ENGAGE • EDUCATE • EMPOWER

ANNUAL REPORT · 2016 Dear Friends,

t the core of The Piedmont Environmental ` fought to protect important community resources from Council’s work, we strive to engage, educate and the impacts of new electric transmission lines and natural A empower people to protect and improve the places gas pipelines; we all love and call home. Ultimately, we provide ways for ` banded together to erect memorials to displaced people to act directly, to do it themselves. Our work on Blue Ridge families; and Federal, state, and local policy is especially designed to ` acted in countless other ways to preserve what they value encourage and enable direct action. about this place.

We’re continually energized by the countless ways that At a time of uncertainty, Virginia’s northern Piedmont Piedmont residents act on their love of this place. stands as an example of how civic engagement works. People participate in the decisions that shape their com- Over the years, Piedmont residents have: munities’ futures. Local governments have acted vigorously

VOLUNTEERS PLANTING TREES ALONG A STREAM AT to shape growth in ways that preserve our natural MARRIOTT RANCH DURING OUR ANNUAL FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK FOR THE RAPPAHANNOCK EVENT. ` made phone calls, written letters and spoken at public resources and rural heritage. Photo by Paula Combs hearings in support of conservation and smart land use decisions; In the past year, more than 60 new families have joined ` purchased more food from local growers and farmers, the hundreds of Piedmont landowners who have chosen ”The Piedmont even growing more themselves; to place their lands under conservation easement. These individual decisions have created a culture of conservation. stands as an ` planted rain gardens and native habitat meadows at their Land conservation in the Piedmont has gone viral. Today homes, neighborhood community centers and children’s example of how the 9-county region PEC serves has more than 394,000 schools; civic engagement acres of private lands permanently protected by conser- works.” ` installed solar panels at their homes and businesses; vation easements—an area twice the size of Shenandoah

COVER: SHENANDOAH MOUNTAIN PATH, WHICH WAS THE WINNER OF THE YOUTH CATEGORY IN OUR 2016 PHOTO CONTEST. Photo by Jack Hardie

ii contents National Park. At PEC, we work hard to support the MAP OF THE PIEDMONT 2 right of landowners to make that decision. land conservation 4

More and more, we at PEC are looking for ways to tap clean water 6 the energy and creativity that comes from our love of this place. We are developing living laboratories for connecting people and nature 8 native habitat restoration and working farmland at our lands at Roundabout Meadows and the Piedmont energy solutions 10

Memorial Overlook, as well as our ofce in downtown CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF Warrenton. We are working with Piedmont communi- Buy Fresh Buy Local ties to build new trail and river connections that enable in Virginia 12 more people to get outside and directly appreciate what The PEC Fellowship 13 makes this region special. history and beauty 14

Love of place is a powerful renewable resource, a gift better communities 16 that keeps on giving for the protection and improvement strong rural economies 18 of the Piedmont. Thank you for your support and for being part of this movement! THE PIEDMONT FOUNDATION 20

Sincerely, INDIGO BUNTING IN RAPPAHANNOCK. CONTRIBUTIONS 21 Photo by Denise Machado THE BILL BACKER 29 LEGACY SOCIETY

Chris Miller Jean Perin George L. Ohrstrom II REMEMBERING TWO President Co-Chair, Board of Directors Co-Chair, Board of Directors LEADERS OF THE PIEDMONT 30

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF 31

STATEMENTS OF 32 FINANCIAL CONDITION

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1 W V M I R E G S A I T Lovettsville N R The Piedmont I A I Y I N A L G Berryville L R Winchester Purcellville ¤£15 I O Region A V E K U ¤£340 N R Leesburg T A D D S L C O Easements Recorded in 2016 E A I W £50 U N ¤ Middleburg I Wash-Dulles Conservation Easements ¤£17 N G Front Intl Airport R Royal ¤£50 I ¨¦§66 Publicly Owned Lands V The Plains Marshall Fairfax Civil War Battlefields £522 F ¤ ¤£17 A Historic Districts q ¤£29

k Washington U Manassas r Warrenton Areas Designated for Development a K Q C 211 P O ¤£ ¤£211 N N U 0 10 20 Luray H A P PA I RA E Miles l Quantico a R n C U o L Remington i ¤£522 P t Virginia's northern Piedmont remains an M E Harrisonburg a Culpeper P ¤£17 exceptional place, despite development N A E ¤£29 R pressures. Residents have been strongly D h I supportive of protecting its scenic beauty, a S Madison o G agricultural economy, thriving communities, d R O n E N ¤£15 Fredericksburg a E E and unparalleled significance to America's n e Stanardsville N G history. h E Orange S N A ¤£33 R O ¤£522 ¤£29 Physiographic Regions of Virginia

