resilience
2014 Annual Report
Adirondack Chapter
These lands and waters
hold great promise
of long-term health.
Standing the test of time
Science-guided investments provide
long-term benefits for people and nature
In 1949 Aldo Leopold wrote, “Health is the capacity of the land for self-renewal.
Conservation is our effort to understand and preserve this capacity.”
Conserving the most important lands in the Adirondacks takes on new meaning as we incorporate
resiliency science. In conservation, resilience refers to how well natural systems persist over time.
This region has been recognized for more than a century as a global stronghold of biological
complexity and diversity. But how well can it adapt to rapid change? Will it still have the capacity
for self-renewal in the next century?
Forty years ago most of our work was based on the location of species
and natural communities. As plants, animals and climate shift around us,
we also consider diversity of elevation and geology, and the connections
between habitats, to give species the time and space they need to adapt
to new conditions.
The good news is that the leading resiliency scientists in the East
give high marks to the former Finch lands, Follensby Pond, Spring
Pond Bog, and other places protected by the Adirondack Chapter of
The Nature Conservancy and the Adirondack Land Trust over the
decades. These lands and waters hold great promise of long-term health.
Moving forward, our scientists are identifying investments that will provide species with options
and alternatives a century from now. And we are tailoring management, for example, by designing
conservation easements that change as habitats change. We are also surveying Adirondack freshwater
systems and modeling ways to maintain the viability of trout and other coldwater species.
The benefits are social, economic and environmental. Through our work to reconnect streams
to rivers by improved culvert and bridge design, we are finding that better infrastructure can also reduce
flood damage to local communities. Highway engineers and other partners are beginning to incorporate
our science into their own strategies to meet the challenges of stronger storms.
All of the work of the past year, outlined in this report, happened because of your support.
Thank you for your generosity, your vision, and for taking steps to maintain an Adirondacks in balance,
with healthy landscapes and clean waters for nature and for people. Together, our actions will have
lasting impact.
Left: Lincoln Hull, a Department of Environmental Conservation
intern, fishing the Branch River, which opened to the public under
a conservation easement recently transferred to New York State.
Charlie Svenson
Chairman
Mike Carr
Executive Director
Cover: McGill University researchers Melissa Lenker and Jake Ziegler
check nets on Follensby Pond, where they are assessing lake trout
and cisco populations for The Nature Conservancy.
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Land Conservation Update
Macintyre tracts fill gaps in High Peaks Wilderness
New additions to Forest Preserve to protect rivers and mountain slopes
The Macintyre tracts in Newcomb comprise 20,000
acres of the Conservancy’s 2007 purchase of 161,000
acres from Finch, Pruyn & Co. The lands are named for
Archibald McIntyre (the map spelling has changed over
time), who mined the region for iron ore in the early
1800s. Today, few signs of mining remain, and the area
is better known as a southern gateway to the trails of
the High Peaks Wilderness.
Mark Anderson, director of conservation science
for The Nature Conservancy’s Eastern United States
division, points to connected expanses of forests—
particularly those with a variety of geology, elevation,
and microclimates within them—as promising refuges
for nature in a changing world. In this regard, the
conservation value of the Macintyre lands is increased
by their proximity to the High Peaks, the largest
wilderness area in New York State.
The Macintyre tracts include Lake Andrew,
Upper Hudson and Opalescent river shoreline, and
lower-elevation forests leading up to New York’s
A promising refuge for
nature in a changing world.
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highest summits. Our conservation plan took a leap
forward on May 5, 2014, when we transferred the
5,770-acre Macintyre West tract to the Forest Preserve.
We continue to hold 6,200-acre Macintyre East, which
features gorgeous stretches of river, for future transfer
to the Forest Preserve (this tract is privately leased and
not yet open to the public). The remaining 8,300 acres
are now owned by a timber company and protected
by a working-forest conservation easement.
We were honored when the Adirondack Park
Institute presented us with its 2014 Frank M. Hutchins
Environmental Leadership award. API president Mike
German said, “The Conservancy has demonstrated leadership and collaboration in its management of the former
Finch lands here in the Central Adirondacks. Working
forests have remained working forest. Communities have
been engaged collaboratively in decisions about public
access, recreation, and economic opportunity. Significant
ecological landscapes have been protected and made
available to the public.”
N ew pu b lic lan ds
In 2012 we entered into a five-year contract to transfer a total of
69,000 acres of conservation lands to New York State. These tracts
represent a variety of habitats and offer new opportunities for adventure
and respite. Here is a list of 42,455 acres transferred to date. If you
visit any of these places, we’d love to hear about your experience.
E-mail Connie Prickett, director of communications, cprickett@tnc.org.
Tract name
Hudson River-Hyslop
Macintyre West
Essex Chain LakesHudson River
Acres
Town
Outstanding attribute
301
Newcomb
Borders Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest
5,770
Newcomb
Summit of Mount Andrew (3,081 feet)
Newcomb and Minerva
More than 11 lakes and ponds and more than
11 miles of Hudson and Cedar rivers
18,300
North River
265
Minerva and Chester
More than a mile of Hudson River shoreline
Indian River
940
Minerva and Indian Lake
Confluence of Indian and Hudson rivers
Buell Valley
10
Indian Lake
Surrounded by West Canada Lake Wilderness
Cedar Ridge
550
Indian Lake
Borders Blue Ridge Wilderness
Good Luck
420
Indian Lake
Can provide access to Stonystep and
Big Bad Luck ponds
2,800
Indian Lake
Harbors more rare and significant plants,
mosses and liverworts than any other site
in the Adirondack Park
Township 33
460
Indian Lake
Exposed cliffs on Sugarloaf Mountain
Casey Brook
1,587
North Hudson
Borders Dix Mountain Wilderness
Blue Ridge Road
77
North Hudson
Borders Dix Mountain Wilderness
Hudson Riverside
727
Chester
Nearly 1.5 miles of Hudson River shoreline
East River Road
565
Bolton
Borders Cat and Thomas mountains
Black Spruce Mountain
191
Warrensburg
Adjacent to Lake George Wild Forest
OK Slip Falls-Blue Ledge
Fox Hill Road
1,250
Edinburg
Moose habitat
Benson Road
3,880
Mayfield
Canadian burnet, a rare plant
Saddles
2,540
Whitehall
More than 2,250 feet of undeveloped
shoreline on Lake Champlain’s South Bay
Spruce Point
726
Whitehall
Within an important wildlife pathway
Town Line
176
Providence
Dwarf shrub bog
Daniels Road Tract
525
Greenfield
Mountain biking destination
Penn York Lumber Tract
241
Greenfield
Checkered rattlesnake plantain, a rare plant
Town Corners
154
Greenfield
Bordered by Wilcox Lake Wild Forest
For a map of Finch and other lands to be transferred to New York State, see www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/finchmaplg.pdf
Left: The Macintyre West tract (including Lake Andrew) became part of the Adirondack Forest Preserve in 2014. ©Carl Heilman II
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Adirondack Land Trust
30
22,794
years =
contributing to the quality of life of
Adirondack communities
360
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I m pact
acres
20
Conservation agreements with
working farms producing milk, apples,
cattle & hay
o
view of Lake Champlain, High Peaks
and valley farmland, from the summit of Coon Mountain
2
Founding partner of
farmers’
markets in the Champlain Valley
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6,535
of working forests
acres
4
1988:
the year ALT
and The Nature
Conservancy
combined staff
to extend their
conservation
reach
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Three Decades of Land Trust Action
Private initiative, healthy communities, and a deep connection to the land
A question we hear a lot is: What’s the difference between the Adirondack Land Trust
and the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy?
While science drives the work of the Conservancy
(Adirondack Chapter founded 1971), quality of life
drives the Land Trust (founded in 1984). Both organizations use the same land-protection tools to achieve
their goals, so in 1988 we joined forces, combining
staff to extend our resources.
That’s the short answer. The photograph above
illustrates some of the community-driven goals of
the Adirondack Land Trust (ALT). It shows part
of an 1,800-acre swath of the Champlain Valley that’s
protected by three voluntary perpetual agreements
between the owners, a local town, and ALT. ALT
holds 20 conservation easements that help maintain
a critical mass of farmland, essential to the economy
of the Champlain Valley. By keeping farms from being
segmented into smaller housing lots, owners of conserved
lands also play a role in safeguarding pathways for
wildlife between Vermont and the Adirondack uplands.
