Mountain Views Our Donors News from Stowe Land Trust Fall/Winter 2020 New Directors

In This Issue Caring for your Favorite Places Mountain Views Our Donors News from Stowe Land Trust Fall/Winter 2020 New Directors

More than 250 volunteers from local businesses and schools and professionals have pulled thousands of non-native, invasive barberry plants at Cady Hill Forest since 2015 in an effort to restore native plant diversity to the property. CARING FOR YOUR FAVORITE PLACES: Protecting Forest & Human Health at Cady Hill By Kristen Sharpless, Executive Director

On a walk around Cady Hill Forest in early October, I was Cady Hill Forest was purchased and conserved by Stowe Land delighted to encounter flocks of songbirds busily pecking Trust (SLT) in 2012, allowing for the expansion of the existing for insects, stunning fall colors on full display, and several 60-acre Macutchan Town Forest by 258 acres. Now owned by mountain bikers enjoying the leaf-carpeted trails. the Town of Stowe and best known for its world-class, multi-use and mountain biking trail network maintained by the Stowe But what was most striking was what was missing. Trails Partnership, Cady Hill Forest is still at its heart just that: The thousands of invasive, Japanese barberry plants that had a forest. During early monitoring visits and assessments, SLT carpeted portions of the forest several years ago were gone. staff noticed that an extensive infestation of Japanese barberry In their place were riots of white pine seedlings, thickets of covering about 36 acres was spreading from the powerline blackberry, and scattered native tree seedlings and other corridor that runs through the property into Cady Hill’s forest. plants. I found one lone, small, barberry plant along the Barberry is a non-native, invasive plant that looks pretty in Bridgey trail. It was a magical moment, and one I was not sure I landscaping around homes and businesses. But it wreaks would ever experience when we set out on an ambitious effort havoc when it escapes into natural areas, posing a threat to to get the barberry infestation on the property under control in forest health, wildlife, and human health and safety. 2015.

continued on page 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Wilkens, Chair Samuel P. Gaines, Vice Chair Amy Stewart, Treasurer Letter from the Executive Director Meg Kauffman, Secretary Anna Black At Stowe Land Trust, we have been hearing from Clifford Borden you that during the COVID-19 pandemic, our Beth Bradford beautiful landscape, accessible trails, and local Chess Brownell farms have never been more essential to your Doren Dolan Stowe experience. How wonderful that while much Catherine Drake of our daily life is altered and constrained, nature Walter Frame remains open. Jesse Goldfine The pandemic is presenting us all with an Tom Jackman opportunity to feel how the land itself is part of Jess Laporte Mila Lonetto the community to which we belong – even if right Walt Looney now you are away and eagerly waiting for the time Jason McLean you can return. As more people than ever are getting outside, we are finding Darsey Moon a renewed appreciation for the gifts land gives us: fresh air, water and food; Ryan Percy inspiring vistas; a feeling of peace and hope amid turmoil and uncertainty; safe Kerry Sedutto places to exercise our bodies, calm our minds, and connect with our friends Jason Slocum and family; and a closeness to wild things that continue to move with the Thomas B. Sweet reassuring rhythm of the changing seasons. You have entrusted Stowe Land Trust with the responsibility of being an DIRECTORS EMERITI intelligent guardian and caretaker of your favorite conserved lands. We take Charles Berry this stewardship obligation seriously and can only meet it with the ongoing Trowbridge Elliman engagement and support from you – our community. Making a donation to John Merrill Stowe Land Trust, becoming a member, volunteering your time, recreating Alan Thorndike responsibly, learning how to treat the land with love and respect are all Gaetano Vicinelli essential investments we count on you to make part of your regular habits Roger Witten and routines. Thank you for doing so, and please invite others – especially newcomers – to join you. STAFF With gratitude, Kristen Sharpless, Executive Director Metzi Anderson, Operations Manager Elisabeth Fenn, Conservation Program Manager Kristen Sharpless Executive Director Stowe Land Trust is dedicated to the conservation of scenic, recreational, and productive farm and forest lands for the benefit of the greater Stowe community. Show Your Support!