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M WV y ¤£29 e C E l l a o B a KY V n t L d s A n e o t a a an e d g m l chi g i d ala u d R P p ea i l Scottsville Ap at e i e Pl R u a l P i B n Data source: Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Historic Resources, County Governments, American Battlefield Protection Program, TN NC Land Use Policy as WEST Seen fromVIRGINIA Space Clarke MARYLAND Loudoun Areas Designated for Development PEC PEC Counties DC

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Night images show Virginia's northern Rappahannock 0 10 20 Piedmont remains predominantly rural. Miles Contrasting with the sprawling development of counties to the east, in the Piedmont, Culpeper development is largely contained within theareas designated byeach locality. Madison

Greene Orange

Albemarle

Data Source: NASA 2016 Earth at Night Map, County Governments land conservation VOLUNTARY ACTION • OUTSTANDING SUCCESS • SAVING PLACES PEOPLE LOVE

HISTORIC SLAVE QUARTERS AT BEN VENUE FARM. Photo by Joyce Harman

4 land conservation

Restoring and protecting the forest ne of the lands newly con- and loblolly pines on land that had rotational grazing practices completely served in 2016 belongs to previously been heavily grazed, and harmonize with the Williams’ steward- OTom and Sandra Williams, whose streams were highly eroded. ship ethic. “We could not have asked for whose property in the Blue Ridge Meanwhile, native tulip poplars a better partner,” says Sandra. foothills of Madison County has been regrew naturally, and quickly. in Tom’s family for more than 50 years. In recent years, Tom and Sandra saw Tom’s father, Ellis, was determined to The property’s pasture lands have also the pace of growth pick up in Madison. reforest much of the land. rebounded dramatically, thanks to Tom Nearby working farms were subdi- SANDRA AND TOM WILLIAMS, EASEMENT DONORS IN MADISON COUNTY. Photo by Douglas Stewart and Sandra’s partnership with livestock vided. In 2016, Tom met Peter Hujik, “My father had an abiding interest farmers Jimmy and Robin Rider. in forest stewardship, and originally PEC’s Conservation Representative The Williams’ property now has more acquired the property to be a tree Jimmy and Robin, the owners of Rider’s for Madison, and began pursuing than three-quarters of its land in farm,” says Tom. In the 1960s, with Backfield Beef, have been leasing conservation options in earnest. Tom forest. The easement ensures that the support from the Department of the Williams’ land for their grassfed worked closely with the Department of property’s legacy of forest stewardship Forestry, Ellis Williams planted white beef operation since 2009, and their Forestry, which holds the easement. will abide forever.

2016 Highlights

` After an advocacy campaign co-led by ` PEC identified a 2.5-acre property next PEC, the state of Virginia substantially to Biscuit Run State Park for both its 7,595 Acres increased funding for conservation conservation value and its potential as part of Protected in 2016 in 2016. The budget included $10 a trail corridor connecting the state park to Acres protected Total Acres in 2016 protected by million for three land conservation nearby Albemarle County neighborhoods. by Conservation Conservation County Easements Easements grant programs—the highest level ever We then worked with conservation buyers for these programs—and $61.7 million John and Dudley Macfarlane, who purchased Albemarle 1,736 98,799 in FY2017 for conservation-minded the property and donated it to PEC. PEC and agriculture practices that will improve the Virginia Department of Conservation and Clarke 1,210 24,939 water quality. Meanwhile, full funding Recreation anticipate that the property will Culpeper 523 18,600 of $75 million annually for the Land ultimately be incorporated into the state park. Fauquier 1,262 102,332 Preservation Tax Credit was preserved. ` PEC worked with Dave Matthews and Coran Greene 0 10,448 ` PEC donated a 17-acre property to Capshaw to facilitate the acquisition and Loudoun 1,536 56,375 the National Park Service for inclusion transfer of a 27-acre property along Moores in Shenandoah National Park. The Creek to the City of Charlottesville. The Madison 844 15,761 addition of the Rappahannock County property is an important link along the property, which is surrounded by the Rivanna Trail, opening a section of the trail Orange 412 35,292 park on three of its four sides, expands CAROLYN SEDGWICK, PEC’S RAPPAHANNOCK FIELD that was previously routed along city streets. Rappahannock 72 32,417 one of the most important wildlife REPRESENTATIVE, STANDS AT THE BORDER OF 17 ACRES At one point, the property was slated for a THAT PEC DONATED TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. PEC Region 7,595 394,963 corridors on the east coast. Photo by Jonathan Marquisee 280-unit apartment complex.

