Openspacenews Preserving Land and Protecting Farmland in Orange County

Autumn 2012 and 2011 Annual Report

Non Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE Orange County Land Trust PAID Orange County Land Trust Permit #8604 The Mills House 10 Mulberry Street NEWBURGH, NY Middletown, NY 10940 OpenSpaceNews Preserving Land and Protecting Farmland in Orange County

The mission of the Orange County Land Trust is to preserve the ﬁelds, forests, wetlands, ridgelines and river corridors in and around Orange County through voluntary land conservation for the beneﬁt of people Land Protection News Partnerships Conserve Nearly 675 Acres in Orange County 2 Warwick Farms, 435-acres along Shawangunk Ridge, Delaware Access Protected

Open Space Institute, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference and Shawangunk Ridge from Kingston, NY to the New Jersey border to Orange County Land Trust recently partnered to acquire and provide a corridor for wildlife and migrating raptors, and allow a protect 435 acres of forested and hilly land on the southern recreational trail to run the entire length of the ridge. This latest Shawangunk Ridge, north of Route 84. The parcel, known as the protected parcel connects over 40,000 acres of permanently Ridgeview property, is located in the towns of Deerpark and protected land in the northern Shawangunks with more than Greenville, and contains four scenic lakes. It will ultimately be 105,000 acres of conservation land on the Kittatinny Ridge. conveyed to the New York Department of Environmental Con- servation as a strategic addition to the 1,500-acre Huckleberry “We are delighted to be part of this important conservation effort Ridge State Forest. with OSI and NY-NJ Trail Conference”, said Jim Delaune, Executive Director of Orange County Land Trust. “Protecting important The three conservation partners have been working to create a ecosystems and wildlife habitat found along this ridge will provide protected corridor of land along the 50-mile stretch of the lasting benefits for the people of Orange County. continues page 2

One of four lakes found on the Ridgeview Property, 435 acres along the Shawangunk Ridge in Greenville and Deerpark, protected for its scenic and recreational value by a partnership between Open Space Institute, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference and Orange County Land Trust. The land will be added to the nearly 1,500-acre Huckleberry Ridge State Forest, and part of a 50-mile intercon- nected trail system from Kingston, NY to High Point, NJ.

Board of Directors Advisory Council Marlena Lange, President Dr. Douglas F. McBride, Chairman Howard Protter, Esq., Vice President Pamela F. Breeman Stuart Turner, FAICP, 2nd Vice President Christopher Davis William Brown, Treasurer F. Edward Devitt Lester Lain, Secretary Paul Dolan Mary Yrizarry, Immediate Past President Richard W. Hull, PhD Elmire L. Conklin Joseph "Bud" Kassel David A. Getz, PE Louis V. Mills, Founder Jo Marvel Hull James H. Ottaway, Jr. Lucy Joyce David L. Rider, Esq. Douglas S. Land Klara Sauer Jacques Levine Maggie Smith Bruce Lott Sandra van Heerden Andy McLaughlin, PhD Brian Varley, CPA Andrew Mills Jean Wort Arlene Nolan Deanna J. Prisco Dennis Smith copyright 2012 Orange County Land Trust Herbert Stein Mark Taylor, Esq. Newsletter Design by DevineDesign.com Francis Wickham Printed on recycled paper page 12 BOARD & ADVISORY COUNCIL BOARD & ADVISORY Letter from the Executive Director: Land Protection News Over 4,500 acres protected …. continued from page 1 Land preservation, farmland protection OCLT Nature Preserves and open space planning and advocacy “We look forward to stewarding this amazing continue to be the focus of our work. We property,” he added “with its scenic beauty The Land Trust owns and manages ten nature preserves in Orange County totaling over 1,000 acres seven that are open to the applaud our landowners who voluntarily and natural wonders, until such time as the public free of charge for hiking, birding and other forms of passive recreation. choose to protect their land from develop- land can be transferred and permanently ment by making a personal commitment to protected by the New York Department of These preserves vary in size and physical characteristics from the steep and forested 255-acre Fuller Mountain Preserve, in Warwick, conservation that benefits all of us in Orange Environmental Conservation.” to the 150-acre former farmland of Moonbeams Preserve in the Town of Wallkill, to the 30-acre Roy Preserve in Warwick, accessible County and will continue to do so for only by water. Two preserves are actively farmed, and one remains a protected wildlife habitat, inaccessible to the public. generations. This commitment allows farmland to remain in production, protects Orange County Land Trust also worked with important wildlife habitat and waterways, OSI and the Town of Warwick this year, and preserves our scenic landscapes, adding protecting two working farms in the town, real economic value to our communities. totaling 217 acres. The Land Trust holds third A Commitment to Conservation through Partnerships, Planning As we enter our 20th year, we are proud of party rights of enforcement on the two and Advocacy our accomplishments and excited about farms, and is responsible for ensuring that Dear Friends and Neighbors, the future. Many thanks for your continued the terms of each conservation easement- a support and by doing so, you make your legal agreement between the town, OSI and As we look back on our accomplishments own personal commitment to conservation. each landowner- are upheld in perpetuity. of the past year, we cannot ignore the We hope to see you this fall, and next year, as we celebrate 20 years of land protection, important role partnerships have played in Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand with festivities throughout 2013. our success. Working with Open Space announced recently that Orange County will Institute, New York New Jersey Trail For the Land, receive a federal grant for the purchase of Conference, the Town of Warwick and 17 acres along the Delaware River in Orange County Office of the Executive and Sparrowbush as an access point for river Planning Department, and others, the Land James Delaune, rescues and recreation. The protection of Trust has helped protect nearly 700 acres of Executive Director this land was initiated by the OCLT several land in 2012, with several hundred more years ago, opening a dialogue with the land currently in the negotiation process. owner and introducing various county, state Douglas Land of Cornwall Joins OCLT Board of Directors and national partners that would help in the protection of this important piece of land. Douglas S. Land of Cornwall on Hudson has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Orange County Land Trust; it was announced recently. Mr. Land is a long time proponent of land preservation Orange County Land Trust has helped and farmland protection in Orange County. He has been protect over 4,500 acres of land, a member of the Board of Directors of the Hudson High- lands Land Trust since 2009, and as a board member of the including twelve working farms, since Orange County Land Trust, will bring many years experi- its formation in 1993. The Land Trust ence in land protection, particularly in the areas of owns and manages ten nature preserves fundraising and development, and conservation finance. in Orange County, seven which are open A financial and economic consultant since 1981, Mr. Land is Founder and Managing to the public for passive recreation and Director of The Chesapeake Group, an investment and merchant banking firm in New York nature study and on which guided hikes City and Bangalore, India. Mr. Land holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. and M.A. in and educational events are held for the International Relations from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. public. Two preserves remain active In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Region Anti- agricultural land, and are currently Defamation League and served on the Advisory Committee for the Cornwall Master Plan. Mr. Land lives in Cornwall-on-Hudson with his partner, Lynn Peebles. He enjoys competing in leased to farmers for growing hay and regional and national triathlons and is an avid biker and runner. other crops.

