Open Space Institute

2013 annual report Our Mission The Open Space Institute protects scenic, natural and historic landscapes to provide public enjoyment, conserve habitat and working lands and sustain communities. Open Space Institute Open space is the foundation of healthy natural and human communities. In all our efforts, OSI will contribute to a world in which these values are recognized, respected and integrated into action, land use policy, planning and stewardship locally, regionally and nationally.

Protecting the Best Lands In New York, we focus resources on OSI’s legacy landscapes. We engage in significant conservation elsewhere in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast through loans, purchases and grants guided by OSI’s expertise, transactional acumen and access to capital.

Applying Conservation Capital OSI offers a full suite of conservation tools to increase funding for land protection from Quebec to Georgia. We bring research, scientific rigor and programmatic due-diligence to our East Coast funds centered on resiliency and watershed protection.

Bringing Excellence to Public Parks OSI is a leader in park creation and expansion. We enhance access to parklands and focus on high-quality projects serving the greatest number of people on federal, state and local lands. OSI works with legislative and executive branches to increase the funding to acquire, improve, manage and maintain public lands.

Encouraging Grass Roots Through our Citizen Action program we aim to encourage citizen participation and engage diverse constituents in conservation.

front cover: Esopus River and the Catskills, Boiceville, NY; photo: Greg Miller; back cover: Reber Rock Farm; photo: Greg Miller; opposite: Reber Rock Farm, Champlain Valley, NY; photo: Greg Miller; above, top to bottom: View of the Catskills; photo: Bob Stone; Neversink River, Catskills; photo: Brett Cole; Harcourt Nature Center; photo: Greg Miller; Growing Chefs Eagle Street Rooftop Farm; photo: Annie Novak; following page: Catskills Mount Pisgah near Rensselaerville; photo: Bob Stone Open Space Institute

Contents 3 Letter from the Leadership 5 piecing Together the Landscape Puzzle 9 creating a Conservation Legacy 12 2013 Conservation Capital Projects and Map 14 2013 New York Land Projects and Map 15 OSI Builds Parks 19 A New Crop of Farmers 21 Hudson Valley Grants and Citizen Action 23 Financial Report 24 Donors and Profiles 28 Board and Staff 2013 Annual Report

From the Open Space Institute’s Leadership

For 40 years, the Open Space Institute has protected protection and climate resiliency. We continue to land that characterizes America: nearly 2.2 million acres support 53 grassroots groups through our Citizen of ridgelines, valleys, farms, riverfronts, viewsheds Action program. and rail trails. OSI protects land that produces food Outside New York State, increasingly OSI transacts and clean drinking water, provides habitat for animals large, complex land acquisitions in regions we know and plants, and offers recreation and natural resources well through our regional partners and financing of on which we and future generations depend. This conservation. Our work with other land conservation year, we take pride in celebrating four decades of organizations in the eastern United States has allowed land conservation and the accomplishments your OSI to exercise creative tools to preserve nature. support has made possible. In 1974, Richard Pough, Supporters like you, who recognize the value of OSI’s a pioneering conservationist, deposited with John efforts, have enabled a diverse blend of programs Adams the corporate papers of OSI in a cardboard box. and protection, like our work to build state park Recruiting a corps of unpaid environmentalists, John amenities on the lands that we buy. More than ever, converted OSI to a land trust. Today, 1,064 transactions we are finding intersections between programs and later, with deals valued at about $392 million, OSI has opportunities for our efforts to build upon one another. evolved from a local, volunteer land trust to a national For the next 40 years and beyond, we will continue leader for open space protection. to protect important scenic, natural, and historic 2013 was a remarkable year for OSI. We completed landscapes for their beauty, utility, recreation and 38 land transactions in New York State resulting in nature. The cumulative benefits of our work will be a the protection of more than 2,500 acres. We enhanced legacy for those who follow us. the visitor experience in several remarkable New York Thank you for your support and partnership. state parks. We provided funds to preserve another Because of your belief in a better world, OSI is poised 30 conservation projects outside New York. We forged to build on its strengths and its programs for land new partnerships in new geographies around water conservation.

John H. Adams Kim Elliman Chairman President & CEO

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8 2013 Annual Report Piecing Together the Landscape Puzzle OSI Celebrates 40 Years of Land Conservation

n 1974, as the Open Space Institute staff partnered with OSI on numerous was in its infancy, the modern conservation projects in the mid-1990s environmental movement was and early 2000s. “People feel welcome developing as well. The advocacy in our state parks in part because of the Iof the late 1960s had spurred new tremendous additions OSI has made environmental legislation, ecological to them. Farms and forests sustain programs and research connecting economies and give our communities human activities to their consequences character.” on the land. Against this backdrop, John OSI’s conservation efforts began in Adams, who had established the Natural the Beaverkill Valley, at the headwaters Resources Defense Council four years of the Delaware River. Recognizing the earlier, engaged a group of visionary future need for clean drinking water, individuals to protect New York’s land OSI has worked to limit streamside “When viewed as and water. They created an agenda to development in the Catskills. In doing conserve land and OSI was born. so, we have conserved more than 30,000 a cohesive whole, Forty years ago, rivers were still acres in the Beaverkill and the Catskill used as open sewers; the air carried Forest Preserve, protecting a watershed OSI’s four decades soot and acid pollution (climate change that supplies drinking water for New was virtually unknown); farmers were York City’s 8.4 million residents. of work have been abandoning the land; and developers With what we learned in the as much about the were converting those open spaces to Beaverkill, OSI has gone on to achieve suburban, sprawling communities, landmark watershed protection. preservation of place facilitated by an era of cheap energy. In 1997, OSI partnered with the The government built roads and rural Trust for Public Land on a 17,000-acre and identity as they economies began to wither, as farming, acquisition to create Sterling Forest State forestry and industry moved to cheaper Park, preserving watershed lands that have been about regions. provide drinking water for 25 percent of Now, four decades and literally the population of New Jersey. In 2013, sheer land alone.” millions of acres later, OSI has become we followed the Delaware River into the — Govern or George Pataki a national leader in the application of New Jersey Highlands and the Upper science, analytics and planning to the Lehigh and Poconos in Pennsylvania. art of protecting land. We have grown Charged with a leading role in the considerably in sophistication and planning of a $35 million initiative of the influence, yet the objective of the Open William Penn Foundation, OSI and its Space Institute has remained constant: partners aim to protect more than 30,000 to protect land and water critical to the acres in the four states of the Delaware opposite, counter clockwise from top left: Esopus River and the Catskills, Boiceville, well-being of humans and the natural River watershed to safeguard drinking NY; photo: Greg Miller; On the summit of world. water for 15 million people in the Champlain Mountain, ME.; photo: Jerry “What makes the Open Space nation’s most populous region. Monkman; Farm in Essex, NY; photo: Greg Miller; Ulster Rail Trail; photo: Greg Miller; Institute stand apart is the importance With Penn’s support, OSI will deploy Fern; photo: Jerry Monkman; Moodna that New Yorkers, including myself, $10 million in capital and research to Viaduct; photo: Greg Miller; Harris Hawk; 40 photo: Jerry Monkman; Walkill View Farm, place on so many of the landscapes protect land critical for sustaining clean YEARS New Paltz, NY; photo: Greg Miller; Legacy they have protected,” said former water in the watershed. The scale in the Ridge, Woodbury, NY; photo: Greg Miller; New York Gov. George Pataki, whose Delaware is unprecedented: state-of-the- above: Wallkill View Farm; photo: Greg Miller

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From Fahnestock art hydrology, mapping and water the historic Rosendale railroad trestle, quality monitoring will guide OSI’s following a nearly four-year restoration to Schunnemunk work. project. The trestle fulfills our goal of “Some of our earliest projects a continuous, 24-mile recreational rail- to Moreau Lake protected the valleys along the trail running from the southern border Beaverkill and Willowemoc,” said John of Gardiner to the city of Kingston. State Park, OSI’s Adams, chairman of OSI’s Board of The trail connects communities in the Trustees. “We knew those streams were Hudson River Valley and draws people acquisitions now absolutely unique, and by controlling and commerce to rural towns. account for more than development there, we were able to “Access to the outdoors is create a solid economic base for people paramount, no matter the age or walk 10% of the land in to live and enjoy the countryside. Now, of life,” said Patrick Dollard, CEO of OSI’s work in the Delaware is guided The Center for Discovery, a frequent New York’s system of by science and on a much larger scale, OSI partner in the Catskills. but the goal is the same. We must Our dependence on land is most 179 state parks and protect a very, very pure water system.” evident when we consider the foods we From day one, OSI has encouraged eat. OSI understood early on the value 37 historic sites. people to get out on the land. In New of keeping our family farms viable—as York, we added tens of thousands of a source of local food, a connection acres to parks and preserves early on, to a historic past, and a basis for a enhancing access to the outdoors and sustainable economy. In four decades, creating recreational opportunities. OSI has worked with farmers across The natural next step was to New York, preserving over 7,400 acres improve and advocate for those parks. in Orange, Ulster, Putnam, Columbia, As parks become more attractive and Saratoga and Essex counties. inviting, more visitors enjoy their In recent years, we have learned benefits, from outdoor physical activity more about what farmers need to or respite to a deeper understanding of remain productive. Research shows that the natural world, while contributing to in areas with development pressure, local economic development. even land subject to agricultural Today, OSI is working to easements may be unaffordable to improve park access, amenities and farmers, especially young people interpretation to engage visitors of all just starting out. Today, OSI is ages and provide meaningful outdoor responding with an innovative lease- experiences. to-own program geared specifically above: Endurance Challenge Race, Mohonk In 2013, OSI and our partners at the toward new farmers. With half a Preserve; photo: Michael O’Donnell Wallkill Valley Land Trust reopened dozen young farmers placed in lease-

