Conservation and Community
a nnual Report 2013
The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut
We have been hiking in Devil’s Den for 20 years, since our oldest was a baby. It is a haven of tranquility that we
keep returning to, to restore our connection with nature. We are fortunate to have such a wonderful preserve nearby.
— D AV I D J A F F E
The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut 2
There is nothing like seeing the Conservancy’s
work firsthand. Together, our local, regional and
global efforts are creating a hopeful next chapter
for sustaining our planet’s lands and waters.
­— DR. FROGAR D RYAN
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From the Director
2013: An Optimistic Year for Conservation
The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut’s past and present came together for me in two striking
moments this year.
The first was on a river cruise in March. I stood with Conservancy supporters and watched as eagles,
once scarce in the state, soared high above our Chapman Pond Preserve and other properties we have
helped protect for more than 50 years.
The second was in May. I joined an enthusiastic group peering into the window of a new fishway on
the Mattabesset River, hoping to spy the first blueback herring and American shad to reach 50 miles
of upstream habitat in more than 100 years.
In both cases, these efforts were successful because incredible people – from generous donors to
insightful partners – worked together. Our hallmark science-driven solutions and can-do attitude
resulted in clear conservation successes in 2013 and give me great hope for 2014.
The following pages will take you through some of the greatest accomplishments you helped make
possible this year, as well as introduce some of the volunteers and staff leading our efforts. By the time
you finish reading this report, I hope you share my inspiration and enthusiasm for what’s to come.
On behalf of our trustees and staff, thank you for your investment and trust in our work.
Your support of the lands and waters of our home state is deeply appreciated and celebrated.
With gratitude,
Dr. Frogard Ryan
State Director, Connecticut
At left: State Director Dr. Frogard Ryan at the
Barn Island Wildlife Refuge in Stonington.
© Raymond Uzanas.
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The lower Connecticut River is home
to us and millions of others, too, and
who knows how many fish and flora?
People and nature are interdependentwe need each other to survive. So we all
have a stake in restoring the health and
beauty of the river and its watershed.
­— ALLE N ROS E N S H I N E
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Conserving the Connecticut River
Securing the heart of New England, with your help
As residents of the Connecticut River watershed, Allen and Missy
Rosenshine know firsthand the benefits this great river provides - from
recreation opportunities to clean drinking water and productive fish habitat.
The river is New England’s largest and longest, and its watershed provides
water and essential services to 4.3 million people in New England.
Those services are threatened by growing conservation challenges, including
dams, which block fish passage, change river flows and cause unhealthy
sediment buildup.
With your support, The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut is leading the
effort to make this river great once more by re-managing flows, reconnecting
habitat and restoring the river and its floodplains.
• Conservancy scientists are providing critical input during a once-in-50-years
relicensing process for five large hydroelectric facilities on the Connecticut River.
Our sophisticated river-flow modeling will help operators re-manage how
dams hold and release water to more closely replicate natural flows.
• Partnering with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection and StanChem, Inc., the Conservancy built a new fishway in East
Berlin that reconnects 50 miles of habitat on the Mattabesset River and its
tributaries. For the first time in 100 years, fish such as American shad and
alewife can reach spawning grounds upstream.
• This spring, our scientists continued work to restore disease-tolerant American
elms to Connecticut’s floodplains by taking cuttings from old “survivor” elms
and crossing them with new hardy specimens. Elms serve as a natural filter for
drinking water and natural infrastructure for flood protection.
• The Connecticut General Assembly adopted Conservancy-supported
legislation to encourage water conservation, mandating water utilities and
regulators structure rates so as not to penalize water supply companies for
encouraging their customers to use less water.
At left: Trustee Allen Rosenshine and his wife,
Missy, in front of the Ed Bills Pond Dam, which
the Conservancy plans to remove in 2014.
© Eric Aldrich/TNC.
Above: Connecticut River Program Director Kim
Lutz. © Eric Aldrich/TNC.
Director of Migratory Fish Projects Sally Harold,
Connecticut Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel
Esty, State Director Dr. Frogard Ryan and Trustee
Michael Donnelly at the opening of the StanChem
fishway. © Francine Maglione/TNC.
Floodplain Ecologist Christian Marks. © Sean
Fitzpatrick/TNC.
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My family has farmed this land through the centuries
and built homes, barns and fish weirs by the river.
Today, Griswold Point protects marshes and creeks and
many species of birds, mammals, fish, invertebrates and
other creatures. We are privileged to have acted as
stewards for our children and grandchildren.