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Guardian Benefactor Alec Graham & Laurie Burton- Kristen Sharpless & Michael Janice Bini & Dean Scarborough Jared and Cassie Annello Graham Snyder  Robertson Family Fund, Inc.  Diane Arnold & Dean Gerry and Terry Griffin Thomas Shively & Lisa Coney Goodermote  Jan Nyquist & David Harding  David and Barbara Siegel  Charlie and Gibby Berry  Nathan Hemmer Jason and Callie Slocum  Preservationist Stephen and Louise Berry  Jeff Herrmann & Jana Ross  Lee Spencer & Alice Dana Philip Branton & Ellen Lazarus  Patrick and Alison Bomberg Michael and Alison Hong Spencer  The Chingos Foundation  Paul and Kathy Bosland  Natalie and Tom Hubbs  Pall and Susan Spera  Peter and Bari Dreissigacker  Rick and Ann Bresnahan  Richard and Clea James  Vince and Maria Stafford Tom and Mary Evslin  Chess Brownell  Abby Johnson & Chris McKown Ron and Judy Stancliff  Joseph F. and Jodi M. Feeney Donna Carpenter   Jonathan and Jennifer Steingart Jane and Van Harissis  Gunnel Clarke & John DeVillars John and Diane Kemp  Amy Stewart The Spector Fund at the Boston  Bonnie Knight  Alan and Ellen Thorndike  Foundation  Coldwell Banker Carlson Real Richard and Susan Leadem  True Bleu Charitable Fund The Tortimaki Foundation Estate  George and Inez Lengvari  Union Bank  Roger M. and Jill J. Witten  Mark J. Condon & Jean M. Hynes Walter Levering & Carolyn Katharine Veerman   Ruschp  Paolo and Kara Vicinelli  Kitty Coppock  Bunny and Peter Merrill  Gaetano and Susan Vicinelli  Conservationist Denise Burt Cushwa  John and Millie Merrill  Ted and Dani Virtue  Rand and Lynne Eyberg  Eric and Elizabeth Daliere  Val and Lisa Mihan  Kyle and Laura Walker Jesse and Tracy Goldfine Helena D’Angelo Lynn W. Miles  Stuart Warner Walter and Diane Looney  Rick and Lynn Davis  Karen Monsen  Richard and Sally Watts  Skip and Marilyn Rosskam  Basil Dobbin & Jena Wood Lisa and William Nelson  Regina Winslow Kerry Sedutto & Kevin Komer  Graham Dower & Sheila Cheston Carl and Sharon Nielsen  Dan Winston & Tira Khan  Gay Slesar   Melissa and David Norton  Neil and Carla Stempel  Catherine Drake & Richard Nick and Wendy Nunez  Kathy and Ted Truscott  Levine  Kreg Pearless & Kathleen David Wilkens & Molly Pindell  Tom and Christina Evans Meehan Doug and Carrie Yakola Joe and Sara Farley  Michael and Deborah Pucillo  Kim Yellin & Marc Stern  Tom and Patricia Foltz Emily and Jeffrey Rosenbaum  Nat and Caren Goodhue  Linda Sallop & Michael Fenlon 