page 2 page 11 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augello Mr. Robert Lake Jesse Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Field Land We Share Mr. and Mrs. William Badura Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lanuti Ms. Susan Taylor Frank's Pizzeria The was a Great Success! Ms. Rosemarie Baglia Ms. Phyllis Larkin TerraCycle, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Glendening Mr. and Mrs. George Banta Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lavanhar Mr. and Mrs. David Testa Grappa Ristorante Over $100,000 was raised at The Land We Share, Mr. and Mrs. John Baranowski Mr. and Mrs. Russ Layne The General's Garden Dr. and Mrs. James Hays our 2012 Annual Benefit Reception and Silent Ms. Margaret Barrack Ms. Shelley Leary The Healing Hill Garden Hoeffner Farms Auction celebrating the protection of our beautiful Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tonneson Ms. Heather Beebe Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hull lands and working farms in Orange County. More The Blons Ms. Charlene Lehn Ms. Lori Towne-Culver Mr. Robert Kennedy Ms. Christina Boonyam Ms. Marlen Long Mrs. Eileen Tyler La Petite Cuisine than 330 people came to Brotherhood Winery in Ms. Phyllis Briller Dr. Jane Lord Ms. Susan Weber Landmark Inn Washingtonville on June 8 to support the Land Mr. Thomas Brislin Ms. Ruth Luis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells Loughran’s Irish Pub and Restaurant Trust and to honor Cornell University Cooperative Ms. Leslie Brown Mr. Michael Maduras Ms. Rosemarie Werkman Madura Farms Extension Orange County, presented with the Ms. April Whitbeck Ms. Martha Brunelle Mr. and Mrs. Gary Malinowski Dr. and Mrs. Douglas McBride Orange County Land Trust 2012 Leadership Award Ms. Gail Buckland Ms. Ruth Manyin Ms. Jessica Wickham Mohonk Preserve, Inc for their work benefitting our farms, our lands, Ms. Donna Carvey Ms. Betty Marchulitis Ms. Patricia Ann Winship Nana's Southern Cooking Ms. Elizabeth Case Mr. and Mrs. Sam Markovits Mr. Ralph Wolckenhauer Nina Restaurant our communities and our children. Ms. Anna Castelonia Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Maroney * Denotes Louis V. Mills Multi-Year Pledge Society member Ms. Leslie Noble Ms. Harriett Clark Ms. Cynthia Martinez Mr. David Nolan The Land Trust was pleased that evening to fea- Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Clark Francis May FOUNDATION OR Mr. and Mrs. James Perillo ture on the menu the bounty of our local farms, ORGANIZATION Ms. Allison Stangeby Ms. Maureen Connaughton Ms. Betty McClung prepared under the direction of Chef Bruce Kazan Cosimo's on Union Mr. John McLaughlin Amelar Family Foundation Style Counsel Ms. Carol Cunningham Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Meislin Arts in Orange, Inc. Sugar Shack of Main Course Farm to Table Foods & Catering. Ms. Carla Decker Mrs. Jeanette Meola Christina and Robert Dow Foundation Mr. Tony Sylaj OCLT was equally delighted to host the Annual Ms. Regina Del Pizzo Ms. Gertrude Migel Community Foundation of Orange and Taco Hombre Benefit Reception at the historic and beautifully Mr. Stephen DellaVedova Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy Sullivan Counties The Dautaj Restaurant restored Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Derkacz Ms. Joan Nagrod Deedy and David Goldstick Foundation The Exposures Gallery Ms. Kelly Dobbins Mr. Michael Needleman Garden Club of Orange & Dutchess Counties The General's Garden The event was chaired by Pamela Breeman of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duffy Ms. Angelyn Nelson Glynwood Center Ms. Becky Vanderloop Mr. John Dunne Dr. Paula Neyman Greystone Foundation Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery Warwick who headed a committee of nearly 30 Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Durland Ms. Diana Noger Hudson Highlands Land Trust Mr. Joe Weuste volunteers. Ms. Harriet Earnest Northwestern Mutual James H. Ottaway Trust Ms. Jessica Wickham Land Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Ebert Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O'Dea Mr. Cory Wirthmann “Our choices for this year’s benefit reception in Mr. and Mrs. William Edsall Mary W. Harriman Foundation Ms. Krista Witterschein Ms. Kristen O'Dell who we honored, where we gathered and the Mr. and Mrs. David Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Olson Mount Saint Mary College Mr. and Mrs. John Yrizarry Ms. Patricia Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Onofry Orange County Bicycle Club Mr. Ryan Zygmont foods we served, represent who we are as an Ms. Cheryl Ferguson Ms. Jennifer O'shea Orange County Citizens Foundation organization,” said Marlena Lange, President of IN HONOR OF Mr. J. H. Field Mr. Ray Ostrom Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. the Board of Directors of Orange County Land Anonymous, In Honor of Ms. Joan Augello Mr. Stephen Fields Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Patton Sumner Gerard Foundation Trust. “We are delighted to have held this event at The Ganlee Fund Mr. and Mrs. William Fiero Ms. Karen Priester Ms. Maureen Connaughton, In Honor of historic Brotherhood Winery, an Orange County Mr. Henry Finch Ms. Carole Prieto The Wallkill River School Ms. Loretta Richner treasure, and to honor Cornell for the great Mr. and Mrs. William Finkle Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rea Tuxedo Performing Arts Group Deedy and David Goldstick Foundation and Mr. Roger Flaum Mr. Herbert Reilly impact they have had serving our communities for Mr. Alan Levine, In Honor of Mr. Jacques Levine Mr. and Mrs. Martin Flores Representing Artists GOVERNMENT ENTITIES generations, as well as to serve food from Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Brian Ford Mr. and Mrs. James Riley The Honorable Aileen Gunther Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hull, Valley farms.” Ms. Colleen Formisano Mr. Victor Robinson Orange County Government Center In Honor of Mrs. Robert McLean Mr. Frank Forthoffer Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ruckert Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District Town of Crawford Ms. Marlena Lange and Mr. Michael Needleman and Ms. About 90 businesses and individuals throughout Mr. Ronald Gee Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Salerno Laura Brightman, In Honor of Ms. Cathie Swyka Mr. and Mrs. Gary Genetti Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sardella Town of Warwick the county donated goods and services for the Ms. Karla Ginouves Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scanlan Ms. Sarah Peacock, In Honor of Mr. Louis V. Mills silent auction and for decorations, raffle and Mr. and Mrs. William Graziano Ms. Toby Schack IN-KIND awards. Mrs. Catherine Swyka, In Honor of Ms. Marlena Lange Ms. Teresa Gurdineer Ms. Erica Scher Ms. Frances Barmann Photo Top: Ms. Janet Haislip Ms. Louise Scher Mr. and Mrs. Barry Breeman Mr. William Brown and IN MEMORY OF Stuart Turner, Vice President of Orange County Land Trust, Harmony Farm Ms. Heleen Schiller In Memory Of: Mr. Bob Augello Ms. Barbara Felton at Lowland Farm presents Lucy Joyce, Executive Director of Cornell University Ms. Barbara Holtzman Mr. Arthur Schleich Anonymous The Honorable Al Buckbee Cooperative Extension Orange County with the 2012 Orange Ms. Anne Horsham Mr. Jeremy Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augello, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buckbee Mr. and Mrs. Martin Borko County Land Trust Leadership Award “for Cornell’s enduring Mr. and Mrs. David Horton Mr. John Schofield Charlotte's Tea Room Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dlugatz and sustaining impact on our county’s economy, education Ms. Judith Hraniotis Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schuerholz Chateau Hathorn Ms. Toby Schack and environment, and for their leadership in disaster relief, Ms. Joy Hubler Mr. and Mrs. Simon Sidamon-Eristoff Mr. and Mrs. David Church In Memory Of: Mr. Carl L. Helstrom environmental stewardship and youth development through Mr. William Humphreys Mr. and Mrs. Graham Skea Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Jennings Crystal Inn an award winning 4H program,” he said. