Spring 2022

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Ann Bondurant Trinkle, President

Robert C. Mountcastle, President-Elect

Ruth T. Dickerson, Treasurer

Fiona M. Tower, Secretary

A. Sidney Barritt III, MD

Dominic M. Basile

Maureen McNamara Best

Helen A. Burnett

William Hunley

Sonja A. Ingram

Lowell F. Inhorn, MD

David C. Jones, DDS

Wendy W. Kendrick

Susan E. McSwain

STAFF

David C. Perry, Executive Director

Emily R.H. Bender, Assistant Director

Tina L. Badger, Project Manager

Kate K. Glass, Stewardship Manager

Meredith Keppel, Land Conservation Specialist

Chris Holdren, Southern VA Program Manager

Jennifer Wills, CentralVirginia Program Manager

FROM THE DIRECTOR

You did this!

Your gifts saved nine new properties in our last fiscal year! Those are beautiful tracts of farm and forestland, rivers and streams, animal habitat and scenic views that will remain natural for all future Virginians to enjoy and benefit from.

The Lemon House

1305 Maple Avenue SW Roanoke, VA 24016

540-985-0000

blueridgelandconservancy.org

Dave Perry

Take a look at our donor list for last fiscal year, running from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. Find your name and pat yourself on the back! And take a look around to see who else is aboard the land conservation train with you—probably some friends and neighbors you recognize.

Fact is—no land gets saved without you. It never has, and it never will. You’re the magic that makes land conservation go, and Virginia is forever indebted for your generosity.

And as much success as you’ve made possible, more can be done!

Did you know there are all sorts of ways for your donations to save land?

You can use the donation envelope right in this issue of Land Savers to become a monthly giver! This is a fantastic way to support land conservation year-round. Many supporters just like yourself find they can make a larger impact on saving land by breaking up their donation into 12 smaller, monthly gifts. Your donation is withdrawn automatically from your checking account or charged to your credit card, so you don’t have to do a single thing. And you can stop your donation at any time!

Another great way to really make an impact is with a gift in your will. We can work with your and your estate planner to help plan a gift that will save land and water for generations to come—the kind of gift that can be game-changing down the road.

You can also make a gift of appreciated stock, and even donate your old car! Just visit brlcva.org, look under the “Support Us” menu, and click on “Turn Cars into Land.”

Of course, you can always use the enclosed donation envelope to make a gift by check or credit card. And you can make a quick and convenient online gift right from the front page at any of our website: brlcva.org, cvalc.org, or svalc.org.

Thank you again for all you do!

David Perry Executive Director

We protect the lands and waters you love, forever.

BLUE RIDGE LAND CONSERVANCY A Note from

Here at BRLC our staff are enjoying the office space in the Lemon House and are excited to see all of the work and growth that spring will bring in the gardens! I have been settling in to my new role as assistant director over the past few months and am grateful that everyone on the staff helped to get me up to speed on the ongoing projects so that I could really hit the ground running.

Since December of last year, I have had the opportunity to work with 6+ landowners to permanently protect their lands. Many of these projects were well on their way to crossing the “finish line” before I joined the team, but I have greatly enjoyed being a part of each project, even if the only role I had was driving the deed to the courthouse to be recorded!

So far in 2022, we have several new easements projects in the works with landowners and partners in Roanoke and Franklin counties. As spring is approaching I am looking forward to being out and about on conserved properties and getting to meet more landowners in the BRLC service area.

I look forward to meeting with all of you at a BRLC event, such as our conservation celebration, or for a conversation over coffee to talk about a conservation easement.

For more information about the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy or if you are considering how a conservation easement can work for you please call Emily at 540-985-0000 or e-mail ebender@brlcva.org.

Cover photo: Husted dog enjoys a peaceful walk down the driveway (photo courtesy of The Husteds)

Emily Bender

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD A Note from

CENTRAL VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY

By Jennifer Wills, Program Manager

We’ve seen some snow in Central Virginia in January and a mix of warmer temps and freezing weather in February. The trees should be blooming by the time you read this newsletter.