And the scenery speaks for itself.
Stewardship program manager
Doug Munro consults with an
orchard owner in Keeseville.
For 30 years ALT has worked with Adirondack
communities to protect places that are important to
them. Sometimes these are forests that produce logs
for paper and lumber. Sometimes they are parks that
provide trails and other outdoor recreation.
The Land Trust-Conservancy partnership
strengthens both organizations, and we look forward
to seeing what we can accomplish together over the
next 30 years.
The benefits
are social,
economic and
environmental.
Connections
It is not enough to protect habitat for brook trout, bobcats and other animals.
We need to make sure they can get to it. The Adirondacks is a stronghold
of ecological richness and complexity. One of our challenges is to keep it
connected—by land and by water.
A summer in the Ausable
Reconnecting brook trout habitat
By Walker Cammack and Emmie Oliver
2014 Adirondack Conservation Interns
One day, we’re trudging knee-deep in a brisk stream,
collecting water temperatures and checking for
promising brook trout habitat. The next, we’re in
the office studying maps, entering data and writing
content for a Web page.
While the Adirondack Conservation Internship
Program exposed us to many aspects of environmental
careers, the central focus of our summer was a stream
connectivity project. We investigated stream-road
crossings in the Ausable watershed. Fish can’t pass
through a culvert that is too constricted, too shallow,
or has too large a vertical drop. Similarly, people can’t
pass over a road that has been blown out by a flood
because a stream underpass wasn’t designed to handle
heavy rain.
The intersections of roads and streams usually
go unnoticed. But we quickly learned that an impassable culvert can be the difference between a healthy
aquatic system and a fragmented population of fish
struggling to survive. One day when the main stem
of the Ausable River’s West Branch was 69°F, we
were finding temperatures of 58°F in some of the
tributaries. Temperatures above 65 can be stressful
and, if sustained, lethal to brook trout, which is why
it’s important for the fish to be able to retreat
to colder waters.
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Looking at a map of the Adirondacks, the two linear
systems of waterways and roads weave through blocks
of public and private land like the veins of both untamed
wilderness and human communities. By identifying
culverts that are priorities for both natural systems and
people, we can prioritize work that needs to be done to
ensure the well-being of both.
Throughout the field season, the mapped lines
and blocks became real places to us: one-lane dirt roads,
interstates, meandering streams, roaring rivers, each
with its unique character.
Walker Cammack, 2014 Adirondack conservation intern, in Palmer Brook.
Editor’s note: Walker and Emmie’s data from the summer
contribute to a statewide dataset on stream-road crossings.
We are also providing scientific expertise, obtaining funding
and working with transportation engineers, municipalities, the
Ausable River Association and other organizations to demonstrate
the feasibility of replacing undersized culverts with improved
designs. We worked with these partners to build step pools to
mitigate the drop beneath two culverts on Palmer Brook over the
summer, the first of several planned demonstration projects.
Together, our
actions will have
lasting impact.
Clockwise from top: white-tailed deer, great blue heron, fisher and gray fox.
Terrestrial creatures use culverts too
Thanks to a crowd-funding campaign at AdirondackGives.org, we’ve installed cameras in culverts at
strategic locations between the Adirondacks and Vermont. This is part of research to locate key land
connections and to advise transportation officials on wildlife-friendly road infrastructure. The photos
help us understand what kind of animals use different culverts, which areas have the most critter traffic,
and where to target conservation investments.
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Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program
A Big Year
The unwavering effort to keep Adirondack lands
and waters free of invasives
“Whoever has said that there’s nothing you can do about invasive species
has certainly never been to the Adirondacks, because we are moving forward
with tremendous momentum and showing people that we can do this.
We really can,” Hilary Smith said in her address to members of the Adirondack
Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the Adirondack Land Trust at their
annual meeting, in August.
• Passage of a bill outlawing transport of aquatic
invasive species anywhere in New York State
• Publication of two science-based reports: boat
inspection/decontamination recommendations,
and The Actual and Potential Economic Impact of Invasive
Species on the Adirondack Park
• Publication of Plantwise ADK, a brochure that gives
gardeners native alternatives to common invasive
ornamentals, in partnership with Essex County
Adirondack Garden Club
• Funding secured, via the state Environmental
Protection Fund, and a contract with the Department
of Environmental Conservation, to provide core
invasive-species coordination and to restore rapidresponse teams for 5 years
• Invasive species ranked #1 legislative priority of
Adirondack Common Ground Alliance
• Coordination of the first-ever statewide Invasive
Species Awareness Week, based on the Adirondack
model, with more than 100 events statewide
• Ongoing trainings with volunteers and partners, and
continued success in field eradication of infestations
of phragmites and other aggressive plants
• A new partnership for early identification of and
response to hemlock woolly adelgid
Want to get involved? See www.adkinvasives.com/getinvolved
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There is real potential in
the Adirondacks to prevent
invasive plants and animals
from spreading widely, and
Hilary’s can-do approach is
one of the reasons. She has
led anti-invasive efforts in
the Adirondacks for 12 years,
serving as director of the
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP),
a nationally recognized program that’s also the model
for regional invasive species management organizations
across New York.
In October Hilary moved to Washington, D.C.,
to become invasive species coordinator for the United
States Department of the Interior, a tribute to her
exceptional leadership. As a founding partner and host
of APIPP, and as colleagues and friends, we miss her
greatly. But we know she will have even greater impact
at the national level. Hilary built a deep bench of staff,
volunteers and more than 30 partner organizations.
“We are not in this alone,” she said. “This is why I have
genuine reason for hope.”
One of those reasons is Brendan Quirion, former
terrestrial invasive species project coordinator, who now
supervises APIPP’s operations. Hilary, Brendan, aquatic
coordinator Erin Vennie-Vollrath and the team had a big
year, with gains at the regional, state and federal level:
We are not in this alone.
This is why I have genuine
reason for hope.
– Hilary Smith
Invasive species coordinator,
US Department of the Interior
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©Br e n dan Qu irion /API PP
Eradicating Invasives. (Top) Chris Sheldon, 2014 invasive
Stopping the Spread. (Above right) APIPP and the
species management steward, applies herbicide to a patch
Adirondack Chapter host a public discussion with Senator
of phragmites near Ray Brook. “I got to see several no-plants-
Kirsten Gillibrand at the Lake Placid Beach House on
observed sites [places where invasives have been completely
comprehensive federal legislation to stop the spread of
eradicated],” Chris commented at the end of the field season.
invasive fish and wildlife. Left to right: Hilary Smith; Connie
“I’ve never seen that, and I’ve worked on invasives in 25 parks.”
Prickett, the Conservancy’s Adirondack communications
Adirondack Conservation Hero Award. (Above left)
APIPP’s Hilary Smith (left) and Brendan Quirion (right) present
director; Senator Gillibrand; David Higby, director of the
Conservancy’s federal government relations for New York
State; and Walker Cammack, Adirondack Conservation Intern.
The Nature Conservancy’s 2014 Adirondack Conservation
Hero Award to Douglas Johnson of the Regional Inlet Invasive
Protecting Waterways and Wetlands. (Facing page)
Plant Program. RIIPP is a coalition of volunteers, the town
Yellow iris reports are increasing along Adirondack waterways
of Inlet, the Hamilton County Soil and Water District and
and wetlands. The June-blooming perennial spreads quickly,
other partners who spearhead outstanding community-based
replacing blue flag iris and other native plants. But it can be
efforts to protect lands and waters from Japanese knotweed,
controlled by digging up the rootball or injecting herbicide.
an invasive plant that chokes rivers and streams.
See “Species of Concern” at adkinvasives.com for information.
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The Year in Photos
From top: Trustee Lee Keet
and Elizabeth Fastiggi paddle
to a conservation site. Left to
right: Nature Conservancy
staff Jim Howe, Mike Carr
and Tim Barnett honor Gilbert
Butler in New York City for
the Butler Conservation
Fund’s global leadership.
Julia Damkoehler, of Piseco,
is the newest member of the
Legacy Club.
Left to right: Trustees
Carol Fox and Emily Lyons
and friends Colleen Lynch
and Ashley Milne-Tyte
snowshoe to OK Slip Falls.
Below: Executive Director
Mike Carr (left) and
Mark Burget, The Nature
Conservancy’s North
America director, anchor
the annual meeting at
View, in Old Forge.
