2021 Spring Landscript - Annual Report by gtrlc

landscript SPRING 2021

Volume 74

Notable Scenic Gateway Protected Campaign for Generations update Our Annual Report PHOTO BY DREW SMITH

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Protecting significant natural, scenic and farm lands — and advancing stewardship — now and for future generations.

A Letter from Glen Chown DEAR FRIENDS, What. A. Year. A year that began unlike any other ended up shaking many of us to the core, upending our daily routines and our very way of life as a global pandemic hit home. We each did the best we could, and many of us found solace in the natural

When we launched the Campaign for Generations nearly six years ago, we put much thought into this concept. One result was a renewed focus on securing planned gifts to sustain our work well into the future. That focus has paid off, as we have secured nearly 50 new documented planned gifts since the campaign began!

world (see board chair

Planned giving, of course,

John Collins’ letter on

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page 52). All of us had to

donors. It allows them

make changes of one sort

to dedicate financial

or another, and many

resources to a cause they

of us thought long and

value without parting with

hard about how to build

those resources now. And

resilience for ourselves and

such giving may offer tax

our communities.

benefits to donors or their

Throughout 2020, I spent a lot of time thinking deeply about something I’ve always pondered during my 30 years as head of

heirs. Most importantly, it allows them to leave a lasting legacy in a cause they value deeply. But these planned gifts

GTRLC: sustainability. Not just the sustainability of

are also truly vital to organizations such as ours, as

our natural world but of the very organization you

they provide a continued stream of revenue for the

have all helped build since our humble beginnings in

future. While we will exit our momentous campaign

1991. What steps are we taking to ensure long-term

soon, our work will not – and in many ways will

viability? What safeguards do we have to protect

never – end. The land is still calling, and we are still

ourselves from turbulence in the uncertain years

answering. Planned gifts help ensure we will always

and decades ahead?

have vital resources available to tackle our mission.

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Inside this issue of Landscript, you’ll see how these gifts are helping to keep our mission alive and thriving, even during difficult times. Thanks to all of you for working with us to accomplish these vital tasks and projects. For more information about planned giving, please contact Fund Development Director Marissa Duque at mduque@gtrlc.org. And to all of you who have given – through a planned gift or otherwise – thank you so much for helping us save our region’s incredible natural, scenic and farm lands. Stay safe and be well,

Glen Chown, GTRLC Executive Director

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Campaign for Generations Update Despite the hurdles caused by the global pandemic, GTRLC made tremendous progress with its Campaign for Generations in 2020. In addition to successfully completing fundraising for some properties and opening others to the public, we continue to take on new, highpriority projects to protect some of the finest natural, scenic and farm lands in our region. Read on for updates on select campaign projects. For more on the campaign and these projects, or to provide support, be sure to visit www.gtrlc.org

Embayment Lakes Nature Preserve GTRLC remains hard at work to raise funds for this stunning property that protects water quality, wildlife habitat and so much more. The property sits between Long Lake and Rush Lake, themselves situated between Crystal and Platte Lakes in Benzie County. It has more than 1,500 feet of frontage on Long Lake, more than 500 feet of frontage on Rush Lake and nearly 4,000 feet of frontage on an unnamed stream that flows into Rush Lake, making for an impressive tally of more than 6,000 feet of water frontage within the ecologically significant Platte River watershed. Along with obvious water quality benefits, this property contains an excellent variety of habitats including high quality mesic northern hardwood forest, hardwood swamp and northern shrub thicket. This mosaic of habitat types combined with significant water frontage makes the property important for wildlife habitat. There is an active bald eagle nest here, nesting loons on both Long and Rush lakes and potential habitat for the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, a federally threatened species. PHOTO BY NOAH JURIK

The National Park Service is expected to acquire a roughly 65-acre portion of this property to add to the

The Embayment Lakes Preserve sits between Rush and Long lakes in Benzie County.

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Sleeping Bear Dunes Lakeshore, as it lies within a legislative boundary established in an effort to add an additional scenic trail corridor to the Lakeshore. That purchase is expected to happen this summer, and we may eventually have the exciting opportunity to connect to Sleeping Bear Dunes trails in the future. If fundraising is successful, the preserve will open to the public some time in 2022.

Edwards Ridge Conservation Easement This incredible project protects an important and notable scenic gateway to Traverse City as well as water quality in the Boardman River. For the full story, see page 24.

Golden Days Loon Preserve Addition In a heartwarming, much appreciated and completely unexpected act of generosity, Antrim County summer resident Debbi Stevens donated a 35-acre addition to the Golden Days Loon Preserve on the north arm of Lake Bellaire in the closing days of 2020. The addition has 950 feet of frontage on Lake Bellaire, and is close but not directly adjacent to the existing GTRLC-owned Golden Days Loon Preserve and the Forest Home Townshipowned Loon Nursery Natural Area. Although nearly all wetland, the property had been permitted by state officials in 2012 for three home sites along with associated roads, boardwalks and docks. Permanent protection of this unspoiled property will provide even more undisturbed nesting area for the Common Loon, one of the signature and emblematic birds of our northern environment.

PHOTO BY DANA VANNOY

A critical addition to the Golden Days Loon Preserve will boost habitat for these magnificent birds.

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Railroad Point Natural Area Addition GREAT news!! The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) approved a $718,900 grant that will allow Benzie County to acquire a critical inholding to the Railroad Point Natural Area along Crystal Lake. These grants come with local match requirements, and GTRLC is still working to raise about $75,000 to match this grant. For more on this, see page 18.

Torch River Ridge: A Cotanche Family Legacy An amazing $1 million gift from local residents Valerie and Marty Cotanche allowed the Conservancy to close out fundraising and permanently protect this centerpiece property of the Campaign.

2019 so that it could be forever protected. In addition to providing excellent passive recreation opportunities, this 290-acre property will safeguard water quality, wildlife habitat and an incredible scenic viewshed. Taken together with the adjacent Schuler Farm Conservation Easement, this new preserve forms a substantial “ribbon of protection” along the north side of Lake Skegemog in the beloved Chain of Lakes watershed. Protection of these properties was a Conservancy goal for more than two decades, and it is a dream come true to safeguard both during this momentous campaign. GTRLC is now in the process of carefully planning trails and public access on Torch River Ridge, with the goal of opening it to the public at some point later this year. Sign up for our emails at the bottom of any page on our website to stay in the loop!

The property, formerly the Weiss family homestead, was long owned by local conservationist Bill Weiss, who sold it to GTRLC at a generous discount in

PHOTO BY KATHY PARTIN

The rugged and undeveloped Torch River Ridge property is in the upper center of this north-facing photo, just west of the Torch River as it flows out of Torch Lake. The Schuler Farm (mostly forest despite its name) sits just west of Torch River Ridge. GTRLC.ORG

The Frankfort lighthouse can be seen in the distance from the rugged, undeveloped High Bluff Dunes property.

Hickory Forest Natural Area Residents in Traverse City and Garfield Township approved a millage in November that puts this exciting project a big step closer to reality. For a full story on this property, see page 20.

High Bluff Dunes Nature Sanctuary GTRLC owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to Dr. Gary Shanker and the Terry and Constance Timm Family Trust after they donated a remarkable property nestled between M-22 and Lake Michigan in Benzie County late last year. What will now be called the High Bluff Dunes Sanctuary is a 22-acre property that features open 8

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dune, coastal moraine bluff and boreal forest habitats, which together represent a high quality example of a perched Great Lakes dune system. The property is home to Pitcher’s Thistle (a state and federally-threatened species) and provides important habitat for the state-threatened Lake Huron locust. This undeveloped property is also home to a wide array of endemic plants that grow only on Great Lakes dunes, serves as important feeding and resting habitat for migratory birds and contributes to scenic views from both M-22 and Lake Michigan. The property was previously protected with a conservation easement, but the easement included a building envelope that allows for construction of a home. Until the generous donation of the

property, GTRLC was fundraising to purchase it and maintain it as a sanctuary, a move that would extinguish the home site, allow sensitive species to thrive and preserve scenic views. Fundraising efforts will now cover long-term care needs.

Mount Minnie Nature Preserve Fundraising is nearly complete for this stunning new preserve between Platte and Little Platte Lakes in Benzie County. A generous donor offered an amazing dollar-for-dollar $300,000 challenge grant, and we are close to meeting that goal. The property is particularly noteworthy from a scenic perspective, as its hills, which rise more than 135 feet above the lakes, stand in stark contrast to the low, flat topography of the surrounding area. The result is a towering landmark of green juxtaposed between the clear blue waters of these two large lakes. The property also includes 1,567 feet of frontage

on Little Platte Lake and six acres of highly-diverse riparian wetlands. Although not contiguous to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, there currently exists a corridor of undeveloped woodland that links Mt. Minnie to the Lakeshore. Along with obvious water quality benefits, this property contains excellent habitat, including high quality mesic northern hardwood forest and hardwood-conifer swamp. An initial floristic quality assessment indicated that the property is significant from a statewide perspective; this combined with substantial water frontage makes the property important for wildlife habitat. Red-shouldered hawks and loons (both state-threatened) were heard calling from the property, and bald eagles (state species of special concern) have been observed perched along the Little Platte Lake shoreline. GTRLC is working on a management and public access plan with the goal of developing an excellent passive trail system. The preserve will open some time in 2022. The Mount Minnie Nature Preserve towers above Platte and Little Platte lakes.

PHOTO BY NOAH JURIK

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Farmland Protection A key group of partners that includes GTRLC was thrilled late last year to find out that it secured more federal funds to safeguard our region’s incredible farmland. The Tribal Stream and Michigan Fruitbelt Collaborative is a partnership between the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, GTRLC, the Leelanau Conservancy, the Conservation Resource Alliance and other supporting partners. The partnership has two main objectives: Replace or remove impaired stream crossings and dams for habitat improvement and protect farmland for habitat preservation and water quality.

land to the next generation at an affordable price and keep the land in active farming. •R ocky Top Preserve – 80 acres adjacent to the Rocky Top Farm mentioned above. It has significant frontage along US-31 and is close to Lake Michigan. The landowners plan to use the money from the sale of a conservation easement to reinvest in farming operations. •A ntrim County farm – 395-acre farm in Central Lake Township with stunning views of Torch Lake and Grand Traverse Bay. •G rand Traverse County farm – Paradise Township farm with 355 acres of active agriculture along with wetlands, ponds and diverse wildlife habitat.

After receiving $7.9 million from the USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program as part of the 2014 Farm Bill, the local Collaborative is now set to receive an additional $5.8 million for important work in our region. Nearly $1 million of that award will go to GTRLC specifically for farmland protection in our five-county service area. GTRLC recently closed conservation easements on the 21-acre Coulter Farm South, a beautiful farm on Old Mission Peninsula within an identified scenic viewshed, and Rocky Top Farm, a 134-acre cherry farm in Banks Township in Antrim County. In addition to high quality farmland, the latter also includes wetlands and forest.

FARMS AND FARMING UNDER PRESSURE “As the population grows, development spreads, demand for healthy food increases, and the changing climate makes farming and ranching riskier, it will be vital to secure a critical mass of productive, versatile, and resilient land.”*

2,000

acres lost /day

As always, GTRLC continues to aggressively pursue protection of high quality farmland within our service area. Notable projects in our pipeline include: •C oulter Farm North – 16 acre cherry farm adjacent to Coulter Farm South on Old Mission Peninsula that will be protected and sold to a young farmer. •O ld Mission Farm – this 70-acre farm has significant views of West Grand Traverse Bay and Power Island. The sale of the conservation easement will allow the landowner to sell the

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240,000 acres lost

12,485

acres protected

Across the United States we lose 2,000 acres of farmland a day to development and other uses that threaten the future availability of land for farming.

Despite agriculture’s critical role in our economy and way of life, Michigan lost 240,000 acres of farmland from 2001 to 2016.

The good news is, through hundreds of private conservation easements and other innovative measures, GTRLC has helped save thousands of acres of farms in our area. But we have so much more work to do to support the future of agriculture.

*“Farms Under Threat: The State of the States”, American Farmland Trust, 2020

Holiday Woods Natural Area The ongoing pandemic has slowed progress toward fully opening this property, but the wheels are still turning with hopes of it being transferred to East Bay Township this spring. In 2019, the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund approved a grant to purchase an existing 80-acre preserve acquired by a citizens group, along with an adjacent 65-acre parcel. The combined 145-acre property, which sits just south of the Mt. Holiday Ski Area, will be called the Holiday Woods Natural Area. Aside from recreation potential, this natural area has about 1,800 feet of frontage on Bakers Creek, a cold water tributary of East Grand Traverse Bay, and contains vital wetlands that connect to the much larger wetland complex on the south end of East Bay. Right now, only the 80-acre portion remains open to the public while the MNRTF process unfolds and limited environmental cleanup work is

ongoing. The remaining acreage should be open in the coming months once it is formally acquired by East Bay Township. GTRLC continues to fundraise for the local match requirement. With the generous support of Mike and Denise Busley and the Art and Mary Schmuckal Foundation, fundraising is near complete.

Pyatt Lake Universal Access The trail at Pyatt Lake: The Bill Carls Nature Preserve is being upgraded to provide universal access, so people of all ages can enjoy the views of the lake and wetland. It will include a half-mile easy trail for people of all ages and personal mobility. The views will be improved with two new platforms that are a little higher and extend out further, than those they replaced. The work should be completed sometime in May or June, depending on the timing of the snow melt.

The new UA boardwalk at Pyatt Lake began to take shape last fall.

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PHOTO BY ANGIE LUCAS

Water quality and wildlife habitat are the biggest reasons to protect Finch Creek.

Finch Creek Nature Sanctuary Fundraising is ongoing for this spectacular 56-acre parcel that safeguards critical wildlife habitat, builds on previously protected land and is extremely important from a water quality standpoint. It features 1,400 feet of frontage on Finch Creek and 1,100 feet of frontage on Crow Creek, along with significant amounts of riparian wetlands and multiple groundwater springs that serve as headwaters of Crow Creek. It also contains high quality mesic northern forest and rich conifer swamp, habitats that are of critical importance to a wide variety of flora and fauna species. Both of these habitat types are listed as vulnerable by the state of Michigan. Protection of these two forest types and unique headwater features benefit beloved interior forest bird species found on the property, including Scarlet Tanager, Ovenbird and Red-eyed Vireo, as well as dozens of other bird species that use this wildlife corridor as a passageway to adjacent or nearby natural lands within this ecological hotspot 12

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of Antrim County. More than 15 species of ferns, mature cedars and many other plants and animals also are present. Acquisition of the Finch Creek Nature Sanctuary also builds on protection earlier achieved by the Crow Creek Conservation Easement, which sits on its eastern border. That 130-acre easement property features 2,500 feet of undeveloped frontage upstream on Crow Creek. Protection of this sanctuary will also help safeguard water quality within the beloved Grass River Natural Area, a 1,492-acre natural area that sits just over a mile downstream from this parcel. Finch Creek flows from this property down to the GRNA, so protection of its upper reaches helps protect GRNA and the larger Chain of Lakes watershed.

Coy Mountain Addition Fundraising is still underway for a project that will allow Helena Township to acquire three small parcels that will greatly enhance access to a beloved community nature preserve.

The 17-acre Coy Mountain Preserve on the outskirts of Alden contains gorgeous hardwood forest and beautiful topography. It has been a public preserve for more than 30 years, with locals retreating to its peaceful forest confines for relaxation and recreation. What the preserve has long lacked, however, is a suitable parking area and adequate trailhead. Enhancing public access by providing these items has long been a goal of Helena Township. Now, the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy has the opportunity to acquire two parcels perfect for these improvements, ensuring that those enjoying this preserve have safe and efficient access to its natural wonders. Acquisition of a third parcel will prevent residential development of a key inholding. Acquiring these parcels would also protect a significant investment GTRLC has already made in this property. During the spring of 2018, GTRLC and volunteers constructed a 1.17-mile sustainable trail system that provides quality access to the property’s historical features, climax mesic northern forest and high bluff views of Torch Lake. The new trails are sustainably designed with gentle slopes and smooth walking surfaces, making them far more user friendly than the old trail system.

Arcadia Marsh Addition The Conservancy completed fundraising for an important addition to Arcadia Marsh and removed a structure there, a move that will greatly improve parking and access. This 4-acre property was an inholding surrounded on three sides by GTRLC property and by M-22 on the fourth side. It includes 550 feet of frontage on Bowens Creek, along with areas of riparian wetland. A single family residence on the site was removed early this year. Although there is some ecological value to this parcel, the primary conservation values are the elimination of residential use, and the possibility of a much more impactful future commercial use. Removal of the house will also expand the scenic vista across the Marsh from M-22. Additionally, since this parcel lies adjacent to the existing undersized M-22 parking lot, it is the perfect location to expand parking to accommodate the current and expected future use of the site. Special thanks to the Minger Family Fund at the Manistee County Community Foundation for its generous support of this project!

Upper Manistee Headwaters: The Milock Family Preserve The Conservancy’s stewardship team finished over five miles of trail at this gorgeous property, including three miles of trail loops that are good for casual biking and skiing and a one mile hiking/ snowshoeing trail that meanders through a wide array of woods and wetlands. This year will bring footbridges at several stream crossings and improvements to the amphitheatre, including universal access (UA) elements. This property has already proven to be tremendously popular, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds!

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A Campaign for Generations CAMPAIGN PROJECTS

board approved

complete

AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2021 Total Project Cost

LAKE MI ARCADIA MARSH ADDITION - TONDU

$487,481

This 3.91 acre inholding property with .1 mi frontage on Bowens Creek has some ecological value itself but the main conservation value is removing the current residential use and potential commercial use.

BOARDMAN RIVER BEND EASEMENT

CAJARASAJUMA EASEMENT

COULTER FARM NORTH EASEMENT

COY MOUNTAIN

EDEN HILL WOODLAND

$ 22,806

21 acre property includes .27 mi shoreline on the Boardman River. Protecting riparian frontage and wetlands protects water quality and provides critical habitat for wood turtles and other species.

$ 30,000

This 20.6 acre mostly wetland property includes .28 mi shoreline on a Mitchell Creek tributary. This land is critical for protecting water quality and habitat in an area under heavy development pressure.

$417,732

16 acre farm easement (along with 21 acre Coulter Farm South Easement) is 100% prime, unique and has locally important agricultural soils. Also identified as a critical viewshed property by the Twp.

$ 80,520

This 1.5 acre project allows for a long-needed parking lot for safe access to a beloved community natura area and ensures that a key inholding is not developed.

$264,229

63 acre ridgetop forest with scenic views of both Crystal and Platte Lakes includes quality habitats such as vernal pools and ephemeral wetlands. To be managed in an ecologically responsible way.

Assist village with MNRTF application for infrastructure improvements including a paved parking and creating universally accessible bathrooms, picnic pavilions, and a pathway to the Elberta pier.

$149,404

This 80 acre Boardman Valley property includes woodlands/wetlands and a highly visible ridge. It links the Edwards Preserve and another easement, creating a block of nearly 200 acres of protected land.

This 166 acre property sits between Long Lake and Rush Lake, themselves situated between Crystal and Platte Lakes with 1.1 miles of shoreline. the property includes a variety of high quality habitats.

HIGH BLUFF DUNES NATURE SANCTUARY

HOLIDAY WOODS NATURAL AREA

Benzonia

$321,580

ACME TWP. PDR FARM EASEMENT III

15 16

INTERMEDIATE LAKE SANCTUARY SOUTH ADDITION - BROOM

LAKE DUBONNET FOREST STATE TRANSFER

MOUNT MINNIE PRESERVE

MITCHELL CREEK MEADOWS PRESERVE

Arcadia

$878,457

ARCADIA MARSH

$ 248,000

This 60 acre farm, currently planted in hay, is adjacent to Petobego Creek Natural Area and acts as a drainage filter for Petobego Creek which flows into East Grand Traverse Bay.

INDIAN HILL WOODLAND EASEMENT

B E N Z

195 acre property with .35 mile on Bakers creek (coldwater tributary to East Bay) protects habitat and water quality while providing recreation opportunities in a heavily devloped residential area.

40 13 22

This 22 acre property with .09 mile Lake Michigan shoreline is a high-quality example of a perched Great Lakes dune system. The Property is home to many endemic plants that grow only in this habitat.

RAILROAD POINT

This 84 acre property contiguous to Hickory Hills and Hickory Meadows, is comprised of high quality mesic northern forest with exceptional conservation values and viewshed/water quality protection.

Honor

18 Beulah

$TBD

HICKORY FOREST

Elberta

$201,396

This 58 acre property builds on previously protected land. It protects .47 mile of shoreline along Finch Creek, which critical for water quality in Grass River Natural Area and safeguards wildlife habitat.

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Frankfort

34 35

L i tt le P l atte L a ke

FINCH CREEK NATURE SANCTUARY

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$1,176,036

Big

EMBAYMENT LAKES PRESERVE

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Bear Lake Bear Creek

EDWARDS RIDGE EASEMENT

Sleeping

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MEDENBROOK PRESERVE

$TBD

ELBERTA LAKE MICHIGAN BEACH INFRASTRUCTURE

Bear Lake

$311,461

86 acres of primarily hardwood forest to be managed in an ecologically responsible way providing the opportinity for important habitat in the Platte River Watershed.

Kaleva

Onekama

$ 43,313

Portage Lake

This 25 acre property with .53 mi Intermediate Lake frontage is entirely wetland habitat, which retains and filters runoff before entering the lake for water quality. Also improves property access.

$ 139,874

M28 A N I S T E E

This 40 acre forested property is surrounded on all four sides by state land. It’s protection will provide contiguous habitat for wildlife and help ensure uninterrupted trail use and other recreation activities.

$1,235,834

This 62 acre property sits on the isthmus between Big Platte and Little Platte Lakes. It has highly visible, steep wooded hills and includes .27 mi of frontage on Little Platte Lake with riparian wetlands.

$ 1,477,359

166 acre former golf course property including 1.1 miles of shoreline on two branches of Vanderlip Creek. Key for water quality, wildlife habitat, and rec. opportunities in an area under dev. pressure.

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$ Public funding / No private fundraising need *All easements are privately owned and not open to the public.

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RIBBON PROPERTIES

45 53 ACME PDR

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MITCHELL CREEK MEADOWS

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Man istee Lake

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Rapid City

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Alden

Torch Lake

Bellaire Lake Bell aire

El k Lake

Elk Rapids

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CAMPAIGN INVESTMENTS

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GTRLC has protected over 40,000 acres of land and 125 miles of shoreline through 2016. Increased development pressure on our natural resources and signature landscapes has accelerated the pace and scope with which we need to respond.

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Natural Lands Protection

LEGEND GTRLC Nature Preserves Other Public Land Protected and/or Managed by GTRLC

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Privately Owned GTRLC Protected Lands, including Farmland (not open to the public) Other Protected Land

We have identified 45,000 acres of land that simply must be protected. Much is under immediate threat of development.

Farmland Protection Our goal is to protect 2,000 additional acres of fruitbelt farmland in our five-county service area by 2021.

Community Conservation and Universal Access Municipalities in all five counties have requested our support and expertise to leverage natural resources and provide access to nature to enhance the economic viability of, and draw to, their community. Discussions with community partners and an inventory of our own preserves has established a vision of placing universally accessible GTRLC.ORG 15 that infrastructure in several locations so people of all abilities may enjoy nature.

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MITCHELL CREEK MEADOWS PRESERVE - ADDITION I

$230,205

This 38 acre property, almost entirely swamp, contains contains three Mitchell Creek tributaries (.3 mi shoreline) that are critical for water quality and is a lynchpin in plans to connect TART trail to schools.

PYATT LAKE INFRASTRUCTURE

$407,497

Opportunity to upgrade current infrastructure that is damaged beyond repair from historic high water levels with Universal Access paths, boardwalks and overlooks.

$1,068,199

RAILROAD POINT ADDITON - COLE

The addition of this 9.35 acres inholding with .04 mi on Crystal Lk consolidates the Natural Area eliminatng the threat of disruption to existing wildlife corridors, scenic views, and much more.

ROCKY TOP FARM EASEMENT

ACME TWP. PDR FARM EASEMENT IV

ACME TWP. PDR FARM EASEMENT V

ACME TWP. PDR FARM EASEMENT II

$ 785,603

This diversified, highly visible, 134 acre farm along US 31 in Antrim County hosts a farm market for a wide range of fruits and berries. It’s protection will help create a large block of protected farmland.

$ 96,000

This 21.7 acre cattle and hay farm is a part of a larger multi-generational farm operation. Protecting it adds to a larger block of protected farmland in Acme Township.

$ 335,000

This 80 acre property is a apple and cherry farm with wetlands that drain into and protect Yuba Creek before water enters Grand Traverse Bay. Protection contributes to a larger block of protected farms.

$ $160,000

This 38 acre property is a cherry and apple farm adjacent to other protected land and other properties enrolled in the PDR program encouraging future farmland protection. TOTALS

1,491.06 acres

ACME BAYSIDE PARK IMPROVEMENTS

ARCADIA MARSH ADDITION - DIETRICH

ARCADIA MARSH ADDITION - PELTZ

ARCADIA MARSH ADDITION - ST. PIERRE CORNER

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4.9 miles shoreline

$10,567,986

$635,000

Universal access to shoreline and beaches, further protect water quality of East Grand Traverse Bay.

$125,571

This 3.75 acre addition includes .03 mi shoreline, frontage on both M-22 and Chamberlain Roads, and contains open water, emergent marsh, wet meadow, and early successional habitats

$180,029

19.5 acre addition for preserve management improvement & access; enhancing wildlife and biodiversity.

$104,509

12 acre addition includes critical grassland bird habitiat and extends the preserve to Glovers Lake Rd providing access for boundary monitoring and invasive species management.

ARCADIA MARSH INFRASTRUCTURE

$1,492,533

Provide quality of life opportunities for people of all fitness and mobility levels with UA trail design.

BAGLEY FARM EASEMENT

$406,338

42 acre farm is high priority due to its proximity to other protected farms, soil quality, cropland suitability and viewshed protection.

BAY HARBOR CLUB WEST EASEMENT

$32,650

1.16 acres of perched coastal wetland provides unique habitat for shoreline birds and other animals and acts as a natural buffer between Bay Harbor Club and Torch Bay Natural Area.

BETSIE RIVER OXBOW EASEMENT

$519,852

This 184 acre property has diverse habitats from fallow field and mesic hardwood forest uplands to wetlands and swamplands. The property also includes 1.5 mi shoreline including 4200 ft. on the

BETSIE RIVER STATE TRANSFER

$55,072

13 acres of mesic northern hardwood forest and a strip of hardwood-conifer swamp on .27 mile of Betsie River surrounded by state land and other large high-priority private parcels.

BLUEWATER FARM EASEMENT

$1,072,703

69.5 acre property with views of East Bay is one of the largest remaining farms on Old Mission. It is an active orchard and includes a 5-acre wetland and ephemeral streams draining into East Bay.

BOY’S HUT EASEMENT

$2,052,646

7.2 acres including critical coastal forest community surrounded on 2 1/2 sides by protected land and one side by .12 miles shoreline on West Grand Traverse Bay.

CEDAR RIVER ISLANDS EASEMENT

Funds accounted for in other campaign projects

This 78.69 acre property protects over 1 mile frontage on Cedar River, a high quality, highly braided trout stream. Also includes high quality rich conifer swamp and northern hardwood forest.

CHARLIE KEHR MEM. TRAIL CONNECTOR AT RAILROAD POINT

$136,550

Connects the popular Betsie Valley Trail with trails at Conservancy-protected Railroad Point Natural Area by way of a short trail, footbridge, and stairway to views overlooking Crystal Lake.

CHERRY BROOK EASEMENT

COPELAND FARM EASEMENT

COULTER FARM SOUTH EASEMENT

$120,654

89 acres of northern hardwood forest, mixed wetland, and open field. Viewable from the Betsie Valley Trail.

$245,438

179 acres adjacent to DNR’s 3,300 acre Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area includes farmland, high quality habitat supporting many wildlife species with .19 mi on Skegemog Lake and .09 mi on Barker Creek.

$549,683

21 acre farm easement (along with 16 acre Coulter Farm North Easement) is 100% prime, unique and has locally important agricultural soils. Also identified as a critical viewshed property by the Twp.

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31.5 acres of northern hardwood forest adjacen natural lands are limited and residential develo

36 acre farm in the Peninsula Twp’s Agricultura proximity to other protected farms, soil quality,

130 acre property is largely in agriculture and is It drains through woodlands and wetlands into

Highly visible 20 acre farm including a producti development pressures are high.

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HILL NATURAL LAND EASEMENT

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34 acre property inlcuding .18 mi on Lake Bellai protected lands for wildlife habitat including un

This 120 acre property consists of high rolling h site is an important groundwater recharge area

479 acres of excellent diverse habitat with state creeks. Property will be used and owned by Kin

INTERMEDIATE LAKE SANCTUARY NORTH

19 acre property with .28 mi on Intermediate La and habitat for animals and birds, particularly L

INTERMEDIATE LAKE SANCTUARY SOUTH

86 acre property domintated by white cedar wi Lake is a protection priority for water quality (In

INTERWATERS FARM EASEMENT

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LOWER BEAR CREEK EASEMENT

LOWER WOODCOCK LAKE PRESERVE

MAPLE BAY FARMHOUSE RENOVATION

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This 152 acre property is a multigenerational fa peaches, is adjacent to Petobego Creek Natura

This 81 acre property contains high quality hab Natural Area other protected land. It also provi

321 acre property with 2.3 mi shoreline protects two Manistee National Forest parcels and prote

230 acre property including 1.5 mi shoreline on Woodcock Lake. The opportunity to preserve an

Highly visible and functional facility helps GTRL efforts.

