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annual report 2017

Dear Friends:

We are thrilled to share with you our 2017 Annual Report so that you can learn first-hand about how the Orange County Land Trust continued making strides in keeping our communities sustainable and resilient in 2017.

This brings me to an issue that has seemingly become the center of focus, and for good reason– the importance of protecting drinking water sources. While this has been a top priority for the conservation community since day one, this vital issue has finally become mainstream enough that some municipalities are taking action. Taking proactive steps to protect water is by leaps and bounds less costly than dealing with the consequences of a compromised drinking water supply later. Such proactive measures center around one thing: protecting lands in and around watersheds.

In late 2017, Governor Cuomo announced the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) grant awards, which included $1.7 million in funds from the Department of Environmental Conservation to protect the City of Newburgh's drinking water supply. Through a partnership between the Orange County Water Authority and the Orange County Land Trust, the City of Newburgh hopes to protect water resources that their residents depend on. The City of Newburgh was not alone in securing a grant for watershed protection, as the City of Middletown was also successful in securing a similar grant to protect water quality.

On the western side of the county, the Orange County Land Trust was brought on as a partner in the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, which aims to protect the water quality of the Delaware River and its tributaries through land protection and habitat restoration.

Inside this report, you will also read about some of the year’s most impressive accomplishments, including our work to protect critical buffer lands in the Greater Sterling Forest and western Hudson Highlands regions.

Thank you for supporting the Orange County Land Trust as we continue to lead land conservation in Orange County.

Jim Delaune,

Executive Director

Board of Directors William Brown, President Jack Berkowitz, 1st Vice President Arlene Nolan, 2nd Vice President Elinor Hart, Treasurer Jo Marvel Hull, Secretary Jeffrey Birnberg Michael J. Bruno Amanda Fuller David A. Getz, PE Adrian Goddard Douglas Land Marlena Lange Andrew Mills Deanna J. Prisco Dennis Smith Mark Taylor, Esq. Stuart Turner, FAICP Francis Wickham Irving Zuckerman Advisory Council Dr. Suzanne Brown-Berkowitz Richard Hoyt, Esq. Richard Hull, PhD. Terryanne Gmelch Susan Najork Fred Osborn, III Maggie Smith Sandra van Heerden Jean Wort Staff Jim Delaune Executive Director Sarah Hutton Office Manager Matt Decker Director of Conservation & Stewardship Jeremy Schneider Outreach & Program Coordinator Shanna Abeles Conservation Project Manager Eric Roberts Stewardship Assistant

forward into 2018

Farmland Corridor in Hamptonburgh

Dairy Farm Protection

Orange County Land Trust hopes to complete a conservation easement that will result in the protection of a 72-acre farm in the Town of Hamptonburgh. The farm had been under consideration for a proposed 130,000 square-foot warehouse and packing facility, a plan that met local opposition from neighbors and farmers. The effort to conserve the farm was spurred by local farmer Morse Pitts of Windfall Farms, whose farm is adjacent to the 72-acre property. The 142-acre Windfall Farms was previously conserved by the Orange County Land Trust, Scenic Hudson, and New York State in 2016.

The Land Trust is also seeking to apply for the next round of State Farmland Protection Implementation Program grants. The Land Trust has been in discussions with two farmers that have expressed interest in conserving their farms through conservation easements. In addition to this grant program, the Department of Agriculture and Markets announced the creation of a new grant specific to transitioning dairy farms. Given the woes facing the dairy industry in the Hudson Valley, the Land Trust jumped on the opportunity and began speaking with a number of dairy farmers about the possibility of submitting grants on their behalf.

Sterling Forest State Park Buffer Lands The Land Trust hopes to protect over 100 acres of forest adjacent to Sterling Forest State Park in the Town of Warwick. The property contains habitats identified by the NY Natural Heritage Program as a significant and is located within the viewshed of both the Appalachian Trail and the Highlands Trail.

3 Credit: Andy Hart

In the field 2017

To help enhance visitation at its 187-acre Birnberg Preserve, the Land Trust began plans to construct a universally accessible parking area adjoining the preserve. Since this project would also increase public access to the Heritage Trail, the Orange County Government signed on as a partner to assist in the project’s completion.

