2011 Annual Report | The Trustees of Reservations by The Trustees of Reservations

Special PL ACES for members and supporters of the trustees of reservations

fall 2011

volume 19

no . 3

Forward Movement SPECIAL edition

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Together, we are creating a brighter future for Massachusetts.

ON THE COVER A hiker takes to the trails at Tyringham Cobble in Ashley Falls.

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What’s Old is New Again History and innovation come together at Appleton Farms in Ipswich.

An Eggplant Grows in Dorchester Boston Natural Areas Network celebrates the opening of Dorchester’s newly expanded – and now largest – community gardenn.

From Plot to Plate Taking the measure of people, plants, poultry, and more at Trustees farms and gardens across the state.

ON THE MOVE

A New Lease on Life Westport’s former poor farm transforms from barren to bountiful.

No Superior or Equal A new exhibit at the Ashley House in Sheffield sheds light on the life and legacy of Elizabeth Freeman.

The (Chicken) House that Dave Built Volunteer of the Year Dave Beal takes his work – and his tools – seriously at Weir River Farm in Hingham.

A STEP AHEAD

A Landmark Accreditation An old land trust learns new tricks – and passes the wisdom forward. The Bay Circuit Boston’s Outer Emerald Necklace brings nature to the people. People & Plovers Delicate shorebirds find welcome respite on the sandy shores of Crane Beach in Ipswich.

more news & events

Land Conservation

Financial Report

Fall Events

GOVERNANCE SUPPORT

Donor Support

Semper Virens society

back cover

A FAMILY’S TRUST

letter from the chair of the board

letter from the president

What does it take to keep a 120-year-old conservation organization moving forward in the 21st century?

Just over a century ago, our founder, Charles Eliot, changed the face of conservation in Massachusetts.

A strong foundation, a bold vision, and, most importantly, the support of people like you. At a time when outside economic factors seem stacked against us – the ongoing recession, high unemployment, deficits, and debt – The Trustees have forged ahead, achieving major milestones while maintaining a balanced budget and staffing levels, and without incurring debt. In addition, a reorganization of our management structure over the past year empowered our on-the-ground staff to better collaborate and think creatively. This has allowed us to continue our momentum in implementing Trustees 2017, our strategic plan, as we work to not only protect land, but engage more people and partners in creating healthy, active, and green communities across Massachusetts. The result? Over the past year, we have protected more open space, especially

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farmland. We have seen families deepen their involvement with locally grown food at our farms and at the community gardens of Boston Natural Areas Network. We have made substantial progress in reducing our carbon footprint, not only through “green” renovations of several buildings, but by developing an alternative energy plan, with wind and solar at its core, that will see us become carbon neutral in just a few years. And, we have enlisted many more people in these efforts so they will advocate and vote for conservation as one of their top priorities. How have we maintained this momentum in these challenging times? It’s because of you, our members and supporters. For the past two years, to bolster our budget,

The Trustees’ Board of Directors issued a fundraising challenge that matched every dollar of additional annual fund support contributed by our members. Your response was overwhelming as we exceeded our goal of $1,000,000 in new gifts over the two years. It is this type of support that enables us to move forward with conviction and confidence. We are deeply appreciative of your generosity and continued commitment. Together we are ensuring a sound future for The Trustees – and for conservation in Massachusetts.

He believed in saving land not just for its own sake, but for its power to refresh and renew the body, the mind, and the spirit. He couldn’t have known then just how strongly this simple idea of connecting people to place would resonate across Massachusetts – and indeed, the nation – as The Trustees of Reservations thrived over the next 100 years. But today, if the movement that Eliot sparked is going to survive, The Trustees’ work must evolve to embrace so much more: the many more people we can touch by reinvigorating an old farm into a vital and active part of its community… the many more people we can excite by sharing meaningful stories of our

collective past… the many more families we can help discover the joys of growing their own healthy food… the many more people we can influence to make positive choices for our changing climate… and the many more people we can rouse to speak up for their neighborhood, for their community, and for the places they love. It’s this spirit of community and connection that inspires our work across the state and which we celebrate in this special annual-report issue of Special Places – from the youth who have revitalized the fields at Westport Town Farm to the students who are celebrating the life of Elizabeth Freeman at the Ashley House; from

our new partners at the Bay Circuit Alliance to the gardeners who reshaped an underused lot into Dorchester’s largest community garden. Fueled by their passion and yours, we are building a powerful movement of people who care about healthy communities, healthy families, and a healthy planet.

Andrew Kendall President

David Croll Chair, Board of Directors

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The Old House Fundraising Committee – (l–r) Barby Almy, William Shields, Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld, Fred Winthrop, Lily Hsia, Nonie Brady, and Susie Winthrop – brandish “golden hammers” as construction begins. The restored staircase. The library will welcome researchers. An original stained glass window with Francis R. Appleton’s initials. Director of Agriculture Programs Wayne Castonguay and historic resources committee chair Rebecca Campbell.

What’s Old is New Again History & Innovation Come Together at Appleton Farms

BY JANE ROY BROWN

The Old House at Appleton Farms IN IPSWICH boasts a paneled fireplace wall built in the 1680s, a closet dating from 1794, a bay window put in during the 1880s – and a solar hot water heater, a biomass boiler, heat exchangers, and a kitchen with new stainless-steel appliances. After three years and extensive renovations, the Old House has been transformed as The Trustees’ latest “deep-energy retrofit,” an existing building modified to reduce energy use by 50–75 percent. “The greenest building is one that already exists, but the reality is most people choose new construction over renovations due to the perceived lower cost,” says Wayne Castonguay, The Trustees’ statewide agricultural director. “This building had also been abandoned since the 1980s and was severely deteriorated. But it’s the last surviving building here occupied by a member of the Appleton family, and it holds their story.” That story began in 1636, when Samuel Appleton settled this land. His brother Isaac built the core of the Old House in 1688. During the next 150 years the family farms prospered. By the late 19th century, descendants were using the property mainly as a country estate, eventually building 4 | the trustees of Reservations

seven summer houses here. Still, they kept the land in agriculture. Colonel Francis R. Appleton, Jr., and his wife Joan were the last of nine generations of this family to own – and care for – Appleton Farms. After her husband died, in 1974, Mrs. Appleton continued to live in the Old House until the late 1980s. “The house and its collections tell the story of one family’s change from farmers to gentleman farmers over the course of 371 years,” says Rebecca Campbell, chair of the Appleton Farms Historic Resources Committee and member of the Old House Fundraising Committee, in addition to serving on The Trustees’ statewide Historic Resources Committee and Board of Directors. Lily Hsia, who served on the Old House Fundraising Committee with Campbell, also feels good about keeping the Appletons’ history in

place. “Some things you just can’t let go by. This renovation just had to be done,” she says. Saving the Old House was about more than preserving the past, though. The project provided the opportunity to once again make this family home the heart of the farm by opening it as a visitor and program center and a research library. And, what better way to begin a new chapter in the Old House story than by revitalizing it as a model of sustainable design? With Campbell, a crew of seven other passionate volunteers raised most of the $1.5 million needed for the renovation, including an endowment, in about three years. Not everything could be saved – a wing and the third floor were demolished. But the renovation preserved layers of history, from the handhewn timbers, heart-pine floorboards, and Victorian-era windows to decorative moldings and mementos. The newly opened visitor center includes furniture, portraits, photo albums, books, and other objects original to the house on the first floor, giving visitors a glimpse into

family life from the 1700s to today. The second floor holds staff offices and meeting space. Allsopp Design, an experienced green design and construction firm based in Hamilton, teamed with the Appleton Farms staff and volunteers. Through ingenuity, plus the donation of time and equipment by firm principal Jeffrey Allsopp, they toed the budget line while creating a “zero-net-energy” building, one that creates as much renewable energy as it consumes, and aimed for a platinum rating, the highest awarded by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a program of the U.S. Green Building Council), and one rarely achieved in a renovation. The Old House now makes its own solar electricity and hot water, and the latter system (donated by Solesqua, Allsopp Design’s solar division) uses a photovoltaic-powered back-up tank on cloudy summer days. “The biomass boiler, an ultra-efficient, clean-burning outdoor woodstove, is the winter back-up,”

Allsopp explains. On cold days when the boiler isn’t stoked, air-source heat pumps will protect the building from freezing; although with super-insulated walls, floors, and ceilings, the danger is slim. Visitors won’t see many of these innovations just by looking – they’re hidden in the attic, behind finished walls, or under the floorboards. Instead, when they gather here for a workshop or a program, or simply stroll through these rooms on a casual visit to the farm, they’ll take in the expansive view of the pastures from the front porch, peek into that closet from 1794, and savor the afternoon light streaming in from that 1880s-era bay window – just as generations of Appletons did before them. n Jane Roy Brown is a writer and member of The Trustees based in western Massachusetts. Learn more about the renovation by visiting www.thetrustees.org/oldhouse. Green Means Go | 5

From Plot to Plate

An Eggplant Grows in Dorchester

Local food is more than a trend

In the fields at Trustees farms and

– these days it’s a phenomenon.

the plots of Boston Natural Areas

Whether you’re a die-hard

Network’s community gardens,

locavore, a community gardener,

people are coming together

or a shareholder at your local

around fresh, local, healthy food,

LEFT: Valerie Dudley tends to her plot at

Community Supported Agriculture

connecting to the land – and to each

Nightingale Garden, now Dorchester’s largest

(CSA) farm, you’re part of a thriving

other – as they feast on the season’s

community garden. Above: Mayor Thomas

movement that is placing the health

bounty. Last year, it all added up

Menino (center) helped officially open the garden

of your local economy, the planet,

to a whole lot of ripe, sumptuous

alongside, from left, Elnora Thompson, Janice

and, of course, you and your family

tomatoes and so much more.

James, Adel Taha, BNAN President Valerie Burns,

at the center of your dinner plate.

Saleh Osman, Mayor Menino, Mohamed Ibrahim, City of Boston Councilor Charles Yancee, BIGG Coordinator Grantley Payne, Winston Jankee, Walla Alzobair, and Sayed Mohamed-Nour.

By Genevieve Rajewski

After days of heavy rain in June, the sun blazed on Nightingale Garden. It seemed tomato weather suddenly couldn’t wait for Dorchester’s newly expanded and now largest community garden to get up and running – and apparently neither could local residents. “On opening day, people were so excited. They arrived at the gates two or three hours early,” says Elnora Thompson, the garden’s coordinator of 20 years, who has just seen it quadruple in growing capacity to 134 plots. That ravenous appetite for garden space speaks to the runaway success of the most ambitious undertaking to date by Trustees’ affiliate Boston Natural Areas Network. “Several years ago, we realized that all the plots in the city were consistently subscribed with waiting lists…except in Dorchester,” explains Valerie Burns, president of the nonprofit supporter of Boston’s 153 community gardens. To address the roots of underuse in Dorchester gardens, BNAN launched Boston Is Growing Gardens, or BIGG, a program aimed 6 | the trustees of Reservations

at doubling the productivity of community gardens in Boston’s largest neighborhood. BIGG started out by partnering with neighborhood senior centers, youth programs, churches, health centers and other organizations that make up the social structure of Dorchester. The partners help overcome language barriers among the many cultural groups and sow understanding of the benefits of community gardens. Meanwhile, BIGG also set about making gardens more productive. Seven gardens already have been upgraded or expanded through changes like more efficient designs, new fencing, improved soil and modern water systems. By this time next year, BNAN expects BIGG to have created 250 new communitygarden plots in Dorchester – with each plot typically growing enough fresh produce to feed five people. Nightingale Garden has become BIGG’s flagship. Located on the grounds of the former Florence Nightingale public school, the 1.4-acre property used to be overgrown

and underused. Intensive clearing and remediation efforts restored the soil, and concrete pathways, raised planters, and strategically placed water outlets made it fully accessible to people of all ages and abilities. Most of Nightingale’s plots were snatched up the first day they became available. The rest went within a week. They drew experienced and novice gardeners, primarily from the homes next door and the nearby neighborhoods of Codman Square and Fields Corner. At least six languages are spoken at Nightingale, including English, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, and Arabic. Singles, couples, families, 20-somethings, and retired people all come together here. Over the summer, they also mingled at outdoor concerts and workshops on food preparation, nutrition, fitness, and composting. Dorchester resident Yvette Fair counts herself lucky to be among them. The owner of a convenience store in Codman Square, Fair grew eggplant, collard greens and tomatoes at Nightingale this summer, with help from

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her husband and their four children, ages 3 through 12. “The cost of vegetables was too high at the grocery store,” says Fair. “And my kids love their veggies.” With lifestyle changes like this, it’s no surprise that the Boston Public Health Commission funded BIGG with a grant from the U.S. Center for Disease Control’s Communities Putting Prevention to Work Program, which encourages healthy eating and exercise to end childhood obesity. However, Burns says, exercise and fresh food are not the only ways that gardens like Nightingale nourish communities: “People are also are using them as gathering spaces,” coming together as families and neighbors in a rare and special way. n Genevieve Rajewski covers animal issues, food, and agriculture for publications such as The Boston Globe and Edible Boston. Read more at genevieverajewski.com.

CSA shareholders on TRUSTEES FARMS

10,000

500,000

$1.5 Million

Community YOUTH CORPS TEENS GARDENERS helpING ON our GROWING veggies FARMS & BNAN IN BOSTON GARDENS & programs

Plants 289,000

POUNDS OF VEGGIES GROWN ON trustees’ FARMS

POUNDS OF VALUE OF PRODUCE VEGGIES GROWN GROWN IN BOSTON’s IN BOSTON’S community community GARDENS GARDENs

poultry, pork & more 17,700 POUNDS OF MEAT sold at OUR FARMS

10,800

free-range eggs sold at our farms

50,000 gallons of milk sold FROM our farms

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A Unique Partnership Tr ansforms Westport Town Farm

ABOVE LEFT: Geraldine Millham’s dedication to Westport Town Farm helped keep it safe from destruction. RIGHT: The South Coast Youth Conservation Corps tends the farm’s garden and donates the produce to the local Council on Aging.

by mollie babize

A New Lease on Life Thirty years ago, Geraldine Millham fell in love. But it wasn’t a person that caught her eye. It was a picturesque amphitheater of land embraced by a river – an abandoned farm in her new home of Westport. “It is an oasis of land that has not changed over the centuries,” she says. It was that sense of history, the timeless fit of building to land, of land to river, and how the road runs through it that drew her attention – and her concern. Back then, the old farm showed clear signs of neglect; time and vandals had taken their toll. The town’s former poor farm had now become the town’s burden. “It cost the town money,” says Millham. “Some people said they should just tear it down.” But Millham wouldn’t have it. “I put myself between the town government and the property.” She joined the Historical Commission and volunteered as the farm’s property manager, slowly taking care of

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structural issues with the old house. But it was a big job, and she didn’t have a lot of support. Meanwhile, the pace of development in southeastern Massachusetts was skyrocketing, threatening the region’s remaining agricultural land and open space. In 2001, when the 30-year-old Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT) decided to significantly increase their pace of protection, they looked to The Trustees – who had slowly begun forging local partnerships in the area – for collaboration. “We felt there was a good cultural match between the land trust and The Trustees,” says Peggy Stevens, WLCT’s Executive Director. “They have a respect for the landowners, and they believe in making protected land

available for public use.” For The Trustees, the partnership was the chance to work with a respected community-based organization – and help protect thousands of endangered acres. The new partners forged a bold goal: to save 2,000 acres in Westport. A decade later, “we’re on the cusp of that goal,” says Jennifer Dubois, Trustees Director of Community Conservation for the South Coast, “thanks to wonderful support from both public and private partners – and, of course, community members, who place a high value on open space and working farmland here in town.” “But simply protecting land is not enough,” Dubois asserts. “As an organization, we always want people to have the opportunity to connect to the land through direct experience, and to become our partners in caring for it.” Achieving this broader goal eventually led The Trustees to Westport Town Farm. With its iconic pastoral setting, 40 acres of fields and forests, and historic farmhouse, the farm – which Geraldine Millham had diligently safeguarded for decades – was

We felt there was a good cultural match between the [Westport Land Conservation Trust] and The Trustees… They have a respect for the landowners, and they believe in making protected land available for public use. – peggy stevens, wlct executive director

about to become the cornerstone of a unique public/private partnership that would ultimately rally the entire community in bringing the property back to life. It all started in 2006, when the Town of Westport and The Trustees agreed to a threeyear lease that allowed the organization to manage the property. Says Dubois: “The Town Farm brings together so many elements of The Trustees’ mission – the history of this place in the community, its remarkable beauty, and its unique ecology – plus the opportunity to engage the public through food and farming.” The Trustees cleaned up the property and opened it to the public, but they also made it clear that they wanted to care for the farm for the long term. Millham was thrilled. “The Trustees came along with a ‘can do’ attitude,” she recalls. After engaging with the Town of Westport in a visioning process that included plans to restore the farm’s buildings, revitalize the farm fields, and establish public programs, The Trustees were granted a 99-year lease to the

property. It took two trips to Town Meeting to secure the lease, but the citizens of Westport agreed overwhelmingly to the plan. “We were thrilled at the community’s support,” says Dubois. “This is really a unique partnership between a town and a private organization – with both Westport and The Trustees making a long-term commitment to care for a place that means so much to the community.” Under state law, the long term of the lease required approval from the State Legislature. In June of last year, the petition was approved. That approval means that the work that began three years ago can now continue in earnest. The farm’s soil has been revitalized, thanks to a farm manager and members of The Trustees’ South Coast Youth Conservation Corps, made up of teens from Fall River and New Bedford. The teens seed, weed, and harvest the produce, donating the majority of it to the local Council on Aging and selling the rest at local farmers markets. Later this year, a much-needed renovation of the old farmhouse will get underway. The

goal: to maintain the house’s historic character on the outside while making it a LEEDcertified “green” building on the inside. When finished, the restored farmhouse will serve as office and meeting space for The Trustees and their partners at WLCT. For Millham, the best part of seeing the farm revived as an active part of the Westport landscape is having the support of many more people who care about the farm’s future – and knowing that she is not alone in her efforts. “Now people who had never been here before walk the land. When they see me, they say, thank goodness this place was saved.” n In addition to being a freelance writer, Mollie Babize is Associate Director of the Conway School, a ten-month graduate program in sustainable landscape planning and design in Conway, Massachusetts. The Conway School takes on conservation, restoration, and design projects at all scales around which the multidisciplinary curriculum is structured.

