thank you2016 supporters

The leadership, supporters, members and staff of the Land Trust Alliance lie at the heart of its mission. The Alliance thanks all of our contributors for helping save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across America.

Lists current as of March 2017

BOARD OF DIRECTORSLaura A. Johnson, Chair

Jameson S. French, Vice Chair

Frederic C. Rich, Vice Chair

William Mulligan, Secretary/Treasurer

Michael P. Dowling, Immediate Past Chair

Lise H. Aangeenbrug

David H. Anderson

Laurie R. Andrews

Robert A. Ayres

Alan M. Bell

Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld

Blair C. Fitzsimons

Peter O. Hausmann

Cary F. Leptuck

Fernando Lloveras San Miguel

Stephen H. Lockhart

Mary McFadden, J.D.

George S. Olsen

Michael A. Polemis

Steve Rosenberg

Judith Stockdale

Darrell Wood

NATIONAL COUNCILPeter O. Hausmann, Chair

Mark C. Ackelson

David H. Anderson

Sue Anschutz-Rodgers

Matthew A. Baxter

Tony Brooks

Christopher E. Buck

Joyce Coleman

Lester L. Coleman

Ann Stevenson Colley

Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld

Lauren B. Dachs

James C. Flood

Natasha Grigg

Marjorie L. Hart

David Hartwell

Alice E. Hausmann

Sherry F. Huber

Mary Pope M. Hutson

Albert G. Joerger

David Jones

Tony Kiser

Anne Kroeker

Lawrence R. Kueter

Beedee Ladd

Ted Ladd

Glenn Lamb

Kathy K. Leavenworth

Richard Leeds

Penny H. Lewis

Gretchen Long

Mayo Lykes

Susan Traylor Lykes

Bradford S. Marshall

Will Martin

Mary McFadden, J.D.

Nicholas J. Moore

John R. Muha

Jeanie C. Nelson

Caroline P. Niemczyk

Perk Perkins

Michael A. Polemis

Thomas S. Reeve

Christopher G. Sawyer

Walter Sedgwick

J. Rutherford Seydel, II

Julie R. Sharpe

Lawrence T.P. Stifler, Ph.D.

Maryanne Tagney

David F. Work

LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSIONHeather Richards, Chair

Molly Doran, Vice Chair

Daniel J. Cline, Secretary

Jennifer Sims, Treasurer

Jamie Brown

Marty Coleman-Hunt

Scott Dickerson

Thomas R. Duffus

Jay Erickson

Karen Ferrell-Ingram

Cary F. Leptuck

Kristen Maneval

Anne Murphy

Catherine Rawson

Tom Reed

Katharine Roser

Bruce Runnels

Stephen Swartz

Chris Vaughn

COMMISSION STAFFTammara Van Ryn, Executive Director

Jennifer Brady-Connor

Stacy Girmindl

Greg Good

Melissa Kalvestrand

Valerie Roof

Jessica Whittaker

LAND TRUST LEADERSHIP COUNCILLaurie R. Andrews

Heather Benham

Nicole Braddock

Michele S. Byers

Tony Caligiuri

Michael Carlson

Robyn L. Carlton

Glen A. Chown

Gary Clayton

Richard D. Cochran

Kristin A. DeBoer

Ashley D. Demosthenes

Jane A. Difley

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Gene Duvernoy

Katherine Eddins

Robert J. Etgen

Blair C. Fitzsimons

Cheryl A. Fox

Erik L. Glenn

William T. Glidden, Jr.

