Western Reserve Land Conservancy Annual Report 2015 by Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Nurturing thriving, prosperous communities By any measure, Western Reserve Land Conservancy is now deemed to be one of our nation’s great conservation organizations. We are especially excited to share our results with all of you because you make all of our good work possible. And yet we do not wish to tell our story through metrics that are focused on our results, as important as they are to our region (we will share some of our milestones with you, of course). Instead, our team has pulled together eight compelling stories that collectively paint the full picture of our service to our cherished region. When our work is done our region will be filled with thriving,

prosperous communities nourished by vibrant natural areas, working farms and healthy cities. And we will accomplish this by providing the people of our region with essential natural assets through land conservation and restoration. In 2006, we merged eight little land conservancies to form the current Western Reserve Land Conservancy. Since then we have grown to become a visionary leader and a catalyst for measurable, tangible progress in land conservation and restoration. In the pages that follow, you will read about this progress, which has made us the largest conservation organization in Ohio. And yet, beyond the acres and the deals, the hallmark of our work is deep collaboration in which we respect the diversity of our partners… from creating preserves with Lorain Metro Parks to working with the distressed neighborhoods that surround the old Saint Luke’s hospital near Shaker Square in Cleveland. We think

you will be surprised by the diversity of work, of places, and of people that is revealed in the stories within this report. Please take some time to read through our entire annual report because it is a designed as a narrative about our region; curl up with a cup of tea and lose yourself in the majesty of the Crowell Hilaka Recreation Area, in the transcendent power of our Reforest our City program, in the wilderness of north Trumbull County, in the agricultural legacy of Lonesome Pine Farm, in the expansive collaboration to restore the Grand River’s habitat, and in the multigenerational conservation joy of the Holland family in Medina. Our work is both strategic and holistic; uniquely, we address the causes of urban sprawl in our cities, and we attend to the effects by identifying, conserving and restoring essential natural assets that are threatened by poorly planned development. In the end, our work – from the denuded streets of downtown Cleveland to the verdant hills of the Chagrin Valley – boils down to this: we nourish and support healthy communities. We make the world a better place. All of our work is made possible by your support. Thank you for being our partner and for nurturing us so that we can nurture our region. With our gratitude,

Rich Cochran and Betsy Juliano

Cochran is the Land Conservancy’s president and CEO and Juliano chairs the board of trustees.

Tracking our Results In fiscal year 2015, the Land Conservancy permanently protected another 49 properties and an additional 4,332 acres, the fourth-highest totals in the history of the organization. We finished the fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 2015, with 568 protected properties covering 42,635 acres. Other highlights:

Land Bank Status

Williams

Van Wert

counties, bringing Ohio’s total to 24. In 2015, the Ohio legislature’s voted to eliminate the 60,000 population threshold for counties wishing to establish land banks, every county in Ohio is now eligible to create county land banks, which can safely hold vacant, abandoned, and taxforeclosed properties.

Wyandot

By the end of the 2015 calendar year, the Land Conservancy will have protected over 43,000 acres.

Medina

Ashland

Crawford

Wayne

Richland

Summit Mahoning

Stark

Columbiana

Hardin Marion

Auglaize

Jefferson

Morrow Shelby Darke

Union Champaign

Preble Montgomery

Butler

Tuscarawas

Knox Coshocton

Delaware Licking

Miami

Muskingum

Franklin

Clark Madison

Fairfield

Greene Pickaway

Ross

Vinton

Highland

Clermont

Pike

Scioto

Gallia Lawrence

County Boundaries Land Bank is Established Have Expressed Interest Eligible

Washington Athens

Meigs Jackson

Brown Adams

Guernsey

Morgan

Clinton

Hamilton

Harrison

Noble

Perry

Hocking Warren

Carroll

Holmes

Logan

· Trumbull County (7,798 acres) surpassed Geauga County

(7,556 acres) with the most Land Conservancy protected acreage given a number of farmland and watershed projects. Huron County and the Huron Watershed saw the largest jump in protected land, adding nearly 2,100 acres in the county and 1,769 acres in the watershed.

Portage

Huron

Allen

· Our land stewardship team visits each of our preserved

· Two new land banks were formed in Sandusky and Licking

Trumbull

Lorain

Hancock

Fayette

Erie

Sandusky

Seneca Putnam

· We have now protected land in 23 counties. properties at least once a year. That means our employees and trained volunteers are making more than 550 visits per year to make sure protected land remains in its natural condition. Visits to a few of our larger protected tracts are done by aircraft.

Henry

Geauga Cuyahoga

Wood

Paulding

Mercer

Ottawa

Defiance

Ashtabula

Lake

Lucas

Fulton

Belmont

Monroe

Acres Protected by Watershed

Acres Protected by County

WATERSHED 132

Yellow Creek

Vermilion River Tuscarawas River Sandusky

Mercer, PA 395

649

1,391

Mahoning River

1,352

Mahoning 121

7,410

Lorain 3,463

Lake 1,087

Jefferson 132

Huron 5,452

Guernsey 56

Acres Protected by Year

376 184

Lake Erie Islands Huron River

Grand River

Conneaut Creek

218

4,863

Cuyahoga River

Ashtabula River

Geauga 7,556

Medina 1,183

Black River

Erie 1,495

Ottawa 53

845

Chagrin River

Cuyahoga 1,913

Portage 2,533

1,802

Pymatuning Creek

Frontal Lake Erie

Columbiana 326

Richland 154

Little Beaver Creek

Ashtabula 6,283

Sandusky 333

331

Rocky River

Ashland 250

6,305

1,212 ACRES

Walhonding River

Wayne 157

Stark 432 Seneca 95

602

Yankee Run-Shenango River Wills

Summit 1,368

Trumbull 7,798

4,369

7,604

2,908

1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 ACRES

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Perseverance and partnership: protecting Camp Crowell Hilaka The creation and permanent protection of the Crowell Hilaka Recreation Area is a story of perseverance, passion, strategy and community conservation. Originally purchased and farmed by the Oviatt family in 1831, inventor James B. Kirby bought the property in 1919. He built his estate on the 336-acre parcel which included a mill and waterwheel that generated electric power for his lab and workshop; a house that was originally airconditioned by diverting spring water to flow over its roof; and a hall that was built on enormous trolley springs which bounced as people danced. Kirby sold the land to the Cleveland Girl Scouts in 1937. For more than 70 years, thousands of girls camped at Crowell Hilaka and enjoyed the property’s two lakes, several headwater streams, mature forest, wetlands and miles of hiking trails. When the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio (GSNEO) announced the closing of Camp Crowell Hilaka in 2011, serious concerns arose about its impending sale. Scouts, neighbors, and community leaders feared the land would be sold to a developer, timbered or both. Given the significant conservation value of the property, the Land Conservancy entered into a purchase and sale agreement with GSNEO to acquire the property in mid-2012. For the next year, the Land Conservancy searched for an owner aligned with its preservation mission with little success. No legitimate partner emerged, forcing the Land Conservancy to request an extension of the purchase agreement and to reevaluate its conservation strategy. In the spring of 2014, a working group was formed that included members of representatives from the Land Conservancy, Richfield Township, the Village of Richfield, the Buckeye Trail Association, Friends of Crowell Hilaka, the Richfield Historical Society and Summit County 66

Council. After much deliberation, it was determined that forming a new joint recreation district and putting a bond and tax levy on the November ballot would provide the best chance for success. Work began immediately. The Village of Richfield and Richfield Township passed resolutions to form the Richfield Joint Recreation District (RJRD) in mid-July. Just a few short weeks later, the RJRD was able to submit the necessary documents in order to get a bond and levy on the ballot. During September and October, the Land Conservancy worked with a newly formed campaign committee to promote the ballot issues and hold open houses which were attended by hundreds of people each weekend. In November 2014, voters in the Village of Richfield and Richfield Township overwhelmingly approved the ballot measures. After the resounding vote of support from the community, the Land Conservancy leveraged its extensive public funding experience to help the RJRD explore financing options. The Land Conservancy applied for an approximately $1.1 million Clean Ohio grant on behalf of the RJRD which was ultimately approved by the local NRAC District 8 committee and the Ohio Public Works Commission. With the final funding secured, Western Reserve Land Conservancy turned over management of the newly established Crowell Hilaka Recreation Area to the RJRD in July 2015. At the ceremony, RJRD Board Chair Floyd Ostrowski shared, “I am so proud to be part of this community and a member of this board, which has accomplished so much in such a short amount of time. Our mission to preserve, conserve and recreate will not just be for this generation but for future generations.” Crowell Hilaka Recreation Area opened to the public in August 2015. The Land Conservancy now holds a conservation easement on the property, permanently protecting its rich ecological and historic heritage. “Even when the conservation of Crowell Hilaka seemed like the longest of longshots, we strategized with our partners to protect this extraordinary property,” said Joe Leslie, Director of Acquisitions for the Land Conservancy. “It’s a truly remarkable story for all involved and the people of Richfield should be congratulated for making it happen.”

Lorain County Metro Parks focuses on connectivity Connectivity is a major theme for Lorain County Metro Parks’ director James Ziemnik. “We have incredible natural resources throughout Lorain County and our job is to help folks embrace what we have,” explained the park district director. “We have beautiful land and we have beautiful water resources – from the Black and Vermilion rivers to the Great Lake in our front yard. We are trying to connect people to our parks, within the parks, and find other ways to make our parks accessible for folks to get out and enjoy nature.” Ziemnik pointed out that building these physical connections for residents also requires building connections with organizations like Western Reserve Land Conservancy. “Jim is one of those directors quick to call the Land Conservancy and share land protection opportunities,” shared Keith McClintock, vice president of conservation for Western Reserve Land Conservancy. “He finds ways in which our organization can complement the work of his staff and maximize state and federal grant money for projects.” The park district partnered with the Land Conservancy to purchase the former Royal Oaks Golf Club in the village of Grafton. The project connected two separate parcels of the Metro Park’s Indian Hollow Reservation and expanded the reservation’s overall size to 726 acres. The property, located in the Black River watershed, provides important natural habitat for plants, animals, and a number of bird species including juvenile bald eagles, a fledgling great horned owl as well as native and migratory birds. The park also provides recreation opportunities to the community. Before the park’s official opening in September 2015, over 12,000 visitors made use of the two and a half miles of hiking trails, three fishing ponds, and half-mile dedicated fitness loop within Indian Hollow Reservation. Lorain County Metro Parks first partnered with the Land Conservancy in 2007 to preserve the Firelands’ Scout Camp. In

July 2014, the organizations worked together to permanently protect a 62-acre property adjacent to the Cassell Reservation and in October 2015, a 13-acre property adjacent to the district’s Hollstein Reservation. These projects have expanded public parks and preserves, while protecting diverse wildlife habitat. “It’s all right here,” Ziemnik said using a Wizard of Oz analogy to describe the park system which now covers nearly 10,000 acres. “You need not look any farther than your own back yard to pursue your heart’s desire.”

“We all need nature as much as we need fresh air to breathe. What if there were no places like the parks where children and families could go free of charge, to play, discover, and explore their natural world? We are honored and privileged to work with Lorain County Metro Parks and Western Reserve Land Conservancy to find ways to enrich the community and future generations.” – Linda Styer, senior program officer at Lorain County Community Foundation.

Outdoor enthusiasts give back to the land As president of the Ashtabula County Wildlife Conservation League and Sheffield Beagle Club, lifelong conservationist, Dale Sunderlin, Jr., was instrumental in initiating and working with the Land Conservancy to permanently protect the club owned properties, totaling 236 acres, in 2014. Dale, and his wife, Janie, did not stop there. This year, the avid outdoor enthusiasts worked with the Land Conservancy to place a conservation easement on their own family’s 52-acre property in Mesopotamia Township, located in northern Trumbull County. This property is almost entirely forested and contains nearly 50 acres of wetlands and approximately 1,200 linear feet along the state designated Scenic and Wild Grand River. The Sunderlin’s property is located within a growing corridor of permanently preserved properties supporting high quality natural habitats. Thousands of acres in an area known as the Grand River Lowlands have been protected by conservation partners including the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Trumbull MetroParks, The Nature Conservancy and the Land Conservancy. “It’s amazing to see the conservation mosaic coming together in the Grand River Lowlands.” said Brett Rodstrom, the Land

Conservancy’s vice president of eastern field operations. “It’s a testament to the dedication and passion of dozens of organizations and landowners focusing on both public and private conservation projects.” Walking along the trails laid with his father, Dale Sunderlin, Jr. shared, “I thank my dad every day for instilling in me a passion for the great outdoors.” Dale’s family, as he put it, “was one of the driving forces to put a conservation easement on our property and protect it even after I’m gone.” The Land Conservancy and its partners secured federal funding for the purchase of the conservation easement through a grant from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), distributed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and administered by Ducks Unlimited. NAWCA was passed, in part, to support activities under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, an international agreement that provides a strategy for the long-term protection of wetlands and associated habitats needed by waterfowl and other migratory birds in North America. The Sunderlin’s property provides the family with more than hunting and fishing opportunities. According to Dale, spending time on the property brought him closer to his wife, Janie, and his father, Dale Sunderlin, Sr. “This land gave us so much over the last twenty years,” Janie explained. “Placing a conservation easement is our way of giving back to the land.”

