Adirondack Land Trust Annual Report 2019

LASTING CONSERVATION SINCE 1984

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Our board and staff regularly re-evaluate our responsibilities and LASTING CONSERVATION SINCE 1984 opportunities to address some of the Adirondacks’ most pressing challenges. This year the Adirondack Land Trust updated our mission and vision statements, earned Land Trust Alliance national accreditation, and revised our strategic plan (page 8).

Mission

To forever conserve the forests, farmlands,

waters and wild places that advance the quality of life of our

communities and the ecological integrity of the Adirondacks.

Vision

The Adirondacks thrive as a living model of

how people embrace and respect the natural world. Our communities benefit from wild lands, clean water, clean energy, working forests, family farms and outdoor recreation. The Adirondack Park—larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier and Grand Canyon national parks combined—grows ever more vital in a changing climate, inspiring new and diverse advocates for conservation.

LEGACY AND JOY

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ur mission at the Adirondack Land Trust encourages us to take a long-term perspective, as so much of our work involves protecting lands and waters in perpetuity. Accordingly, the word legacy comes to mind. In particular, we think about the Adirondack legacy that we inherited from our ancestors and that we will leave to our children and grandchildren.

In my own case, the legacy started with my great-grandfather, who built a camp on Schroon Lake in the early 1900s. Although I never knew him, I received my first Adirondack exposure there at the tender age of three. I spent the next 15 summers at Schroon Lake with my grandparents, and by my The key is for each teenage years was totally hooked on of us to be involved. hiking and other Adirondack joys.

Today, my wife Nan and I are incredibly Collectively, we can fortunate to have three wonderful make a real difference. children (with equally wonderful spouses) and seven loving grandchildren. Our extended family of 15 spends considerable time in the mountains, enjoying the outdoor activities made possible by millions of acres of protected lands and thousands of miles of wild streams and rivers.

Seven of us, including three of our grandchildren, are 46ers, having summited each of the Adirondack peaks over 4,000 feet, and others are well along in their quests. Among my most treasured moments are the hikes on which we’ve shared a sense of community, excitement, perseverance, and, yes, occasional pain and exhaustion, all amidst the beauty of the wild.

It’s been hugely satisfying to introduce my family to hiking, fishing and other outdoor pursuits over what are now three generations (actually six, including my ancestors). Even more gratifying is knowing that they, in turn, will take similar delight in sharing these pleasures with their descendants. Being in nature gives us peace and adds balance and perspective to our lives.

(Left to right) Emma Paternotte, Jack Paternotte and Brooke Wise hiking with their grandfather Bill Paternotte.

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In order for this legacy to be experienced by future generations, I feel a personal obligation to do my part to ensure that our lands and waters are passed on in the same—or better—condition than we found them. My particular passion, the Adirondack Land Trust, has a meaningful and measurable impact on the quality of life in the mountains we love, but there are many other ways to perpetuate our legacy. Some help protect fragile alpine plants, while others spend time encouraging our elected representatives to appropriate funds to combat invasive species. The key is for each of us to be involved. Collectively, we can make a real difference.

As I reflect on my personal commitment, I have to admit that it’s partly self-serving. By being involved now, before it’s too late to make a difference, I help make it possible for our children and grandchildren to share the same sense of discovery that I did as a child. As I see them pass this legacy to their loved ones, it gives me tremendous joy and fulfillment.

Bill Paternotte Board Chair

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July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019

Places protected

Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve We’ve joined with other land trusts to protect a rare 2,434-acre expanse of wild streams and ponds, low mountains and mature forest in the Champlain Valley.

“In contrast to the great wilderness areas of the central and western Adirondacks, the easternmost region of the Adirondack Park has fewer forever wild landscapes,” said Jon Leibowitz, executive director of Northeast Wilderness Trust, which purchased the land in Essex County, near Keeseville.

The Adirondack Land Trust will hold a conservation easement on the land to help ensure its wilderness attributes are maintained forever.

“We love the scale and wildness of this for the Champlain Valley, where most of our work has focused on farms,” said Mike Carr, executive director of the Adirondack Land Trust. “This is private forever wild land that will soon be open to the public for hiking and other outdoor experiences. Also, we love that we are just one of several partners helping to protect and manage this special place, leveraging the strengths of all involved.” Other partners include Champlain Area Trails and Open Space Institute.

Eagle Mountain Preserve protects the headwaters of the North Branch of the Boquet River.

Peregrine falcons nest on the cliffs of Eagle Mountain.

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Thank you!

Your support has helped the Adirondack Land Trust conserve 26,628 acres at 90 sites to date. We are now working to complete five projects to protect more than two miles of shoreline, including a wild river, a family farm and a children’s camp.

Above left and right: © Brendan Wiltse

Moxham Mountain The Adirondack Land Trust purchased 250 acres of Moxham Mountain adjoining the 91,854-acre Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest.

“We are extraordinarily grateful for our collaboration with the Adirondack Land Trust, which will preserve Moxham Mountain for all time,” said Mary Brassel Zack, who grew up in the Adirondacks and now lives in Pennsylvania, and whose parents bought the land in the 1950s. “This Adirondack landmark will remain forever undeveloped and beautiful; eventually, when it is transferred to the Adirondack Forest Preserve, it will be accessible to those who want to enjoy its unique terrain.”

Little Charley Pond The Adirondack Land Trust and a private landowner partnered to protect unbroken forest and a unique strain of brook trout on 2,122 acres bordering the William C. Whitney Wilderness in the town of Long Lake.

The Little Charley Pond tract contains Snell, Bear and Little Charley ponds, and five miles of wild shoreline. A new owner, Charley Pond Preserve, has donated a conservation easement to the Adirondack Land Trust that keeps the forest whole and safeguards a rare fish community.

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Stewardship is Forever “I was just looking for a place with peace and quiet, and a lot of beauty,” said Tina Bradt, who grew up on Seventh Lake in the southwest Adirondacks. Seven years ago, she found that place on Mays Pond, tucked into the 50,000-acre Pigeon Lake Wilderness, one of the wildest places in the East.

Buying the Mays Pond tract was a big decision for Bradt, but she has no regrets. “A positive was that nothing was going to happen to the property,” she said.

Together Tina Bradt and the She works with the land trust ensure that the forest, Adirondack Land Trust to manage the land under a wetlands and 3,000 feet of conservation easement, shoreline stay mostly wild. which is a voluntary, legally binding agreement that limits specified types of land use and development, now and in the future. Together Bradt and the land trust ensure that the forest, wetlands and 3,000 feet of shoreline stay mostly wild.

