The Trustees
Annual Report | 2018 Fiscal Year
MESSAGES from the Chair & President
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As I complete my first full year as Board Chair, it gives me great pleasure to report that The Trustees has had a very busy 2018, full of accomplishments that continue the good work Charles Eliot began 127 years ago. We continue to be a fiscally robust organization, with no debt, strong fund raising and a growing membership base. We successfully completed the 2013-18 Strategic Plan, The Path Forward, and have launched our new Five-Year Strategic Plan, Momentum—providing a roadmap and clear focus for our efforts in the coming years. There is much to celebrate over the course of the past year—the protection of Gerry Island in Marblehead and the expansion of Chestnut Hill Farm in Southborough, the opening of Windermere Community Garden in Dorchester, our new Mobile Farmers Market that brings locally grown produce to several neighborhoods of Boston that have limited access to fresh and healthy food, exciting partnerships that have created new educational opportunities for children from preschool age to high schoolers, new records for membership and annual giving, and so much more. This report will give you a good look into The Trustees and how the organization plays a leading role in conservation and preservation. Its abundance of exciting ideas, activities, and strategies go a long way in keeping The Trustees vibrant, strong, and growing. None of what has been achieved could have been done without the support of our members, donors, and volunteers—especially our devoted Governance volunteers—and for that we are incredibly grateful. Thank you for helping us amplify our message to all corners of the state.
Peter Coffin Chair, Board of Directors
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Preparing the Annual Report always brings back floods of memories of wonderful achievements over the course of the previous year. We have grown to new heights in membership, visitation, program participation, and revenue; we have protected more critical lands; furthered our commitment to our coast and the challenges we are just now beginning to face through the effects of climate change and sea level rise; improved our stewardship of our 117 reservations throughout the state; and begun important new projects that will transform several of our public gardens and cultural sites in the coming years. It’s important to take a moment to celebrate these accomplishments. The launch of Momentum, our new Strategic Plan, was a highlight accomplishment of the past year—one that propels us forward even as we acknowledge the inspiring collaboration and combined efforts of all who helped bring it to fruition. We are already beginning to see tremendous results from our new focus on the elements of this plan, as we strive to protect the places people love, respond to a changing coast, elevate our cultural and agricultural experiences, invite the next generation outside, and build The Trustees of the future. The passion this organization and its supporters—at all levels—exhibit for conservation in our Commonwealth always astounds me. You all provide the lifeblood for what we do. You inspire us with your devotion and commitment to our cause. You are our driving force, and we are honored to carry out your work for this great state we call home. We hope you’ll find the pages of this report full of the great news of this important work over the past year, and full of promise for a very exciting future ahead for The Trustees.
Barbara Erickson President & CEO Cover photo: Moose Hill Farm, Sharon ©Trustees
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2018 in Pictures
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CONTENTS Financial Report
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PROTECT Land Conservation
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PROTECT Ecology | Stewardship
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PROTECT Capital Improvement
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RESPOND Rising Tides | On the Coast
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RESPOND Coastal Volunteers | Education
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ELEVATE Growing the Farm | Agriculture
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ELEVATE TunnelTeller | Old Manse
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INVITE Kids, Get Out(doors)!
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INVITE Engaging Youth
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BUILD Up for the Challenge
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BUILD Going Mobile | Growing Reach
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PROFILE Reaching New Heights
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Governance Volunteers
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SPOTLIGHT Windermere Garden Opens
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Cumulative FY18 Gifts
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Semper Virens Society
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1. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks at the inaugural One Waterfront Gala 2. Nature Preschool Opening at Moose Hill Farm with Congressman Joe Kennedy 3. Notch Biergartens tour visited 9 reservations over 14 weekends, bringing in 15,000 visitors 4. Gerry Island in Marblehead—the Trustees’ 117th reservation 5. Community Grown project launches at Nightingale Garden in Dorchester 6. Kayakers take to the lake at the Tully Triathlon 7. Staff Meeting at the Bryant Homestead in Cummington 8. Winterlights kicks off at Naumkeag & The Stevens-Coolidge Place
PHOTO CREDITS: Michael Blanchard: 1; Sarah Dennehy 2; Trustees 3, 4, 6; Whit Wales 5; Stephanie Zollshan 7, 8.
Italicized articles are edited and reprinted from recent issues of Special Places.
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Financial Report CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(in thousands of dollars)
ASSETS ŠT.KATES
Cash and cash equivalents
immediately following our successful 125th milestone anniversary, we continued to deliver on the goals outlined in the five-year strategic plan, The Path Forward. It has been an extraordinary period of growth and impact, and this year was no different. We have seen steady progress again due to several strategic investments in several sites and our infrastructure, as well as a strong staff and board that is focused on increasing awareness and building community throughout the state. Our financial position remains strong, with $302 million in total assets and $296 million in net assets. The investment portfolio, which is now valued at over $150 million, remains an important component of the capital structure, supporting over 20% of annual operating revenues. Property and program revenues have experienced continued success, and membership recorded another record year, with member households now totaling over 60,000. Finally, contributed income, both unrestricted support for our core activities and designated contributions for new projects, remains a critical component of our funding mix. We are excited about building on the successes of the past five years, and we look forward to embarking on the ambitious goals set out in the new strategic plan, Momentum.
Pledges receivable Funds held in trust by others Assets related to split-interest agreements
994
1,129
1,025
1,352
135,708
126,615
30,374
28,738
3,284
3,122
26,058
26,940
Properties
95,650
93,782
301,544
291,207
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES
FY 2018
FY 2017
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
2,049
1,981
Deferred revenues
1,304
1,367
Liability under split-interest agreements
1,543
1,719
544
622
5,440
5,689
FY 2018
FY 2017
Other annuity obligation TOTAL LIABILITIES NET ASSETS Unrestricted
61,941
60,130
Temporarily restricted
79,997
73,318
Permanently restricted
154,166
152,070
TOTAL NET ASSETS
296,104
285,518
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
301,544
291,207
FY 2018
OPERATING REVENUE
FY 2018
OPERATING EXPENSES
Membership dues
Administrative
14%
Fundraising
12%
8% 36%
28%
Property & other revenues
Engagement & Programs*
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9,529
Fixed assets, net
Contributions & Grants
Amy L. Auerbach Chair, Finance and Audit Committee
FY 2017
8,451
Other assets Investments
In Fiscal Year 2018,
FY 2018
Endowment support *Programs include Land Conservation, Agriculture, and Visitor Amenities
33%
47% Property & resource stewardship
Fiscal Year 2018 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (in thousands of dollars)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES REVENUE AND SUPPORT
PROPERTY, BOARD DESIGNATED & OPERATING RESTRICTED TOTAL
Endowment support appropriated for operations Property and other revenues
7,059
47
7,106
11,626
93
11,719
Contributions
4,491
9,793
14,284
Memberships
4,573
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4,573
Net assets released from restrictions
4,492
(4,492)
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TOTAL REVENUES AND SUPPORT
32,241
5,441
37,682
EXPENSES Property stewardship
13,552
5,700
19,252
Land conservation
1,153
98
1,251
Agriculture
1,400
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1,400
Visitor amenities and engagement
5,861
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5,861
Historic and structural resources
1,350
-
1,350
23,316
5,798
29,114
Fundraising
2,617
-
2,617
Administrative
3,972
-
3,972
Member services
1,142
-
1,142
Marketing and communications
1,164
-
1,164
SUBTOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES
8,895
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8,895
32,211
5,798
38,009
SUBTOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES SUPPORTING SERVICES
TOTAL EXPENSES CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
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(357) (327)
NON-OPERATING ACTIVITIES Contributions and change in value of split-interest agreements Investment income, net of amounts appropriated for operations & fees Net asset transfers Other one-time adjustments TOTAL CHANGE IN NET ASSETS NET ASSETS BEGINNING OF YEAR NET ASSETS END OF YEAR
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338
10,741
10,741
52,422
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(166)
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(166)
(52,558)
63,144
10,586
52,508
233,010
285,518
(50)
296,154
296,104
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Land Conservation
In the past year, The Trustees protected, or helped protect, 13 properties totaling 220 acres. Fee Acquisition (Present & Future Reservations) PROJECT | CITY/TOWN (photo#) NEWLY PROTECTED ACREAGE | PARTNERS/DONORS DESCRIPTION
Noyes Salt Marsh | Newbury (5) 6 Acres | The Noyes Family A gift of a parcel at Old Town Hill Reservation, which will promote consistent management and protection of salt marsh along Newman Road. Beals Farmland | Southborough (3) 39 Acres | Beals Family members Bargain sale addition to Chestnut Hill Farm, expanding our CSA production land and providing access to local trail systems.
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Rutland's Haven Community Garden (2) & Rutland Green Community Garden | Boston 0.1 Acres (each) | City of Boston We have managed these community gardens for many years under a temporary agreement. The formal acquisition of these properties ensures they are protected forever.
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Windermere Community Garden | Boston (1) 0.1 Acres | City of Boston This new community garden site provides twelve new garden plots for neighborhood residents, and event space for community and other gatherings.
Conwell Property | Worthington (6&7) 70 Acres | Cynthia and Peter Cook Donation of land to Trustees' affiliate Hilltown Land Trust that had been in the Conwell family for over 200 years. The property contains a small pond, attractive hiking trails, the top of Eagle Nest Ridge, and a half mile of frontage along the Little River.
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Lewis Beach Lots | West Tisbury (4) 0.1 Acres | The Lewis Family A gift of beach front, adding to Long Point Wildlife Refuge.
Conservation Restrictions (CR) PROJECT | CITY/TOWN NEWLY PROTECTED ACREAGE | PARTNERS/DONOR | DESCRIPTION
Maryland St. | Marshfield 17.9 Acres | Town of Marshfield This gift of a conservation restriction permanently protects land adjacent to Two Mile Reservation; an important opportunity to protect open space as well as recreational opportunities in the Town of Marshfield. Wolbach CR | Sudbury 53.5 Acres | Sudbury Valley Trustees As directed in John Wolbach's estate, Wolbach Farm is now doubly protected by our conservation restriction and the fee ownership and management of Sudbury Valley Trustees.
Reed II | Westport 12.3 Acres | Douglas P. Reed Donated conservation restriction on the Westport River; co-held with Westport Land Conservation Trust. Copicut Woods | Freetown MA Dept of Conservation & Recreation, MA Dept of Fish & Game; Trustees granted a CR to the Commonwealth over our Copicut Woods Reservation, as intended under the original funding plan.
Other Projects PROJECT | CITY/TOWN ACREAGE | PARTNERS/DONORS | DESCRIPTION
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Porter Trust | Dover 20.6 Acres | Dover Land Conservation Trust (DLCT) $10,000 assist to DLCT for their fee purchase of this parcel across the Charles River from Rocky Narrows. Day Access Easement | Petersham Fred Day This donation of an access easement will facilitate our management at Brooks Woodlands Preserve in perpetuity.
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141 Westville St. & 19 Torrey St. | Boston This sale of these vacant parcels was planned as part of the 2008 merger of Boston Urban Gardeners into BNAN, now Trustees. The revenue generated by the sale of these properties will support The Trustees’ Boston Community Gardens program.
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Ecology Report
Trustees’ ecology work is directed toward our most significant natural landscapes: in fact, for Fiscal Year 2018, we tripled the number of landscapes identified as ‘priority’ to 259 specific landscapes on which to focus. We now closely monitor 6,400 acres of ecological landscapes throughout the state. Most require active management to maintain their habitat value. The scope of our ecology program and highlights of this past year’s work are as follows:
Grassland Management, Prescribed Fire & Habitat Restoration ©K.NOTMAN
Strategic management of landscapes helps improve critical habitats for tomorrow’s generation of flora and fauna, and our connections to them.
496 Acres of grassland habitat at 17 properties were assessed using 107 study plots for grassland birds and habitat characteristics. This information is crucial to understanding habitat quality and guides priority stewardship actions. 800 Acres of barrens habitat under management, which includes prescribed fire and mechanical mowing/thinning.
12 Acres of fire-dependent barrens habitat were burned
on Boston Hill at Ward Reservation to restore this priority community-type and rare species habitat.
Invasive Species & Deer Control
Rare coastal nesting shorebirds remain a focus for The Trustees, and many other rare species also need protection and management.
Invasive species and growing deer populations have proven a direct threat to forest regeneration, rare species survival, and wildlife populations.
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Shorebirds & Rare Species
41 Invasive plant populations were controlled on 20
properties, including 165 acres of priority grassland habitat at Bartholomew’s Cobble and Appleton Farms.
60 Trustees properties open to deer hunting as a means of
mitigating over-browsing impacts on forest regeneration, on rare plant species survival, and on other habitats and wildlife populations.
properties, including piping plovers, least terns, common terns, roseate terns, American oystercatchers, and black skimmers.
11 Black skimmer chicks banded on Martha’s Vineyard as part of a joint project with BiodiversityWorks and MassWildlife to track the movements of the only black skimmer population to nest in the state. 76 Trustees properties (67%) support federal- or state-listed rare species. 179 Rare species protected on Trustees properties, including Eastern whip-poor-will, seabeach amaranth, and long-eared bat. 8 THE TRUSTEES
98 Deer harvested from 32 Trustees properties open to controlled deer hunting (by permission only.) ©ZEYNEL CEBECI
603 Total breeding pairs counted on Trustees
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Stewardship Report
The Stewardship team applies best-practice approaches
and methodologies to guide its day-to-day operations, in order to achieve a high level of stewardship excellence. The team recently completed an initial three-year program assessing our buildings, trails and waterways, ecological landscapes, community gardens, reservation entrances, and designed landscapes against baseline standards established as an outcome of the previous five-year strategic plan. But the work didn’t stop there, and in
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Fiscal Year 2018 the assessment level
Buildings & Historic Houses 346 buildings and structures—including 14 historic homes open to the public—
achieved through this endeavor has continued to improve greatly.
85%
Community Gardens
81% in FY17
Boston neighborhoods
Assessed
56 community gardens in eight
26,000 acres of land 408 miles of trails (including 27 miles
97% Assessed
95% in FY17
of trails for skiers)
76 miles of coastland
Designed Landscapes 24 designed landscapes—including 11 public gardens
93% Assessed
58% in FY17
Assessed
Completed in FY17
utilized for animals, vehicles, and equipment, as well as historical collections and staff housing
Trails & Waterways
100%
85%
Entrances 137 reservation entrances; includes
accessibility and appearance of parking lots, road and path surfaces, kiosks, and signage
Ecological Landscapes* 259 priority landscapes, totaling 6,400 acres
Assessed
75% in FY17
61% Assessed
24% in FY17
*The number of priority ecological landscapes in FY18 more than tripled from the previous FY17 baseline of 83. Assessment percentages are based on the new baseline of 259 priority landscapes.