Talking trees: Reforest Our City launches in Cleveland Trees save energy, reduce stormwater runoff, enhance property values, improve water quality and make our neighborhoods more attractive. But in many urban and suburban communities, tree canopies are dwindling – the city of Cleveland loses approximately 97 acres of canopy each year. Western Reserve Land Conservancy launched Reforest Our City to reverse the trend. During its inaugural year, the Land Conservancy planted over 1,800 trees in Cleveland neighborhoods. Trees were planted by a host of individual volunteers, ages 8 to 80, and community partners including schools, block clubs and community development corporations. In addition to engaging and training individual volunteers, the Land Conservancy has plugged corporate volunteer groups into its reforestation efforts. Employees from ArborWear planted a grove of trees alongside students and community members at Saint Luke’s Manor in honor of late Land Conservancy Board Chair Mary Arter Weber. Eaton Corporation employees spent time planting at a community orchard in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood and Alcoa employees planted more than 300 trees as part of a stream restoration along Mill Creek. The Reforest Our City grant program, administered by the Land Conservancy, provides funding to community groups and block 12

clubs to plant trees in their neighborhood. These grants have transformed community spaces, like EcoVillage Gateway Park outside of the West 65th RTA Rapid Station in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. But planting is not the only facet of the Reforest Our City program. The Land Conservancy partnered with Holden Arboretum/Cleveland Botanical Gardens to develop the Sherwick Tree Steward Training program, which educates community members on the benefits of trees and trains them to maintain existing and newly planted trees. Workshops address topics including tree biology and identification, pruning, planting, root and soil care, urban tree stress, and community planting projects. Over 200 individuals attended training sessions, generously supported by the Sherwick Fund, conducted by the Land Conservancy’s Colby Sattler and Holden Arboretum’s Chad Clink, both certified arborists, in the program’s inaugural year. Reforest Our City activities are an important part of the larger community-wide collaboration to rebuild the urban forest through partnership. The Land Conservancy and Holden Arboretum/Cleveland Botanical Gardens partnered with the City of Cleveland Office of Sustainability, LAND studio, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Davey Resource Group to release the guiding document for this collaboration, the Cleveland Tree Plan, in October 2015. “We’re on the map regionally, and to a degree nationally, for our reforestation efforts,” shared Sattler. “The fact that folks are now regularly talking about Cleveland’s tree canopy speaks to the fact that there is a lot of interest in rebuilding Cleveland as the Forest City.”

Oberlin Great South Woods protected

The Land Conservancy acquired a 63-acre portion of what is known as Oberlin Great South Woods with the intent of creating a nature preserve on the property. The parcel, which has forests, wetlands and a sedge meadow, as well as several rare species of birds, reptiles and amphibians, was targeted for conservation for more than a decade.

Central Huron County farmland preserved for generations to come

Following conversations with several landowners who have donated conservation easements to the Land Conservancy, Rich Smith decided to first preserve a 332-acre tract of land that has been farmed by his family for three generations. The property produces various rotations of corn, soybeans and wheat as part of a larger grain farm operation by Rich and his two sons spanning hundreds of acres. The property also contains three woodlots, nearly a half-mile of tributaries to the Huron River and prime farmland soils.

Former landfill to become part of green corridor

The Land Conservancy acquired a 28-acre former landfill in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood and plans to make it part of a growing green corridor that includes the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Brookside Reservation and the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail.

First farm preserved in Wayne County

The Peart family permanently protected their 98-acre family farm near Burbank with a donated conservation easement. Canaan Creek Organic Farm produces organic hay, barley seed and spelt in addition to having pastures for grass-fed beef cattle.

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Fifth anniversary of Haley’s Run Stream Restoration

The Serves family donated four vacant residential lots totaling 0.25 acres to the Land Conservancy, expanding the South Akron Greenway project which includes Haley’s Run, Adam’s Run, and a hoped-for future connector to the Little Cuyahoga River. The addition of this land is significant as the Land Conservancy worked closely with Lockheed Martin Corp. on the acquisition of parcels for the Haley’s Run Stream Restoration and Trail. The two organizations celebrated the fifth anniversary of the completion of this project with a bioblitz in July 2015.

Conservancies, landowners team up to preserve 92 acres in Gates Mills

A partnership between Gates Mills Land Conservancy and Western Reserve Land Conservancy, plus donations from landowners Evelyn Newell and Hickory Nut Farm, LLC, permanently protected the 92-acre Sherman Road Preserve. The property has grasslands, hardwood forest and a primary headwater stream that flows directly into the State Scenic Chagrin River. The land conservancies began work on this project in 2008.

Trumbull County grain farm protects additional land

This year, the W.I. Miller and Sons grain farm permanently preserved another 476 acres of farmland, raising the total acreage protected by the family business to 3,179 acres. The economy of northern Trumbull County depends on agriculture; the landprotection efforts by the Miller family will keep the land in agricultural use, thus supporting the local economy.

Protected Tinker’s Creek corridor continues to grow

The Land Conservancy worked with several partners on separate projects to protect land along Tinker’s Creek, the largest tributary of the Cuyahoga River. · The Land Conservancy partnered with the City of Bedford Heights to create a new 23-acre passive park abutting the southern boundary of the city’s Lucille Reed Park. The Solon Road Preserve has two ravines running from north to south; the eastern ravine contains 885 linear feet of a direct tributary to Tinker’s Creek. · The Village of Glenwillow and the Land Conservancy partnered to create a new 17.5-acre park and protect a half-mile of Tinker’s Creek, adjacent to Cleveland Metroparks Bedford Reservation. · A 25-acre nature preserve was created and an additional 27 acres was protected in Twinsburg Township through a partnership between Summit Metro Parks and the Land Conservancy. The tracts include 2,556 linear feet of Tinker’s Creek, 1,079 linear feet of unnamed tributary streams, and many acres of wetland and floodplain that holds and filters rainwater, helping improve water quality.

First property permanently protected in Jefferson County

Beverly Christen granted a conservation easement permanently protecting her 134-acre farm in the Yellow Creek valley, 20 miles northwest of Steubenville. The Christen farm is locally known as the location of Standing Rock, the site of a huge boulder that fell thousands of years ago into the Yellow Creek channel. Standing Rock has a long history dating back to precolonial Native Americans; several Midwest tribes used it as a meeting place. The stream is also designated as an Exceptional Warmwater Habitat and contains one of the last few populations of the Eastern Hellbender – a large salamander – in southeastern Ohio. 1515

Mother and daughter protect largest remaining farm in Copley Sally Gamauf’s father used to sit in his chair and look out over the family farm in the evening. Gamauf recounts, “In one place, there is a single pine in the middle of the field, all by itself. My dad would say, ‘That’s a lonesome pine.’ The name stuck.” Lonesome Pine Farm, a 119-acre tract in western Summit County, was been permanently preserved with a conservation easement granted to Western Reserve Land Conservancy by owners Sally Gamauf and her daughter, Darcy Brandel. The farm, which has been in the family for 92 years, is on Cleveland-Massillon Road, about a half-mile south of Copley Circle. “Darcy and I wanted to see it remain farmland forever,” said Gamauf, a retired University of Akron psychologist and former member of the Land Conservancy’s Medina Summit Chapter. “We also wanted to preserve the farm in honor of my father and my grandparents.” Gamauf’s grandparents purchased the land in 1923 and farmed it their entire lives. For the past 25 years, Lonesome Pine has been an organic farm and its prime agricultural soils produce hay, corn, soybeans and sunflowers. The farm also has two separate woodlots on the southern portion of the property.

Each member of the family seems to have a favorite place on the farm. Gamauf’s father was drawn to the lonesome pine, Gamauf to a small tributary and rock quarry in one of the wooded lots, and Brandel to an area in between. Gamauf attributes her connection to the land to her father. “My dad was an amazing person – kind and thoughtful and caring. He instilled an appreciation to be kind and to try to save the damn world.” With the recent sale and residential development of a farm off state Route 18, Lonesome Pine is now the largest remaining farm in Copley Township. The property is less than two miles from two other Land Conservancy conservation easements totaling 73 acres. “We are extremely grateful to Sally and Darcy for preserving this beautiful farm, particularly in a community that has seen so much growth and development,” said Andy McDowell, vice president of western field operations for the Land Conservancy. Sally Gamauf said it was very much a decision she and her daughter made together to permanently preserve the property. She said even though her daughter is now an English professor at Marygrove College in Detroit, “Darcy is really a farm girl gone to the city. She knows how to work the ground, she knows farming.”

Andy McDowell (right) presents Sally Gamuaf (center) and Darcy Brandel (left) with the 2015 Grimm Family Conservation Medal, one of the Land Conservancy’s highest honors. The medal recognizes a conservationminded landowner with “a deep and abiding passion for our mission, who has preserved land in a charitable manner, who views land as a precious resource and not as a commodity, and who has forgone significant financial value to preserve land.”

Conservation partners restore critical Grand River habitat The emergence of spring wildflowers is a welcome sight to many after a long winter, but the white trillium blooming along the banks of the Grand River was a welcomed sight for The Nature Conservancy’s Karen Adair – one that illustrates the power of partnerships in advancing conservation. The trillium, Ohio’s state wildflower, was blooming on floodplain that just one year earlier was choked by Japanese knotweed, an aggressive invasive plant known to grow in dense thickets reaching up to ten feet in height. By rapidly reproducing and spreading, invasive plants can harm native plant species, degrade wildlife habitat, increase the risk of soil erosion and flooding and impair the recreational use of wetlands and shoreline. These aggressive nonnative plant species cause major changes to the areas where they become established, harming our region’s natural heritage. For that reason, combating invasive species was listed as one of the five focus areas of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI),

a federal investment program launched in 2010 to accelerate protection and restoration efforts across the Great Lakes. Under Adair’s leadership, The Nature Conservancy partnered with Western Reserve Land Conservancy, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Geauga Park District, Lake Metroparks and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife to apply for the first round of GLRI funds in 2010. Funding was awarded and work began to combat invasive plants on partneridentified properties in the Grand River watershed. The Nature Conservancy’s seasonal staff members navigated and treated 800 acres reducing invasive plant species like Phragmites (common reed), purple loosestrife, reed canary grass and garlic mustard. “GLRI was an absolute game changer,” Adair explained. “It gave The Nature Conservancy and our partners the support to do the work we’ve dreamed of from the headwaters of the Grand River to its lower stretches. We were empowered to work at a much larger scale and continue those efforts today.”

Photo by John Pogancik

In 2014, The Nature Conservancy was awarded a second phase GLRI grant to work with private landowners to control invasive plants on 500 acres of land adjacent to the Grand River and its tributaries, including wetlands, with no prior invasive species management. Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s relationships with landowners in the Grand River watershed provided critical connections with landowners throughout the watershed, which will help ensure success of the project upon its completion in 2016.

A trillium blooms on floodplain in the Grand River lowlands that just one year earlier was choked by Japanese knotweed.

“I feel very fortunate to work in such a strong conservation community.” emphasized Adair. “It’s not just about protecting, managing and restoring land, but also about cooperating and working together across the watershed. Our collective efforts help prevent the need for serious, resource-intensive fixes in the future and will keep the Grand River beautiful and healthy for generations to come.”

Cleaning and greening to revitalize Cleveland neighborhoods “The real heroes of the foreclosure crisis,” explained Jay Westbrook, special project manager for Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s urban program, Thriving Communities, “are the residents with an empty side lot next to their property, a vacant boarded up house on the other side, and a house that’s abandoned and open across the street. These residents get up in the morning, go to work, send their kids to school and confront these almost indescribable conditions every day. And yet they persist. They pay their taxes; they mow their yards; they fix the broken gutters and paint their homes. If they had done what the banks did, they would have packed everything into the trunk of their car and driven away. And fortunately for our city, they didn’t. They’re our first partner in the fight on blight.” With generous support from the Saint Luke’s Foundation, the Land Conservancy’s Thriving Communities staff members have worked for nearly two years on a comprehensive strategy to address blight in the neighborhoods served by the former Saint Luke’s Medical Center, including Mount Pleasant, Buckeye and Woodland Hills. This project effectively blends the Land Conservancy’s strengths with the revitalization strategies of the Foundation to begin the process of creating safer, healthier neighborhoods in which residents regain a sense of pride. The project began in 2014 with a comprehensive property survey to identify the vacant and abandoned structures that attract crime and lower property values. More than 1,072 structures – nearly 10% of the properties – in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant, Buckeye and Woodland Hills neighborhoods, were identified as highly distressed – those houses ransacked and filled with trash, missing bricks or siding with broken and missing windows, or in danger of collapse. Demolition of blighted properties is known to help stabilize neighborhoods by restoring value to surrounding homes. While the Land Conservancy does not demolish houses, it does advocate for the removal of vacant and abandoned homes. This advocacy has proved significant in the Saint Luke’s neighborhood. At the conclusion of the neighborhood survey, project partners discovered more than half of the highly distressed 20

homes had not recently been inspected by the City of Cleveland. Neither citations nor condemnation orders – the first steps needed for demolition – had been issued. This prompted Thriving Communities to raise the issue with the City of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Since providing the survey results, the city has inspected over 500 properties in the neighborhood. The Land Conservancy’s work with the Cuyahoga Land Bank led to more than 100 demolitions in the Saint Luke’s Neighborhood between March 2014 and May 2015. “Thriving Communities’ advocacy brought a sense of urgency to the work,” explained Nelson Beckford, Saint Luke’s Foundation senior program officer. The increase in demolition activity will result in opportunities for greening in the community, which Beckford adds, “are motivating community members to get involved and carry the work forward.” Greening strategies include an increased number of side yard lots and opportunities to work with city officials on the creation of parks and public green space. Connecting residents, community development corporations, block clubs and churches to this greening piece most excites Jacquie Gillon, community engagement specialist for the Land Conservancy’s Thriving Communities Institute. “I hope to empower these groups with the knowledge and resources they need to clean, green and improve their neighborhoods so that we can eventually step aside and watch the community thrive.”