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The (Chicken) House that DavE Built

LEFT: A rare portrait of Elizabeth Freeman. BELOW: Jessie MacLeod researched Freeman’s life and helped develop a new exhibit to celebrate her legacy, with fellow UMass students Elizabeth Bradley and John Morton.

What’s a retired bridge engineer from the Transportation Research Board of The National Academies in Washington, D.C., doing building chicken tractors and pigsties, bluebird boxes and bridges – and much, much more – at Hingham’s Weir River Farm? We asked the source: Dave Beal, The Trustees’ Volunteer of the Year, conservation restriction monitor, Cohasset resident, outdoor enthusiast, and serious tool guy. How did you find The Trustees? Online. My wife and I joined The Trustees while we lived in Washington, D.C., and when we moved here I started walking the trails.

by jessie MacLeod

No Superior or Equal

Finding Elizabeth Freeman’s Story

Elizabeth Freeman is a local heroine in Western Massachusetts and a figure of national importance. Best known for the 1781 court case in which she sued Colonel John Ashley for her freedom and won – helping to end slavery in Massachusetts – Freeman was also a midwife, landowner, and beloved friend. When The Trustees of Reservations came to the UMass Public History program seeking help in creating an interpretive center to honor

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Freeman’s life and legacy, my classmates – Elizabeth Bradley and John Morton – and I were eager to get involved. But could three public historians-in-training do justice to her extraordinary story in 15 panels on the walls of a small garage-turned-interpretive center? Frankly, we weren’t sure. The basic narrative of Freeman’s life was clear, but interpreting the meaning of that story for a contemporary audience posed a challenge.

Then, in March of this year, The Trustees invited experienced exhibit designer Veronica Jackson to conduct a workshop with us in the space that would soon house our exhibit on the grounds of the Ashley House, where Freeman was enslaved. In a lively brainstorming session, Jackson helped us distill our scattered ideas into three key themes relating to Freeman’s life that would form the backbone of the exhibit: slavery, freedom, and legacy. But with limited space in the exhibit, we still agonized over just what to include. We realized that we couldn’t tell only Elizabeth Freeman’s story, but also had to address the broader context of her world. By describing her enslavement at the Ashley House, we wanted to shed light on the broader practice of slavery in Massachusetts. By exploring the meaning of freedom for Freeman, we were led to examine the shifting definitions of liberty in Revolutionary America, especially the hypocrisy of colonists who denounced British tyranny while owning other human beings themselves. Our approach sometimes shifted as we grew more familiar with Freeman’s story. The deeper we explored, the more we realized that Freeman’s legacy went far beyond her famous court case. Her friends and family remembered “Mum Bett,” as she was known when enslaved, most for her kindness and generosity, strong

convictions, and skills as a nurse and midwife. Even today, people feel connected to Freeman in a profound, personal way. In the end, John, Elizabeth, and I worked to create an exhibit that honors Freeman’s remarkable life and celebrates her as an extraordinary person – as a beloved member of her family and community, not just as a litigant in an important court case. At the same time, this new interpretive center provides a valuable space where people can learn about the painful history of slavery in their own backyards – something many Northerners know little about. As we developed this exhibit, we grappled with difficult and sensitive issues, ultimately emerging with a fuller understanding of Elizabeth Freeman’s life and accomplishments, as well as the world in which she lived. We hope that visitors to the site will share our journey, and that they, like us, will feel Elizabeth Freeman’s presence, understand the importance of her story, and help to bring her legacy out into the world. n Jessie MacLeod is a second-year M.A. student in the UMass Amherst Public History program. She studies colonial and 19th-century American history, with a focus on women’s history and material culture.

What drew you to volunteer here? The tools! I had given away all my tools to my children, and when Ed Pitcavage offered me use of all the farm tools, I jumped on it. What’s the best part about coming to Weir River Farm? The folks. The farm and education staff, and all the other people who wander through here. They’re all enthusiastic about the farm. What do you do for fun? Besides this? I’ve built two kayaks, and I designed and maintain a website for a local nonprofit. Why do you volunteer? Ed tells me what he needs done, but he doesn’t tell me how to do it. And I have total flexibility – I come and go when I want to. What’s the worst part of volunteering? This photo shoot!

The…

mobile Chicken coop pig house cattle calving shed sheep shed barn doors picnic tables wooden bridge solar-powered watering system installation bluebird boxes wayfinding signs… that dave built. growing TOGETHER | 11

Story by Matt Heid

It’s so important not only to protect these properties, but also their stories. – chris rodstrom

by Matt Heid

A Landmark Accreditation Trustees Recognized for Best Practices

Last year The Trustees consolidated their entire 120-year history into A ROOM FULL OF boxes AND BINDERS containing 370,000 pages of legal documents and historical records for every one of the Trustees’ 105 reservations, 345 conservation restrictions, and numerous assist projects. The event marked a crucial step in The Trustees’ effort to gain accreditation through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the national Land Trust Alliance that certifies land trusts’ adherence to best practices for land protection and conservation. “It was a hugely reassuring moment,” says Chris Rodstrom, Deputy Director of Land and Community Conservation, who chaired The Trustees’ accreditation task force. “Every one of our properties represents a deep commitment by many people to protecting a special place. It’s so important not only to protect these properties, but also their stories and the record of how they came to The Trustees.” Gathering critical documents is only one requirement for successful accreditation. Land trusts must meet a series of rigorous standards to qualify. Annual field surveys must be completed on every property and conservation restriction; internal processes need to be optimized for efficiency and transparency; contingency plans must be in place in the event that a land trust goes bankrupt or dissolves itself. These requirements, along with many others, are designed to ensure the long-term health of land trusts and the properties they protect. “We need strong land trusts that can protect the land they’ve conserved from potential threats, both legal and environmental,” Rodstrom explains. “Accreditation shows that all our policies and procedures are up to highest standards and follow best practices. Donors 12 | the trustees of Reservations

can feel reassured that their gifts will be safe and that the transaction will be done right. It gives them the confidence to know that we are equipped to protect their property forever.” The Trustees hold 26,000 acres under direct ownership, with another 19,000 acres in conservation restrictions. With 120 years of experience protecting and managing natural and cultural landscapes, The Trustees have long operated with well-established systems and processes in place. But the accreditation process, reflects Rodstrom, has made the organization even stronger. “Even good organizations can make changes to significantly improve,” he explains. “We’re now in a much better position to thrive for the next 120 years.” The Trustees received accreditation in 2010, one of only four land trusts in Massachusetts – and 130 nationwide – to earn the distinction. Now The Trustees are using their experience to help other Massachusetts land trusts meet the challenge through its Massachusetts Land Trust Acceleration Program, a grant-funded partnership of The Trustees’ Putnam Conservation Institute (PCI), the Open Space Institute, and the Land Trust Alliance created to help other Massachusetts land trusts prepare for the accreditation application process. Applying for land trust accreditation is a difficult undertaking, especially for small land trusts. “We have 1.6 staff,” explains Jane Calvin, executive director of the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust. “And I’m

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Accreditation ensures that The Trustees’ practices and standards are up to par, so that places like Moose Hill Farm, Ravenswood Park, and Notchview Reservation are protected forever. The Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, headed by Jane Calvin (right) is one of 14 Massachusetts land trusts benefiting from The Trustees’ Land Trust Acceleration program.

one of them.” Calvin’s organization is one of 14 land trusts around the state participating in the Acceleration Program, which is managed by PCI. Each receives a $15,000 grant to help them prepare to apply for accreditation. “The funding is critical for providing the motivation and capacity to undertake such a large project,” Calvin notes. “We wouldn’t have been able to tackle it without The Trustees’ support.” “The Acceleration Program is a three-year process to help these land trusts prepare for the accreditation application,” explains program leader Andrea Freeman, PCI and Doyle Community Park and Center programs director for The Trustees. “Once accepted, each land trust receives part of the grant to complete an organizational assessment and create a work plan and budget. Once this is approved, they receive the remaining funds to help complete their preparation. Our goal is to strengthen our fellow land trusts so that the land they care for here in Massachusetts will be protected permanently.” For most organizations, just preparing to submit the application is hugely beneficial. “The process is the reward as much as the final

accreditation,” Freeman notes. Calvin echoes the sentiment. “The program has helped us get organized, develop a timetable, and engage our board. What’s really great is that there’s a team of other land trusts going through the same process. We’re all able to get together, bat ideas around, and overcome obstacles as a group.” She expects to submit her application for accreditation in spring 2013. With The Trustees’ accreditation application process now behind him, Rodstrom reflects on its positive effects. “We’ve demonstrated that even one of the oldest and largest land trusts can make substantial improvements and become an even stronger organization,” he says. “Now we’re helping other groups improve their practices, get accredited, and increase the capabilities of land trusts across the Commonwealth.” n Matt Heid is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in AMC Outdoors, Yankee, and other publications. He is the author of AMC’s Best Backpacking in New England.

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LEFT: Alan French stands atop Holt Hill at The Trustees’ Ward Reservation, part of the

Bay Circuit Trail, with the Boston skyline in

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The Bay Circuit Boston's Outer Emerald 2Necklace BY Brion O’Connor

the background.

Trails and Conservation Assistance program. Program director Steve Golden, who happens to live in Andover, met French and encouraged him to participate in a February 1990 meeting where the state essentially handed the Bay Circuit off to the fledgling alliance of 50 communities. With the Parks Service acting as facilitator, the Bay Circuit was revived. Over the next two decades, French and a dedicated cadre of trail builders and preservationists began mapping and blazing the trail, ensuring anyone could enjoy it. More recently, the Alliance invited The Trustees of Reservations and the Bostonbased Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to help manage the greenbelt. Those resources, combined with the broad-based volunteer effort that has defined the Bay Circuit and its trail, are critical to its permanent preservation. “It needs to have a conductor,” says the Park Service’s Golden, “and Al’s done a wonderful job in launching the framework for that. But I think the stewardship experience of The Trustees, married with the AMC’s expertise in trail management, is a match made in heaven. Twenty years ago, I couldn’t have imagined two of the strongest and most historic organizations in Massachusetts, and frankly, in the country, merging resources to move the trail forward. It’s a fabulous outcome that bodes well for [the Bay Circuit’s] future.” For details on the Bay Circuit Alliance and Trail, visit www.baycircuit.org. To learn more about the volunteers who built and maintain the trail, go to www.thetrustees.org/baycircuit. n

Massachusetts In many ways, the Bay Circuit greenbelt, 90 and its showcase 200-mile trail connecting 57 communities from Newburyport to the Kingston/Duxbury line, mirrors the worldclass city it encircles. It is a study in diversity, a 95 tapestry of land parcels large rich and complex and small, from salt marshes and beaches to hardwood forests and cranberry bogs. The Bay

It's the mental health aspects of being outside. I feel if I'm closer to nature, I have a more balanced psyche. I can withstand the buffets and the slings and arrows of our existence. – alan french

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Circuit was envisioned by architects who dared to dream big, and preserved by committed individuals who believed in the benefits of 95 open space. Likewise, the trail was built and maintained by countless volunteers who cared enough about the greater good to donate their time and sweat. Everyone who visits is a beneficiary. “The primary thing is to have the availability of nature close to where people live and work,” says Alan French of Andover,

chair of the Bay Circuit Alliance, the group of towns and organizations that maintain the patchwork greenbelt. “It’s the mental health aspects of being outside. I feel if I’m closer to nature, I have a more balanced psyche. I can withstand the buffets and the slings and arrows of our existence. That was the original concept 93 of Frederick Law Olmsted and the Eliots, who first proposed the Bay Circuit – the Outer Emerald Necklace.” The 79-year-old French has been the public face of the Bay Circuit for 20 years, but he’s quick to recognize the efforts of others, saying the trail is a reality only because of the “constant application of grassroots energy.” “Not any one person could do this. It’s literally hundreds of people,” he says. “I’ve been a cheerleader, and I’m persistent, but I’m 3 not a miracle worker. The miracle has been the numbers, the hundreds who have helped.” The concept of the Bay Circuit greenway, first proposed in 1929, was resurrected by the state in the late 1980s as part of an ongoing community-based open space preservation plan. However, funds for the greenbelt were cut at the end of the decade. The cause was taken up by the National Parks Service’s Rivers, 24

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Boston-based freelance writer Brion O’Connor is a longtime member of The Trustees of Reservations and an avid participant in all things outdoors, which he shares as often as possible with his wife, two young daughters, and one rambunctious yellow Labrador retriever named True.

People & Plovers Thousands of people converge on

Shorebirds of all kinds face a double

Crane Beach each summer to play

threat throughout their range – habitat

and relax in the warm sand and gentle

loss from coastal development and

surf. But it’s not just people flocking to

people, who might innocently disturb

this spectacular stretch of sand. More

a bird’s nesting area during an outing

than 15,000 migratory sandpipers and

to the beach. Frequent disturbances

plovers rely on Crane Beach as a critical

take their toll, as birds use up valuable

resting spot during their long journey

energy that they need for their long

– some more than 5,000 miles – from

migration. Sometimes the birds will

their breeding grounds in the arctic

even abandon their nests altogether.

tundra to their wintering grounds in

Central and South America.

programs at Crane Beach in Ipswich,

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge on

During migration, more than

Through shorebird protection

20 species of shorebirds depend

Nantucket, and beaches on Martha’s

on Crane – designated a Globally

Vineyard, The Trustees have worked to

Important Bird Area by the American

educate visitors and limit disturbances

Bird Conservancy in recognition of its

to nesting shorebirds. The result:

vital role in piping plover recovery and

a safer place for birds to rest and

its critical function as a staging area for

nest – and a national model of how to

migratory shorebirds. The endangered

balance birds and bathers. Learn more

piping plover is one of the few species

about plover protection at:

that call Crane home all summer long.

www.thetrustees.org/plovers

success at crane breach 60 n breeding pairs n fledglings

50 40 30 20 10 ’00

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Conservation Restrictions (cr )

Land Conservation

Project | City/Town Acreage | PARTNERS/Donors*

Description

Chatham Street Property | Hull | .21 acres Hull Land Conservation Trust (HLCT) / Town of Hull

Through a bank loan, HLCT purchased this key parcel as the public gateway to 18 acres of conservation land along the Weir River near our World’s End reservation. With a grant, The Trustees purchased a CR on the property in partnership with the Town, allowing HLCT to pay off its loan and focus on other critical projects.

Colello Property | Millis 12 acres | James & Anne Colello*

Donated CR preserves beautiful open meadows and woodlands along Forest Road, near Millis town center and The Trustees’ Cedariver reservation.

Davis Hill Farm | Royalston 228 acres | Charles & Polly Langsworth*

Upland forest interspersed with vernal pools and wetlands surround rolling agricultural grasslands and link to more than 2,000 acres of existing conservation land. The CR also preserves the scenic views from the tops of Jacob’s Hill and Tully Mountain.

Westville Conservation Area | Taunton 54 acres The Nature Conservancy / City of Taunton

Open fields and meadows provide critical habitat along the Three Mile River, a main tributary to the Taunton River. Preserved through a partnership between The Trustees, the City of Taunton and The Nature Conservancy, the property is owned by the City and protected with a CR held by The Trustees.

Chestnut Hill Farm, Southborough

LAND Acquisition ( present & future reservations ) Project | City/Town Acreage | PARTNERS/Donors*

Description

Chestnut Hill Farm | Southborough 131 acres | Beals Family*

In 2006, the Sudbury Valley Trustees, Southborough Open Land Foundation, and the citizens of Southborough completed an ambitious campaign to purchase a Conservation Restriction (CR) on this working farm, enabling the Beals Family to donate it to The Trustees. It remains an active farm, with trails open for the public to enjoy and critical wildlife habitat.

Farandnear (Brockelman Lot) | Shirley 4 acres | Barbara Brokelman*

Generous donation of scenic woods and wetlands – designated priority habitat by the State Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program – provides land for a possible trailhead for The Trustees’ future Farandnear reservation and nearby town conservation land.

Farandnear (McNiff Lot) | Shirley 3 acres | Arthur Banks

Massachusetts Land Conservation Trust (MLCT) assisted Farandnear owner Arthur Banks to purchase this 3-acre parcel from J&A Realty Trust, filling a critical gap in protected land along Holden Road and abutting The Trustees’ future Farandnear reservation.

Moraine Farm | Beverly 37.7 acres | Wilhelmina Batchelder-Brown*

Generous gift protects a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed landscape and working farm, enabling The Trustees to open a Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA), which is finishing its first season. In addition, two “trade” parcels donated to MLCT were sold to raise startup funds for the CSA.

Notchview (Berrier Parcel) | Windsor 85 acres | James & Janet Berrier*

Donation of 85 beautifully wooded acres expands The Trustees’ Notchview Reservation. The site of the “Old Allen Farm,” the land features the stone foundations and remnants of a colonial farmhouse along with its barn, enclosed barnyard and old mill.

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Moraine Farm, Beverly

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CONservation assistance projects Massachusetts Land Conservation Trust (MLCT) is the transactional affiliate of The Trustees of Reservations.

Project | City/Town Acreage | PARTNERS/Donors*

Description

Arcade Woods & Trails | Seekonk 4.3 acres Seekonk Land Conservation Trust (SLCT)

These four acres of upland forest and marsh along the Runnins River will enable a connection between two separate trail networks in Seekonk. The town owns the parcel and SLCT holds the CR.

Bures Farm | New Braintree 5 acres | MLCT

This small parcel from the former Bures Farm in the New Braintree town center was donated to the Town with restrictions. The farm’s other 127 acres had been previously protected with an Agricultural Preservation Restriction, then sold to a local farmer.

Julie Country Day School | Leominster 8.3 acres | MLCT

Former school adjacent to The Trustees’ Doyle Community Park & Center was sold to the Boys & Girls Club (BGC) of North Central Massachusetts, subject to a deed restriction. While providing financial support for the Park, the sale also establishes the BGC as a critical partner in helping us inspire the next generation of environmental caretakers.

Jubb Family Farm | Shirley 3 acres | MLCT / Jubb Family*

Eighteenth-century house abuts our future Farandnear reservation. The Trustees were granted a deed restriction on the house, which was sold to a conservation-minded buyer. Proceeds from the sale will support our work at Farandnear.

Lawrence Property | Westport 26 acres Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT)

This donation to the Westport Land Conservation Trust enlarges their Old Harbor Wildlife Refuge from 50 to 76 acres. With picturesque woodlands, wetlands, hiking trails and extensive stone walls, this property protects the headwaters of Simon Brook, the main tributary to Richmond Pond, which is considered a Priority Habitat of Rare Species.