Eric W. Grace

John V.H. Halsey

Glenn D. Hoagland

Christine P. Johnson

Grant Kier

Kristopher Krouse

Glenn Lamb

Terri Lane

Kris W. Larson

William H. Leahy, II

Gil Livingston

Andy Loza

Karen Martynick

Kevin V. McGorty

Joseph A. McGovern

Linda J. Mead

Christopher G. Miller

Walter T. Moore

Molly K. Morrison

Kristina Ortez De Jones

Ryan Owens

Robert T. Perschel

Elizabeth Petterson

Paul Ringling

Dave Sands

Thomas D. Saunders

John W. Sentell

Judith S. Steckler

Robert Stokes

Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis

Nita Vail

Katie L. Voelke

Laurie A. Wayburn

CONSERVATION DEFENSE ADVISORY COUNCILMike Beam

Melinda Beck

Steve Cook

Ellen Fred

Tamara Galanter

Reggie Hall

Kalen Kingsbury

Kris Larson

Ray Lyons

Tom Masland

Bob Owen

Pat Pregmon

Catherine Rawson

Laura Robinson

Lena Septimo

LAND TRUST ALLIANCE STAFFAndrew Bowman, President

Wendy Jackson, Executive Vice President

Marilyn Ayres, Chief Operating / Financial Officer

Clara Nyman, CFRE, Vice President of Development

Elizabeth Ward, Vice President of Communications

Rand Wentworth, President Emeritus

Rob Aldrich, Director of Community Conservation

Tony Anderson, Grants Manager

Jorge Astorga, Jr., Membership Services Coordinator

Lorri Barrett, Conservation Defense Coordinator

Sylvia Bates, Director of Standards & Educational Services

Sydney Bennett, Development Associate

Lindsay Blair, Training Coordinator

Kevin Brice, Southeast Director

Mary Burke, Associate Director of Education Services

Kevin Case, Northeast Director

Peshie Chaifetz, Senior Communications & Marketing Manager

Katie Chang, Educational Services Manager

Linette Curley, Accounting Associate

Bryan David, Midwest Advocacy & Outreach Manager

Laura Eklov, Midwest Program Associate

Suzanne Erera, Director of Foundation & Corporate Relations

Hannah Flake, Conservation Defense Associate

Artis Freye, Midwest Program Associate

Joanne Hamilton, Northeast Program Assistant

Marissa Hartzler, Southeast Program Manager

“We are blessed across the country to have citizens band together to form land trusts to protect the rivers, trails, parks, and family farms and ranches—the places that connect us and make us uniquely American. The work of the Land Trust Alliance is often the unseen hand that lifts up many organizations with a network, technical support and resources that would be difficult, if not impossible, to support in each individual organization. While I support my local land trust, I also support the Alliance as a way I can help make a national impact.”

—Lise H. Aangeenbrug, Board Member, Land Trust Alliance

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Jennifer Miller Herzog, Chesapeake Program Manager

Erin Heskett, Director of National & Regional Services

Katrina Howey, Grants Management Specialist

Portia Jones, Development Database Coordinator

Sarina Katz, Communications Associate

T.J. Keiter, Office Associate

Renee Kivikko, Director of Education

Lisa Lauben, Database/IT Coordinator

Josh Lynsen, Media Relations Manager

Sarah McGraw, Annual Fund Manager

Andy McLeod, Director of Advocacy

Shannon Meyer, Southwest Senior Program Manager

Wendy Ninteman, Western Director

MaryKay O’Donnell, Midwest Senior Program Manager

Brad Paymar, Northwest Senior Program Manager

Leslie Ratley-Beach, Conservation Defense Director

Kimberly Seese, Digital Communications Manager

Sidnie Shaffer, External Relations Officer

Russell Shay, Director of Public Policy

Claire Singer, Assistant to the President

Christina Soto, Senior Editor & Content Manager

Sybil Stewart, Human Resources Manager

Scott Still, Training Associate

Katie Stores, Prospect Researcher

Patty Tipson, Training Manager

Alice Turrentine, Executive Assistant

Carolyn Waldron, Midwest Director

Rebecca Washburn, New England Conservation Manager

Catherine Waterston, Western Program Associate

Andy Weaver, Senior IT Manager

Ethan Winter, New York Senior Program Manager

CORPORATE COUNCILAmerican Express

The Conserve-A-Nation Program by Alliant Insurance

CSX Transportationu

The Dow Chemical Company

Esri

ExxonMobilu

Georgia Power

Morgan Stanleyu

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Patagonia

Plum Creeku

Wells Fargou

Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC

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“We know that our beloved local land trust would not be the thriving organization that it is without the support of the Land Trust Alliance. For 35 years the Alliance has been working to make land trusts like ours more credible, productive and accountable—whether by advocating for us in Washington or creating great resources like Rally, Land Trust Standards and Practices, accreditation and Terrafirma. Knowing we have the support of the Alliance allows us to spend more time preserving the lands we love and sharing our passion for nature with others. For all of this we are enthusiastic Alliance supporters!”

—Jim and Bonnie Van Alen, Guardians of the Land, Land Trust Alliance

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INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONSThe Land Trust Alliance thanks all of our individual supporters, who

together make countless successes in land conservation happen.

Due to limited space, we have listed contributors at the $500 and

greater level, including our Guardians of the Land Society, who made

leadership gifts of $1,000 and above. Visit www.lta.org/2016-donors

for a list of all of our supporters.

$1 MILLION AND ABOVEAnonymous

Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund, Inc.

$500,000 - $999,999Anonymous

$100,000 - $499,999Anonymous

Robert and Margaret Ayres

Laural Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999Anonymous

The William and Mary Greve Foundation, Inc.

W. Anthony and Lynn Hitschler

Gilman Ordway

Michael and Barbara Polemis

RJM Foundation

Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999Anonymous

Barbara O. David

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Flood

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.V. French

David Hartwell and Elizabeth Debaut

Hollis Norris Fund

Mrs. Henry A. Jordan

Edward H. Ladd

Mary McFadden and Larry Stiffler

Puffin Foundation

Sharpe Family Foundation/Julie and Henry Sharpe, III

Maryanne Tagney and David Jones

David and Susan Work

$10,000 - $24,999Laurie Andrews and Perk Perkins

Anonymous

Marilyn M. Ayres

Alan M. Bell

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Birdsall

Christopher E. Buck and Dr. Hara Schwartz

S. Jeffrey Burt

Butler’s Hole Fund at the Boston Foundation

Franz and Anne Colloredo-Mansfeld

The Dowling Foundation

John L. Ernst

Jameson and Priscilla French

Natasha Grigg

Peter O. and Alice E. Hausmann

Helena Foundation

Estate of Lucinda C. Hunt

L. Stockton Illoway and Eleanor Morris Illoway

Fernando Lloveras

Jacqueline B. Mars

Jim and Carolyn Millstein

Miranda Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey

William C. Mulligan Charitable Gift Fund

Caroline Niemczyk

Ella H. Quintrell

Tom and Sally Reeve

Frederic C. Rich

Wildlife Forever Fund

$5,000 - $9,999Frank Agostino*

David H. Anderson

Anonymous

Sue Anschutz-Rodgers

Melinda M. Beck*

The Caravan Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett

Mr. and Mrs. David D. Croll

Christian Dietrich*

Jay Erickson*

Tim Evnin

Fieldstone Foundation, Inc.