Bradt’s true passion is restoring historic structures. As attracted as she was to the land, she was just as interested in a log cabin on the property that was built in the 1930s for a timber dealer in search of a quiet retreat. Bradt is bringing it back to its past glory. She doesn’t mind keeping the building to its original footprint; in fact, she wouldn’t want it any other way. Her focus is on bringing out the best in this special place and sharing it with friends and family.

Tina Bradt orients conservation manager Bill Brown during an annual conservation easement monitoring visit.

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That’s how Bradt met the Adirondack Land Trust. She learned that we were looking for a conservation buyer for 330 acres we purchased in 2007 to limit forest fragmentation at the western edge of the wilderness.

Protect What You Value Like Tina Bradt, 62 landowners have used conservation easements to protect 19,850 acres in partnership with the Adirondack Land Trust. Each agreement conserves particular values of a place, from wildlife habitat to farmland to clean water to working forest.

Easements are recorded in the title and stay with the land forever.

The F.M. Kirby Foundation established the Fred M. and Walker D. Kirby Land Stewardship Endowment to provide and inspire support for the critical but often unseen role of stewardship in land conservation. Building the endowment will make us more effective in supporting landowners as environmental stewards of Adirondack lands, today and in the future.

For information on options for protecting your own land, or on contributing to our stewardship endowment, please contact our office at (518) 576-2400 | info@adirondacklandtrust.org.

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Strategic Plan 2019-2024

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Over the past year the Adirondack Land Trust board and staff considered how we can measurably increase our ability to make a difference for connected forests, clean water, working farms and vibrant communities.

We identified goals in four areas to guide our actions.

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LAND

Left: © Brendan Wiltse; right top three: ALT staff; bottom: © Larry Master

The Adirondacks balances people and nature in a landscape that has become a living model for the world. We will work to sustain intact forests and family farms, and to protect smaller but significant tracts that advance community goals, strengthen connections between people and wildlands, and provide essential habitat.

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WATER

Clean, cold water is essential to Adirondack ecosystems and communities, and it attracts people for swimming, paddling and other recreation. Through land protection, advocacy and partnership, we will secure a future in which native aquatic species thrive, and people have access to clean water for drinking and enjoyment.

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COMMUNITY

The Adirondacks is distinguished from other parts of the country by small communities dispersed among protected lands and waters.

We will apply our land, water and climate strategies—and strengthen partnerships with communities —to make this region an even better and healthier place to live, work and play.

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CLIMATE

Climate change profoundly affects Adirondack lands, waters and livelihoods. We will employ land protection tools and advocacy to sequester carbon, support wildlife adaptation and migration, mitigate the effects of severe weather, reduce stresses on aquatic life, and advance alternative energy development.

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Your support makes a lasting difference for Adirondack lands, waters and communities.

Thank you.

Donors and Volunteers Annual Fund Contributions $50,000 and up Mrs. David A. Weir David & Candace Weir Foundation $20,000 – $49,999 Anonymous (2) F.M. Kirby Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Henle The Joan C. & David L. Henle Foundation Lee & Nancy Keet Adirondack Foundation—Keet Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert Olmsted The Furtherance Fund Peter & Patty Paine Mr. Keith D. Stoltz Keith D. Stoltz Foundation $10,000 – $19,999

View from Coon Mountain © Johnathan Esper

Adirondack Foundation—Paine Family Fund Mr. Kevin Arquit Jameson & Reginald Baxter Reginald R. & Jameson A. Baxter Foundation Mr. John C.† & Mrs. Eve S. Bogle The Armstrong Foundation Boquet Foundation Mrs. Pamela L. Coe Joseph & Joan Cullman Conservation Foundation Mr. Stephen J. Kulyik Nancy L. Olsen Overhills Foundation Bill & Nan Paternotte Meredith M. Prime Adirondack Foundation— Meredith M. Prime Fund

The Walbridge Fund John & Sharon Sayles John & Sharon Sayles Charitable Fund Elizabeth Strickler & Mark Gallogly Adirondack Foundation— Strickler Gallogly Family Fund Charles & Sally Svenson Connie & Craig Weatherup Weatherup Family Foundation $5,000 – $9,999 Anonymous (1) Ms. Frances Beinecke & Mr. Paul Elston Rhonda Butler & David Brunner Joan K. Davidson The J. M. Kaplan Fund Mr. Richard DeMartini & Ms. Jennifer L. Brorsen DeMartini Family Foundation Sarah Winter French Dr. Joane Molenock & Dr. Daniel E. Karig Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Munro Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Quigley Bogosian Quigley Foundation Brian & Ginny Ruder The Ruder Family Foundation Drs. Howard W. & Ora K. Smith Kingsley Foundation Susan Terwilliger & Michael Mulcahy Mr. & Mrs. Harry Tobiassen Robert & Sarah Underhill Robert & Sarah Underhill Fund Julia Willis The Julia L. Willis Fund

These lists acknowledge those who made donations between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.

If we have incorrectly listed or mistakenly omitted your name, please allow us to correct the error. Contact Kimberly Corwin Gray, donor relations manager, (518) 576-2400 or Kimberly.Gray@adirondacklandtrust.org. † Deceased

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Mrs. Sue D. Armstrong Dr. Barbara L. Bedford & Dr. Charles C. Geisler Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Birdsong Jeffrey Sellon & Marilyn Burns Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough Foundation Mr. Stephen H. Burrington & Ms. Abigail A. Swaine John & Lynn Colston John E. Colston Private Foundation Tom & Adele Connors Adirondack Foundation— Adele & Tom Connors Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. Dennis Delafield The New York Community Trust— Delafield Fund John & Margot Ernst Mr. & Mrs. Robert Friedman Friedman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Peter Goodwin The Peter H. & Susan R. Goodwin Fund B. Sue Howard Mr. David P. Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Todd La Porte Dara & Todd La Porte Family Charitable Fund LaTronica Family Charitable Fund Holly Leicht-Weinstein & Adam Weinstein Mr. Arthur L. Loeb The Arthur Loeb Foundation Dr. & Mrs. William L. Marx Ms. Elizabeth S. McLanahan Mr. Doug Munro The Ash & Cedar Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Preyer Robert O. Preyer Charitable Lead Unitrust Ted & Minney Robb Mr. John M. Roth & Ms. Lauren Razook Mr. & Mrs. Norman Sheer Ms. Margaret J. Smith Mr. Roger K. Smith Donald Yanulavich

