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2011 Year in Review:
Coming Back to Nature
director’s le tter
A Year of
Nature’s Comebacks
To achieve our mission we must go beyond
healing landscapes, and also ensure that we
bring people back to nature. — Wayn e Klockn e r
When I reflect on the past few months, I think about a year full
of nature’s comebacks in Massachusetts.
Sometimes the comebacks are quick and dramatic, like the
verdant forests that return a year after a prescribed burn. Other
comebacks take nature’s slow, deliberate pace, like restoring
fish stocks in the Gulf of Maine.
The comebacks that have inspired me most this year are about
people. We had the pleasure of hosting summer interns from
New York City through our Leaders in Environmental Action
for the Future (LEAF) program. For some of these bright
teens, this summer was their first real experience in nature.
Others were coming back to nature. Either way, they worked
long, hard hours improving our lands and revitalizing their souls.
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TRUSTEES
Jeffrey Porter, Chair
Tom Jones, Vice Chair
David Leathers, Vice Chair
Jose Alvarez
Paul Bakstran
Marcella Boelhouwer
Sarah Broughel
Charles Carlson
Linda Deegan
Bob Durand
Paul Elias
Another comeback took place this year in the Berkshires. More
than a decade in the works, we protected nearly 300 acres
around Northrop Camp in the town of Mount Washington.
While we were delighted to conserve the forests and streams
here, protecting a key part of the landscape puzzle, we’re also
heartened to see people coming back to the camp. For decades
since 1923, the camp has been a place where urban youths
connected with nature, learning about not only the forests and
its denizens, but about themselves—finding skills, pride and
confidence in the outdoors. In more ways than one, our
conservation restriction renews hope that the camp and its
lands can provide these connections for decades to come.
David Foster
To achieve our mission we must go beyond healing landscapes,
and also ensure that we bring people back to nature. It is this
web of connections—the people, the partners, the science, the
staying power and most important: you—that provide the
lasting and tangible results that are our signature.
George Lovejoy, Jr.
A. C. Gallo
Boyd Kynard
Brian Mazar
Nina McIntyre
Alice Richmond
Marilyn Sarles
TRUSTEES e m e r itu s
Robert Ackerman
Tess Bramhall
Ursula Cliff
Bobbie Hallig
Pam Kohlberg
Paul Maeder
Howard Stevenson
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State Director, Massachusetts
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Front cover: LEAF intern on zip line. © ZOAR Outdoors.
Back cover: Berkshires LEAF interns. © e.aldrich;
Red eft. © S.FITZPATRICK;. Above: Wayne Klockner. © C.Raynor.
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back to nature
Coming Back to Nature:
The LEAF Experience
Brimming with energy and a passion for improving
the environment, six high school students and
their mentors came from New York City and New
Haven, Connecticut to Massachusetts for a
summer of hard work and discovery.
They were this summer’s interns in the Conservancy’s LEAF program
(Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future). When they arrived
in July, they were a little uncertain about the four weeks of hard
work that awaited them in the Berkshires and Martha’s Vineyard.
on the web
See more photos and a Spanish interview with a
LEAF intern at nature.org/explorema.
By the time they left, the LEAF interns learned about new careers,
checked out colleges, built self-confidence, learned work skills
and gained new respect for conservation and the outdoors. While
the Martha’s Vineyard crew pulled invasive plants and explored
spectacular beaches, the Berkshires gang designed and built an
informational kiosk and zipped through the forest along a zip line,
courtesy of ZOAR Outdoor.
Since 1995, LEAF interns have worked alongside Conservancy
scientists in 20 states to protect and restore habitat. And next
year the program will serve students from environmental high
schools in Boston.
Clockwise from top: Martha’s Vineyard stewardship. © M.STASAVAGe; Shell
ornament. © E.LOUCKS; Berkshires zipline. © ZOAR OUTDOORS; Removing invasives.
© k.frazer ; Berkshires intern. © S.FITZPATRICK ; Vineyard fence removal. ©
M.STASAVAGE; Zipline. © ZOAR OUTDOORS; Berkshires trail work. © E.ALDRICH;
Learning invasives. © k.frazer .
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Common Ground in the Gulf
Fishermen and scientists use new nets to help Gulf of Maine groundfish
Vincent Balzano,
g u lf of mai n e fi s h e rman
by Kate Fraze r
Vincent Balzano, a third generation
fisherman, is getting The Northstar ready
for a day at sea. In the wheelhouse, a
prayer card and snapshots of his two
boys are tacked at the helm.
Depending on the season, Balzano fishes
out of Portland, Maine for monkfish,
shrimp, whiting and menhaden, but this
morning he’s seeking his mainstay—
Atlantic cod.
The Nature Conservancy and Balzano
both hold groundfish permits in the Port
Clyde sector, which includes fishermen
from across Maine. The Conservancy
entered the fishery in 2009, purchasing
a federal groundfish permit with the
Island Institute.
The goal? Help depleted fish stocks
rebound by working with fishermen to
find and test new, more selective gear.
Putting Research into Practice
Two years of data collected with
fishermen and the Gulf of Maine
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Research Institute show that nets with
larger-sized mesh allow smaller, younger
fish to escape. “There’s less discard and
less time sorting on deck. The fish
caught are of higher quality and get
better prices at the dock,” says Geoff
Smith, the Conservancy’s marine
director in Maine.