Elaine and John French

Kristin Gamble

Thomas W. Haas Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

Marjorie L. Hart

Sherry F. Huber

Timothy A. Ingraham

Jessica E. Jay*

Kestrel Foundation

Robert H. Levin*

Penny Lewis

Konrad Liegel*

Gretchen Long

Gary and Karen Martin

Stephen and Amanda Morris

James H. Ottaway, Jr.

Patricia L. Pregmon*

Bill Resor and Story Clark

Lawrence Sannicandro*

SK Foundation

Smikis Foundation

Raymond G. and Estelle K. Spehar Foundation

Barbara Sweet

Andy Weaver*

Mr. and Mrs. Dickson L. Whitney, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood, III

$1,000 - $4,999Lise H. Aangeenbrug

Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation

Mark and Susan Ackelson

Anonymous

Hugh Archer*

Betty Azar and Larry Harris

Timothy Barnard and Meredyth Patterson

Mrs. Anne H. Bass

Sylvia Bates and Thomas Masland

Beard Family Charitable Trust

Mita Bell

Matthew Bender, IV

Constance Best and Laurie Wayburn

Alan and Sally Black

Bill Bowman*

James and Elizabeth Bramsen

Anne Brockenbrough

The Brooks Foundation

William Brown

Judy Buechner Advised Fund

Richard Burns

The Edmund and Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation

Maria Elena Campisteguy

Cashdan/Stein Great Grandmother Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chamberlin

Daniel J. and Linda N. Cline*

Joyce and Lester Coleman

The Corwith Fund

Roland Francis Crane, Jr.

Peter H. Creighton

Leslie Setterholm Curtis

Andrew C. Dana

Gail Danto and Art Roffey

Jane A. Difley

Marylee and Charles Dodge

Strachan Donnelley Charitable Trust

William and Nancy Doolittle

Suzanne Erera

Robert and Jane Ettinger

John Evangelakos and Deborah L. Evangelakos

Fanwood Foundation/West

Karen Ferrell-Ingram*

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Finke

Blair C. Fitzsimons

Elizabeth H. and Irvine D. Flinn

Barbara and Donald Frank Charitable Fund

Tony and Laurel Gilbert

Rick and Alice Godfrey

Celeste and Eric Grace

Andrea J. Grant

Judith B. Grunberg

Edward A. Halle, Jr.

Joshua Brown Hansen

Erin Heskett

Elliott D. Hillback, Jr.

George Hixon

Frank Holleman

Cathy Howell*

Mary Pope M. Hutson

Glenn C. Janss

Albert Joerger

Laura Johnson

Stephen T. Johnson and Johanna H. Pyle

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Nathaniel Kinsey

Renee Kivikko

Susan and Christopher Klem

The Jacob and Minnie Kliman Foundation

Herbert H. Kohl

Stewart Kohl

Laura Kracum

Lawrence R. Kueter

Michal LaMair

Susan Lang and Robert Levenson

Deborah E. Lans

Kathy K. Leavenworth

Jeff Leon

Cary Leptuck and Nancy Corson

James N. and Jane B. Levitt

C. Timothy Lindstrom

Stephen H. Lockhart and Karen A. Bals

Lostand Foundation, Inc.

Susan and Mayo Lykes

Plato Malozemoff Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Marshall

Mary McBryde

Wendy Lee McCalvy

Kevin McEvoy and Barbara Epstein

Messler Family Foundation

Steve and Sharon Metsch

Leslie and Nicholas Moore

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Morrill

The Mosaic Foundation of Rita and Peter Heydon

MSB Cockayne Fund, Inc.

Anne Murphy*

Namaste Foundation

Jeanie Nelson and Will Martin

Paul and Antje Newhagen

Richard Newton

Donna and Bill Oliver

George Olsen and Ellen Vogelsang

William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil Charitable Trust

Overall Family Foundation

Peter and Charlene Paden

Lisa Palmer and Rob Aldrich

Catherine M. Pavon

Katherine Peake

Gregory Penkowsky

Edward Perry and Cynthia Wood

Louise Plank

Porpoise Fund

Rudy and Joy Rasin

Rudolph S. Rauch

Tom Reed*

Christopher D. Roosevelt

Steve Rosenberg

Katharine Roser*

Bruce Runnels*

Sidney Samuels

Sasco Foundation

Christopher Glenn Sawyer

Brian and Maggie Schilling

Eric R. Schumann

Russell Shay and Debbie Sease

Simon Sidamon-Eristoff

Carl Siemon Family Charitable Trust

Jennifer Sims

Austin and Susan Smith

Michelle D. Smith

Jennifer Speers

Cyrus Spurlino

Steinwachs Family Foundation

Judith Stockdale and Jonathan Boyer

Holmes and Didi Stockly

Stephen W. and Lucinda Low Swartz

Kenneth and Caroline Taylor

John A. Terrill, II and Mary Jane Barrett

Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation

Anna Marie and John E. Thron

Hillary Truslow*

Mindy Milby Tuttle and Brad Tuttle

Amy and Steve Unfried

James and Bonnie Van Alen

Tammara Van Ryn and Christopher Lincoln

Connie W. Waddington

Morning Washburn

Bill and Mary Weeks

Julie R. Weeks

Marc Weingarten

Georgia E. Welles

Rick Weyerhaeuser

Dr. Corwith C. White

Edward B. Whitney

Penelope P. Wilson

Penelope Winkler

Darrell and Callie Wood

Sally Wood

Marsha McMahan Zelus

F. Anthony Zunino

$500 - $999Paul R. and Constance Norweb Abbey

Anonymous

Dr. Wendy P. and Gabriel A. Battisti, III

Thomas Berg

Edward Bonnie

Meme Hanley Borin

Zak Branigan*

Mary and Kevin Brice

Chris Bunch*

Steffanie Burgevin

Charles Cammack

April L. Carter-Hutson

Hope Childs

Charles H. Collins

Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld

Kimberly Conner

Carolyn Coughlin - In honor of my mother, Jean Hocker

Bradley Currey, Jr.