The Land Trust conserved 57.5 acres of habitat bordering the Doris Duke Wildlife Sanctuary section of Sterling Forest State Park in Greenwood Lake. The property is located within the watershed of Greenwood Lake and contains habitats identified by the NYSDEC Natural Heritage Program as important. The water quality of a stream that runs through the property is also protected as a result of the acquisition.

The Orange County Land Trust partnered with the Open Space Institute and Black Rock Forest Consortium to work with a landowner on conserving 46.9 acres of land in the Town of Cornwall. Comprised of mixed-deciduous hardwood forest with a tributary of Moodna Creek, the property is also adjacent to Black Rock Forest and located within the Highlands Significant Biodiversity Area as designated by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

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financials 2017

sources of revenue

Donations from the Community

Grants

County Funding

Interest and Dividends

In 2017, donations from the community totaled $404,429.00, accounting for 74% of the land trust’s income. County funding of $43,046.00 accounted for 8% of our income and $76,891.00 in grants accounted for 14% of land trust income. Interest and dividend income from various funds accounted for $24,230.00 or 4% of income. In addition, the land trust received in-kind donations of land and services totaling $1,146.00. Total assets in 2017, including investments and land, were valued at $7,159,513.00.

operating expenses

Land Protection and Conservation

Management and Support

Fundraising

In 2017, 70% of income was allocated to land protection and conservation, for a total of $333,289.00. About 20% of income was allocated to management and support, for a total of $95,443.00. In the area of fundraising, $46,986.00, or 10% of income was allocated to provide these services.

5 Credit: Gregory Parke

open space inventories 2017

The Orange County Land Trust is partnering with Putnam County-based Hudson Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) to assist the Towns of Cornwall and Blooming Grove and the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson on the creation of Open Space Inventories. The project was launched thanks to a $49,300 grant secured by HHLT from New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Hudson River Estuary Program.

This grant funding comes at a time of increasing development pressure and demands on water resources across the region. The planning funded by the grant will document the areas that are most important to residents for conservation and the protection of water resources.

Open space inventories are valuable tools for promoting a sound balance between development and conservation. Both the Orange County Land Trust and HHLT have extensive involvement in comprehensive and open space planning with other municipalities in Orange and Putnam counties. These projects come at a time of increasing development pressure and concerns over the availability and quality of drinking water.

In 2017, the Orange County Land Trust became a partner in the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI), a multistate effort aimed at protecting lands important for water quality and flood mitigation. This initiative will benefit the residents of Orange County who reside in the Delaware River watershed, as well as the millions of people that rely on the Delaware River for drinking water− approximately 5% of the entire U.S. population.

The Orange County Land Trust is one of 65 organizations from four states seeking to advance conservation in the watershed. According to Andrew Johnson, Watershed Protection Program Director at the William Penn Foundation, “The Initiative is rooted in the strength of these organizations individually and in their ability to collaborate using science to target the most important places for conservation. Together they are protecting and restoring those places, measuring the impact of their efforts on local streams, and learning collectively to improve their work.”

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Kevin Kreischer Photography

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Top: Mongaup River

Middle: Delaware River at Hawk’s Nest

Bottom: Neversink River

Credit: Kevin Kreischer Photography

open space inventories 2017

The Orange County Land Trust is partnering with Putnam County-based Hudson Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) to assist the Towns of Cornwall and Blooming Grove and the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson on the creation of Open Space Inventories. The project was launched thanks to a $49,300 grant secured by HHLT from New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Hudson River Estuary Program.

This grant funding comes at a time of increasing development pressure and demands on water resources across the region. The planning funded by the grant will document the areas that are most important to residents for conservation and the protection of water resources.

Open space inventories are valuable tools for promoting a sound balance between development and conservation. Both the Orange County Land Trust and HHLT have extensive involvement in comprehensive and open space planning with other municipalities in Orange and Putnam counties. These projects come at a time of increasing development pressure and concerns over the availability and quality of drinking water.

In 2017, the Orange County Land Trust became a partner in the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI), a multistate effort aimed at protecting lands important for water quality and flood mitigation. This initiative will benefit the residents of Orange County who reside in the Delaware River watershed, as well as the millions of people that rely on the Delaware River for drinking water− approximately 5% of the entire U.S. population.

The Orange County Land Trust is one of 65 organizations from four states seeking to advance conservation in the watershed. According to Andrew Johnson, Watershed Protection Program Director at the William Penn Foundation, “The Initiative is rooted in the strength of these organizations individually and in their ability to collaborate using science to target the most important places for conservation. Together they are protecting and restoring those places, measuring the impact of their efforts on local streams, and learning collectively to improve their work.”