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Capital Improvement The Trustees' work in Boston—Then and Now BY VICTORIA ABBOTT RICCARDI
Ever since Charles Eliot founded The Trustees in Boston in 1891, the city has remained a vital area of interest for the organization. Rapid development back in Eliot’s day sparked the young conservationist’s desire to create an organization that could preserve swaths of nature “as a valuable antidote to the poisonous struggling and excitement of city life.” His landscape design work, both alone and eventually through the Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot office, resulted in many of the beautiful parks and open spaces we see in Boston today. “The work Charles Eliot began so many years ago is still vitally important today,” says Barbara Erickson, President & CEO of The Trustees. “He formed the organization to preserve access to open space for those that live and work in Boston, and we have always believed that imperative would one day extend to places within the city limits.” Some of Eliot’s earliest endeavors involved working with Boston’s park commissions and committees to help them better understand how few open spaces Boston offered its residents, particularly in comparison to other major world cities, as well as how little public access there was to nearby rivers, lakes, and beaches. The result was the creation of the Metropolitan Park Commission, the first regional park system in the U.S., which within a mere twelve years of its establishment had protected nearly 10,000 acres of open space and 26 miles of public parkway around Boston. BOSTON & BEYOND For the next several decades, The Trustees acquired a broad range of properties largely outside of Boston, mainly because that is where opportunities arose, but became involved with Boston again in 1968 when it hosted a Parkland Conference to share the 10 THE TRUSTEES
results of an open space and recreation study of Boston Harbor and the city’s three major rivers. One of the most important results of the conference was the establishment of the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Open Space and Outdoor Recreation, whose members included many affiliated with The Trustees, and whose mission was to review the Commonwealth’s open space and recreation needs and make recommendations to the Governor. The review yielded many landmark recommendations, including public ownership and control of the 34 islands of Boston Harbor. In the 1970s, the islands then became Boston Harbor Island State Park and in 1996 were designated as a National Park unit, managed by a partnership of member organizations including The Trustees. The organization became active in Boston again through an affiliation with the Boston Natural Areas Network, which was founded in 1977 to help communities preserve and improve urban spaces through the development of Wilds, Greenways, and community gardens. It was just the kind of work that aligned with The Trustees’ ongoing preservation efforts in urban areas outside Boston. The two organizations merged in 2014, and Trustees now manages 56 community gardens across eight Boston neighborhoods.
Then, when the concept of Boston Public Market—a 100-percent locally-sourced food market (and the only one in the country)— became a reality in 2015, The Trustees jumped at the opportunity to become a founding partner and the lead programming partner, as a way to serve the city and foster community engagement. THE WATERFRONT CHALLENGE Concurrent with that effort, The Trustees recognized the immense development throughout Boston’s waterfront area was happening without consideration of the need for open space and began to look for land preservation opportunities. The organization has long been involved in protecting vulnerable coastal areas and became concerned with the impact of sea level rise and storm impacts on Boston’s waterfront. “The way we see it,” says Nick Black, Managing Director of The Trustees’ Boston Waterfront Initiative, “Boston’s waterfront is a critically important place to be focusing our energy as a conservation organization. Its health impacts the largest population in New England and the time for action is now, before the opportunity to preserve open space is lost forever.” The Trustees has been using four guiding principles to determine what part of the Boston waterfront it wants to help preserve. “First, we want the site to include a worldclass design element, as a draw for residents and visitors alike,” says Black. “Next, we are focused on elements of inclusion and equality, making the site ‘a place for all.’ It’s also important to improve sustainability and resiliency, helping protect the low-lying, once tide-filled city. Finally, there is the financial feasibility of developing such a place as this.
RENDERING COURTESY OF MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH ASSOCIATES
If the space in Boston doesn’t already exist, we have to create it and be able to maintain it in perpetuity.” To date, the organization has found several regions of interest around Boston’s harborfront, including sites in East Boston and the South Boston waterfront. And, it is not working alone. Several nonprofits are supporting its efforts, including the Barr Foundation, which along with many generous donors has supported The Trustees’ exploration with a series of planning grants. The City of Boston also supports The Trustees’ efforts; in 2016, Mayor Walsh released Climate Ready Boston, a report outlining the city’s ongoing initiative to address climate change. “Right now, we’re focused on securing a site that will become a designed and activated space,” says Black, who notes the scope and splash of the project is intended to be along the lines of Chicago’s Millennium Park, New York’s Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Waterfront Toronto. “Once the site is secured, we’re going to engage with communities to determine the best use of the space, with an eye towards recreational, educational, and historical programs and activities.” Even though none of its 117 reservations are within the city itself, The Trustees has been closely linked to Boston, and concerned
Early rendering for the type of open space design envisioned for the city’s harborfront areas, as part of the Trustees’ Boston Waterfront Initiative.
for the wellbeing of its people, throughout the organization’s 127-year history. As the current development boom overwhelms the waterfront, it seems only fitting that The Trustees—the state’s largest conservation and preservation organization—is at the forefront of the effort to protect critically needed future open space in the state’s largest and most populous city. “Our work on this Initiative is a critical and
actionable solution that extends the mission for which we were founded,” says Erickson, “and given the impacts of sea level rise and more frequent flooding from destructive storms, it is one we can no longer afford to ignore.”
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Flood waters from the March 2, 2018 nor’easter overwhelmed Newman Road, cutting off access to Old Town Hill Reservation in Newbury.
TRUSTEES RESERVATIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE Old Town Hill Hamlin Reservation I-95
Castle Hill Crane Beach Crane Wildlife Refuge
The Crane Estate
Halibut Point Reservation Stavros Reservation Rte
Coolidge Reservation
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Misery Islands Crowninshield Island Gerry Island
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Rising Tides
Greenwood Farm
Where land meets sea, there is a narrow margin of the state that is home to an incredibly rich natural, cultural, and cherished heritage. In
World’s End
this place, we realize we are part of something immense yet fragile, and
Norris Reservation Two Mile Farm
when we care for our living shoreline, we deepen our connection to the coast and the memories we have made there. Our coastal systems are of extraordinary ecological value, sustaining some of New England’s, and even the globe’s, rarest habitats and species. They are our most dynamic and vulnerable: these landscapes can change with winds, tides, currents, and storms, and many of them are changing hour by hour, day by day. And often overlooked is the rich cultural legacy that includes remnants of Native American presence now buried within our beaches and dunes, as well as reminders of European settlement and expansion, and New England’s commercial and maritime past. Care of the coast is a core goal of Momentum, Trustees’ new strategic plan. Building on the organization’s history of sound ecological management balanced with public access, over the next five years, Trustees will focus considerable effort on advocating for coastal health, better engaging communities and the public about coastal issues, testing interventions and partnerships that will support our coastal systems, and growing the constituency passionate about these issues. Recently, Trustees has begun implementing new strategies in response to its Coastal Vulnerability Assessment—commissioned with the Woods Hole Group (WHG) and accomplished over the previous year—which predicted the effects
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Dunes’ Edge Campground
Holmes Reservation
Lyman Reserve
Lowell Holly Westport Town Farm
Mashpee River Reservation
Cornell Farm Slocum’s River Reserve
Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge Menemsha Hills
Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge
Mytoi Long Point Wildlife Refuge The FARM Institute
Wasque Norton Point Beach
The Massachusetts Coastal Zone (highlighted in green) extends from Salisbury to Westport, and includes all of Cape Cod and the Islands. Trustees has 31 reservations open to the public in the Coastal Zone, and maintains ecologically significant Conservation Restriction properties in the zone as well.
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Trustees on the Coast 31 Reservations located in the Coastal Zone
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Miles of coastline under Trustees protection—includes both reservations open to the public and land under conservation restrictions held by The Trustees
16%
of all protected MA coastline is under Trustees care—includes 20% of all publicly accessible beaches in the state
2,300 Acres of salt marsh
26 Miles of barrier beaches
1,300
Assets (including infrastructure, buildings, roads, trails, habitats, and cultural resources) potentially vulnerable to regular flooding in the coming 10-50 years
603
Total shorebird breeding pairs counted on Trustees properties this year
38% of all statewide Trustees visitors visited coastal reservations in the past year
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From busy to pristine: Trustees coastal properties include special places like Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge on Martha’s Vineyard and Crane Beach in Ipswich.
of sea level rise on our properties over the course of the next 50 years and helped us focus on those resources that are most at risk. This year, Trustees launched a collaboration with WHG and the Town of Ipswich for a nature-based, green infrastructure solution for Argilla Road, the access route to one of our most at-risk properties, Crane Beach. This approach will not only ensure public access for the beach’s 350,000+ annual visitors but will also begin to restore the natural salt marsh, helping it keep pace with sea level rise. In the coming years, Trustees will lead, innovate, and advocate for coastal solutions, especially those that enhance and build resiliency. We will leverage the public’s love
of our coastal reservations to encourage active care—whether as part of a beach cleanup, participating in citizen research to conserve salt marshes and wildlife, or taking part in hands-on educational programs at a coastal visitor center. And we will partner with researchers, universities, communities, and other organizations, using our coastal places as living laboratories to monitor change and inform our work. Through it all, we will continue to actively connect Trustees Members, volunteers, visitors, and donors to our coastal mission: they provide the lifeblood for our work, and their participation and support is critical to ensuring our coast is protected, sustained, and resilient for our children and future generations.
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Volunteers provide invaluable service for The Trustees and the community as a whole, through clean-up events at Crane Beach, and much more.
VOLUNTEERS: A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR OUR COAST BY JEFF HARDER Earth Day—unseasonably bone-chilling, windbreaker-soaking weather settled over the North Shore. But that was no deterrent for the 80 volunteers who arrived at Crane Beach to pace four windswept miles and haul away litter—50 bags worth—before the dawn of the high season. The day was a reminder that beach clean-ups are simple ways to turn ecological enthusiasm into action, says Marc Mahan, Volunteer Resources Coordinator for The Trustees’ Northeast Region. “You don’t need specialty training or a degree. You just need a passion for protecting the land.” Crane Beach, one of The Trustees’ most iconic properties and most vulnerable coastal landscapes, has a rich history of volunteerism—archival photos show volunteers planting beach grass and installing fencing in the 1960s, measures that have encouraged
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dunes to thrive in the decades since. Crane’s volunteers have done it all: pull invasive phragmites and buckthorn from the rare dune habitats, monitor and tally shorebird populations, maintain trails, and install and remove protective fencing. When a storm bears down, “we can muster our volunteers to quickly get fencing out of harm’s way,” says Peter Pinciaro, General Manager for the Crane Estate. This past year, volunteer opportunities expanded with a new beach ambassador program: volunteers talk with visitors crossing Crane’s trio of boardwalks, chatting them up about the latest changes on its ever-fluctuating shores and collecting feedback about their experiences. It’s all part of a broader aim to give volunteers experiences that enrich their lives and further their relationship with Crane Beach, The Trustees, and the needs of our fragile coast. If you’re a
longtime volunteer interested in habitat restoration, for example, Trustees can pair you up with an ecologist. If you’re interested in salt marsh ecology and have some technical expertise, you can help on a citizen scientist program. One high schooler interested in studying sustainability helped organize dune hikes and other active outings. It’s also about building capacity: in the first five months last year, Crane Beach saw nearly 50% more service hours than volunteers registered the previous year. “It was great to know so many people care about the environment,” says Andrea Lacroix, a volunteer who spearheaded the Earth Day clean-up. Grabbing a bag and wandering Crane Beach to remove junk is a simple, one-time way to make it a better place. It could also be the first step in a profound, lasting relationship with one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.”
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The Coast in the Classroom On Martha’s Vineyard, a long-standing educational program of The Trustees brings the classroom and the coast together for island students. The Claire Saltonstall Education Program (CSEP) was created in 1991 through an endowment from William and Jane Saltonstall, with start-up capital from several Vineyard philanthropists, in order to provide place-based education for island school children. The CSEP creates the opportunity for hands-on, experiential learning—encouraging students to explore, problem-solve, and lead—by engaging with Trustees properties while conducting field studies that align with school curriculum frameworks. The CSEP has just completed its 27th year and has recently expanded to respond to the growing call for climate change studies, programs that align with new state-wide science curriculum frameworks, and increased high school internship opportunities. Programming options have been increased through coordinated programming with The Trustees’ newest island reservation, The FARM Institute, as well as through partnerships with organizations like the Martha’s Vineyard Boys & Girls Club, YMCA After-School Program, Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts, and more. Island teachers utilize our Teacher Resource Center and collaborate with CSEP Educators to provide in-class lessons based on our detailed program kits, as well as on field sessions for more in-depth experiential learning. All told, through the program’s expanded focus on educating and mentoring a diverse group of island youth from first grade through high school, the CSEP provided 135 school programs for 2,490 student and teacher participants in the last year alone. In the coming few years, the program will align closely with The Trustees’ coastal strategy, which will continue to impact the Vineyard community in a significant and meaningful way—by creating early and profound connections to conservation for island students, and by educating future generations of land stewards, creative thinkers, nature enthusiasts, and community enhancers.
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“ The internship definitely opened up a lot of new paths for me to explore. Before the internship, I was strictly interested in pursuing computer science in college. After completing the internship, I know for sure that I want to pursue a community/environmental-focused career.” CSEP ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING INTERN
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Inside the farm stand at Chestnut Hill Farm in Southborough, a woman and her grown daughter exclaim happily over the shop’s rustic wooden bins and shelves— loaded with root vegetables and greens, tomato sauce, and jars of farm-raised honey. Just outside, a couple smiles indulgently at their toddler, as the little girl wobbles up a winding path; they gladly take a staff member’s offer of a map to the property’s hiking trails. In the field behind them lies a homemade trebuchet—a kind of wooden catapult—that the very next day would delight visitors by launching old pumpkins onto a compost pile, creating a carnival atmosphere for a 5K run through pastures and wooded trails. The hubbub of activity at Chestnut Hill Farm is a sea change from even two years ago, when members of the public were welcome to walk the property, but not so actively involved with the bounty of its land or such engaging programs and events. The transformation has made the historic farm property exactly the kind of place its visionary donors, Whitney Beals and Pamela Esty, imagined it could be when they first undertook the long process of working to preserve their family’s lands as public spaces. Whitney’s parents, Philip and Elaine Beals, bought Chestnut Hill Farm in 1966 to save it from development. In the early 90s, the family began formally protecting portions of the property by donating pieces of land as well as the development rights to local conservation groups. In April 2010, the Beals family formally transferred the eastern two-thirds of Chestnut Hill Farm to The Trustees. Earlier this year, thanks to the generosity of a handful of donors and the Beals themselves, Trustees was able to purchase 39 additional acres—
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Whitney Beals, seen with his mother Elaine in 2010 on the farm his family donated to The Trustees.
the remaining one-third of the Beals’ original property—at a greatly reduced cost. The new parcel is across the street from the previously donated farm land and contains nearly six acres of USDA-defined prime agricultural soil, along with hay fields and woodland habitat. Fundraising for the purchase of the land also raised enough for Trustees to build an outdoor structure to better serve farm visitors and participants in its educational programs. The structure will include restrooms and an interpretative area introducing visitors to the history of the farm and its place in the community. “My father would be really pleased if he could see the farm now,” said Whitney. “My mom was 93 when she passed away last August, so she saw all the activity here. Even though she was in a wheelchair, she’d come over every day. She was so happy to see a wonderful young family living here and so many people enjoying the property.” Pamela adds, “This town is divided by a highway; there’s no real center here. When we made the property open to the public before The Trustees took it over, we expected people to come and walk the property, but they really didn’t. Now, the farm has become that town center. It has become the place!”