Sara Jane and William DeHoff

Stan and Betsy Dole

Malcolm and Virginia Dorris

Michael Ellis and Sidnie Shaffer

Mary English

Jay and Lynne Espy

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Fleming

Mary J. Foley*

Lou and John Furrer

Stephen Gehlbach

Kathy Frise Groth*

Elizabeth M. Hagood

Andrew and Elinor Hart

Elizabeth and Whitney Hatch

Nancy and David Hathaway

Mary Hegenbarth Fund

Alexander Host Foundation

Bill and Lynda Hutton

William C. Janeway

Gary P. Johnson

Thomas Kester

Larry Knutson*

James Kohli

Gregory Kokoskie

Glenn Lamb and Sue Knight

Douglas Land

Al LaReau*

Randy Lee

Harry and Ellen Levine

Mark Linnemann

John M. Lockhart, III

Henry Lord

Sue Lundsten*

Ginevera Moore

Betsy and John Murphy

Sarah Naperala*

John K. Notz, Jr.

Jim O’Connell

Mike Okma*

Sean O’Toole

C. W. Eliot Paine

D. Williams Parker

Mark Pennington

Chuck Pettis

Garrett Pohl

Judith Randal

Malinda M. Reed

Eric Richmond

Bill Rose*

Mr. Alan F. Rothschild, Jr. through The Fort Trustee Fund, CFCV

Joanna Dunn Samson

Catherine Scott and Jamie Resor

Eliot and Christine Scull

Stephen and Jean Smith

Julia Stokes

Beth and Jim Sullivan

Mr. Peter J. Talty

Charles and Ravenna Taylor Fund

N. Anthony Taylor

TOSA Foundation

Woodrow Travers

The Gilbert Verney Foundation

Ian and Diane Walker

Gary Werner

Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. White

Harold P. Wilmerding

Marilyn B. Wilson

Andrew Zachary

Jeanne Zasadil

*A portion of these gifts were made in-kind.

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FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTOur work in 2016 was made possible by the generous support of the

following organizations. We thank them for their deep investment in

land conservation.

$1 MILLION AND ABOVENew York State Department of Environmental Conservation

$500,000 - $999,999Anonymous

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Yarg Foundation

$100,000 - $499,999S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

Bobolink Foundation

The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation

The Carls Foundation

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Jane’s Trust

LOR Foundation

MARPAT Foundation, Inc.

The Meadows Foundation

The Moore Charitable Foundation

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Trailsend Foundation

U.S. Forest Service

$50,000 - $99,999The Butler Conservation Fund

Houston Endowment Inc.

Tortuga Foundation

Turner Foundation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

$25,000 - $49,999The Agua Fund

American Express

Anonymous

Hillsdale Fund

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, made possible in part by the Jeri P. Kostiner Fund

Merck Family Fund

George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation

Still Water Foundation

The Uphill Foundation

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

U.S. Department of Defense

WestWind Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999Arent Fox LLP*

The Conserve-A-Nation Program by Alliant Insurance

Esri

Larson Land Foundation

The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation

Nordlys Foundation

Ogilvy*

Overhills Foundation

U.S. EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds

Virginia Environmental Endowment

The Volgenau Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999Anonymous

Appraisal Institute

EarthShare

Georgia Power

Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C.

Lyndhurst Foundation

National Park Foundation

Riverview Foundation

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Inc.

Weeden Foundation

Westervelt Ecological Services

$1,000 - $4,999Braun & Gresham, PLLC

Brooks & Brooks, Land Surveyors, P.C.

The Chazen Companies

Florida Wildlife Federation

Gulf of Mexico Alliance

Lyme Timber Company

National Audubon Society

Resource Management Service

Taos Ski Valley Foundation

Turner Construction Company

$500 - $999American Farmland Trust, Northeast Region

Coastal Land Trust

Community Consultants

Entersolar, LLC

Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority

McGrath & Company, Inc.

Whiteman Osterman and Hanna

For gifts and grants covering multiple years, annual installments that began in 2016 are reported.

*A portion of these gifts were made in-kind

“We believe that the more than 100 land trusts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed can make a major contribution to the goal of protecting the Bay and the quality of water flowing into it. To date, the focus of the Environmental Protection Agency and the states has been on regulation and water treatment. Land Trust Alliance staff have worked with us to craft an innovative program that helps all land trusts include protecting water in their acquisition and stewardship programs.”

—Sam Stokes, Trustee, MARPAT Foundation and Co-Chair, Land Trust Working Group, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network

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GIFTS FROM ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSThe Land Trust Alliance is the membership organization for America’s

land trusts. We thank all of our land trust members and government,

nonprofit and professional partners. To see a complete list of Alliance

land trust members, please visit www.findalandtrust.org.

