Adirondack Land Trust Annual Report 2017

LASTING CONSERVATION SINCE 1984

ANNUAL REPORT 2017

ABOUT THE ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST MISSION Founded in 1984, the Adirondack Land Trust protects farms and forests, undeveloped shoreline, scenic vistas and other lands contributing to the quality of life of our communities as well as the wildness and rural character of the Adirondacks.

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VISION We work to fulfill the promise of the Adirondack Park as a place of resilient lands, waters and communities.

LAND TRUST POWER ALT is one of 1,000 land trusts working across the United States. Land trusts harness three fundamental values: private initiative, community cooperation and a deep connection to the land. American land trusts voluntarily conserve nearly 2 million acres per year.

by the #’s

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23,032 ACRES conserved since 1984

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LASTING CONSERVATION SINCE 1984

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SITES across the Adirondacks

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ACRES of nature preserves

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GLENVIEW

Protecting farms and fields often preserves vistas, valued by visitors and Adirondack communities alike.

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INDIAN CARRY

We partner with towns and New York State to protect key trails and tracts that connect people to wildlands.

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HARRIS FAMILY FARM

We protect 20 working farms. Most are in the Champlain Valley, where the agricultural land base is critical to the economy.

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TWITCHELL LAKE

We work to maintain water quality and climate resilience by protecting wild shoreline throughout the park.

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TRAILS FARMS SHORELINES

MINNOW POND TRACT

We work with landowners to protect working forests that supply local mills. We also work with partners to protect Forever Wild forests for habitat, ecosystem services and recreation.

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VISTAS

FORESTS

STREETER POND

Black bears, bobcats and other wildlife need room to roam. We work with landowners and New York State to protect animal and plant habitat.

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TRACTS protected as Forever Wild

6,535 ACRES of working forests

WILDLIFE 20

FARMS producing milk, hay, apples and beef

For Love of

the Land

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The Adirondack Land Trust works to protect places people love, and places that are important to the lasting integrity of the Adirondack Park. Whether farms or forests, canoe carries or wild shorelines, vistas or wildlife habitat—all of these places matter, and all deepen the connection between Adirondack communities and their landscape.

Left: Š Carl Heilman II; right: Š ALT/Emily Landry

Thanks to our supporters and partners, the Adirondack Land Trust has protected 23,032 acres since its founding in 1984. This annual report highlights how ALT empowers private citizens to work together to conserve lands, waters and places that are important to communities.

This is a momentous time for the Adirondacks. Communities are embracing land and water protection as integral to their well-being and as a path to economic sustainability, and they are recognizing that conservation plays an important role in reducing the impacts and costs of climate change. As a result, the opportunity to protect essential lands and waters is literally multiplying.

This is also an exciting time for the Adirondack Land Trust. Having shared Mike Carr, executive director (left), and staff and resources with the Adirondack Bill Paternotte, chair (right).

Chapter of The Nature Conservancy since 1988, we became a fully independent entity again this year. Our mission remains the same: to protect working farms and forests, undeveloped shoreline, scenic vistas and other lands contributing to the quality of life of our communities as well as the wildness and rural character of the Adirondacks.

But to fulfill this mission and honor our obligation to the communities we serve, ALT must increase its capacity to respond to these critical opportunities.

The need is clear and urgent. We are currently in confidential negotiations on eight separate land-protection projects spanning 3,667 acres and valued at $2.9 million. We look forward to reporting to you upon successful protection of these places in the coming year.

This report illustrates how important your support is to keeping the Adirondacks a place of clean waters, abundant wildlife, vast forests and vibrant communities.

Thank you for all you do on our behalf.

Bill Paternotte Chair

Mike Carr Executive Director

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Land

Impact:

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Many projects accomplish several goals. By acquiring the 238-acre Glenview preserve in Harrietstown last year, for example, ALT protected a scenic vista, safeguarded the water quality of one of the largest boreal bogs in the Northeast and kept open the possibility of restoring grazing lands important to the viability of a small organic dairy.

Since 1984, the Adirondack Land Trust has worked with landowners and communities to conserve 23,032 acres — and counting. Land trusts accept donations of land, purchase land, negotiate voluntary conservation agreements on land and care for privately conserved lands in perpetuity.

The Adirondack Park is a model for the world of how people and nature can thrive together. Larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier and Grand Canyon national parks combined, the park contains 85 percent of the wilderness in the East as well as 102 small towns and villages.

We work with New York State and other partners to ensure that large forests remain intact, streams flow clear and cool, wildlife have room to roam, and communities thrive in harmony with protected lands.

Facing page: © ALT/Emily Landry; left: © Larry Master

Lands that we decide to protect must: 1. Sustain our rural economies through working farms and forests and the ecosystem services provided by protected lands.

2. Link people to the land by protecting the Adirondack Park’s natural aesthetics, and increasing community connections to the natural areas that surround them.

3. Protect habitat for native plants and animals.

4. Provide a hedge against climate change, for the benefit of natural and human communities.

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Water

Impact:

The boundary of the Adirondack Park is commonly known as the Blue Line—but with 3,000 lakes and ponds, and 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, there’s just as much blue inside. Thanks to more than a century of conservation action, many of these waters still provide habitat for native trout and clean drinking water, and they are less impacted by invasive species and fertilizers than waters elsewhere in the Northeast.

Below: Bog River © Carl Heilman II. Right: Great blue herons © Larry Master.

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Forested shorelines act as sponges to absorb stormwater, provide shade to keep rivers and lakes cool, and provide habitat onshore and off. They play a major role in strengthening the Adirondacks’ resilience to climate change and invasive species.

The Adirondack Land Trust is currently working on projects that would protect shoreline on the Ausable River, Sacandaga River, Upper Saranac Lake, Lake Champlain and three ponds in the central Adirondacks.