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$2,500 – $4,999

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Abrahamson Abrahamson Family Foundation Adirondack Foundation—Evergreen Fund Mr. & Mrs. Lionel Barthold Emily Bateson & Tom Cooper The Larger Bergamini Family Dr. Michael Bettmann & Mrs. Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann Sally & Phil Bogdanovitch Adirondack Foundation—Rocky Bog Fund Mark Brown & Kathy Hyland Marcus F. Brown Fund Mr. Andrew R. McClellan & Ms. Alice F. Brown Mr. & Mrs. G. Michael Bush Grant Calder Bruce & Mary-Lynne Campbell Charles & Judy Canham Joseph & Mary Kay Carr Mike Carr Mr. Charles Cerf & Dr. Cindy Dunbar The Cerf-Dunbar Fund Ms. Linda Cohen & Ms. Sarah Cohen Adirondack Foundation—Linda & Sarah Cohen Fund Mr. Thomas A. Curley & Ms. Marsha A. Stanley Lachenour Partners Charitable Fund Dave & Donna Curtis Mr. & Mrs. David Cuthell Ms. Sandra Danussi The Dooling/Danussi Fund Drs. James C. & Caroline W. Dawson Ms. Gloria Drucker Lyn DuMoulin ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Forhan The Forhan Family Foundation Carolyn & Ed† Fowler Mr. John G. Fritzinger Jr. Adirondack Foundation—Brooknoll Fund Ms. Barbara L. Glaser Ed.D. & Mr. Paul Zachos Ph.D. Adirondack Foundation—Northern Lights Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Glennon David R. Goodman & Sylvia Golbin Leita & Bill Hamill Leita & William Hamill Family Foundation Mrs. Caroline P. Hoffman William & Mary Janeway Lola & Raymond Johnson The Johnson Family One Earth Fund Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Kalaris Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson W. Kirby Drs. Denis & Mary Lafreniere Antonia B. Laird Land Vest Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Love Douglas & Sarah Luke Mr. & Mrs. Dwight N. Mason Mr. & Mrs. Vincent McClelland Edward W. McNeil Ms. Ellen Meyers Reverend James H. Miller & Mrs. Margaret C. Miller James H. & Margaret C. Miller Fund

Mr. Sanford Morhouse & Ms. Patricia Hogan Mr. & Mrs. James Morley St. Huberts Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Ottney Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Pacala Howard Kirschenbaum & Mary Rapp Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Rinella The Rinella Charitable Fund John & Nancy Rosenthal Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Sherman II Jeffrey & Liliane Sherman Fund Frederick & Bettina Stelle Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Strickler Jr. Paul F. Torrence Mr. & Mrs. James T. Townsend White Pine Foundation Richard Tredwell Charles F. & Carole A. West Philip & Tricia Winterer Mr. & Mrs. David Wolff Mr. & Mrs. Cecil J. Wray Jr. Adirondack Foundation—Wray Family Fund $500 – $999 Anonymous (1) Adirondack Garden Club AMTGGiving Fund Ann & Joe Armstrong John & Gussie Baker Mr. Robert P. Ball Mr. & Mrs. A. William Bertsch Sandra K. Bertsch Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Hans P. Birle Sandy Edgerton & Arthur D. Bissell Bill & Alice Boardman Bill & Vicki Boies Elsa & William Boyce Mr. & Mrs. Barry Breeman Mrs. Joan R. Burchenal Dean & Janice Butts Patricia Calascibett Mr. Frederick C. Calder Mr. David D. Coffin Ray Curran & Kathy Daggett Ms. Denise M. Elmer Ms. Yvonne Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Forlenza Carol MacKinnon Fox Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Gehl Rod & Dodie Giltz Goldman Sachs Matching Gifts Program Tony & Bunny Goodwin Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gosda Lyn & Harry Groome The Groome Family Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Harris Mr. Walter F. Harrison III David & Ann Heider Sarah Holland† & Lauree Feldman Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hubbard The John C. & Susan K. Hubbard Foundation Jerome & Marcie Hunsaker Hunsaker Charitable Gift Fund

IBM Matching Grants Program Jerry Jenkins Elaine Economides Joost Dr. & Mrs. Eugene E. Kaczka The Kaczka Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. David Kaiser Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Kindler Mr. Robert H. Koppe Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Lighty Woods & Pearl McCahill Adirondack Foundation— Woods & Pearl McCahill Family Fund Therese McCarty McCarty-Willis Family Fund Dr. Amy McCune Ms. Linda McIsaac Mrs. Annette Merle-Smith The Lookout Fund Dr. Emil P. Miskovsky Ms. Adelia Moore & Mr. Thomas R. Gerety Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Moran Heidi Nitze Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Ormerod Jr. George R. Packard & Lavinia Lemon Mr. & Mrs. Donald Pascal Don & Maris Pascal Charitable Account Mark & Karen Perreault Ms. Carol Jean Pinney Dr. & Mrs. Mark H. Pohlman Mr. & Mrs. T.J. Putnam Mr. & Mrs. John M. Reschovsky Mr. Robert J. Ringlee James & Jeanne Ryan Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sargent Mr. Jonathan M. Siner & Ms. Lisa Hersch Rev. & Mrs. James G. Speer Mr. & Mrs. Thompson M. Swayne Mr. & Mrs. Enos T. Throop Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank Trendell Mr. & Mrs. Garry B. Trudeau Mr. Michael J. Urfirer & Ms. Doni L. Fordyce Dr. Amy L. Vedder & Dr. William Weber Mr. Paul Vesely & Mr. Vincent DiLauro Paul T. Vesely Foundation Mr. James J. Visconti Ms. Stephanie Wagoner & Mr. James Kloiber The Kloiber/Wagoner Family Fund Mr. Michael H. Welles & Ms. Leslie Price Mr. Donald P. Wichman Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wise True North Charitable Fund Your colleagues at Columbia Nursing, in memory of Benjamin Shay Resnick Gertz Up to $499 Anonymous (31) Adirondack 46ers Adirondack Landowners Association Adirondack Mountain Club—Albany Chapter Adirondack Mountain Club— Lake Placid Chapter Ms. Linda Ainsworth