Member support helps advance our mission to save the places

people love by strengthening land conservation across the country.

Below, we give special thanks to those land trusts and partners that

contributed gifts of $500 or greater above and beyond their annual

membership dues.

$100,000 AND ABOVEThe Nature Conservancy

$50,000 - $99,999Open Space Institute

$25,000 - $49,999The Conservation Fund

The Trust for Public Land

$10,000 - $24,999Minnesota Land Trust

The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota

Peconic Land Trust

Scenic Hudson Inc.

Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy

$5,000 - $9,999Columbia Land Conservancy

Ducks Unlimited

The Dutchess Land Conservancy

Maine Coast Heritage Trust

The Nature Conservancy, New York State Office

$1,000 - $4,999Artist Boat

Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast

Finger Lakes Land Trust, Inc.

Galveston Bay Foundation

Genesee Land Trust

Genesee Valley Conservancy

Hudson Highlands Land Trust

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

Jackson Hole Land Trust

Lake George Land Conservancy

Mohonk Preserve, Inc.

The Nature Conservancy, Florida Field Office

North Salem Open Land Foundation

The North Shore Land Alliance, Inc.

Orange County Land Trust

Otsego Land Trust

Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, Inc.

Texas Agricultural Land Trust

The Land Conservancy of New Jersey

The 1,000 Islands Land Trust

The Trust for Public Land, New York State Office

Westchester Land Trust

Western New York Land Conservancy, Inc.

Woodstock Land Conservancy

$500 - $999Agricultural Stewardship Association

Alabama Forest Resources Center

Alachua Conservation Trust

Colorado River Land Trust

Conservation Trust for Florida, Inc.

Gathering Waters: Wisconsin’s Alliance for Land Trusts

Indian River Lakes Conservancy

Land Trust for Louisiana

Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain

Mianus River Gorge

Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy

Rodenhausen Chale LLP

Saratoga P.L.A.N.

Schwartzberg & Kenyon, PLLC

Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc.

Teatown Lake Reservation, Inc.

Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust

Wallkill Valley Land Trust, Inc.

Weeks Bay Foundation

Winnakee Land Trust

“Because the Dutchess Land Conservancy so values the services we receive from the Land Trust Alliance, we voluntarily choose to give back by making a donation to the Alliance above and beyond our annual dues. This is also our way of supporting the work of the land trust community as a whole.”

—Becky Thornton, President, The Dutchess Land Conservancy (accredited)

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LAND TRUST ALLIANCE FACULTYThe Land Trust Alliance thanks the following people for teaching at Alliance local, regional or national events. Thanks also to the many land trust partners who helped us plan and carry out trainings and conferences in 2016.

William Abberger

Mark Ackelson

David Allen

Melanie Allen

Eric Alvarez

Dianne Alves

Judith Anderson

Mark Anderson

Hugh Archer

Julie Baird

Zach Barbane

Kyle Barber

Emily Bateson

Simi Batra

Brooke Battle

Sherrie Beal

Allan Beezley

Rebecca Bell

Robert Bendick, Jr.

Colin Betzler

Lenore Beyer-Clow

Shelli Bischoff

Adam Bishop

Jesica Blake

Rob Bleiberg

Jonathan Blum

Jim Bonesteel

William Bowman, Jr.