“Likening the project to dental work: demolition is the root canal and greening is the smile. The face of the community starts to come back with property repurposing and the encouragement of long-term homeowners and stakeholders.” – Jay Westbrook

White Oak legacy society

Our own white oak is a symbol of both our cultural and natural heritage in the Western Reserve. The White Oak is a large tree, growing up to 100 feet tall, with a trunk up to four feet across. This tree provides cover, and food in the form of acorns, for many birds and small mammals, even in winter, since its leaves often stay on. White oaks sometime live for hundreds of years, which is why the name was chosen for the White Oak Legacy Society. By including the Land Conservancy in your estate plan, you become a member of our White Oak Legacy Society.

Members include: Anonymous (4) Mr. William Abell Mrs. Hope Adelstein Mr. and Mrs. Peter Benson Dr. Jay Ankeney and Dr. Julie Clayman Mr. Edward Baker and Dr. Anna van Heeckeren Mr. and Mrs. Peter Balunek Mr. Richard Berg Mrs. Velda Sue Brown Mr. Richard and Dr. Jennifer Cochran Ms. Margaret Cummins Mr. Beau Daane Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. deConingh, Jr. Mrs. Louise Foster Mr. Mark D. Frank Mr. Roger Fuhrmeyer Ms. Laurel Gress Mrs. Susan Grimm Ms. Corinne P. Hadley Mrs. Mary Jane W. Hartwell Ms. Patricia Hazelton Mr. J. Jeff Holland and Ms. Marjorie Muirden

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hyde Charlotte Karson Daiber Ms. Kathy K. Leavenworth Elsie Lutman Dr. and Mrs. John Makley Sandy and Claire McMillan Mr. Bruce Merchant and Ms. Sandra Reel Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Morris Ms. Nora-Lynn Nemec Faith E. Pescatore Mrs. Arlene J. Sahr Mr. and Mrs. Franz Sauerland Ms. Virginia Shaw Mr. and Mrs. William F. Tucholsky Mr. and Mrs. William VerDuin Dr. Barry Walker Ms. Josephine Hannel Weber Mr. William M. Weber Mr. and Mrs. Richard Whitehead Mr. Carter Wilmot Mr. Arthur P. Ziegler Jr. deceased

A lifelong conservation legacy Though J. Jeffery Holland and his wife, Marjorie Muirden, grew up in different parts of the country, they similarly experienced the hasty development of natural lands and working farms in their local communities. The “gobbling up” of land by developers in her Connecticut hometown, as Muiden described it, motivated her conservation ethic. Holland agreed. “There was a time in Medina history when forty acres of land were developed each day,” he emphasized, “Forty acres every day.” This prompted Holland to found the Medina County Land Conservancy in 1991. The organization later merged to become the Medina-Summit Land Conservancy, and finally merged with the Land Conservancy in 2006. Holland continues to serve on the Land Conservancy’s Board of Trustees and volunteers with the Medina-Summit chapter. Not surprisingly, Holland and Muirden placed a conservation easement on their approximately 100 acre property, Frog Hollow. The Wadsworth property features mature beechmaple and mixed hardwood forest, old pasture, wet meadow, streams and ponds. Portions of the streams flow between 15feet rock outcroppings where numerous small waterfalls can be found. The couple has fond memories of raising their four sons on the property, as well as providing homes to a number of rescue cats, dogs and horses. Holland and Muirden have further shown their support for land conservation by becoming members of the Land Conservancy’s White Oak Legacy Society. One of the first donations Holland ever made was to a land trust, and one of his last gifts will be as well. “You can donate to solve world issues like ending hunger and homelessness, but the problem never really goes away,” explained Holland, “When you preserve land, on the other hand, it’s permanent. That land is protected forever and what an amazing gift that is for future generations.”

We are grateful to those who have volunteered their time and energy in support of our mission. Thank you! Marty Ackermann Cody Adkins Alcoa Dave Ambrose - World of Wildlife Bicycle Tour, Trumbull County Arborwear Jeff Arona Geno Arthur Ashtabula County Land Bank Ashtabula County Metroparks Ronnie & Ty Bailey Linda Bailiff - Ohio Public Works Commission Ned Baker Alison & Jake Balsiger Tom Barratt & Kim McConnell Susie & Paul Belanger Dee Belew Belmont County Land Bank Susan & Bruce Bennett Dan Best, Geauga Park District Larry Bettcher Jacqueline Bird, Mayor, Village of Marblehead Black River Audubon Society Bloomfield Historical Society Roger Peterson Tim Rodgers Bloomfield Township Trustees Jim Blum Peg & Rob Bobel Marty Boote - Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc Chet Bowling Jake Brand Bremec Garden Centers Adam Briggs Dave Briggs Susi Brown Buckeye Shaker Square Development Corporation Maribeth Burns Kristi & Jeff Burr Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc. Butler County Land Bank Dan & Judy Buttler Karie Cahlik 24

A special thank you goes out to all the federal, state and local elected officials who have supported our land conservation and urban revitalization work. Dorothy Carney Catawba Island Club Jim Stouffer Mike Schenk Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic Ken Christensen Brandon Chrostowski - Edwins City of Akron City of Bedford Heights City of Cleveland City of Lorain City Of Oberlin City Of Vermilion Clark County Land Bank Pat & Don Clemons Cleveland Bar Association Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Foundation Cleveland International Film Festival Cleveland Metroparks Cleveland Metropolitan School District Cleveland Museum of Natural History Dr. Jim Bissell Garrett Ormiston Larry Rosche Judy Semroc Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Cleveland Restoration Society Cleveland State University Sandra Cobb Dolores Cole Columbiana County Park District The Conservation Fund Fran & Roger Cooper County Line Historical Society of Wayne/Holmes Travis Crane Chris Craycroft - Portage Park District Robin & Alan Cubberley Dr. Charles Curie Cuyahoga County Board of Health

Cuyahoga County Department of Development Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Cuyahoga County SWCD Cuyahoga Land Bank Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Cuyahoga River AOC Cuyahoga River Restoration Cuyahoga Valley National Park Beau Daane Norm Damm Davey Tree Todd Crandall Ken Christensen Joe Gregory Sandra Reid Karen Wise John Debo Deschutes Brewery Ference deSzalay Detroit Shoreway Community Development Corporation Keith Dewitt - Chief of Police, Waite Hill Jeff Dick David DiTullio Doan Brook Watershed Partners Peter Dolan Mike Doudican Doug Drushal Dale Dunford Dale Dunford, Sr. East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation Eaton Corporation Eddie Eckart Pam Eichenauer Kendall Embrescia-Hridel EnviroScience, Inc. Erie Metroparks Amy Bowman-Moore Brad Phillips

Erie Regional Planning Commission Fairmount Santrol Famicos Foundation Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Firelands Audubon Amy & Joel Firem Franklin County Land Bank The Garden Club of Cleveland Rick Gardner - ODNR, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves Sally Gardner Mary Garvin - Oberlin College Biology Department Jim Gerspacher Barb & John Gillette Bill Ginn Jessica Glowczewski - Akron Watershed Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company GPD Group Greater Mohican Audubon Society Laurel Gress Dave Gunnarson Clark Hahn Cheryl Harner Harvard Community Services Center Andrea Hauserman Pat & Lori Hayes - Kelleys Island Audubon Heidelberg Distributing Company Michelle Heinz Jeff Herrick Dave Herzer Sean Hice Mark Hoberecht Holden Arboretum/Cleveland Botanical Garden Jeff Holland Ron Holtman Chase & Casey Horsbourgh Sandy Hridel Robert Hruska - Village of Marblehead Huron County Commissioners Huron County SWCD Jeff Hyde Marilyn Hyde Andrea Irland

Tom James Ray Jarrett Nancy Jastatt-Juergans - The Community Foundation of Northern Trumbull County Caroline Jones Bill Jordan Charlotte Karson Daiber John Katko Susan Kay - United Way Services of Geauga County Curt Keal Keeping Akron Beautiful Kendal at Oberlin Craig Kenkel Key Bank Oksana Bruce Edward Donnelly Julie & Matt Kilbourne - Pine Tree Barn Klyn Nursery Leslie Korenko - Kelleys Island Historical Society Ron Kotkowski Ben Kroeck Tom Kruse - Ashland County Park District Dean Kulwicki Kurtz Bros., Inc. Lake County Land Bank Lake Erie Shores and Islands Elaine Lamb Leadership Erie County Cathy Leary Kathy Leavenworth Beth Lehtola Brinton & Kate Lincoln Deej & Nicole Lincoln Joe Linsky Greg Lipps - OSU Litchfield Township Trustees Lockheed Martin Sean Logan Greg Long Frank Lopez - Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve Lorain County SWCD LOVELAND Technologies Diane Lucas Lucas County Land Bank Mahoning County Land Bank

Our land stewardship team visits each one of our protected properties at least once a year. We could not monitor over 550 properties without the help of our trained volunteers. Marblehead Village Council Dean Dorko Angela Kukay Duane Myers David Redett Ron Royhab John Starcher Jennifer Martin Brooks Jonathan Mauk Peter McCarren Jen McClennan Carl & Mary McDaniel Mike McGuire Medina County Commissioners Medina County Park District Medina County SWCD Medina Raptor Center MetroHealth David Meyers Mark Mihalik Mike Miller Samantha Miller Dan Miltner Judith Mitchell & Ed Ganley Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream John Mitterholzer

Clara Monsma Montgomery County Land Bank Natalie Morris Motter & Meadow Architects Mount Pleasant NOW Development Corporation Nahorn Family NanoBrew National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program The Nature Conservancy Karen Adair Nathan Randolph Dan Nelson New Haven Township Trustees Ava Nicoli David Noble Don Noble Nordson Corporation Volunteers Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells Paul Kovalcik Northeast Shores Development Corporation Greg Nosse Oberlin College Bonner Center for Service and Learning Oberlin Rotary

Ocwen Financial Corporation ODNR Office of Coastal Management Ohio Bluebird Society Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing Ohio City Inc. Ohio Department of Natural Resources Amanda Bennett Denise King Ohio EPA Ohio Housing Finance Agency Ohio State University Extension Ohio Wetlands Association Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation Gordon Oney Scott Orcutt Orwell Township Kristyn Ostanek Ottawa County Visitors Bureau Ottawa Regional Planning Commission John Pais Paul Palagyi - Lake Metroparks Nathan Paskey - Ashtabula County SWCD Susan Paul Petitti Garden Center Jim Pezar Jack Pierson Plain Township Trustees PNC Bank Port of Cleveland Liz Porter Pricewaterhouse Coopers Carol & Bill Prior Karl Rabeneck Kim & Chris Redfern Amy Reeher - Trumbull County SWCD Congressman Ralph Regula Richfield Joint Recreation District Richfield Township Richland County Land Bank RiverReach Construction Mark Robison Tim Rodgers Reinhold Roedig Katie Roemer Don Romancak - Lorain County Community Development Natalie Rubin 25

Rustbelt Reclamation Rusty Oak Nursery Janine Rybka Stephen Ryder Saint Luke’s Foundation Nicole Schommer Ryan Schwegman Secor’s Nursery SecureView Shaker Lakes Garden Club Kate Shaughnessy Dean Sheldon Sherwick Foundation Andrew Shibley Bruce Simonson - Oberlin College Geology Department Ron Siwik Slavic Village Development Matthew Smith - ODNR Scenic Rivers Program McKenzie Smith Mark Smucker Greg Snowden Mary Kay Snyder Brent Sodegren Elizabeth Spencer The Honorable Mary Spicer Stark County Land Bank Tom Steffas Lori Stevenson Ray Stewart Denny Stoiber

Marta Stone John Storch - Northern Ashland County Wildlife Conservation League Dan & Linda Styer Summa Hospital Systems Summit County SWCD Summit Metro Parks Lisa King Mark Szeremet Dale Sunderlin - Ashtabula County Wildlife Conservation League Cynthia Szunyog Laureen Tanner Stephanie Teeter Russ Terry - Ducks Unlimited Scott Theus Third Federal Foundation Third Federal Savings & Loan Dick Thompson Grant Thompson Tinkers Creek Watershed Partners Kenny, Rolland, & Carol Tkach - Hostile Valley Campground Deanna & Andy Troutman - Troutman Vineyards Trumbull County Land Bank Sam Lamancusa Matt Martin Trumbull County Metroparks Bob Tucker - Tucker Ellis Cam Turner U.S. EPA

Photo by Kyle Lanzer

Folks took root and branched out at EverGreen EverBlue this year. Thanks to Chase and Casey Horsburgh, Deej and Nicole Lincoln, and Kate and Brinton Lincoln (pictured left to right) for chairing this year’s fundraiser at Rustbelt Reclamation in Cleveland.