Photos:

Kevin Kreischer Photography

Photos:

Top: Mongaup River

Middle: Delaware River at Hawk’s Nest

Bottom: Neversink River

Credit: Kevin Kreischer Photography

financials 2017

sources of revenue

Donations from the Community

Grants

County Funding

Interest and Dividends

In 2017, donations from the community totaled $404,429.00, accounting for 74% of the land trust’s income. County funding of $43,046.00 accounted for 8% of our income and $76,891.00 in grants accounted for 14% of land trust income. Interest and dividend income from various funds accounted for $24,230.00 or 4% of income. In addition, the land trust received in-kind donations of land and services totaling $1,146.00. Total assets in 2017, including investments and land, were valued at $7,159,513.00.

operating expenses

Land Protection and Conservation

Management and Support

Fundraising

In 2017, 70% of income was allocated to land protection and conservation, for a total of $333,289.00. About 20% of income was allocated to management and support, for a total of $95,443.00. In the area of fundraising, $46,986.00, or 10% of income was allocated to provide these services.

5 Credit: Gregory Parke

In the field 2017

To help enhance visitation at its 187-acre Birnberg Preserve, the Land Trust began plans to construct a universally accessible parking area adjoining the preserve. Since this project would also increase public access to the Heritage Trail, the Orange County Government signed on as a partner to assist in the project’s completion.

The Land Trust conserved 57.5 acres of habitat bordering the Doris Duke Wildlife Sanctuary section of Sterling Forest State Park in Greenwood Lake. The property is located within the watershed of Greenwood Lake and contains habitats identified by the NYSDEC Natural Heritage Program as important. The water quality of a stream that runs through the property is also protected as a result of the acquisition.

The Orange County Land Trust partnered with the Open Space Institute and Black Rock Forest Consortium to work with a landowner on conserving 46.9 acres of land in the Town of Cornwall. Comprised of mixed-deciduous hardwood forest with a tributary of Moodna Creek, the property is also adjacent to Black Rock Forest and located within the Highlands Significant Biodiversity Area as designated by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

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forward into 2018

Farmland Corridor in Hamptonburgh

Dairy Farm Protection

Orange County Land Trust hopes to complete a conservation easement that will result in the protection of a 72-acre farm in the Town of Hamptonburgh. The farm had been under consideration for a proposed 130,000 square-foot warehouse and packing facility, a plan that met local opposition from neighbors and farmers. The effort to conserve the farm was spurred by local farmer Morse Pitts of Windfall Farms, whose farm is adjacent to the 72-acre property. The 142-acre Windfall Farms was previously conserved by the Orange County Land Trust, Scenic Hudson, and New York State in 2016.

The Land Trust is also seeking to apply for the next round of State Farmland Protection Implementation Program grants. The Land Trust has been in discussions with two farmers that have expressed interest in conserving their farms through conservation easements. In addition to this grant program, the Department of Agriculture and Markets announced the creation of a new grant specific to transitioning dairy farms. Given the woes facing the dairy industry in the Hudson Valley, the Land Trust jumped on the opportunity and began speaking with a number of dairy farmers about the possibility of submitting grants on their behalf.

Sterling Forest State Park Buffer Lands The Land Trust hopes to protect over 100 acres of forest adjacent to Sterling Forest State Park in the Town of Warwick. The property contains habitats identified by the NY Natural Heritage Program as a significant and is located within the viewshed of both the Appalachian Trail and the Highlands Trail.

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annual report 2017

Dear Friends:

We are thrilled to share with you our 2017 Annual Report so that you can learn first-hand about how the Orange County Land Trust continued making strides in keeping our communities sustainable and resilient in 2017.

This brings me to an issue that has seemingly become the center of focus, and for good reason– the importance of protecting drinking water sources. While this has been a top priority for the conservation community since day one, this vital issue has finally become mainstream enough that some municipalities are taking action. Taking proactive steps to protect water is by leaps and bounds less costly than dealing with the consequences of a compromised drinking water supply later. Such proactive measures center around one thing: protecting lands in and around watersheds.