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5 clean water SAFE DRINKING SOURCES • GOOD HEALTH • PLACES TO SWIM AND FISH

2016 PEC FELLOWS CANOE THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER. Photo by Amanda Demmerle

6 clean water

Conserving and improving water quality

ore than 100,000 acres in the Goose stream had afected the pastures and water quality at Creek watershed in Fauquier and Howser’s Branch. With funding through the Loudoun MLoudoun counties are now permanently Soil and Water Conservation District, PEC installed protected. This is good news for Northern Virginia two miles of fencing along the stream and an alterna- residents, for whom Goose Creek streams form a tive watering system for the cattle. The fencing has critical drinking water source. The conserved lands also created discrete pastures, providing opportuni- around many Goose Creek streams help reduce ties for the cattle to be rotated, which will improve pollution by absorbing water and reducing runof the health of the pastures over time. PEC has devel- from storms. oped a grazing plan that will enhance forage quality and soil health, and staf is working with the cattle Howser’s Branch, a Goose Creek tributary stream, farmer to institute it. A 7-acre wetland area has also runs through Roundabout Meadows in Gilbert’s A FENCE RUNS ALONG THE ROUNDABOUT MEADOWS PROPERTY NEAR been excluded from grazing and set aside for wildlife GILBERT’S CORNER IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, WHICH WILL HELP IMPROVE WATER Corner. In 2013, a group of conservation investors at habitat use. Additionally, PEC staf is working to QUALITY BY KEEPING CATTLE OUT OF STREAMS. Photo by Marco Sanchez Roundabout Partners LLC purchased the 141-acre rehabilitate a 21-acre overgrown field into workable hold field walks and are planning other events at property and gifted the land to PEC. PEC is improv- land for a sustainable agriculture project. Roundabout Meadows. Both through science and ing water quality while maintaining a working PEC staf and volunteers have been regularly hands-on outreach, we hope to make Roundabout livestock farm. monitoring the water quality at Howser’s Branch, Meadows a living laboratory for land stewardship Decades of intensive grazing and cattle access to the both before and after these improvements. We also and improved water quality.

2016 Highlights

` PEC President Chris Miller serves on the Steering ` PEC and Friends of the Rappahannock launched the ` With support from The Volgenau Foundation, PEC helped Committee of the Choose Clean Water Coalition, an Headwater Stream Initiative, which provides free six landowners in the Thumb Run watershed in Fauquier alliance of more than 200 organizations which has built technical assistance, project design, materials and County plant native habitat gardens and meadows that filter strong bi-partisan support for public funding to improve labor for planting native trees and shrubs on properties stormwater and reduce polluted runof. PEC also collabo- water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. fronting headwater streams of the Rappahannock River. rated with the Orlean Community Trail System to plant a half-acre native habitat meadow at the Orlean Fire Hall. ` PEC moved forward with planning replacements of two culverts that will reconnect over 7 miles of eastern ` Twenty-five miles of streams in the Piedmont region were brook trout habitat in Blue Ridge headwater streams. protected by conservation easements in 2016, bringing the The new culverts restore natural flow to enable brook total number of stream-miles protected by easements to trout and other aquatic organisms to move freely. 1,633. In addition, 221 acres of wetlands were protected, Construction is scheduled for spring 2017. bringing the total to 9,603 acres. All of these protected resources contribute to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, since water flowing through the Piedmont eventually STUDENT ENJOYING THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER enters the Bay. AFTER A TREE PLANTING. Photo by Marco Sanchez

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7 connecting people and nature OUTREACH • PARKS AND TRAILS • OUTDOOR EVENTS • NATURE AT HOME