The Conservancy is now encouraging
more fishermen to use these new net
designs. “I’ve been using the 7-inch
diamond-mesh cod end,” says Balzano,
lifting a bright turquoise net with
openings roughly the length of his palm.
“It does what I want for the fish I’m
fishing for—large and medium Gulf of
Maine cod that bring a good price.”
As fishermen transition to a new catchshare management system, Balzano is
committed to harvesting in the most
economically and biologically efficient
way possible. “Transitioning to a new
system is like learning a new language,
but to keep fishing, it’s important to
keep getting better,” he says.
What’s Next for the Nets?
To help with the endeavor, the Conservancy recently purchased a second
fishing permit in Maine and now has
over a half of a million pounds of total
quota available to support its
collaboration with local fishermen.
Next up: exploring permit purchases in
Massachusetts and collaborating with
Bay State fishermen.
In an industry often beleaguered by
tension, Balzano attributes this project’s
success to the open and constructive
communication he has with Smith and
others at the Conservancy.
“We don’t always agree, but we found
common ground around a strategy
we both believe in. What matters most
is that we have the same goal: to have
as many fish in the ocean as we
possibly can.”
Above: Gulf of Maine fisherman Vincent Balzano
with his boat and improved nets. © S.FITZPATRICK.
RESTORING Our Oce ans
— T h e Ec o n o m i c s a n d Ec o lo gy o f P e rm i t B a n k s —
Today, New England’s once-legendary groundfish fishery is at
a crossroads. After nearly two decades of efforts to curb
overfishing and rebuild depleted fish populations, the region
has charted a new “catch share” management system. In this
model, fishermen come together in harvesting cooperatives
and manage a portion of the region’s “Total Allowable Catch.”
The Nature Conservancy is also using its permit bank to
promote new fishing methods. Fishermen who lease quota
from the Conservancy’s permits get a discount if they use
sustainable net configurations. Our goal: Restore the Gulf
through partnerships with coastal communities.
Permit banks can help Gulf of Maine fishermen survive and
even thrive during this transition to catch share management.
Fishing communities and others can acquire permits and
make the associated quota of fish available to local fishermen
at reasonable rates, boosting their annual catch.
on the web
Download a complete white paper on permit banking
and New England fisheries at nature.org/explorema.
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Protecting Critical Lands
Conservation and Hope in the Berkshires
Your support brings optimism for urban campers.
Tucked away in the far southwestern corner of Massachusetts, Northrop Camp
has been a place where youths from New York City public schools gathered
since 1923 to swim, camp and discover nature—a first for many of its campers.
But when a fire struck the camp’s main buildings in 1993, the future looked
uncertain for both the camp and its 300 acres in the town of Mount Washington,
an area rich in rare plant and animal species.
Recognizing the value of this place, the Conservancy recently acquired a conservation restriction that protects these ecologically important lands and renews
hope for Northrop Camp. Your support has helped our land protection staff work
tirelessly for more than 15 years to make this project a reality.
“Protecting these lands is an incredible accomplishment, in many ways,” says Rob
Warren, the Conservancy’s director of protection
For us, The
and policy in Massachusetts. The camp’s lands
include high-quality habitat on Cedar and Ethel
Nature Conservancy
Mountains, and they connect and add to an
18,000-acre block of protected lands to the east and agreement is a
south and in adjoining New York.
win-win situation...
Proceeds from the conservation restriction have
helped jumpstart a new era at the camp, where the It gives us hope.
long tradition of connecting New York City
— Cynth ia Fi s h e r
youths with nature in the Berkshires is being
revived. This summer, a small number of urban youths in a joint program with the
Christodora Foundation came to the camp to study nature for a few weeks.
It all puts a smile on Cynthia Fisher’s face. Fisher and her two triplet sisters
attended Northrop Camp during World War II, giving the siblings their first
experiences learning about forests, night skies, gardens and so many other
natural wonders. “For us, The Nature Conservancy agreement is a win-win
situation.” says Fisher. “ It gives us protection that the camp’s lands will be
natural forever And it gives us some income for the camp. It gives us hope.”
“Protecting Northrop Camp is important for natural services, water quality
and resilience of life and will bring joy and learning to many lives,” says the
Conservancy’s Rob Warren. “The project merges goals of both the landowner
and the Conservancy. It’s the kind of spirit that guides our land protection
work across Massachusetts and beyond.”
Above, top to bottom: Campers’ quarters. © J. Miller. 1936 Northrop campers; Cynthia Fisher
at Northrop Camp teaching lesson on ferns. courtesy j.gerver.
TOP 10 Land
Successes…
Thanks to You!
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Protected over 200 acres
in Middlefield, including
55 acres to be conveyed
to the Massachusetts
Department of Fish and
Game, land to be held
by the Conservancy, and
a conservation restriction
over forest and pasture
lands.
Conserved 350 acres in
the southern Berkshires,
including a donation
from the Armstrong
family of 22 acres with a
stream enriched by the
limestone bedrock.