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to-own arrangements in 2013, our panhandle of West Virginia. The project “Access to the diverse approach to farm protection was the first to be completed under the is a testimony to our creativity and Resilient Landscapes Initiative, a new outdoors is paramount, commitment to keeping farms under OSI program on the cutting edge of cultivation, (See page 18). habitat preservation. The selection of no matter the age or “It is critical that we help beginning land was based on pioneering climate farmers acquire farmland now so science that identifies the wildlife walk of life.” they can provide food security for our habitat best suited for long-term — Patrick Dollard, future. With a growing population to viability. OSI’s science-driven standards The Center for Discovery feed and the development pressure it will give plants and animals the habitat can spur, it is to everyone’s advantage options they need to continue to to conserve high-quality farmland, as thrive, even as the world around them OSI has been doing for years,” said changes. Teri Ptacek, executive director of the “Like the environmental movement Agricultural Stewardship Association, itself, OSI’s maturation has been which has partnered with OSI on lease- marked with more complexities, to-own projects in Saratoga County. scientific data and rigor,” said Kim Early acquisitions in the Catskills, Elliman, OSI’s CEO and president. “But Highlands, Shawangunks and we should all take heart in the fact that Adirondacks focused on preserving we are still doing much the same work, wildlife habitat, guided by the only better.” documentation of species. As OSI Our impact over four decades can be grew, we became better equipped to seen in the protection of nearly 2.2 mil- take on bigger projects and began to lion acres in North America and more connect the dots between them, guided than 130,000 acres in New York State. by a scientific understanding of the Every one of these acres—from the first importance of wildlife corridors and to our most recent—represents a critical connectivity. piece of the landscape puzzle, an oppor- In recent years, we have earned tunity for humans and animals to live a reputation for skillfully handling in harmony with the natural world. As the large, intricate deals so critical to we grow and evolve, we will continue landscape-scale conservation in a time to connect the pieces of that puzzle. Sci- of rapid climate change. Some 400 miles ence, complemented by hard work and southwest of New York, OSI awarded skills honed by 40 years of experience, the Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust will guide our efforts as we protect the top: Rosendale Trestle from Joppenburgh a $210,000 grant in 2013 to support the diverse, special places that provide the Mountain; photo: Greg Miller; above: Beekeeping conservation of 900 acres in the eastern essentials of a healthy life for all. at the Center for Discovery

7 Open Space Institute 2013 Annual Report Creating a Conservation Legacy Research + Capital = Millions of Acres

ver the past 14 years, the Open Space public funding with uncertain timetables.” Institute’s Conservation Capital program With OSI’s support, land trusts forged new has facilitated the protection of almost partnerships with one another and with government 2.2 million acres across eastern North agencies to preserve huge swaths of land, often America—fromO Quebec to Georgia—through nearly thousands of acres at a time, in complex transactions. $100 million in loans and grants. From the dense Over 11 years and 19 transactions, OSI helped boreal forests of southern Canada and the temperate protect 1.55 million acres of working forests and forests of northern New England, across the rich preserves—almost seven percent of the region—in an agricultural lands of the Delaware Bayshore, down to unprecedented opportunity for conservation. At the the blue peaks and biodiverse valleys of the Southern right place at the right time, OSI demonstrated that it Appalachians, OSI has brought conservation home could effectively deliver private capital that enabled with local partners. land trusts to act swiftly to accelerate the protection of OSI’s hallmark—the ability to combine research and the most ecologically significant landscapes. analysis with due diligence on land transactions—has By 2003, OSI had expanded its Conservation benefited land protection in the East. Work began Capital program to loan and regrant funds along in 2000 with the launch of the Conservation Capital the entire eastern seaboard, seizing opportunities program’s Northern Forest Protection Fund. At the to bring capital to specific conservation targets. The start of this century, the Northern Forest, a singular New Jersey Conservation Loan Fund was launched to ecological and economic resource encompassing 26 protect ecologically critical areas of the state. Building million acres, faced unprecedented challenges as forest on the large landscapes now protected in northern product companies started selling off land they had New England, Saving New England’s Wildlife Fund managed for decades. targeted the best and most at-risk habitats, using state “It was a high point for conservation philanthropy,” data on animal and plant species, in more densely said Kim Elliman, OSI’s president and CEO. “The stock populated parts of the region. The Northwest Georgia market was booming, and state and private coffers Fund provided grants and loans to protect ecologically were robust. OSI was able to assemble ready capital to provide grants to catalyze protection of large forest opposite, top: Cloudland Canyon, Georgia; photo: Alan Cressler; bottom: Kayaking blocks as well as bridge financing to expedite critical in New Hampshire; photo: Jerry Monkman; above: Appalachian Trail in Maine; deals that involved many funding sources, especially photo: Jerry Monkman

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Northern Forest Saving New England’s Protection Fund Wildlife Fund ($5.5M) ($12.5M) Western Massachusetts Loan Fund ($4M) NJ Conservation Loan Fund ($3.5M)

Southern Northwest New England / Canada Appalachians Loan Georgia Land Fund ($10M) Protection Fund ($2.25M) Mid-Atlantic Southeast

Conservation Capital Current Funds

Cumberland Plateau; photo: Stephen Alvarez Resilient Landscapes Catalyst Fund significant landscapes in a million-acre to the most critical lands. Embedded region, based on careful analysis of the in our capital allocations protocol, landscape and its biological diversity, resiliency science informed the species of greatest conservation need, conservation community and brought immediate threats, habitat connectivity clarity to land protection priorities. and land conservation opportunities. With a focus on economic and social “We recognized early on that we benefits, OSI launched the Community Transborder Land Protection Fund can’t buy everything that’s out there,” Forest Fund to enable northern New said Peter Howell, OSI’s executive vice England towns to create and expand president, who joined the organization locally owned and managed forestland. in 2003 to lead its Conservation Along the border region of Canada, Capital program. “The challenge is to OSI launched the Transborder Fund to determine what’s most important and help coordinate international efforts to why, and to direct our limited resources protect forestland, preserving valuable Bayshore-Highlands Fund to conservation projects that can habitat for wildlife. The Bayshore- catalyze constituency and funding to do Highlands Fund was set up in 2011 to more than we could ever do alone.” protect lands for habitat, recreation, In the wake of the 2008 economic and agriculture in southern New Jersey downturn, OSI’s ability to make current and the Pennsylvania Highlands. And science accessible to funders and in northeastern Alabama and southern partner conservationists took on new Tennessee, climate science was the significance. As public conservation catalyst for the creation of the Southern Northeast Resilient Landscapes Fund funding dried up, we were able to Cumberland Land Protection Fund, direct ever-scarce acquisition capital which protects diverse wildlife habitat

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Transborder Land Community Northeast Resilient Protection Fund ($2M) Forest Fund Landscapes Fund ($1.3M) ($6M) in Western Massachusetts New England Grant Fund ($1M) and the Mid-Atlantic Delaware Bayshore-Highlands River Watershed Land Protection Grant Protection Fund Fund ($5.5M) ($10.2M) Southern Cumberland Southeast Land Protection Fund Resilient ($5.75M) Landscapes Fund ($6M)

in landscapes likely to be resilient to states from North Carolina down to changes in climate. Florida and across to Kentucky. At current Funds “The Southern Cumberland region is the same time, OSI is educating the (continued) remarkable for ecological diversity, and conservation community about how to OSI’s approach of combining science apply resiliency science to guide land with large-scale landscape protection protection priorities. has provided new land acquisition In 2014, the William Penn strategies that aid land trusts and Foundation awarded OSI $10 million encourage collaboration. OSI has been to apply watershed science with a goal instrumental in leveraging current of protecting more than 30,000 acres funding resources and attracting in the Delaware watershed and for Southern Cumberland Land Protection Fund national funders,” said Kristy Huntley, conservation education. Benwood Foundation. OSI’s Conservation Capital program By 2013, OSI’s Conservation Capital has left a significant legacy, protecting program had achieved both visibility millions of acres across some of the and scientific acumen. Chosen by the country’s most diverse, biologically Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to rich geographies. Deploying more than administer a fund based on The Nature $100 million in all, OSI has leveraged Delaware River Watershed Fund Conservancy’s climate resiliency an additional $520 million in public and science, OSI is now at the forefront of private support for conservation. a fundamental shift in how land trusts “OSI has provided crucial support protect wildlife habitat. No longer to several landmark forest society seeking just to preserve the habitat conservation projects over the past where animals live now, OSI’s work decade,” said Jane A. Difley, president is helping land trusts anticipate a of the Society for the Protection of warming planet and protect lands that New Hampshire Forests, which has Southeast Resilient Landscapes Fund will provide habitat for species in the received grants through three OSI future. funds. “The scope of support OSI Through the Resilient Landscapes offers is unmatched in the conservation initiative, OSI is translating science into community. OSI has also helped conservation action. Alongside leading organizations integrate cutting-edge conservation biologists, OSI is using scientific research on biodiversity, opposite, top-bottom: Birch Forest, NH; photo: Monkman; The St. John feasibility analysis to identify the best landscape connectivity and climate River; photo: Monkman; Highlands, places for permanent conservation in resiliency into their decisions. OSI is NJ; photo: Brett Cole; Forest, New the face of climate change across the 13 guiding land conservation with a firm Hampshire; photo: Jerry Monkman; above: Quail; photo: National Fish and northeastern states, and beginning a grasp of the present-day landscape and Wildlife Foundation; Delaware River; similar process for seven southeastern a dynamic vision for the future.” Roan Mountains