— EVAN G R I SWOLD
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Saving the Sound
With your support, we’re protecting a vital urban estuary
Old Lyme residents Evan Griswold and Emily Fisher literally can stand on
their conservation legacy. Griswold Point, a sandy barrier beach formed
where the Connecticut River rushes into Long Island Sound, was donated to
the Conservancy by Evan’s family in 1974. Today, it remains an important
coastal habitat for piping plovers, least terns and mating osprey pairs.
The future of Long Island Sound and places like Griswold Point will be our
generation’s economic and environmental legacy.
Supporters like you are helping The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut to
begin solving problems of climate change, conflicting uses and nitrogen
pollution today – instead of leaving them for our children and grandchildren.
• To strengthen coastal communities’ ability to adapt to the next
Superstorm Sandy, our climate scientists have worked with 20 of the state’s
36 coastal towns – including six new towns this year – using web-based
mapping to assess risks and prioritize natural defenses.
• Early this year, we completed data collection for the first comprehensive Long
Island Sound Ecological Assessment. This assessment identifies the most
crucial areas for conservation in the Sound and will help balance natural
resource protection with increasing economic and recreational uses.
• Aspetuck Park in Easton once was a popular swimming hole, until goose waste
fouled the water. This fall, we helped finish installation of a native plant border
that filters runoff into the river. This project serves as a small-scale model for
other towns to reduce nitrogen pollution flowing into the Sound.
• The 2013 Connecticut General Assembly passed Conservancy-backed
legislation to ensure coastal communities account for climate change
and the rate of sea-level rise when planning new development and sewage
treatment plant upgrades.
Above: Long Island Sound Program Director
Chantal Collier. © John Pasagiannis.
At left: Longtime Conservancy supporters Evan
Griswold and Emily Fisher, with their dog Maya,
on their conservation easement overlooking
Griswold Point Preserve in Old Lyme. © Eric
Aldrich/TNC.
Director of Science Dr. Adam Whelchel. © Marie
Orsini Rosen/TNC.
Conservancy volunteers planting beachgrass at
Waterford Town Beach. © David Gumbart/TNC.
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As parents, we try to instill an appreciation of the
great outdoors in our kids. Part of that is knowing
where our food comes from. We have a small farm of
our own and look forward to learning more about
sustainability from the farmers at Sunny Valley.
— STEVE AN D ROS E S HABET
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Caring for Critical Lands
Thanks to you, we’re creating gateways to the natural world
For Steve and Rose Shabet, conservation is about protecting resources that
will shape the future for their two children, Matthew and Sarah. That means
getting involved with the local agriculture community at the Conservancy’s
Sunny Valley Preserve, which combines five working farms with more than
1,500 acres of protected lands.
Your support has allowed The Nature Conservancy to protect some 51,000
acres and maintain more than 60 preserves in Connecticut. Not only are
these lands vital to safeguard and manage critical habitat, but they are also
gateways for public education, recreation and – in the case of Sunny Valley
– even local produce!
Whether speaking with Sunny Valley farmers about community-supported
agriculture, spotting a rare bird in the woods at Burnham Brook or exploring
trails at Devil’s Den, preserve visitors learn firsthand how protected lands
support local wildlife, food production, drinking water and economies.
• This summer, the Conservancy negotiated the purchase of 26 acres in Whalebone
Cove, one of the least disturbed freshwater tidal marshes on the Connecticut
River. With this addition, 80 percent of the Cove is now protected. The
land is now part of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.
• New England cottontails, known for their short ears and stubby white tails, have
suffered a population decrease of 86 percent since the 1960s. Land stewards at
Sunny Valley Preserve created new habitat for the rabbit this year by
downing old trees to form the dense, shrubby thickets this animal loves.
• In January, East Lyme town volunteers helped us restore dunes destroyed by
Superstorm Sandy at Pattagansett Marsh Preserve by placing recycled
Christmas trees to trap sand. On Earth Day weekend, Old Saybrook town
volunteers joined us to clean up saltwater marsh at Ragged Rock Preserve, where
trash and debris had washed upriver from the storm.
Above: Assistant Director of Land Management
David Gumbart. © Cara Chancellor/TNC.
At left: Young conservationists Sarah and
Matthew Shabet climb aboard a parked tractor
at the Conservancy’s Sunny Valley Preserve in
New Milford/Bridgewater. © Steve Shabet.
Trustee Dr. James H. Heym at Burnham Brook
Preserve. © Jill Cancellieri/TNC.
Saugatuck Forest Lands Office Administrator and
Volunteer Coordinator Cynthia Fowx. © Francine
Maglione/TNC.
