2013
Annual Report
PLANNING • PROTECTING • PRESERVING
Our Mission v
The Nantucket Land Council is dedicated to protecting Nantucket’s natural world and rural character by holding and enforcing conservation restrictions, commissioning scientific research, monitoring development proposals, engaging in legal proceedings to protect natural resources, and educating the public on environmental issues.
Table of Contents Board of Directors and Staff.............................................................................................. 2 President's Report................................................................................................................. 5 Executive Director's Report........................................................................................6 & 7 Financial Overview & Treasurer's Report...............................................................8 & 9 Conservation Restriction Report...................................................................................10 Conservation Restriction Grantors................................................................................12 Research & Education................................................................................................. 13-17 Advocacy & Legal Action........................................................................................19 & 20 Events......................................................................................................................................23 Bequests.................................................................................................................................24 Acknowledgements.................................................................................................... 27-32 NANTUCKET LAND COUNCIL, INC. P.O. Box 502 6 Ash Lane Nantucket, MA 02554 508-228-2818 nlc@nantucketlandcouncil.org www.nantucketlandcouncil.org
Cover: Sankaty Bluff, Sconset—Photo by Van Lieu Photography “Over the last several years, Sankaty has been revealing itself in a remarkable display of color and texture unexpected in a world of sand and scrub. Iron ore, gray, yellow, red and blue clay, fossilized shells and stones are mixed together in some places and held separate in others by the unimaginable force of the glacier that formed the island.” —”Feet of Clay: The Revelation of Sconset Bluff” www.vanlieuphotography.com Inside Cover: Black Tupelos near Gibbs Pond —Photo by Peter B. Brace
Board of Directors & Staff
OFFICERS Lucy S. Dillon President
STAFF Cormac Collier Executive Director
Paul A. Bennett Vice President
Emily L. MacKinnon Resource Ecologist
William Willet Vice President
Linda Spery Development Director
Howard N. Blitman Treasurer
BOOKEEPING
Susan E. Robinson Clerk & Assistant Treasurer DIRECTORS Karen K. Borchert Larry Breakiron William S. Brenizer Karen K. Clark William M. Crozier, Jr. Philip B. Day Christine Donelan Robert Friedman Nancy Gillespie Wade Greene Jean Haffenreffer Mary Heller Elizabeth A. Higgins Charles A. Kilvert, III Laurel Ried Langworthy Peter McCausland Eileen P. McGrath Carl H. Sjolund H. Brooks Smith Lars O. Soderberg James W. Sutherland, Ph.D. Peter Watrous
Shari Rose Santos LEGAL COUNSEL Peter R. Fenn, Esquire Fenn and Associates Jamaica Plain, MA ACCOUNTANT Cheryl Fuller, C.P.A. Nantucket, MA
HONORARY DIRECTOR Suzanne Mueller 2
Second Day of Spring 2013 at 6 Ash Lane Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)—Photo by Linda Spery
President’s Report
Dear Friends and Members, I’m honored to have been chosen during the past year to serve as president of the Nantucket Land Council Board of Directors. With the improvement in the economy, accompanied by an increase in proposed development and associated environmental issues, our organization is now more important than ever in ensuring that our island’s fragile natural resources are protected. In my role as president, I’m cognizant of the significant achievements of those who held this leadership position before me. Most recently, Karen Borchert served tirelessly for five years as president. With her own Nantucket homestead held in conservation by the Land Council, she and her family have never waivered from their dedication to the organization’s ideals since its founding back in 1974. Thank you, Karen, for your leadership and for laying a solid foundation for the years ahead. Preceding Karen in the role of president were Larry Breakiron, Paul Bennett, William ”Bill” Hance, and Carl Borchert. Though Bill and Carl are no longer with us, their legacy lives on in the day-to-day work we do. We are privileged to have Larry and Paul, as well as Karen, continuing to serve as active board members of our organization. We greatly appreciate their vast institutional knowledge and the dedication they bring to us. Another legacy that lives on within the Land Council is that of long-time board member Lars Soderberg, who passed away in July. Lars’ dedication to land protection and conservation on Nantucket will not be forgotten. As Land Council members, many of you who have been with us since the 1970’s, you provide the strength to keep our momentum going. We are grateful for each and every one of you. Sincerely,