This winter we received great press about the Husted easement in Forest, Bedford County. It was featured in the Bedford Bulletin on January 26th and the Lynchburg News and Advance and Roanoke Times on February 5th. I’ve had several calls from landowners who are interested in learning more about easements. I’m not sure if those are a result of the press but it’s good news either way.

There is never a dull day at CVaLC. In addition to talking with landowners about potential easements, I’ve been out in the field on a stewardship visit, visited landowners about their easements in progress, and delivered a CVaLC sign to the Talbert’s for their 560-acre easement in Campbell County. We also supported HB 49 which would designate an additional 44-mile portion of the James River as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System, particularly in Appomattox and Nelson counties.

While winter has been busy, we are gearing up for a very busy spring with fundraising events, community outreach and landowner workshops.

Starr Hill Brewery, Thursdays in March. Starr Hill is located at 1300 Main Street in Lynchburg. They are incredible community supporters and they are supporting CVaLC every Thursday in March. For every beer purchased,

they will donate $1.00 to CVaLC. We’ll be having an event March 24th at 6pm to make new CVaLC friends and see old friends. Starr Hill is located at 1300 Main Street, Lynchburg. Visit the website (https://www.cvalc.org/events.html) or our Facebook page for more information.

Community outreach. We will be at the Lynchburg City Market on April 23 to kick off the city’s Week of Green and at the Sedalia Center in Bedford County on April 23 for their Terrapin Mountain Earth Festival. We are brainstorming other events for community outreach. If you know of any in Bedford, Campbell, Appomattox, Nelson, Amherst or Buckingham counties, please let me know!

Landowner workshops. We are still planning workshops and so far, we have events in Amherst on April 5, and in Appomattox on April 26. If you know any landowners who would be interested in attending, or if you yourself would like to attend, please RSVP to me at jwills@cvalc.org. Also you can direct questions my way.

List of upcoming events:

March 24: Starr Hill Brewery special event, open to everyone, 1300 Main St, Lynchburg

April 5: Amherst County landowner workshop, Second Stage, 194 2nd St, Amherst

April 23: Table at Lynchburg Community Market, 1219 Main Street, Lynchburg

April 23: Table at Sedalia Center, 1108 Sedalia School Rd, Big Island

April 26: Appomattox County landowner workshop, Appomattox Community Center, 220 Community Lane, Appomattox

May 3: Buckingham County landowner workshop

Please check CVaLC.org for an up-to-date list of events.

Jennifer Wills

A Note from

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY

By Chris Holdren, Program Manager

SVALC recently held its first landowner meeting since the start of the Covid Pandemic. The Meeting held at the Old Dominion Ag Complex in Pittsylvania County allowed us to finally meet face to face with landowners throughout the county and to promote the conservation efforts of the SVALC and Land Savers United. These landowners viewed a power point presentation that was then followed up by a Q&A session, geared toward answering

question pertaining to the easement process. SVALC walked away from the meeting with several new landowner contacts, and hopes for several new easements in the future.

SVALC also recently completed an easement in Charlotte County in partnership with Conservation Partners. This easement donated by the Creecy family will forever protect 384 acres. Along with this completed easement, Dr. David Jones has recently expressed interest in putting two additional properties under easement and SVALC has visits scheduled and plans to move forward with the easement process on these properties. We are look forward to working with Dr. Jones on conserving these beautiful properties. Please contact Chris Holdren, Program Manager with the Southern Virginia Land Conservancy at choldren@svalc. org or 276-224-6489 for any information on placing your property under a Conservation Easement

Have a vehicle you no longer need, but don't want to go through the hassle of selling? Consider donating your well-loved vehicle to the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy! We'll re-sell it for you, and you can count it as a tax-deductible gift. It's a win-win for all involved.