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Community Forest Fund Transborder Fund 2 Natural Lands Trust 8 American Littoral Society 1 Downeast Coastal Conservancy 1 The Nature Conservancy of Canada Henderson Property Hopewell Big Barrett’s Run Two Rivers Community Forest Chignecto Isthmus III Woods, Chester County, PA, 4 acres Cumberland County NJ, 132 acres Machias, Whitneyville & Marshfield, Baie Vert, NB & Missaquash Marsh, NS Project Cost: $313,260 Project Cost: $1,921,975 ME, 913 acres 246 acres, Project Cost: $195,000 Grant $49,260 Grant: $300,000 Project Cost: $1,035,000 Grants: $51,000 The acquisition lies within the 74,000- Barrett’s Run, a headwater stream Grant: $150,000 This project continues efforts to acre Hopewell Big Woods focus area and of the Upper Cohansey River, The land boasts well-stocked woodlands conserve critical wildlife habitat across provides public trail access to French adjoins a school and the 1,100-acre and 3.5 miles of Machias River frontage. the Chignecto Isthmus, including a Creek State Park. Bridgeton City Park which serves an Sustainable forest management will 6,000-acre wildlife management area underprivileged community with trails generate revenue to manage the land and a corridor for endangered Nova 3 French and Pickering and recreational land. and support local schools. Public access Scotia moose. Conservation Trust to the river and woodlands is now Nestorick & Heilner Farms 9 The Nature Conservancy permanently guaranteed. 2 Nature Conservancy of Canada Chester County, PA, 96 acres Formicola II & III Portage Lake Project Cost: $637,460 Cumberland County, NJ, 362 acres 2 Androscoggin Land Trust St. Theophile, Quebec, 7,000 acres Grant: $106,000 Project Cost: $364,175 Androscoggin Greenway Community Project Cost: $9,800,000 Easements protect two multi- Grant: $102,660 Forest Jay & Canton, ME Grant: $100,000 generation farms producing grass-fed Two additions to Lummis Pond Support Grant: $20,000 The 7,000 acres contain a chain of longhorn beef, goat milk, hay and row Preserve protect bottomland forest and An OSI support grant gave a boost to a remote ponds, wetlands, forests, and crops. Both border Hopewell Big Woods wetlands in the headwaters of Cedar fledgling community forest effort that connectivity for wildlife such as moose, and protect water quality in a headwater Creek, bordering the Wild and Scenic will conserve 1,200 acres, along 8 miles otter and marten. stream. Maurice River watershed. The 1,300- of the Androscoggin River, in three rural acre Lummis Pond Preserve provides communities. 3 Trust for Public Land 4 Lancaster County Conservancy habitat for federally endangered swamp Crocker Mountain Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve pink and bald eagles, barred owls, rare 3 Western Foothills Land Trust 3 Carabassett Valley & Mt. Abram Phase 4, amphibians and reptiles. Crooked River Community Forest Township, ME, 12,046 acres Lancaster County, PA, 440 acres Harrison & Otisfield, ME Project Cost: $8,000,000 Project Cost: $1,247,076 10 Natural Lands Trust Support Grant: $20,000 Grant: $100,000 Grant: $250,000 Country Meadows A grant advanced a 540-acre Located within the largest contiguous Part of an assemblage of 1,180 preserved Cumberland County, NJ, 88 acres community conservation project along expanse of high-elevation land in acres, the waterways of Welsh Mountain Project Cost: $391,510 the Crooked River, within the heavily Maine, traversed by the Appalachian feed the Chesapeake Bay. Habitat Grant: $48,567 forested but largely unprotected Trail and tracts of working forest, the includes deep forest breeding grounds This addition to Howard Peek Preserve watershed that supplies Portland’s Crocker cirque is an ecological reserve for neo-tropical migratory songbirds. consists of a freshwater tidal marsh drinking water. that provides habitat for endangered and uplands on the Maurice River. The Bicknell’s thrush. 5 Natural Lands Trust site provides important habitat for bald 4 Loon Echo Land Trust McAffee eagles, ospreys, migratory songbirds, Perley Mills Community Forest 4 Trust for Public Land Chester County, PA, 164 acres shorebirds and waterfowl. Denmark, Bridgeton, ME, 1,460 acres Androscoggin Headwaters Project Cost: $992,332 Project Cost: $1,140,000 Errol and Wentworth’s Location, NH Grant: $104,500 Southern Appalachian Loan Fund Grant: $190,000 934 acres An active farm that buffers and Naturaland Trust and Upstate Forever Perley Mills will be sustainably managed Project Cost: $2,600,000 maintains important ecological and Nine Times Forest to benefit local communities, to Grant: $100,000 agricultural resources on the border Pickens County, South Carolina conserve wildlife habitat, ensure public This phase of the 31,000-acre project of Hopewell Big Woods. 45 acres 1,648 acres, Loan: $1.9M access and protect water quality in the conserves native trout habitat and links are mature forest and include the Project Cost: $3.5M property’s ponds and wetlands. more than 100,000 acres of conserved Exceptional Value French Creek and An ecological jewel, containing three land. High Quality Marsh Creek. mountains of granite outcroppings 5 Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust and streams, creeks and stands of Cooley-Jericho Community Forest 5 6 7 Appalachian Corridor 6 Lancaster Farmland Trust hardwoods, is located in close proximity Easton, NH, 843 acres Appalachian Beiler Farm to Jocassee Gorges, and provides habitat Project Cost: $780,000 Green Mountain Corridor II, 115 acres Lancaster County, PA for bear and other wildlife. Grant: $120,000 Bolton, Quebec Assemblage of 247 acres Conservation of the property maintains Project Cost: $257,000 Project Cost: $321,640 Resilient Landscape Fund a working forest, protects wildlife Grant: $9,000 Grant: $69,700 1 Cacapon & Lost Rivers Land Trust habitat, provides public recreational These three northern Green Mountains An Amish farm, which produces milk, Seldom Seen Hunting Club opportunities and preserves a prominent properties include rich forests corn, hay, tobacco and other field crops, Hampshire and Morgan, WV, 913 acres ridgeline from development. frequented by moose and black bear and borders and protects two tributaries of Project Cost: $993,000 clear cold streams that harbor at-risk the Octoraro Creek. Grant: $210,000 6 Trust for Public Land salamander species. Property contains rare calcareous soils Barre Town Forest 7 D&R Greenway Land Trust supporting a greater diversity of plant Barre, VT, 273 acres Bayshore-Highlands Fund Carpenter Farms Phase I and animal species. Sinkholes and Project Cost: $1,120,000 1 Heritage Conservancy Salem County, NJ, 68 acres ravines create places where plants and Grant: $200,000 Metzger Farm, Bucks County, PA Project Cost: $259,200 animals can thrive in the face of climate Preserving a quarry of cultural 291 acres Grant: $72,430 change. significance, the project also protects Project Cost: $1,461,590 Part of an effort to preserve two wildlife habitat and water resources Grant: $122,500 neighboring farms which have been in and provides revenues from sustainable Easements on the farm protect the the family since the 1730s. The farm forest management. The property’s headwaters of Cooks Creek, a PA is contiguous with the 2,000-acre trails are part of a 70-mile regional designated Exceptional Value Cold Seabrook Farms assemblage–the largest destination. Water Fisheries stream. single agricultural preservation project in southern NJ.