PEC HELPED BRING DOUG TALLAMY, RENOWNED AUTHOR OF BRINGING NATURE HOME, TO WARRENTON. Photo by Paula Combs

8 connecting people and nature

Bluebell Walk a rite of spring ach April, a sky-colored carpet of Virginia hayfields, and a house that dates from 1820. “My Bluebells blossoms along many parts of husband and I come from England and Denmark, ECedar Run. For 14 years, Margrete and respectively, and grew up surrounded by history,” Mike Stevens have given hundreds of residents the Margrete explains. “We felt that preserving this chance to experience this beautiful and fleeting small part of American history was a privilege.” bloom at their historic property near Warrenton. Visitors to the Bluebell Walk walk through a wild- For Margrete and Mike, the Bluebell Walk is an flower meadow along Cedar Run, which is both an OFF TO SEE THE BLUEBELLS. Photo by Cynthia Benitz opportunity to appreciate the Piedmont’s land and important source of drinking water and the life- waters. “When you open your farm for a walk like blood of the farming economy in southern Fauquier generations. The walk, observes Margrete, “allows the one we do each year for the Bluebells, you really County. Small family farms still dot the landscape of children to explore nature in ways that are not oth- get to appreciate what it means to have preserved Cedar Run, much as they have done for the past two erwise available. Older people recognize the charms the land,” says Margrete. “Many people return year centuries. Community leaders in Cedar Run have of land that has been preserved since colonial times. after year, and every year there are newcomers who worked hard to preserve this landscape. Photographers find inspiration in the wildflowers. come to discover the Cedar Run valley.” Visitors enjoy both the spectacular bloom of the “I think it is healthy for a community to have In 2010, the Stevens’ permanently protected bluebells, and the beauty of a landscape that has opportunities of this kind to meet other people their land—a nearly 200-acre spread of crops and been improved by human hands over so many informally.”

2016 Highlights

` PEC teamed up with Friends of the ` In February, PEC teamed up with Trout Unlimited, US Fish and Wildlife Service ` In June, PEC staf collaborated with the Rappahannock and the John Marshall Soil and Early Mountain Vineyards in Madison to provide an update on our eforts to Potomac Appalachian Trail Club to host and Water Conservation District to hold the open brook trout habitat in Blue Ridge headwater streams. More than 75 people the “Appalachian Trail History Hike” second annual “From the Rappahannock, For gathered for a wine reception, fly tying, dinner and a presentation on PEC’s at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook. the Rappahannock” event, at Marriott Ranch stream crossing survey. Twenty-two participants spent the in Fauquier County. Attendees planted 250 morning hiking and learning about trees along Fiery Run, took hayrides to see the ` In partnership with the American Bird Conservancy and Virginia Department of the history of the AT and PEC’s habitat ranch’s conservation practices, and enjoyed Game and Inland Fisheries, PEC reissued an updated edition of Managing Land restoration eforts on the property and Rappahannock oysters with their friends and in the Piedmont of Virginia for local conservation work. neighbors. Birds and other Wildlife, which provides land management ` PEC held its 4th annual “Sustainable ` More than 25 local residents participated in two and conservation techniques Landscaping Workshop” at Brookside birdwatching walks led by PEC at a private nature to benefit wildlife and counter in Fauquier County in October. This preserve in little Washington, focused on the some of the threats faced by popular event featured presentations roles of conservation and native habitat for bird declining bird species. from a range of local experts on diversity. Forty-two attendees also participated in topics such as sustainable lawn care, three pollinator field walks led by PEC staf at the landscaping with native plants, and BIRDWATCHING AT JONES NATURE PRESERVE. nature preserve in May, June and September. Photo by Celia Vuocolo managing small woodlots.

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9 energy solutions EFFICIENCY FIRST • LOCAL RENEWABLES • SENSIBLE APPROACH TO TRANSMISSION

INSTALLERS PUT UP SOLAR PANELS ON PEC’S OFFICE IN WARRENTON. Photo by Paula Combs