BRLC is partnering with CARS to handle automobile donations. Go to https://www.careasy.org/nonprofit/blue-ridge-land-conservancy to donate your car!

Chris Holdren

by Hailey Griffin

OLD ELKTON FARM

"the best place ever"

NOW PROTECTED FOREVER

Royce and Kathy Husted recently protected their 115 acre farm in Forest just off US 221 with the Central Virginia Land Conservancy.

The Husted’s land, with its fields, wooded areas, pond, Elk Creek and its tributary, will be protected from future development.

Forest couple protects farm, scenic view with the Central Virginia Land Conservancy

After years of searching for the farm of their dreams, Royce and Kathy left their home in the Chicago area in 1993 and moved with their four boys to a place they call “the Best Place Ever.” When they found the Old Elkton Farm, with its rolling hills, mountain views, barns and a big house, they knew this was the place they wanted to call home. Since moving to a rural area from a big city, Royce and Kathy “have enjoyed both the work of owning a farm (fixing buildings, fences and trails) and the fun (riding horses, hiking, boating, swimming, gardening and even planting lots of trees)”.

Kathy, a landscape artist, explains that she is “inspired by the endless subject matter the land provides. I love to head out with the dogs to paint the mountain views, the trees in bloom, flowers, and birds.” She’s generously donated artwork for the Central Virginia Land Conservancy’s fundraising auction later this year.

Royce also finds inspiration from the land. “I converted the old dairy barn to a machine shop and office so he could continue his career as an independent inventor.” “Don’t let him be modest”, says Jennifer Wills, program manager for Central Virginia Land Conservancy, “He has well over 60 patents.”

According to Royce and Kathy, “we have provided a natural environment for all the wild creatures that count on our land for survival. When the land values increased and neighboring farmers began selling to developers, we sought a conservation easement from the Central Virginia Land Conservancy to help us protect our farm

Royce and Kathy Husted

Sunset over the pond at Old Elkton Farm

Geese on the pond

Deer frolicking the snow on the conserved farm

forever. We love our farm like family and we are pleased to know it will remain a peaceful and beautiful place for ever and ever.”

Under the terms of the land conservancy’s agreement with the Husteds, the couple can build a limited number of homes on the property but can’t convert the property into one of the many high-density housing developments that line the US 221 corridor between Bedford and Lynchburg. They can also divide the property one time to split the land among their children. The Husteds agree to protect the streams on the property with wide, forested buffer areas, including their 700 feet of frontage along the Elk Creek and 2,300 feet along an

unnamed tributary. They also agree to maintain a buffer of trees along the front of their property to protect the scenic view from the road.

The Central Virginia Land Conservancy has been a part of saving land across Central Virginia for nearly two decades. The conservancy protects land in Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, and Nelson counties. For more information on how you can help save our beautiful scenery, or to learn how you can conserve your own rural land, call (434) 942-4320, visit cvalc.org, or e-mail jwills@cvalc.org.

All photos courtesy of The Husteds

"We love our farm like family and we are pleased to know it will remain a peaceful and beautiful place for ever and ever.”

Horses graze in a pasture that will be preserved forever

Aerial photo of Old Elkton Farm

Geese in flight over the pond

Capital Campaign Turns Dream

Thanks to you, a dream has been brought to reality! And it never would have happened without your generous support.

Supporters of the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy raised more than $250,000 for the Campaign for the Conservancy, a fundraising effort to provide a permanent home for land conservation in our part of the world.

That permanent home is The Lemon House, a stately 1920’s-era home in Roanoke’s Old Southwest neighborhood. Named for the land conservancy’s founding president and long-time supporter Barbara Lemon of Roanoke, The Lemon House is more than an office. With its native plant gardens going in this spring, it’s a place to enjoy nature and learn about our local ecosystems. It’s a vehicle for bringing conservationists around the state together virtually and in person. And it’s a community meeting space for grassroots groups.

