reid
Scott D. Hammond
Marilyn & Jim Hand
Margaret Handler
Barbara Hannon
Dr. & Mrs. James Hanshaw
Fran & Ross Hanson
Eric Hanson
Charles D. Hardy
Susan E. Hardy
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Harlow
Edmund Harris
Mark & Martha Harris
Winston W. Hart
Donal F. Hartman, Jr.
Patricia Haufler
Samuel Hawkey
James Hayden
Dawn Hazelett
Michael A. Healy
Richard Hecht
James D. & Susan J. Heckman
Kenneth Helms
Jane Helmstetter
Mary Heninger & Joseph S. Spano
Karen Heppell
Mary D. Herberich
Stephen Herson
Carol & Carlanne Herzog
Randy & Karen Hesse
James A. Hester, Jr.
William R. Hickson
Nancy Hill
Jesse & Bonnie Hills
Larry R. Hills & Jane M. Vossler
Mr. Douglas Hinshaw
Dr. Janet Y. Hinzman
Edward Hoagland
Martha F. Hoar
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Hoffman
Robert H. Hoffman
Donna Hollinger
Steve Holman
Lewis M. Holmes
Alan Homans & Lynn Reynolds
Fred Homer
V. L. Hood
Ruth F. Hooke
Cynthia M. Hooley
Judith E. Hooyenga
Hanna W. Hopp*
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Horbar
Lauren Horowitz
Dr. Russell F. Housman
David Houston
Jessica Howard
Sally Howe
Bruce Howlett
Jennifer Howlett
Elaine Huber
J. Parker Huber
Gerri Huck
John Huddleston
Melrose E. Huff
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Huffman
Dr. Charles L. Hulse & Marianne E. Rideout
Charles Humpstone
Hope Hungerford
Susan L. Hunsdon
Jacquelyn Hunt
Joan Hurwitz
Mrs. C. F. Hutchings
John G. Hutton
Robert N. Hyams
Valerie Hyde
Mrs. Kimball Igleheart
Ms. Gene E. Irons
Alan Isaacson
Mr. & Mrs. David Isles
Clifton & Ann C. Iverson
Ted & Martha Izzi
Arlene Jachim
Delia Jackson
Susan Jackson
John Ewing’s influence on our state’s
landscape looms large. A Vermont Chapter
member nearly from the start, he has also
served as a valued Vermont TNC trustee
and chair. He served for years on the
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
and helped found the Winooski Valley Park
District – two Conservancy partners vital
to preserving natural Vermont. Ewing
assisted Art Gibbs in writing part of Act
250 regulating development above 2,500
feet, and co-founded the Vermont Forum
on Sprawl, later Smart Growth Vermont,
now merged with the Vermont Natural
Resources Council. Today in his 80’s, this
“banker with a conscience,” as Bob Klein
dubbed him, has spent six decades
protecting the state he loves. “To me the
essence of Vermont is its lands, the beauty
of its mountains, its rivers, its special
places, and the relationship of our citizens
to it,” says Ewing. “The Conservancy’s work
over the decades has made an incredible
difference in preserving that heritage.”
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Donors
* Deceased
14 Winter 2014-15
Mark Potasiewicz
Richard H. Potter
Powell Family Charitable Lead Trust
Junius L. Powell, Jr.
Michael & Barbara Powers
Doris T. Pratt
Carol Price
Prudential Foundation
Lynn & Nancy Pruitt
R. A. Pugliese & Stanley E. Corklin
Benjamin W. Putnam
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Putnam
Mary Quinn
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rachlin
David Racusen
Donald D. Rahelich
Michael Rancourt
Susan Rand
Kristen Rathbun
Elizabeth B. Raymond
Nancy Read
Dr. Mildred A. Reardon
Douglas C. Reaves
Scott Rebhun
Mr. Edward Long Redpath
Judith Reed
Pen Reed, Jr. & Barbara Reed
John C. Reese
David C. & Sarah D. Reeves
Martha L. Reid
Alison Reynolds
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Daphne C. Rice
Joshua & Karen Rich
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Sallie K. Riester
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Bob Schatz
Henry Scheier
Denise B. Schemm
Carlin Scherer
Dave Capen:
A Scientist Takes
the Long View
The problem with Lake
Champlain cormorants was
that there were just too
many of them. Dave Capen,
University of Vermont Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Biology, made it his mission to
study the problem, and help bring down their numbers to protect habitat for
other birds nesting on TNC’s Four Brothers Islands. The good news is that
nesting populations have dropped by 50 percent in the last six years, thanks
to Capen’s research, TNC’s support, and state and federal wildlife agency
efforts. Dave is cautiously optimistic, but warns that a loss in federal funding
or new cormorant arrivals from the Great Lakes could reverse things. TNC
has been a favorite organization and charity for Dave and wife Barbara
for nearly forty years “I’ve worked hand and glove with TNC on Vermont
biodiversity projects and conservation planning,” says Capen, a TNC Legacy
donor. “It was easy for us to decide that we want to leave a share of our
resources to an organization about which we think so highly.”