In addition to other ponds and stretches of lakeshore, ALT has previously protected wild sections of the Ausable, Bog, Boquet, Oswegatchie and Upper Hudson rivers.

Left: ALT is working to protect a private inholding on Ore Bed Brook in the High Peaks Wilderness. Š ALT/Doug Munro.

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Impact:

Communities

All across the Adirondacks, people are working together to conserve fields, farms, vistas and trails close to home. They bring energy, creativity and local knowledge, and it is a privilege to work with these individuals and other partners to protect the places we all value.

The Adirondack Land Trust works with farmers to help them provide healthy food—we currently hold conservation easements on 20 farms. We work with communities to provide trails that connect them to nature. We work with landowners to protect shorelines and productive forests.

Land conservation protects drinking water quality, generates revenue from outdoor recreation, reduces the intensity of flooding and generates jobs by keeping forests and farms working.

Northern Forest Canoe Trail paddler Emily Rosser, of Cambridge, MA, pulls her kayak over Indian Carry, the portage that connects Stony Creek Ponds to Upper Saranac Lake. Adirondack Land Trust conserved the 36-acre property and cut the portage trail in the 1980s, and helped NFCT improve the trail in 2016. The NFCT extends 740 miles from Old Forge, NY, to Fort Kent, ME. Š Mike Lynch

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Derrick Wrisley grows hay and grains on Champlain Valley fields protected by an ALT conservation easement. Š ALT/Erika Bailey

In 2016, Adirondack Land Trust helped the town of Harrietstown protect a portion of Dewey Mountain Recreation Center in Saranac Lake, a site of many outdoor youth programs. Š Zoe Smith

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Donors and Volunteers Your support makes a lasting difference for Adirondack lands, waters and communities. Thank you.

Shared Annual Fund Contributions This list acknowledges those who made a donation between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, in response to the final joint fundraising appeals of the Adirondack Land Trust (ALT) and Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), which both benefited from a single gift during that period.* Gifts made solely to the Adirondack Land Trust are listed separately on page 21. $50,000 and up

$5,000 – $9,999

Anonymous

Ms. Frances Beinecke & Mr. Paul Elston Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Berman Lewis & Colleen Golub Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Birdsong Birdsong Family Foundation Bulleit Bourbon Mrs. Joan R. Burchenal Marilyn Burns & Jeffrey Sellon Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough Foundation Mr. William Chorske W.W. & G.O. Chorske Foundation General Electric Foundation Matching Gift Program Mr. Richard Hooker III Dr. & Mrs. Herbert B. Hudnut, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth S. McLanahan Mr. Edward H. Miller Reverend James H. Miller & Mrs. Margaret C. Miller Dr. Joane Molenock & Dr. Daniel E. Karig Peter & Patty Paine Boquet Foundation, Inc. Elizabeth & Justice Reed F.G.K. Foundation Ellen M. Scholle Ms. Margaret J. Smith Susan Terwilliger & Michael Mulcahy

$20,000 – $49,999

Glenview Preserve © Carl Heilman II

Anonymous Jameson & Reginald Baxter Reginald R. & Jameson A. Baxter Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John C. Bogle John C. Bogle Charitable Lead Trust Mr. & Mrs. David F. Thomas David F. & Karen K. Thomas Foundation The Walbridge Fund Mrs. David A. Weir David & Candace Weir Foundation Wright-Cook Foundation $10,000 – $19,999 Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. James L. Dannenberg Mr. Stephen J. Kulyik Mrs. Julia O’Connor Overhills Foundation Meredith M. Prime Rochester Area Community Foundation Drs. Howard W. & Ora K. Smith Kingsley Foundation Charles & Sally Svenson

*ALT recently switched to new software, and we are still polishing our records.

If we have incorrectly listed or mistakenly omitted your name, please accept our apologies and allow us to correct the error: contact Nancy Van Wie, director of philanthropy, (518) 817-9244 | nancy.vanwie@adirondacklandtrust.org

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Powerful Together $2,500 – $4,999 Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. John C. Brust Mr. & Mrs. J. Dennis Delafield Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Forester Sarah Winter French Mr. & Mrs. Timothy C. Fritzinger Dr. Charles C. Geisler & Dr. Barbara L. Bedford Lola & Raymond Johnson Mr. James D. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Todd La Porte Mr. Arthur L. Loeb The Arthur L. Loeb Foundation Douglas & Sarah Luke Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Pacala Bill & Nan Paternotte John & Nancy Rosenthal Meadowhill Fund Mrs. Mimi N. Seagears Seagears Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Norman Sheer Mr. Roger K. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Enos T. Throop, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harry Tobiassen Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Underhill Yum! Brands, Inc. $1,000 – $2,499 Anonymous (4) Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Abrahamson Abrahamson Family Foundation Alice & Bill Boardman Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Booth Mr. & Mrs. George M. Bush Mr. Frederick C. Calder Charles & Judy Canham Mr. & Ms. Christopher T. Clark Mr. Donald K. Clifford, Jr. Ms. Linda Cohen Ms. Sarah Cohen The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida County Mr. & Mrs. Aims C. Coney, Jr. Mr. Thomas A. Curley & Ms. Marsha A. Stanley Mr. & Mrs. David W. Curtis Dr. & Mrs. James C. Dawson Mr. Richard DeMartini & Ms. Jennifer L. Brorsen DeMartini Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Dorn Lyn DuMoulin