“The children and I were pleased to be able to honor Barbara in this way and to help the Land Conservancy,” said Barbara’s husband, Bill Lemon of Roanoke. “Barbara was always interested in conservation, preservation and sustainability and her desire was always to be a good steward of this Earth. That was what lead her to help form the Western Virginia Land Trust back in 1996 and to chair its board for the first eight years. She was always an

advocate for the WVLT, now the BRLC, and cheered its achievements over the years. We know that she would be thrilled to see what a success the land conservancy has become and proud to be honored this way by the BRLC at this important milestone in its history.”

Dr. Lowell Inhorn and Cynthia Petzold of Roanoke County donated a vacant building lot to the land conservancy, which the conservancy sold last year and applied the proceeds to the campaign, which resulted in naming the community room after Lowell and Cynthia. The community room can accommodate groups of up to 20-25 people and will have presentation and videoconferencing capabilities, making it ideal for board meetings, community programs and other similar uses.

“We had purchased a wooded lot in a beautiful Roanoke City neighborhood years ago, intending to build a home,” said Lowell. “After holding on to the lot for more than 20 years, we realized that we would never build on it, and decided to donate the property.

“The Land Conservancy office had been searching for a permanent home, after many years of working in donated office spaces,” Lowell continued. “It occurred to us that donating our land to the Land Conservancy might provide the down payment for the purchase of a suitable office building. We were delighted that this became a reality when BRLC acquired the Maple Avenue property.”

George Kegley, who passed away just before this issue of Land Savers was going to the designer, sponsored the sun-loving pollinator garden planned for the front of The Lemon House. Featuring a bench sponsored by the Kegley family and a bird bath sponsored by Charlotte Porterfield, the gardens will consist of native plant species such as an eastern redbud, whorled milkweed, black-eyed Susans and American beautyberry, among others. We know George will be pleased when he sees the garden in its full beauty later this spring and summer.

Two other long-time land conservancy supporters, Bill and Ann Hackworth, sponsored the shade garden in the rear of the building, as well as a custom bench and birdbath. Diana Christopulos and Mark McClain are sponsoring a second bench. The garden, with its ample shade provided by the neighboring houses and a tall pin oak tree, will include native plant species such as high bush blueberry, flame azalea, marginal wood fern and more.

Said Bill, “Ann and I sponsored the shade garden because we believe in the mission of the Conservancy—saving land from development—so that our grandkids and their kids can enjoy it.

“It was our ‘good seed’ for the day,” joked Bill.

“These gardens will be as educational and functional as they are beautiful,” said Blue Ridge Land Conservancy

Dream to Reality

Executive Director David Perry. “Two of our green-thumbed volunteers, Meade Eggleston and Dominic Basile, drew up the designs. The plants chosen aren’t just pretty natives—they’ve been selected because they support the entire life cycle of species.”

Bobby and Emily Mountcastle sponsored the deck around the back of the building. The existing wooden patio was powerwashed and stained with the help of super-volunteers Janet Scheid and Bud LaRoche. A fire pit, patio furniture and

firewood holder round out a beautiful spot to extend meetings or enjoy lunch.

"Emily and I were excited to support the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy in a way that will create a space for people to come together,” said Bobby. “Knowing The Lemon House is there to stay and this project will be used for decades to come made this an easy decision."

And more than two dozen donors sponsored engraved brick pavers, to be part of a new brick walkway at the front of The Lemon House leading to the street.

“All of the lovers of land and water out there made this happen,” said Perry. “Without their generosity, the land conservancy would be paying rent in an office park somewhere. Thanks to the supporters of the land conservancy, conservation has a home that is truly a benefit to the entire community.”

Conservancy staff are planning a special reception for donors and the public this summer. Stay tuned for more information!

Members of the Lemon family pose atop Mill Mountain during last fall’s Conservation Celebration.

