Adirondack Land Trust Annual Report 2021 by Adirondack Land Trust

LASTING CONSERVATION SINCE 1984

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

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.

We Value

LASTING CONSERVATION SINCE 1984

The power of the Adirondacks as a globally significant ecological refuge and model of how people and nature can thrive together. The promise of people working together to conserve and care for the lands and waters that in turn support healthy communities and livelihoods.

Conservation that endures: investment in projects that will provide benefits for generations, with recognition that each place is unique and each project requires its own strategy. Transparency, creativity and cooperation in our work with landowners, communities, state agencies and other partners to achieve the best conservation outcomes possible. Organizational excellence based on the competence and integrity of our board and staff, and the highest ethical standards of governance, financial management, land transactions and stewardship.

View from Coon Mountain Preserve © John DiGiacomo

Diversity, equity and inclusion as essential to all aspects of conservation work, and to ensuring that the Adirondack Park welcomes and provides benefits for all people.

Widening the Circle Conservation has linked the needs of people and nature in the Adirondacks for more than 150 years. The Next Generation Council continues this work.

Dear Friends,

©Megan Zack Stevenson/Adirondack Land Trust

In August I met on the porch of the Adirondack Land Trust with a group of conservation advocates in their 20s and 30s. It was the first in-person meeting of our Next Generation Council, and I was inspired by their perspectives and their questions about how conservation can benefit our collective communities. It’ll be exciting to see where their interests lead them and the land trust. Dedicated individuals have worked to protect Adirondack lands and waters since 1870 — two years before establishment of the first national park. They saw that unbroken forests were critical to keeping the headwaters of the Hudson and other rivers flowing cold and clear. Conservation has linked the needs of people and nature in the Adirondacks for 150 years and counting. This place has grown only more important as a model of how people and nature can thrive together, and as a lifeboat for a diversity of species as the climate changes. We are honored to report on our efforts to continue this work, and to introduce some of the rising champions who will carry it forward (page 6). The NextGen Council will help us widen the circle of people engaged in Adirondack conservation and ensure that our work remains relevant for future generations. The goal is for those who follow to continue the effort to conserve open space, care for nature, and connect people with protected lands—long into the future. We are grateful to these young people for their time and guidance, and to all who work for the good of the Adirondacks.

Bill Paternotte Board Chair

Left: Board Chair Bill Paternotte and several members of the Next Generation Council and Adirondack Land Trust staff.

July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021

The Year in Conservation:

Highlights 4

The Adirondack Land Trust is working to conserve our region’s vital natural safety net. Over the past year, generous supporters helped: • Purchase the last piece of unprotected shoreline on Thirteenth Lake, the largest water body in the 114,010-acre Siamese Pond Wilderness. Left: ©Steve Langdon; this page: ©Lisa Godfrey left, ©Anne Stuzin right

• Purchase a 60-acre inholding in the 91,854-acre Vanderwhacker Wild Forest. • Facilitate a community project at Cobble Hill, in Lake Placid, to secure hiking access across private land and allow people to enjoy trails with less impact. • Develop a GIS priority mapping system to identify places most in need of protection and to direct efforts and funds for lasting benefit. • Widen the circle of conservation through the Internship for the Future of the Adirondacks and Next Generation Council. • Work with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County to identify farmlands in transition and help owners pass them to the next generation of farmers.

OTHER PROGRESS: After the close of the fiscal year, we transferred 250 acres on Moxham Mountain to the Forever Wild Forest Preserve. We are currently working with private landowners, communities and other partners on conservation of 12,676 acres at 30 sites. Left: Zoë Turner-Debs surveyed a land trust property in the town of Jay with the New York Flora Association as part of the 2021 Internship for the Future of the Adirondacks. Above: Trip leaders and participants in a Mother’s Day nature hike at Coon Mountain Preserve.

Introducing the

NEXT GENERATION COUNCIL FUTURE ADIRONDACK CONSERVATION LEADERS “I think it’s important to get the conversation of conservation started in our generation. We are the next stewards,” one council member said.

Patrick Bly

Stephanie Campbell

Adeline Clayton

Evan Foster

Jess Grant

Lura Johnson

Janelle Jones

Brianna LaRose

Jay, NY Adirondack Research

Lake Placid, NY Tahawus Trails LLC

Keene, NY Montana State University

Burlington, VT Vermont Land Trust, ECO AmeriCorps

Saranac Lake, NY Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism

Ithaca, NY North Country Trail Association

Elizabethtown, NY Adirondack Council

Watertown, NY Student

Mollie Passacantando

Emily Segada

Madeleine Stuzin

Emma Ticknor

Naishaly Velez Galan

Brooke Wise

Kingston, RI PhD student, physical oceanography

New York, NY Goldsmith & Co

Westport, NY Champlain Area Trails

Albany, NY University at Albany

New York, NY Maryland Federal Public Defender’s Office

East Dorset, VT University of Vermont

Not pictured: Joseph Burnetter Albany, NY University at Albany

Maggie Wittpenn

Califon, NJ University of Virginia/ Bank of America

Savannah Woods

New York & Westport, NY New School for Social Research, doctoral student

These young advocates come from a diversity of backgrounds and professional experience, and they are shaping conversations on subjects such as anti-racism in the outdoors, ensuring Adirondack conservation provides benefits to all, and how young people can get started in environmental careers. To learn more, see adirondacklandtrust.org/Next-Generation-Council or contact Kathy Woughter, Philanthropy & Outreach Coordinator, at Kathy.Woughter@adirondacklandtrust.org.

LAND AND FOOD

Adirondack Farmland and Our Unique Local Food System by Holly Rippon-Butler

Holly Rippon-Butler is the Land Campaign Director for the National Young Farmers Coalition, owner of Farmers Cone Creamery, and an Adirondack Land Trust board member. Following is an excerpt from her remarks at our 2021 annual meeting. To read the full transcript, see adirondacklandtrust.org/Story/38

grew up on my family’s dairy farm in Schuylerville, just outside the Adirondack Park. My first experiences with the Adirondacks were hiking in the mountains and exploring lakes and streams. It wasn’t until I was older and living in the Champlain Valley that I began

to appreciate the rich agricultural landscape that is woven into the fabric of the park as well. In my role as an advocate with the National Young Farmers Coalition, I’ve been lucky to travel the country meeting farmers, talking with elected officials, and