10 energy solutions

Efcient, afordable solar power SOLAR BY THE NUMBERS hen it comes to energy, residents of “We just got our second bill for our house, and we’re ` 65% increase in solar industry jobs the Piedmont want to be part of the already saving; we’re only paying a third of what we in Virginia in 2016 Wsolution. The good news is that solar were,” says Lynn, who also serves on PEC’s Board ` $857,700 value of solar installation power systems have become more efcient and less of Directors. “In our solar analysis, you can see how contracts through Solarize Piedmont expensive. Even so, it takes efort to find the right much solar power you’re generating every day.” materials and contractors, and make solar work for At the end of the month, the data converts the savings household budgets. into something “interesting, especially for someone That’s where Solarize Piedmont comes in. Over the who is not a science person,” says Lynn. “My last past two years, PEC has partnered with the Local house bill says I’ve saved the equivalent of 16 trees.” Energy Alliance Program and Northern Virginia As a real estate agent, Lynn also appreciates that Regional Commission to demystify the process of the solar installation adds value to her properties. going solar, and help navigate financing options and “It’s a win-win.” the local approval process. PEC is practicing what we preach. In 2016, we had Among the participants in the 2016 Solarize 38 solar photovoltaic panels installed on the roof of Piedmont campaign were Jim and Lynn Wiley. They our headquarters ofce. The new system has saved installed solar panels on a barn at their home and PEC more than $1,400 in electric bills over the past on a commercial building they own in the historic year, while enabling us to do our part to reduce town of The Plains. pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

LYNN WILEY SMILES IN FRONT OF THE SOLAR INSTALLATION ON HER BARN IN THE PLAINS. Photo by Bri West 2016 Highlights

` PEC helped community groups prevent 9.2 miles of new ` PEC collaborated with the Shenandoah Valley Network to defend ` PEC and our partners at the Orange- transmission line right-of-way through land in eastern conservation lands from Dominion Energy’s proposed Atlantic Madison-Culpeper Alliance led a successful Fauquier County as part of the Warrenton-Wheeler- Coast Pipeline. After Dominion submitted a request to the Virginia campaign to prevent the construction Gainesville project. After hearing testimony from PEC, Outdoors Foundation to of a new electric transmission line that Dominion and Fauquier County, the State Corporation route the natural gas pipeline would have run through some of the most Commission (SCC) approved a less intrusive option that through 10 properties historic and conserved lands in Madison would use mostly existing right of way. protected by conservation and Orange counties. Instead, Dominion easements, PEC and SVN has proposed a rebuild of the existing line ` Working with the University of Virginia Law Clinic, PEC sent an action alert that between Gordonsville and Remington. advocated successfully with the SCC to remove barriers resulted in hundreds of public We are now awaiting a decision from the to large-scale solar generation as part of a permit comments to VOF, and PEC’s SCC on the modified route and supporting application for a solar facility in Remington. President and Co-Chair mitigation measures including shorter, testified to VOF in opposition rust-colored towers and lower visibility to the request. lines and conductors.

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11 Celebrating 10 years of Buy Fresh Buy Local in Virginia

n 2006, PEC started the first Virginia Buy Fresh Buy Local chapter. Our goal was to support local farmers, productive Iagricultural lands and rural economies by helping con- sumers easily find and purchase locally produced foods. Since then, the Virginia Buy Fresh Buy Local network has expanded to eight chapters statewide. PEC manages three chapters cov- ering 11 counties, and mails annual print guides to more than CASEY GUSTOWAROW AND STACEY CARLBERG, THE FARM AT SUNNYSIDE IN WASHINGTON, VA. 275,000 households each spring. Photo by Marco Sanchez PEC also coordinates the BuyLocalVirginia.org website, which provides a year-round, easy way to find locally grown food any- where in the state that a Buy Fresh Buy Local chapter exists. Photo by Cindy DeVore Today, more than 600 local farms and businesses are listed in PEC Buy Fresh Buy Local guides. Most participating farms and businesses have said the guide is a significant source of advertise- ment for them. By being promoted in the guide, partners say they have been able to establish new markets and enhance business with current customers. Local food is big business in Virginia. In a recent survey of 30 states by the US Department of Agriculture, Virginia ranks 9th in the nation for direct farm sales of food – bringing in more than $217 million annually. More than 30 farmers’ markets in PEC’s service region now dot the region, and more local products are finding their way into restaurants and retail- ers, large and small.