Zak Branigan

Elizabeth Brawley

Rebecca Brown

Jimmy Bullock

Chris Bunch

Robin Burke

Gary Burnett

Elizabeth Buxton

Michele Byers

David Calle

Maria Elena Campisteguy

Hayley Carlock

Gary Casper

Dana Chabot

Vanessa Chase

Eileen Chauvet

Melinda Ching

Morgan Chow

Glen Chown

Abbie Church

Hannah Clark

Daniel Cline

Connor Coleman

Aaron Collins

Aimee Collins

Michael Connolly

William Constable

Joseph Cook

Claire Cooney

Karen Cooper

Meredith Cornett

Elizabeth Crane-Wexler

Michael Curley

Laura Curliss

Trevor Cutsinger

Valerie Damstra

Andrew Dana

Sharon Danosky

Jessica Daugherty

Barbara Davis

Brian Day

Katherine DeCoster

Ashley Demosthenes

Greg DeYoung

Christian Dietrich

Meg Domroese

Paul Doscher

Tom Duffus

Eric Eckl

Thomas Fanslow

Jerome Faulkner

Bridget Faust

Cathy Fiorato

Bob Fitzwilliam

Laurel Florio

Mary Foley

Cheryl Fox

Ellen Fred

Steve Friedman

Nate Fuller

Donald Gallo

Linda Garrett

Marissa Garrock

Brian Gatzke

William Gebo

Fred Gifford

Tom Gilbert

Cheryl Glaeser

Erik Glenn

Brooks Godfrey

Eric Grace

Shawn Graff

Karen Graham

Pamela Greene

Susan Gretz

Karin Gross

Kathy Groth

Caitlin Guthrie

Brian Hall

Christine Hall

Kimberly Hall

Reggie Hall

Dennis Hamm

Susan Hamsher

Allison Handler

David Harper

David Hartwell

Lisa Haws

Brandon Hayes

Diane Hayes

Carolyn Hess

Kevin Hicks

Kenneth Holbrook

Kyle Holland

Barbara Hopkins

Gabrielle Horner

Joel Houser

Catherine Howell

Jim Hughes

Richard Ihrig

Maria Janowiak

Jennifer Jay

Jessica Jay

Andrew Johnson

Andrea Johnston

Ann Jones

Michael Kane

Robert Keller

Dick Kempka

Paul Keogan

Lynn Ketterhagen

Joseph Kinyon

Ralph Knoll

Megan Knott

Larry Knutson

Jay Kosa

Rob Krain

Kristopher Krouse

Brandon Krumwiede

William Labich

Terri Lane

Victor Lane

Al LaReau

Kris Larson

Shannon Lee

Jeff Lerner

Robert Levin

Melissa Levy

Konrad Liegel

C. Timothy Lindstrom

Gil Livingston

Lauren Long

Valentin Lopez

Lisa Lord

Leia Lowery

Andy Loza

Susan Lundsten

Ray Lyons

Vaughn Maatman

Paul MacDonald

Robb Macleod

Karen Martynick

Thomas Masland

Bruce Mayer

Susan McCallum

Christine McCauley

Jessica McDonald

Mik McKee

Harvey McKinnon

Nancy McLaughlin

Jennifer Melville

Beth Rose Middleton

Ben Miles

Tyler Miller

Wendy Millet

Nick Miner

Ginevera Moore

Nancy Moore

William Mueller

Meghan Mullee

Anne Murphy

Michael Murphy

William Murray

Sarah Naperala

Robert Neale

Robert Nishimura

Terrence Nolan

Jeanette Norton

Maxwell Norton

Colin Novick

Joel Nystrom

Rod Ofte

Anita O’Gara

Kay Ogden

Danyelle O’Hara

Mike Okma

Lori Olson

Larry Orman

Ryan Orndorff

Ryan Owens

Suzanne Ozment

Rick Pallister

Carl Palmer

Mark Pennington

Daniella Pereira

Ryan Perkl

David Perry

Elizabeth Petterson

Adam Pfister

Andrea Piekarczyk

Sam Plotkin

Jennifer Plowden

Patricia Pregmon

Sara Press

Jane Prohaska

Dan Rademacher

Stephen Ramirez

Rick Remington

Holly Rippon-Butler

Andy Robinson

Mark Robinson

Peter Roche

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Richard Roddewig

Illene Rogensack

Helen Rogers

Willard Rose

Erika Rowland

Anthony Rupard

Dianne Russell

Kurt Russo

Marco Sanchez

Kate Sann

Jessica Sargent

Kate Sattelmeier

Laurel Sayer

Misti Schmidt

Kristen Schmitt

Lori Scott

Tim Seifert

Lena Septimo

Katrina Shindledecker

Jes Siart

William Silberstein

Carl Silverstein

Stephen Small

Marc Smiley

Kendra Smith

Siobhan Smith

Kay Sohl

Kerri Sorrell

Cris Stainbrook

Peter Stangel

Jennie Stephens

Cheyenne Steptoe

John Stewart

Scott Stewart

Chad Stoesz

Jeremy Stone

Amy Stork

Andrew Struck

Angela Sturdevant

Stephen Swartz

Andrew Szwak

Kristin Thomasgard-Spence

Craig Thompson

Paul Trianosky

Suzanne Tugman-Engel

Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis

Jordan Vana

Jazmin Varela

Elaine Vaudreuil

Elizabeth Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Marie Vicek

Wendy Walker

Rodney Walter

John Weedon

Abigail Weinberg

Brendan Weiner

Shane Wellendorf

Jim Welsh

Robert Wenner

Mark Weston

Leigh Whelpton

David White

Lindsay White

Donna Whitig

Jessica Whittaker

Kyle Williams

Peter Williamson

Sara Wilson

Jason Winner

Tim Wohlgenant

Joanna Woodruff

Christy Wyckoff

Heather Yandow

Pam Young

Leigh Youngblood

Andrew Zadnik

Andrew Zepp

“Conservation is an essential component of preserving a sustainable supply of clean water to support the needs of Texas residents and to protect Texas’ abundant, diverse wildlife. We are thankful we are able to play a part in the Land Trust Alliance’s work to expand and enhance member land trusts’ crucial work to conserve 2 million acres of Texas land.”

—Linda Perryman Evans, President & CEO, The Meadows Foundation

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ACCREDITED LAND TRUSTSThe Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an

independent program of the Land Trust Alliance,

awards the accreditation seal to land trusts meeting

the highest national standards for excellence and

conservation permanence. Congratulations to the following land

trusts from around the country for achieving accreditation. For more

information, see www.landtrustaccreditation.org.