Worked with Commonwealth officials over
several years, culminating in the recent
designation of 112,000
acres of state-owned
lands as forest reserves,
future old-growth forests
of Massachusetts!
Conserved 6.3 acres
abutting other protected
lands on Nantucket’s
Tuckernuck Island,
thanks to a conservation
restriction we received.
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Protecting Critical Lands
Watcha Woodlands
You can help us act on a rare opportunity for Martha’s Vineyard.
The dry ground crunches as Tom Chase walks into the brushy
scrub oak woods, one of the parcels on Martha’s Vineyard
known as Watcha Woodlands.
“For the Vineyard, these are huge tracts, and they will look even
larger after we restore them to their native heathland,” says
Chase. If protected, the Watcha Woodlands will give us a
unique chance to connect conserved lands to the south shore—
from the nearly 1,000-acre Long Point Wildlife Refuge/
Watcha Homer Preserve to the 5,000-plus-acre Manuel
Correllus State Forest in the center of the island.
“Protecting the Watcha Woodlands is about connectivity
within a large-scale vision,” Chase says. “It’s an example of our
long-term commitment to conserving the landscape,
sometimes by filling in the small puzzle pieces to complete
the big picture.” This connectivity is becoming increasingly
important as climate changes and species shift about. Moreover,
restoring this fire-suppressed woodland will enhance
connectivity by providing rare coastal heathlands native to
the Vineyard.
The Watcha Woodlands are an area of transition, where firedependant scrub oak woodlands meet lush meadows and
Secured a 170-acre
conservation restriction
in Chester, ensuring the
landowner has rights
to manage the forest
sustainably.
Completed the final
stage of the conservation of Mt. Darby in
Mount Washington by
transferring ownership
of 320 acres to the
Berkshire Natural
Resources Council for
future stewardship.
Ramped up our use
of prescribed burns
to manage and restore
fire-dependent ecosystems in Massachusetts. This partnership
with the U.S. Forest
Service helps increase
our annual burns from
200 to 1,000-plus
acres.
provide a wide diversity of plants and wildlife. The woodlands
also have a “frost bottom,” a narrow valley that pools cold air and
concentrates the sun’s heat, resulting in remarkable temperature
extremes—sometimes even frost in early summer. A wide array
of moths and butterflies can be found in the scrub oak
woodlands here, including many rare species, like the imperial
moth and woolly gray moth.
With your help, the Conservancy will protect and restore the
Watcha Woodlands, adding to additional conserved lands nearby.
Restoring the land’s native sandplain flora could help moth
populations, along with birds, such as prairie warblers, blackbilled cuckoos and red-eyed vireos.
“So far, we’ve raised about two-thirds of the $1.5 million we need to
save Watcha Woodlands,” Chase says. “With your help, we can
meet this amazing conservation opportunity.”
Above: Tom Chase. © m.pelikan/tnc; Edward’s hairstreak butterfly. © m.pelikan/
Imperial moth. © J.HIMMELMAN; Northern broken dash. © M.PELIKAN/TNC;
Watcha Woodlands. © C.ALLISON.
tnc ;
DONATE NOW Call Kaija Langley: 617-532-8319.
Launched a registry
with Martha’s Vineyard
landowners to encourage sound management
of the island’s special
habitats.
Produced with 12 other
states a comprehensive review of the
status of conservation
throughout the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic, revealing both successes
over the decades and
challenges ahead.
Restored and improved
preserves across
Massachusetts while
grooming the next
generation of environmentalists through our
work with summer
interns and our Leaders
in Environmental
Action for the Future
(LEAF) Program.
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restoring our rivers
Protecting the Westfield
A healthy river is much more than the water between its banks. “Rivers are influenced by everything
that happens around them. You have to protect the whole system to keep the river healthy,” says Alison
Bowden, Massachusetts director of freshwater conservation.
And the Westfield River, a tributary of the Connecticut River, is one of Massachusetts’ healthiest rivers,
precisely because of your support for a wide range of freshwater conservation work here.
Here’s how you helped:
FORESTS: Eight municipalities—including the
City of Springfield—rely on the Westfield watershed
for public drinking water supply that’s been
protected by the forests that cover hundreds of
thousands of acres. With your help, we’ve protected
more than 2,000 acres in the watershed, including
200 new acres of conservation land this year.
FLOODPLAI NS: Healthy, forested floodplains
help rivers withstand high water like the flooding
that followed this summer’s Tropical Storm
Irene, and provide important bird habitat. We’ve
mapped the extent of natural floodplains along
the Westfield and aim to replant elms that edged
our rivers until Dutch elm disease altered these
forests decades ago.
FLOW: Water withdrawals and storm water runoff
often combine for a smaller, warmer river during the
summer months, where high temperatures and low
water levels can harm fish and habitat. This year,
we’ve worked with state agencies and water users
on improved water management to reduce the
impact of water withdrawals, making the river more
habitable for brook trout and other species that need
clean, cold water.
FISH: The Westfield saw a record 5,029 American
shad returning from the sea this spring. We’re
protecting these important fish by keeping more
than 600 miles of stream in the Westfield watershed healthy. We’re also working with partners to
protect shad and other migratory fish while they’re
passing through Atlantic coastal waters and during
the years that they spend out at sea.