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U.S. Forest Service Union-Miles Development Corp. United States Coast Guard Commander Christopher Gempp Lieutenant Commander Marvin Kimmel Lieutenant Commander Pride Saunders University Circle Inc. US FWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife Matt Van De Motter Jeff Van Loon - Medina County SWCD Ben Vandertill Jim Vandertill Graham Veysey Village of Bratenahl Village of Glenwillow Village of Richfield Visit Lorain County Vorys Advisors Wakeman Community Library Walter Haverfield LLP Wayne County Commissioners Wayne County Convention and Visitors Bureau Jackie Chamberlain Martha Starkey Susan & Richard Webb Bill Weber Lucy Weller West Creek Conservancy Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Abbey White Katie White Mathias Whitmyer J.J. Wilson WKVX AM960 Ron Hamilton Becky Moore The Woda Group, Inc. Cheryl Wolfe-Cragin WPCR, Radio Port Clinton Bert Fall Dorothy Henry Jason Wuliger Doug Yates Tom Yates Aaron Young - Mill Creek Metroparks James Ziemnik - Lorain County Metro Parks Zion, Synek & Associates

Field Offices

Officers & Trustees

Staff

Akron Field Office 34 Merz Boulevard, Suite G Akron, Ohio 44333 Phone: 330-836-2271

Chair Elizabeth B. Juliano

Chardon Field Office 102 East Park Street Chardon, Ohio 44024

Vice Chair Mitchell Schneider

Rich Cochran President, Chief Executive Officer Emily Bacha Director of Communications & Marketing Butch Baron Waite Hill Preserve Manager Paul Boehnlein GIS & Conservation Planning Specialist Dennis Bower Chief Finance Officer & Chief Information Officer Kirby Broadnax Beam Fellow – Placemaking & Equity, Thriving Community Institute Kendrick Chittock Project Manager Alex Czayka Eastern Associate Field Director Frank Ford Senior Policy Advisor, Thriving Communities Institute Jacqueline Gillon Community Engagement Specialist, Thriving Communities Institute Jean Gokorsch Director of Development Janet Hoover Office Manager Kate Hydock Executive Assistant, Thriving Communities Institute Sarah Kitson Land Steward-Southern & Western Regions Joe Leslie Director of Acquisitions Jon Logue Director of Foundation & Corporate Relations Diane Madison Legal Assistant Sophie Marks Project Associate, Thriving Communities Institute Nancy McCann Chief Development Officer Keith McClintock Vice President of Conservation Pete McDonald Director of Land Stewardship

Firelands Field Office P.O. Box 174 Oberlin, Ohio 44074 Phone: 440-774-4226 Medina Marsh Conservation Center 4266 Fenn Road Medina, Ohio 44256 Phone: 440-528-4150 Ext. 138 Wayne County Field Office 140 East Market Street Suite 150 Orrville, Ohio 44667 Thriving Communities Institute 2012 W. 25th Street Suite 504 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Phone: 216-515-8300

Vice Chair Scott Mueller

Vice Chair Michael R. Shaughnessy Treasurer Nancy G. Rubin Secretary Dale LaPorte Corporate Engagement Officer Beau Daane Ned Baker Laurence A. Bettcher Thomas E. Butch Thomas V. Chema Owen M. Colligan Keymah Durden Ruth Swetland Eppig Frederick P. Floyd Christopher D. Hess William J. Hlavin J. Jeffrey Holland Richard C. Hyde Kathy Keare Leavenworth John D. Leech G. Russell Lincoln S. Sterling McMillan, IV William C. Mulligan Jane M. Neubauer James C. Spira Craig O. White Loyal W. Wilson

Andy McDowell Vice President of Western Field Operations Joy Mulinex Director of Government Relations Brittany Neal Conservation & Gift Planning Attorney Joanie O’Brien Conservation Funding Associate Robert Owen General Counsel Gina Pausch Development Associate, Prospect Research Kate Pilacky Firelands Associate Field Director Sheila Randel Database Manager Angela Rincon Executive Director Major Gifts Isaac Robb Planning Fellow, Thriving Communities Institute Brett Rodstrom Vice President of Eastern Field Operations Amy Rogish Executive Assistant Jim Rokakis Vice President, Director of Thriving Communities Institute Colby Sattler Urban Forestry & Natural Resources Project Manager, Thriving Communities Institute Jeffery Schiffman Conservation Project Manager Chris Szell Director of Conservation Project Management Robin Darden Thomas Land Bank Program Director, Thriving Communities Institute Elizabeth Votruba Manager of Membership & Special Events George Warnock Land Steward & Conservation Project Manager-Eastern Region Jay Westbrook Special Projects Manager, Thriving Communities Institute Shane Wohlken Land Steward-Central Region

financial / donor report july 1, 2014 - june 30, 2015

Creating thriving, prosperous communities for future generations is perhaps the most important thing we can do today. Your support helps us do just that.

Statement of Financial Position June 30, 2015 and 2014

At the end of the 2015 fiscal year, Western Reserve Land Conservancy had permanently protected 42,635 acres; preserved nearly 175 farms; created over 125 public parks and preserves; and in the City of Cleveland, planted more than 1,200 trees. We could not do this work without your remarkable support. Thank you!

ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents Pledges Receivable Accounts Receivable Notes Receivable Conservation Property Deposits - Land Purchases Property and Equipment Other Assets TOTAL ASSETS

June 30, 2015 $ 601,783 2,486,811 53,792 457,484 7,130,452 - 5,663,158 81,281 $ 16,474,761

June 30, 2014 $ 1,233,031 2,011,187 329,892 270,000 6,769,553 5,000 5,788,701 78,328 $ 16,485,692

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES Loans Payable Accounts Payable Deposits - Land Sales Accrued Expenses TOTAL LIABILITIES

6,109,780 127,357 127,022 472,284 6,836,443

NET ASSETS Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted TOTAL NET ASSETS

5,361,306 4,277,012 9,638,318

5,487,208 4,132,618 9,619,826

$ 16,474,761

$ 16,485,692

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

5,303,837 86,941 797,395 677,693 6,865,866

Statement of Revenue and Expenses July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Cover photo by David Liam Kyle

David Liam Kyle

FY2015 REVENUE LP Program Revenue Transfer of Conservation Lands $ 10,016,500 Other Program Revenue 2,419,320 12,435,820 Philanthropic Revenue Foundation Grants 1,010,500 Individual Donations 1,549,156 Corporate Donations 447,550 Events Net Revenue 63,378 3,070,584 Interest & Investment Revenue 15,042 TOTAL REVENUE 15,521,446 EXPENSE Program Expense Fundraising Management and General OPERATING EXPENSE

13,806,039 671,286 818,714 15,296,039

Depreciation REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES

206,915 $

18,492

Western Reserve Land Conservancy Donors Visionaries Anonymous (2) Stanley and Hope Adelstein Stanley I. & Hope S. Adelstein Philanthropic Fund Alcoa Foundation Larry and Karen Bettcher Ann C. Briechle The Cleveland Foundation Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Inc Cleveland State University Mrs. Mary Alice Cannon Mr. William E. Conway Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation The Alton F. & Carrie S. Davis Fund Dominion Foundation Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson Mr. Warren Dusenbury Warren & Zoann Dusenbury Charitable Trust Ruth and Michael Eppig Fairmount Santrol Marion and Gene Faubel Ms. Paula Frohring Paul & Maxine Frohring Foundation, Inc. Roger Fuhrmeyer Fund for Our Economic Future The George Gund Foundation Mary Jane Hartwell Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Haslinger Melissa Haslinger Haslinger Family Foundation Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland and Ms. Marjorie Muirden Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hyde ICF Foundation Lake Geauga Fund Laura and Chris McKenna Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Morris Mr. Scott Mueller Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mulligan William C. Mulligan Charitable Gift Fund John P. Murphy Foundation The Nord Family Foundation Mrs. Wynne Odell Ohio Hemp Chamber of Commerce Gretta and Hugh Pallister Trusts Carol and Bill Prior Mrs. Amy D. Reuteler Saint Luke’s Foundation Sauerland Foundation Sears-Swetland Family Foundation SecureView LLC The Sherwick Fund Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sherwin Mr. John Sherwin The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation South Waite Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Spira Barry Walker Estate Bill Weber Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Wilson Loyal and Margaret Wilson Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Zalba

Thank you! Sycamore

$5,000 - $9,999 Mr. & Mrs. Ed Addicott Mr. & Mrs. W. Craig Bashein The CJR Group Owen Colligan Robert R. & Gay C. Cull Family Foundation Dollar Bank Louise M. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Ganske John & Virginia Jeandrevin KeyBanc Capital Markets Sue & Roger L’Hommedieu The Roger & Susan L’Hommedieu Family Fund L.A.N.D. studio Inc Mr. & Mrs. G. Russell Lincoln The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation Byron & Elsie Lutman S. Livingston Mather Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan, III Robert O. Moravec Bill & Kathy O’Neill The O’Neill Brothers Foundation Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing The Arthur L. Parker Foundation PNC Bank, N.A. Mr. & Mrs. Ashley Reily Rustbelt Reclamation Shaker Lakes Garden Club Mrs. Jean Stell Edward R. & Jean Geis Stell Foundation Mr. Tinkham Veale The Veale Foundation Jeff & Missy Wert

Cedar

$2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous (1) Edward Baker & Anna van Heeckeren Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bolton Mr. & Mrs. William H. Childs William H. Childs Jr. & Associates

The Land Conservancy is deeply grateful to those whose donations make our work possible. Your support is vital to our mission, and the money you invest with us will be put to good use.

Dr. Julie Clayman Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority William E. & Mary F. Conway Fund Roger & Fran Cooper Beau Daane Mr. & Mrs. Edward deConingh David J. Eichenmiller & Alison W. Gee GE Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hellman The Holland Family Ice Miller LLP Charlotte E. Karson Daiber Mr. John Kurtz Kurtz Bros Inc Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Lambert Mr. & Mrs. Dale LaPorte Dr. Edith Lerner Lightning Demolition & Excavating The Lincoln Electric Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Lozick The Edward A. & Catherine L. Lozick Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation Mrs. Lucia Smith Nash Mr. & Mrs. Paul Neidhardt Remington Products Co. Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Schneider David & Kelly Staats Jim & Kathy Watterson Wells Fargo Welty Family Foundation

Pin Oak

$1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous (4) Alliance for Community Trees Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman Doug & Lu Bannerman Gift Fund Barbara & Evan Fund Peter & Sydney Sue Benson Jack R. Blakeslee Sherri & Marc Blaushild Jeffrey & Kim Blumer Richard Holden Bole

Mr. & Mrs. E. Matthew Brandon Mr. & Mrs. Edward Brandon The Brandon Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Brooks Barbara Brown & Steve Ward Nancy E. Brown Susi Brown J. C. & Helen Rankin Butler Edward & Sharon Campbell Susan & David Cannon Mr. & Mrs. Paul Carleton Mr. & Mrs. David J. Carpenter Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran Concord Electrical Services Inc Mr. Peter F. Conway Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Corns James & Christine Cossler Cheryl & Brian Coughlin R. Douglas & Linda Cowan Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Crawford Peter W. Danford Frances & David Dickenson Perry & Mary Doermann Mr. & Mrs. Paul Doman Paul & Susannah Doman Charitable Fund Mr. David Douglass Douglass & Associates Co LPA Ms. Elinore I. Evans Phyllis H. & William H. Evans Charitable Foundation Falcon Industries, Inc. Mary & Steven Feldman Mr. & Mrs. Carl Ferrazza J. Donald FitzGerald Mr. David K. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Greg Foust Jean C. & W. Greg Foust Fund Mr. Jeremy Fow Franklin County The Garden Club of Cleveland Geauga Park District Stephanie Gibson Mr. William Ginn The Ginn Family Fund Giving Well Family Foundation

David Liam Kyle

$10,000 +

The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. Jordan & Jennifer Goldberg Jordan & Jennifer Goldberg Philanthropic Fund Mr. & Mrs. Gerald B. Graham Jon & Aimee Grimm Sue Grimm Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Grossman Mrs. John A. Hadden Clark Hahn James & Angela Hambrick Mr. & Mrs. Howard Hanna Henry Hatch & Robin Hitchcock Hatch Linda & Lawrence Hatch Peter Hellman Family Fund David & Sharon Herzer Reverend & Mrs. Mark Hollingsworth Mrs. Betty Hollister Anne M. Jones Thomas Hoyt & Katharine Brooks Jones Family Fund Judson Retirement Communities Jack & Sherry Kahl Mr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Kasper Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley Joseph P. & Nancy F. Keithley Foundation Bud & Katie Koch Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Kohl Mrs. Lizbeth W. Kohler Mrs. Alice Kruse Dean Kulwicki Lake Metroparks Mr. & Mrs. John Leech Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lillich Mr. David & Dr. Carolyn Lincoln Mr. Thomas M. Lopez & Mrs. Holly Lopez The Lubrizol Foundation Matching Gift Administrator Ms. Marianne Maclean Dr. & Mrs. John T. Makley Nancy Martt Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. McDaniel Lucius & Terrie McKelvey Mr. & Mrs. James B. McPolin Medical Mutual of Ohio Richard Meister Lynn & Mike Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Miltner Mr. & Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon III Dan & Marjorie Moore Dr. Nelson Mostow & Dr. Ann M. Mostow Margaret R. Mueller Dr. Paul Myer Marcia & Mike Neundorfer Neundorfer, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Peter Nordell The Nordson Corporation Foundation Robert J. Norwick Jr. William L. Norwick Ohio Housing Finance Agency Ohio Wetlands Foundation Marion Olson Osmundson Family Jane & Jon Outcalt Katie & Ken Outcalt Jane & Jon Outcalt Foundation Owens-Illinois Charities Foundation Eliot & Linda Paine The Paskevich Family Anthony Paskevich & Assoc. Perkins Charitable Foundation Faith E. Pescatore Sam & Anne-Marie Petros Randall Equine Veterinary Group Mrs. Clara Rankin The Clara T. Rankin Charitable Fund Donna & Jim Reid Mindy & Tim Remington Charlie & Sue Robinson Bill & Jo Ann Rogers Laurie & Jim Rokakis David & Laura Sangree Paul Sauerland & Teri Cone Rich & Liz Schiferl Bruce Lindsay & Inga Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Scovil Select Equity Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy Kevin Sherman Rich Smith Smith-Lustig Paper Box Manufacturing Co. Judge Mary F. Spicer Mrs. Billie Steffee The Billie Howland Steffee Family Fund Mrs. Marta Stone STR. GRANTS, LLC K.K. & Joe Sullivan Sullivan Family Fund Kenn & Laura Synek Ms. Patricia H. Talbot Karin Tanquist & Patrick Coy Third Federal Foundation Tom & Lisa Turner TurtleCon Fund Greg & Alice Tyrpak UBS Financial Services Mr. Philip R. Uhlin Philip R. Uhlin Fund Dr. Barry Walker Keith Waris Mr. & Mrs. William H. Weber The Clara Weiss Fund Diane & Edward Welsh Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wesorick Mr. & Mrs. George A. White Allayne & Douglas Wick Foundation Carter Wilmot David & Olivia Wilmot Mr. & Mrs. Donald Zito