Giving List

The following individuals, families, companies, and foundations donated to the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy between the dates of July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. As always, our deepest thanks go to all of these supporters who make saving land possible.

DONORS BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 AND JUNE 30, 2021

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS

($10,000 and up)

Dr. Lowell Inhorn and Cynthia Petzold

Capital Campaign gift of land

Jesse and Becki Seamon

Charles Weathersbee

Capital Campaign gift of land

MCAFEE'S KNOB

($5,000 to $9,999)

Beirne Carter Foundation

Diana K Christopulos and Mark McClain

Capital Campaign

Sam J. Cosnotti

George A. Kegley

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mary Kegley

In Honor of George Kegley

Member One Federal Credit Union

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Bobby and Emily Mountcastle

SHARP TOP

($2,500 to $4,999)

A. Sidney Barritt

Carole D Denney

The Duckworth Charitable Foundation

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Wistar Morris

Mrs. Bittle W Porterfield

Capital Campaign

CARVIN'S COVE

($1,000 to $2,499)

Robin Baliles

In Memory of the Honorable

Gerald L. Baliles

Bill and Diane Elliot Fund of Foundation for Roanoke Valley

Helen Burnett

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Claytor

Marjorie B. Claytor

In Honor of W. M. Claytor

Terence H. Crowgey

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Dixon, Hubard, Feinour & Brown, Inc

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Thomas M. and Whittney B. Dunkenberger

The Dunkenberger-Waskey

Group at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Elbert H, Evelyn J and Karen H

Waldron Charitable Foundation Inc.

Frank and Lucy Ellett

Forest Rest Natural Cemetery

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Fork in the Alley Brick Oven Pub

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Conrad Grundlehner

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hackworth

Bill Hunley

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Jennings

George A. Kegley

Land Matters, LLC

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Anna L. Lawson

William J. Lemon

Long Hollow LLC

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Ludwig

Martin Hopkins & Lemon PC

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mast General Store

Miller, Long & Associates, Inc.

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Orvis

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

James G. Overholser

In Honor of George Kegley

Mrs. Bittle W. Porterfield

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Carol W. Pruner

Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Roanoke Valley Orthodontics

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Rockydale Quarries Corporation

Lucas and Isabel Thornton

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Betty Gill Ware

BUFFALO MOUNTAIN

($500 to $999)

Paul L. Angermeier & Mrs. Elizabeth Stinson

Tom Angleberger

Blue Ridge Beverage Co., Inc.

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Brugh's Mill, LLC/Brugh's Mill

Country Store

Conservation Celebration Sponsor Building Specialists, Inc

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Jim and Emily Casey

Coots, Cross, Lavinder & Quinn

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Murray K. Coulter

John and Hoye Duckworth

Thomas M. and Rebecca R.

Dunkenberger

Broaddus and Luann C.

Fitzpatrick

G. Franklin Flippin

Marianne Gandee

In Memory of Wayne Gandee

Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & John Gregory

Karli and Will Griffeth

Mr. and Mrs. David Higginbotham

Douglas H. Hyre

Talfourd H. Kemper

Robert B. Lambeth

James B. Lee

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Lesko

John R. Merten

Myers and Woods Appraisal Group, Inc.

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Northwestern Mutual

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

OmniSource

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Partners In Financial Planning, LLC

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Scott B. Peyton

Robert P. Pitner

Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Roanoke Valley Orthodontics

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Paul D. Ross

Rutherfoord, Inc.