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1 Clover Mead 5 Browne Farm 9 Williams Lake Rail Trail 13 Lawn Property 112.5 acres 432 acres, Town of Knox 1.5 miles, Town of Rosendale 369 acres, Town of Wawarsing Town of Chesterfield, Essex County Albany County Ulster County Ulster County The farm has been in continuous Located in the Helderbergs, the This final section fills the remaining gap Since 2001, OSI has acquired over MAssachusetts cultivation for over 200 years and has farm offers sweeping views of the in the extension of the Wallkill Valley 1,865 acres of land in the area of the produced certified organic farmstead Capital district. This region is part of Rail Trail, helping to fulfill OSI and Witch’s Hole and conveyed it to the cheese for the past 20 years. Clover Capital-Catskills conservation corridor WVLT’s goal of a continuous 24-mile Palisades Interstate Park Commission Mead will help establish a protected designated as a priority for conservation recreational rail trail running from the (PIPC) as additions to Minnewaska corridor of working farm and forestland groups, local policymakers and DEC southern border of Gardiner to the city State Park Preserve. The Lawn in the Keeseville farming area. regional representatives. The Browne of Kingston. The completed trail will property stretches from the base of the Farm is composed of rolling fields, provide hikers, bikers and equestrians Shawangunk Ridge to near its summit. connecticut 2 Migratory Haven (Bedell) ponds, streams and woodlands that with a scenic and largely undeveloped The parcel configuration is the original 290 acres, Town of Willsboro house a series of streams and karst route through the Binnewater Hills. Dutch patent in the mid-1600s; it Essex County topography, including a number of small contains extensive cliffs, waterfalls, deep Characterized by open fields, mixed caves. 10 Van Nostrand Farm hemlock ravines and secluded glens and early and late succession forests, views 166 acres, Town of Neversink pitch pine barrens. of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack 6 Baitsholts Sullivan County High Peaks and public trails, Bedell 149 acres, Town of Rensselaerville The 166-acre farm has been a cattle 14 Legacy Ridge is 290 acres of farm and forestland. Albany County farm since 1986 and lies within the 702 acres, Town of Woodbury Bedell includes a slight plateau rising up The property sits on a visible highpoint, Catskill State Park Preserve. The farm Orange County from the lake, all of which is part of the looking out on the town and the Capital operates without the use of herbicides The property contains the Mineral viewshed from the Essex ferry dock. district. It comprises rolling hills, open and pesticides and consists of meadows Springs Brook, an important trout agricultural lands, some wetlands and for grazing and forests, tapped for maple stream and a tributary to the Woodbury 3 Essex Sugar Maple Farm forestland. Two streams run through syrup. This farm will be managed by The Creek. The 702-acre property has 88 acres, Town of Essex, Essex County a forested northern portion of the Center for Discovery. high ecological value because of its The farm lies within a region known for property and feed into Lake Myosotis, size, varied topography and habitats exceptional soils, views and agricultural which serves as the town’s only current 11 Sam’s Point from streams and wetlands to forests lands and comprises farm lands, water supply. 1,068 acres, Town of Wawarsing and ridgelines. Birds, like the cerulean wetlands, forestland and an operational Ulster County warbler and wood thrush, mammals, like sugar bush. 7 Beaverkill Obecny OSI transferred the 1,068-acre Sam’s otter and mink, and New York’s state 33 acres, Town of Rockland Point parcel to Minnewaska State fish, the brook trout, thrive in these 4 Collins Farm Sullivan County Park Preserve. It includes the preserve forests. With Orange County Land 199 acres, Town of Easton The 33-acre Obecny property, in the entrance, Sam’s Point, the highest Trust and the NY/NJ Trail Conference, Washington County Beaverkill Valley of the Catskill Park, point along the entire Shawangunk OSI will develop a network of trails. In partnership with the Agricultural shares a border with the New York Ridge, the 56-acre Lake Maratanza, the Stewardship Association, the acquisition State Forest Preserve, and because Loop Road, the Ice Caves Trail and the 15 Mystery Point Pomeroy of Collins Farm conserves a property of the property’s high elevation it has Conservation Center. It is home to one 8 acres, Town of Philipstown that has been in the family since 1739. significant conservation value. of the world’s few examples of a high- Putnam County As well, it helps to protect the landscape elevation dwarf pitch pine barrens. The upland parcel, protected in that surrounds the Saratoga Battlefield 8 Twin Village Golf Club partnership with Scenic Hudson, is and the Upper Hudson River Valley. 29 acres, Town of Rockland 12 Schneller Verkeederkill Falls key to improving public access at Sullivan County 23 acres, Town of Shawangunk Mystery Point. The easement protects scenic open Ulster County space including a pond and trout stream Consisting of mountainous land located previous page: New Hampshire that is a tributary of the Beaverkill on the southeastern boundary of Mountains; photo: Jerry Monkman; River. The golf course has been a Minnewaska State Park Preserve, the opposite: Legacy Ridge, Woodbury, NY; treasured local amenity since 1925 and property protects globally rare pitch photo: Greg Miller; above, l-r: Pin Oak allows for nature walks, birding and pine barrens at Sam’s Point and the Allée Smiley Property, New Paltz; photo: cross-country skiing in the off-season. Verkeederkill stream. It will become part Michael O’Donnell; Crows Nest in Winter; of the New York state parks system. photo: Michael O’ Donnell; South Farm, Pataki, Essex, NY; photo: Greg Miller

15 Open Space Institute OSI Builds Parks A View Through the Long-Term Lens 2013 Annual Report

ear after year, transaction after Through its inaugural capital transaction, OSI has had a campaign, the Alliance successfully cumulative effect in building raised $500,000 in 2013 to restore the and protecting New York’s 3.7-mile Hamilton Point carriage road magnificentY state park system. To put at Minnewaska. And OSI is playing a OSI and PARKS a new twist on an old metaphor: In lead role in creating the nearby Samuel Throughout its 40-year preserving the trees, OSI has built a F. Pryor III Shawangunk Gateway history, OSI, in nearly 80 forest. Campground, slated to open in the fall successful conservation Throughout its 40-year history, OSI, of 2014. This much-needed facility will initiatives, has added more in nearly 80 successful conservation provide a place for outdoor recreationists than 40,000 acres to state initiatives, has added more than 40,000 to camp while enjoying the majesty of parks. acres to state parks. These transactions the “Gunks.” achieved a variety of goals, from creating The Alliance is working with the Minnewaska State Park Preserve new parks and adding valuable acreage, state and Palisades Interstate Parks 22,000 acres total to providing important buffer zones and Commission to transform the former 39 OSI transactions totaling connectivity. Phillips residence overlooking Lake 13,080 acres The overall effect on the state park Minnewaska into a new visitors center. Fahnestock State Park system is impressive. OSI’s work The building will be a vital and dynamic 14,000 acres total accounts for more than 10 percent of location with stunning views of the 13 OSI transactions totaling the state park system’s total acreage of park, the Shawangunk Ridge and the 7,930 acres 335,000 acres. Catskill Mountains. More importantly, Sterling Forest State Park One of OSI’s greatest cumulative it will offer environmental education to 22,000 acres total successes can be seen at Minnewaska children and serve as a starting point for 3 OSI transactions with Scenic State Park Preserve in the Shawangunks, visitors, introducing them to the park Hudson and Trust for Public Land which OSI has doubled to more than and its inviting carriage roads that lead totaling 15,240 acres 22,000 acres. Another is in Putnam and to even more spectacular vistas. Hudson Highlands State Park Dutchess counties, where Fahnestock “The work OSI is doing to expand 6,000 acres total State Park now has more than 14,000 and enhance Minnewaska State Park 8 OSI transactions totaling acres, 8,000 of which were preserved by and preserve the greater Shawangunk 1,123 acres OSI. landscape is extraordinarily impactful,” Schunemunk Mountain State Park “The day-to-day transactional said H. Neil Zimmerman, president of 2,800 acres total work of OSI requires a sustained, Friends of the Shawangunks. “OSI’s 4 OSI transactions totaling meticulous focus. It’s what drives the unwavering commitment to this 2,800 acres impressive results over the long term,” region, combined with their overall John Boyd Thacher State Park said Carol Ash, OSI trustee and former effectiveness, their support of creative 2,157 acres total commissioner of New York State Parks. partnerships and programs, and their 8 OSI transactions totaling “The expansive footprint that has been long-term vision, make them a true asset 1,200 acres protected and preserved for public for this community and all of New York enjoyment throughout places like the State. We are so lucky to have these Shawangunk Ridge or the Hudson dedicated folks in our area.” Highlands, just an hour north of New By preserving landscapes and York City, is nothing short of remarkable. enhancing state parks with educational It is through this long-term lens that we programming, public access, and can fully appreciate and take pride in the overall appeal, OSI is building a work we do.” lasting environmental legacy. And with These days, the successful more transactions on the horizon and partnership between OSI and the New collaborative projects underway, OSI York state park system is being measured continues its broad commitment to New opposite, counter clockwise, from top: by more than just acreage. The Alliance York’s natural treasures. Sam’s Point, Shawangunks, NY; photo: Greg Miller; Minnewaska State Park Preserve; for New York State Parks program is photo: NYS Parks Recreation and Historic furthering OSI’s commitment to parks Preservation/ J. Rozell; Adirondacks, NY; through projects aimed at improving photo: Jaime Martorano; Hiking the Long Trail; photo: Jerry Monkman; Fahnestock park access and enhancing the overall Mountain Laurel Outdoor Recreation quality of the visitor experience. Festival; photo: NYS Parks

17 Open Space Institute A New Crop of Farmers Puts Down Roots in the Champlain Valley 2013 Annual Report

n the western shores of Lake of experience in structuring land trans- Champlain, an hour’s drive actions, with several twists. Through an from the Canadian border, innovative lease-to-own model, a farmer is an isolated corner of New leases land from OSI for five years—time York State with a population of less than enough to launch a business and estab- O Quebec 50,000: Essex County. The likelihood that lish a credit history that will help qualify such a place would support a thriving him or her for borrowing. When OSI sells and prosperous sustainable farming the land to the farmer, the proceeds re- Ontario community might seem unfounded, but turn to the program. not every rural place has agricultural pi- For farmers able to acquire land oneers like Mark and Kristin Kimball and independently, OSI can purchase the dedicated families like the Klippers. development rights through a conser- The Kimballs began Essex Farm in vation easement, protecting the land in 2003 as a sustainable, diversified farm perpetuity and providing vital capital for and now offers a year-round, full-diet, reinvestment in the farm business. VT New York membership to 230 lucky individuals. Essex Farm Institute has been an es- Essex Farm produces grass-fed beef, sential partner in the Champlain Valley pastured pork, chicken, eggs, 50 kinds of program. The Kimballs have created a MA vegetables, milk, grains and flour, fruits, farming community almost out of thin herbs, maple syrup and soap—powered air, and many of the “graduates” choose by 15 solar panels, nine draft horses, to stay in the area. “Farmers come to CT three tractors and 10 full-time farmers. train with us from all over the country PA The Kimballs’ sustainable, small- because of our highly diversified draft scale operation has attracted many new horse-based model. Many of them have farmers interested in learning from their stayed in the region because the Open success. Mark and Kristin have trained Space Institute and the Klippers have above: Champlain Valley and mentored more than 50 farmers who made permanent land tenure possible,” have started more than 10 new farms. In said Kristin Kimball. 2012, Essex Farm Institute was formal- One such Essex Farm connection, ized, with OSI acting as its fiscal sponsor Racey Bingham and Nathan Henderson, through the Citizen Action Program. began a five-year lease from OSI in 2012 “I’m producing New farmers face significant challeng- with the option to buy. Offering maple es. One is finding affordable farmland syrup, grass-fed beef and pastured chick- good, healthy food on which to grow a business; many new en, Reber Rock Farm focuses on filling farmers lack the credit history necessary in the gaps in the foodscape of Essex for myself and the to secure financing. Farmers who lease County. land need assurance that they can work Another farmer in OSI’s lease-to-own community.” the land long enough to warrant capital program, Ashlee Kleinhammer, is run- — Racey Bingham, Reber Rock Farm investments in fencing, barns, tractors ning a small dairy with a cheese plant, and greenhouses. cheese cave and retail store called North Fortunately for the Champlain Valley, Country Creamery at Clover Mead Farm. the Klipper family had a vision to ad- In an unusual transaction, the former dress this concern as well as protect open owner taught Kleinhammer how to make space and forestland. OSI launched the his signature cheeses. Klipper Family Fund for the Champlain Essex Farm alumni Asa Thomas-Train Valley in December 2012 with a $1.2 and Courtney Grimes-Sutton bought million gift, matched by $500,000 from Mace Chasm Farm in Chesterfield in OSI. “There is a whole crop of farmers 2012 to raise grass-fed cattle, pigs and who are choosing to work the land, who pastured poultry. OSI purchased the embrace a back-to-the-land ethic and are development rights, thereby providing changing the way we think about food. crucial capital so that the new farmers Whether it’s economically driven or a could invest in infrastructure and farm phenomenon all to itself, the Champlain equipment. top: Essex Farm, Essex, NY; photo: Greg Miller; center, l-r: Essex Farm, Essex, NY; Valley is a perfect place to be doing this,” It’s these kinds of success stories that photo: Greg Miller; Reber Rock Farm; photo: said Nat Klipper. drew OSI to Essex County in the first Greg Miller; Reber Rock Farm; photo: Greg This work builds on OSI’s decades place. Miller; bottom: Essex Farm; photo: Greg Miller