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Mr. & Mrs. Irvine D. Flinn Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Forlenza Mr. John G. Fritzinger, Jr. Adirondack Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Warren S. Gifford Mr. Walter F. Gilges Adirondack Foundation – Port Jackson Fund Ms. Jessica S. Griffiths Mr. Mark R. Grohowski Lyn & Harry Groome Mrs. Daphne E. Hallowell Dr. & Mrs. William A. Harbison Harweb Foundation Headlands Farm Mr. & Mrs. David Heider Mrs. Amy D. Heintz Heintz Family Trust Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hubbard The John C. & Susan K. Hubbard Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Hudnut Dr. & Mrs. Eugene E. Kaczka Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Kalaris Mr. Charles K. Kellogg The Kirk Kellogg Foundation Mr. W. Norman Kemp, Jr. Mrs. Ann Pfohl Kirby Elizabeth P. Kirchner Howard Kirschenbaum & Mary Rapp Mr. Robert H. Koppe Roxanne McCormick Leighton Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Lighty Dr. Robert G. Locke & Mrs. Sarah Thorne-Locke Mr. & Mrs. Serge Lussi Carol MacKinnon Fox Mr. Merle D. Melvin Ms. Ashley A. Milne-Tyte Mr. & Mrs. James Morley St. Huberts Foundation Miss Nancy L. Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Ormerod, Jr. Ms. Carol Jean Pinney Mr. Jan M. Popkin & Dr. Joan E. Popkin Mr. & Mrs. John M. Reschovsky Ms. Adrienne J. Rinella

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Parula warbler © Larry Master

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Rinella Mr. Chandler Stein & Ms. Kirby M. Udall Frederick & Bettina Stelle Mr. & Mrs. Thompson M. Swayne Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Tanham Mr. & Mrs. Lanny Thorndike Mr. & Mrs. William C. Ughetta Mr. & Mrs. Wayne B. Virkler Mr. & Mrs. James J. Visconti Dr. William Weber & Dr. Amy L. Vedder Dr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Whiffen Mr. & Mrs. Cecil J. Wray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Yanulavich Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Zunino III $500 – $999 Adirondack Foundation Rocky Bog Fund Mr. & Mrs. A. Joseph Armstrong Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV Mr. & Mrs. Arthur D. Bissell III Victoria & Wilber H. Boies Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Bolton Mr. & Mrs. David S. Branch Ms. Catherine A. Brennan Dr. David K. Broadwell & Ms. Christine R. Wilmot Mr. W. Dean Brown Mr. & Mrs. Caleb W. Burchenal Mr. & Mrs. Dean E. Butts Mrs. Patricia A. Calascibett Mr. & Mrs. J. Martin Carovano Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Pamela L. Coe Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Constable Mr. Raymond P. Curran & Ms. Kathleen Daggett Mr. & Mrs. David Cuthell Dr. & Mrs. E. Linn Draper, Jr. Ms. Denise M. Elmer ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Forbes Mr. Andrew G. Frank Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Gehl Mr. Robert G. Gilmore & Dr. Claire G. Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Glennon Goldman Sachs Matching Gifts Program Mr. & Mrs. Neil M. Golub Golub Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gosda Linda & Gerry Hare Mr. Walter F. Harrison III Ms. Marguerite Hasbrouck Ms. Barbara L. Hennig Ms. Sarah L. Holland Mr. David P. Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. James Mr. & Mrs. Pliny Jewell III Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Johnson II Mrs. Elaine E. Joost Dr. & Mrs. Todd R. Jorgensen Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Kindler Mr. William L. LeBoeuf & Dr. Sarah J. Fernsler

Mr. & Mrs. George Lockhart Mrs. Annette Merle-Smith The Lookout Fund Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. MacKinnon Adirondack Foundation Woods and Pearl McCahill Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott McGraw Mr. Robert Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Moldenhauer Ms. Eleanor G. Nalle Dr. & Mrs. Mark H. Pohlman Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Raffe Mr. Robert J. Ringlee Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ritchie Staritch Foundation, Inc. Ms. Mary L. Rockefeller Mr. & Mrs. John M. Sattler III Mrs. Harriet H. Savage Dr. Margaret E. Schadler Mr. Richard E. Schumaker & Ms. Tymm Schumaker Dr. John W. Sharpless & Ms. Janet Rutkowski Mr. Daniel Mirel & Ms. Suzanne A. Siner Ms. Sandra A. Smith TD Ameritrade Clearing Mr. & Mrs. Garry B. Trudeau Mrs. Anne C. Weld Mr. & Mrs. Andrej J. Zajac Vicki E. Zion Up to $500 Anonymous (4) Mr. & Mrs. Jack Abbott Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. Adams Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Inc. Adirondack Mountain Club, Albany Chapter Mr. Joseph Albarelli Ms. Mary Elizabeth Alexander Mr. & Mrs. William Alguire Mr. Lee R. Allard Mr. John M. Andrejack Mr. & Mrs. Mitchel Angel Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Arthur Dr. Carolyn H. Asbury & Dr. Arthur K. Asbury Mrs. Mary S. Ashmead Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Athens Mr. James K. Au Mrs. Susan Babcock Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Bakeman, Jr. The Ruth & Louis Baker Family Foundation Mr. Robert P. Ball Mr. David B. Ball Ms. Cathy G. Ballard Mr. Russell Banks & Ms. Chase P. Twichell Ruth Barba Nussbaum Mr. James T. Bark & Ms. Denise M. Erickson Dr. & Mrs. Clyde F. Barker Mr. Raymond L. Barns & Ms. Suzanne Falter-Barns Mr. Robert P. Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Beach