Lucy Dillon President
Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Shell—Photo by Peter B. Brace
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Executive Director’s Report
Dear NLC Supporters, The Fiscal Year 2013 was significant for the Land Council. Along with the continued emphasis on ongoing initiatives to “plan, protect and preserve” Nantucket, two projects in particular are especially noteworthy. The first was the launch of an education program to inform landscaping professionals and property owners about the new fertilizer use guidelines outlined in the newly published “Best Management Practices for Landscape Fertilizer Use on Nantucket” (known as the BMP). In cooperation with the Town of Nantucket Natural Resources Department, the Land Council distributed copies of the BMP in both English and Spanish through direct mail, presentations to property owner associations and meetings with landscapers. We also generated awareness of the new regulations through an online social media campaign and community television programming, and created a pocket brochure covering the basics of the 65-page BMP document. The educational outreach continued through December 2012 in advance of the regulations taking effect on January 1, 2013 and on into the spring and summer. Copies of both the BMP and the pocket brochure are available by contacting the Land Council office at 508-228-2818 or nlc@nantucketlandcouncil.org. The documents are also on our website, www.nantucketlandcouncil.org. Coming together to understand and apply best management practices in landscaping and fertilizing, we can all make a difference in the future of our island’s health and well-being while still creating and maintaining attractive lawns and gardens. The second project I’m proud to highlight was our crowning achievement in the area of land conservation. In December 2012 we finalized the purchase of 10 acres of beautiful agricultural land at Bartlett’s Farm. The newly conserved parcel abuts 104 acres of farmland that was placed in conservation by the Land Council in 2004 with the Bartlett family. The campaign to raise funds to secure the conservation restriction (CR) on the farmland at the corner of Hummock Pond Road and Somerset, where the new bike path is located, was launched in February 2012 under the capable leadership of Land Council board member Bob Friedman, who served as campaign chair. Gifts ranging from $25 to $200,000 were received from some 150 families,
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businesses and foundations. The source of the largest grant of $200,000 was the Carlee Charitable Trust, followed by a $100,000 matching grant from ReMain Nantucket. We are grateful for all of the gifts, no matter how large or how small and thank Bob Friedman and his campaign committee for their tremendous effort to raise the funds needed to make this CR happen. In closing, I’d like to join our new president Lucy Dillon and the entire board of directors in expressing our appreciation to outgoing president Karen Borchert for her dedication and service to the Land Council. Karen and the entire Borchert family have championed land conservation on this island for close to 40 years and have raised the bar for all of Nantucket to challenge us to be good stewards of this special place. Thank you, Karen. Sincerely,
Cormac Collier Executive Director
Nantucket Land Council Staff Left to right: Resource Ecologist Emily MacKinnon, Executive Director Cormac Collier and Development Director Linda Spery—Photo by Craig Spery
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Financial Overview
I am pleased to report that our Fiscal Year 2013 financial picture shows that the NLC continues to operate in an effective and efficient manner based on a solid financial foundation. We are grateful to each of you for your donations, your participation at our annual fundraising events and the many other ways you show support for our organization throughout the year. The graphs below provide a snapshot of our income and expenses for FY 2013. We continued to have a slight increase in fundraising expenses due to our successful efforts and attention to the Bartlett 10-acre conservation restriction campaign. We remain pleased with the careful and wise use of our income towards our many important programs and projects. The audit report for the NLC for the year ending June 30, 2013 is available for review at the organization’s office located at 6 Ash Lane on Nantucket. For more information about how your donations are being utilized year-round by the NLC in its work to protect Nantucket’s fragile natural resources, we invite you to visit our office when you are on island or browse our website at www.nantucketlandcouncil.org. Respectfully submitted,
