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HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION 2016 ANNUAL REPORT Celebrating 75 years – with you! Special Thanks to our TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS Corporate Associates

Advanced Multifamily Security Systems, Inc. Aqua Environmental Lab Aquarion Water Company B & L Construction, Inc. e can’t say it enough – thank you! Becton-Dickinson Co. Bennett Sullivan Associates W Berkshire Bank Foundation, Inc. You are the heart and soul of this great River Valley. For 75 Bouvier Insurance years, the passion of our members and friends has poured C.H. Nickerson & Co., Inc. through the western hills of the Berkshires and trout streams of Center Subaru HVA’s 25th anniversary Connecticut Institute for auction broke all records as the Harlem Valley’s Ten Mile Watershed, across the fi elds and Communities, Inc. the community turned out to forests of the Litchfi eld Hills to the oyster beds of Milford and Crystal Rock LLC honor auction founder and Stratford. Dixon Golf, Inc. environmental leader DSA Companies Diane von Furstenberg. Fairfi eld Processing Corp. FirstLight Power Resources, Inc., You restore rivers, teach children and protect natural places. subsidiary of GDF Suez N.A Because of you, town road crews and leaders are working with Foresight Land Services, Inc. Board of Directors university scientists to fi nd and fi x stream-blocking culverts. Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation President Greylock Federal Credit Union F. Anthony Zunino Conservationists are collaborating, and saving large tracts of our Harney & Sons Fine Teas Vice Presidents remaining forests. Young adults are gaining hands-on land and Harper Haines Fluid Control, Inc. George Logan Heritage Development Group, Inc. water stewardship experience and essential job skills. Iroquois Gas Transmission System Secretary Kimberly-Clark Corporation Barton Jones Litchfi eld Bancorp Treasurer Facing the challenges ahead – stressed fresh water systems, National Iron Bank James H. Maloney shrinking forest habitat, increasing demands on precious and O’Connor Davies, LLP Pawling Engineered Products, Inc. Linda Allard fi nite water supplies – we know that it is you, our members and Phoenix Realty Management Christine Baranski friends, who balance the odds. The Platt Brothers & Co. Joseph Ellis Precision Resource, Inc. Peter Greenoughj* R.H. White Construction Company Ecton Manning You make success possible! Imagine what this river valley would Rotary Club of Derby-Shelton, Inc. Michael M. Nesbitt be without you. On behalf of the staff and board at HVA, thank Salisbury Bank & Trust Barclay Prindle The Stephen B. Church Co. Honorary Members you! The Stone Construction Co., Inc. Allan L. Frew Tata & Howard, Inc. Diane von Furstenberg Tighe & Bond Union Savings Bank Advisory Council Upper Housatonic Valley National Leendert DeJong Heritage Area David Dolinsky Zuberry Associates W. Paul Dooley Shep Evans Christopher Kukk, Ph.d David Platt Harmon Smith Steven J. Whitman

*With thanks to Peter for his service before leaving the board in June,

ALL PHOTOS FROM HVA FILES EXCEPT WHERE NOTED F. Anthony Zunino, President Lynn Werner, Executive Director www.hvatoday.org

2 Special Thanks to our FOCUS ON WATER Project Sponsors

Donald and Elizabeth Abbott Bernard Adams and Edna H. Travis Advanced Multifamily Security Systems, Inc. Linda Allard Angry Beavers Paddle Club Anonymous B & L Construction, Inc. Christine Baranski Becton-Dickinson Co. Bennett Sullivan Associates Berkshire Bank Foundation, Inc. Berkshire Environmental Action Team Berkshire Environmental Endowment Fund Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Big-Y Supermarkets Scott and Roxanne Bok Borough of Naugatuck Bouvier Insurance You protect clean water and healthy rivers! Brandeis University Bull’s Bridge Inn Canyon Ranch You restore water quality Sharon Casdin  Expand watershed work to the Pootatuck Center Subaru The new Still River Watershed Partnership aims River with the Pootatuck River Watershed C.H. Nickerson & Co., Inc. to restore the Still, one of our most polluted Association and Candlewood Valley Trout Darlene Clouthier City of Derby rivers, to fi shable, swimmable condition. Unlimited. City of Pittsfi eld Partners are mapping sources of pollution and  Find more barriers to water fl ow and fi sh and Commonwealth of Massachusetts identifying restoration opportunities, wildlife Connecticut Audubon wildlife movement at stream crossing culverts Connecticut Community Foundation and recreation sites across all seven watershed working with town leaders, UCONN, the Connecticut Department of Energy towns in the greater Danbury region; the report Berkshire Environmental Action Team and the and Environmental Protection Connecticut Institute for Communities, Inc. should be ready this winter! Farmington River Watershed Association! Of Cornwall Conservation Trust (see www.stillriverwatershed.org for more). the 2,000 assessed so far across the northwest Cornwall Consolidated School Hills, throughout the Berkshires and south into Continued on Page 5 You also ... Seymour, more than half are impediments to  Create New York’s Ten Mile Watershed fi sh and wildlife passage and can pose fl ood Partnership among town leaders and risks. organizations to improve stream health, water  Evaluate “Rest of River” PCB remediation. quality and recreation, and reduce fl ooding throughout the ten-town watershed. And you help ...  Pass legislation designating the Housatonic  Organize fabulous river cleanups and paddle River as Wild and Scenic from North Canaan trips across the watershed. to New Milford with the Housatonic River  Install a new river access dock in Stockbridge, Commission, Northwest CT Council of and continue work on access sites in Great Governments, Rivers Alliance and other great Barrington, Pittsfi eld, West Cornwall, Kent partners! and New Milford.  Build trout refuges in Cornwall Bridge’s Furnace Brook with the Housatonic Fly By year’s end, we were working with town Fisherman’s Association. leaders to prioritize culverts for replacement  Monitor water quality at storm drains across to enable fi sh and wildlife to move safely and Berkshire Director Dennis Regan Pittsfi eld, and maintain rain gardens to trout to return home to spawn, and reduce with the newly completed fl oating improve water quality along city sidewalks. costly fl ood damage, too. dock river access in Stockbridge.

3 IN MEMORIAM FOCUS ON LAND

We lost two dear friends this year. We miss them every day. Ellen Rosenberg passed away in May. Ellen served on HVA’s board for 23 years, most recently as vice-president. As a retired professor of anthropology at Western Connecticut State University, she brought BILL WAKELEY PHOTO wisdom to our climate change Appalachian Trail in Falls Village looking into the southern Berkshires and river restoration work, especially in urban areas such as her beloved Still River You protect spectacular landscapes matches private individuals and family watershed. Ellen was an along the Housatonic River by ... foundations with land protection projects of early and passionate voice for Bringing together community trail leaders regional conservation signifi cance. collaborating with tributary to share ideas about conserving and linking  Tapping remaining funds in the Greenprint groups and land trusts riverfront land, and… Landowner Incentive Fund (launched with across the watershed, now a  Producing a Trail Map and Guide to a grant from the Jessie B. Cox Foundation fundamental part of all we do. Housatonic Riverfront trails and protected last year), Greenprint member land trusts areas from Hinsdale and Dalton south into completed projects totaling 1,400 acres in Einar Kent, Connecticut. Norfolk, Colebrook, Winchester, Kent, Lindholm New Hartford and New Milford. The passed away ... and Greenprinting the Litchfi eld Hills Incentive Fund covers costs incurred by in January, The Litchfi eld Hills Greenprint Collaborative land trusts accepting donated or deeply leaving a is working to protect large swaths of our most discounted sales of land or easements. four-decade important landscapes before it is too late. legacy of Unfragmented forests provide vital wildlife And you helped ... environmental leadership with habitat and replenish streams and wells with  Protect a sensitive wetland next to the HVA and area organizations. cold, clean water (http://litchfi eldgreenprint.org). Amenia Town Hall. A retired architect who  Evaluate the impact of a cell tower on designed in cities and towns  You enabled the Greenprint to help two of its conserved and recreation lands and streams from Boston to Washington own – the Cornwall Conservation Trust and in Wassaic, New York and Kent, Connecticut. DC., Einar served as HVA’s the Goshen Land Trust – protect two amazing president in the 1990’s. He properties totaling 442 acres. The Cornwall At year’s end, we were evaluating led HVA through turbulent property completes a 1,000-acre swath of development impacts in several communities times on the Housatonic conserved land along the Housatonic River. and working with multiple landowners and land River, determined to resolve The Goshen land links another 1,000-acre trust partners to attract $10 million in public and hydropower relicensing and path abutting Canaan Mountain and the private funding needed to preserve more than PCB clean up issues. Einar Torrington Water Company. Both deals were 1,500 acres across 12 northwest Connecticut listened, refl ected, moved helped by $400,000 donations through the communities containing critical forest habitat forward – and succeeded. Greenprint Partners Pledge Fund, which and sources of clean fresh water.