Left: © Meqo Sam Cecil

working with land trusts. I’ve returned home from each trip to experience the farming community in the ADKs evolving as farms start, stop, persist, transition, and grow alongside the businesses that support them. I’ve become a small part of that in starting my ice cream business here. With this perspective, I believe this region is truly special for the strength of its tightly knit network of people producing high-quality products that are available largely within a few miles of where they’re grown. Something that captures this for me is the joy of eating a local burger after a long hike, with a fresh tomato and local cheese on top, on a bun baked that morning from grains grown within the park. I’ve come to see agricultural land here not just as a liminal area between mountains and water, but as an integral part of the landscape. No farmland, no post-hike burger. The fact that you can eat a local burger is fortunate, but it’s not fortuitous. It is the result of intentional labor, knowledge and risk taken on by a lot of people. Farming is a tricky business. The economics are tough and success is far from guaranteed. But the biggest challenge is land. Land access is critical for farmers but increasingly out of reach. As farmland values rise, farmers are competing with non-farming individuals. The Adirondacks has a lot of land—more than 58,000 acres of farmland according to the most Left: Holly Rippon-Butler making a delivery of ice cream from her creamery.

recent USDA census. But that doesn’t make it immune to larger trends. In fact, it is in many ways more vulnerable. As the climate crisis intensifies and the population grows, the Adirondacks has become a more desirable place to live. Nationally, we are in a moment of farm transition as the average age of farmers increases and millions of acres of land are expected to change hands in the next few decades. This presents an opportunity but also creates urgency. This is where organizations and individuals come in. We must work together, and it must start with land. Land trusts have real estate expertise, deep connections in farming communities, and access to public dollars. Land trusts around the country are stepping up to create solutions that respond to our environment, support the people caring for land, acknowledge and address the long history of landbased inequity in this country, and secure land tenure for farmers. I’m excited to be a part of this work with the Adirondack Land Trust. I hope you will join me in seeing yourselves as part of this land and food system—viewing ourselves as collective stewards of the Adirondacks, with farmland and those who steward it as a critical component. I hope you will also join me in believing in and supporting the power of land trusts and community organizations, and in engaging with policy advocacy to create a more just future. Most importantly, I hope you will join me in purchasing and celebrating local food, and enjoying that burger.

Powerful Together

These lists acknowledge those who made donations between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. If we have incorrectly listed or mistakenly omitted your name, please allow us to correct the error. Contact Kimberly Corwin-Gray, Associate Director of Philanthropy, (518) 576-2400 ext. 104 or Kimberly.Gray@adirondacklandtrust.org.

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 © Adirondack Land Trust

Anonymous (1) Jameson & Reginald Baxter Reginald R. & Jameson A. Baxter Foundation F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David Henle The Joan C. & David L. Henle Foundation Mr. Stephen J. Kulyik Mr. & Mrs. Robert Olmsted The Furtherance Fund Peter & Patty Paine Boquet Foundation, Inc. Mr. Keith D. Stoltz Keith D. Stoltz Foundation Elizabeth Strickler & Mark Gallogly Adirondack Foundation— Strickler Gallogly Family Fund Joseph and Joan Cullman Conservation Foundation, Inc.

Kip & Julie Testwuide The Walbridge Fund Connie & Craig Weatherup Weatherup Family Foundation $5,000 – $9,999

Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Birdsong Birdsong Family Foundation Mr. Stephen H. Burrington & Ms. Abigail A. Swaine Rhonda Butler & David Brunner Mrs. Pamela L. Coe Joan K. Davidson J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Mr. Richard DeMartini & Ms. Jennifer L. Brorsen Hal M. Epstein John & Margot Ernst Adirondack Foundation—Ernst Family Fund Sarah Winter French Mr. Robert Friedman Friedman Foundation Joseph & Carson Gleberman Red Crane Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. William A. Harbison William and Marsha Harbison Charitable Fund $10,000 – $19,999 Richard Hooker Frank & Bonnie Keeler Mr. Kevin Arquit Mr. & Mrs. Miles A. Kulukundis Brandywine Trust Company Richard & Lucinda Longstreth Joan & Bill Grabe Ms. Elizabeth S. McLanahan Adirondack Foundation— Ida Houby & William Miller Joan Grabe Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Munro Lee & Nancy Keet Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Quigley Adirondack Foundation—Keet Family Fund Bogosian Quigley Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Klipper Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Sherman II Klipper Family Fund at Open Space Institute Jeffrey and Liliane Sherman Fund Land Trust Inc. Dr. Ora K. Smith Mr. Bruce McLanahan Kingsley Foundation Adirondack Foundation— Irene Smolicz McLanahan Family Fund Gabelli Group Capital Partners Fund Nancy L. Olsen Anne & Ken Stuzin Overhills Foundation Baltimore Community Foundation Bill & Nan Paternotte Brian & Jennifer Ward Meredith M. Prime The Brian & Jennifer Ward Charitable Fund Charles & Sally Svenson Julia Willis Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Tadler Julia L. Willis Fund The Steven M. & Joyce E. Tadler Charitable Trust

$2,500 – $4,999 Anonymous (1) Frances Beinecke & Paul Elston Mark Brown & Kathy Hyland Marcus F. Brown Fund Jeffrey Sellon & Marilyn Burns Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough Foundation Mr. Thomas A. Curley & Ms. Marsha A. Stanley Mr. & Mrs. David Cuthell Mr. J. Dennis Delafield Delafield Fund Mr. John B. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy C. Fritzinger Mrs. Amy D. Heintz Heintz Family Trust B. Sue Howard Dr. & Mrs. Eugene E. Kaczka Kaczka Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson W. Kirby Community Foundation of New Jersey Mr. & Mrs. Todd La Porte Dara and Todd La Porte Family Charitable Fund Mr. Charles M. Liddle III Mr. Arthur L. Loeb The Arthur Loeb Foundation Dr. & Mrs. William L. Marx Dr. Joane Molenock & Dr. Daniel E. Karig Mr. Doug Munro Ash & Cedar Foundation Mrs. Evelyn J. Rinella Rinella Charitable Fund Ted & Minney Robb Brian & Ginny Ruder The Ruder Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Norman Sheer Ms. Margaret J. Smith Mr. Roger K. Smith Robert & Sarah Underhill Robert and Sarah Underhill Fund Peter & Katherine Wyckoff Brookmar Fund at Northern New York Community Foundation Donald Yanulavich $1,000 – $2,499 Anonymous (5) Adirondack Foundation—Evergreen Fund Adirondack Foundation—Paine Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Abrahamson Abrahamson Family Foundation Mrs. Sue D. Armstrong Ann & Joe Armstrong Associated Capital Group, Inc Emily Bateson & Tom Cooper Barbara Bedford & Charles C. Geisler Dr. Michael Bettmann & Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann The Blackbaud Giving Fund Sally & Phil Bogdanovitch Adirondack Foundation—Rocky Bog Fund Grant Calder Mr. Frederick C. Calder John H. Cammack Cammack Family Charitable Gift Fund