AGRICULTURE Growing Food, Cultivating Community
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Trustees is one of the largest private holders of farmland in the Commonwealth. We care about protecting farms and growing local food sustainably. We connect farmers and gardeners to land, and people to where their food comes from. Our seven working farms encompass more than 1,500 acres in total, with 52 acres dedicated to vegetable production, and 600 acres utilized for pasture, hay, and livestock habitat. Our growing livestock program includes 600 laying hens, 600 meat poultry, 55 milking cows, heifers, and calves, 75 sheep, 12 goats, 65 pigs, and 220 beef cattle, along with 2 horses and 6 rabbits. We share the bounty of our farms through our five farm stores, our Mobile Market truck, and our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs. 1,457 shareholders participated in our produce CSAs in FY18— an increase of 14.6% over the previous fiscal year—and our meat CSA program, now in its second year, provides monthly distribution of varied cuts to 110 participants— an increase of 112% over its inaugural year. The Mobile Market served 1,465 customers through weekly stops at five community and health centers in Dorchester and Roxbury in its first season this year. Other highlights of our vibrant Agriculture program include: 550,000+ annual visitors to community farms and gardens
56 community gardens owned and managed in 8 Boston neighborhoods
10,000+ community members served by gardens
20,000 lbs of produce donated to food pantries annually
30+ farmers leasing our land
3 teaching kitchens
65,000+ annual participants at food, farm, and garden events and programs
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ELEVATE OUR CULTURAL & AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCES
Variations on a View
TunnelTeller Reflects Castle Hill's Past
Alicja Kwade is a mixed-media artist who loves to play with one's sense of perception. Her sculpture at Castle Hill in Ipswich, entitled TunnelTeller—the third of The Trustees’ multi-year Art & the Landscape series of contemporary art installations— alters the way you see many elements of the Crane Estate’s stunningly beautiful landscape. In her research for the installation, the artist was inspired by the hedge maze that the Crane family maintained on this site for about 30 years starting in 1920. Viewed from
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above, it follows the original maze’s foundation, but Kwade chose materials that are more reminiscent of the family’s industrial heritage. Usually, these common building materials would have been disguised or hidden from view underground, but Kwade chose to use them in her work, highlighting their simplicity and elevating them to works of art. In experiencing TunnelTeller, you’ll notice the ways in which the artist directs and then distorts your view of the landscape, using tubes and reflective surfaces. Sometimes you
will be fully immersed in the sculpture and won’t be able to see the view at all; sometimes your view of the landscape will be amplified or distorted. There’s a different view from every angle, and a different perception in every view. TunnelTeller is fun, inspirational, dramatic, and totally unique—perfect for young families, art neophytes, and more experienced connoisseurs alike. On view through April 2019. Find out more about this installation, and the entire Art & the Landscape series, at thetrustees.org/art.
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Cultural Landscape Revitalization at The Old Manse Built in 1770 for patriot minister William Emerson, The Old Manse, a National Historic Landmark, became the center of Concord’s political, literary, and social revolutions over the course of the next century. A handsome Georgian clapboard building, The Old Manse sits near the banks of the Concord River among rolling fields edged by centuries-old stone walls and graced by an orchard. Care, preservation, and presentation of the Manse requires constant renewal. The Trustees’ vision for the one-time home of both Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne includes scholarly study and documentation, collections preservation, interior improvements, inspired new engagement and visitor programs, and the rehabilitation of the landscape to maintain the fabric of its authors’ muse. Our goal is to foster a creative platform for exploring The Old Manse and its literary heritage as inspiration for new thinking, writing, and reflection. The landscape and its connection to the Concord River, the North Bridge, and nature
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itself play a critical role in the site experience, but its aging infrastructure, uneven pathways, and post-mature trees present a less than inspiring aspect. This year, Trustees has begun the revitalization of the historic landscape, in order to evoke the vernacular landscape of the late 18th and early 19th centuries when the Manse was a center of community life. At the same time, the work will enhance the site’s accessibility and the contemplative experience of the landscape for modern visitors.
Period Plan showing how The Old Manse landscape looked in 1850. Plan by Brown, Richardson + Rowe Landscape Architects
Among other outcomes, the Old Manse Cultural Landscape Project will: • ESTABLISH a detailed landscape plan to guide the renewal of the site’s trees and other native plants • IDENTIFY invasive plants for removal, in order to protect the ecological integrity of the landscape • IMPLEMENT a comprehensive plant and tree care plan based on recent soil testing and studies • DEVELOP thoughtfully integrated interpretive signage • R ESTORE the upper drive to historic dimensions • ENHANCE parking and visitor entrance areas to meet accessibility standards Work on this project is scheduled to conclude in the spring of 2019. Trustees staff—including Ecology, Stewardship, and Cultural Resources team members—are working with Concord’s Natural Resources Commission, Historic Districts Commission, and the Massachusetts Historic Commission; all with the goal to ensure that the work being done will enhance the landscape and maintain the cultural significance of this very special place, and will truly be the next steps in a revolution of site experiences that bring The Old Manse and its people to life.
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INVITE THE NEXT GENERATION OUTSIDE
Nature provides wonders for all the senses. At the Ward Reservation in North Andover.
Kids, Get Out(doors)! Why being engaged with nature is so vital BY MICHELLE PERRAS-CHARRON
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There is no shortage of sights, sounds, and smells to get out and enjoy nature together as a family—amble along a shady trail, hike to a gushing waterfall, or simply listen to the bullfrogs. But do get out in nature with the kids. Whether physical, emotional, social, or academic, the benefits of spending time outdoors are abundant and worthwhile.
“We must emphasize how important it is for our health to get out and be active,” says Dr. David Elkind, professor emeritus of child development at Tufts University and author of The Power of Play. “Children [today] are not getting the exercise they need to fully realize their physical abilities, and their mental abilities as well,” he adds, explaining that motor development and mental development go hand-in-hand. BIOLOGY DEMANDS ACTIVITY Whether by running, jumping, rolling down hills, climbing trees, hanging upside down, or simply spinning in circles, being outdoors naturally provides the space needed for the activities that stimulate vestibular system development, an important component of stability and coordination. Children also benefit from time outdoors via sensory integration—likely engaging at least four of the five senses at any given time. It is believed by today’s occupational therapists that this type of sensory integration helps organize the brain, so that we can respond appropriately to our surroundings, and in turn helps children be better prepared to learn in school. Lack of movement associated with less outdoor time—and therefore less play and sensory activation time—is believed to be in part responsible for many of the attention problems children have in school today. Children are simply fidgety and unable to pay attention because their bodies crave movement. Increasing the time they spend in nature helps children better manage emotions, pay attention, and reduce stress, leading to improvements in concentration and the ability to learn. “We’re biological beings, our biology demands activity,” stresses Elkind. NATURE AS PLAYGROUND Counter-intuitively for many parents, more time in nature, not less, is what children need to do well in school. Beyond programmed activities, children also need unstructured time to explore and connect to the world around them. Just as some schools are eliminating or drastically reducing recess as a way to allow more time for academics and improvement of standardized test scores, others are doing just the opposite. Recogniz-
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Unstructured play and exploration time is an important component of all Trustees camp programs, like this one at The FARM Institute on Martha’s Vineyard.
ing how beneficial unstructured playtime is to cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, there are school systems that are providing multiple recess periods per day for their students. Nature preschools are popping up all over, the use of outdoor classrooms is on the rise, and traditionally indoor-based curricula are developing experiential and environmental elements to connect students with the natural world. For similar reasons, Trustees has greatly increased the number of family programs being offered at its properties in recent years. Five years ago family programming accounted for approximately 15% of programs offered. Today, that number has surged to upwards of 50%. These activities reflect The Trustees’ commitment not only to family programming, but to engaging with the public on a deeper level, says Kristen Swanberg, Director of Public Programming and Education at The Trustees. “At our farms, for example,
we can help kids understand local agriculture and where food comes from, and learning about healthy eating, all while spending time outdoors.” New outdoor experiences, or learning a new skill together, are great ways for families to bond and stay connected, as children naturally enjoy being outdoors and spending time with people they love. Adds Judy Braus, Executive Director of the North American Association for Environmental Education, “By creating opportunities for young people to explore their local environment, we are also helping them develop a stewardship ethic—caring about nature, taking care of the environment, and understanding that we all depend on nature to survive.” And as Swanberg reminds us, “You just need a sense of curiosity and adventure to get outside and into nature with the kiddos.”
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INVITE THE NEXT GENERATION OUTSIDE
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BY THE NUMBERS:
Engaging Youth Trustees is committed to providing numerous opportunities for children to connect with the natural world around them, and with the world of conservation and preservation. We do this through a variety of programs throughout the year, from summer camps and school-based programs, to family-based programming options, to internships, service learning, and job opportunities for teens. Our goal is to continue to grow these offerings, and to look for new and engaging ways to reach out to the next generation, in order to deepen their connections to the outdoors, and to our places and mission. In Fiscal Year 2018, in addition to family programming offerings, Trustees’ programs for the next generation reached the following numbers of young people:
STUDENTS LEARN URBAN GARDENING (SLUG)
146 ELEMENTARY-SCHOOLAGE STUDENTS Recently relaunched, this program brings a Trustees staff member into three Boston elementary schools, to provide twice-monthly hands-on science lessons in the schools’ gardens and outdoor learning spaces. Teachers have been enthusiastic to incorporate the garden learning into the classroom curriculum, and Trustees is looking to bring the program to more schools in the coming years.
SUMMER CAMPS
SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS
YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS
1,779 KIDS, AGES 4-15
5,745 KIDS, GRADES 1-12
66 YOUNG PEOPLE, AGES 16-18
Place-based, experiential learning at five Trustees properties—Appleton Farms, the Crane Estate, Weir River Farm, World’s End, and The FARM Institute—cultivates a sense of wonder, sparks new ideas, and develops an appreciation for our natural world.
With reservations in more than 70 communities across Massachusetts, Trustees provides learning destinations near most of the state’s schools. Our most popular places for students to visit through field trips are our working farms, the unique landscapes of Bartholomew’s Cobble in Sheffield, and our seven Martha’s Vineyard properties through the Claire Saltonstall Education Program, now in its 27th year.
The Trustees Youth Conservation Corps programs offer high-quality jobs and educational opportunities in Boston and the South Coast, providing experiences in environmentally-based, conservation, and agricultural activities. The goal? To inspire youth to care for their local open spaces and empower them to make change.
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PHOTO BY GABRIELLE MANNINO FOR THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD TIMES
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Up for the Challenge
Hike 125 inspires more individual and family treks
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Hike 125’s top hikers for 2017 gathered at Appleton Farms for a celebration of their efforts.
The Trustees’ Hike 125 Challenge wrapped up its second year at the end of 2017. Originally created to help celebrate the organization’s 125th Anniversary in 2016, the challenge provided a way to encourage people to visit our reservations on their own, but with the combined goals of personal achievement and being part of a community of like-minded individuals. The challenge proved immensely popular—many people told us how much they enjoyed the ease of participating, being able to track their progress on the leaderboards, and the motivation it provided to explore properties they had never visited before. Continuing the program into 2017 was an easy decision and, based on feedback from the previous year’s hikers, we added several new categories to the challenge: to visit as many Trustees reservations as possible, and for those who prefer to go for walks often but maybe not concerned with distance, to see how many hikes they could take. Participation increased in the second year, with one hiker (actually a trail runner) logging just over 2,000 miles, and another going 1,710 miles, most of them with her enthusiastic dog along for the hikes. Both of these hikers, along with two others, actually visited every one of our reservations in the process!
BY THE NUMBERS Participating Hikers 2017 1,455 (+27%) 2016 1,145 Hikes Taken 2017 7,085 (+37%) 2016 5,171 Miles Hiked 2017 19,469 (+22%) 2016 15,920 We met about a dozen of the year’s top hikers at an event held at Appleton Farms in early spring, as we awarded prizes from our sponsor REI Co-op and kicked off the third year of the challenge. The hikers all expressed how much they enjoyed the challenge and shared many stories of their adventures. One story stood out, which is particularly relevant as Trustees focuses on finding more ways to encourage the next generation to get outside as part of the new strategic plan, Momentum. The winners of
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Morgan Picard, sporting her prizes for winning the Family Hikers category with her mom, Jamie.
the Family category—a mother and daughter team—hiked 456 miles in total. Jamie Picard, from Attleboro, told us how she wanted to get more exercise and decided Hike 125 would be fun to try, with her 3-year-old daughter Morgan on her back in a carrier. But after only a few hikes, Morgan wanted to do some hiking, too. Jamie let her walk as far as she wanted and then carried her the rest of the way; Morgan was quickly going a mile or more on her own. As the summer turned to fall, and Morgan turned four, her energy and enthusiasm kept growing—by the end of the challenge, she was hiking up to seven miles at a time! Jamie told us how when they would be out in their car, if Morgan saw a Trustees sign, she would eagerly ask if they were going for another hike. These are the kinds of stories we love to hear, and encourage us to find more ways to involve the next generation as we run the Hike 125 Challenge in future years.
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Bringing FarmFresh Food to Communities that Need It BY GENEVIEVE RAJEWSKI t’s a Tuesday in early August, and the Trustees Mobile Farmers Market is already satisfying a large appetite for its locally grown produce, meat, eggs, and milk. The truck has sold out of tomatoes by the time it reaches the ABCD Head Start in Dorchester, its second stop of the day, even after Cathy Wirth, Agriculture Program Director at The Trustees, has already run back to Powisset Farm in Dover for extra produce to replenish the baskets. Sadrack Marseille, the market’s Outreach Assistant and a graduate of The Trustees' Youth Conservation Corps job-training program, hastily updates the market’s colorful chalkboard. Though a new sight on city streets, the Mobile Farmers Market has been in the works for years, according to Wirth. The Trustees’ seven working farms produce vegetables, cheese, milk, meat, and eggs—most of which is sold right on the properties. “It’s a great way to personally connect people to our mission of land conservation,” explains Wirth. “But that also means that we are mainly providing food to residents of the communities that surround those properties. We wanted our food to have a broader reach.”
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Kelvin Adjei-Akosah, Mobile Market Outreach Assistant and Youth Conservation Corps graduate, serves several regular shoppers at the ABCD Head Start stop in Dorchester.