MAPLEHURST NATURAL AREA

389 acre future park inlcudes meadows and fo miles of shoreline and into Torch Lake.

MARY BEHRENS SORRELL UA TRAIL @ ST.

Provide quality of life opportunities for people o

MARILLA HILLS EASEMENT

40 acres of dry-mesic forest surrounded by the land used by bats from nearby Tippy Dam, a kn

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5.63 acre property with .05 mile on Platte Lake pr continues the creation of a protected wildlife corr

This 5 acre property is surrounded on three side Platte Lake frontage. It is a continuation of Med

MILTON TOWNSHIP BEACH

.66 acre parcel with .03 mile frontage adds to a with 400’ on Elk Lake.

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Provide quality of life opportunities for people o

PETOBEGO ADDITION

48 acres including a rare Coastal Marsh, forest Traverse Bay and Petobego Pond.

PLATTE RIVER PARK

RAILROAD POINT ADDITION

52.1 acres including .29 miles of shoreline on the access.

5 acres adjacent to Betsie Valley Trail includes . Crystal Lake and the Betsie River.

$328,810

nt to two protected farms on Old Mission where opment makes farming more difficult.

$316,903

al Protection Zone is a priority property due to its , viewshed protection and cropland suitability.

$159,665

s proximal to three other farm easement properties. two critical lakes— Lake Bellaire and Torch Lake.

$1,726,847

ive vineyard in southern Peninsula Twp. where

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$252,550

ire is important for water quality, expanding previously ndeveloped land for loons.

$129,222

hills with mesic hardwood forest on sandy soils. The a and includes habitat for the state threatened plants.

$480,303

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$77,589

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ith .53 mile of undeveloped shoreline on Intermediate ntermediate Lake and entire Chain) and Loon habitat.

$ 596,000

arm that grows high-density apples, cherries and al Area and connects vital wetland corridors.

$ 24,000

bit and is an important wildlife link between Grass River ides groundwater recharge and water quality protection.

$731,694

s a federally-designated Scenic River while connecting ecting habitat for at least four rare wildlife species.

$2,495,254

n Platte River, unnamed creeks and the entire Lower n entire lake in its natural state is particularly exciting.

$287,175

LC with important outreach and land protection

$3,869,624

orests draining into 60 acre Lake Maplehurst with 1.1

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of all fitness and mobility levels with UA trail design.

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es by Medenbrook Preserve and has .13 mi Little denbrook Preserv’se high-quality wetland habitat.

$782,292

an assemblage of properties creating a 10 acre park

78 acres of coastal forest. Provides habitat for many animal and plant species including Alleghany plum, a State Species of Special Concern. 55 acre property encompasses upland, forest, creek corridor and wetland habitats including .45 mile frontage on Robbins Creek, tributary to Boardman River, which helps ensure water quality.

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SEVERANCE CREEK EASEMENT

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TORCH LAKE NATURE PRESERVE

$2,553,248

211 acre property with .43 mi shoreline including Lake Skegemog frontage and a lake tributary. Connects proposed Torch River Preserve to N. Skegemog Preserve for nearly a mile of protection.

$228,600

63 acre property adjacent to state and county protected land includes multiple high quality habitat types and 1 mile of shoreline on four separate water bodies.

$161,358

79 acres of forest land and .47 mi shoreline on Severance Creek, a tributary to the Jordan River. Both are state designated “Wild and Scenic” rivers.

$253,751

29 acre scenic property is entirely dedicated to agricultural use and adjacent to two other protected farms within Peninsula Twp’s Ag. Preservation Zone.

$138,668

18 acre property is visually stunning and ecologically critical. It includes 600’ (.1 mi) shoreline along a branch of Acme Creek that emerges from a ravine and spills through undeveloped woods.

$340,100

Provide quality of life opportunities for people of all fitness and mobility levels with UA trail design.

$346,727

96 acres including hilly forests adjacent to other protected lands, important for water quality, habitat, and suitable for recreation trails.

$1,046,034

TORCH RIDGE FARM EASEMENT 431 acre ridgetop farm protects viewsheds and water quality in Torch Lake.

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290 acre property is one of the largest undeveloped properties on Torch River including .27 mi of frontage. Includes diverse habitats, is important from water quality standpoint and has great recreation potential.

$959,270

95 acre farm on Old Mission adjacent to other protected farms with a long history of productive fruit farming on prime farm soils. Ranked as one of the highest view sheds to preserve in Peninsula Twp.

UPPER MANISTEE HEADWATERS: The Milock Family Preserve

$3,943,275

1,288 acre property includes many habitats and 5.87 mi. of shoreline on several lakes and North Branch Manistee River.

$ 481,000

WEATHERHOLT FARM EASEMENT

55 acre farm with productive orchard lands within Peninsula Township’s Agricultural Protection Zone.

$137,667

WEBSTER BRIDGE STATE TRANSFER

31 acre property with .3 mile frontage on the Jordan River and .3 mi of frontage on Severance Creek, a tributary to the Jordan. Property is adjacent to or in the vacinity of several GTRLC-protected properties.

WILCOX-PALMER-SHAH PRESERVE ADDITION

$37,217

17 acres of swamp adjacent to existing preserve provides avian habitat including Red Shouldered hawks (State Threatened species), improves water quality and preserves scenic view along US-31.

$1,041,374

WILSON ORCHARDS FARM EASEMENT

40 acre farm is highly visible and is prime orchard land within Old Mission Twp’s farmland protection zone.

WINTERGREEN WOODS NATURE PRESERVE

$341,770

22 acres of pine forest adjacent to Sayler Park including .06 miles of shoreline on Yuba Creek. TOTALS

6,142.19 acres

$2,187,927

ts and .83 miles of shoreline on East Arm Grand

$331,092

159 acre property surrounded by the Pere Marquette Forest is popular with several recreation groups (hikers, cyclists, hunters etc.) and hosts popular trails including Iceman Cometh mountain bike race route.

$606,259

of all fitness and mobility levels with UA trail design.

$69,327

SAND CREEK EASEMENT

80 acres including a mix of rich conifer swamp, wet meadow, northern mesic forest, early successional forest, pine plantation and .13 mile frontage on Sand Creek, a Manistee River tributary.

SAND LAKES TRAIL CORRIDOR

$256,947

ROBBINS CREEK EASEMENT

ake includes wetlands which are key for water quality Loons. It is also highly visible from Intermediate Lake.

$110,807

RED APPLE NATURAL LAND EASEMENT

21.2 miles shoreline

$38,059,340

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26.1 miles shoreline

$48,627,326

$323,774

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$125,081

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UPCOMING PROJECTS Not shown on this map are more than 20 high priority projects encompassing over 2,000 acres and 4 miles of shoreline in various stages of our process leading up to board approval. New opportunities continue to arise and we carefully evaluate and prioritize eachGTRLC.ORG potential project. 17

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The addition to Railroad Point is in the center of this picture. The Betsie Valley Trail curves inwardalong the water to allow for a planned home site.

Grants Boost GTRLC Projects MNRTF TO FUND RAILROAD POINT ADDITION, ELBERTA BEACH IMPROVEMENTS The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board in December voted to fund two projects included in GTRLC’s Campaign for Generations, including a long-sought addition to the beloved Railroad Point Natural Area in Benzie County. The MNRTF takes money from the sale or lease of state-owned mineral rights and grants it to municipalities for the creation or enhancement of natural areas. Since 1976 it has invested more than $1.2 billion to preserve and enhance the natural resources of our great state, and since 1991 GTRLC has been instrumental in securing more than $70 million for our five county service area. 18

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The trust fund board in December approved a $718,900 acquisition grant for an addition to Railroad Point and $300,000 for Elberta Beach. The Railroad Point grant will allow Benzie County to acquire a critical 9.34-acre inholding to this popular community natural area. “This is truly exciting and a long time coming,” GTRLC Executive Director Glen Chown said. “We’ve had our eyes on that piece for many years, and for good reason – acquiring it eliminates a big threat to a place that is very special to a lot of people in Benzie County.”

This inholding has been long desired by the county primarily because it currently creates two disconnected portions of the natural area. Acquiring it and adding it to the natural area will tie these sections together and protect wildlife corridors, simplify property management and preserve scenic views. Protection of this addition will safeguard against other harms associated with the potential residential development of the inholding, including construction of a home between Crystal Lake and the popular Betsie Valley Trail. “A large lakeside home site was planned there, as is evidenced by Betsie Valley Trail, which bends around the site,” Chown said. “A home at that location would have been quite disruptive to that natural area.” When coupled with the 1,070 feet of frontage on the adjacent state-owned property to the immediate west of RRPNA at the Crystal Lake Outlet, addition of this inholding would also complete a 4,300 foot contiguous strip of protected public property on Crystal Lake. The Elberta Beach grant will allow the village of Elberta to make much needed improvements to their waterfront area. “Basically, this project is going to improve the experience for everyone who goes down there,” GTRLC Land Protection Director Chris Sullivan said. “This is going to solve a lot of problems they’ve had over the years.” Trespassing, waste disposal, illegal camping, overflow parking and other problems led Elberta officials to periodically close down access to the road along the water in recent years. Planned improvements will both triple the available parking and add universally accessible restroom facilities. Also planned are picnic pavilions and a pathway out to the Elberta pier.

GTRLC is still fundraising for the required local match to these projects. To learn more, visit www.gtrlc.org

MNRTF Ballot Issue Approved In November, Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved amending the MNRTF in three big ways. The first is the lifting of a $500 million cap on the fund and allowing it to grow in the future. The second is altering the balance of how much can be spent on acquisition projects (buying land) versus so-called “development” projects (providing amenities and improvements to land that is already publicly owned). Previously, a maximum of 25 percent of each year’s grants could go toward development, a limit that left many worthy development projects unfunded each year. Now, development and acquisition grants will make up a minimum of 25 percent each, with the remainder up the board based on where the needs are greatest. A third change is to allow money to be spent on renovation – things like trail resurfacing or replacing worn-out boardwalks. Previously, money could be granted for the creation of those things, but not their inevitably needed replacements.

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Looking east toward Grand Traverse Bay over the stunning Hickory Forest property.

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Hickory Forest Plans Move Ahead 76-ACRE NATURAL AREA COULD BECOME LATEST REC AUTHORITY PROPERTY A beautiful natural area that would protect wildlife habitat, safeguard water quality and boost passive outdoor recreation amenities in the immediate vicinity of Traverse City is a big step closer to reality after voters approved a millage late last year. The proposed Hickory Forest Natural Area is a beautifully wooded, rolling property that sits just west of the city-owned Hickory Hills ski area. The goal is to have it become the latest property owned and operated by the Traverse City-Garfield Township Joint Recreational Authority, which owns and manages nearby Hickory Meadows and other public properties. Voters in the city and township in November approved a renewal of the Rec Authority’s operating millage, which will fund its operations along with providing matching dollars for a potential Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) acquisition grant that would cover the bulk of the property’s cost. What once was a property meticulously cared for by Clarence Kroupa could soon be open for local residents and visitors to enjoy. “The Rec Authority is humbled and thrilled by the overwhelming approval of the millage in November,” said Matt Cowall, the Rec Authority’s executive director. “Citizens in Traverse City and Garfield Township proved again how much they value parklands and open space, and they recognized the rare opportunity they had to preserve the former Kroupa property for public use.” PHOTO BY NOAH JURIK

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public purchase of the new Hickory Forest Natural Area sometime in 2022. GTRLC previously worked with the Kroupa family to secure the property with a purchase option while this process unfolds. The Conservancy played a big role in the founding of the Rec Authority about 20 years ago during a community effort to protect Hickory Meadows, Historic Barns Park at the Grand Traverse Commons and a portion of the Open Space. Now, adding to that legacy by bringing another spectacular project into the fold is something that excites GTRLC Executive Director Glen Chown. “GTRLC has always been creative and collaborative about the ways we tackle land protection projects, and this is another example of getting the right people at the table to accomplish a great project,” Chown said. “We are proud to play a role in protecting this tremendous property, and lucky to have strong partners in the Rec Authority, the City and the Township.” Until his death at age 95 in 2019, Clarence Kroupa owned and tended to the parcel. He and wife Esther bought the first portion of the property nearly 70 years ago when it was largely barren, and he – with help from his family – personally planted thousands of trees there. “He started planting trees right away. I mean there was pretty much nothing here. There were just these barren mounds of sand and gravel. And he wanted to heal it, to fix it,” said Becky Alexander,

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one of Kroupa’s three daughters. “I don’t really know where that passion came from, but it was always there.” Clarence always wanted the land to be forever preserved, but repeatedly said that the final decision belonged to his daughters. It wasn’t a hard one, they said. This beautiful land, much of which had their father’s fingerprints all over it, simply couldn’t be clear-cut and subdivided. “We all agreed that we didn’t want to see it destroyed,” said Lisa Schneider, another daughter. “We couldn’t bear to think of it.” For decades, Clarence beamed with pride as he showed people around the property. It was his special place. His daughters are glad to know it can now be special to others – for generations to come. “I have so much gratitude for the Conservancy, because we want to share it too, we want people to get to enjoy it. It’s so pretty that it would be a crime to not share it with people. But we want to do it in a way that it’s protected and it’s not destroyed, and the Conservancy is making that happen.”

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Becky Alexander (left) and Lisa Schneider stand with a photo of their father, Clarence Kroupa, at Becky’s home near the Hickory Forest property.

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‘A Huge Comfort’

For decades, Steve and Carol Shuckra have found peace and comfort in the land.

LOCAL COUPLE, GTRLC AND ROTARY STAVE OFF DEVELOPMENT IN CRITICAL SCENIC CORRIDOR

Perhaps nothing is more special than their 40acre wooded parcel at the top of the Boardman River valley. Originally purchased by Carol’s father in 1938 and protected by the family with a conservation easement in 2004, the property looks out over a densely wooded section of the valley below. Those scanning this remarkable vista can imagine a time long before the area was developed, back when Traverse City was a tiny outpost in the

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A view looking south from the eastern edge of the Edwards Ridge easement.

vast wilderness. But also near and dear to Carol and Steve’s hearts is an 80-acre parcel that sits immediately east, stretching to Garfield Road. Owned by Rotary Camps and Services for many years, it became a favorite hiking location for Carol and Steve and others in their Canterbury Woods neighborhood. Here was a slice of wooded wilderness in their own backyards, and many neighbors made a point to enjoy it daily.

“I don’t even know where to begin, it’s just so beautiful,” Carol said. “And it’s almost mystical in the snow.” Anyone who’s traveled Garfield Road would recognize this 80-acre chunk, especially coming from the south. It contains the gorgeously wooded ridge that looms high over the valley as the road rises from the river below, again evoking a time long before many of the region’s trees were felled and providing a scenic gateway to Traverse City. GTRLC.ORG

When word got around that Rotary was considering selling this property to a downstate developer, Steve and Carol – along with many others in their neighborhood – were heartsick. Carol wondered where all the deer and other wildlife would go, and the thought of the ridge being clear cut for homes was almost too much to bear.

than 80 years ago on the original property, and now Carol and Steve have the comfort of knowing that the adjacent ridge – like their original 40 acres – will be forever protected for generations to come. “They made our wish come true, they really did,” Carol said of GTRLC and Rotary. “We all agreed it was so important to preserve the ridge above the Boardman, and together we all made it happen.”

“I said ‘Steve, if it gets sold to a developer, I’m going to go live in the trees out there and make sure they don’t cut the ridge,’” Carol said.

And indeed everyone played an important role in forming the new “Edwards Ridge” conservation easement. Steve, Carol and their son Andy offered $200,000 total, but that was still well short of the developer’s $290,000 offer. And GTRLC’s $70,000 contribution for a conservation easement left the total package still $20,000 short of the developer’s

Now, the property is forever protected after GTRLC purchased a conservation easement from Rotary and Rotary then sold the land to Steve and Carol. Four generations of Carol’s family have gathered at the tiny seasonal cabin built by Carol’s dad more

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offer, but Rotary’s board decided to accept the lower bid. As it turns out, Rotary was also not overly excited with turning a scenic gateway to Traverse City into dozens of home sites. “Our board didn’t have to grapple long with taking less money for the property than was proposed by a downstate developer who wanted to build 50 homes on the site,” said Becky Ewing, Executive Director of Rotary Camps and Services. “The Shuckras were inspired to preserve this unique stretch of land in keeping with Carol’s father’s values and intent for the land. The GTRLC added their special touch, expertise, and vision to the deal,” Ewing continued. “The Rotary Camps board saw the win-win-win and unanimously approved the deal, which is in complete alignment with our commitment to stewardship of the land and water.” Neighbors were overjoyed at the Shuckra’s action to save the land, even erecting a large sign thanking them near one of the entrances to the 80 acre parcel. Many also sent thank you notes to Steve and Carol, who plan on keeping the land open for neighbors to hike.

But while those notes and sentiments were certainly heartwarming, maintaining public access was just icing on the cake for Steve and Carol. Their main goal was to preserve the forested ridge intact. “It’s a huge comfort to us to know that it’s never going to be developed,” Steve said. “Our primary purpose was to prevent development, and thus to avoid 55 septic systems from leaching into the Boardman River watershed.” GTRLC Executive Director Glen Chown is ecstatic at the project. “This one covers all the bases,” he said. “It’s water quality, it’s scenic corridors, it’s wildlife habitat, it’s community conservation – and we owe it all to the Shuckras and Rotary. What an awesome and exciting project.” Carol knows her father, Fred Beveridge, is looking down at the project with a full heart. “He’s smiling,” she said. “He’s definitely smiling.”

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Pink Lady Slippers can be spotted at Reffitt.

In Memory of Dad LOCAL WOMAN DONATES TO GTRLC IN HONOR OF HAROLD BURT For years and years, Harold Burt toiled away in the confines of the Record-Eagle building downtown to make sure the daily editions of Northern Michigan’s largest newspaper looked their best. Burt was a skilled linotypist, and his expertise was tremendously valuable at the paper in the days before automation rendered many printmaking jobs obsolete. And he enjoyed the work too, proudly showing groups of schoolchildren (including his daughter, Donna) what it took to assemble a paper each day.

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But Harold simply wasn’t meant to be inside. A native of Bessemer (a town so far west in the UP that if you took one step further you’d be in Wisconsin), Burt spent nearly every second of his free time outside. And while he wasn’t exactly picky about where that outside was, he was especially fond of his own 20 acres just off Four Mile a short distance from Grand Traverse Bay. “He had a real love of hunting and fishing, basically doing anything in the woods. Berry picking, mushrooming, you name it,” Donna said. “So this became his little piece of the Upper Peninsula. And

he loved this property, absolutely loved it.” Harold and wife Margaret bought 40 wooded acres in 1952 when work brought Harold to Traverse City. At the time, the now-busy area was far off the beaten path. “When they bought out there, there was next to nothing, even on the highway,” Donna said. “It really was the boondocks.” Harold and Margaret eventually sold off 20 acres that became the Spring Acres subdivision, but always retained the 20 acres that Harold so treasured. When he died in 1990, Donna kept it for many years. Like her father, she spent much time on the land, and has many vivid memories of the wildlife she’s encountered there. There was the one time a red fox seemed to lead her down the trail, or the vivid pink lady slippers that lit up the forest floor. Then there was that spring she “practically fell over” a tiny fawn curled up in the fresh green growth, dappled in the camouflaging way that nature intended. In 2012, Donna sold the land in a bargain sale to GTRLC as an addition to the adjacent George and Ada Reffitt Nature Preserve. This sale enabled the Conservancy to add critical acreage, more trail and much better access to the preserve. In 2020, Donna decided to donate the money that GTRLC paid for the property back to the Conservancy, in large part to help take care of the land for years to come. This gift was made in honor of her father Harold, she said, and she knows he’d be glad to know his little slice of the UP will be forever protected and cared for. “He would be glowing,” she said. “He just loved that land so much.” GTRLC Executive Director Glen Chown was moved by the gift. “This is, in many ways, what our ongoing campaign is all about,” Chown said. “There is no better way for Donna to honor her father’s love of this land, and we really can’t thank her enough for this

tremendous gift. People like Donna ensure that our special places will be forever enjoyed by future generations.”

To discuss a gift to GTRLC, contact Marissa Duque at mduque@gtrlc.org.

What’s Going on at Reffitt? GTRLC’s stewardship team is taking a very close look at the trail system at the George and Ada Reffitt Preserve, with plans to completely rebuild it soon. But it’s not as simple as ripping up the dated boardwalk and replacing it. We are examining the health of Mitchell Creek and its watershed, figuring out the ramifications of historic high water levels and taking a close look at how this property relates to others near it – including our new Mitchell Creek Meadows Preserve – to see how overall trail systems can be connected and improved. We also are exploring opportunities for universal access (UA) here. While this holistic approach may take some time, it will undoubtedly produce a new trail that greatly boosts the user experience at Reffitt while safeguarding water quality, wildlife habitat and much more. Follow us on Facebook or subscribe to our emails to stay in the loop on these exciting developments!

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Safe Routes to Schools MITCHELL CREEK MEADOWS PRESERVE ADDITION A “LYNCHPIN” IN TRAIL PLANS The new Mitchell Creek Meadows Nature Preserve will be instrumental in a long-desired plan to provide safe routes to school for local children. After receiving a tremendous $1.1 million lead gift from local philanthropists Don and Jerry Oleson, GTRLC continues to fundraise for this preserve. Though the project began with 166 beautiful acres along Three Mile Road in East Bay Township (the former Mitchell Creek Golf Course), it has now expanded to include 38 acres along the northern boundary of the larger property. The 38-acre parcel consists almost entirely of rich conifer swamp and contains portions of three Mitchell Creek tributaries, with more than a half a mile of total stream frontage. Protecting this property would therefore provide a huge boost to overall protection and rehabilitation ofthe Mitchell Creek watershed, one of Grand Traverse County’s most significant – and also most impaired – watersheds.

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An aerial view of the beautiful Mitchell Creek Meadows Preserve. GTRLC.ORG

But while there’s plenty to get excited about from a conservation standpoint, this addition also has everyone buzzing about trail connections. That’s because it’s a genuine lynchpin in a plan to connect the TART trail with a cluster of schools and community resources that sit just south of the preserve.

“It offers opportunities for friends, neighbors and visitors to really find meaningful connections, not only with each other, but also with nature and this incredible place.”

The 38-acre addition connects the initial Mitchell Creek Meadows property to land owned by GTRLC in the nearby Peninsula Office Park, which in turn is connected via a trail easement with GTRLC’s George and Ada Reffitt Preserve (which is adjacent to the TART trail). This addition also would allow for a potential connection to the TART spur down Three Mile Road. Planning is now underway to figure out the best route to get people from the TART trail south of Mitchell Creek Meadows. “None of the potential routes are possible without this 38-acre addition, so we’re really excited about that piece,” said GTRLC Land Protection Director Chris Sullivan. Julie Clark, TART’s executive director, is thrilled about the possibilities. Getting kids (and people of all ages) off busy roads and on to safe, beautiful trails is an ongoing goal of her organization. “This will create meaningful transportation opportunities, allowing these kids to get to and from school in ways they simply cannot right now,” Clark said. “Safe, non-motorized transportation

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for our kids is paramount, and this will give them a great, safe, comfortable experience.” It’s not just about kids, Clark said. A critical trail connection such as this will allow people of all ages who live in growing neighborhoods in the area better and safer access to things they need, along with the entire TART system as a whole. People tend to seek out great places to walk and bike instead of driving if they are available, she said, and you can’t beat this trail’s setting. “Being nestled in such an incredible urban preserve and being surrounded by nature is such an amazing experience,” she said. “It offers opportunities for friends, neighbors and visitors to really find meaningful connections, not only with each other, but also with nature and this incredible place.” GTRLC Executive Director Glen Chown is thrilled the preserve will play a critical role in filling a community need. “We’ve always strived for land protection that accomplishes multiple conservation goals, and it gets even better when we can wrap significant community goals into the equation as well,” he said. “We couldn’t be happier that this preserve has the ability to be truly impactful in terms of highpriority trail connections.”

Fundraising is ongoing for this preserve addition. For more information, visit www.gtrlc.org or contact Marissa Duque at mduque@gtrlc.org

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“It’s Like Heaven” GTRLC VOLUNTEER HELPS CONSERVANCY DOCUMENT BEAUTIFUL PRESERVES AND NATURAL AREAS After living all over the country – and indeed the world – during his working career, Rick Kane could have settled pretty much anywhere for retirement. Tropical settings didn’t have the changing seasons, so that wouldn’t do. Europe didn’t feel right. Ultimately, Kane, a Port Huron area native, felt a “strong pull” to move back to Michigan and the Great Lakes. But where? Though he had never been to Traverse City before, he and wife Peggy made a few visits to check it out (she had camped in the area as a child). Kane was simply blown away at the opportunities to get outside and immerse oneself in nature. “Many of the places we lived, it was very difficult to see the notable things there because access was restricted, or they were private property. So you could read about them, but you couldn’t see them for yourself,” he said. “But after a few visits up here, I was so amazed how easy it was to get to big lakes, small lakes, all of these nature preserves. I’ve never been to a place with so many publically accessible opportunities to get outdoors. It’s like heaven.” This was especially important to Kane, who is an avid photographer. He began with a little one-button box camera in elementary school, and stuck with it through his time studying chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of Michigan and during his travels around the country and world working in global business, manufacturing and engineering management. After settling on Old Mission Peninsula in retirement, he kept taking pictures. Hundreds and hundreds of

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pictures of beautiful natural areas. But it dawned on him that there had to be something more useful he could do than just dumping them on a hard drive and moving on to the next shoot. “I carry a camera with me all the time, and I’m taking photos constantly. And here they were accumulating on my computer, with nobody seeing them except me,” he said. “It seemed there had to be some organizations that could use them.” After appreciating so many GTRLC preserves and natural areas, Kane connected with the Conservancy to offer his services. Let him know where to go, he said, and he’ll snap away. Volunteer and Events Program Manager Jon Throop did just that, and Kane has helped document both the natural wonder of the region along with the people – including GTRLC staff and volunteers – that help keep it healthy and vibrant. “Rick has been fantastic from the get-go,” Throop said. “As a nonprofit organization, we are always looking for high quality photos to convey the importance of our work, and we are delighted to have a trained photographer so willing to help us document our work in such a compelling way.”

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A peaceful lane at the Maplehurst Natural Area captured by Rick Kane.

Kane is thrilled to help an organization that has done so much to preserve and enhance the outdoor recreation opportunities he values so highly. He’s lived in too many places where humans have all but overrun the natural world, but there’s still plenty of hope for the future of the Grand Traverse region – as long as people and organizations like GTRLC are proactive and thriving. “One thing you can just see happening here is everyone coming in and having to have a piece of property they can build on and put fences around. And once that happens, it’s gone, and it’s not coming back,” he said. “So to me, what the

Conservancy is doing is very important. If you’re not out in front of development, one day you’re going to wake up and see that everything has been carved up into little private properties with no trespassing signs.”

To learn more about volunteer opportunities at GTRLC, visit www.gtrlc.org/volunteer or contact Throop at jthroop@gtrlc.org

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The Conservancy Needs YOU! When the Conservancy says that we have protected over 44,000 acres of land and more than 140 miles of shoreline, we really mean that YOU have protected that land and water. Your donations and your support have made this conservation dream a reality, and our staff feels incredibly lucky to put your priorities into action. We set an audacious goal at the beginning of our Campaign for Generations to protect some of the most important natural lands remaining in our corner of the world, and you have risen to that challenge and then some! Together, we have protected nearly 8,000 additional acres of land, 30 miles of shoreline and 45 miles of trails during this campaign. If you’d like to experience these special, newly protected places in an exciting and meaningful way, why not join our incredible group of volunteers. Not sure where to get started? Check out your roadmap to getting started on the following page. Avolunteer collecting native seed at Mitchell Creek Meadow Nature Preserve.

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SIGN UP NOW Head over to https://www.gtrlc.org/volunteer/ and click the “Become a Volunteer” button to share your details and interest with us.

WATCH YOUR INBOX Volunteer and Events Program Manager Jon Throop will be reaching out to chat about how you’d like to spend your time volunteering with us. Jon will use email to keep you regularly informed of projects and plans.

ATTEND THE ANNUAL ORIENTATION We provide essential information for you to be successful in your volunteer role. Orientation will likely take place during Earth Week – more details will be shared with all volunteers via email (another reason to sign up now!)

GET STARTED! Put your time and talent to work with any number of our volunteer programs – with a variety of tasks both in the field and in the (remote) office, there’s a way for everyone to advance our conservation mission.

ELEVATE YOURSELF! Training and education provided throughout the volunteer experience – highly skilled volunteers = increased impact.

TELL YOUR FRIENDS! We could always use more help!