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Page 4 Mountain Views Our Donors - continued Mud City Adventures  Richard and Carole Altman  Patricia O’Connor & Michael Metzi Anderson & Ross Knapik Scatchard  Steve and Bobbi Paris  Dean and Jean Anderson  The Payne Family Foundation Gary and Nancy Banks Sam and Sue Philbrick  Nicholas Barker Bill and Sylvia Pope  Jared and Melissa Baucom Katharine A. Powell  Jeff and Susan Beattie  Henry Busetti & Dee Reever  Nathalie Beauvais John and Jean Reiersen  Alan and Karen Beecher  Ed and Sarah Rovetto Charlie and Weezie Betz  Erica and David Ruck Ken and Lilli Biedermann  Brooke and Neal Sandford  Ron Biedermann  Richard and Heather Sargent  Anna Black Richard and Anne Smith  John and Mary Black Laurence and Beverly Sokol  Joe and Anne Cresci  Bill and Janis Stocks  Beth and Barton Bradford  Sponsor Stowe Insurance Agency, Inc.  Stowe Family Dentistry David and Lauren Brake Constance Benoliel-Rock  Anthonius van den Herik Anthony B. Thompson  Bob Britton & Linda Hakala  Peter and Nina Blain  Stephen and Kajy Vicinelli  Walter E. Towslee  Robert Brown  Marc and Sheila Boyle  Jorge and Gretchen Vivoni  Kerry Tyson & Zackary King Cold Hollow Cider Mill  Carma LLC Joe and Bonnie Wauters  Rob and Lisa Venne Bob Campbell  Grant and Debbie Davis Bob and Melinda Welter Cheryl Vince Yola Carlough Carley and Dan De Rosa Jeff and Tiffany Wheeler Jonathan Wallace & Lisa McGovern Ethan and Kristy Carlson  A. Diehl & Patricia Jenkins  Jon Williams Jim and Alison Casey  Peter Dodson & Beverly Feinberg Sustaining Charles and Mary Alice Wise  John and Amy Chassard   Friend of Stowe Land Trust (2) Darla Witmer & Peter Collotta  Paul Chebator & Mer Zovko John and Doren Dolan  Kyle Adams Andrew and Susan Woods  Cap and Ginny Chenoweth  Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Esswein  Jane and Stephen Alpert  John Wysolmerski & Caroline David Chipman & Helen Folweiler  Mark E. Ferguson & Elizabeth Robert P. Ball  Hendel  Richard and Elizabeth Cleary  Yntema  D. Ben Benoit and Robin Benoit  James Zajac Trent and Karen Collie Doreen Foust Raymond and Sengdao Eric Zeikel & Diane Brindle  Paul and Sharon Conslato Jason and Priscilla Gaines Bergmann  Ronna and Arnold Ziegel  Peter and Jane Cooke David and Julie Gladstone  Steve and Gail Blumsack  Catherine Crawley & Richard Jeannie and Kurt Haab Harry and Carol Bonyun  Weinstein  David Hindin & Sally Bloomberg Antoine and Sophie Brechu Supporting Robin Cutler  Stan and Suzanne Danzig  Meg and Jeff Kauffman Gail Cassin Friend of Stowe Land Trust (9)  Kevin and Dawn D’Arcy  Michael and Patricia Kazakoff Blake Ellison John Abrams & Alison Bell  Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kristen and Rich Kleiman Susan and Ira Evans  Larry Abrams   Davidson Jr.  Jack and Laura Lancaster Carla and Kevin Fitzgerald Steve Adams  Lisa Davis Tucker and Vicky Levy Stephen and Anita Friedman  Pete Adamy & Patricia Flam  Quinn Demarrais Jonathan Lipson & Joanne Cieri David and Joan Genser  Judith Allen   Leighton and Regina Detora Mila Lonetto Steve and Jane Greenfogel Cynthia Allen-Berson & Steven  Chip and Beth Dillon Raj and Emily Madan The Greensboro Land Trust Berson  Bill and Brooke Mitchell Ron and Kathy Groves  Brian and Jill Mullin  John Harper & Ellen Tohn  James and Margaret O’Brien Lynn and Andy Harvey  Christy Patt  James and Robi Hodge  Shaun Pedersen & Alexandra Kristin Hudson Abbott  Ed Izzo & Jill Boardman  Lucene M. Pike Jesse Levine  Michele Pressman & Deborah Steven Libros  Levy  Bob and Megan Liljedahl Todd and Wendy Renz  Fernando Lloveras  Jim and Barbara Roberts  McKee and Jen Macdonald  James and Ruth Santos  Jeff and Lucinda McKechnie  Laura M. Selfors Steven McLafferty & Pauline Jeffrey Sharat & Constance Carrino Lambert   The Meditz Family  Shapleigh and Peggy Smith  Julie Michals & Marty Hodge John and Anne Steel  Jay Kaknes & Melissa Mielens 