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2013 Hudson Valley Grants Furthering our Partners’ Work in the Valley

From the very beginning, OSI’s home and heart has been in the Hudson River Valley. Supporting the organization’s land conservation efforts, OSI administers two funds for organizations and students who share its vision. The Malcolm Gordon Charitable Fund focuses on environmental education projects and programs to increase awareness of environmental issues and help to conserve the landscapes of the mid-Hudson River Valley.

Malcolm Gordon Charitable Fund Barnabus McHenry Hudson River Valley Awards Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies for the Hudson The McHenry Awards, established in 2007 to honor OSI River & Watershed Data Jam trustee Barney McHenry’s contributions to the region, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. for Kingston recognizes young leaders with an exceptional vision for Home Port & Education Center Pilot Programming the future of the Hudson Valley. Constitution Island Association for the Constitution Tourism Island Association Online Archive Expansion Megan McClellan and the Woodstock Land Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary for Conservancy engaged the community in developing Invasive Species Management the Catskill Mountain Rail Trail. Garrison Union Free School for Environmental Historic Preservation Education Christina Ritter and Educators for the Hudson River Hudson Highlands Land Trust for the Poetry Garden Valley Institute at Marist College created a Dutchess and North Redoubt Spur Trail at Winter Hill County Social Studies Toolkit for Educators. Storm King Art Center for publication of The Art of Environmental Conservation Scientific Observation—From Microecology to Monumental Keith Shane with the New York–New Jersey Trail Sculpture Conference worked on the Invasives Strike Force. Winnakee Land Trust for Historic and Environmental School Tours of Winnakee Educational Arboretum above: McHenry Award Winners 2013; photo: Odette Veneziano; View of the Hudson; photo: Greg Miller; Sculptures by Mark di Suvero in South Fields, Storm King Sculpture Park, Mountainville, NY; photo: Jerry L. Thompson

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2013 Citizen Action Groups OSI Helps Environmental Start-ups Find Their Place

Through the Citizen Action Program, the Open Space Institute provides administrative support to grassroots community groups whose activities protect natural habitats, make cities more livable, promote environmental sustainability, provide environmental education and connect people with the land.

Abingdon Square Farming Concrete Lewisboro Land Trust Science Partners Learning Conservancy Flip the Table: Youth Food LICAN about Animals of the AFFIRM Inc. Council Millbrook Matters Sound and Hudson Ayres Law Group Project Forbus Butternut National Young Farmers (SPLASH) Better Future Project Association Coalition Seeing Green BioCities Inc. Forever Rural New York WILD Film Sensible Wireless for Biomimicry NYC Friends of Bleecker Festival Gardiner BK Farmyards Playground No Time to Lose SNAP Gardens Black Urban Growers Friends of Dover Parks Parents for Climate Sprout Farms Brooklyn Food Coalition Friends of Gulick Park Protection Stand for Land Butterfly Project NYC Friends of the Housatonic PlayHarvest Stewart Park and Reserve Citizens Emergency Germantown Neighborhood Prospect Heights Coalition (SPARC) Committee to Preserve Association Community Farm Stuyvesant Pathways Preservation Good Profit Protect the Village Historic Sustainability Practice Compost for Brooklyn Green Apple Kids District Network (SPN) Concerned Citizens for Green Edge NYC Quaker Hill Civic Sustainable Flatbush Open Space, Inc. GreenWorks Team Association TARGET Tuxedo Inc. Corbin Hill Food Project Grounded Knowledge Rego Park Green Alliance The Fox Collection Deuel Hollow Conservation GroundwaterGo Rondout Valley Growers TreeKIT Association Grow Smart Dover Association Turf dlandstudio Growing Chefs White Roof Project Earth Matter NY Honoring the Future

Educating Tomorrow Infrastructure USA above: Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, Growing Chefs; photo: Annie Novak; photos (3): Essex Farm Institute Jones Beach Rescue courtesy Grounded Knowledge

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Open Space Institute 2013 Financial Report

Open Space Institute, Inc. and Consolidated Entities Selected Financial Information December 31, 2012 and 2011

2013 2012

Sources of Funds Contributions $10,882,108 $6,860,764 Net release/(deferral) of restricted gifts 863,452 3,082,001 * Other income 520,463 511,659 Investment funds available under spending policy 10,164,582 9,773,888 Proceeds from sales of natural land areas and improvements 9,999,831 3,126,547 Proceeds from loans payable 2,046,740 3,736,804 Payments received from program-related investments 1,431,113 4,048,322

Total sources $35,908,289 $31,139,985

Uses of Funds Grants ($6,311,940) ($4,535,516) Easement purchases (1,666,635) (1,208,382) Purchases of natural land areas and improvements (5,428,509) (6,819,645) ** Other program expenses (8,071,080) (7,316,033) Supporting services expenses (2,267,130) (1,779,861) Repayments of loans payable (5,009,493) (3,046,421) Payments advanced for program-related loans (2,342,500) (4,453,802)

Total uses (31,097,287) (29,159,660)

Net Sources and Uses of Funds $4,811,002 $1,980,325

Financial Statement of Activities Unrestricted contributions $2,134,067 $1,428,308 Restricted contributions 8,748,041 5,432,456 Other income 538,376 535,482 Grants (6,311,940) (4,535,516) Easement purchases (1,666,635) (1,208,382) Other program expenses (8,818,951) (7,651,528) Supporting service expenses (2,267,130) (1,779,861) Realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on real estate (4,059,911) (5,302,685) Investment activity (incl. unrealized gain / (loss) on investments) 26,176,533 25,799,885

Change in net assets $14,472,450 $12,718,159

Other Key Financial Information Total assets $281,555,968 $259,896,438 Net assets - unrestricted 75,939,293 73,797,633 Net assets - temporarily restricted 185,032,756 172,701,966

Total net assets $260,972,049 $246,499,599

* “Other Income” in “Sources of Funds” excludes discount income on loans payable and in-kind interest income. ** “Other Program Expenses” in the “Use of Funds” schedule excludes discount expense on loans receivable, depreciation, and in-kind interest expense; however, “Other Program Expenses” shown in the “Financial Statement of Activities” schedule includes these items.

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Sources and Uses of Funds

In 2013, OSI acquired for conservation over $7 million The financial information includes activities of both in land and easements in New York State (largely the Open Space Institute, Inc. and the Open Space made possible by the Lila Acheson and Dewitt Wallace Conservancy, Inc. (In March 2014, the Open Space Endowment), and it awarded over $6 million in re- Conservancy, Inc. changed its name to the Open Space grants for land conservation in New York, Mid-Atlantic Institute Land Trust, Inc.) The information should states, New England, the Southern Appalachians and be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated the Quebec/New Brunswick transborder region. financial statements and related notes, available from OSI on request.

Sources of Funds Uses of Funds

Net release/(deferral) of restricted gifts 2% 1% Other income Payments advanced for 7% Supporting services 6% program-related loans expenses Proceeds from 8% loans payable

30% Contributions 28% 16% Investment funds available 20% under spending policy Repayments of loans payable Grants

22% Purchases of easements and natural land areas and improvements 28% 4% Proceeds from sales of Payments 26% natural land areas and received from ** Other program expenses improvements program-related investments

The Open Space Institute, Inc. was incorporated in 1974 under section 402 of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law of New York and is a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. All contributions to the Open Space Institute, Inc. are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. A copy of our latest financial annual report may be obtained by writing to OSI or the New York Department of State, Office of Charities Registration, The Capitol, Albany, NY 12231.

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Thank You to Our Partners in Conservation Through their gifts in 2013, these individuals, foundations and companies helped make OSI’s vital work possible. Our shared vision ensures that for the next generation, and the next 40 years, the future of land conservation looks bright. Thank you.