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Mr. Joseph Albarelli Dr. Mary Elizabeth Alexander AmazonSmile Foundation Mr. John M. Andrejack Clinton Andrews Ms. Mary-Louise H. Armstrong Mr. Thomas Arras Drs. Carolyn & Arthur K. Asbury Mrs. Mary S. Ashmead Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Athens Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Babington Mr. & Mrs. John Bailo Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Bakeman Jr. Bakeman Family Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Olivier Balavoine Mr. David B. Ball Betsy Balzano BAOBAB Fund Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Barnett Mr. Robert Barnett & Ms. Susan Mandler Raymond Lawrence Barns Mr. Robert P. Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Beach Mr. Richard Beamish & Ms. Rachel K. Rice Colleen & Paul Bell Mr. Chris Bengert Michael Bennett Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Bennett Mrs. Lucy Benschop Mr. Michael DiNunzio & Ms. Eleanor G. Berger Mr. Haskell J. Bernson Ms. Nancy A. Bernstein Bruce Berra & Lorraine Duvall Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Bertagna John Bessette Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Betz Mr. A. Douglas Chamberlain & Ms. Anya Bickford Mr. & Mrs. Willing L. Biddle The Birch Store Bob & Marigold Bischoff Mr. & Mrs. John H. Blackmon Mr. & Mrs. James Blakeslee-Collin Don & Betty Bogucki

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Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. Booth Tom & Betty Boothe Mr. & Mrs. H.P Boyle Jr. H. Perry Boyle Jr. & Lisa M. Ryan-Boyle Fund Ms. Gabrielle Brainard Dr. John J. Brennan Doug & Leslie Brooks Angela Brown Deborah & Neal Brown Kirk & Connie Brown Ms. Robin Brown Mr. Severn P. Brown & Ms. Sarah C. Street Mr. & Mrs. William T. Brown Dr. & Mrs. James L. Budny Mr. Howard Bullard Mr. & Mrs. Caleb W. Burchenal Mr. Jewell Burdette Neal & Barbara Burdick Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Burk Jane S. Burner Mr. Thomas J. Butler Emily Williams & Robert Butler Mr. John W. Caffry Mr. Wynn Calder Henry Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Cammiso Nancy Duff Campbell Mr. James M. Cannon IV Mr. & Mrs. Richard Canuteson Mr. & Mrs. William Carifa John D. & Eleanore Carifa Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John S. Carpenter Jr. Bob Carr & Family Mr. Jim Carr Mrs. Joan M. Carr Mr. & Mrs. David Carson Bob Carter Diane Cast Mr. & Mrs. Bruce K. Catlin Gary C. Chapin Dr. & Mrs. Glen D. Chapman Ms. Sue T. Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Chase Tim & Salene Chick Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Christiansen Alison Clarkson & Oliver Goodenough Christian Clough Mr. Charles M. Clusen & Ms. Gail A. Curran Dr. John Cogar Drs. Martin B. & Janet Cohen Mr. Herbert Coles & Ms. June Fait Ellen C. Collins Laura Cordts & Shawn Seymour William Cowan & Lisa Gibson James & Maria Coward Mr. John H. Crager Frith Crandall & Michael McClary Frith Crandall Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. James D. Crane Mr. & Mrs. William G. Crawshaw William & Dale Creighton Chester Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Raymond F. Cronk

Jeannie Cross & Thomas Woodman Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Culross Tom & Sue Cunningham Mrs. Rhoda C. Curtiss Mr. Richard Cusumano & Ms. Sylvie Bimka Dr. & Mrs. James L. Dannenberg Mr. & Mrs. George D. Davis John S. Davis Dr. & Mrs. C. R. De Armas Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dedrick Mr. & Mrs. Philip L. Defliese Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William DeHoff Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. DeSantis Sr. John Dewar & Sandra McCloy Mr. John DiGiacomo & Ms. Michele Munro-DiGiacomo Mr. Perry W. Dimmick & Ms. Lindsay D. Ruth Rochester Area Community Foundation— Ruth/Dimmick Charitable Fund Betsy Dirnberger Ms. Sherry Dixon

Andrew & Tracey Dolan Joseph & Katherine Donohue Dr. Thomas P. Doolittle Donald Dorn Bernie & Ed Douglas Boker & Susanna Doyle Rev. Milton Dudley & Ms. Kathryn Kernan Mr. & Mrs. Dave Dutkiewicz Dave Dwyer Mr. & Mrs. George H. Earle V Dominic & Melissa Eisinger Cathleen Eldridge Ms. Joanne Elliott Mr. Michael J. Elliott Susan E. Ellis Pamela Ely Mark & Debby Epstein Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Erenstone Denise Erickson & James Bark Mr. & Mrs. Richard Everhart Mr. Vincent J. Farinella

Working for Wild Places The Adirondack Land Trust contracts with exceptional Adirondack conservation professionals to extend our reach. Featured here are two people having a big impact on our work.

Tricia Bhatia has been working part-time with the Adirondack Land Trust since January 2019, assisting our transition to new conservation tracking software. Tricia is returning to land conservation work after a 15-year hiatus. She started at the Greater Worcester Land Trust after graduating from College of the Holy Cross with a BA in political science and environmental studies. In the interim, she worked in labor politics in DC; marine ecology in Brooklyn, Alaska and California; and as a ranch hand in Big Sur. She has family roots in Ticonderoga and spent childhood summers there and on Lake George. Tricia also works part-time for the Eddy Foundation, which protects wildlife corridors and leads other conservation work in the Champlain Valley. She enjoys human-powered locomotion.

John Davis has worked seasonally with the Adirondack Land Trust for nine years, monitoring conservation easements, but that’s just a small part of his land protection résumé. John is co-founder of Wildlands Network, which has helped move habitat connectivity to the top of international conservation agendas. He serves on the boards of the Algonquin to Adirondack Conservation Collaborative (A2A), RESTORE: The North Woods, Eddy Foundation, Champlain Area Trails and Cougar Rewilding Foundation. John’s self-powered wildways treks have been featured in the book Big, Wild, and Connected: Scouting an Eastern Wildway from Florida to Quebec and in the film Born to Rewild, about scouting Rocky Mountain habitat connections. His explorations also include walking, paddling and cycling much of the A2A connection. He edits Rewilding Earth (rewilding.org).

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Mr. & Mrs. John Farrell Jr. Nancy Larsen Farrell Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Farrelly Ms. Janet G. Farrington Drs. Jay S. & Dorothy Federman Ms. Margo L. Fenn Mrs. Nancy Fessel Rick Findlay Edward Finnerty C. Peter M. Fish Howard Fish Ms. Kate Fish Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Fish Mr. & Mrs. James T. Flynn VI Mr. David K. Ford Mr. Thomas H. Foster Mr. Andrew G. Frank Dr. & Mrs. James H. Freeman Noonmark Foundation Mr. John P. Freeman & Ms. Tillie Helms Max Friedman & Tom Romich Sally Friedman Ruth Gais Mr. William Gambert Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Garver General Electric Foundation Matching Gift Program Dr. Maureen George Leslie Gershon Warren & Leslie Gifford Mr. & Mrs. Kent W. Gilges Mr. & Mrs. Randall G. Giltz George & Marie Giokas Mrs. Honré F. Gitelman Joseph Giunta Mrs. Anne-Marie M. Glenn Ms. Michale Glennon Chuck & Fru Glinsman Michael Gold Mr. & Mrs. Victor Gold Jr. Mr. & Mrs. S. E. Goldsmith Gordon W. Pratt Agency Inc.