Mountain Views Page 5 Our Donors - continued Donna Reback & Philip Herbison  Peter Wolf  Paula and Rich Reynolds  Josh Wolfgang Martin and Diane Richler  Paul and Carla Wolters Peter and Ellen Roberts  Jerry and Donna Wood  Michael Roche  Blaire Yakola Ed and Ruth Ann Rogers Antony and Livia Rosen  Michelle and Keith Rousseau Family Deborah Rubin & Philip Ades Friend of Stowe Land Trust (1) Jeannette Sanger Heather and Bob Anderson Timothy and Bethany Sargent  York and Fred Baker  Stephen Sayce  Jesse Beck  Ebeth and Tom Scatchard The Benedict Family Carol Schaal Mark and Mary Jane Bentley  Heidi Scheuermann  Betty and Carvel Bevans Jr.  Elisabeth Scholes John and Diane Biello  Sam Scofield  Robert DiMario & Helene G. Larry and Peg Lackey  Jeff and Debbie Blanton  Philip Scott  Martin  Mark and Rebecca Leipert  Marcy and Jeff Blauvelt  Rich and Becky Scott Gordon and Robin Dixon  Timothy D. Leland  Dan Brault  C.J. and Gail Seitz  Jim and Stacy Donahue Marvin and Norma Lesser Charlie Burnham  Kathleen E. Shannon  Dr. and Mrs. W. James Downs, Jr.  James and Jacquelyn Lindenmeyer  Drew and Stefanie Clymer  Bill and Kate Shea  Denise Duffy  Joseph and Lori-Ann Loughnane  John and Vicki Cohen  Jon and Karen Shreter  Malia Du Mont  Lisa and Spencer Macalaster  Stephen and Marie Cottrel  Mary Ellen Simon  Steven and Sheri Elefant George and Lois Mahan  Lew and Audrey Coty Eric and Dale Smeltzer Erik and Giulia Eliason  Douglas Manley & Elizabeth Glenn Cover & James Swanson Frank and Valerie Smolar Valerie Turtle & Mary Elkins  Chabot  Carrie Damp & Larry Heath William and Gloria Snyder  Valerie Ellmer Bob and Amy Marshall  George H. Diller Aimee and Hannah Stearns  Andrea Fenn Deb and Mike Martin  Kathleen Donahue Nicholas and Kate Stevens Gordie FitzGerald John McBrine  Chris and Laurie Doyle  Stowe Country Homes  Walter and Kristina Frame  Betty McGill  Rachel Duffy Sam & Lynn Strober Christie Fujimoto Joe and Cara McLaughlin Steven and Jill Elbaum  Joseph Subasic  Marty and Cathy Gardner  Jason McLean Robert Fahey & Maryellen Sullivan  Matt and Pam Swartz Donald and Linda Gingras  Robert McWeeny & Kerry Colson  Remarkable Things at Stowe Craft  Dr. Pamela Swearingen  Peter and Mary Jane Given Stephen and Linda Mead  Daniel and Elizabeth Fram Deb and Rob Taylor  Dr. Ronald and Lena Goldberg  David and Nancy Merz  Clay and Paula Frazier Paul Thabault & Nancy Money  Derek Graddock Marcia Mittnacht & Edward Joni Gaines  Louise Thompson  Cynthia and Edward Gray  Moscovitch  Jay and Kathleen Goldman  Sharon and Paul H. Trietley The Green Mountain Inn  Jonathan Goldberg & Michael Mark and Abigail Goodman Michael Trotter Steve Hagenbuch  Moon The Gorewitz Family Andrew and Betsy Waine Douglas and Deana Hailey  Robert and Jessica Moran  Fran and George Gotcsik  The Wehse Family  Margot and Donald Hall  Kitty Morrissey Phil Grant  Karl and Donna Weller  Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Hamberg  Merna and Gerald Morse  Heather Hale  Joanne Wikle Brian and Andrea Hamor  Gordon and Patricia Munson  Susan Hellerstein  Jonathan Wilson Jed and Amy Harris Peter and Meredith Murphy  Dave Hoagland  Russell Hausman  Leo Murray Greg Hayhurst Scott and Sandra Noble  Michael and Patricia Haynes  The Nocito Family  David and Michele Holton  Peter and Sally Nolan Ron and Chris Hudnell Olson & Associates  In Company Clothing Sue and Peter Oppenheimer  George and Cindy Jackman  James and Rachel Ory  Edmond and Amy Jalbert  Jim Owen  Richard and Marcia Johannesen  David and Dee Partridge  Stan Johnson Stephen and Janet Patching  Roger P. Joseph & Patricia Palmer  Chris Pazandak & Mary Jacques  Deedle Kiley Leigh and John Pelletier  Andrew and Nancy Kingman Debra and Howard Perrone  Alan and Caryn Kovacs  John and Wilma Peterson  David Lachtrupp  Barbara and Michael Puddicombe  Frank and Ann Lackey  Adam and Rachel Putnam Tom and Liz Lackey  Kevin and Laurie Rakowski