12 Happy 10th Anniversary PEC Fellowship!

he PEC Fellowship is a unique immersion course The PEC Fellowship Program has been made pos- in conservation careers for college students and sible by generous support from an anonymous donor, Trecent graduates from across the country. Boasting grants from the Luck Companies Foundation and more than 100 alumni since its inception, the seven-week the in-kind support of a number of individuals. PEC Fellowship Program has helped future environmental lead- members and other local residents have provided ers gain hands-on experience in a unique mix of topics with housing for the fellows. Numerous guest speakers experienced professionals, including land conservation, land donate their time and expertise through leading use, sustainable agriculture, energy policy, habitat steward- tours and classroom discussions. In addition, many ship, historic preservation, transportation planning and local businesses, nonprofits and landowners host field geographic information systems. trips each year. 2007! “The PEC Fellowship prepared me for a major transition into post-graduate life !"#$%&''()*$7-$$ !71,*$>(2.-7,.$$ and specifically into the process of finding a job in the D.C. area.I was hired as ,.$%72?2,&1$$ a Research and Publications Intern at the Environmental Law Institute just “The PEC Fellowship was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! I was #(2.-<= three weeks after the program ended, mostly thanks to the Fellowship and the not only able to refine my knowledge and skills regarding topics fact that it showed my employers that I had a keen interest and knowledge in environmental energy policy, smart growth, and agriculture through of environmental land use issues. I also gained an incredible group of friends classroom discussion, but I was also able to learn about these in throughout the summer and a great resource in the form of the PEC staff.” practice. This method of learning is something that you do not get in the — Lauren Faccinto · 2014 PEC FELLOW typical University setting and has truly been invaluable to me.” San Anselmo, CA • Kenyon College, Class of 2014 — Chantal Madray · 2015 PEC FELLOW Bowling Green, VA • University of Virginia, Class of 2016 “The Fellowship Program has influenced me to be more curious about the world in which we live from a greater interdisciplinary “Being around so many passionate people who perspective. The experiences through PEC do so many good things, day in and day out, are practical and have helped me understand has been a lesson in itself. This fellowship and codify a stronger interest in the field of has been an incredible experience for me historic preservation.” because it has taught me much more about environmental stewardship in the context of a — Joseph Mutter · 2015 PEC FELLOW San Antonio, TX • Middlebury College, Class of 2015 region that I love and call home.” 2016! — Haley Wilbanks · 2016 PEC FELLOW !"#$%&''()*$+,*,-,./$ Orange County, VA • Sewanee: University of the South, Class of 2017 0123&$4(.&*5$ 67-21&$!1&*&1+&$ ,.$87997:7..(3;$ #(2.-<= Piedmont Environmental Council · Annual Report · 2016

13 history and beauty SENSE OF PLACE • SCENIC VIEWS • BATTLEFIELDS • HISTORIC DISTRICTS

CARS APPROACH PEC’S 2016 MOUNTAIN HERITAGE EVENT IN MADISON COUNTY. Photo by Bri West

14 history and beauty

Honoring the families of the Blue Ridge Mountains he story of the people who lost their Rappahannock was the third county to install a mon- and moving the stones for the memorial. homes in the creation of Shenandoah ument to Blue Ridge families. In 2016, PEC worked “A core group of volunteers worked tirelessly to National Park was largely untold or with Rappahannock community leaders to advocate “T ensure that this efort moved forward,” says Missy poorly told for years,” writes Bill Lohmann of the successfully for the approval of a memorial site. Sutton, a leader in the Rappahannock efort. “Kristie Richmond Times Dispatch. PEC honors the history Russell Jenkins donated an easement on his property Kendall of PEC was instrumental in keeping this and heritage of the families that once lived in the for the memorial, and residents performed duties efort moving forward as well and not only helped Blue Ridge Mountains through a range of activities, ranging from publicizing the memorial to collecting coordinate committee meetings but also identified events and partnerships. the farm on which the stone was retrieved and did all Both Roy Dye of PEC’s Board of Directors and Kristie of the research that produced the list of family names Kendall, PEC’s historic preservation manager, serve for the memorial plaque.” on the Board of Blue Ridge Heritage Project, which Dozens of local residents responded to a PEC has been working to dedicate memorial sites, includ- action alert and communicated the importance ing a stone chimney monument, commemorating the of the monument to Rappahannock leaders. displaced Blue Ridge communities in each of the eight The county board of supervisors unanimously counties where land was acquired for the national approved the easement for the memorial site in park. Madison County dedicated and installed the December 2016. first monument in 2015. Last November, Albemarle became the second county to establish a memorial, at PEC’S KRISTIE KENDALL BESIDE THE MONUMENT a ceremony attended by more than 200 people. IN MADISON COUNTY. Photo by Bri West