4 Special Thanks to our FOCUS ON EDUCATION Project Sponsors

Crystal Rock, LLC David L. Klein Jr. Foundation Frank Delaney David and Sandy Dolinsky Leslie Elias Joseph and Barbara Ellis Elson-Slemmer Fund for the Environment Environmental Professionals’ Organization of Connecticut Eversource Energy David Faber Fairfi eld County’s Community Foundation The Falls Village Inn Fields Pond Foundation, Inc. Firstlight Power Resources, Inc., Subsidiary of GDF Suez N.A. Katherine Freygang Friends of Dover Golub Corporation You connect youngsters to nature! Peter W. Greenough and Christine Bates Greylock Federal Credit Union Grumbling Gryphons “I love your manner water quality, river critters and wildlife, and Guido’s Supermarket Lazlo Gyorsok with the students! Your have fun, too! Harper Haines Fluid Control, Inc. presentations are extremely  Launch Still River Watershed Connections Louis and Elaine Hecht Heritage Development Group, Inc. well suited to the new – our new youth program with Danbury Highstead Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts Science and Youth Services and Danbury High School Edward and Megg Hoffman Tech standards. I also look that connects students with environmental Honeywell International Corporation Ion Bank Foundation forward to collaborating restoration projects and essential job training Hughes Memorial Library next year. The models you brought really and skills in the greater Danbury Area. Iroquois Gas Transmission System Jeniam Foundation helped to bring life to the topic for the kids.”  Share information about stormwater pollution Jessie B. Cox Charitable Lead Trust — Lynn McDonnell and other river issues and solutions at town John T. & Jane A. Wiederhould Foundation fairs across the Berkshires. Barton and Debby Jones Peter Kellogg Lynn, a fourth grade teacher at Crosby  Teach Pittsfi eld residents and volunteer teams Kent School Elementary School in Pittsfi eld, loves our about how to prevent stormwater pollution Kent Center School Kimberly-Clark Corporation Berkshire school programing and HVA educator and take care of city sidewalk rain gardens. Charles Lay Alison Dixon. This year nearly 400 students  Help Dover High students implement the Lignin Group, LLC Wells Brook Stream Restoration Project Einar and Patience Lindholm across the Berkshires, from pre-school to high Litchfi eld Bancorp school, stencilled storm drains, sampled water assessing water quality, sampling aquatic George and Lisa Logan quality, explored watershed dynamics and had insects, monitoring stream conditions and James H. Maloney, Esq. Ecton and Betsy Manning fun splashing in streams. You make it happen! identifying restoration opportunities. Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation  Expand the RiverSmart Campaign to Massachusetts Executive Offi ce of Energy and Environmental Affairs And this year we also celebrated our 75th reduce polluted runoff with LakeSmart and James and Eileen McInerney Anniversary with hundreds of families and SwampSmart led by dozens of partnering Millbrook Garden Club children from the Berkshires to Long Island organizations. Mits, Inc. Libby Mitchell Sound during the great Housatonic River Source- William F. and Sue Morrill to-Sound Paddle Adventure! At year’s end, we were planning to launch National Audubon Society, Inc. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation a new, interactive web-based program to National Iron Bank You also make it possible to: enable partners, schools, community leaders, National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Host the annual Still River Day for 100 residents and visitors to protect this special Administration (NRD Trustees) fourth grade students in Danbury to explore watershed. Continued on Page 6

5 Special Thanks to our THANKS TO YOU AND OUR PARTNERS Project Sponsors

Natural Resources Damages Fund Angry Beavers Paddling Club Housatonic Fly Fishermen’s Association Sierra Club – Connecticut Chapter Natural Resource Trustees Appalachian Mountain Club, Berkshire Housatonic River Commission David Sinish Naugatuck Valley Outdoors Club and Conn. Chapters Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Steep Rock Association Michael Meehan and Martha Nesbitt Aton Forest, Inc. Offi cials Still River Alliance Commission New Haven Rowing Club Berkshire Community College Housatonic Valley Regional High School Stockbridge Bowl Association New Milford Stop & Shop Berkshire County League of Sportsmen Kent Energy and Environmental Task Schuyler Thomson New Milford Recreation Association Berkshire Environmental Action Team Force The Trust for Public Land Northwest Connecticut Community Berkshire Hatchery Foundation Kent Land Trust Town of Amenia Foundation Berkshire Litchfi eld Environmental Lake Waramaug Task Force Town of Bethel Northwest Lawn and Landscaping Council Land Trust Alliance Town of Brookfi eld Maintenance, LLC Berkshire Museum Land Trust of Danbury Town of Canaan O’Connor Davies, LLP Berkshire Natural Resources Council Charles Lay Town of Colebrook Onyx Specialty Paper, Inc. Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Litchfi eld Land Trust Town of Cornwall Open Space Institute Big Y Supermarkets Massachusetts Audubon Society Town of Dalton Oppenheimer Environmental Fund Candlewood Lake Authority Massachusetts Department of Fish & Town of Dover Phoenix Realty Management Center for Watershed Protection Wildlife Town of Egremont Pitney Bowes City of Ansonia Massachusetts Department of Town of Great Barrington Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation City of Danbury Environmental Restoration Town of Hinsdale Barclay Prindle and Amy Schuchat City of Derby Massachusetts Rivers Alliance Town of Kent Emily Pryor City of Pittsfi eld Massachusetts Watershed Coalition Town of Lee City of Shelton Red Lion Inn Merchants of New Preston Village Town of Lenox Colebrook Land Conservancy R.H. White Construction Company Rivers Miss Hall’s School Town of Litchfi eld Columbia Land Conservancy Alliance of Connecticut, Inc. Morris Land Trust Town of New Milford Commonwealth of Massachusetts Naromi Land Trust Robbins-de Beaumont Foundation Town of Newtown Department of Ecological Restoration National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Town of Norfolk Ellen M. Rosenberg Connecticut Audubon National Oceanic and Atmospheric Town of North Canaan Rotary Club of Derby-Shelton, Inc. Connecticut Department of Energy and Administration Town of Northeast Rotary Club of New Milford Environmental Protection National Park Service Town of Oxford Royal Bank of Canada Connecticut Farmland Trust The Nature Conservancy Town of Ridgefi eld Joe Ruggiero Connecticut Forest and Park Association Naugatuck River Revival Group Town of Salisbury S. L. Gimbel Foundation Fund Connecticut Fund for the Environment Naugatuck Valley Council of Town of Seymour Salisbury Bank & Trust Connecticut Land Conservation Council Governments Town of Sharon Sharon Audubon Connecticut League of Conservation Naugatuck Valley Outdoors Club Town of Sheffi eld Sharon Center School Voters New England State Foresters Association Town of Stockbridge Lucas Sheridan Connecticut River Watershed Council, New Hartford Land Trust Trout Unlimited – Candlewood Valley, Siemon Company Inc. New Milford Recreation Association Conn., Taconic, Massachusetts and David Sinish Cornell Cooperative Extension – New Milford Stop & Shop National Chapters The Stephen B. Church Co. Dutchess County New York State Offi ce of Parks, The Trustees of Reservations The Stone Construction Co., Inc. Cornwall Conservation Trust Recreation and Historic Preservation Twin Brooks Gardens Stop & Shop Crystal Rock, LLC Norfolk Land Trust U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tata & Howard, Inc. Danbury High School North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service TD Charitable Foundation Danbury Youth Services Collaborative United Way of Greater Waterbury Schuyler Thomson Dover Plaza Northwest Connecticut Conservation University of Connecticut Dept. of Civil Tighe & Bond Dutchess County Parks District and Environmental Engineering Town of Cornwall Dutchess County SWCD Northwest Landscapes University of Massachusetts Town of Great Barrington Dutchess Land Conservancy Oblong Land Conservancy Upper Housatonic Valley National Town of Lee EarthShare Park Avenue Elementary School Heritage Area Town of Stockbridge Eversource Energy Pittsfi eld High School USDA NRCS CT Trout Unlimited – Connecticut Chapter Fairfi eld County RCP Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition USGS CT Water Science Center Gay Tucker The Falls Village Inn Pontoosuc Lake Association Valley Council of Governments U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Farmington River Watershed Association Princeton Hydro Valley United Way Union Savings Bank Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust Project Native Village of Millerton Upper Housatonic Valley National Foresight Land Services Engineering Co. Regional Land Conservation (RCP) Warren Land Trust Heritage Area Friends of the Great Swamp Network Watertown Land Trust Valley Community Foundation Friends of the Lake Rennia Engineering Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust Royal Victor, III Global Impact Rivers Alliance of Connecticut Westchester Land Trust Eliot and Annick Wadsworth Goshen Land Trust Rotary Club of New Milford Western CT Council of Governments Wandering Moose Cafe Great Barrington Trails & Greenways Joseph Ruggiero Westfi eld River Watershed Association Laura Werntz Guido’s Supermarket Salisbury Association Land Trust White Memorial Foundation Werth Family Foundation Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association Sharon Audubon Winchester Land Trust Wesson Energy, Inc. Hartland Land Trust Sharon Land Trust Zuberry Associates Heritage Land Preservation Trust Sheffi eld Land Trust F. Anthony and Sally A. Zunino Highstead Foundation, Inc. Shepaug River Association www.hvatoday.org