Right: The Summit Steward
Program celebrates 25 years
of protecting New York’s
alpine ecosystem through
education. The New York
Department of Environmental
Conservation and Adirondack
Mountain Club are our
partners. Stewards spoke
with 30,000 hikers this year.
©S eth Jon e s
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Looking back,
looking ahead
This land may remind us what the world
once looked like, but it’s also a testament
to change, evidence of nature’s ability—
and people’s, too—to adapt not just to
survive, but to thrive.
– Ginger Strand
Nature Conservancy magazine
Giving Opportunities
How You Can Help
Capital and special-project funding needs
Wild Adirondacks Fund
Adirondack Community Investment Fund
Land protection
Sustainable forest-based economies
The Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and
the Adirondack Land Trust have protected 583,000 acres
since 1971. Currently, public resources for land protection
are limited. We expect that we will hold any future
Forest Preserve or public working-forest easements for
at least 10 years before New York State regains capacity.
The opportunity to protect a key tract of land is often
fleeting. This revolving fund keeps Adirondack landprotection action nimble and effective. We are currently
considering purchase of a 753-acre parcel of core forest
and unbroken river shoreline; funding of $1 million would
enable purchase and coverage of stewardship costs as a
long-range protection plan is designed and implemented.
There is a widely held perception that land protection
hinders local economies. We live here and base our work
on sound information, so we contracted with an economist to research the issue. While the study identified no
statistically significant correlation between Adirondack
Forest Preserve and nearby economic activity, the data
do show that some of the most prosperous communities
profit from proximity to outdoor recreation and beauty.
We are raising $500,000 to offer grants to municipalities in the Upper Hudson Recreation Hub region to spur
businesses and infrastructure that support compatible
economic development related to new Forest Preserve.
In conjunction with New York’s Natural Heritage Trust
and Department of Environmental Conservation, we will
award the best proposals for, for example, shuttle services
for hikers and paddlers, and trailhead and waterway access.
Current need: $1 million
Fund for Field Ecology
Support for science
Need: $195,000
The Nature Conservancy is the world’s leading conservation science organization. In the Adirondacks, we strive
to find and apply the best scientific information to guide
land protection investments and to ensure that any project
we take on provides benefits that last. The Fund for Field
Ecology has kept our scientists in the field for two decades.
One example of how it works: the fund mobilized field
biologists to assess the conservation value and plan for
161,000 acres purchased in 2007. The fund also leverages
millions of additional dollars for applied science by
enabling us to fulfill matching requirements for government grants. Contributions are usually allocated to current
science priorities but our long-term goal is endowment.
Securing Wildlife Connections
Goal: $400,000 for endowment
Need: In progress
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Linking forest habitats
To safeguard the ability of wildlife to move between the
Adirondacks and wildlands in Vermont and the Tug Hill
Plateau, we are working to reduce the impacts of roads
as barriers, protect key habitat links (which we are identifying through on-the-ground animal tracking and wildlife
cameras as well as modeling), and engage communities
in wildlife tracking and land-use planning. Species do not
persist long in fragmented areas. Protecting land between
habitats allows them to maintain stable populations and
to migrate.
le ft: ©Larry Maste r
Capital gifts supplement annual gifts by underwriting projects that
provide tangible, measurable and lasting benefits for Adirondack
forests, waters and communities. These initiatives keep our work
effective and protect more than a century of conservation investment
in a globally important landscape.
Canoe Care
Maintaining field equipment
Small boats are our only means of transportation to
some conservation sites. Paul Jamieson, who wrote the
book on Adirondack paddling, enabled us to purchase
a half dozen beautiful canoes and a trailer through a
planned gift. Other generous donors have since added
to our fleet. To protect this investment from sun and
weather damage, we need to add an extension to our
garage. We want our boats to last a long time.
NEED: $75,000
Stewardship Endowment
Caring for nature preserves and
working with private landowners
We are responsible for the care of 11 nature preserves
and 67 conservation easements (86,000 acres) spread
across more than 9,000 square miles. These easements
are voluntary agreements with landowners to conserve
in perpetuity lands ranging from apple orchards to
grain fields, unbroken shorelines and working forests.
Stewardship is an unseen yet core component of
conservation, and it grows more complex as easement
ownerships change over time. Growing the endowment
will allow our staff to protect additional lands and
waters, to increase educational use of preserves, and to
provide better conservation assistance to landowners.
Remaining endowment need: $7 million
Adirondack Conservation Internship
Program Endowment
Meaningful work experience
The internship program gives intelligent, motivated
young people a start in conservation through on-the-job
experience. It is highly competitive, with 150 applications
in 2014. The interns gain valuable guidance as they
consider career paths, and the Adirondacks benefit from
quality work during the busy field season. Two Conservancy staff members are alumni. Endowment will
generate enough income to finance two interns every
year; currently the program is funded by year-to-year
contributions and is usually limited to one intern.
Need: $350,000
Reconnecting Streams
Helping coolwater fish while
helping communities
Most people don’t notice culverts or other structures that
channel water under roads, but they can trap fish up- or
downstream if they are too small or perched too high
above the water. Poor design can also cause streams to
flood and erode roads during heavy rains. We are providing
scientific expertise and working with highway departments
and other partners to demonstrate the feasibility and
benefits of replacing undersize culverts with improved
infrastructure. Much of the effort is financed by climateadaptation grants. But there is a gap: to expand this work
across the entire New York side of the Champlain Basin,
we require private funding to conduct a field inventory
of culverts in the Boquet, Saranac and Chazy watersheds.
Need: $100,000
For more information on any of these initiatives,
please contact Nancy Van Wie, director of
philanthropy, (518) 576–2082 | nvanwie@tnc.org
Former Adirondack Conservation Intern Alissa Rafferty
now coordinates our terrestrial connectivity initiative.
Here, Alissa downloads wildlife tracking data collected
near Fort Ann.
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In the end, our society will
be defined not only by what
we create, but by what we
refuse to destroy.
– John C. Sawhill
Donors and Volunteers
$5,000–$9,999
Pulling Together
DONORS and VOLUNTEERS
You, our members, are the Adirondack Chapter of
The Nature Conservancy and the Adirondack Land Trust—
people who take big steps to make a better future for the
Adirondacks. Your hard work and contributions provide
land protection action and conservation programs in
every county of the North Country. We are grateful to
each of you.
Annual fund contributions
$10,000–$19,999
$50,000 and up
Anonymous
Adirondack Foundation—Arquit Family Fund
Jameson & Reginald Baxter
Reginald R. & Jameson A. Baxter Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John Bogle
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert & Ildiko Butler
Butler Conservation Fund
General Electric Foundation Matching Gift Program
Yvette & Larry Gralla
Lyn & Harry Groome
Schwab Charitable Fund
Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Hudnut
Nancy & Larry Master
Adirondack Foundation
Mr. Bruce McLanahan
Vanguard Charitable
Mr. Edward H. Miller
Bill & Nan Paternotte
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Richter
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Drs. Howard W. & Ora K. Smith
Kingsley Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. David Thomas
David F. & Karen K. Foundation
Mr. Joel H. Treisman
Joseph & Joan Cullman Conservation Foundation
Connie & Craig Weatherup
Weatherup Family Foundation
Anonymous
F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
$20,000–$49,999
Mr. Eugene N. Dubay
Joan & Bill Grabe
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Henle
The Joan C. &
David L. Henle Foundation
Lee & Nancy Keet
Carol MacKinnon Fox
Overhills Foundation
Peter & Patty Paine
The Boquet Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Jeffrey B. Sellon
John A. Sellon Charitable
Residual Trust
Ms. Paige N. Smith
Charles & Sally Svenson
Walbridge Fund, Ltd.
Mrs. David A. Weir
David & Candace Weir Foundation
Wright-Cook Foundation
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Birdsong
Birdsong Family Foundation
The Chingos Foundation
John & Lynn Colston
John E. Colston Private Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John Dillon
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Friedman
Mr. James Johnson
Nancy Olmsted Kaehr & Michael G. Kaehr Fund
at The San Diego Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Koppeis
Edward W. McNeil
McNeil Investments
Dr. Joane Molenock & Dr. Daniel E. Karig
Mr. Michael Mulcahy & Ms. Susan Terwilliger
Stephanie & Robert M. Olmsted
Miss Nancy L. Olsen
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Preyer
Robert O. Preyer Charitable Lead Unitrust
Mrs. Meredith M. Prime
Adirondack Foundation
Ellen M. Scholle
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Stuzin
Baltimore Community Foundation
Ms. Margaret J. Smith
Teck Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Tobiassen
Mr. & Mrs. Brock Weatherup
Weatherup Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. A. Morris Williams, Jr.