Howard N. Blitman Treasurer
Support Services 17% Programs & Projects 74% Fundraising 9%
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Treasurer’s Report
Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013 OPERATING ACTIVITIES FY 2013 FY 2012 INCOME Restricted contributions Unrestricted contributions Endowment support appropriated for operations Fundraising net revenues and contributions Rental income Other income Total support and revenue EXPENSES Programs and projects Supporting services Fundraising Total expenses NET SURPLUS (DEFICIT) FROM OPERATIONS ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Unconditional promises to give Prepaid expenses Note receivable including accrued interest Marketable securities Fixed assets Land and conservation restrictions LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued expenses Total liabilities NET ASSETS Unrestricted Temporarily restricted TOTAL NET ASSETS TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
$430,516 220,071 285,000 59,822 24,500 0 $1, 019,909
$693,307 256,155 356,250 65,858 11,525 0 $1,383,095
$473, 869 110,923 58,942 $643,734
$561,180 118,935 72,067 $752,182
$376,244 $630,913 $245,718 105,799 14,114 564,289 8,516,346 744,537 21,506,821 $31,697,624
$518,628 297,739 13,903 579,289 8,078,457 800,910 20,591,821 $30,880,747
$15,050
$16,675
$15,050
$16,675
$31,631,594 50,980
$30,274,449 589,573
$31,682,574
$30,864,072
$31,697,624
$30,880,747
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Conservation Restriction Report
During Fiscal Year 2013 the Land Council recorded two conservation restrictions in the Nantucket Registry of Deeds, bringing the total number of conservation restrictions held and enforced by the Land Council to 82, encompassing over 1,400 acres. In July 2012 the Land Council recorded a CR on approximately 16 acres of land owned by the Nanahumacke Preserve Homeowners Association and located in the Nanahumacke subdivision off Hummock Pond Road. The purpose of the CR is to protect and preserve the land as open and undeveloped as required under Nantucket’s cluster bylaw provision and to assure that it will be retained in perpetuity and for conservation purposes predominantly in its open, undeveloped, and vegetated condition. The CR also prevents any uses or change that will significantly impair or interfere with the conservation values. In December 2012 a CR was recorded by the Land Council on 10 acres of Bartlett’s Farm agricultural land at the corner of Hummock Pond Road and Somerset. Thanks to the generosity of the many conservation-minded donors who wanted to protect this farmland for open space and agricultural use, the Land Council was able to reach its fundraising goal and complete the land purchase. With the purchase came the assurance that the open space connections with previously protected farmland properties at Bartlett’s will be maintained, along with the preservation of existing public views associated with the 10 acres. Under the terms of the conservation restriction, subdivision and traditional development are permanently eliminated on the site while allowing Bartlett’s Farm to continue to use the land for agricultural purposes. Also allowed under the terms are the building of one 1,000-square-foot farmhouse along with the right to build a defined number of barns and agricultural outbuildings in support of the agricultural use on the property.
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Newly Conserved Bartlett’s Farm Field at Somerset and Hummock Pond Road—Photo by Van Lieu Photography
Conservation Restriction Grantors
From 1986 until 2012, the following generous individuals protected their lands for public benefit by granting conservation restrictions to the Nantucket Land Council. Edith Andrews Ginger Andrews Clifford and Dorothy Barbour Bartlett Family Trust, Henry Bartlett, Trustee Diana Bartlett Sclafani Nathaniel Bartlett W. Scott Bartlett, Jr. W. Scott Bartlett III Philip D. Bartlett, as Trustee Walter and Susan Birge Karen and Carl Borchert Borchert Nominee Trust Natalie Brewer Diana Brown Miles G. Carlisle Christopher Clark A. Byron Coffin, Jr. Edward and Sarah Crane J. Tristram Coffin Dammin Donald Denninger Douglas Denninger Michael Egan, Trustee Catherine Felleman Eleanor Fisher Thompson Anne Fisher Falby Thomas Fisher, Jr. Thomas Fisher III M. Pat Gardner William P. Graves II and Lydia B. Graves II (Reed Pond Nominee Trust) Marie Francis Guildehaus and Brad Henke Great Point Nominee Trust Erwin Greenberg 12