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Mr. Charles P. Gosselink & Rev. Charlotte G. Gosselink Ms. Judith Gottfried Mr. Bruce C. Graves Janet G. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Roger Gray Green Goat Maps Linda Griffin & Tom Patterson Marilyn L. Gross & Kim W. Hausner Ralph & Georgia Guenther Steven Guglielmi Mr. James Guinness Mrs. Ruth S. Guydosh Mr. & Mrs. Andrew N. Hadjandreas Pamela Hanke Mr. David R. Hanning Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Hansen Wendy A. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Justin Harrison Emily & Howard Hart Chester Harvey & Katherine Armstrong Ms. Marguerite Hasbrouck Bob Heays John Heimerdinger Mrs. Beverly F. Heineman Margery Henneman Barbara Hennig Mr. & Mrs. David Higby Ms. Susan Hildebran Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hogan Ms. Elna Hoglund Stephanie Holderied Rush Holt & Margaret Lancefield Princeton Area Community Foundation— Rush Holt & Margaret Lancefield Fund John & Patti Hopkinson Mr. & Mrs. Brian L. Houseal Jim & Lisa Howe Dr. & Mrs. Herbert B. Hudnut Jr. Chuck Hughes Ken Hughes Kelly R. Huiatt Adirondack Foundation—Kelly R. Huiatt Fund Sarah Hunkins Sheila & Jim Hutt Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Hyson Christopher & Audrey Hyson Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. Iredell W. Iglehart III Immaculate Conception Church Ms. Maureen Insua Mrs. Carol B. Jackman Phoebe Jackson & Louis Palmer Kitt Jackson Mr. James W. Jacob Mr. & Mrs. Greg Jeffers Jewish Communal Fund Mr. Michael N. Jeziorski Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Johnson II Dr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson William & Meredith Johnston Elizabeth Jonas & Thomas Eisen Alan & Barbara Jones Georgia E. Jones

Mary Bell & Bill Joplin Ms. Betty J. Jordan & Mr. Michael Luke Henrietta Jordan Bob & Carol Kafin Bernard & Emilie Kane Mr. Kevin A. Karl & Ms. Katherine Steffens Mr. Todd O. Kempainen & Ms. Jorun Gran-Hendriksen Melanie Kent & David Greenewalt Mrs. Joan S. Kepes Doug & Jami Kerr Ms. Lynne L. Kingsley Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Kirby Kirby Family Charitable Fund Mimi Kirk Mr. Jeremiah Kirwan Mr. & Mrs. William Kissel Ken & Marion Klauck Mr. & Mrs. Harold G. Klein Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kline Mr. & Mrs. John P. Knapp Mr. Bruce Kokernot & Ms. Wendy Gilchrist Marty & Phyllis S. Korn Mr. Peter J. Kostik Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jesse L. Krasnow Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Krawiec Frank & Mary Krueger

Ms. Ruth M. Kuhfahl Dr. Atsuo Kuki Mr. & Mrs. Lars I. Kulleseid Mr. & Mrs. Miles A. Kulukundis Mary Kunzler-Larmann Dylan Lacy George & Nancy Lamb Dr. John B. Lane Ph.D. John B. Lane Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Langdon Ron Larsen Mr. Fuat Latif Anne Laumont Mr. Christopher F. Lawrence John & Alice Leddy Mr. & Mrs. George W. Lee Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Lee Dr. Airlie C. Lennon Alethe & Frank Lescinsky Abe & Pat Levy Abe & Pat Levy Foundation Mr. Richard Levy Jr. Mr. Mark H. Likoff & Ms. Shelah T. Feiss Mr. & Mrs. John E. Linck Mr. & Mrs. David A. Lloyd Bill & Jan Localio Ms. Alice M. Long

New Board Members We were delighted to welcome two additions to our board of directors this year.

Vinny McClelland, of Keene Valley, has been exploring and working in the Adirondacks most of his life. After earning a forestry degree from the University of Vermont, he has worked in land-use planning in Alaska and the Adirondacks, and in running the family business, The Mountaineer. He is principal broker for LandVest in the timberland, consulting and real estate marketing divisions. Vinny serves on the Adirondack Landowners Association board, and heads the Keene Food Pantry and 507 Summit Steward Fund. He has three children with his wife, Barbara, and enjoys chasing them climbing, hiking and back-country skiing.

Konrad “Kip� Testwuide, of Lake Placid and Katonah, draws on 35 years of global experience as an investment banker to advise innovative early-stage companies. He channels his financial expertise for the benefit of the Adirondacks as a participant in Point Positive, an angel funding network that brings seed capital to businesses in this region. Kip is a volunteer with several conservation and education organizations, and serves on the board of visitors for the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake and treasurer of the Beaver Dam Sanctuary, in Katonah.

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Rhoda & Martin Lonow Louise Earle Loomis Ed.D. Ms. Elizabeth M. Lowe Mr. Troy D. Randall & Ms. Frances E. Lund Dr. & Mrs. Richard F. Lutinski Dr. Ian & Rebecca MacKellar Mr. & Mrs. William L. Mackintosh III Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Mainer Mr. & Mrs. George Mallett George & Stefania Mallett Fund Mr. & Mrs. Eric Maltzan Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manning Manning Family Fund Lorraine & Joseph Mara Chris Maron Mr. & Mrs. John Marrella Mr. & Mrs. James I. Marsh Joe & Kathleen Martens Ed Marx Stephen Maselli Larry Master & Betty Spence Edward E. Matthews Scott & Tracy McClelland Mr. & Mrs. Joe McCranels Mr. & Mrs. Alfred B. McDowell Jay & Jane McGraw Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott McGraw Mr. & Mrs. Schelling McKinley Peter M. McManus Ms. Pamela Aall McPherson Ms. Barbara Merle-Smith Dr. & Mrs. William Mesnard Tom & Betsy Metz Mr. Robert Meyers Mr. Maurice Hryshko & Ms. Amy F. Miano Reverend David J. Miller & Mrs. Linda A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Miller Dr. Nelson L. Miller Mr. John A. Miskewicz Lyz Miskovsky Ms. Gail Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Moffatt Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Moldenhauer