$500 - $999 Anonymous (6) William Abell Dick & Joan Ainsworth Kay & Rick Albaugh Mr. Frederick Asbeck & Dr. Ellen Rome Ms. Linda Augustus Lawry Babitt Mr. & Mrs. Murad Beg Jerry & Janet Bender Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Berglund Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bidwell Chuck & Christy Bittenbender Marilyn & Larry Blaustein Lawrence & Marilyn Blaustein Charitable Fund Viola M. Blount Rob & Peg Bobel Mr. Adam Bowden Dr. Don Brinberg & Dr. Barbara Berkeley Jeanette G. & Glenn R. Brown Stephen & Lesley Brown Drs. Glenn R. & Jeanette Grasselli Brown Gift Fund Dick & Karen Brubaker David & Trisha Campbell Carole & David Carr Citizens for Lake Metroparks Mr. & Mrs. Paul Clark Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Clemens Cleveland Metroparks The Davey Tree Expert Company Bob & Bobbie Davis John & Cyndee Debo Mary DeWinter Fund Marilyn & Dick Doerr Dr. Katharine A. Downes & Dr. Walter H. Hendricks III John Dyer III Karen Eagle Mr. & Mrs. F. Matthew Embrescia Estates Landscaping Gwen & Stan Fischer Gwen & Stan Fischer Fund Carol & Daniel Fishwick Allen H. Ford Louise Abrams & Robert Fuerst Philip H. & Jane G. Geier Donor Advisor Fund Dr. & Mrs. Don J. Germano Don & Nancy Germano Charitable Fund Jim & Adrienne Gerspacher Mr. & Mrs. David Gleason Ms. Francesca Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Hale Thomas Hartland Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hatch Hatha Communications Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Hauserman Heidelberg Distributing Co. Dr. Marsha Heinke Mr. Mike Hetman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hicks R. T. Hicks Family Fund Andrea & Eric Hill Mark & Awnhee Hoberecht Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Hollington, Jr Dick & Sarah Hollington Hollington Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Hollister Mr. & Mrs. E. Timothy Holzheimer Brian & Cathy Humphrey Lee & Candace Hutton Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Jacobson Mr. G. Eric Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Bill Jordan Ms. Elizabeth Juliano Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Karakul Mary & Norm Keane Ms. Nancy Kepner KeyBank Foundation Matching Gifts Mr. & Mrs. William S. Kilroy II

Sam E. Kinney Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kirk Rich & Linda Kolehmainen Joan M. Kosko Mark Kriwinsky Will & Bonny Lafave Tim LaRiche Jim LaRue Mr. & Mrs. James A. Latham Latham Family Fund - JAL Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lauer Mr. & Mrs. David Lavelle Kathleen K. Leavenworth Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Leopold Nicole & Deej Lincoln Virginia & Jon Lindseth Litigation Management Mary & Barry Livingston Mr. Robert Luckay Al & Susanna Mackey Mr. & Mrs. Craig Macklin Linda Macklin & Troy Grela Macklin Family Fund Mark & Mary Madeja Mahoning County Land Reutilization Corporation Mr. & Mrs. George Marquis Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Mastroianni Alexander McAfee Tom & Cas McBride Peter McCarren & Stacy Feiner Mr. & Mrs. Charles McClure Chuck & Becky McClure Charitable Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. C. Craig McConnell, Jr. Esther McDowell & Chris Yochens Michael & Christine McGuire Claire & Sandy McMillan Ms. Victoria McMillan Victoria M. McMillan Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. Gerald R. McNichols Ed & Fran Meyers John & Laura Milgram Carol & Vail Miller Ms. Halley T. Moore & Mr. Jason Drake Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Katie & Tom Morley Mr. & Mrs. Warren Morris Brian F. & Cynthia C. Murphy Josh & Julie Nathanson Nationwide Children’s Hospital Lori & Dan Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O’Donnell Bill & Pat Papenbrock Barb & Dave Partington Nancy & Jim Patterson Don & Janet Peters Mr. & Mrs. Warren Phelan John & Mary Picken Picken CGF A. J. Picken Successor Fund Pinnacle Gardens Foundation Ms. Judith Rau Andrew K. Rayburn Peter & Catherine Richer Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Robbins Bill & Cari Ross Marc & Nancy Rubin Mr. Randy Ruttenberg Heather & Tim Ryan Richard & Tamara Rynearson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Saccone David & Amy Shaper Reg & Lynn Shiverick Reginald & Lynn Shiverick Foundation Dr. Howard & Beth Simon Bruce & Sue Simonson Stephen G. & Susan M. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stack Mr. & Mrs. W. Thomas Stahl Mackenzie Stubbins Mr. & Mrs. John Sulak Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Sullivan, Jr. Pat & Nancy Sullivan SureSite Consulting Group, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Tabor Triple T Foundation

Ms. Francine Rosenberger Jane & Mike Swain Lorraine S. Szabo Mr. Grant Thompson Dr. Scott Thompson William & Judith Ann Tucholsky The Honorable & Mrs. William F. B. Vodrey Mr. Esben Vogelius Terry Walden Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wallman Paul & Nancy Wellener Westfield Bank Leah & Blair Whidden Wildwood Garden Club Lynn & Alan Wood

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Properties protected by Western Reserve Land Conservancy at the end of fiscal year 2015 Ms. Christeen C. Tuttle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Twells Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Van De Motter Mr. & Mrs. William VerDuin Mrs. Elizabeth Weinstock PYSHT Fund Tim & Elene West Mr. & Mrs. Craig O. White Mr. & Mrs. Dickson L. Whitney, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John H. Wilber Mr. & Mrs. Dale Willis Mr. & Mrs. Bill Willoughby Mr. Adam Winfield WM Columbus Hotel LLC Jay & Susan Yerian Young Presidents Organization Mr. & Mrs. Maciej Zawadzki Mr. Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.

Water Lily

$250 - $499 Anonymous (9) Mrs. Mary E. Albers American Endowment Foundation Mrs. Lois C. Armington Lois C. Armington Donor Advised Fund Robert & Ingrid Bahler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baker Jack W. & Arlene Barthels Cynthia Bassett Paul & Susan Belanger Bill & Dee Belew David H. Benzing & Linda Grashoff Mr. Richard Berg Audrey & Irving Bergrin Jeff & Sheila Berlin Paola Bernazzani & Jeff Opperman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Bletcher Ken & Grace Blower Richard J. Blum Boardman Township David & Julie Borsani Village of Bratenahl John D. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Burr Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Butch Gail & Donald Butler Dot & Don Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Harry Carlson, Jr. The Carlson Family Fund Ms. Marilyn Carson Mrs. Wendy Cash Edith Chase Mr. & Mrs. David K. Chittock Christopher Tool & Manufacturing Co. Earl J. Clausson & Sarah J. Malcolm Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Cleminshaw Cleveland Museum of Natural History Cleveland Service Agency

Sandra Cobb Mrs. Barbara Cook Eugene L. Cox & Owen H. Jander Mr. & Mrs. Travis G. Crane Amos & Sam Crowley CT Consultants Dr. & Mrs. Charles Curie Beth & Steve Davidian Joyce & Daryl Deering Ms. Margie DeLong Phyllis DeMark Thomas J. Denbow & Barbara Clint Jane A. Drexler Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Druckenbrod Louise & Richard Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Chad Edgar Brett Farmery Carey Jaros Mr. & Mrs. Gary H. Feldman Ms. Elizabeth J. Fleming Ms. Rachel Forthofer Alan & Ann Frasz Mitchel Fromm William & Sarah Gardner Mr. James B. Geier Richard Geier Charles H. Giles & Fannie M. Giles Memorial Foundation Laurel Gress Nicki & Bob Gudbranson Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. Gulbransen Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Hanusosky Steve & Tara Hata Mr. & Mrs. William Hatch Harry & Cyndi Hawkes Mrs. Marias Hawley Nancy & Jeff Heinen Ed & Mindy Herman Mr. & Mrs. Sean Hice Dr. Bill & Laura Hlavin Nancy & Donald Howell Mr. Sandy Hridel Kate Hydock Incentra Susan & Stanley Jaros Dave & Kelly Joyce Carole Kass George & Phyllis Knepper Carol & Edwin Koethe Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Krebs Mr. & Mrs. Mark Krosse Lynn Landmesser Jan Leatherman Mary Cavanagh Lewis Rebecca Linnean Ms. Kimberly Lisboa Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lomas Lomas Family Fund Nancy London John & Corrine Lopatkovich Lorain County Port Authority Hyle Lowry

Dale & Val Lumby Elizabeth & Lane Manning Ms. Jennifer Mansfield Ryan & Terri Marrie Dr. & Mrs. James Marshall Nancy & Terry McCann Alec & Jennifer McClennan Mr. & Mrs. Keith McClintock Mr. Robert Monchein Jane Ross Moore Marjorie & Bert Moyar Munson Township Trustees Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Murphy Susan Murphy John & Maureen Musson Deb & Les Nash Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Neubauer, Jr. North Kingsville Woodlands 5K Run Mr. & Mrs. Steven Osgood Bob Owen John E. Pais Mr. Terry Park Mr. & Mrs. Paul Pesses Kim & Paul Pesses Family Philanthropic Fund Kathryn K. Petersen Joan & Roger Pettibone Kate Pilacky & David DiTullio Tom Pilacky Mr. & Mrs. Martin Pope Portage County Land Reutilization Corporation Susanne & John Rahilly Mr. & Mrs. Claiborne R. Rankin Thomas & Laura Rayburn James Reinicker Bill & Jo Reynolds Mr. Daniel Richards Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation Mr. Mark Robison John Rode Mr. & Mrs. Reinhold C. Roedig Mr. & Mrs. Kevin K. Ruddock Mr. & Mrs. David Runta John & Eliza Saada John & Eliza Saada Charitable Fund Sandusky County Mr. & Mrs. John Schindler Audie & John Schneider Richard & Dina Schoonmaker Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Edmund W. Searby Mr. & Mrs. David Selman Ron & Rita Siwik Jane Snavely Tom & Carole Stanley Peter & Bridget Steck Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Suszynski Mark & Annette Sutherland Mr. P. Matthew Sutko &

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Anonymous (6) City of Akron Ms. Kendra Anderson Karin Knutsen & Ken Anderson Mr. Gregory Anglewicz Mr. Paul S. Armington City of Ashtabula Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Barbero Mr. B. Michael Baruschke Bill & Jean Behnke Mr. Paul Bellamy Mr. Jerry Bensinger & Ms. Bobbie Ann Dunn-Bensinger John & Wilma Bergfeld Barbara & Sheldon Berns Tom & Dorothy Bier Mr. & Mrs. Patrick E. Biliter Ms. Rebecca Blackson Jack & Jan Borkey Gail & Richard Bowen Ms. Winifred Branton Ms. Patricia Britt Mr. Clark Broida Holly & Bill Brooks Mr. & Mrs. William S. Brooks Richard & Carolee Brunken Catharina M. Caldwell Ms. Lynn Carlone Mr. Kenneth Cassell Mr. Michael Cassetty Ms. Lucy Chamberlain Mr. & Mrs. Homer Chisholm Clark County Land Reutilization Corp Committee for Earth Day at Laurel Lake Community Concord Garden Club Rick & Elena Conner Shirley Copeland Linda M. Costello Mr. Samuel Cottone Ms. Katie Courtright Ms. Rachel Cox Mary Hall Crawford Michael & Robin Czayka Margit K. Daley Mr. George Daverio Marilyn P. Demeter Jon & Cindy Denney Mr. & Mrs. David W. Dennis Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Dery Dragon Philanthropic Fund Eileen Dray-Bardon EarthShare Ohio Oliver & Mary Emerson Dr. & Mrs. Victor Fazio Mr. Rich Fender Mr. David Ferencz Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick Mr. Steve A. Fleegal Fleegal Family Fund Ms. Kathryn Fortener Ms. Donna M. Fox-Moore Kyle Fuchs Todd B. Fulmer Garden Club of Youngstown Dale & Peggy Garrison

Charles E. Gibson Faith & David Gilbert Doris Gilbert Linda K. Gilbert Fran & Joyce Gottron Dr. & Mrs. Stanford Gregory Joan & Thomas Gretter Mr. Travis Gysegem William Haag Dr. & Mrs. Jon A. Hardacre Jon & Roberta Hardacre Charitable Trust Rick Hawksley & Joan Inderhees John A. Hellman Heidi & Bob Heltzel Jennie Hensley Mr. Jerome Hurtuk Sarah Jane & Roger Ingraham Dr. & Mrs. Scott Inkley Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Isroff Mr. Travis Jeric Mr. Arthur Kaplansky Arthur H. & Jacqueline Kaplansky Philanthropic Fund Ms. Susan Keeny Bill & Marian Kennelly City of Kettering Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Klein Terri & Stuart Kline Stuart & Theresia Kline Philanthropic Fund Nancy & Bill Koons Ms. Kate Kramer Mr. Senthil Kumar S. Manning & John M. Kundtz Robert & Brenda Kunkel Beth Schoonover & Scott Lenthe Ms. Sarah Lockard Mr. Chuck Loper Fred Losi Ms. Jennifer A. Malloy Robert & Ann Masternak Peg & Tom Mayor Mikenna McClurg Marilyn McDonald Timothy McDonel Andrew & Jennifer McDowell Mrs. Suzanne McGinness S. & H. J. McGinness Charitable Fund Ronnie & Art Merriman Barbara & Kenneth Messinger-Rapport Jan Mettee Mr. Roy Minoff Montgomery County Land Reutilization Corporation Ann J. Morgan Patti & Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren John & Mary Mulligan Mr. Robert Nau Mr. James Negrelli Paul A. Neundorfer Mr. Andy Nikiforovs Kathleen O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Oberle Ohio Central Basin Steelheaders Ms. Carole Olshavsky Ms. Janet Paisley Mr. Paul Palagyi & Ms. Joy Mulinex Marcine Pensiero Perfect Seedbed Company Mr. Matt Perrenod Mr. Dominic R. Perri Ms. Sarah Peters Mr. Mark Pohlman Ms. Carly Prather Mr. Todd Preston Progressive Insurance Foundation Drs. Steven & Julia Radwany Mr. & Mrs. Roger K. Rains Mr. Justin Raley Mr. Christopher Recht James Redinger Pauline Reimer Ms. Deborah Robb Mr. Dennis Roberts Larry & Char Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Roddie