Priscilla Grace Mary Hardy Priscilla Harper Edward and Jacqueline Harris Jane Fay Harter John Taylor Hopkins Edgar B. Howard III William T. Howard Hummock Pond of Nantucket Home owners Association Karen Jackman Richard Jackman Robert and Cynthia Jay Alexander D. Jay Alida Jay Boye Anne O. Jay Daniel G. Jay David A. Jay Paul M. Jay Quentin C. Jay Stephen W. Jay Joanne Ledbetter Christopher and Virgina Lewis Linda Loring The Linda Loring Nature Foundation, Inc. Frank and Clara Low Gary and Susan McCarthy Margaret McElderry Eileen McGrath Deborah and James McIntosh Leon and Betty Miller Mira Mar Nominee Trust Edward A. Murphy
Nanahumacke Preserve Homeowners Association Town of Nantucket Irene Parent Morris Phinney, Jr. Joan Pratel William Seidman Nancy Sevrens Sheep Common Realty Trust Catherine Snow Crocker Snow Deborah and Peter Solbert Ruth Phinney Stevens Susan Coffin Dammin Stone John M. Taylor, Jr. Estate of Susan Timken and The Nature Conservancy David C. Todd Elizabeth Van Duyne Tuckernuck Land Trust, Inc. Diana Walker John D. Walker, Jr. Joseph Walker Washing Pond Trust Christine, Breckenridge, Blair and Christopher Willcox John Wittman Wright’s Landing Nominee Trust
Research
Water Quality Testing The Land Council began monitoring water quality in the Head of Hummock Pond (HHP) in 2009 seeking to determine the cause of toxic blue-green algae that had been blooming each summer. The research was initiated in cooperation with the UMASS Boston Field Station. In April 2011 a solarpowered long-distance circulator was installed to test its effectiveness in preventing conditions from occurring in the pond that would support the annual growth of the algae in the warmer summer weather. In 2012 the Land Council worked with the circulator unit’s manufacturer on adjustments of the equipment to accommodate the high sustained winds impacting the circulator’s operation. Resource ecologist Emily MacKinnon and NLC board member Dr. Jim Sutherland, assisted by summer intern Shea Fee, continue to monitor HHP water quality to determine the effectiveness of the circulator and to decide if it is a viable solution to prevent the growth of toxic blue-green algae. Storm Aftermath Assistance Following major storms that battered Nantucket in early 2013, the Land Council was called upon by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) to assist with documentation of winter storm damage on the island. The CZM works as a networked program with other state agencies, federal agencies, local governments, academic institutions, nonprofit groups, and the general public to promote sound management of the Massachusetts coast. The Land Council also participated in the widespread rescue of scallop seeds stranded on shore after a nor’easter blew thousands of the scallops onto island beaches. In addition to its participation in the winter storm stranding, the Land Council has been enlisted to help mobilize teams in the event of future widespread stranding so the volunteer process can operate more efficiently to rescue the stranded scallops. Great Harbor Yacht Club Grants As part of a legal agreement executed several years ago, the Great Harbor Yacht Club agreed to fund up to $350,000 over a ten year span for the Land Council to fund projects that benefit the Nantucket marine environment. Community leaders assist the Land Council and Great Harbor Yacht Club in reviewing the grant applications, including representatives from the Shellfish and Harbor Advisory Board and the Nantucket Shellfish Association. For FY 2013, a gift was awarded to Town of Nantucket Shellfish Biologist Tara Riley to be used for a quahog production pilot program. Dr. Peter Boyce was also a grant recipient to continue to support his ongoing investigation into scallop spat transport and movement in the Nantucket Harbor. 13
Education
Education is a major component of the Land Council’s year-round work, led by resource ecologist Emily MacKinnon with support by executive director Cormac Collier. Programs are carried out at virtually every grade level in both public and private schools on the island throughout the school year, with an emphasis on outdoor education using the island as the classroom. At other times of the year programs for adults and families—year-round residents and seasonal islanders alike—increase knowledge and awareness about the environment and associated challenges specific to Nantucket. The goal of the programs at all levels is to help participants develop the necessary skills and expertise to address the environmental challenges, and to foster attitudes, motivations, and commitments to make informed decisions and take responsible action. The Land Council continued its popular series of downtown tree walks