Spring 2022 Newsletter and Annual Report

Land Savers SPRING 2022 | Vol. 25, Issue 1

INSIDE!

Your donations: • saved NINE new farms last year!

• helped a Bedford family protect “the best place ever”!

• made the Capital Campaign a success! w w w. b rlcva.org

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We protect the lands and waters you love, forever.

FROM THE DIRECTOR You did this!

Your gifts saved nine new properties in our last fiscal year!

Those are beautiful tracts of farm and forestland, rivers and streams, animal habitat and scenic views that will remain natural for all future Virginians to enjoy and benefit from.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ann Bondurant Trinkle, President Robert C. Mountcastle, President-Elect Ruth T. Dickerson, Treasurer Fiona M. Tower, Secretary A. Sidney Barritt III, MD Dominic M. Basile Maureen McNamara Best Helen A. Burnett William Hunley Sonja A. Ingram Lowell F. Inhorn, MD David C. Jones, DDS Wendy W. Kendrick Susan E. McSwain

STAFF David C. Perry, Executive Director Emily R.H. Bender, Assistant Director Tina L. Badger, Project Manager Kate K. Glass, Stewardship Manager Meredith Keppel, Land Conservation Specialist Chris Holdren, Southern VA Program Manager Jennifer Wills, Central Virginia Program Manager

Take a look at our donor list for last fiscal year, running from Dave Perry July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. Find your name and pat yourself on the back! And take a look around to see who else is aboard the land conservation train with you—probably some friends and neighbors you recognize.

Fact is—no land gets saved without you. It never has, and it never will. You’re the magic that makes land conservation go, and Virginia is forever indebted for your generosity.

And as much success as you’ve made possible, more can be done!

Did you know there are all sorts of ways for your donations to save land?

You can use the donation envelope right in this issue of Land Savers to become a monthly giver! This is a fantastic way to support land conservation year-round. Many supporters just like yourself find they can make a larger impact on saving land by breaking up their donation into 12 smaller, monthly gifts. Your donation is withdrawn automatically from your checking account or charged to your credit card, so you don’t have to do a single thing. And you can stop your donation at any time!

Another great way to really make an impact is with a gift in your will. We can work with your and your estate planner to help plan a gift that will save land and water for generations to come—the kind of gift that can be game-changing down the road.

You can also make a gift of appreciated stock, and even donate your old car! Just visit brlcva.org, look under the “Support Us” menu, and click on “Turn Cars into Land.”

Of course, you can always use the enclosed donation envelope to make a gift by check or credit card. And you can make a quick and convenient online gift right from the front page at any of our website: brlcva.org, cvalc.org, or svalc.org.

Thank you again for all you do!

The Lemon House 1305 Maple Avenue SW Roanoke, VA 24016 540-985-0000 blueridgelandconservancy.org

David Perry Executive Director

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD A Note from

BLUE RIDGE LAND CONSERVANCY

H Emily Bender

ere at BRLC our staff are enjoying the office space in the Lemon House and are excited to see all of the work and growth that spring will bring in the gardens! I have been settling in to my new role as assistant director over the past few months and am grateful that everyone on the staff helped to get me up to speed on the ongoing projects so that I could really hit the ground running.

Since December of last year, I have had the opportunity to work with 6+ landowners to permanently protect their lands. Many of these projects were well on their way to crossing the “finish line” before I joined the team, but I have greatly enjoyed being a part of each project, even if the only role I had was driving the deed to the courthouse to be recorded!

So far in 2022, we have several new easements projects in the works with landowners and partners in Roanoke and Franklin counties. As spring is approaching I am looking forward to being out and about on conserved properties and getting to meet more landowners in the BRLC service area.

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“The Best Place Ever” Capital Campaign a Success FY 2020-21 Financials FY 2020-21 Donors

ABOUT THE COVER

I look forward to meeting with all of you at a BRLC event, such as our conservation celebration, or for a conversation over coffee to talk about a conservation easement.

For more information about the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy or if you are considering how a conservation easement can work for you please call Emily at 540-985-0000 or e-mail ebender@brlcva.org.

