Blue Ridge Land Conservancy Annual Report 2018-2019

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Vol. 22, Issue 3

ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019

BRLC merges with Central Virginia Land Conservancy page 4

Under the Big Hickory: Landowner reflects on stewardship page 6

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Blue Ridge Land Conservancy

FROM THE DIRECTOR

Promoting the conservation of western Virginia’s natural resources- farms, forests, waterways, and rural landscapes

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Diana K. Christopulos, PhD, President Lowell F. Inhorn, MD, President-Elect Ruth T. Dickerson, Treasurer Fiona M. Tower, Secretary A.Sidney Barritt III, MD Dominic M. Basile Maureen McNamara Best Helen A. Burnett Thomas M. Dunkenberger Jr. Renee D. Godard, PhD William M. Hackworth William Hunley George A. Kegley Wendy W. Kendrick Betty H. Lesko Susan E. McSwain J. Walton Milam III Robert C. Mountcastle Timothy J. Rowe Sr. Isabel R. Thornton Ann Bondurant Trinkle Jill Woltz

ADVISORY COUNCIL M. Rupert Cutler, PhD Lucy R. Ellett Liza T. Field Talfourd H. Kemper Robert B. Lambeth Jr. Janet Scheid

STAFF

David C. Perry, Executive Director Meagan R. Cupka, Assistant Director Tina L. Badger, Project Manager Kate K. Glass, Stewardship Assistant James C. “Chris” Holdren, Southern VA Program Manager 27 Church Ave. SW Roanoke, VA 24011 540-985-0000 blueridgelandconservancy.org

ABOUT THE COVER

“Protected land along Tye River” By: Meagan Cupka

Dave Perry

I’m proud to say I never watched the ‘80s sitcom “Growing Pains,” even though I was probably going through a few of my own throughout its TV run during my teenage years. That’s what we do—as we transition from one phase of our lives to the next, we experience growing pains—the mistakes and blunders from which we learn. That’s how we gain experience and become better at coping with what life throws at us.

Nonprofits experience growing pains, too. I’ll be the first to stand up and say I’ll take growing pains over the pain of a slow downward death spiral, which unfortunately is a situation in which some nonprofits find themselves. But we’re growing, as our story on our merger with Lynchburg’s Central Virginia Land Conservancy, and our startup initiative, the Southern Virginia Land Conservancy, will tell you. We’re also obtaining gifts of land, receiving exciting new grants, hiring employees that will work far afield of the office in Roanoke, and handling a workload of new conservation projects that far outpaces what we’ve done in years past. I’d be lying if I didn’t say it’s a lot to handle.

The old ways of doing things no longer work so well. A staff meeting used to be Assistant Director Meagan Cupka and I tossing ideas back and forth across our small office on the corner of First St. and Elm Ave. in Roanoke. Now it involves staff who live almost two hours away. Board members call in on a conference line for monthly meetings rather than drive 90 miles—one-way. Thankfully, the budget is growing, keeping pace with our responsibilities and our list of needs.

As always, I hand it to our board for providing the wisdom and guidance we need to thrive as our organization phases out of its awkward adolescence. President Diana Christopulos, upon taking office in July, set about sharing the need for some serious strategic planning utilizing an outside facilitator. We’ve hired that facilitator now, and over the winter and early spring we’ll be crafting a plan to handle our new growth and all that it entails.

I’ve been on staff for more than half of the land conservancy’s 23 years of existence and remember “the way thing used to be.” I remember buying our first hand-held GPS, our first digital camera, and our first mapping software package. I remember receiving the donation of our first car from the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, which has provided us many years of reliable transportation as we travel the backroads of southwestern Virginia.

I’ve witnessed us go from taking two conservation easements a year to 10—in fact, I estimate a third of all of our conservation projects have been completed in just the last three years. I’ve seen the Conservation Celebration go from a small, informal gathering to one of the year’s biggest and best social events. In retrospect, growth and change have always been the two words that best describe the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy.

Make no doubt about it—we’ll make mistakes as we grow. Always have, always will.

But also know that your staff and board are committed to continual learning and improvement. As we take on new challenges and embrace new ways to save more of the land we all love, we’ll always try to do it better than before.