Farandnear, Shirley

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Westville Conservation Area, Taunton

Project | City/Town Acreage | PARTNERS/Donors*

Description

Richardson Property | Needham 10 acres | MLCT / David Richardson*

Mr. Richardson donated a 19th-century house and 10 riverside acres so that they could be protected and then sold to support The Trustees’ conservation work. After protecting the house with a deed restriction and the land with a CR, MLCT sold the property to a conservation-minded buyer.

Russel Woodlands | Westport 75 acres Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT)

Purchased with private funds raised by WLCT and The Trustees, this scenic woodland is a critical part of our Slocum’s River to Westport River Greenway. Considered Core Habitat, the property, which will be owned by WLCT, protects the headwaters of Wings Brook, a tributary to the Westport River.

Walker Farm | New Braintree 93 acres | East Quabbin Land Trust

Randy and Joan Walker worked with the East Quabbin Land Trust to protect their scenic, 400-acre farm with an Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR). The Land Trust, with support from The Trustees, then assisted the Commonwealth in purchasing an APR on more than 90 acres of the original farm.

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Operating Results

Financial Report

in thousands of dollars

Operating Support from Endowment

INCOME

Brightening Skies After two years of cold and rainy summer weather, last year’s sunny days and blue skies – along with recovering financial markets – had us all breathing a welcome sigh of relief. A sunshinefilled summer goes a long way in helping to ensure a financial report on the upswing. The beautiful weather produced strong visitation and property revenues, and also inspired the support of donors and members. In the second year of the Twice as Green Challenge, our Board of Directors again generously committed to match $250,000 in new and increased annual gifts. Our supporters rose to the challenge yet again and met the match, resulting in a two-year total of an additional $1,000,000 in operating support, a remarkable achievement in these challenging economic times. Strong revenue performance and diligent management of costs combined to deliver an operating surplus of $235,000 for fiscal 2011. Operating support from endowment investments provided $6.1 million of operating revenue. This is lower than fiscal 2010 due to the spending calculation, which applies a 5% rate to the market value of the trailing 12 quarters. This approach is designed to have a smoothing effect on market fluctuations, however, the sustained market weakness of calendar years 2008 and 2009 are still influencing our endowment

Fiscal 2011 INCOME

support for operations. The decline was anticipated and we had planned for it appropriately. The Investment Committee continues to skillfully manage the endowment, and we saw the market value recover to $126 million as of March 31, 2011, primarily on investment returns of approximately 12% for the fiscal year. The Trustees’ careful management of resources, strong and diversified financial base, long-term record of financial stability, and the generosity of our Board of Directors and supporters provides a solid foundation for The Trustees as we continue to weather the economic uncertainties. This is my last report as Treasurer for The Trustees and what a remarkable six years it has been. My personal thanks to the Board of Directors, the committees of the Board, our staff, and all of you – our members, volunteers, and donors – for your continued efforts and commitment.

Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld Treasurer

FY 2011

FY 2010

change

Operating Support from Endowment

$6,087

$6,428

($341)

-5%

Property & Other Revenue

6,023

5,311

712

13%

Membership

2,999

2,893

106

Contributions

3,106

2,902

204

Restricted Funds for Operations

1,822

1,949

(127)

-7%

$20,037

$19,483

$554

Total operating revenue & support

Property & Other Revenue 30% Contributions & Restricted Funds

25%

Membership

15%

15% 15% 30% 33% 25% 25% 30% 27%

EXPENSES FY 2011

FY 2010

change

program services:

Property & Resource Stewardship

$9,378

$9,622

($244)

-3%

Land & Community Conservation

1,824

1,672

152

Agriculture & Environment

1,232

1,077

155

14%

Fiscal 2011 expenses

Visitor Engagement & Education

1,032

1,067

(35)

-3%

Program Services

78%

Urban Initiatives

996

890

106

12%

Advancement

10%

Historic Resources

714

782

(68)

-9%

General & Administrative

Member Services

254

352

(98)

-28%

Membership

total program services

$15,430

$15,462

(32)

Advancement

Fundraising

$1,467

$1,334

$133

10%

Membership

681

727

(46)

-6%

Communications & Marketing

494

352

142

40%

General & Administrative

1,730

1,690

total support services

4,372

4,103

269

19,802

19,565

237

235

(82)

317

387%

total expenses

net surplus/(deficit)

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9% 10%

support services:

William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Cummington

30%

78%

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Chesterfield Gorge, Chesterfield

Investments, Market Value in thousands of dollars

FY 2011

Beginning Balance Contributions/Other Changes, Net

FY 2010

$116,200

$93,469

1,677

1,507

Spending Rate Transfer

(6,087)

(6,428)

Net Unrealized/Realized Gains (Losses)

14,069

27,652

$125,859

$116,200

Total INVESTMENTS

Gift Income in thousands of dollars

FY 2011 FY 2010 amount

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donors amount donors

Contributions

$2,902

4,690

Membership

2,893

37,636

Endowment

390

120

Gifts & Pledges for Special Purposes

6,883

1,381

Total

$13,018

43,827

Fall Events SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2011 For details on all of our events and volunteer opportunities – and to sign up for our monthly e-mail – visit www.thetrustees.org.

BERKSHIRES

Fall House Tours

Ghost Town Backcountry Hike

Saturdays, through October 8 | 1pm

Sunday, September 18 | 10am–1pm

Ashley House, Sheffield 413.229.8600

Notchview, Windsor 413.445.4967

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child (age 12 and under) FREE.

FREE.

HOUSE & GARDEN TOURS

Daily, through October 10 | 10am–5pm

Self-Guided Interpretive Center

Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.8138

Daily | Dawn–Dusk

Sundays, September 25; October 2, 16; Monday, October 10 | 9am–12noon

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $15; Child (age 12 and under) FREE.

Ashley House, Sheffield 413.229.8600

Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield

A House, A View & Seven Gardens

Ashintully Afternoons: Self-Guided Tours

Fall Foliage Canoe Trips

FREE

413.229.8600

EVENTS

Members: Adult $24; Child (age 10–16) $12. Nonmembers: Adult $30; Child (age 10–16) $15.

Wednesdays & Saturdays, through October 8 | 1–5pm

Maintaining Good Relations with the Earth: Potluck & Reading Group

Ashintully Gardens, Tyringham

Saturdays, October 1, 22 | 6–10pm

413.298.3239

Thursdays, September 15, 22, 29 6–7:30pm

FREE. Donations accepted.

Mission House, Stockbridge 413.298.3239

FREE.

Where Stockbridge Began: Fall Guided House Tours

FREE.

Stargazing at Notchview Notchview, Windsor 413.684.0148

Sunset Serenade: Bagpipe Concert

The Other Side of Glory: 54th Regiment Book Talk & Walk

Weekends & Holidays, through October 10 | 10am & 11am

Saturday, September 17 | 5–7pm

Sunday, October 2 | 1–3pm

Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield

Mission House, Stockbridge

Mission House, Stockbridge 413.298.3239

413.229.8600

413.298.3239 x 3003

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $6; Child (age 12 and under) FREE.

Members: Adult $8; Child FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $10; Child $1.

FREE.

Upstairs, Downstairs: Servant Life at a Gilded Age Mansion Sundays, October 2, 9 | 11am–12noon Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.3239

Many Trails: Guided Hike

Mohican Days

FREE.

Sunday, October 9 | 10 am –12noon

Hurlburt’s Hill Hawk Watch & Picnic

Monument Mountain, Great

Saturday, October 18 | 10am–12noon

Barrington 413.298.3239 x 3003

Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield

People of the Waters that Are Never Still: Guided Canoe Trip

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child $1.

413.229.8600

Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield

Stockbridge Mohicans: Guided Walk

Mindfulness on the Mountain Women’s Hike

413.229.8600

Saturday, October 29 | 8:30–11am

Saturday, October 8 | 10–11am

Members: Adult $24; Child (age 10–16) $12. Nonmembers: Adult $30; Child (age 10–16) $15.

Monument Mountain, Great Barrington

Mission House, Stockbridge 413.298.3239 x3003

Monday, October 10 | 9am–12noon

413.298.3239 x 3003

FREE.

FREE. Donations accepted. EVENTS | 23

Owl Moon: Night Hike Saturday, November 26 | 7pm Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield

CENTRAL REGION

GREATER BOSTON

Urban Park Advocates Summit

Including Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) www.bostonnatural.org

413.229.8600

Members: Individual $4; Family $12. Nonmembers: Individual $6; Family $15.

Tuesday, October 4 | 8:30am–5pm Mechanics Hall, Worcester

Ski Season Starts at Notchview Monday, December 5 | 8am–4:30pm

Please pre-register at www.UrbanParkAdvocates.org

Notchview, Windsor 413.684.0148

Visit www.thetrustees.org/notchview for details.

Notchview Christmas Tree Sale

5th Annual Tully Lake Triathlon Saturday, October 15 | 10am Tully Lake Campground, Royalston

Choices for Sustainable Living

Fall Farm & Harvest Festivals

VOLUNTEER

Family Farm Day

B ER K S H I R E S

Sunday, September 18 | 10am–3pm

Seven Wednesdays: October 5–November 16 | 6–7:30pm

appleton farms, ipswich & hamilton

Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.7233

Members: $15 per car. Nonmembers: $20 per car.

Please pre-register. Seven sessions: Members: $30. Nonmembers: $40.

Powisset Farm Fall Festival

Garden Stewards Program: Preserving Cultivated Landscapes at Ashintully Gardens, Mission House, and Naumkeag

978.356.5728 x15

Saturday, December 10 | 12noon–3pm

978.249.4957

Notchview, Windsor 413.684.0148

Visit www.thetrustees.org for details.

Outdoor Story Hour

Garden & Trail Fest

Wednesdays, through September 10–11am

Saturday, October 22

Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.7233

Weir River Farm Fall Festival

Moraine Farm Open House

Field Farm Stewards

Doyle Community Park & Center,

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $3.

Saturday, October 1 | 10AM –2 PM

Saturday, October 1 | 10AM –3PM

Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.7233

moraine farm, beverly 978.969.1738

Wednesdays, through September 10:30am–12noon

Members: $3. Nonmembers: $5.

FREE.

Field Farm, Williamstown 413.458.3135

Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.7233

Harvest Festival & Perennial Divide

Harvest Festival

Cobble Eco-Volunteers

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $3.

Saturday, October 1 | 10am–2pm

Saturday, October 15 | 12noon–4pm

Thursdays, through fall | 9am–12noon

Boston Natural Areas Network 617.542.7696

Westport Town Farm, Westport

Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield

PIONEER VALLEY

Leominster 978.840.4446 x1905

Open Barnyard at Weir River Farm

Sunday, September 25 | 10AM –3PM

Days and times vary 413.298.3239 x3007, agannon@ttor.org Please call or email for information.

powisset farm, dover 508.785.0039

FREE.

Open Farmhouse: Going Green at the Bullitt Reservation

Annual Rock House Dinner & Auction

Third Fridays each month | 3pm

Friday, October 28 | 5:30–7:30pm

Bullitt Reservation, Ashfield 413.628.4485

Yankee Pedlar Inn, West Brookfield

FREE.

413.532.1631 x14

Autumn Family Outings

City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive, Mattapan

508.636.4693 x13

413.229.8600

Members & Nonmembers: $30.

Five Tuesdays: September 20, 27; October 4, 11, 18 | 10–11:30am

FREE.

Please call for information.

Rally for Highland Communities: A Celebration & Call to Action with Tom Wessels

Saturdays, through October | 10am–2pm

Voluntourism: Red Lion Inn Getaway!

World’s End, Weir River Farm, Norris Reservation, Hingham & Norwell

Saturday, September 17 | 9am–2pm

781.740.4796, mconnolly@ttor.org

House & Attic Tours

ashfield 413.628.4485 x102

Five sessions: Members: $48; Nonmembers: $60.

Mondays–Saturdays | 10am–5pm Sundays | 12noon– 5pm

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child (age 12 and under) FREE.

Ecosplorations Afterschool Program Five Wednesdays: September 14, 21, 28; October 5, 12 | 3:30–5pm

7th Annual Birthday Trail Race & Mountain Fun Walk Sunday, October 16 | 10am–1:30pm Peaked Mountain, Monson 413.532.1631 x14

Race entry fee: $20 (race & t-shirt; must pre-register by September 30); $25 (day of event). Walk entry fee: $5 (walk only); $15 (walk & t-shirt; must pre-register by September 30). T-shirt: $15 (at event, as available).

Out with the Cold: Choosing the Right Insulation for Your House Tuesday, October 18 | 6:30–8:30pm

Green Building Tours & Open Houses Saturday, October 1

Grand Holiday Sale at The Old Manse Bookstore

Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $8.

Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909

Notchview Tuesday Trail Team

FREE.

2nd and 4th Tuesdays, September–November | 9am–12:30pm

Columbus Day Weekend Open House

mconnolly@ttor.org Five sessions: Members: $48; Nonmembers: $60.

Sunday & Monday, October 9 & 10 | 1–4pm

Raise the Wreath

Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909

Sunday, December 11 | 1–4pm

FREE.

Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.4796

Pumpkins in the Park

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Saturday, October 15 | 8am–12noon

Saturday, October 22 | 5:30–7pm

1820s Holiday House Tour

Francis William Bird Park, East Walpole

Sunday, December 11 | 12noon, 1pm & 3pm

Please pre-register. Members: Adult $45; Child $25. Nonmembers: Adult $55; Child $35.

508.668.6136

Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909

Notchview Trail Work Days

FREE.

Members: $8. Nonmembers: $12.

Workshop on Asian Longhorned Beetle and Other Pests

Canning: How to Preserve Your Harvest

Summer in the Valley Photo Exhibition

Saturdays, October 22, November 12 9am–12noon

Saturday, October 22 | 1–3pm

Visit www.thetrustees.org/summer for details.

Sunday, September 18 | 10am–12:30pm

Boston Natural Areas Network

10am–2pm

Rocky Woods, Medfield 508.785.0339

617.542.7696

Powisset Farm Workshops

Doyle Community Park & Center,

FREE.

City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive, Mattapan

Powisset Farm, Dover 508.785.0339

Please pre-register. FREE.

Join us for skills workshops on gardening, cooking, food preservation, and more! Please visit www.thetrustees.org/powisset or email mdellaroman@ttor.org.

Leominster 978.840.4446 x1900

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Tyringham Cobble Stewards Day

Rocky Narrows, Medfield 508.785.0339

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Extend Your Growing Season Saturday, September 24 | 10am–12noon

Halloween Haunted Attic Tour

10am–4pm

Boston Natural Areas Network 617.542.7696

Friday, October 28 | 6pm, 7pm & 8pm

Bullitt Reservation, Ashfield 413.628.4485

City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive, Mattapan

Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909

Please pre-register. FREE.

Members: $10. Nonmembers: $12.

Appleton Farms Center for Agriculture & the Environment

Notchview, Windsor 413.684.0148

Saturday, September 17

413.628.4485 x102

Bullitt Reservation Farmhouse

413.298.3239 x3007

Tyringham Cobble, Tyringham 413.298.3239

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Open House Day

Bullitt Reservation, Ashfield

Mission House & Naumkeag, Stockbridge

Saturdays & Sundays, December 10, 11, 17, 18 | 12noon–5pm

Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.4796

Family Paddle & Overnight on the Charles

Tuesday–Friday, September 6–9 10am–12noon

Historic Thanksgivings at The Old Manse

Powisset Farm Stand

Lunch provided.

Notchview, Windsor 413.684.0148

Young Adult Nordic Ski Patrol Sundays, January 8–February 26 12noon Notchview, Windsor 413.684.0148

tlcmaryann@aol.com Pre-register now!

PI O N EER VA L L E Y

Tuesdays, through October | 1:30–6:30pm

Peaked Mountain Fall Workday

Powisset Farm, Dover 508.785.0339

Thursday, September 15 | 9am–1pm Peaked Mountain, Monson 413.532.1631 x14

10am–2pm

Sunday, November 20 | 1pm & 3pm

Saturdays, through October | 9am–1pm

Appleton Farms, Ipswich & Hamilton

Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909

Rocky Woods, Medfield 508.785.0339

978.356.5728 x18

Members: $8. Nonmembers: $12. EVENTS | 25

NORTHEAST REGION

Long Hill BEVERLY

Please pre-register for workshops at www.thetrustees.org/longhill, 978.921.1944 x1825, bogrady@ttor.org

WORKSHOPS The Ellery Sedgwick Workshop Series Reception Friday, September 16 | 7–8:30pm Members & Nonmembers: $15.

Mushroom Hunt: á la Agassiz

Tolkien Walk in the Woods

Sunday, September 11 | 10:30am–12noon

Sunday, October 23 | 1–3pm

Agassiz Rock, Manchester

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child FREE.

Wilderness to Special Place Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Great House Tours

Wednesday Morning Work Parties

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5. Grandparents FREE on September 11.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Wednesdays, September–November 9:30am–12noon

Birding Basics

Sunday, November 6 | 1–3pm

Through October 8; 1-hour tours Wednesdays & Thursdays | 10am–4pm (every half hour; last tour at 3pm) Fridays & Saturdays | 10am–2pm (every half hour; last tour at 1pm)

Third Sundays, September 18, October 16, November 20 | 8–10am FREE.

Tuesday, October 4 | 7pm Members: $26 (Trustees or NEWFS Member). Nonmembers: $32.

Ellery Sedgwick Literary Workshop Series: The Interior Landscape & the Art of the Memoir Friday, November 4 Reception and day-long workshop with lunch: $95. Reception only: $15.

FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES Pick-Your-Own Flowers at the Flower Fields

For information regarding tours, events, and programs at Castle Hill, Crane Beach, or Crane Wildlife Refuge, please visit www.thetrustees.org or call 978.356.4351 and press 6.

ExSKULLent Adventures Family Fest!

Design a Native Mixed Border Garden in the Fall co-sponsored with The New England Wild Flower Society

Saturday, October 15 | 10–11:30am Please pre-register. Members: $20. Nonmembers: $25.

VOLUNTEER

IPSWICH 978.356.4351

Sundays, September 11, October 9, November 13 | 1–3pm

Halibut Point Reservation, Rockport

Raising Chickens & Guinea Hens in Your Backyard

The Crane Estate

Meet the Ravenswood Hermit

Saturday, November 5 | 1–3pm

Ravenswood Rocks! Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Please pre-register. Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Sweetbay Swamp Quest Fest!

C EN T R A L

HOUSE & LANDSCAPE TOURS

Fall Programs at The Trustees Pre-registration required. For details and to preregister: 617.585.0101, www.thetrustees.org/bac

CASTLE HILL

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $10; Child (age 12 and under) FREE.