Mary-Lynne Campbell Charles & Judy Canham Mrs. Barbara Carovano J. Martin and Barbara B. Carovano Fund Joseph & Mary Kay Carr Mike Carr Mr. Charles Cerf & Dr. Cindy Dunbar Cerf-Dunbar Fund Ms. Linda Cohen Adirondack Foundation—Linda & Sarah Cohen Fund Ms. Sarah Cohen Adirondack Foundation—Linda & Sarah Cohen Fund Tom & Adele Connors Mr. Richard M. Cook Dave & Donna Curtis Drs. James C. & Caroline W. Dawson John & MC Dillon Ms. Gloria A. Drucker Lyn DuMoulin Peter & Vivian Falco Peter and Vivian Falco Family Foundation Ms. Anne H. Faulkner & Mr. Robert E. King The Sustainability Group—Limerick Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Irvine D. Flinn Esq. Flinn Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Forhan The Forhan Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Forlenza Forlenza Family Charitable Fund Carol MacKinnon Fox Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Mr. John Fritzinger Jr. Adirondack Foundation—Brooknoll Fund Rod & Dodie Giltz Ms. Barbara L. Glaser & Mr. Paul Zachos Adirondack Foundation—Northern Lights Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Glennon Peter H. & Susan R. Goodwin Peter H. and Susan R. Goodwin Fund Bill & Leita Hamill Leita and William Hamill Family Foundation Mr. Walter F. Harrison III Harrison Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable Amanda & Andrew Hoar David P. Hunt IBM Matching Grants Program William & Mary Janeway William and Mary Janeway Fund Mr. Richard D. Jarvis Dale Jeffers Sarah Jeffords The Dobson Foundation Inc. Geri & Dave Joor Mr. Robert H. Koppe Antonia Laird Holly Leicht-Weinstein & Adam Weinstein Lawrence E. Levinson Dick & Sally Lighty Douglas & Sarah Luke Caroline & Serge Lussi Adirondack Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dwight N. Mason Dr. & Mrs. Woods McCahill Therese McCarty McCarty-Willis Family Fund

“This region is really From fieldwork to special, in part because expertise, 46 volunteers of a tightly knit network donated time and talent of people producing highto Adirondack Land Trust quality products...” in fiscal year 2021.

Glenview Preserve Steward David Winchell. © Adirondack Land Trust

Amy McCune Mr. Andrew R. McClellan & Ms. Alice F. Brown Edward McNeil Adirondack Foundation—Edward McNeil Fund Reverend James H. Miller & Mrs. Margaret C. Miller James H. & Margaret C. Miller Fund Mr. & Mrs. James Morley St. Huberts Foundation W. Kemp Norman Jr. Nancy & Tom O’Neil Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Pacala The Prospect Hill Foundation Inc. Howard Kirschenbaum & Mary Rapp John & Nancy Rosenthal Meadowhill Fund Inc. Ross & Lisa Sheridan Mr. Michael & Mrs. Laurel Skarbinski The Laurel & Michael Skarbinski Charitable Fund Daniel Snyder Snyder Watchorn Foundation, Inc. Bettina & Frederick Stelle Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Strickler Jr. Susan Terwilliger & Michael Mulcahy Owen & Jennifer Thomas Thomas Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Harry Tobiassen Paul F. Torrence Jim Visconti Mr. Michael H. Welles & Ms. Leslie Price Charles F. & Carole A. West Mr. A. Morris Williams Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Wolff Mr. & Mrs. Cecil J. Wray Jr. Adirondack Foundation—Wray Family Fund Tony Zazula & Mark Chamberlain $500 – $999 Anonymous (2) Adirondack Foundation— Corning Chisholm Fund Adirondack Foundation— Tom & Adele Connors Fund Dr. Duffield Ashmead IV & Mr. Eric Ort Mr. Robert P. Ball Jacquelyn Bay S.E. & A.D. Bissell Bill & Alice Boardman Bill & Vicki Boies Mr. & Mrs. Caleb W. Burchenal Mr. & Mrs. G. Michael Bush Tom Butler & Stephanie Behler

Dean & Janice Butts Dean E. Butts Charitable Gift Fund Melany & Thomas Campanile Holly D. Chorba Charles Clusen & Gail Curran John Colston Dr. Simon Cornelissen Frith Crandall & Michael McClary Chester Crocker Ray Curran & Kathy Daggett Phil & Susan Cushman Michele & John DiGiacomo Dr. Thomas P. Doolittle Samuel Edelstein Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Epstein Lauren and Mark Epstein Fund Ms. Yvonne Farmer‡ Carolyn J. Fowle Mr. Andrew G. Frank Susan Gabrels Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Gehl Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gosda Lyn & Harry Groome Mrs. Daphne E. Hallowell Headlands Farm Kathy & Glenn Harris Mr. & Mrs. Justin Harrison Ann & David Heider Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation Mrs. Caroline P. Hoffman Rush Holt & Margaret Lancefield Rush Holt & Margaret Lancefield Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation Tom & Sally Hoy Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hubbard The John C. & Susan K. Hubbard Foundation Jerome & Marcie Hunsaker Hunsaker Charitable Gift Fund Courtney G. Iglehart Mrs. Robert H. Joost David & Tamara Kaiser John B. Lane PhD. John B. Lane Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. George W. Lee Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John E. Linck Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Love The Wilderness Fund George & Stefania Mallett Sarah McCormick Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott McGraw Mrs. Annette Merle-Smith The Lookout Fund

Land protection supports water quality by filtering drinking water, absorbing floods, and keeping aquatic habitats cool and clean.