Robert J. Schiesser
Susan Schlee-Socks & Michael Socks
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Schmitz
Jeff & Beth A. Schoellkopf
Jeremy P. Schrauf
W. Arlen Schrock & Eileen Murphy
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Robert Schulz
R. Schwinge
John Scott
Tana S. Scott
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John D. Seaver
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Mr. Leigh W. Seddon
Mr. Tim Segar
Dr. Frederic T. Selleck
Catherine Sells
M. W. Senger
Ms. Nancy Sevcenko
Leslie Shahi
Kate Shattuck
David M. Sheets
Shehadi Family Fund of the Cmnty Fnd of
Collier County
James & Abby Sheldon-Dean
Nancy Shuell
John & Dianne Shullenberger
Helen N. Shulman
Cory Sibal
Dr. & Mrs. Peter Silberfarb
The Charles & Ann Sincerbeaux Family Fund
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Henry L. & Barbara A. Smith
Barry Smith
Janice Smith
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Lola Smith
Richard Smith
Thomas W. Smith & Anne McMenamen
Wendy G. Smith
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Daniel Sobel
Richard J. Solomon
John Sommer
Eric R. Sorenson & Catherine Kashanski
Kendra G. Sowers & Charles Dinklage
Mike Spatzer
Roger & Gay Squire
Steven D. & Kathy Squires
Denis St Jean
St. Croix Valley Foundation
Michael St. John
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Loring Starr & Michael H. Dworkin
Jim Stead
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Steckler
Dr. Gary Stein & Dr. Janet Stein, Ph.D.
Debra Stenner
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Charles J. Stone, Jr. & Susan Atwood Stone
Tim & Cindy Stotz
Roger & Caroline Strauss
Nowell Strite
Allan Strong
Arthur Stukey
Elizabeth Sumner
William Sutton
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Carol Talley
Anne Tanner
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Nancy Thomas
Lee Thompson
Terry Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. W. Nicholas Thorndike
Victoria Tibbits
Brenda Tillberg
Timberlock, Inc.
Jim Tober
Janet Toplansky
George R. Townsend
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Jacqueline Treybal
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April Tuck
Stephen Wise Tulin
Katherine K. Turner
The Tyler Place, Inc
William Tyson
Cornelius M. Ulman
United Way of Chittenden County, Inc.
Dr. J. Van Houten
Peter D. Van Oot
Debbie Van Schaack
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Winifred Vogt
George Von Trapp
Justin K. Vreeland
Matthew & Jennifer Waite
Robert & Katherine Walker
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Wallace-Brodeur
Multiple Resource Mgt., Inc.
Barbara C. Walling
Marianne E. Walsh
James F. & Barbara Wanner
Jennifer B. Warburton
Jerald A. Ward
Samuel Ward
Cheryl Dorschner
Mary J. Mueckenheim
Donald E. Mueller
Jeanne G. Mulcahy
Robert & Peggy Mullen
Lisa Muller
Linda Mullestein
Nancy Munno
Charles E. Murphy
Lawrence Murphy
J. G. & Nicole Y. Murtha
Margaret M. Murtha
Ram Murthy
Miles & Patrice Mushlin
Michael & Beth Muskat
Jeannine Myers
Mrs. Robert G. Myhrum
Janice Nadworny
Alexis P. Nason
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Nelson
Dorthea K. Nelson
Network for Good
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Ann Nickerson
Donald Nickless
Bernard Noe
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Walter Norman
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Gayle Nunley
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Alan Nyiri & Angele Brill
Anne Oakes
Martha O’Connell
Atty. Joseph J. O’Dea
Susan Oleary
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Sally Olmsted
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Philip S. & Mary Jean Oman
One Percent For The Planet
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Clark Orsky
Candice Ortiz
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Thelma Osgood
Amy Otten
Emma Ottolenghi
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Margaret S. Paine
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Scudder Parker & Susan Sussman
Alexander S. Parr, Jr.
Karyn M. Patno
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George & Norene Peck
Jesse S. Pelton
John Pennucci
Faith Pepe
Kathryn Perkins & Andrew Thurber
Richard F. Perkins 2004 C L A T
Dr. Steven J. Perlin
Marne Perreault
Curtt & Lisa Perry
Mary Louise Pierson
David Pilachowski
Arthur Pilon, Jr.
Ronald A. Piro
Errol & Anita H. Pomerance
Willard Pope
Robert Popp
Don & Linda Post
Donors
Janet Warren
Richard A. & Sarah Warren
Joanne Washburn
Mr. G. S. Waterman
Judith Watt
Richard Webb
Susan B. Weber
Harris C. & Eleanor C. Webster
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Michael & Ethel Weinberger
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Thomas Wessels
Cynthia Wesson
Jane Westervelt
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Francis Whitcomb
White & Burke Real Estate
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John G. Whitman Jr.
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Peter Forbes & Helen A. Whybrow
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S. Kendall Wild
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Elsa B. Williams
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Bernhard Wunder
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Donna Zeller
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Steven D. Zorn
Legacy Club
Anonymous: 66
Robert P. Ackert, Jr. & Ruby Ackert-Herzig
Dr. Peter D. Alden* & Susan B. Alden
Amanda Amend & Craig Olzenak
Sally Andrews
Katharine Archer
Russell E. Baer Jr.