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Jean A. Smith

Anthony R. Stavola

Virginia Varsity Transfer

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Bill Wellborn & Mrs. Nan Mahone

JOHNS CREEK MOUNTAIN

($250 to $499)

Leonard Adkins

Don Barnhart

Elizabeth H. Belcher

Thompson Berdeen

C. Whitney Brown

M. Rupert Cutler

The Dunkenberger-Waskey Group at Morgan Stanley

J. Robert and Joanna Finton

W. Heywood Fralin

J. Randolph Garrett

David R. Goode

J. Bruce Hagadorn

Albin B. Hammond

F. Staley Hester

Mary Ann Johnson

Ray Karnes

Ale Keeton

In Honor of McGuire

W. Tucker Lemon

Martin's German Service

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Frank and Arlene McDermott

In Memory of Governor Gerald Baliles

Michael K. Quinn

Philip Ribbens

John M. Roberts

Janet Scheid and Bud LaRoche

William F Stone

In Honor of Ruth Dickerson

John and Linda Thornton

In Honor of Isabel Thornton

Ryland A. Winston

CAHAS MOUNTAIN

($100 to $249)

Jason Ballard

Margaret S Beazley

In Honor of Broaddus Fitzpatrick

Edith Beck

In Honor of Rylan Varashima Beck

Laura E. Benjamin

Myron Bircher

Christopher and Betsy Bohannon

Nancy A. Bourne

Blanche Brower

In Memory of Mervin Brower

Guy W. Buford

Sharon Burnham

Gail Burruss

In Honor of Betty Field

Carilion Clinic

John Carlin

Nancy K. Carson

Steve and Debbie B. Cates

Howard Chambers

In Honor of Betty Field

Daniel S. Chitwood

Robert H. Clark

Richard L. Clark

In Honor of Betty Field

Michael D Clark

Hugh and Reggie Craft

DALMP LLC

Giving List

(Cahas Mountain cont'd)

Paul Dellinger

In Honor of Betty Field

Ruth T. Dickerson

Charlotte D. Dietz

Paul Economy

Robert K. Egbert

Gloria Elliott

Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Feldmann

In Honor of Quinn Graeff

Mark and Beth Finkler

Pamela Fisher

In Memory of All the Lost Flora and Fauna

Rose Marie Flanagan

Richard Normand and Elaine Fleck

D. Norris Ford

David L. Foster

Henri Gendreau

Sanford Gurian

A.B. Hammond

In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. Martin Hammond

Michael R. Hicks

Ashley Hinkle

Roger B. Holnback

William Hooper

James E. and Carol C. Howell

James Huizenga and Mrs. Susan Koch

David S. Hunt and Ellen Aiken

W. Arnold Hurt

McMillan H. Johnson

Katherine Keel

In Honor of the Employees of Blue Ridge Land Conservancy

Richard J. Kelly

Claire Kennett

Reif and Susan Kessler

Frank M. Lacy

Nelson Lafon

Mary Louis and Willette Lehew

Richard M. Lynn

In Honor of Anne Jennings

Robert L. Martin

George A. McLean

Susan E. McSwain

Richard M. Miller

William J. Modica

Cecile Newcomb

Sherry Nichols

J. Lee Osborne

Charles H. Osterhoudt

Tammy Pack

Bob and Kristin Peckman

David C. Perry

Linda Pharis

Wayne and Pam Reilly

Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Hilda Roberts

Meredith Roller

Charles Rowland

In Honor of Betty Field

Cynthia Shelor

Paul K. Simms

In Memory of L. Earl Simms

Edward Smith

Ann Stobbelaar

Martha B. Stokes

Eric and Robin Thomas

Tim Thornton

Paul Timmermann

Claudia and Bill Tucker

D. Kyle Umberger

Loren H. Walker

Cheryl Waltz

In Memory of Mary Waltz

Dr. and Mrs. Jackson R Webster

Jesse A. Webster

In Honor of Nancy and Al Hammond

Virginia K. West

John P. Whittle

Dale and Sally A. Wickstrum

Karen Willis

In Memory of Bob Willis

Don Witt

John R. Wood

BRUSH MOUNTAIN

($50 to $99)

Karen Adams

Steven Akers

American Artists Inc.