during the past year, providing an opportunity for those participating to learn tree identification and to appreciate the history of the majestic American elms on island. Tree tour participants receive free companion brochures, “The Trees of Downtown Nantucket,” a publication produced in cooperation with the Nantucket Garden Club. The tour was featured in a short documentary film shot by PLUM TV intern Austin Hopkins during the summer, with interviews with Cormac Collier and Emily MacKinnon as they led a group on one of the downtown walks. In addition to the tree walks, the Land Council also led summer tours of the Town of Nantucket Shellfish Lab in collaboration with Town Shellfish Biologist Tara Riley. Families participating in the tour learned about the life cycle of the bay scallop and what is being done by the lab to restore their population in the Nantucket Harbor. In the fall, Emily MacKinnon led Monarch butterfly tagging excursions around the island for families and school classes, with Monarchs appearing in abundance on Nantucket during 2012. At the elementary, middle and high school levels the Land Council was active throughout the year. These programs included field trips to the Head of Hummock Pond and regarding prescribed fire and habitat management with the New School sixth, seventh and eighth grade students; team teaching about animal and plant habitats to third graders at the Nantucket Elementary School; team teaching about groundwater to Nantucket High School science students; and Squam Swamp vernal pool field trips with fifth graders from the NES. For the twentieth year, the Land Council’s annual grant program awarded scholarships to local schools and teachers. Grants were awarded to science teacher Matt Liddle of the Nantucket New School, fifth grade teachers at the Nantucket Kayakers and stand up paddlers compete in the first Paddle Battle: The Race for Clean Water on October 13, 2012. The event was co-sponsored by the Land Council and the Maria Mitchell Association—Photo by Linda Spery
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Education
Elementary School, teacher Alicia Keller of the Nantucket Lighthouse School and Mike Girvin of the Nantucket Elementary School faculty. The financial assistance offered to Nantucket students and teachers in grades K-12 supports science and environmental projects. The goal continues to be to encourage students’ understanding of their local environment through direct involvement in project-related activities. The intention of the program is to help teachers enhance their curriculum with alternative learning tools, either materials or activities. Adult education programs during the year included presentations to property owners associations, landscaping professionals, members of the Nantucket Garden Club and Bartlett’s Farm Talk series attendees about the importance of the Best Management Practices for Fertilizer Application on Nantucket. A brochure with key messages from the BMP was produced by the Land Council and the Town of Nantucket, along with copies of the BMP document in English and Spanish, and distributed widely to landscapers and property owners. Professional development initiatives of the Land Council in 2012-2013 included participation by Emily MacKinnon as secretary of the Coastal Management Plan Work Group and also as a vice-chair of the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI), a collaboration of island environmental organizations. The NBI awards research grants annually to support biodiversity research on the island. The Land Council is an annual sponsor of the NBI. Off-island, Emily MacKinnon and Cormac Collier led a workshop at the Massachusetts Land Trust Conference in Worcester, focusing on how a land trust organization can serve as an environmental advocate in addition to serving in the traditional conservation role. Cormac Collier also presented a talk on land conservation at the annual meeting of the Polly Hill Arboretum on Martha’s Vineyard. Nature’s Classroom For the fifth year in a row the Land Council awarded a grant to the entire NES fifth grade to support their annual trip to Nature’s Classroom. Nature’s Classroom is a residential environmental education program designed to give students and teachers an opportunity to experience education together outside the walls of the classroom. This year they invited NLC ecologist Emily MacKinnon to join them for their three day, two night trip to Nature’s Classroom’s Yarmouth Port campus on the Cape. She was impressed with the environmental learning opportunities available to the students in a supportive environment and found it to be an extremely worthwhile program offering new challenges to the age group in group dynamics and a variety of academic disciplines including environmental sciences.