Madelyn Stone, BRLC Summer Intern

Cover photo: Husted dog enjoys a peaceful walk down the driveway (photo courtesy of The Husteds)

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD A Note from

CENTRAL VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY

By Jennifer Wills, Program Manager

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e’ve seen some snow in Central Virginia in January and a mix of warmer temps and freezing weather in February. The trees should be blooming by the time you read this newsletter.

This winter we received great press about the Husted Jennifer Wills easement in Forest, Bedford County. It was featured in the Bedford Bulletin on January 26th and the Lynchburg News and Advance and Roanoke Times on February 5th. I’ve had several calls from landowners who are interested in learning more about easements. I’m not sure if those are a result of the press but it’s good news either way.

There is never a dull day at CVaLC. In addition to talking with landowners about potential easements, I’ve been out in the field on a stewardship visit, visited landowners about their easements in progress, and delivered a CVaLC sign to the Talbert’s for their 560-acre easement in Campbell County. We also supported HB 49 which would designate an additional 44-mile portion of the James River as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System, particularly in Appomattox and Nelson counties.

While winter has been busy, we are gearing up for a very busy spring with fundraising events, community outreach and landowner workshops.

Starr Hill Brewery, Thursdays in March. Starr Hill is located at 1300 Main Street in Lynchburg. They are incredible community supporters and they are supporting CVaLC every Thursday in March. For every beer purchased,

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they will donate $1.00 to CVaLC. We’ll be having an event March 24th at 6pm to make new CVaLC friends and see old friends. Starr Hill is located at 1300 Main Street, Lynchburg.

Visit the website (https://www.cvalc.org/events.html) or our Facebook page for more information.

Community outreach. We will be at the Lynchburg City Market on April 23 to kick off the city’s Week of Green and at the Sedalia Center in Bedford County on April 23 for their Terrapin Mountain Earth Festival. We are brainstorming other events for community outreach. If you know of any in Bedford, Campbell, Appomattox, Nelson, Amherst or Buckingham counties, please let me know!

Landowner workshops. We are still planning workshops and so far, we have events in Amherst on April 5, and in Appomattox on April 26. If you know any landowners who would be interested in attending, or if you yourself would like to attend, please RSVP to me at jwills@cvalc.org. Also you can direct questions my way.

List of upcoming events: March 24: Starr Hill Brewery special event, open to everyone, 1300 Main St, Lynchburg April 5: Amherst County landowner workshop, Second Stage, 194 2nd St, Amherst April 23: Table at Lynchburg Community Market, 1219 Main Street, Lynchburg April 23: Table at Sedalia Center, 1108 Sedalia School Rd, Big Island April 26: Appomattox County landowner workshop, Appomattox Community Center, 220 Community Lane, Appomattox May 3: Buckingham County landowner workshop Please check CVaLC.org for an up-to-date list of events.

A Note from

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY

By Chris Holdren, Program Manager SVALC recently held its first landowner meeting since the start of the Covid Pandemic.

The Meeting held at the Old Dominion Ag Complex in Pittsylvania County allowed us to finally meet face to face with landowners throughout the county and to promote the conservation efforts of the SVALC and Land Chris Holdren Savers United. These landowners viewed a power point presentation that was then followed up by a Q&A session, geared toward answering

question pertaining to the easement process. SVALC walked away from the meeting with several new landowner contacts, and hopes for several new easements in the future.

SVALC also recently completed an easement in Charlotte County in partnership with Conservation Partners. This easement donated by the Creecy family will forever protect 384 acres. Along with this completed easement, Dr. David Jones has recently expressed interest in putting two additional properties under easement and SVALC has visits scheduled and plans to move forward with the easement process on these properties. We are look forward to working with Dr. Jones on conserving these beautiful properties.

Please contact Chris Holdren, Program Manager with the Southern Virginia Land Conservancy at choldren@svalc. org or 276-224-6489 for any information on placing your property under a Conservation Easement

Have a vehicle you no longer need, but don't want to go through the hassle of selling?

Consider donating your well-loved vehicle to the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy! We'll re-sell it for you, and you can count it as a tax-deductible gift. It's a win-win for all involved.