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hums Mr. Herman Slovitsky In Memory Of: Mrs. Gertrude H. Miller, mother Mr. and Mrs. Jim Delaune Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Irlbacher Mr. Fred Smith Ms. Cornelia Miller DevineDesign.com Photo Center: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Isseks Snowhill Studios In Memory Of: Ms. Faye K. Deichler, sister Mr. Michael DiMartino Pamela Breeman of Warwick, Chair of The Land We Share Mr. and Mrs. Willie Janeway Mr. and Mrs. George Stradar Ms. Cornelia Miller Ms. Laurel Dodge reception, accepts thanks from OCLT Board Member Jo Marvel Mr. Charles Johnson Mr. Michael Strmiska In Memory Of: Ms. Margaret Moon Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dolan Mr. and Mrs. Rainey Taylor Hull, and OCLT Louis V. Mills Society Member Bonni Oswald. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Keating Mr. and Mrs. Florin Tanase Downing Park Planning Committee Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly Mr. Joseph Tarbell *These individuals, by making a 3-year pledge of Eddie's Roadhouse support to the Orange County Land Trust, Photo Lower: Mr. Richard Kelly and Family Mr. and Mrs. James Tarvin are members of the Louis V. Mills Society Chris Lewis (left) chats with Elizabeth and R.J. Smith outdoors under the tent at Brotherhood Winery. page 10 page 3 Thanks to our land patrons and business sponsors of OCLT Thank you 2011 Members and Supporters! Together, we can help ensure Orange County remains a beautiful, healthy, environmentally The Land We Share: Orange County Land Trust Staff Directory The Mills House 10 Mulberry Street Joan Augello Douglas and Nancy McBride Middletown, NY 10940 sustainable and economically vibrant place to live and work. Phebe and George Banta Andrew and Deborah Mills James Delaune, Executive Director LAND CHAMPION Mr. and Mrs. David Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Martin Borko Ms. Tanya Laurer Frances Barmann Dr. Lou Mills, Jr. Mr. Richard Botshon Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Lewis (845) 343-0840 x 17 [email protected] Mr. and Mrs. Barry Breeman Mr. and Mrs. John Oberg Bellvale Farms Mount Saint Mary College Mr. William Brown and Ms. Barbara Felton* Orange County Trust Company Mr. John Botti Mrs. Dagmar Lewis Bertolini & Co. Susan D. Najork Ms. Elmire Conklin* Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osborn Dr. Charles Brown Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lezak Caroline Hamling, Development Director Mr. and Mrs. David DeWilde* Bon Secours Charity Health System Mr. and Mrs. Howard Protter* Mr. Dominick Capone Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay, III New Horizons Asset Management Group (845) 343-0840 x14 [email protected] Ms. Sandra van Heerden* Rider, Weiner & Frankel, P.C. Mr. David Clearwater Ms. Margaret Lishnoff Pamela and Barry Breeman John and Josephine Oberg Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Simet Mr. and Mrs. William Connelly Loughran's William Brown and Barbara Felton BENEFACTOR Ann and Fred Osborn III Sarah Hutton, Office Manager Mr. and Mrs. William Steidle Cosimo's Brick Oven of Wallkill Ms. Maureen Love First Federal Savings of Middletown Robert and Lili-Elyn Coiro Bonni Oswald (845) 343-0840 x10 [email protected] Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Turner* Cosimo's Brick Oven Pizza-Woodbury Ms. Barbara Lubasch Mr. and Mrs. James Goodfellow Elmire L. Conklin and Family James H. Ottaway, Jr. Turner Miller Group Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Damiani MacVean, Lewis, Sherwin Ms. Marlena Lange* James and Sophie Delaune Mr. Jurgen Wekerle DeBuck's Sod Farm & McDermott, P.C. Howard and Debbie Protter Chris Kenyon, Director of Conservation and Mr. Jacques Levine Ms. Jean Wort Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Decker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maloney David and Caroline DeWilde Allison and Bill Rabsey Stewardship DeGraw & DeHaan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mangiaracina Disney Worldwide Outreach LEADER Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. (845) 343-0840 x16 [email protected] STEWARD Mr. and Mrs. Jim Delaune* Ms. Rochelle Marshall Mr. Charles Augello Paul and JoAnn Dolan RJ Smith Realty Mr. Peter Augello Mr. and Mrs. James Delaune* Mr. Keith Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Field* Elizabeth Ferris Richard W. Hoyt, Esq. Ms. Lynn Barber* Dr. Laura Derevensky Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Martucci Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ford Andrew and Jenna Field Ms. Frances Barmann Ms. Sandy Derevnuk Mr. and Mrs. A. Cushman May Jeff and Julia Simet Mr. Thomas Gilmore Fall/Winter Events Blackburne Development, LLC Mr. F. Edward Devitt Mr. and Mrs. John Mayo First Federal Savings of Middletown Hon. Houston Stebbins and Ms. Dena M. Steele Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP Mr. Robert Bose Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dolfini Mr. and Rev. James McWhorter Thomas R. Gilmore Keith's Farm Philip and Denise Tavani For more info, please visit our website at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buckbee Mr. and Mrs. John Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Michael Medley Mr. Lester Lain* David and Catherine Glaser The Chesapeake Group~ www.oclt.org/calendar.htm or call us at 343-0840, x12 Mr. and Mrs. David Church Ms. Barbara Doty Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Merksamer Ms. Carol Levine Jim and Susan Goodfellow Investment and Merchant Banking Cornerstone Environmental Group Mrs. Clare Earl Ms Susan Meyer Mr. Alan Levine Shirley Gordon The Ralph E. Ogden Foundation Mr. Michael DiMartino Mr. and Mrs. William Earnest Ms. Cornelia Miller Saturday, Sept 29, 9-12 noon: National Public Lands Dr. and Mrs. Douglas McBride* The Valley Table Magazine Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dlugatz Mr. and Mrs. Ford Elliott Dr. Louis Mills Caroline and David Hamling Day! Help plant trees at Bashakill Preserve. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Minkus Farm Credit East, ACA Mr. William Ellison Mr. William Mincey Hill-N-Dale Abstracters, Inc. Turner Miller Group Ms. Susan Najork* Ms. Dorothy Fein Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Emmerich Ms. Gertrude Mokotoff Hometown Bank of the Hudson Valley Ruth and Stuart Turner Mr. and Mrs. Carman Prisco* Month of September: OCLT Membership Drive- Join Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Goldstein Ms. Anne Eristoff Ms. Ann Muller Provident Bank Geoffrey and Carol Howard Valuation Consultants Inc. Mrs. Shirley Gordon Mr. Mike Ewanciw Mr. George Muser or renew your membership and receive a free OCLT Mr. and Mrs. William Rabsey Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP Sandra I. van Heerden Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamling Mr. and Mrs. Francis Fitzpatrick Newhards, The Home Source tote. www.oclt.org Mr. and Mrs. Peter Regna* Warwick Tomatoes Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Howard Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ford Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Herron Lucy Joyce and Chris Lewis Roe's Orchards Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krogslund Ms. Linda Francis Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Page Lester Lain Jurgen Wekerle Mrs. Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Wed, October 17, 6:30 pm: Dr Cory Harris of SUNY Ms. Pamela LaLonde Mr. Eric Furst The Honorable Thomas Pahucki Francis and Patricia Wickham Mr. Houston Stebbins and Ms. Dena M. Steele Douglas S. Land and Lynn Peebles Orange will discuss archeological findings at Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Linguanti Mr. Patrick Gallagher Painter's Tavern Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stein* Marlena Lange Jessica Wickham Mountain Preserve. Albert Wisner Public Library, Mr. and Mrs. L. Bruce Lott Mrs. Jane Gareiss Ms. Marie Pulvirent Mr. Mark Taylor* Jacques Levine William Raveis Baer & McIntosh Mr. and Mrs. John MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ridley Warwick. The Exposures Gallery John and Mary Yrizarry Masterwork Home Mrs. Mary Gilchrist Rock and Snow Lewis Sign Company Mr. Guy Tudor* Dr. and Mrs. James McClung* Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gladding Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio Dr. Jane Lord Zircar Refractory Composites, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wickham November, TBD: Sacha Spector of Scenic Hudson Dr. and Mrs. David McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gmelch Ms. Joan Roth Lowland Farm Mr. and Mrs. John Yrizarry* will discuss climate change. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McLaughlin Ms. Mary Graetzer Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rubin Join us next year as we celebrate our 20th Anniversary Mr. Rob McQuilkin Graphic Photos Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Scali CONSERVATOR protecting Orange County’s natural and agricultural heritage. Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Mr. Ralph Grimaldi Ms. Susan Scher Ms. Joan Augello Mr. and Mrs. Stephen O'Donnell Mr. and Mrs. David Haldeman Mr. Sidney Shapiro Berson & Corrado LLP Ms. Bonni Oswald* Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hanlon Mr. and Mrs. Anatoly Shevchuk Volunteer Spotlight Ms. Catherine Bookey Otisville Grange #1020 Mr. and Mrs. Atilla Hasnay Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shute Mr. Michael Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hinshalwood Ms. Dolores Simon Pamela Breeman of Warwick with husband, Barry Ms. Sarah Peacock Crist Bros. Orchards, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Horn Soons Orchards and children, Walter and Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Skye Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Davis Sloan Publishers, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hromadka Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Sumner Mr. John Gebhards* Mr. and Mrs. Norman Smith Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Mr. Michael Sussman "I volunteer for my children. Whether it's the Dr. and Mrs. Michael Gilman Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Smith* Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Jennings Dr. Lucy Swift farm that we are lucky enough to live next to, Ms. Heather Hallack Mr. and Mrs. Rainey Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Freeborn Jewett Mrs. Catherine Swyka or a wildlife preserve or a community garden Mr. and Mrs. David Hamling Valuation Consultants, Inc. Ms. Lucy Joyce and Mr. Christian Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Philip Tavani Dr. and Mrs. James Hays* Ms. Celeste Van Fleet Mr. and Mrs. Charles Judelson Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tenney project, I want my children to enjoy the Hoeffner Farms Warwick Conservancy, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Karlin The Valley Table, Inc. natural beauty and bounty of the land in Hometown Bank of the Hudson Valley Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Kirby Tool Factory Outlet Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoyt Orange County their entire lives, and their Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Ms. Sandra Kissam Verticon Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hull Mr. and Mrs. Irving Zuckerman Mr. and Mrs. James Knox WVT Company children's too. I also volunteer because I Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kassel Mr. Stanley Kocot Mr. Daniel Yanosh LAND PROTECTOR want my children to see how important Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lain* Mr. and Mrs. Alex Kocot Mr. Eric Levine Drs. Ajit and Liza Antony Mr. John Kolp FRIEND volunteerism is to me, with the hope that they, Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Austel Mainframe Custom Framing Gallery LAN Associates Ms. Candace Ahrenholz Honorable Jeffrey Berkman too, will grow into active, adult volunteers." Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCann Dale Lander Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson Ms. Mary Bingham Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mills Mr. and Mrs. Peter Larkin Ms. Patty Antonetti Ms. Susan Blakeney Pamela Breeman, Chair, The Land We Share, Mr. and Mrs. John Morrison Mr. George Laurence Mr. and Mrs. David Applebaum OCLT 2012 Annual Benefit Reception page 4 page 9 Orange County Land Trust 2011 Income and Expenses Ways to Give to the Orange County Land Trust 2011 Annual Report Donations from the Community: . .$176,973.00 County Funding: ...... $86,522.00 Your planned gift can make a lasting difference in our communities for generations to come. Committed to Conservation through Partnerships, Grants: ...... $30,000.00 Interest and Dividends: ...... $34,000.00 You can help us protect our natural areas and working farms by: Planning and Advocacy Total Income 2011: ...... $327,495.00

When Orange County Land Trust was formed nearly 20 years ago, the focus was to save Becoming a member of the Orange County important individual parcels of land in the face of increasing development pressure, Land Trust for as little as $50 a year lands with scenic beauty, biodiversity, or historical significance. Using this model, the Donating to our Annual Year End Appeal OCLT has helped protect nearly 4,000 acres of land. Beginning in 2011, the Land Trust incorporated a new approach to land preservation, taking a more holistic direction that Making a convenient monthly pledge has carried us far into 2012 and the protection of an additional 700 acres of land, working Joining the Louis V. Mills Society, a 3-year pledge in cooperation with private and public partners. This holistic approach considers entire club to support the operations of the OCLT ecosystems, not just individual pieces of land, and involves the identification of key parcels that interconnect with other conserved lands. Creating a network of linked, Attending fundraisers, such as our Donations from Annual Benefit Reception conserved open lands helps protect our vital natural resources, creates variation in theDonations Community: from Community54% wildlife habitat for genetic differentiation within species, and protects our agricultural County Funding: 26% County Fuding Contributing to an OCLT endowment fund economy, rural character and scenic beauty. The Land Trust’s connectivity and landscape managed by the Community Foundation scale land protection efforts involve the compilation and analysis of data, GIS mapping Grants:Grants 9% Seated left to right, is Stuart Turner, elected 2nd Vice President, and Marlena Lange, President. Standing, left to right, of Orange and Sullivan is Lester Lain, Secretary and William Brown, Treasurer. Missing is Howard