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Bees pollinating thistle—Photo by Peter B. Brace
Advocacy & Legal Action
The Land Council devotes a great amount of time serving as a watchdog, monitoring local growth and development plans under consideration by the Board of Selectmen, Conservation Commission, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals. In FY 2013 the Land Council and its consultants continued to rigorously oppose projects proposed by the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund (SBPF). In the fall, SBPF’s bluff protection pilot program being proposed in front of six Baxter Road properties situated atop Sankaty Bluff was denied by the Conservation Commission. Then SBPF returned to the Conservation Commission in the spring with a hard armoring project they deemed an emergency due to the heavy erosion of the bluff caused by winter storms. The Land Council continues to monitor and comment on this project, in cooperation with consulting attorneys and coastal engineers. Since the close of the fiscal year, the Conservation Commission has issued an emergency permit to the Town of Nantucket and SBPF, as joint applicants, for the construction of three terraced geotubes on the Siasconset beach. This project fronting 91-105 Baxter Road is now being vetted by the Commission through a standard Notice of Intent hearing process to determine its compliance with state and local regulations. Other erosion control projects monitored in other parts of the island were on Eel Point Road, focusing on the need for sufficient beach nourishment associated with projects involving sand drift fencing and sand filled coir bags. Construction of the Hummock Pond bike path during the spring took place on portions of Bartlett’s Farm land held in conservation by the Land Council. This property includes fragile wetlands that are to be used as a mitigation site, according to a plan approved by both the Land Council and the Conservation Commission. Concerns about the integrity of the mitigation arose early in the bike path project and continue to be voiced by the Land Council to both Town of Nantucket officials and the Conservation Commission. Another project impacting wetlands of concern that was under observation by the Land Council was the disturbance of an isolated wetland at North Liberty and Franklin Streets.
Spider Web—Photo by Peter B. Brace
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Advocacy & Legal Action
Land Council representatives attended and spoke out at numerous Planning Board hearings on the proposed Nantucket Hunting Association shooting range. Concerns were expressed regarding the range’s potential to contaminate soil and Nantucket’s sole source aquifer through the deposition and leaching of lead from shot, fragments, and dust as well as chemicals associated with propellants used in firing of small arms, rifles, and shot guns. The proposed project was criticized as not incorporating any efforts to contain or remove lead and other contaminants. The Land Council also cited no proposed storm water infrastructure and no groundwater monitoring program proposed to determine if any toxic pollutants are leaching into the aquifer. The Land Council advocated for protection of threatened species habitats in support of concerns by Mass Heritage. The project is now under appeal based on opposition from neighboring homeowners. In cooperation with other island conservation organizations and the Town of Nantucket, the Land Council focused considerable attention on land use planning for both the Federal Aviation Agency’s land holdings in Madaket and other government property near Low Beach Road where the Loran tower was dismantled. The Land Council also engages in legal proceedings to prevent projects that stand to cause environmental damage and harm to our natural resources. Furthermore, at each Annual Town Meeting and Special Town Meeting, the Land Council advocates positions on both citizen and Town proposed articles that impact the island’s natural resources.
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Chain-Dotted Geometer (Cingilia catemaria)—Photo by Emily MacKinnon
Events