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Mergers, expansions, new hires, - oh my!........4 Under the Big Hickory................................................6 Wading in the water for education!.................... 8 Save the places you love!...........................................9 Highlights from a busy year..................................10

Annual Report Giving List : July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2019.......................................12 Annual Report Financial Summary.................. 14

John Lipscomb’s conserved farm along Catawba Creek.

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The Tye River Easement was a collaboration between Blue Ridge Land Conservancy and Central Virginia Land Conservancy

By David Perry

Mergers, expansion, new hires—oh my!

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ince 1996, the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy (originally the Western Virginia Land Trust) has focused on the greater Roanoke region.

That began to change a few years ago, when we started being asked to hold conservation easements outside the greater Roanoke region, specifically in central and southside Virginia.

We knew our forays beyond the Roanoke area wouldn’t be successful in the long run unless we went about them the right way. We knew we needed community input, and that our land conservation needed to be grounded in the local people, local interests and local needs.

CENTRAL VIRGINIA Our first step was to begin working

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with the Central Virginia Land Conservancy in Lynchburg, an all-volunteer land trust that’s been in existence since 2003. Rather than hold conservation easements themselves, the Central Virginia folks had done fine work for years “digging up” conservation projects and referring them to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, Virginia Dept. of Forestry, or, more recently, the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy.

Members from our boards met early in 2019 on a conserved farm in Bedford County to have a meet-andgreet, and once we realized we were all of like mind with common goals, the merger process was underway.

Today, the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy operates as the Central

Virginia Land Conservancy in Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell and Nelson counties and the City of Lynchburg. We’ve integrated the Central Virginia Land Conservancy’s board into ours, and thanks to funding from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, hope to hire our first Lynchburgbased employee soon.

“CVaLC is thrilled to be part of the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy,” says Wendy Kendrick of Amherst, former board president of the Central Virginia Land Conservancy.

“This merger will give landowners more options for easement holders and ultimately we will be protecting more land in this beautiful part of Virginia.”

SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA As in Central Virginia, the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy has been asked in recent years to hold easements and protect land in the Southside counties adjoining our traditional service area. And once again, we knew we needed a community-based approach to do it right.

Thanks to a grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment, the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy has hired its first employee, Chris Holdren, to work in southside as part of what will become the Southern Virginia Land Conservancy. Working out of Martinsville thanks to a generous donation of office space from

Dr. David Jones, Blue Ridge staff will work closely with our Southside employee to work with landowners and the local community to save land in Patrick, Henry, Pittsylvania and Halifax counties, and the cities of Danville and Martinsville.

Our wonderful board and the support of conservation-minded Virginians makes all this work possible. The end result is more land conserved, faster, to meet the challenges facing our global ecosystem. The answer to so many of the problems facing us is land and land conservation. We hope to provide many more acres of that potent cure in the future. Stay tuned.

Together BRLC and CVaLC will be able to save more land like this

James C. “Chris” Holdren

Chris, a native of Bedford, Virginia, is the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy’s new Southern VA Program Manager covering Southside Virginia. Chris has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, with a focus on wildlife biology, from Averett University.

Chris loves all things outdoors including hunting, fishing, and hiking. He currently lives in Pittsylvania County with his wife and 10-year-old twins where he raises chocolate Labrador Retrievers.

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These fields and woodlands will be preserved thanks to a conservation easement on the Reynolds’ farm

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By Tina Badger

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bout fifteen miles west of New Castle there is a place on Johns Creek where the hickory trees grow big and drop their bounty for wildlife – and for Lillie Reynolds and her family. I met Lillie in downtown New Castle and rode with her to her family farm in western Craig County where I found a place of quiet and solitude that will forever be preserved for future generations.

It is abundantly clear why Lillie loves this land and wants to preserve it. It is quite, secluded, and brings fond memories to mind when she comes here.

Lillie’s father, a coal miner who worked in Buchanan County, VA, purchased the property in 1952 to give his family a better way of life away from the coalfields of far Southwest Virginia.