$2,500–$4,999
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Abrahamson
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Abrahamson
Schwab Charitable Fund
Advisors Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Carter Bales
Dr. Barbara L. Bedford & Dr. Charles C. Geisler
Philip & Sarah Bogdanovitch
Adirondack Foundation
Beth & George Brownell
Evergreen Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Brownell
Evergreen Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. Joan R. Burchenal
Mr. Stephen H. Burrington &
Ms. Abigail A. Swaine
Mr. John H. Cammack & Ms. Kimberly Warren
Charles & Judy Canham
Mr. & Mrs. J. Dennis Delafield
The New York Community Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Dorn
John & Margot Ernst
Ms. Elizabeth Fastiggi
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Pulling together
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Forester
Carolyn & Ed Fowler
Ms. Sarah W. French
Mr. David P. Hunt
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jeffrey
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kalaris
Elizabeth P. Kirchner
Dara & Todd La Porte
Ms. Toby D. Lewis
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Mr. Arthur L. Loeb
The Arthur Loeb Foundation
Douglas & Sarah Luke
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Malloch
Rev. & Mrs. James Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Pacala
Mrs. Molly G. Rockefeller
Adirondack Foundation
John & Nancy Rosenthal
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Ruder
The Ayco Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Mimi N. Seagears
Seagears Family Foundation
Mr. Roger Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Enos Throop
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Yanulavich
$1,000–$2,499
Anonymous (2)
Adirondack Foundation—Jarvis/Lamy Fund
Adirondack Foundation—Mr. John G. Fritzinger, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Adams
Mrs. Ann H. Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Lionel O. Barthold
Mr. Charles H. Bennett & Ms. Edythe W. Robbins Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Biermann
Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Bolton
David K. Broadwell, M.D. & Ms. Christine R. Wilmot
Mr. David L. Brunner & Ms. Rhonda Butler
Dr. & Mrs. John Brust
Marilyn Burns Fund
Mr. & Mrs. G. Michael Bush
Mr. Frederick C. Calder
Ms. Mary Lynne V. Campbell The Cerf-Dunbar Fund of The Community
Foundation for the National Capital Region Mr. Donald K. Clifford, Jr. Ms. Linda Cohen
Ms. Sarah Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Aims C. Coney, Jr.
Mr. Thomas A. Curley & Ms. Marsha A. Stanley Dr. & Mrs. James Dannenberg
Dr. Thomas P. Doolittle
Ms. Thelma Douglas
Mr. Robert Drennon
Ms. Joanne W. Dwyer
Mr. & Mrs. Irvine Flinn
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Mr. & Mrs. Drew Forhan
The Hudson Community Foundation
Forhan Family Foundation
Mr. P. W. Fosburgh, Jr. Stephen C. Frauenthal
Mr. & Mrs. Roderic Giltz
Adirondack Foundation
Barbara L. Glaser
Adirondack Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Grant
Eugene & Emily Grant
Family Foundation
Ms. Jessica Griffiths Mr. Jerrold Hacker
Mrs. Daphne E. Hallowell
Dr. & Mrs. William Harbison
Ms. Janet S. Hawkes
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hawkey
Harweb Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hopkins
Mr. & Mrs. John Hubbard
The John C. & Susan K. Hubbard
Foundation
Francisca P. Irwin
William & Mary Janeway
Mrs. Jocelyn R. Jerry
Dr. & Mrs. Keith Johnson
The Keith & Nancy Johnson Family
Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Johnson
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Jones
Geri & Dave Joor
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Kaczka
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Keeler
Fiduciary Trust Company International
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kellogg
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Kindler Mrs. Ann Pfohl Kirby Mrs. Janet C. Kireker
Howard Kirschenbaum & Mary Rapp
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Lack
Morgan Stanley GIFT
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Leitner
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Linton Dr. Robert G. Locke Mr. & Mrs. Serge Lussi Ms. Elizabeth S. McLanahan Mr. Merle D. Melvin
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Miller Ms. Susan J. Mitchell & Mr. Brad Motter
Mr. & Mrs. James Morley
St. Huberts Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Munro Mr. Holger Nissen Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Oles Mr. & Mrs. David Ottney Dr. Robert J. Patterson This internship has
exposed me to the vast
beauty of the Adirondacks
and all of the work that
goes into making it what
it is.
– Emmie Oliver
2014 Adirondack
Conservation Intern
Mr. Jan M. Popkin & Dr. Joan E. Popkin
Mr. & Mrs. Austin Ratner
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Mr. & Mrs. Justice Reed
F.G.K. Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John Reschovsky
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ritchie
Staritch Foundation, Inc.
Ted & Minney Robb
Mr. & Mrs. John Sammon Mr. & Mrs. Norman Sheer Mr. & Mrs. D. Ross Sheridan Ms. Suzanne Siner
Mr. Andrew Sisto
Lawrence M. Gelb Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Spongberg Mr. Chandler Stein Mr. Donald A. Stern
Dr. David D. Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Strickler Kenneth A. & Joanne M. Strike Mr. & Mrs. Ramsay Tanham Paul F. Torrence & Bonnie Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William Ughetta Dr. Amy L. Vedder & Dr. Bill Weber
Helene P. Victor
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Walker Mr. & Mrs. David Warfield
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Mrs. Georgia E. Welles Charles F. & Carole A. West
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Dr. & Mrs. Peter White
Mr. Donald P. Wichman Mr. & Mrs. Barrie Wigmore
Barrie A. & Deedee Wigmore Foundation
Philip & Tricia Winterer
Mr. & Mrs. David Wolff
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Wonham
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Wray
Adirondack Foundation
Donors and Volunteers
$500–$999
Anonymous (4)
Anonymous—
In Memory of Bernell H. & Marjorie J. Gilbert
Adirondack Foundation—Kelly R. Huiatt Fund
Adirondack Foundation—
Woods & Pearl McCahill Family Fund
Mrs. Sue Armstrong
Ms. Frances Beinecke & Mr. Paul Elston
Mr. & Mrs. Hans Birle
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Bissell
Victoria & Wilber H. Boies
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Booth
Mr. David S. Branch
Mr. W. Dean Brown
Mr. & Mrs. J. Martin Carovano
Mr. Herbert J. Coles & Ms. June Fait
Herbert Coles & June Fait Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Constable
Mr. Raymond P. Curran & Ms. Kathleen Daggett
Mr. & Mrs. David Cuthell
Dannemora Federal Credit Union
DCP Midstream MGP
Dr. & Mrs. William DeHoff
Mr. Perry W. Dimmick & Ms. Lindsay D. Ruth
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Mr. Michael G. DiNunzio
Mr. & Mrs. E. Linn Draper
Mr. John P. Freeman & Ms. Tillie Helms
Ms. Wendy Fuller-Mora & Mr. Jeffrey G. Mora
Mrs. Louise P. Gara
Mr. Ronald W. Gehl
Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Gilges
Bob & Marge Goodwin
Linda & Gerry Hare
Mr. Walter F. Harrison III
Ms. Sarah Hart
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hartmann
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Heider
Ms. Jenn Holderied
Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort
Ms. Sarah L. Holland
Mr. Richard Hooker III
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hudnut
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Ireland
Mr. & Mrs. Michael James
Mr. & Mrs. Pliny Jewell
Mrs. Elaine E. Joost
Dr. & Mrs. Todd R. Jorgensen
JustGive.org
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Kerr
Mr. George Labalme, Jr.
Mr. George C. Lajeunesse
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lighty
Daniel & Carol Luthringshauser
Dr. Ian & Rebecca MacKellar
Mr. & Mrs. John Marrella
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Mason
Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott McGraw
Mr. & Mrs. Jay McGraw
Ms. Linda L. Mead
Mrs. Annette Merle-Smith
The Lookout Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Moldenhauer
Ms. Adelia Moore & Mr. Thomas R. Gerety
Ms. Eleanor G. Nalle
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ormerod
Ms. Carol J. Pinney
Mr. Edward Prince
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Ramming
Prof. Nicholas A. Robinson
Mr. George M. Sauer, Jr.