Friday, October 7

Leominster 978.345.1577

Naumkeag, Stockbridge

G R E AT ER B OS TO N

Sunday, September 25 | 1–3pm

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

FREE.

Through October 8; 1.5-hour tours Thursdays & Fridays | 10am Saturdays | 10am & 1pm

Arthur Shurcliff & the Olmstead Brothers

CASTLE HILL

Castle Hill, Ipswich

Junior Conservationist: My Side of the Mountain

Saturday, November 12 | 12noon–3pm Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Four Thursdays: September 29, October 6, 13, 20 | 4–5:30pm

Solstice Stroll

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Saturday, December 17 | 4–6pm

Please pre-register. Four sessions: Members: $65. Nonmember: $75.

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Heart-Healthy Trail Day!

Please pre-register. Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Sunday, October 2 | 10–11:30am Coolidge Reservation, Manchester

FREE.

Children’s Rocky Woodland – Grand Opening!

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Quest Detective!

United Way’s Day of Caring Doyle Community Park & Center,

Castle Hill Landscape Tours

Great Magnolia Swamp Hike

Leominster 978.840.4446 x1935

Journaling Landscape Architects: Fletcher Steele

Saturday, November 12 | 1–3pm

Please pre-register. Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Doyle Community Park & Center,

Tuesday, October 11

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $10; Child (age 12 and under) FREE.

Thursday, September 22

Invasive Species Removal Project

Saturdays, September 24, October 22 9am–3pm Charles River Valley 508.785.0339

Friends in the Fields

Hot & Cold Tours: Behind the Scenes of the Great House

Animal Treasure Hunt Fundraiser Saturday, November 12 | 12noon–4pm

Saturdays, through September 1:30–4:30pm

Through September Second Wednesdays | 4pm Fourth Wednesdays | 5pm

Castle Hill

Powisset Farm, Dover 508.785.0339

In partnership with Ipswich Humane Group. Members & Nonmembers: Adult $10; Child $5; Additional $5/person for tea seating.

Noanet Woodlands: Annual Work Day

CASTLE HILL 978.356.4351 x4049

Saturday, September 17 | 9am–3pm

Please pre-register. Members: $10. Nonmembers: $15.

Greening of the Great House: Nostalgia

Children’s Treasure Hunt at the Great House

Friday, December 2 | 5–9pm Saturday, December 3 | 12noon–6pm Sunday, December 4 | 12noon–4pm

In the Fields with City Harvest

Fridays, through October 7 | 10–10:45am

Castle Hill

CASTLE HILL 978.356.4351 x4049

Members: Adult: $8; Child $5. Nonmembers: Adult $12; Child $8. Ipswich residents: $5 with proof of residency.

N O RT H E A S T

Noanet Woodlands, Dover 508.785.0339

Saturdays, through October | 9–11am bradley estate, canton 781.784.0567 x7012

Flower Hours in the Flower Fields

Please pre-register. Members & Nonmembers: Children $5; Caregivers FREE.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child FREE.

Try all 12 of our unique, rhyming treasure hunts around the state, gathered in one booklet for your little Quest Detective to discover!

Holiday Choral Concert

Mt. Ann Forest Frolic

How does it work?

Choate Island Walking Tour: A Trails & Sails Special Program

Sunday, December 11 | 3pm

Wednesdays in the Garden

Saturday, September 17 | 10am–1pm

Castle Hill

Crane Wildlife Refuge

Wednesdays, through September 9am–12noon

All Ages. Please pre-register. FREE.

Please pre-register. Members: $20. Nonmembers: $25.

EVENTS Choate Island Day

PROGR AMS Guided Kayak Paddle

Sunday, October 9 | 10am–3pm

Fridays–Sundays, September | 2–4:30pm

Sunday, October 16 | 9am

Crane Wildlife Refuge

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Visit www.thetrustees.org for details.

Pre-registration suggested. Members: Adult $10; Child $5. Nonmembers: Adult $15; Child $10.

481 Western Avenue, Gloucester

Climate Action – Make That Change Day

Crane Estate Art Show & Sale

Age 10 and older. Please pre-register. Members: $35. Nonmembers: $45. Includes kayak, equipment, guides, and launch fees.

Open Saturdays 10am–3pm, Sundays 12noon–3pm, and by pre-scheduled times. A variety of hands-on activities, a Discovery Desk, and an Investigation Station await!

Saturday, October 22 | 4:30–6pm

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: Friday, November 4 | 7–10pm PUBLIC SHOW: Saturday & Sunday, November 5 & 6 | 10am–4pm Friday’s reception is open to artists and the general public. Members: $35. Nonmembers: $45. Public Show: FREE.

Thursdays, through September | 3–5pm Fridays, through September | 12noon–5pm Saturdays, through September | 10am–5pm

Member Day at the Flower Fields Friday, September 30 | 12noon–6pm Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Regular pick-your-own prices.

Cape Ann Esse x . Gloucester , Manchester , Rockport

978.281.8400, www.thetrustees.org/capeann, capeann@ttor.org

Discovery Center at Ravenswood Park

Monday, October 10 | 12noon–2pm Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

Saturday, October 15 | 1–3pm Mount Ann Park, Gloucester

Please pre-register. Members: $8. Nonmembers: $10.

Ravenswood Trail Race

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

FREE.

Go to: thetrustees.org/detective

Thursdays, through September | 9–11am Long Hill, Beverly 978.921.1944 x1825

Stevens-Coolidge Place, North Andover 978.682.3580

Fall Crane Estate Crewhands Thursdays, September 25–October 20 3:30–5:30pm Crane Beach

Age 16–18. Please pre-register.

Cape Ann Adult Work Crew Last Saturdays, through November 9am–12noon cape ann 978.281.8400

SO U T H E A S T

Archeology Volunteer Day Copicut Woods, Fall River 508.636.4693 x13

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Appleton Farms IPSWICH & HAMILTON 978.356.5728 x15

SPECIAL EVENTS Family Farm Day Sunday, September 18 | 10am–3pm Members: $15/car. Nonmembers: $20/car.

October Cow Festival: Strolling of the Dairy Herd

Choices for Sustainable Living Discussion Group

SOUTHEAST

Seven Tuesdays: October 25; November 1, 8, 15, 29; December 6 | 5:30–7:30pm Members: $30. Nonmembers: $40.

508.636.4693 x13, kheard@ttor.org

FOR YOUTH Young Farmers

Sunday, October 23 | 2:30–4:30pm Please RSVP to afeducator@ttor.org. FREE.

Five Tuesdays: September 27; October 4, 11, 18, 25 | 4–5:30pm Ages 9–11. Five sessions: Members: $72. Nonmembers: $90.

The Farm Nisse of Appleton Farms

Farm Fiddleheads

Friday, December 16 | 3:30–5pm Member event. Friends welcome. Please RSVP to afeducator@ttor.org. FREE.

Five Wednesdays: September 28; October 5, 12, 19, 26 | 10–11:30am Ages 4–5 with accompanying adult. Five sessions: Members: $50. Nonmembers: $60. Fee includes adult and child.

Leonard’s Pond Family Kayak Tour Saturday, September 17 | 10–11:30am East Over Reservation, Rochester

Pre-registration and pre-payment required. Members: $20. Nonmembers: $30.

Composting Workshop

Join us for hands-on sustainable agriculture, volunteer, and stewardship programs for adults, families, and children. Please pre-register for programs. Times and fees vary. Call the farm for registration and details, 978.356.5728 x18.

FOR FAMILIES Meet the Cows Saturdays, September 17, October 15, November 19 | 3–4:30pm Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

Nantucket Natural History Tour

Sunday, October 2 | 1–3pm

Daily, through October 10 9:30am & 1:30pm (tour duration: 2.5 hours) Members: Adult $30; Child $15. Nonmembers: Adult $40; Child $15. Private Tour: $240 (8 people).

Night Sky Friday, September 23 | 7:30–9pm Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Mini-Moo’s Thursday, October 13; Monday, November 21 | 3:30–4:30pm Ages 2–5, with accompanying adult. Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

Saturday, October 1 | 11am–3pm Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child (age 12 and under) FREE.

Archaeology & the Attic: A Family Discovery Visit to the 1694 Paine House

Saturday, September 17 | 1–2:30pm FREE.

October 2 | 3–5pm Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

Off the Beaten Trails and Tales October 16 | 3–5pm Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

Cooking & Preserving Workshop Wednesday, October 19 | 5:30–8pm Members: $10. Nonmembers: $15. 28 | the trustees of Reservations

Pre-registration and pre-payment required. Members: $30. Nonmembers: $40.

Learn something new and enjoy your favorite Trustees reservation at the same time on these special REI Outdoor School programs. For more information, visit www.thetrustees.org/REI. Introduction to Mountain Biking

Digital Photography Field Class

REI Members: $65. Nonmembers: $85. September 18 | 9am–3pm

REI Members: $65. Nonmembers: $85. September 10 | 9am–3pm

Rocky Woods, Medfield

October 29 & December 17 | 9am–3pm October 1 | 9am–3pm

Two Lighthouses Tour: Sankaty & Great Point Lighthouses

Introduction to GPS Navigation Class

Introduction to Map and Compass Class

FREE.

Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum and Coskata-Coatue Tours

Stone Wall Workshop

Mondays, through October 10 | 1–4:30pm Please call or visit www.thetrustees.org for details.

Saturday, October 15 | 12noon–4pm Westport Town Farm, Westport

Saturday, November 12 | 9am–12noon Members only.

The Perfect Getaway Escape to the mountains or the sea with a stay at one of our elegant inns. Get active, enjoy the pleasures of art galleries and antique stores, or relax and enjoy the view. The Inn at Castle Hill

280 Argilla Road, Ipswich tel 978.412.2555 www.theinnatcastlehill.com The Guest House at Field Farm (right)

554 Sloan Road, Williamstown tel 413.458.3135 www.guesthouseatfieldfarm.org All proceeds from your stay benefit our conservation work at Field Farm and the Crane Estate.

Rocky Woods, Medfield

REI Members: $60. Nonmembers: $80. September 17 & October 22 | 9am–3pm

Harvest Festival

Appleton Farms, Ipswich

Participants meet at REI Framingham.

Thursdays, September 8, 22 | 5–8pm Members: Adult $40; Child $15. Nonmembers: Adult $50; Child $15. Call 508.228.9198 for details.

Saturday, September 17 | 11am–12noon Members: $5. Nonmembers: $10; Student $5.

Monday, October 3 | 4–5pm Ages 5 and up. Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

House-to-House Tour

Hixbridge Landing, Westport

Cornell Farm, South Dartmouth

Meet the Chickens

Sundays, September 25*, October 9, November 6 | 3–5pm Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5. *FREE tours as part of Trails & Sails.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Saturday, October 8 | 9am–12noon

Life on a Saltwater Farm: A Cultural Landscape Tour for Trails & Sails

FOR ADULTS Farmstead & Old House Tour

Copicut Woods, Fall River

Monday, October 17 | 3:30–5:30pm Members: $10. Nonmembers: $12.

Life on a Saltwater Farm: Paine House Tours / 17th-Century Saturdays

Nantucket Surfcasting Adventures

Fungus Foray

Kayak the Westport River’s East Branch

IPSWICH 978.356.4351 x4049

Nantucket 508.228.6799

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Saturday, September 24 | 1pm

Candle Making at the Farm

Greenwood Farm

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge Mondays–Thursdays, through October 8:30am & 6:30pm (tour duration: 2.5 hours) Adult: $75; Child (ages 10–12): $30. Private Tour: $350 (6 people).

Westport Town Farm, Westport

THE FARM FIELD SCHOOL

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

REI Members: $60. Nonmembers: $80. September 24, October 15, November 19, December 17 | 9am–3pm

Introduction to Geocaching Class REI Members: $60. Nonmembers: $80. October 22 | 9am–3pm

Martha’s Vineyard 508.627.3599

Rocky Woods, Medfield

Cape Poge Natural History Tour

November 12 | 9am–3pm

Daily, through October 10 | 9am & 1:30pm (tour duration: 3 hours) Please pre-register. Members: Adult $25. Nonmembers: Adult $35. All Children: $18.

Whitney & Thayer Woods, Hingham

Family Hike

Fishing Discovery Tour

REI Members: $10. Nonmembers: $30. October 8 | 10am–2pm

Rocky Woods, Medfield

Backcountry Cooking Class REI Members: $45. Nonmembers: $65. October 15 & November 19 | 10am–2pm Rocky Woods, Medfield

Learn to Kayak REI Members: $60. Nonmembers: $80. Saturday, September 10 9am–12noon & 1–4pm World’s End, Hingham

Introduction to Kayaking Participants meet at Turkey Hill parking area.

Daily, through October 10 | 8:30am & 1:30pm (tour duration: 4 hours) Please pre-register. Members: Adult $60; Child (age 10–15) $25. New Members (introductory membership included): Adult $82.50.

Weir River Farm, Hingham

Cape Poge Lighthouse Tour

November 1 | 10am–2pm

Daily, through October 10 | 9am, 12noon & 2:30pm (tour duration: 1.5 hours) Members: Adult $20. Nonmembers: Adult $25. All Children (age 15 & under): $12.

World’s End, Hingham

Poucha Pond Self-Guided Kayak Tour

REI Members: $45. Nonmembers: $65. November 12; December 3, 10 | 10am–2pm

Rocky Woods, Medfield

Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge

Introduction to Winter Camping Class

Participants meet at Turkey Hill parking area.

REI Members: $100. Nonmembers: $120. September 25 | 10am–4pm World’s End, Hingham

Participants meet at REI Hingham.

Sunset Kayak Tour REI Members: $60. Nonmembers: $80. September 24, 25; October 8 | 5–8pm World’s End, Hingham

October 29 | 10am–2pm

Kayaking Crane Beach Day Tour

Appleton Farms, Ipswich

REI Members: $120. Nonmembers: $150. September 17 | 9am–3pm Crane Wildlife Refuge, Ipswich

Historic Hikes in New England REI Members: $15. Nonmembers: $35. September 10 | 10am–2pm Appleton Farms, Ipswich

Daily, through October 10 | 9am–5pm Members only. 1 hour: $20/boat; 2 hours: $30/ boat; 3 hours: $40/boat; 4 hours: $50/boat; up to 8 hours: $60/boat. Boats first come, first served. 29

Governance Support

William J. Nutt Julia B. O’Brien Thomas L. P. O’Donnell Ronald P. O’Hanley III Aulikki Olsen

Life Trustees Life Trustees have made extraordinary gifts of property, financial assets or service to The Trustees.

Norton Q. Sloan

Gregory Bilezikian

Caroline D. Standley

Arthur F. Blackman

Herbert W. Vaughan

Alice Boelter

Pamela B. Weatherbee

Robert R. Borden III

Frederic Winthrop

Tom Boreiko Peter E. Bovenzi

Carolyn M. Osteen

Board of Directors The Board of Directors is the governing board of The Trustees of Reservations, charged with the ultimate responsibility for the organization’s operations.

James Coutré Darrell W. Crate James V. Ellard, Jr. Rachel G. Fletcher Matthew E. Goode Elizabeth W. Gordon Tommy Gunn

Chairman’s Council The Chairman’s Council was created in 1995 to honor former members of the Standing Committee, Board of Directors and Advisory Council. It provides an opportunity for The Trustees to continue to benefit from their advice.

Corporate Trustees Corporate Trustees, along with Life Trustees, are voting members of the organization. Each year at the annual meeting, they elect members of the Board of Directors and Advisory Council, as well as new Corporate Trustees.

Carl V. Bradford, Jr.

James A. Pappas

Gordon Abbott, Jr.

John O. Parker

Lee Albright

Judith A. Haran

Richard F. Perkins

Elsie J. Apthorp

Johanna A. Harris

Edward N. Perry

William O. Apthorp

Carter H. Harrison

Jonathan R. Phillips

Arthur S. Banks †

Thomas J. Healey

Susanne LaC. Phippen

Robert A. Barton

John K. Herbert, III

Daniel Pierce

Wilhelmina V. L. Batchelder-Brown

Eloise W. Hodges

Samuel Plimpton

George P. Bates

Stevin R. Hoover

James H. Porter

Nancy B. Bates

Paul S. Horovitz

Edith W. Potter

Morgan G. Bulkeley III

Thomas F. Aaron

Peter A. Brooke

Lily Rice Hsia

Margaret L. Poutasse

John D. Constable

Christopher C. Abbott

Priscilla M. Brooks

Francis M. Bradley Jane C. Bradley Kib Bramhall Joseph H. Brevard Irene S. Briedis Sierra H. Bright Michael Bronner John F. Brooke

David D. Croll, Chair

Alicia Hesse-Cleary

Brian M. Kinney, Vice Chair

Jean Holroyde-Busch

Augusta Perkins Stanislaw, Secretary

Margaret D. Howard

Janice G. Hunt

Richard Prouty

Sylvia P. Constable

Lois Adams

Sarah Hunt Broughel

Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld, Treasurer

L. Jamison Hudson

Preston H. Saunders, Co-Chair

Roger B. Hunt

George Putnam

Albert M. Creighton, Jr.

Bonnie Akins

Cornelia W. Brown

Amy L. Auerbach

Nicholas H. Kimball

Mary Waters Shepley, Co-Chair

Cici Ives

Neil St. John Raymond

John Fiske

Carlton M. Akins

Ronald Brown

James L. Bildner

Philip L. Laird

Bonnie Akins

Stephen B. Jeffries

Henry S. Reeder

Dorothy C. Fullam

Richard G. Aldrich

Stephen J. Browne

Rebecca Gardner Campbell

David I. Lewis

Lee Albright

Carol R. Johnson

William B. Roberts

Elizabeth W. Gordon

John M. Allman

Robert A. Bryan

William G. Constable

Robert A. Lockwood

Gulrez Arshad

Charles F. Kane, Jr.

Scott S. Robinson

Ralph D. Gordon

Jeffrey F. Allsopp

Michael Buckley

David L. Costello

Deborah Logan

Eugenie Beal

Leo F. Kavanaugh III

G. Neal Ryland

Gale R. Guild

Barbara H. Almy

Morgan G. Bulkeley IV

David R. Foster

Eli Manchester, Jr.

Joseph Berman

Stephen B. Kay

Jane Saltonstall

Henry R. Guild, Jr.