Lillie says she has a distinct memory of her first visit to the Craig County farm. “The grass was waist high!” Lillie remembers, and the expanse of land was very different from what she was accustomed to in the Jewell Valley where houses were built close on steep hills and in deep hollows of the coal mining community. The openness and 6 | Winter 2019–2020

quite solitude struck her as something special.

Lillie’s father continued to work in the coalmines in Buchanan County while the rest of the family lived on the farm in Craig County. Her father would leave for a week while her mother and the six children stayed to work the farm. The family continued to build up the farm, growing crops, raising chickens, and caring for a milk cow.

While her father did not spend much

time on the farm during his working years, Lillie recalls that his love for the land was evident. He always talked about creating a wildlife preserve on that land and wanted to preserve it for years to come. He recognized the value of the land and all that it supported and worked hard to instill the same value into his family.

Her father’s love for the land made an impact on her and she was determined to honor her father’s wishes. When her John’s Creek provides a great place for the family to fish and enjoy the solitude on the Reynolds’ farm

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Hickory Tree father died in 1989, the land was divided among the remaining children. Lillie eventually ended up with 1/3 of the original farm, which came to about 100 acres. She and her husband went on to maintain the land together, often talking about how they would preserve it for the generations that followed them. It was not until her husband passed in 2018 that Lillie realized that there was no better time than the present. Lillie said, “We always had it in the back of our mind that when the time came we would do whatever it took to preserve the land.” That is when Lillie moved forward with placing the property under a conservation easement with Blue Ridge Land Conservancy. She had Just a few hickory nuts Lillie Reynolds gathered by John’s Creek

Lillie Reynolds looks out over the land where her children and grandchildren come to hunt

many reasons for doing so but of utmost importance to her was being a good steward. “I never felt like it was really mine but that I was the caretaker of this land. I knew if I didn’t do something it would not remain here for future generations,” Lillie told me during my visit. She intends to teach both her children and grandchildren to be good stewards of the land. She says one of her greatest joys is seeing her grandchildren come gather at the small cabin to

fish, play, and just seek the solitude of land that remains undisturbed by development. This is the gift she wishes to hand down future generations. As we were leaving, Lillie stopped and got out of the car. She stooped down to gather a handful of hickory nuts from under the big hickory tree and handed them to me to take home. There by John’s Creek, under the big hickory trees, Lillie gave me just a bit of the gift that conserving her land provided.

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Students from Roanoke County looking for creatures in the creek with help from Clean Valley Council Staff

Wading in the water for education!

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ur project manager, Tina Badger, waded in with confidence as she took over the duties of educator during our fall watershed educational experiences. As usual the students from Roanoke and Botetourt County had an excellent time getting their feet wet and learning about watersheds, trees, soil and erosion, and how clean water is important to us all. Once again, our partner agencies

- Clean Valley Council, Western Virginia Water Authority, Camp Bethel, Your Outdoor Classroom, Mountain Castles Soil and Water Conservation District, and Roanoke Stormwater - all did an excellent job teaching the students while showing them that learning can be fun. We are looking forward to the spring programs with Salem City Schools and Floyd County schools!

Students from Botetourt County learn how trees get their nutrients!

A student from Roanoke County turns over a rock looking for crayfish and other water creatures

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Thanks especially to the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund, which has provided funding to run Bay Days for seven years. Their grants are funded through the sale of the “Friends of the Chesapeake Bay” license plates, so if you want a pretty cool addition to your car and want to support environmental education in local schools, consider buying one today!

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2018-2019 highlights Accepted conservation easements on 10 new properties totaling nearly 2,500 acres of land in 10 counties.

More than 1,000 students from more than 30 fourth-grade classes in the region participated in Bay Day or River Day educational programs.

Honored Mr. Peter Lewis of Apple Ridge Farm with the A. Victor Thomas Environmental Stewardship Award at the 2018 Conservation Celebration, and honored the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club with the 2018 Landsaver Award.

In February, BRLC moved into a new, larger office on Church Ave. in downtown Roanoke, after 18 years of generous rentfree existence on the corner of Elm Ave. and First St. provided by the Woltz family.