Mrs. Harriet H. Savage
Dr. John W. Sharpless & Ms. Janet Rutkowski
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Shedd
Dr. & Mrs. Craig Smith
Ted Stork & Mary Barrie
Mr. & Mrs. Fairman Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Trendell
Mr. & Mrs. Garry Trudeau
Ms. Wendy Tucker
Ms. Chase Twichell
Ms. Anne H. Van Ingen
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Virkler
Mr. & Mrs. James J. Visconti
Mr. Anthony J. Walton & Ms. Jennifer Gao
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Anne & Ethan Winter
Mr. Charles D. Wood
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Andrej Zajac
Mr. F. Anthony Zunino III
Creative Giving
Our supporters demonstrate their generosity in many ways.
For 15 summers, the Three Sisters Trio & Friends have donated beautiful
music for love of the Adirondacks. The three sisters are Mimi Garbisch
Carlson (flute), Marsha Garbisch Harbison (violin), and Marlou Garbisch
Johnston (violin/viola).
All are highly talented musicians who travel widely with prestigious
orchestras and ensembles. But they make time each summer to come to
Willsboro, to present a benefit concert at beautiful Flat Rock camp at the
edge of Lake Champlain, hosted by Frisky Irwin and Patty and Peter Paine.
The Three Sisters select music for the occasion, obtain rights, transcribe
and practice, and travel across the country, all at their own expense.
Their Adirondack connection began with Marsha’s husband, Bill, a
cardiologist and talented musician in his own right. Bill’s family has spent
time in Willsboro since he was a child, and it has become a gathering place
for the Garbisch sisters as well. We are grateful for their talent and generosity.
Pictured at Flat Rock 2014 are, left to right, Marsha Garbisch Harbison,
Bill Harbison, and Mimi Garbisch Carlson. Marlou was unable to attend due
to a performance commitment.
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$100–$499
Anonymous (2)
Anne Adams Laumont
Mr. Nicholas C. Adams
Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Inc.
Adirondack Mountain Club
Adirondack Mountain Club—
Albany Chapter
Adirondack Mountain Club—
Glen Falls Saratoga
Adirondack Mountain Club—
Lake Placid Chapter
Dr. Clinton J. Andrews
Nathan R. Andrews
Mr. Richard Arnold
Mr. Thomas P. Arras
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Athens
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Babington
Mr. Jeremy D. Baker
The Ruth & Louis Baker Family Foundation
Mr. Robert P. Ball
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Ballantyne
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mrs. Ruth Barba Nussbaum
Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Barker
Mr. Robert M. Barnett &
Ms. Susan R. Mandler
Mr. Richard Beamish & Ms. Rachel K. Rice
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bell
Mr. Chris Bengert
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Bennett Mr. William Berner Ms. Nancy A. Bernstein
Mr. & Mrs. John Bessette
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Betz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bischoff
Dr. & Mrs. Howard Black
One of the Adirondack
Park’s most singular
places.
– Ed Kanze
on Spring Pond Bog,
in Adirondack Explorer
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bogucki
Mrs. Lynn H. Boillot
Mr. Harold K. Boyce
Mr. & Mrs. William Boyce Ms. Catherine A. Brennan
Dr. & Mrs. John Brennan
Ms. Karla Brieant—
in memory of Clarence Petty Mr. & Mrs. Jack Broeils Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Brooks Ms. Helen H. Brouwer Ms. Alice F. Brown &
Mr. Andrew R. McClellan
Ms. Angela M. Brown & Mr. Kellum Smith
Mrs. John Brown Mr. Marcus F. Brown Mr. & Mrs. William Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Brownell
Mr. John M. Brubaker
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bruns
Dr. & Mrs. James Budny
Ms. Mary A. Buehler-Brandt
Mr. & Mrs. Caleb Burchenal Mr. & Mrs. Peter Burk Mr. & Mrs. Robert Burner Ms. Mary F. Buschman-Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Butts Mr. Walter F. Cady Mrs. Patricia A. Calascibett Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cammack Ms. Joan Carlisle
Mr. & Mrs. John Carpenter Mrs. Joan M. Carr Mr. & Mrs. Tim Carrington Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Catlin Cathy Chapman Dr. & Mrs. Glen Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Chase Mr. & Mrs. David Childs Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Chorba Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Christiansen
Ms. Dorothy L. Clausen Dick & Tilly Close
Mr. Charles M. Clusen & Ms. Gail A. Curran
Mr. George D. Cody &
Ms. Francesca Benson
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Cohen
F. T. Collins & E. P. Collins
Mr. Harry E. Colwell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Conley
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. James Crane
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cronk
Mrs. Rhoda C. Curtiss
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Cushman
Ms. Julia E. Damkoehler Mrs. Alice W. Damp Mr. & Mrs. George Davis Dr. & Mrs. James Dawson Dr. & Mrs. C. De Armas Mr. & Mrs. David Dearborn Mr. William Decker Philip & Lenore Defliese
Rev. Jenifer H. Deming Ms. Nancy V. Deren
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin DeRuyscher
Steven & Michelle DiMattia
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Dolan Mr. Matthew T. Donahue Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Donohue Mr. Paul R. Dooling & Ms. Sandra Danussi
Mr. Mark E. Dumont & Ms. Lynn Mehlman
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Ms. Elizabeth Elkinton
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Elkinton
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Elkinton Joanne Elliott
Mr. & Mrs. James Elrod Mark & Debby Epstein
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Epstein
R. L. Erenstone
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Esposito Essex County Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Peter Estus
Mrs. Nancy Eustance
Mrs. Yvonne C. Farmer
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Farrell
Dr. Jay S. Federman & Dr. Dorothy Federman
Ms. Margo L. Fenn Mrs. Leslie Fenn-Gershon &
Mr. Richard Gershon
Mr. & Mrs. William Fischette Mr. C. Peter M. Fish
Jane & Michael Bowles
Sam Fisk & Linda Coe
Mr. & Mrs. James Flynn
Mr. David E. Fontanella
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Forbes
Mr. David K. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Philip Forlenza Mr. & Mrs. James Fosburgh
Mr. Esty Foster, Jr. Mr. Thomas H. Foster & Ms. M. J. Wolf-Foster
Mr. Andrew G. Frank
Ms. Keri Fresenius Mr. Max N. Friedman Dr. & Mrs. John Fulco
Mr. John E. Fuller
Mrs. Donna M. Funiciello &
Mr. Thomas G. Funiciello
Mr. & Mrs. David Furman
Mr. Bernard J. Galiley Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gardner
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Garland
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Garver
Ms. Gail M. Gaskin
Mrs. Joanne K. Gianniny
Mrs. Katharine O. Gilbert
Mr. Robert Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. Randall Giltz Donors and Volunteers
We need more people involved
in this work. More people need
to see, smell, feel nature, and
to understand that nature is not
a luxury we get to after we get
the bare necessities of life, but
instead to realize that it is a
bare necessity of life.
– Mark Burget, director
The Nature Conservancy’s
North America programs
Mr. & Mrs. George Giokas
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Giraud Ms. Megan C. Glennon
Mr. Michael P. Gold
Mrs. Ann L. Goldsmith
Neil & Jane Golub
Golub Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. David Gosda
Mr. Roger T. Gray
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Greenbaum Mr. David L. Greenewalt & Ms. Melanie Kent
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Griffiths
Ralph & Georgia Guenther Mr. & Mrs. John Guthrie
Mr. & Mrs. Jerrier Haddad
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hadjandreas Mr. Stanley E. Hall Ms. Wendy B. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Hanlon Mr. David R. Hanning Mr. & Mrs. Philip Hansen
Linda & Gerry Hare
Daniel A. Harris & Jane L. Buttars
Dr. & Mrs. Howard R. Hart, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hartsock Mr. Chester H. Harvey &
Ms. Katherine Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Harvey
Ms. Marguerite H. V. Hasbrouck
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Hasselwander Mr. Gary W. Hayford
Mr. & Mrs. David Heidecorn
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Heineman
Mr. Paul Heller
Ms. Margery C. Henneman Mrs. Jean V. S. Henry Mr. Lawrence H. Herko Ms. Susan Hildebran Mr. Hans P. Himelein & Ms. Janice C. Kyle
Mrs. Martha F. Hoar Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hobbs Edward A. Hogan, Esq.