Designed like a food truck, the Mobile Farmers Market stops weekly at locations in Dorchester and Roxbury—neighborhoods where data showed residents are not spending their food dollars at supermarkets, suggesting that they lack convenient or affordable full-service shopping options and are opting for alternative locations such as convenience stores and bodegas. “These are also neighborhoods where public health data reveal high rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure—all diseases tied to poor nutrition,” she adds. Within these neighborhoods, they built relationships for shopping locations with community partners that are already integrated into people’s daily routines and that include healthy eating and wellness as part of their mission. The products available on the truck— which come from Powisset Farm in Dover, less than 15 miles from the Dorchester ABCD Head Start—change according to what’s in season. The truck also sells fresh milk from Appleton Farms in Hamilton and Ipswich, and meat and eggs from Moose Hill Farm in Sharon and Weir River Farm in Hingham. “We strive to offer a
diverse product mix while also maintaining affordability for customers in lower-income neighborhoods,” says Wirth. As a nonprofit that produces its own food, The Trustees can set its prices at levels that are not out of reach for customers on tight food budgets. In addition, “we worked very hard to partner with every program out there that makes fresh food more affordable,” continues Wirth, including the Supplemental Nutrition Accessibility Program (SNAP), WIC, and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program coupons, as well as Massachusetts’ new Healthy Incentives Program (HIP). Indeed, the majority of Mobile Farmers Market purchases are through one of these programs, suggesting the truck is serving the population The Trustees is hoping to reach. “There’s a perception that the local food movement can be elitist because only certain people can participate in it,” notes Wirth. “We need to change that. Locally grown fare can get everybody excited about fresh foods and the farms they come from.” Given the excitement greeting the seasonal bounty on display here today, it’s clear that enjoying healthy, farm-fresh foods knows no boundaries.
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Trustees continues to develop its audience through a variety of means—critical to our ability to secure the organization’s plan for perpetuity. We seek a balanced strategy of audience development complemented by fiscal sustainability, as a cornerstone in our strategic goals. In order to fuel our future dreams, we must engage and attract more visitors, members, program participants, volunteers, and donors—and grow our tribe.
This year our volunteering numbers remained steady, following the previous year’s successful numbers from the 125th Anniversary. Membership and program participation grew at a healthy pace— encouraging after the big successes of the previous year. Among many highlights, more gift memberships were sold than in any previous year, and 16.6% greater than FY17. And the press is covering our stories in unprecedented numbers, trumpeting
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THE SEMPER VIRENS SOCIETY
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Reaching NEW HEIGHTS BY JEFF HARDER
The first time Bill Farkas ascended Monument Mountain, he looked across the Housatonic River Valley and noticed that the peaks of the Catskill Mountains—even when witnessed from 1,642 feet up—still loomed like giants. “The higher you go, the bigger they look,” says Farkas, a Pennsylvania native and, at the time of that inaugural hike to the summit in 1974, a resident of Hudson, New York. But something else struck him when he reached the top: a bronze plaque inscribed with the words The Trustees of Reservations. “I thought, what is that? What a quaint, New England-type of name,” he recalls.
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Born, raised, and educated around Pittsburgh, Farkas spent 31 years working in the accounting department at U.S. Steel—with a three-year interruption for Army service—where he spent time working in Ohio, Michigan, and, in the mid-1970s, upstate New York. Nearly every week during his three years in Hudson, he traveled across the state line to meet friends in Great Barrington and the village of Housatonic, hike up Monument Mountain, and explore the wonders of western Massachusetts. After befriending Steve McMahon, then The Trustees’ regional director for the Berkshires, Farkas became acquainted with properties like Naumkeag and The Mission House. Upon retiring in 1991—and after seeing development erase old farms around his home in Pennsylvania—Farkas decided to donate to a trio of organizations, including The Trustees, to finance open space preservation in the Berkshires. Now a member of the Semper Virens Society, Farkas calls The Trustees “the single most phenomenal organization of its type that I’ve ever been involved with.” He adds, “The Trustees were the only organization I knew of that mapped the whole state from the Cape to the Berkshires and saw how much property was available (for purchase as open space) and how much they could save. I thought this showed so much breadth of vision.” It’s fitting that Monument Mountain directly benefited from Farkas’s generosity. In 2014, The Trustees acquired Flag Rock, an adjacent 45-acre property named for the overlook with glorious southwest views out to the Taconic Mountain Range, in part thanks to Farkas’s contributions. (“The Trustees sent me some terrific pictures of the area—they’re really quite wonderful and help keep the memories alive,” he says.) More recently, he helped support operations at Naumkeag and the property’s newly replanted gardens. Farkas even journeyed up for last summer’s Naumkeag Garden Party, where he saw the flowers in full bloom and traded jokes with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma. (“I told him an anecdote that he loved—and that no one else understood!”) It’s been years since Farkas last saw Monument Mountain with his own eyes. He has no illusions of hiking up alone again. But all the moments he’s spent on the property still loom large in his mind—maybe someday, he says, he’ll travel up from Pennsylvania for an assisted ascent on the easier route that winds up the back of the mountain. “I’d love to see it again,” he says. “Nevertheless, I have wonderful memories.”
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Bill Farkas, enjoying this summer's Naumkeag Garden Party—with Trustees President & CEO Barbara Erickson, above, and below, with Trustees Western Region Vice President Joanna Ballantine and two of Naumkeag's 2018 horticultural interns, Yesenia Vega (left) and Chloe Smith (right).
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If you have planned a legacy for The Trustees, let us know so that we may welcome you to The Semper Virens Society. Friends of The Trustees who have made a bequest provision, a gift of life insurance, an interest in a retirement plan, or a life income gift are also included in the Society. Semper Virens Society members are invited to Trustees events and luncheons hosted at various sites twice a year. (See page 38 for the list of Society members.) For further information please contact: The Trustees | Development Office 200 High Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 617.542.7696 (option 7) | mylegacy@thetrustees.org www.thetrustees.org/svs
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Governance Volunteers BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Doug C. Grip
Robert A. Clark
Virginia M. Murray
Directors serve as the governing board of Trustees, charged with the ultimate responsibility for the organization’s operations.
Douglas B. Harding
William C. Clendaniel
Scott A. Nathan
Joshua A. Klevens
Frances Colburn
Thomas H. Nicholson
Julia G. Krapf
Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld
Nicholas W. Noon
Theodore C. Landsmark
Mary Campbell Cooper
Julia B. O'Brien
John D. Laupheimer, Jr.
David L. Costello
Thomas L. P. O'Donnell
Peter B. Coffin, Chair
Marie LeBlanc
Albert M. Creighton, Jr. †
Ronald P. O'Hanley, III
Nicie J. Panetta, Vice-Chair
Martin Lempres
Peter H. Creighton
Kathryn P. O'Neil
William G. Constable, Secretary
Alexandra Liftman
Elizabeth Hope Cushing
Carolyn M. Osteen
Amy L. Auerbach
Daniel K. Mayer
John P. DeVillars
Richard F. Perkins
Clement C. Benenson
David C. McCabe
Franklin L. Feigin
Samuel Plimpton
Karen S. Conway
Pauline C. Metcalf
Louise J. Feigin †
Beatrice A. Porter
Paula V. Cortes
Brian W. Monnich
Ronald Lee Fleming
Margaret L. Poutasse
David D. Croll
Amey D. Moot
Allen W. Fletcher
George Putnam
Andrew O. Davis
Al Nierenburg
Ann C. Galt
Hillary H. Rayport
Elizabeth de Montrichard
Russell J. Peotter
John L. Gardner
Eugene E. Record, Jr.
Uzochi Chimdinma Erlingsson
Amy Poorvu
Elizabeth W. Gordon
Henry S. Reeder, Jr.
Jeffrey B. Fager
Anthony Rochte
Gale R. Guild
John Ex Rodgers
David R. Foster
Christopher A. Shepherd
Henry R. Guild, Jr.
G. Neal Ryland
Thomas D. French
Regan Shields Ives
Carter H. Harrison
Jane Saltonstall
Roland E. Hoch
Jonathan A. Soroff
Thomas J. Healey
Stanley L. Schantz
Elizabeth Livingston Johnson
Arthur K. Steinert
John K. Herbert III
David W. Scudder
Brian M. Kinney
Hope E. Suttin
Eloise W. Hodges
Mary Waters Shepley
Edward H. Ladd
Yanni Tsipis
Jean Holroyde
William Shields
Robert Mason
John Vasconcellos
Paul S. Horovitz
Norton Q. Sloan, Jr.
W. Hugh M. Morton
Julie M. Viola
James S. Hoyte
F. Sydney Smithers, IV
Michael Prior
Elizabeth Weinberg Smith
Lily Rice Hsia
Joseph Peter Spang
Cyrus Taraporevala
Phyllis Robin Yale
Janice G. Hunt
Caroline D. Standley
Naomi Yang
Roger B. Hunt †
Augusta Perkins Stanislaw
Stephen B. Jeffries
Margaret E. Steiner
CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Elliot M. Surkin
Established in 1995, this Council was created to honor former members of the Standing Committee, Board of Directors, and Advisory Board. It provides the opportunity for Trustees to continue to benefit from their advice and deep institutional knowledge.
Charles F. Kane, Jr.
Hooker M. Talcott, Jr.
Stephen B. Kay
Jane McC. Talcott
Andrew W. Kendall
Patricia R. Ternes
Jonathan M. Keyes
John E. Thomas
Judy Keyes †
Marian F. Thornton
Philip L. Laird
Philip A. Truesdell
Robert A. Lawrence
Natalia K. Wainwright
David I. Lewis
Susanna B. Weld
George E. Lewis, Sr.
William F. Weld
Deborah Logan
R. Angus West Susan Winthrop
ADVISORY BOARD This governance body advises the Board of Directors and staff on key issues, bringing diverse viewpoints and expertise to its decision-making process. Andrew P. Borggaard, Co-Chair Kathleen T. McIntyre, Co-Chair Eleanor Andrews Jeffrey Bellows Laura Bibler Richard H. Churchill, Jr.
Edward H. Ladd, Chair
Charles R. Longsworth
Patty Crane
Lee Albright
Caleb Loring, III
Walter C. Donovan
Steven A. Bercu
Jonathan B. Loring
Philip J. Edmundson
Tatiana Bezamat
Peter E. Madsen
James V. Ellard, Jr.
Jane Lyman Bihldorff
Eli Manchester, Jr.
Charles D. Esdaile
Sarah Hunt Broughel
Katherine J. McMillan
Michael Even
Ronald Brown
Wilhelm M. Merck
Martha L. Gangemi
Lalor Burdick
John O. Mirick
Edward G. Garmey
Rebecca Gardner Campbell
Sara Molyneaux
Spencer P. Glendon
Liza R. Carey
Frederick S. Moseley, III
Marjorie D. Greville
Sharon Casdin
George S. Mumford, Sr.
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LIFE TRUSTEES
CORPORATE TRUSTEES
Elizabeth W. Gordon
Jane C. Lyman †
Honoring those who have made extraordinary gifts of property, financial assets or service to Trustees.
Ralph D. Gordon
Katharine W. McLennan †
Gale R. Guild
Richard K. McMullan
Henry R. Guild, Jr.
Thomas L. P. O'Donnell
Roslyn E. Harrington
May H. Pierce
Janice G. Hunt
George Putnam
Lee Albright
Roger B. Hunt †
Nancy B. Putnam
Elsie J. Apthorp
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Stephen L. Root
Wilhelmina V. L. Batchelder-Brown
Andrew W. Kendall
Jane Saltonstall
George P. Bates †
John W. Kimball
Mary Waters Shepley
Nancy B. Bates
Catherine C. Lastavica
Norton Q. Sloan, Jr.
For the list of Corporate Trustees,
Frances Colburn
Edward P. Lawrence
F. Sydney Smithers, IV
please visit our website at
Sylvia P. Constable
James Lawrence, III
Caroline D. Standley
www.thetrustees.org/governance
Albert M. Creighton, Jr. †
Robert P. Lawrence
Elliot M. Surkin
John Fiske
George E. Lewis, Sr.
Pamela B. Weatherbee
Alan F. French
Susan P. Little
R. Angus West
Dorothy C. Fullam
Pamela Fezandie Lohmann
Frederic Winthrop, Jr.
Corporate Trustees, along with Life Trustees, are the voting members of the organization. Each year at the Annual Meeting, they elect Board of Directors and Advisory Board, as well as new Corporate Trustees and Life Trustees.
† Deceased
Spotlight PROTECT THE PLACES PEOPLE LOVE
New Community Garden Blossoms in Dorchester In the spring of 2018, Trustees opened its 56th community garden in Boston— Windermere Community Garden, a 4,100 square foot lot in the Jones Hill/Upham’s Corner neighborhood of Dorchester. The lot came to The Trustees after the City of Boston transferred ownership in order to develop a garden resource for the area’s residents. "Windermere Community Garden is the result of a partnership between The Trustees, the City of Boston, and the Dorchester community, who were involved in the design process," says Vidya Tikku, The Trustees’ General Manager for Boston Community Gardens. The tiered garden includes fieldstone facing and features two patios for gatherings and programming. Thirteen plots serve twelve local families, with one granted to St. Mary’s Center, a charitable Dorchester organization. Funders include the City of Boston, the Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America, Back Bay Garden Club, the Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, and the Jones Hill Association.
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In order to transform the hilly, vacant Windermere Road lot into a community garden and neighborhood gathering place, Trustees added retaining walls to create terraced garden plots, steps and walkways, and a patio area complete with table and chairs.
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Cumulative FY18 Gifts The Directors and staff of The Trustees extend our deepest gratitude to the following donors that contributed through giving societies, strategic project support, critical campaigns, and special events. We are deeply grateful to these generous funders for their foresight and commitment to Trustees’ mission. They fuel our thoughtful growth, expand our reach, and deepen our impact. $1,000,000+
Mr. Nicholas C. Edsall
Barr Foundation
Michael & Joan Even
Mr. W. Hugh M. Morton, Esq. & Mrs. Diana M. Morton
Mrs. Elizabeth de Montrichard & Mr. Gonzague de Montrichard
Estate of Victoria M. Benedict
William W. Farkas
Estate of Morgan Palmer
Ruth H. Dunbar
The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund
Nicie & Jay Panetta
Eaton Vance Investment Counsel
Mr. Spencer P. Glendon & Ms. Lisa Y. Tung
Nancy & George Putnam
Edey Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene E. Record, Jr.