The Outdoor Adventure Series included hikes to Cahas Mountain and Sinking Creek Mountain, a full moon hike at Carvins Cove, as well as a bat-box building program and other activities.

Staff attended the National Land Conservation Conference (Rally) in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as the Virginia Land Conservation & Greenways Conference in Richmond.

BRLC purchased a Subaru Forester to provide staff with better off-road access to conserved properties.

Four friends of the land conservancy donated their used vehicles to BRLC!

2019 highlights 2020 goals Work with a facilitator to create a new strategic plan for the organization, focusing on areas such as board governance, budgeting, outreach in new service areas, conservation priorities, future office space and other needs.

Continue to

integrate the Central Virginia Land Conservancy, including identifying potential committee members, board members and donors in the Central Virginia service area.

Continue to build a volunteer core for the Southern Virginia Land Conservancy and formally integrate it into the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy.

Attend the 2019 National Land Conservation Conference (Rally) in Raleigh, NC, and the 2020 Virginia Land Conservation & Greenways Conference in Harrisonburg.

Hire an employee to work out of a new Lynchburg office.

Develop a capital improvement schedule to help better plan replacement of major equipment.

Purchase a new print/scan/copy office machine.

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Work with the new employee in Southern Virginia to assist with new land protection projects and monitoring existing conserved properties.

Improve and streamline the process for accepting new conservation easements as workload continues to increase.

Annual Report Fiscal Year 2018-2019

Giving List

The following individuals, families, companies, and foundations donated to the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy between the dates of July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. As always, our deepest thanks go to all of these supporters who make saving land possible.

DONORS BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019 Blue Ridge Mountains

($10,000 and up)

William M. Claytor Family Memorial Fund of Foundation for Roanoke Valley Rebecca Seamon Sundara In-kind

West Church, LLC In-kind

McAfee’s Knob

($5,000 - $9,999)

Beirne Carter Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kevin and Sheila Kassner Woltz & Associates In-kind

Sharp Top

Printex In-kind

Silicon Valley Community Foundation / Chevron Humankind Employee Fund Matching Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin and Sheila Kassner

Carvins Cove

($1,000 - $2,499)

Dr. & Mrs A. Sidney Barritt III Blue Ridge Catering In-kind

Brown, Edwards and Company, LLP Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Brugh’s Mill, LLC/Brugh’s Mill Country Store Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Guy Buford Dr. Coots, Cross, Lavinder & Quinn Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Diana Christopulos The Duckworth Charitable Foundation

Mr. Thomas M. and Whittney B. Dunkenberger Jr. The Dunkenberger-Waskey-Nash Group at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Mr. & Mrs. William Hackworth Mr. George Kegley Dr. & Mrs. Edmund Lesko Member One Federal Credit Union

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Ellett Bill and Diane Elliot Fund of Foundation for Roanoke Valley Forest Rest Natural Cemetery

($2,500 - $4,999)

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. and Mrs. David Higginbotham Bill and Deborah Hunley Dr. Lowell Inhorn Mr. & Mrs. Shields and Ginny Jarrett In Honor of Betty Lesko

Jones & Deshon Orthodontics Ms. Mary Kegley In Honor of George Kegley

Mr. & Mrs. Talfourd Kemper Mrs. Anna Lawson Mr. William Lemon Ms. Anne Long Long Hollow LLC

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Ludwig Martin Hopkins & Lemon PC

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Mountcastle Orvis Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. James Overholser In Honor of Dr. Bill Gordge

Mr. & Mrs. Bittle Porterfield III Conservation Celebration Sponsor Rockydale Quarries Corporation Conservation Celebration Sponsor Janet Scheid and Bud LaRoche Isabel Thornton Vistar Eye Center Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Elbert H, Evelyn J, and Karen H Waldron Charitable Foundation Inc. Walkabout Outfitters Outdoor Adventure Series Sponsor

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Buffalo Mountain ($500 - $999)

Mr. Paul Angermeier & Mrs Elizabeth Stinson Tom Angleberger Building Specialists, Inc Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Catawba Capital Management, Inc.