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Powerful Together Mr. Richard Beamish & Ms. Rachel K. Rice Mrs. Suzanne L. Beaumont Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Bell Mr. Chris Bengert Mr. Michael Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Bergamini Mr. Haskell J. Bernson Ms. Nancy A. Bernstein Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Bertagna Mr. Kurt L. Besaw Mr. & Mrs. Fred S. Betz Ms. Linda L. Bhatia Mr. Dean Bianco Mrs. Florance H. Bigelow Mr. & Mrs. John H. Blackmon Mr. Alan M. Blumenstock & Ms. Jean A. Banfield Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Bogucki Mr. & Mrs. John Bojanek Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. Booth Mr. & Mrs. William E. Boyce Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Bradburd Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. Brady Mr. & Mrs. James D. Brayer Mr. & Mrs. William T. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Neal A. Brown Ms. Robin Brown Mr. & Mrs. James C. Brown Mr. Severn P. Brown & Mrs. Sarah C. Street Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Bruns Dr. & Mrs. James L. Budny Mr. & Mrs. Frederick P. Bunnell Dr. & Mrs. Edgar J. Burde Dr. & Mrs. Neal S. Burdick Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Burk Jane S. Burner Mr. Thomas J. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Cammiso Mr. & Mrs. Harrison K. Caner III Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Canuteson Mr. & Mrs. Phillip C. Capone Mr. Robert E. Carr Dr. & Ms. Robert E. Carroll Rogers-Carroll Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Carson Mr. Robert E. Carter Ms. Diane Cast Dr. Denis J. Chagnon & Dr. Mary B. Chagnon Mr. John L. Chamberlain & Ms. Barbara A. Brosnan Dr. & Mrs. Glen D. Chapman

Cathy Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Chase Mr. Robert N. Cherdack Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Christiansen Ms. Dorothy L. Clausen Dick & Tilly Close Cobblestone Capital Advisors, LLC Dr. Martin B. Cohen & Dr. Janet Cohen Mrs. Ellen C. Collins Ms. Joan Collins Mr. Harry E. Colwell Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Conley Coreys Residents Association Mr. & Mrs. James K. Coward Mr. Bruce A. Craver Mr. & Mrs. William G. Crawshaw Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Cressey Mr. & Mrs. Raymond F. Cronk Mr. Richard Cunningham Mrs. Rhoda C. Curtiss Ms. Martha J. Cushman Ms. Julia E. Damkoehler Ms. Sandra Danussi Dr. John S. Davis Mr. & Mrs. George D. Davis Dr. and Mrs. C. R. De Armas Mr. & Mrs. David C. Dearborn Jerry Adam DeGarmo Mr. & Mrs. Marvin DeRuyscher Mr. John DiGiacomo Mr. Perry W. Dimmick & Ms. Lindsay D. Ruth Mr. Michael DiNunzio & Ms. Eleanor G. Berger Ms. Sherry Dixon Ms. Jean Dohman Kingsley H. Dolan Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Dolan Mr. & Mrs. Bruce K. Doman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Donohue Mr. Michael P. Douglass Mr. Charles B. Drake Mr. Seth Dunn Mr. & Mrs. George H. Earle V Mr. Ron Eberling Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Eckel Ms. Elizabeth A. Ehrlich Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Eisenlord Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Elkinton Mr. Michael J. Elliott Ms. Susan E. Ellis Mr. Mark D. Epstein Mrs. Louise W. Epstein Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Erenstone Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Esposito Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Esposito, Jr. Mrs. Nancy Eustance Mr. Vincent J. Farinella Mr. Charles P. Farny Mr. & Mrs. John Farrell, Jr. Ms. Janet G. Farrington Mr. John D. Ferree Mr. & Mrs. William C. Fischette, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Fish

STEWARDSHIP IS FOREVER Helping farmers and other landowners care for lands under conservation easement is a tenet of land trust work. The Fred M. and Walker D. Kirby Land Stewardship Endowment is helping raise support for this critical conservation role. Learn more at www.adirondacklandtrust.org. To make a gift, please contact Nancy Van Wie, (518) 817-9244 | nancy.vanwie@adirondacklandtrust.org

Ms. Cecilia Fitzpatrick Mr. & Mrs. David Foote Mr. David K. Ford Mr. Thomas H. Foster Mr. John P. Freeman & Ms. Tillie Helms Mr. Max N. Friedman Mr. John E. Fuller Dr. & Mrs. Peter F. Galvani Mr. & Mrs. Conrad M. Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Garver Ms. Gail M. Gaskin Ms. Ann L. Gearhart Mr. & Mrs. George H. Georges Mr. & Mrs. Randall G. Giltz Mrs. Honre F. Gitelman Walter S. Gladding & Augusta J. Gladding Mrs. Anne-Marie M. Glenn Ms. Megan C. Glennon Mr. & Mrs. Charles Glinsman Mr. Michael P. Gold Dr. Walter L. Goldschmidts & Mrs. Dagnia Zeidlickis Mr. Oliver R. Goodenough & Ms. Alison H. Clarkson Mr. Charles P. Gosselink & Rev. Charlotte G. Gosselink Ms. Judith Gottfried Mr. Christopher T. Graves & Ms. Kathleen M. Myer Ms. Barbara E. Greenberg Mrs. Elizabeth B. Griffiths Mr. & Mrs. John J. Grimmke Growald Family Fund, Inc. Ralph & Georgia Guenther Ms. Wendy B. Hall & Mr. Stephen Hall Mr. & Mrs. James K. Halling Mr. Daniel Hamilton & Ms. Margo L. Fenn Ms. Pamela Hanke Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Hansen Dr. & Mrs. Howard R. Hart Ms. Sarah Hart

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald D. Hartsock Mrs. Barbara S. Hass Mr. Norman Hauser & Ms. Kathleen B. Saunders Mrs. Elizabeth P. S. Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Taylor S. Hay Ms. Amy Heckethorn-Jones Mr. and Mrs. John F. Heimerdinger Mrs. Beverly F. Heineman Ms. Jane V. Henne Ms. Margery C. Henneman Mr. & Mrs. Donald Henry Mr. John P. Heslop Ms. Christine L. Hildebrand Mrs. Martha F. Hoar Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hobbs Ms. Elna Hoglund Mr. & Mrs. John Hopkinson III Ms. Tonya J. Hotmer In memory of J. Scott Howard Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Hoyt Mr. Maurice Hryshko & Mrs. Amy F. Miano Mr. & Mrs. F. David Hudda Vivian Leith & Stewart S. Hudnut Mrs. Marjorie Hull Mrs. Mei Be Hunkins Ms. Sarah Hunkins Mr. & Mrs. John S. Hutchins Mrs. Jennifer Hutchinson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hutt Dr. & Mrs. William M. Hydon Immaculate Conception Church Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Indelicato Eleanore Inhelder Ms. Maureen Insua Ms. Phoebe Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Jackson William & Mary Janeway Mrs. Anne K. Jeffrey