6 “Supporting HVA gives me a feeling of partnership with an organization that has a passion and history of protecting our rivers and scenic watershed lands. Nothing is more important to our quality of life and the health of future generations than the preservation of our most vital and beautiful resource, clean free ﬂ owing water.” Members Jack Baker, member since 2008 PHOTO BY HENRY S. DZIEKAN III

Gifts received from August 1, 2015 through July 31, 2016 Thank you for your generous support!

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Michael and Martha Nesbitt Susan and Murray Haber John D. and Sue Lynch Michael Dennis and $10,000+ Benjamin Nickoll and Dena and Felda Hardymon Liz McCarthy and Brian O’Leary Katherine Wenning* Linda Allard Gallen Christine Armstrong Mrs. Montgomery Hare James and Eileen McInerney William Donahue Anonymous Barclay Prindle and Ronald D. Jones Alan H. McLean Dr. David M. and Scott L. and Roxanne Bok Amy Schuchat Pat and Paul D. Kaplan Nancy McWilliams Deborah Dressler Robert Couturier and L. George and Nancy Rieger Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kissinger J. Thomas and Cynthia Mitchell Cheryl and Pierre Dziubina Jeffrey P. Morgan Royall Victor, III Charles D. and Jane Parsons Klein Lawreence Noe and Leslie Singer Sally Eagle and Dan Mead Joseph and Barbara Ellis Lewis and Sharon Korman Mrs. Charles C. Osborne Robert T. and Betsy Eaton Louis and Elaine Hecht WATERSHED GUARDIANS Rob Kuhbach and Kate Paley Joel Ernst Edward and Megg Hoffman $500+ Sherrill Andrews Sally Gooch Paynter* Martha J. Fleischman Peter R. Kellogg AKC Fund, Inc. Ron and Carol Kurtz Eugene and Diana Pinover Henry A. and Susan Flint Roger and Fa Liddell Anonymous Lawton S. Lamb Joseph and Emilie Pryor Steven Fordyce and Kirsten Peckerman William T. Baker and Jonathan and Bonnie Landman Mrs. Millard Pryor Victor Jimenez Anne H. Swift and Lee Lord Bayard Gordon Sheryl Leach and David C. Robinson and Marcia and Bruce Fowle* Diane von Furstenberg and Spencer J. Barksdale Howard Rosenfeld Margaret Field Marvin and Rita Ginsky Barry Diller Anne H. Bass Raymond J. Learsy Benjamin and Donna Rosen Brigid K. Glackin and Elliot and Annick Wadsworth Jayne Bentzen* Einar and Patience Lindholm Bruce Rowland Michael J. Murphy Stephen M. Wolf Richard Berry and Lon Rubackin Sherwin M. Goldman F. Anthony and Sally Auer Zunino Lucy Commoner Warren Rubin and Edward and Diana Greene Canon Stephen Paul Booth Bernice Wollman Michael Hallows and Lynn Perry BLUE HERON SOCIETY Andrew and Cathy Carron* Beth P. Schober Nancy Hengen and $5,000+ Elizabeth and Jay Chandler Dr. William and Alison Schweizer Henry Monaghan Tucker and Karen Andersen Todd R. and Gene and Lee Seidler Bruce Hoheb and Susan Menconi Anonymous Kalyn Johnson Chandler William and Joanna Seitz The Interlaken Resort & Scott W. Asen Drs. Mitchell Charap and Richard and Carol Seltzer Conference Center Jack and Pam Baker Karen Gilmore Daniel D. Sherr and Daniel and Leila Javitch Larry and Martha Bingaman Doolittle Lake Co. Margaret Ferguson Anne Kreamer Valerie Friedman and Frank Adams Thomas P. Dore and Jeffrey and Amy Silverman Mary and Richard Lanier Scott and Ellen Hand Maureen Kirby Elizabeth W. Smith Dwight Lee and Blair Brown Barton and Debby Jones Philippa Durrant and Scott and Jerilyn Smith Eileen and Peter Litwin Ezra and Reeva Mager Andrew Stathopoulis* John Van Der Tuin Michael and Ann Loeb Rebecca and Jim Neary* Anne Fredericks and Tim Wallach and Fleur Fairman* George S. and Lisa Logan Marguerite Purnell Marc Fasteau James Worth John F. Lyons* Ronald and Michelle Saltz Ronald Garfunkel and John and Jennifer Youngblood* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mammano Jean Vitalis Sandra Breakstone John and Ada Masiero Mrs. Grenville Garside RIVER SPONSORS Kate and Joel Millonzi GREEN HERON SOCIETY Andrea and Mary Ellen Geisser $250+ Alan and Alice Model $2,500+ Jonathan Glashow, M.D. Michael P. Albert Jacolyn Mott Christine Baranski Michael Gordon Appalachian Mountain Club, CT New Morning Market Sharon Casdin Peter W. Greenough and Robert Behrends, M.D. Rich and Jean O’Reilly* David and Sandy Dolinsky Christine Bates Ralph S. and Elizabeth Brown Steven Paggioli Allan L. Frew Kenneth L. Greif Edwin N. Cady James and Sarah Picton Thomas J. and Anne Hubbard Molly B. Hart and Paddlers in a war canoe Barbara Cantacuzino J. Rodney Pleasants and Robert and Jane Keiter Michael D. Grifﬁ n during the Source-to- Graydon and Anna Carter Steve Godwin* Ecton and Betsy Manning Meryl Streep and Sound paddle trip. John and Anne Cofﬁ n Madeleine and Joel Policzer William and Sue Morrill Donald Gummer Anni Crofut Joseph and Janet Aspen Polizzotto

7 “My friend Anne, her dog Toka and I walk every weekend along one of our rivers. I appreciate that HVA has made such an effort to restore them so that all of us and our children can continue to enjoy them.” Members