Ms. Adelia Moore & Mr. Thomas R. Gerety AMTG Giving Fund Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Moran Mr. Christopher T. Graves & Ms. Kathleen M. Myer Network for Good Mr. Alexander G. Paine Boquet Foundation, Inc. Mark & Karen Perreault Ms. Carol Jean Pinney Elizabeth & Justice Reed Mr. & Mrs. John M. Reschovsky Reschovsky Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable Mrs. Jeanne Ryan Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sargent Mr. & Mrs. John M. Sattler III Dr. Judy Reed Smith & Mr. Normand Smith Dr. H. L. Reed Memorial Fund James & Laurie Speer Peter Speer & Marian Osborne Ted Stork & Mary Barrie Mr. & Mrs. David F. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Enos T. Throop Jr. Maury Tigner Mr. Michael J. Urfirer & Ms. Doni L. Fordyce-Urfirer Amy Vedder & Bill Weber Mr. Paul Vesely & Mr. Vincent DiLauro Paul T. Vesely Foundation Mr. James Kloiber & Ms. Stephanie Wagoner Amelia Weir & Terry Cundiff Margaret Whitman & W. Charles Rogers III Mr. Michael Witkin Mr. Charles Wood Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Worth Ms. Tanya S. Yepsen Tad and Nancy Jeffrey Fund of The Columbus Foundation Up to $499 Anonymous (40) Ms. Pamela Aall Mr. & Mrs. Jack Abbott Ken & Barb Adams Adirondack 46ers Adirondack Mountain Club, Albany Chapter Adirondack Rock & River Mr. Joseph Albarelli Dr. Mary Elizabeth Alexander AmazonSmile Foundation Molly Ambrogi-Yanson Mr. John M. Andrejack James Appleton/Lake Placid 9er Karen Armstrong

Mary-Louise H. Armstrong Tom Arras Mrs. Mary S. Ashmead Elizabeth A. Asiago Reddy Mr. James K. Au Austin & Co., Inc Perry & Susan Babcock Anne & Paul Bakeman Mr. David B. Ball Mr. Robert Barnett & Ms. Susan Mandler Mr. Robert P. Barrett Douglas & Marcia Bateson Ms. Nancie Battaglia Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Beach Mr. Richard Beamish & Ms. Rachel K. Rice Christopher Beck Colleen & Paul Bell Mary Bell & William Joplin Brandon Beltz Mr. Chris Bengert Michael Bennett Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Bennett Erica & Herb Bergamini Mr. Michael DiNunzio & Ms. Eleanor G. Berger Ms. Nancy A. Bernstein Bruce Berra & Lorraine Duvall John Bessette Ms. Lillian Betancourt Pryor Tricia Bhatia Dean Bianco The Birch Store Mr. & Mrs. Hans P. Birle John H. & Sunday K. Blackmon Mr. & Mrs. William Hall Boardman III Don & Betty Bogucki Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. Booth Mr. & Mrs. Barry Breeman John J. Brennan DVM Dr. & Mrs. Alan C. Brown Angela M. Brown Bill & Katherine Brown Dr. Elizabeth Brown Kirk & Connie Brown Ms. Robin Brown Ms. Jennie Brummer Charles B. Buchanan Dr. & Mrs. James L. Budny H.B. Bullard Pam Bullock & Tim Hayes Dr. & Mrs. Neal Burdick Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Burk Mary & Tim Burke Jane S. Burner

Osgood Pond. © Adirondack Land Trust

Joseph S. Butera Thomas Butler Mr. Jonathan E. Byrd & Ms. Alyson Kennedy Mr. John W. Caffry Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cammack III Michael & Linda Cammiso Nancy Duff Campbell Ms. Judy Capel Mrs. Joan M. Carr Diane Cast Mr. & Mrs. Bruce K. Catlin Denis & Brita Chagnon Gary C. Chapin Cathy Chapman Dr. & Mrs. Glen D. Chapman Ms. Sue T. Chapman Lynn & Bob Chase Ms. Lucy Cheever Carl & Susie Chilson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Christiansen Andrea Clark Thomas Cobb John & Marie Cogar Drs. Martin B. & Janet Cohen Mr. Herbert Coles & Ms. June Fait Ellen C. Collins Laurie & Rick Conney Ken & Mary Lou Cooper Laura Cordts & Shawn Seymour Candace Cornell Peg & Grant Cornwell Daniel E. Crane Mr. & Mrs. James D. Crane Mr. & Mrs. William G. Crawshaw William & Dale Creighton Julie & David Crispino Mr. & Mrs. Raymond F. Cronk Thomas Woodman & Jeannie Cross Carrie Cruz Dorcas & Francis Culross Mr. Ronald Cundiff Tom & Sue Cunningham Anne O’Grady Curtis Ms. Martha J. Cushman Mr. Richard Cusumano & Ms. Sylvie Bimka George & Anita Davis John R. Davis John S. Davis M.D. Dr. & Mrs. C. R. De Armas William E. Decker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dedrick Phil & Lenore Defliese Dr. & Mrs. William DeHoff Melissa Derosia Vici & Steve Diehl Mr. Perry W. Dimmick & Ms. Lindsay D. Ruth Rochester Area Community Foundation Betsy Dirnberger Emmett & Carol Dockery Daniel Dolan Joan Dolinak MD Joseph & Katherine Donohue Mr. Michael P. Douglass Boker & Susanna Doyle Kathy Kernan & Milton Dudley

Edward Duensing Thom Duffy & Moira Bailey Ms. Bridget Durinick Mr. & Mrs. Dave Dutkiewicz East Light Partners Emma Edmondson Mr. Paul J. Edmunds Edward R. Eisenlord Dominic & Melissa Eisinger Joanne Elliott Mr. Michael J. Elliott Susan E. Ellis Mrs. Denise E. Erenstone Mr. & Mrs. Richard Everhart Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Farinella Mr. & Mrs. John Farrell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Louis C.R. Farrelly Jay & Dorothy Federman Ms. Margo L. Fenn Rick Findlay FEF Charitable Fund Edward P. Finnerty C. Peter M. Fish Diane & Peter Fish Mr. Matthew Foley Mr. David K. Ford Mr. Thomas H. Foster Dr. & Mrs. James H. Freeman Noonmark Foundation Inc. Max Friedman & Tom Romich Sally Friedman Diana & Matt Funchion Ruth Gais Jorie Garrigue Elizabeth Garver Ann L. Gearhart & K. V. Shannahan Betsy Gentry Warren & Leslie Gifford Mr. & Mrs. Kent W. Gilges Claire G. Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. Randall G. Giltz George & Marie Giokas Mr. Andrew Giraud Mrs. Honré F. Gitelman Joseph Giunta Mrs. Anne-Marie M. Glenn Michale Glennon & Megan Glennon Chuck & Fru Glinsman Mr. & Mrs. Victor Gold Jr. Goldman Sachs Matching Gifts Program Oliver Goodenough & Alison Clarkson Bob & Marge Goodwin Ryan Goodwin Tony & Bunny Goodwin Shirley & Herbert Gordon Ms. Judith Gottfried Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Grady Jr. Roger & Monica Gray Christopher & Shirley Greagan Evelyn Greene Linda Griffin & Tom Patterson Mr. & Mrs. John L. Griffith Jr. John & Pam Grimmke Marilyn Gross & Kim Hausner Ralph & Georgia Guenther