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Each day, I could just see new doors opening in the
students’ minds. They know to recycle and conserve
water, but LEAF gave them an opportunity to love the
natural world. That feeling will make them lifelong
environmentalists, whatever career they pursue.
— CH R I STI BYR D
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Celebrating People
With your help, we’re inspiring a new conservation movement
Summer brought unforgettable experiences for our Leaders in Environmental
Action for the Future (LEAF) interns and their mentor, Christi Byrd.
Designed to connect new communities with conservation, the Conservancy’s
innovative LEAF program has a tremendous impact on urban youth across
the United States, opening their eyes to environmental career possibilities.
People are central to our work at The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut,
from town planners who help us advance coastal resilience solutions to
preserve visitors who appreciate our natural environment. And, of course,
members like you who make it possible.
We need more people working together to conserve the lands and waters on
which all life depends. We’ve made it a priority this year to reach those people
where they are: in our schools, our towns and the great outdoors.
• In April, stunning images of nature captivated an audience of 2,500 during the
Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s presentation of “LIFE: A Journey Through Time.”
State Director Dr. Frogard Ryan spoke in a pre-concert panel with featured
photographer Frans Lanting and Daniel Esty, Commissioner of the Connecticut
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
• Team Nature again rode to victory in New Haven’s annual Rock to Rock Earth
Day Ride, raising more than $19,000 for conservation, thanks to a generous
$10,000 match from Trustee John Todd Miranowski. Chefs Bun Lai of Miya’s
Sushi and Avi Szapiro of ROÌA Restaurant also took the stage for the
Conservancy’s “Chef to Chef” picnic battle, a friendly cooking competition
featuring sustainable ingredients.
• In July, energetic students from the Conservancy’s LEAF paid internship
program hit Connecticut for four weeks of conservation work, education and
fun. The four young women, students at environmental high schools in New York
City, worked alongside our staff to maintain trails, remove invasives and restore
an arboretum.
Above: Yale Board Fellow Wilbur Araujo at Waterford
Town Beach. © Raymond Uzanas.
Emcee Bruce Barber of WNPR, Chef Bun Lai of Miya’s
Sushi and young helpers at Chef to Chef: Picnic Battle
for the Planet on Earth Day. © Sean Fitzpatrick/TNC.
At left: LEAF interns (left to right) Tiffany
Martin, Emily Ruby, Denise Garcia, Mentor
Christi Byrd and Brianna Colon picking wild
blueberries in Norfolk. © Francine
Maglione/TNC.
Former Connecticut Board Chair Joe Merrill and his
wife Tracy,, Conservancy CEO Mark Tercek, State
Director Dr. Frogard Ryan and Board Chair John
Levinson at a New Canaan signing for Mark’s new
book, Nature’s Fortune. © Laura Shail/TNC.
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These trees have a lot to do. They
strengthen the soil, enable local
agriculture and economies to thrive
and keep their communities intact,
while also helping provide clean water
for about a million downstream users
in villages and towns.
— DR. R IVA KR UT
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Going Global
Partnering for the planet with your support
This past spring, in recognition of Praxair employee efforts to achieve zero
waste, the Praxair Foundation launched its “Praxair Greenway Project,” a
unique sustainability program that will plant or preserve 250,000 trees
globally this year. As part of this program, the Foundation is supporting
three Conservancy forest preservation and replanting projects in Latin
America: the Plant a Billion Trees campaign in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest,
reforestation efforts in Mexico’s Chiapas community and retiring carbon
offsets in Belize.
Connecticut may be a small state, but supporters of The Nature
Conservancy in Connecticut have made its global outreach visionary. We
were one of the earliest chapters to fund international work and the first to
establish an official leadership partnership between local and global boards,
Connecticut and Brazil.
Today, our supporters’ generosity extends worldwide, creating real,
measurable progress in some of the most pivotal landscapes on Earth.
• In an April 2013 exchange, then-Brazil Water Funds Coordinator Anita
Diederichsen toured local floodplain forest restoration projects to learn
more about watershed protection. She also met with local trustees, staff,
donors and Yale University students to discuss our local-to-global work.
• Indigenous people often have emerged as one of the Conservancy’s strongest
conservation allies, and our programs in Brazil, Africa and elsewhere are
working to empower them to care for vital lands. An anonymous Connecticut
donor this year made leadership investments in groundbreaking
indigenous community programs in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
• Australia’s Great Western Woodlands are the world’s largest remaining
Mediterranean woodland. A former Connecticut board chair visited this critical
habitat and was inspired to make a multi-year pledge to community-based
conservation that includes indigenous peoples, government and miners.