BRLC is partnering with CARS to handle automobile donations.

Go to https://www.careasy.org/nonprofit/blue-ridge-land-conservancy to donate your car!

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Sunset over the pond at Old Elkton Farm

by Hailey Griffin

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"the best place ever" NOW PROTECTED FOREVER

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oyce and Kathy Husted recently protected their 115 acre farm in Forest just off US 221 with the Central Virginia Land Conservancy.

The Husted’s land, with its fields, wooded areas, pond, Elk Creek and its tributary, will be protected from future development.

Royce and Kathy Husted

Forest couple protects farm, scenic view with the Central Virginia Land Conservancy

After years of searching for the farm of their dreams, Royce and Kathy left their home in the Chicago area in 1993 and moved with their four boys to a place they call “the Best Place Ever.” When they found the Old Elkton Farm, with its rolling hills, mountain views, barns and a big house, they knew this was the place they wanted to call home. Since moving to a rural area from a big city, Royce and Kathy “have enjoyed both the work of owning a farm (fixing buildings, fences and trails) and the fun (riding horses, hiking, boating, swimming, gardening and even planting lots of trees)”.

Kathy, a landscape artist, explains that she is “inspired by the endless subject matter the land provides. I love to head out with the dogs to paint the mountain views, the trees in bloom, flowers, and birds.”

She’s generously donated artwork for the Central Virginia Land Conservancy’s fundraising auction later this year.

Royce also finds inspiration from the land. “I converted the old dairy barn to a machine shop and office so he could continue his career as an independent inventor.” “Don’t let him be modest”, says Jennifer Wills, program manager for Central Virginia Land Conservancy, “He has well over 60 patents.”

According to Royce and Kathy, “we have provided a natural environment for all the wild creatures that count on our land for survival. When the land values increased and neighboring farmers began selling to developers, we sought a conservation easement from the Central Virginia Land Conservancy to help us protect our farm

Deer frolicking the snow on the conserved farm

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Geese on the pond

forever. We love our farm like family and we are pleased to know it will remain a peaceful and beautiful place for ever and ever.”

Horses graze in a pasture that will be preserved forever

"We love our farm like family and we are pleased to know it will remain a peaceful and beautiful place for ever and ever.”

Under the terms of the land conservancy’s agreement with the Husteds, the couple can build a limited number of homes on the property but can’t convert the property into one of the many high-density housing developments that line the US 221 corridor between Bedford and Lynchburg. They can also divide the property one time to split the land among their children. The Husteds agree to protect the streams on the property with wide, forested buffer areas, including their 700 feet of frontage along the Elk Creek and 2,300 feet along an

unnamed tributary. They also agree to maintain a buffer of trees along the front of their property to protect the scenic view from the road.

The Central Virginia Land Conservancy has been a part of saving land across Central Virginia for nearly two decades.

The conservancy protects land in Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, and Nelson counties. For more information on how you can help save our beautiful scenery, or to learn how you can conserve your own rural land, call (434) 942-4320, visit cvalc.org, or e-mail jwills@cvalc.org.

All photos courtesy of The Husteds

Geese in flight over the pond

Aerial photo of Old Elkton Farm

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Capital Campaign Turns D

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hanks to you, a dream has been brought to reality! And it never would have happened without your generous support.

Supporters of the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy raised more than $250,000 for the Campaign for the Conservancy, a fundraising effort to provide a permanent home for land conservation in our part of the world.

That permanent home is The Lemon House, a stately 1920’s-era home in Roanoke’s Old Southwest neighborhood. Named for the land conservancy’s founding president and long-time supporter Barbara Lemon of Roanoke, The Lemon House is more than an office. With its native plant gardens going in this spring, it’s a place to enjoy nature and learn about our local ecosystems. It’s a vehicle for bringing conservationists around the state together virtually and in person.

And it’s a community meeting space for grassroots groups.