William V. Ellis Family Foundation
Highland Street Foundation Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife
Mrs. Carolyn Soules & Mr. Jason H. Soules
Dr. Uzochi Chimdinma Erlingsson & Dr. Erik C. Erlingsson
John & Amy Weinberg
Ms. Jennifer Erskine & Mr. Bryan Cashin
Mr. Martin L. O'Neil
The Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation
Party by Design v
The Weld Foundation
Mr. Samuel M. Feldman & Ms. Marilyn Meyerhoff
Joan E. Appleton 1997 Charitable Foundation
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
Wildlife Management Institute
Dr. Christian Fischer
Plimpton Shattuck Fund
Yawkey Foundation II
Ms. Elaine Foster
The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Reed
$500,000-$999,999 Estate of L. Jamison Hudson Johanna Hansen Ross The Manton Foundation
$250,000-$499,999
Mrs. Louise C. Riemer
Friends of Amy Diadamo Foster, in loving memory
$10,000-$24,999
Dr. David George Fromm
Anonymous (11)
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Gable
Ms. Deborah L. Allinson Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Martha L. Gangemi & Mr. Michael A. Gangemi
Be Our Guest Party Rental v
Bernice B. Godine Family Foundation
Mr. Steven A. Bercu
Alexander Dingee & Susan J. Gray
Mr. & Mrs. Adolfo Bezamat
Nick & Marjorie Greville
Mr. Andrew P. Borggaard & Mrs. Jennifer M. Borggaard
Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Guild, Jr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mr. Clement Benenson & Mrs. Stephanie Terelak Benenson
Boston Globe Media v
Karen & Brian Conway
Mr. Roland H. Boutwell, III
Ms. Deborah Hale & Mr. Martin D. M. Hale
The Bok Family Foundation
Cummings Foundation
Jane Cheever Carr
Mr. James H. Hammons, Jr.
Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Inc.
The Jane & Jack Fitzpatrick Trust
Mr. Wilmot R. Hastings
Crane Co.
Mr. Ronald L. Castle & Ms. Florence Ditirro
The Nancy Foss Heath & Richard B. Heath Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan G. Davis
The Caswell Foundation
Island Foundation, Inc.
Timothy T. Hilton
Mr. Andrew Davis & Dr. Florence Bourgeois
Mr. Christopher A. Celeste & Ms. Nancy J. Kramer
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kimball
Deborah & Philip Edmundson
Norman & Rosita Winston Foundation
Charles & Caroline Esdaile
Mr. Jonathan Chatinover & Ms. Elizabeth O'Connor
The Lynch Foundation Laura DeBonis & Scott Nathan
Mr. Jeffrey B. Fager & Ms. Melinda W. Fager
The George G. and Doris B. Daniels Wildlife Trust
United States Department of Agriculture
Ms. Judy Ferenbach
Claire Saltonstall Education Fund
$100,000 - $249,999 Ms. Anita Bekenstein & Mr. Josh Bekenstein Mrs. Marcie Berkley & Mr. Forrest Berkley Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Thomas Stair & Lucy Caldwell-Stair
Pamela M. Smith Trust Mr. Cyrus Taraporevala & Ms. Fie Andersen Natasha & Dirk Ziff
$25,000-$49,999 Anonymous (5)
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin W. Guy, III
Nathan and Marilyn Hayward
David B. Jones & Allison K. Ryder Mr. Brian M. Kinney & Dr. Nancy L. Keating Mr. John D. Laupheimer & Mrs. Deborah Laupheimer
Tom & Jill French
$50,000 - $99.999 Anonymous (3) The Arcadia Charitable Trust Patrick & Aimee Butler Family Foundation Abby & Peter Coffin Mr. † & Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr. David & Victoria Croll
Mr. Keith D. Hartt & Ms. Ann H. Wiedie Mr. & Mrs. Roland E. Hoch Mr. & Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frederick N. Khedouri Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Kidder Mr. Edward H. Ladd Mr. Marty Lempres Robert & Erica Mason ©MICHAEL BLANCHARD
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Lenoir Charitable Trust
$5,000 - $9,999
Sarah & Walter Donovan
Mr. Roger W. Louis & Mrs. Iris Louis
Anonymous (7)
The Families of George and Michael Eberstadt
Mrs. Ann Macomber
Dr. & Mrs. Nile L. Albright
Estate of Christine Anne Manns
Walter & Alice Abrams
Mrs. Kathleen T. McIntyre & Mr. A. Duncan McIntyre Mr. Richard K. McMullan Meehan Construction Co. Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Ames
Mr. Peter L. T. Eliot & Mrs. Katherine Eliot
Mrs. Joan P. Middleton
Ms. Eleanor Tittmann Andrews
Mrs. Betty M. Ellis
Mr. Roy Mendelssohn & Mrs. Mary Foley
Ms. Susan Mikula
J. Jared and Cassandra L. Annello
Mr. & Mrs. C. Herbert Emilson
Ms. Tamsen Merrill
Estate of C. Eldridge Morgan
Mr. Robert L. Ashton & Mrs. Gudrun Ashton
J. Irving England & Jane L. England Charitable Trust
Ms. Pauline Cabot Metcalf
Ms. Amy L. Auerbach & Mr. Leo F. Swift
Neal & Ronna Erickson
Mr. Thomas L. P. O'Donnell
Mrs. Hope Lincoln Baker
Alex J. Ettl Foundation
Janet & David Offensend
Mr. David A. Behnke & Mr. Paul F. Doherty, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Lee Evangelakos
Mr. Albert A. Nierenberg & Mrs. Catherine Nierenberg
The O'Hanley Family
Mr. & Mrs. James Mellowes
Ms. Claudia Miller Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Monnich Deborah & Timothy Moore Ms. Amey D. Moot & Mr. William K. Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Farnsworth
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Ms. Rachel G. Fletcher
Kate & Ford O'Neil
Bemis Associates
Mr. A. Neil Pappalardo & Mrs. Jane Pappalardo
Mrs. Susan P. Bernard & Mr. Peter J. Bernard
Mr. William Park
Laura & Gregory Bibler
Mr. Arthur H. Parker & Mrs. Carolyn B. Parker
Ms. Carol O. Biondi & Mr. Frank J. Biondi
Mrs. May H. Pierce
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion v
Planet Subaru
Ms. E. Andrea Brox
Ms. Amy G. Poorvu & Mr. Jonathan H. Poorvu
Mrs. Joan Buchanan
Lauren & Michael Prior
Mr. John A. Burgess & Dr. Nancy S. Adams
The Prior Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Lalor Burdick
Mr. Robert D. Rands & Mrs. Amelia R. Rands
Mrs. Ann S. Buxbaum
Reebok Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth W. Cabot
REI Co-op v Ms. Cornelia C. Roberts
Mr. Richard P. Caruso & Mrs. Judith W. Caruso
Mr. Anthony Rochte & Mrs. Mia Rochte
Mrs. Sharon Casdin
Saquish Foundation
Mrs. Frances R. Caudill
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley L Schantz
Mr. Vincent A. Chippari & Ms. Deneen McQueen-Chippari
Adam & Hope Suttin
John & Mollie Byrnes
Rupert C. Thompson Fund of The Rhode Island Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hazen Churchill, Jr.
Tiny Tiger Foundation
Cohasset Garden Club
Mr. Ernest von Simson & Mrs. Naomi O. Seligman
Cecily Colburn, The Lee & Juliet Folger Fund
Wasserman Fund of the Essex County Community Foundation
Mrs. I. W. Colburn
John P Weitzel 1991 Revocable Trust
Mr. Robert A. Clark
Ms. Patricia L. Freysinger
Natural Resources Conservation Service
C. Mackay Ganson & Julia K. Ganson
Ms. Elizabeth Neumann
Dr. & Mrs. Edward G. Garmey Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett R. Geer
Mr. Patrick J. Pedonti & Mrs. Pamela C. Pedonti
Ms. Diane Gipson
Mrs. Joan Person
Ms. Jo Anne Goldman
Ms. Beatrice A. Porter
Liz & Trevor Graham
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Pruett
Griffin-Cole Fund
Nina Purdon Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Ashley Hubbard Harmon & Mr. James M. Harmon
Sally & Rob Quinn
Dr. & Mrs. William Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Rasmussen
The Helen G. Hauben Foundation
Mrs. Katharine W. Reardon & Mr. William S. Reardon
Mrs. Wendy J. Rafn & Mr. Mark Rafn
Mr. Michael Heffernan & Mrs. Michele Heffernan
Ms. Chris L. Rifkin
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Henry
Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation
Eloise & Arthur Hodges
Mr. Carter S. Romansky & Ms. Lauren Romansky
Luisa Hunnewell & Larry Newman Institute of Museum & Library Services Mr. Charles F. Kane, Jr. & Ms. Anne W. Eldridge
Ms. Judith Scheuer & Mr. Joseph Mellicker Mr. Kenneth T. Schiciano & Ms. Pixley Schiciano
Mr. John C. Keogh Holly McLennan Ketron & Roger Ketron Ms. Katherine J. Kidder & Mr. Tom Kent Mr. Joshua Aaron Klevens & Ms. Anna D. Sinaiko
David & Marie Louise Scudder Seacoast Tents v The Sedgwick Family Mr. & Mrs. Roger Servison Mr. John Simourian & Mrs. Candace Simourian
Mrs. Julia G. Krapf Mr. & Ms. Josh Krumholz
Mr. Norton Q. Sloan & Mrs. Sandra Sloan
Mr. Matt W. Krummell & Ms. Valerie Davisson
Mrs. Hope N. Smith
Gertrude Lanman
Joseph Peter Spang
Dr. Cynthia M. Latta
Mrs. Kathleen Stansky
Ms. Justine Laugharn Ms. Marie LeBlanc & Mr. Greg Schnipke David & Cristina Lewis
Mr. Scott A. Stone & Ms. Jana Stone Sudbury Valley Trustees Charles Sumner Bird Foundation
Ms. Susan C Livingston & Mr. Henry H. Livingston
Carol & Elliot Surkin
Ms. Amy Loud Ruggiero & Mr. Jason Ruggiero
Mrs. Cristen Tabors & Mr. David Tabors
MA/RI Council of Trout Unlimited
Mr. Aso O. Tavitian
Dorothy D. Conkey Trust
Mr. Samuel Appleton Treherne-Thomas
Gertrude de G. Wilmers
Mr. Michael John Mars & Ms. Terri Z. Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Constable
Clara B. Winthrop Charitable Trust
Anne S. & Brian K. Mazar
Copeland Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Raimund G. Vanderweil, Jr.
Phyllis Robin Yale & S. Tucker Taft
Ms. Paula V. Cortés
Mr. David C. McCabe & Mrs. Allyson T. McCabe
The Waldo Trust
Mr. Charles A. Ziering & Mrs. Margaret W. Ziering
Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Creighton
Estate of Laurence D. Collins
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Deane
Jane & Hooker Talcott
United Way of Greater New Bedford, Inc.
Ms. Sandra L. Walsh
Ms. Kimberly S. McGovern & Mr. Frank E. Scherkenbach
Mr. John Hastings Wasson & Mrs. Gail Wasson
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Westfield State Foundation Mrs. Natalie Whelan & Mr. William Whelan Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Wilson Christopher & Sarah Wolf ZOMA Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous (10) Mr. Thomas F. Aaron Mr. G. Christopher Abbott & Mrs. Deborah A. Abbott Alkermes, Inc. Lindsay & Blake Allison
THANK YOU TO OUR FOUNDERS CIRCLE
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Alsop Maurice Amado Foundation Fund Apple Lane Foundation Ms. Susan Baker Leavitt Mr. David M. Baum & Mrs. Andrea Baum Mr. George P. Beal & Mrs. Barbara Beal Ms. Susanne B. Beck & Mr. William A. Parker Mrs. Gina Beinecke & Mr. Walter Beinecke Berkshire Mountain Distillers v Bob & Karen Bettacchi Mrs. Camilla Blackman S. K. Boreri MD Mr. Peter J. Boynton & Mrs. Susan Boynton Mrs. Kristina M. Brendel & Mr. Douglas D. Brendel Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brockelman Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Brown Ms. Karen L. Brush & Mr. David M. Brush Mrs. Eugenia E. Burn
Founders Circle members are vitally important partners in ensuring The Trustees continues to grow and thrive. Unrestricted annual support is the bedrock of our efforts to protect and share the beautiful and historic places of Massachusetts. Thank you to this network of generous friends.
Join the Circle today: thetrustees.org/founderscircle
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Mr. Jonathan M. Zorn
CSL International Limited Mr. John T. Cunningham Mrs. Victoria R. Cunningham & Mr. Robert S. Cunningham Dr. David & Mrs. Karen Davis Timothy Davis & Susan Davis Dr. Edmund P. DeLaCour Mr. & Mrs. Peter Diana Mr. James R. Dodge & Mrs. Michele Dobbins Dodge Mrs. Cynthia Doe & Mr. Darrell Doe Mr. & Mrs. James V. Ellard, Jr. Ms. Barbara J. Erickson & Mr. Peter Torrebiarte Ernst & Young Mr. Donald Nathan Fawcett & Mrs. Bridget Fawcett Mr. Anthony Ferlazzo & Ms. Stephanie Ferlazzo Dr. David R. Foster & Ms. Marianne Jorgensen Mr. & Mrs. Hollis French, III Mr. Steven B. French & Mrs. Debra J. French
Rick & Nonnie Burnes
Mr. Christopher S. Gaffney & Ms. Karen Kames
John & Kate Cabot
Mr. James A. Gassel
Paul C. & Virginia C. Cabot Charitable Trust
Ms. Suzanne F. Gauron
Honorable & Mrs. Levin H. Campbell, Sr.
Ms. Claire M. Gillis
Samuel R. & Rebecca Gardner Campbell via Ada Howe Kent Foundation
Susan & John Glessner
Mr. Richard J. Canty & Ms. Hope B. Woodhouse
Mr. Robert L. Gray & Mrs. Nancy B. Gray
Wesley & Dianne Card Mr. John G. Carey & Mrs. Sarah Carey Mr. Larry Carsman & Mrs. Christine Carsman Michael & Jenny Ceppi
Mr. & Mrs. Allan M. Gerrish
Rolf & Julie Goetze Mr. Charles M. Hale & Mrs. Karen A. Hale Mrs. Leslie W. Hammond & Mr. James R. Hammond Mr. & Mrs. Douglas B. Harding
Mr. & Mrs. George L. Chimento
Mr. Winthrop R. Baker & Ms. Wendy Harman
Mrs. Pamela Dippel Choney & Mr. Jeffrey A. Choney
Dr. Jaye E. Hefner
Mr. Timothy R. Collins & Ms. Emily Collins Ms. Anne S. Covert
Mr. Jeremy D. Henderson & Ms. Catherine C. Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Hicks
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher H. Covington
Mr. Howard B. Hodgson, Jr. & Mrs. Wendy Hodgson
Marilyn Fife & John Cragin
Mrs. Clarissa C. Hunnewell
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Crockett
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hunnewell, Jr.