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Illustration. © LUMINANT DESIGNS.
restoring our rivers
Every summer, in the green heart
of verdant New England, streams run dry
Policies and people can help the flow
“By August, more than one in ten watersheds of small rivers and tributaries in
Massachusetts will suffer water levels so low that fish, wildlife, boaters and
fishermen begin to see impacts,” says Alison Bowden, director of freshwater
conservation.
what can you do ?
• Install modern low-flow appliances.
To draw attention to the challenges of low flow, The Nature Conservancy and
its partners at the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance developed a list of examples of
the Commonwealth’s rivers at risk—locations that frequently suffer low
water—and also highlighted communities that are taking action to address their
water challenges. With your help this year, the Conservancy was active in the
policy arena to secure sustainable stream flows.
When we take too much water from our rivers, streams and wells, or withdraw
water at the wrong times, our rivers suffer. Low water intensifies the impacts of
pollution, can spur algae growth and lead to warmer water that may be inhospitable for fish. And low-water rivers often can’t support the recreational boating,
fishing and tourism that supports our economy.
• Use native and drought-tolerant plants
for landscaping to reduce the need for
watering.
• Compare your daily water usage to the
state standard of 65 gallons per person
per day.
• Talk to your local Representative and
State Senator about the need for stream
flow standards.
• Use phosphate-free detergents and
organic lawn fertilizers to reduce the
pollution that’s exacerbated by low water.
For many years, conservation leaders from watershed associations around the
state have advocated for the adoption of statewide standards to ensure that
rivers and streams have enough water to support fish, wildlife and recreation.
And many Massachusetts communities are already leading the way with innovative strategies to conserve water and manage their water use with nature in
mind. The town of Danvers has directed fees back to water conservation projects
that benefit the Ipswich River, Scituate leaders have restricted lawn watering
to protect the First Herring Brook and developers in Plymouth are working to
increase the amount of stormwater that returns to the Eel River.
“Every community, every household, every kitchen sink matters,” says Bowden.
“We all can make a difference by being active citizens in our communities and
conserving water.”
Above, top to bottom: Glendale Brook, Middlefield, a tributary of the Westfield River. © a.warner;
Alison Bowden. © k.frazer.
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donors
Thank you
The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts
thanks you for your commitment to conserve a
rich and living natural heritage for generations
to come. Conservation in Massachusetts and
beyond advanced significantly this year thanks
to your generous support.
donors
Gifts of $1,000,000 and above
The Grantham Foundation for
Protection of Environment
Gifts of $250,000 to $500,000
Anonymous (2)
Bob and Meg Ackerman
Mr. Forrest Berkley and
Mrs. Marcie T. Berkley
Pamela T. Boll and C. Hunter Boll
Open Space Conservancy, Inc.,
an affiliate of the Open Space
Institute, Inc.
Gifts of $100,000 to $249,999
Anonymous (3)
Scott and Roxanne Bok
and the Bok Family Foundation
Draper Conservation Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. William Harris
Geoffrey Hughes Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David Leathers
Dr. Marilyn Sarles and Mr. H. Jay
Sarles and Eaglemere Foundation
Schooner Foundation
Sheehan Family Foundation
Sweet Water Trust
Nion Robert Thieriot Foundation
The Wheeler Family
Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999
Roger Bamford
Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust
Anne and Walter Gamble
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Ingraham
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Mazar
Austin and Susan Smith
Gifts of 25,000 to $49,999
Anonymous (5)
Mr. John H. Alexander, Jr. and
Mrs. Emily Alexander
Blue Q
The Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Kurt and Mary Cerulli
Fields Pond Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Spencer Glendon and
Ms. Lisa Tung
Mr. Ervin D. Johnson, Jr.
Ernestine M. Lowrie Trust
Arlene and John McLaren
Mr. Laurence Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. John Pryor
Yawkey Foundation
Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous (12)
Marcella and Pieter Boelhouwer
and Holborn Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Brown
Jennifer Caldwell and John Fisher
Ms. Barbara B. Clarke
Coastal America Foundation
Mr. Thomas F. Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. David Croll
Anne R. Dow Family Foundation
EnTrust Fund
Forges Farm, Inc.
Mr. Anthony C. Gallo
General Electric Company
Ms. Elizabeth Gilmore
Mr. Thomas O. Jones and
Ms. Betty Mobbs
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Larsson Danforth Family Foundation
Mr. Jeremy Lloyd and
Mrs. Britta Lloyd
Mr. Paul A. Maeder and
Ms. Gwill E. York
Karen and Gary Martin
Mass Mutual Financial Group
Nina and Archie McIntyre
Mrs. Bunny Millikin
Porpoise Fund
Jeffrey Porter and
Jill Braunwald Porter
Mr. and Mrs. David Puth
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rowland
Saint Nicholas Fund
Richard Saltonstall Charitable
Foundation
Mr. Robert C. Schmults and
Dr. Chrysalyne D. Schmults
Sears Family Charitable Lead Trust
Carolyn Spangler
Mr. Peter Stevens and
Mrs. Anna Stevens
Fredericka and Howard Stevenson
Stockman Family Fund
Towards Sustainability Foundation
Trickledown Trust
The Volgenau Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. D. Brooks Zug
Mr. Michael Perloff and
Ms. Barbara Meyer
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Preyer
Margaret Walker Purinton
Foundation
Ms. Margaret Rhodes
Adelard A. and Valeda Lea Roy
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Schindall
Mr. and Mrs. James Sharpe
Mr. David Sherman
Mr. Garrett Stuck and
Ms. Pamela Coravos
Dr. Jack W. Szostak and
Ms. Terri-Lynn McCormick
The Thorndike Family
Mr. Thomas J. Tierney and
Mrs. Karen Tierney
Mr. Richard D. Urell and Urell Inc.