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Murray K. Coulter Jr. Ms. Carole Denney In Memory of Virginia Dameron

Ms. Ruth Dickerson Dixon, Hubard, Feinour & Brown, Inc. Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. John and Hoye Duckworth Dr. Linda Durham Ph.D. Fork in the Alley Brick Oven Pub Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mrs. Marianne Gandee In Memory of Wayne Gandee

Glenn, Feldmann, Darby Goodlatte Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Dr. Renee Godard Mr. Douglas Hyre Mr. & Mrs. James Jennings Jr. Mr. Frank Lacy Jr. Mr. Robert Lambeth Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Lee Samuel B. Long LLC

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Dr. Ann Martyn Mr. & Mrs. Richard Miller Miller, Long & Associates, Inc.

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

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Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Partners In Financial Planning, LLC Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. David Perry Vehicle Donation

Mrs. Linda Pharis Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pitner Mrs. Carol Pruner Roanoke Animal Hospital

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Roanoke Masterworks Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op

Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition Mr. Paul Ross Jr. Mr. Timothy Rowe Sr. Rutherfoord, Inc. Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Jean Smith Mr. & Mrs. Lucas and Isabel Thornton Ms. Fiona Tower Ann Trinkle Ms. Betty Ware

John’s Creek Mountain ($250 - $499)

Ananda Farm LLC Bank of America Charitable Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Belcher Mr. & Mrs.Thompson Berdeen Mr. & Mrs. John Bradshaw In Honor of Sandy Light

Mr. & Mrs. C. Whitney Brown Jr. Ms. Helen Burnett Richard Coogan Vehicle Donation

Copperhead Plumbing and Heating Outdoor Adventure Series Sponsor

Elizabeth Craighead Mr. & Mrs. Gary Duerk In Honor of M. Rupert Cutler

Deschutes Brewery Mr. & Mrs. Mark Feldmann Mr. G. Flippin Mr. W. Fralin Mr. & Mrs. Ray Garland Mr. & Mrs. J. Garrett III Dr. & Mrs. William Gordge Conrad Grundlehner Mr. & Mrs. Albin Hammond II Mr. James Huizenga and Mrs. Susan Koch Mr. & Mrs. Mary Ann Johnson Mr. Robert Kegley Mr. & Mrs. W. Tucker Lemon The McClain Family Charitable Fund of Foundation of Roanoke Valley Dr. & Mrs. John Merten Mr. William Modica Muse Family Foundation Robert Myers Vehicle Donation Mr. & Mrs. Harry Norris Dr. & Mrs. John Pendleton Mr. & Mrs. Michael Quinn Mr. Philip Ribbens Edwin Robertson Mr. & Mrs. David Savitz Ms. Annie Schultz Mrs. Cora Simpkins Vehicle Donation William Stone Jr. In Memory of William F. and Ivey C. Stone

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Temeles John and Linda Thornton In Honor of Isabel Thornton Mr. Bill Wellborn & Mrs. Nan Mahone

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Giving List

Dr. and Mrs. Dale and Sally Wickstrum Mr. Ryland Winston Jr. Mr. Barry Wirt Mr. & Mrs. Henry Woodward In Honor of Bill Hackworth Mr. & Mrs. Edward Yost

Cahas Mountain ($100 - $249)

Mr. Steven Akers Jason Ballard Mr. Dominic Basile Ms. Laura Benjamin Maureen Best Brian Boggs

In memory of Charles H. Boggs Jr. MD

Mr. & Mrs. W. Bolling Ms. Nancy Bourne Mrs. Betty Branch Sharon Burnham Barbara Calnan

In Honor of John and Linda Pharis

Ms. Sarah Capps Erin Carmany Jim and Emily Casey Mr. & Mrs. Steve and Debbie Cates The Honorable and Mrs. Glen Conrad Ms. Lura Corbet Mr. and Mrs. Hugh and Reggie Craft Dan Crawford and Mary Bishop Dr. M. Cutler DALMP LLC Kent Davis Jr. Ms. Lynn Davis Mr. & Mrs. Calvert De Coligny Jr. Katherine Dean In Memory of Robert Dean III