Rodney Pleasants, member since 2016

Diana Hitt Potter Lee Vance and Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Brant, Jr. Creating Cadence* Lisa and Lee Einbinder T. Merrill and Marie Prentice Cynthia King Vance Mary Reid Brash John Creasy and Caroline Creasy Walter J. and Mary Engels Charles and Barbara Robinson Michael and Elizabeth Varet Brookﬁ eld Conservation James W. Crowley William W. Enser Stuart and Stephanie Saft Ann and Larry Wagner Commission Charlotte Dallett Ronald Faanes, PhD Susan Saint James Abby Wells Mark and Patricia Bruder Stuart S. Daly Mrs. Jano Fairservis Richard B. and Bette Saltzman Tom and Cynthia Willett* John and Denise Buchanan Nan and Richard Davis Peggy Farber Sunil Savkar Windy Hill Farm, Inc. James L. Buckley J. Richard deBart, Jr. Philip and Gretchen Farmer Diana Simrell Savory Willard and Susannah Wood Wheaton B. and Laura Byers Lee and Sophia deBoer John Paul Favreau* Eric Schiffman Roy D. and Ginny Young Charles and Eileen Byrne Joyce DeCesare Ms. Margot H. Feely Richard Schlosberg Anne Zinsser Steven B. Callahan and Leendert and Maryellen DeJong Ian and Carol Feldman H. Marshall and Rae Schwarz Gary and Debra Zrelak Randal R. Dwenger Lawrence and Peter and Patty Findlay Susan and Jim Scott Randall Carreira* Elizabeth Dexheimer Mr. Alexander Fisher Richard Sears and Brenda Singer STREAM SPONORS Mrs. Pat Catchpole Frank and Sandra Dignard James and Elizabeth Fishman Stephen Sondheim $100+ William G. Cavanagh Suzanne Dixon Dr. Eugene S. Flamm* Stephen and Jeanette Tabb Byron Abreu Jared Clark and Jessica Rose Sheryl Dominguez Joe Loose, Jr. and William Fore Aso O. Tavitian Mary M. Ackerly and Nancy G. Clark Robert and Mary Donaldson Milos and Martina Forman Robert G. and Audrey G. Tobin Michael Sconyers Joyce Clateman Kerry Douglas Dr. Diane L. Fountas Peter and Ellen Acly* Darlene Clouther Sarah Gager and Arthur J. DuBois Charles G. Fredette Michelle Schakelford and Kent S. Clow, III* David and Livia Duffee David K. Freeman Norman Adler Lawrence and Ronnie Cohen Constance I. DuHamel M. E. Freeman* Dr. Henry C. and Elyse Allen Terry and Joel Cohen and Carolyn B. Handler Jacob E. and Katherine H. Fricker Drs. Lewis and Karen Altfest J. Barclay Collins, II Mary M. Dusenbury Benno and Stephanie Friedman James Anderson James Nicoll and Mary Cooper Joseph Dwyer Robert Friedman* Robert J. Anderson John Court Natalie Dyer Friends of the Ansonia Anonymous Barbara and Bill Cox Dr. Richard Dyer, Jr. Nature Center Ansonia Rod & Gun Club Lawrence Appel and Ellen Dunn Arcadian Shop, Inc. Kip and Merry Armstrong John and Mary Arnold “I would eventually like William Arnold and Stephanie Wargo to use my education as Robert Avian a teacher or professor. Alphonse and Ruth A. Avitabile This will allow me to Jane Bakker inspire more people to Emmert and Alberta Balis conserve the beauty of Skip and Judy Barber* the world we live in Leila J. Baroody and to educate people Dr. Andrew N. and Ann Bazos in responsible ways to Bee Tree Veterinary Clinic, LLC* use and conserve our Dick Bell Ben’s Shop, Inc. environment preserving Berlinghoff Contracting, Inc.* it for this generation and J. Andrew Billings and future ones, so we may Susan Block all enjoy the world we C.D. Blinn live in.” Edward and Elenor Bloom — Brian Saccardi Jeffrey and Lynne Bolson River Steward George W. and Kathleen Bossers Happy paddlers in Stratford at the end of the Source-to-Sound paddle trip. Alex and Catherine Brandorff

8 “Assaults on the environment on a worldwide scale often appear overwhelming. To combat this frustration, we must focus on making a positive impact on our small corner of the universe. And that is where HVA comes in, and why I am honored to support an organization committed to protecting what we cannot afford to lose.” Members Valerie Friedman, member since 1995

Peter Galant George Labalme, Jr. Robert E. and Janet Nickson Jane Poehler Mr. Alan Surman Mr. and Mrs. William G. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Robert LaBonne Northville Market Pomperaug River Watershed Peter and Barbara Talbot* Dr. William and Joanna Gemmell Robinson B. Lacy and Bart Ogden Coalition Linda Tally and Jeff Schaengold Richard Gerszberg* Karen Doeblin Mr. Jonathan Opdyke Bridget Potter Janet F. Taylor Susan Ginns Jon C. Lafl eur Orange Land Trust Hector P. and Erica Prud’homme Robert and Rebecca Thomas Beverly Rubman and Miss Tillie Page Laird Gerald O’Reilly Lucia Pucciarelli-Walsh Weston and Karen Thorn* Mark Goldfus Ed Lamkay and Arthur Novell Eliot Osborn and Robert V. and Ellen Skaff Re Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tobin Joel Goldstein Joan N. Larned Louise Lindenmeyer John M. Reimnitz Anne P. Todd Douglas Good Carlene Laughlin* Andrew and Annelise Osborne David L. Resnick and Robin Tost Susan Grisell Rev. and Mrs. Ledlie Laughlin Lawrence and Carol O’Toole Catherine M. Klema Michael D. Trapp Peter Grossman and Starling R. Lawrence Harold E. Pennington Clyde J. Richardson Gay Tucker Lawrence Timmins Charles Lay Lee H. Perlman and Gordon and Jayne Ridgway* Shari and Jonathan Turell Frank Haines Ronald and Jo-Ann Lee Linda S. Riefberg Ellen Rittman James S. and Kathrine Vick* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haines Lenox Garden Club Michael T. and Brian Roach John Villios and Nancy Kriegel Peter and Helen Haje Dr. Martin G. Levine Judy Hanna Peschel Clarence L. and Frances Roberts Rita G. Vitalis James R. Hamilton Ann H. Lilley Mark M. Peterson John S. Roegge* Kathleen and Michael Voldstad Edward J. and Janis Hardy Mary Lincoln Steven and Diane Peterson Stephen Root James Wade and Elizabeth Wade Benjamin and Lucy Bardo Harms Mr. and Mrs. David Lindley Judith Petrovich and Marc Rosen and Susan Pinsky Janet Wade Elyse Harney Honey Sharp and David Lippman Philip Grausman Joseph and Jennifer Ruggiero Carolyn and Edward Wagner Thomas W. Hartch Dorothy J. Maffei* Jamie Russ* Alexandra Walcott Harold M. and Gretchen Hastings Michael Makes and Pat Saling J. Randy Walker David Heck Esther Conolly James and Julia Samartini Cynthia F. Walsh Donald and Diane Hewat James H. Maloney, Esquire Dr. and Mrs. Jeet Sandhu Donald J. Ward, Jr. James B. and Alice Hicks James D. Manning Ralph W. and Sandra Sandmeyer Arete Warren Bill and Anne Holm* Dr. Paula Marcus John Sanzo John and Liza Olsen Waters Laura Black Holt Phil and Susan Markert Dr. Wynn and Elizabeth Sayman Malcolm and Donna Wattman Frank Hood Robert C. Marshall George B. and Kay Schaller Wendy Weinberg Ellen and Jean-Marie Horovitz Skip and Lyn Mattoon Dr. John R. and Marc and Rita Weingarten Housatonic Fly Fishermen’s Assn. Patricia McGovern and Rebecca Schreiber Jay and Susan Weintraub Charles R. and Anne S. Hummel David Behrens Frederick Schroeder David Welch John and Maggie Humphrey Thomas A. J. McGowan “Rivers and streams are Mrs. Marvin Schwartz Lynn Werner and Kevin Honan Gordon and Carole Hyatt Betsey McKearnan some of our most vital John F. and Julia Scott White Hollow Farms, Inc. Allen Hyman, MD Christine McLaughlin natural resources as they Ann Seregi Lisa Kimmel White Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe* Arlene McMullin Ken and Gwynne Seufert Mr. Bruce Whiteford Jam Food Shop Mike McTeigue provide drinking water as Steve and Amy Shapiro Maria Kelleher and Terry and Jean Jones Hans-Joerg Meili well as important habitat James and Jill Sheffi eld Adam Williams* Nicole Kasuba Dr. Faith A. Menken and fl ood control. Yet our Lee Sheldon Mrs. Robert D. Williams Bucky Keady* Drs. Fred and Andrea Mensch history with our water Shelton Conservation Robert G. Wilmers Thomas and Kay Key Mrs. Georgianna L. Middlebrook resources seems to be Commission David B. Wolf Jeffrey Kimball and James and Catherine Miller one of abuse. I decided Susan and Judd Shoval Alice Wolfe Pamela Hogan John M. Mills, Jr. that the most meaningful David and Robin Singer Barbara and Richard Wolkowitz Robert Kitchen Margaret Miner purpose of my education Cameron Smith* John and Mary Wood David and Suzanne Klausmeyer Timothy and Nancy Minkler and career would be to Christopher and Marlene Smith Jeremy and Kathryn Yudkin Phyllis and Harvey Klein Jennifer and Neil Mitchell George T. Smith Richard and Lauri Zarin Eugene and Craig and Laurie Norton Moffatt learn how to protect and Michael and Joan Spero Linda H. Zonana Barbara Shattuck Kohn John and Marilyn Moller restore these ecosystems John and Elizabeth Sprague Robert G. and Linda A. Kovacs Jeff and Molly Morgan* on which we depend.” John H. Staub FRIENDS Andrew and Elizabeth Kriegman Dr. Quentin M. and — Aaron Hume Ed Stein $25 plus Fran Kumin and Richard Ticktin Susan T. Murphy River Steward Joseph N. and Marianne Stineman Michael and Nancy Ackerman Alice La Prelle Cynthia Newby and Jan Napier Robert Strassler Nicholas Adams