At left: Dr. Riva Krut, chief sustainability officer of
Danbury-based Praxair Inc., joins a representative of
Nuevo Refugio and la Unión on-site in Chiapas, Mexico,
where the Conservancy is planting 75,000 trees with the
support of Praxair Foundation. © PRAXAIR.
Above: Shaba National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
© Kenneth K. Coe.
Connecticut Board Chair John Levinson (left) with
Brazil Board Vice President Ana Paula Chagas
and Brazil Board Chair Werner Grau Neto.
© Paulo Pereira.
Australian Noongar Aboriginal man holding a
didgeridoo, photographed in Western Australia.
©Ami Vitale
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Saluting our Supporters
Your dedication helps us confront global challenges with global solutions
The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut
wishes to thank the following donors for their
support and service in fiscal year 2013. This
list represents those who have contributed at
least $1,000 between July 1, 2012 and June
30, 2013 to the Conservancy’s local, national
and international conservation work.
$100,000 - $1,000,000+
Anonymous (1)
Ms. Frances Ashley Ω
Mr. and Mrs. W. Michael Brown Ω Ж
Fairfield County Community
Foundation
Ms. Iara Lee / Iara Lee and George
Gund III Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Merrill /
Half Moon Foundation Ω
Mr. and Mrs. John Todd
Miranowski Ω Ж
Eaglemere Foundation
Raphael P. Elkin and
Melissa S. Newman
Betsy and Jesse Fink / Betsy and
Jesse Fink Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Fox
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart H. Greenfield
/ Stewart and Connie Greenfield
Foundation Ω Ж
Mr. Evan Griswold and
Ms. Emily Fisher Ω Ж
Dr. James H. Heym and
Ms. Lynn O. Wilkinson Ω
Mrs. Louise S. Lehrman /
Johnson-Stillman Family
Foundation
Ms. Margaret (“Meg”) Kilgore
Mr. and Mrs. Harry LeBien /
Louis and Virginia Clemente
Foundation
Newman’s Own Foundation
Dr. Janice C. Parker and
Mr. Duncan F. Schweitzer
Mr. and Mrs. John Pritchard
Anne S. Richardson Fund
Tides Foundation
John and Bethany Zaro Ω Ж
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zea Ω
$10,000 - $49,999
$1,000 - $9,999
Ms. Mary M. Ackerly and
Mr. J. Michael Sconyers Ω
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bartels
Ms. Leigh Bonney and Dr. Larry
Ritzhaupt Ω Ж
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Glen Cahilly Ω
Coastal America Foundation
Community Foundation for Greater
New Haven
Community Foundation of Eastern
Connecticut
Community Foundation of
Middlesex County
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daitch /
HJ Promise Foundation
Anonymous (5)
Dr. Aryeh M. Abeles
Mr. Paul A. Armond, Jr. and Mr.
Fred Harger
Bank of New York Mellon
Barnes Group Foundation
Harry F. Barnes and Carol H.
Barnes Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bass
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Bazos
Mr. David A. Behnke and
Mr. Paul F. Doherty, Jr. Ω
Cameron Bellamy
Ms. Judy Black and
Mr. Richard Schlosberg
Anonymous (2)
The Late Dexter Chafee
Mr. and Mrs. David Jaffe /
Jaffe Family Foundation Ω
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Johnson /
Summer Hill Foundation
John and Ellen Levinson /
Cannupa Foundation Ω Ж
Ms. Elizabeth F. McCance /
McCance Foundation Trust
Praxair Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rosenshine Ω Ж
The Late Isabella B. Waters
$50,000 - $99,999
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Mr. and Mrs. Mark Blackman /
Louise B. Blackman Family
Foundation
Blakeslee Prestress
Ms. Kathleen M. Brady
Mr. and Mrs. John Brewer
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Broderick
Mr. James L. Buckley
C.M. Life
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Carey
Mr. and Mrs. William Carlin
Ms. Leslie Carothers Ω
Chaney Family Foundation
Dr. Elena Citkowitz and
Mr. Joseph Hoffman
Marilyn Clements / Marilyn
Clements Charitable Fund
Joyce and Les Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Colin
Ms. Noreen P. Cullen
Ms. Maria M. das Neves and
Mr. Frank Hawkins
Ms. Virginia De Lima
Dr. Peter J. DeBell
Mr. and Mrs. James DeFrank
Ms. Carrie Denning
Mr. Dennis Desmarais
Susan Dixon
Mr. Gregory F. Donahue
Ms. Sheila Donnelly
Mr. Gregory A. Douglas
Ms. Mary Ellen Dyk
Mr. Robert J. Eck
Arline and Joel Epstein /
Quadra Foundation
Mr. John E. Evers
Mr. Robert L. Feakins
Ferriday Fund Charitable Trust
Mrs. Eileen M. Foster
Mr. Andrew Frankel
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Freedman
Jordan Frey
Mr. Michael Friedland and
Ms. Lauri Levitt Friedland/
Norman and Rosita Winston
Foundation
General Re Corporation
Mr. David Geronmeus and
Mrs. Mitzi Lyman
Mrs. Connie Gersick
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Beckwith
Gilbert
Mr. William M. Goadby
Winkler Gosch and
Virginia Gosch Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Grassi Ω
Mr. Steven Greiling
Ms. Gene Groves
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gustin
Mr. G. Thomas Hargrove and Dr.