Protter, Esq., Vice President of the OCLT. and viewshed analysis. It involves the creation of strong partnerships as well with Interest and Dividends:Interest and 10% Dividends OCLT Elects New Board Officers Establishing an endowment fund for as likeminded conservation organizations and strong support from our communities. little as $5,000 with the Community Marlena Lange of Middletown has been elected President of the Orange County Land Trust, Foundation of Orange and Sullivan In 2011, as in past years, a majority of our funding came from donations from people and it was announced recently by Mary Yrizarry, who served as Land Trust President since 2010. businesses in our communities. The Land Trust works to keep management and Ms. Lange has a long and active history with the Orange County Land Trust. First elected Arranging a planned gift to the OCLT to the Land Trust Board of Directors in 2004, she has served on numerous committees such as a bequest of funds or lands administration costs low, with the majority of funds going towards land protection 2011 Operating Expenses including the Trust’s Land Protection Committee, of which she served as chair for two years, and the stewardship of our conserved lands. As we enter our 20th year protecting the Land Protection and Conservation:.. $191,191.46 and its Stewardship Committee, which she has chaired for the past seven years. Prior to natural and agricultural heritage of Orange County, we hope you will continue to Management and Support: ...... $97,146.86 her election as president, she served for two years as 1st vice president. Ms. Lange is a New Endowment Fund Development: ...... $70,927.29 retired high school English teacher with the Chester School District. She is a member of the support our efforts and make your own personal commitment to conservation. Total Expenses 2011: ...... $359,265.61 Board of Directors of Middletown Thrall Library for which she has served as President, and Provides Grants to Help Thank you. a board member of Friends of Middletown Thrall Library and Local Orange County Chapter Farmers Protect, Buy Land 363 Amnesty International. A new endowment fund to help farmers At its Annual Meeting, Orange County Land Trust’s Board of Directors also elected Howard with the costs associated with preserving Protter, Esq. of Cornwall as 1st Vice President and Stuart Turner, FAICP of Tuxedo, 2nd Vice their land, and to assist in the acquisition of In 2011, your donations helped the President. Lester Lain of the Town of Minisink was re-elected Secretary and William Brown farmland for young farmers, has been Orange County Land Trust: of Warwick will serve as Treasurer. All were elected to two year terms. created with the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan Counties. • Coordinate private and public partnerships to protect nearly 120 acres of farmland in Warwick Become a Member during our Fall Membership Drive! Betsy Ferris established The Roger Ferris • Continue the expansion of urban community gardens in Middletown, Port Jervis, Newburgh Agricultural Fund to honor the memory of Your continued support will help us achieve these important land • Negotiate the protection of hundreds of acres of working farmland in Cornwall, Town of her husband, a longtime land surveyor who protection initiatives, now in progress: worked with the agricultural community in Newburgh and Warwick Orange County. Grants from this fund will • Explore the protection of hundreds of acres of scenic lands, recreational lands and wildlife Highlands Connectivity Initiative: Hundreds of acres of land in Cornwall, be provided to cover the costs of surveys necessary in the placement of conservation habitat in Pine Bush, Deerpark and Sparrowbush Mountainville and Salisbury Mills, in partnership with Palisades Interstate Parks easements for farmers or landowners in LandProgram Protection Services and Conservation: 53% Commission, NYS DEC, US Military Academy at West Point, Open Space Institute, need of assistance. In addition, the Roger • Advocate for the restoration of New York State’s Environmental Protection Fund to aid Storm King Art Center, Black Rock Forest Consortium and Hudson Highlands Land farmland protection Ferris Agricultural Fund will also provide a ManagementManagement and and Support: Support 27% Trust, to enhance long-term ecological connectivity in southern New York State dedicated funding source for a variety of • Continue to plan for a Universal Access Rail Trail in Orange County and ensure a quality buffer wildlife habitat. agricultural education and leadership Development:Development 20% programs, with a focus on issues of • Maintain and improve public access to our ten nature preserves totaling 1,106 acres Meadows and Wetlands along the Heritage Trail in Chester and Blooming Grove: sustainable farming. 187 acres proposed for a nature preserve accessible from the rail trail. • Steward the conservation easements we hold on nearly 2,600 acres of private land For more information, visit Fort Montgomery Marina: 8 acres on the Hudson River for public access. www.FerrisAgFund.org. page 8 page 5 Thanks to our land patrons and business sponsors of OCLT Thank you 2011 Members and Supporters! Together, we can help ensure Orange County remains a beautiful, healthy, environmentally The Land We Share: Orange County Land Trust Staff Directory The Mills House 10 Mulberry Street Joan Augello Douglas and Nancy McBride Middletown, NY 10940 sustainable and economically vibrant place to live and work. Phebe and George Banta Andrew and Deborah Mills James Delaune, Executive Director LAND CHAMPION Mr. and Mrs. David Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Martin Borko Ms. Tanya Laurer Frances Barmann Dr. Lou Mills, Jr. Mr. Richard Botshon Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Lewis (845) 343-0840 x 17 [email protected] Mr. and Mrs. Barry Breeman Mr. and Mrs. John Oberg Bellvale Farms Mount Saint Mary College Mr. William Brown and Ms. Barbara Felton* Orange County Trust Company Mr. John Botti Mrs. Dagmar Lewis Bertolini & Co. Susan D. Najork Ms. Elmire Conklin* Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osborn Dr. Charles Brown Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lezak Caroline Hamling, Development Director Mr. and Mrs. David DeWilde* Bon Secours Charity Health System Mr. and Mrs. Howard Protter* Mr. Dominick Capone Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay, III New Horizons Asset Management Group (845) 343-0840 x14 [email protected] Ms. Sandra van Heerden* Rider, Weiner & Frankel, P.C. Mr. David Clearwater Ms. Margaret Lishnoff Pamela and Barry Breeman John and Josephine Oberg Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Simet Mr. and Mrs. William Connelly Loughran's William Brown and Barbara Felton BENEFACTOR Ann and Fred Osborn III Sarah Hutton, Office Manager Mr. and Mrs. William Steidle Cosimo's Brick Oven of Wallkill Ms. Maureen Love First Federal Savings of Middletown Robert and Lili-Elyn Coiro Bonni Oswald (845) 343-0840 x10 [email protected] Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Turner* Cosimo's Brick Oven Pizza-Woodbury Ms. Barbara Lubasch Mr. and Mrs. James Goodfellow Elmire L. Conklin and Family James H. Ottaway, Jr. Turner Miller Group Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Damiani MacVean, Lewis, Sherwin Ms. Marlena Lange* James and Sophie Delaune Mr. Jurgen Wekerle DeBuck's Sod Farm & McDermott, P.C. Howard and Debbie Protter Chris Kenyon, Director of Conservation and Mr. Jacques Levine Ms. Jean Wort Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Decker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maloney David and Caroline DeWilde Allison and Bill Rabsey Stewardship DeGraw & DeHaan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mangiaracina Disney Worldwide Outreach LEADER Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. (845) 343-0840 x16 [email protected] STEWARD Mr. and Mrs. Jim Delaune* Ms. Rochelle Marshall Mr. Charles Augello Paul and JoAnn Dolan RJ Smith Realty Mr. Peter Augello Mr. and Mrs. James Delaune* Mr. Keith Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Field* Elizabeth Ferris Richard W. Hoyt, Esq. Ms. Lynn Barber* Dr. Laura Derevensky Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Martucci Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ford Andrew and Jenna Field Ms. Frances Barmann Ms. Sandy Derevnuk Mr. and Mrs. A. Cushman May Jeff and Julia Simet Mr. Thomas Gilmore Fall/Winter Events Blackburne Development, LLC Mr. F. Edward Devitt Mr. and Mrs. John Mayo First Federal Savings of Middletown Hon. Houston Stebbins and Ms. Dena M. Steele Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP Mr. Robert Bose Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dolfini Mr. and Rev. James McWhorter Thomas R. Gilmore Keith's Farm Philip and Denise Tavani For more info, please visit our website at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buckbee Mr. and Mrs. John Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Michael Medley Mr. Lester Lain* David and Catherine Glaser The Chesapeake Group~ www.oclt.org/calendar.htm or call us at 343-0840, x12 Mr. and Mrs. David Church Ms. Barbara Doty Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Merksamer Ms. Carol Levine Jim and Susan Goodfellow Investment and Merchant Banking Cornerstone Environmental Group Mrs. Clare Earl Ms Susan Meyer Mr. Alan Levine Shirley Gordon The Ralph E. Ogden Foundation Mr. Michael DiMartino Mr. and Mrs. William Earnest Ms. Cornelia Miller Saturday, Sept 29, 9-12 noon: National Public Lands Dr. and Mrs. Douglas McBride* The Valley Table Magazine Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dlugatz Mr. and Mrs. Ford Elliott Dr. Louis Mills Caroline and David Hamling Day! Help plant trees at Bashakill Preserve. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Minkus Farm Credit East, ACA Mr. William Ellison Mr. William Mincey Hill-N-Dale Abstracters, Inc. Turner Miller Group Ms. Susan Najork* Ms. Dorothy Fein Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Emmerich Ms. Gertrude Mokotoff Hometown Bank of the Hudson Valley Ruth and Stuart Turner Mr. and Mrs. Carman Prisco* Month of September: OCLT Membership Drive- Join Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Goldstein Ms. Anne Eristoff Ms. Ann Muller Provident Bank Geoffrey and Carol Howard Valuation Consultants Inc. Mrs. Shirley Gordon Mr. Mike Ewanciw Mr. George Muser or renew your membership and receive a free OCLT Mr. and Mrs. William Rabsey Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP Sandra I. van Heerden Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamling Mr. and Mrs. Francis Fitzpatrick Newhards, The Home Source tote. www.oclt.org Mr. and Mrs. Peter Regna* Warwick Tomatoes Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Howard Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ford Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Herron Lucy Joyce and Chris Lewis Roe's Orchards Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krogslund Ms. Linda Francis Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Page Lester Lain Jurgen Wekerle Mrs. Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Wed, October 17, 6:30 pm: Dr Cory Harris of SUNY Ms. Pamela LaLonde Mr. Eric Furst The Honorable Thomas Pahucki Francis and Patricia Wickham Mr. Houston Stebbins and Ms. Dena M. Steele Douglas S. Land and Lynn Peebles Orange will discuss archeological findings at Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Linguanti Mr. Patrick Gallagher Painter's Tavern Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stein* Marlena Lange Jessica Wickham Mountain Preserve. Albert Wisner Public Library, Mr. and Mrs. L. Bruce Lott Mrs. Jane Gareiss Ms. Marie Pulvirent Mr. Mark Taylor* Jacques Levine William Raveis Baer & McIntosh Mr. and Mrs. John MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ridley Warwick. The Exposures Gallery John and Mary Yrizarry Masterwork Home Mrs. Mary Gilchrist Rock and Snow Lewis Sign Company Mr. Guy Tudor* Dr. and Mrs. James McClung* Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gladding Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio Dr. Jane Lord Zircar Refractory Composites, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wickham November, TBD: Sacha Spector of Scenic Hudson Dr. and Mrs. David McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gmelch Ms. Joan Roth Lowland Farm Mr. and Mrs. John Yrizarry* will discuss climate change. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McLaughlin Ms. Mary Graetzer Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rubin Join us next year as we celebrate our 20th Anniversary Mr. Rob McQuilkin Graphic Photos Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Scali CONSERVATOR protecting Orange County’s natural and agricultural heritage. Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Mr. Ralph Grimaldi Ms. Susan Scher Ms. Joan Augello Mr. and Mrs. Stephen O'Donnell Mr. and Mrs. David Haldeman Mr. Sidney Shapiro Berson & Corrado LLP Ms. Bonni Oswald* Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hanlon Mr. and Mrs. Anatoly Shevchuk Volunteer Spotlight Ms. Catherine Bookey Otisville Grange #1020 Mr. and Mrs. Atilla Hasnay Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shute Mr. Michael Chambers Ms. Sarah Peacock Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hinshalwood Ms. Dolores Simon Pamela Breeman of Warwick with husband, Barry Crist Bros. Orchards, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Skye Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Horn Soons Orchards and children, Walter and Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Davis Sloan Publishers, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hromadka Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Sumner Mr. John Gebhards* Mr. and Mrs. Norman Smith Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Mr. Michael Sussman "I volunteer for my children. Whether it's the Dr. and Mrs. Michael Gilman Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Smith* Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Jennings Dr. Lucy Swift farm that we are lucky enough to live next to, Ms. Heather Hallack Mr. and Mrs. Rainey Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Freeborn Jewett Mrs. Catherine Swyka Mr. and Mrs. David Hamling or a wildlife preserve or a community garden Valuation Consultants, Inc. Ms. Lucy Joyce and Mr. Christian Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Philip Tavani Dr. and Mrs. James Hays* Ms. Celeste Van Fleet Mr. and Mrs. Charles Judelson Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tenney project, I want my children to enjoy the nat- Hoeffner Farms Warwick Conservancy, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Karlin The Valley Table, Inc. ural beauty and bounty of the land in Orange Hometown Bank of the Hudson Valley Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Kirby Tool Factory Outlet Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoyt Ms. Sandra Kissam County their entire lives, and their children's Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Verticon Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hull Mr. and Mrs. Irving Zuckerman Mr. and Mrs. James Knox WVT Company too. I also volunteer because I want my Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kassel Mr. Stanley Kocot Mr. Daniel Yanosh LAND PROTECTOR children to see how important volunteerism is Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lain* Mr. and Mrs. Alex Kocot Mr. Eric Levine Drs. Ajit and Liza Antony Mr. John Kolp FRIEND to me, with the hope that they, too, will Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Austel Mainframe Custom Framing Gallery LAN Associates Ms. Candace Ahrenholz Honorable Jeffrey Berkman grow into active, adult volunteers." Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCann Dale Lander Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson Ms. Mary Bingham Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mills Mr. and Mrs. Peter Larkin Ms. Patty Antonetti Ms. Susan Blakeney Pamela Breeman, Chair, The Land We Share, Mr. and Mrs. John Morrison Mr. George Laurence Mr. and Mrs. David Applebaum page 4 OCLT 2012 Annual Benefit Reception page 9 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augello Mr. Robert Lake Jesse Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Field Land We Share Mr. and Mrs. William Badura Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lanuti Ms. Susan Taylor Frank's Pizzeria The was a Great Success! Ms. Rosemarie Baglia Ms. Phyllis Larkin TerraCycle, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Glendening Mr. and Mrs. George Banta Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lavanhar Mr. and Mrs. David Testa Grappa Ristorante Over $100,000 was raised at The Land We Share, Mr. and Mrs. John Baranowski Mr. and Mrs. Russ Layne The General's Garden Dr. and Mrs. James Hays our 2012 Annual Benefit Reception and Silent Ms. Margaret Barrack Ms. Shelley Leary The Healing Hill Garden Hoeffner Farms Auction celebrating the protection of our beautiful Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tonneson Ms. Heather Beebe Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hull lands and working farms in Orange County. More The Blons Ms. Charlene Lehn Ms. Lori Towne-Culver Mr. Robert Kennedy Ms. Christina Boonyam Ms. Marlen Long Mrs. Eileen Tyler La Petite Cuisine than 330 people came to Brotherhood Winery in Ms. Phyllis Briller Dr. Jane Lord Ms. Susan Weber Landmark Inn Washingtonville on June 8 to support the Land Mr. Thomas Brislin Ms. Ruth Luis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells Loughran’s Irish Pub and Restaurant Trust and to honor Cornell University Cooperative Ms. Leslie Brown Mr. Michael Maduras Ms. Rosemarie Werkman Madura Farms Extension Orange County, presented with the Ms. April Whitbeck Ms. Martha Brunelle Mr. and Mrs. Gary Malinowski Dr. and Mrs. Douglas McBride Orange County Land Trust 2012 Leadership Award Ms. Gail Buckland Ms. Ruth Manyin Ms. Jessica Wickham Mohonk Preserve, Inc for their work benefitting our farms, our lands, Ms. Donna Carvey Ms. Betty Marchulitis Ms. Patricia Ann Winship Nana's Southern Cooking Ms. Elizabeth Case Mr. and Mrs. Sam Markovits Mr. Ralph Wolckenhauer Nina Restaurant our communities and our children. Ms. Anna Castelonia Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Maroney * Denotes Louis V. Mills Multi-Year Pledge Society member Ms. Leslie Noble Ms. Harriett Clark Ms. Cynthia Martinez Mr. David Nolan The Land Trust was pleased that evening to fea- Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Clark Francis May FOUNDATION OR Mr. and Mrs. James Perillo ture on the menu the bounty of our local farms, ORGANIZATION Ms. Allison Stangeby Ms. Maureen Connaughton Ms. Betty McClung prepared under the direction of Chef Bruce Kazan Cosimo's on Union Mr. John McLaughlin Amelar Family Foundation Style Counsel Ms. Carol Cunningham Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Meislin Arts in Orange, Inc. Sugar Shack of Main Course Farm to Table Foods & Catering. Ms. Carla Decker Mrs. Jeanette Meola Christina and Robert Dow Foundation Mr. Tony Sylaj OCLT was equally delighted to host the Annual Ms. Regina Del Pizzo Ms. Gertrude Migel Community Foundation of Orange and Taco Hombre Benefit Reception at the historic and beautifully Mr. Stephen DellaVedova Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy Sullivan Counties The Dautaj Restaurant restored Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Derkacz Ms. Joan Nagrod Deedy and David Goldstick Foundation The Exposures Gallery Ms. Kelly Dobbins Mr. Michael Needleman Garden Club of Orange & Dutchess Counties The General's Garden The event was chaired by Pamela Breeman of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duffy Ms. Angelyn Nelson Glynwood Center Ms. Becky Vanderloop Mr. John Dunne Dr. Paula Neyman Greystone Foundation Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery Warwick who headed a committee of nearly 30 Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Durland Ms. Diana Noger Hudson Highlands Land Trust Mr. Joe Weuste volunteers. Ms. Harriet Earnest Northwestern Mutual James H. Ottaway Trust Ms. Jessica Wickham Land Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Ebert Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O'Dea Mr. Cory Wirthmann “Our choices for this year’s benefit reception in Mr. and Mrs. William Edsall Mary W. Harriman Foundation Ms. Krista Witterschein Ms. Kristen O'Dell who we honored, where we gathered and the Mr. and Mrs. David Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Olson Mount Saint Mary College Mr. and Mrs. John Yrizarry Ms. Patricia Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Onofry Orange County Bicycle Club Mr. Ryan Zygmont foods we served, represent who we are as an Ms. Cheryl Ferguson Ms. Jennifer O'shea Orange County Citizens Foundation organization,” said Marlena Lange, President of IN HONOR OF Mr. J. H. Field Mr. Ray Ostrom Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. the Board of Directors of Orange County Land Anonymous, In Honor of Ms. Joan Augello Mr. Stephen Fields Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Patton Sumner Gerard Foundation Trust. “We are delighted to have held this event at The Ganlee Fund Mr. and Mrs. William Fiero Ms. Karen Priester Ms. Maureen Connaughton, In Honor of historic Brotherhood Winery, an Orange County Mr. Henry Finch Ms. Carole Prieto The Wallkill River School Ms. Loretta Richner treasure, and to honor Cornell for the great Mr. and Mrs. William Finkle Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rea Tuxedo Performing Arts Group Deedy and David Goldstick Foundation and Mr. Roger Flaum Mr. Herbert Reilly impact they have had serving our communities for Mr. Alan Levine, In Honor of Mr. Jacques Levine Mr. and Mrs. Martin Flores Representing Artists GOVERNMENT ENTITIES generations, as well as to serve food from Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Brian Ford Mr. and Mrs. James Riley The Honorable Aileen Gunther Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hull, Valley farms.” Ms. Colleen Formisano Mr. Victor Robinson Orange County Government Center In Honor of Mrs. Robert McLean Mr. Frank Forthoffer Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ruckert Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District Town of Crawford Ms. Marlena Lange and Mr. Michael Needleman and Ms. About 90 businesses and individuals throughout Mr. Ronald Gee Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Salerno Laura Brightman, In Honor of Ms. Cathie Swyka Mr. and Mrs. Gary Genetti Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sardella Town of Warwick the county donated goods and services for the Ms. Karla Ginouves Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scanlan Ms. Sarah Peacock, In Honor of Mr. Louis V. Mills silent auction and for decorations, raffle and Mr. and Mrs. William Graziano Ms. Toby Schack IN-KIND awards. Mrs. Catherine Swyka, In Honor of Ms. Marlena Lange Ms. Teresa Gurdineer Ms. Erica Scher Ms. Frances Barmann