9 “We can never take for granted the beautiful environment in which we live. A few years of indifference and it can all disappear. HVA is our watchdog, educator and caretaker. Bravo!” Members Abby Wells, member since 1993

Polly Adams George and Nancy Bissell Clay and Karolene Carlson Kathy Creighton Tom Dwyer Ellen Adler and Moshe Adler James and Virginia Blackketter Eric and Patricia Carlson* Thomas and Mieke Crider Gary L. Dycus Asrar and Amina Ahmed* Ginni Block* Michael Caroe Judith Crouch William and Pauline Dyer Barbara Allen* Pamela Bloodworth* Edward and Joanna Carpenter Richard and Rebekah Crouch The Dzenutis Family Christopher Alonzo Russ and Tracy Bodnar Williston and Patricia Case Edward and Barbara Currie Mary Dzenutis Rick and Victoria Alterman Gregory and Joy Bollard Roger and Heather Chace Jane Curtin and Patrick Lynch Dr. and Mrs. T. Donald Eisenstein Karin M. Altman Sebastian Bonner Gene and Jeanette Chague Denis L. and Barbara J. Curtiss Augusta and Desiree Alvarez Robert Bookman* Eric and Lisa Chamberlain Linda J. Cysz Ky Anderson Martin Bookspan Michael and Sara Chelminski William and Suzan Dahl Edward D. Andrews Carter and Sally Booth Glen Cherry Stuart and Zoe Dalheim Anonymous Wendy Boroski Joseph and Evelyn Chiarito Dark Entry Forest, Inc. Lewis H. Apat* Nelson Botwinick Katherine P. Chilcoat Mr. Gordon F. Darling Leon Arden Anne Bowen Hope Childs Mr. Dennis Daugherty Samuel and Susan Averill Benjamin Boyar Anthony Chiodo Edward T. Davis IV and Jeff Bacon John and Jane Boyer Lee Ellen Chontos Susan Z. Leff John and Liddy Baker Bert Boyson Brian Christaldi* Nancy and David Deakin Stephen R. and Maureen A. Brady Sharon and Todd Cipolla* Ralph and Lucille Decelles Marjorie Gilman Baker* Elaine Brandon Chris Clapper Michael and Marilyn Dee* Julia Devlin and Fred Balling Sarah and Edward Brash William P. Clark Frank DeFino and Terri DeFino Martin Baltus Anita Brean Maggie Clarke Paul J. Delasco “The River Steward Harding Bancroft and Jeremy Brecher Conrad Clewell* Lionel and Judith Delevingne* Internship with HVA has Eliza Klose* Dermott M. and Sue Breen David Clough* Nancy Dellert* Barbalunga Enterprises, Inc. Elaine and Charlie Brenner Pat and Paul Coates Rick and Barb DelPrete really opened my eyes A. Richard Barber Andrew and Pamela Breslin Thomas W. and Nioma Coen Carmela DeLuca to watersheds and how Paul and Anne Baren Joyce G. Briggs Peter Coffeen Peter and Dale Demy they operate. Through Stephanie Ann Barlow John Broadbin* Margaret Cogswell Herb Dershowitz and assessing culverts and Ann Barrett Barbara Austin Brown Marc Cohen and Emily Mekler Liane Montesa streams I have become Thomas and Arleen Barrett Jean Brown and Jeffrey Liebowitz Connie Cohrt and Paul and Nicole Desrosiers more aware of all the Ronald Barron Joshua Brown Rev. Deacon Amy Reichman William Devlin human and non-human Janet Barry and Barry Aquilino* Louise and Malcolm Brown Jay Coles Clayton Dilts impacts on watersheds. Keith Bartow Alice Browne ColibriMHB Translation Kate Dimancescu Now I ﬁ nd that I notice Matthew and Greata Basile Bob and Joan Buccino Services James and Donna DiMartino* Joseph J. Baxer Teresa F. Buchan Kenneth and Claire Collier Alexandra and Anthony culverts and impacts on Malcolm and Joan Beatty Cecilia Buck-Taylor K. Lee and Barbara Collins DiPentima rivers everywhere I go. Karen Beaumont-Biggs* Bulls Bridge Body Shop Karen Compton* Dr. Richard D. Dixon — Caroline Hilli Stuart Beck and Joanne Beck* John and Portia Buquicchio Theresa W. Conroy Joseph C. Doboszynski River Steward Richard Beckerman Thaddeus E. and Mary-Ann Burr Frank A. Consolati Rosemarie and Frank Dolson Meg Begley Linda Busch Jim and Karen Consolati Richard and Lisa Donovan Christine Elia and Eric Simon Charles Beisser Nancy Bushnell and Gildo Consolini Jerry and Gretchen Doolittle Bradford H. Elker Michael Belknap Victor Reiling Sarah E. Cook* Norman Dorsen* Cia Elkin David A. Bell Carmella Buttacavoli* Susan M. Cook John Downie Susan Elliott* Edward S. and Rebecca Bent Jeanette Byers Margaret Cooley Victoria Ann Doyle David and Bonner Elwell Susan and Bruce Berger Timothy Cage and Eric Nelson Michael Cooney Walter J. Drozeck Diana and John Engel Helene Berger Matthew Cain* Victor S. Coppleson and Laura Dubester and Barbara Ensign W. Berger Irene Caligan Linda B. Coppleson Alan Silverstein* Kenneth J. Erdmann Neil and Merle Berman Peter Canby and Anne Putnam Eugene and Adeline Coppola David and Melissa Duda Joan Ermish Bernard Berofsky Mark and Jane Capecelatro Spedito and Josephine Costa James Duffy Gerard Esposito and Tim Bertaccini Lynn and Mike Carano Kerry and Bonnie Couchman Inge Dunham Andrea Dubrow Robert and Barbara Bettigole Carmen and David Carlson Roger and Mary Coutant Helen Durgy James F. Evans Daniel Birger and Ellen Glass Charlotte Carlson* Dana B. Cowin John and Yvonne Dutton George and Lorraine Faison