Charlotte Dietz DVM Dr. & Mrs. F. Duckwall

In Honor of Frank and Lucy Ellett

Mary Epling Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Joanna Finton Mr. & Mrs. Broaddus and Luann Fitzpatrick Richard Normand and Elaine Fleck Mr. & Mrs. D. Ford Mr. & Mrs. David Foster Ms. Maxine Fraade Mr. & Mrs. Robert Garland GE Foundation Matching gift of James Harshfield

Ms. Ellen Glover Mr. & Mrs. David Goode Elizabeth Hackworth Long In Honor of Bill Hackworth

Dr. & Mrs. J. Hagadorn Dr. & Mrs. A.B. Hammond III In Memory of Mary Boye and Nancy Herman

Mr. & Mrs. James Harshfield Jason Hartman Mr. F. Hester Jr. Mr. Michael Hicks Mr. Roger Holnback Mr. & Mrs. James E. and Carol C. Howell Mr. David Hunt and Ellen Aiken Mr. & Mrs. W. Hurt Mr. & Mrs. Bruce and Elaine Ingram Mrs. Geneva Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. McMillan Johnson Ray Karnes Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Keller Ms. Claire Kennett Mr. & Mrs. Reif and Susan Kessler Ms. Kathleen Koomen Nelson Lafon Mr. & Mrs. Rick and Lisa Lovegrove Rob Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Brooke Mallory Mr. & Mrs. Robert Martin

Caitlin Moorman Stanley Norfolk Southern Foundation Matching Gift of Michael Quinn

Dale O’Dell Reinhard O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. J. Osborne Crystal Pait Ira Peck Roanoke Valley Bird Club Mr. & Mrs. Donald Robinson Dr. & Mrs. John Robinson Tom Roller Charles Rowland Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ryan Ann Shawver Mr. Paul Simms In Memory of Mr. Early Simms Mr. Thomas Skelly Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith Sugar Loaf Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. William Tanger In Honor of Dr. Bill Gordge

Mr. & Mrs. Eric and Robin Thomas Paul Timmermann Mr. & Mrs. D. Umberger III Linda VanLuik Virginia Conservation Network Mr. & Mrs. Loren Walker Ms. Fayetta Weaver In Honor of Whitney and Mark Feldmann

Dr. & Mrs. Jesse Webster Jean and Dick Wertz Mr. John Whittle Kayla Wood

Brush Mountain ($50 - $99)

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Kirk Ballin Dr. & Mrs. Vincent Basile In honor of Dominic Basile

Anne Stuart Beckett Ms. Maya Bohler Ms. Harry and Roblyn Brand Ms. Gail Burruss Mr. & Mrs. Garland Calhoun III Ms. Nancy Carson Ms. Eleanor Clark Michael Clark DAR Nancy Christian Fleming Chapter Nancy Gray and Eric Day Mr. & Mrs. David Dougherty Mr. Luke Dubois Ms. Jeanne Duddy Mrs. Patricia Ebbett Mr. & Mrs. R. Edwards Meridith and Dan Entingh Gloria Elliott Mrs. Nancy Felch Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Beth Finkler Mr. Hugh Fisher Jr. In Memory of Catherin Blair Fisher

Mrs. Jane Haddad Mr. James Hare Jr. Rev. C. Harris Ms. Linda Harrison Kirsten and Rhett Herman Mr. & Mrs. Henry Herzog Jr. Mr. Carl Hill Jr. Rev. & Mrs. Paul Hinlicky Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. and Martha Hooker Jane Inancsi Mr. Edward Jennings Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jett In Honor of Ned and Janet Yost Mr. Richard Jones Mr. Scott Kelly Roger Lazorchack Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Lemmer Mr. & Mrs. Robert LeNoir Jr. In Honor of Camp Bethel

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Ms. Sandy Light In Honor of Frank and Lucy Ellett

Mr. Stuart Lynde Carol and Herve Marand Judith Marlow Page and James Marshall Mr. & Mrs. George McLean Jr. Bridget Meagher Mr. Robert Minor Mr. & Mrs. Ric and Nancy Moss David Naff and Sally Naff Mrs. Laura Norris Sarah Orrick Djuna Osborne Mr. & Mrs. Charles Osterhoudt In Honor of Sandy Light and Wayne and Pam Reilly