Supporters $100 - $149

Anonymous (16) Roberta Aber & William D. Rich Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Acerra Louise Acheson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Adams Air Enterprises LLC Rosemary B. Althoff Mr. Robert H. Anschuetz Judith Appleton Ms. Ann Aquillo Mr. James D. Arden Ms. Marjorie Armington Mr. Todd M. Ascani Ms. Maureen Austin Bruce & Johanna Bacik Biff & Patti Baker Les Ballard M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Peter Balunek Mr. & Mrs. John S. Barker Geoffrey & Maryann Barnes Mr. Stephen Baumgarten Beachwood Systems Consulting, Inc Horst & Maria Becker Belmont County Ms. Lisa A. Benedetti Mr. Kenneth Benjamin Dr. & Mrs. Edward C. Benzel David & Susan Bercheck Barbara S. Berg Charles J. Berkey Dan & Nancy Best Bieser, Greer & Landis LLP Myrle Blackburn Mr. Nicholas Blaine Mr. Roger Blatnick Nancy & Kenneth Bliss Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Bogart Mr. Robert J. Boggs Ms. Paula Boggs Muething Ronald Bone & Callie Elliott Ren & Mary Bookman

Dr. & Mrs. Harley Boos Louise Bradley Mr. Patrick Bravo Ms. Carol F. Bretz Ms. Elyse Brigham Dick & Mary Ann Brockett Dan & Amy Brown Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Brown Mr. Steven R. Brown Ms. Shantae Brownlee Buckley King LPA Robert A. Burge Ms. Christine F. Burke Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Burkey Mr. Mose Burkholder Burroughs Nature Club Mr. Art Busch Stanley Busch Stanley I. & Honnie R. Busch Philanthropic Fund Dan & Judy Buttler Adrian Byrne Ken & Jill Calkins Steve J. Canaly Mr. James J. Cappy, Sr. Andi & Larry Carlini Dr. & Mrs. Charles M. Carr Mr. Shawn Carvin Marcia B. Catalano Caterpillar Foundation Ms. Mary Church Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Clark Ms. Mary R. Clark Dan & Sandy Claypool Bev & Larry Cole Charlie Colitre Mr. Alasdair Cooper Suzanne & Rick Cooper Tom S. & Miwako K. Cooperrider Mrs. Inez Corrado Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Cotter Ken & Janet Crandall Alan & Robin Cubberley Andrea Dawson Bob & Sue Curtis Emiko Hara Custer Debbie & Dave Daberko Bob & Carol Dakin Kirby Date & Richard Litwin The Davey Family Mr. & Mrs. Richard DeBacco DFF Foundation Dave & Sherrie Dickens Mr. Steven P. DiMauro & Ms. Gina M. Esposito James A. Dingus Mr. Pete DiSalvo Mr. Jason Dodson James Donovan Ms. Donna J. Drummer Drs. Patra & Vichai Duangjak Kimberly Dudek Ms. Mary K. Dudley Thomas Dupee Mr. Robert B. Dutton & Ms. Kris Witt Mrs. Patricia Dwight Eaton Corporation Eric Eckstein & Kelly O’Malia Alan Ederer S. Stuart Eilers Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Ellers Tracy & Jeanne Engle George Faddoul & Valerie Strong Bruce A. Farkas Mr. & Mrs. R. Scott Farnham John & Betsy Feighan Mr. Scott Ferris Jan & John Fitts The Folio Club Mr. George Fornadley David J. Fornari Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Fraley Mrs. Mariellen Frank Ms. Linda Fredebaugh Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Freeman Rev. Mark & Margee Frey

Percentage of the world’s fresh surface water in the great lakes Evelyn R. Frohring Mr. Jeff Fusco Sue Gaetjens Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Galloway Sally M. Gamauf Carol Ganzel David & Brooke Garratt Ms. Cindy Geronimo Mr. Stuart Gertman Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gibson Alda & Nick Giorgianni Nancy Glende Mr. Gary C. Glenwright Victor & Shirley Gober Mr. & Mrs. George J. Goudreau Susan & Chris Grant James Gray & Julie Micheletti Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray Mrs. Betty Jean Green Mr. Richard L. Greiner Rich & Mary Ann Greiner Fund Mr. Robert Gries Peter & Joanne Griesinger Corinne P. Hadley Ms. Elizabeth A. Hagen James & Leslie Halloran Peter & Fran Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Hansler Marti & Mike Hardy Mr. Glen Harper Mr. William Harper Mr. Eddie Harris Clark Harvey & Holly Selvaggi Ms. Melissa Harvey Eleanor Helper Mr. & Mrs. Frank Henck, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Hendrikson Tom & Marcy Herbert Mr. Tad Herold Mr. Todd Heroux Chip & Anne Hess Hess & Associates Engineering Inc Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Hetrick Ms. Paula Hicks-Hudson Edith F. Hirsch Edith F. Hirsch Philanthropic Fund Jack & Patricia Hofstetter Laura J. Holan Hometown Bank Sandy Hooper & Bernadette Delgado Hootman Trim Inc. P. Wayne & Patricia Hosmer Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Hruby Marguerite Humphrey Redmond S. Ingalls Fern & Jay Ingersoll Edward Innocenzi Interstate Land & Realty, Inc. Dr. Steven H. Izen & Ms. Susannah Muskovitz

Mr. & Mrs. Scott James Paul & Chris Janicki Michele, Nick & Jennifer Jouriles Barbara & Jim Jung Mary Vidmar & Mario Kamionkowski, MD Mr. Wade Kapszukiewicz Ms. Marilyn Keith Kelleys Island Audubon Club Ms. Jennifer Kime Ms. Hope Kingsborough Mrs. Sabina Kirik Wendy & Al Klauss Mr. John Koepke Dr. Edward & Barbara Koosed Ron & Linda Kooser Dr. & Mrs. James Kotapish, Jr. Kay M. Kritzer Ms. Fae Krokey David Krus Mr. & Mrs. J. Andrew Kundtz Rosalind K. Kvet Mr. Charles C. Lafave Sue & Terry Lang Ms. Chris Larson-McKenzie & Mr. James K. McKenzie Tom & Bettsy Leib Leib Family Charitable Fund Irv & Elin Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Leslie Ms. Ndeda Letson Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Lewis, Sr. Ms. L Mary Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Clark A. Lichtinger Frank & Kathleen Lichtkoppler Dr. Richard Lightbody Lighthouse Graphics Mrs. Margaret Linder Barbara Lipscomb Joan Long David & Stephanie Lowe Michael Lux Mr. Alvin J. Magid Mr. Nick Mandros Mr. David P. Mann Ms. Janet A. Mann & Mr. Gary Mietty Constance C. Manuel Kevin & Sheila Margolis Robert & Linda Markel Merilee Marshall Mr. Matt Martin Mr. Robert Martin Miss Sarah Masek Mayfield Village Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. David K. McCarthy Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. McClaugherty Mr. William C. McCoy Abner & Maria McDaniel Joe & Beverly McGlamery Ms. Nancy Meacham Medina County

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Mr. John Rodewig David & Carol Rollins Mr. & Mrs. Robert Roth Robert & Margo Roth Family Philanthropic Fund M. H. Rountree Natalie & Josh Rubin Mrs. Barbara Ruhlman Mrs. Arlene J. Sahr Dr. & Mrs. Roger Saillant Ms. Alison Sampson Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. Schaeffer James B. Schmidt Gary Schuster Mike & Liz Schwinn Jeff Selerowski Ken & Mary Seliga Eric R.Severs Mr. & Mrs. Dean E. Sheldon, Jr. Anne Shirkman Scott Shorten & Michele Hatherill Sandra & Richey Smith Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Stover Mr. Larry Sykes TGC Engineering, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Quinten Tifft James Tighe Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Timman Mr. & Mrs. N. J. Tobbe Jeanne B. Tripp F. Carl Walter Mr. Scott Warren Mr. William Weber Francille & Donald Willis Mr. Jacob Wolf Cindy Woodward Fujii Yasuyuki Dr. James Zins & Dr. Cynthia Kavouksorian Angela Wyatt & Brian Zupko

Medina County Park District Amanda Meitz Alan & Mary Melnyk Lynn & Ed Metzger Mr. & Mrs. Philip F. Meyfarth Dr. Edward D. Miller, M.D. Edward D. Miller, M.D. Fund Mr. Matt Misencik Mr. Brian Mocilnikar Mr. Derrick Moorehead Don & Jane Moos K & T Morley Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Morris Donald W. Morrison Linda & Jan Moskowitz Mr. & Mrs. Latham W. Murfey III Mr. Joshua Murnen Bill, Diane & Matt Nahorn Mr. Dave Nash Mr. & Mrs. H.A. Newman David & Patricia Nobili Mr. & Mrs. William E. Noice Mark & Janet Nolan Mimi & Joe Nook Mr. & Mrs. Steven Nowak Michael & Susan O’Connor Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Rick & Debbie Oprzadek Diane Palker Dr. Daniel E. Palmer Larry & Joan Papes Partners Environmental Consulting, Inc. Tom & Sally Pate Gina Pausch Ms. Angela Pemberton-Cook Perennial Gardeners of Chesterland Peter & Donna Pesch Dr. & Mrs. Gosta Pettersson Ralph & Joan Pfingsten Ronald A. & Barbara A. Pierre Ms. Karen J. Poore Portage County Mr. Dale Porter Frank & Fran Porter Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Porter Mr. Jeffrey Porter Preformed Line Products Tim & Margaret Price Stephen Qua Karl Rabeneck Herbert & Mary Alice Ramerman Mrs. Anne Randall Pete & Sheila Randel Grace & H. Clair Rankin Michael Reagan & Karen Lenahan Lynn Reboul William F. Reed Ms. Dorothy Reichenbach Joan Smart & Bert Reimann Ms. Carolyn Rice

Mr. Frank Tillinghast & Ms. Angela Rincon Mayor & Mrs. Bruce Rinker Mr. John Riordan Mayor Chase Ritenauer Barbara Ro Barb & Doug Robertson Mr. Paul Robinson Shelley Robinson Bruce & Judith Robson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Rodgers The Honorable & Mrs. John M. Rogers Hal Rohlik Tom & Martha Jane Romp Mr. John Rosenberger Howard & Laurel Rowen Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Royer Mr. Jeff Rusnak Robert & Kathleen Russell Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Russo Donald Rynbrandt John & Delores Saada Ms. Alice R. C. Sabo Jack P. Sahl & Family Kathy Moses Salem Mr. Michael Salkind Mr. Scott Schell Mr. & Mrs. Albert Schempp Gail & Elliott Schlang Chuck Schmid Lee Ann Schmid Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Schneider Ms. Sara M. Schoppenhorst Helen Schultz Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Secor, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Mark F. Seeman Susan & Gary Sexton Mr. Gregory Sharp Mr. Steven Sharpe Mr. & Mrs. Russell Shaw Mr. Larry C. Sherer Mr. Peter Sherwin Donald P. Shury Pat & Walt Silver Harry & Geri Singer Mr. & Mrs. Dereck Slesh Ms. Linda R. Sloan Roger & Linda Smalley Edward Smith Mr. Ken Smith Kenneth & Lauren Smith Mr. Roger A. Sours Linda Spear & Jeffery Wanser Mr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Spencer Mr. James W. Sprague Robert O. Stephens Mr. Ray Stewart Mr. Dennis Stoiber Mrs. Janet Stotter Joyce & Greg Studen Ms. Cristin Sturtz Carl & Nancy Suchovsky Leo Summers & Barbara Gill James K. Sunshine Bert Szabo Pat & Shirley Tchou Anne Marie Kollander & Mark W. Teague Carol Tevis Chris Theodore Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Thoburn Ms. Jamie Thompson Ms. Rebecca Thompson Ms. Emrie Thoresen Mr. James Timonere Kenneth & Jan Tkach Mr. & Mrs. Bert J. Toth Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Toth Mr. David Trimble Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Tunder Thomas & Diane Tyrrell Livingston H. Ulf Ms. Anne Unverzagt & Mr. Richard Goddard Valley Home Management Inc Dr. & Mrs. Wesley H. Van Fossen, M.D.