Ms. Susan Hunter Watson and
Mr. Doug Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wohlgemuth
and the Esther and Morton
Wohlgemuth Foundation Inc.
Dennis B. Wolkoff and
Susan Coolidge
Mrs. Dorothy S. Young and
Mr. George O. Young†
Gifts of $1,000 to $4,999
Anonymous (28)
Mr. Curtis E. Adams
John Adams and Patricia Comeau
Mr. and Mrs. John Adams
Mr. Josh Alwitt
Holly and David Ambler
Ms. Rachel Andres
Dr. Alexander J. Asch and
Dr. Rhonda S. Fogle
Ms. Susan Avery
Sarah R. Pearson and
Donald R. Balcom
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barker
Ms. Melissa Barney
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
Mr. and Mrs. G. Kenneth Baum
Anonymous (3)
Mr. Arthur Beale
Mr. Jose B. Alvarez and
Beam Interactive and
Ms. Suzanne McGilvray
Relationship Marketing
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bakstran
The Beasley Family
The Barrington Foundation
Mr. David Bechofer and
Mr. Robert A. Brooks and
Ms. Kate Neave
Mrs. Hester Brooks
Matt Begg
Mr. Daniel Carlat
Belmont Day School
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Birle
Ruth Covo Family Foundation
Mr. David L. Black
Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr.
Mr. and Ms. Don Blenko
The Cricket Foundation
Alice and Bill Boardman
Dennis Family Foundation
Mr. Tomas Bok
Mr. and Mrs. David Dettinger
Mr. Andy Boral and Leah Rugen
Earth Share
Tess and Kib Bramhall
Edey Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jan Brandin
Mr. and Mrs. William Fuller
Dyanne and Richard Brewster
The George G. and Doris B. Daniels
Mr. David R. Brierley
Wildlife Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brodeur
Drs. Harvey and Allison Goldfine
Mr. Ed Brody
Mr. Jeff Goldman and
Dr. Olive Brose
Ms. Sharon Sevransky
Mr. and Mrs. David Broughel
Arthur and Caroline Gregory
Ms. Barbara S. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. John Hammond
Mr. David Brown
Hollingsworth and Vose Company
Mrs. Diana T. Brown
The Ted and Ruth Johnson
Margaret M. Bullitt-Jonas and
Family Foundation
Robert A. Jonas
L.E.K. Consulting LLC
Burdick Faulkner Charitable Fund
Ms. Anne C. Leone and
Dr. Katharine F. Burnett
Mr. Daniel T. Ludwig
Mr. Stephen H. Burrington and
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel S. Levy
Ms. Abigail A. Swaine
Loring, Wolcott and Coolidge Office
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Cabot
Gabriela T. Maes
Mr. Jonathan Calvert and
Ms. Claudia Miller
Mrs. Laurie Calvert
Mountain Meadows Foundation
Mr. John Y. Campbell
William G. Myers, Mary Myers
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carlson
Kauppila, and George E. Myers
Mrs. Jane Carlson and
NiSource Charitable Foundation
Mr. Chris Carlson
Angela Nomellini and Ken Olivier
Ms. Cecily L. Cassum
Mr. and Mrs. Robert O’Block
Mr.
and Mrs. John Cederholm
Pegasus Foundation
Mrs. Fay Chandler
Claudia and Steven Perles
Charles R. and Chase R. Ewald Fund
Family Foundation
Charter Charitable Foundation
Chasin/Gilden Family Fund
Ms. Helen Chen and
Mr. Keith Ohmart
Kathleen and Neil Chrisman
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Clapp
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cliff
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Coffin
Mr. and Mrs. James Coghlin
Mr. Daniel Cohn
Mrs. Laura Cole and
Mr. Jeremy Cole
Mr. Peter Coles
Michael A. Collora
Dr. Timothy A. Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coolidge
Dr. and Mrs. William Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coyle
Mr. and Mrs. J. Craig
Patty and Tim Crane
Mrs. Martha Culver and
Mr. Ken Culver
Mr. Bruce T. Dalzell
Bob and Barbara Danforth
Dr. Troy Daniels
Ms. Ann Dannenberg and
Mr. Glenn Rosen
Mr. Howard W. Davis and
Mrs. Sherry T. Davis
Ms. Martha R. Davis
Mr. John Dean and
Mrs. Elizabeth Dean
Ms. Linda Deegan and
Mr. Christopher Neill
George P. Denny III
The Devereaux Foundation
Dr. Dale E. Dillavou and
Dr. Roberta Caplan
Mr. Griswold Draz and
Ms. Heather Draz
Ms. Dorothy Drummey
Joseph and Dorothy Duffy
Ms. Barbara I. Duhamel
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dunn
and Dunn Family Charitable
Foundation
Eastman Charitable Foundation
Mr. Paul Elias and
Mrs. Marie Lossky Elias
George F. Ellison and
Mrs. Molly M. Lofgren
Ms. Kathleen Emrich and
Mr. Robert Sherwood
Mr. Robert J. Engel and
Mrs. Patricia Hill Engel
Mr. and Mrs. John Epstein
Neal and Ronna Erickson
Mr. Andrew J. Falender
Fall River Manufacturing
Company Inc.