In late 2017, Governor Cuomo announced the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) grant awards, which included $1.7 million in funds from the Department of Environmental Conservation to protect the City of Newburgh's drinking water supply. Through a partnership between the Orange County Water Authority and the Orange County Land Trust, the City of Newburgh hopes to protect water resources that their residents depend on. The City of Newburgh was not alone in securing a grant for watershed protection, as the City of Middletown was also successful in securing a similar grant to protect water quality.

On the western side of the county, the Orange County Land Trust was brought on as a partner in the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, which aims to protect the water quality of the Delaware River and its tributaries through land protection and habitat restoration.

Inside this report, you will also read about some of the year’s most impressive accomplishments, including our work to protect critical buffer lands in the Greater Sterling Forest and western Hudson Highlands regions.

Thank you for supporting the Orange County Land Trust as we continue to lead land conservation in Orange County.

Jim Delaune,

Executive Director

Board of Directors William Brown, President Jack Berkowitz, 1st Vice President Arlene Nolan, 2nd Vice President Elinor Hart, Treasurer Jo Marvel Hull, Secretary Jeffrey Birnberg Michael J. Bruno Amanda Fuller David A. Getz, PE Adrian Goddard Douglas Land Marlena Lange Andrew Mills Deanna J. Prisco Dennis Smith Mark Taylor, Esq. Stuart Turner, FAICP Francis Wickham Irving Zuckerman Advisory Council Dr. Suzanne Brown-Berkowitz Richard Hoyt, Esq. Richard Hull, PhD. Terryanne Gmelch Susan Najork Fred Osborn, III Maggie Smith Sandra van Heerden Jean Wort Staff Jim Delaune Executive Director Sarah Hutton Office Manager Matt Decker Director of Conservation & Stewardship Jeremy Schneider Outreach & Program Coordinator Shanna Abeles Conservation Project Manager Eric Roberts Stewardship Assistant

Land Champion Anonymous Mr. William Brown and Ms. Barbara J. Felton Mr. Michael Bruno and Mr. Alexander Jakowec Mr. and Mrs. David and Caroline DeWilde Ms. Amanda Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Adrian and Donna Goddard Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Elinor Hart Mr. Ronald S. Kossar, Esq.

Mr. Doug Land and Ms. Lynn Peebles

Ms. Nancy Percent and Mr. Patrick Sharp

Benefactor Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Martin and Linda Dlugatz FABCO Generators Gramercy Property Trust Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Annette Hoyt Ms. Marlena Lange

Mr. and Mrs. David and Arlene Nolan

Pell Wealth Partners Satin Fine Foods Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Amelia Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Stuart and Ruth Turner Ms. Sandra vanHeerden Ms. Cathinka Wahlstrom and Mr. Alberto Antonini Mr. and Mrs. Francis and Patricia Wickham

Conservator Armistead Mechanical Mr. and Mrs. Keith and Pamela Asplund Mr. Bill Braine and Ms. Claudia Depkin Mr. Jack Berkowitz and Dr. Suzanne Brown-Berkowitz Jack F. Berkowitz & Co. Mr. Christopher Buck and Dr. Hara Schwartz Ms. Ruth Cross Mr. William Ellison Mr. Dean Alf Fippinger and Ms. Joan Griffin First Federal Savings of Middletown GDPUTT, LLC Mr. John Gebhards and Ms. Diana Krautter Mr. and Mrs. James and Susan Goodfellow Ms. Mary Graetzer Ms. Heather Hallack Hill-N-Dale Abstracters

Conservator (con’t.) Dr. Richard Hull and Jo Marvel Hull The Bud and Ruth Kassel Fund Mr. and Mrs. Alex and Christine Kocot Mr. and Mrs. Rocco and Debby Landesman Harold and Carol Levine Endowment Fund Jacques and Florence Levine Endowment Fund Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Deborah Mills Mr. and Mrs. Rick and Geri Minkus Ms. Deanna Prisco Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Barbara Regna Rider, Weiner & Frankel, P.C. Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Carol Roe Schwartzberg & Kenyon, PLLC Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Kathleen Smith Ms. Michelle Smith The Hon. Houston Stebbins and Ms. Dena M. Steele Mr. Keith Stewart and Ms. Flavia Bacarella Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Barbara Swanson Mr. T. Marshall Swartwood and Ms. Sue Doty-Lloyd Mr. E.J. Szulwach Valuation Consultants Ms. Jean Wort Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary Yrizarry