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A Shared Goal GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY, LEELANAU CONSERVANCY HAVE RICH HISTORY OF PARTNERSHIP Not long after the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy opened its doors in 1991, founding and current Executive Director Glen Chown got a call from Brian Price. Price, then the director of the Leelanau Conservancy, wanted to discuss transfer of the Upper Herring Lake Preserve from Leelanau to Grand Traverse. Though the preserve sits well outside Leelanau County, former owner Gertrude Cutler sold it at discount to Leelanau the year prior because there was not yet a conservancy covering Benzie County. “It was huge for us, it really was,” Chown said. “Here we were handed an excellent, readymade presence in a community that became so tremendously important to us when it came time to protect Arcadia Dunes and all of those other coastal properties. It’s just one of the ways Leelanau helped to incubate our organization.” So began 30 years of a close working relationship between these two reputable conservancies in the Grand Traverse region. Both have long understood that the other organization’s success provides a substantial boost to their own success – and of course to the future of natural, scenic and farm lands in the place we call home. “The region’s natural resources are the underpinning for our entire quality of life and our economy, and that idea is one of the really strong themes and bonds that our organizations share,” said Leelanau Conservancy Executive Director

Tom Nelson. “We’re GTRLC’s biggest cheerleaders, because their successes are successes we all share, and vice versa.” The Leelanau Conservancy was founded in 1988, three years before GTRLC. They were approached to join GTRLC when Rotary Charities began the process of forming it in 1990, but after careful discussion and deliberation opted to remain independent and focus solely on Leelanau County. “We were relatively untried and untested ourselves at the time,” Nelson said. “(Our founders) weren’t even sure if we could make the case in Leelanau yet, and to go even bigger seemed like more of a bite than they could chew. But the founding of GTRLC was like a prayer answered, because the need definitely existed beyond Leelanau.” But as years turned into decades and each conservancy experienced growth and success, they remained closely connected, sharing donors, volunteers, technical knowledge and so much more. “The truly gratifying thing is we don’t step on each other’s toes. We care about each other, we respect each other, we cheer each other on, and where it makes sense to collaborate, we collaborate selflessly for the good of the human and natural communities in our region,” Nelson said. “And I get choked up when I think about that, because it’s not like that everywhere.” As with other partner organizations, GTRLC and the Leelanau Conservancy have teamed up over

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the years to apply for grants for water quality protection, farmland preservation and other matters of critical importance to our entire region. “All donors, whether it be private donors, foundations or governmental organizations, want to see cooperation instead of competition,” Chown said. “It gives them confidence that their dollars will be maximized.” The most notable recent example of this is the Tribal Stream and Fruitbelt Cooperative, which is a partnership formed by GTRLC, the Leelanau Conservancy, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and the Conservation Resource Alliance to secure federal funding for farmland and water quality protection on our region. The Cooperative received $7.9 million from the USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) in 2015, followed by another grant of $5.8 million announced last year. GTRLC and the Leelanau Conservancy are pouring their portions of those funds into the protection of critical farmland in our region. Nelson said both GTRLC and the Leelanau Conservancy are the envy of other land trusts throughout the country because of their tremendously successful farmland programs, something he credits to both organizations working tirelessly over the years to build trust with local farmers. “All these growers talk to each other, work together, use the same suppliers and vendors, equipment dealers – this is a community that relies upon one another to sustain itself,” he said. “Thanks to the work that both of our organizations have been doing, especially recently, we’re a part of the family that’s supporting farmland and the future of farming in this region.” The Leelanau Conservancy and GTRLC also work together to monitor a handful of their fellow conservancy’s conservation easements when the need arises. This is often when the land in question is connected in some way to a staff or board

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member at the other conservancy. “We’ve both benefited over the years from strong, trusted brands, and a big reason why is we have very high standards. We take things like conflicts of interest and private benefits very, very seriously,” Chown said. “These are things that can bring down your brand very quickly, and we aspire to the highest ethical standards of transparency in setting good examples in the community.” On the stewardship front, the two conservancies frequently collaborate on efforts to ensure healthy habitats and ecosystems in our region. “There’s a lot in that basket. Not only are we collaborating on best practices for invasive species, but we’re also working together on other things like forest management and habitat improvement, you name it,” Nelson said. Then there’s the organizations and groups these two conservancies have helped launch. Leelanau Conservancy and GTRLC were founding partners – along with The Nature Conservancy – of Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy, an advocacy organization that represents more than 20 Michigan-based Land Trusts. And both were founding members of the Dune Alliance, an impressive collection of organizations and agencies focused on protecting Lake Michigan dunes. “We’ve always considered leadership important,” Chown said. “We’re always going to do anything we can do to boost the momentum of conservation across the state and country.”

To learn more about either conservancy, visit www. gtrlc.org or www.leelanauconservancy.org

New M-22 Trail Book Sure to Delight! A few years back, Jim Dufresne, owner/operator of www.michigantrailmaps.com, set out to write the definitive guidebook of trails you can find along one of Michigan’s most beloved highways. The Trails of M-22 was tremendously successful, receiving praise for both its content and style. Now, Jim gives us a sneak peek of the new edition of his book. The new edition contains 48 trails along M-22, including many that are at GTRLC properties. You can purchase the book at https://storefront.gtrlc.org

Why do an updated version so soon? What’s new? The new edition features eight additional trails, with new trails in all four sections of M-22: GTRLC, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Leelanau Conservancy and the Other Trails section. We’ve really improved the photography and the maps, and updated everything else. The first edition did extremely well. It was featured three times on Northwest Michigan’s Best Seller List (including last year) for paperback non-fiction as compiled by the Traverse City Record-Eagle. We think this edition will continue to be the mainstay for hikers and trail users who are looking for new places to explore in this region.

What sets your book apart from similar guides? This second edition of The Trails of M-22 is a blend of a printed guidebook with digital, downloadable content. The maps in this book are designed to be referenced while reading the text, and the accompanying QR code with each one will link you to a larger, more detailed trail map on the MichiganTrailMaps.com website that can be

downloaded onto your mobile device or printed and then used while hiking. Also on the website page are links to the Avenza Map Store. The Avenza Map Store is a mobile map app that enables you to download the same map with georeferencing capabilities onto iOS or Android smartphones. Think of it as Google Maps for the hiker. A blue dot on the digital map will show you exactly where you are on the trail, or even if you wander off it. You begin by downloading the Avenza app, if you don’t already have it, and then go to the MichiganTrailMaps. com landing page to download the georeferenced maps. There are links to do both on each trail page on the MichiganTrailMaps.com website that correspond to the 48 trails in this book. You need WIFI or phone service to download the maps onto your mobile device, which can easily be done at home or even at the trailhead, but not once you start hiking. The Avenza maps utilize satellite-based Global Positioning Systems (GPS), not the internet, for offline use.

What is your favorite GTRLC preserve or natural area featured, and why? It’s hard not to love Green Point Dunes. The views, the beach and the history behind the City of Boston Shipwreck are all incredible. And the Arcadia Dunes complex, especially the new Overlook Trail, is stunning. But often a trail is one’s favorite due to an experience while hiking. For me that was Fruithaven, because one year in May, I had an incredibly enjoyable hike there with friends and family.

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This beautiful property contains healthy forest in between two lakes.

Protecting the ‘Glue’ FOREST PROTECTION PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR GREATER PRESERVATION OF CRITICAL LANDSCAPES

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Woodlands are a critical component of the northern Michigan landscape.

GTRLC’s staff has long made use of a set of distinct tools and criteria to go about the important business of land protection. If a landowner is willing, his or her land may become a new Conservancy preserve or public natural area. It might instead remain in private hands, but be permanently protected with a conservation easement. Not all land is the same, however, and GTRLC’s land protection staff carefully examines each piece of property to make sure the conservation values are worthy of protection. Attributes like parcel size, water quality protection, scenic views, habitat quality and much more are taken into consideration as part of this evaluation process. This tried-and-true system has worked wonderfully for 30 years, resulting in dozens of amazing preserves and natural areas and hundreds of easements, together protecting more than 44,000

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acres of critical land throughout our region - the “best of the best” parcels for conservation. Now, GTRLC is taking the next step of expanding its criteria with the goal of protecting larger swaths of important habitat. This comes in the form of a new Regional Forest Protection Program, run by staff with the assistance of an amazing committee of seasoned experts. In short, this program will allow GTRLC to protect parcels that are important in terms of connecting important forest landscapes. “The Regional Forest Protection Program allows us to look beyond the parcel level and look at connecting and protecting entire landscapes, which will preserve sensitive features that provide longterm climate and habitat resilience,” said Vic Lane, GTRLC’s senior conservation project manager. “To do that we added connectivity as a criteria, so now we can protect properties that may on their own not have very unique or significant features, but are part of significant landscapes.”

The program is a logical extension of the long-held realization that conservation on a larger, landscapelevel scale is far more valuable than piecemeal protection. And because overall landscapes vary in quality from parcel to parcel, it’s important to make sure land that’s critical for connectivity doesn’t fall through the protection cracks. “Sometimes the mundane is what holds the significant and unique together,” said Lane. “If we don’t have the connective glue and the connective corridors, we’ll see more and more fragmentation and a reduction in overall ecosystem resilience.” Much of this will be accomplished through conservation easements, which, as always, are voluntary for landowners. That’s where the “managed” aspect of the program comes in, as these parcels are expected to be sustainably managed as working forests. This preserves forest health while making the prospect of an easement viable and attractive for landowners. “The reality of these lands that connect the landscape is that they have to have a purpose, and if they don’t they will be sold and clear-cut or developed. So the best functional purpose as far as what the conservancy cares about is for them to be managed as forest,” Lane said. “If they are managed in a truly sustainable manner and can produce income for the landowner, they will still serve our community by providing important ecosystem benefits.” More and more attention is being paid to those “ecosystem services” that forests provide – things like groundwater recharge, soil erosion prevention, clean air and more, and how important they are to natural and human communities, Lane said. GTRLC will also carefully evaluate lands it owns or may acquire to see where ecological management aligns with the broader goals of the property. The combination of ecologically managed forestland owned by GTRLC and managed forest conservation easements will provide increased and valuable protection for our regional tapestry of forests. GTRLC Executive Director Glen Chown is thrilled to have the new program up and running.

“We’ve always known our forest landscapes are incredibly important, and this is just another example of GTRLC being both innovative and proactive in accomplishing our mission,” he said. “We’re excited about taking an active role in increasing the health and sustainability of our regions’ forests, and we’re honored to have a very strong advisory committee to help us implement and oversee it.”

For more information on this program, contact Vic Lane at vlane@gtrlc.org

Regional Forest Protection Program Advisory Committee Members Steven Kraft – Retired Chair of Department of Agribusiness Economics at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Barbara Nelson-Jameson (also GTRLC board member) – Former Michigan Program Director for the National Park Service’s River, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program Kurt Pregitzer – Retired college professor with a specialty in forest ecology. Dean Emeritus of University of Idaho College of Natural Resources Kama Ross – Forestry Assistance Program (FAP) forester for Leelanau, Benzie and Grand Traverse conservation districts Josh Shields – Forestry Assistance Program (FAP) forester for Manistee and Mason-Lake conservation districts Mark Stormzand – Retired professional forester with more than 40 years’ experience, twice chairman of Michigan Tree Farm Committee GTRLC.ORG 45

Kathy Magliochetti (far right) with her family as a young girl.

Love of the Land KATHY MAGLIOCHETTI SUPPORTS GTRLC’S WORK TO PRESERVE NATURAL, SCENIC AND FARM LANDS Every summer, Dr. Robert McDonald’s Chicagoarea dental practice closed for a full three weeks so the family could head north. Kathy Magliochetti, just a little girl at the time, remembers the family putting their nickels, dimes and quarters in a piggy bank on top of the fridge to save for their annual trip. Her mother packed the 46

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kids’ Sunday best clothes in big U.S. Navy trunks and sent them up ahead of time, though formal clothes would barely be worn once the family arrived in the freedom of their summer escape. Up they’d drive, arriving finally among the fields and woods of northern Michigan. Their destination was Bakers Acres, a collection of quaint yellow

cottages along the “sugar sand” beach of East Grand Traverse Bay near Four Mile. Though a bustling commercial strip now, back in those days it was a quiet retreat surrounded by pines so thick and tall they seemed to scrape the sky. Magliochetti and her siblings were often on that beach from sunup to sun down, perhaps taking a break to head into town for an ice cream soda or down some dirt road to get crates of fresh raspberries. She’s nearing 80 now, but for Magliochetti those recollections from so many years ago are still crisp and vivid. “Our happiest childhood memories were on the beach and in the water,” Magliochetti said. “The beach just went on forever and ever.” She would have never had established what became a lifelong connection to this special place had it not been for her father’s military service. McDonald, a commissioned officer in the Navy when World War II broke out, was sent to Traverse City to establish a dental clinic for naval personnel involved in the then highly-classified testing of unmanned drones.

But like her parents before her, Kathy and Joe always made time – even during their stay in England – to get “up north” to Traverse City. They eventually bought property along Kay Ray Road near Acme, and as it was with Kathy’s childhood, their three kids – Amy, Joe and Andrew – basically lived outside on the beach as youngsters. Kathy and Joe’s first exposure to GTRLC came about 20 years ago during the effort to protect Yuba Creek Natural Area, a wonderful property not far from Kay Ray Road. They made a donation in honor of her father. Unfortunately, Joe died not long after at the relatively young age of 61 after an acute illness. “Joe was a wonderful man, very sharp, and he was really excited to get deeply involved with the Conservancy’s work,” GTRLC Executive Director Glen Chown said. “Everyone was so sad and heartbroken when we lost him.” Kathy, equally impressed with GTRLC, maintained the relationship through the years. She has seen

Though McDonald eventually shipped off to Australia for the remainder of the war, he and wife Therese wouldn’t soon forget northern Michigan’s wonders. “They both just fell in love with the undeveloped, untouched beauty of Traverse City,” Magliochetti said. “It was incredible to them. And they couldn’t wait to come back up.” So after settling back down in Chicago after the war, regular summer trips began in 1948. The area began to change considerably by the 1960s, but the beauty and charm kept the family coming back regularly. Magliochetti met and eventually married fellow Chicago-area native Joe Magliochetti. Joe had a highly successful career in the automotive supply business, eventually rising to chairman and CEO of Toledo-based Dana Corporation, and the work took their family many places, including a five-year stint in England while Joe ran Dana’s European operations.

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so much change over the decades throughout the region, and she knows how important it is to have a proactive organization saving the region’s best natural, scenic and farm lands for future generations. “It’s so important to preserve what we can, and the Conservancy has been simply amazing. Glen and his staff have done astounding work preserving so much land, not only on the waterways, but inland, all of that incredible farmland,” she said. Her support of GTRLC helps her take an active role in helping to preserve a place she’s long held dear. She remembers using binoculars years ago to get a closer look at clear-cutting for development across the bay on Old Mission Peninsula, and watched recently as farms along US-31 and elsewhere converted to homes and businesses. It’s never a good feeling, and it seems to be happening at an ever-increasing pace. “Every time I come up, I just pray that nothing has changed, that nothing else has been sold off,” she said. Kathy and Joe loved the entire stretch of beach from their cottage all the way up to Elk Rapids, and were especially appreciative of places along the shore they were free to roam without fear of upsetting landowners. In the early stages of the Campaign for Generations, Chown personally gave her the “No Trespassing” sign that came off a critical addition to the Petobego State Game Area in recognition of her appreciation that the property would be forever open to the public. Kathy and Joe’s support of the Conservancy and Kathy’s generous support of the ongoing campaign

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will be recognized by a trail being named for Joe at the Maple Bay Natural Area. “He would be so proud, he really would,” Kathy said. “And he would be so pleased that we are teaching our children and grandchildren to be stewards of the land.” Chown is grateful to Magliochetti and all others who support GTRLC’s work. “Kathy has a tremendous love of the land, and we are so thankful that she has chosen to support our important work,” he said. “I consider our organization so fortunate that wonderful people like her enable us to keep pushing forward.”

To discuss a gift to GTRLC, contact Marissa Duque at mduque@gtrlc.org

Kathy with her grandkids.

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2019–2020 Annual Report GTRLC Long-Term and Endowment Funds 16%

Board-Designated Long-Term Fund, $2,678,788

Charitable Gift Annuites from Donors, $254,014

Board-Designated for Easement Defense, $489,620

76%

Endowment and Boarddesignated Funds for Stewardship, $13,072,379

Endowment Funds that Support Our Mission, $696,127

GTRLC Revenue

6.4%

$2,678,788

16%

Board-Designated for Easement Defense

$489,620

Endowment Funds that Support Our Mission

$696,127

Endowment and Board-designated Funds for Stewardship

$13,072,379

76%

Charitable Gift Annuities from Donors

$254,014

$17,190,928

100%

GTRLC Expenses

3.3%

Gain from Investments

Board-Designated Long-Term Fund

1.2% Other (Fees, Events, Merchandise, etc.)

11% Management and General Administration

11%

Fundraising Including Communication Materials in Support of Raising Funds

Preserve & Easement Donations

2.4% Public Grants

86.7% Private Donations

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Private Donations

$2,303,697

$ 6,708,942

$9,012,639

Public Grants

155,340

92,601

247,941

Preserve & Easement Donations

664,233

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

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81,465

262,947

344,412

Other (Fees, Events, Merchandise, Etc.)

55,304

74,716

130,020

Net Assets Released From Restriction:

3,268,657

(3,268,657)

Total Revenue and Support

$5,864,463

$4,534,782

$10,399,245

Program Services Including Day-To-Day Operations And Costs Incurred To Protect And Steward Land

3,617,094

Management And General Administration

490,473

Fundraising Including Communication Materials In Support Of Raising Funds

498,774

Total Expenses

$4,606,341

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1,258,122

4,534,782

5,792,904

NET ASSETS Beginning Of Year

9,794,931

46,484,523

56,279,454

NET ASSETS End Of Year

$11,053,053

$51,019,305

$62,072,358

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A Letter from the Board Chair DEAR FRIENDS, We’ve heard from so many of you about how

500 new donors or families gave to GTRLC last

important the natural world was to you during

year (compared to an average of 200-300 in

these trying months.

most years).

Many of you spent time outdoors, hiking on the

We at GTRLC have taken from this pandemic a

region’s beautiful forested trails, open fields or

renewed focus on the importance of our work.

beautiful beaches. For you, this often stressful

Though we protect land for the natural things that

time confirmed what you already knew – the power

inhabit it, we must never forget that we protect

of nature to heal and restore is real, and it provides

land for people first. Our protected land ensures

a sense of calm and peace perhaps unlike

safe, clean drinking water. It forms the tapestry

anything else.

of scenic views that define our region and provide

Some of you joined the thousands of others who perhaps weren’t so inclined – or able, with busy schedules and the hectic pace of life – to get out

cheer to so many of us. It helps secure healthy, local food. And it gives us all a place to escape to and re-set ourselves when times get tough.

and immerse yourselves in nature as much as

Please review our annual report, including the lists

you’d prefer. You found that nature, whether it be

of all the donors who have stepped up this year

a short neighborhood trail or something much

and made our work possible. Thank you so very

more wild, gave you your bearings back. Even when

much and know that together we will ensure that

the world seemed like an uncertain place, the

future generations will always have places to heal

constants of nature – a running stream, budding

the soul.

leaf or falling snowflake – gave you deep and profound comfort. This appreciation for outdoor spaces has been

Yours, John Collins

reflected in gifts to our organization. More than

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Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Board of Directors For nearly three decades, the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy has protected and cared for the region’s natural, scenic, farm and forest lands. With the support of individual donors, foundations and volunteers, and the partnership of local, state, and federal agencies, we have protected nearly 44,000 acres of land and more than 140 miles of shoreline along the region’s exceptional rivers, lakes and streams. Fully accredited by the Land Trust Alliance, the Conservancy is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with our own by-laws, policies, board, budget and staff.

John Collins - Chair

Kathleen Guy**

Kevin Russell - Vice Chair

Jim Huckle

Greg Seman - Treasurer

Koffi Kpachavi*

Paul Brink - Secretary

Chip May

Perry Adams

Barbara Nelson-Jameson

John Bercini*

Susan Palmer

Betsy Calcutt

Evan Smith

Linda Cline

Maureen Smyth

Don Coe

Al Taylor**

JoAnne Cook*

Terrie Taylor

Cortney Danbrook

Conservancy Directors give hundreds of hours of their time, lend considerable life experiences to our efforts, and dedicate their contributions to the Conservancy. Learn more about the Board of Directors at www.gtrlc.org/about/board

*term began in 2020

**term ended in 2020

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Donations Your donations to the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy help protect significant scenic, natural, and farm lands from development, ensuring that the most critical lands will continue to provide local food, open space, clean water, and healthy habitat, now and for future generations. You can donate with confidence, knowing that you are contributing to an accredited, effective and fiscally responsible organization.

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A CAMPAIGN FOR GENERATIONS JANUARY 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 The following donors made gifts to the Campaign for Generations in 2020. Please know that your decision to share your donation at this time—as we all work to adjust to the reality of a global pandemic—is deeply meaningful to our communities and our quality of life. Thanks to you, the campaign is protecting some of the finest remaining land in our area, helping to safeguard our region’s water quality and facilitating valuable access to the healing power of nature for people of all ages and abilities.

Gifts of $25,000 or more Tripp and Chia Huei Amdur Anonymous (5) Brookby Foundation William R. Burleigh Family Foundation Donna Burt

Elizabeth G. and Stanley F. Dole

Blair and Gordon Jones

Dole Family Foundation

Estate of T. Grace Macdonald

Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow Foundation Debra Edson

Carls Foundation

James and Fran Falender

Community Foundation Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Endowment

Clifford and Norma Fox Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation

Martin and Valerie Cotanche

Grand Traverse County Road Commission

Casey Cowell and Dana Roman

Linda Kehr Kathy Magliochetti Minger Family Endowment Fund of the Manistee County Community Foundation

David and Ellen Petrick Foundation Thomas Piraino and Barbara McWilliams Ralph L. & Winifred E. Polk Foundation Prout Financial

Thomas and Deborah McMullen

John and Barbara Rothhaar

Andrew R. and Janet F. Miller Foundation

Cliff Sorrell

Robert and Joyce Mims

Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation

Freda O. Smith Trust US Fish & Wildlife Service

Estate of J. Richard Crout

Jim and Diana Huckle

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Carol Crout

Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation

James and Debbie Norling Oleson Foundation

Jennifer and Brian Jaffe

John and Sue Paul

American Farmland Trust

James Grady

Morrissey Equip Corp

Deborah and Todd Wilson

Anonymous (3)

Mark and Elaine Grant

Morrissey Family Foundation

John Woollam

Mack and Lorraine Beers

Estate of Barbara S. Graves

Susan and Tom Palmer

Paul and Amanda Brink

Hamp Family Fund: Mr. & Mrs. Steven K. Hamp, Mr. Michael F. Hamp, Mr. Christopher F. Hamp and Dr. Nicole Hamp, and Mr. Peter K. Hamp & Dr. Leela Hamp

Monnie Peters

Community Foundation Robert and Pauline Young Family Endowment

Myrna Hitchman

Robert and Susan Rinder

KBPR Family Fund

Susan and Michael Rontal

Land Trust Alliance

Kenneth and Karen Schmidt

Marcia Lee

Mark and Denise DeWys Family Fund

Barry Hibben

Warrington Foundation Robert and Pauline Young

Gifts of $10,000-$24,999

Denise and Mike Busley Gloria and Leith Butler Cherry Republic Don and Marylou Coe John and Lynn Collins Robert and Leslie Cooper Kate and Rick Dahlstrom

Christine Petersen Raymond and Jan Pezzi David E. Reese Family Foundation

Rich and Susan Erwin

Terence Malone

Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation

George Fabe Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Mariel Foundation

Susan Scyphers

Josephine Marquis

Ann and Al Taylor

John and Nancy Meade

Ralph and Barbara Thayer

Alan Flory and Monica Schultz

Milton Township

John Robert Williams and Terrie Taylor

Paula and Bryce Dreeszen

Community Foundation Ronald and Martha Yocum Family Fund

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Gifts of $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous (2)

Carlton and Rondi Fry

Judy Kern

Tom and Diane Rensberry

Robert and Anna Rita Barron

Garvey Family Fund

Wayne and Ruthanne Kladder

Scott and Jennifer Rodes

Beers Family Foundation

Mary and Jim Gilson

Harold and Pamela Lassers

Charles and Nancy Brickman

John Hamill and Pat Temple

Lesley and Stuart Lee

William C. Scharf Charitable Fund

Dan and Lisa Brickman

Linda and Craig Hanson

Judy Leege

Harry and Betsy Calcutt

Tracy Hickman and Chad Munger

Long Lake Foundation

Hildreth Family Fund

Ann Norman

William and Edith Christoph Charitable Trust Brian and Robin Dailey

Kathren Johanson

J. Bennett and Tauna Donaldson

Sue and Patrick Kelly

Brian and Lori Meek Steve and Deona Paine

Gregory Seman and Tracey McVicar Paul Stimson Julie Tebo and Paul Danes Harvey J. White MD

Gary Pomeroy

Gifts of $2,500-$4,999 Carl Anderson Anonymous Nan Barbas Alison Berry Dick and Sue Bingham Scott and Christine Blackhurst Norton and Mary Lee Bretz Dr. David and Valerie Canter William and Paula Cordes Nancy Cotcamp Clan Crawford

Thomas Hitchman and Keith Hewitt

Jack Maddox and Janet Garvey

Shaw Family Fund

Catherine Hudak

Kevin and Sue Malone

Dennis and Janice Hudson

Robert and Nancy Marshall

Barclay Shultz and Lori Amsterdam

Mary and Robert Hurley

Ann McPhail ◊

Roy and Lou Anna Simon

International Monetary Fund

NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program

Nancy Swift

Ellen Kerr

Dan and Pam Prevo Family Fund

Trout Unlimited Adams Chapter #676

Anthony Klain Gordon and Mary Krater Kresge Foundation Jackie and Bob Kunnen

Timothy and Margaret Price Dan Remahl Gary Richardson and Cheryl Gross

John and Victoria Sheagren

David and Sara Taft

Dori Turner Barbara and James Van Dam Greg VandenBosch Andrew M. Vander Molen Foundation

DTE Energy Foundation

Community Foundation Land Use and Conservation Planning Endowment

John and Char Ester

Ross and Cathy Lillie

Ferson Creek Fund

Brian and Paula Lohss

Kevin and Lisa Russell

Charlene Abernethy and Mike Gill

Jay and Maureen Berger

Bruce and Jennie Brown

Roger Clason

Scott Adams

Bruce and Kathleen Berghoff

Don Brown

Daniel and Linda Cline

Arleta Bernson

Robert Buckner

Robert Condon

Anonymous (5)

Friends of the Betsie Valley Trail

Builders Exchange of Northwest Michigan, Inc.

Kathleen Connell and Dave Peters

Randy and Peg Asmus

Mary and John Blanchard

Margaret Bushnell

Chris and Julie Conger

Robert and Nancy Baglan

Brian Blood Bondy Charitable Fund

Jon Bylsma and Jennifer Johnston

Patrick and Carol Conway

Cindy and Gary Barta James Bauer

Kathy and Chuck Bonneau

Bruce Campbell

Rick and Elizabeth Bellingham

Karen Bora

Robert and Ruth Campbell

Mary Culik and Robert Sharrar

Timothy Carroll

Marcia Curran

Carl Benner

H. Arthur and Catherine Brereton

Sally Casey

Dan Daigger

Steven and Constance Benz

David and Patricia Brogan

Richard and Tracey Cassard

John and Rebecca Bercini

Edward and Ingrid Brophy

Mark Cerny

Donna and Michael D'Alessandro

Paolo and Patty DeMaria

Lois Goldstein and John Heiam

Edward and Elyse Rogers Family Foundation Katie Roth

Darragh and Robert Weisman

Matthew and Adrienne Russell

Gifts of $1,000-$2,499

Judy and Paul Arnold

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Joseph and Leslie Cook

Daniel and Gail Dall'Olmo

Gifts of $1,000-$2,499 — Continued

◊ Matching gift

Tracy Hobbs and Eddie Sullivan

Nancy Lyon

Jeffrey Puryear and Myriam Waiser

Sue Holcombe

Shane and Kimberly Lyons Mark Maddox and Sarah Sutton

R.M. Young Company Carol Rabanus

Gregory and Lissa Magel

Rebecca Ramirez

JoAnn and David Holwerda

Magliochetti Bowes Family Fund

Ricki Ravitts

HP Foundation

Bill and Kathy Main

Beth Hubbell

Sherry Marshall

Terri Reisig

Al and Julie Hurd

Peggy and Graham Martin

Judith and Thomas Ivacko

Carol McAnulty

Ronald and Janet Jackson

Suzanne McCarthy

Paul and Laura Jacobson

William and Joan McCool

Lee Jameson and Barbara Nelson-Jameson

Michael and Karen McMahon

Linda and Greg Jaris

Timothy and Nancy Mead

Dan and Martha Rogalny

Elizabeth Jessup

Albert and Deirdre Miller

David and Elizabeth Rollert

June 8th Foundation

Cathy and Paul Minster

John Ross

Donald Kegley

Margaret Moran

Kevin Kelly

John and Nancy Morris

Rotary Charities of Traverse City

Ray and Jane Kendra

Lloyd and Mary Morrisett

Marty and Anita Klein

Paula and Paul Moyer

Joan Knudson

Jo Ann and Gary Munce

Steven Kraft and Carol Burns

Dave Murphy and Sue Peters

William Gittlen and Sarah Campbell

Bruce and Libby Krone

Dirk and Mary Nelson

Karen Kuehlhorn

Mary and Paul Neustadt

Matthew Godlewski and Jacob Whitman

Mark and Barbara Kuhlmann

Nels and Lynda Nichols

Thomas and Lisa Schermerhorn

Edward Graft

Mr. Douglas Landis

Carol Niemi

Bob and Mary Scholl

Margaret Griffen

Gregory and Audrey Landsfeld

NMEAC

Gary and Nancy Seabrook

John and Andrea Grix

Thomas and Alison Larabel

Tye Nordberg

David and Pam Seabury

Kathleen and Mark Guy

Cynthia Lattin

David and Marilyn Nussdorfer

Community Foundation Serendipity Endowment

Diana Hammond

Jeffrey and Marcia Lee

Lisbeth Oana

Elizabeth Sharp

Nancy Hammond

Kathy and Tom Lehner

Erin O'Connell ◊

Patricia Sharpnack

Don Harbold

Debra Lewis and Kevin Nagy

Patrick OConnell

Liz Hardy and Tom Kienbaum

John and Carolyn Lewis

Olson, Bzdok & Howard, PC

Shell Matching Gifts Program

Brenda Lewis-Roth

Otwell Mawby, PC.