Sami Fam
Ms. Barbara E. Fargo
Mr. and Mrs. H. Kim Faulkner
Drs. Henry and Kate Faulkner
Mr. Quentin P. Faulkner
Mr. Edward F. Finneran
Prof. and Mrs. Richard Forman
Marcia and Bruce Fowle
Ms. Pamela Fox
Mr. John Friedbauer
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Furman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gable
Mr. Charles V. Galli
John and Ute Gannett
Ms. Sherley Gardner-Smith
Ms. Judy Gass
Genzyme Corporation
John and Pam Gerstmayr
Mr. Lewis H. Geyer
Mr. Lewis Girdler
Mr. Rudy Glocker
Ms. Marcia Gnagey and
Mr. John Hueber
Ms. Claudia Goldin
Margo and Robert Goodrow
Mr. Bruce R. Gordon
Ms. Elizabeth Gorman
Ms. Anna Gossett
Mr. Scott Granter and
Mrs. Ellen Granter
Prof. Paul E. Gray and
Mrs. Priscilla K. Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Greville
Lulu and Lee Grodzins
Mr. Edmund A. Grossman and
Ms. Arlene Petroff-Grossman
Mr. Geoffrey Gund
Dr. and Mrs. John Gunderson
Mimi Haas
Mr. Andrew Haidle
Mr. Allen Hairston
Mr. Joe W. Hale
Mr. Gordon Hall
Ms. Bobbie Hallig
Dr. and Mrs. Phillips Hallowell
L. P. Hamlin and Lee Mason
Dr. and Mrs. William Harbison
The Gale and David Harding
Charitable Fund
Dr. Cedric F. Harring, Jr. and
Mrs. Arlette E. Harring
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hazard
Mr. and Mrs. R. Heaton
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Held
Amy and Malcolm Henderson
Mr. Philip T. Henderson and
Mrs. Carolyn Henderson
Mr. Fred Hennie
Ms. Jane Herman
Ms. Connie Hershey
Amy and Michael Hickey
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hines
Mr. David G. Hoag
Lisina and Carrie Hoch
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hood
Houghton Chemical Corp
Mr. Kinnaird Howland
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Huber
Mr. Hans P. Huber
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Humphreys
Hurdle Hill Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Husband
IBM Employee Services Center
J. V. Jacintho, M.D.
J. D. Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. Everett Jones
Dr. Frederick L. Jones and
Mrs. Christine Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Jones
Ms. Ellen Kaplan and Bjorn Bie
Mr. Chris Kasper and
Mrs. Carole Kasper
Jampart Charitable Trust
Mr. Lawrence Katz
Dr. Steven Keleti and
Ms. Jean Danton
Mr. Richard A. Kenney
Ms. Kathy Kerby and
Mr. Ben Littauer
Ms. Liza Ketchum and
Mr. John Straus
Mr. Robert E. Kingston
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Klem
Mrs. Joan Kocak and
Mr. Robert Kocak
Helmut and Gisela Koester
Ms. Kathryn Kowalski
Ms. Kathleen E. Kraemer
Ms. Laura Kubzansky and
Mr. Dean M. Murphy
Dr. Nobuko O. Kuhn
Laddawn Inc.
Jeff and Susan Landon
Ms. Holly Langer
Miss Gertrude Lanman
Mr. William Laskin and
Ms. Lisa Laskin
Mrs. Ruth Lawler and
Mr. Christopher Lawler
Mr. Chappell H. Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul LeFevre
Mr. Thomas E. Leggat and
Mrs. Barbara Leggat
Mr. and Mrs. David Leibman
Ms. Stacey Lennard and
Mr. Steve Saxenian
Mr. Douglas P. Leu
Mr. Joseph Levine
Serena Li and Philip Ting
Donald Libbey and Sarah Libbey
Mr. Douglas S. Liebhafsky and
Ms. Wendy Gimbel
Mr. Gordon Litwin and
Mrs. Anne Luzzatto
Wendy and Bayard Livingston
Dr. and Mrs. James Lock
Ms. Anne S. Lombard
Charles and Susan Longfield
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Loring
Mr. George M. Lovejoy Jr.
Mrs. Sharon E. Lowe
Mr. Benjamin Lubetsky and
Ms. Jennifer Brett
Mrs. Sally Lupfer
Mr. Eugene C. Luschei
Lynx System Developers Inc.