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Van Zeeland Village Garden Club Mr. Kenneth Vinciquerra Mr. & Mrs. Jackman S. Vodrey Audrey & Sidney Waldman Iva L. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Jim Walker Mr. Stuart H. Walker Mr. & Mrs. James C. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. John Wallrabenstein Mr. Mark H. L. Walton Phil & Sally Warburton Gail & Ed Weintraub Weintraub Family Fund Bob & Ann Wells Mrs. Wallace Wendt Mr. & Mrs. David A. Wetzel Barbara Whitner Betsey & George Wick Martin Wieczorek & Nancy Cossler Mr. W. Craig Wilde Mr. Curtiss Williams Trevor & Gail Wilson Trevor & Gail Wilson Family Charitable Gift Fund Winfield Associates Doris & Dan Winter Kevin Winter Ms. Anne Wistow Marc & Cindy Wolf Ken & Debbie Wood Mr. & Mrs. Reid Wood Ms. Janet Yaniglos & Mr. Clyde Morris Stan & Gayle Young Sandra Zagarell Mr. John Zayac Mr. & Mrs. John Zizka Zorax Management Inc

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$99 & under Anonymous (35) Mrs. Roberta Abbey Mr. Martin Ackermann Ms. Sara A. Adams Mr. Cody Adkins Dr. Raj Aggarwal & Mrs. Karen Aggarwal Mr. Thomas A. Aldrich & Ms. Carol A. Armbrust Dr. Harriet Alger Ms. Mary C. Allen Ms. Penelope Allen Ms. Natalie Amato AmazonSmile Foundation Mr. David W. Ambrose Mrs. Janna M. Amole Mr. & Mrs. Don Anderson Henry Annable Mr. & Mrs. James Apana Mr. Arthur P. Armington Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Arona Mrs. Sandy Ashcroft Ashtabula County Convention & Visitors Bureau Mr. John Augustine Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baab Ms. Emily Bacha Mr. James Bahnsen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bain Arthur D. Baldwin II Ms. Katherine S. Ball Mr. Gary Barnhart & Ms. Judy Bradt-Barnhart Ms. Nancy E. Bartholomew Amy Bartter Joseph H. Baumann Dr. Irene H. Bautista Susan Beck Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Becker Mr. Jeffrey J. Beder The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Bennett Larry & Elise Bennett

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Demming, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Perry T. Demming Guy L. Denny Diane Devereaux Mr. Raymond Di Nuoscio Roderick A. & Barbara Dibble Ms. Jewell Ann Diehn Ms. Lori Diemer Mr. Charles Dietrich David C. Dietrich Ms. Carol A. Dikovitsky Bob & Lisa Drew Jim & Jen Drozdowski Mr. Patrick W. Duncan Ms. Ann Dwyer Mr. Edward Eckart E. Anne Eddowes Robert H. Ehlers John & Anne Elder Mr. William K. Ellert Mrs. Barbara Erdelack Hugh & Libby Erwin Jr. Ruth Evan Mr. David Evans Jennifer W. Evans Mr. Neil K. Evans David & Olivia Rosanne Factor Mike & Joan Fath Steve Feldstein Carmen Ferris Mr. Keith W. Filip Ruth & Vincent Fiordalis Mr. Carleton J. Fitzpatrick, Jr. Carolyn Fleig Ms. Karen Fleitz Ms. Rosemarie A. Foord Mr. David V. Foos Aaron Fox & Ruthanne Myers-Fox Ms. Kathryn L. Frank Mr. & Mrs. Scott H. Frantz Gary Freed Mr. & Mrs. Robert Freed Friends of Fellows Riverside Inc Friends of the Park Barbara & William Fuchsman Mrs. Mary Jayne Fulop Robert & Audrey Gairing Lewis & Maria Galante Lee Gase Mr. John F. Gates Ms. Rachel Gautner Janice Geho Lee & Pat Geissman Robert W. & Helen Gelbach Bill & Nancy Gerdes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Getz Carol & David Geyer Mr. & Mrs. Sean Giblin Ted & Nancy Goble Jean & Steve Gokorsch Judy Goldsmith GoodSearch Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Gorges Mr. & Mrs. Nick Grasso Evelyn & Seth Greenwald Ms. Lorna Greicius Ms. Penny L. Gretsinger Tom & Sara Grimm Mr. Hugh F. Groth Ms. Judith Grozdanik Ovidia Guaderrama Jeffrey & Cecelia Gueulette Ms. Teresa Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Francis G. Gwirtz Mr. & Mrs. John A. Haas Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Haehn Dorian L. Hall Prudence & Richard Hall Ms. Stevie Halverstadt Mrs. Sarah A. Hammers Mr. Earl Hammond Glenn & Barbara Hanniford Mr. Jay Harbath Mr. Joshua Harmon Harper Valley Preserve, Inc. Tom & Judy Harvey

Approximate number of tree canopy acres lost in the City of Cleveland each year Mr. & Mrs. Susan Hawker Mr. Clifford Hayman & Ms. Kathleen Lipnis The Heath Fund Jean Heller Ken & Brenda Hembury Elizabeth Allyn Hendricks Mr. & Mrs. James Hess Tom E. Hinson & Diana Tittle Ms. Audrey Hofstetter Mr. John Holian Jann & Ken Holzman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce L. Hoover Ms. Carolyn Horn John S. Horn Ms. Mary Alice Horner Ms. Margaret E. Hoskins Maxine W. Houck Ms. Anne Houdek Mr. & Mrs. Larry Howell Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Howell John & Susan Hric Mr. Stephen Hronek Mr. Robert S. Huddleston Dale E. & Sandy Hughes Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Hungerford Mr. Allan Immonen Dr. Robert A. Irvin Fran & Herb Jacobs Tom & Crystal James Mr. & Mrs. John Janoch Ms. Glen Jenkins Ms. Debra Jesionowski Stephen C. & Lisa R. Jett Vernon & Marlene Jividen Mr. David C. Johansson Gay & Gideon Johnson Ms. Denise E. Jones Ms. Laura Jones Mr. Thomas A. Jorgensen Mr. & Mrs. David Kahn George Kambic Mr. & Mrs. James R. Kantola Ms. Susan L. Kapcoe Mr. & Mrs. Dennis V. Karl Mr. John Katko & Ms. Mary V. Curry J. W. Kauffman, Jr. Mrs. C. Sue Kaufman Kaufman Fund Mr. Dennis Keating Helen G. Keating Dr. & Mrs. C. William Keck Mr. & Mrs. John J. Kehn David W. Kellogg Carolyn P. Kelly (Mrs. Michael) Mr. David J. Kennard

Susan Kent & Benjamin Sperry Mr. Jason Kester Ms. Helen Ketcham Mr. Donald Ketchum Mr. Walter Kiekhaefer Mr. & Mrs. John J. King Charles & Jennie Kinnel Kinsman Historical Society Michael & Jayne Klein Bill & Jean Koehler Madelyn Koltcz Mr. Richard G. Kotapish Carole & Brian Kowell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kozusko Ms. Paula Kramer Mr. James Krause Glen & Marcia Kubach Gene Kurzen William & Elaine Lamb Mr. Ronald D. Lambert Dick & Libby Larrabee Karen Larsen Mr. & Mrs. Albert Laufer John & Beth Lawton Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Lazarus Walter Lazuka JoAnn Leavenworth Ben & Pam Lenz Mr. & Mrs. Frank Leonetti Donald Lerner Marcia W. Levine Leonard & Rowena Lindh Ms. Jill Linek G M Lipovsky Mr. Gregory Lipps Mr. & Mrs. William S. Lipscomb Mr. Steven L. Lizewski Sean Logan Mr. & Mrs. Michael Loizos Ms. Santhe Loizos Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Loizos Mr. & Mrs. Gary G. Love Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Lowe The Lowellville Rod & Gun Club Judy Lucas Betsey Luce Cheryl Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. Steve P. Lull Dale & Sue Lyons Ms. Lynn M. MacArthur Mr. John MacDonald & Ms. Helen Kopp Mr. & Mrs. Robert MacIntyre Anna Maerean Mr. & Mrs. George W. Mahoney Fred & Carol Maier Mr. & Mrs. George R. Maier

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Paul & Margaret Beno Mr. Raymond Berg Mr. Terry Berkey Beverly E. Bernatowicz Linda & Ralph Berry Robert & Teri Berry Eileen & Gene Best Roger & Edie Binkley Ms. Rita Bishop Eleanor S. Blair Ms. Jane Blodgett Ms. Janina B. Blonski Mr. & Mrs. David T. Boich Mr. & Mrs. John F. Borton Mr. Nicholas P. Boyd & Dr. Ana Maria Carillo, Ph.D. Johanne V. Bradd Mrs. Andrea N. Bradd Cook Councilman Tony Brancatelli Mr. Jake Brand Ms. Kimberly A. Brewster Mr. Randall E. Brooks Elaine W. Brophy Barbara Bruer Nancy D. Brundage Dr. & Mrs. William E. Bruner II Mrs. Barbara Bryner Mr. & Mrs. Larry E. Buchanan Frank & Leslie Buck Mr. & Mrs. Arnold A. Budin Ms. Sally A. Burger Ms. Lisa Burrough Don & Marti Burrows Mr. Richard H. Busch David Butz Garnet R. Byrne Jay & Stevie Byrne Mr. Steve Cagan & Dr. Elizabeth Cagan Charles Caldwell Mr. Dwight W. Call Bob & Linda Callahan Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Capela Mr. & Mrs. Lucien H. Case Frank & Martha Castle Century Homes Association Pam Cerio Mr. Matthew L. Cern Ms. Jennifer Cerny Ms. Catherine B. Chambers Mr. George Chapman Barbara & Dick Chernus Andy & Lucy Chess Mr. Francis W. Chiappa Mr. John C. Childers Mrs. Ann Cicarella The Honorable & Mrs. Joseph E. Cirigliano Ms. Charlene C. Clamp Mr. & Mrs. W B Clapham, Jr. Edward & Marrianne Clary Ms. Bonnie Coe Delores Cole Dr. & Mrs. Roger L. Colebrook Ms. Melissa Coleman Columbiana County Federation of Conservation Clubs, Inc Cynthia H. Comer Christine M. Comstock Mr. Harry Condry Mr. Robert A. Conrad Country View Garden Club Mr. James Cowan Carrie Jean Cox Ms. Dawn Cragon Pitt & Sally Curtiss Mr. Alex Czayka Norm Damm Mr. John B. Davidson Mr. Christian C. Day Lisa Days Rebecca De Bolt Alison De Broux Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. deConingh, Jr. Ms. Joan DeLauro

Mr. Michael F. Malloy Ms. Lisa Maracz Mrs. Sharon Marco Mr. Glen Marhefka Ms. Laura Marks Anne Martin Mr. John V. Martonchik Mr. William K. Mason Ms. Lillian W. Masters Elizabeth Mather & Anthony Kozar Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James M. Mather Mr. Gerald Matisoff Mr. & Mrs. William B. Mattlin Mayfield Women’s Club Inc Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Mazorow George W. McCabe Keith McCrae & Katie Emerson Jane McCullam Ms. Joan McDermitt Mrs. Josephine C. McGinnis Mr. Mark L. McGlynn Thomas McKee Mr. Robert B. McNutt Mr. Anthony Mealy Dr. Paul P. Mechling Dr. Anthony L. Mehle Dennis & Sherry Meinke Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mele Ms. Peggy Mendes-Stern & Dr. Barry Stern Kathryn & Guy Mercer Bruce B. Merchant & Sandra Ann Reel Dr. Keith Merritt Ms. Molly Merryman Ms. Rebecca S. Merryman Carol M. Metz Mr. & Mrs. Pete Michaelis David J. & Beth A. Miller Eileen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Miller Ms. Penny Milmine Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Mitchell Ms. Mary L. Moeller Craig Moore Mr. Harvey M. Morris Mr. Hunter Morrison Mr. Stuart C. Morrison David Morrow Ms. Carolyn Morrow Mr. & Mrs. Peter V. Mortensen Larry & Sophia Morton Mr. Richard L. Mueller Manny & Judi Naft Lara Nagle Stuart Bruce & Cynthia Campbell Nairn Mrs. Diana A. Neff Stuart & Sally Neidus

Network for Good Ms. Laurel Newman Mr. Paul A. Newman Ms. Cheril L. Nice Don & Nancy Nichols Mr. & Mrs. James W. Nichols, Jr. North Kingsville Garden Club Mr. William J. Northup Joyce & Dale Norton Mary E. Nourse Joanne W. Nye James & Madeline O’Brien Ohio CAT Mr. Bryan Oney Ms. Stephanie Orellana Helen & Ken Ostermiller Betty Ostuw Gary & Yvonne Oyler Mr. David Pack Walter R. J. Payne, Jr. Mr. Brian S. Perala Mr. & Mrs. David S. Perelman Laura Peskin Polly Petersen Ms. Ava Joyce Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Fred Peterson Ms. Christine W. Pfeil Terrell & Susan Pim Pamela Pintar Mr. Ronald Piscalko Charlene Powell Dale & Kim Preston Barbara & Ken Prince Kurt & Carolyn Princic Chuck & Carolyn Rainger Mr. Allen M. Rand Mr. Thomas Rapini Ms. Amelia N. Reed Mr. Don T. Reeves Mr. Bryan Renner Irene & Alan Reyzis Phyllis Gorfain & Bruce Richards Rick & Elaine Richardson Ms. Brooke Rickettson Ms. Corey Ringle Mr. & Mrs. William A. Roberts David J. Roberston Ms. Patricia S. Robertson Judith L. Robinson Thomas & Nancy Rodgers Tiffany & Brett Rodstrom Mr. & Mrs. Gust Rodstrom Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Rokakis Mary Anne & Tom Romito Betty A. Root Mr. Richard Rose Brian & Annette Rostetter Terrence & Carole Rounds Martha Rowan Richard & Marcia Rubin Mr. Paul Ruez Mr. & Mrs. Douglas F. Ryan Mary & Robert Salomon Mr. & Mrs. David Sandberg Steve & Anne Sanford Mr. & Mrs. Nelson L. Sanger Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Santee Jim Sarosy Mr. Adam Sauerland Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Savas David & Judith Scaife George & Valerie Schaefer Jim Schaefer Al C. Schinagle Jr. Ms. Andrea L. Schmidt Joseph Schreiber Mr. Eric J. Schultz Peg Schultz Ann & John Schuster Mr. Fred R. Schwartz Ms. Sara Scudier Mr. J. Gary Seewald Tom & Tracy Seifert Ms. Mary Shelley Laurel Sheppard Jim Sherwood