38th Annual Meeting On August 1, 2012 Dr. Tom Morris addressed an audience of Land Council members and friends on the topic “New Ideas to Improve Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management on the Landscape” at the organization’s 38th Annual Meeting at the Coffin School. Dr. Morris is Professor of Soil Fertility at the University of Connecticut and knowledgeable of Nantucket issues related to nutrient management and landscaping practices. From 2011 to 2012, Dr. Morris provided counsel in the academic peer review of “Best Management Practices for Landscape Fertilizer Use on Nantucket Island,” published by the Article 68 Work Group of landscape professionals, environmentalists and community leaders. Dr. Morris and his colleagues from UCONN also led an all-day workshop in February 2012 sponsored by the Land Council addressing the topic of nutrient management for turf and gardens. The workshop, held in the community room of the Nantucket Public Safety Facility on Fairgrounds Road, attracted a full house of landscapers and property owners. 2012 End of Season Dinner Straight Wharf Restaurant was the setting for the annual Nantucket Land Council End of the Season Dinner on Labor Day, September 3, 2012. Chairing the event was Land Council board member Karen Clark. Those serving on the event committee were Mariann Appley, Mary Randolph Ballinger, Karen Borchert, CeCe and Lee Black, Maureen and Howard Blitman, Donna and Donald Comstock, Prudence and William Crozier, Lucy Dillon, Christine and Joseph Donelan, Barbara and Robert Friedman, Kaaren and Charles Hale, and Mary Heller. Also on the event committee were Ann and Charles Johnson, Fred Jordan, Bonnie and Peter McCausland, Jean and Paul Moran, Suzanne and Carl Mueller, Lynn and Nick Nicholas, Nancy and Michael Peacock, Meredyth and Brooks Smith, Reverend Georgia Snell, Jo Ann and Thomas Succop, Linda Taylor, Lisa Anderson and David Todd, Jane Arneth and Wat Tyler and Peter Watrous. Dreamland Reception for Bartlett’s Farm Campaign The Land Council was pleased to host a cocktail reception on the Dreamland Film & Performing Arts Center’s deck overlooking the harbor on July 7, 2012 to update members and friends about the campaign underway to conserve 10 acres of agricultural land and open space at Bartlett’s Farm. The event was chaired by board member Laurel Ried Langworthy. A matching grant of $100,000 from ReMain Nantucket was announced as a highlight of the reception by campaign chair Bob Friedman. Top: Dr. Tom Morris, 2012 Annual Meeting keynote speaker (left) at the garden reception at the home of John and Marie Sussek with Dr. Ernie Steinauer of the Massachusetts Audubon Society—Photo by Craig Spery Bottom: Attending a summer Dreamland reception to raise awareness and funds for the Bartlett’s Farm conservation restriction were (left to right) John Cooper, NLC board member Laurel Ried Langworthy (event chair), Ben Langworthy, Lindsay Hinsperger and Neil Hinsperger—Photo by Craig Spery
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Bequests
We are thankful for a bequest received this year from Adelaide Chuckrow, who passed away on August 14, 2011 at her long time summer home in Quaise. Mrs. Chuckrow and her late husband, Robert, were loyal supporters of the Land Council. They made their first donation the year after the organization was founded and continued to offer generous support throughout the years. Placing the Nantucket Land Council in your will or estate plan provides you with the opportunity to bequeath a lasting legacy of protected land. The Land Council is a qualified 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization. Gifts of appreciated assets— including stocks, bonds and property—are valued for donors’ tax purposes at full fair market value. Such contributions can be used as an effective tool to formulate financial strategies for families. The entire value of the appreciated gift will be put to conservation purposes; the nonprofit NLC does not pay taxes on capital gains. The campaign to preserve and defend Nantucket’s natural environment will continue well beyond all of our lifetimes. By combining the financial resources of our members into an effective organization, donors give the NLC the means to truly make a difference. Your support will mean there will always be a Nantucket Land Council to meet the future’s environmental challenges.
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Beach plant on new dunes forming between Esther Island and Smith’s Point—Photo by Peter B. Brace
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Acknowledgements We thank the following people, businesses and foundations who donated to the Nantucket Land Council during our 2013 Fiscal Year-July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. Champions—$5,000 and Above Archibald Family Foundation Bill and Kathie Beattie Max N. Berry Howard and Maureen Blitman James and Carol Bowditch Larry Breakiron Bill and Margaret Brenizer Carlee Charitable Trust Charina Foundation Karen K. Clark Lucy S. Dillon Christine and Joseph P. Donelan, II Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Field Marcia Weber and James Flaws Robert and Barbara Friedman Great Harbor Yacht Club Heinz Family Foundation Ann and Charles Johnson Mr. and Mrs. J. Seward Johnson, Jr. Jeff Kaschuluck Naomi Aberly and Laurence Lebowitz Helen and Hampton Lynch, Jr. John G. and Dudley W. MacFarlane Marc and Robin Wolpow Family Fund The McCausland Foundation Abigail Johnson and Christopher McKown McLaughlin & Moran, Inc. Jane and Rory McNeil Terrence and Patricia Moran Carl and Suzanne Mueller John D. Nichols Susan and Stephen O’Brien ReMain Nantucket David and Barbara Roby Robert M. Russell and Stephen DeLay