Mr. & Mrs. Winifred Holderied
Mr. Rush D. Holt &
Ms. Margaret L. Lancefield
Mr. & Mrs. John Hopkinson
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Hopper Ms. Dorothy M. Horne
In memory of J. Scott Howard Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hoyt Mr. & Mrs. F. Hudda
Vivian Leith & Stewart S. Hudnut
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hunkins Ms. Susan L. Hunsdon Ms. Deborah S. Hutchings
Immaculate Conception Church Mr. & Mrs. Charles Irose
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jackson Ms. Phoebe Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Jeffers
Mr. Edward A. Johnson Ms. Deanna K. Johnston
Mr. & Mrs. William Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Lyndon Jones
Mr. William S. Joplin & Ms. Mary A. Bell
Ms. Betty J. Jordan
David & Nicola Jordan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kafin Mr. & Mrs. David Kaiser Mr. & Mrs. Ferdinand Kaiser Mr. John Kapcio Florence Kaufman Mr. & Mrs. Steven Kellogg Mr. John E. Kelsch
Mr. Todd O. Kempainen &
Ms. Jorun Gran-Hendriksen
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kepes
Barbara Kerner
Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson Kirby
Mr. Bruce Kokernot & Ms. Wendy Gilchrist
Mr. Jesse L. Krasnow Ms. Ruth M. Kuhfahl Mr. & Mrs. Miles Kulukundis Mr. John E. Lafferty
Mrs. Antonia B. Laird
Mr. & Mrs. George Lamb
Ms. Stephanie G. Landis
Mr. John B. Lane Janet Langlois Dr. Wesley E. Lanyon
Dr. Leona Laskin
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Leavell
Dr. & Mrs. John Leddy Mr. Mark T. Lee Dr. Arthur J. Lennon & Dr. Airlie C. Lennon
Mrs. Sally J. Letchworth
Mr. Richard Levy, Jr.
Mr. John E. Linck & Ms. Ann T. Csink
Mr. & Mrs. David Lloyd Mr. & Mrs. George Lockhart
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Long
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Longstreth Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Lovelee Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Mack
Mr. & Mrs. William Mackintosh Mr. & Mrs. Charles Manning Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Mara Marli Manufacturing Co. Mr. Roger Marshall &
Ms. Barbara Smorgans
Mr. Paul R. Martin Mr. Edward C. Marx
Edward E. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Matthews
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent McClelland Mr. & Mrs. Scott McClelland
Ms. Marilyn S. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Richard McGinn Ms. Abigail A. McKay Dr. & Mrs. Richard McKeever Mr. Bill McKibben & Ms. Sue Halpern
Mr. Mark A. McNaught
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Meacham
American Express Givingexpress Program Shara Mendelson Mr. Keith W. Merrill Bill & Ann Mesnard Mr. Robert S. Meyers
Mr. Matthew T. Miczek Drs. Tim & Janet Mihuc
Rev. David J. Miller
Mr. Christopher Miskovsky
Donald T. & Marjory B. Moeller
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Moffatt
Mr. Thomas G. Mogren
Dr. & Mrs. John Moravek Mr. & Mrs. David Morse
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Morse Mr. Derek Morton Mr. Geoffrey G. Mullen Carl K. Needy, M.D.
Mr. David A. Nemzer Mr. & Mrs. Norman Newhall
Heidi Nitze
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Nordmann
Mr. W. Kemp Norman, Jr. Ms. Cerise G. Oberman &
Mr. Laurence E. Suroka
Ms. Rose Marie O›Leary
Mrs. Kathleen O›Neill Mr. & Mrs. Brian O›Shea Mr. & Mrs. David Oxley Mr. & Mrs. George Packard Ms. Roberta A. Parry
Ms. Mary E. Passage Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Pell ‒ 19 ‒
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Mr. & Mrs. Mark Perreault Mr. & Mrs. Glen Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pierce Mrs. Sonja C. Poe Ms. Kristen A. Pohlman Mary & Bancroft Poor
Ms. Katharine M. Preston &
Mr. John Bingham
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Putnam Mr. & Mrs. Tarrant Putnam
Mr. Glen O. Pyles
Mr. Robert R. Quinn
Mrs. Olivia Raffe
Dr. Don W. Rain
Mr. David Rakov
Mr. Curtis S. Read Mrs. Elizabeth A. Reid
Mr. Arthur Reidel Dr. & Mrs. Paul Reiss Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Rettew Mr. David H. Rice Carol I. Richer Mr. John F. Riebesell Mr. L. George Rieger Mr. Thomas R. Riley Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Rockefeller Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Rosenberg Ms. Barbara A. Rottier Mr. & Mrs. James Ryan Ms. Deborah E. Ryel
Mr. & Mrs. John Sattler Ben & Barbara Schaffer
Mrs. Denise Scheinberg
Mr. James A. Schoff Ms. Margaret R. Schutze
Having grown up in the
Adirondacks, left for
several years, and
returned, I sometimes
take this place for granted.
I’m learning not to; it is a
blessing to live, work and
play in these mountains.
– Chris Morris, supporter
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Schwarz Ms. Alice A. Scott
Ms. Carolyn M. Serota
Mr. & Mrs. Ransom Shaw
Arielle Sherman
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Shippey
Dr. Frank C. Shirley Greg & Kathy Short Mrs. Joan S. Siedenburg Ms. Barbara A. Silber Kempton & Nancy King Smith
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Mr. Theodore S. Smith, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Smith Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Sorensen Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sormani Dr. Betty C. Spence Dr. & Mrs. S. Richard Spitzer Mr. Paul V. Stearns Ms. Simone S. Stephens Dr. & Mrs. Neil Stewart Mr. & Mrs. William Stewart
U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Stiles Mr. Richard A. Stoner & Ms. Theresa Hyland
Mr. Richard M. Strean Mrs. Barbara R. Strowger
Mr. Richard P. Suttmeier Mr. Randall W. Swanson &
Ms. Laura Jean Schwartau
Mr. Jon Sweet
Dr. Jo Betty Swerdlow &
Mr. Harry D. Sommer
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Tasker
Mr. & Mrs. L. Pierre Teillon
Mr. William A. Teter Frank & Nancy Tetz
Ms. Mary K. Thill & Mr. Mark S. Wilson
Ms. Marion M. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Thorndike Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Tilton Timberlock, Inc.
Miss Jaimie Trautman Mr. & Mrs. Donald Traver Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Trevor Mr. Michael B. Trister &
Ms. Nancy D. Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Breck Turner Mr. & Mrs. Russell Turner
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Tuxill Mr. James A. Underwood &
Ms. Carol A. Fisher
Dr. Ellen & Mr. George Utley
Mr. Bruce D. Van Dusen &
Ms. Susan M. Whiting
The Adirondacks are
the Eden of restoration.
– Bill McKibben
Mr. & Mrs. James Van Hoven Dr. & Mrs. Edward Vastola Mr. Todd K. Vickery Trust—Donor Designated Funds Ms. Stephanie Wagoner & Mr. James Kloiber
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Ms. Meredith L. Waheed
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wakefield
Mr. Roger S. Pratt
The Waldheim, Inc.
Mrs. Jeanne B. Walsh Arete & William B. Warren Dr. & Mrs. Mark Webster Mr. & Mrs. Carl Wegner
Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Wells
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Western Ms. Mary J. Whalen Ms. Sue A. Whan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Whitaker Dr. Ernest H. Williams Mr. & Mrs. John Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Willis Mr. David M. Wilson Mr. Douglas J. Wilson Ms. Jean K. Wilson Ms. Nancy A. Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Al Winckler Mrs. Ellen J. Wood Twink & Jim Wood
The Braewold Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Worth Mr. & Mrs. Peter Wyckoff
Ms. Charlene M. Zebley Dr. James E. Zins & Dr. Cynthia Kavouksorian
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
These pages acknowledge those who have contributed $100 or more to the annual fund or
special projects between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. If we have incorrectly listed or
mistakenly omitted your name, please accept our apologies and allow us to correct the error by
contacting Nancy Van Wie, director of philanthropy, (518) 576-2082 x 139 | nvanwie@tnc.org Donors and Volunteers
Gifts to Capital & Special Projects
Along with the annual operating fund, special-project funding is integral to conservation
success. Some initiatives are ongoing, such as the Wild Adirondacks Fund for land
protection, and preserve care and landowner outreach financed by the Stewardship
Endowment. Individuals and foundations also support timely projects, such as a fisheries
assessment at Follensby Pond and the Adirondack Community Investment Fund.