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Powerful Together Mr. & Mrs. Garry Jewett, Jr. Mr. Michael N. Jeziorski Mr. Edward A. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Johnston Ruthie’s Run Mr. & Mrs. William B. Johnston Mr. Paul Johnston & Ms. Anna Battigelli Mr. William S. Joplin & Ms. Mary A. Bell David & Nicola Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Kafin Mr. Bernard E. Kane, Jr. & Dr. Emilie Kane Mr. Kevin A. Karl & Ms. Katherine Steffens Keene Valley Stove Co. Mr. John E. Kelsch Mr. Todd O. Kempainen & Ms. Jorun Gran-Hendriksen Mrs. Joan S. Kepes Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Kerr Ms. Jean M. Keskulla Mr. & Mrs. Barry Kiel Cynthia G. Kindle Ms. Lynne L. Kingsley Mr. Jeremiah Kirwan Mr. & Mrs. Walter Kissam Mr. & Mrs. Ken H. Klauck Mr. & Mrs. Harold G. Klein Mr. James Kloiber & Ms. Stephanie Wagoner Mr. & Mrs. Jesse L. Krasnow Ms. Ruth M. Kuhfahl Mr. & Mrs. Lars I. Kulleseid Mr. & Mrs. Miles A. Kulukundis Mr. & Mrs. George R. Lamb Mr. John B. Lane Dr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Langdon Mr. & Mrs. Byron J. Lapham Gary E. Larsen Mr. Christopher F. Lawrence Dr. & Mrs. John P. Leddy Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Leopold Alethe & Frank Lescinsky Mr. Richard Levy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. H. K. Likly Mr. Mark H. Likoff & Ms. Shelah T. Feiss Mr. John E. Linck & Ms. Ann T. Csink Dr. James M. Lindgren & Ms. Mary A. Weiglhofer Mr. & Mrs. David A. Lloyd Ms. Alice M. Long

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Ms. Elizabeth M. Lowe Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Lozner Daniel & Carol Luthringshauser Dr. Richard F. Lutinski Mr. & Mrs. Roland M. Machold Dr. Ian & Rebecca MacKellar Ms. Margaret MacKellar Mrs. Nancy M. MacWhinney Mrs. Michelle C. Maggs Ms. Carolyn M. Malaney Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manning Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Mara Mr. & Mrs. John Marrella Mr. Paul R. Martin Bonnie B. Marx Mr. Edward C. Marx Larry Master Edward E. Matthews Dr. & Mrs. John R. Mazur Mr. Andrew R. McClellan & Ms. Alice F. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. McCready, Jr. Ms. Marilyn S. McDonald Mr. Alfred B. McDowell Mrs. Ann V. McDuffie Dr. & Mrs. Richard McKeever Mr. Hugh McManus Mr. Mark A. McNaught Mr. & Mrs. Laurence G. Meltzer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Metz Ms. Ellen Meyers Bill Miller & Ida Houby

NAMING A BEQUEST GIFT Planned gifts of any size can make a real difference in Adirondack conservation— and it only takes a little time to name the Adirondack Land Trust in your will, trust, retirement plan or insurance designation. For information on how you can leave the Adirondack Land Trust in your estate plans, please contact Nancy Van Wie, director of philanthropy, at (518) 817-9244 | nancy.vanwie@ adirondacklandtrust.org Bequest language: To direct a bequest, or a portion thereof, to the Adirondack Land Trust, the legal name is Adirondack Land Trust, a nonprofit corporation, organized and existing under the laws of New York, and with a principal business address of 2861 Route 73, P.O. Box 130, Keene, NY 12942, Tax ID# 22-2559576

Mike Carr (left) and Joe Martens paddle the Upper Hudson River. © Nancie Battaglia

Conservationist of the Year Mike Carr In November 2016, after 17 years as shared executive director of both the Adirondack Land Trust and the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, Mike Carr transitioned to full-time executive director of ALT. This year the Adirondack Council honored Mike as Conservationist of the Year for his work with environmental organizations, community leaders, landowners and New York State to protect 340,000 acres of the Adirondack Park.

One of Mike’s friends and partners, former commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation Joe Martens, wrote to congratulate Mike. An excerpt from Joe’s letter: I will reflect for a moment on why you have been able to accomplish so much.

First, you are passionate about the Adirondack Park, all of it, from hamlets to wilderness.

Second, you may not have been born here, but you are a local.

You fish, you hunt, and you tell tall tales about both. You are a volunteer fireman. You understand the challenges of living in the park and the interconnectedness of economy and environment.

Third, except for the fishing and hunting stories, you are the straightest shooter I know.

Thank you and congratulations.