Siebenthaler Foundation

Jack and Ruth Harris

James and Kirsten Levinsohn

Melba and Paul Panhorst

Michael and Suzette Simpson

Bradford Harrison Louise and Larry Haskett ◊

Leslie Li and Brian Ahlborn

Gail Parry and Norman Bell

Hawthorne Family Foundation

Lou Anne and Don Lindemann

Community Foundation John D. and Susan K. Paul Family Endowment

Evan Smith and Cynthia Anderson

Hayes Family Fund

Gerald Linn and LuAnn Orbeck

Stephen and Lorrie Peck

Harry Steck

Carleton Lorig and Yolanda Colson

Ed and Patty Petrick

Matthew Steinmetz

Nancy Martin Podurgiel and Douglas Walker

David and Dianne Stephan

Barbara Danly Tim and Laurie Daum Lois DeBacker ◊ Eric and Kathie Dreier Cheryl and Bill Dundon Richard Elias Tom and Diane Emling Linda and Jim Ernst Emily and Laurence Fasan Andrew and Daniela Fischer Joe Fisher Scott, Jane and Luke Fochtman Michael and Mary Foley ◊ Steven and Sallie Foley Pamela Fraker Timothy and Mary Frank Leonard and Karen Franseen Norm and Mary Anne Frey Martha Garber James and Lauri Gartner GE Foundation Jeremy Gibson and Carolyn McDonald

Will Heelan Luann and Klaus Heinert Sharon and George Hermach

William and Myrna Holland Greg Holmes and Katherine Roth

Polly Rea Tom and Diana Riekse Carl Rinder Michael Roberts and Phyllis Laine Paula Robey and Barbara Jean Ames Elizabeth Rodgers

Pug Rundio Anthony and Natalie Rupard Dick Sadler Tom Sampson and Nancy Wonch Richard and Linda Saslow

Maureen and Paul Smyth David and Lynn Starkey

F. Verne Powell

Strine Family Charitable Fund

Alison Prindle

Sharna Sutherin

Brad and Amy Lyman

Robert and Connie Pulcipher

Judith and Fred Swartz

Jack and Martha Hicks

Gregory and Susan Lyman

Larry and Donna Purcey

Peter Swartz and Lori Franz

David Hilbrands

Donald Lynch

Jane Purkis

Jim Taup

Kristina Hindert

Louise Ann Lyon and John Banks

Anne and Joseph Purpura

Margie White Teall

Walter Herrick Herrington-Fitch Family Foundation

Community Foundation LouAnn's Endowment for Women's Leadership

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Gifts of $1,000-$2,499 — Continued John and Sandra Thorne

William Vodra

Brian Weisman

Michael and Gloria Wolf

Mary Tomaszewski

Mark and Jane Vogel Family Foundation

Wells Family Foundation

Timothy Wolf

Thomas and Kathleen Volle

Karly and Tim Wentzloff

Mark F. Woodward

Gloria Whelan

Randi and Mark Woodworth

Mac and Marilyn Whisner

Jan Wyckoff

Laurence E. White, Eric White and Alexander E. White

John and Marylou Zaloudek

Marty Tomb Torch Conservation Center Paul Tousley Mary and Robert Treadway Herm Triezenberg Richard and Sally Turk Sue and Norm Ulbrich

Suzanne Voltz W. K. Kellogg Foundation Karen Wachs Nancy and Kent Walton M. Sue Waltz

Julie and Joe Whitsett

Diane and Matthew Zender Community Foundation Frank R. and Faye M. Zimmerman Family Endowment

Sylvia and Jim Walworth

Bruce and Dorothy Wierman

George Warrington and Drew Gores

Avace and Bruce Wildie Rudolf E. Wilhelm Fund

Thomas and Jane Weaver

David and Roberta Williams

Kathy and Paul Weiner

Dan and Julie Wolf

Bernard and Lorraine Anderson

Thomas and Barbara Auer

James Ball

Bruce and Cheryl Anderson

John and Marion Auld

Ross and Emily Abrahamson

Nicolaas and Rhonda Ballintyn

Dwain and Christina Abramowski

Chris and Diane Anderson

Richard and Patricia Austin

Joe and Kathryn Anderson

James Acker

John and Kristin Anderson

Jeff Ackerman

Julie Anderson

Jay Adams

Kristin and John Anderson

Faye Backie and Stephen Szilvagyi

Perry and Mary Catherine Adams

Maudie Anderson

Carole Backman

Keith and Carol Adler

Richard and Linda Anderson

Sharon Bacon

Sallee and Thomas Anderson

Chris Baddeley

William and Paula Anderson

Jill Bader and Family

Jeff Andreasen

Eric Baghdikian

Bernadette and Peter Albers

Roland and Marilyn Andreasson

William and Jennifer Baguley

Julia and Anthony Albrecht

Jennifer Andres

Tom and Mary Barnes

Kimberly Albright and Michael Dow

Janine Andrew

Baha'is of Elmwood Township Lois Bahle and Larry Mawby

Elizabeth Alexander

Sharon Andringa

Stephen Bahlke

Douglas Barry and Lara Treemore-Spears

R G Baidas and W K Reeves Charitable Fund

Gabor Barsai Deena Barshney

William and Marjorie Bailey

Mark and Renee Bartell

Foy and Joel Baillie

Cheryl Bartholic

John Arevalo and Gloria Torello

Gary and Janet Baillod

Donald and Jeanette Basch

Walter and Marilyn Baird

Robert and Judith Basch

Jon and Mary Armstrong

Diane Baker

Donna Batch

Katherine Armstrong

Julie Baker

Ben Arnold

Nick and Shirley Baker

Harriet Batson-Benson and James Batson

Richard and Janice Arnold

Tom and Lori Baker

Joan Bauer

Christine Arvidson and Henry Doss

Dianne Baker-Hale and Calvin Baker

Patricia Bauer Bill and Gail Baughman

Gail Ashley

Linda Bakke

Donna Bauman

Arthur Atkinson

Peter and Kristine Baldo

Gisele Atterberry

Mark Baleja

Mark and Kathleen Baumhardt

Robert and Lisa Ulrich Dana VanAmberg Nancy VandenBerg Patricia and Howard Van Houten

Gifts of $1-$999 Joan Abbott Stacey Abella

Kirk and Cathy Agerson Pat Ahlberg Thomas and Judy Aja

Bonnie Alfonso Catherine Alfred Jerome and Sharon Allaire Brian and Maripat Allen James and Mary Allender Terry Almquist James and Jane Alstrom Morton Alterman Helen and Fred Altman Wesley Alwang Joseph and Patricia Amalfitano Amazon Smile Foundation Kris Ammons Barbara Anderson

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Karen Andrews Phil and Carolyn Angel Anonymous (41) Arcadia House Bed & Breakfast

Jeremiah and Kristi Avery Judith Avitts Anna and John Bachman

Carl and Nancy Ballou Bank of America Matching Gifts Elizabeth Banker Mark Baranoski and Emily Eby Jim and Prudy Barber Douglas Bard Bob and Amy Barickman Colleen and Robert Barker Helen and Ross Barker Robert and Gail Barnes Shirley Barnett

Kay and Earl Baxter

Gifts of $1-$999 — Continued

◊ Matching gift

Ruth Bay

Keith and Ethel Birchler

Kenneth and Gail Bowman

Robert L. Brown

Bay View Flooring

James and Doris Bischoff

Connie Boyd

Scott and Jennifer Brown

Anthony and Susan Baynard

Brian and Rhonda Bissell

Gloria and Jerry Boyd

Steven and Kelly Brown

Michael and Patricia Beach

Madeline Bitzan-Powell

Jeanne Boyd

William Brown

Dan and Holly Beachum

Mary Black

Rupert and Marcia Boynton

Cindy Browne and Neil Lau

Bill and Marti Beals

Michele and Ken Blair

James and Deanna Bracewell

Eleanor Brownell

Thomas and Tina Beatty

Cynthia Blasses

Larry and Lori Brownell

Ken Beck

Alan Bliss and Jan McNish

Laura Worst and Dr. Robert Bracey

Ken and Pat Beck

Peter and Eleanor Blitzer

Curtis and Donna Braden

Dawn and Daniel Bruce

Sandra and Mike Becker

Carolyn and Richard Block

Nancy Beeler

Kathleen Bloomfield

Ernie Behnke

Steve and Margaret Blouw

Dan and Nancy Behring Reverend Ted Beiderwieden Robert and Carol Beidler Ronald Beitel Jeffrey and Kathleen Bell Sally Bell Travis and Joan Bell Bell Title Lakeshore Marcia Bellinger William and Sharon Bellinger John Bellingham

Ed and Jennifer Bradford

Paula Brown-Gray

Fiona Bradford

James and Danielle Bruckbauer

Patrick and Carole Brady

Richard and Carolyn Brunelle

Dale Blum

Marilyn and Arthur Branco

Richard and Sharon Bruner

Sandy and Maxine Blumenfeld

Paul Brandenburg

Sean and Darlene Brunetti

Kurt and Angela Brandstadt

Linnea and Gary Brunk

Diane Blumson

Bruce Brandt

Cheri Buchbinder

Clare and Connor Boals

Debbie Brandt and Mark Burnett

Herb and Dee Bucholtz

Anne Brasie

Daniel Buday and Deborah Smith

John Boals Louis and Barbara Boccaleoni Laurie and David Boccia Andy Bogard Gilbert and Anne Bogley Earl Bogrow and Julie Upp

Constantine and Linda Bratsis Richard and Marty Brauer Jim and Mary Jo Braun

James and Justine Buck

Amy and Jamie Buff Michael and Sandra Buhrt Allie and Art Bukowski

Colin and Margaret Bohash

Dr. Dan and Dr. Jeri Lynn Braunlin

Eric and Lou Ann Bohman

Eric Braverman

Marc Bendick and Mary Lou Egan

Linda Boldizar Paul and Karen Bolhuis

Dianne Braybrook and Robert Venner

Eric and Anita Bennett

David and Roberta Bolig

Julie Brazaski

Arthur and Susan Burghes

Richard and Maria Bensel

Luise Bolleber

Lois Breimeier

Michael and Karen Burke

Dennis and Marilyn Benson

Nena Bonadarenko

Vivian Breining

Peter and Lyne Burkey

Roger and Kathy Benson

Joseph Boner

David and Julie Brewer

Matthew and Erika Benz

Joan and Alfred Bonney

Rosemary Berardi

Daniel and Kay Boone

James Brewer and Leslie Littlefield-Brewer

James and Barbara Burkholder

Cynthia Berg

Susan Bopp

Eugene Berg

Jean Boquist

Fran Berg

Donna Boris

Ralph and Lynda Bergsma

Andre and Jamie Borrello

Cathy Berlin

Naomi Borwell

Dodie and Dennis Berry

Kenneth and Jennifer Bosma

Barb and David Bersuder

Angie and Scott Bouma

Scott Bertschy

Nicholas Bouma

Randy and Mary Bevier

Fred and Judy Bournay

Aaron Beyette and Lisa Herkelrath

Gary and Susan Bowerman

Dennis and Marlene Bienkowski

Bowers Harbor Vineyard & Winery

Michael Bemis Steve and Pam Bemis

William Bila Audra and Nathan Bildeaux Dr. Charles and Mrs. Maria Bill Tim and Mary Binder Ron and Stacey Bing

John Bowers

Gilbert Bowlby Jeff and Barbara Bowlby Anne Bowles Andrew Bowman and Alena Kaufman

Linda Bullen David and Ruth Bump Marilyn Burfiend Eileen Burgess

David Burnham

John and Phyllis Brewster

Craig and Martha Burns

Bob and Nancy Brick

Doug and Susan Burns

Tim Brick

Gary and Elizabeth Burns

John and Marilyn Brickler

Moira Burns

Ralph and Lorraine Brickman

Jill Burnside

Bruce and Marilyn Bridges

Nancy Burt

James and Bonnie Brinks

Lucinda and John Burton

Drew Broadway

Bruce and Rhoda Bush

Arlene Brodsky

Chris and William Bussell

Jim and Candy Brody

Linda Bussell

Ron Broering

James and Michele Butcko

Pepper Bromelmeier and Thomas Brown

Eric and Kelly Buth

Virginia Burt

Max and Sandra Bromley

Linda Butka and Bryan Olshove

Joe and Elise Brooks

Susanne Buxton

Rik and Carolyn Brown

Eric and Carolyn Buzzell

Irene Brown

Joel Buzzell and Saskia VanWolferen

Pamela and Ronald Brown

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Gifts of $1–$999 — Continued Harvey and Kathryn Calcutt

William and Sandy Cartwright

Mary Anne and Richard Civiok

Michael Collins and Margaret Grano

Ellen Calkins and Joseph Cipparone

Lori Caruso

Holly Clack

Stella Collins

Charles Casanova

Patrick Clagett

Lois and Fernando Colon

Stephen Calkins

Harold and Marsha Case

David Clapp

Peg and Thomas Comfort

Tim Calkins and Carol Saltoun

Felix Casillas

Ann Clark

Eleanor Comings

Michael and Nancy Call

Meghan Cass ◊

Jody and E. Terry Clark

James and Dorothy Compere

Robert Cassell

Edward and Elaine Clark

Jerry and Jackie Compton

Julie and Albert Catallo

Kelly Clark

Virginia Cates

Pete and Shari Clason

Patricia Compton and Barbara Bleyaert

Richard Catts

Dale Claudepierre and Melynda Bagley

Jane Conard Dan and LuAnn Condon

Ken and Cheryl Clawson Richard and Jill Claybour

Christopher and Martie Conner

Gertrude and Sperry Claypool

Len and Janet Connolly Thomas and Susan Connors

Kevin and Janell Clayton

Birgit and Keith Conway

Robert and Lucinda Clement

Mike Conway

Catherine Cline

Doug and Sally Cook

Donald and Nancy Clover

James and Liz Cook

Timothy and Mary Clulo

Maralee and Tyler Cook Sally Cook

Jan Chapman

Dotti Clune and Jill Henemyer Julie Clynes

Kip and Sherry Cantrick

Stephen and Jeannine Chapman

The Engelhard Family

Robert and Karin Cooney

Beatriz Capper

Harold Chappell

Marilyn Cobb

Thomas and Amy Capua

Michael Charboneau

Max and Reatha Cochran

Kelly Caraher ◊

Charities Aid Foundation of America

Barbara Cochrane

Kay Charter

Michael Coco

John Cooper and Sally Backburn

Joyce Cody

William and Kaye Cooper

Robert and Debra Coffey

Chris and Merrie Corbett

Dan and Katherine Coffield

Mark and Joan Cordeniz Don and Dolores Corning

Dorothy and Harold Byers

Barb and Skip Campbell Braun Campbell Bruce and Linda Campbell Edwin and Rose Campbell Frederick and Denise Campbell Grant Campbell John and Mary Campbell Mary Campbell Maureen Campbell Robert and Cathy Campbell Robert Campbell Thomas and Dianne Campbell Candle Factory Ellie Canfield

Laurie Cardinal Cardinal Health Barb and Mike Carey Carol Carlson Paul and Jean Carlson

CDW Kevin and Shannon Celarek Century 21 Northland Fred and Michelle Cepela Diane and Everett Chambers William Champion and Beverly Pylman Beth Chan Charles and Jeanie Chapin Elise Chapin and Andrea Arnone

Thomas Chesebro Michael and Susan Chesney Linda and David Chesterfield

Sara Cockrell

Kathy Cook-Dowd Izzy and Duncan Cooper James and Darlene Cooper James Cooper James S. Cooper

Robbie and Archie Carmichael

Alan Cheung Carol and Fred Chidester

Bob Cohen and Kathleen Abate

Margaret Carmody

K. Ross Childs

Avern Cohn

Allyn Kay and Robert Cornwell

David and Marcia Carney

Marty and Carole Chirgwin

Jeryl Colby

Susan Flynn and Jeff Corwin

Kathy and James Carney

Caitlin Chism

Ann Cotter

Anne Carpenter

David Chown and Janet Mortensen-Chown

Coldwell Banker Schmidt, Realtors Henry and Bonnie Cole

Michele Counsell

Kathleen Carpenter Mary Ann Carpenter Cindy Carr Diane Carr Joel Carroll William Carroll Cathy, Erynn and Doug Carter Janice Carter John and Cindy Carter Melia Carter Neil and Mary Carter

Glen and Rebecca Chown

Herbert Cole

Deborah Chrisman

Juanita Cole

David and Eunsook Christian

Mindy Cole-Frank

Jane and John Christian

Dan and Shirley Coleman

Michael and Audra Christian

Jack and Maddie Coleman

Julie and Lonnie Christopher

Clare Coles

Norman and Laura Christopher

Chris and Audra Collie

Lou Ann and Robert Churchill

Cynthia Collins

Richard Cicone and Carolyn Burke

Rob and Diane Collier Edward and Barbara Collins Elizabeth Collins Michael and Carolyn Collins

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Melzar Coulter ◊ Joanne and Kim Couturier Thomas Cowell Evan Craig ◊ Jeffrey and Jill Craig Jerry and Ann Craig William and Romona Crain Thomas Crampton Charles and Susan Crawford Dee and Ron Crawford Helen and Gary Crawford Helen Crawford Piper Crawford

◊ Matching gift Barbara Cribar and Richard Miller Edward Crippen and Frances Alfs Robert and Gail Crompton Tom and Jeanne Crosby Jennifer Crossen and Joan Callahan Robert and Barbara Crossman Elizabeth Crowdus Jane and David Crowner-Friedman Tom and Judy Croxton Jim Cunningham Ruth Cunningham Diana Curran Galejs and Lars Galejs Janice and Jed Curtis Susan Curtis Arthur W. Curtis, III Garry and Marlene Curtiss Beverly Cuthbert Elizabeth Cutrona Nancy Cyberski Amy D’Ancona Diane Dabich

Molly and Jeff Dalton

Sharon Dean

Deborah and Craig Desmet

Ray and Julie Daly Family Fund

Ann and Richard DeBoer

Doug and Margo Detzler

Paul and Amy Damian

Shannon and Arie DeBruyn

Larry DeVergilio

Alice and Jerry Deck

Rich and Mary Devon

Lindsay Decker

Michael and Ann DeVries

Christopher and Katherine DeGood

Roger and Helen Dewey

Cortney and Chris Danbrook Lucia Danes Stacy and Carol Daniels Nancy Dash and Cheryl Thompson David and Nancy Daugherty Betsy Davidson and Sheryl Coston Robert and Jacqueline Davidson James and Beverly Davies John Davies Ray Davies Christopher and Patricia Davis Michael and Dixie Davis Jeff and Sharon Davis John and Josie Davis Paul and Kay Davis Eugene and Joanne Dawson Sheryl Day Haley De Korne Robert and Arlene Dean

Dan and MaryAnn DeGood

Daniel DeWitt and Lisa Deferrari

G. Michael and Barbara DeGraeve

Paul and Christine Deyo

Dave and Lori DeHaan Ellen Dehm and Catherine Adler

Karen Diamond, Julie Ruffer, Cathy and Mike Larson, Amy and Jeff Jacoobs

Colleen DeKay

Marsha Dicenzo

Joyce Delamarter

Charles and Janet Dickerson

Rick and Lisa Delaney ◊

William and Roberta Dickie

Kristen DelMonte

David Dickinson and Jeannine LaPrad

Margaret Delorme Peter and Nancy Deneen Peter and Pamela Dennison Karen Denolf and K.T. Hayes Gretchen Deo Nancy Deo Brian Derisley and Elizabeth Richard-Derisley Kent and Victoria Des Jardins

Harold and Edna DeYoung

Monroe and Elizabeth Dickinson Nancy Dickinson Phillip and Sally Dieck Diane and James Dixon Kevin Diels and Jane Damschroder Virginia Dike and Ijeoma Dike-Young

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Gifts of $1-$999 — Continued Kelly Dillan

Frank Durham

Mary Engdahl

Juliana Fernandez

Carole and Richard Dills

David and Sharon Durrant

Alice Entwisle

Joan Ferrari

John Dillworth

Keira Duvernoy and Robert Braveheart

Envision Development

Eugene Ferries

William Dvorak and Gela Boebel

John and Gina Erb

Brett Fessell

Erdmann Family Fund

Charles and Mary Fierle

Gerri Erickson and Margaret Platner

Mary Jo Fifarek

Bill and Gail Ericson Jason and Heidi Erlenbeck

Bob Finch and Melissa Lain-Finch

Rich Ernsting

Charles Finley

Phil and Florence Ernzen

Thomas and Janice Fiola

Michelle Ervin

Ethel Fischer

Randall Esler

Jack and Joyce Fischer

Cathy Eubanks

Jane and Steve Fish

Chad and Monica Evans

Brian and Vera Fisher

Laura and Thomas Evans

Bruce Fisher and Julie Adams

Evenings in the Garden Speaker

Pasqualina Fitzgerald

Ted Ewald Ceri and Timothy Faas

Dennis and Barbara Fitzpatrick

Roger and Carol Faber

Fitzpatrick Agency

John Fahey and Kelly Kin

Beth and Joe Fitzsimmons

Jack and Donna Fahlen

Anita Flassig Diane and John Flatley Nancy Fleming

Rodney Dimock and Marilee Porter Kathleen and Joe Dingler Don and Deborah Dinkmeyer

Jim and Cathy Dye

Robert and Donna Dinkmeyer

Theresa Dykhuis

Sue and Tom Dionne

Theresa and David Dysarz

Larry and Donna Dodd

Sybil Markey Eady

James Dodge

Chris and Donna Earle

William and Gabrielle Dodge

Colin and Theressa Earles

John and Sharon Dolton

Norman and Kelli Earles

Nancy Donald

Laurie Eberhardt and Peter Martin

James and Joyce Donaldson Jean Donaldson Dana and Doug Donnell

David and Dianne Dykstra

Lois and Robert Eckstein Diane and Robin Edgington

Jill Dooley and Annette Brown

Shirley and Paul Edmond

Ron and Carol Dooley

Jeanne Edwards

William and Ginny Dorner

Ned and Barbara Edwards

Dick and Guyla Doumanian

Phil Edwards and Laura Reid

Roberta Dow

Jean and Steve Eggemeyer

Michael and Stephanie Dow

Scot and Jilanne Egleston

Charles Fahlgren and Kay Harley

Hank Dow

Russell A. and Pat Ehler

Mary and Bill Fairgrieve

Lester and Natalie Dragstedt

Sandy Ehlers

Cynthia and Kent Fairless

Naome Dragstedt

Ted, Andy and Dianna Ehlert

Bill and Denise Faler

Claudia and Ken Drake

Kathy and Don Ehrenberger

Walter Fallows

Duane and Patricia Drake

Donald and Sally Eichberger

Michael Falter

Molly Drayer

Harry and Kathy Eiferle

John and Charmaine Dressler

John Eikost

Fred A. Farage Jr. and Carl J. Strebel

Community Foundation Evelyn A. and Charles H. Drummond Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area Education Endowment

Barry and Carole Eisfeldt

Jack and Janice Ducsay Sue and Tad Duemler Rita Dukes

Carol and Fred Edmonds

Timothy and Irene Eiseman ◊ EJ USA, Inc. Elk Rapids Garden Club Doris and Rick Ellery John and Sally Ellinger Charles Ellinwood

Georgette and Dan Dulworth

Kristen Elliot and Perry Harmon

Charles and Marge Dumanois

Joseph and Sheryl Elliott

Robert Dumont

Marjorie Elliott

Sylvia and Thomas Duncan

Frank Ellis

Don and Sally Dunlop

Erwin and Gayla Elsner

John and Anna Dunn

Amie Elve

Tom and Sarah Dunn

Nancy Elwood

Robert Dunphey

Robert Ely

Steven Carey and Diane Dupuis

Neal and Margaret Elyakin

Marissa and Manny Duque

Ed and Ann Emenheiser

David Durham

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Dorothea and Bill El-Yasir Endoman Promotions, LLC

Saeed and Dorothy Farhat Connie and Steve Farmer Tom and Linda Farrell Terry and Kim Farrugia Richard and Lori Fasi Jan Faulkner Gary and Elizabeth Fazzio Gregory and Nancy Fazzoni Roche and Leslie Featherstone Tim and Ellie Feddersen David Feenstra Lois Feichtenbiner Walter and Susan Feiger Donita Feldman Judy and Tom Feldmann James and Deborah Fellowes Mary Ferens Charles and Mary Anne Ferguson

Susan Finarelli

Kenneth and Betty Fitzhugh

David Fleisher Diane Florkowski Mary Flynn Michael and Donna Flynn Randall Fogelman David Foley and Margaret Willman Lauren Foley Merceditas Font George and Mary Ford Margaret Forgione Ruth Forrest Robert and Sandra Forsman Catherine and Frank Forsyth Scott Forthofer Richard Forwood Andrew and Sharon Foster Bud and Nancy Foster Richard and Pamela Foster ◊ Bob and Ruth Fountain Wendy Fowler and Michael Oxley DeAnne and Todd Frank Joseph and Gail Frank Karen Frank Nancy Frank Susan Franklin

◊ Matching gift Joanne and David Frantz

Sallie Gardner

Kenneth Goebel

Matt and Inger Griffin

Don and Nancy Fraser

Kimberly and James Gardzulis

Richard Goerke

Thomas and Elizabeth Griffith

Caroline Garrick and Janice Newhouse

Jim and Carol Goetz

Alta Frears Bill and Sue Frederick Richard and Margaret Frederick

Susan Garrison

Karen and Gregory Fredericksen

Dawn Garrock

John Freeman and Mary Rose Farrington

Tom and Karen Gartland

Joy French Becker

Thomas Gast and Sue Leason

Suzanne Freshour David and Esther Frey Patricia Frey William Frey Denise Frick Madelyn and James Frick Gordon Friese and Mary Anne Rivers-Friese George and Maiga Friess Katrina Fritz Meredith Fritz Steve Fritz William and Nancy Fronk Andrea Fry and John Floyd Erin Fry Stephen and Susan Fry Edward and Rita Furdak

Brian Gartland John and Grace Gast Donald Gatz Arnold and Eleanor Gatzke Carolyn Gauthier Douglas and Shirley Gembis Douglas and Rebecca Gentry Mark and Mary Beth Gentry John and Ann Gerhardt Bruce and Valerie Gerhart Jim and Lucy Gerlach John and May Gerstle Roger Gerstle and Marjie Rich Walter and Virginia Gerstner Earl and Maud Gervais Laetitia Gervais Marcia Gest Pam Yee and Ron Gianola

Steven Goerke Wesley and Lorene Goff Donna Goggin-Dolwick and Alan Dolwick Don and Barb Good Ron and Sandy Goodale Doug and Karen Goodkin Jack and Liz Goodman Maryanne Goodman James and Nancy Goodwin T. James and Marilyn Goodwin

Martha and Joe Griggs Jo Grindem Marjorie and Richard Groenwald Norman Groner Nancy and Richard Grote Linda Grubaugh Michael Grusenmeyer Michael J Grusenmeyer Charitable Fund Evelyn Gryson Debbie and Tyler Guenther

Google Matching Gifts Program

Kenneth Gum

Christopher Gores

Beth and Wayne Guntzviller

Elizabeth Gotsch

Ronald Gurdak and Susan Mohr

Paul Gottschalk Gourdie-Fraser, Inc. John Goy and Margaret Monsour Chuck Grabiel and Connie Armstrong Lois Graham Michael and Donnel Grahl Guy and Kimberly Gramzow

Hans and Linda Gundersen

Sarah Lutes and Linda Guthrie Werner and Marianne Gutknecht Anthony and Christa Gutowski Daniel and Anne Guyton Emily Guziak Peter and Margaret Haddix

Debina Gibbpotts

Grand Traverse Audubon Club

James Gibson and Marzena Fryc Gibson

Steve Perdue, Grand Traverse Industries

Kathleen Hagan

Kathryn and Patrick Gibson

Richard and Patricia Hager

David and Helene Gidley

Grand Traverse Radiologists, PC.