Donald & Kathleen Guglielmi Jacqueline Gutwirth Ruth Guydosh Gary Hackett Ms. Karen Haight & Mr. Laurence W. Pittis Pamela H. Hanke Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Hansen Mr. Ronald A. Harris Wendy A. Harris Emily & Howard Hart Ms. Sarah Hart Mr. John F. Heimerdinger Mrs. Beverly F. Heineman Mrs. Mary Page F. Hickey Ian & Lea Highet Richard & Pegg Hislop Mrs. Emma Hofmeyer John & Patti Hopkinson Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hrinyak Mr. & Mrs. F. David Hudda Dr. & Mrs. Herbert B. Hudnut Jr. Chuck Hughes Kelly R. Huiatt Adirondack Foundation—Kelly R. Huiatt Fund William D. Hutchens Mr. & Mrs. John S. Hutchins Sheila & Jim Hutt Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Hyson Christopher & Audrey Hyson Fund Dr. & Mrs. Iredell W. Iglehart III Immaculate Conception Church Mrs. Carol B. Jackman Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Jackson Jim Jacob Courtney Jacobs Chris Jage Barbara James Anne M. Janeway Betsy Janeway Mr. & Mrs. Greg Jeffers Michael Jeziorski William & Meredith Johnston Thomas Eisen & Elizabeth Jonas Alan & Barbara Jones Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Jones Ms. Ellen Jones Georgia E. Jones Henrietta Jordan Bob & Carol Kafin Judy & Bill Kahn Bernard & Emilie Kane Ms. Isabel Kaplan Mr. Kevin A. Karl & Ms. Katherine Steffens Mr. Jeffrey Katris Susan Kavanagh & Christopher Shaw Kathy Kelley & Paul Mudie Megan Cole Kellogg Mr. Todd O. Kempainen & Ms. Jorun Gran-Henriksen Melanie Kent & David Greenewalt Mrs. Joan S. Kepes Doug & Jami Kerr Jean Keskulla Mr. Mark King Lynne Kingsley Jayne Kirber

Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Kirby Kirby Family Charitable Fund Mr. Jeremiah Kirwan Mr. & Mrs. Harold G. Klein Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kline Mr. & Mrs. John P. Knapp Eli Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Jesse L. Krasnow Maris and Jesse Krasnow Fund Heidi Kretser & Andy Keal Ms. Ruth M. Kuhfahl Adirondack Foundation— Ruth M. Kuhfahl Designated Fund Dr. & Mrs. Atsuo Kuki Mr. & Mrs. Lars I. Kulleseid Janice Kyle & Hans Himelein Henry Labalme & Jeanne McMullin Drs. Denis & Mary Lafreniere Mr. John LaManda George & Nancy Lamb Dan Landau Adkdanl Fund Brad & Bobbie Landers Ms. Julie Lapointe Ronald Larsen Anne Laumont Mr. Christopher F. Lawrence Alice & John Leddy Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Lee Dr. Airlie C. Lennon Abe & Pat Levy Abe & Pat Levy Foundation Leo & Martha Levy Rich Levy Nancy Liddle Mr. Mark H. Likoff & Ms. Shelah T. Feiss Mr. & Mrs. David A. Lloyd Ms. Alice M. Long Lost With Friends LLC Roger & Pat Loud Elizabeth M. Lowe Mr. Troy D. Randall & Ms. Frances E. Lund Dr. & Mrs. Richard F. Lutinski Thomas J. Lynch Nicholas Mabunay The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mr. & Mrs. John Maccabee Dr. Ian & Rebecca MacKellar Anne Mackinnon Mr. & Mrs. William L. Mackintosh III Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Mainer Dr. & Mrs. David Mandelbaum FJC—A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Chuck & Barbara Manning Lorraine & Joseph Mara Joanne Markman Mr. & Mrs. John Marrella Roger A. Marshall & Barbara Smorgans Joe & Kathleen Martens Ed Marx Stephen Maselli Larry Master & Betty Spence Doug & Ann Matthews Ed Matthews & Vilma Keri Melva S. Max

Volunteers of the Year Dan Spada and Ray Curran © Mary Thill/Adirondack Land Trust

Friends Ray Curran (right) and Dan Spada volunteer together in many endeavors, including the Northern Forest Atlas, Adirondack Botanical Society, Adirondack Orchid Survey, New York Flora Association and Northern Current music festival. Both were introduced to the Adirondacks as students at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, where they studied plant ecology and bryology with educator and conservationist Dr. Edwin H. Ketchledge. Later they worked together as scientists and leaders of the Adirondack Park Agency natural resource technical division. Ray and Dan have been a big help to the Adirondack Land Trust in many ways, especially during the COVID pandemic by planning and leading field trips that get people excited about conservation through knowledge of the Adirondack landscape. “To me it is so very important to connect people with ‘the place,’ to ensure long-lasting conservation and preservation,” Ray said. “I like to lend my technical knowledge to help people of all skill levels understand and appreciate nature in all its complexity and beauty. It’s very enjoyable for me and keeps my knowledge up to date, my mind and body young, as I interpret for others.” “We all develop skills throughout life; sharing them with others is socially important and personally and professionally satisfying,” Dan said. “Learning about the natural history of the land is an endlessly fascinating quest for understanding of the natural systems within which we are embedded.” Ray and Dan have also helped land trust staff better understand places they protect. With the Adirondack Botanical Society, they located a candidate for state champion white spruce on a conservation acquisition in the town of Jay. The finding has been submitted to New York State’s Big Tree Register. To learn about volunteer opportunities with the Adirondack Land Trust, please see adirondacklandtrust.org/About-Us/Volunteer.

“We will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.” –Baba Dioum, 1968

Judith & Howard Mayer John & Joy Mazur Beverly McCarthy Steve & Sissel McCarthy Tracy & Scott McClelland Vinny & Barbara McClelland Joe McCranels & Sylvia Norton Mr. & Mrs. Alfred B. McDowell F. Mark McFadden Mr. & Mrs. James H. McGraw IV Linda & Chris McIsaac Dr. & Mrs. Richard McKeever Bernard Melewski & Mollie Lampi Ms. Barbara Merle-Smith Adirondack Foundation—St. Albans Fund Tom & Betsy Metz Mr. Robert Meyers Amy Miano & Maurice Hryshko Middlebury College Reverend David J. Miller & Mrs. Linda A. Miller Diane & John Minutilli Mr. John A. Miskewicz Dr. Emil P. Miskovsky Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Moffatt Thomas G. Mogren Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Moldenhauer Mr. & Mrs. Loren L. Monroe Jeffrey Mora & Wendy Fuller-Mora Sanford Morhouse & Patty Hogan Brother Roman Morris David Morse Betsy & Richard Morse The Mountaineer Edward Mrozik & Nancy Van Wie Robert Murphy & Dr. Cynthia Rye Carl K. Needy Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Neuzil Mr. Philip Newton & Ms. Dianne Fortado Nielsen Rating Surveys The Nogaki Family Rose Marie O’Leary Peter V. O’Shea Seth & Liz Offenbach Mr. & Mrs. Edward Oles Matthew Olson John & Susan Omohundro Ms. Marne Onderdonk Robert & Sharon Ormerod Katherine Oser