Steward Ms. Joan Augello Mr. and Mrs. Jeff and Talie Birnberg Blackburne Development Blustein, Shapiro, Rich & Barone, LLP Ms. Prue Brown Mr. and Mrs. John Burleson Mr. and Mrs. Randy and Mary Clark Ms. Janet Crawshaw and Mr. Jerry Novesky Ms. Hillary Cullen and Mr. Paul Bruder Mrs. Midge Decker Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Sophie Delaune Ms. Georgina Dupcak Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Jenna Field Mr. Rodger Friedman and Ms. Kiki Nelson Mr. and Mrs. David and Janet Getz Mr. and Mrs. Sal and Laura Giello Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Marcela Gross Mr. Andrew Gurda A. Gurda Produce Mr. and Mrs. David and Caroline Hamling Mrs. JoAnn Hanson Mr. Gary Haugland

Thank you to our generous supporters!

Steward (con’t) Dr. and Mrs. James and Nancy Hays Mr. and Mrs. Simon and Shayne Haysom Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey and Carole Howard Hudson Highlands Environmental Consulting Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Luisa Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Kristin Jensen Mr. Martin Karlinsky and Ms. Christine Ruppert Mr. and Mrs. Sam and Robin Markovits Dr. and Mrs. David and Pat McConnell Dr. and Mrs. Howard and Rickie Millman Ms. Susan Najork Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Constance Newsom The Hon. Robert and Linda Onofry Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Gerta Krogslund Mr. Richard Pilar and Ms. Linda Rohleder PFK O’Connor Davies LLP Mr. and Mrs. Howard and Deborah Protter Mr. and Mrs. William Rabsey Rodger Friedman Rare Books Ms. Lindie Scorsone Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Mary Ellen Shute Mr. and Mrs. Douglas and Maggie Smith Mr. and Mrs. Herb and Veronica Stein Mr. and Mrs. Kirk and Christina Stephens Storm King Art Center The Exposures Gallery The Valley Table, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Paula Tyack Vernon Valley Farm Mr. Vikas Varma Mr. Raey Webster Wrenegade Sports, LLC Mr. Daniel Yanosh Mr. and Mrs. Irv and Dale Zuckerman Mr. Jeremy Zweig

Protector 92 Gibson Road, LLC Mr. Jeffrey Alario Mr. and Mrs. Rhett and Carol Austell BB Cycling Events, LLC Ms. Susan Blakeney Mr. and Mrs. Martin and Penelope Borko Mr. Robert Bose Catania, Mahon, Milligram & Rider, PLLC

Protector (con’t) Central Hudson Gas & Electric Mr. David Church and Ms. Liana Hoodes Committee to Elect Stephen Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Tony and Peggy Cosimano Mr. Sheldon Kotler and Ms. Donna Lavins Ms. Anne DeRienzo DeGraw & DeHaan DeBuck’s Sod Farm Mr. Michael DiMartino, Landmark Inn Mr. and Mrs. Raymond and Terry Dolfini Mr. and Mrs. Philip and Sue-Anne Dropkin Ms. Emily Gordon, ENT Specialty Care Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Christine Eriksen Farm Credit East, ACA Friends of Sweeton Mr. Kenneth James Garby Mrs. Mary Gilchrist Dr. and Mrs. Michael and Barbara Gilman Glynwood Center Graphic Photos Ms. Noreen Gratzel Ms. Kathryn Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Tricia Herskee Ms. Jody Heyward Mr. and Mrs. John and Lynne Hollingsworth Mr. and Mrs. Freeborn Jewett Mr. and Mrs. Laurence and Sheila Kantor Ms. Virginia Kasinki Mr. Lester Lain Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and Jean Lain Ms. Ruth Landstrom Mr. Christian Lewis and Ms. Lucy Joyce Dr. Frederica Linick Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Marion Linkh Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Judy Lott Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Theresa Mack Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Marilyn Mandell Mr. Thomas Marks and Ms. Helen Ullrich Dr. and Mrs. James and Elaine McClung Mr. and Mrs. John and Laura Mills Dr. Louis Mills Otisville Grange Ms. Andrea Nilon Mr. and Mrs. John and Josephine Oberg Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Anne Osborn, III Ms. Sarah Peacock Ms. Barbara Pierson Pine Bush Equipment Planned Parenthood-Mid-Hudson Valley Mr. Morse Pitts, Windfall Farms Ms. Sharri Posen