10 “The new boat ramp in Stockbridge is beautiful! We were the ﬁ rst to use it! The Housatonic is so worth preserving ... for centuries. A paddle here is extraordinary, enriching. It’s the best experience in the world. In many places on the river there’s no sign of human impact or habitation. It’s like it was when Emerson and Thoreau were here.” Members Richard & Carol Seltzer, members since 1994

Kristina Fares* Gerald and Cathy Gollub Theodore C. and Daniel Lake Tom and Connor Farley Willard and Vivian Gombert Barbara Hollander Cary and Elizabeth Lakenbach Dan and Tricia Farley-Bouvier Carol and James Goodfriend* Margaret Hornick Carol A. Lancaster* Zahra Fazeli Dr. Garet Gordon Peter and Louisa Horth Laura Lane and David R. Devoe Stephanie Fenwick* Michael and Kathie Gordon Michael Howard Bruce and Janie Larson Milton and Marian Ferguson Drs. Richard Gottlieb and Barbara and Duncan Hoxworth Edwin J. and Ruth Larson Robert Fiengo and Josephine Wright David J. Hubbard Richard and Diana Larson Barbara Bevington Doug Goudey Peter and Lucille Insalaco Regine Laverge-Schade Spencer Finch Carol F. Gourley Kevin Ireton and Cynthia Battista Christopher Lawrence Dr. Jack and Joyce Finkelstein Douglas S. T. Green, M.D. and Susan Irwin Dr. Robert K. Lee Dr. Robert W. Finley, III Kathryn Ruth Hellstrom Green* Carolyn B. Ivanoff Robert B. Lee, M. D. Stuart Firestein* David G. Greene* Paul and Rita Iverson Dr. Cavin Leeman and Len Fishman and Dr. Richard A. Greene Alfred and Joann Ivry “I liked scooping up and Diane L. Zimmerman Susan O. Schnur* Shirley C. Greenﬁ eld Maura Jabbonsky identifying the aquatic Elias and Kathleen Lefferman John Fitzgerald Robert E. and Patricia Groeschner Jim Jacobs insects. Besides being Cheryl Lein Robert M. and Louise Gross Rocco Jacouzzi Dan Leonard Jeanne M. FitzGerald Martin Grossman Ronald and Adriana Janis fun, it made me more Msgr. Thomas P. Leonard Laura Salas Flores Robin and Virginia Grossman Dr. Raymond and aware of how important Jerry Levey Founders Insurance Group, Inc. Harold Gurnee Karen E. Jankowich it is to keep our streams Mr. Richard M. Levich Susan G. Fox Damian and Jeanne Gutierrez* Josie Janssen clean for them … for Dr. and Howard and Judith Levin A. King Francis Michael and Kim Guy Joan Jejer trout, wildlife and Sydney and Judith Levine Paul and Linda Frank Clyde and Beverly Haberman Wayne Jenkins people, too! I’m so glad I Harold and Jeanette Levy Dr. Carol Franken Bob Hagadorn Gerald and Beverly Johnson* had this opportunity.” Richard and Leslie Lillien Levy Louise Frankenberg Michael H. Hainsselin Eric and Elizabeth Jones — Digby Barrios Ross Levy, M.D. Ingrid Freidenbergs Paul E. Hale Sheila Josephson Danbury High Marilyn Lieff Jack and Sandy French* Robbin Halfnight* Rick and Bonnie Kaeser McAdory and Marilyn Lipscomb Katherine Freygang Harry Hall Ruth G. Kahn School Student Mr. Craig A. Liska Stephen Friedberg Mark and Jane Hanley and Family Nina Kaletsch Still River Watershed Laurie Lisle Edith Frieder Chris and Carol Hardy-Fants* Peter and Nancy B. Kalmes Connections Robert S. Ljungquist Austin Frye John Hartje and Carol Camper Dr. John and Anita Kane E. Lock and F. Sears Vincent Galano Thomas and Anne Hartnett Walter R. Kane Louise W. King John and Susan Logan Jacek M. and Coby Galazka Craig L. Haurand Lorraine Kapinos Susanne King and Richard Berlin Wallace Loman* Joseph A. and Donna M. Gallucci Ken Hawley Vivian E. Kasen Gil Klein Henry L. and Mary Long Dr. John W. and Jean H. Gallup Elizabeth Haxo Carol Kastendieck Philip D. Knowles Russ and Mimi Longyear Dr. John and Ann Galt Nicholas L. Hayes, Jr.* Donald and Susan Katz* Thomas Koelle James Looney Robert and Kathy Gambino John Hazard Rima Katz June M. Kostick Mark A. Lowe Doris Ganong Lesley and Philip Heimlich* Robert and Linda Katz Judith Kriegl and Jerrilynn Tiso Dr. Richard and Mary Loyer Alfred and Kathleen Garofolo* Michael Heller Susan Kaufman Gerd L. Kristeller Karen M. Lrhazi* Richard Genova and Elizabeth and Jerome Hellman Lynn S. Kearcher and Carl Chaiet James Krivonick Mrs. William Luers Pamela Friedman Ernest and Elsie Helmke John A. Keefe Sharon Daniel Kroeger Michael D.and Alice Lynch* Alan and Janice Gentile Lynne and Jose Henriquez Dennis and Elizabeth Keenan Jacqueline H. Kuhn William and Kathy Lyon Joseph and Phyllis Geraghty James and Lynn Herbert Paul Kellman Peter Kukresh and Bonnie Sears Bruce and Joan MacFarlane Gordon H. Gertsen Caroline Herrick John Kellogg Harold Kuplesky Robert and Sue MacVeety* Sarah Getz and James LaPorta George Hertag James Kelly Dr. David and Denise Kurish Louis J. Maggio, M.D. Anne Ghitman* Drs. George and Jill Hetson Kenneth E. Kelly Phil and Carol Laban Jean-Paul and Betty Lou Mandler James and Virginia Giddens Michael Hickerson* Mrs. Wilbur H. Kempe Noel Labat-Comess Mark E. Manville Alison Gilchrist John C. Hicks Olga Kennedy Elaine E. LaBella and Susan Margolin John and Elsie Gilligan* Stuart and Susanne Hirshﬁ eld Mark and Jackie Kettunen Ann Sherwood Robert Marsden* R. Ginzel Herbert L. Hochberg Alice J. King and Thomas E. King Dr. Norman and Susan Ladov Lona Martin Mr. and Mrs. Martin Glendon Peter and Phyllis Hofman Larry S. King Louisa Mattoon LaFontan Oscar Martinez

11 “HVA is our most important voice for river issues and its leadership in regional conservation is priceless! I would not want to see what Litchﬁ eld County would look like without HVA.” Members Curtis Rand, First Selectman, Salisbury, Conn.