Anita Grover
Mrs. Rebecca M. Harvey
Mrs. Helen L. Heilshorn
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henrey
The Late Jane Henson /
Jane Henson Foundation
Ms. Joyce Hergenhan
Dr. Marie J. Hertzig
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Heys
The Late Edward W. Hildreth
Manju Hingorani
Ms. Rebecca S. Hoblin
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hoffman
Dr. Kent E. Holsinger Ω
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Howe
Ipsos Operations US
Iroquois Gas Transmission System
Ms. Susan Jacobson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jaeger Ω Ж
Ms. Bethany Johnson
Mr. Frederick S. Johnson and
Ms. Laurel Roberts
Bob and Karen Jones
Dr. Jean F. Jones
Mr. Jeremy Judge
Ms. Jane E. Kammerer
Ms. Lisa Keith and Mr. Allan Karp
Mr. James J. Keller and
Ms. Candice M. Chirgotis
Mr. Robert M. Kettles
Mr. Scott C. Keyes and
Ms.Johanna S. Boller
Ms. Keitha Kinne
Mr. Steven A. Kohn
Dr. Robert Kruger and
Ms. Heidi Palmer
Mr. Daniel Lagattuta
Mr. Matthew Lebaron
Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Leonardo
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Levien
Dr. Ronald M. Levine
Mr. Mark J. Lewis
Mr. Henry D. Lord Ω
Lawrence and Dana Lunden
Jacqueline Lyon Charitable Fund
Mr. Crozer W. Martin
Mr. Jerry L. Mashaw and
Ms. Anne U. MacClintock
Dick and Joan Mihm
Brian J. and Heidi G. Miller
Ms. Ruth Montgomery and
Mr. John Platoff
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. William Morrill
Mr. and Mrs. William Murdy
Murray Foundation
Murtha Cullina LLP
Don and Sara Nelson
Francis J. Nestor
Mr. David H. Newell
Ms. Mary Nicholas
Senator William Nickerson and
Mrs. Jane Nickerson Ω
Ms. Emily B. Nissley
Piyush Pandey
Peter and Elsie Patton Ω
Ms. Louise M. Perkins
Dr. Barbara A. Phelan and
Dr. Carol R. Reed Ж
Ms. Jane Plant
Mr. Philip R. Platek, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Preston Ω Ж
Mr. Robert Pulford
Ms. Sharon Reed
REI
Michael and Faye Richardson
Ms. Linda A. Riley
Mrs. Pamela W. Ritter
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
Roosevelt
Mr. Stephen Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rowe
Charles M. and Deborah Royce
Saint Paul Foundation
Dr. Ramasubbu Sairam
Mr. Preston Savarese
Ms. Jeanette Schermerhorn
Mr. Philip R. Scholly
Walter G. Schendel III Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Schrenk,
Jr. / Beavertides Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Setlow
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Shabet
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sheppard, Jr.
/ Sheppard Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shiller
Dr. and Mrs. John Silander Ω
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Silverman
Mr. Sidney Skolnick
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Slane
Sorenson-Pearson Family
Foundation
Mr. Timothy Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Swanson
Ms. Sarah C. Taggart
Mr. and Mrs. Ashton M. Tenney Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Townsend
Mr. Charles T. Treadway III
Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Utay
Vanguard Products Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. David VerNooy
Mr. Robert DeCourcy
Mr. Ron Wainshal
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Walker Ω
Mr. Brian P. Ward
Mr. Robert Wechsler and
Ms. Emily Aber
Ms. Patricia C. Wehrli
Sarah Kimberly Welch and
David Levin Ω
Mr. Jonathan P. Wendell
Mrs. Gail H. West
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Williams
Mr. and Mrs. William Winterer
Peter and Wendy Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Jaime Yordán /
Christine and Jaime Yordán
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zoubek /
Wrightson-Ramsing Foundation
Legacy Club
Anonymous (26)
Ms. Daphne Achilles
Miss Lucille J. Adams
Janet Adcock
Victor and Cathy Alfandre
Ms. Heather Allen
Mr. Wilson S. Alling
Mr. S.C. Amidon
Richard Anselmo, Jr.