Page 6 Mountain Views Our Donors - continued Stephen Kae Contributor Will and Kate Witten Krause Linda Zamvil & John Angier  Jessica Laporte John Balas Lewis Lasher  David and Betsy Blechman Diane Leach Lindsey Carmichael Carla Levin  Art Ciullo Jed Lipsky  David D. Coffin, Jr.  Charlie and Louis LoConte  Ken and Sarah Drewry  Charles Lusk  Ana Echenique  Carolyn Mannering Jon Hanson  Kathy-Michele Marschall-Frankie Susan C. Harris  Steve Mason Elise Holt Diane McCarthy  Nancy Lightbown Jon Levy & Lisa Natkin  Wendy McCreight Polly Nimick  Tom and Lorrie Motylinski  Xander Paumgarten Ron and Lynn Paparella  Ryan and Courtney Percy David and Louise Ransom Chuck and Jann Perkins  Pat Sprague  Leslie Peterman Nifer and Ramsey Hoehn  Carol and Neil Van Dyke  Arthur and Judi Tischler  Stewart Ruth Allen and Heide Horsley  Elizabeth Vincent Carolyn and Louis Torre  Jo Sabel Courtney David and Trina Hosmer  Roberta Wachtelhausen Terry Whelan  MJ Shaw  Terry and Kristina Itämeri-Kinter Daniel and Sarah Wallach  John and Judy Zinn  Liz Sheahan  Tom and Laura Jordan  Jane Weaver  Carol Simoneau  Rob and Sarah Juzek  John Wilson In Honor of Madeleine Copeland Nancy Small Brooke, Josh, Sedona and Zia Art and Marion Wittels  Kermit and Hazel Spaulding  Friend of Stowe Land Trust Kaplan  Kate and Wally Young  Sally Stetson Design  Leslie Peterman Glenn and Margaret Kennedy  A.J. Zottola and Bethany Burns  Mary Stewart Will and Reni King Jessica Stitson In Honor of Moira Durnin Bob and CarolLynne Kirch  Individual Laura Waldo Andrew and Kathleen Knittle  The Greensboro Land Trust Friend of Stowe Land Trust (2) Mary Watson Roger Laviale & Christine Jonny Adler & Kasey McManmon Ralph and Louise Whitelock  Donovan  In Honor of Edelweiss Robyn Anderson Julie Wilson Steve and Carole Lichtenstein  Mountain Deli Lisa Beach  Ted and JeanMarie Winokur  Richard Litchfield Peggy and Rick Bernard  Charles Wolf Steven and Sheri Elefant Rob and Karen Millman  Sally Bindari  William Wright Tessa Milnes  Linda Bronstein  Simone Youkel In Honor of Elisabeth Fenn Lucy Nersesian  Josie Brownell Ron and Chris Hudnell Janet Nixon  Francis and Mary Jane Cain  Josh and Emily Novotny Rick Carrick  In Honor of Sam Gaines & Chris and Nancy Oddleifson Tamara Clahane Molly Triffin Bob and Leslie Ogan  Rich Conte  Bonnie and Brian Pease  Jason and Priscilla Gaines Karen Cunningham Nicholson  Beverly and Michael Propen  Jeffrey Dacales  Jim Quine Glenn Danziger  George and Elaine Rau  Kathryn W. Downs  Tom and Julia Rogers  Elizabeth Durovich  Peter Sakash  Evie Dworetzky  The Scheuermann Family  John Fagan  Robert and Anne Shapiro Kathleen and Peter Farmer Gordon W. and Lucille M. Kathleen Fitzgerald Siteman  Judy Foregger Alton Smith  Lyn Goldsmith Oliver Sweatman & Emily Doyle Karin Gottlieb  Michael and Meike Sweatman  Jane and Reid Grayson  Brent and Bev Teillon Kurt Hanson RJ and Olivia Thompson Michele R. H. Herbst  Joe and Jan Tichansky  Lyndall Heyer & Scott Dorwart  Mark and Chris Tolstoi Margaret Higgins  Dr. Thomas Tomasi Ralph and Carolyn Hilbert  Anne and Bruce Tribush Barb Hooper John and Allison Turkowski 