Robert Alsop

Lalor Burdick

James S. Hoyte

Mark J. Mathis

Tatiana Bezamat

Margaret R. Keck

Andrew W. Scheffey

Arthur T. Hadley

Suzette Alsop

John A. Burgess

Elizabeth B. Johnson

Daniel K. Mayer

Jane Lyman Bihldorff

Jonathan M. Keyes

Peter C. Schliemann

Leonard C. Harrington

Joel B. Alvord

Richard M. Burnes, Jr.

Edward H. Ladd

Katherine J. McMillan

Jane C. Bradley

Judy Keyes

Charles W. Schmidt

Roslyn E. Harrington

Charles C. Ames

John S. Butterworth

Deborah W. Moses

Sara Molyneaux

Cornelia W. Brown

Michael R. Kidder

David W. Scudder

John W. Kimball

Elizabeth M. Ames

Mollie Byrnes

Thomas H. Nicholson

W. Hugh M. Morton

Ronald Brown

John W. Kimball

William Shields

Catherine C. Lastavica

Kathleen L. Ames

Betsy Cabot

Eunice J. Panetta

Edwin J. Neumuth, V.M.D.

Lalor Burdick

Raymond J. Kinney, Jr.

Ronald L. Skates

John Lastavica †

John B. Anderson

Edmund B. Cabot

Kristin Campbell Samuelson

Kathryn P. O’Neil

Richard L. Church

Catherine C. Lastavica

Norton Q. Sloan

Edward P. Lawrence

Marcia Anderson

James B. Cabot

Robert N. Schmalz

Russell J. Peotter

Robert A. Clark

John Lastavica †

F. Sydney Smithers IV

James Lawrence III

Eleanor B. Andrews

John R. Cabot

Cyrus Taraporevala

Sayra Pinto-Wilson

Arthur D. Clarke

Robert A. Lawrence

Scott A. Solombrino

Robert P. Lawrence

Diana M. Appleton

Walter M. Cabot, Jr.

John E. Thomas

Beatrice A. Porter

Frances Colburn

Philip Lehner

Charlotte Sorenson

Marion Leach

Olivier J. Aries

Lucy Caldwell-Stair

David T. Queeley

Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld

Emily L. Lewis

Ralph Z. Sorenson

George Lewis

Daniel M. Asquino

Rebecca Gardner Campbell

Kimberly A. Raynor

Elizabeth M. Conahan

George Lewis

Joseph Peter Spang

Susan P. Little

Amy L. Auerbach

Richard J. Canty

Hillary H. Rayport

Donald L. Connors

Charles R. Longsworth

Caroline D. Standley

Christoph K. Lohmann

Heather Austin

Diane M. Capstaff

Eugene E. Record, Jr.

Albert M. Creighton, Jr.

Caleb Loring III

Patricia P. Storey

Pamela Fezandie Lohmann

Richard J. Avery

Liza R. Carey

Mark S. Reed

Peter H. Creighton

Jonathan B. Loring

Elliot M. Surkin

Jane C. Lyman

Theodore S. Bacon, Jr.

Paul H. Carini

John Ex Rodgers

Elizabeth Hope Cushing

Richard J. Lundgren

Hooker Talcott, Jr.

Katharine McLennan

Margaret G. Bailey

Sharon Casdin

Anthony Sanchez

Malcolm L. Davidson

Lynn W. Lyford

William O. Taylor †

Richard K. McMullan

Benjamin A. Barnes

Chris Cato

Margaret G. Bailey

Stanley Schantz

John P. DeVillars

Peter E. Madsen

Herbert M. Temple III

Josephine L. Murray

David A. Barrett

Frances R. Caudill

Steven A. Bercu

Paul A. Schmid III

George L. Dresser

Michael D. Maginn

Patricia R. Ternes

Eleanor A. Norris

Robert P. Bass, Jr.

Alexander M. Chanler

Lila W. Berle

Walter R. Silva

Thomas A. Ellsworth

Joan M. McFalls

Marian F. Thornton

Thomas L. P. O’Donnell

Eugenie Beal

William O. Charman

Laura Bibler

Margaret E. Steiner

James N. Esdaile, Jr.

Wilhelm M. Merck

Philip A. Truesdell

Daniel Pierce

David Beecher

Laura R. Chasin

Priscilla M. Brooks

Jane McC. Talcott

Franklin L. Feigin

Henrietta N. Meyer

Herbert W. Vaughan

May H. Pierce

Christopher M. Begg

Richard L. Church

Sarah Hunt Broughel

Elizabeth P. Townsend

Louise J. Feigin

John O. Mirick

Ralph B. Vogel

George Putnam

Gina Beinecke

Richard H. Churchill, Jr.

Stephen J. Browne

Electa Kane Tritsch

Ronald Lee Fleming

Alan R. Morse

Eustis Walcott, Jr.

Nancy B. Putnam

Sandra Belock-Phippen

Frances H. Clark

Richard M. Burnes, Jr.

Julie M. Viola

Allen W. Fletcher

Frederick S. Moseley III

Elise Wallace

David Richardson

Steven A. Bercu

Frances K. Clark

Lucy Caldwell-Stair

Natalia K. Wainwright

Rachel G. Fletcher

George S. Mumford, Sr.

Winthrop M. Wassenar

George S. Richardson

Lila W. Berle

Robert A. Clark

Liza R. Carey

Janet G. Walsmith

Richard T. T. Forman

Joseph E. Murray

Susanna B. Weld

Stephen L. Root

Helen D. Bethell

Robert H. Clay

Sharon Casdin

Mary Alice Wilson

Ann C. Galt

Virginia M. Murray

William F. Weld

Jane Saltonstall

Tatiana Bezamat

William C. Clendaniel

Chris Cato

Susan Winthrop

Advisory Council The Advisory Council advises the Board of Directors, bringing diverse viewpoints and expertise to its decision-making process.

John L. Gardner

Scott A. Nathan

R. Angus West

Preston H. Saunders

Umesh R. Bhuju

John F. Coburn

William C. Clendaniel

Morris Gray †

H. Gilman Nichols

Hope W. Wigglesworth

Andrew W. Scheffey

Laura Bibler

Peter B. Coffin

Gale R. Guild

Nicholas W. Noon

William W. Windle †

Lewis Scheffey

Jane Lyman Bihldorff

Frances Colburn

Mary Campbell Cooper

Henry R. Guild, Jr.

Rodger P. Nordblom

Jane Wykoff

Mary Waters Shepley

James L. Bildner

Barbara G. Cole

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Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld

Mary Ann Esdaile

Douglas B. Harding

Suellen P. Knight

Tamsen Merrill

Richard F. Perkins

Robert N. Schmalz

John E. Thomas

Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld

Richard M. Evans

Colin D. Harrington

John H. Knowles, Jr.

Nicholas G. Metcalf

Will Cady Perkins

Paul A. Schmid III

David C. Thompson

William G. Constable

Jeffrey B. Fager

Jane Harris Ash

William P. Kupper, Jr.

Robert T. P. Metcalf

Edward N. Perry

Charles W. Schmidt

Marian F. Thornton

Jill Ker Conway

Emily Cross Farnsworth

Carter H. Harrison

Edward H. Ladd

Henrietta N. Meyer

Martin B. Person, Jr.

Roberta K. Schnoor

Thomas S. Tilghman

Karen S. Conway

Franklin L. Feigin

Peter Harrison

Antonia P. Lake

Douglas J. Mink

Nancy Keighley Petino

Arnold D. Scott

Eleanor Tillinghast

Robert E. Cook

Louise J. Feigin

Katrina B. Hart

Russell W. Landon

Elizabeth Cabot Minot

Peter S. Philip

Ashley W. Scott

Anne M. Tobin

Alison R. Coolidge

Patrick Field

Keith Hartt

Theodore C. Landsmark

John O. Mirick

John C. Phillips II

David W. Scudder

Elizabeth P. Townsend

Mary Campbell Cooper

Yda Filiberti

Wilmot R. Hastings

Gertrude Lanman

Sara Molyneaux

David O. Phippen

William A. Selke

Gerard B. Townsend

Dwight B. Corning

Oliver D. Filley, Jr.

A. Lee Hayes III

Robert A. Lawrence

Dorothy K. Monnelly

Susanne LaC. Phippen

Roger Servison

Electa Kane Tritsch

Paula V. Cortes

Marjorie M. Findlay

Nathan Hayward III

Paul R. LeBlanc

Brian W. Monnich

Bo Piela

L. Dennis Shapiro

Robert Soule Truesdale

David L. Costello

Sallie Fisher

Elizabeth P. Heald Arthur

John A. Lechner

Benjamin C. Moore

Daniel Pierce, Jr.

Robert H. Shaw

Philip A. Truesdell

Robert A. Costello

George F. Fiske, Jr.

Sean M. Healey

Mary Ellen H. Lees

Michael J. Moore

Matthew V. Pierce

Harriet H. Shields

Gay G. Tucker

John Counter

John H. Fitzpatrick †

Thomas J. Healey

Philip Lehner

Amey D. Moot

Sayra Pinto-Wilson

Helen A. Shih

Nancy L. Tuckerman

James Coutré

Nancy J. Fitzpatrick

Christie P. Hedges

Harvey C. Levesque, Jr.

Ellen G. Moot

David E. Place

Walter R. Silva

William J. Underwood, Jr.

Bonnie G. Covington

William R. Fitzsimmons

John K. Herbert, III

David I. Lewis

Barrett Morgan

William L. Plante, Jr.

Ronald L. Skates

Elizabeth H. Valentine

Christopher H. Covington

Charles Flather

Jeffrey A. Hermanson

David W. Lewis, Jr.

Elizabeth Morningstar

Harriet Marple Plehn

Norton Q. Sloan

Peter Vanderwarker

Paulina L. Cowen

Ronald Lee Fleming

Alicia Hesse-Cleary

Emily L. Lewis

Christopher Morss

Samuel Plimpton

Sandra Sloan

Julie M. Viola

Jennifer Craig

Allen W. Fletcher

Cynthia Strong Hibbard

Lisa S. Lewis

W. Hugh M. Morton

Beatrice A. Porter

Martha L. Smick

Ralph B. Vogel

Darrell W. Crate

Rachel G. Fletcher

Arthur C. Hodges

W. Curtis Livingston

Frederick S. Moseley III

Edith W. Potter

F. Sydney Smithers IV

Ernst H. von Metzsch

Albert M. Creighton III

Alice Flint

Eloise W. Hodges

Robert A. Lockwood

Frederick S. Moseley IV

Susan K. Potter

Rosamond J. Smithers

Margaret A. Waggoner

Peter H. Creighton

Henry A. Flint

Howard B. Hodgson, Jr.

Deborah Logan

Deborah W. Moses

Margaret L. Poutasse

Ernest C. Sofis

Natalia K. Wainwright

Donald M. Crocker, Jr.

George B. Foote, Jr.

Jean Holroyde-Busch

Charles R. Longsworth

Richard Vaughan Muehlke

Richard Prouty

William R. Sousa

Bradford B. Wakeman

Jeanne LaC. Crocker

Richard T. T. Forman

Charles H. Hood

Caleb Loring III

George S. Mumford, Sr.

Mimi Pruett

Joseph Peter Spang

Samuel W. Wakeman

Christopher Y. Crockett

David R. Foster

Edward Hood

Jonathan B. Loring

Jeffrey S. Murphy

Nathaniel Pulsifer

Harold W. Sparrow

Alfred J. Walker

David D. Croll

Kwame A. Mark Freeman

James E. Hooper III

John G. Loughnane

F. Wisner Murray

Joanne C. Purinton

Lionel B. Spiro

Norman S. Walker

John D. Cunningham III

Richard D. Frisbie

John P. Horgan

Richard J. Lundgren

Joseph E. Murray

David T. Queeley

Augusta Perkins Stanislaw

Elise Wallace

Victoria R. Cunningham

Robert L. Gable

Paul S. Horovitz

Lynn W. Lyford

Virginia M. Murray

Anna Rasmussen

David Starr

E. Denis Walsh

Elizabeth Hope Cushing

Christopher F. O. Gabrieli

Jeffrey E. Horvitz

D. Russell Lyman

Robert D. Mussey

Mark P. Rasmussen

Richard R. Stebbins, Jr.

Janet G. Walsmith

Bethany P. Daniel

Ann C. Galt

Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.

Leslie S. Lyman

Frederick O. J. Muzi

Edward H. Raymond

Mark A. Stein

Michael L. Ward

Malcolm L. Davidson

John Galt

Margaret D. Howard

Demarest L. MacDonald

Scott A. Nathan

Neil St. John Raymond

Margaret E. Steiner

Winthrop M. Wassenar

Holbrook R. Davis

Marianne Gambaro

John A. Howland

Michael E. MacDonald

Edwin J. Neumuth, V.M.D.

Kimberly A. Raynor

E. Langley Steinert

William S. Wasserman, Jr.

Danette Day

Benjamin H. Gannett

James S. Hoyte

Robert S. MacNeille

Sarah Newton

Hillary H. Rayport

Howard H. Stevenson

Henley R. Webb

Carl A. de Gersdorff

John L. Gardner

Lily Rice Hsia

John MacNeish

Thomas H. Nicholson

Eugene E. Record, Jr.

Campbell Steward

Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. †

Edmund P. DeLaCour

Diana Garmey

L. Jamison Hudson

George Macomber

Nicholas W. Noon

Brooke G. Redmond

Gilbert L. Steward, Jr.

Susanna B. Weld

Michael R. Deland

Ronald Garmey

Catherine A. Hull †

Mr. and Ms. Timothy Madden

Rodger P. Nordblom

Mark S. Reed

James M. Stewart

R. Angus West

John P. DeVillars

William D. Gause

Walter Hunnewell, Jr.

Betsy Ridge Madsen

William J. Nutt

Leslie Reed-Evans

Henry W. Stokes †

Scott White, DVM

Peter Diana

Bart Geer

Janice G. Hunt

Peter E. Madsen

Donal C. O’Brien, Jr.

Henry S. Reeder

Elizabeth N. Stone

Hope W. Wigglesworth

Christine Dietlin

Gloria J. Gery

Roger B. Hunt

Michael D. Maginn

Julia B. O’Brien

George A. Reilly

R. Gregg Stone

Gloria Williams

James R. Dodge

Katherine Getsinger

Rebecca Huston Mathews

William P. Maloney

Elisabeth H. O’Connor

Dusty S. Rhodes

John H. Storey

Sally S. Willis

John R. Downie

Chandler Gifford, Jr.

Stephen B. Jeffries

Eli Manchester, Jr.

Ronald P. O’Hanley III

Susanne C. Richey

Mimi Ellis Storey

Mary Alice B. Wilson

J. Williar Dunlaevy

Charles K. Gifford

Carol R. Johnson

Vincent M. Marini

Kathryn P. O’Neil

Louise C. Riemer

Patricia P. Storey

William W. Windle †

Denis Duquette

Susan C. Glessner

Edward C. Johnson III

William B. Marsh

V. Henry O’Neill

Deborah C. Robbins

Mary Ann Streeter

Susan Winthrop

Leslie A. Duthie

Faith Goddard

Elizabeth B. Johnson

Shirley Marten

Elizabeth Oleksak

Scott S. Robinson

Benneville Strohecker

Oliver Wolcott, Jr.

Chris L. Eaton

Stanley P. Goldstein

Robert A. Jonas

Ralph C. Martin II

Ric Oliveira

John Ex Rodgers

Carol F. Surkin

Richard S. Wood

Lynn Edelstein

Matthew E. Goode

David B. Jones

Mark T. Massey

Stephen P. Oliver

Mary S. Rogeness

Elliot M. Surkin

Jane Wykoff

Judith G. H. Edington

Richard R. Gourdeau

Charles F. Kane, Jr.

Mark J. Mathis

Carolyn M. Osteen

Kenneth Roman

Dawn Sylvester

Clay Yonce

Jane C. Edmonds

Morris Gray †

Leo F. Kavanaugh III

William B. Matteson

Etty Padmodipoetro

Theodore Roosevelt IV

Molly Sziklas

Michael J. Zak

Philip J. Edmundson

Susan J. Gray

Brian Keane

Daniel K. Mayer

Susan W. Paine

Daniel C. Ross

Jess R. Talbott

Deborah L. Zildjian

John Eliot

John J. Green, Jr.

Seth Kellogg

E. Scott Mayfield

Eunice J. Panetta

Johanna Hansen Ross

Hooker Talcott, Jr.

Joanne Zitek

Lawrence G. Eliot

Marjorie D. Greville

Jonathan M. Keyes

Anne S. Mazar

Chrissi Pappas

Diana Rowan Rockefeller

Jane McC. Talcott

James V. Ellard, Jr.

Dawn E. Griffin

Judy Keyes

Kelly McClintock

John O. Parker

Clarissa Rowe

Cyrus Taraporevala

Betty M. Ellis

Lawrence A. Griffin

Michael R. Kidder

Thomas A. McCrumm

Oliver Parker

G. Neal Ryland

Peter B. Tarr

John M. Ellis

Ralph Guild

Nicholas H. Kimball

H. Bruce McEver

Linda A. Pearson

Kristin Campbell Samuelson

Ralph S. Tate

Thomas A. Ellsworth

Benjamin W. Guy III

Brian M. Kinney

Joan M. McFalls

William S. Peck

Anthony Sanchez

Aso O. Tavitian

Donna M. Elmendorf

Craig C. Halvorson

Kathryn S. Kinney

Katherine J. McMillan

John S. Penney, Jr.

Stanley Schantz

William O. Taylor †

Pauline V. Emilson

Barbara Hanley Brooks

Raymond J. Kinney, Jr.

Edward J. McNierney

Russell J. Peotter

Richard D. Schifter

Herbert M. Temple III

James N. Esdaile, Jr.

Craig C. Hannafin

Celia de G. Kittredge

Wilhelm M. Merck

Florence Perkins

Peter C. Schliemann

Patricia R. Ternes

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† Deceased

governance support | 33

Donor Support

Ms. Kimberly S. McGovern &

Arthur F. & Camilla C. Blackman

Mr. Frank E. Scherkenbach

Mr. & Mrs. James Mellowes Mr. & Mrs. Wilhelm M. Merck Charlotte S. Metcalf

($10,000 to $24,999)

Clara B. Winthrop Charitable Trust

Charles Sumner Bird Foundation

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Ms. Dinah Buechner-Vischer

Anonymous (5)

We are extremely grateful to our leadership donors for so generously supporting The Trustees of

Nichols Foundation, Inc., directed

John & Kate Cabot Paul C. & Virginia C. Cabot

by Mr. & Mrs. C. Walter Nichols

Charitable Trust

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Judge & Mrs. Levin H. Campbell

Claudia & Steven Perles

Mr. Paul F. Doherty, Jr.