Protector (con’t) Rhinebeck Asset Management Ms. Christine Ruppert Mr. John Sanford Ms. Hannah Schindler Ms. Mary Sealfon Mr. Patrick Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Jeanne Skye Mr. and Mrs. RJ and Elizabeth Smith Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Kip Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Carol Soss Mr. and Mrs. Jerome and Paula Spector Mr. Sacha Spector and Ms. Daphne Uviller Mr. and Mrs. Scott and Patricia Tenney Tsechen Kunchab Ling Temple UBS Ms. Constance Uveges Ms. Celeste Van Fleet Ms. Hannelore Wegner

Friends & Family Mr. Barry Adelman, Outdoors Drs. Ajit and Liza Antony Mr. Stuart Arthur Barber’s Eddy Gun Club The Hon. Jeffrey and Adrienne Berkman Beakes Travel Service Mr. and Mrs. John and Sue Bliss Ms. Loretta Breedveld Broadway Farms- Morgans Dr. Charles Brown Ms. Elizabeth Case The Hon. and Mrs. Barry and Lynn Ann Cheney Mr. and Mrs. John and Elizabeth Cifu Clearwater Custom Frames Committee to Re-Elect Bill Larkin Community Compost Co. Ms. Elmire Conklin Crist Bros. Orchards Ms. Eva Joyce Davis Mr. Richard and Dr. Laura Derevensky Ms. Sandy Derevnuk Mr. James Donohue Mr. and Mrs. Garrett and Rachel Durland Mr. and Mrs. Stuart and Cal Durland Ms. Harriet Earnest Ms. Anne Eristoff Mr. Richard Ernenwein Mr. and Mrs. Francis and Janet Fitzpatrick Mr. Eric Furst Garden Club of Orange & Dutchess Counties

Friends & Family (con’t) Mrs. Jane Gareiss Mr. and Mrs. Phillip and Allison Gassaro Ms. LeeAnn Gennett Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and Eileen Glenn Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Terryanne Gmelch Mr. Edward Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Harold and Shirley Grout Ms. Michelle Gurda Ms. Janet Haislip Ms. Kathleen Hamilton Mr. David Haldeman and Mrs. Susan Burhans-Haldeman Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Judith Hanlon Mr. and Mrs. Watson and Babette Hart Hillery Farms, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Sophia Hinshalwood Mr. and Mrs. Theodore and Laura Hromadka Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and Minerva Horn Mr. David Horton Ms. Jean Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Michelle Hull Mr. and Mrs. Ernie and Linda Ianace Ms. Maria Ingrassia Mr. and Mrs. Eric and Dori Johnson Kalish Capital Management Mr. and Mrs. Eric and Lois Karlin Ms. Raena Korenman Ms. Tanya Laurer Mr. Andrew Lawrence Lehman & Getz Mrs. Dagmar Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Irene Lezak Mr. and Mrs. Jake and Michele Lindsay Ms. Judith Lord Ms. Linda Mabie, Linda’s Office Supply Mr. Edward Maikish Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Susan Maloney Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Margolis Ms. Rochelle Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Theo Matta, Masterwork Home Mr. and Mrs. A. Cushman and Jean May Mr. and Mrs. John and Ann Mayo Mr. Patrick McCarthy Ms. Elizabeth McLean Mr. and Mrs. Roger and Susan Metzger Ms. Susan Meyer-Fitzsimmons, Lightscapes Automation, SEM Enterprises Montgomery Montessori School

Friends & Family (con’t) Ms. Micheline Morgano Mr. and Mrs. William and Mary Murphy Mr. George Muser Mr. Michael Needleman Newhards, The Home Source Mr. David Noland and Ms. Lisa DeMartino Orange County Chamber of Commerce Mr. and Mrs. James and Bonnie Orr Mr. and Mrs. Kevin and Judith O’Shea Otterkill Animal Hospital Mr. John Padalino Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Anita Page Mr. and Mrs. John and Deborah Rath Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Joan Rea Mr. David Rider Mr. Thomas Roberts, Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe Mr. Dale Roberts Mr. and Mrs. William and Joan Roth Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Barbara Rubin The Hon. Paul Ruszkiewicz Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas and Barbara Scali Scenic Hudson Ms. Susan Scher Ms. Marybeth Schlichting, Frazzleberries Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy and Tracey Schneider Ms. Tracy Schuh, The Preservation Collective Dr. and Mrs. William and Frances Schuster Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Shute The Soons Family, Soons Orchard Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Elizabeth Steenrod Ms. Cathy Swyka and Mr. Steven Goldberg Mr. Charles Thomas Walden Savings Bank Ms. Gar Wang Dr. and Mrs. Edwin and Sally Wiley Williams Insurance and Financial Services Mr. and Mrs. John and Roberta Wright