Alexander & Alison Packard Wayne & Sally Park Ms. Mary Ella Passage Tony & Kitty Pell Eleanor J. Perkins Mr. Robert Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Samuel D. Perry Mr. & Mrs. George Peterson III Mr. & Mrs. Glen E. Phillips Susan & Bill Picotte David Pisaneschi Ms. Lorraine W. Plauth Tara Pleat Rosemary Plorin Mary & Bancroft Poor E. Everett Post Justin Potter Ms. Carol T. Potterton Robert W. Powell & Mary E. Hottelet Mr. & Mrs. John Prairie Mr. John Smolinsky & Ms. Ellen M. Prakken Ms. Katharine M. Preston & Mr. John Bingham Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Preston Jr. Connie & Kevin Prickett Marion Pritchett Marianne Purcell Mr. & Mrs. T.J. Putnam Mr. & Mrs. Tarrant M. Putnam Mr. & Mrs. Andrew L. Quigley Bob & Janet Quinn Ms. Sheila Rabin Anne & John Randolph Sue & Dan Rapp Curtis Read & Julie Stuart Patricia Redshaw Mr. Arthur Reidel Dianna & Bruce Reynolds John & Alex Reynolds Ms. Holly Rippon-Butler Andy Robinson The Rev. Mark K.J. & Eleanor Perkins Robinson Richard & Jill Robinson Andrew & Frannie Rochat Mr. & Mrs. James C. Rodgers Robert Rose Mr. Richard Rosen & Ms. Barbara Gordon P & F Kendrick Charitable Fund Lewis & Sheila Rosenberg Elizabeth Rovers Anne Rowland

Tim Rowland Peter & Lisa Rowley Mrs. Enid K. Rubin Ben & Susie Runyon Alice & Kurt Ryden Gloria W. Sage Ms. Jennie Vetter Sausville Andrea B. Savage John & Lynn Savarese Steve & Nancy Sayer Peter Slocum & Ann Sayers Albert & Gail Schaberg Ben & Barbara Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Schlitt Mr. & Mrs. Gerry W. Schnur Gerry and Kathryn Schnur Fund Don & Nancy Schoeps Arnold Schultheis Richard & Tymm Schumaker Margaret R. Schutze Charlie & Helen Schwarz Cree & Ned Scudder Carolyn M. Serota Ransom & Carlotta Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Carl Shedd Kathy & Bob Sheehan Mr. & Mrs. Klaus Shigley Shigley Family Charitable Fund Carol & Harold Shippey Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Shirley Anne Sibley Lenton & Barbara Simms Howard & Martha Simonin Sally Ann Sims & Dr. James Supplee Mr. Daniel Mirel & Ms. Suzanne A. Siner Siner Mirel Family Giving Fund Mr. Steven D. Singer Dr. Nancy G. Slack Amy L. Smith & Donald J. Ream Belinda Smith Craig & Ruth Smith Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Smith Ms. Melissa Somosky Sally Sonne Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Sormani Ken Spencer & Eliza Pillard Dick & Sally Spitzer Mr. & Mrs. John R. Stearns Mr. Paul V. Stearns Mr. & Mrs. Theodore E. Stebbins Jamieson R. Steele Mr. Donald Stern Sue S. Stewart Ms. Susan F. Stoddart Linda & Ray Straub Mr. Richard M. Strean Sally Street Kenneth A. & Joanne M. Strike Barbara R. Strowger Mr. Richard P. Suttmeier Mr. Ronald M. Sverdlove & Ms. Melissa J. Bohl Sharp Swan Randall & Laura-Jean Swanson Ms. Abby P. Taylor Philip G. Terrie

Bill & Nora Teter Barb Thomas Ms. Barbara K. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. David Thomas-Train Pat Thomason Liz & Ed Thorndike Mandy Ticknor Mimi & Sam Tilton David Trithart & Rose Rivezzi Mr. & Mrs. Garry B. Trudeau The Grandison Foundation Lynette & Michael Tucker Mrs. Edith F. Tuckerman Waino Tuominen Mr. & Mrs. Breck K. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Russell B. Turner Gene & Kurt Tweraser UBS Matching Gift Program United Way of Adirondack Region United Way of Central New York Jack Valentine Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Van Brunt Elizabeth “Becky” Van de Water Mr. Bruce D. Van Dusen & Ms. Susan M. Whiting Mr. & Mrs. Gerard J. Van Heest Anne H. Van Ingen Mary Van Vleck Mary Van Vleck Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Van Woert Mr. & Mrs. Wayne B. Virkler The Waldheim Inc. Sarah Walsh & Adam Yagelski Jay & Julie Ward Mr. & Mrs. David Warfield Jeanne Warner Brian P. Watson Katherine Webster Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Wegner Wegrzyn/Robjent Family Susan & Bob Wei Susan and Bob Wei Fund Martin Weiss Susie Weiss Mrs. Anne C. Weld Mr. & Mrs. Donald Western Sue A. Whan Jan & Bob Whitaker Kayla White Andrea Whitmarsh Ms. Rachel A. Wiener Ms. Bernice Wigdorf Barbara R. Wilder Sharon & Ernest Williams Patricia & Thomas Willis Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wise True North Charitable Fund With Pipe and Book Robert & Jennifer Withington Mrs. Ellen Wood Bob & Betty Woods Bob & Kathy Woughter Mr. & Mrs. Andrej J. Zajac Charlene M. Zebley