† Deceased

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BOARD OF DIRECTORs

Mr. Steven A. Bercu

David D. Croll, Chair

Mr. & Mrs. Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld

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Mr. & Mrs. John H. Byrnes, Jr.

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Founding Member

Family Foundation

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Mr. Richard J. Canty &

Ms. Beatrice A. Porter

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B oard of Directors Annual

Margaret Walker Purinton Foundation

Giving Challenge Participant

Sally & Rob Quinn

Michael & Jenny Ceppi

Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Rands

Mr. & Mrs. George L. Chimento

Mr. Andrew Davis &

Augusta Perkins Stanislaw, Secretary

Patrons

Mr. & Mrs. Neil Rasmussen

Green Annual Giving Challenge. Understanding the urgency and commitment needed to ensure

Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld, Treasurer

Michael & Joan Even

($5,000 to $9,999)

Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Reeder

The Trustees can continue our vital work, our Board provided a special opportunity to help make

Amy L. Auerbach

Ms. Patricia L. Freysinger

Walter & Alice Abrams

Mrs. Johanna Hansen Ross

James L. Bildner

Miss Diane J. Gallan

Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Ames

Mr. & Mrs. Preston H. Saunders

Rebecca Gardner Campbell

Mr. & Mrs. Howard A. Gray

Ms. Christine Barensfeld &

Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schifter

for every new annual giving dollar raised, our Board of Directors matched it until the $250,000

William G. Constable

Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Guild, Jr.

David & Marie Louise Scudder

goal had been achieved. The Challenge was a tremendous success leveraging a total of $1,000,000

David L. Costello

Mr. James H. Hammons, Jr.

David R. Foster

Mr. Timothy T. Hilton

James S. Hoyte

Lois & John Horgan

who participated in the Annual Giving Challenge in Fiscal Year 2011 appear with a ● symbol after

Elizabeth B. Johnson

David B. Jones & Allison K. Ryder

their name. We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge the extraordinary

Edward H. Ladd

Mr. Charles F. Kane, Jr. &

Deborah W. Moses

your gifts even more meaningful in these challenging economic times. Each of the past two years,

in increased operating support over two years! On the following pages, the names of all those

commitment and leadership of our Board of Directors. Together, we are protecting the places, experiences, and quality of life that make living in Massachusetts so special.

Dr. Florence Bourgeois

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Ms. Anne W. Eldridge

Thomas H. Nicholson

Mr. John C. Keogh

Eunice J. Panetta

Mr. Brian M. Kinney &

Kristin Campbell Samuelson

Robert N. Schmalz

Richard & Susan Leavitt

Cyrus Taraporevala

Mr. Paul R. LeBlanc

John E. Thomas

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Dr. Nancy L. Keating

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Mr. & Mrs. Angus Littlejohn Kate & Al Merck Michele & David Mittelman Mr. Morgan Palmer

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Beedee & Edward H. Ladd

Roger & Nancy McCabe Foundation

Mrs. Stephanie Terelak Benenson

Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr. David & Victoria Croll

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Marjorie M. Findlay & Geoffrey T. Freeman

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Mr. Scott Nathan & Ms. Laura DeBonis

Mr. & Mrs. R. Jeremy Grantham

Mr. Herbert W. Vaughan

Halfway Rock Foundation

Anonymous (1)

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Nathan & Marilyn Hayward Elizabeth B. Johnson

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Founding Member

Mrs. Eustace W. Buchanan

Mr. John W. Sofia

Mrs. Frances R. Caudill

Meg & Don Steiner

Jeffrey A. & Pamela Dippel Choney

Mr. Scott A. Stone & Ms. Jana Stone

Mr. Robert A. Clark

Carol & Elliot Surkin

Mr. & Mrs. Darrell W. Crate Mr. Peter H. Creighton Mrs. Bigelow Crocker, Jr.

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Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Crockett

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Mrs. Betsey S. Delaney

Ms. Barbara G. Cole &

Jane & Hooker Talcott

Mr. Cyrus Taraporevala &

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Dodge

Deborah & Philip Edmundson

Mr. Christopher A. Cole ●

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Ms. Fie Andersen

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Dr. & Mrs. Philip D. Cutter

Mr. † & Mrs. William O. Taylor

Ms. Caroline C. Edwards

Dr. David & Mrs. Karen Davis

Mrs. Elizabeth Weinberg

Mr. & Mrs. James V. Ellard, Jr.

Dr. Edmund P. DeLaCour

Ms. Kim Williams & Mr. Trevor Miller

Mr. & Mrs. William V. Ellis

Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Wilson Mr. Jonathan M. Zorn

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Neal & Ronna Erickson

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Mr. & Mrs. James N. Esdaile, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Farnsworth

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Mr. Ronald Lee Fleming, FAICP

Anonymous (5)

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Mr. Allen W. Fletcher

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Founding Member

Mr. & Mrs. Hollis French III Mrs. Walter F. Fullam

Giving Challenge Participant

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. Gannett

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Mr. & Mrs. Norton Q. Sloan

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David & Lisa Solomon

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Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett R. Geer

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Mr. & Mrs. Allan M. Gerrish

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Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Fowle

Mr. Spencer P. Glendon & Ms. Lisa Y. Tung

Sponsors

Mr. & Mrs. Jacek Makowski

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Mr. & Mrs. David B. Wright

Mr. Matthew B. Winthrop

Mrs. Fay M. Chandler

Ms. Deborah L. Balmuth

Mr. Michael J. Zak &

Ms. Jennifer M. Borggaard

Mr. Luke Sadrian

Ms. Mary Ellen H. Lees

Bob & Karen Bettacchi

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick S. Wilmerding ●

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Ms. Cynthia H. Magrath &

Joseph Peter Spang

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Lawrence

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Ms. Dorothy A. Wexler &

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Mr. Thomas John Holton

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wilkinson ●

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. Lindenberg

Mr. & Mrs. Burgess P. Standley

Dr. Cynthia M. Latta

David & Cristina Lewis

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Mr. Andrew P. Borggaard &

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Mr. David A. Litwack

Mr. Joseph P. Lanzillotta, Jr.

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Dr. Jean T. Barbey &

Ms. Shirley Singleton

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Mrs. Elizabeth P. Heald Arthur

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Mr. & Mrs. R. Angus West

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Mrs. Jennifer Marshall-Grantham

Mr. Colin D. Harrington &

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Weinshel/Goldfarb Foundation, Inc.

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Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Jeffries Emilie & Andy Kendall

Mrs. Amy V. S. Bryan

Ms. Charlotte Wagner

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Dr. Lynn B. Weigel & Ms. Irene M. Weigel Mrs. Constance V. R. White

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Jane Fisher Carlson

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Ms. Chris L. Eaton

Martha A. Carr

Mrs. Karen Gripp & Mr. Douglas C. Grip

Scott & Mary Carson

Mrs. Phillips Hallowell

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SPECIAL PROJECTS SUPPORT

Mr. Timothy T. Hilton

Mr. Robert H. Shaw & Ms. Carol Lundy

Junior Women’s Club of Walpole

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Truesdale

Mr. & Mrs. Angus Littlejohn

Mr. & Mrs. Binkley C. Shorts

Mr. William H. Knopp &

Ms. Kimberly A. Raynor

The Two Commandments Foundation

Each

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

Dr. Robert C. & Tina Sohn Foundation

REI

Mark & Jerilyn Tyrrell

Massachusetts Historical Commission

Augusta & Joseph Stanislaw

Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Lisle

Massachusetts Society for

Town of Stockbridge

Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Locke

Promoting Agriculture

Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Winthrop

Massachusetts Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Theodore S. Peyton

US Dept. of Health & Human Services

Anonymous (1)

Mrs. Elizabeth H. McAfoose

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Hannafin

Mr. & Mrs. Sean M. McAvoy

Mr. Henry Rauch &

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Harris

Mr. James R. McCauley

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Harris

Ms. Janice D. McKeever &

Dr. & Mrs. William Harris

Mr. Joseph F. McKeever III

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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Townsend

Mrs. Susan Cooper Rauch

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year, many gifts for special purposes are made to The Trustees as a gift separate from annual operating support.

Mr. & Mrs. † Carter H. Harrison

Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. McNierney

Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Rich

Mr. Richard D. Urell

Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Harter

Mr. Stephen E. Mermelstein

Ms. Charlene A. Richard

Mrs. Jeptha H. Wade

Mr. Keith Hartt & Ms. Ann Wiedie

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Merton

Mr. Lunsford Richardson, Jr.

Ms. Margaret A. Waggoner

Mr. & Mrs. Francis W. Hatch III

Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Paine Metcalf

Mrs. Jennifer Robinson &

Mr. & Mrs. James E. Walker III

Gifts of $1 Million+

The Rathmann Family Foundation at

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Hedges, Jr.

Betsy S. Michel

Mr. & Mrs. E. Denis Walsh

The 1916 Foundation

the request of Mr. James L. Rathmann

Mr. Jeremy D. Henderson &

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Midyette

Mr. Allan Rodgers

& Ms. Anne F. Noonan

Mr. Michael R. Miele &

Ken & Ellen Roman

Mr. & Mrs. Sandy Weymouth

Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Henry

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Root

Mr. Peter Whistler

Mr. & Mrs. John K. Herbert, III

Elizabeth P. Millikin

David M. Rose

Mr. & Mrs. Clark M. Whitcomb

Ms. Ann-Ellen Hornidge &

Mrs. Elizabeth Cabot Minot

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Rosenthal

Mr. & Mrs. Richard White

Mr. John O. Mirick

Mr. & Mrs. G. Neal Ryland

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. White

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sacerdote

Donna & Henry Whittier

Chris & Pito Salas

Mr. Jonathan G. Wicks &

Mr. Paul R. Samuelson

Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Sandler

Ms. Regina B. Wiedenski

Ms. Catherine Samuels

Mr. Edward Murphy

Richard & Helen Hughson

Ms. Anne Esbenshade

Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Monnich

Mrs. Walter Hunnewell

Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Moore

Ms. Ann S. Hurd & Mr. John Rodenhiser

Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Moore

Mr. & Mrs. Pliny Jewell III

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Moore

Ms. Katherine D. Jones &

Mr. Barrett Morgan

Mr. Andrew Jones

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Mr. Jeff Robinson

Mr. Wesley T. Ward

Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Schmidt

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for the Humanities

Mr. & Mrs. Paul McCarthy Gifts of $5,000 – $9,999

Mr. Joseph Murray

Gifts of $500,000+

Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation

Lindsay & Blake Allison

The Nature Conservancy,

Estate of Grace E. Webber

Save America’s Treasures

Mrs. Barbara H. Almy

Snowmobile Association

Berkshire-Pioneer RC & D. Area, Inc

Mr. Robert G. Newman &

Gifts of $100,000 – $249,999

of Massachusetts, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Adolfo Bezamat

Joan E. Appleton Charitable Foundation

Estate of Evelyn B. Walker

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Bildner

Old Colony YMCA

David & Victoria Croll

Mrs. Pamela B. Weatherbee

Community Foundation of Western MA

Osceola Foundation, Inc.

Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Winthrop II

Dorothy D. Conkey Trust

Carolyn & Robert Osteen

Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources

US Dept. of Agriculture

Danversbank Charitable Foundation

Rehoboth Land Trust

MassDevelopment

Anonymous (1)

J. Irving & Jane L. England Charitable Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shepardson

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Ms. Meredith Becker

Ms. Carolyn S. Lackey

Massachusetts Chapter Ms. Nancy Jones

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Wilmers

Estate of Mary L. Niles

Ms. Cynthia Green

Joseph Peter Spang

Mrs. Andree D. Wilson &

Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund

Gifts of $10,000 – $24,999

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Healey

Stephen A. Thompson Living Trust

Anonymous (1)

Bruce J. Anderson Foundation

Mrs. Lily Rice Hsia

United Way of Greater New Bedford, Inc.

Mr. R. Lawrence Ashe, Jr.

Dr. Robert A. Jonas &

Victory Assembly of God

Prof. Arthur S. Banks †

Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Wykoff Anonymous (2)

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Moseley III

Mrs. Francis P. Sears, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Eric H. Jostrom

Mr. John T. Moy & Ms. Sonya E. Keene

L. Dennis & Susan R. Shapiro

Matthew & Liz Kamens

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Murphy

E. Andrew Sharp & The Zevnik

Ms. Doris Wilson

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. Kaneb

Ms. Johanna Musselman &

Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Wilson

Gifts of $50,000 – $99,999

Dr. Tasso Kaper &

Hugh & Mary Waters Shepley

Ms. Patricia S. Winer

The 1772 Foundation

Charles Sumner Bird Foundation

Jubilee Christian Church International

Mr. James D. Nail &

Mr. & Mrs. Ross E. Sherbrooke

Mr. Grant F. Winthrop

Peter & Rosanne Aresty

Mr. Roland H. Boutwell III

Richard W. & Athena Kimball

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Keller

Mr. Walter R. Silva

Mr. Philip Wolfson &

Mrs. Charles S. Bird III

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Byrnes, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. George Lewis

Gifts of $1,000 – $2,499

Mr. & Mrs. W. Clinton Kendall

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Netland

Mr. Greenfield Sluder

The Bok Family Foundation

Charisma Fund – Lucy R.

Shirley & Jim Marten

Dorothy & David Arnold

Mr. James Kirschner &

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Newhouse, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William S. Smilow

Suzanne & Bob Wright

William C. Bullitt Foundation

Sprague Memorial

MA/RI Council of Trout Unlimited

Mr. & Mrs. Richard R.C. Ayer

Mr. Albert A. Nierenberg &

Mundi & Syd Smithers

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Yozell

Rick & Nonnie Burnes

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Colello

Anne S. & Brian K. Mazar

Mrs. Wilhelmina V. L. Batchelder-Brown

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kneisel

Mrs. H. P. Sokopp

Ms. Deborah L. Zildjian

The Jessie B. Cox Charitable Lead Trust

Edgewood Retirement Community, Inc

National Audubon Society

Claire Bateman

Mr. Timothy Kniker & Ms. Kara L. Peters

Ms. Janet G. O’Donnell

Ms. Joanne Zitek

Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr.

Edey Foundation

Sydney W. Phillips

Ms. Cynthia A. Bayley

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Knowles

Sally & Michael Orr

Mr. Stephen G. Solley &

Anonymous (8)

Mr. & Mrs. † Wilmot R. Hastings

Mr. † & Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick

Ms. Beatrice A. Porter

Mr. David B. Beal &

Mrs. George Pappas

Jane’s Trust

Ms. Rachel G. Fletcher

Philip Rosenkranz

Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Parker

Mr. Steven L. Solnick &

† Deceased

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kimball

Ms. Elaine Foster

Mrs. Johanna Hansen Ross

Mrs. Victoria P. Boyd

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B oard of Directors Annual

Massachusetts Dept. of

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Gaffney &

Elizabeth W. Sedgwick

Paul & Michelle Brown for

Giving Challenge Participant

Agricultural Resources

The Gaffney Foundation

Mr. Paul Strasburg

Dr. Antonella Cucchetti

Ms. Anne Hutchins

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Koehler

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Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Kopfler Mr. Robert E. Krivi & Dr. Gwen G. Krivi

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Mr. David Musselman Ms. Catherine C. Belden

Ms. Zoe F. Totten

Mr. Scott Parker

Ms. Lisa Soli & Mr. Kent Knight

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Mr. Richard Wilson

Ms. Minna C. Strumpf

Ms. Martha H. Gantsoudes Ms. Maeve O’Connor

Ms. Kathleen H. Almand

the Jeannine Rioux Memorial Fund

Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kupper, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony E. P. Pearson

David G. Speck & Marcia Neuhaus Speck

Ms. Nicole LaBranche

Mr. Jan A. Pechenik &

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Spector

Massachusetts Dept. of Fish & Game

Mr. & Mrs. John L. Hall

Tresorelle Foundation on

Mr. F. Andrus Burr &

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Philip Laird & Amy Clarkson

Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Stafford

Massachusetts Exec. Office of

Hull Land Conservation Trust

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Lane

Mr. & Mrs. Chester D. Peirce

Mr. James Stern

Energy & Environmental Affairs

The Island Foundation, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Wadsworth, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander M. Chanler

Monique & Philip Lehner

Mr. & Mrs. Russell J. Peotter

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stewart

National Park Service

The Robert K. Johnson Foundation

Estate of Rev. Arnold F. Westwood

Mrs. Bayard H. Cobb & Mr. John Cobb

Ms. Lisa S. Lenon & Mr. William E. Stanton

Richard & Cynthia Perkins

Ms. Joan Stockard

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Charles & Polly Longsworth

US Fish & Wildlife Service

Ms. Lara Cogliano Thompson and

Mr. Andrew J. Ley & Mrs. Carol P. Searle

Mr. & Mrs. William B. Perkins

Ms. Patricia P. Storey

New England Biolabs, Inc.

Mr. Caleb Loring, Jr.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Charles & Polly Longsworth

Mr. Edward N. Perry &

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Strasenburgh

Mr. Samuel Plimpton &

Massachusetts Dept. of

Anonymous (2)

Nathaniel S. & Catherine E. Coolidge

Mr. & Mrs. John G. Macfarlane III

Garrett Stuck & Pamela Coravos

Conservation & Recreation

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. MacIntosh

Ms. Joanna L. Phippen

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Sullivan

UMass Amherst

Town of Mendon

Gifts of $2,500 – $4,999

CVS Caremark

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Macleod

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Phippen

Hope & Adam Suttin

Mr. Frank Vartulli

Mr. & Mrs. Wilhelm M. Merck

Mr. & Mrs. Jared Annello

Mr. James S. Downey &

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Macmillan

Mr. & Mrs. William L. Plante, Jr.