Foundations, Corporate and KTR Capital Partners Leaders $50,000 or Greater Gilman S. Burke Organizational Support Lake George Land Conservancy Anonymous John P. Cahill The 1772 Foundation Land Trust Alliance Gil Butler Anne Carmel & Daniel Wolk A & J Saks Foundation, Inc Linden Trust for Conservation Douglas Durst Richard Chazen A. Abraham Foundation Lostand Foundation, Inc. Alexandra Gardiner Goelet Bertram J. & Barbara Cohn The Adirondack Council Luke Family Charitable Fund Nathaniel & Courtney Klipper Ben Crane Adirondack Foundation The Lyme Timber Company Valerie A. Mars & Philip M. White David S. Croyder Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Conservation Lucy Rockefeller Waletzky Barbara & Richard Debs American Conservation Association, The Lynn H. Boillot Family Fund Daniel J. & Edith A. Ehrlich Inc. Maine Community Foundation Champions $10,000 to 49,999 Ann Elliman Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Malkin & Ross Anonymous John & Margot Ernst Foundation The Malkin Fund, Inc. Forrest & Marcie Berkley Lucia & Jon Evans Anonymous Marist College Christopher C. Davis Irvine & Elizabeth D. Flinn Appalachian Mountain Club Mohonk Preserve Peter Davoren Joshua Ginsberg Arch Reinsurance Company Morgan Stanley Kim Elliman Frederic & Karin Harder Bank of America Foundation Natural Resources Defense Council Paul J. Elston & Holly Hegener Barton & Loguidice Network for Good Frances G. Beinecke Marian S. Heiskell Boquet Foundation The New World Foundation Sibyl R. Golden Michele Hertz & Brooklyn Bridge Botanic Garden The Next Generation of The Keith Labudde & Pril Smiley Lawrence Friedman Brooks & Brooks Land Surveyors George B. Storer Foundation Samuel & Casey Lambert Glenn Hoagland Butler Conservation Fund, Inc. North Pond Foundation Laurence Lytton & Janice Kambara James Hourdequin Cablevision NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Charles & Sarah Morgan Samuel G. Huber & Cary Institute Historic Preservation Jim & Mary Ottaway Catherine Weiss Cedar Fund of the Princeton Area NYSE Euronext Foundation Ann Roberts Allan W. Karp & Lisa Keith Community Foundation Olana Partnership Mr. & Mrs. Larry Rockefeller Anna Maria Kellen The Center for Discovery Overhills Foundation Robert & Eileen Rominger Mr. & Mrs. Lars I. Kulleseid Central Park Conservancy The Page & Otto Marx, Jr. Foundation Donald Ross Jenny Labalme Chadbourne and Parke, LLP Palisades Interstate Park Commission George Rowe, Jr. Floyd Lattin & Ward Mintz Charina Foundation, Inc. The Peter & Carmen Lucia Buck Arthur & Lois Stainman Carol LeFevre Chazen Companies Foundation Hume R. Steyer Nadine Lemmon Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Peter Jay Sharp Foundation David & Jane Walentas Dan & Cynthia Lufkin Collaborative Solutions Pew Charitable Trusts Joanna & Eric Weber Brad Malt The Corita Charitable Trust Pfizer, Inc. Jean & Claudio Marzollo DAB Management Services, L.L.C. Port Authority of New York/ Benefactors $5,000 to 9,999 Edgar Masters & Deborah Cohen Davis Polk & Wardwell New Jersey Kate Adams & Forwood Wiser, III Robert McCaffrey The Debs Foundation The Prospect Hill Foundation Peter & Helena Bienstock Mary McFadden & Lawrence Stifler DJ McManus Foundation Inc. Ralph Ogden Foundation Steve Clearman Barnabas McHenry Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Red Crane Foundation William R. Collins Bruce McLanahan The Durst Organization Richard & Rebecca Evans Foundation T. Jefferson Cunningham, III Richard & Ronay Menschel Dyson Foundation The Riverbend Fund at Schwab J. Matthew Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Clarence F. Michalis Earth Share Charitable Fund Peter W. Davidson Marc Moran & Mala Hoffman Empire State Development Riverkeeper Rob Dyson David Mortimer Corporation Robert A. McCaffrey Realty, Inc. Joseph H. Gleberman Dennis Murray Field Day Foundation The Ruder Family Foundation Marritije Greene Robert Nathan & Anne Sundberg FirstGiving Seward & Kissel LLP Jim Hall Edmund Niles Fork & Pencil Sharonsteel Foundation Kenneth & Barbara Kaufman Robert & Stephanie Olmsted The Fund For the City of New York Sotheby’s Lee & Nancy Keet Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Osborn, III The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation Stainman Family Foundation Larry & Dana Linden Peter S. Paine, Jr. Garden Club of Irvington Stifler Family Foundation Caroline P. Niemczyk Mark & Karen Perreault The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Strong Foundation of New York Lisa W. Ott Edward Petty Inc. The Sulzberger Foundation Frederic C. Rich Richard Poole Gerry Charitable Trust Terasphere Solutions Inc. Harriet Savage Patrick & Kristen Ramsey Golden Family Foundation Thacher Associates Lisa Stern James & Amy Regan Goldman Sachs & Co. Matching Gift Therapeutic Equestrian Center Thomas & Frances D. Thacher, II Katherine O. Roberts Program Tortuga Foudation Bud Van Arsdale David & Susan Rockefeller, Jr. Greene Van Arsdale Foundation Turner Construction Company Christopher D. Roosevelt The Haney Family Charitable Fund U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Patrons $1,000 to 4,999 Jonathan & Diana Rose Hollomon Price Foundation Communities John & Patricia Adams Brian & Ginny Ruder Homespun Occasions The Walbridge Fund, Ltd. Elizabeth & Roger Ailes Arnold Saks Hudson Highlands Land Trust Wildlife Conservation Society Edward A. Ames & Jane Sokolow Amelia Salzman Huyck Preserve & Biological Research William & Flora Hewlett Foundation James & Marjorie Andrews Michael Sasse Station William C. & Joyce C. O’Neil Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Arquit Norman Selby & Melissa Vail IBM Corporation Matching Gift Charitable Trust Susan Babcock & Ralph Schmidt Catherine & John Shamlian Program William Penn Foundation Richard & Kerri Bartlett Victoria Shaw J. M. Kaplan Fund Winslow Foundation Matthew Bender, IV Albert & Nina Smiley Jan Hird Pokorny Associates Woodstock Land Conservancy Thomas & Nancy Berner Jennifer P. Speers Jane’s Trust Wyss Foundation Eteinne & Lisa Boillot James Stanton JRB Associates Inc. Elizabeth Borden Lise Strickler & Mark Gallogly Kinderhook Partners, Ltd. Richard & Patricia Brooks Patricia F. Sullivan

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For Peter Humphrey, the decision gave the $300,000 proceeds to the project. The campaign aims to help fund a nature center at to raise $1.6 million in private funds to enhance and endow the his beloved Letchworth State facility, with the $3.2 million balance being funded by New York Park was a tangible expression of State. support for the project and the “State parks have been a very important element of our continuation of a commitment: family for over 100 years and it’s something I’m very proud of,” his family has worked to Humphrey said. “Letchworth, in particular, is near and dear to protect, maintain and celebrate our hearts, and we felt strongly about getting a nature center Letchworth’s stunningly beautiful built there. OSI and its Alliance for New York State Parks were gorges for more than a hundred obvious choices to team up with.” years. The center, expected to open in 2016, will give Letchworth’s Like his grandfather and father, Peter Humphrey has served 750,000 annual visitors a year-round facility where they can as chair of the Genesee Region Parks Commission and was learn about the history of the park and its natural features. recently named vice chair of the New York State Council of For Humphrey, who spent his childhood summers marveling Parks. at the Great Bend Overlook and the spectacular series of The Humphrey family’s connection to Letchworth State waterfalls flowing through the Genesee River Gorge, the project Park, in particular, dates back to Peter Humphrey’s grandfather, is deeply personal. Wolcott J. Humphrey, a friend of William Pryor Letchworth, “We got to know every inch of that park over 10 years of whose 1906 donation of 1,000 acres created the now 14,000- camping there,” he said. “Its natural beauty just hits you right acre park. between the eyes. It is simply breathtaking. As you grow older, To kick off the fundraising for a nature center at the park, you realize how special this place has been, and you say to Humphrey donated his family home to OSI to sell. OSI then yourself, ‘It’s time to give back.’ That is what I’m hoping to do.”