2016 Highlights

` PEC held our fifth annual Mountain ` PEC pushed throughout the year ` PEC President Chris Miller continues Heritage celebration, at Graves (and is still pushing) to preserve to serve as Trustee to the Journey Chapel in Madison County. Nearly and rehabilitate Waterloo Bridge, a Through Hallowed Ground 300 attendees learned about the rich historic metal truss bridge spanning Partnership, which manages the culture and traditions of the families the Rappahannock River. National Heritage Area and other that once called the Blue Ridge programs, including the Living Mountains home. ` PEC received a grant from the Legacy program. National Park Service’s American ` More than 800 acres of Civil War Battlefields Protection Program ` More than 3,996 acres along battlefields were protected in to research the history of two Scenic Byways were protected last 2016, for a total of approximately previously undocumented Civil War year for a total of approximately 28,626 acres. battles that occurred at Jack’s Shop 106,184 acres. and James City in Madison County.

THE ACE $TRINGS BAND PERFORMING AT THE MOUNTAIN HERITAGE EVENT. Photo by Paula Combs

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15 better communities CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT • GREAT PLACES TO LIVE • MANAGING TRAFFIC AND TAXES

COMMUNITY LEADERS DISCUSS HOW TO GREEN THEIR HOA’S LANDSCAPING PRACTICES. Photo by Marco Sanchez

16 better communities

Common space for the greater good omeowners’ Associations provided ideas and examples of native butterfly.” Residents have noticed, and are major players when it habitat landscaping practices that pro- many have told Kim that they would Hcomes to the environment. In tect the environment and strengthen like classes on how to “naturescape” at Loudoun County, HOAs control more communities. their homes. than 33,000 acres, including stormwa- The forum inspired Kim Spiegel, who The Belmont Community in Ashburn ter ponds, playgrounds and open spaces. manages Sycamore Hill, a community has been a leader in native habitat PEC is partnering with Loudoun HOAs of 475 townhomes in Leesburg. restoration. Since hosting a PEC work- shop on stream-friendly landscaping to look at ways to manage their common “I worked with PEC, the Audubon at MATT COUGHLIN AND KIM SPIEGEL AT SYCAMORE HILL’S in 2013, this community of more than NATIVE HABITAT GARDEN. Photo by Gem Bingol areas to filter stormwater, reduce pollu- Home program of Loudoun Wildlife 2,100 homes in Ashburn has re-land- tion and provide native habitat for birds, Conservancy and Matt Coughlin, Blake Sycamore Hill are critical to encourag- scaped their civic center with all native bees and butterflies. In 2016, more than Landscapes’ community representative, ing other HOAs to consider making plants, planted more than 1,000 native 150 residents, property managers, and to design and plant a native habitat gar- changes,” says Gem Bingol, PEC’s trees along the stream running through landscape representatives from over 37 den at the community center,” says Kim. Loudoun field representative. “Their the community, and removed invasive HOAs throughout Loudoun attended a “By fall, our garden had already helped enthusiastic leadership is inspiring. plants to restore the health of the com- county-wide forum on “Common Space one Monarch butterfly lay her eggs and And we’ll continue to support HOAs munity’s forested area. for the Greater Good,” co-sponsored by provided a place for one of her caterpil- in shifting toward a more sustainable PEC and Loudoun County. The forum lar babies to complete the cycle into “Early adopters like Belmont and model of landscape management.”

2016 Highlights

` PEC serves as the fiscal sponsor ` Working with the Prince William ` PEC’s Loudoun school partnerships enabled a high school ` PEC participated in a planning charrette for the Coalition for Smarter Conservation Alliance and CSG, to host a Nature Stewardship event for their community conducted by the University of Virginia Growth, one of the nation’s PEC helped advocate successfully and an elementary school to plant over 60 native trees to School of Architecture focused on preeminent regional smart for more cost-efective transit provide shade and enhance the school grounds. revitalizing and preserving historic growth organizations. In 2016 alternatives to a proposed Gordonsville. The resulting plan CSG helped organize a regional commuter rail extension to ` PEC worked with includes a parks district and trail efort to increase funding for Haymarket. local residents that connects to the Montpelier trail the Metro transit system, and and groups to network. successfully advocated for ` PEC engaged and educated Orange help reverse expanding housing options in residents about proposed design VDOT’s decision ` PEC partnered with the Virginia Depart- the District of Columbia. standards for commercial develop- to build a truck ment of Transportation, Clarke County ment in Barboursville. While not as stop west staf and numerous other organizations strong as we would have liked, the of Markham to plant more than 1,000 native plants standards were adopted and repre- of I-66. at the VDOT park and ride lot in Boyce. sent a good first step at protecting The new plantings will not only attract this community’s character. MARKHAM TRUCK STOP pollinators, but also better filter storm- INPUT SESSION. Photo by Bri West water and reduce polluted runof.