Douglas Gage and Cheryl Sisk

James Gies

Barb and Chris Granner

William Gillies

Carey Grant

Rick and Chris Halbert

Richard and Rebecca Gagnon Peter and Patricia Gaines

Jerry Gillissen

James Grant

Marc and Janie Gall

Michael Gillman

Bob and Donna Grassa

Lance Gallagher

Norbert and Patricia Gilman

Bob and Michelle Grassa

Susan Hall and Donald Buchbinder

Gary and Victoria Gallup

Mark Gilmore

John and Kathryn Gray

Glenn and Kristine Hallett

Paul Gambka

Robert and Joyce Gingras

Judith Greaves

Gail Halliday and Tim Laney

Robert and Christine Gamble

Dean and Sharon Ginther

Philip and Lois Gannon

Frank Greco and Joanna Collins

Gloria Halligan

William Gittlen and Sarah Campbell

Lisa and David Green

Matt and Amy Gabriel and Family Christopher and Mary Gaffield Carol Gaffield Oppenheim and Philip Oppenheim

Carl and Eileen Ganter Karen Garber and John DesMarais Bonnie and Allen Garbrecht Sebastian Garbsch Julia Garcia Community Foundation Gardner Mahalo Fund Gretchen Gardner and Joshua Pokempner

Lois Haertel Denise and Mick Hager Lucinda Hahn Michael and Mary Haley James and Judith Hall

Barbara Halperin

Robert Glassman and Jennie Lieberman

Rose and Mary Green

Stan Halpin and Meg Harding

Kate Greene

James Hamaty

Janice Glatzer

Larry and Barbara Hamilton

Tim Glidden

Thom Greene and Nadeen Kieren

Patricia and James Glossi

Arthur and Susan Greenlee

Robert and Margaret Glover

Tiffany Greenman and Bess German

Edward and Jeanne Hammond

Richard and Shirley Gobba Joe and Denise Godfrey Barbara Godleski

Elliott and Sandra Greenspan Christopher and Marlene Griffin

Mike and Eileen Hamilton

Rebecca Hammond and Philip Lombard Jim and Leslie Hamp

GTRLC.ORG

Gifts of $1-$999 — Continued Rose Hamway and Linda Krynak

Noreen and Kevin Harty

Laura and Scott Heintzelman

Anne and Daniel Heyns

Anna Hannan

Clara Hasenick

Jane Heirich

Timothy Hibbard

Floyd and Jana Hassett

Roger and Judy Heit

Sean Hickey

Carolyn Hastings and Leigh Daniels

Gregory Hekel

Doug and Martee Hickman

Charles and Judith Hatcher

Harry and Sally Hempy Bruce Henderson

Paul and Ruth Anne Hickman

Daphne and James Hanrahan Geraldine Hansen Mary Ann and Gary Hansen Diane Hanson Marilyn and Dick Hanson Ed Hargis and Peggy Anderson Frances Harju

Charles Hathaway David and Margaret Hauser Jon and Peggy Hawley Hayden Foundation Kimberly Hayes Shaun Hayes

Michael and Joni Hennard Stephen Hennessy Bill and Ann Henning Richard Henry Sandra and Mark Henschell

William Hayes

Penny Hergenroeder and David Weiss

Jeanne and Michael Haynes

Vera Hernandez

Barry and Evelyn Harper

Hazelnut Kids

Elizabeth Herrmann

Mark and Cathy Harrell

John and Maureen Heakin

C. Richard and Susan Herrold

Kirk and Liz Harrington

James Heddins and Donna Bartholomew-Heddins

Michael and Sharon Herron

Teri Hedrich

Carol Hess

Donald and Barbara Harmer Sue Harmer and Mark Hoffman

Fay and Stephen Harris Family Fund Dave Harrison Brent and Letha Harshman Laura Hart Eryn Hart Dutta Dorothy Hartley Carrie Hartt Louise Hartung

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Colleen Heflin and Bill Whipps Robert and Barbara Heflin Paul and Cathy Heidel Kathleen and Kevin Heikkila Jerry and Jamie Heim Alison and Conrad Heins

William and Debra Hershey Phil Hess and Stephanie Blatchley Roxan Hessenaur Hugh Hessler Ron Heverly Bill and Heather Hewett David and Kathleen Heyboer

Barbara Hicks Joyce and Garland Hicks Jason and Dana Hiemstra Frances and Thomas Higginbottom Carol Highsaw Jim Highsaw and Linda Prentice Cheryl and Richard Hiipakka Marty Hilbrands Bruce and Anne Hildreth Timothy Hildreth Michelle Hill John and Jane Hilliard Matthew Hilliard Mollie Hilliard Richard Hill-Rowley Benjamin Hills Bruce Hilty Alan and Elizabeth Hindmarch

◊ Matching gift Warren and Suzanne Hinsch

Amy Hubbell

Lonnie Jantsch

Emily Kania

James and Marlene Hintz

Nicole Hudson

Philip Jarvi

Elaine and David Kanski

Don Hirt

Richard and Sally Hug

Linda Kao

Richard Hitchingham

Michael and Lesa Huget

Jennifer Jay and Evan Johnstone

Michael and Janet Hluchaniuk

Dennis and Tina Hughes

David and Christine Jaymes

Leonidas and Geraldine Karras

Alfred and Deanna Hoadley

David Hulefeld

Hollis and Karen Jencks

Nancy Hulka and Duane Dunlap

Diane and Greg Jenks

George and Mary Hobig

Donald and Liela Jennette

Steve and Becky Hobig

Cynthia Huls

Sue Jennings

Nancy Hoblit

Joseph Hulsebus

Teresa and Martin Jennings

Brian Hodgkinson

John and Wilma Hultman

Kallie Jensen

Tom Hodgman

Jennifer Humberson

David Jeschke

Lisa Keder and William Pohlman

Linda and Dan Hoemke

John Hunter

John and Patricia Jimenez

Charles and Margaret Keil

Melissa and Chad Hoeppner

Susan Huntzicker

Michael and Jean Johns

Dean Keiser

William and Suzanne Hoff

Kathy and Rich Huseltine

John and Joanne Johnsen

Bradford and Joan Keller

James and Virginia Hoffa

Barbara Johnson

Patrick and Christine Kelley

Bruce Johnson

Anne Kelly

Mary Sue Hoffman

Beverly, Becky, Andrea, Leslie, Nicole M., Nancee, Kelly, Amanda, Sandy, Teri and Theresa

David and Kathy Johnson

Bill and Nancy Lou Kelly

Alison and Rick Hoffman

Mary Louise Hutson

Gary and Carol Johnson

Joe and Donna Kelly

John Hoffmann

William Iams

James Johnson

Kevin and Nancy Kelly

Daniel and Jody Hofstra

IBM Corporation

Jeff and Joann Johnson

Patrick and Mary Kelly

Robin and Patrick Hogan

Karol and Dennis Johnson

Robert Kelly

Steve and Annie Hogler

Illinois Tool Works Foundation

Keith and Claudette Johnson

John and Kathy Imboden

Ellen and William Kelso

Carole Hokkanen

Kim and Margaret Johnson

Carol Inman

Cliff and Kathy Kelto

Robert and Jane Holdeman

Larry Johnson

Heather Irvine

Lindsey Kemmerling

Marie and Doug Holem

Catherine Irwin

Ann Kennedy

Charles and Susan Holmes

Paula Johnson and Steve Parks

Karen Holstad

Bob and Ann Ivinskas

Ronald and Sharon Johnson

Gary Holt

Abdeen Jabara and Holly Maguigan

Tom and Marie Johnson

David and Deb Jackson

Rowland Johnston

James Jackson

Greg and Jennifer Johnstone

Jeffrey and Lynda Jackson

Paula Jonas

Mark and Debra Jackson

Brad and Leslie Jones

Phred and Elaine Jackson

David and Nancy Jones

T. Michael and Joan Jackson

Debbie Henn Jones

Tom Jackson

Jefferson Jones

Rosalind Jaffe and Pat Balmer

Margaret Jones

John and Kathy Jahoda

Janet Joslyn

Art and Carol Hoadley

Carol Hoffman

Julia and Paul Holtgreive Mark and Yvonne Holtz Anne Honhart Ed Hoogterp Walter Hooper Jim and Mariah Hope Jennifer Hopkins Mel and Marlene Hopp Deborah Horner Daniel and Susan Hornkohl Donald and Carolyn Hoss Kathi Houston and David Reid Constance Hoveland David and Sandra Howard Lynn Howard Michael and Marsha Howard Sharley Hower John and Patricia Howlett Robert and Suzette Hoxie Ann and Jon Hubbard

Leo and Sharon Hughes

Bill Jamnick Joachim Janecke

Gerald Jehle

Jill and Ron Johnston

Philip and Susan Joseph Terry Judd

George and Joann Janes

Patricia Oconnell and Loren Judge

John Janevic

Cynthia and Allen Julian

Mary Janik

Susan and Chuck Julian

June Janis

Raymond Jusick

Mark and Janet Janis

Edward and Ann Kalat

Rus Janis and Connie Snow

Karen Kamerschen

Jann Jansen and Rayan Anastor

Marilyn Kamp

Lee and Shirley Janssen

David Kane

Carol and H. Peter Kappus

Robert Kasperek and Lynn Formanczyk Armen and Kimberly Kassouni Alex and Phyllis Kato Brian and Angie Keas

Brian and Joy Kennedy Paul and Rebecca Kennedy Sharon and James Kerfoot John and Connie Kerns Ron and Bonnie Kershner Donna Kessler Margaret Ketchum Anne Ketner Wendell Kevwitch Charles Kibby James and Melody Kiefer Connie and Thomas Kiessel Peter and Christine Kiewit Janet Killian Diana Kimball Douglas Kimble and Priscilla Walmsley Dennis Kinder Carol and Robert Kindt Diane and Donald King Donald and Barbara King Bob and Karen Kingon Darrell and Shirley Kinnan Kevin and Kimberly Kinnan GTRLC.ORG

Gifts of $1-$999 — Continued Timothy and Jessica Lindstrom

Andrew Kinnear and Jennifer Powell

Walter and Karen Kreger

Medley Larkin

Paul and Dorita Kint

Eileen Kreiner

Cliff Larkins

Jean and Walt Kretzmann

Craig and Susanne Larrabee

Amy Krigbaum and Phillip Conroy

Lynn Larson and Paul Christ

Michael and Sandra Lininger

Valerie Kirn-Duensing ◊

Lions Club of Arcadia

Joyce Kirshner

Carol Krigbaum

John and Mary Anne Larzelere

Dency Lippert

Judith Kirscht

David and Linda Krill

Barry and Linda Lishawa

Andrea Kish

Jeff Kroeger

Marilyn Latterman and Frederick Hambly

Bob and Pat Kjolhede

Lisa Kroeger

Margaret Laubach

Scott and Vickie Lizenby

Pamela Kladzyk

Gretchen Kronk

Molly and Charles Klettner

Michael and Janet Kronk

Tim Klifman

Richard and Galen Krupka

Donna and Jerry Klinefelter

Stephanie Krupka

Phil and Margaret Knapp

Dennis and June Krus

Barbara Knight

William Kubat

George and Cheryl Knight

Shuggie Kubiac Lamkin

Arleen Lawson-Willey and Rick Willey

Tami Knight

Carl and Carolyn Kucsera

Eleanor and Donald Layman

Jerry and Sharon Knoppow

David and Teri Kuffner

David Lazorski

Kenneth Knowles

Jerry and Judy Kulka

David and Jane Lean

Ray and Liz Kobe

Susan and Duane Kullberg

Shannon Lean

Yvonne and Richard Koblinski

Kathy and Michael Kurap

Nancy and Steve Koerber

Jeff and Kelly Kurburski

David and Marty Leavenworth

John Kurfess

Virginia LeClaire

Rene Louchart

Rodney and Christine Kurtz

Carole and Willie Lee

J. Ron Lovasz

Nicole and Zak Kustok

Christine Lee

Scott Lowe

Kenneth and Nellie Kuzma

Katherine Lee

Katie Lowran

Lackey and Treml Family

David and Patricia Leege

Donald and Suellen Lowther

Pauline Lackie

David and Rebecca Leege

Doug and Lynne Luciani

Sharon and Tim Laduca

John and Darlyne Leete

Ray and Nancy Ludwa

Gail and Al LaDuke

Patricia Leino-Jones

Joy Luecke

Pierre and Loretta Lafoille

Ted and Yolanne Leno

Barbara Lukasiewicz

James Lagowski

Joseph and Betty Lepak

Nancy and John Lukasiewicz

Jayme Lahut and Davin Robinson

Marilyn Leppek

Nelson Lumm

Joseph and Kathleen Lessard

Jane Lund

Bruce and Andi Laidlaw

Justin Lessek

John and Barbara Lund

Lois Lamb

Katherine and Gregory Lett

Tim Lund

Robert Lambert

Jan Leuallen

Phillip and Usha Lundberg

Dr. Timothy Lambert

Lori and Mark Leugers

Cliff and Jo Lundeen

Keith and Bernice Lamkin

Connie Leutloff

David Lundeen

Mary Jo and Timothy Lampton

Tracey Lev-ary

Karen Lundeen Kurgan

Robert and Margaret Levine

Carl Lundgren

Cynthia Lewis

Judith and Arne Lundmark

Dorothy and John Lewis

Ben and Sally Lundquist

Richard and Colleen Lewis

Cathy Lundy

Richard and Sally Lewis

Bruce Luoma and Tammy Hagerty

Lewis and Char Kirchner

Mera and Peter Kohler Paul and Diane Kolak Kirk and Laura Kolberg Dan and Linda Kolhagen Bob and Donna Kondek Charles and Susan Konieczny Richard Kooyman and Melanie Parke Rita Kopin Rob and Lisa Kortman Richard Kosinski and Deborah Ochs Mark and Sandy Koslen Mark and Debra Kosowski Sanford and Ellen Kossek Richard and Shelley Kotz Helen Kovalcik James and Karen Kowalski Carol Kozelka Koffi and Teresa Kpachavi

Becky Lancaster

Tristan Kraft

Sandra and Richard Landback

Ted and Jeanne Kraimer

Vic Lane

Walter Kraimer

Amy and Victor Lane, Sr.

Bill and Bev Kramer

Laura Lange

Beryl Krasner and David Bradley

Michael and Becky Lanham

Charles and Judy Kraus

Theodore and Natalie Lanham

Joanne and John Kreag

Julie and Richard Lapinski

Keith and Holly Kreag

Russell and Deborah Larimer

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Kelsey Lauer Ann Laurimore Elena Lavastida and Linda Lavastida-Kapp Hazel Lawrence Andrij Lawrin

Fred and Jane Libbing Daniel and Mary Liechty Ronald Liesemer Lisa Lightfoot and Marshall Rugg Kim and Mary Lind

Lance and Mary Lindwall

Patricia Littlefield Gary and Sharon Lloyd Thomas and Lucy Lloyd Randy and Judy Locatis Valerie Locicero Patricia and Stephen Lockman Matthew Lohrentz Charles and Kathy Lombardo Janice London Catherine Look Dale and Judy Lopus Audrey and John Losey David and Beverly Lotz

Richard and Karen Luther Tonya Lutz Jim and Evona Lutzke Jeremy Lyman Will and Barbara Lynch

◊ Matching gift David Lyon

Jim and Jolayne Markey

Will and Carole McCord

David and Jan Merrell

Thomas and Barbara Lyon

Sharon Markey

Margaret Mertz

Margaret and Mark Lyons

Beth and Tom Markowski

Lawrence and Margaret McCormick

Robert and Sue Lytle

Kenneth and Jo Marks

Barbara and Rudy Macander

Richard and Lori Marl

Dan Mach and Kathy Flynn Mach

Lee and Pauline Marmion

James and Christina MacInnes

Jamie and Barbara Marsh

Janice and Tom McCraner

Katherine Messenger and Will Wright

Susan McCraven and Robert Reider

Linda Messing and Kenneth Rudisel

Christy McCreary

Constance Metcalf

Allen and Midge McCreedy

Robert and Adeline Metzger

Bob and Lisa McCririe

Amy and Dan Meyer

Alanna McDermott

Faye Meyer

Douglas and Susan McDonald

J. Thomas and Janice Meyer

Joseph and Marilyn Martin

Michael and Sandra McDonald

William Meyer

Kay Martin

Matt and Ann McDonough

Gordon Macowan and Carolyn Meyer

Peggy Martin

Tom and Shelle McElwee

Megan Martin

Chloe McGehee

Dr. Matthew and Jody Madion

Porter and Carren Martin

John McGilliard

Dale and Nancy Magoon

Porter and Sherrie Martin

Ann and Doug McInnis

Peter and Anne Magoun

Roger Martin and Elizabeth Footh

Michael and Susan McIntyre

Tom and Gladys Maguire

Stuart Martin

Dave and Barb Mahan

Dan and Lucy McKeen

David Marvin

Lillian Mahaney

Jennifer McKervey

Charlotte Marx

Stephen and Carole Mahoney

Jim and Louann McKimmy

Jean Maiville

Andrew Mason and Natalie Riquelme

Sharon McKinley

John Makinen

Bob Masta

Judith Malaski

Mel and Judy Matchett

Roger and Aimee Mali

Dave Mathews

Rosemary Malocsay

John Matz and Terry Griffin

Gerard Mandziuk

John and Kathryn Maxson

Sally and Patrick Manke

Joshua Mayer

Rebecca Mang and Homer Nye

Mike and Linda Mayer

Leonard Mankowski and Andrea Hinsenkamp

Frank and Lisa Maynard

David and Lorah MacIntosh David and Paula MacKenzie Robin and James MacKenzie Ellen MacKinnon Roderick and Julia MacLachlan

Francia Mann Michael and Mary Manning Aaron and Lori Mansfield Pete and Mary Mantei Karen and David Manthei Kathryn and Gary Manthey Alan Marble Sharon March Routly Louis and Lori Marchi

George and Carol Marsh Joyce and Eugene Marshall Robert Marshall David and Nicole Martin John and Marjorie Martin

Curt Mayes Michael Mazor Jeffrey and Mary Mazure Lucy McArtor Barb McCall

Larry and Joan McKay

Jane McKune Joan McLay Walter and Janet Mclellan Rosalie McLenithan James and Janice McMillan Rebecca McMullen Pat and Karen McNamara Kent and Lindsay McNeil Patrick and Jan McNerney Elizabeth McNicholas Greg and Cindi McPherson Mark and Catherine McPherson

John and Havala McCall

Douglas and Mary Anne McWhirter

Beverly McCamman

Thomas and Linda Mead

John and Jan McCann

Meach Family Charitable Trust

Paul McCann Dennis and Megan McCarthy Karen McCarthy

Marta Meengs Paul and Mary Meernik

Bill McClain

Mary Jane Meier Lisa Meleski

Andrea Maresca

Kathleen and Thomas McClanaghan

Jo Meller and Jim Sluyter

Margaret Mudd Fletcher Charitable Foundation

Gloria McClay

Rita Melotti and Andrew Bishop

Sharon Marhewka

Meredith McComb

James and Evelyn Marchio Gary Marek and Ann George

Joseph and Norma Mariage Tracy and Sandra Mariage

Honor McClellan John and Susan McConnel

Bill and Jill Mendenhall Jim and Lynnea Mensching Ralph and Marylin Merchant

James Meyer Steve Michael Philip and Connie Micklin Microsoft Corporation Matching Gifts Curt and Eileen Mikulski Maureen Milarch Bridget and Michael Millar Ellen Miller Judith Miller Louis and Karen Miller Mary and Emmett Miller Richard Miller Mary Beth and James Milliken Donald and Elizabeth Millington Claud Mills and Janet Brzezinski Jennifer and Jay Mills Robert and Kristen Miner Susan Miner Russ and Brenda Minnerick Martha Minow Michelle Mirasola Lisbeth Mitchell Samuel Mitchell Mark Mitshkun and Diane Rosenblum Michael and Laura Mittelstaedt Joseph Mittner MLC Realty, INC Carolyn Moats Harold Modeen Judy Moehle Douglas and Mary Sue Mohnke Peter and Sharon Moller Marcia and Dana Monks Cynthia Moore

GTRLC.ORG

Gifts of $1-$999 — Continued Donna and James Moore

Yvonne Myers

Gary Noteware

Kristin and Bruce Moore

James Mynsberge

David and Pat Nothstine

Mildred Moore

Judith and George Mynsberge

Don Nowak

Mary Morgan

Richard and Cheryl Naperala

Todd Morgan and Amanda Brushaber

Catherine Nehil

Ronald Nugent

Eileen and August Neitzel

William and Katherine Morgan

Roger and Stephanie Nelsen

Nancy Moore

Douglas and Jennifer Morgenstern

John Nelson and Lynne Moon Larry and Kelly Nelson

Kathryn and James Nowak Michael Nutt Andrew Nyce Laura and Timothy Nyquist Jessica O’Rourke James and Margaret O'Brien

Leroy Owens and Mary Lou Henderson Thomas and Sarah Oxnard Robert and Christine Pacer Amy Packard Wayne and Deborah Pahssen Phyllinda and Dewey Painter Paul Palmer Philip and Heidi Pandolfi Caren Panizzo

Theresa O'Brien

Arthur and Barbara Papazian

William and Kimberly O'Brien

Roger Papineau Cynthia and Scott Paradise

Brian Nerbonne

Kathleen and Wayne O'Connell

George and Donna Parker

Mike and Nancy Nerbonne

Richard and Adrianne Odell

Nick Nerbonne

Bruce and Rebecca Ogilvie

Wendell and Mary Parker

Michele and Joe Nerone

Dawn and Kean Oh

Kathleen Nesbitt

John O'Hair

Patrick and Jennifer Nestor

Stacy O'Hair

J. Elliot and Florence Morrison

Becky Nettles

Louis and Linda Okma

William and Kathleen Parsons

Network for Good

Gabe Okma

Kathy Partin

Robert Morrison

Gerald and Jan Neumann

Susan Olcott

Richard and Debbie Pascoe

Will and Jane Morrison

Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society

Patrick and Kaitlyn Pasik

Douglas and Chandra Morse

Newcomers Club of Traverse City

Barb and Gregory Mort

Mary Ellen Newport

Old Mission Women's Club

Gwen Newton

Gloria Olds

Craig and Judy Passon

John and Victoria Moseley Tom Mountz

Ray and Paula Nichols

Megan and Andrew Olds

Timothy Moynihan

Robert and Christine Nichols

Pat and Linda O'Leary

Anne Mudgett and Scott Furgueson

Chris Nickerson and Pamela Ripsom

Donna and Donald Olendorf

Amy and Sean Muldoon

Marilyn and Michael Niebel

Patrick and Christine Muldoon

Jack and Cindy Niederhofer

Paula Oleson

Richard and Marilyn Mumaw

John and Marilyn Niesen

Carol and Henry Mundie

Stuart Nightingale

Cassidy Munger

Bob Morningstar Marellene Morrell Herbert Morris Dr. James Morris Karin Wolfe Morris Dr. and Mrs. Paul L. Morris Barbara and Gregory Morrison Dorothy Morrison and Barry Brown

Marianne Nelson Nancy and Henry Nelson Thomas and Scott Nelson

Lisa Oleson

Sarah and Chad Parker Paul and Sally Parks Nick Parmer Gloria Parsons

Maureen Passalacqua Blair Patch Leo and Patricia Paveglio Suzanne Pavel Erin Paxson Karl Pearson

Edward and Susan Olsen

Kate Pearson and Steve Cruzen

Dave and Betsy Olson

Barbara and Carl Peck

Eric and Kim Olson

Sarah and Lawrence Peck

Karen Noel

Michael and Katherine Olsson

Victoria Peck and Brendan Hunter

Molly Murbach

Jane Nolan

Sue Oppliger

Diane and Thomas Pederson

Ann Murphy

Mary Nolan and Bob Bronson

J. Thomas O'Reilly

Henry and Sally Peet

Dennis and Judy Murphy

Val and Lynn Nolan Elizabeth Nolan-Greven and Michael Greven

Thomas and Connie O'Rourke

Pamela and Charles Pelizzari

Sharon Murphy and Sharon Montonye

Thomas and Mary Osborn

Victoria Murphy

Diane Nord

Kristi Osga

Donald Peppard and Elizabeth Bowen

Joan Murray

Thomas and Anita Nordberg

David and Renee Osgood

Jo Peregrine

Michael Murray

Richard and Sondra Nordin

Calvin and Robin Osterhaven

Rich and Elizabeth Murrell

Michele Norling

Lauren Osuch

Jose Perez-Sanz and Catherine Bosher

Christopher Mushall

Ann Norris

Judith Oswald

Kenneth and Patricia Musson

Michael and Linda Norris

Thomas and Bonny Ottney

Shari and Merle Muszynski

Rebecca Norris

Randall and Ann Over

Ellen Northway

Donald and Christine Owen

Richard and Debra Northway

Judy Owen

Matthew Norwood

Kipp Owen

David Myers Roger and Martha Myers

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Jill Niemi

Dennis and Mary Penney

Jared and Kristin Perga Elizabeth Perkett Holly Perkins Connie Perme, Carrie Klus, and Carl Schick Robin Perry

◊ Matching gift Julie Quinn and David Wright

Stephen Perry

Mark Pincus ◊

June Prein

Art and Ruth Peschke

Thomas and Gretchen Pixley

Woneta and Robert Prenger

Elmer and Ruth Peterman

Denise Plakmeyer

Larry and Lauren Prentice

Robert and Elaine Rabideau

Jean Peters

Guy Plamondon and Anneke Wegman-Plamondon

Tim Prescott and Linda Wessels

John and Linda Racine Peter and Chieko Racine

Mary Peters and Patrick Mcmanaman

Marie Plester

John Price

Ruth Radomski

Mary Peters

Betty Plough

Samuel and Jo Rahaim

Curtis and Gussie Peterson

Thomas Plough

Mathew Price and Nicole Frazier-Price

John and Kathy Peterson

Nancy Martin Podurgiel

V.T. Price Charitable Fund

Etta Rajkovich

Mike and Laura Peterson

Paul and Barbara Poehlein

Rebecca Peterson

John and Kathy Polanski

Theresa and Bob Petko

Steve and Lucy Polemitis

Ted and Lori Pall

Jon and Jill Polmateer

George Petritz

Brenda Pontious

Jane Pettinga

Walter and Judy Popyk

Gary and Lyn Petty

Heide-Marie Post

Pfizer Foundation

Thomas and Ann Post

John and Amy Pflughoeft

Deb and Mark Posthumus

Seth and Carolyn Phillips

Christine and Gary Potter

Stephen Phillips

Nancy Potter

Beverly and Byron Photiades

Kathy Powers and Richard Wernham

Donald and Jeanne Piche Larry and Kathy Picklo Patrick Pierce Donna and Robert Pierson Richard and Susan Pierson

Laura Powers William and Judith Prakken Terry and Anita Pratt Kurt and Maria Pregitzer

Roger Priest Judith Primak Kathleen Primo Timothy Prindle David and Joan Pritchard Robert Probst Derk and Shannon Pronger

James Rainey Eric and Joni Rammelkamp Elsie and Don Randall James and Lisa Randall John and Cathleen Ranke Mark and Kim Rapanos Michael Raphelson and Carla Langerveld

Janet Prote and Marilyn Schumaker

Joe Rathbun

Frank Proulx

Arnold and Joan Ratkowski

Scott and Beth Pryde David Puckett, Barbara Campbell and Nancy Puckett Emerson and Elizabeth Pugh John Putz

Richard and Judith Rathburn Bill Rauschert and Carolyn Agosta Patricia Raven Lynn and June Rayle

Gary and Karen Qualmann

Bradley and Marilyn Raymond

Nancy and Peter Quigley

Woody and Laura Rea Jeffery and Linda Reau

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Gifts of $1-$999 — Continued Thomas Reeber