“The children and I were pleased to be able to honor Barbara in this way and to help the Land Conservancy,” said Barbara’s husband, Bill Lemon of Roanoke. “Barbara was always interested in conservation, preservation and sustainability and her desire was always to be a good steward of this Earth. That was what lead her to help form the Western Virginia Land Trust back in 1996 and to chair its board for the first eight years. She was always an

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advocate for the WVLT, now the BRLC, and cheered its achievements over the years. We know that she would be thrilled to see what a success the land conservancy has become and proud to be honored this way by the BRLC at this important milestone in its history.”

Dr. Lowell Inhorn and Cynthia Petzold of Roanoke County donated a vacant building lot to the land conservancy, which the conservancy sold last year and applied the proceeds to the campaign, which resulted in naming the community room after Lowell and Cynthia. The community room can accommodate groups of up to 20-25 people and will have presentation and videoconferencing capabilities, making it ideal for board meetings, community programs and other similar uses.

“We had purchased a wooded lot in a beautiful Roanoke City neighborhood years ago, intending to build a home,” said Lowell. “After holding on to the lot for more than 20 years, we realized that we would never build on it, and decided to donate the property.

“The Land Conservancy office had been searching for a permanent home, after many years of working in donated office spaces,” Lowell continued. “It occurred to us that donating our land to the Land Conservancy might provide the down payment for the purchase of a suitable office building. We were delighted that this became a reality when BRLC acquired the Maple Avenue property.”

George Kegley, who passed away just before this issue of Land Savers was going to the designer, sponsored the sun-loving pollinator garden planned for the front of The Lemon House.

Featuring a bench sponsored by the Kegley family and a bird bath sponsored

by Charlotte Porterfield, the gardens will consist of native plant species such as an eastern redbud, whorled milkweed, black-eyed Susans and American beautyberry, among others.

We know George will be pleased when he sees the garden in its full beauty later this spring and summer.

Two other long-time land conservancy supporters, Bill and Ann Hackworth, sponsored the shade garden in the rear of the building, as well as a custom bench and birdbath. Diana Christopulos and Mark McClain are sponsoring a second bench. The garden, with its ample shade provided by the neighboring houses and a tall pin oak tree, will include native plant species such as high bush blueberry, flame azalea, marginal wood fern and more.

Said Bill, “Ann and I sponsored the shade garden because we believe in the mission of the Conservancy—saving land from development—so that our grandkids and their kids can enjoy it.

“It was our ‘good seed’ for the day,” joked Bill.

“These gardens will be as educational and functional as they are beautiful,” said Blue Ridge Land Conservancy

ream to Reality Members of the Lemon family pose atop Mill Mountain during last fall’s Conservation Celebration.

Executive Director David Perry. “Two of our green-thumbed volunteers, Meade Eggleston and Dominic Basile, drew up the designs. The plants chosen aren’t just pretty natives—they’ve been selected because they support the entire life cycle of species.”

Bobby and Emily Mountcastle sponsored the deck around the back of the building. The existing wooden patio was powerwashed and stained with the help of super-volunteers Janet Scheid and Bud LaRoche. A fire pit, patio furniture and

firewood holder round out a beautiful spot to extend meetings or enjoy lunch.

"Emily and I were excited to support the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy in a way that will create a space for people to come together,” said Bobby. “Knowing The Lemon House is there to stay and this project will be used for decades to come made this an easy decision."

And more than two dozen donors sponsored engraved brick pavers, to be part of a new brick walkway at the front of The Lemon House leading to the street.

“All of the lovers of land and water out there made this happen,” said Perry.

“Without their generosity, the land conservancy would be paying rent in an office park somewhere. Thanks to the supporters of the land conservancy, conservation has a home that is truly a benefit to the entire community.”

Conservancy staff are planning a special reception for donors and the public this summer. Stay tuned for more information!