GIFTS TO CAPITAL and SPECIAL PROJECTS Along with gifts to the annual operating fund, support for special initiatives is important for engaging communities in conservation and keeping Adirondack forests whole and waters clean. Internship for the Future of the Adirondacks Ms. Barbara L. Glaser & Mr. Paul Zachos Adirondack Foundation—Northern Lights Fund Trust of Clarence A. Petty Special Projects Adirondack Garden Club Ellen Lea Paine Nature Fund Sharon Barr Consulting Big Shanty LLC Karl S. Coplan & Robin E. Bell Ms. Jane Derickson Derickson Family Charitable Fund Mrs. Anita Dunn Ms. Ellen Galluccio Bruce L. Gregory Mr. Andrey Gritsman Ms. Lisa A. Guide & Mr. John Passacantando Mr. & Mrs. Alan Hasselwander Hasselwander Charitable Fund Lola A. & Raymond N. Johnson Kathy Kelley & Paul Mudie Mr. Charles K. Kellogg The Kirk Kellogg Foundation Irene Kohn & Hal Silverman Land Trust Alliance Mr. & Mrs. Roland M. Machold Mr. Bruce McLanahan Adirondack Foundation— McLanahan Family Fund North Elba LEAF Fund Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James & Frances Rucker Rucker Family Charitable Fund Stewart’s/Dake Family Mr. and Mrs. Karl Varnai Fred M. & Walker D. Kirby Land Stewardship Endowment Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. David Henle Mr. Derek Morton Peter & Patty Paine Adirondack Foundation—Paine Family Fund Bill & Nan Paternotte Meredith M. Prime Mr. Robert P. Sidloski Jr. & Ms. Holly MacKintosh Wild Adirondacks Land Protection Fund Mr. William F. Koebbeman William F. Koebbeman Fund Leslie Gifford Mr. Robert Meyers

SPECIAL Gifts Gifts in Honor Of Tim Barnett Mrs. Barbara Carovano Ezra & Daphne Cornell Candace Cornell Kimberly Corwin-Gray Mr. & Mrs. Barry E. Breeman Irene Crum Carrie Cruz Robert Glennon Dr. Michale Glennon Robert Goodwin Ryan Goodwin Brad Edmondson Emma Edmondson Carol Fox Holly Leicht-Weinstein & Adam Weinstein Frank & Alison Hain Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hrinyak Giles & Emma Hofmeyer Kathy & Bob Woughter Eric Jacobs Courtney Jacobs Vinny McClelland Peter & Patty Paine Adirondack Foundation—Paine Family Fund Davis Moquin Andrea Whitmarsh Bill & Nancy Paternotte Nancy & Tom O’Neil Meredith Prime Mr. Grant Calder Dr. Betty Spence Larry Master George Yanson Molly Ambrogi-Yanson Gifts in Memory Of Jacki Bave Daniel Dolan Joan Burchenal Brad & Bobbie Landers Chappy (Walter) Chapman Cathy Chapman J. Martin Carovano Mrs. Barbara Carovano David Dearborn Ms. Adelia Moore & Mr. Thomas R. Gerety Paul Dooling Mr. & Mrs. Howard Mayer

Land trusts view conservation and open space as foundational to community health and wellness.

Sharon Gifford Leslie Gifford Giles Hofmeyer Mrs. Emma J. Hofmeyer F. Mark McFadden Bob & Kathy Woughter Peter Hornbeck Ms. Nancy A. Bernstein Robert H. Joost Mrs. Robert H. Joost Fred LaPann Jack Valentine Daniel Geisler Lehmann Barbara Bedford & Charles C. Geisler Fredrica Levinson Lawrence E. Levinson Christopher Cain Liddle Austin & Co., Inc Charles B. Buchanan Pam Bullock & Tim Hayes Melissa Derosia Shirley & Herbert Gordon Judy & Bill Kahn Leo and Martha Levy Mr. Charles M. Liddle III Nancy Liddle Susan & Bill Picotte Rosemary Plorin Marianne Purcell Kathy & Bob Sheehan Peter Speer & Marian Osborne Lynette & Michael Tucker James MacWhinney MD Lucy H. Cheever Leslie Ann Moquin Karen Armstrong Ms. Nancie Battaglia Nancy L. Olsen Robert Rose Elizabeth Rovers Carol Omar Patricia Redshaw Clarence Petty Vici & Steve Diehl

James D. Ryan Ph.D. Dr. Elizabeth Brown Ms. Judy Capel Mr. Ronald Cundiff Anne O’Grady Curtis Ms. Bridget Durinick Donald & Kathleen Guglielmi Jacqueline Gutwirth Ms. Isabel Kaplan Ms. Julie Lapointe Seth & Liz Offenbach Ms. Melissa Somosky Ms. Sheila Rabin Sue & Dan Rapp Mrs. Jeanne Ryan Ken Sayre Kathy Kelley & Paul Mudie Joe van Putten Edward Duensing Fay & Frances W. Welch Mr. Richard Levy Jr. Bequests Estate of Mr. John L. Rundle Jr. George V. and Jean A. Smith Charitable Trust Adirondack Visionaries Those who have notified us that Adirondack Land Trust is in their estate plans Anonymous (1) Mr. John Andrews & Ms. Michelle Jack Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Barnett Bill & Alice Boardman Mike Carr Dorcas & Francis Culross Mr. J. Dennis Delafield Mr. Perry W. Dimmick & Ms. Lindsay D. Ruth Lyn DuMoulin Mark & Debby Epstein Carolyn Fowler Sarah Winter French Ms. Barbara L. Glaser & Mr. Paul Zachos Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Grinwis Ms. Gwen Haaland Mr. & Mrs. David Hodge B. Sue Howard Mr. Rodney Irwin Lee & Nancy Keet

Howard Kirschenbaum & Mary Rapp Dick and Sally Lighty Dr. Ian & Rebecca MacKellar Mr. Bruce McLanahan Edward W. McNeil Mr. Robert Meyers Reverend David J. Miller & Mrs. Linda A. Miller David Morse Edward Mrozik & Nancy Van Wie Matthew Olson Peter & Patty Paine Bill Paternotte Mr. Edward Petty David Pisaneschi Meredith M. Prime Mr. David Reling Charles & Sally Svenson Susan Terwilliger & Michael Mulcahy Ms. Phyllis Thompson Liz and Ed Thorndike Connie & Craig Weatherup Charles F. & Carole A. West Mr. & Mrs. David Wolff Event Supporters Dr. & Mrs. William A. Harbison The William and Marsha Harbison Charitable Fund Peter & Patty Paine Adirondack Foundation—Paine Family Fund Donors of Time and Talent Emily Bateson Mary Burke Charles Canham Tom Carr Ray Curran Bruce Cushing John Davis John DiGiacomo Tom Duffus Dianne Fortado Michale Glennon Rick Godin