Dr. Ronald W. Takvorian &

Anonymous (1)

Open Space Institute, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Bilezikian

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Parker

Ada Howe Kent Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Philip DuBois Mr. & Mrs. Peter Findlay

Mr. & Mrs. William P. Maloney

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Mr. Oliver Pechenik

Ms. Cynthia W. Wood

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Mr. & Mrs. John M. Plukas

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Ms. Wendy Shattuck

Dr. Katherine U. Takvorian

behalf of the Owens Family

Ms. Ann K. McCallum

Mr. David H. Thompson

Susan Crofut

Mr. Kevin O’Connor

Ms. Noel Mann

Mr. & Mrs. Dana G. Pope

Marc Tanner & Rebecca Rogers

Gifts of $25,000 – $49,999

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Mr. & Mrs. William B. Marsh

Ellen M. Poss

Ms. Suzie Tapson &

Mr. Thomas Boreiko &

Ms. Miriam Phillips & Mr. Charles Eley

Mrs. I. W. Colburn

Robert & Gloria Gery

Carmela & Walker Martin

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory L. Pottle

The Prior Family Foundation

Mary & James Nicoll Cooper

Ms. Ann Getchell

Margaret & David Poutasse

Mr. Thomas A. Tarpey &

Mr. Robert Boyett

REI

Estate of Margaret C. Dumas

Ralph & Elizabeth Gordon

Mr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pratt

Mrs. Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Robb

Eaton Vance Management

Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Greeley

Mr. Robert Mason &

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart W. Pratt

Mr. Peter B. Tarr & Ms. Gail L. Nelson

Crane Fund for Widows & Children

Estate of Stanley Sacksman

Mr. & Mrs. James N. Esdaile, Jr.

Mr. Richard M. Preston & Ms. Lori Preston

Mrs. Amelia F. Thomas

Estate of Flora H. Epstein

Sedgwick Family Charitable Trust

Essex County Community Foundation

Ms. Jerri Greer

Mr. & Mrs. R. Scott Pulver

Ms. Elizabeth P. Townsend

Good Samaritan, Inc.

Seekonk Land Conservation Trust

Mrs. Katrina B. Hart

Mr. Roy J. Harris, Jr. & Ms. Eileen McIntyre

Andrea Marks, MD &

David Warmflash

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Ms. Erica Mason

Ms. Elspeth E. Matkovich

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Mr. Gordon M. Burnes Ms. Carolyn King

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Ms. Alison R. Coolidge

(Mr. Samuel Campbell)

in memory of Arthur H. Phillips

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Ravenswood Park, Gloucester

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS

Houghton Mifflin

Mary Jo English & Joseph Babiec

The Governing Board and staff of The

ITW Foundation

Julia Gabaldon

Ralph P. Fargnoli

Trustees wish to thank the following

John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.

Nancy M. Giroux

Karen Faulkner

companies and foundations for making

The JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Julius Goff

Don Fisher

corporate matching gifts during Fiscal

Loomis, Sayles & Company LP

Edna Dill Gotwols

Daniel & Susan Flynn

Year 2011.

Macy’s Foundation

Mark R. Gray

Marion Friedman & Brian Young

Morris Gray

Christopher & Simone Grant

Access Group, Inc.

Monica Gross

Vincent Guardino

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Meredith Corporation Foundation

Janice W. Hall

John Halamka

Aetna Foundation, Inc.

Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.

Joan L. Hastings

Robert Hickey

Alliance Data

Microsoft Matching Gifts Program

Robert C. Hooper

Lynne Holton

AMD

Millennium Pharmaceuticals

Edith P. Howard

George B. Keezell

American Express Foundation

Barbara R. Jones

John W. Kimball

Amgen Foundation

Millipore Foundation

Marci Kearney

Rebecca Kornet

Anchor Capital Advisors, Inc.

Morgan Worcester, INC.

Miriam Keegan

Phyllis Krag

Aptima, Inc.

Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.

David C. Knapp

Ramona Latham

Bank of America

Neuberger Berman LLC

Martha McClean

Marsha Ledbury

Bank of New York Mellon

The Nord Family Foundation

Helen Miller

Linda & Paul Levy

The Baupost Group, L.L.C.

NSTAR Foundation

Anna D. Ela

Antonino D’Urso

Keith Elam

Francie & Greg Dorman

Bandit Epstein

IBM Corporation

MassMutual McKesson Foundation

Matching Gift Program

Highland Hardware & Bike Shop

Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Rouvelas

GIFTS-IN-KIND

Gifts or Bargain

Mrs. Edith P. Howard †

Mrs. Anita B. Ryan

Gifts-in-kind are donations of goods or

Sales of Land

Helen C. Monico

John I. Mattill

BlackRock

Old Mutual

Mr. Edward S. Hyman &

Mr. & Mrs. G. Neal Ryland

services given to The Trustees to aid in

Wilhelmina V.L. Batchelder-Brown

Mary Nagin

Ruby Bea Maury-Nolan

Boston Financial Data Services

Oracle Corporation

Mr. Anthony Sanchez &

carrying out our mission.

Beals Family

Marilynn Neat

Katharine McLennan

Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation

Pamet Capital Management, LLC

James and Janet Berrier

Richard A. Norman

Richard Nicholas

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Parametric Technology Corporation

Barbara A. Brockelman

Thomas O’Neil

Brian M. Norris & Cynthia Zylkuski-Norris

Citrix Systems

Pfizer, Inc.

Richard Panciocco

David J. Parmelee & Nancy A. Emerson

The Clowes Fund, Inc

Putnam Investments

Gifts of Conservation

Christopher H. Phillips

Daniel Pierce

Corning Incorporated Foundation

Reebok Foundation

Restriction

Arthur H. Phillips

Mary Lou Reinhagen

The D&B Foundation

Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation

Mrs. Caroline H. Hyman

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Irwin

Land Trust Alliance

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold D. Scott

Gifts-in-Kind of $1,000–$2,499

LAXTEC

Mr. & Mrs. Francis P. Sears III

Ms. Laurie S. Miles

Mrs. Judith Ann Little &

Mundi & Syd Smithers

Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Panetta

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Thomson

Mr. Donald V. Little

Ms. MaJa Kietzke

Estate of Elisabeth B. Loring

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Tilghman

Gifts in Kind of $2,500+

James and Anne Colello

Jacqueline Pimental

Stanton F. Rome

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

SAP

Mr. & Mrs. R. Jeffrey Lyman

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Underwood, Jr.

Brightman Corporation

Charles and Polly Longsworth

Bunt Powning

Lee & Whitney Sacks

ECG Management Consultants, Inc.

Spectra Energy Corp

Mansir Printing

Dr. & Mrs. Henry W. Vaillant

CoreWeb, Inc.

Hugh Putnam

The Samuelson Family

Equifax, Inc.

SpencerStuart

Massachusetts Woodlands Institute

Richard & Lindsay Watson

EBSCO Publishing

TRIBUTES

Lucy E. Richardson

Sally Sasso

Expedia

State Street

Mrs. Melissa K. McCarthy &

Wellspring Fund of the Peace

Essex Timber Company, LLC

During the fiscal year, gifts were made

Jeannine Rioux

Freya Segal

ExxonMobil

Swanee Hunt

Gregory Van Boven Interior Design

in memory and in honor of the following

Eleanor Rivkin

Anne Senning

Fiduciary Trust Company

T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc.

individuals.

D. Michael Roberts

Robert H. Shaw

FM Global Foundation

The Teagle Foundation, Inc.

Mr. William S. McCarthy

Development Fund

Mrs. John S. McLennan

Ms. Shirley S. Winer

Mark & Diana Hebert

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Moseley III

YouthBuild New Bedford

Mayer Tree Service

Carolyn B. Roedel

Ben Sigelman & Maggie Gosselin

The Ford Foundation

Textron

Mr. George Neat in memory

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Zieper

Mirick O’Connell

Memorial Gifts

David D. Ryus

Robert L. Snyder

Forest Laboratories

Tyco

Seacoast Tent Rentals, Inc.

Josephine Alessi

Janet Ann B. Siegner

Jeffrey & Elisabeth Sweet

Freeport-McMoRan Foundation

United Technologies

Select Horticulture, Inc.

Mary T. Battell

Jeffrey Spittel

Elisabeth Sweet

GDF Suez Energy North America, Inc.

Verizon Foundation

Sherin & Lodgen LLP

John A. Benson

Lucy Sprague

Drew Taylor

General Electric Foundation

Waters Corporation

Charles S. Bird III

Henry W. Stokes

Jason Tong & Evelyn Shen

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Wellington Management Company, LLP

Elliott Black

Thomas Sullivan

Kelley Rae Unger

Goodrich Foundation

The Windhover Foundation

Google Matching Gifts Program

of Marilynn Neat

Catharine Newbury & David Newbury

† Deceased

New England Biolabs Foundation

CORPORATE SUPPORT

SourceOne IT, Inc.

Edmund W. Nutting

The Governing Board and staff of The

Mr. William Tragakis & Ms. Lesley Shore

Robert & Elizabeth Owen

Trustees wish to thank the businesses that

Jack Bloom

Lillian Thomas

Frederic Winthrop

Mrs. Stephen D. Paine

have provided essential support during

Susan E. Bosman

William Toomey

The Winthrop Family

Ms. Ruth W. Pardoe

Fiscal Year 2011.

GIFTS OF LAND & CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS

Virginia G. Bottcher

James R. Weiss

The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.

Casimir A. Bulovas

William W. Windle

Hewlett-Packard

Helen Capone

Frederic Winthrop

Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Nunes-Vais

Mr. & Mrs. John Payne Ms. Valyri A. Peck-Zieff &

Gifts of $1,000 – $2,499

Mr. Martin B. Zieff

Arup Services New York Ltd.

The Governing Board and staff wish to

John Carlson

Ms. E. Morey Phippen &

Blantyre

thank those who have most generously

Robert Carlson

Honorary Gifts

Clivus New England

made gifts of land and Conservation

Alison P. Ceplikas

Katherine F. Abbott

Mr. Douglas P. Reed &

Country Curtains

Restrictions during Fiscal Year 2011.

Joseph Clemow

Thalia Anastos

HKT Architects, Inc.

David C. Crockett

Heather & Peter Austin

Mrs. Ann C. Reppucci &

Lazan Glover & Puciloski LLP

Marina Cucchi

Mark Bailey

The Red Lion Inn

Jesse Dehner

Eugenie Beal

John W. Delaney

Andrew Bond

Mr. Brian Adams Mr. William G. Makris Mr. Ronald C. Reppucci

Mr. & Mrs. Oliver H. P. Rodman, Jr. Mrs. Lori Rohleder &

Gifts of $2,500+

Sean D. Duarte

Frances Colburn

Mirick O’Connell

Urs F. Dur

Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld

Mr. Rick Rohleder

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC

Doyle Community Park, Leominster

James Cotter

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Mr. Andrew J. Ley &

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sacerdote

Mrs. Carol P. Searle

Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Sandler

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Mr. W. Curtis Livingston

Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Savitz

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Ms. Denise R. Scruton & Mr. Adam Glick

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Lord Mr. & Mrs. John G. Macfarlane III

L. Dennis & Susan R. Shapiro

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Mr. Chris Makepeace Mr. & Mrs. Sean M. McAvoy

Carrie & Leigh Abramson

Ms. Virginia L. Darrow &

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Ms. Anne E. McCollum

Mr. Stephen G. Solley &

Jeff & Ashley McDermott

Daisy & Paul Soros Ms. Stefania Speck & Mr. Juan Speck

Mr. & Mrs. Martin McKerrow

Mr. & Mrs. Harald S. Stavnes

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Medaugh

Mr. & Mrs. Warren R. Stern

Ms. Tamsen Merrill

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stewart

Mr. Christopher Detmer &

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Merton

Mrs. Eleanor M. Allen

Betsy S. Michel

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Allman

Miriam & Peter Dow

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Mr. & Mrs. James A. Strasenburgh

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Knowles 

Mr. Bryan Cashin 

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Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Kopfler 

Mr. John Farley

Mr. & Mrs. Olaf N. Krohg 

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Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin M. Faucett 

Ms. Nicole LaBranche 

Ms. Shannon Finnegan &

Mr. Frank Lee, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Levy

Mr. Benjamin Baumann

Mr. & Mrs. Stona J. Fitch Ms. Rebecca L. Flinn

Mr. Jason N. Ader & Ms. Sara M. Ader

Mr. Jeffrey S. Burns

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Flowers

Mr. Brad Aham

Mr. John S. Butterworth 

Mr. Thomas P. Ahern &

Ms. Susan D. Byrne

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Cabot

Ms. Nichole Bernier 

Mr. Jonas Peter Akins

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Mr. Gregory D. Lombardi

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Mr. & Mrs. John G. Loughnane 

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Ms. Ann Weeks Lustig

Ms. Susan S. Lyons

Mr. Christopher Francis Mr. & Mrs. Hollis French III 

Mr. Peter W. MacEwen &

John & Kate Cabot 

Ms. Caroline Fritzinger &

Mr. Daniel Mahr

Mr. & Mrs. John B. Strasenburgh

Ms. Megan Callahan & Mr. Stanley Jurga

Dr. Craig Montgomery &

Mr. David Swope &

Bear & Pam Albright 

Ms. Michelle Campbell

Mr. & Mrs. Roberto M. Garzon

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Makin

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Driscoll

Paul & Katie Allen 

Ms. Sophie Cannon 

Ms. Suzanne Gauron 

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory V. Mara

Mr. & Mrs. Chris W. Armstrong

Mr. Timothy J. Driscoll

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Montminy

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sziklas

Mr. Joshua T. Anderson &

Mr. Giordano Caponigro &

Ms. Alyse A. Gause &

Mr. Adam J. Margolin &

Mrs. Gale H. Arnold

Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Dutra

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Morgan

Mr. & Mrs. Hans E. Tausig

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert H. Foster III

Mr. John T. Moy &

Mr. & Mrs. Jared F. Tausig

Mr. Scott T. Anderson &

Ms. Laurel L. Carpenter &

Mr. & Mrs. A. Ward Francis

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McK. Thomas

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Truesdale

Mr. Slater W. Anderson &

Scott & Mary Carson 

Mrs. Karen Gripp & Douglas C. Grip 

Mr. Mark J. Mathis 

Marcia & Steve Anderson

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Mr. & Mrs. Ben Barnes Ward & Susie Belcher

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Ms. Diane Montgomery

Ms. Sonya E. Keene

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Ms. Dorry Swope

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Ms. Kennon D. Anderson Miss Kacia I. Dench

Ms. Whitney E. Hable  Mr. Gregory W. Shenstone

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Mr. Timothy C. Fritzinger

Ms. Elizabeth T. Rhinelander

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Mr. William D. Gause 

Ms. Meghan K. Jasani 

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander S. Glovsky

Mrs. Anne A. Masalsky

Ms. Mary L. Griffin

Ms. Erica Mason &

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Mr. Robert Mason 

Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Beller

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman

Mr. & Mrs. George R. Mrkonic

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Benedict

Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Friedman

Nantucket Island Resorts

Mr. & Mrs. Wat H. Tyler

Dr. Vincent W. Chiang &

Mr. Charles L. Griswold

Bob & Karen Bettacchi

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. Gannett

Mr. & Mrs. Barry S. Nectow

Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Vanacore

Mr. Olivier J. Aries &

Mr. James H. Hammons, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Verney

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clark, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Hastings

Heather & Peter Austin 

Ms. Elizabeth Collar

Mr. Christopher H. Hazelton &

Mr. & Mrs. E. Scott Mayfield 

Mr. & Mrs. Vince Azzara

Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Collins

Ms. Alison McCarthy &

Sylvia & Aaron Baggish 

Mr. James Connors 

Mr. & Mrs. D. Thomas Healey 

Ms. Elizabeth H. Heide 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. McGinn

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Newhouse, Jr.

Mr. E. Garrett Bewkes, Jr.

Mr. Greg Garland & Ms. Heather Garland

Ms. Clara Y. Bingham

Mr. Robert J. Gauch, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Newhouse

Ms. Lynda S. Vickers-Smith &

Mrs. Eileen P. Gebrian &

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Newman

Sarah & Jeff Newton

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Mrs. Joan R. Bolling Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bousa

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Mr. Timothy J. Barberich

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Bowditch

Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Gerard

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Bower

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Geschke

Mr. & Mrs. Lauren P. Breakiron

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Mr. & Mrs. Ben Walden

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Mr. & Mrs. James E. Walker III

Mr. & Mrs. N. J. Nicholas, Jr.

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Mrs. Amy V. S. Bryan

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Ms. Anne C. Geoghegan Mrs. Isabelle F. Praud  ●

Brooke M. Bartletta & Simon C. Bartletta

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Mr. & Mrs. Donal C. O’Brien, Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Francis M. Weld

Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Bartley 

Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Gewirtz

Ms. Mary G. O’Connell &

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen K. West

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Bassinger

Mr. & Mrs. B. J. Brennan IV

Patty Gibian

Mr. & Mrs. Clark M. Whitcomb

Mr. & Mrs. Jacob F. Brown II

Anne & Chad Gifford

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Mr. Peter J. Grua

Mr. & Mrs. V. Henry O’Neill

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Mr. & Mrs. William C. Buck

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Goldweitz

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony B. Cahill, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Gould

Mr. & Mrs. D. H. Callahan

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund B. Greene

Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Campanella

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. White

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Mrs. Janet Arnold Hart

Mrs. Victoria Mark Peters

Mr. & Ms. Preston I. Carnes, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hays

Mr. & Mrs. Scott J. Pinarchick

Martha A. Carr

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Hedges, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Henry

Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang &

Lois & John Horgan

Ms. Jeri Ann S. Ikeda

Ms. Allison Horne

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Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Cuneo

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Mitchell

B oard of Directors Annual

Jenny & Jeb Besser 

Giving Challenge Participant

Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Bissell

Mr. Jeffrey J. Davies &

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Ms. Victoria W. Guest 

Mr. Timothy E. Haarmann, Jr.

Mr. Meldon Wolfgang 

Mr. Robb W. Johnson &

Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Monnich 

Mr. Andrew Davis &

Mr. Ryan A. Moore & Ms. Heather Short

Ms. Liesl Grebenstein

Ms. Amey D. Moot & Mr. Kem Stewart 

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Dr. Florence Bourgeois 

Mr. Richard J. Gosselin

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Murphy  Ms. Vicki E. Noble

Mr. Michael B. Doherty &

Mr. James R. Kasinger &

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Mr. Jose M. Riccitelli-Pestana

Ms. Jennifer M. Borggaard 

Ms. Fabienne Bourgeois Mr. & Mrs. James C. Boyce 

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Mr. Terence R. Boyle

Mrs. Sharon F. Robinson &

Mr. A. Francis Robinson, Jr.

Ken & Ellen Roman

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Rosenthal

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Mr. & Mrs. George W. Rowley, Jr.

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Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. Kaneb 

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Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roby

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Mrs. Nancy C. Berube 

Abigail & Alexander DiMatteo 

Ms. Lori Preston

Mr. Laurence H. Lebowitz &

Mr. & Mrs. Eric W. Dannheim

Joe & Ginny Ripp

Ms. Naomi D. Aberly

Circle’s Keepers of the Point

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kagan

Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kupper, Jr.