Arthur O. Sulzberger Mark Czarnecki Jocelyn Jerry John & Emily Rafferty David Swope Robert & Priscilla Dannies, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Freeborn G. Jewett, Jr. John & Lynne Rathgeber Judy & Edward Van Put Joan K. Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Frank Johnson Rudolph & Sheila Rauch Michael J. White Brenda Davis Jeremy B. Johnson Hon. Susan Read Edward B. Whitney & Thomas & Dorcas Deans Kate & Dan Jones-Mollod David Redden Martha Howell Bill & Sara Jane DeHoff John D. Judge Edward S. Reid Warren & Tamah Wiegand Laurence Dewitt Mia Jung Avery & Monica Rockefeller, III Stephen & Dana Diprima Peter Kamenstein Mark Rubenstein Sponsors $250 to 999 Paul R. Dolan Peter Kann & Karen Elliott Mary & Winthrop Rutherfurd Dan Ahouse Malcolm S. Dorris Linda Kastan Preston Saunders Judith Albertson Jacqueline Dryfoos Stephen & Belinda Kaye Kenneth & Bonnie Scheer John Winthrop Aldrich & Jennifer Dubas Melissa Kline Philip & Martha Scott Tracie Rozhon Frances F. Dunwell & Richard Koenig Ron Sharkey Jane Alexander Wesley Natzle Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Pauline Alexander Nancy P. Durr Jean Lerner Richard L. Sigal & Samayla Deutch James & Patricia Allen Melissa & Daniel Eagan Rachel Levy & Matthew Zablocki Scott & Tracy Sipprelle Colan Anderson Paul Edlund Leisle Lin & Edward Bendy Kevin Smith & Kali Rosenblum Anonymous Kenneth Engler Douglas & Sarah S. Luke, Jr. Margaret Smith-Burke Christopher & Patricia Jen Arndt Tom & Lisa Evans John Luongo Terry Stanley Lee Auchincloss Helen Evarts Robert MacLeod & Peter R. Stein Kim Baker Andrew J. Falender Steve Byckiewicz Mimi & Jim Stevens Carter F. Bales George & Janet Felleman William & Susan Mahoney Roger & Lee L. Strong Mr. & Mrs. Christian Ballantyne Carol Fersch Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin Barkley Stuart & Ann Glazer John Battista Gary Finger & Liz Hoshinson Artie Malkin & Garret Stuck & Pamela Coravos Patricia Beard Mark Foggin Christine Tramontano Kathleen Taylor Susan Benz David K. Ford Sara Marinello James L. Terrill Amy & Tim Berkowitz John P. Freeman Langdon Marsh & Ellie Putnam Barbara Trelstad Richard S. Berry Peter & Kathryn Fudge David & Sally H. McAlpin, Jr. John & Diana Tully George Bianco Paul Gallay Jason & Deborah McManus Charles & Jacqueline Warren David A. Black Peter Gates Josephine A. Merck Michael Washburn & Andrew Blum Eugenie & Brad Gentry Yuki Moore Laurenti Nancy Carmichael Tally Blumberg & Alex Grabcheski Mark Gibian & Mary Rosewater Ken & Lindsay Morgan William Weber & Amy Vedder Mr. & Mrs. H. Lawrence Bogert, III W. David & Larissa Gibson Arnold Moss & Nancy Abraham Alan & Barbara Weeden David Brittenham & Glenn Gidaly & Laura Walls Ann & Steven Murphy Julia Harte Widdowson Carolyn Summers Ed Goodell Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Ness Jonathan Wiesner Charles B. & Charlotte Buchanan Sara Griffen Edward & Etsuko Newman Nancy Williams Laurie Burt Lee Griffin Leslie Nice Heanue Jeff Zadroga John Buttrick David & Glenda Haas Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Obus Chris Zeppie Albert & Brenda Butzel Oliver L. Hamill Charles J. O’Byrne H. Neil Zimmerman Albert E. Caccese Marjorie L. Hart Stephen & Wendy Offen Tom Zoufaly & Elizabeth Szancer John Cannon & Alta Turner Clay Hiles & Sarah Chasis Anne O’Neill Roy H. Carlin Will Hill Susan & Craig Orchant Friends $249 & Under Katherine Cary Joseph & Deborah Holland David Paton Steve Aaron Kathryn & Douglas Cochrane Steven G. Horowitz Michael D. Patrick Susan Aaron & Barrett Smith Marianne & Thomas Collins Jeffrey Huebner Marilyn Perry Janet & Gregory Abels John Copeland David Hunt Xavier & Penelope Pi-Sunyer Joan Aichele Donald Cramer Josephine Lea Iselin Katie Poole & Ward Tomlinson Nathan Altucher & Carol Marychild Robert & Mary Beth Cresci Richard & Marianne Jackson Emilie Mead Pryor & Joseph Pryor Nicholas & Hanay Angell Dr. & Mrs. John P. Curtis Valerie Jacob Stephen Mackintosh Pulsifer Stuart Angert

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Made possible with a Barnabas “I knew there was something real here,” Gavilanes said. “It’s McHenry Hudson River Valley not your typical historic site. Things are happening here, and I Award from OSI, Melissa wanted to be part of it. It’s worked out fantastically.” Gavilanes moved to the Catskills During Cole’s lifetime, the Catskill Mountains were a hub of in 2010 to begin an internship art and activity, as the region’s hotels and resorts were a prime at the Thomas Cole National destination for vacationers seeking respite from New York City. Historic Site, the home and It was in that setting that Cole began painting the lush Catskill

studio of the famed 19th-century mountains and forests, inventing what would become one of dette Veneziano Hudson River School painter. America’s most celebrated artistic movements. Four years later it’s probably safe In 2013, OSI awarded another McHenry grant to a second to say the internship worked out Thomas Cole enthusiast, Samantha Singleton. The Smith photo: O well, because she never left. College graduate had previously worked at the Cole site as a “After the OSI grant, we made a joke that I just kind of tour guide, and was a natural fit when the museum needed help stayed,” says Gavilanes, who grew up in Oneonta, New York. cataloging the recently donated archives of Ellwood Parry, a “I never left and eventually worked my way up to director of Thomas Cole scholar. education. It was very different from my educational experience “There are a few of our tour guides who have really stood in New York City, to come up to the Catskills and a small out, and Samantha was one of them,” Gavilanes said. “When we institution where at first there were just three of us in a room received the Parry archives, I thought of her right away. We got and that was it.” the call from OSI that Samantha received a McHenry grant on The change in scenery may have been dramatic, but with the a Friday and she started on Monday.” help of a dedicated board of directors and enthusiastic team of From wildlife to pure, clean water and the High Peaks, there volunteers, Gavilanes has excelled. The Thomas Cole site—where is much to draw inspiration from in New York’s Catskills. the founder of the Hudson River School of painting captured “Everyday I try to take time to look off the porch and some of the same landscapes OSI has helped protect—has seen see the views that Thomas Cole saw,” said Gavilanes. “The its patronage grow yearly, from 12,000 to 20,000 visitors. dedication from OSI to protect these places is amazing.”

Anonymous Francis Coppa Eric Gidseg & Rebecca Walters Andrew Jacobs John S. Antrobus Frank Costanza Mark Ginsberg & Darby Curtis Howard A. Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Atkins Richard Cusumano Susan Glickman John Jamiolkowski & Vincent Aubrun & Patrcia Godoy Walter & Jane Daniels Elaine R. Goldman Jonathan Smith Anthony & Marilyn Baldo Victoria Danskin David & Margaret Gordon B. Jennings & McCormick Jessica Barry Peter Darmi Elizabeth Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Frank Johnson Richard Beamish & Rachel Rice Wanda A. Davenport Gallya Gordon Tracy & Lucille Johnson Andy Beers Marion & Ralph De Groff Shirley Gordon Ann Johnson & Jeff Haines Hank Berger Pierre de Rham Amanda Gotto Daniel & Robin Jurechko Robert & Elinor Berlin Nick De Stefano Oscar & Margaret Gottscho Richard J. Kammerer Chris Bernabo Michael Devonshire Lenore Greenberg Kathleen & Jeremy Kane Charles & Estelle Berthiaume Rosemary C. Dittus Cheryl Greene Hugh Karraker Robert C. Bickford Patrick Donahue & Susan & Harvey Greenstein John & Carolyn Keith John C. Bierwirth Koren F. Riesterer Thomas & Sara Griffen William & Annamarie Kelly John B. Blenninger Monroe Dorris Carey E. Gross Howard Kirschenbaum & Vladislav Botvinnik James Doyle & Leah Healey Tim Guinee & Daisy Foote Mary M. Rapp Peter L. Bray & Bridget A. Reel Abbie Duchon Michelle Gullickson Mr. & Mrs. Bill Kitchel Gary Brazel & Suzanne Gentner David Dukler John & Jill Guthrie Erik Kiviat Patrick J. Breheny Joan & Owen Dwoskin David Haase & Esther Schwalb Scott Klion Hal Brill & Joan Reisman-Brill Pattie C. Eakin & Joseph L. Katz John & Willett Habersberger John L. Kolp Denise & William Brown Richard Edling John & Susan Haldeman Alice Krakauer James Bufalo David Effron Gregory Hall Nathan M. Kravis Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bunk Jonathan Elwyn & Heidi Jellinghaus Sherry Haller Michael & Diane Kruglinski Susan Burhans-Haldeman & Peter Eriksen Eric Hamerstrom & Dennis Krumholz Dave Haldeman Nancy Evans Hays Mermer Blakeslee Wendel S. Kuhn, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George H. Buttler, III Jean-Marie & Betty Eveillard JoAnn Hanson Marcia Kunstel Meade Cadot, Jr. Renate Fersch Jonathan & Cydney Harris Tadasuke & Patricia Kuwayama Kristen K. Cady-Sawyer & Jayne & William Fiero William L. Harris & Jo Anne Simon Buddy Lane Vivian Sawyer Joel Filner Edward Harstead Rose Lansbury W.T. & Mollie Cannady Kevin Finnerty Karen & Bill Harvey Erik A. Larsen & Connie Coker Irwin & Sadell Cantor Henry S. Flax Sherry Hawley Ann-Charlotte Lax-Antrim V.A. Carhart Stephen & Audrey Forrer Johanna Hecht & Raymond Sokolov Anne Lazarus Lois Carswell Carole Fortenbach Hon. Alvin K. Hellerstein Russell V. Lee Marie Caruso David & Judith Foster Pat & Dirk Henneberger Elizabeth Lesser Ingrid Caruso & John Christian Jerry & Phyllis Franklin John Heppolette Harry & Ellen Levine Michael & Judith Cavalier Fred & Pam Freed David Herships Richard & Carol Lewis Andrew Chmar Jan Friedman Herbert Hochberg Mr. & Mrs. David Lilburne Starling W. Childs, II John Fritzinger Frank Holahan Lynn Liotta Harold & Doris Chorny Elinor Fuchs Kim Hollander Amy & Steve Little David & Vivien Collens Eric & Michele Gabrielson Robert & Carla Horwitz Thomas W. Lloyd & Wickham Taylor Bill & Pidge Collier William Gambert Ken Hosey Nancy Locicero Glen Collins Ernest Gehrer Christopher Hotchkiss Margaret Lotvin Geraldine Commrade H. Frederick Gehrlach Anne E. Impellizzeri Cathie Love Kieran Conroy Arthur Gellert Mark Izeman & Tanya Khotin Andrea Lurie & Nancy Rosen Eppie Convel Naola B. Gersten-Woolf Howard & Mary Jack Leonard & Susan Lyon