Photo Top: Ms. Janet Haislip Ms. Louise Scher Mr. and Mrs. Barry Breeman Mr. William Brown and IN MEMORY OF Stuart Turner, Vice President of Orange County Land Trust, Harmony Farm Ms. Heleen Schiller In Memory Of: Mr. Bob Augello Ms. Barbara Felton at Lowland Farm presents Lucy Joyce, Executive Director of Cornell University Ms. Barbara Holtzman Mr. Arthur Schleich Anonymous The Honorable Al Buckbee Cooperative Extension Orange County with the 2012 Orange Ms. Anne Horsham Mr. Jeremy Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augello, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Buckbee Mr. and Mrs. Martin Borko County Land Trust Leadership Award “for Cornell’s enduring Mr. and Mrs. David Horton Mr. John Schofield Charlotte's Tea Room Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dlugatz and sustaining impact on our county’s economy, education Ms. Judith Hraniotis Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schuerholz Chateau Hathorn Ms. Toby Schack and environment, and for their leadership in disaster relief, Ms. Joy Hubler Mr. and Mrs. Simon Sidamon-Eristoff Mr. and Mrs. David Church In Memory Of: Mr. Carl L. Helstrom environmental stewardship and youth development through Mr. William Humphreys Mr. and Mrs. Graham Skea Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Jennings Crystal Inn an award winning 4H program,” he said. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hums Mr. Herman Slovitsky In Memory Of: Mrs. Gertrude H. Miller, mother Mr. and Mrs. Jim Delaune Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Irlbacher Mr. Fred Smith Ms. Cornelia Miller DevineDesign.com Photo Center: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Isseks Snowhill Studios In Memory Of: Ms. Faye K. Deichler, sister Mr. Michael DiMartino Pamela Breeman of Warwick, Chair of The Land We Share Mr. and Mrs. Willie Janeway Mr. and Mrs. George Stradar Ms. Cornelia Miller Ms. Laurel Dodge reception, accepts thanks from OCLT Board Member Jo Marvel Mr. Charles Johnson Mr. Michael Strmiska In Memory Of: Ms. Margaret Moon Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dolan Mr. and Mrs. Rainey Taylor Hull, and OCLT Louis V. Mills Society Member Bonni Oswald. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Keating Mr. and Mrs. Florin Tanase Downing Park Planning Committee Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly Mr. Joseph Tarbell *These individuals, by making a 3-year pledge of Eddie's Roadhouse support to the Orange County Land Trust, Photo Lower: Mr. Richard Kelly and Family Mr. and Mrs. James Tarvin are members of the Louis V. Mills Society Chris Lewis (left) chats with Elizabeth and R.J. Smith outdoors under the tent at Brotherhood Winery. page 10 page 3 Letter from the Executive Director: Land Protection News Over 4,500 acres protected …. continued from page 1 Land preservation, farmland protection OCLT Nature Preserves and open space planning and advocacy “We look forward to stewarding this amazing continue to be the focus of our work. We property,” he added “with its scenic beauty The Land Trust owns and manages ten nature preserves in Orange County totaling over 1,000 acres seven that are open to the applaud our landowners who voluntarily and natural wonders, until such time as the public free of charge for hiking, birding and other forms of passive recreation. choose to protect their land from develop- land can be transferred and permanently ment by making a personal commitment to protected by the New York Department of These preserves vary in size and physical characteristics from the steep and forested 255-acre Fuller Mountain Preserve, in Warwick, conservation that benefits all of us in Orange Environmental Conservation.” to the 150-acre former farmland of Moonbeams Preserve in the Town of Wallkill, to the 30-acre Roy Preserve in Warwick, accessible County and will continue to do so for only by water. Two preserves are actively farmed, and one remains a protected wildlife habitat, inaccessible to the public. generations. This commitment allows farmland to remain in production, protects Orange County Land Trust also worked with important wildlife habitat and waterways, OSI and the Town of Warwick this year, and preserves our scenic landscapes, adding protecting two working farms in the town, real economic value to our communities. totaling 217 acres. The Land Trust holds third A Commitment to Conservation through Partnerships, Planning As we enter our 20th year, we are proud of party rights of enforcement on the two and Advocacy our accomplishments and excited about farms, and is responsible for ensuring that Dear Friends and Neighbors, the future. Many thanks for your continued the terms of each conservation easement- a support and by doing so, you make your legal agreement between the town, OSI and As we look back on our accomplishments own personal commitment to conservation. each landowner- are upheld in perpetuity. of the past year, we cannot ignore the We hope to see you this fall, and next year, as we celebrate 20 years of land protection, important role partnerships have played in Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand with festivities throughout 2013. our success. Working with Open Space announced recently that Orange County will Institute, New York New Jersey Trail For the Land, receive a federal grant for the purchase of Conference, the Town of Warwick and 17 acres along the Delaware River in Orange County Office of the Executive and Sparrowbush as an access point for river Planning Department, and others, the Land James Delaune, rescues and recreation. The protection of Trust has helped protect nearly 700 acres of Executive Director this land was initiated by the OCLT several land in 2012, with several hundred more years ago, opening a dialogue with the land currently in the negotiation process. owner and introducing various county, state Douglas Land of Cornwall Joins OCLT Board of Directors and national partners that would help in the protection of this important piece of land. Douglas S. Land of Cornwall on Hudson has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Orange County Land Trust; it was announced recently. Mr. Land is a long time proponent of land preservation Orange County Land Trust has helped and farmland protection in Orange County. He has been protect over 4,500 acres of land, a member of the Board of Directors of the Hudson High- lands Land Trust since 2009, and as a board member of the including twelve working farms, since Orange County Land Trust, will bring many years experi- its formation in 1993. The Land Trust ence in land protection, particularly in the areas of owns and manages ten nature preserves fundraising and development, and conservation finance. in Orange County, seven which are open A financial and economic consultant since 1981, Mr. Land is Founder and Managing to the public for passive recreation and Director of The Chesapeake Group, an investment and merchant banking firm in New York nature study and on which guided hikes City and Bangalore, India. Mr. Land holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. and M.A. in and educational events are held for the International Relations from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. public. Two preserves remain active In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Region Anti- agricultural land, and are currently Defamation League and served on the Advisory Committee for the Cornwall Master Plan. Mr. Land lives in Cornwall-on-Hudson with his partner, Lynn Peebles. He enjoys competing in leased to farmers for growing hay and regional and national triathlons and is an avid biker and runner. other crops.

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