Mr.† and Mrs. Roger B. Hunt
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas W. Noon
Town of Stockbridge
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Ingraham
North Shore Garden Club of Massachusetts
Mr. & Mrs. R. Gregg Stone
Mrs. Susan Anderson & Mr. Mark Anderson
Mrs. Henry S. Streeter
Ms. Erika Anderson & Mr. Eric Klawiter
Mr. Christopher Oddleifson & Mrs. Nancy Oddleifson
David & JoEllen Sweet
Mr. Reed P. Anthony & Mrs. Barbara B. Anthony
Ms. Sara Jonsberg & Ms. Cynthia H. Magrath
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Oedel
The K Foundation
Mr. Stephen P. Oliver
Mr. James F. Kane & Representative Hannah E. Kane
Ms. Tara H. Oliver
Dr. Tasso Kaper & Dr. Antonella Cucchetti
Robert & Elizabeth Owens
Dr. Edward M. Kaye & Dr. Alyssa Lebel
Mr. John P. & Mrs. Susan C. Kirk
Mrs. Olivia H. Parker
Mr. David C. Kloss
Mr. Daniel Pierce, Jr. & Mrs. Barbara Pierce
Phil & Donna LaCasse
Mr. Michael Puzey
Mr. Paul LaFerriere & Ms. Dorrie Parini
Mr. Henry Rauch & Mrs. Susan Cooper Rauch
Mrs. Judith Lafferty Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Lawrence Richard Leavitt The Lempel Family Mr. James E. Lenhart & Mrs. Dipti Lenhart Mr. David W. Lewis, Jr. Ms. Rochelle Lite & Mr. Edmond Gosselin Mr. Jonathan B. Loring Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lyman Mrs. Charles P. Lyman † Mr. Peter L. MacDonald John & Barbara MacNeish Peter E. & Betsy Ridge Madsen Mr. George L. Markos & Mrs. Constance P. Markos Estate of Elspeth Eberlin Matkovich Mr. Thomas H. Mattox & Dr. Jacqueline K. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Wilson Meeks Wilhelm Merck & Nonie Brady Ms. Barbara Meyer & Mr. Michael W. Perloff Mr. John T. Moy & Ms. Sonya E. Keene Mr. John W. Murphy Mr. Brian R. Neff & Ms. Jana P. Neff Tom & Cathy Nicholson
Mr. & Mrs. Chris W. Armstrong
Mrs. Sally C. Taylor†
Mrs. Gale H. Arnold
Three Fathoms Farms by the Sea
Mr. David Auerbach & Ms. Ariane Comstock
Mrs. Lydia Arnold Turnipseed Dr. & Mrs. Henry W. Vaillant
Susan Avery
Ms. Lynda S. Vickers-Smith & Mrs. Amy V. S. Bryan
Sylvia & Aaron Baggish Margaret & John Bailey
Mr. Gary L. Vilchick
Mr. George P. Baker & Mrs. Lauren Jennings
Julie M. Viola & Michelle Viola Mr. James Wade & Mrs. Margaret M. Wade
Mr. Paul Przybyla
Mr. Frank Anton & Ms. Georgine T. Anton Mr. Olivier J. Aries
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. Tate
Ms. Mary Jo Palermo & Mr. Stephen Hochbrunn
Athena & Richard W. Kimball
Mr. Michael Kutsch & Ms. Tammy Coselli
Marc Tanner & Rebecca Rogers
Carolyn & Robert Osteen
Mr. Scott D. Parker & Ms. Kathleen V. Martin
Jonathan & Judy† Keyes
Mrs. Donna Tadler & Mr. Richard Tadler
Mr. Talbot Baker, Jr. Christopher Baldwin & Sally Reyering
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Wakeman Ms. Nancy Wakeman
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sutherland Reeder, Jr. Mr. J. Stanley Reeve & Mrs. Abigail Reeve
Mr. Norman S. Walker & Mrs. Marie-Eve Walker Ms. Rebecca Ward & Mr. Mark Shull Mr. Eric W. Weber & Ms. Barbara Young Ms. Sarah J. Whittier
ReVision Energy v
Mr. Jonathan G. Wicks & Ms. Meredith Becker
Charles C. & U. Ingrid Richardson Mrs. Jennifer L. Robinson & Mr. Jeff Robinson
Ms. Regina B. Wiedenski Miss Kim Williams & Mr. Trevor Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Bradford D. Rodney
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Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Jeffries
Mr. & Mrs. Dudley H. Willis
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, IV
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilmers
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schifter
Mr. Michael T. Wilson & Ms. Susan E. Greenleaf
Ms. Luanne E. Selk & Mr. Jon J. Skillman
Mr. Paul Wing
Mr. Michael F. Sexton & Mrs. Jennifer S. Sexton
Winnetu Oceanside Resort
Mr. & Mrs. William Shields
Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Winthrop
Mr. Harden Ballantine & Ms. Jeanne H. Ballantine
Ms. Regan Shields Ives & Mr. Cameron Ives
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Winthrop
Joanna & Clay Ballantine
Mr. Richard S. Wood
Mr. & Mrs. Binkley C. Shorts
Mr. Stanley W. Wood
Dr. John P. Balser & Dr. Barbara E. Balser
Mr. Robert W. Silk & Ms. Sandra L. Silk
Ronald & Carolyn Grant Zarrella
Ms. Shirley Singleton
Joanne Zitek
Mr. William M. Bancroft & Dr. Alice D. Murphy Mr. Edward Barbeau
Mr. Mark A. Snider & Mrs. Gwenn Snider Augusta & Joseph Stanislaw
Laurie & David Barrett
$1,000 - $2,499
Mr. James Stern
Ms. Michelle L. Basil & Mr. James Dawson
Anonymous (18)
Howard & Fredericka Stevenson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Ackerman
Mr. Campbell Steward
Mrs. Edith T. Bastian & Dr. James F. Bastian
Mr. Ronald J. Adams & Mr. Neal Eagleton
Dr. Mahlon Stewart & Ms. Pauline Frommer
Mr. Glenn Batchelder & Ms. Candace J. Young
Dr. Stanley James Adelstein & Mrs. Mary T. Adelstein
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Institution for Savings
Mr. Mark S. Ain & Mrs. Carolyn Ain
Mr. Arthur Beale & Ms. Teresa A. Hensick
Mrs. Bonnie Akins
Mr. Cameron Beck
Mr. James G. Alexander
Mrs. Ruth S. Bell
Mr. & Mrs. William Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Beller
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Aliski
Mr. Jeffrey Bellows & Mrs. Nicole Bellows
Allegrone Companies
Mr. William D. Berthoud
Mr. John M. Allman & Mrs. Linda P. Allman
Mr. E. Garrett Bewkes, Jr. Mr. Gregory P. Bialecki & Dr. Mary M. Herlihy
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Allsopp Mrs. Barbara H. Almy
Mr. Henry Forbes Bigelow & Mrs. Judy M. Bigelow
Mrs. Esther Ames Marcia & Steve Anderson
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Mr. Daniel H. Callahan & Mrs. Lisa W. Callahan
Dr. William W. Cooper & Mrs. Martha Cooper
Mr. Robert M. Doyle & Mrs. Cynthia T. Doyle
Mr. Mark H. Bissell & Mrs. Laura R. Bissell
Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Campanella
Mary & James Nicoll Cooper
Ms. Elisabeth M. Drake
Samuel R. & Rebecca Gardner Campbell
The Coraggio Fund
Mr. & Ms. Gerard du Toit
Ms. Morene R. Bodner & Mr. David P. Carlisle
Don & Lynne Bulens
Ms. Patricia L. Cornelison
Estate of Margaret C. Dumas
Mrs. Diane M. Capstaff
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Costello
Mr. James Duncan
Mr. Nicolas Boillot & Ms. Jennifer Cody
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Carey
Mrs. Patricia L. Cote
Mr. & Mrs. J. Williar Dunlaevy
Mr. Jay Quentin Bonanno & Mrs. Brenda Bonanno
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Carey
Mr. Leo J. Dunn & Ms. Elizabeth J. Alden
Mr. Daniel Carlat & Ms. Tammy Bottner
Mr. Maurice W. Coulon & Mrs. Judith A. Coulon Mr. Tom G. Courtney & Mrs. Sylvia M. Courtney
Mr. Richard Vincent Dwyer & Mrs. Barbara Dwyer
Mrs. Kendra Cox
Mr. Robert Earley & Ms. Montira Earley
Mr. Jackson Craig
EBS Insurance Brokers
Ms. Lelia K. H. Carroll
Mr. Paul A. Cramer & Ms. Mary E. Gard
Ms. Caroline C. Edwards
Scott & Mary Carson
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Crocker, II
Mr. & Mrs. David K. Eikenberry
Mr. Joseph M. Cronin & Mrs. Sarah Cronin
Mr. Dan Elias & Ms. Karen Keane
John & Jane Bihldorff Donald Bischoff
Maureen & Edward Bousa Estate of Virginia Marie Bowen Lester Mr. & Mrs. William F. Boynton Dr. Francis M. Bradley & Dr. Adrienne W. Bradley
Mr. Erik Carleton & Ms. Krista Carleton Christopher T. & Jane Fisher Carlson Mrs. Sarah Carolan & Mr. John Carolan, III
Ms. Stefanie Cronin & Mr. Douglas Cronin Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Croteau
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Mr. Brian R. Cruey & Mr. Matt King
Mr. Charles Bragdon & Ms. Rebecca Clark Mr. & Mrs. John W. Braitmayer Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brake Kib & Tess Bramhall Ms. Dianne Brand & Ms. Rachel Brand Mr. Bernard J. Brennan, IV & Mrs. Sybil A. Brennan Mr. Thomas R. Bright & Mrs. Kathleen F. Bright
Ms. Cornelia W. Brown & Dr. Henry B. Warren David M. Brush
Mr. & Mrs. Craig W. Cullen, Jr.
Mr. Peter George Eschauzier & Mrs. Jan N. Eschauzier
Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Cuneo
Mrs. Mary Ann Esdaile
Susan & James Curtis Mrs. Laura C. Cutler
Mr. William L. Evans & Mrs. Barbara R. Evans
Cyclonaut Multi Sport Club
Mr. & Mrs. W. Gerard Fallon, Jr.
Mrs. Edith L. Dabney
Ms. Barbara E. Fargo
Dr. Anna Dalavurak & Ms. Katerina Dalavurak
Ms. Martha Farrell & Paddy Farrell
Mr. Jamie M. Fay & Mrs. Maureen A. Fay Ms. Barbara Fife
Mr. Matthew Daniels & Mrs. Jennifer Daniels
Mr. J. W. Filley & Ms. Joanne Gosser
Mr. Avery W. Catlin & Ms. Katherine Catlin Ms. Donna M. Ceglia & Mr. Daniel Nadeau Ms. Lynda A. Ceremsak & Mr. George Davitt Susan & Appy Chandler
Mr. Raymond Ciccolo Mr. Paul W. Clark & Ms. Carol R. Parrish Mrs. Bayard H. Cobb & Mr. John Cobb Mrs. Rhoda Cohen Ms. Barbara G. Cole & Mr. Christopher A. Cole Ms. L. Teal Colliton & Mr. Kevin Colliton
Mr. & Mrs. Eric W. Dannheim
Mr. Daniel C. Finbury & Ms. Patricia P. Reeser
Mr. Steven Keleti & Ms. Jean Danton
Mrs. Elaine W. Fiske
Mr. Nelson J. Darling, Jr.
George F. Fiske, Jr.
Ms. Barbara A. Darrow
Mr. John F. Fiske & Ms. Margaret Chen
Ms. Virginia L. Darrow & Mr. Armand G. Maldonado
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Fleischner
Mr. Jeffrey J. Davies & Ms. Victoria W. Guest
Alice & Jonathan Flint
Mr. & Mrs. Ian M. de Buy Wenniger Mr. Douglas J. DeAngelis Mrs. Betsey S. Delaney Mr. & Ms. Doug Delaney Mr. Steven Della Rocca & Ms. Courtenay A. Hardy Ms. Jane Cashin Demers & Mr. Walter V. Demers
Tanya & Patrick Buchanan
Mr. Michael A. Collora & Ms. Clare K. O'Connell
Mr. William C. Buck & Mrs. Laura T. Buck
Mr. & Mrs. Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld
Mr. Edward Buckbee
Mr. Daniel T.M. Dempsey & Mr. Steven Rufo
Jane Condon & Kenneth G. Bartels
Mr. & Mrs. Erich Buddenhagen
Mr. Christopher Detmer &
Mr. Richard R. Congdon & Mrs. Marion L. Congdon
Mr. Christopher H. Buder & Mrs. Heather A. Buder
Dr. Patricia Connolly
Don & Lynne Bulens
Mrs. Sylvia P. Constable
Mr. Garett Keith Burke & Mrs. Mary Lynn Burke
Ms. Kathleen E. Cook & Mr. Bruce A. McCue
Katie & Paul Buttenwieser
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Coolidge, III
Mr. Samuel Cabot & Mrs. Claire Cabot
Nathaniel S. & Catherine E. Coolidge
34 THE TRUSTEES
Mr. Benjamin M. Faucett & Mrs. Sarah N. Faucett
Helen B. Danforth
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cheston, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Brown
Mr. Michael Elzay & Ms. June Elzay
Mr. Calvin Carver, Jr. & Ms. Anne DeLaney
Mr. Peter P. Britton & Mrs. Beatrice T. Britton
Mr. & Ms. David B. Broughel
Mr. & Mrs. Steven E. Elterich
Ms. Deborah M. Carter
The Chasin Family
Ms. Lisa A. Brothers
Mr. David H. Ellison & Mrs. Wendy C. Ellison
Ms. Dawn D'Alelio & Mr. Edward H. D'Alelio
Ms. Kathleen Brill
Mr. John F. Brooke
Ms. Cecilia E. Dunn
Mrs. Kyra Detmer
Robert & Patti Deuster Mr. Adam Devine & Ms. Tammy Devine Dr. Louis Di Lillo & Mrs. M. Donna Di Lillo James Dishong Susan & Digger Donahue Mimi & Peter Dow
Mr. Allen W. Fletcher Ms. Jocelyn A. Forbush Ms. Allison Forrest Mrs. Paula Forrester Mr. Paul D. Fortin Mrs. Elena Foster & Mr. Hugh Foster Fowle Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey Mrs. Pamela W. Fox Dr. Albert R. Frederick & Mrs. Suzanne M. Frederick Alan French in support of The Mary French Bay Circuit Fund Mr. Marc D. French & Mrs. Erin M. French Carolyn & John Friedman Mr. Richard D. Frisbie Mr. & Mrs. David M. Gaffney & The Gaffney Foundation Mr. Jay L. Gainsboro & Mrs. Barbara Gainsboro
Dr. & Mrs. John Galt
Richard T. & Eileen G. Hardaway
Mr. Michael P. Galvin & Mrs. Elizabeth W. Galvin
Ms. Holly Angell Hardman
Ms. Kristina G. Jelleme & Mr. Jarrod Stolgitis
Mr. Jeffrey A. Landon & Ms. Susan K. Landon
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Mr. & Mrs. Pliny Jewell, III
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Lane
Mr. Patrick Gan
Mr. Colin D. Harrington & Ms. Deborah L. Balmuth
Ms. Amy G. Job & Mr. Robert Job
Mr. John Lanza & Ms. Ann-Mara Lanza
Amy D. Johnson, MD
Mr. Joseph P. Lanzillotta, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Harris
Mr. Ervin Johnson & Ms. Cassie Johnson
Mr. Jeremy Lapon & Dr. Denise G. Lapon
Ms. Michele M. Garvin
Mrs. & Mr. Georgia Harris
Ms. Virginia Stearns Gassel, Jr.