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When Nat and Courtney Klipper recreational and agricultural areas. wanted to think locally, there was Nat worked with OSI very closely to refine the goals of the one place that beckoned them. fund, to ensure a lasting impact. As someone who had spent a The town of Essex, New York, great deal of time here, he had a vision. OSI listened. on the western shore of Lake In its first 18 months, the fund has protected almost 2,100 Champlain, was a place that Nat acres, both forests and farms. Significantly, the work that knew and loved, having spent the Klippers launched has inspired the donation of several many childhood summers there. conservation easements as well. Conservation in the Champlain And it’s where Nat and Courtney Valley is catching on. were married in September 2013. “There is something to be said for leading by example, The Champlain Valley, with whether from us or from those who donate easements,” said its rolling hills, farm fields, and unparalleled views east to Nat. “I am doing a small part but hope that others will recognize Vermont’s Green Mountains and west to the High Peaks of the that, with the right partners, a substantial difference can be Adirondacks, is a place where OSI has a long history, too. In made in a particular landscape. We particularly like the idea 1993, we protected more than 1,820 acres adjacent to the Split of putting young farmers on their feet, to help them embark Rock Wildway. Recently, the Klippers drew us back. on their dreams of working the land in a self-sustaining and “The Champlain Valley is such a special place,” said Nat. community-oriented manner.” “The history and the agriculture are tied up in this incredibly (See page 19 for more details on the farmland work.) beautiful landscape, and it’s worthy of protection. We were Nat and Courtney, who live in New York City, have traveled deeply interested in filling a need to focus on the Champlain all over the world. Their love of natural lands has inspired them Valley. Losing ground here was out of the question.” to take action for conservation as far afield as Argentina and Klipper and family members teamed up with OSI in 2012 Israel. But the Champlain Valley remains at the top of the list. to launch the Klipper Family Fund for the Champlain Valley. “It’s personal,” Nat said. “It’s not just writing a check. All we’re This $1.7 million fund is dedicated to protecting land in and trying to do is make a difference in this beautiful landscape.” around the valley, placing equal value on the importance of both

Bruce & Joan MacFarlane Kenneth Posner Martha D. Schroeder Martha & David Tobias Michael Maduras Judith G. Pott Geraldine C. Schwartz Joyce Tomaselli Edward Maj Ellie Prakken Richard M. Schwartz Kyle Torok Patricia Majestic Sobon Elizabeth & Emerson Pugh Peter & Guthrie Schweitzer Joyce Toth Daniel M. Marazita Martin & Jeanne Puryear Erin Scott Gary Tressler Peter C. March Robert Quinlan Penny Scott & Franco Mueller George Tukel Claudia Marks Joanne Ramos William Seiz Susan Ulvestad Evan Marks Edwina & Allan Randall Joel & Joan Shaw Joanna Underwood Joseph & Kathleen Martens Lawrence & Marla Randall Steven J. Shaw Bernard van Maarseveen David & N. Neller McAlpin Meryl Ranzer Brian Sheehan Ralph Varano & Melinda Mirto Frederick McCandless Sharon & Arthur Raphael Robert Shulman Mark Varian Kevin McEvoy & Barbara Epstein William Rawlyk Robert & Christine Shwajlyk Maggie Vinciguerra John & Elinor McKenna, Jr. John & Leslie Reed Simon Sidamon-Eristoff Kelly Walker James Melius Robert A. Reed Barbara & David Sides George Ward Richard & Joan Meril Peter Regna Meryl Siegman & Ron Scapp Alexander Watson Mihaly Mezei Judy Reichler Alfred & Martha Sikes John Wayland & Jennifer Zarich Joseph & Lauren Miccio Ala Reid Laurie & Jeffrey Silberfeld Joni Wehrli & Michel Negroponte Matthew Miczek Laurence Reilly James Silbert & Elizabeth Horton Lewis Weinfeld Ralph Midiri J. Reilly Jerry Silverstein Stephen Weinstein Edward Miller Ted Reiss & Robi Josephson Thomas & Linda Simms John C. Weiser Sandra Miller George Reskakis Jane & Arthur Singer Anita Wetzel William Miller, Jr. Wayne Richter & Dorothy Sio Nathaniel & Eugenia Wheelwright Carol Monte Monica Raveret Richter Jeffrey Slade & Ruth Diem Christopher White Charles C. Morrison, Jr. John Riebesell Judith Spektor Daniel D. Wile Gene & Jeanne Mueller Carol S. Rietsma Paul & Susan Sprachman Edward Willett Natalie A. Naylor Roberta & C. Leonard Rinaldo Dorothy Stanley James & Elizabeth Williams Carmen Negron Chris & Deborah Rober Henry H. Stebbins Rose Williams Merlin & Janet Nelson Kris Rodriguez Joshua Stein Ross Williams Charles Neustein Thomas A. Romich Keith Stewart & Flavia Bacarella Thomas & Patricia Willis, Jr. Steven Nissen Judith & Stephen Rose Edward Esty Stowell, Jr. Laurie Willow Barry & Bess Nobel Lori & Mark Rosen David & Harriet Straus Claudine & Geoff Wilson Rose Nobel Paul Rosenberg Anthony & Diane Stropoli Penelope P. Wilson Jeff & Andrea Noel Carol Rosenfeld Joseph Stuart Jay Winslow & Margaret Panciera Mary Jo Nutt Irwin Rosenthal John Summerlin, Jr. Eric Wirth Vals Osborne & Michael & Suger Rowinski Gregg Swanzey & Emma Sears Wilbur L. Woods & Jose Moreho-Lacalle Mark Rubin Harry & Marjorie Sweet Deborah Freedman Christina Osburn & Paul O’Connor Paul A. Rubin Sallie & Wylie Sypher Margaret Jean Wort Peter O’Shea Mary & Rodney Runestad Orest Szul Linda Yang Norma Paltzer & Vivian Nierenberg Paul Russell Harriet & John Temps J. Philip Zand Governor & Mrs. George E. Pataki Johanna Ruter & Joan Hollister Rachel Theilheimer & Christopher R. Zellner Miriam Patton William & Gloria Sample Jonathan Beard Thomas Zoubek Robert T. Perry June Sanson JudyThomson Vicki Zubovic Henry W. Pfeiffer Barbara & Ronald Schade Elizabeth & Edward Thorndike Yvette Plotch Naomi Schechter Mary & Vance Thurston Michael E. Pomidoro Deborah Schoeneman Helen A. Thurston & John Losk

27 Open Space Institute Board of Trustees and Staff

Board of Trustees OSI Staff 2013–2014

John H. Adams, Chairman Bob Anderberg Elizabeth Carden Emily Offen Vice President and General Coordinator of Donor Relations External Affairs Associate Edward A. Ames Counsel Joe Holland Katie Petronis Carol Ash Mike Baden Controller Northern Land Program Susan Babcock Manager of Administration Peter Howell Director Douglas Bateson Susan Barbarisi Executive VP Conservation Jerry Polner Director of Administration Capital Program Accountant Peter A. Bienstock Kelly Beggs Gareth Jones Neke Randresihaja Elizabeth Borden GIS Analyst Campaign Associate Outdoors Manager Citizen Action Dale Bryk Jake Beinecke America Bill Rawlyk Gilman S. Burke Farm Project Analyst Neil Jordan Middle Atlantic Field Nate Berry Conservation Information Coordinator John Cahill Vice President Manager David Ray Stephen J. Clearman Tally Blumberg Erik Kulleseid Southeast Field Coordinator Senior Vice President & T. Jefferson Cunningham III Senior Vice President of Stuart Root Programs Executive Director Catskills Project Manager Holly Hegener Alliance for New York State Charlie Burgess Parks Linda Rosenthal J. Matthew Davidson Paralegal Northern NY Land Steward Eileen Larrabee Paul J. Elston Jean Chen Associate Director Jeff Simms John L. Ernst Associate Counsel Alliance for New York State Communications Coordinator Parks Joshua Ginsberg May May Cheng Lesley Kane Szynal Accounting & HR Associate Christopher Mahoney Director Outdoors America Jeremy Guth Samayla Deutch Land Program Associate Brian Tait Samuel Huber VP & Associate General Paul McRae Southern NY Land Steward Samuel W. Lambert III Counsel Junior Accountant Yasemin Unal-Rodriguez Brenda Dicintio Jennifer Melville Program Associate Yuki Moore Laurenti Albany Office Manager Vice President Conservation Conservation Capital & Valerie Anne Mars, Honorary Trustee Kim Elliman Grants and Loans Research Barnabas McHenry President & Chief Executive Gillian Mollod Jessica Watson Officer GIS Specialist Operations Associate Caroline Niemczyk Jennifer Garofalini Citizen Action and Education LoriJeane Moody Manager Katherine O. Roberts Director of Stewardship Director of Development Hume R. Steyer Alice Gleason Abigail Weinberg Susan Morningstar Director of Research Senior VP for Finance/CFO External Affairs Manager Patricia F. Sullivan Tom Gravel Terrence Nolan Land Project Manager Senior VP Conservation Transactions above: photo: Amanda Gentile

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