Arthur Ballas

Vincent T. Basile

In Honor of Dominic Basile

W. Chan Bolling

Betty Branch

John Briggs

In Honor of M. Rupert Cutler

Garland E. Calhoun III

Laura L. Carey

In Memory of Rufus Parker

Jerry W. Cheadle

Christine Clapp

In Honor of Laura Kirk

Robert T. Copenhaver

In Honor of Betty Field

Ann M Davis

Kent Davis

David Doubman

David R. Dougherty

Luke D. Dubois

F. Joseph Duckwall

In Honor of Frank and Lucy Ellett

Jeanne M. Duddy

In Honor of Barbara and Gary Duerk

Pat P. Ebbett

R. Thomas Edwards

Nancy J. Felch

Liza T. Field

In Honor of Jett Field

Lorraine Fleck

Ellen W. Glover

James A. Hare

Linda Harrison

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Harshfield

Donald and Kathryn Henry

In Honor of Laura Henry-Stone

Judith L. Hensley

Douglas Hill

Bruce and Elaine Ingram

Geneva K. Jenkins

Edward F. Jennings

In Memory of Jo and Fitz Jennings

Richard H. Jones

Joseph Anthony and Cris Arbo

Sandy Light

In Honor of Frank and Lucy Ellett

Janice Litschert

Rick and Lisa L. Lovegrove

In Honor of Spencer Lovegrove

Rob Lyon

Judith Marlow

Dan Crawford and Mary Bishop

Stephen McGuire

In Memory of Virginia Peters

David Naff and Sally Naff

Laura Norris

Dale S O'Dell

In Memory of Richard E. O'Dell

Sarah Orrick

Crystal Pait

Eileen Pugh

Nancy V. Revercomb

Joseph Robertson

Natalie Rude

Margie Sanders

Jeff and Ann Shawver

Gloria Simmons

In Memory of David L. Simmons

Cora B Simpkins

Lewis and Terry T. Smith

Wayne G. Strickland

In Honor of Charles Strickland

Sugar Loaf Garden Club

Paula P. Thompson

Paul R. Thomson

Vicki Lynn Tuke

Greg Turner

Deborah Ullmer

Betty K. Weddle

Peter Wonson

MILL MOUNTAIN

($25 to $49)

Yolanda Adams

Joao Ascensao

Kirk Ballin

William D. Bestpitch

In Honor of M. Rupert Cutler

Justin Bower

John P. Bradshaw

Jean Covington

In Memory of Lawrence Covington

Lauren Cumella

Michael B. Davis

Maxine Fraade

James R. Gray

Robert and Linda U. Guiles

Carolyn Haase

Kirsten and Rhett Herman

John and Jean Hitchins

Stephen C. Jett

In Honor of Ned & Janet Yost

James T. Lucas

Robert E. Mooty

Robert Morris

Ric and Nancy Moss

R. E. Mullen

Timothy M. Murphy

G. Davis Musser

In Memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Vivian Chang Norkus

Dave Parnell

Sam Rasoul

Rafael A Ravelo

Philip O. Sheridan

Martha Shirky

In Honor of Betty Field

Jennifer Smith

Frederick D. Swartzendruber

H. G. Tornatore

Venkat Narayan Iyer

Timothy J Vollink

Roland Ward

Jennifer White

In Honor of Gretchen Luke

Kenneth Worden

James Zinck

Mary Jane Zody

The Lemon House

1305 Maple Avenue SW

Roanoke, Virginia 24016

Phone/Fax 540-985-0000

blueridgelandconservancy.org

Our organization is accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, a mark of distinction in land conservation. We are also a proud member of the Land Trust Alliance and the Virginia Conservation Network.

In Memory

of

George Andrew Kegley

May 15, 1928 - February 16, 2022

George Kegley was a tireless volunteer for land conservation. His countless contributions to protecting our natural resources, most of which went unnoticed and unsung, made a gigantic impact on southwest Virginia. He will be sorely missed.