The following made gifts or payments on pledges for special initiatives between
July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. For more information about capital giving opportunities,
see page 12 or contact Nancy Van Wie, director of philanthropy, (518) 576-2082 ext. 139
| nvanwie@tnc.org.
Anonymous (8)
Adirondack Foundation—Evergreen Fund
Adirondack Foundation—
Meredith M. Prime Fund
Fred Alger Management
American Express Foundation
Jameson & Reginald Baxter
Reginald R. & Jameson A. Baxter
Foundation
Richard S. Berry & Lucy A. Commoner
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Bettmann
Ms. Karla Brieant—
in memory of Clarence Petty
Butler Conservation Fund
Mrs. Patricia A. Calascibett
Mr. Daniel Chung
Cloudsplitter Foundation
John & Lynn Colston
Mr. Raymond P. Curran &
Mrs. Kathleen Daggett
John & Margot Ernst
Richard C. & Susan B. Ernst Foundation
Mr. Esty Foster, Jr.
Carol MacKinnon Fox
Barbara L. Glaser
Jane N. Mooty Foundation Trust
Mrs. James H. Higgins III
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Henle
The Joan C. & David L. Henle Foundation
Mr. Matthew Hobart
Mr. David P. Hunt
Dr. Emilie Kane—
in memory of Victor E. Schmidt
Eric Katzman & Melissa Elstein
Lee & Nancy Keet
Mr. Nathaniel J. & Ms. Courtney Klipper
Lori A. Lancaster
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Mack
Mr. Bruce McLanahan
Adirondack Foundation
Mrs. Annette Merle-Smith
Fowler Merle-Smith Family Charitable
Lead Trust
Ms. Ashley Milne-Tyte
The Mountaineer
Eddie Mrozik & Nancy Van Wie
Peter & Patty Paine
The Boquet Foundation, Inc.
Patagonia
Bill & Nan Paternotte
John & Nancy Rosenthal
Meadowhill Fund
Mr. Robert P. Sidloski, Jr. &
Ms. Holly MacKintosh
Amy L. Smith, Esq.
Mr. Ryan Smith & Ms. Tennaly Fortier
Mr. David J. Sorkin
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Charles & Sally Svenson
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wahl
Wallace Research Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Brock Weatherup
Weatherup Family Foundation
Mrs. David A. Weir
David & Candace Weir Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Ross Whaley
Wildlife Conservation Society/Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation Climate
Adaptation Fund
Outstanding
in Her Field
Yvonne Farmer has been a Nature
Conservancy volunteer since 1987, when
she worked as a preserve monitor for
the Eastern New York Chapter. After
moving to the Adirondacks in 1989, she
helped out at the Clintonville Pine Barrens
Preserve. She is also an invaluable member
of the Adirondack office mailing and filing
team. For information on how you can
volunteer, please contact Erin Walkow,
senior donor relations manager,
(518) 576-2082 x 133 | ewalkow@tnc.org.
AdirondackGives.org
Gifts in Kind
The following donors helped purchase
four game cameras through an
AdirondackGives.org campaign
American Management Association
Ausable River Association
James M. Copeland, Hudson Design
Essex County Soil & Water Conservation District
Peter & Ann Hornbeck, Hornbeck Boats
Frisky Irwin
Keeler Motor Car Company
Stephanie & Robert M. Olmsted
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Natalie Woods
Anonymous (5)
Dirk Bryant
Susan Bryant
Charles Canham
Mel Eisinger
Stu Gruskin
Angela Lenz
Larry Master
Barbara & Ben Schaffer
Kathy & Greg Short
Philip Spletzer
Brock Weatherup
Connie Weatherup
Gifts in Support of Special Events
Anonymous, In Memory of Bernell H. &
Marjorie J. Gilbert
Dr. & Mrs. Dean Cook
Adirondack Dental Health Associates
Dr. Barbara L. Bedford & Dr. Charles C. Geisler
Mr. Harold Boyce
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Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cammack
Mr. William Carbine
Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Coe
Linda Cohen
Sarah Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. James Cohn
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Craft
Ray Curran & Kathy Daggett
Mrs. Rhoda C. Curtiss
Dr. & Mrs. James Dawson
Ms. Therese A. Denton
Mr. Michael G. DiNunzio
Carolyn & Ed Fowler
Carol MacKinnon Fox
Mr. David Goodman & Ms. Sylvia Golbin
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gosselink
Mrs. Margaret I. Harbison
Heritage Properties of the Adirondacks
Mr. & Mrs. Ian Highet
Mr. Richard Hooker III
Peter & Ann Hornbeck
Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Hudnut
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Irwin
William & Mary Janeway
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jeffrey
Mrs. Jocelyn R. Jerry
Mr. James Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Johnson
Ms. Susan Kavanagh &
Mr. Christopher Shaw
Lee & Nancy Keet
Mr. & Mrs. John Klipper
Mr. & Mrs. Serge Lussi
Mr. & Mrs. John Madigan
Annette Merle-Smith
Richard & Elaine Miller
Brother Roman Morris
Mountain Abstract Co., Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Munro
Peter & Patty Paine
William L. Paternotte Family
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Perreault
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Pohlman
Mrs. Meredith M. Prime
Adirondack Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. James Rogers
Nicholas & Cindy Rose
John & Deanna Sammon
Mr. & Mrs. Ernst Schoen-Rene
Kathy & Greg Short
Kathleen B. Short
Mr. Hal Sprague III
Chan Stein
Ken & Anne Stuzin
Charles & Sally Svenson
The Three Sisters Trio & Friends
Mr. & Mrs. Wolfram Tospann
Kimberly Warren & John H. Cammack
Carol Whitney
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New Legacy Club
Members
The Legacy Club honors those who
provide support for Adirondack
conservation in their wills, trusts,
life income gifts, retirement plans,
life insurance designations, and
other planned gifts. The following
individuals have made new
commitments in the past year.
Anonymous
George D. Davis
Julia E. Damkoehler
Ryan Ferebee
Walter Hartmann
Emily Lyons
David Reling
Theodore J. Smith, Jr.
Chandler Stein
Charles Svenson
Erin V. Walkow
Bequests
We received distributions from the
following estates
Peter Broner
Stephanie D. Bugden
Phyllis A. Jones
Jean E. Kerr
William S. Koch
Joan Lathouse
Thomas Maynard
Blanche Meehan
Jean A. Smith
Paul W. Stevenson
Gifts in Honor
Mr. Timm DuMoulin & Mrs. Jo DuMoulin
Frisky Irwin
Mr. & Mrs. Nat Klipper
Fran & Steve Schiff
Pete & Joyce Smith
Mr. Edward Thorndike, Jr.
Mrs. Virginia P. Weinland
Mr. Brock M. Weatherup
Gifts in Memory
Mr. John C. Asmussen
Mr. Richard Calascibett
Mr. Steven M. Flint
Bernell H. & Marjorie J. Gilbert
Mr. Kevin Grinwis
Lasting
Generosity
Last year Ryan Ferebee, a 38-year-old
resident of Keene as well as our
maintenance mechanic, noticed that
some people at the annual meeting
wear beautiful green ribbons on their
nametags. Ryan asked Erin Walkow,
our senior donor relations manager,
how he could get one. She explained
that the ribbon denotes members of the
Legacy Club, people who have named
the Adirondack Chapter or Adirondack
Land Trust as a beneficiary through
a will or charitable gift annuity, or by
designating a percentage of a retirement
or life insurance plan. Ryan didn’t
hesitate; he worked with Erin to name
The Adirondack Chapter of The Nature
Conservancy as a beneficiary in his
retirement plan.
People of any age, and planned gifts
of any size, can make a meaningful
endorsement of Adirondack conservation,
and it only takes a little bit of time.
For information on how you can join
our Legacy Club, please contact Erin at
(518) 576-2082 x 133 | ewalkow@tnc.org.