Michael and Diane Ryan L. Dennis and Susan R. Shapiro Meredyth and Brooks Smith Richard and Catharine Snowdon Thornburg Foundation Peter Watrous Elizabeth Wheelwright Robert and Linda Williams Benefactors—$1,000-$4,999 Mariann Appley Mrs. Roger G. J. Austin Bains Family Foundation Mary Randolph Ballinger Barbara Bayliss Ann and Andrew Bazos David Poor and Patricia Beilman Walter and Susan Birge CeCe and Lee Black Robi and Ruth Blumenstein Joan R. Bolling Karen K. Borchert Tom and Mimi Brome James and Nancy Buckman Timothy and Meg Callahan Dort A. and Elizabeth Cameron, III Simon and Jane Canning Estate of Adelaide P. Chuckrow Eugene and Meredith Clapp, III Mr. and Mrs. Donald Comstock Amanda B. Cross William M. and Prudence S. Crozier D’Agostino Family Foundation Anna-Karin and David Dillard Catherine S. Felleman Eric Ferguson Mary Fontaine
Great egret in salt marsh cordgrass on Coatue—Photo by Peter B. Brace
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Acknowledgements
Barbara Kates-Garnick and Marc Garnick Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Greig, III Lauren and Paul Gudonis Mrs. Frederick W. Haffenreffer Kamran and Ellen Hakim Charles and Kaaren Hale Peter and Karen Hanson Mary Heller Lois and John Horgan John and Laura Hussey Joelson Foundation Fred Jordan Stephen R. and Jill E. Karp Peter and Maria Kellner Nancy Gillespie and Ulrich Lächler Laurel and Ben Langworthy Kenneth and Grace Logan John W. and Jane S. Loose Ian and Carolyn MacKenzie Rina and Don McCouch Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. McDermott Linda and Ben McGrath Rachel L. Mellon Mike and Ellen Harde Charitable Gift Fund Ginger and Marlin Miller, Jr. William and Katherine Miller, IV Paul and Jean Moran Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Newhouse, Jr. Lynn and Nick Nicholas Eleanor and Henry O’Neill John and Kathy O’Neill Ellen Flamm and Richard Peterson Clarissa and William Porter Robert and Nancy Puff Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. Ellen and Kenneth Roman Frances H. and Francis C. Rooney, Jr. Bonnie Sacerdote Charles H. Sawyer 28
James and Lenore Schilling Gerald W. Schwartz Juan and Stefania Speck Barry and Mimi Sternlicht Robert C. Stevens Stockton Holdings Limited Anne P. Strain Jo Ann and Thomas Succop David Swope Merrielou and Ned Symes, III Linda R. Taylor David C. and Lisa Anderson Todd Wat H. and Jane Arneth Tyler Richard G. and Dorothy H. Verney Michael and Sue Young Patrons—$500-$999 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barrows W. Geoffrey Beattie William and Jacqueline Bishop Mr. and Mrs. James Carey Anne DeLaney and Chip Carver, Jr. Nancy A. Chase Richard Congdon Bob and Georgi Contiguglia Elizabeth and Wayne Davies Tharon and Lee Dunn Marc Feigen and Sheri Levine W. B. and George Ferris, III Toby Greenberg Mary and Robert Haft Peter and Ann Holmes Paul and Susan Lancaster Carol Langer Margaret and Terry Lenzner Dr. and Mrs. Byron Lingeman Kris McCaig James and Deborah McIntosh Michael Gilson and Joan McPhee George and Barbara Mrkonic Nantucket Bank
Nantucket Landscapes, Inc. Michael and Nancy Peacock Richard and Judith Phelan Mr. and Mrs. Larry Pollock Harry T. and Susan D. Rein Joseph R. and Randee Seiger Mrs. William Sevrens Julie Fitzgerald and Carl H. Sjolund Reverend Georgia A. Snell Susan K. Spring Reverend C. William and Linda Steelman Schuyler and Elizabeth Tilney Donald W. and Deborah Van Dyke, II Lynda Vickers-Smith Stewards—$100-$499 Michael and Marcia Adler William and Nancy Alwine Thomas J. and Patricia S. Anathan Stephen and Marcia Anderson Deborah and Joseph Annese Anonymous Louis J. Appell, Jr. John L. G. Archibald Richard G. and Nancy M. Asthalter Mr. and Mrs. Patterson Barnes John B. and Barbara Bartlett Irene Beach Anthony and Anne Patricia Beale Maureen V. Beck Walter and Barbara Behr John and Judy Belash Henry Belber Carol A. Bellmaine Bruce J. Beni Paul and Georgina Bennett Martha and Ira Berlin Gerald and Diane Biondi Mary D. and William L. Bird, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Bird Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bober, Jr. Gwen and Cletus Bolan
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