Dr. Peter J. Auster and Lisa C.
Wahle Ω
Ms. Betsy Austin
Renee Baade
Ms. Margaret D. Barnett
Miss Dorothy M. Barrett
Mrs. Charlotte P. Barringer
Mr. Mark Basile and
Mr. Steven Schnepp
Joanna Baymiller
Ms. Edith C. Becker
Ms. Mary R. Beckert
Mr. Robert A. Behrens
Mr. Dennis N. Bennett
Mrs. Helen Bensche
Mr. Charles J. Beran
Jeffrey Bieber
Frank Bifolche
Liv K. Biron
Eleanor E. Bischoff
Mr. Leo Black
Diana T. Blair
Sandy Blake
Leigh A. Bonney Ω
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Booth
Mr. Peter H. Borgemeister and
Ms. Harriet S. White
Mr. and Mrs. John Bowers
Mr. Bill Bozzone and
Ms. Tricia Bauer
* We have made every effort to be accurate. If we have inadvertently overlooked anyone, please accept our sincere apologies as well as our deep gratitude for your generosity.
Mr. Clyde S. Brooks
Mr. Margaret Brown
Jennifer and Michael Brown Ω
Dr. M. Gilbert Burford
Lynn Bodetka-Burke and
Mike Burke
Susan Dickey Burleson
Ms. Mary S. Calhoun
Ms. Elizabeth H. Carabillo
Ms. Mary Carnwath and
Mr. John H. Callender
Mrs. Geraldine B. Carroll
Ms. Claire O. Cashman
Mr. William Caval
Mr. Hyman Charniak
Mrs. Helen T. Chatfield
Ms. Phyllis Chester
Ms. Justine M. Clark
Mr. Richard N. Cohen
Ms. Marilyn J. Conklin
Mrs. Marian M. Cook
James Coon
Mrs. Paula Coughlin
Ms. Joan D. Cox
Mr. Thomas Crider
Mr. David Cronin
Wayne Crossman
Mrs. M. C. Crown
Ms. Jan Cunningham
Mr. Neil W. Currie
Mrs. Marian K. D’Arcangelo
Mr. Victor C. Darnell
Mrs. Hermine Dawson
Ms. Patricia De Renzo
Mrs. Anne Reed Dean
Mrs. Clara Denison
Rosa Diana
Ms. Wanda Dick
Mr. Roger H. Dickinson
Ms. Helen Douda
Edward Dowling
Mr. John R. Draves
Ms. Christine Dreton
Ms. Claire C. Dudley
Mrs. Lois G. Duffield
Maria E. Eddison
Mr. John Edgecomb
Franklin W. Eichacker
Miss Karen A. Ellsworth
Adele Erisman
Mr. Robert L. Estep
Vera C. Fanning
Mrs. Joan F. Faulkner
Ms. Joan L. Faust
Mr. Chamberlain Ferry
Marilyn Wood Fetzer
Emily J. Fielding
Ms. Elizabeth W. Fischer
Susan H. Fisher
James P. Fogarty
Mr. T. M. Ford
Mrs. Eileen Foster
Patricia J. Fowler
Ms. Nancy Kilborne Fox
Ms. Barbara J. Fraser
Mr. John T. Frazer
Ms. Valerie Friedman
Ms. Patricia L. Frost
Mr. L. Sidney Garvais
Ms. Mildreth L. George
Mr. James H. Gilbert
Mr. David Gliserman
Mr. William M. Goadby
Noreen P. Cullen and David Gonci
Mr. F. L. Goodwin
Miss Genevra Goodwin
Mr. Anthony M. Gorman
Mr. Winkler C. Gosch
Ms. Jeri Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Greenfield Ω
David F. Gregorski
Ms. Cynthia F. Grinnell
Ms. Edith Griswold
Evan S. Griswold Ω
Alexander N. Gunn II
Gwen Haaland
Mrs. Claire G. Hall
Ms. Helen F. Hamlen
Ms. Dawn Handschuh
Ms. M. Elaine Hanley
Mr. Vernon D. Harry
Prof. Peter S. Hawkins
Jan E. Heckman
Lauren Emily Henderson
Carol S. Heubeck
Mr. Peter G. Hewitt
Mr. W. K. Heyman
Theodore Hillhouse
Norman and Priscilla Ann Hillman
Toni Hobbins
Ms. Evan C. Hoogs
Ms. Amy Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoyt
Roberta Hudson
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Hurley
Andrew Hyman
Jane Jablonski
Mr. Stanley E. Jacke
Robert and Patricia Jaeger Ω
Mrs. Janet G. Jainschigg
Ms. Alice B. Jansen
Miss Mary Janvrin
Mrs. Muriel K. Jarmak
Doris J. Jespersen
Kristin L. Johnson
Ms. Kristine Johnson
Mr. Peter Jolowicz
Ms. Vicki Julian
Mr. Ron D. Kalvaitis
Mr. Steven Y. Karsh
Mrs. Barbara Kashanski
Mr. Michael Keegan
James Keller and Candice Chirgotis
Dr. Walter W. Kemp
Bruce and Barbara Kenyon Ω
Mr. Charles L. Kerstein
Shirley Kiefer
Ms. Nancy C. Kindell
Mr. Robert L. Kleinberg
Cynthia Kobak
Edward Konowitz
Mrs. Vilma Kurzer
Eiichiro Kuwana
Ms. Catherine M. Ladnier and
Mr. John M. Robinson
Mr. Jon Lafleur
Mr. Carl W. Leaman
Ms. Sandra A. Lee
Mr. John W. Leslie, Jr.