Susan R. Baker
Elizabeth Ballinger
Jenneke Barton
Joan Barton
Peter & Caroline Bennett
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Donald F. Berth
Mike Beyna
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Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Bisson
Richard Blackburn & Judith Lam
Emily Boedecker
Julia Bond
Lynn Bondurant and Gary Derr
Shannon & Tom Brady
Charles & Catherine Bulkley
Hollis Burbank-Hammarlund &
Arne Hammarlund
George Burrill
Daryl J. Burtnett
Sally Buxton
David & Barbara Capen
John E. Carl
Jill & Charles Castelli
Sara Cavin
John Chamberlain & Barbara Brosnan
Malcolm & Sarah Chamberlain
Arthur & Joan Chickering
Allen & Claudia Clark
Susan Coolidge
Alice L. Coryell
Rosemary A. Czapor
Charlotte C. Danly & Ron Jackson
David M. Dawson
Ann B. Day
Nancy E. DeForge
Linda P. Devlin
Don & Julie Dickinson
Nancy M. Diemand
Davis Dimock & Victoria Weber
Marijke M. Dollois
Sally Ducot
Rufus Duell, Jr.
Lyn DuMoulin
Robert W. Ebling III
John & Jane Ewing
Gordon Faison
Russell M. Fellows
Dr. Ronald Ferry
Robert Foley
Ellen Frye
Delight Gartlein
Mary Jane Gentry
Ann R. Geoffrion
Dana & Walter Gilbert
Paula A. Gills
Steven Y. Goddard
Herbert Goertz
Clive S. Gray
Philip H. Gray Jr. & Janet Travers
Dean & Susan Greenberg
Abigail Hagler, M.D.
Gale Hamilton
Lawrence S. & Linda S. Hamilton
Sara Hand
Ross Hanson
Ronald Harmsen
Pat Harrington
Christine Haugen
William J. Heap
Dr. Richard F. Heilemann
Frederick & Margaret Henry
Mary D. Herberich
Candace Hess
Carolyn K. Hignite
Doris A. Hill
Dr. Marcia Hill
Sylvia Hill
Dorothy S. Hines
Mary V. Hoffman
Norman Hosford
Gerri Huck
Melrose E. Huff
Lester & Sheila Humphreys
Jacquelyn Hunt
Carolyn Jackson
Susan Jackson
Wallace & Christine Jenkins
Carol L. Jensen
Mary G. Johnson
Gerard Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Jones
Ruth H. Jones
Barbara O. Keeton
Jaap J. Ketting
Barry & Warren King
Roberta W. Knight
Dr. Stephen S. Kornbluth
Jennifer Kramer
Mr. & Mrs. Max Kraus
John H. Kueffner & Carolyn F. Goodwin Kueffner
Walter & Trude Lauf
Virginia Marsh Laumeister
Trevor M. Law
Karl & Susan Leskin
Ms. Winston Lewis
Ann W. Lindner
Molly M. Lofgren
Patrice Lopatin
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lotspeich
Hope G. Luedeke
Joyce P. Lyons
David & Adrienne Magida
Linda Berg Maney
Richard & Linda Marek
Mark & Mary McGrath
Cheryl Wilfong & William G. McKim
Mary Ann McLeod
Howard & Nancy McRae
Larry & Karen Medsker
Gary & Nancy Meffe
Jean F. Merrill & Ronni Solbert
Joseph & Doreen Merrill
Kathryn & Robert Mesaros
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Michelli
Robert E. Middleton
Arthur E. Mitchell
Kirsten Murch
Dr. V. Nossiter
Mark Novotny
Frank Oatman & Jon Wood
Ann B. Owen
Ruth W. Page
Anne Pardee
Keith Partyka
William & Betsy Peabody
Leigh & Annie Perkins
Tom Peters & Susan Sargent
Jennifer A. Pivovar
Paula Ponte
Michael & Barbara Powers
Rebecca Purdom
Joan Randall
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Reid
Nancy Reynolds
Walter D. & Susan B. Richter
Susan Z. Ritz
Margaret Roland
Mr. & Mrs. William Ross
Ronald Rucker
Eleanor M. Russell
Nancy Howe Russell
David B. Ryan
Thomas Sandler
Ann & Stuart Schaffner
Mr. & Ms. Ian Schmidek
Tom & Margo Scribner
Deborah Sharpe
Ad & Mavis Shaw
Susan E. Shea
Alexandra Shear
David M. Sheets
Peter & Anne Silberfarb
A. H. Skinner
Nicholas A. Skinner
Henry & Barbara A. Smith
Janice Smith
Dorothy Snedeker
C. Snyder
John Sommer
Ruth W. Stewart
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Mr. & Mrs. Peter Svirsky
Mr. & Mrs. James Taylor
Sarah B. Taylor
John & Ellen Thompson
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Clayton & Sandra Wetzel
Stan & Jennifer Williams
Alex Wilson
Tracy Winn & Joe Rigali
Ms. Persis H. Worrall
Brenda J. Wright
Dr. William C. Wright
Joanne Wuschke
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