Ms. Joanne Lyons
Ms. Pamela B. Lyons
Mr. Don MacFarlane
Ms. Anne Mahon
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Malt
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Margolese
Maritimes and Northeast
Pipeline, ME
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mars
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Masson
Ms. Michela Masson
Eileen and Owen Mathieu
Mr. Thomas L. Mc Corkle and
Ms. Brooke Stevens
Mr. Gerald M. McCue
Mr. Albert W. Merck and
Mrs. Katharine E. Merck
Mr. Charles Merrill
Ms. Loraine Millman
Mr. Joseph Misdraji
Elaine Mittell and Douglas Poutasse
Mr. George B. Mock
Ms. Mary Ellen D. Moir
Claire L. Moore
Henry H. Moulton
Mr. and Mrs. Channing Murdock
Mr. David E. Neelon
Mr. Jeffrey North
Northeast Investment
Management Inc.
Ms. Delia O’Connor
Ms. Elizabeth H. Odell
Herbert and Virginia Oedel
Ms. Suzanne M. Olbricht
Olive Bridge Fund
Alexander and Alison Packard
Manoj Padki
Mr. V. A. Parsegian
Mrs. Raymond A. Paynter
Mr. Randy Peeler and
Ms. Kate Kellogg
Pericles Partners Foundation, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Perry
Mr. Allen Petersen
Mr. Eric Philippi and
Ms. Jane Philippi
Mr. David Phillips
Ms. Morey Phippen and
Mr. Brian Adams
Mr. Roger Plourde Jr.
Mrs. Edith W. Potter and
Mr. Robert G. Potter, Jr.
Pritchard Family Foundation
Mr. Robert F. Pritchard
Mr. Michael J. Quinn
Ms. Sally Quinn and
Mr. Robert Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Quint
Mr. Stephen Reeve and
Mrs. Pamela Reeve
Remmer-Fox Family Fund
at the Boston Foundation
Mr. Michael C. Rich and
Mrs. Judith Rich
Mr. John Richardson and
Ms. Kelsey Byers
Ms. Alice Richmond and
Mr. David Rosenbloom
Mr. and Mrs. William Riegel
Ms. Cornelia Roberts
Dr. Adrianne Rogers and
Dr. Hartley Rogers
Mr. Ben Rogers and
Mrs. Margaret Rogers
Mrs. Emma Root and
Mr. Stephen Root
Mr. Robert Rosenbaum
Prof. Robert I. Rotberg
Robert Roth and Judi Roth
Mr. David M. Rothstein and
Ms. Marcia S. Osburne
The Lisa and Mitchell Rubin
Family Foundation
Fred and Dottie Rudolph
Dr. and Mrs. William Russell
Mrs. Bonnie J. Sacerdote
Mr. Carlos H. Samson III
Mr. Richard Samuels
Sandpiper Fund, Inc.
Ms. Michelle Saunders
Mr. Bernard J. Savord
Ms. Carolyn Sax
Mr. and Ms. Ian Schmidek
Mr. William Schmitt
Schnitzer Steel Industries
Charles Schwab and Co., Inc.
Mr. James Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. David Scudder
Mr. Stanley Selkow
Sensata Technologies, Inc.
Mrs. Peg Senturia and
Mr. Steve Senturia
Mr. Richard P. Sergel and
Ms. Susan K. Baggett
Mrs. Ruth Shapiro
Ms. Sarah A. Sharpe
David and Alice Shearer
Dr. and Mrs. William Shipley
Ahmad R. Shouman
Mr. Michael Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Alain Singer
Skylight Fund
Mr. John C. Slocum
Ms. Karen K. Slote and
Mr. Jon Slote
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Slotpole
Mr. Peter M. Small
Mrs. Joan M. Smith
Ms. Mary L. Smith and
Mr. Philip A. Kuhn
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Smith
Dr. John W. Sofia and
Mrs. Mary Jane Orme
Karen R. Sollins
Mr. John B. Southard
Mr. David Sperry
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Spongberg
Mr. Richard P. Stanley
Peggy and David Starr
State Street Global Advisors
Mr. Donald Steinberg
Mrs. Prudence Steiner
Mr. John Scott Stephens and
Ms. Penny Uhlendorf
Sarah and Cahal Stephens
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Steward
Stifler Family Foundation
Ms. Anne L. Stone
Mr. Bruce Stone
Mr. Andrew Strominger
Mr. William Strong and
Mrs. Ann Strong
Sun Life Financial
Mr. Gerald Swislow
Synovate
Ms. Nellie L. Taft and Nellie Leaman
Taft Charitable Foundation
Ms. Rosalind Takata
Mr. and Mrs. Hooker Talcott
Mr. Marc D. Tanner
Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tarlin
Mr. Thomas A. Tarpey
Ms. Carlota J. Taylor
Mr. Garold W. Thumm
Tiedemann Foundation
Ms. Patricia A. Tietbohl and
Mr. Doug Romich
Mr. Jeffrey D. Todd
Boveri Trackman Family Foundation
Ms. Inghilt Traenkle
Ms. Anna M. Trask and
Mr. Jack Hall
The Traverse Foundation
Mr. Arthur S. Turner
Mr. and Mrs. David Twichell
Ms. Robin Van Liew
Mr. and Mrs. Loet Velmans
Veristat, Inc.