— Joe Martens

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Miller Rev. David J. Miller & Mrs. Linda A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. John Minutilli Mr. John A. Miskewicz Donald T. & Marjory B. Moeller Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Moffatt Ms. Daphne Montgomery Mr. Jeffrey G. Mora & Ms. Wendy W. Fuller-Mora Dr. & Mrs. John R. Moravek Mr. & Mrs. Roland S. Morris Brother Roman Morris Mr. Donald Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Morse Nancy Morse Mr. & Mrs. David W. Morse Ms. Paula M. Morse Ms. Janet L. Morton Mr. Robert Murphy & Dr. Cynthia Rye Dr. Frederick Muschenheim Mr. & Mrs. Bryan J. Myers Mr. David A. Nemzer Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Newhall No Mercy Brothers Parts Locators Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Nordmann Ms. Nancy D. Northrop Ms. Elizabeth B. Oguss Ms. Rose Marie O’Leary Bill & Jane Olsen Ms. Irene M. Olson Katherine Oser Ms. Renate Parke Ms. Mary Ella Passage Mr. Michael J. Patnode Ms. Valerie A. Pawlewicz Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Pell Mrs. Eleanor J. Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pettinger Mr. & Mrs. Glen E. Phillips Paul G. Pietraszewski Mr. James F. Poole Mary & Bancroft Poor Ms. Carol T. Potterton Ms. Katharine M. Preston & Mr. John Bingham Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Preston, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. T.J. Putnam Mr. & Mrs. Tarrant M. Putnam Mr. Glen O. Pyles Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Quinn Mr. David M. Rakov

Mr. Troy D. Randall & Ms. Frances E. Lund Mr. Arthur Reidel Wilfred & Helen Relyea Ms. Clara Reschovsky Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Reynolds Ms. Carol I. Richer Mr. & Mrs. David C. Rider Mr. John F. Riebesell Troy Rippere Mr. & Mrs. Jan P. Roalsvig Mr. Bruce R. Roberts Mr. Richard Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Andrew D. Rochat Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Roesner Thomas Romoda Mr. & Mrs. Lewis G. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Philip S. Ross Mr. John M. Roth & Mrs. Lauren Razook Mr. & Mrs. James Ryan Mr. John Ryan Ms. Deborah E. Ryel Martin L. & Gloria W. Sage Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Schaberg Ben & Barbara Schaffer Dr. Jay F. Schechter Mrs. Denise Scheinberg Mr. Paul G. Schielke Mr. & Mrs. James M. Schlachter Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schleifer Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Schlitt Ms. Janet K. Schloat Mr. William C. Schmidt Mr. Michael Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Gerry W. Schnur Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schoeps Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Schwarz Mr. & Mrs. Paul Scott Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Scudder III Ms. Carolyn Serota Mr. Shawn W. Seymour & Ms. Laura J. Cordts Mr. & Mrs. Ransom B. Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Shippey Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Shirley Mr. & Mrs. Greg F. Short Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Sidford, Jr. Ms. Barbara A. Silber Ms. Katherine M. Sinclair Mr. Steven D. Singer Dr. Richard E. Slimak Kempton & Nancy King Smith Mr. & Mrs. Judson W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Smith Mr. Craig W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Smith Mr. John Smolinsky & Ms. Ellen M. Prakken Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Sorensen Mr. & Mrs. James G. Speer Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Spencer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sprague III Mr. & Mrs. John W. Sprout Mr. Paul V. Stearns Mr. & Mrs. John R. Stearns

Mr. Jamieson Steele Ms. Susan F. Stoddart Mr. William E. Stokes & Ms. Karen Rappaport Mr. Willard J. Stone & Ms. Suzanne Stone Mr. Richard A. Stoner & Ms. Theresa L. Hyland Ted Stork & Mary Barrie Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Straub, Jr. Mr. Richard M. Strean Dr. James W. Supplee & Ms. Sally Ann Sims Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Sutter Mr. Richard P. Suttmeier Mr. Ronald M. Sverdlove & Ms. Melissa J. Bohl Mr. Randall W. Swanson & Mrs. Laura Jean Schwartau Dr. Jo Betty Swerdlow Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Tacy Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Tasker II Ms. Abby P. Taylor Mr. William A. Teter Mrs. Hertha H. Thayer The Store Ms. Barbara Thomas Mrs. Barbara K. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. David Thomas-Train Ms. Marion M. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Fairman R. Thompson Mr. Garrow Throop Mr. & Mrs. Samuel O. Tilton Miss Jaimie Trautman Mr. & Mrs. Alexander B. Trevor Mr. Michael B. Trister & Ms. Nancy D. Campbell Ms. Wendy C. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Russell B. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Breck K. Turner With Pipe and Book Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Tyler Mr. Michael J. Urfirer & Ms. Doni L. Fordyce Mr. Bruce D. Van Dusen & Ms. Susan M. Whiting

Mr. & Mrs. Gerard J. Van Heest Mr. & Mrs. James B. Van Hoven Mrs. Rhoda R. Vanderwall Preeti & Ben Verghese Mr. & Mrs. Jean C. Victor The Waldheim, Inc. Mr. Bruce T. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. John R. Wandling Ms. Vera G. Ward Arete & William B. Warren Dr. & Mrs. Mark Webster Mrs. Katherine M. Webster Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Wegner Ms. Nancy Weiss Mr. Michael H. Welles & Ms. Leslie Price Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Wert Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. West Mr. Wallace Westfeldt & Ms. Miriam B. Goulding Ms. Mary J. Whalen Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Whitaker Mr. & Mrs. Donald Whitlock Ms. Rachel A. Wiener Mr. Chris Logue & Ms. Bernadine Wiesen Mr. & Mrs. John C. Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Willis, Jr. Ms. Nancy A. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Withington III Ms. Beulah C. Wood Dr. Mary A. Woodhouse & Mr. Richard T. Constanza Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Woods Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wright Mr. Stanley C. Wright Ms. Charlene M. Zebley Dr. James E. Zins & Dr. Cynthia Kavouksorian

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People-powered Conservation The Hyson Family Chris Hyson’s great-grandparents, George and Katharine Notman, came to Keene Valley in the late 1800s; they loved the valley and acquired substantial acreage here. Over the years, many of the Notman holdings have been dispersed to the community—the site of Keene Central School, for instance, is the former Notman farm. Chris’s parents, Winifred and Charles Hyson, honored their family’s wishes to maintain some of their land as Forever Wild when they chose to gift 78 acres, including Little Round Top Mountain, to the Adirondack Land Trust for later transfer to the Forest Preserve. Chris and his wife, Audrey, seen here on Baxter Mountain with Little Round Top in the background, continue the family legacy today by supporting land trust work in the Adirondacks.