Member/Individual Adams Fairacre Farms Mr. James Alfano Dr. and Mrs. Vahan and Frances Bachmann Mr. and Mrs. William and Donna Badura Ms. Barbara Bald Ms. Mary Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. John and Elise Baranowski Mr. Michael Bark Ms. Frances Barmann

Member/Individual (con’t) Ms. Elizabeth Belfiore Ms. Sandra Berman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Susan Brander Mr. Robert Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Jill Buell Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Donna Chisholm Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Davis Ms. Harriett Clark Ms. Arliea Cloer Ms. Gale Cohen-Wogen Mr. and Mrs. David and Vivien Collens Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Barbara Damiani Ms. Nancy Davidson Mr. Patrick Davis Ms. Carol DeBeer Mr. and Mrs. James and Marianne Devitt Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Diamond Ms. Karen Dietrich Ms. Patricia DiGregorio Ms. Kelly Dobbins-Morris Mr. and Mrs. John and Michele Dunne Ms. Mae West Durant Edgar A. Mearns Bird Club Ms. Linda Emanuel Mr. Gregory Eriksen Mr. Mike Ewanciw Ms. Ann Field Mr. Roger Flaum Mr. Kenneth Freeman Friends of James Skoufis Ms. Catharine Gardner Mr. William Glaser Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Linda Glohs Mr. and Mrs. Eric and Stefanie Goldin Ms. Gina Goss Ms. Edythe Greenstein Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Rhonda Growney Ms. Emily Hague Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Hall Ms. Heidi Hamilton Ms. Judith Harney Ms. Betsy Hawes Ms. Sarah Hock Mr. James Hoekema Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Susan Hoffman Ms. Mary Hope Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Jon Huberth Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Sarah Hutton Mr. and Mrs. Edmund and Monica Irlbacher Mr. Marty Irwin Mr. and Mrs. John and Barbara Johansen

Member/Individual (con’t) Mr. and Mrs. James and Ann Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Robin Jurechko Mr. and Mrs. Raymond and Geraldine Kane Ms. Noreen Karpowicz Ms. Jillian Kasow Mr. and Mrs. William and Annmarie Kelly Mr. John Kolp Mr. and Mrs. Jack and Judy Kossover Ms. Tara Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Jerome and Grace Lanuti Mr. and Mrs. Martin and Caroline Lavanhar Mrs. Nina Lewis Ms. Hillary Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Carol Ann Linguanti Ms. Ruth Manyin Ms. Betty Marchulitis Mr. Angelo Marcialis Mr. and Mrs. Geerd Mattheus Mr. and Mrs. Jacob and Yasmine Matthews Ms. Betty McClung Ms. Susan McCosker Mr. and Mrs. James and Carole McGuiness Ms. Kelly McIntyre Ms. Alice McMechen Mr. Julius Medwin Mr. Andrew Meyer Ms. Barbara Mirra Ms. Virginia Moore Morgan Stanley Ms. Tara Morris Mr. Ian Morrow and Mrs. Patricia O’Reilly- Morrow Ms. Ann Muller Ms. Markella Nash Nature’s Pantry Mr. Gregory Orlowski Mr. and Mrs. Gregory and Brigitte Nesteroke Ms. Diana Noger Ms. Patricianne Norton Ms. Mary Ellen O’Neill and Mr. James Givant Mr. Gregory Orlowski Mr. Alexander Preston Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rakov Ms. Lorraine Redman Ms. Kathy Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Lynne Ricciarduli Mr. and Mrs. James and Georgia Riley Mr. Victor Robinson and Mr. James Cline Ms. Elaine Rodiek