Mr. Dharmendra T. Verma
Ms. Dinah Vischer-Buechner
Mrs. Kenneth Wadleigh
Mr. Rob Wadsworth and
Mrs. Terry Wadsworth
Mr. Robert Walkingshaw
Ms. Sandra Walsh
Dr. Iain J. Webb
Mr. Jonathan F. Weed and
Mrs. Claudia Weed
Mr. Martin Weinberg
Weinshel/Goldfarb Foundation (Inc.)
Mr. Justin Weir
Ms. Carol H. Weiss
Mr. Howard Weiss and
Ms. Maxine Peck
Mr. Benjamin E. Wheatley
Mr. John B. White
Mr. and Mrs. Holyoke Whitney
Ms. Lynn Whittemore
Mr. Jeff Wickham and
Ms. Carrie Kuempel
Mr. Jock Wicks
Mrs. Regina B. Wiedenski
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Wielenga
Mrs. Wilma K. Wilensky
Mr. Christopher M. Wilfong and
Ms. Ashley Bleimes
Mr. Steven P. Willner
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson
Ms. Katherine B. Winter
Mr. Ryan Wise
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Wittenberg
Joyce Wolf M.D.
Ms. Adele J. Wolfson and
Mr. Daniel H. Seeley
Jeanne Woods †
Mrs. Ledlie Woolsey
Dr. Peter Workum and
Dr. Susan Workum
Ms. Joanne Wuschke
David Wypij and Timothy Baum
Ms. Joanna Yeh
Mr. George W. Young
Michael and Roxanne Zak
Ms. Liz Zobel and
Mr. Eric Summers
†
deceased
P l ann e d Gi f ts and
B e q u e sts
Vo lu nte e r s, I nte r n s
and I n-Kind Gi f ts
We acknowledge the generosity of
those who have left a bequest to
The Nature Conservancy and to those
who have notified us of their intention
to make a planned gift during the
past year. Their farsighted generosity
ensures that lands and waters are
protected for generations to come.
We gratefully acknowledge the
volunteers, interns and in-kind donors
who strengthened the Massachusetts
Chapter’s work with their gift of time,
goods and services.
Anonymous (7)
Ms. Barbara R. Adams†
Mr. Walter Adams†
Caroline D. Allison
Ms. Caroline K. Bloy†
Paul and Virginia Cabot
Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Cabot
Dr. Blake Cady
Hollis Chase
Miss Elsie F. Clayton†
Evelyn G. Davies†
Inese B. Demontigny
Constance Del Gizzi
Mr. William N. Driscoll†
John S. Dunning†
Edward C. Shotwell III 1996 CLAT
James & Heather Ermarth
Ms. Jane O. Evans
Catherine Friend
Kara A. Flyg
Catherine V. Gesner†
Nancy P. Gillis†
Edmund A. and Arlene Petroff
Grossman
Ms. Dorothy B. Ingham†
Barbara Kassel
Joanna Keeley
Wayne Klockner
Ms. Laura Knecht
Mr. Henry Kolm†
Kaija Langley
Mrs. Virginia Leavitt†
Bruce McCullough†
Nina P. & Philip A. McIntyre
Judith Mortenson†
Dr. Mark Novotny
Joseph P. Paradis
Ms. Linda S. Plumb †
Jeffrey Porter
Nina Purdon†
James Richardson and Susan Lynch
Hans & Alison Rilling
Ms. Sandra Rodgers†
Paul and Joan Rosenbaum
Ms. Lois Scott†
Ms. Nancy H. Steffens
Susan E. Steinmuller†
Susan Shea
Edward & Gertrude Schwartz†
Ms. Linda K. Vaughan†
Grace E. Webber†
Mr. Henry T. Wiggin†
Family of Carroll E. Wood, Jr.
Volunteers
Jill Bouck
Sarah Brattain
Joanna Brown
Betsy Cabana
Liz Carroll
Anne Cronin
Margaret Curtain
Leslie Damon
Ross Edwards
Martha Flanders
Katelyn Gillespie
Ray Gotta
Sheryl Jaynes-Andrew
Mac Johnson
Brian Kelder
Earline Kendall
Sandra Kingston
Katie Lebling
Timothy O’Connor
Wes Osbourne
Sierra Club
Timothy Siok
Jimmy Thieriot
Penny Uhlendorf
Patricia Williams
Interns
Xenobia Bibby, LEAF
Laurie Calvert, Government Relations
Hannah Chamberlain, Forest Health
Charlie Fry, Middlebury College
Natalie Garcia, Forest Health
Janae Hill, Diversity Intern
Kevin Irby, Middlebury College
Sean Mahoney, Forest Health
Nika Myers, LEAF
Linda Nguyen, Diversity Intern
Andrea Patino, LEAF
Juliana Reyes, LEAF
In-Kind Gifts
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bakstran
Birds & Beans, LLC
Blue Q
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cliff
Denise Cormier
Mrs. Martha D. Hamilton
Holcim (US) Inc.
Meg Moore
Ms. Brenda S. Diana Esq.
Ropes & Gray, LLP
Scag Tree
Waste Management
Wilder Presentations
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trying to balance growth and development while
protecting our limited open lands and rare habitats.
We are excited to help protect this island that
we love, and specifically a special place such as the
Watcha Woodlands.”
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