Mr. William J. Hentschel
Mr. Bruce H. Hull
Mr. Michael Ludas
Dr. James MacWhinney
Oscar & Stella Norton
Mr. Clarence Petty
Mrs. Martha Sauer
Mr. Arthur V. Savage
Mr. Victor E. Schmidt
Sally S. Venerable
Mr. Fay W. Welch & Mrs. Frances Welch
Donors and Volunteers
Donors of Time and Talent
In addition to more than 30 cooperating
partner organizations and hundreds of
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program
volunteers, we extend a heartfelt thanks
to the following individuals for the creative
ways they helped advance Adirondack
conservation over the past year.
Volunteer Summit Stewards
Frank Krueger
Ian Ellbogen
Ethan Collins
David Warfield
Mike Cady
Jack Coleman
Cynda Lamb
Event Hosts
Mary Lamb
Bob Rock
John Wood
Bretton Caws
Chrissy Dagenais
Stephanie Graudons
Dan Kane
Greg Petliski
Jamie & Barney Baxter
David P. Hunt
Frisky Irwin
Emily Lyons
Peter & Patty Paine
Zach Taylor
Office Volunteers
Preserve Adopters
Duncan Cutter: Everton Falls
Kathy Kelly, Mary Burke, & John Davis:
Coon Mountain
Mandy & Rocco Giampaolo:
Clintonville Pine Barrens
Evelyn Greene: Hudson River Ice Meadows
Bill LaRocque: Spring Pond Bog
Jim Visconti: Silver Lake Bog
Yvonne Farmer
Bobbi Hale
Margaret Hawthorne
Ruth Kuhfahl
Barbara Strowger
Sources and Uses of Operating Funds
The information presented here represents the
consolidated operating activities of the Adirondack
Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the
Adirondack Land Trust. The two organizations are
separate legal entities working together under a
contractual agreement. Both are tax-exempt public
charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, and their assets and funds are
segregated.
These graphs are intended to provide useful and
timely information, but they are not a substitute
for the separate audited financial statements of
The Nature Conservancy and the Adirondack
Land Trust, which are available from our office.
This analysis was prepared based on unaudited
draft financial statements for the 2014 fiscal year
(July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014) and does not include
capital funds and projects.
The Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
and the Adirondack Land Trust have assisted in
the protection of 583,000 acres of land throughout
northern New York. The Adirondack Chapter
was founded in 1971, the Land Trust in 1984.
The organizations joined forces to extend resources
and cost efficiencies in 1988. The organizations work
in complementary and mutually supportive ways
on land conservation and stewardship of preserves
and conservation easements. They also play a
science-based and community-based role in strategic
partnerships that extend their conservation reach.
Sources of Operating Funds, Adirondack Chapter of
The Nature Conservancy and Adirondack Land Trust,
Fiscal Year 2014
Unrestricted contributions
from individuals and
foundations 46%
Restricted contributions
from individuals and
foundations 9%
Other income 4%
Bequests and
trust income 8%
Operating reserves
14%
Investment return 8%
Government grants
11%
Total: $2,586,031
Uses of Operating Funds, Adirondack Chapter of
The Nature Conservancy and Adirondack Land Trust,
Fiscal Year 2014
Management
and general
5%
Conservation programs 83%
Fundraising
12%
Total: $2,591,405
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Your team in the Adirondacks
Board of Trustees
Kevin Arquit
Partner, Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett
NYC and Long Lake
Jameson Adkins Baxter
Treasurer
Founder and president,
Baxter Associates
North Palm Beach, FL,
and Inlet
Barbara L. Bedford, PhD
Senior research associate,
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Stephen H. Burrington
Executive director,
Groundwork USA
Brookline, MA
Charles Canham, PhD
Senior scientist, Cary
Institute of Ecosystem
Studies
Millbrook, NY
John Colston
Founder, Cold River Films
Baltimore, MD, and
Long Lake
Robert E. Friedman
Peter S. Paine, Jr.
Of counsel,
Katten Muchin Rosenman
NYC and Tupper Lake
Attorney; Chairman,
Champlain National Bank
Willsboro
David Henle
Vice chair
Meredith M. Prime
President, DLH Capital
NYC and Piseco Lake
Lee Keet
Michael Richter
Founder, private equity fund
Saranac Lake
Partner, Environmental
Capital Partners
Greenwich, CT,
and Lake Placid
Jonathan S. Linen
Charles O. Svenson
Chairman
Vice chairman (retired),
American Express Company
Summit, NJ, and Minerva
General counsel (retired),
Mobil Corporation
Bloomfield, CT, and
Keene Valley
Carol MacKinnon Fox
Vice chair
Vice president, head
of global accounts,
Thomson Reuters
NYC
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Senior managing director,
Brock Capital Group
NYC and Saranac Lake
Emily Lyons
Amy Vedder, PhD
Head of market
development—Americas,
Thomson Reuters
NYC
McCluskey Fellow,
Yale University;
Consultant, Headwaters
Conservation
Johnsburg
Lawrence L. Master, PhD
Brock Weatherup
Chief zoologist (retired),
NatureServe and
The Nature Conservancy
Lake Placid
SVP Chief Digital Officer,
PetSmart, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA,
and Paul Smiths
Bill McKibben
J. Edward Fowler
Secretary
Lead director,
Adirondack Land Trust
Co-founder,
Adirondack Foundation
Lake Placid
Author; Scholar in residence,
Middlebury College;
Co-founder, 350.org
Ripton, VT, and Johnsburg
Bruce McLanahan
Attorney; Adjunct professor,
Fordham University
New Canaan, CT, and
Saranac Lake
The following
trustees completed
board terms in
August 2014:
Carter F. Bales,
Michael DiNunzio,
Joan Hansen Grabe,
and David P. Hunt.
We are grateful
for their service.
Tim Barnett
Douglass Munro
Vice president
Stewardship program manager
Cathy Beaton
Dawn Ormsby
Major gifts manager
Office manager
Michelle Brown
Connie Prickett
Conservation scientist
Director of communications
Dirk Bryant
Brendan Quirion
Director of conservation programs
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program
coordinator
Michael Carr
Executive director
Alissa Rafferty
Craig Cheeseman
Executive assistant/Terrestrial
connectivity coordinator
GIS specialist/IS manager
Todd Dunham
Hilary Smith
Director of land protection
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program
director (outgoing 2014)
Erika Edgley
Mary Thill
Conservation easement program
coordinator
Philanthropy writer/editor
Ryan Ferebee
Director of philanthropy
Maintenance mechanic
Tom Lake
Nancy Van Wie
Erin Vennie-Vollrath
Follensby Pond caretaker
Aquatic invasive species project
coordinator
Jessica Levine
Erin V. Walkow
Manager, Champlain climate
adaptation planning project
TNC Canada, an affiliate of
The Nature Conservancy
Senior donor-relations manager
Jan Maria Localio
Conservation program coordinator/
Stewardship specialist
Sophie McClelland
Philanthropy coordinator
2014 Adirondack Conservation Interns
Walker Cammack
Emmie Oliver
2014 Invasive Species
Management Steward
Chris Sheldon
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Your team in the Adirondacks
In his 43rd year of working in Adirondack
conservation, Tim Barnett is The Nature
Conservancy’s longest-serving staffer—
anywhere. Mark Burget, managing director
of the Conservancy’s North America program,
calls Tim “a gift to the planet.” “We’ve got
4,000 employees around the word,” Burget told
Adirondack members in his keynote address
to the annual meeting this year, “and you’ve
got number one right here in the Adirondacks.
He’s a great one.” Tim is a vice president of
The Nature Conservancy, and manages special
projects and is Legacy Club ambassador for the
Adirondack Chapter. Tim grew up in Westport,
in the Champlain Valley, and was the Adirondack
Chapter’s first executive director, 1972–1997.
He often says that his greatest contribution is the
people he’s hired and encouraged throughout
their careers. Our current staff have served an
average of 11 years, further testament to a deep
base of local knowledge and commitment.
Graphic design: The Laughing Bear Associates
Photography: ©Erika Edgley/TNC unless otherwise noted
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Adirondack Chapter
8 Nature Way
P.O. Box 65
Keene Valley, NY 12943
(518) 576–2082
nature.org/Adirondacks
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is
to conserve the lands and waters on which
all life depends. The Adirondack Chapter
was founded in 1971.
The Adirondack Land Trust, established in
1984, protects working farms and forests,
unbroken shoreline, scenic vistas and other
lands contributing to the quality of life of
Adirondack communities.
Together, these partners in conservation
have protected more than 583,000 acres,
including 1 out of every 6 protected acres
in the Adirondack Park.
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