Ms. Joanna M. Lewis

Ms. Cara Iacobucci &

Mr. Samuel D. Daume, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Desroches

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Mr. James R. Munz &

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Knauft

Mr. & Mrs. Craig W. Cullen, Jr.

Mr. Mark R. Berube &

Mr. Alan Jutras

Ms. Kathleen E. Cook &

Mr. Edward P. Lawrence

Ms. Sarah H. Minifie Wolfgang &

Founding Member of the Great Point

Ms. Amy de Schweinitz

Mr. Lunsford Richardson, Jr.

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Mr. James T. Miller & Ms. Nicole M. Miller

Mr. & Mrs. J. Britton Hutchins

Mr. Andrew P. Borggaard &

Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Kellner

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Crockett

Beezee Honan

Ms. Catherine F. Daume &

Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Reeder

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Ms. Jessica Croll

Elizabeth L. Johnson 

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Keller

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Mr. Stephen A. Bernier

Mr. & Mrs. Ian M. de Buy Wenniger 

Ms. Patricia Connolly

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce deF. Cranna

Mr. Luca Mignogna

Ms. Kristi Miller

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Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bolze 

Matthew & Liz Kamens

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Mr. Richard M. Preston &

Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Congdon

Mr. Bruce A. McCue

Mrs. Cynthia Mignogna &

Mr. Jerome Meyer 

Ms. Anne E. Black 

Mrs. L. Teal Colliton & Mr. Kevin Colliton

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Mr. J. Adam Hickey

Mr. & Mrs. David G. Powell

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Howell ▲

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Mr. & Mrs. Poul-Erik Christensen

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Ms. Natalie W. Crate

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Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Bernier

Anonymous (1)

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Plukas Mr. David Policansky

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Mrs. Alicia Hesse-Cleary

Ms. Rebecca J. Holzworth

Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Carini

Mr. Chip Carver & Ms. Anne DeLaney

Mr. Bradley T. Crate &

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Bernardi

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Mrs. Cathy R. Meyer &

Mr. & Mrs. James Coutré

Mr. S. Anthony DiGangi 

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Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. McNierney 

Frank & Katie Hertz 

Mr. Peter H. Creighton 

Mr. & Mrs. Bracebridge H. Young, Jr.

Mr. Craig McCarthy 

Ms. Carolyn Beckedorff &

Ms. Karina Holthoff

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Mrs. Jennifer Z. Mayer 

Mr. John McKee & Ms. Kate Bresonis

Mr. & Mrs. Darrell W. Crate 

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Mr. Daniel K. Mayer &

Mr. & Mrs. John K. Herbert, III 

Ms. Juliette Bench

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Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm G. Henderson

Ms. Ruth Bell

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Carey

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Suzanne & Bob Wright

Mr. Thomas E. Kelly, Jr.

Mr. Andrew S. Paul & Ms. Pamela S. Farkas

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Mr. & Mrs. Brendan Coughlin 

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim

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Mr. & Mrs. David L. Costello 

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Ms. Victoria B. O’Neill &

Mrs. Nannette F. Orr

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Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Cornforth

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Mrs. Kate B. Hazelton

Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Gutman

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Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Williams

Sally & Michael Orr

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Ms. Susanne Marshall Chiang

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Mr. Eric A. Lustig &

Ms. Kelly D. Ford & Mr. Chun Lim

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Albrecht 

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Ms. Kate Lewis  ●

Mr. & Mrs. Erich C. Buddenhagen

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Ms. Kara L. Peters 

Michael & Joan Even 

Mr. Thomas F. Aaron 

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Mr. Timothy Kniker &

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Ms. Jennifer Erskine-Cashin &

Mr. Daniel L. Fitzgerald 

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Dr. & Mrs. Hugh T. McGowan

Mr. George Albrecht, Jr.

Mrs. Kyra Detmer

Ms. Martha H. Gantsoudes

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. McDonough

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Rev. Georgia A. Snell

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Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Adelson ▲

Mr. Armand G. Maldonado

Charitable Foundation, Inc.

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Established in 1999, the Conservation Council is a group of donors in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who support the mission of The Trustees and deepen their engagement through increased financial support, leadership roles, and volunteer programs, with the goal that its members will become the next generation of leaders of The Trustees.

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E. Andrew Sharp & The Zevnik

Mr. & Mrs. William B. Matteson

The Great Point Circle was established to recognize individuals who provide support for conservation work on Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, Nantucket.

Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. T. Eliot 

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Ms. Kerry A. Ceckowski

Ms. Danielle M. Lauzon 

Ms. Katherine A. Munz 

Mr. & Mrs. Birch S. Norton ●

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Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. Norum 

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Mr. Todd P. Brisbois &

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Dolan

Mr. Jonah A. Keane

Ms. Diane Doyle

Ms. Sarah Kelly & Mr. Kriss Basil

Ms. Elke F. O’Brien & Mr. Mike P. O’Brien

Mr. Joseph Kennard

Kate & Ford O’Neil 

Ms. Tricia J. Brisbois

Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Nowlan 

Mr. John F. Brooke 

Timothy P. & Jill M. R. Doyle 

Dr. David C. Brooks &

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Drouin

Mr. & Mrs. Nathanael G. Kessler

Mr. Andrew N. Odewahn &

Ms. Coventry Edwards-Pitt &

Mr. Brian M. Kinney &

Dr. & Ms. Ivan Oransky

Ms. Deborah G. Brooks

Mr. & Mrs. David B. Broughel 

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Mr. Matthew C. Weinzierl 

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Dr. Nancy L. Keating 

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Ms. Amy E. McManus

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Ms. Christine Stone &

Douglas B. & Susan S. Harding

Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Lyford

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas D. Payne

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard C. Harrington

Robert & Linda MacIntosh

Chester D. & Dorothy S. Peirce

Ms. Emma-Marie Snedeker

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Page

Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Strong

Margery Harris

Harry & Caryl MacLeod

Kirk E. Peterson &

Barbara E. Snyder

Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Panetta 

Mr. Harborne W. Stuart, III &

Nathan Hayward III

Sylvia S. Mader

Christine M. Yario

James W. Spinney

Mr. Roger A. Patkin

Mary Hendricks

Ms. Lisa Manning

Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Petino

Mr. & Mrs. Burgess P. Standley

Ms. Valyri A. Peck-Zieff &

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Sullivan 

Mr. Kenneth H. Hill

Albert R. Margeson

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan R. Phillips

Patricia P. Storey

Shirley & Jim Marten

Susanne LaC. Phippen

Beverly M. Sullivan

Mr. Harry M. Ostrander &

Dr. Kristin C. Smith 

Mr. Martin B. Zieff

Mr. Christopher Howe

Ms. Kristen Samuelson ●

Mr. & Mrs. F. S. Smithers IV

Ms. Evangeline Sutter &

Sheila P. Hill

Mr. David R. Peeler &

Eloise W. & Arthur C. Hodges ▲

Elspeth E. Matkovich

Harriet Marple Plehn

Hooker & Jane Talcott

Ms. Joan Tagliareni

Mary B. Horne

Linda J. Mazurek

John Plimpton

Jack Teahan & Judi Teahan

L. Jamison Hudson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. McAulay

Anne P. Plunkett

J. Greer & Elizabeth I. McBratney

Richard Prouty

Melanie Reed Ingalls

Ms. Claire McCall

George Putnam

Al R. Ireton

Cathleen D. McCormick

Colm J. Renehan

Frank Vartulli

Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Jordan

Mr. H. Bruce McEver

David Richardson

Mr. Herbert W. Vaughan

Virginia Jordan

Thomas D. McKiernan

Bea A. Robinson

Gay Vervaet

Charles F. Kane, Jr. & Anne W. Eldridge

Mrs. John S. McLennan

Stephen C. & Emma Root

Ralph B. Vogel

James & Margaret Keck

Stephen E. Mermelstein

Mr. Philip W. Rosenkranz

Ralph B. Vogel II

Joyce P. & Charles B. Ketcham

Virginia & Laurence Michie

Donald Guy Ross

Ms. Carol Wadsworth

Jonathan & Judy Keyes

Benjamin C. Moore

Mrs. Johanna Hansen Ross

Ms. Margaret A. Waggoner

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kimball ▲

Ellen G. Moot

James L. Roth

Pamela B. Weatherbee ▲

Wilfred E. Kimball

Mr. & Mrs. Hewitt Morgan, Jr.

Jacqueline Rousseau

Mr. Edward J. Weiner

Mr. Jeffrey R. Kontoff

Wendy D. Morgan

Paul E. & Lisa B. Sacksman

Constance V. R. White

Preston H. Saunders

Mr. & Mrs. William B. Whiting

Ms. Katherine Kellogg

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Perkin

Mr. John H. Sutter

Marc Tanner & Rebecca Rogers 

Ms. Kristen Phelps &

Mr. Cyrus Taraporevala &

Mr. Robert Fitzgerald

Ms. Joanna L. Phippen  Bo & Catherine Piela 

Ms. Fie Andersen 

Dr. Peter Tardie & Ms. Musetta Leung Christopher & Nylana Thome

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Mr. & Mrs. Matthew V. Pierce 

Mr. & Mrs. Stanislav O. Tokarev 

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Mr. & Mrs. Martin B. Pitkow, Jr.

Ms. Elizabeth P. Townsend 

Mr. Steve Potter & Ms. Susan K. Potter 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Townsend 

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory L. Pottle

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We are delighted to list the members of The Semper Virens Society. In making a planned gift, they have set an inspiring example for others to follow.

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Andrew J. S. Hanneman

Mrs. Wendy J. Rafn & Mr. Mark Rafn 

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Ms. Conevery Valencius &

Hillary Hedges Rayport &

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Valeo 

Jeffrey F. Rayport 

The Semper Virens Society recognizes those individuals who support The Trustees through a life income gift, such as a charitable remainder or lead trust, The Trustees Pooled Income Funds, or a charitable gift annuity. Friends of The Trustees who have made a bequest provision, a gift of life insurance, or an interest in a retirement plan are also included. Through these generous planned gifts, members of the Society build our endowment and assure a bright and vigorous future for The Trustees.

Mr. Matthew Valencius ●

Susan W. Crum

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Brooke & Patrick Redmond

Ms. Julie Viola

Mr. Mark S. Reed &

Mrs. Alica Waldo & Mr. Richard Waldo

Ms. Rosamond W. Allen

Dianne C. Dana

Jeffrey D. Korzenik

Christopher Morss

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Walls

Judith Ann Amelotte

Deb Davis & Art Raiche

Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Ladd

Dr. Josephine L. Murray

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Reohr

Mrs. Janet G. Walsmith &

Josephine H. Ashley

Mr. Philip H. Davis & Mr. Eric M. Flint

Ellen B. Lahlum

Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Reuner

Mr. William S. Babbitt

Leo & Kathy De Natale

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Laipson

Mr. & Ms. David Wheeler

Theodore S. Bacon, Jr.

Robert A. & Suzanne Dixon

Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Wieland

E. Priscilla Bailey

Ms. Stephanie E. Goldberg 

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Mr. & Mrs. Charlton Reynders III Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Reynolds 

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Gordon Abbott, Jr.

Roger B. & Janice G. Hunt

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Cate & Ruven Rodriguez Mr. & Mrs. Kevin V. Ruddy

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Dr. Sarah A. McSweeney-Ryan &

Kristin Campbell Samuelson  Kate Saunders & John Grove 

Doris Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Winthrop

Gertrude Lanman

Mrs. Albert F. Norris

Barbara C. Schwartz

Nancy C. Woolford

John & Audrey Downie

Douglas † & Marion Leach

Edmund W. & Mary H.† Nutting

David W. Scudder

Theresa Rhys Worthley

Dr. Arthur S. Banks †

Stephen Patrick Driscoll &

Philip Lehner

Ms. Elisabeth H. O’Connor

James G. Shanley & Karen P. Battles

Mrs. Richard M. Wyman

Jeannette Harvey Bart & Walter J. Bart, Jr.

Robert A. Tocci

Mr. Allan S. Leonard

Thomas L. P. O’Donnell

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Shapp

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Mr. Russell W. Wiggin

Robert A. Barton

Mary C. Eliot

Josh Lerner & Wendy Wood

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Oman

Sharon L. Sharnprapai

Julie Hall Williams & Joel Williams

Mr. Norman C. Bedford

Thomas & Jane Ellsworth

Mr. George Lewis

Carolyn & Robert Osteen

Dr. Sarah Wingerter

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Begg

Mr. & Mrs. C. Herbert Emilson

Mr. Michael Lombardo 

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Mrs. Sain Wayt Wingerup &

Mr. & Mrs. Adolfo Bezamat

Dr. & Mrs. Ronald H. Epp

Dana P. & Deborah M. Blake

Richard J. Erickson & Laurie S. Miles

Cynthia C. & Kenneth R. Bloomquist

William W. Farkas

Mr. Per L. Wingerup ●

Mr. & Mrs. David B. Wright 

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Ann Bracchi & Steven E. Fitzek

Mrs. Christine Ferrari

Corey W. & Donna M. Briggs

Gaffney J. Feskoe

Mr. & Mrs. Clay Yonce

Cornelia W. Brown

Jacques P. & Frederika B. Fiechter

Ms. Jeanne Scalley &

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Zieper

Bonnie D. Brugger

Barbara A. Field

Anonymous (2)

Mrs. Eustace W. Buchanan

Dr. Edward H. Fitch

Janet O. Buckingham

Elaine Foster

Mr. Paul Schaut Mr. Greg L. Schumaker &

Ms. Theresa A. Hamacher 

 Conservation Council Patron level ●

Ms. Rene L. Schweickhardt &

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Morgan G. Bulkeley III

B oard of Directors Annual

Mary M. Burgarella

Albert & Suzanne Frederick

Giving Challenge Participant

William L. Burgart

Diane J. Gallan

Raymond & Susan Burk

Jim & Marianne Gambaro

Ms. Sarah Shamel &

John Lowell Gardner

Rebecca Gardner Campbell

Susan Haupt Gerdine

Mr. Jeff Hyman  Mr. Ransom L. Richardson

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† Deceased

Jennifer C. Shaw

Sylvia Morss Page

Hugh & Mary Waters Shepley

Mr. & Mrs. John O. Parker

Mr. & Mrs. Norton Q. Sloan

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Founding Member New Member

If you have planned a legacy for The Trustees, let us know so that we may welcome you to the Semper Virens Society. For further information please contact:

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Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Shepherd 

Robert W. & Bettyle Carpenter

Mrs. Gloria J. Gery

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Shields 

Jennifer C. & Stephen T. Chen

Ms. Marjorie Coleman Glaister Ralph D. & Elizabeth W. Gordon

Ms. Regan Shields Ives & Mr. Cameron Ives

Arthur D. Clarke

Ms. Helen Shih & Mr. Lawton Shick

Mrs. I. W. Colburn

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Soininen

Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld

Ann & Jesse Stanesa

Mr. & Mrs. James N. Cooper

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur K. Steinert

Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Stephan

Melissa Crocker

Grace S. Hampel †

Ms. Naomi C. Stephen

Patricia Crosthwait

Barbara Hanley & Leo Brooks

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Ms. Adele Franks

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Mrs. Douglas E. Busch

Caleb Loring III

Nancy J. & Holger M. Luther

Mr. & Mrs. Nicola Savignano Mr. Jeffrey Carovillano 

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Robert A. Schuiteman

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Wozniak

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Thomas H. Nicholson

Mr. Andy D. Wood

Dr. Benjamin C. Ryan 

Ralph A. Vancura

Robert Newman & Nancy Jones

Dr. Joe M. Walsmith 

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Gerard B. Townsend

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Hope W. Wigglesworth

Ms. Kerry L. Wiersma &

Mr. & Mrs. William S. Robinson 

Mr. Phillip Terpos

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John R. & Rebecca C. Schreiber

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin T. Richardson Mr. Robert A. Larsen

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William E. Schroeder & Martitia Tuttle

Ms. Judith A. Robichaud &

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Mr. Morris Gray, Jr.

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Ruth A. Green Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Guild, Jr. ▲

Advancement Office Long Hill 572 Essex Street Beverly, MA 01915 tel 978.921.1944 x8817 email advancement@ttor.org www.thetrustees.org/svs

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renaissance MAN Engineer . Obsessive organizer . Silversmith. object – stashed away in a corner or hiding in a dark cubby. It can be a If these three occupations don’t exactly seem connected, then you haven’t bit of a treasure hunt.” met Jeff Kontoff. A Semper Virens Society member, longtime volunteer, Kontoff moved to Western Massachusetts shortly after graduating and a key facet of the Historic Resources Committee, Kontoff has earned from Northeastern University for a job in Springfield. Inspired by his years at summer camp as a boy, he began exploring what the area had to a claim to all three. When asked about his fateful first encounter with The Trustees, Jeff offer: scenic views, stunning foliage, and open spaces. His wanderings Kontoff says, “I don’t remember when I joined, how I joined, or why I eventually led him to The Trustees, first to enjoy the properties, and later joined.” But, fortunately for us he did join, and has since become an to help preserve them. important agent in meticulously cataloguing historical artifacts at both A chemical engineer by trade, Kontoff has most recently embarked on turning his silversmithing hobby into a fledgling business. He sells Naumkeag and Mission House in Stockbridge. his one-of-a-kind pieces in local In describing his ongoing volunteer galleries, and by word-of-mouth. How work of painstakingly searching, The Trustees are just one of those very did this engineer-turned-silversmith photographing, categorizing and worthy organizations. . .The properties, get inspired to become a de facto digitizing artifacts in the historic houses, he laughs. “It’s a drudge job historic houses, staff and other volunteers are philanthropist? “The Trustees are just one of that most people hate to do – but I all so impressive, and so talented. I’m amazed those very worthy organizations,” love it. I’ve always loved organizing Kontoff says. “The properties, historic at the people I’ve met here. – jeff kontoff information.” When friends discover houses, staff, and other volunteers are his dedication to this particular brand of work, most assume he came to the job with a lifelong love of history. all so impressive and so talented. I’m amazed at the people I’ve met here. I know it takes a lot of resources to maintain each and every property, and “Not at all. It’s the categorizing itself that interests me.” He explains: the process all begins with a chosen room and a tall stack I want to support that.” of index cards. It’s Jeff’s job to find each object on the card, photograph Does he have plans to retire from his volunteer gig? “As long as there it, upload the image into a database specially designed for museum are things to do, I’ll keep doing it,” Kontoff says. Lucky for us – and a collections, and then type in all the existing information about an item state full of treasures still waiting to be found – this modest Renaissance into its database record. “Sometimes the hard part is actually finding the man is one of his word.

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