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Annual Report Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Financial Summary

SUPPORT Contributions Stewardship fees Stewardship reimbursement Special event income In-kind contributions PPP grants Other income Investment income Loss on disposal of fixed assets Net assets released from restrictions

$127,152 $86,807 $113,434 $38,057 $24,416 $38,193 $1,278 $141,755 $(2,456) $59,592

TOTAL SUPPORT

$628,228

Support

Net assets released from restrictions , $59,592

Loss on disposal of fixed assets , $(2,456)

Contributions , $127,152

Investment income , $141,755

Stewardship fees , $86,807

Other income , $1,278

PPP grants, $38,193

In-kind contributions , $24,416

Special event income , $38,057

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Stewardship reimbursement , $113,434

Annual Report Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Financial Summary

EXPENSES Program services Management and general Fundraising

$300,512 $45,889 $35,814

TOTAL EXPENSES

$382,215 Expenses

Fundraising, $35,814

Management and general, $45,889

Program services, $300,512

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Annual Report Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Giving List

The following individuals, families, companies, and foundations donated to the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy between the dates of July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. As always, our deepest thanks go to all of these supporters who make saving land possible.

DONORS BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 AND JUNE 30, 2021 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ($10,000 and up)

Dr. Lowell Inhorn and Cynthia Petzold Capital Campaign gift of land Jesse and Becki Seamon Charles Weathersbee Capital Campaign gift of land

MCAFEE'S KNOB ($5,000 to $9,999)

Beirne Carter Foundation Diana K Christopulos and Mark McClain Capital Campaign Sam J. Cosnotti George A. Kegley Conservation Celebration Sponsor Mary Kegley In Honor of George Kegley Member One Federal Credit Union Conservation Celebration Sponsor Bobby and Emily Mountcastle

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($2,500 to $4,999)

A. Sidney Barritt Carole D Denney The Duckworth Charitable Foundation Conservation Celebration Sponsor 12 | Spring 2022

Wistar Morris Mrs. Bittle W Porterfield Capital Campaign

CARVIN'S COVE ($1,000 to $2,499)

Robin Baliles In Memory of the Honorable Gerald L. Baliles Bill and Diane Elliot Fund of Foundation for Roanoke Valley Helen Burnett Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Claytor Marjorie B. Claytor In Honor of W. M. Claytor Terence H. Crowgey Conservation Celebration Sponsor Dixon, Hubard, Feinour & Brown, Inc Conservation Celebration Sponsor Thomas M. and Whittney B. Dunkenberger The Dunkenberger-Waskey Group at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Conservation Celebration Sponsor Elbert H, Evelyn J and Karen H Waldron Charitable Foundation Inc. Frank and Lucy Ellett Forest Rest Natural Cemetery Conservation Celebration Sponsor Fork in the Alley Brick Oven Pub Conservation Celebration Sponsor Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Conrad Grundlehner Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hackworth Bill Hunley Mr. and Mrs. James W. Jennings George A. Kegley Land Matters, LLC Conservation Celebration Sponsor Anna L. Lawson William J. Lemon Long Hollow LLC Conservation Celebration Sponsor Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Ludwig Martin Hopkins & Lemon PC Conservation Celebration Sponsor Mast General Store Miller, Long & Associates, Inc. Conservation Celebration Sponsor Orvis Conservation Celebration Sponsor James G. Overholser In Honor of George Kegley Mrs. Bittle W. Porterfield Conservation Celebration Sponsor Carol W. Pruner Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op Conservation Celebration Sponsor Roanoke Valley Orthodontics Conservation Celebration Sponsor Rockydale Quarries Corporation Lucas and Isabel Thornton Conservation Celebration Sponsor Betty Gill Ware

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Giving List

BUFFALO MOUNTAIN ($500 to $999)

Paul L. Angermeier & Mrs. Elizabeth Stinson Tom Angleberger Blue Ridge Beverage Co., Inc. Conservation Celebration Sponsor Brugh's Mill, LLC/Brugh's Mill Country Store Conservation Celebration Sponsor Building Specialists, Inc Conservation Celebration Sponsor Jim and Emily Casey Coots, Cross, Lavinder & Quinn Conservation Celebration Sponsor Murray K. Coulter John and Hoye Duckworth Thomas M. and Rebecca R. Dunkenberger Broaddus and Luann C. Fitzpatrick G. Franklin Flippin Marianne Gandee In Memory of Wayne Gandee Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & John Gregory Karli and Will Griffeth Mr. and Mrs. David Higginbotham Douglas H. Hyre Talfourd H. Kemper Robert B. Lambeth James B. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Lesko John R. Merten Myers and Woods Appraisal Group, Inc. Conservation Celebration Sponsor Northwestern Mutual Conservation Celebration Sponsor OmniSource Conservation Celebration Sponsor Partners In Financial Planning, LLC Conservation Celebration Sponsor