NATIONALDucks Unlimited and its affiliate, Wetlands America Trust

The Conservation Fund and its affiliate, Sustainable Conservation

The Nature Conservancy

The Wilderness Land Trust

ALABAMAFreshwater Land Trust

Georgia-Alabama Land Trust

Land Trust of North Alabama

Weeks Bay Foundation

ALASKAGreat Land Trust

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust

Southeast Alaska Land Trust

ARIZONAArizona Land and Water Trust

Central Arizona Land Trust

Desert Foothills Land Trust

ARKANSASNorthwest Arkansas Land Trust

CALIFORNIABear Yuba Land Trust

Big Sur Land Trust

California Rangeland Trust

Center for Natural Lands Management

Central Valley Farmland Trust

Eastern Sierra Land Trust

Elkhorn Slough Foundation

Feather River Land Trust

John Muir Land Trust

Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County

Land Trust for Santa Barbara County

Land Trust of Napa County

Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Mendocino Land Trust

Northcoast Regional Land Trust

Northern California Regional Land Trust

Ojai Valley Land Conservancy

Pacific Forest Trust

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Placer Land Trust

Riverside Land Conservancy

Sacramento Valley Conservancy

San Diego Habitat Conservancy

San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust

Save Mount Diablo

Save the Redwoods League

Sempervirens Fund

Sequoia Riverlands Trust

Shasta Land Trust

Sierra Foothill Conservancy

Silicon Valley Land Conservancy

Solano Land Trust

Sonoma Land Trust

Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust

Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Tri-Valley Conservancy

Truckee Donner Land Trust

Wildlife Heritage Foundation

COLORADOAccess Fund

Aspen Valley Land Trust

Black Canyon Regional Land Trust

Central Colorado Conservancy

Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust

Colorado Headwaters Land Trust

Colorado Open Lands

Crested Butte Land Trust

Douglas Land Conservancy

Eagle Valley Land Trust

Estes Valley Land Trust

La Plata Open Space Conservancy

Mesa Land Trust

Montezuma Land Conservancy

Mountain Area Land Trust

Palmer Land Trust

Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust

San Isabel Land Protection Trust

CONNECTICUTAvalonia Land Conservancy

Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust

Colchester Land Trust

Connecticut Farmland Trust

Cornwall Conservation Trust

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust

Granby Land Trust

Greenwich Land Trust

Housatonic Valley Association

Joshua’s Tract Conservation and Historic Trust

Kent Land Trust

Land Conservancy of Ridgefield

Lyme Land Conservation Trust

Newtown Forest Association

Norfolk Land Trust

Redding Land Trust

Roxbury Land Trust

Salem Land Trust

Sharon Land Trust

Steep Rock Association

Warren Land Trust

Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust

FLORIDAAlachua Conservation Trust

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast

Conservation Trust for Florida

Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy

GEORGIAAthens Land Trust

Central Savannah River Land Trust

Chattahoochee Valley Land Trust

Chattooga Conservancy

Georgia Piedmont Land Trust

Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia

Oconee River Land Trust

Southeastern Trust for Parks and Land

Southern Conservation Trust

St. Simons Land Trust

HAWAI’IHawaiian Islands Land Trust

IDAHOKaniksu Land Trust

Lemhi Regional Land Trust

Palouse Land Trust

Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust

Teton Regional Land Trust

Wood River Land Trust

ILLINOISJo Daviess Conservation Foundation

Lake Forest Open Lands Association and its affiliate, Lake Forest Land Foundation

Openlands

INDIANACentral Indiana Land Trust

Niches Land Trust

Shirley Heinze Land Trust

IOWABur Oak Land Trust

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

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KANSASKansas Land Trust

Ranchland Trust of Kansas

KENTUCKYBluegrass Conservancy

Kentucky Natural Lands Trust

Louisville & Jefferson County Environmental Trust

River Fields

Woods and Waters Land Trust

LOUISIANALand Trust for Louisiana

MAINEAndroscoggin Land Trust

Bangor Land Trust

Blue Hill Heritage Trust

Boothbay Region Land Trust

Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust

Cape Elizabeth Land Trust

Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust

Coastal Mountains Land Trust

Damariscotta River Association

Forest Society of Maine

Frenchman Bay Conservancy

Georges River Land Trust

Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust

Harpswell Heritage Land Trust

Kennebec Estuary Land Trust

Mahoosuc Land Trust

Maine Coast Heritage Trust

Medomak Valley Land Trust

Midcoast Conservancy

Oceanside Conservation Trust of Casco Bay

Orono Land Trust

Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust

Three Rivers Land Trust

Vinalhaven Land Trust

MARYLANDAmerican Chestnut Land Trust

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

Potomac Conservancy

MASSACHUSETTSAshby Land Trust

Buzzards Bay Coalition and its affiliate, Acushnet River Reserve

Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust

Groton Conservation Trust

Kestrel Land Trust

Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust

Massachusetts Audubon Society

Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust

Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation

Sudbury Valley Trustees

The Trustees of Reservations and its affiliates, Boston Natural Areas Network, Hilltown Land Trust and Massachusetts Land Conservation Trust

Wareham Land Trust

White Oak Land Conservation Society

MICHIGANChikaming Open Lands

Chippewa Watershed Conservancy

Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy

Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Leelanau Conservancy

Legacy Land Conservancy

Little Forks Conservancy

Michigan Nature Association

North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy

Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy

Six Rivers Land Conservancy

Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy

MINNESOTAMinnesota Land Trust

MISSISSIPPILand Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain

MONTANABitter Root Land Trust

Five Valleys Land Trust

Flathead Land Trust

Gallatin Valley Land Trust

Montana Land Reliance

Prickly Pear Land Trust

Vital Ground Foundation

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NEBRASKANebraska Land Trust

NEVADANevada Land Trust

NEW HAMPSHIREAmmonoosuc Conservation Trust

Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust

Five Rivers Conservation Trust

Monadnock Conservancy

Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire

Squam Lakes Conservation Society

Upper Saco Valley Land Trust

Upper Valley Land Trust

NEW JERSEYD&R Greenway Land Trust

Harding Land Trust

Hunterdon Land Trust

Monmouth Conservation Foundation

New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Ridge and Valley Conservancy

The Land Conservancy of New Jersey

NEW MEXICONew Mexico Land Conservancy

Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust

Santa Fe Conservation Trust

Taos Land Trust

NEW YORKAgricultural Stewardship Association

Champlain Area Trails

Columbia Land Conservancy

Dutchess Land Conservancy

Finger Lakes Land Trust

Genesee Land Trust

Genesee Valley Conservancy

Greene Land Trust

Hudson Highlands Land Trust

Indian River Lakes Conservancy

Lake George Land Conservancy

Mianus River Gorge

Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy

Mohonk Preserve

North Salem Open Land Foundation

North Shore Land Alliance

Oblong Land Conservancy

Open Space Institute and its affiliate, Open Space Institute Land Trust

Orange County Land Trust

Otsego Land Trust

Rensselaer Land Trust

Rondout-Esopus Land Conservancy

Saratoga P.L.A.N.