Mr. Craig Shoemaker Marty Sickinger Stephanie Sires & Joe Talley G. Michael & Kathy Mead Skerritt Mr. Raymond R. Slaubaugh Harold & Linda Slocum Ms. Karen Smik Carole P. Smith Mr. David Smith Dean & Carrie Smith Mr. Jeffrey Smith Bob Smith & Ann Cole Mr. Wilson J. Smith Marc & Betty Snitzer Richard & Evelynne Spencer Mr. William F. Spicuzza Ms. Dolly V. Stamat Ms. Marilyn R. Stano Nancy Stark Ben S. Stefanski II Mr. John T. Steinback Mr. & Mrs. Ira Steinberg Mrs. Judith A. Stevens Gene & Diana Stromberg Rich & Lynette Stuart Mr. & Mrs. Roger Swan Carolyn S. Swaney Susan Swisher Ms. Anita Szegvari Cynthia Szunyog Rick & Susan Taft William Taft Mr. Phillip Taress Carol Caple Tarrier Mr. Richard Tashjian Ms. Alyssa Taylor Mr. Scott M. Theus Ms. Carolyn Toth Ms. M. Jane Toth Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Toth Stacy Totten Ms. Marjorie L. Townsend & Ms. Marjorie W. Townsend Mr. & Mrs. S. K. Towson Jr. Mrs. Frank Treco Ms. Christine D. Trivett Edward Tuhela Mrs. Emilie Unkrich Ms. Marie Valince William & Barbara Valis Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Van Cleef Curt & Barbara Van Blarcum Ms. Marjorie Vanek Kathleen L. Vilas Musette T. Vincent Ms. Nancy Wagner Mr. & Mrs. James Waite Mr. & Mrs. William Walker Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wardwell Bob & Joan Warmeling Margaret Watson Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Weil Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Weil Dr. & Mrs. Lee Weisberg Mr. Devrin Weiss Howard M. Wells, Jr. Mr. David L. Weymiller Gary & Beverly White Ms. Patricia Whitlam Billy Ray Wilcox Seth & Emily Wilmore Scott R. Wilson Amy & Tim Winnicki Cheryl Wolfe-Cragin Mr. & Mrs. Christopher E. Wollaeger Mrs. Sarah H. Woodall Jo & Bill Wooldredge Ms. Sandra Woolf John & Sylvia Yankey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Yates Mrs. Betty J. Yelic Alex & Leslie Zimmerman Mary Frances Haerr & Kal Zucker Margaret S. Zurbrugg Claire Zurbuch

(Monthly Giving Program) Anonymous (1) Jack W. & Arlene Barthels Mr. & Mrs. W. Craig Bashein Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Clark Mr. Richard D. Cochran & Dr. Jennifer Cochran James & Christine Cossler Beau Daane Brett Farmery & Carey Jaros Rick Hawksley & Joan Inderhees Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland & Ms. Marjorie Muirden Sarah Jane & Roger Ingraham Mr. & Mrs. Bill Jordan Dr. & Mrs. James Kotapish, Jr. Joan Long Mr. Michael F. Malloy Mr. & Mrs. Keith McClintock Bob Owen Diane Palker Richard & Dina Schoonmaker Mr. Grant Thompson Leah & Blair Whidden Francille & Donald Willis

In-Kind Gifts

Anonymous (1) Mr. Ian Adams Larry & Karen Bettcher Mr. James Eisenberg Empaco Equipment Corporation Good Nature Organic Lawn Care Mr. & Mrs. Terence J. McCann Alec & Jennifer McClennan Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Miller Petitti Garden Center Mr. Michael Russell Bob Salmen Ron & Rita Siwik Mr. Kirk Talbott

Land Protection Fund Donors Camp Crowell Hilaka Bass Energy, Inc. Mary L. Haskins Dr. Bill & Laura Hlavin

Cuyahoga YDC

Dr. & Mrs. Don J. Germano Don & Nancy Germano Charitable Fund

Kister Water Mill

Donald & Alice Noble Foundation The J. M. Smucker Company

Lucien M. Clemons Park

Ms. Melinda S. Ackerman & Dr. Lisa Kidd Mr. & Mrs. Lynn App Mrs. Eleanor Batcha Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Berhent Larry & Karen Bettcher Mayor Jacqueline A. Bird Mr. Mark E. Cole Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Greg N. Deerhake Ann DeHaven Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Delahanty E. Anne Eddowes Jean M. Fontaine Frederick Agency Inc Ms. Pamela P. Gartin Mr. & Mrs. William D. Greer Mr. & Mrs. Rollin L. Grosjean Mr. & Mrs. Scott E. Halblaub Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hirt Ms. Caroline Kristoff

Mr. Dan Lyons Mr. Ernest McCullough Mr. & Mrs. C. Joe Morgan Gloria Pepa Mrs. Brenda Pepa Mr. Daniel J. Ring Mr. & Mrs. Dean E. Sheldon, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William D. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gary Smolk Mr. John E. Starcher & Ms. Holly Gast Ms. Silvia Teffner Mr. David Yestt Mr. & Mrs. Terry Vacha

Founders Society Our gratitude to the following individuals whose vision in 2006 was to merge into one organization, and become members of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy Founders Society.

White North Stables

The Ames Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ames Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Ames Anne Marie Kollander & Mark Teague Family Fund Mr. Frederick Asbeck & Dr. Ellen Rome Mr. & Mrs. Peter Balunek Mr. Gordon G. Blackburn Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bower Evan Buller Mr. & Mrs. Paul Cascio Cynthia Pordon & William Check Mr. & Mrs. David W. Dennis Ann Garson George H. Porter III & Patricia Reich Porter Foundation Ms. Nell L. Giltinan Ms. Kathy Goss James & Angela Hambrick Ms. Jessica M. Hart Mr. & Mrs. Doug Horner James & Angela Hambrick Foundation Mr. Richard J. Jeschelnig Mr. & Mrs. Neil Luria Ms. Stephanie Orellana Wilde Fields Randall Equine Veterinary Group Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy Mr. David Spero Mr. & Mrs. Marc Stone Ms. Sanae Tanebe Anne Marie Kollander & Mark W. Teague

Other Significant Properties

Britons in America Club Inc Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Bumb Mr. & Mrs. Scott Butts Ms. Beverly A. Christen Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hacker Ms. Carol A. Hala Mr. Henry H. Hawley & Mr. George Vassos Mr. Robert Kilbane Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McElroy Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Miller Paja Realty Company Ms. Frances J. Rollin Mr. Nicholas Zavarella

Matching Companies

The Ames Family Foundation Caterpillar Foundation Eaton Corporation GE Foundation KeyBank Foundation Matching Gifts The Lubrizol Foundation Matching Gift Administrator The Nordson Corporation Foundation Owens-Illinois Charities Foundation Perkins Charitable Foundation Preformed Line Products Progressive Insurance Foundation Select Equity Group, Inc. UBS Financial Services

Percentage of Ohio farms that are family farms

In Honor Of

Kathleen K. Leavenworth Mary Frances Haerr & Kal Zucker Damien Marshall Jennifer Cerny Terri Martincic Ruth Evan Stephen C. Morris Jeanette G. & Glenn R. Brown Drs. Glenn R. & Jeanette Grasselli Brown Gift Fund Kate Pilacky Roger & Fran Cooper Elizabeth W. Porter Ms. Stephanie Orellana James Rokakis Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Rokakis Mr. Michael Salkind Zorax Management Inc Marriage of Sattin & Lyytinen Patti & Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren David Schneider Ms. Joan DeLauro Deborah H. Serianni Roger & Fran Cooper Foster Starcher Mr. John Starcher & Ms. Holly Gast Marta Stone Ms. Laura Jones Shirley Zook Mr. John Koepke

In Memory Of

Stanley I. Adelstein Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Weil Albert A. Augustus Ms. Linda Augustus Ellsworth Hunt Augustus Linda Augustus James J. Cappy Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Lewis, Sr. The Lowellville Rod & Gun Club Mr. Scott Warren Dennis Coles Robert H. Ehlers Betty Jean Days Lisa Days Lawrence Forthofer Dr. & Mrs. Harley Boos Mr. Christian C. Day Ms. Ann Dwyer Ms. Rachel Forthofer Dr. Keith Merritt Dr. Paul Myer Kate Pilacky & David DiTullio Dr. Scott Thompson Harriet Gordon William & Elaine Lamb Jackie Kaplansky Mr. Arthur Kaplansky Perry James Kepner Ms. Nancy Kepner William C. Kvet Rosalind K. Kvet Nell Lauderbaugh Ms. Margaret E. Hoskins Ralph W. & Florence Leavenworth JoAnn Leavenworth Elias Benjamin Marks Patti & Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren

David Liam Kyle

Circle of Giving

Jack McCabe Doris Gilbert Ralph H. Merryman Mrs. Mary Jayne Fulop Dorian L. Hall Ms. Denise E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Dennis V. Karl Ms. Molly Merryman Ms. Rebecca S. Merryman Judith L. Robinson Margaret S. Zurbrugg Arthur Moebius Mr. & Mrs. David Sandberg Bruce Neilson Doris Gilbert Matt O’Connell Lara Nagle Robert H. Reboul Lynn Reboul Walter J. Stoiber Mr. Dennis Stoiber Barry Walker Judith Appleton Kate Pilacky & David DiTullio Mr. Stuart H. Walker Mary Weber Ren & Mary Bookman Alan & Robin Cubberley Mr. & Mrs. David Gleason Mr. Robert Gries Mr. & Mrs. Latham W. Murfey III Gina Pausch & Bob Owen Yvonne & Richard Weissinger Marcine Pensiero Donald E. Wolfe Cheryl Wolfe-Cragin

We apologize for any ommissions. If your name has been omitted or listed incorrectly, please contact Gina Pausch at 440-528-4150 or gpausch@wrlandconservancy.org.

Anonymous (8) Ames Family Foundation (The) Dr. Jay Ankeney * & Dr. Julie Clayman Mr. Edward Baker & Dr. Anna Van Heeckeren Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman Barbara & Mike Bass Jerry & Janet Bender Mr. Joseph P. Bennett Marion Berick IR Trust Mark & Melanie Biche Black River Audubon Jean Astrup Faubel Blanche * Rob & Peg Bobel Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bolton Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bowen Dennis & Laura Bower Vikki & Peter Broer Barbara Brown & Steve Ward Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker Gail & Don Butler R. Bruce* & Jane Campbell Mary Alice Cannon Mrs. William B. Chamberlin, Jr. * Mrs. Walter M. Charman, Jr. Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Elizabeth P. Colebrook * Owen Colligan Mrs. Rita Conway * Mr. & Mrs. William Conway Roger & Fran Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Corns Mr. & Mrs. John Corogin Patrick G. Coy & Karin L. Tanquist Beau Daane Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. deConingh, Jr. Dolphin Trust Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson Richard & Louise Dunn The Cyrus Eaton Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig Diane & Warren Farr Michael & Gretchen Farrell FirstEnergy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Greg Foust William & Sarah Gardner Fred Geis, Geis Companies Mr. & Mrs. James Gerspacher Jean & Steve Gokorsch Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gratry Richard & Jane Green Family Foundation Inc. John Gresock & Teresa Holland-Gresock Susan & Dick* Grimm The Grimm Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Gudbranson Corinne P. Hadley Mr. & Mrs. David Halstead Lydia & Ron Harrington Nancy & Ron Harrington Mary Jane Hartwell Melissa Haslinger Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hellman Sharon & David Herzer Mr. & Mrs. Albert* M. Higley, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoffmann Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland & Ms. Marjorie Muirden Mr. & Mrs. Jack Holland Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hyde Ms. Elizabeth B. Juliano Barbara & Michael Kaplan

Charlotte E. Karson Daiber Cynthia Knight Joan M. Kosko Mr. Dean Kulwicki Kenneth Kuttner & Laura Bentz William & Bonny Lafave Elaine & Bill Lamb Kathy K. Leavenworth Mr. & Mrs. John Leech Mr. & Mrs. James R. Levine The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation Gail Marie Lipovsky Phyllis & Robert Lucarelli Byron & Elsie Lutman Dr. & Mrs. John T. Makley The Milton & Tamar Maltz Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McAfee Julien L. McCall Family Foundation Mike & Tina McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Lee McMannis Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan III Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan IV Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Meyers Estate of John W. Mitchell Mr. Mark Mittler Mr. & Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon Mr. Robert O. Moravec Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Morris Mrs. Margaret Mueller Mr. & Mrs. William C. Mulligan John P. Murphy Foundation Susan Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Paul Neidhardt Marion Olson Mr. & Mrs. William O’Neill Kenneth R. Parker Mr. & Mrs. James Patterson Michael Pender Memorial Fund Faith Pescatore Ava Joyce Peterson Carol & Bill Prior Mr. & Mrs. Emery C. Prior PYSHT Fund Mr. & Mrs. Todd Ray Josh Rubin, The CJR Group Mr. & Mrs. Franz Sauerland James & Lenore Schilling Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Shaughnessy Walter Sheppe Stephanie Sires The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust South Waite Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James Spira David & Kelly Staats Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Sullivan Mr. Nelson S. Talbott * Renold D. Thompson, Jr. Mrs. C. C. Tippit * Livingston H. Ulf Mr. & Mrs. James G. Watterson Josephine Hannel Weber Mr. & Mrs.* William Weber Mr. & Mrs. Blair Whidden Carter & Genevieve*Wilmot David Wilmot Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wolstein *deceased