Scott B. Peyton Robert P. Pitner Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op Conservation Celebration Sponsor Roanoke Valley Orthodontics Conservation Celebration Sponsor Paul D. Ross Rutherfoord, Inc. Conservation Celebration Sponsor Jean A. Smith Anthony R. Stavola Virginia Varsity Transfer Conservation Celebration Sponsor Bill Wellborn & Mrs. Nan Mahone

In Memory of Governor Gerald Baliles Michael K. Quinn Philip Ribbens John M. Roberts Janet Scheid and Bud LaRoche William F Stone In Honor of Ruth Dickerson John and Linda Thornton In Honor of Isabel Thornton Ryland A. Winston

CAHAS MOUNTAIN ($100 to $249)

JOHNS CREEK MOUNTAIN ($250 to $499)

Leonard Adkins Don Barnhart Elizabeth H. Belcher Thompson Berdeen C. Whitney Brown M. Rupert Cutler The Dunkenberger-Waskey Group at Morgan Stanley J. Robert and Joanna Finton W. Heywood Fralin J. Randolph Garrett David R. Goode J. Bruce Hagadorn Albin B. Hammond F. Staley Hester Mary Ann Johnson Ray Karnes Ale Keeton In Honor of McGuire W. Tucker Lemon Martin's German Service Conservation Celebration Sponsor Frank and Arlene McDermott

Jason Ballard Margaret S Beazley In Honor of Broaddus Fitzpatrick Edith Beck In Honor of Rylan Varashima Beck Laura E. Benjamin Myron Bircher Christopher and Betsy Bohannon Nancy A. Bourne Blanche Brower In Memory of Mervin Brower Guy W. Buford Sharon Burnham Gail Burruss In Honor of Betty Field Carilion Clinic John Carlin Nancy K. Carson Steve and Debbie B. Cates Howard Chambers In Honor of Betty Field Daniel S. Chitwood Robert H. Clark Richard L. Clark In Honor of Betty Field Michael D Clark Hugh and Reggie Craft DALMP LLC

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Annual Report Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Giving List

(Cahas Mountain cont'd) Paul Dellinger In Honor of Betty Field Ruth T. Dickerson Charlotte D. Dietz Paul Economy Robert K. Egbert Gloria Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Feldmann In Honor of Quinn Graeff Mark and Beth Finkler Pamela Fisher In Memory of All the Lost Flora and Fauna Rose Marie Flanagan Richard Normand and Elaine Fleck D. Norris Ford David L. Foster Henri Gendreau Sanford Gurian A.B. Hammond In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. Martin Hammond Michael R. Hicks Ashley Hinkle Roger B. Holnback William Hooper James E. and Carol C. Howell James Huizenga and Mrs. Susan Koch David S. Hunt and Ellen Aiken W. Arnold Hurt McMillan H. Johnson Katherine Keel In Honor of the Employees of Blue Ridge Land Conservancy Richard J. Kelly Claire Kennett Reif and Susan Kessler Frank M. Lacy Nelson Lafon Mary Louis and Willette Lehew Richard M. Lynn In Honor of Anne Jennings 14 | Spring 2022

Robert L. Martin George A. McLean Susan E. McSwain Richard M. Miller William J. Modica Cecile Newcomb Sherry Nichols J. Lee Osborne Charles H. Osterhoudt Tammy Pack Bob and Kristin Peckman David C. Perry Linda Pharis Wayne and Pam Reilly Roanoke Valley Garden Club Hilda Roberts Meredith Roller Charles Rowland In Honor of Betty Field Cynthia Shelor Paul K. Simms In Memory of L. Earl Simms Edward Smith Ann Stobbelaar Martha B. Stokes Eric and Robin Thomas Tim Thornton Paul Timmermann Claudia and Bill Tucker D. Kyle Umberger Loren H. Walker Cheryl Waltz In Memory of Mary Waltz Dr. and Mrs. Jackson R Webster Jesse A. Webster In Honor of Nancy and Al Hammond Virginia K. West John P. Whittle Dale and Sally A. Wickstrum Karen Willis In Memory of Bob Willis Don Witt John R. Wood