Member/Individual (con’t) Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and Judy Romanczyk Ms. Maura Ronan Ms. Elizabeth Rowley Mr. Mike Sandor, MJS Engineering Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scanlan Mr. and Mrs. Jerard and Irene Schacher Ms. Toby Schack Ms. Erica Scher Mr. Arthur Schleich, Schleich Farms Mr. Eric Schmid Mr. and Mrs. Steven and Sherry Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Philip and Elaine Segali Mr. Daniel Shaw Mrs. Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Mr. Mark Silvestri Ms. Eileen Sinkowitz The Hon. James and Hillary Skoufis Mr. Peter Smith Mr. Terrence Smith Chris Smith Mr. Jeffrey Snare Ms. Sharon Soons Mr. Donald Strauss Mrs. Margaret Surgeary Ms. Susan Taylor Mr. Burt Thelander Ms. Cheryl Thomas Ms. Astrid Vollmann Ms. Susan Weber Ms. Rosemarie Werkman Mr. and Mrs. Bernard and Heidi White Mr. Walter Whitehill Ms. Karen Wilkinson Mr. Jonathan Winfield Mr. Ralph Wolckenhauer, Sneakers to Boots Mr. and Mrs. William and Suzanne Yeager

In Kind 5 Spoke Creamery Airmont Eats Mr. and Mrs. Jeff and Talie Birnberg Blooming Hill Farm Broadway Farms- Morgans Madeline Bialke Mr. Robert Breese Bellvale Community Bellvale Farms Creamery C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Drs. Dehan and Jessica Chen Clearview Vineyards Ms. Elmire Conklin

In Kind (con’t) Cosimo’s Brick Oven Pizza Craft Beer Cellar Creative Hair Design Cromwell Manor DaNina Italian Restaurant Dagele Brothers Produce Devine Design Dottie Audrey’s Bakery Kitchen E.P. Jansen Nursery Eddie’s Roadhouse Ms. Carol Friedman Ms. Pamela Golben Glebocki Farms/Orange County Distillery Dr. and Mrs. Thomas and Jeanine Glendening Green Valley Tack A. Gurda Produce Mr. and Mrs. David and Caroline Hamling Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Elinor Hart Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Luisa Jackson Keith’s Farm Kirbytown Farms Mr. Doug Land and Ms. Lynn Peebles Ms. Marlena Lange Mr. Mark Lavinski Lowland Farm Ms. Janice McDonald Mr. Angelo Marcialis Madura Farms Manitoga Marcello’s Ristorante Mr. Roger Moss Newhards, The Home Source Noble Pies Mrs. Arlene Nolan Orvis Sandanona Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Anne Osborn, III Peace and Carrots Farm Pell Wealth Partners Pine Island Turf Nursery Rhodes North Tavern Mr. and Mrs. Julius and Linda Robinson Royal Fireworks Printing S&SO Produce Farms Soons Orchard Storm King Art Center Storm King Tavern The Exposures Gallery The Green Onion The Thayer Hotel

In Kind (con’t) Warwick Valley Bed and Breakfast Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery West Point Museum Windfall Farm

Foundations and Organizations American Farmland Trust Black Rock Forest Consortium Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Garden Club of Orange & Dutchess Counties Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley Greystone Foundation Hudson Highlands Land Trust IBM Int'l. Foundation Matching Grants Program Jack and Louise Birnberg Family Foundation James A. Ottaway Trust Land Family Foundation Land Trust Alliance Mary W. Harriman Foundation Mohonk Preserve National Philanthropic Trust New York New Jersey Trail Conference Open Space Institute Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Shawangunk Valley Conservancy Sterling Center: Fund for the City of New York Stewart’s Foundation Sumner Gerard Foundation The Ganlee Fund The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation The Pfizer Foundation The Preservation Collective

Government Entities

Orange County Government Center New York State Office of Parks, Recreation And Historic Preservation New York State Office of Ag. and Markets Town of Warwick

In Memory of Adele Fieldman Ms. Sophie Delaune

In Memory of Dorothy Slechta

Edgar Mearns Bird Club In Memory of Irving Steenrod Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Elizabeth Steenrod

In Honor of Betty McClung

Ms. Catherine Swyka

In Honor of Marlena Lange

Mr. and Mrs. Sam and Robin Markovits

Ms. Catherine Swyka

In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eriksen

Mr. Gregory Eriksen In Honor of Arlene Nolan Ms. Mary Baldwin In Honor of Catherine Swyka Dr. and Mrs. James and Elaine McClung In Honor of Andrew and Eli Hart Mr. and Mrs. Watson and Babette Hart

orange county land trust I po box 269 I mountainville, ny 10953 I 845-534-3690 I www.oclt.org

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