Mountain Views Page 7 Our Donors - continued

In Honor of Steve Goettle and In Memory of In Kind Gifts & Donations Program Partners Elizabeth Johnston David Sequist, D.V.M. Alario Tech Stowe Conservation Commission Friend of Stowe Land Trust Kitty Coppock Amazon Smile Stowe Elementary School George and Lois Mahan Anna Black, Esq. Stowe Trails Partnership In Honor of Matt Hiebsch Tessa Milnes Dave Couch Signs The Intervale Conservation Kathy-Michele Marschall-Frankie Ecopixel Nursery In Memoriam Edelweiss Mountain Deli The Nature Conservancy In Honor of Richard N. Jeynes & Bruce Bennett  Edward Jones – Caren Merson The Trust for Public Land Image Outfitters Vermont Land Trust Eunice J. Bergmann Jake Carpenter  Ana Maria Galvin In Company Clothing VT Department of Fish & Wildlife Raymond and Sengdao Bergmann Patricia Haslam  Jesse Goldfine, Esq. VT Department of Forests, Parks Bud Kassel  KellyCanVT and Recreation In Honor of Tom Lackey and Steven Klein Lucy Nersesian Waterbury Conservation John Blodgett Frank Lackey  Nebraska Knoll Sugar Farm Commission Karin Gottlieb Gertrude Lepine  Netdahe Stoddard Waterbury Land Initiative Donald Manning Power Shift In Honor of Deb and Mike Martin Martin Mathamel Topnotch Resort & Spa This list includes all donations made  Vail Resort between October 1, 2019-September 30, Friend of Stowe Land Trust Jack Morrissey John Nutting  Vermont Arborists 2020. If we have missed or incorrectly  listed your name, please let us know! In Honor of Bruce and Niels Olsen Beverly Osterberg  Carrie Nourjian Jeff Schumacher  = 5+ Year Donors A. Diehl and Patricia Jenkins David Sequist, D.V.M.   = 10+ Year Donors Ken Strong   = 15+ Year Donors In Honor of Carrie Yakola  = 20+ Year Donors Event Donations Lindsey Carmichael  = 25+ Year Donors Gail Cassin Gray Matter Marketing Vermont  = 30+ Year Donors Lisa Davis 10 Miler Valerie Ellmer Christie Fujimoto Grants Greg Hayhurst Canadian Friends of Stowe Land Marvin and Norma Lesser Trust Nancy Lightbown Land Trust Alliance Carolyn Mannering Oakland Foundation Elisabeth Scholes Outdoor Gear Exchange Laura Waldo Patagonia & AJ’s Ski & Sports Mary Watson Spruce Peak Realty Julie Wilson Town of Stowe Blaire Yakola Vail Resort EpicPromise Program In Memory of Emma, Frances & Hotel Partners Gertrude Bergmann The Stowehof Raymond and Sengdao Bergmann Topnotch Resort & Spa Trapp Family Lodge In Memory of Everett Copeland Wendy McCreight Matching Gifts 21st Annual Golf Tournament AIG Matching Grants Program In Memory of Paul & Champlain Investment Partners The 21st annual golf tournament was held on August 6, 2020 Alma Du Mont FM Global Foundation and raised $27,000 for Stowe Land Trust. All the proceeds Malia DuMont IBM Corporation from this Legacy event will be added to SLT’s stewardship Keurig Dr Pepper endowment for the long-term care of all SLT’s conserved In Memory of Ian Graddock Nuance Foundation, Inc. lands. Thank you to our hosts, Alice and Lee Spencer, as well The Walt Disney Company Derek Graddock Foundation as all our sponsors and participants. Your support makes

UBS our work possible! For a complete list of tournament results, In Memory of Michael Patagonia individuals and businesses that supported the tournament, George Mahan Pepsico Foundation as well as more photos from the event, please visit our George and Lois Mahan The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck website at www.stowelandtrust.org/news Foundation

Page 8 Mountain Views Welcome New Board Members

Jess Laporte is a Haitian-Canadian- Tom Sweet grew up in Waterbury Center. Tom Vermonter who has recently returned to and his family returned to Waterbury Center Vermont after six years of living, learning in 1979 from a US Forest Service position and working in Haiti. Jess grew up in Stowe in Minnesota and Michigan to assume the and spent her childhood enjoying the responsibility of the General Manager of outdoors with her big family, developing a Ward Lumber Company, a private industrial deep connection to the outdoors. From the forest landowner. Tom and his son Dan Jess Laporte Green Mountains of Vermont to the beaches Tom Sweet established Hunger Mountain Forestry, Inc. of Haiti, her favorite place to be is outside. In her career, Jess a private forestry consulting firm in 1995. Many of his forest has worked at the intersection of Community Health and landowner clients are in the Stowe and Waterbury area. Tom Social Enterprise, leveraging market-based models to provide and his wife Grace, a retired teacher, actively manage the family customer driven social services. In Haiti she began in the clean farm on Loomis Hill in Waterbury Center by producing hay for water sector, transitioned to women’s health in the garment many horse lovers. Tom is interested in working with members industry, and dedicated 2.5 years to the evolution of SOIL’s of Stowe Land Trust on stewardship issues. ecological sanitation service. Back in Vermont she is engaging in community health through the local Food System. Bidding a Fond Farewell to Board Member Jed Lipsky Jason Slocum has been a part-time We have been fortunate to have had resident of Stowe for the past 10 years. Jed Lipsky as a member of the Stowe He is an active and enthusiastic user Land Trust Board of Directors for the of SLT’s properties in all seasons, last nine years. Jed joined the Board and enjoys exploring the woods, in 2012 just as the organization mountains, and streams of Stowe was embarking upon its largest Jason Slocum and family with his wife, Callie, and their three conversation project to-date: Cady young children. As a long-time SLT Hill Forest. Jed’s experience and member and supporter, Jason appreciates the preservation and knowledge in land use planning, stewardship work that SLT has done over the years to create forestry and his common sense the trail network in town and looks forward to continuing to made him an invaluable addition advance SLT’s mission as a board member. His passion for land Jed Lipsky to SLT. Jed’s 40 years of experience conservation and outdoor recreation extends to his hometown as a professional logger was especially appreciated during the in Massachusetts, where he serves on the Corporate Board and extensive clean-up efforts in Cady Hill Forest after the October Charles River Valley management committee for the Trustees of 30, 2017 windstorm to get the trails cleared, repaired, and back Reservations. When not in the woods, Jason is a Partner at Bain open to the public. Thank you, Jed. We wish you well in all your & Co. in Boston. future endeavors!