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Powerful Together Gifts to the Adirondack Land Trust This list acknowledges those who made gifts to the Adirondack Land Trust between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017. Thank you.

© Lisa J. Godfrey

Anonymous (2) Adirondack Foundation Adirondack Land Trust Special Project Fund Adirondack Foundation Rocky Bog Fund Mrs. Sue D. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. John Bailo Mr. & Mrs. Frederick G. Baily Mr. Robert Barnett & Ms. Susan Mandler Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Barnett Mr. & Mrs. Lionel Barthold Ms. Frances Beinecke & Mr. Paul Elston Dr. & Mrs. Michael Bettmann Mrs. Florance H. Bigelow Mr. & Mrs. Peter W. Bragdon Mr. & Mrs. George Brownell Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Brownell Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Brownell Mr. Stephen H. Burrington & Ms. Abigail A. Swaine Ms. Mary Lynne V. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Carr Mr. Robert E. Carr Mr. & Mrs. Bruce K. Catlin The Cerf-Dunbar Fund of The Community Foundation Ms. Sue T. Chapman Ms. Jane T. Claffey Cloudsplitter Foundation Francis T. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Connors CSEA St. Lawrence University Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Cunningham, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dedrick Mr. Michael DiNunzio & Ms. Eleanor G. Berger East Forsyth Middle School Dominic & Melissa Eisinger Evergreen Foundation, Inc. F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Drs. Jay & Dorothy Federman Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Fish Mr. & Mrs. James T. Flynn VI Mr. & Mrs. Drew Forhan The Forhan Family Foundation Carolyn & Ed Fowler Sarah Winter French Mr. & Mrs. Robert Friedman Mr. John G. Fritzinger, Jr. Adirondack Foundation FrontStream General Electric Foundation Matching Gift Program Mr. & Mrs. Roderic Giltz Adirondack Foundation – Port Jackson Fund Mrs. Honre F. Gitelman Mr. & Mrs. John C. Given Ms. Barbara L. Glaser & Mr. Paul Zachos Northern Lights Fund Mr. Michael P. Gold

Mrs. Ruth S. Guydosh Dr. & Mrs. William A. Harbison Ms. Sarah Hart Mr. & Mrs. Alan Hasselwander Mr. & Mrs. David Henle The Joan C. & David L. Henle Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ian D. Highet Mr. & Mrs. Brian L. Houseal Wayne D. Howe Adirondack Foundation – Kelly R. Huiatt Fund Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Hyson Mr. Richard D. Jarvis David & Geri Joor Land Trust Alliance Ms. Emily Landry Dr. Airlie C. Lennon Mr. & Mrs. Abe Levy Dr. & Mrs. Robert Lewit Robert & Jane Lewitt Family Fund Douglas & Sarah Luke Carol MacKinnon Fox Mr. & Mrs. William L. Mackintosh III Mr. Roger A. Marshall & Ms. Barbara Smorgans Adirondack Foundation – Woods and Pearl McCahill Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Scott E. McClelland Ms. Sophia McClelland Mr. & Mrs. Vincent McClelland Mr. Bruce McLanahan Mr. Derek Morton Mr. Paul Mudie & Ms. Kathleen Kelley Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Munro North Country School and Camp Treetops Mr. & Mrs. Edward Oles Mr. & Mrs. Robert Olmsted The Furtherance Fund, Inc. Miss Nancy L. Olsen Overhills Foundation Mr. William Owens Peter & Patty Paine Boquet Foundation, Inc. Brandywine Trust Company Bill & Nan Paternotte Mr. & Mrs. Mark Perreault Mr. Eric W. Pohlman & Ms. Gretchen M. Pohlman Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Preyer Robert O. Preyer Charitable Lead Unitrust Meredith M. Prime Mrs. Marion M. Pritchett Ms. Carol Racic Mr. Charles Bruha & Ms. Kathleen Regan P & F Kendrick Charitable Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Mr. Andrew Rosenthal & Ms. Shari Levine Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Saure Ms. Jennifer Vetter Sausville

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Powerful Together Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ransom B. Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Carl Shedd Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Sherman II Mr. & Mrs. Klaus Shigley Shigley Family Charitable Fund Mr. Robert P. Sidloski & Ms. Holly MacKintosh Ms. Amy Smith & Mr. Donald Ream Kavitha Srinivas Charles & Sally Svenson Mr. Randall W. Swanson & Mrs. Laura Jean Schwartau The Nature Conservancy Paul F. Torrence & Bonnie Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Frank Trendell Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Underhill Mary Van Vleck Mr. Todd Vickery Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wakefield Mr. & Mrs. David Warfield Mr. & Mrs. Brock Weatherup Mr. & Mrs. Craig Weatherup Weatherup Family Foundation Charles F. & Carole A. West Wrisley Family Farm

Planning for the Future The following have informed us that the Adirondack Land Trust is in their estate plans: Anonymous John Andrews & Michelle Jack William & Alice Boardman Mr. Perry W. Dimmick & Ms. Lindsay D. Ruth J. Edward Fowler Sarah W. French Barbara L. Glaser Paul Grinwis, in memory of Kevin Grinwis Matthew Hobart David & Esther Hodge B. Sue Howard Lee Keet Bruce McLanahan Rev. David J. Miller Peter S. Paine, Jr. Bill Paternotte David Reling Susan Terwilliger & Michael Mulcahy Charles F. & Carole A. West Bequests Received Estate of Constance W. Main George V. & Jean A. Smith Charitable Trust Donors of Time and Talent Frances Eisinger Mandy & Rocco Giampolo Chauntel Gillilland Chris Jage & Melanie Reding Leslie & Roman Kucharczyk Jan & Bill Localio Eddie Mrozik Erin Perkins Kat Pollan

Gifts in Kind Asgaard Farm Jameson Adkins Baxter Steve Burrington & Abby Swaine Bill & Marsha Harbison Heidi Harbison Kimberly Ed McNeil Eddie Mrozik & Nancy Van Wie Peter S. Paine, Jr. Erin Perkins Bryan Pfeiffer Meredith M. Prime Gifts in Honor Of Michael Carr Peter S. Paine, Jr. Gifts in Memory Of Paul Dooling J. Scott Howard George M. Sauer C. Lawrence West

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Public-Private Power The Adirondack Land Trust (ALT) was honored to receive two New York State Conservation Partnership Program grants in 2017: $30,000 to increase our conservation impact as ALT relaunches as an independent organization, and $10,000 to begin care and management of Glenview Preserve in the Town of Harrietstown.