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Monarch caterpillar and milkweed © Becca Halter/ALT

Up to $499 (continued)

Ms. Daphne Montgomery Ms. Susan Moody & Mr. Alan Brown Mr. & Mrs. Roland S. Morris Brother Roman Morris Mr. & Mrs. Donald Morrison Dave Morse Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Morse Mr. Derek Morton Edward Mrozik & Nancy Van Wie Mr. Robert Murphy & Dr. Cynthia Rye Dr. Seema Nayak Carl K. Needy Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Neuzil Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Niemann Mr. Holger Nissen† Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Nordmann Rose Marie O’Leary Nancy & Tom O’Neil Peter V. O’Shea Cerise Oberman & Laurence Soroka Mr. & Mrs. Edward Oles Mr. & Mrs. John T. Omohundro Katherine Oser Alexander & Alison Packard Mr. & Mrs. Ed Palen—Adirondack Rock & River Mr. & Mrs. Edward Parsons Jr. Ms. Mary Ella Passage Mr. Ronald Passaretti Valerie Pawlewicz & Leo Pickens Tony Pell Eleanor J. Perkins Sam & Melissa Perry Mr. & Mrs. Glen E. Phillips Mr. Laurence W. Pittis & Ms. Karen Haight Plattsburgh Family Medicine Sonja & Mark Poe Mr. & Mrs. Eric W. Pohlman Mary & Bancroft Poor Robert W. Powell & Mary E. Hottelet Mr. John Smolinsky & Ms. Ellen M. Prakken Ms. Katharine M. Preston & Mr. John Bingham Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Preston Jr. Marion Pritchett Sandy & Betty Prouty Mr. & Mrs. Harry Provost Alfred & Kathleen Putnam Bob & Janet Quinn John & Anne Randolph Karen Rappaport & Bill Stokes Mr. Paul Raso Mr. Charles Bruha & Ms. Kathleen Regan Mr. Arthur Reidel Paul & Rosemary Reiss Alex & John Reynolds Bruce & Dianna Reynolds Brian & Pippa Riley Bruce & Ginny Roberts Andrea Robinson Ms. Jill Robinson Robjent/Wegrzyn Family Ms. Elizabeth Rogers Thomas Romoda

Mr. Richard Rosen & Ms. Barbara Gordon P & F Kendrick Charitable Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Mr. & Mrs. Lewis G. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Philip S. Ross Jennifer Rossmere Wilfred & Ruth Rouleau Anne Rowland Abby Ruder Doug & Laura Rumbough Ben & Susie Runyon Kurt & Alice Ryden Gloria W. Sage Cathy Sagendorf Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Sargent Ms. Jennifer Vetter Sausville Mrs. Harriet H. Savage Peter Slocum & Ann Sayers Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Schaberg Dr. Jay F. Schechter Mr. Paul G. Schielke Jim & JoAnn Schlachter Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Schlitt Mr. William C. Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Gerry W. Schnur Mr. & Mrs. Ernst Schoen-Rene Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schoeps Mr. & Mrs. James A. Schoff Richard & Tymm Schumaker Margaret Schutze Charlie & Helen Schwarz Ralph & Susan Schwonke Bill & Marcia Serafin Carolyn M. Serota Ransom & Carlotta Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Carl Shedd Mr. & Mrs. Klaus Shigley Shigley Family Charitable Fund Harold & Carol Shippey Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Shirley Lenton & Barbara Simms Howard & Martha Simonin Sally Ann Sims & James W. Supplee Katherine M. Sinclair Mr. Daniel Mirel & Ms. Suzanne A. Siner Mr. Steven D. Singer Mr. & Mrs. Craig W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Smith Dick & Sally Spitzer Mr. Henry Sprague III Kathryn Stallings Mr. Jamieson Steele Mr. Donald Stern Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Steuert Ms. Susan F. Stoddart Mr. & Mrs. Willard J. Stone Ted Stork & Mary Barrie Linda & Ray Straub Mr. Richard M. Strean Barbara R. Strowger Mr. Richard P. Suttmeier Mr. Ronald M. Sverdlove & Ms. Melissa J. Bohl Randall & LJ Swanson

Wendy Swift Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Tasker II Ms. Abby P. Taylor Philip Terrie Kip & Julie Testwuide Bill & Nora Teter Ms. Barbara Thomas Mr. & Mrs. David Thomas-Train Mr. & Mrs. Edward Thorndike Mandy Ticknor Mimi & Sam Tilton TisBest Philanthropy Caroline Treadwell Mrs. Edith F. Tuckerman Mr. & Mrs. Breck K. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Russell B. Turner Kurt & Gene Tweraser Eliza Twichell Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Tyler Jack Valentine Becky Van deWater Mr. Bruce D. Van Dusen & Ms. Susan M. Whiting Mr. & Mrs. Gerard J. Van Heest Ms. Anne H. Van Ingen Mary Van Vleck Mary Van Vleck Gift Fund Rhoda R. Vanderwall Mr. & Mrs. Jean C. Victor Jennifer Vrielynck Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wakefield The Waldheim Bruce T. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. David Warfield Brian P. Watson Mr. David Weber Dr. & Mrs. Mark Webster Mrs. Katherine M. Webster Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Wegner Susan & Bob Wei Susie Weiss Mrs. Anne C. Weld Mr. & Mrs. Donald Western Ms. Mary J. Whalen Dr. & Mrs. Ross Whaley Sue Whan Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Whitaker Mrs. Margaret Whitman Mrs. Barbara R. Wilder Sharon & Ernest Williams Tinker Williamson Kim Wilson Anne & Ethan Winter With Pipe & Book Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Withington III Mrs. Ellen Wood Dr. Mary A. Woodhouse & Mr. Richard T. Constanza Raymond Wright Mr. Stanley C. Wright YourCause Mr. & Mrs. Andrej J. Zajac Charlene M. Zebley Daniel & Marissa Zwelling

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Public-Private Power The Adirondack Land Trust’s Coon Mountain Preserve is where many children reach their first summit. A mile-long hike provides views of Champlain Valley farmlands and woodlands, the Adirondack High Peaks and the Green Mountains of Vermont.

New York State and the Land Trust Alliance this year awarded the Adirondack Land Trust $23,535 to improve trails at Coon Mountain, a grant made possible by private matching gifts from 25 generous individuals and foundations (see below).