Thank You Canadian Friends of Stowe Land Trust!

Canadian families who call Stowe their home-away-from-home contributed $31,000 USD Clifford Borden to support Stowe Land Trust’s land protection and stewardship work in 2020, including Carole Burnham a contribution to the Shutesville Hill Wildlife Corridor – an internationally-important Alvin Fagen network of connected forest habitats that Dr. and Mrs. A. Felgar extends up into Quebec and other parts of The Grover Family Foundation the Acadian region of Canada (page 10). Richard and Susan Hart Rona Klein To learn more about Canadian Friends of Sam Landsman & Joanne Borden Stowe Land Trust and how to make a tax- Lillian and Billy Mauer deductible contribution, please visit www. Marvin and Rhoda Rosenbloom Family stowelandtrust.org/support/canadian- Foundation friends/. Barbara Segal & Howard Brown Lloyd and Janice Sheiner To all of our Canadian friends: We miss you and Jon Sigler & Kathy Myron look forward to when we can welcome you back George and Shelley Stern to the Stowe community once the borders reopen. Bob and Joanne Wordham Thank you for your support! Stephen Yanow & Linda Hazen © Tom Rogers © Tom

Mountain Views Page 9 Protecting the Land You Love Conserving the Valcour Farm in Morristown: SLT Fundraising Goal Met! Thanks to your support, Stowe Land Trust raised $10,205* to help the Vermont Land Trust permanently protect the 173-acre Valcour Farm on the corner of Randolph and Goeltz Roads in Morristown. Once conserved, the farm will be kept affordable for the next generation of farmers and sold at its agricultural value to local farmer, Jesse Hursh. Thank you for your investment in local farms and farming! Thank you to the following donors for contributing to this important effort.

Friends of Stowe Land Trust (4) Margaret Higgins Richard and Anne Smith Gaetano and Susan Vicinelli Pete Adamy & Patricia Flam Natalie and Tom Hubbs Ron and Judy Stancliff Kyle and Laura Walker Jane and Stephen Alpert Tom and Kathy Jackman Aimee and Hannah Stearns Richard and Sally Watts Gary and Nancy Banks George and Cindy Jackman Dwight and Joan Stecker Roger M. and Jill J. Witten Raymond and Sengdao Bergmann Richard and Clea James Amy Stewart Betty and Carvel Bevans Jr. Tom and Laura Jordan Jessica Stitson In Memory of David Sequist, D.V.M Ron Biedermann John and Diane Kemp Deb and Rob Taylor Emily and Richard Bland Deedle Kiley Kathy and Ted Truscott Charlie and Gibby Berry Beth and Barton Bradford Larry and Peg Lackey John and Allison Turkowski Robert Brown Kevin and Allison Lane Paul Chebator & Mer Zovko James and Jacquelyn Lindenmeyer Stephen G. Cole Joseph and Lori-Ann Loughnane Robert DiMario & Helene G. Martin The Meditz Family John and Doren Dolan Merna and Gerald Morse Kathleen Donahue Sara Pennock Rachel Duffy John and Wilma Peterson Evie Dworetzky Bill and Sylvia Pope Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Esswein Paula and Rich Reynolds Fran and George Gotcsik Ed and Ruth Ann Rogers Phil Grant Stewart Ruth Margot and Donald Hall Richard and Heather Sargent Erica and Lucas Harris Kristen Sharpless & Michael Snyder Jed and Amy Harris Jon and Karen Shreter Nathan Hemmer Union Bank

*Funds raised over the $10,000 goal will be set aside in a restricted fund for future Stowe Land Trust land protection projects. Valcour Farm Blauvelt Forest Conserved! In June 2020, 111 additional acres of forestland were protected in the Shutesville Hill Wildlife Corridor. This corridor lies along the Stowe-Waterbury town line between the Green Mountains and the Worcester Range and is one of the most important regions for wildlife movement in Vermont. Whitney Blauvelt, whose family has been long-time owners of the property, sold a conservation easement on his property far below appraised value to the Vermont Land Trust.