Karen Roberts

Jeff and Jen Rundio

Richard and Jennie Schmitt

Jim and Barb Reed

Alexander Robinson

Jeff Runyon

Thomas and Beverly Schmitt

Ruth Reeve

Michael Robinson

Mary and Jerry Rupley

Carl Schmult

Judith Reich

Patricia and Edward Robinson

Richard and Phyllis Russell

Barbara Schneider

Theodore and Maureen Robinson

Rudy and Jill Ruterbusch

Davina and Virgil Schneider

Elizabeth Rutila

Jane and Fred Schneider

Frank and Kay Ryde

John and Elizabeth Schneider

Donald Reinke Conrad and Adele Reiter Judith Remmert William Renis

Michael and Libby Robold

Karen Sabin

Emilia Rennie

Walter and Jan Roch Von Rochsburg

Harriet Rennie-Brown

Tom and Jana Rockne

Madelyn Safronoff

Pam Reno and Dayne Bess

Charles and Sara Rodeck

David and Carol Sagaser

William Reusch

Barb and Mike Rodenberg

Donald Sagaser

Kent and Mary Ann Reynolds

John and Julie Rodes

James and Verna Sak

Catherine Rhem and Mark Mulder, Sarah and Robbie Aurich, Mark and Lauren Rhem

Philip and Susan Rodgers

Jeanne Salathiel

Sally Rodgers

Kristen Salathiel and John Failor

Catherine Rhem

Angela Roeters

Dean and Bonnie Rhoads

Ann Rogers

Michael and Alice Rhyner

Bruce and Joyce Rogers

Paul and Robin Rich

Edward and Elyse Rogers

Richard J. & Carolyn M. Blum Foundation

Gwen Rogers

Jane and Gary Richards

Denny and Fred Rohn

Paul Sander and Lori Lichtman-Sander

Mike and Sharon Root

Chris and Mariana Sanford

Terry Roote

Louis and Nancy Sanford

Bill and Karen Rosa

Connie Sargent

Paul and Carol Rose

Edna Sargent

Mary Rosebrough

John and Margaret Sargent

Keith Ross and Louise Doud

Donald and Margaret Sarna

Susan Ross

Richard and Norma Sarns

Kyle and Katherine Schumacher

Tracy and Judy Ross

Matt and Sara Satkowiak

Don Schuster

Community Foundation Rotary Endowment

Gretchen Sauvage

Earl and Georgann Schuster

Deborah Rough

Mike and Nancy Sauve

Ann and Max Schwandt

Anne and Mitchell Saywitz

Art and Karen Schwarm

Vincent and Kathryn Scanio

Bill and Irene Scott

Kristin Scarlata

David Scott

Dorothy Schaefer

John Scott

Fred Schankin

Thomas and Suzanne Scott

Troy and Claudia Scharlow ◊

Sharon Scranton

Scott and Shari Schiefer

Anita and Chris Scussel

Pam Schiewe

John and Susan Seaman

Gary and Margo Schimmel

Eliza Searles

Kurt Schindler

William and Laurie Sears

Theresa Schleede

John and Lesa Seefeld

Logan Schlipf

Gary and Eiko Seevers

Walter and Marilyn Schmid Jan Schmidt

William and Marian Seidenstucker

Johanna and Ty Schmidt

George and Deanna Seifried

Marilyn Schmidt

Semco Energy

Randy and Maryann Schmidt

William and Laura Serocki

Julie Richards Clark Richardson Kara Richardson Karen Richardson Nate Richardson Pamela and Darrell Richardson Phil and Joan Richardson Becky Richmond and Jon Rovick Lou and Kathy Ricord Laura and Peter Rigan David and Ann Rigney Helene and Dan Rimer John and Kathleen Rinck Ian Rinehart Robert Riney and Sandra Bowman-Riney

Kristen and Paul Roell

James Rogers

Gary and Kathryn Roush Raven Routly Diana and Basil Rowe Karl and Barb Rowe Theresa Rowe John and Kathleen Rowley

Heather Rinkel

Vaira Rozentals

David and Kathy Ripmaster

Bernie and Donna Rubin

Mary Risley

Linda and Steven Ruby

Nathan Ritter

Sara Rucker-Thiessen

Richard and Janet Robb

Grace Rudd

James Robberts

Julie Rudziensky

Jack Robbins

Dan Ruffe and Heather Hudson

Robert Robbins Todd and Carrie Robbins Sue Ann Robert

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Janet and Scott Ruggles Donald and Judith Rumelhart

Rick and Cynthia Sack

Pat and Lyn Salathiel Wilfred and Kirsten Saldanha Karen and Geno Salomone Diane Samarasinghe John and Suzette Sanborn

Brent and Laurie Schnell Greg and Joanne Schnesk Aaron and Margaret Scholnik Robert and Sharron Scholz Dan and Janice Schoonmaker Russell and Joanne Schopieray Maria Schrems Douglas and Judith Schroeder Jonathan Schroeder Sandy Schroeter Wallace and Patricia Schroth Erin, Alan and Rowan Schug David and Mary Jo Schuhardt Marilyn Schuler Thomas and Nancy Schulte Joseph Schultz Yvonne Schultz David and Erica Schulze

◊ Matching gift Thomas and Catheryn Skellett

Sally Somsel

Jonathan Stephens and Carla Kish

Patricia Skifstad

David Soper Suzanne Sorkin and Eliot Singer

Mark and Ann Stephens

Denise Skipinski

Steve Stephens

Kristine Shahmirza

Robert and Anne Skoff

Eve Sorum

Yvonne Stephens

George and Roberta Shambaugh

Marilyn Slabaugh

Richard and Diana Sosnowski

Catherine Stephenson

Thomas and Maura Slack

Shari and Benjamin Shambaugh

Stacy Slater

Teresa Sotuyo

Ross and Dianne Stephenson

Lillie Faye Shaw

Joan Sleder

Shirley Sevener Chris and Michele Shafer Martha Shaffer Marcia and Keith Shahan

Ted and Karen Shaw Sarah Sheafor Scribner and Patricia Sheafor Adam Sheer Jim and Marilyn Sheets Judith Shepelak and George Vinyard Jon Sherk Timothy and Sharon Sherrow Sherwood & Coupe Family Foundation

Mary Ann Slazinski Donna and Thomas Sloan Paul and Margaret Sloan Chris Sloane Angela Smith Catherine and Mark Smith Donald and Linda Smith Drew Smith and Erin Currier Gail Smith Glenn and Marilyn Smith H. and Autumn Smith

Donna Sowers Russell and Tina Soyring

William and Kathleen Stevenson

Jeff and Judy Spencer

Kent and Ann Stewart

Mark and Kathy Spencer

D. W. Stibbs

Scott and Mickey Sperlich

Edward and Kris Stieg

Linda and John Spevacek

Frank and Jill Stiltner

Dave and Barb Spinniken

David and Linda Stimpson

Patrice Spitzer

Rebecca Stimson

Charlie and Kathy Spoering

R. Troy and Carrilyn Stobert

Judith Spohn

Mr. Chuck and Shelley Stockwell

Jim and Dottie Spousta John and Elizabeth Sprague

James and Kathleen Smith

Clare Shipstead

Jay and Janice Smith

Paul and Joan Shirilla

Jean and Brook Smith

Mary Shirley

Julie Smith

Robert and Dana Sholten

Kathleen and Patrick Smith

Mason Showalter

Larry and Ruth Smith

Steve and Carol Shuckra

Lynn Smith

Dianne and John Shullenberger

Marilyn and Hal Smith

Heather and Rick Shumaker

Matthew and Denise Smith

Susan Shurin

Stiegemeyer Family

Megan Shutes

Molly Smith

Allan Siefert

Murray Smith

James Siegmann

Samuel and Veronica Smith

Jane and Francis Sievert Robert and Andrea Sigworth

Sherwood Smith and Suzannah Tobin

Jeff Silagy

Susan Marie Smith

Kim and Steve Simmons

Tim and Julie Smith

Gretchen Staub

Alex and Mary Simon

Suzanne Smitley and Keith Sparrow

Gary and Jane Stauffer Rick and Nanci Stauffer

Patrick Smolinski

Lynn Steben

Shirley Snare

John Steck

David and Kathryn Snell

Thomas and Eugenia Steel

John Snodgrass and Janet Fleshman

Steelcase Foundation

Patti Sode

Fred and Mary Ann Stehr

Kimball Simon Dennis and Ruth Simoneau David and Tami Simonelli David Simpson and Anne Pawlak-Simpson Jodi and Aili Simpson James Sington Lynn Sipher Michael Sipkoski Margo and Bill Sirrine James and Shannon Sitek Roy and Margaret Sjoberg

Margaret Soderberg Gerald Solanics Autumn and Matthew Soltysiak Peter and Mary Jo Solwold Owen Sommerfeld

Carol Stetter

James and Kelli Spencer

Susan Shimmons

Mark and Ann Smith

Dave and Lynn Stephenson

Reg Sprik Jandy and Brad Sprouse Stephen Spurr Michele and Tom Squires Bernard St. Pierre Nick and Rachel Stagman Barbara Stahler-Sholk Linda and Leo Stallman John Stamm Jim and Jill Stander Colette Stanish Jane Stanley Stardust Memorials, LLC State Farm Companies Foundation Heather Statfield

Michael and Barbara Steer Ken and Mary Ann Stein Patti Steinmayer John and Tina Steketee Robert and Michelle Stephanoff

Mark Stoddard Ken Stolpmann Steve and Mary Storms Eleanor Stottlemyer Sue and James Strabel John and Marilyn Strader David and Carol Straight Joseph and Carol Strauss Richard Streit Kim and David Stringer David and Stephanie Strolle Margaret Strong Steven Stryd John and Irene Stuart Bob Stuber and Debra Cline-Stuber Margaret Studier Marvin and Carol Studinger Kristin Stuedemann Janet Stuhlmann Kelly Stupple Chris and Ali Sullivan William and Cheryl Sullivan Robert Summers and Kathy Campbell Shirley Summers Robert and Cheryl Sunday Glenn and Kathy Sundbeck Heidi and Andrew Sung Jerry Sura Mark and Susan Sutton Stefan and Susan Svensson GTRLC.ORG

Gifts of $1-$999 — Continued Christine Varner and Peter Romeo

Sue and Kjell Svensson

Doris Thibedeau

Sara Tucker

Gerald and Ann Swaney

Cyril and Jacqueline Thiel

Kathy Tuckerman

Joel and Ann Swanson

Homer Thiel

Bernice Turner

Joel Swanson

Audrey Thomas

Paul and Ingrid Turner

Michele Swanson

Bruce and Jacquelyn Thomas

Carrie Twigg

Jeff, Karen, Dan, Jill and Bonnie

Deborah and Jean Thomas

Thomas Twigg

Nathan Veeser

Janet Thomas

Lynne Twining and Alan Mass

Lois Verbrugge

Hannah Sweeney

Jacqueline Thomas

Douglas and Linda Verellen

Joseph Tylutki

Stanley and Judy Verheul

Beth Ulbrich and Jeff Tabak

Richard and Mary Vervisch

United Way of Washtenaw County

Camille Vettraino

Molly Updike

John and Judy Vincent

James and Penny Sweeney ◊ Sweetwater Evening Garden Club Jeffrey Swesky and Bridget Callahan Carolyn Swift Kathryn Swingle Scott Swinton and Sylvia Morse

Randy and Susan Thomas Robert and Janice Thomas Ashley Thompson Bruce and Maurine Thompson Carolyn and Clif Thompson Dennis and Sheri Thompson Donald Thompson

Patricia Tabbert

George and Sally Thompson

Bing Tai and Catherine Allen

Thomson Reuters

Sakura Takano ◊

Dennis Thorpe

Makram Talia

Esther Thorson

Lawrence and Marianne Talon

Matthew Tiemann

Alice Tang Carl and Emily Taphouse

Jennifer Tobias and Tom McCracken

Melinda Jo Tapia-Schmeling

Susie Tobin

Philip and Susan Tarczon

Emily Todd

Gary and Carol Tasch

Samuel Todd

Rick Tasch

Thomas and Diane Todd

William and Karen Tasch

Lynda Tomaszewski Baatz

Dave and Lisa Taylor

Paul and Sally Ton

Jodee Taylor and Joe Mielke

William and Christine Toole

John and Nancy Taylor

Richard and Anne Tooley

Rick and Luvon Taylor

Martha Topol and David Kirby

Timothy and Janet Taylor TE Connectivity Michael and Jacquelyn Teagan Clara Teall Gillian Teall Margie and Graham Teall Marjorie Teglhoj Nancy Templeton Allen and Maureen Terbeek Sam Tesaker William Thacker and Anne Cavanaugh June Thaden Tim and Trish Thane Kelly and Carolyn Thayer Mary and David Thayer Nicolas Theisen

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Timberlee Property Owners

Tom and Mary Torbet William Towle Harriet Townsend William and Virginia Townsley Toyota

Craig Urquhart USDA - Soil Conservation Service Eric Vaandering James and Michele Vacca Phyllis Valentine Beau Vallance and Jack Carpenter Audrey, Andrew and Edward Van Alst, Patricia Ponczek and Lois Ptaszek Michiel and Lin Van Nieuwstadt Barb Van Pelt and Dave Varga Sally Van Vleck Stephanie and Phillip Van Winkle

Beth Varty Clifford and Bonnie Vatter Eddie Veenstra

Barbara Vincent Tom and Maggie Vinette John and Lynn Vinkemulder Helen Vogel Gary Vogt and Anita Staubach Robert, Candy, Sasha, Parisa Voigt and Kids Phil and Barb Von Voigtlander Margaret von Walthausen Rolf and Mari von Walthausen David and Pat Vranesich Harry and Sharon Wagner Melinda Wagner Sidney and Susan Wagner

Terry and Laura VanAntwerp

May and Paul Waldron

Amy and Matt Vance

Rep. Howard and Dianne Walker

Sam and Ginny Vance Keith and Linda Vandeman Marcia Vandenbelt and James Cutler

Darian and Kira Walkup Jacques Wallace Melanie Wallace

Phillip Vandenberge

Ken and Joanne Walrad

Doug and Linda Vander Hoff

Bertram Walsh and Jean Larson

Merry Vander Linden Eric and Julie VanderHaagen Al Vanderklipp Diane and John VanderVeen

Christopher and Renna Walter Steven Walton

Linda and Stuart Travis

Gary and Anita VanderZiel

Andrea Walworth and Douglas Endicott

Corey Treadway and Sarah Bancroft-Treadway

Joan Osborn VanGunten

John and Ann Walz

Esther VanHammen

Vicki Trent

Mark and Margaret Vanhoose

Lawrence and Jamie Warbasse

Heidi Trafidlo

Jocelyn Trepte Kyle Trevas Lewis Tripp Paul and Marcia Trokhan Cynthia and Ron Tschudy Dan and Joanne Tubbs Brian and Laurie Tuck

Doug and Ann Ward

Dana Vannoy

Harmon and Joyce Ward

Bill VanPetten

Margaret Ward

William and Elizabeth Vanwesten

Nancy Wardwell

David VanWinkle

Priscilla Ware and Robert Davis

George and Lauri Varga

Jeni Wares Suzanne Waring

◊ Matching gift William and DiAnne Warmbein

Whistling Frog Tile

Tim Winslow

Ronald and Jeri Zawlocki

Kenneth and Patricia Warner

Alexander E. White

Holly and Larry Winter

Bruce and Diane Zeeuw

Carolyn White, Jasper and Corinna Snow

Kenneth and Marguerite Winter

Catherine and Thomas Zemanek

Haley W. White

Sanda Wiper

Jeff White

Alfred and Barbara Wishart

Douglas Zernow and Merilyn Ueno

Kathy and Ted White

Gary and Margaret Withall

Martha P. White

James and Gera Witte

Tom White

Karla and Stan Woell

Erin and Ben Whiting

Dwight and Georgie Woessner

Tony Warning and Martha Peterson Anne Warren Becki and Richard Watson Price and Jane Watts James and Sharon Wawrzyniak Mary Weadock Camille Weatherholt Kennard and Judith Weaver Mark Weaver Thomas and Jane Weaver Tim Webb and Gail Roberts Joan Weber Joshua Weber Judith Weber George and Patricia Weber Dave and Janice Webster Thomas and Cheryl Wegener Richard and Lucinda Weiermiller Anita Weinraub JoAnn Weirich Jane Weisbrodt Bob and Maurine Weisenburger Charles and Ann Weitz Dan and Polly Welburn Thomas and Marcy Welburn Michael and Ann Welch Doug and Cheryl Welday Brad and Cheri Weller Wells Fargo Donna and Bill Weltyk Robert and Michelle Wentworth Dale and Barbara Wentzloff Pamela Wenzel Bruce and Catherine Werts Carol and Mark Werts Thomas Wertz Alan West Michael and Jessica West Dale and Tracy Westerman Tom and Shannon Westgate Roger and Mary Westover Steve and Deb Westphal James Weygandt Leigh Whelpton

Steve and Amy Whitlatch Marilyn Whittaker Carl and Christine Wiatr Harry and Susan Wiberg Matthew Wiberg Luann Wieber

Ellen and Rick Wojtowicz Carolyn Wolf Wendy Wolfe and Paul Wawrzynek Andrew and Noelle Wolff

Amy Zesbaugh and Tim Tibbetts Pierre and Sally Zetterberg Corinne Zgliczynski Jon Zickert Jessica Ziecina Rudy Ziehl Thomas Zieziul and Natalie Killingstad Sandra Palmer Zilincik

Jesse and Molly Wolff

Richard and Monica Zillich

Irvin Wolfson and Brenda Forbrig Wolfson

Barbara Zimmerman

Carol and Rick Wiggers

Liz and Scot Zimmerman

Casey Wiggins

Edward and Mary Wolking

Frank and Ruth Zinn

Cal Wila

Michael and Ann Zipser

Mary Wila

Charles and Elizabeth Wolterink

Bryson and Emily Wilbert

David and Ann Wood Susan and James Woodburne

Zynga Inc.

Charles Wilbur and Caroline Blaum Diane Wilbur and Jim Szalay ◊

Donice Wooster

Rick and Raj Wiener

Steven Wilcox Willard and Kay Wilcox Lora Wildenthal Frank and Judith Wilhelme David Wilkins John and Kathy Wilkinson John Wilkinson and Robin Silva-Wilkinson Phyllis and Ron Wilkinson Calvin and Ellen Williams Jeanie Williams Karen and Jack Williams Robert and Sandra Williamson John and Angela Willis Bart and Patty Wilson Kemp Wilson Laura and John Wilson Lyle and Nancy Wilson Tom and Susan Wiltse Barbara Winckler Windward Partnership Cathy and Michael Winkler Julie Winkler Nathan Winkler and Jenna Scheub

Nelson and Dolores Zuchetto

Ron and Diane Woods Gary and Jill Worden Patricia and James Workman Wayne and Sharon Workman John and Kathleen Worm Jim and Priscilla Worrall Kathy and Mike Wright Scott Wright John Wunsch and Laura Wigfield Walter and Dolores Wurst Frances Wyatt Steven and Margot Wynkoop John and Janet Wyrwas Adam Yanalunas Nancy Yang Laura Yeo Fred Young and Julie Youmans Laurie Young Linda Young Sandra and David Young Susan and Jim Young William Young Richard Zaebst Lise Zahn Dolores Zakrzewski

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LAND PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION PROJECTS JANUARY 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 Your gifts directed to the specific projects below help protect the most significant places in our region. You are strengthening and enhancing our communities as we work with landowners to preserve land privately, acquire high-quality natural lands to create Conservancy-owned preserves and assist local governments in creating or expanding public parks and natural areas that result in enhanced access to nature and improved recreational opportunities.

Acme Bayside Park Improvements Barbara Cochrane Garvey Family Fund

David Kane

Minger Family Endowment Fund of the Manistee County Community Foundation

Steelcase Foundation

Robert and Nancy Marshall

Benzie County Land Protection

Stacy and Carol Daniels

Tripp and Chia Huei Amdur

Paula and Bryce Dreeszen

Chris and Diane Anderson

Ned and Barbara Edwards

Mark and Renee Bartell

Cathy Eubanks

Cynthia Berg

Joy French Becker

Nena Bonadarenko

Suzanne Freshour

Arcadia Marsh Nature Preserve Universally Accessible Trail

Michael and Sandra Buhrt

Susan Garrison

Nancy Burt

Margaret Griffen

Virginia Burt

Alison Berry

Bruce and Linda Campbell

Marjorie and Richard Groenwald

Tom and Linda Farrell

Harold and Marsha Case

Melba and Paul Panhorst

Overlook Trail at Arcadia Dunes David E. Reese Family Foundation

Arcadia Marsh Nature Preserve Additions Tripp and Chia Huei Amdur Robert and Donna Dinkmeyer Bill and Sue Frederick 74

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Stephen and Jeannine Chapman

David Kane

Kathy Partin, Maggie Mae, and Lulu Gary and Margo Schimmel Dori Turner

Grand Traverse Audubon Club

Robert and Debra Coffey Doug and Sally Cook Roberta Dow

Roger and Judy Heit Bill and Ann Henning

Land Preservation and Protection Projects — Continued Walter Herrick

Dorothea and Bill El-Yasir

Carl Rinder

Richard Hitchingham

Ted Ewald

Robert and Susan Rinder

Coy Mountain Preserve Addition

Tracy Hobbs and Eddie Sullivan

Donita Feldman

David and Kathy Ripmaster

Evan Craig

Mel and Marlene Hopp

Jean Boquist

Anthony and Natalie Rupard

Edward and Rita Furdak

Marilyn Schmidt

Tracy Hickman and Chad Munger

Laetitia Gervais

Linda and John Spevacek

Jim and Carol Goetz

Ann and Max Schwandt

Bob and Donna Kondek

T. James and Marilyn Goodwin

William and Marian Seidenstucker

Will and Barbara Lynch

James Grant

Patrick Smolinski

Mike and Linda Mayer

Michael and Mary Haley

Jim and Dottie Spousta

Sharon McKinley

Barbara Halperin

Margaret Studier

William Meyer

Anna Hannan

Mary and David Thayer

Molly Murbach

Marilyn and Dick Hanson

Cyril and Jacqueline Thiel

Bruce and Rebecca Ogilvie

Dorothy Hartley

Randy and Susan Thomas

David and Renee Osgood

Harry and Sally Hempy

Sam and Ginny Vance

Jose Perez-Sanz and Catherine Bosher

Herrington-Fitch Family Foundation

Lloyd and Mary Morrisett

Stephen Perry

William and Debra Hershey

Walter and Marilyn Schmid

Doug and Martee Hickman

James and Gera Witte

Dan and Janice Schoonmaker

Bruce and Anne Hildreth

David Scott

Art and Carol Hoadley

Jim and Marilyn Sheets

Ann and Jon Hubbard

Esther VanHammen

Connie and Thomas Kiessel

Steven Walton

Bob and Karen Kingon

Bruce and Catherine Werts

Donna and Jerry Klinefelter

Chain of Lakes Watershed Dole Family Foundation Sub Fund

Kathy and Ted White

Joan Knudson

Dole Family Foundation

Barbara Johnson Paul and Rebecca Kennedy Bob and Pat Kjolhede

William Vodra Irvin Wolfson and Brenda Forbrig Wolfson

Rita Kopin James and Karen Kowalski

Community Foundation Land Use and Conservation Planning Endowment Denise Plakmeyer TE Connectivity Torch Conservation Center Whistling Frog Tile Bruce and Dorothy Wierman

Ecologically Managed Forest Program Land Trust Alliance Thomas and Deborah McMullen

Edwards Ridge Conservation Easement Mack and Lorraine Beers Ann Clark Ellen and William Kelso Kathleen and Thomas McClanaghan

Catherine Alfred

John and Mary Anne Larzelere

Charlie Kehr Memorial Trail Connector at Railroad Point Natural Area

Morton Alterman

Michael and Sandra Lininger

Suzanne Voltz

John Arevalo and Gloria Torello

Carleton Lorig and Yolanda Colson

Arthur Atkinson

Joy Luecke

Julie Baker

Cathy Lundy

Coastal Dune Protection

Jim and Prudy Barber

Joseph and Norma Mariage

Thomas and Suzanne Scott

Pepper Bromelmeier and Thomas Brown

John and Kathryn Maxson

Embayment Lakes Nature Preserve

Beverly McCamman

Anonymous (2)

Alan Cheung

Michael and Susan McIntyre

Chris and Merrie Corbett

Robert and Joyce Mims

Carol Crout Estate of J. Richard Crout

Chain of Lakes Land Protection Julia and Anthony Albrecht

Bill and Bev Kramer Bruce and Andi Laidlaw

Kate Pearson and Steve Cruzen William Thacker and Anne Cavanaugh Esther Thorson Charles and Elizabeth Wolterink

Nan Barbas

Karin Wolfe Morris

Coulter Farms Conservation Easement

Robert Morrison

Anonymous (1)

Fran Berg

Marcia Curran

Rich and Elizabeth Murrell

Gretchen Deo

Diane Blumson

Eugene and Joanne Dawson

Stuart Nightingale

KBPR Family Fund

Diane Carr

Monroe and Elizabeth Dickinson

James and Debbie Norling

Microsoft Corporation Matching Gifts

Fred and Michelle Cepela

Ralph L. & Winifred E. Polk Foundation

Patricia Compton and Barbara Bleyaert

Grace Rudd

Tom and Diana Riekse

Rodney Dimock and Marilee Porter Elizabeth G. and Stanley F. Dole

Calvin and Robin Osterhaven Judith Oswald Barbara and Carl Peck William Renis

Donna Batch James Bauer

Mindy Cole-Frank

Eve Sorum GTRLC.ORG

Land Preservation and Protection Projects — Continued Nancy Frank

Farmland Protection

Denise Frick Gretchen Gardner and Joshua Pokempner Mark and Mary Beth Gentry Pam Yee and Ron Gianola Paul Gottschalk Mark and Elaine Grant William R. Burleigh Family Foundation John and Andrea Grix Charles and Judith Hatcher Jane Heirich

Brookby Foundation

High Bluff Dunes Sanctuary

Maplehurst Natural Area

Cherry Republic

Emily and Laurence Fasan

Karen Andrews

John Dillworth

Julie Rudziensky

Jerry and Ann Craig

J. Bennett and Tauna Donaldson

Steve and Mary Storms

Elizabeth G. and Stanley F. Dole

Judy and Tom Feldmann

Matthew Tiemann

Lawrence and Margaret McCormick Sarah and Chad Parker David and Stephanie Strolle

Milton Township Morrissey Equip Corp

Debbie Henn Jones

Holiday Woods Natural Area

Morrissey Family Foundation

Charlene Abernethy and Mike Gill

Prout Financial

Paula and Paul Moyer Susan and Michael Rontal

Ken and Pat Beck

Lonnie Jantsch

Nicholas Bouma

Diana Kimball

Finch Creek Nature Sanctuary

Keith and Holly Kreag

Angie and Scott Bouma

Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation

Connie Leutloff

Arthur W. Curtis, III

Scott and Beth Pryde

Brian and Paula Lohss

Mary Behrens Sorrell Trail at St. Clair Lake-Six Mile Lake Natural Area

Dole Family Foundation

Jeni Wares

David and Paula MacKenzie

Cliff Sorrell

Sarah and Lawrence Peck

Honor McClellan

John Woollam

Martha Minow

Land Acquisition Fund

Ray and Paula Nichols

Tripp and Chia Huei Amdur

Misty Acres: The Borwell Preserve

Anonymous

Naomi Borwell Trust

Hayes Family Fund

NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program

Linda Kao

Kathleen Connell and Dave Peters Jane Purkis Dan Remahl John and Barbara Rothhaar Sara Rucker-Thiessen

Gorge Nature Sanctuary Paul and Amanda Brink

Joan Murray

USDA - Soil Conservation Service

Wayne and Ruthanne Kladder Paul and Ingrid Turner

Lynn Sipher Scott and Mickey Sperlich

Denise and Mike Busley

Lower Woodcock Lake Nature Preserve

Barbara Stahler-Sholk

Hickory Forest Natural Area

Rich and Susan Erwin

Michael and Barbara Steer

Kathleen Carpenter

Myrna Hitchman

Kay Charter

Marilyn Kamp

Jerry and Ann Craig

Gregory and Audrey Landsfeld

Kelly Stupple Robert Summers and Kathy Campbell John and Nancy Taylor Margie and Graham Teall Julie Tebo and Paul Danes Barbara Stahler-Sholk Patricia and Howard Van Houten Melanie Wallace Joan Weber Barbara Winckler

Kathleen and Joe Dingler Sue and Tom Dionne Tom and Diane Emling Rowland Johnston Wayne and Ruthanne Kladder Dale and Judy Lopus Mel and Judy Matchett John Nelson and Lynne Moon NMEAC Craig and Judy Passon

Michael Grusenmeyer

James and Fran Falender

Theodore and Maureen Robinson Ellen and Rick Wojtowicz

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Michael Charboneau DTE Energy Foundation Michael and Mary Foley Ann Kennedy

Joe Rathbun

Valerie Kirn-Duensing

Ricki Ravitts

Thomas and Alison Larabel

Dan Remahl

Connie Leutloff

Mark and Kathy Spencer

Oleson Foundation

Bruce and Maurine Thompson

Dan Remahl

Nathan Winkler and Jenna Scheub

Karen Richardson

Gary and Jill Worden

Community Foundation Rotary Endowment Matthew and Adrienne Russell

Maple Bay Farm

Shell Matching Gifts Program

Scott, Jane and Luke Fochtman

Wells Fargo

Pierre and Loretta Lafoille

John and Phyllis Brewster

Mike and Nancy Nerbonne

Conrad and Adele Reiter

Falender Family Endowed Fund

Mitchell Creek Meadows Preserve

Denise Skipinski

Mount Minnie Nature Preserve Scott Adams Wesley Alwang William and Paula Anderson Jennifer Andres Anonymous (8) Lynda Tomaszewski Baatz Carole Backman Eric Baghdikian William and Marjorie Bailey Diane Baker Anthony and Susan Baynard Madeline Bitzan-Powell Mary Black Michele and Ken Blair Peter and Eleanor Blitzer Kathy and Chuck Bonneau Karen Bora Jeff and Barbara Bowlby Paul Brandenburg David and Julie Brewer Dorothy and Harold Byers Barb and Skip Campbell Mary Campbell Laurie Cardinal