Mr. Larry D. Harris & Ms. Maryanne R. Lavan
Mr. Mark W. Johnson & Mrs. Tracy D. Johnson
Mr. Robert A. Larsen, Jr. & Ms. Judith A. Robichaud
Mr. Carter H. Harrison
Dr. Robert A. Jonas & Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Ms. Carolyn A. Lattin & Mr. Venkat Venkatraman
Mrs. Eileen P. Gebrian & Mr. Timothy J. Barberich
Mr. Christopher Escobedo Hart & Ms. Sarah Hart
Mr. Bradley W. Jones & Ms. Suzie LaMont
Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Lawrence
Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Gerard
Janet & Richard Hart
Lazan Glover & Puciloski LLP
Susan & William Geresy, Jr.
Ms. Katrina B. Hart
Mr. Harold L. Jones & Mrs. Cheryl B. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Geschke
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Harter
Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Leahy
Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Gewirtz
Ms. Lauren Harvey
Mr. Mark Kagan & Mrs. Courtney T. Kagan
Anne & Chad Gifford
Dr. Elizabeth E. & Mr. Whitney Hatch
Mr. Frederick H. Glore & Mrs. Constance P. Glore
Mrs. Margaretta Hausman & Mr. Jerry Hausman
Ms. Alexandra Glover & Mr. Peter L. Puciloski
Lucile W. Hays
Ms. Alyse A. Gause & Mr. William D. Gause
Ms. Louise Godine Mr. Richard Goldenberg & Mrs. Janet Goldenberg Eugene & Melina Goldstein Mr. Mark R. Goldweitz & Mrs. Joyce Goldweitz Mr. John T. Goodhue & Ms. Anne Smith Mr. Douglas R. Gooding & Ms. Stacy Cloutier Mr. Edward B. Goodnow Ralph & Elizabeth Gordon Ned Grandin & Deb Lawrence Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Greeley in memory of Arthur H. Phillips Madeline Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence A. Griffin Charles & Natasha Grigg Mr. Harold Grinspoon & Ms. Diane Troderman Mrs. Campbell C. Groel, Jr. Mr. Daniel Gropper & Ms. Tammy Allen Molly Daly Grosvenor Gerard Mr. Richard P. Grudzinski & Ms. Julie Bowden Mr. George L. Grunwald & Mrs. Joy R. Grunwald Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Gutman Mr. Philip Hadley Mr. Joe W. Hale & Ms. Beth Dininio Mr. Christopher S. Haley Mrs. Ann T. Hall & Mr. John L. Hall, II Mr. John C. Hall Mr. Stuart D. Halpert Ms. Sarah E. Hancock Mr. Scott M. Hand & Ms. Ellen Hand Ms. Craig C. Hannafin & Mr. Daniel P. Hannafin Harbor View Hotel
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Heald Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Hedges, Jr. Ms. Edith H. Herbeck Mr. & Mrs. John K. Herbert III Ms. Andrea L. Heyda Mr. Donald Hindley & Ms. Catherine Hindley Mr. Michael F. Hines Mr. John J. Hitt & Mrs. Carrie Cullen Hitt Ms. Judy A. Hodge & Mr. Henry M. Frechette Mr. David C. Hodgson & Mrs. Laurie B. Hodgson Ms. Jen J. Hoffman & Mr. Jeff Hoffman Mr. Richard F. Hohlt & Mrs. Deborah M. Hohlt Mr. Tim Holiner & Ms. Linda Holiner Mr. Peter L. B. Hollinger & Mrs. Donna Hollinger Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hollis, III Mrs. Judy Hood Mr. Howard Hoople Lois & John Horgan Paul & Betsey Horovitz The Jeffrey Horvitz Foundation Ms. Margaret D. Howard
LDa Architecture & Interiors, LLP Mr. Mark Leavitt & Ms. Taryn G. Leavitt
Matthew & Liz Kamens
Mr. Laurence H. Lebowitz & Ms. Naomi D. Aberly
Patricia Kanouse & Evan Kanouse, III Ms. Susan Kaplan
Mrs. Cynthia N. Leduc & Mr. David Leduc
Mr. James R. Kasinger & Mrs. Danielle M. Lauzon
Mr. & Mrs. David S. Lee Ms. Lily Lee
Katama Association
Mrs. Beth Lehman & Mr. Timothy McAllister
Dr. Julie Kaufman Ms. & Mr. Susannah Kavanaugh
Mr. Matt Lehrer & Mrs. Alice Lehrer
Mr. Stephen B. Kay
Mr. Timothy Leland
Mr. Jeffrey R. Keay & Mrs. Heather S. Keay
Mr. & Mrs. J. David Leslie Mr. & Mrs. George E. Lewis, Sr.
Mr. Brenton J. Keefer & Mrs. Charlotte M. Keefer
Ms. Jane K. Lewis & Mr. Francis H. Duehay
Mr. Dennis J. Keller & Mrs. Connie Keller
Mr. Andrew J. Ley & Mrs. Carol P. Searle Mr. & Mrs. Jerome A. Lichtstein
Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Kellner
Ms. Alexandra Liftman & Mr. Stephen Liftman
Ms. Gillian Kellogg Mr. James P. Kelly & Mrs. Margaret S. Kelly
Mr. Edward C. Lingel & Mrs. Pamela M. Lingel
Mr. & Mrs. W. Clinton Kendall Mr. John Kendzierski & Pat Kendzierski Mrs. Carol Kenney & Mr. Jerome Kenney
Dr. Benjamin Liptzin & Mrs. Sharon L. Liptzin
Dr. Erin O. Kent & Mr. Patrick Kent Mrs. Lydia A. Kenton Walsh & Mr. Robert B. Walsh Mrs. Becky C. Kidder Smith & Mr. Thomas C. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. King Mr. James Kirschner & Ms. Anne Hutchins
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Howell
Mr. John E. Klein & Mrs. Charlotte E. Klein
Lou & Ginny Hoynes
Sue & Chris Klem
Dr. Michael G. Hughes & Mrs. Nina R. Hughes
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kneisel
Richard & Helen Hughson
Mr. Edward Kohler
James F. Hunnewell, Jr.
Mr. Jeffrey R. Kontoff & Mrs. Diane Kontoff
Mrs. Walter Hunnewell
Mr. William Lawrence, III
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Mr. Greg Garland & Ms. Heather Garland
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Knowles
Mr. Richard P. Kosian & Ms. Sally Hamblen
Cinny Little
Ms. Ann S. Hurd Robert Hurst
Mr. Edward N. Krapels
Mr. Charles W. Long
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Jackson
Mr. Robert Edward Krivi & Dr. Gwen G. Krivi
Mr. & Mrs. Caleb Loring, III
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome C. Hunsaker, III
Mr. Jeremy Maurice Jacobs & Mrs. Alice Jacobs
Ms. Nancy Corns Littlehale
Mr. & Mrs. David Loring
Pamela S. Kunkemueller
Mrs. Catherine H. Jacobus
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kupper, Jr.
Ms. Susan F. Jarvi
Ms. Frances LaBaree
Peter & Babette Loring
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Ms. Diane C. Nordin & Mr. Thomas Keller
Ms. Katherine Potter Mr. & Mrs. Gregory L. Pottle
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Meahl
Ms. Amanda Bryce Norton & Mr. Gerald Norton Mr. Alexander A. Notopoulos, Jr. & Ms. Alexis Anderson
Mr. Michael Powell & Ms. Devon Powell
Michael & Gail Lynch
Mr. Robert Alan Medaugh & Mrs. Barbara Medaugh
Eric & Amy Mabley
Mr. James Meehan
Ms. Suzane Novacek
Mr. Robert P. Powers & Mrs. Jane Powers
Cynthina M. Macarchuk Donor Advised Fund
Ms. Anne T. Melvin & Dr. Daniel J. Sullivan
Mr. Michael R. Nowlan & Mrs. Elizabeth R. Nowlan
Dr. Daniel Pratt & Mrs. Susanna Pratt
Ms. Julie E. Mackin & Mr. Daniel S. Clevenger
Ms. Josephine A. Merck
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Nussbaum
Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Paine Metcalf
The Donal C. O'Brien Jr. Family
Mr. Richard McKim Preston & Ms. Lori Preston
Mr. Robert W. Macleod & Mrs. Barbara W. Macleod
Ms. Lucy D. Metcalf
Ms. Mary G. O'Connell & Mr. Peter J. Grua
Mr. Charles Provenzano & Ms. Cheryl Cronin
Mr. Brian W. Ogilvie & Ms. Jennifer N. Heuer
Mr. Michael Pulitzer & Ms. Ramelle Pulitzer
Olive Avenue Productions LLC
Nat & Holly Pulsifer
Ms. Victoria B. O'Neill & Mr. Thomas E. Kelly, Jr.
Mr. Michael J. Puzo & Mrs. Christine M. Puzo
Mrs. Nannette F. Orr
Mr. James Quinty & Mrs. Elizabeth Quinty
Joe & Deborah Loughry Mr. James H. Lowell & Mrs. Terri Zeigler Lowell Ms. Sarah H. Lupfer
Mr. Michael R. Miele & Ms. Anne Esbenshade
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Alexander & Sunny Macmillan
Mr. Vincent A. Chippari & Ms. Deneen McQueen-Chippari
Mr. Timothy O'Shea & Mrs. Margaret O'Shea
Margaret Poutasse
Mr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pratt
Our Island Club
Mr. Lance A. Ramshaw & Ms. Abigail G. Wine
Ms. Sheila Owen & Mrs. Patricia Roberson
Mr. John Freeman Randall & Mrs. Catherine S. Randall
Stonehouse, Inc.
Ms. Anne Randolph
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Parker
Mr. Peter R. Rawlings & Mrs. Ellen Rawlings
Ms. Christine Parks Mr. Robert Paschke & Dr. Deidre Donaldson
Mr. Jay F. Rawson & Mrs. Ellen Rawson
Mr. Eric Patey & Ms. Charlene Patey
Mr. James F. Reardon
Mrs. Sandra Ray
Mr. Dan T. Madden & Mrs. Anne M. Madden
Mrs. Enid R Mingolelli
Mr. James Patten & Mrs. Joyce Patten
Mrs. Elizabeth Cabot Minot
Mr. James Recht & Mr. Donald Greenstein
Ms. Alison Maker
Ms. Abby Patterson
Mr. Robert B. Minturn
Brad & Shira Paul
Mr. & Mrs. George A. Reilly
Mr. Paul R. Marcus & Mrs. Anne P. Marcus
Mr. & Mrs. John O. Mirick
Mrs. Chester D. Peirce
Richard & Judy Reilly v
Mr. Kurt Mittelstaedt & Mrs. Martha Mittelstaedt
Alan & Judy Pemstein
Mrs. Margaret M. Reiser & Dr. Charles L. Cooney
Mr. Adam Markell & Mrs. Rosemary Markell Mr. & Mrs. William B. Marsh Mr. Ronald G. Marshall & Mrs. Ellen Marshall Shirley & Jim Marten Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank
Mohawk Northeast, Inc. Mr. Matthew Montgomery & Mr. Kristian Kassimis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Montminy Mr. & Mrs. Colin Moore
Carmela & Walker Martin
Mrs. Joyce L. Morgan & Mr. James L. Morgan
Mr. Gary D. Martin & Mrs. Karen Martin
Mr. Christopher Morss
Mr. Rob Martin
Mr. William B. Mosakowski
Mr. William Martin & Ms. Kristin Hanson Martin
Ms. Deborah W. Moses
Mastwood Charitable Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. George R. Mrkonic
Yasuko S. & Richard P. Mattione
Maria Mucci/Charles S. & Zena A. Scimeca Charitable Fund
Mr. Daniel K. Mayer & Mrs. Jennifer Z. Mayer
Ms. Kathleen Mullens
Thomas & Emily McClintock Cathy & Scot McCulloch
Ms. Johanna Musselman & Mr. David Musselman
Mr. H. Bruce McEver
Mr. James D. Nail & Ms. Catherine Belden
Marie & Robert McInnes
Mr. Nicholas Negroponte
Mr. James T. McGuinness
Ms. Kristin Nelson
Ms. Janice D. McKeever & Mr. Joseph F. McKeever, III
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Netland
Mr. Christopher McKown & Ms. Abigail Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd B. McManus, Jr.
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Mrs. Catharine Newbury & Mr. David S. Newbury Mr. Paul Britton Newhouse & Mrs. Diane M. Newhouse
Mr. Jonathan Penn & Mrs. Linda Penn Mr. & Ms. Russell J. Peotter Ms. Gloria Percival Cynthia & Dick Perkins Mr. William B. Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R Perley Mr. Dayne A Perruzzi Mrs. Victoria Mark Peters Mr. & Mrs. Francis B. Phillips Mr. Stephen John Phillips & Mrs. Marianne Phillips Ms. Miriam Phillips & Mr. Charles Eley Ms. Joanna L. Phippen Mr. & Mrs. Matthew V. Pierce Mr. Scott Jeffrey Pinarchick & Mrs. Cheryl B. Pinarchick Mr. William L. Pingree & Mrs. Lucy C. Pingree Ms. Susanna B. Place & Mr. Scott L. Stoll Mr. & Mrs. John M. Plukas Ms. Vida E. Poole Mr. Dana G. Pope & Mrs. Carolyn A. Pope Ms. Allison Porter Ellen M. Poss
Robert J. Newhouse, Jr. †
Dr. Richard S. Post & Mrs. Janet H. Post
Sarah & Jeff Newton
Mrs. Diana Hitt Potter
Mr. Dale Reiss Mr. Joe M. Riccitelli-Pestana & Mrs. Brenda Riccitelli-Pestana Mr. & Mrs. William P. Rice, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Rich Mrs. Margaret E. Richardson Migsie & Gar Richlin Mrs. Lynne Rickabaugh & Mr. Mark V. Rickabaugh Mrs. Nancy Riegel Mrs. Virginia M. Ripp & Mr. Joseph A. Ripp River Valley Market LLC Deborah C. Robbins & Family, in memory of James O. Robbins Mr. George O. Roberts Henrietta & Heaton Robertson Robinhood Cove Fund Mr. Richard Doyle Rockwell & Mrs. Lyly D. Rockwell Jeff & Chris Rodek Mr. Allan Rodgers Mr. Richard L. Rodgers & Ms. Heather J. Reid Lucas Rogers & Mathieu Gagne Ken & Ellen Roman Philip Rosenkranz
Dr. Jeffrey S. Ross & Mrs. Karen C. Ross
Mr. Michael A. Simpson
Ms. Carol A. Rouleau & Mr. Gerald J. Lipsky
Mr. Karl Sims & Mrs. Patricia E. Maes
Ms. Jacqueline Rousseau Mr. & Mrs. George W. Rowley, Jr.