The grant was one of 70 statewide through New York’s Environmental Protection Fund, leveraging $2.2 million in private and local funding to support projects that protect water quality and farmland, improve public access for outdoor recreation, and conserve places that build healthy communities. Adirondack Land Trust was awarded a second grant to fund new technology for land protection and stewardship.

GIFTS TO CAPITAL AND SPECIAL PROJECTS Along with gifts to our annual operating fund, support for special initiatives is important to fulfilling our mission.

Mr. & Mrs. Serge Lussi Mr. & Mrs. Roland M. Machold Dr. Amy McCune New York State Conservation Partnership Program Deborah Pastore Dorothy Voorhis Dr. & Mrs. Peter S. White Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Worth

Coon Mountain Preserve Ken & Barb Adams Adirondack Garden Club Ellen Lea Paine Nature Awareness Fund Dr. & Mrs. Howard M. Black Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Broderick Mary & Tim Burke Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cammack III Champlain Area Trails Andrea Clark, in honor of Frank & Alison Hain Dominic & Melissa Eisinger Fields Pond Foundation Joan & Bill Grabe Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hrinyak Amy Ivy Mrs. Anne K. Jeffrey† William & Meredith Johnston Paul Mudie & Kathy Kelley Megan Cole Kellogg Richard & Lucinda Longstreth

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Special Projects Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Cormack Sr. Garnet Hill Property Owners Association Ms. Cheryl Gillespie Mary Ann C. Goddard Mr. Travis Gordon Ms. Lisa A. Guide Mr. & Mrs. Alan Hasselwander Hasselwander Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. George Hezel Ms. Elizabeth L. Maher & Mr. Peter J. Horvath Ms. Joanne Millis Jane N. Mooty Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul T. Murray New York State Conservation Partnership Program Mark & Karen Perreault Mr. John J. Privitera & Ms. Louise M. Tarantino Rockefeller Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. James Rucker Rucker Family Charitable Fund Paul Treistman & Amy Garrahan

Fred M. & Walker D. Kirby Land Stewardship Endowment

Sharon Cordin Gail Mitchell

Fulfilling the Promise of Perpetual Land Care

David Dearborn Adirondack Landowners Association

Coon Mountain summit Š Doug Munro/ALT

Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. Timothy C. Fritzinger Mr. & Mrs. David Henle Peter & Patty Paine Adirondack Foundation—Paine Family Fund Bill & Nan Paternotte Meredith M. Prime Mr. Robert P. Sidloski & Ms. Holly MacKintosh Charles & Sally Svenson Wild Adirondacks Revolving Fund for Land Protection Chris Jage & Melanie Reding Mr. William F. Koebbeman William F. Koebbeman Fund

J. Edward Fowler Mr. Charles Bruha & Ms. Kathleen Regan Meredith M. Prime Benjamin Shay Resnick Gertz Dr. Maureen George Kathryn Stallings Your colleagues at Columbia Nursing Jim & Rachel Lloyd The Larger Bergamini Family Dean Monroe Mr. James M. Cannon IV Renate Rossmere Jennifer Rossmere

SPECIAL Gifts

Michael Trister Nancy Duff Campbell

Gifts in Honor Of

Dr. Virginia Weeks The Larger Bergamini Family

Tim Barnett Dr. & Mrs. James L. Budny Tom & Kim Bessette Richard Rosen & Barbara Gordon Fred Calder & Meredith Prime Grant Calder Justin Clough & Family Christian Clough Margo Fenn Leslie Gershon Robert Glennon Michale Glennon Frank & Alison Hain Andrea Clark Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hrinyak David Henle DeMartini Family Foundation Bill & Nan Paternotte Noonmark Foundation Brian & Ginny Ruder Abby Ruder Gifts in Memory Of Barbara Bergmann Mr. Stephen J. Kulyik John Bojnowski Jennifer Vrielynck Richard Calascibett Patricia Calascibett Walter (Chappy) Chapman Drs. Carolyn & Arthur K. Asbury

Fay & Frances Welch Mr. Richard Levy Jr. Dr. Mickey J. Wyse Drs. Denis & Mary Lafreniere Bequests Estate of Barbara A. & Bernard R. Carman Estate of Mr. David Dearborn George V. & Jean A. Smith Charitable Trust Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth P. S. Hawkins The Makowski Trust Adirondack Visionaries Those who have notified us that Adirondack Land Trust is in their estate plans Mr. John Andrews & Ms. Michelle Jack Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Barnett Bill & Alice Boardman Michael T. Carr Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Culross Mr. & Mrs. J. Dennis Delafield Mr. Perry W. Dimmick & Ms. Lindsay D. Ruth Lyn DuMoulin Todd Dunham Mark & Debby Epstein Carolyn & Ed Fowler Sarah Winter French Barbara L. Glaser & Paul Zachos Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Grinwis Ms. Gwen Haaland Matthew Hobart Mr. & Mrs. David Hodge Sarah Holland B. Sue Howard Mr. Rodney Irwin Lee & Nancy Keet

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Powerful Together Adirondack Visionaries (continued) Howard Kirschenbaum & Mary Rapp Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Lighty Dr. Ian & Mrs. Rebecca MacKellar Mr. Bruce McLanahan Edward W. McNeil Ms. Ellen S. Meyers Mr. Robert Meyers Reverend David J. Miller & Mrs. Linda A. Miller Dave Morse J. Morton Edward Mrozik & Nancy Van Wie Peter & Patty Paine Bill Paternotte Mr. Edward Petty Mr. David Reling Charles & Sally Svenson Susan Terwilliger & Michael Mulcahy Ms. Phyllis Thompson Connie & Craig Weatherup Charles F. & Carole A. West Mr. & Mrs. David Wolff Event Supporters Anonymous (2) Adirondack Council Adirondack Dental Health Associates John & Gussie Baker Kris M. Balderston Mr. & Mrs. Rolland Baribeau Dr. Charles C. Geisler & Dr. Barbara L. Bedford Mr. & Mrs. A. William Bertsch Dr. & Mrs. John C. Brust Mr. Steven G. Cacchio Champlain Area Trails Mrs. Pamela L. Coe Dr. & Mrs. Dean Cook Drs. James C. & Caroline W. Dawson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Deneale Ms. Therese Denton Lyn DuMoulin Dominic & Melissa Eisinger Mr. & Mrs. Irvine D. Flinn Mr. Matthew Foley Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Glennon Lyn & Harry Groome Mrs. Mary Page Hickey Mr. David Hislop Mrs. Caroline P. Hoffman Sarah Holland† & Lauree Feldman Jerome & Marcie Hunsaker Hunsaker Charitable Gift Fund William & Mary Janeway Lee & Nancy Keet Mr. & Mrs. Steven Kellogg Mrs. Ann Pfohl Kirby The Kirk Kellogg Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John Klipper Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Lighty Richard & Lucinda Longstreth Mr. & Mrs. Serge Lussi