Scenic Hudson and its affiliate, Scenic Hudson Land Trust

Thousand Islands Land Trust

Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust

Wallkill Valley Land Trust

Westchester Land Trust

Western New York Land Conservancy

Winnakee Land Trust

NORTH CAROLINABlue Ridge Conservancy

Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy

Catawba Lands Conservancy

Conservation Trust for North Carolina

Eno River Association

Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina

Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust

LandTrust for Central North Carolina

Mainspring Conservation Trust

New River Conservancy

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust

Piedmont Land Conservancy

RiverLink

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

Tar River Land Conservancy

Triangle Land Conservancy

OHIOBlack Swamp Conservancy

Gates Mills Land Conservancy

Licking Land Trust

Tecumseh Land Trust

Three Valley Conservation Trust

OREGONDeschutes Land Trust

Greenbelt Land Trust

McKenzie River Trust

North Coast Land Conservancy

Southern Oregon Land Conservancy

The Wetlands Conservancy

Wallowa Land Trust

Western Rivers Conservancy

PENNSYLVANIAAllegheny Land Trust

Bedminster Regional Land Conservancy

Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art

“We share the Land Trust Alliance’s commitment to creating enduring conservation outcomes and are excited to support the launch of the Land Trust Climate Change Initiative. We encourage land trusts across the country to make climate change considerations an essential element of their work and welcome other funders to help extend the reach of this important initiative.”

—Sacha Spector, Program Director for the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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Chestnut Hill Conservancy

ClearWater Conservancy

Countryside Conservancy

Delaware Highlands Conservancy

Edward L. Rose Conservancy

French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust

French Creek Valley Conservancy

Heritage Conservancy

Lancaster County Conservancy

Lancaster Farmland Trust

Land Conservancy of Adams County

Natural Lands Trust and its affiliate, Montgomery County Lands Trust

North Branch Land Trust

The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County

Tinicum Conservancy

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Westmoreland Conservancy

Willistown Conservation Trust

PUERTO RICOConservation Trust of Puerto Rico

RHODE ISLANDAquidneck Land Trust

Block Island Conservancy

Sakonnet Preservation Association

South Kingstown Land Trust

Tiverton Land Trust

Westerly Land Trust

SOUTH CAROLINAAiken Land Conservancy

Beaufort County Open Land Trust

Congaree Land Trust

Edisto Island Open Land Trust

Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy

Lowcountry Land Trust

Pee Dee Land Trust

Spartanburg Area Conservancy

Upstate Forever

TENNESSEELand Trust for Tennessee

Lookout Mountain Conservancy

Tennessee Parks & Greenways Foundation

Wolf River Conservancy

TEXASBayou Land Conservancy

Galveston Bay Foundation

Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas

Hill Country Conservancy

Hill Country Land Trust

Katy Prairie Conservancy

Pines and Prairies Land Trust

Texas Agricultural Land Trust

Texas Land Conservancy

UTAHSummit Land Conservancy

Utah Open Lands

VERMONTGreensboro Land Trust

Lake Champlain Land Trust

Northeast Wilderness Trust

Stowe Land Trust

Vermont Land Trust

VIRGINIABlue Ridge Land Conservancy

Historic Virginia Land Conservancy

Land Trust of Virginia

New River Land Trust

Northern Neck Land Conservancy

Northern Virginia Conservation Trust

Piedmont Environmental Council

Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust

WASHINGTONBainbridge Island Land Trust

Blue Mountain Land Trust

Capitol Land Trust

Chelan-Douglas Land Trust

Columbia Land Trust

Forterra

Great Peninsula Conservancy

Jefferson Land Trust

Lummi Island Heritage Trust

Methow Conservancy

Nisqually Land Trust

North Olympic Land Trust

PCC Farmland Trust

San Juan Preservation Trust

Skagit Land Trust

Whatcom Land Trust

Whidbey Camano Land Trust

WEST VIRGINIACacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust

West Virginia Land Trust

WISCONSINBayfield Regional Conservancy

Caledonia Conservancy

Door County Land Trust

Driftless Area Land Conservancy

Ice Age Trail Alliance

Kettle Moraine Land Trust

Kinnickinnic River Land Trust

Mississippi Valley Conservancy

Natural Heritage Land Trust

Northwoods Land Trust

Ozaukee Washington Land Trust

Tall Pines Conservancy

West Wisconsin Land Trust

WYOMINGJackson Hole Land Trust

Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust

The Commission’s mission is to inspire excellence, promote public

trust and ensure permanence in the conservation of open lands by

recognizing land trust organizations that meet rigorous quality

standards and that strive for continuous improvement.

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