John and Ellen Levinson Ω
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lewis
Steven M. Lewis
Mr. Stanton L. Lipson
Mr. Edward E. Long
John T. Loprinzo
Mr. Lawrence J. Lunden
Sara B. Luongo
Mr. Bernard Luskin
Mrs. Joyce P. Lyons
Walter and Pauline Lyons
Elinor J. MacDonald
Mrs. Sandra T. MacGregor
Mr. Robert B. MacGuinness
Kim Larrabee and Robert Maietta
John F. Malmros
Ms. Margaret Malval
Ms. Linda O. Manning
Stephanie Marshall
Ms. Patsy Mason
Mr. and Mrs. John Matuszeski
Carol J. Mawhinney
Patrick and Mira McAree
Dr. Barbara McEwen
Mr. William Mc George, Jr.
Ms. Mary Lou McGuire
Peter McKnight
Tim McMullen
Ms. Margaret G. Merrill
Ms. Margery Meyer
Ms. Rosamond H. Mikkelsen
Mr. Donald S. Miller
Dr. William C. Miller
Mrs. Dorothy O. Mills
John Todd Miranowski Ω
Ms. Paula Modeen
Dr. Michael D. Mollow
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Montross
Ms. Helen S. Moore
Mrs. Marjorie A. Moore
Mrs. Sue J. Moran
Ms. Katherine Morgan
Mr. Steve G. Morrell and
Ms. Beverly Y. Schmidt
Ms. Diantha Morse
Mr. Stephen F. Mumford
Mr. John Murphy
Mr. Charles M. Nash
Mrs. Dorothy Obre
Ms. Doreen O’Connell
Rev. William J. Olesik
Mr. William Osgood
Lawrence Ozga, Jr.
Katherine Paddon
Ms. Penny Parsekian and
Geoffrey S. Kaufman
Ms. Dale A. Parsons
Joanne Perloff
Arthur Pinkham
Thomas S. and Halina P. Platt
Ms. Elizabeth Plummer
Jane Poehler
Virginia B. Pollack
Ms. Martha L. Porteus
Ms. Nancy C. Prentis
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Mr. Christopher C. Pyne
Alanna Rathbone Ω
Mr. Neil Ratner
Ms. Hope Raymond
Miss Julia H. Recker
Carol Reed and Barbara Phelan
Mr. Harry W. Reed, Jr.
Ms. Joan M. Reitz
Dr. Samuel B. Rentsch, Jr.
Mrs. Margaret Reventlow
Wayne Riccitelli
Chris Richter
Ms. Julia C. Robb
Mr. Blake Robinson
Mrs. Elizabeth Albee Robinson
Mr. James S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Kathryn L. Rockwell
Thomas P. J. Rosenberg
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Mr. Harold D. Ross, Jr.