BRUSH MOUNTAIN ($50 to $99)

Karen Adams Steven Akers American Artists Inc. Arthur Ballas Vincent T. Basile In Honor of Dominic Basile W. Chan Bolling Betty Branch John Briggs In Honor of M. Rupert Cutler Garland E. Calhoun III Laura L. Carey In Memory of Rufus Parker Jerry W. Cheadle Christine Clapp In Honor of Laura Kirk Robert T. Copenhaver In Honor of Betty Field Ann M Davis Kent Davis David Doubman David R. Dougherty Luke D. Dubois F. Joseph Duckwall In Honor of Frank and Lucy Ellett Jeanne M. Duddy In Honor of Barbara and Gary Duerk Pat P. Ebbett R. Thomas Edwards Nancy J. Felch Liza T. Field In Honor of Jett Field Lorraine Fleck Ellen W. Glover James A. Hare Linda Harrison Mr. and Mrs. James D. Harshfield Donald and Kathryn Henry In Honor of Laura Henry-Stone Judith L. Hensley

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Giving List

Douglas Hill Bruce and Elaine Ingram Geneva K. Jenkins Edward F. Jennings In Memory of Jo and Fitz Jennings Richard H. Jones Joseph Anthony and Cris Arbo Sandy Light In Honor of Frank and Lucy Ellett Janice Litschert Rick and Lisa L. Lovegrove In Honor of Spencer Lovegrove Rob Lyon Judith Marlow Dan Crawford and Mary Bishop Stephen McGuire In Memory of Virginia Peters David Naff and Sally Naff Laura Norris Dale S O'Dell In Memory of Richard E. O'Dell Sarah Orrick Crystal Pait Eileen Pugh Nancy V. Revercomb Joseph Robertson Natalie Rude Margie Sanders Jeff and Ann Shawver Gloria Simmons In Memory of David L. Simmons Cora B Simpkins Lewis and Terry T. Smith Wayne G. Strickland In Honor of Charles Strickland Sugar Loaf Garden Club Paula P. Thompson Paul R. Thomson Vicki Lynn Tuke Greg Turner Deborah Ullmer Betty K. Weddle Peter Wonson

MILL MOUNTAIN ($25 to $49)

Yolanda Adams Joao Ascensao Kirk Ballin William D. Bestpitch In Honor of M. Rupert Cutler Justin Bower John P. Bradshaw Jean Covington In Memory of Lawrence Covington Lauren Cumella Michael B. Davis Maxine Fraade James R. Gray Robert and Linda U. Guiles Carolyn Haase Kirsten and Rhett Herman John and Jean Hitchins Stephen C. Jett In Honor of Ned & Janet Yost James T. Lucas Robert E. Mooty Robert Morris Ric and Nancy Moss R. E. Mullen Timothy M. Murphy G. Davis Musser In Memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Vivian Chang Norkus Dave Parnell Sam Rasoul Rafael A Ravelo Philip O. Sheridan Martha Shirky In Honor of Betty Field Jennifer Smith Frederick D. Swartzendruber H. G. Tornatore Venkat Narayan Iyer Timothy J Vollink Roland Ward

Jennifer White In Honor of Gretchen Luke Kenneth Worden James Zinck Mary Jane Zody

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The Lemon House 1305 Maple Avenue SW Roanoke, Virginia 24016 Phone/Fax 540-985-0000

Member of:

blueridgelandconservancy.org Our organization is accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, a mark of distinction in land conservation. We are also a proud member of the Land Trust Alliance and the Virginia Conservation Network.

In Memory of

George Andrew Kegley May 15, 1928 - February 16, 2022

George Kegley was a tireless volunteer for land conservation. His countless contributions to protecting our natural resources, most of which went unnoticed and unsung, made a gigantic impact on southwest Virginia. He will be sorely missed.