Doug and Margo Detzler

Judith and Thomas Ivacko

Mark and Denise DeWys Family Fund

Jeffrey and Lynda Jackson

Carole and Richard Dills

Elizabeth Jessup

James Dodge Claudia and Ken Drake

Philip Jarvi David and Kathy Johnson Tom and Marie Johnson

Paul Palmer

Nancy and Steve Koerber

Maureen Passalacqua

Beryl Krasner and David Bradley

Donald Peppard and Elizabeth Bowen

Charles Fahlgren and Kay Harley

Gordon and Mary Krater

Pfizer Foundation

Bill and Denise Faler

Joanne and John Kreag

Donald and Jeanne Piche

John Kurfess

Alison Prindle

Karen Lundeen Kurgan

Timothy Prindle

Craig and Susanne Larrabee

Mark and Kim Rapanos

David and Jane Lean

Dan Remahl

Shannon Lean

Catherine Rhem and Mark Mulder, Sarah and Robbie Aurich, Mark and Lauren Rhem

Theresa Dykhuis Richard Elias John and Char Ester

Michael Falter Emily and Laurence Fasan Judy and Tom Feldmann Mary Ferens Nancy Fleming Mary Flynn Susan Flynn and Jeff Corwin Clifford and Norma Fox Joseph and Gail Frank Karen Frank Nancy Frank Timothy and Mary Frank

Lesley and Stuart Lee Connie Leutloff Debra Lewis and Kevin Nagy John and Carolyn Lewis Brenda Lewis-Roth Ronald Liesemer Ross and Cathy Lillie Matthew Lohrentz

Martha Garber

Harold Chappell

Debina Gibbpotts

Deborah Chrisman

Janice Glatzer

Jane and John Christian

Don and Barb Good

Michael and Audra Christian

Maryanne Goodman

Patrick Clagett

Carey Grant

Dotti Clune and Jill Henemyer

Tiffany Greenman and Bess German

John and Lynn Collins

Thomas and Elizabeth Griffith

Alanna McDermott

Kathy Cook-Dowd

Lucinda Hahn

Marta Meengs

Izzy and Duncan Cooper

Bradford Harrison

Steve Michael

Helen Crawford

Hawthorne Family Foundation

Judith Miller

David Hilbrands

Susan Miner

Donna and Michael D'Alessandro

Marty Hilbrands

Cathy and Paul Minster

Michelle Hill

Paul and Amy Damian

Myrna Hitchman

Todd Morgan and Amanda Brushaber

Christopher and Katherine DeGood

Tom Hodgman

Christopher Mushall Brian Nerbonne

Dan and MaryAnn DeGood

Karen Holstad JoAnn and David Holwerda

Mike and Nancy Nerbonne

Deborah Horner

Nick Nerbonne

Constance Hoveland

Richard and Debra Northway

HP Foundation

Erin O'Connell

Kristen DelMonte Paolo and Patty DeMaria Peter and Nancy Deneen

Carol Gaffield Oppenheim and Philip Oppenheim

Kevin and Kimberly Kinnan

Cheryl and Bill Dundon

Sally Casey

Dave and Lori DeHaan

Gabe Okma

Leroy Owens and Mary Lou Henderson

Joel Carroll

Dan Daigger

Patrick OConnell

Dennis Kinder

Molly Drayer

Diana Curran Galejs and Lars Galejs

Piper Crawford

Kathleen and Wayne O'Connell

Joseph Hulsebus

David and Beverly Lotz David Lundeen Carl Lundgren Bill and Kathy Main Joshua Mayer Carol McAnulty Barb McCall Bill McClain Will and Carole McCord

Richard Miller

Laura and Peter Rigan Robert Robbins Karen and Geno Salomone Troy and Claudia Scharlow Bob and Mary Scholl Joseph Schultz Martha Shaffer Kimball Simon Stacy Slater Jay and Janice Smith Marilyn and Hal Smith Molly Smith Peter and Mary Jo Solwold Teresa Sotuyo James and Kelli Spencer Harry Steck John Steck Mark and Ann Stephens Mark Stoddard Steven Stryd Robert and Cheryl Sunday Hannah Sweeney Melinda Jo Tapia-Schmeling Mary Tomaszewski Tom and Mary Torbet Toyota Corey Treadway and Sarah Bancroft-Treadway Kyle Trevas Phyllis Valentine Dana VanAmberg GTRLC.ORG

Land Preservation and Protection Projects — Continued Donna Burt

Jeffrey and Marcia Lee

Pyatt Lake: The Bill Carls Nature Preserve Universally Accessible Trail

Gregory and Susan Lyman

Anonymous

Will and Jane Morrison

Peter and Anne Magoun

Matthew and Erika Benz

Rebecca McMullen

Steven and Constance Benz

Community Foundation Serendipity Endowment

Brad and Cheri Weller

Mary Beth and James Milliken

Patrick and Carol Conway

Julie and Joe Whitsett

Donna and James Moore

Cal Wila

Roger and Martha Myers

William Gittlen and Sarah Campbell

Mary Wila

Richard and Cheryl Naperala

John and Sue Paul

Rudolf E. Wilhelm Fund

Ellen Northway

Linda Young

Gary Noteware

Diane and Matthew Zender

Old Mission Women's Club

Corinne Zgliczynski

Pamela and Charles Pelizzari

Pyatt Lake Stewardship

Jon Zickert

Monnie Peters

William Gillies

Richard and Susan Pierson

Diana Hammond

Thomas and Gretchen Pixley

Nancy Hammond

Bruce and Joyce Rogers

Gary and Carol Tasch

Rick and Cynthia Sack

William and Karen Tasch

Greg VandenBosch

Ronald and Janet Jackson

Al Vanderklipp

Paul and Laura Jacobson

Camille Vettraino

Ellen Kerr

Mark and Jane Vogel Family Foundation Gary Vogt and Anita Staubach Nancy and Kent Walton Judith Weber

Old Mission Land Protection Joseph and Patricia Amalfitano Kristin and John Anderson Anonymous Thomas and Tina Beatty Arleta Bernson Tim and Mary Binder Gary and Susan Bowerman Kenneth and Gail Bowman Richard and Marty Brauer Bruce and Rhoda Bush John and Mary Campbell Century 21 Northland Jack and Maddie Coleman Brian and Robin Dailey Nancy Deo

Susan Scyphers Paul and Joan Shirilla

Railroad Point Natural Area Addition

Mark and Kathy Spencer

Anonymous (2)

David and Dianne Stephan

Friends of the Betsie Valley Trail

Timothy and Sharon Sherrow

Gerald and Ann Swaney David and Sara Taft Alice Tang Rick Tasch Bruce and Jacquelyn Thomas George and Sally Thompson Marty Tomb Brian and Laurie Tuck Nancy VandenBerg

John and Sharon Dolton John and Charmaine Dressler

Warrington Foundation

Donald and Sally Eichberger

Price and Jane Watts

Ed and Ann Emenheiser

Bryson and Emily Wilbert

George Fabe Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Deborah and Todd Wilson

Tom and Karen Gartland Marcia Gest

Robert Dunphey Nancy Frank Bruce and Valerie Gerhart Linda Kehr Carole and Willie Lee Mary Jane Meier Dan Remahl Dan Ruffe and Heather Hudson Murray Smith

Platte River Park

Community Foundation Evelyn A. and Charles H. Drummond Skegemog Lake Wildlife Area Education Endowment

Carol Highsaw

Susan Huntzicker 78

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Stewardship Endowment Fund Kathleen and Mark Guy Rick and Chris Halbert Jack and Martha Hicks Don Hirt IBM Corporation Jennifer and Brian Jaffe Linda Kehr Timothy and Jessica Lindstrom Robert and Nancy Marshall Jeff Silagy Diane Wilbur and Jim Szalay John Robert Williams and Terrie Taylor

Universally Accessible Trail at the Timbers Recreation Area Lois Feichtenbiner Long Lake Foundation Derk and Shannon Pronger Prout Financial Andrew M. Vander Molen Foundation

Torch Lake Nature Preserve David Hulefeld Tonya Lutz

Torch Ridge Farm Easement Elizabeth Alexander Kay and Earl Baxter

Walter Hooper Leo and Sharon Hughes

Strine Family Charitable Fund

John and Lynn Vinkemulder

Skegemog Wildlife Area

James and Kelli Spencer

Dave and Barb Mahan

Charles and Nancy Brickman

Liz and Scot Zimmerman

Michael and Donna Flynn

Vic Lane

Tom and Linda Farrell

Larry and Lauren Prentice

Shaw and Betty Walker Foundation

Merceditas Font

William Gillies

Thomas Gast and Sue Leason

Mary and John Blanchard

Stewardship Fund

Daniel and Kay Boone

H. Arthur and Catherine Brereton

Rebecca Ramirez

Hildreth Family Fund

David Clapp

Jerry and Jackie Compton

Sue Ann Robert

Timothy Hildreth

Mark and Mary Beth Gentry

John Ross

John and Jane Hilliard

Katie Roth

Sue and Patrick Kelly

Grand Traverse County Road Commission

Kristin Scarlata

Sanford and Ellen Kossek

David and Erica Schulze

Tonya Lutz

James Sington

Michael Mazor

Roy and Margaret Sjoberg

Russ and Brenda Minnerick

Chris Sloane

Cassidy Munger

Samuel and Veronica Smith

Patrick Pierce

Ralph and Barbara Thayer

Louis and Nancy Sanford

Richard and Sally Turk

Gregory Seman and Tracey McVicar

Robert and Leslie Cooper Jack and Janice Ducsay Pasqualina Fitzgerald Steven and Sallie Foley William Frey James Grady Evelyn Gryson Glenn and Kristine Hallett James Hamaty Laura Hart John and Patricia Howlett Lee Jameson and Barbara Nelson-Jameson Kathren Johanson

Barb Van Pelt and Dave Varga Tye Nordberg Anita Weinraub Michael and Ann Welch

Bradford and Joan Keller Janet Killian Kevin and Sue Malone Terence Malone David and Nicole Martin Thomas and Anita Nordberg Susan and Tom Palmer Holly Perkins Nancy Martin Podurgiel and Douglas Walker F. Verne Powell

Torch River Ridge Nature Preserve: A Cotanche Family Legacy Anonymous (2) Martin and Valerie Cotanche Dole Family Foundation Sandy Ehlers Lauren Foley

Sally Somsel Torch Conservation Center Whistling Frog Tile John and Angela Willis

Upper Manistee Headwaters: The Milock Family Preserve Alison Berry Brookby Foundation

Hayden Foundation Donald and Carolyn Hoss Beth Hubbell Mark Maddox and Sarah Sutton Suzanne Pavel Samuel and Jo Rahaim William Reusch Dick Sadler Thomas and Catheryn Skellett Lawrence and Marianne Talon Trout Unlimited Adams Chapter #676 Joshua Weber

Wilson Orchards Conservation Easement Microsoft Corporation Matching Gifts

Carls Foundation Beth Chan

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LAND CHAMPIONS JANUARY 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 Monthly gifts from Land Champions support the very foundation of our mission and allow us to plan and sustain our work more effectively. We are grateful for your commitment and generosity. It is evident that you care deeply about protecting and stewarding northern Michigan’s natural resources in order to preserve these precious resources for future generations to enjoy.

Charlene Abernethy and Mike Gill

Virginia Dike and Ijeoma Dike-Young

Donald and Barbara King

Diane Samarasinghe

Jeff Ackerman

Sylvia and Thomas Duncan

Jean and Walt Kretzmann

John and Suzette Sanborn

Perry and Mary Catherine Adams

Marissa and Manny Duque

Becky Lancaster

Matt and Sara Satkowiak Randy and Maryann Schmidt

Anonymous

David Durham

Gregory and Audrey Landsfeld

Tom and Diane Emling

Katie Lowran

Chad and Monica Evans

Josephine Marquis

William and Laurie Sears

Jeremiah and Kristi Avery

Fred A. Farage Jr. and Carl J. Strebel

Matt and Ann McDonough

Robert and Nancy Baglan

Brett Fessell

Nicolaas and Rhonda Ballintyn

Jane and Steve Fish

Rita Melotti and Andrew Bishop

Joe and Kathryn Anderson Katherine Armstrong

John and Nancy Meade

Erin, Alan and Rowan Schug Robert and Dana Sholten Mason Showalter Catherine and Mark Smith Jeff and Judy Spencer Michele and Tom Squires

Carl and Nancy Ballou

David Foley and Margaret Willman

Barb and Gregory Mort

Dan and Holly Beachum

George and Mary Ford

Travis and Joan Bell

Madelyn and James Frick

Anne Mudgett and Scott Furgueson

Marcia Bellinger

Stephen and Susan Fry

Richard and Marilyn Mumaw

R. Troy and Carrilyn Stobert

Audra and Nathan Bildeaux

Karen Garber and John DesMarais

Michele and Joe Nerone

Chris and Ali Sullivan

Mary Ellen Newport

Linda and Stuart Travis

Dawn Garrock

Mary Nolan and Bob Bronson

Kathy Tuckerman

Megan and Andrew Olds

Molly Updike

Kristi Osga

Tom and Maggie Vinette

Lauren Osuch

Rep. Howard and Dianne Walker

Angie and Scott Bouma Ed and Jennifer Bradford Anne Brasie Robert L. Brown Allie and Art Bukowski Doug and Susan Burns Tim Calkins and Carol Saltoun Melia Carter Marty and Carole Chirgwin Glen and Rebecca Chown Norman and Laura Christopher Richard and Jill Claybour Julie Clynes Elizabeth Collins Birgit and Keith Conway Joseph and Leslie Cook Robert and Karin Cooney Thomas Crampton Charles and Susan Crawford Elizabeth Crowdus

Mark and Mary Beth Gentry John and Ann Gerhardt Jeremy Gibson and Carolyn McDonald Mark Gilmore Steve Perdue, Grand Traverse Industries John and Kathryn Gray

Timothy Moynihan

Gail Parry and Norman Bell Kathy Partin Kate Pearson and Steve Cruzen

Lynn Steben

Charles and Ann Weitz Carol and Mark Werts Leigh Whelpton Erin and Ben Whiting

George Petritz

Diane Wilbur and Jim Szalay

Robert and Barbara Heflin

Tim Prescott and Linda Wessels

Lora Wildenthal

Laura and Scott Heintzelman

James Rainey

Sean Hickey

Eric and Joni Rammelkamp

John Robert Williams and Terrie Taylor

Mollie Hilliard

Polly Rea

Julie Winkler

Abdeen Jabara and Holly Maguigan

Kara Richardson

Nathan Winkler and Jenna Scheub

Jennifer and Brian Jaffe

Heather Rinkel

Jack and Ruth Harris Will Heelan

Lee Jameson and Barbara Nelson-Jameson

Nate Richardson Michael and Libby Robold Sally Rodgers

Arthur W. Curtis, III Colleen DeKay

Jill and Ron Johnston

Diana and Basil Rowe

Paul and Christine Deyo

Linda Kehr

Anthony and Natalie Rupard

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Gary and Jane Stauffer

Victoria Peck and Brendan Hunter

Gail Halliday and Tim Laney

Jennifer Jay and Evan Johnstone

Nick and Rachel Stagman

Kristen and Paul Roell

Rick and Raj Wiener

Jeanie Williams

Wendy Wolfe and Paul Wawrzynek Andrew and Noelle Wolff Jesse and Molly Wolff Randi and Mark Woodworth

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VANGUARD SOCIETY JANUARY 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 Vanguard Society members help to ensure that the places we protect today will be cared for far into the future, for all generations to enjoy. Your thoughtful legacy gift is an investment in the long-term sustainability of the Conservancy.

Martha Aemisegger ‡

Lois R. DeBacker

Jerry and Pat ‡ Jehle

Patricia D. Robinson ‡

Carl Anderson

Graydon and Sherri DeCamp

Walter H. Johnson

Tom Robinson ‡

Anonymous (9)

Jock ‡ and Sue Denio

Joyce Keillor ‡

Elizabeth B. Rodgers

Anonymous ‡ (3)

Michael and Barbara Dennos ‡

Karen G. Kerrigan

Daniel and Martha Rogalny

The Rev. Dr. Kathleen L. Kircher

Edward and Elyse Rogers

Wayne and Ruthanne Kladder

Don Schuster

Hal and Kathryn Armstrong Marjorie E. Arney ‡

Alice J. Detzler

John Ross

Judy and Paul Arnold

Betsy and Stan Dole

Christine Arvidson and Henry Doss

Diane L. Dupuis Debbie Edson

Robert and Nancy Baglan

Phil and Laura Edwards

George and Martha Bailey

David and Linda Egeler

Tom and Ellen Baird

Arthur Elliott ‡

Jannine Baker and Craig Locke

Rich and Susan Erwin

Richard and Marlene Loughmiller ‡

Colette Stanish

George ‡ and Merry Ball

Ruth Luse Myers ‡

Daniel P. Baumhardt

Fred A. Farage Jr. and Carl J. Strebel

Wendy MacGaw

Erik Takayama ‡

Rosemary Benedetti

Jeannette M. Fehner ‡

The Joseph Magliochetti Family

Ann and Allen Taylor

Carl and Sally ‡ Benner

Jamie and Beverly Finlayson

Rosemary Malocsay

John and Rebecca Bercini

John H. Fisher

Kent ‡ and Barbara Manning

William and Mary Todt

Barbara Arnold Bigalke

Josephine "Jody" Marquis

Kenneth and Jennifer Bosma

Karen Garber and John DesMarais, In Memory of Dr. Frank W. Garber and Ellen A. Garber

Nancy Eshelman Brickman

Michael J. Gillman

Grace and Eric Bries Jill C. Byron

Lois Goldstein and John Heiam

Christie McGue and Robert Calt

Kathleen Carpenter

Tom Greensmith

Dick and Shirley McNally ‡

Ruth W. Catton

Anthony Grybok ‡

Deb Menninga

Glen and Rebecca Chown

Jessica A. Hatch

Robert and Joyce Mims

Bob and Cindy Clement

Victor C. Hayes ‡

Elizabeth S. Mitchell ‡

Richard ‡ and Marilyn Cobb

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hicks

Amy and Jim Moore

Sara Cockrell

Tom ‡ and Myrna Hitchman

John and Nancy Morrison ‡

Rob and Diane Collier

Tom Hitchman and Keith Hewitt

Ray and Paula Nichols

Anne M. Hoffa

Julie Pearson

Naomi Borwell ‡

Jane R. Comings Birgit and Keith Conway Bonnie Craig and Dan Sylvester

William Holland

Karen and Ronald Culp

Donald E. Hunt

Jim Cunningham

William A. Hyslop

Marcia and Ted ‡ Curran

Brian and Jennifer Jaffe

Kate and Rick Dahlstrom

Harry ‡ and June Janis

Robert and Arlene Dean

Jennifer Jay

Jim and Diana Huckle

Oscar H. Kraft ‡ Kima M. Kraimer Edith Krause ‡ Robert Charles and Patricia Cosner Kubic

Bob and Nancy Marshall Diane McDonald ‡

Donald McIntyre, Jr. ‡

Elaine Oeflein ‡ Kate Pearson Robert W. and Ann H. Pike

Eda June (Novak) Scott ‡ Gregory D. Seman Chris and Michele Shafer George E. Shambaugh, Jr. ‡ Marilyn Slabaugh D.W. and Joyce ‡ Stibbs

Herbert H. Tedder ‡ Andrew M. Vander Molen ‡ Dana Vannoy Chip Visci and Marty Claus Suzanne J. Voltz Phil and Barb Von Voigtlander Ralph A. and Margaret von Walthausen ‡-our first annuitants Lorenzo E. and Beverly F. Wagner ‡ M. Sue Waltz Anne W. Warren Donna M. Weitz and Bill O. Smith Gloria Whelan Frank and Judith Wilhelme Terrie E. Taylor, D.O.

Mary J. Pitcher

John Wunsch and Laura Wigfield

Eula Pray ‡

Ron and Marty Yocum

David and "Weezie" Reese Dan Remahl Harriet Rennie-Brown

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HONORARIUMS JANUARY 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 Honorarium gifts provide an enduring tribute to someone significant in your life. Your gifts show how much you care for the beauty and natural resources of northern Michigan. Gifts were made in honor of the names shown in bold. Brian and Maripat Allen Neal and Margaret Elyakin

Greg Camplin Barbara Winckler

Christina Nerbonne Fleming and Family

Priss and Greg Hovious John and Julie Rodes

Brian Allen Patricia and James Glossi

Archibald Carey III Rich and Susan Erwin

Mike and Nancy Nerbonne

Rayan Anastor Jann Jansen

The Carls Foundation Dan and Lisa Brickman

Marty Flynn Nancy and Steve Koerber

Vicki and Brian Howard Charles and Mary Anne Ferguson

Connie Armstrong and Chuck Grabiel Constance Metcalf

Sally Casey Izzy and Duncan Cooper

David and Lori Fox-Rhem Sarah and Robbie Aurich

Jim and Diana Huckle Thomas and Barbara Auer

Nancy and Kent Walton

Catherine Rhem and Mark Mulder

Jim Huckle Nancy and Kent Walton

Foy and Joel Baillie Shirley and Paul Edmond

Glen Chown Christine Arvidson and Henry Doss

Fred, Helen and Ruth Maureen Passalacqua

Gary and Kathy Batka Lee and Shirley Janssen Tony Baynard Margaret Laubach Scott Blackhurst Mary and Emmett Miller

John J. Christian, Sr. Michael and Audra Christian Birgit Conway Christine Arvidson and Henry Doss

Mark and Lauren Rhem

Joe Frederick and Emily Cook Bill and Sue Frederick Andrea Frost Robert and Gail Crompton

Janice and Dennis Hudson Nicole Hudson Lesa Huget Michele Swanson Brian, Carrie, Ben, Matt and Emily Irwin Scot and Jilanne Egleston Jessica and CJ Julian Megan Shutes

Lew and Virginia Coulter John Goy and Margaret Monsour

Carlton Fry Andrea Fry and John Floyd Erin Fry

Lisa Knapp Maureen Milarch

John and Jane Crawford Peter and Eleanor Blitzer

Larry and David Garber Martha Garber

Tim and Lynne Kohr Andrea Maresca

Richard Boothman Anonymous

The family at Crawfordjohn Lodge Helen Crawford

Roger Gerstle John and May Gerstle

Kima Kraimer Ted and Jeanne Kraimer

Bodhi Mercury Bora-Cooper Karen Bora

Linda and Bob Deneen Peter and Nancy Deneen

Jane Gibson Stephanie and Phillip Van Winkle

Steve Lagerquist Gary and Kathryn Roush

Joyce Dennison Peter and Pamela Dennison

James R. Grady Elizabeth Alexander

Denny, the Darcy Library Dog Carol McAnulty

James and Sue Grady Laura Hart

Tim, Dana, Chester and Wilson Boals Clare and Connor Boals Timothy Boals Clare and Connor Boals

Jill and Bill Borre Maureen Milarch James and Carolyn Bowden Patti Sode Jim and Joani Braun Jim and Mary Jo Braun Ellen Breining Coldwell Banker Schmidt, Realtors Tim Brick Emilia Rennie Drew Broadway John and Rebecca Bercini Harry Brumer III Gail Ashley 82

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Doug and Margo Detzler Mary Tomaszewski Gabriel and Owen Dicks Paula Brown-Gray Fred and Mary Edmond Andy Bogard Kris and Terry Finn Kenneth Knowles Justin Lessek

Kathleen Guy Jennifer and Brian Jaffe The Guyton Family David Duggan Cia and Rick Hager Connie and Steve Farmer Denise and Mick Hager Alan and Carol Hart Eryn Hart Dutta Ruth Holton Michele and Ken Blair

Kirsten and Jim Levinsohn Fiona Bradford Lewis, Bora, Nagy Families Brenda Lewis-Roth Carolyn and John Lewis Debra Lewis and Kevin Nagy Karen Lundgren Liesemer Ronald Liesemer Mike Lingenfelter and Jeff Scott-Lingenfelter Edward and Barbara Collins Margaret Littin Haley De Korne

Amy Lyman Jeremy Lyman Robert and Joyce Lynas Bradford Harrison

Marshall and Corinne Morris Todd Morgan and Amanda Brushaber

The Mahoney Family David Duggan

Brian Nerbonne and Family Mike and Nancy Nerbonne

Terry Malone David Hulefeld

Jenny Nerbonne Mike and Nancy Nerbonne

Steven and Sallie Foley Robert Marshall Rob Marshall Phillip and Nancy Meek Kathy and Tom Lehner Brian and Lori Meek Michigan William and Paula Anderson

Mike and Nancy Nerbonne Nick Nerbonne Nick Nerbonne Mike and Nancy Nerbonne John and Catherine Nicholson Anonymous Rick Nyce Andrew Nyce

Aarianna Reich Barbara Winckler Tom Richmond Becky Richmond and Jon Rovick

Donald J. Robbins Robert Robbins

Terrie Taylor and John Robert Williams Jodee Taylor and Joe Mielke

Michael and Libby Robold Joan McLay Charlie Rodes John and Julie Rodes Martha and Nelson Rodes Jr John and Julie Rodes

Don O'Brien II Ken Stolpmann

Heather Schmiedicke Chris and Audra Collie

Basil Albert Miner Robert and Kristen Miner

Grandma and Papa O'Rourke Jessica O’Rourke

Nancy Schwartz Andrew Mason and Natalie Riquelme

Kathy Moore Donna Batch

Don and Bette Oswell Gloria Parsons

Chris and Anita Scussel Jill Niemi

Fran Berg

Our Family John and Judy Vincent

Patrick and Corine Sheridan Maureen Milarch

Joyce Mims Anonymous

Diane Blumson Mindy Cole-Frank Denise Frick Gretchen Gardner and Joshua Pokempner Paul Gottschalk

Our Grandchildren Peggy and Graham Martin Kathy Partin Paul and Christine Deyo

Carolyn Hastings and Leigh Daniels

The Paxsons Heather Statfield

Jane Heirich

Eric Pearson Kate Pearson and Steve Cruzen

Lonnie Jantsch Diana Kimball Honor McClellan Martha Minow Sara Rucker-Thiessen Lynn Sipher Scott and Mickey Sperlich Barbara Stahler-Sholk Michael and Barbara Steer Kelly Stupple Melanie Wallace Joan Weber

Katelyn Perry Robin Perry Richard and Elaine Peterson Carrie Twigg Tami Pronger Derk and Shannon Pronger Lynn Rayle Kurt and Angela Brandstadt Margaret, Sarah, and Lisbeth Reed Paolo and Patty DeMaria

William and Karen Tasch Gary and Carol Tasch Al Taylor Jennifer and Brian Jaffe

Rick and Sue Nyce Andrew Nyce

Iris Miller Richard Miller

William and Karen Tasch

Laura Rigan Old Mission Women's Club

My Sweet Sister Jane’s Birthday, and My Grandsons, Luke and Asa Amy D’Ancona

Chris and Laura Milarch Maureen Milarch

Rick Tasch Gary and Carol Tasch

Steve and Carol Shukra Ellen and William Kelso Dianne Shullenberger Mary Rosebrough Aj and Caroline Siegmann James Siegmann Jason and Havilah Siegmann James Siegmann

Tobocman/Dolente Family Randall Fogelman Mary Ann Tomaszewski Lynda Tomaszewski Baatz Jocelyn Trepte Sara Cockrell Cynthia and Ron Tschudy Stephen Phillips Dori Turner William and Judith Prakken Dorothy Twining Lynne Twining and Alan Mass The WM Tyson Family Catherine Irwin Beau Vallance and Jack Carpenter Richard and Jill Claybour Lauree VanderVeen Lindsey Kemmerling Darragh Weisman Robert Weisman Gail Weiss Scott Adams William Weiss Jr. Sally Somsel Glenda and Joe Wierzbicki Phil and Florence Ernzen

Kyle and Amanda Smith Coldwell Banker Schmidt, Realtors

Max and Brook Winkler Nathan Winkler and Jenna Scheub

Spot of Tea Bookclub Carole and Richard Dills

Meg and John Yanalunas Adam Yanalunas

Sue Stuedemann Kristin Stuedemann

The Yost Family Catherine Irwin

Jim and Dona Sutherin Sharna Sutherin

Michael Zernow Douglas Zernow and Merilyn Ueno

Gary and Carol Tasch William and Karen Tasch

George Zuidema Robert and Joyce Mims GTRLC.ORG

MEMORIALS JANUARY 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 Gifts were made in memory of the names shown in bold. Your thoughtful memorial gift is a gift of hope for the future, an investment in forever and a lasting tribute to honor lives well lived. These gifts are a part of the Campaign for Generations and will preserve landscapes that offer joy, recreation and solace while ensuring clean water and securing local food sources—what a legacy! Walter Andrew Appleberg Jr. Carole Hokkanen Larry Johnson Rob and Lisa Kortman

Barbara Schneider

Dan and Linda Kolhagen

Steven and Margot Wynkoop

Shuggie Kubiac Lamkin

Ruth Brown Anna Hannan

Lackey and Treml Family Mary Jo and Timothy Lampton

Jacqueline G. Callahan Patrick and Carol Conway Archibald Carey Rob and Diane Collier