Mark and Rose Roszczewski
Clark Ruff
Mrs. Ellen Russak
Mr. William Russell
Ms. Ann P. Rutherford and
Mr. Bruce R. Lively
Frogard and Kevin Ryan
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sallick
Robert Sambone
Heather Sandifer
Mrs. Ann C. Sandin
Ms. Zellene Sandler
Mr. David C. Sargent
Ms. Constance Sattler
Ms. Eleanor J. Saunders
Mrs. Bonnie Schaeffer
Mr. David W. Schneider
Philip R. Scholly
Mr. Gregg B. Schuyler
Mr. A. C. Scribner
Mrs. Barbara Setlow
Mr. and Mrs. Susan Shapiro
Melissa Shepstone
Marian Shilstone in memory of
Frederick W. Shilstone
Ms. Susanne A. Shrader
Gigi Simocko-Walker
W. R. Smith-Vaniz
John Sokoloski
Mrs. Ann R. Soltesz
Ms. Michelle L. Spencer
Mr. Bruce A. St. Arnauld
Mrs. Tellina J. Stafford
Thomas E. Stanton
Ms. Dawn L. Starr
Mrs. Julianne Steffens
Ms. Roxane B. Steinman
Mary Elizabeth Stevens
Mr. Tom R. Stio
Mr. Alexis Surovov, CFRE
Mr. Leonard Tavormina
Mrs. Ashton M. Tenney, Jr.
Ms. Phyllis Tillinghast
Stephen J. Tofani
Mrs. Shirley W. Tolley
David Totman
Ms. Irmgard M. Trainor
Mrs. Joan L. Tweedy
Mr. Robert P. Ulin
Frank Vartuli
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Vassallo
Marilyn M. Virts
Mr. Albert E. Vosburgh
Patricia L. Wales
Ms. Joyce C. Ware
Dr. Scott Warren and
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Dr. Carol S. Weeks
Myrna Weindling
Mr. Michael Whelan
Mrs. Dorothea Whitbeck
Thurmon Whitley
Ms. Sarah Whitson
Ms. Jane W. Williams
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Estates
Anonymous (1)
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Ferriday Fund Charitable Trust
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Heinz Herrmann
Edward W. Hildreth
Helen Lieber
Barbara McEwen
Grace Senft
Dorothy L. Tucker
Isabella B. Waters
The Nature Conservancy in
Connecticut thanks the following
friends and colleagues for their
support and service in fiscal year 2013,
which ran from July 1, 2012
to June 30, 2013.
Interns
Volunteers
Brian Ambrette
Holly Banford
Christi Byrd
Ashley Cassano
Brianna Colon
Cynthia Faith
Denise Garcia
Tiffany Martin
Samuel Pardo
Emily Ruby
Ingrid Wang
Myles Alderman
Burnham Brook
Preserve Committee
Data Collection &
Compilation
Devil’s Den Deer
Management
Devil’s Den Preserve Trail
Adopters
Devil’s Den Preserve
Work Day
Diadromous Fish
Monitors
Habitat Remediation
Horseshoe Crab
Monitoring
Katharine Ordway
Preserve Work Day
Seventy Acres LLC Landscape Design
Sunny Valley Open Farm
Day
Sunny Valley Advisory
Committee
UCONN CT Master
Gardener
Weston Volunteer Fire
Department
Young Professionals
Group
Grantors
CT DEEP Ecosystem Management
and Habitat Restoration Grant
CT DEEP Open Space and Watershed
Land Acquisition Grant
CT DEEP Anguilla Brook Project Match
CT DEEP Berlin/StanChem Project Match
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation/ Long Island Sound
Futures Fund
Natural Resource Conservation Service
NOAA/American Rivers
UMass, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering (In Kind)
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Fish and Wildlife Service (In Kind)
US Forest Service (In Kind)
US Geological Survey (In Kind)
Special thanks to Eric Aldrich, Francine Maglione,
Raymond Uzanas and the other photographers
who donated their time and talent to make
this report possible.
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Trustee
Legacy Club
The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut 15
TH E NATU R E CONSE RVANCY I N CON N ECTICUT
BOAR D OF TR USTE ES FISCAL YEAR 2014
July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014
JOH N LEVI N SON
CHAI R
JASON G LE N CAH I LLY
VICE CHAI R
ALLE N ROS E N S H I N E
VICE CHAI R
J. M ICHAE L SCONYE R S, E SQ.
VICE CHAI R
JAM E S H. H EYM, PH.D.
S ECR ETARY
JOH N TODD M I RANOWS KI
TR EAS U R E R
FRANCE S AS H LEY
LE IG H BON N EY
M ICHAE L J. DON N E LLY, E SQ.
The mission of The Nature Conservancy
is to conserve the lands and waters on which
all life depends.
DAVI D JAFFE
E LIZABETH MCCANCE, PH.D.
S E N. WI LLIAM H. N ICKE R SON
SARAH KI M BE R LY WE LCH
M ICHAE L L. ZEA
YALE BOAR D FE LLOWS
WI LBU R O. ARAUJO
LI N DS EY LAR S E N
PAU LL M. RAN DT
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