Nancy Mascio Alex and Judith Nardacci Stuart and Stacey Rabinowitz Susan Sayle Millicent Matland Robert L. Nason and Lisa Sloane John E. Rafferty Rolf Schenkel Medora A. Matson Phyllis Nauts Are You Keith and Marie Raftery David Schiff* James H. Maxymillian Harold and Joan Nelson Carol and Larry Rand* Larry and Marietta Schiff Harold and Marie McCarthy Perry and Laura Neminski RiverSmart? Patricia Ranson Tom and Jacque Schiller* James and Helen McCarthy Alexander Neubauer and Melissa Rathburn Dr. Philip and Hannah Schorr Lee McClelland April Stevens Curtis Read Robert Schroter Katherine R. McCurdy Myron and Carolyn Neugeboren Peter L. Reid Martin and Jane Schwartz Ralph McDermid Thomas and Susan Neumann Mrs. William H. Reid Walter Schwarz and William W. McGhee Suzanne B. Newell* Sanders and Martha J. Reina* Linda Swenson* William and Phyllis McGoldrick Doreen B. Newton* Paul and Judy Reisman Harriet Schweitzer James and Mary Ellen McMellon Rob and Nell Nicholas Barbara Reynolds Andrea Scott and Rob Jenter James and Diane McNulty Dan and Sue Nichols Craig and Christine Reynolds John Sculley* Linn Mehta and Katherine Cary Nancy A. Nichols Cristin and David Rich The Sebranek Family Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Meisel R. J. Nickerson Beth and Tom Rickart Nick Sedelnik John and Carol Messerschmitt Carolyn Noble and Find out at Robin and Catherine Ringler Seekonk Veterinary Hospital Nancy Metcalf John Morrissey Dr. George and Kathryn Ritter Frederick R. and Arleen Sell Steven Miano and Karen Noble www.riversmartct.org Edward Rizzi Daniel and Nell Semel Roseann Mistretta Mrs. Robert P. Noble Stephen Robertson Gerry Senseney* Miller-Ward Funeral Home Margaret Nock Jean Robinson and John A. Setaro Dwight D. Miller James and Anne Marie Noel Otto Penzler Dawn MacNutt Catherine Setterlin Gloria Miller and Macey Levin Stephen and Mary Norris Dr. Richard and Evelyn Perera Scott and Joan Robinson Sharon Optical John L. Miller Jean Nutini John and Shirley Perotti Jeanne B. Robison Sharon Veterinary Clinic Joseph J. Miller* Christopher Nye Carl D. and Odessa Peterson Alma Roginel James and Susan Shehan Michael G. and Nancy Miller Ann Oberkirch, M.D. Margaret Mary Pezzolo John and Jackie Rorke Shelton Land Conservation Michael A. Miller John C. O’Brien John Phelan Guy A. Rosato Trust, Inc. Dr. Rodman Miller and Family Kristin O’Connor Arnold Phillips* Dr. Henry and Cheryl Rose Molly Shifrin and Toni Thomas Mrs. Victor Mills John Oddy John and Mary Philpott Steven and Christina Rosen Mr. and Mrs. George Shippey Susan A. Mingione Angel Olmeta Janet Pickering Donald and Helen Ross Dr. Michael and Jean Shirley Albert Misiewicz, Jr. and Ron and Barbara Olson Judith Pinkerton and Wesley and Suzanne Ross Mark and Charlene Showalter* Nicole Cignoli Adam Orsi Alan Tikotsky Peter O. Rostenberg, M.D. Priscilla Shurick Margaret Black Mitchell Charles and Ann Orsillo Richard Pinner Harvey and Barbara Rothenberg Betty Silbert* Col. (R) Kevin Moore Edward Oshrin and David Pitofsky* Edward G. Rothstein Donna Silbert William B. and Sheila L. Moore Ying Li-Oshrin John and Jane Pittari Ruth Charny Rotko Leonard and Gail Silverman Geoffrey and Martha Morris John and Della Ostendorf Ernest J. and Michele Pizzuto Vlada Rousseff Karla Simon* Elizabeth Morrison James Overmyer and Drs. Eric Plakun and Ken and Alane Rubel* Ellery W. and William Morrison Ellen Weiden Deborah Buccino Rocco and Mary Ruggiero Mary Lusanna Sinclair Jane and Charles Morrow* Oxford Land Trust, Inc. Richard Pomerantz Colter Rule Vicky Singer* Rene and Annette Moser Richard and Lois Pace Linda A. Pope* Peter Rzasa Rev. Peter Skaller Mary Motasky Robert J. Pallone Juliet Popper and Derek Sisco* Stephen and Susan Saccardi Jim and Dana Slaughter Robert R. Mott Nickitas F. and Robert and Virginia Potter Marjorie Safran Robert and Renee’ Slonaker Pat Mulberry Penelope Panayotou Bruce and Margaret Powell Thomas Sagendorph Elizabeth Slotnick Robert B. Muller, Sr. Alan Papscun Jeffrey and Sharon Prager Jane Salata and Richard Hayes Georgene Smith* Wendy Murphy Margaret Parish David Pravda* Mauricio Salazar Mark J. Smith Charles Murray Priscilla and Asher Pavel Allan and Jackie Priaulx Donna Sammarino Mrs. Mason Smith Raymond B. and Holly S. Murray Mildred Pawlak Dale B. Prindle Alan and Pamela Sandstrom Philip and Kathleen Smith Scott and Karen Murray John and Susan Payne Elsie Puglisi Alexander and Sylvie Sankowski* Donn and Suzanne Lynn and James Mylock, Jr.* Peter and Pat Pearce Henry and Anne Putzel Marian Conway Santoli Smith-Castonguay Michele Levin Naidich Philip Pechukas Michael R. Quenneville and Robert Satow, Ph.D.* Harvey Snitiker Richard Nannarello* Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Peltier Michael K. Quenneville Melissa Savage and Gladys Lewis Alfred Socolow

12 “Through Still River Watershed Connections this summer I learned all about the different invasive species that are affecting our watershed and how the river is affected by daily activities that negatively impact the Housatonic. I learned there’s so much I can do!” Members Joseph Dobbins, Summer Youth Employment Program Project Director at Danbury Youth Services

Dominick and Arlene Sorrentino Mr. and Mrs. Peter Traub E.J. Weldon Edward R. Peckerman** In memory of Denny Frost Southbury Planning Commission Tom Trautwein and Family Christina Wellenkamp Kirsten Peckerman Patrice Bouteiller Jos Spelbos William and Nancy Travis* Crosby Wells John F. Ready** Edward and Audrey Ferman Jack Spencer Leigh Tunick Lynton A. Wells L. George Rieger Rev. Ledlie and L. P. Sperry, Jr. Thomas J. Turek, DMD Leni Welte Richard C. Sears Roxanna Laughlin Richard Spoor and J. Wyatt and Sandra Uhlein Dr. John C. Whitsell II Harmon D. Smith Dr. Franck de Chambeau Roger Ullman John G. and Marilyn Wightman Marc** and Janet Taylor In memory of Einar Lindholm Eva M. St. John Sally Underwood Miller Robert G. Wilbur Lynn A. Werner 21st Century Fund for Housatonic Thomas and Kathlyn Stanley* Dr. Ramon and William O. and Jerri Wiley F. Anthony and Sally Zunino Valley Regional High School William V. and Janice K. Steers Adriana Valderama Martha Wilkie* **deceased Tim Abbott and Talya Leodari David Steinberger Jo Valens Marcia Wilkins Linda Allard Sylvia G. Steucek and Mrs. William Vaun Claire E. Williams* John and Donna Barron Rosemary Dziubinski Loet and Edith Velmans Joan T. and Peter C. Williams Nancy Bushnell and Missy Stevens Eugene and Victoria Vessell Mr. Robert Williams Victor Reiling Anne Stewart-Fitz Roy Peter Viale Alton and Janet Wilson Leendert and Maryellen DeJong Stockbridge Gas Co., Inc. Bill Voldstad Andrew Wilson David and Sandy Dolinsky Lynn Stonebridge Henry and Eva Von Ancken Valerie J. Winig* Robert and Sabine Gibson Eric Stones Jeff Waingrow Matthew and Alicia Winter Margaret P. Keskinen Richard and Holly Stover John Walsh Stuart and Patrizia Wurtzel The Leon Family Richard and Betty Stratton Gregory and Christine Ward Yuiko Yampolsky Siri Lindholm Joe and Betsy Strauch Ward’s Nursery Claudine Yannoni Gifts Honoring Others Blaine Matthews and Family Gregory and Washington Food Market Ron Yaple In honor of Paul L. and H. M. and M. J. Parsons Holly Miller Sullivan Russel and Genie Watsky Mrs. Thornburgh Zay Terese Abbott Douglas R. Pelletier, Sr. Paul and Lenore Sundberg Stephen and Dorothy Weber Virginia F. Zic Donald and Elizabeth Abbott Frank M. Lochmann, Jr. Charlotte Sutherland Ladd Weinberg Martha and Murray Zimiles Resources Management Virginia Bush Suttman Jamie Weisberg* Donald T. Zukowski In honor of Ilene Asner Corporation Carol Swanson Dr. Natalia Zunino Johanna Cox RTR Technologies, Inc. Trudy Swenson and The Zuraw Family Davis Kalvar Richard Sears and Brenda Singer Robert McKinna *New member James Harmon Sara (Bee) Simont Deborah H. Swigart Kenneth Grief Joan S. Tait Kurt Syer Charles Downing Lay Society Ruth Tisi and Andrea Tisi Joan S. Tait Bequests and Planned Gifts In honor of Frances Taliaferro* Judy Black** Susan Bishop-Wrabel In memory of Mike Nichols Karen and Frank Tansey Nancy S. Bushnell Anonymous Robert and Susan Houlihan Imkje Mathilde Tarazi Leendert T. DeJong Ann Lozman and Jay Harris Alex Taylor Mary V. Flynn** In honor of Elaine LaBella Marguerite Purnell Jean C. Taylor Valerie Friedman Linda Allard Diane von Furstenberg and Jack and Janet Teich Judith Seaton Gates** Barry Diller Marcel and Mildred Tenenbaum Lawrence Gates** In honor of Richard Sears and Philip Terni J. Richard Hackman** Brenda Singer And a special thank you to Kenneth Terry* Mary Mallory Hadlow** John and Veronica Keller Mead all those who donated to, Edgar and Leona Thomas Reidar N. Jespersen** Douglas and Sarah Nadeau Nielsen attended and supported, Wesley E. Thornton William J. Kugeman** Asher and Priscilla Pavel Judith Timm* Elaine E. LaBella Betty Silbert our “Fore the River” Golf Tournament, Auction to Bill and Sharon Tingley Christine Baranski Charles Downing Lay** Joan S. Tait Richard and JoanToder George C. Lay** Beneﬁ t the Environment charms the auction Wendy Weinberg Christopher and Sandra Tokarz Chauncey C. Loomis, Jr.** and Source-to-Sound crowd singing to Diane David S. Torrey and Ecton and Betsy Manning In memory of Paddle Trip. Shelley E. Harms von Furstenberg! Claire Murphy** Cora LaBerge Abbott C. Joseph and Cheryl Tracy James A. Newman** Donald and Elizabeth Abbott www.hvatoday.org