Mr. & Mrs. William Pavord Ms. Rebecca Perdue Sonia Razafimahazo Ms. Nancy Revercomb Craig and Diane Rightmire Roanoke Valley Garden Club Hilda Roberts Ms. Ann Rogers Margie Sanders Ellen Shepard Mr. & Mrs. Lewis and Terry Smith Ms. Ann Stobbelaar Linda Tanner-Sutton In Honor of Preserve Roanoke and Preserve Bent Mountain

Mr. Paul Thomson Jr. Tim Thornton Ms. Vicki Tuke Deborah Ullmer Mrs. Betty Weddle Ms. Virginia West Mr. & Mrs. Don Witt Jill Woltz Woltz and Associates, Inc. Ms. Sharon Wright

Mill Mountain ($25 - $49)

Bonny Branch Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Cheadle

In Honor of Matilda Bradshaw

Ms. Beth Christopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Richard Clark

In Honor of M. Rupert Cutler

Ann Davis Dale Douthit Mrs. Helen Fitzpatrick Andrew Fotinos Mr. James Gray Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Linda Guiles Ms. Carolyn Haase Mr. John Heil Mr. Pegram Johnson III Eleanor Jones Victoria Keenum Mr. & Mrs. David Lemon Janice Litschert Mr. James Lucas Jr. Mr. Brett Magenbauer Ms. Sarah Martin Chuck & Martha McClaugherty Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Mullen Jr. Ms. Vivian Norkus Amy Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rohrback Mr. Bruce Sellars Mr. Philip Sheridan Ms. Gloria Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Strickland Mr. Frederick Swartzendruber Ms. Paula Thompson Mr. & Mrs. H. Tornatore Timothy Vollink Cheryl Waltz In Memory of Mary Waltz

Jennifer White Karen Wilson Robert Wilson Mr. Harry Woolridge

Annual Report Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Financial Summary

Income

Expenses

INCOME AMOUNT

EXPENSES AMOUNT

Contributions $119,754

Management $35,285

Conservation Celebration & Auction

$47,385

Land Conservation

Stewardship Fund Contributions

$90,615

Development $33,080

Misc & Kroger Card

$2,160

Community Outreach

$28,669

Education Programs & Grants

$13,936

Landowner Outreach

$52,928

Conservation Celebration

$22,686

Misc & Property Taxes

$2,549

Investment Fees

$2,556

Stewardship Income from Land Preservation Credit

$36,366

Investment Earnings $13,086

Total Income:

$323,303

$70,570

Grant Expenses $3,298

Total Expenses: $251,621

Expenses

Revenue

Grant Expenses, 1%

Investment Fees, 1%

Investment earnings, 4%

Misc. & Property tax, 2% Conservation Celebration, 9%

Education Programs & Grants, 4%

Stewardship Income from Land Preservation Credit, 11%

Management, 16%

Misc & Kroger Card, 1% Contributions, 37%

Landowner Outreach, 21%

Land Conservation, 28%

Stewardship Fund Contributions, 28%

Conservation Celebration & Auction, 15%

Community Outreach, 11% Development, 13%

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Member of: 27 Church Avenue SW Roanoke, Virginia 24011 Phone/Fax 540-985-0000 www.brlcva.org

The Blue Ridge Land Conservancy is accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, a mark of distinction in land conservation. BRLC is also a proud member of the Land Trust Alliance and the Virginia Conservation Network.

The board and staff at Blue Ridge Land Conservancy would like to congratulate Diana Christopulos for her award as the 2019 National Cox Conserves Hero. Diana’s hard work with the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club won her $60,000 that will go toward preserving landscapes along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia.

Thank you to everyone who voted! This is a big win for the Appalachian Trail and surrounding lands!

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Protection of the views, wildlife, trails and communities around them is a worthy thing to do,” said Diana.

“We need a refuge; we need to go

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A big win for the Appalachian Trail

back to nature and get the peace

and comfort that we find there. If we

don’t do something now, particularly on the East Coast, then we’ll lose it.

And, once we lose it, it’s gone.