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Mr. & Mrs. Roland M. Machold Larry Master & Betty Spence Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Munro Bill & Nan Paternotte Dr. & Mrs. Mark H. Pohlman Meredith M. Prime Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Rinella Paul & Kim Salvatore Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Sober Ted Stork & Mary Barrie Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Strickler Jr. Sylvia Tospann Robert & Sarah Underhill Julia Willis Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Worth Donors of Time and Talent Nancie Battaglia Mary Burke Mimi Garbisch Carlson Tom Carr Zach Clemans Will Cole Mike Deaner John DiGiacomo Todd Dunham Melissa Eisinger Mr. John Eldridge Bill Farber Ms. Yvonne Farmer Casey Galligan Rocco Giampaolo Lisa J. Godfrey Bill & Marsha Harbison Margaret Hawthorn Carl Heilman II Audrey C. Hyson Chris Jage Henri Jordan Kathy Kelley Heidi Harbison Kimberly Leslie & Roman Kucharczyk Ms. Ruth M. Kuhfahl Mark Lesser Ph.D. Jan Localio Ms. Barbara Merle-Smith Mike Miskovsky Tom Peria Ms. Elizabeth Rogers Gifts in Kind Brown Advisory David Brunner & Rhonda Butler—Asgaard Farm Crowne Plaza—Lake Placid John DiGiacomo Peter Hornbeck—Hornbeck Boats Henri Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Serge Lussi Mr. & Mrs. Robert Olmsted Peter & Patty Paine Bill & Nan Paternotte John & Mike Quenell

Sources and Uses of Funds July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 Gifts to Stewardship Endowment 14%

Unrestricted Gifts 45%

Revenue

Grants and Other Restricted Gifts 11%

Total:

$1,786,132

Investment & Other Income 30%

Conservation Operations 54%

Expense

Fundraising 12%

Total:

$1,407,387 Management & Administration 15%

Statement of Financial Position

Outreach & Communications 19%

June 30, 2019

June 30, 2018

$160,582

$380,929

Assets Cash Investments for Conservation Projects*

$3,715,038

$1,944,345

Stewardship Endowment

$5,485,961

$4,845,307

Conservation Land Holdings**

$1,357,737

$3,216,186

Fixed Assets

$40,693

$51,042

Total Assets

$10,760,011

$10,437,809

$28,012

$79,103

$10,731,999

$10,358,706

Liabilities Net Assets

*Wild Adirondacks Land Protection Fund, Clinton County Farmland Stewardship, legal reserve, operating reserve **Difference reflects FY19 purchase of Moxham Mountain and sale of Little Charley properties.

The information presented here is based on unaudited financial statements for the 2019 fiscal year. These graphs are intended to provide timely information, but they are not a substitute for audited financial statements, 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 is a tax-exempt public charity under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

Federal tax ID 22-2559576

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YOUR TEAM IN THE ADIRONDACKS Board of Directors Kevin Arquit Partner, Kasowitz Benson Torres New York & Long Lake, NY Barbara Bedford, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate (retired), Natural Resources, Cornell University Ithaca, NY

David Brunner

Owner & operator, Asgaard Farm & Dairy Au Sable Forks, NY Stephen H. Burrington Executive Committee member Executive Director, Groundwork USA Brookline, MA Charles Canham, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Forest Ecology, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, 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

Lee Keet

Founder, private equity fund Saranac Lake, NY

Jonathan S. Linen Vice Chair Vice chairman (retired), American Express Company Summit, NJ, & Minerva, NY Joe Martens Director, New York Offshore Wind Alliance Glenmont & Lake Placid, NY Vincent McClelland* Broker/Project Manager, LandVest Keene Valley, NY

Amy McCune, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University Ithaca, 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 Peter S. Paine Jr. Attorney; Chairman, Champlain National Bank Willsboro, NY William Paternotte Chair Partner, Brown Advisory Baltimore, MD, & Keene Valley, NY

Kip Testwuide* Managing Partner, High Peaks Advisors Katonah & Lake Placid, NY Julie Willis Civic volunteer, property manager, real estate agent Concord, MA, & Keene Valley, NY We are grateful to Frances Beinecke, John Colston, Meredith Prime and Sarah Underhill, who completed terms of board service in 2019. *Joined in 2019 Advisory Directors Tim Barnett Mike DiNunzio Bill McKibben Amy Vedder, Ph.D. Chairs Emeriti Lionel O. Barthold James C. Dawson, Ph.D. Harry Groome Edward W. McNeil Meredith Prime Charles O. Svenson

J. Edward Fowler, 1931–2019 Our friend and former board chair Ed Fowler passed away in May at age 87. Ed left an Adirondack conservation legacy totaling nearly 350,000 acres protected, from wilderness to working farms.

Ed served 18 years on the then-shared boards of the Adirondack Land Trust and the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, from 1998 to 2007 and 2008 to 2017. He was chair from 2001 to 2004, leading by bringing everyone together in a sense of inclusiveness and shared energy.

In 1996 Ed and his wife, Carolyn, donated 446 acres they owned to the Adirondack Forest Preserve—on Snow Mountain in the High Peaks Wilderness and on Mossy Cascade in the Giant Mountain Wilderness.

Their generosity has touched many lives. When Hurricane Irene tore through Keene Valley in 2011, two of our staff’s homes were made unlivable by floodwaters. The morning after the storm, Carolyn and Ed offered their camp to one of the families.

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Staff Tricia Bhatia* Conservation Assistant Bill Brown Conservation Manager Michael Carr Executive Director Kimberly Corwin Gray Donor Relations Manager Becca Halter* Stewardship Specialist Doug Munro Stewardship Manager

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Susie Runyon Bookkeeper & Office Manager Mary Thill Communications Manager Nancy Van Wie Director of Philanthropy Kathy Woughter* Philanthropy Assistant *Joined in 2019

Ongoing Project Consultants Craig Cheeseman GIS and website support John Davis Conservation easement monitoring Ken Hughes IT support Henri Jordan Accreditation, strategic planning, policy development Steve Langdon Ecological & baseline assessment Pictured above: Adirondack Land Trust staff have a combined 120 years of experience in North Country conservation.

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