Jess Grant Tim Howard Amy Ivy Jerry Jenkins Catherine Kearney Kathy Kelley Heidi Kretser Steve Langdon Elizabeth Lee Brian McAllister Edward McNeil Dan Napolitano Dan Noll Melissa Otis Erika Pagel Peter Palmiotto Luke Peduzzi Bethany Pelkey Debbie Philp Russ Pittenger John Reschovsky Holly Rippon-Butler Derek Rogers Devon Rosh Ben Runyon Kirsten Seleen Ruby Smith Dan Spada Anne Stuzin Maddie Stuzin Julie West David Winchell Erika Winkler Mary & Richard Zack Gifts in Kind Big Slide Brewery & Public House Ms. Barbara L. Glaser & Mr. Paul Zachos Rick Godin Carl E. Heilman II Mary Kunzler-Larmann Christopher Nobles

FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2020–2021 Statement of Financial Position

June 30, 2021

June 30, 2020

Assets Cash & Other Curret Assets

192,229

303,370

Pledges Receivable

358,835

1,323,558

Stewardship Endowment

7,819,177

4,918,471

Wild Adirondacks Fund for Land Protection

3,800,775

3,221,013

Operating Reserve & Quasi-Endowment

1,706,735

1,396,926

Investments

Internship Endowment

520,027

151,172

2,248,553

1,608,878

Fixed Assets

30,229

31,562

Total Assets

$16,676,560

$12,954,950

220,677

354,507

$16,455,883

$12,600,443

Conservation Land Holdings*

Liabilities Net Assets April moon over Glenview Preserve © John DiGiacomo

*Difference reflects acquisition of Thirteenth Lake and Vanderwhacker properties

Statement of Activities July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021 Revenue Annual Contributions and Grants Endowment Contributions Wild Adirondacks Fund Contributions Investment & Other Income

$1,224,371 $1,150,534 $135,360 $833,665

37% 34% 4% 25%

34%

25%

Total $3,343,930

Expense Conservation Program Outreach & Communications Management & Administration Fundraising

$1,236,466 $354,516 $209,000 $199,648

62% 18% 10% 10%

Total

$1,999,630

37%

18% 10% 62%

10%

The information above is based on unaudited financial statements for the 2021 fiscal year and is presented in a format designed to facilitate an understanding of the sources of our revenue, the nature of our expenditures, and the financial status of our organization. The latest audited financial statements prepared by Whittemore, Dowen and Ricciardelli, LLP of Queensbury, NY, are available upon request or by contacting the New York State Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, charities.bureau@ag.ny.gov. 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

Staff News Farewells and Welcomes

In 2021 we say a fond thank-you and farewell to two conservation staff members who are retiring.

We are also delighted to welcome a returning staff member and a new addition to our team.

Bill Brown

Chris Jage

Conservation Manager, outgoing

Conservation Program Director, 2021 forward

The Adirondacks have been the focus of Bill’s conservation work over 30 years. From the early days of stewarding alpine summits to encouraging college students at SUNY Potsdam to experience the wonders of sphagnum in a boreal bog, Bill appreciates the connection of people to the land. Much of that connection has been through the Adirondack Land Trust and the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, as part of a great conservation team. Bill looks forward to exploring (and learning from) the woods, waters and mountains with his wife, Katherine. He plans to stay involved in Adirondack conservation as a volunteer.

Chris brings a variety of skills to his role as leader of the land protection and stewardship teams, including woodworking—he carved our logo sign at Coon Mountain Preserve. Chris previously led land protection work for the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. He has won awards for protection of more than 12,000 publicly accessible acres across South Jersey and for his ability to work with landowners and government agencies. Chris was a wilderness ranger with the Bureau of Land Management in Yuma, Arizona, and a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.

Doug Munro Stewardship Manager, outgoing

Doug has worked in North Country conservation for almost 30 years, starting with Thousand Islands Land Trust and in the High Peaks as a Summit Steward. In 1997 he joined the Adirondack Land Trust and Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy as a Stewardship Assistant, later Stewardship Manager, working solely with the land trust for the last five years. Doug established deep relationships with volunteers and landowners through the care of private conservation lands. His photography skills also upgraded our image library. Doug volunteers with the Algonquinto-Adirondacks A2A Collaborative.

Derek Rogers Stewardship Manager, 2021 forward

Derek has worked for more than 15 years in conservation, beginning with The Nature Conservancy on Long Island, where he led the stewardship program for 11 years as a Preserves Director prior to relocating to the Adirondacks to work as Development Director at Champlain Area Trails. Derek is an accomplished birder and volunteers for several ornithological organizations. A SUNY Plattsburgh alumnus, he is thrilled to be back in the North Country working to conserve this dynamic landscape. He lives in Willsboro with his wife and two daughters.

YOUR TEAM IN THE ADIRONDACKS Board of Directors Kevin Arquit Chief Legal Officer, JBS USA Park City, UT, & 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 Vice Chair Executive Director, Groundwork USA Brookline, MA Charles Canham, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Forest Ecology, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, NY Timothy Fritzinger Managing Member, Brooknoll Advisors LLC Wenham, MA

David L. Henle Treasurer Managing Member, DLH Capital Bronxville & Piseco, NY

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

Heidi Kretser, Ph.D.

William Paternotte Chair Partner, Brown Advisory Baltimore, MD, & Keene Valley, NY

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

Holly Rippon-Butler Land Campaign Manager, National Young Farmers Coalition Schuylerville, NY

Conservation Social Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society Saranac Lake, NY

Joe Martens Director, New York Offshore Wind Alliance 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

Barbara Glaser, Ed.D. Secretary Elizabeth McLanahan Civic leader; President, Linell Lands; Executive Committee member President, the Nordlys Foundation Saratoga Springs & Raquette Lake, NY Director, NOAA Office of International Affairs; Senior Advisor Lisa Guide to NOAA administrator Associate Director, (participating on ALT board Rockefeller Family Fund in a personal capacity) Alexandria, VA, & North River, NY Washington, DC, & Saranac Lake, NY

Anne C. Stuzin Civic volunteer, photographer Baltimore, MD, & Keene Valley, NY Kip Testwuide Managing Partner, High Peaks Advisors Lake Placid, NY Julie Willis Civic volunteer, property manager, real estate agent Concord, MA, & Keene Valley, NY 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

Staff Bill Brown* Conservation Manager

Susie Runyon Finance & Office Manager

Mike Carr Executive Director

Megan Zack Stevenson Land Protection Manager

Kimberly Corwin-Gray Associate Director of Philanthropy

Mary Thill Communications Manager

Becca Halter Stewardship & GIS Specialist

Nancy Van Wie Director of Philanthropy

Chris Jage** Conservation Program Director

Kathy Woughter Philanthropy & Outreach Coordinator

Doug Munro* Stewardship Manager

Derek Rogers** Stewardship Manager

* Retiring in 2021 **Joined staff in 2021

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