Mrs. Leslie Slavin & Mr. Howard L. Slavin
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin V. Ruddy
Mr. Joel Allen Smith & Katherine Smith
Mr. Michael C. Ruettgers & Ms. Maureen Ruettgers
Mundi & Syd Smithers
Dr. Joseph C. Runkle & Ms. Amy Snodgrass
Dr. Richard A. Snellgrove
Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Sisselman
Cynthia Rusis & Armins Rusis
Mrs. Hilary Somers Deely & Mr. Philip Deely
Ms. Anita B. Ryan & Mr. Anthony J. Ryan
Mrs. Daisy Soros
Mr. John P. Ryan & Dr. Claire P. Mansur
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Spector
Didi & Neal Ryland
Mr. Lionel B. Spiro & Mrs. Vivian K. Spiro
Mrs. Bonnie Sacerdote
Mr. Greg Spivy & Mrs. Laura Y. Spivy
Mr. Stephen Sachman
Mr. David F. St. Laurent & Mrs. Mary M. St. Laurent
Chris & Pito Salas Mr. Richard B. Saltzman & Mrs. Bette A. Saltzman
Peggy & David Starr Pamela & Richard R. Stebbins, Jr.
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Ms. Janice M. Smyth
Mr. Matthew C. Torrey & Ms. Amy B. Torrey
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wenzel
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Townsend Trail Animals Running Club (TARC)
Mrs. Dorothy A. Wexler & Mr. Luke Sadrian
Ms. Denise Trapani Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Sandy Weymouth
Kelley & Mark Truchan
Mr. Nat Wheelwright
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J Tucker
Mr. Peter Whistler
Mr. Stephen K. West & Mrs. Ann W. West
Mr. James R. Salzano & Mrs. Shana K. Salzano
Mr. Karel Steiner & Mrs. Catherine A. Steiner
Mr. Alec Sargent & Mrs. Lee Sargent
Mr. Arthur K. Steinert & Ms. Suzanne Pinto
Ms. Vanya Tulenko & Mr. Nunzi Sapuppo
Mrs. Constance V. R. White
Mrs. Melissa A. Tully
Mr. & Mrs. Richard White
Mrs. Joan Scheinbart & Mr. Jon Scheinbart
Joly Stewart
Mr. Peter J. Turowski & Mrs. Elizabeth S. Turowski
Mr. & Mrs. Stephan J. White
Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Schliemann
Ms. Catherine M. Stone
Mr. † & Mrs. Charles W. Schmidt
Dick & Susie Stone
Mrs. Rebecca Saunders
Stier Family
Mr. Noah Schneiderman & Mrs. Stacey Schneiderman
Dr. Jennifer P. Stone & Mr. Jonathan Green
Ms. Elizabeth K. Schodek
Mrs. Mimi L. Storey & Mr. Charles M. Storey Garrett Stuck & Pamela Coravos Mr. & Mr. Jacques N. Sultan Dr. Mitchell L. Sweet & Ms. Andrea Peraner-Sweet Ms. Dorry Swope
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Ms. Lisa W. Sziklas Dr. Ronald W. Takvorian & Dr. Katherine Upchurch Takvorian
Shwartz Family Foundation Mrs. Jordan Silva & Mr. Kevin M. Silva
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Valentine & Mr. John H. Valentine, Jr.
Ed & Imogen Wilson
Mr. John C. Willis, Jr. Mr. Nathan M. Wilson & Ms. Megan D. Gadd
Mr. Michael R. Van Brunt & Mrs. Elizabeth S. Van Brunt
Ms. Patricia S. Winer
Ms. Gay Ryerson Vervaet
Ms. Linda C. Wisnewski
Mr. & Mrs. David S. von Loesecke
Marisa Labozzetta & Martin Wohl
Mrs. Emily V. Wade
Ms. Sarah M. Wolfgang & Mr. Meldon Wolfgang, IV
Mr. Hans E. Tausig & Mrs. Eva-Maria Tausig
Mr. Neil E. Waisnor & Mrs. Leslie Waisnor
Bob Wright
Mr. David V. Taylor
Mr. Bradford B. Wakeman & Ms. Wendy D. Wakeman
The Echo Charitable Foundation
Mr. Joseph Short
Julie Hall Williams & Joel Williams
Mrs. Nancy B. Woods & Mr. Fred Woods
Charles S. & Zena A. Scimeca Charitable Fund
Don & Mary Shockey
Ms. Conevery Valencius & Mr. Matthew Valencius
Ms. Natalia K. Wainwright & Mr. Andrew S. Wainwright
Mrs. Beverly Malatesta Temple
Patrick & Katherine Sherbrooke
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wilkinson
Ms. Suzie Tapson & Mr. Gordon M. Burnes
Ms. Rene Schweickhardt & Mr. Jeff Hyman
Mrs. Mary Waters Shepley
Mr. Richard D. Urell
Ms. Kirsten Waerstad & Mr. Dharmesh Shah
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Taylor
Mr. Thomas M. Shannon & Mrs. Kathleen O. Shannon
Ms. Jody Lynn Ulmer
Whittier Family Charitable Gift Fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation
Mark & Jerilyn Tyrrell
Ms. Margaret M. Talcott & Mr. L. Scott Scharer
Dr. & Mrs. John R. Schreiber
Ms. Nancy Seaman & Mr. Alan D. Schwartz
Mr. Stephen H. White & Mrs. Virginia S. White
Mr. Michael L. Tushman & Mrs. Maggie Tushman
Mrs. Patricia R. Ternes Mr. & Mrs. John E. Thomas Mr. Thomas McKean Thomas Mr. & Ms. Peter Thomson Mrs. Marian F. Thornton & Mr. Richard D. Thornton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Tilghman Mrs. Denise M. Tompkins & Mr. Ronald G. Tompkins Mr. Andrew G. Torchia & Ms. Amy Torchia
Ms. Christina Wood Mrs. Sara L Wragge Ms. Claudia Sauermann Wu Ms. Laurel Zangerl-Salter & Mr. Carl Zangerl-Salter
Mr. & Mrs. Neil W. Wallace
Mrs. Paula Zavrl & Mr. Frank Zavrl
Mr. Thomas P. Walsh & Mrs. Elisabeth Walsh
Mr. Paul A. Zevnik & Ms. Ginny Grenham/The Zevnik Charitable Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Ward Ms. Kathy L. Washburn
Ms. Deborah L. Zildjian
Mr. Solomon B. Watson, IV & Ms. Brenda J. Watson
Ms. Veronica Zsolcsak Ms. Gail C. Zunz
Mr. Scott Wayne Dr. Janet Weathers & Dr. Ronald E. Cobb
Mr. Peter J. Zuromskis
Mrs. Charlene Weiss & Mr. Lawrence T. Weiss
† Deceased
Mrs. Susanna B. Weld
v Includes Gift in Kind
Mr. William F. Weld Dr. & Mrs. Scott D. Wellman
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The Semper Virens Society Semper Virens, which means “always green,” honors and recognizes generous individuals who have made a legacy gift to The Trustees. Since the first recorded bequest in 1902, support via wills and life income gifts has built and strengthened The Trustees’ mission. This strong financial base has provided important stability, enabling The Trustees to secure important landscapes and landmarks, acquire new reservations, implement innovative stewardship, share our conservation mission, and promote ongoing protection of threatened land across the state. We are delighted to list the members of the Semper Virens Society. In making a planned gift, these individuals have turned their passion into a legacy, and set an inspiring example for others to follow. Anonymous (16)
Robert W. & Bettyle Carpenter
Gaffney J. Feskoe
Charles F. Kane, Jr. & Anne W. Eldridge
Ms. Rosamond W. Allen
Jacques P. & Fredericka B. Fiechter
Joyce P. & Charles B. Ketcham
Lindsay & Blake Allison
CDR & Mrs. Robert H. Chambers Jr. USN (ret.)
Barbara A. Field
Jonathan & Judy † Keyes
Mr. Manuel Fernando Álvarez-González
Jennifer C. & Stephen T. Chen
Dr. Edward H. Fitch
Mary Ellen Kiddle
Judith Ann Amelotte
Mr. William W. Claflin, Jr. †
Steven Fitzek & Ann Bracchi
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kimball
Josephine H. Ashley
Peter Coffin
Mr. Eric M. Flint
Mr. William S. Babbitt
Mrs. I. W. Colburn
Elaine Foster
Mrs. Judith J. C. King & Mr. Mark A. King
Jeannette Harvey Bart & Walter J. Bart, Jr.
Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld†
Ms. Adele Franks
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Constable
Albert & Suzanne Frederick
Robert A. Barton†
Mr. Glenn B. Conway†
Diane J. Gallan
Mr. Steedman L. Bass
Nathaniel S. Coolidge
Jim & Marianne Gambaro
Ms. Alison Bassett
Mr. & Mrs. James N. Cooper
John Lowell Gardner
Elisabeth Bayle
Ms. Paula V. Cortés
Susan Haupt Gerdine
Mr. Christopher M. Begg
Mr. † & Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr.
Mrs. Gloria J. Gery
Mr. David A. Behnke & Mr. Paul F. Doherty, Jr.
Melissa Crocker
Ms. Cynthia Gibson
Mr. & Mrs. David D. Croll
Mr. & Mrs. Adolfo Bezamat
Ms. Marjorie Coleman Glaister
Patricia Crosthwait
Deborah M. Blake
Ralph D. & Elizabeth W. Gordon
Susan W. Crum
Gwen M. Blodgett
Alexander Yale Goriansky
Dianne C. Dana
Cynthia C. Bloomquist
Mr. Morris Gray, Jr.
Deb Davis & Art Raiche
Kib & Tess Bramhall
Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Guild, Jr.
Mr. Philip H. Davis & Mr. Eric M. Flint
Corey W. & Donna M. Briggs
Christopher Gunning & Louise Dube
Elizabeth Dill & Chris Rowbottom
Mr. William E. Briggs
Mr. James H. Hammons, Jr.
Robert A. & Suzanne Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brockelman
Barbara Hanley & Leo Brooks
John Downie
Cornelia W. Brown
Douglas B. & Susan Harding
Bonnie D. Brugger
Stephen Patrick Driscoll & Robert A. Tocci
Mrs. Roslyn E. Harrington
Lois E. Brynes & Serena Hilsinger
Caitlyn & Kimberly Duncan-Mooney
Mrs. Eustace W. Buchanan
Mr. David T. Edsall
Mary M. Burgarella
Mr. Nicholas C. Edsall
William L. Burgart
Thomas & Jane Ellsworth
Raymond & Susan Burk
Mr. & Mrs. C. Herbert Emilson
Mrs. Douglas E. Busch
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald H. Epp
Ms. Winifred B. Bush
Barbara J. Erickson & Peter Torrebiarte
Mr. John S. Butterworth Mrs. Mollie T. Byrnes & Mr. John H. Byrnes, Jr.
Richard J. Erickson & Laurie S. Miles
Rebecca Gardner Campbell
Mrs. Christine Ferrari
38 THE TRUSTEES
William W. Farkas
Margery Harris Nathan Hayward, III Mr. Kenneth H. Hill Eloise W. & Arthur C. Hodges Mary B. Horne Roger B.† & Janice G. Hunt Melanie Reed Ingalls Al R. Ireton Jay Jaroslav & Susan Erony Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Jordan Virginia Jordan
Mr. Brian M. Kinney & Dr. Nancy L. Keating Lawrence & Sarah Klein Mr. Jeffrey R. Kontoff Jeffrey D. Korzenik Mrs. Berthe K. Ladd Mr. Edward H. Ladd Ellen B. Lahlum Mr. & Mrs. Peter Laipson Gertrude Lanman Mr. Robert A. Larsen & Ms. Judith A. Robichaud Monique Lehner Mr. Allan S. Leonard Josh Lerner & Wendy Wood Mr. George E. Lewis, Sr. Dr. Terri Loewenthal Caleb Loring, III Nancy J. & Holger M. Luther Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Lyford Robert & Linda MacIntosh Leandra MacLennan Harry & Caryl MacLeod Sylvia S. Mader Mr. & Mrs. Eli Manchester, Jr. Ms. Lisa Manning Albert R. Margeson Shirley & Jim Marten Linda J. Mazurek Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. McAulay
J. Greer & Elizabeth I. McBratney
John R. & Rebecca C. Schreiber
Ms. Claire McCall
William E. Schroeder & Martitia Tuttle
Ms. Nancy F. McCarthy & Mr. Paul Creamer
Barbara C. Schwartz
Cathleen D. McCormick
James G. Shanley & Karen P. Battles
Mr. H. Bruce McEver
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Shapp
Thomas D. McKiernan
Sharon L. Sharnprapai
Mrs. John S. McLennan
Jennifer C. Shaw
Katherine J. McMillan
Hugh† & Mary Waters Shepley
Stephen E. Mermelstein
Mr. & Mrs. Norton Q. Sloan, Jr.
Virginia & Laurence Michie
John L Slocum & Elizabeth A Slocum
Mary Mintz
Mr. & Mrs. F. S. Smithers, IV
Benjamin C. Moore
Ms. Emma-Marie Snedeker
Wendy D. Morgan
James W. Spinney
Christopher Morss
Mr. & Mrs. Burgess P. Standley
Robert Newman & Nancy Jones
Patricia P. Storey
Thomas H. Nicholson
Mary Ann Streeter
Thomas L. P. O'Donnell
Beverly M. Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Oman
Carol F. Surkin & Elliot M. Surkin
Carolyn & Robert Osteen
Hooker & Jane Talcott
Mrs. Olivia H. Parker
Jack Teahan & Judi Teahan
Mr. Alan Pasnik & Ms. Cynthia O'Neil
Mr. Phillip Terpos
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas D. Payne
Peter H. Van Demark
Dorothy S. Peirce Joan Person
Ms. Lori van Handel & Ms. Nancy A. Roseman
Kirk E. Peterson & Christine M. Yario
Frank Vartuli
Margaret Peterson
Gay Vervaet
Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Petino
Julie M. Viola
Mr. Gabriel Petino
Ralph B. Vogel†
Robert F. Pilicy
Ralph B. Vogel, II
Harriet Marple Plehn
Ms. Carol Wadsworth
Anne P. Plunkett
Ms. Margaret A. Waggoner
George Putnam
Pamela B. Weatherbee
Colm J. Renehan
Mr. Edward J. Weiner
Bea A. Robinson
Ms. Jane A. Weir
Stephen C. & Emma Root
Constance V. R. White
Mr. Philip W. Rosenkranz
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Whiting
Johanna Roses Robichau & Joseph Robichau
Hope W. Wigglesworth†
Donald Guy Ross
Mr. Richard S. Wood
Johanna Hansen Ross
Nancy C. Woolford
James L. Roth
Mr. Mark G. Zawacki & Mrs. Nancy Zawacki
Paul E. & Lisa B. Sacksman
David W. Scudder
Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Winthrop
Stanley & Barbara Schantz † Deceased
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