The funding was awarded by the Land Trust Alliance of New York and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The state’s Environmental Protection Fund provided the grants, and generous private donors provided a match.

Ovenbird: Š Larry Master

Sources and Uses of Funds The information presented here represents the operating activities of the Adirondack Land Trust. This analysis is based on unaudited draft financial statements for the 2017 fiscal year (July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017) and does not include capital funds or land purchases. Please note that ALT was only partially staffed during a fiscal year 2017 reorganization, and the figures here represent a fraction of current operating expenses.

These graphs are intended to provide timely information, but they are not a substitute for an audited financial statement, available by writing to our office or to the New York State Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

The Adirondack Land Trust was incorporated in 1984 and is a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. All contributions to the Adirondack Land Trust are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Federal tax ID 22-2559576

Sources of Operating Funds / Fiscal Year 2017 Grants (public and private) 32%

Donor contributions 65%

Other 3%

Total: $495,000

Uses of Operating Funds / Fiscal Year 2017

Conservation 68%

Total: $492,000

Fundraising 18%

Other program expenses 14%

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YOUR TEAM IN THE ADIRONDACKS Board of Trustees Kevin Arquit Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP New York & Long Lake, NY

Lee Keet

Barbara Bedford, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate (retired), Natural Resources, Cornell University Ithaca, NY

Jonathan S. Linen Vice Chair Vice chairman (retired), American Express Company Summit, NJ, & Minerva, NY

Frances Beinecke

President (retired), Natural Resources Defense Council Bronx & Long Lake, NY

David Brunner

Owner & operator, Asgaard Farm & Dairy Au Sable Forks, NY Stephen H. Burrington Executive Director, Groundwork USA Brookline, MA Charles Canham, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Forest Ecology, Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, NY John Colston Cold River Films Baltimore, MD, & Long Lake, NY Barbara Glaser, Ed.D. Secretary Civic leader; President, Linell Lands; President, the Nordlys Foundation Saratoga Springs & Raquette Lake, NY David Henle Treasurer Managing Member, DLH Capital Bronxville & Piseco, NY

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Founder, private equity fund Saranac Lake, NY

Elizabeth McLanahan Director, NOAA Office of International Affairs; Senior Advisor to NOAA administrator (participating on ALT board in a personal capacity) Washington, DC, & Saranac Lake, NY Julie Willis O’Connor Civic volunteer, property manager, real estate agent Concord, MA, & Keene Valley, NY

Charles O. Svenson Senior Managing Director, Brock Capital Group New York & Saranac Lake, NY Sarah Underhill Civic leader, freelance writer, editor, curator Bronxville & Tupper Lake, NY Amy Vedder, Ph.D. Consulting conservationist; Lecturer, Yale University Johnsburg, NY We are grateful to the following trustees, who completed board terms in August 2017: Jameson Adkins Baxter, Emily Lyons, Mike Richter and Brock Weatherup.

Advisory Directors

Stephanie Ligon Olmsted Retired educator New York & Keene Valley, NY

Tim Barnett Mike DiNunzio Bill McKibben

Peter S. Paine, Jr. Attorney; Chairman, Champlain National Bank Willsboro, NY

Above: Many directors gathered in May at Heaven Hill Farm in Lake Placid.

William Paternotte Chair Partner, Brown Advisory Baltimore, MD, & Keene Valley, NY Meredith M. Prime Executive Committee Member Civic leader, co-founder of the Adirondack Foundation Lake Placid, NY, & Perrysburg, OH

Left to right: Bill Paternotte, Elizabeth McLanahan, Meredith Prime, John Colston, Frances Beinecke, Charlie Canham, Julie O’Connor, Charlie Svenson, Lee Keet, Mike Carr (executive director), Sarah Underhill, Steve Burrington and Jon Linen.

Adirondack Land Trust staff at the new office in Keene. Left to right: Doug Munro, Mike Carr, Nancy Van Wie, Mary Thill and Emily Landry. © ALT/Bill Brown.

Staff Michael Carr Executive Director Emily Landry Finance & Administration Manager Doug Munro Stewardship Manager Mary Thill Communications Manager Nancy Van Wie Director of Philanthropy

Adirondack Land Trust 2861 NYS Route 73 PO Box 130 Keene, NY 12942 (518) 576-2400 info@adirondacklandtrust.org adirondacklandtrust.org

We are grateful to the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy for contracted support from several key staff members: Dirk Bryant Director of Conservation Craig Cheeseman GIS/Computer Specialist, IS Manager Todd Dunham Director of Stewardship Programs Chris Jage Land Protection Manager Jan Maria Localio Conservation Program Coordinator/ Stewardship Specialist Bill Martin Stewardship Specialist

Graphic design: Laughing Bear Associates Editorial assistance: Great Range Communications LLC Cover: Glenview Preserve © Carl Heilman II Page 1: Vistas © John DiGiacomo; Trails © Mike Lynch; Farms © ALT/Erika Bailey; Wildlife © Larry Master Printed with soy-based inks on unbleached mixed percentage post-consumer recycled fiber that is FSC manufactured.