Margaret and Mark Lyons

Don Carlson William and Christine Toole

Sharon Markey

Marilyn Whittaker

Heidi Trafidlo

Bill Buchbinder Phil and Carolyn Angel

Jerome Thomas Baatz Lynda Tomaszewski Baatz

Baha'is of Elmwood Township

George Ball Wayne and Ruthanne Kladder

Lois Bahle and Larry Mawby

Walter and Janet Mclellan

Foy and Joel Baillie

Elizabeth McNicholas

Shirley Barnett

Margaret Mertz

Stephen John Bassett Sally Cook

Dennis and Marlene Bienkowski

Bridget and Michael Millar

Nancy Cyberski

Cynthia Blasses

Patrick and Jennifer Nestor

Matt and Amy Gabriel and Family

Sandy and Maxine Blumenfeld

Dawn and Kean Oh Robert and Christine Pacer

Diane Nord

Constantine and Linda Bratsis

Richard and Shirley Clawson Ken and Cheryl Clawson

Brenda Pontious

Bob Masta

Keith and Linda Vandeman Jack Batdorff Pete and Shari Clason

Cheri Buchbinder Arthur and Susan Burghes Thomas Cowell

Emerson Battersby Linda Boldizar

Paul and Kay Davis

Timothy Beeler Neal and Margaret Elyakin

Michael and Stephanie Dow

John Beierle Linda Bullen Patsy Bevis Beverly, Becky, Andrea, Leslie, Nicole M., Nancee, Kelly, Amanda, Sandy, Teri and Theresa Jared and Kristin Perga Angela Smith James and Michele Vacca Reg Bird William and Judith Prakken

Marsha Dicenzo Steven Carey and Diane Dupuis Jim and Cathy Dye David and Dianne Dykstra Colin and Theressa Earles Norman and Kelli Earles Patricia Frey Julia Garcia Kathryn and Patrick Gibson Bob and Donna Grassa Bob and Michelle Grassa Susan Hall and Donald Buchbinder

John Matz and Terry Griffin

Mildred Moore

F. Verne Powell John and Linda Racine Julie Richards Matthew and Adrienne Russell Gretchen Sauvage Kristine Shahmirza Timberlee Property Owners

Ann Cooper James Cooper

Chester M. Bullard Beth Hubbell

Sally Casey

Van and Julia Burd Joyce and Garland Hicks Jean Burnett Amy Hubbell

Richard Crout Julia and Anthony Albrecht Catherine Alfred Morton Alterman Arthur Atkinson

Beth Hubbell

Julie Baker

Suzanne Pavel

Alan Cheung

Peter and Christine Kiewit Andrew Kinnear and Jennifer Powell

Evan Calkins Thomas and Sarah Oxnard

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John Cook Roderick and Julia MacLachlan

Mary May Crawford William and Marjorie Bailey

John Block John and Kathryn Gray

Stella A. Collins John and Lynn Collins

Robert, Candy, Sasha, Parisa Voigt and Kids

Ben Bushongs Cathy Eubanks

Tami Knight

Janet Chown Darragh and Robert Weisman

Tom Crampton Cynthia Lewis

Lynn Howard

Susan Breuer Jon and Mary Armstrong

Sally Casey

William and Elizabeth Vanwesten

Dr. Joseph L. Bitzan Madeline Bitzan-Powell

Greg and Jennifer Johnstone

Scott Anderson Casey Anonymous (2)

Marcia Curran Monroe and Elizabeth Dickinson Rodney Dimock and Marilee Porter

Elizabeth G. and Stanley F. Dole Naome Dragstedt Donita Feldman Laetitia Gervais Barbara Halperin Dorothy Hartley Harry and Sally Hempy Ann and Jon Hubbard Bob and Karen Kingon Joan Knudson Rita Kopin Bill and Bev Kramer Carleton Lorig and Yolanda Colson Joy Luecke Stuart Nightingale Barbara and Carl Peck Carl Rinder Robert and Susan Rinder Anthony and Natalie Rupard Marilyn Schmidt

Mary and Whit Dennison Peter and Pamela Dennison

Steve Hills Benjamin Hills

Sharon and Tim Laduca

LaRayne A. Derisley Brian Derisley and Elizabeth Richard-Derisley

Alice E. Hinkamp Harvey J. White MD

Judith and George Mynsberge

Martha P. White

Jane and Gary Richards

Blake C. Dinkmeyer Robert and Donna Dinkmeyer

Haley W. White

Semco Energy

Eric White

Mary Jane Draper and Margaret Stace Rosemary Malocsay

Alexander E. White

Clara Teall

Millie Dungjen Patricia Littlefield

Gillian Teall

Mary Jordan Ehlert Ted, Andy and Dianna Ehlert

Emily D'Ancona David and Jane Lean Edith Davies Louis and Barbara Boccaleoni Robert and Barbara Crossman

Corinna Snow

Louis and Florence Honhart Anne Honhart

Catherine Rhem and Mark Mulder Joseph and Gail Frank Karen Frank

George Daisy Heather and Rick Shumaker

Jasper Snow

Catherine and Louis Fox Sarah and Robbie Aurich

Rick and Nanci Stauffer

William Vodra

Carolyn White

Alice and Jim Hinkamp Margie and Graham Teall

Linda and John Spevacek

Sam and Ginny Vance

Margie White Teall

Zac Fochtman Scott, Jane and Luke Fochtman

Mark and Lauren Rhem

Margaret Studier

Laurence E. White

Charlotte Betty Gaffield Jill Bader and Family

Jean Ann Hughes Kathy Partin, Maggie Mae, and Lulu Kal A. Jabara Abdeen Jabara and Holly Maguigan

Michael Gillman

Mary Kennan Ann Rogers

Dori Turner Norman and Betty Hall Carolyn and Clif Thompson

Barbara Kersjes Karen Diamond Amy and Jeff Jacobs

Don Hasenick Clara Hasenick

Cathy and Mike Larson

Thomas and Barbara Lyon

James and Jane Highsaw Bruce and Rhoda Bush

John L. "Jack" Kessler, Sr. Herbert Cole

Jim and Jolayne Markey

Carol Highsaw

Elizabeth Cutrona

Audrey, Andrew and Edward Van Alst, Patricia Ponczek and Lois Ptaszek

Jim Highsaw and Linda Prentice

Walter and Susan Feiger

Patrick and Christine Kelley

Karen S. Liesemer Ronald Liesemer Carl Lundgren Thomas Littlefield William and Sandy Cartwright

Rick Jones Tom Mountz

Ward Griffen Margaret Griffen

William Iams

Philip Leege David and Patricia Leege

Steve Gillman K. Ross Childs

Charlie Kehr Craig Urquhart

Anne and Daniel Heyns

Helen Elizabeth Williamson and Winifred Treat Larrabee Craig and Susanne Larrabee

Dave and Barb Mahan

John Goddard Stephen and Lorrie Peck

Daphne and James Hanrahan

Inge Kraimer Walter Kraimer

Pat and Lyn Salathiel

Ray Davies

Debbie and Tyler Guenther

Robert Kraft Marilyn and Michael Niebel

Robert L. Jessup and Barbara Stout Elizabeth Jessup

Abby Gartland Brian Gartland

Nancy Kasperzak Barbara Schneider

Sherwood & Coupe Family Foundation

Phoebe Klain Anthony Klain

Kimberly Hayes

Jim and Evona Lutzke

Joan Ferrari

Rhea Kish Andrea Kish

Liz Jamo Lee Jameson and Barbara Nelson-Jameson

Kathleen Connell and Dave Peters

James and Beverly Davies Jack and Donna Fahlen

James Mynsberge

Julie Ruffer

Richard and Shirley Gobba

Samuel Mitchell Patrick OConnell Susie Tobin Nancy and Kent Walton David C. Lohss Brian and Paula Lohss Dennis Luckow Pierre and Loretta Lafoille Jack Lundeen Karen Lundeen Kurgan Norma Lynch Donald Lynch Barbara Keiser MacInnis Dean Keiser Joseph Magliochetti Magliochetti Bowes Family Fund Daniel D. Mahaney Lillian Mahaney Curt and Carol Main John Kurfess

Kathleen Hagan GTRLC.ORG

Michael R. Martin Stacey Abella Anonymous Michael Bemis Debbie Brandt and Mark Burnett Roger Martin and Elizabeth Footh Pat and Bob Martin Pasqualina Fitzgerald Steven and Sallie Foley Nancy Martin Podurgiel and Douglas Walker Peggy Martin Suzanne Freshour Stuart Martin Mary May, Scott, Logan, Casey and generations to come Carey Grant Patricia Louise Mayer Jeff, Karen, Dan, Jill and Bonnie Sam Mazzer Pete and Shari Clason John and Jeri Mccutcheon Will and Barbara Lynch

My grandparents on Platte Lake Piper Crawford Ronald E. Nehring Kristina Hindert Nellie Dave Murphy and Sue Peters Cindy Nordberg H. Arthur and Catherine Brereton

Elmer and Genie Rabanus Carol Rabanus

Jim and Mollie Rogers David and Kathryn Snell

J. Paul and Lorraine Racine Peter and Chieko Racine

Bella Rose Catherine Rhem

Edward, Viola and Kenneth Ratkowski Arnold and Joan Ratkowski Greg Reisig Kathleen Carpenter

Doris Norling Edward and Elaine Clark

Kay Charter

Susan Finarelli

Kathleen and Joe Dingler

Jennifer Humberson

Sue and Tom Dionne

Tim and Julie Smith

Tom and Diane Emling

James and Debbie Norling

Rowland Johnston

Peter H. Ohrnberger Carrie Hartt Gwen Newton Kim and Steve Simmons Peter H. and Karen W. Ohrnberger Janet Thomas Tom Olds Judy Moehle

Jerry and Ann Craig

Wayne and Ruthanne Kladder Dale and Judy Lopus Mel and Judy Matchett Craig and Judy Passon

James Routly Sharon March Routly Raven Routly Terry Rowe Samuel and Veronica Smith Jo Rundio Pug Rundio Faith Sanders Diane and Greg Jenks John and Darlyne Leete Roland and Florence Satterlee Dana VanAmberg Michael Vincent Scholl Bob and Mary Scholl

Terri Reisig

Carolyn Shah Patrick and Carole Brady

Conrad and Adele Reiter

David and Sharon Durrant

Theodore and Maureen Robinson

Fitzpatrick Agency

Heather and Rick Shumaker

Robert and Barbara Heflin

Joe and Denise Godfrey

Elizabeth Potter Oller Jim and Priscilla Worrall

Cyril and Jacqueline Thiel

Mason and Ellen Palmer Sandra Palmer Zilincik

Charles Retallick Anonymous (2)

Elena Lavastida and Linda Lavastida-Kapp

Jeb Patch Blair Patch

Madeline Bitzan-Powell

Kim and Mary Lind

Sally Casey

John and Marjorie Martin

Howard and Letha Paxson Helen and Ross Barker

Debina Gibbpotts

Will and Jane Morrison

Norbert and Patricia Gilman

John and Amy Pflughoeft

Beryl Krasner and David Bradley

Ted and Karen Shaw

Linda Bussell

Moore Peregrine Jon and Mary Armstrong

Mary Ann Carpenter

The Engelhard Family

Robert Lambert

May and Paul Waldron

Donald and Suellen Lowther

Louis and Lori Marchi

Steven Wilcox

Nelson Lumm

John and Maureen Heakin

William and Virginia Townsley

Sharon Marhewka

Dan Remahl

Donice Wooster

Kathryn and James Nowak

Jane Stanley

Alex and Mary Simon

William Towle

Robert C. Reusch, Boy Scout Executive, Tall Pine Council Donald and Carolyn Hoss

Richard McElroy Charles and Judy Kraus Shirley M. McNally Deborah Chrisman Mel and Betty Meengs Melinda Jo Tapia-Schmeling Mary Jane Meier Chris and William Bussell

Nancy Yang Susan and Jim Young William Young Gaylord W. Miller David and Beverly Lotz Julie Mountz Tom Mountz Karen Mudgett Heather and Rick Shumaker

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Tom and Ginny Pierce Sue and Patrick Kelly Marie Plester Margaret von Walthausen Rolf and Mari von Walthausen Rick Pringle Kemp Wilson

Ellen and Rick Wojtowicz

William Reusch Zora Richardson Jan Leuallen Ray Richardson Karen Richardson Warren Rittinger Carol and Rick Wiggers

Judith Kirscht Andrea Kish

Janet Stuhlmann

Willard and Kay Wilcox Walter and Dolores Wurst Ted and Pam Shultz Barclay Shultz and Lori Amsterdam, Eren and Zoey Marjorie Siefert Allan Siefert Nancy Simanek Ann Clark

Randy Smith Holly Clack Marilyn Smith Bernice Turner Mary Behrens Sorrell Cliff Sorrell Christina Elliott Sorum Eve Sorum

Dennis Wittman Ann Cotter Anonymous Shaun Hayes Lisa Kroeger Brian and Paula Lohss Faye Meyer Connie Perme, Carrie Klus and Carl Schick

Dr. John R. Spencer Sr. Cathy and Paul Minster

David Puckett, Barbara Campbell and Nancy Puckett

Laura and Peter Rigan

Paul and Marcia Trokhan

Mark and Kathy Spencer Ginny Crawford Steck Harry Steck Andrew Stefan Carol Gaffield Oppenheim and Philip Oppenheim David and Phyllis Stites Raymond and Jan Pezzi William L. Strecker Dennis Kinder Joseph Thibedeau Doris Thibedeau Our parents, Bob & Eileen Klie, and Connie & Helen Tomaszewski Mary Tomaszewski John Tomblinson David Clapp Norman Ueno Douglas Zernow and Merilyn Ueno Richard Vanopynen David and Nancy Daugherty Arno Von Walthausen Marie Plester Robert Warren Cathy Berlin Mary Weygandt Laura Lange Mark Williamson Mark Mitshkun and Diane Rosenblum

Marvin Wolf Dan and Julie Wolf Michael and Gloria Wolf Timothy Wolf Katherine D. Wolterink Charles and Elizabeth Wolterink Frank E. Young Linda Young George Zuidema Robert and Joyce Mims

BUSINESS SUPPORTERS The ongoing support of our business community shows a commitment to northern Michigan’s farmland heritage, the protection of natural lands and the preservation of clean air and water. As you make charitable gifts to the Conservancy through your business, you communicate to your customers how deeply you value and care for northern Michigan’s natural resources.

Arcadia House Bed & Breakfast

Endoman Promotions, LLC

Prout Financial

Bay View Flooring

Envision Development

R.M. Young Company

Bell Title Lakeshore

Fitzpatrick Agency

Semco Energy

Bowers Harbor Vineyard & Winery

Gourdie-Fraser, Inc.

Stardust Memorials, LLC

Builders Exchange of Northwest Michigan, Inc.

Steve Perdue, Grand Traverse Industries

TE Connectivity

Grand Traverse Radiologists, PC.

Timberlee Property Owners

Candle Factory

Hazelnut Kids

Toyota

Century 21 Northland

MLC Realty, INC

Whistling Frog Tile

Cherry Republic

Morrissey Equip Corp

Windward Partnership

Coldwell Banker Schmidt, Realtors

Olson, Bzdok & Howard, PC

EJ USA, Inc.

Otwell Mawby, PC.

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MATCHING GIFT PROGRAMS Many companies offer matching gift programs to encourage employees to contribute to charitable organizations like the Conservancy. Most of these programs match contributions dollar for dollar, and some will even triple the amount of your gift. These companies made donations to match their employees’ gifts to the Conservancy.

Bank of America Matching Gifts

IBM Corporation

State Farm Companies Foundation

Cardinal Health

Illinois Tool Works Foundation

Steelcase Foundation

CDW

International Monetary Fund

TE Connectivity

GE Foundation

Kresge Foundation

Thomson Reuters

Google Matching Gifts Program

Microsoft Corporation Matching Gifts

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Community Foundation Rotary Endowment

Pfizer Foundation

Zynga Inc.

Shell Matching Gifts Program

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GTRLC.ORG

PRIVATE LAND PROTECTION More than 260 landowners have worked with the Conservancy to preserve their cherished natural lands and farms through voluntary conservation easements that restrict development in perpetuity. We monitor these properties annually, often side-by-side with the owners, to ensure that conservation values are maintained forever. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to you.

Acme Township

Pat Capps

E Company, LLC.

Jerry and Jamie Heim

Alan Adams

Archibald Carey

Martin Easling

Timothy and Jane Hemenway

Dorance and Julia Amos

David and Nancy Carey John Carey and Vicki Arroyo

Laurie Eberhardt and Peter Martin

Jed and Dawn Hemming

Roland and Marilyn Andreasson

Phil Edwards and Laura Reid

Anonymous (2)

Todd Herber

Shirley Carris

Antrim County Antrim County Conservation District Anway Farms LLC Baillio Company Elizabeth Banker Mark and Karen Barbera Bash Enterprises Ardis Bauer Bay Harbor Club Association Bayshore Real Estate Associates #1 Dennis and Jacquelyn Beal Leon and Shirley Beal Bill and Marti Beals Margaret Beck Michael and Leah Bell Robert and Barbara Below Linda and Craig Bethke Roland Bielert Boardman Township Dave and Jackie Bos Mary Ellen Boucher Matthew and Joni Brengman James Dalley and Lois Brennan

Andrew and Andrea Carolus Marlene and Terry Caszatt Cedar River Group, LLC. Mike Champion Charles and Jeanie Chapin David and Jody Charlton Charter Township of Garfield Chartwell Properties, LLC. Glen and Rebecca Chown City of Traverse City Tom and Janice Cook Richard Cooper and Jan Tennant Vince Cooper Bonnie Copeland Spencer and Amy Couturier Croft, LLC Crystal Highlands Owners' Association Richard and Linda Cushman

Russell A. and Pat Ehler Phil and Rita Ellington

Jim Highsaw and Linda Prentice

Evans Brothers Fruit Company

Frances Housman

Jim and Kari Fisher

Russell and Kay Hughes

Laura Fisher

Mark and Sharon Hullman

Alison Fredericksen

Inn at Watervale, Inc.

Chip and Terrie Frey Cameron and Dawn Fuller

Jack B Robbins Revocable Trust

G.D.O. Investments LLC

Vicki Jacobs

John Gehring and Lisa Leininger

William and Susie Janis

Gene Gerring

Julie Kavner and David Davis

Brian and Lisa Getty

David Kelley

Jeremy Gibson and Carolyn McDonald

David and Katy Kern

Gordon Gienow Judy Gienow Ron and Diane Gillison Glenna E. Southwell Trust

Tom and Martha Dalluge Alice and Jerry Deck

Gloria Goodale and Dan Wood

DEER Development Engineering

Margo Goodale

Michael and Claudia Delp

Carol Highsaw

Jeff and Marilyn Elliott

Matthew Godlewski and Jacob Whitman

G. Michael and Barbara DeGraeve

David and Barbara Henton

Nick Goodale and Wendy Asselin

Jeffers Family Trust

Kingsley Area Schools Tom Kladzyk Anthony Kramer and Barbara Bailey Brent and Tami Kroll Bruce and Libby Krone Margery and Laurence Kroupa Louise Ladd Cliff Larkins Leelanau Conservancy

James and Sharon Goodheart

William Lentz

Charles and Bethany Goodman

Joe and Kathy Lessard Timothy and Jessica Lindstrom

Bret Bachert Trust

Michael and Ann DeVries

Lee and Richmond Brown

Charles and Lorie DeYoung

James and Justine Buck

Harold and Edna DeYoung

Edith Elliott Queeny and Warner Guild Queeny

Andy and Beth Buelow

Lance and Allyson Docken

Ann and Harold Gurian

Gary and Elizabeth Burns

Kay and Frederic Dohm

Martha and Ed Hammer

Little River Band Of Ottawa Indians

Keith Burns

Anne Hammond

Long Lake Township

Bruce and Rhoda Bush

J. Bennett and Tauna Donaldson

Thomas Hanna

Anna Love

Jon Bylsma and Jennifer Johnston

Deborah Doyle

Bryan and Elaine Hanson

Charles Lyon

Roger and Angelica Dunlap

Alan and Carol Hart

Susie Mackay

Kathryn Bytwerk

Earl and Susan Dutton

Tom and Annette Hart

Bob and Kris Mampe

Robert and Cathy Campbell

Julie and Jim Dutton

Charlene Heim

Robert and Lois Manigold

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James and Judy Leto

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Francia Mann

Wesley Petrie

Mark Seasholes

Barbara Taylor

Kirk Marckwald and Chris Desser

Philip E. Miner Revocable Trust

Nancy Seasholes

TD Timbers, LLC

Robert Marriott

Gary Pomeroy

Send Brothers Properties L.L.C.

The Edward Bagley Trust

Dirk and Mary Martin

James and Anne Porritt

Rick and Diane Shaffer

McCool Joint Trust

Steve Pray

Shaffer Family Partnership

The Robert L. Schiewe Living Trust

Melinda Wagner 2014 Revocable Living Trust

Brian and Dodie Putney

David and Ingrid Shambaugh

Robert and Joni Metiva

Charlotte Putney Loy Putney

George and Roberta Shambaugh

Putney Real Estate Holdings, LLC.

Gary Shanker

Philip and Connie Micklin

Michael and Aimie Shaw

Kelly and Debra Miller

Marvin and Jodi Radtke

Michael and Shanna Shea

Susan Montei

Rammelkamp Family Cottage Trust

Hebe and Jim Shipp

Ranke Family Partnership

Robert Sigler

Amy and Dan Meyer

Neahtawanta Resort Association Steve and Kathleen Newman Scott Nugent Wendy O'Brien Leonardo and Carmelita Ocanas OCS Watervale, Ltd. John O'Hair OHK-SEK Peter Ohrnberger Brad Oleson DJ and Lisa Oleson Oleson Foundation Dustin and Kim Ordway Paradise Township Patrick and Kaitlyn Pasik Paul Pelica Alan Petrie

Michael Raphelson and Carla Langerveld Ray Ravary

Shirley J. Petrie Trust Peggy and Kimberly Simpson Richard and Diane Simpson Loring Sims

The Estate of Mary C. Francis

The Trust Agreement of Patty L. Springstead Thomas and Annette Hart Trust Barry and Arreta Thompson Terry and Constance Timm Jennifer Tobias and Tom McCracken Tosebo Clubhouse, LLC. Sally Van Vleck Kenneth Vanhouten Village of Kalkaska

Nicklaus Slocum

Village Ridge Homeowners Association

Riverview Rod & Gun Club

Dale and Carolyn Smith

Roy and Pamela Volkening

Phyllis Robinson

Julie and John Smith

Randall Vyverberg

Robert and Penelope Rosi

Mary Ann and Rich Smith

Melinda Wagner

Rotary Camps & Services of TC

Snyder Farm, LLC

Wayne and Joan Webber

Steve and Nikki Sobkowski

Wayne and Joan Rowe

Reg Sprik

Wellington Real Estate Holdings, LLC.

Royal Farms Properties LLC

Laura and Chuck Stanek

Greg White

Samuel and Anna Runkel

Anne Starr and Kristin Hall

John and Margaret Sargent

State YMCA of Michigan

John Wilkinson and Robin Silva-Wilkinson

Sarah E. Schin Trust

David Steffey

Windward Partnership

Michael and Melissa Scanlon

Stephen J. and Carol B. Shuckra Trust

John and Charlotte Wuepper Isaiah Wunsch

David and Sara Taft

Shelby Ziegler

RF Reiley Family Partners, LTD

Nathan Schultz and Stephanie Woodfin

GTRLC.ORG

CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND LAND DONATIONS Over 36,000 acres of land have been permanently protected by landowners. You have placed permanent, deed-restricted easements on your property in order to ensure that its conservation values—the health and wealth of these precious lands—are maintained forever.

Debbi Stevens, Building Ideals Inc.

Lew and Ginny Coulter

Arthur, Paul, Richard and Stephen Hoadley

Mark W. Dietrich Living Trust

Rotary Camps and Services, TC

Katy and Robert Tondu

Tom Cooper

Terry and Constance Timm

Gary Shanker

GRANTS FROM STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS Public grants help to leverage and maximize the value of your private investment. The Conservancy is either a direct recipient or a sub-awardee of grant funding from these agencies and organizations.

American Farmland Trust Grand Traverse County Road Commission

NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program

Land Trust Alliance

USDA - Soil Conservation Service

US Fish & Wildlife Service-Great Lakes Restoration Initiative - Coastal Program

US Fish & Wildlife Service-Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act

GIFTS-IN-KIND We are deeply grateful to these supporters for the generous contributions of their products, goods and services. Ken Barber

Lake Effect

Next I.T. LLC

Effect Size Consulting LLC

Michigan Hop Alliance

Sunset Tree Removal, LLC

Great Lakes Stainless, Inc.

Michigan Wildflower Farm

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VOLUNTEERS Every year volunteers play a crucial role in the Conservancy’s mission, helping to protect and steward our region’s incredible natural resources. While some volunteer opportunities were limited in 2020 due to COVID19, you still found ways to share your time and your talent to help protect and steward our region’s incredible natural resources. We are so grateful you help care for this land and share your love for it.

Erin Ackley

Kira Davis

David Jackson

Brian Allen

Chuck Dickerson

Deb Jackson

Ed Andres

Kelly Dillan

Michelle Jacokes

Renee Archambo

Bob Dompierre

Terri Jones

Ellen Baird

Bryce Dreeszen

Peggy Kane

Nan Barbas

Paula Dreeszen

Rick Kane

Richard Barclay

Sylvia Duncan

Brian Keas

Norman Bell

Tom Dunn

John Kerns

Rick Bellingham

Kathy Eiferle

Len Klein

Elizabeth Bellingham

Hilary Engle

Gary Kneale

Michael Berta

Morgan Engle

Ken Kohlman

Audra Bildeaux

Gerri Erickson

Charles Kraus

Mary Binder

Mary Ferens

Debbie Kwaiser

Chuck Blake

Dennis Fitzpatrick

Michael Kwaiser

Brad Boals

Alan Flory

Elise Laarman

Richard Bobian

Michael Foley

Thomas Larabel

Ralph Brickman

Steven Foley

Marilyn Latterman

Larry Brownell

Linda Forster

Bob Lockwood

Harold Skip Bryant

Carl Freeman

Susan Lockwood

Jesse Burt

Michael Grahl

Jane Lund

Bridgett Callahan

Dick Gray

Sally Lundquist

Chris Cargill

Tina Groleau

Ben Lundquist

Cathy Carter

Katie Grzesiak

David Lyon

Dan Choike

Richard Hager

Dan Mach

Lucinda Clement

Patricia Hager

Kathy Flynn Mach

Robert Clement

Frederick Hambly

Tricia Mack

Nate Crane

James Heffner

Jack Maddox

Pam Coleman

Robert Heflin

Mark Maddox

Doug Cook

Max Hobbs

Kerry Maloney

Emily Cook

Sam Hobbs

Sally Manke

Sally Cook

Tracy Hobbs

Jennifer Manville

Butch Cooper

Zeke Hobbs

Marcella Massa

Evan Craig

Alison Hoffmann

John Maxson

Jim Cunningham

Mark Hoffman

Liana May

Barbara Czarnecki

Sue Holcombe

John McCormick

Rick Dahlstrom

Paige Howard

Shelle McElwee

Dan Dall’Olmo

Don Howson

Tom McElwee

Gail Dall’Olmo

William Hudson

Jim McKimmy

Molly Dalton

Kathleen Imre

John Meade

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Volunteers — Continued

Audrey Menninga

Alan Schug

Terrie Taylor

Dan Mixer

Jenna Scheub

Jen Teeples

Ed Moehle

Monica Schultz

Jan Toscano

Douglas Morse

Don Schuster

Dale Treese

Tom Mountz

William Sharp

Riley Truog

Paula Moyer

Dave Shoptaw

Barbara Van Dam

Paul Moyer

Michael Sipkoski

Eddie Veenstra

Dave Murphy

Bill Skaff

Tom Vinette

Amelia Naperala

Brad Slaughter

Dan Wallace

Mary Ellen Newport

Scott Sneed

Flint Watt

Craig Olsen

Bill Spiers

Charlie Weaver

Vicki Olsen

Mary Spiers

Angela Willis

Spencer Olson

Nathan Staley & Boy Scout Troop

John Willis

Sue Oseland

Gary Stauffer

Anthony Wittbrodt

Gary Osterfeld

Jane Stauffer

James Witte

Deona Paine

Mark Stormzand

Michael Wnek

Gail Parry

Nancy Story

Mary Wright

Erin Paxson

Sharon Studinger

Anne Yambor

Renee Penny

Eddie Sullivan

Thomas Yocum

Lyn Petty

Anne Sutton

Grant Young

Joe Rathbun

Todd Sutton

Mary Scholz

Jeff Swesky

GTRLC.ORG

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3860 N. Long Lake Rd., Ste. D Traverse City, MI 49684 231.929.7911 GTRLC.ORG

NON-PROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49684 Permit No. 306

GTRLC FARMS: CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY The volunteer garden at Maple Bay Farm was deemed an essential activity throughout COVID-19 restrictions, so work continued all year. There were also more volunteers at the garden in 2020, which meant more fresh produce. This year we partnered with Goodwill Industries’ Food Rescue program to get the food where it was needed most!

MAPLE BAY FARM

540 lbs

fresh produce

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At Misty Acres Farm, we were grateful to help supply protein to those in need by providing beef at cost to Northwest Food Coalition, a group of food pantries, emergency meal sites and baby pantries in northwest Michigan. These are stories of people helping people, but they are also stories of the critical reciprocity between people and the land. For years, volunteers and GTRLC staff have worked to improve ecology and soil health at both farms, allowing them to produce quality food that sustains us in a healthy way. Healthy land makes healthy people.

MISTY ACRES FARM

1,500 lbs grass-fed beef

2021 Spring Landscript - Annual Report

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2021 Spring Landscript - Annual Report