13 FINANCIAL REPORT

HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION, INC. AND HVA FOUNDATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 OF FINANCIAL POSITION JUNE 30, 2016

TEMPORARILY PERMANENTLY ASSETS UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 355,938 REVENUES, GAINS AND OTHER SUPPORT Accounts Receivable 228,560 Membership Dues $ 54,710 $ - $ - $ 54,710 Prepaid Expenses 10,121 Contributions Above Dues 390,514 - - 390,514 ______Grants 479,221 404,627 - 883,848 Total Current Assets ______594,619 Events 304,146 - - 304,146 Fees 13,680 - - 13,680 Rent 6,397 - - 6,397 Property and Equipment Donated Goods 7,500 - - 7,500 Land 216,206 Investment Income 6,438 24,221 - 30,659 Buildings and Renovations 337,841 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments 5,312 5,338 - 10,650 Furnishings and Equipment 190,273 Less Accumulated Depreciation (448,651) Net Assets Released From Restrictions ______329,637 ______(329,637) ______- ______- ______Net Property and Equipment 295,669 Total Revenues, Gains and Other Support 1,597,555______104,549 ______- ______1,702,104______

Other Assets EXPENSES Investments 1,246,720 Program Services Deferred Land Sale Costs 6,342 Issue Response 92,061 - - 92,061 ______Environmental Education 247,878 - - 247,878 Total Other Assets ______1,253,062 Land Protection 586,431 - - 586,431 TOTAL ASSETS $2,143,350______Water Protection ______339,746 ______- ______- ______339,746_____ Total Program Services 1,266,116______- ______- ______1,266,116_____ TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Current Liabilities Supporting Services Accounts Payable $ 21,539 Accrued Salaries and Wages 9,719 Membership 71,946 - - 71,946 ______Events 112,641 - - 112,641 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES ______31,258 Management and General 25,339 - - 25,339 Fundraising ______89,653 ______- ______- _____89,653_____ Net Assets Unrestricted, Equity in Property Total Supporting Services ______299,579 ______- ______- ______299,579_____ and Equipment 295,669 Unrestricted, Designated by the Board 62,000 Unrestricted, Undesignated 150,627 Total Expenses 1,565,695______- ______- ______1,565,695 ______Total Unrestricted Net Assets 508,296 Change in Net Assets ______31,860 ______104,549 ______- _____ 136,409______Temporarily Restricted 754,771 Permanently Restricted ______849,025 Net Assets at Beginning of Year 476,436 650,222 849,025 1,975,683 ______TOTAL NET ASSETS ______2,112,092

TOTAL LIABILITIES Net Assets at End of Year $______508,296 $______754,771 ______$ 849,025 ______$2,112,092______AND NET ASSETS ______$2,143,350

14 2016 AT A GLANCE

The Housatonic Valley Association’s mission is to save the natural character and environmental health of our communities by protecting land and water in the Housatonic River Watershed.

How we spent our resources Where we spent our resources

THE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED

ADMINISTRATIVE/ FUNDRAISING 13% Massachusetts 15% LAND PROTECTION

OUTREACH/ 29% EDUCATION 17% Northern Connecticut LAND New York 38% WATER PURCHASE 5% PROTECTION 14% (+Land Purchase 27% 16%)

Southern Connecticut 26%

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Welcome Connie and Carolyn! HVA STAFF Lynn Werner Greenprint Executive Director Connie joined us in January as our new Greenprint Manager. She works with Greenprint Director Tim Collaborative BERKSHIRE LAND AND WATER Dennis Regan Abbott to expand the reach and impact of the land Berkshire Director trust conservation partnership. She remains the Aton Forest, Inc. Alison Dixon Principal of Manes Consulting, LLC and part-time Colebrook Land Conservancy Berkshire Outreach Program Manager Executive Director of Kent Land Trust. In 2012 she Connecticut Farmland Trust CONNECTICUT LAND PROTECTION Cornwall Conservation Trust Tim Abbott pioneered the growing national Land Trust Alliance Greenprint Director Circuit Rider program working with nonprofi ts Flanders Nature Center and Connie Manes Connie Manes throughout Connecticut to prepare for national Land Trust Greenprint Manager accreditation. Through her work, Connie has directly represented nearly The Goshen Land Trust, Inc. CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK half of the Greenprint member organizations and has strong connections WATER PROTECTION Hartland Land Trust Michael Jastremski to them all. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the statewide Housatonic Valley Association Watershed Conservation Director Connecticut Land Conservation Council and chairs its Training and The Kent Land Trust Carolyn Klocker Education Committee. Ten Mile Watershed Manager* Lake Waramaug Task Force Ryan Williams Litchfi eld Land Trust Conservation Projects Manager Carolyn joined us in May as our new Ten Mile The Morris Land Trust Savannah Judge Watershed Manager. In her previous capacity as Senior Conservation Technician Water Resource Educator at Cornell Cooperative Naromi Land Trust COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH Extension of Dutchess County, she served as a New Hartford Land Trust Richard Sears technical resource to Dutchess County’s municipal Development Director Norfolk Land Trust offi cials and watershed organizations. This included Brenda Singer Salisbury Land Trust Membership/Volunteer/Auction Coordinator working with the Wappinger Creek Watershed Sharon Land Trust Jane Bakker Intermunicipal Council to secure a New York State Carolyn Klocker Steep Rock Association Communications Manager* Inland Waterway designation for Wappinger Creek, The Trust for Public Land FINANCIAL which has unlocked new funding opportunities for planning and Patience Lindholm Warren Land Trust Finance Director management in that watershed. Carolyn supports the Ten Mile River Watershed Collaborative, engaging community leaders and stakeholders Watertown Land Trust CONSULTANTS Carol Powers – Grants in fi nding new ways to conserve the Ten Mile River Watershed’s land Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust Joseph Ruggiero – IT and water resources. She also handles education programs with our The White Memorial Foundation *PARTTIME partner organizations and community leaders, and helps implement Winchester Land Trust stream restoration and management projects, water quality monitoring, and assessment of culverts and bridges.