The protection of the Blauvelt parcel adds to the over 450 acres in this corridor that have been conserved since 2018 by the Shutesville Wildlife Corridor Partnership. The partnership consists of the Waterbury Conservation Commission, Stowe Blauvelt Forest Conservation Commission, Stowe Land Trust, Vermont Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Other Updates Department, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation, Vermont Agency of Transportation, two regional Community Survey: Thank you for your input! planning commissions, and many community volunteers. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with Stowe Land Trust through our community survey this summer! Outings & Events We always love hearing from you and if you missed the survey, please email us your thoughts to [email protected]. A Stay up to date with our free events and outings by following very special thanks to Nebraska Knoll Sugar Farm for donating us on Instagram and Facebook, and checking the events three half-gallon jugs of their delicious maple syrup to our section of our website: stowelandtrust.org/events. contest. Congratulations to our three lucky winners: Julie Jatlow, Adam Carlise, and Sally Bindari!

Page 10 Mountain Views A Spotlight on Stewardship

Our Commitment to Care for Conserved Lands All that means things can get complicated in a hurry. When we permanently protect land at Stowe Land Trust (SLT), But not to worry. SLT’s Stewardship Program and staff have you know we are in it for the long haul. Through our Stewardship the skills, expertise, and systems in place to handle these Program, we fulfill our commitment to be responsible and complexities and give each property the personal attention and intelligent guardians of the land entrusted to our care. Now and unique consideration it requires. As the climate and ecological always. conditions change, our community evolves, and unanticipated This work is not simple. Nor is it always easy. No two of SLT’s 34 opportunities and challenges arise, we are there to keep an eye protected properties are the same. They range in size from 5 to on things, make informed decisions, and step in when needed over 1000 acres. Each has a different mix of conservation values to make sure that the land is still healthy and beautiful for the from farmland to public trails to wildlife habitat and more. Their next generation to enjoy. By growing and responsibly managing ownership and management structures are varied; some remain our Stewardship Endowment, we are also committed to making in private ownership, others become public town or state lands, sure we have the financial resources to do this important work and others are owned by SLT. Permitted and restricted uses, even during times of economic uncertainty or crisis. histories, and possibilities are different for each one.

Stewardship Updates

2019 Halloween Storm Repairs Joe’s Pond, a hidden gem The rain we received on October 31, 2019 damaged trails at a in Morristown, had a dock number of our properties. At Kirchner Woods, storm debris installed at the boat launch backed up under a low bridge, sending water down the trail and this fall thanks to the Outdoor eroding the entrance to the trail network. Over the summer staff Gear Exchange Charitable cleared out the trapped debris to allow water to flow through Grant Fund. Adding a dock the stream channel again and then moved gravel by the bucket will reduce human impact and wheelbarrow full to patch the eroded areas. on the sensitive shoreline at Joe’s Pond and compliment The parking lot at the Mill the improved trail network Trail fared worse when a that landowner Ron Stancliff 40+ year old culvert clogged built this spring. with sediment and the small stream which is supposed Ron Stancliff and his son, Chris, Wood rots, and trail to run under the parking lot with the new dock at Joe’s Pond. structures are no exception. A suddenly ran over it instead. major overhaul of the bridge In June 2020, Stowe Land Trust at the entrance to Wiessner Woods was finally called for this New culvert at the Mill Trail hired Percy, Inc. to upgrade spring. The old decking was removed and replaced with hemlock and replace the culvert to be boards from a local lumberyard creating a safe, stable platform ready for future storms. They also installed new posts at the end for visitors to cross. of the parking lot to improve the access gate on the property.

Recreation Improvements Education materials at DuMont Meadow received a face lift this year thanks to grant funding from the Oakland Foundation. A new trail map and brochure for the property is now available at the Stowe Land Trust office and the trailhead kiosk, and the interpretive signs in the meadow have been re-printed on durable material. Old bridge at Wiessner Woods New bridge!

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