Piedmont Environmental Council · Annual Report · 2016

17 strong rural economies THRIVING FARMS • LOCAL FOOD • INNOVATION • HEALTHY, WORKING LAND

PASTURE WALK AT HERITAGE HOLLOW FARMS, CO-HOSTED BY PEC AND FUTURE HARVEST CHESAPEAKE ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. Photo by Marco Sanchez

18 strong rural economies

Finding a place to grow ith the high price of land in the Piedmont, landseekers last year that Katharine Wilson, a farm buying prime farmland is not a feasible intern at the time, met Holly and Peter Maillet, who Woption for most beginning farmers. Many owned land in Madison County. Piedmont landowners are interested in starting or “We have a really strong feeling about the local econ- expanding agriculture on their land. PEC sees an omy and the local food movement,” says Holly, “and opportunity to bring the two parties together. we were wondering if there was a way for us partici- “We saw a gap between aspiring farmers and land- pate in that—in a more meaningful way.” owners who want their land in agriculture,” says The discussions led to Katharine developing a busi- Jessica Palmer, farm and food program coordinator for FARMER KATHARINE WILSON (LEFT) AND HOLLY MAILLET AT ness plan for a farm and Community-Supported BERREY HILL FARM IN MADISON COUNTY. Photo by Paula Combs PEC. “So we began hosting a lively happy hour style Agriculture business providing ecologically grown veg- event, where landowners and landseekers can mingle etables, herbs and blueberries, along with eggs from “If you can connect and have a good relationship, and talk about their property or their business ideas— pasture-raised hens. Holly and Peter formed Berrey farmer to landowner, this can be an amazing, beau- it’s an opportunity for connections to be made.” Hill Farm, LLC, and Katharine moved onto the prop- tiful and productive thing. It really can work,” says It was at one of PEC’s events for landowners and erty this past November as the acting farm manager. Katharine.

Healthy and profitable pastures hrough a Conservation Innovation Grant benefits for the soil, biodiversity and farm profits. including increasing water infiltration and provid- from the USDA Natural Resources ing needed nutrients to livestock during summer In 2012 Mike Sands started Bean Hollow Grassfed, Conservation Service, PEC partnered with months. T a 110-acre cattle and sheep farm in Rappahannock one Piedmont farmer to implement new pasture County. The land had been continuously grazed dur- More than 100 local landowners and farmers visited management practices and demonstrate their ing the past two decades, and its soils and pastures the property during six field days organized by PEC. were worn down. Mike was intent on employing soil PEC regularly collected soil samples and surveyed building and rotational grazing methods. plant life to measure changes in soil health and bio- diversity, and installed cameras to record changes to Mike used grant funds to install fencing and pad- the pastures by the day. docks for a rotational grazing system and provide water access at diferent parts of the property. He “Over the past two years we’ve seen an improve- also planted native warm season grasses on part ment in both the productivity of the pastures and the of the pasture lands, which had several benefits financial returns,” says Mike. “Two years is a short period, but we expect to see increased productivity MIKE SANDS OF BEAN HOLLOW GRASSFED. Photo by Paula Combs and returns over the next few years.”

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stablished to hold and manage special funds in support of PEC, the Piedmont Foundation Piedmont Foundation Contributors Eassures PEC’s capacity to respond to key Board of Directors to the Piedmont Foundation opportunities and challenges as they arise and to Mark Ohrstrom, President Estate of Mr. William M. Backer Jacqueline B. Mars fulfill our core mission over the long term. A sepa- John H. Birdsall, III, Vice President The Bench Trail Fund Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Miller rate 501(c)(3) charitable organization governed by a Charles Akre, Secretary-Treasurer Clif Miller Family Endowment Muriel M. Ratclif Revocable Trust seven-member Board, the Foundation accepts gifts of * George Ohrstrom, II Mr. and Mrs. C. Stanley Dees Mrs. Suzanne Scheer cash, securities, property and appreciated assets. The Jean Perin* Joanne and Morgan Duncan Ms. Beverly Stickles Foundation also ofers opportunities for tax advan- Trevor Potter The Honorable Douglas Ginsburg Virginia Department of taged planned gifts including trusts, bequests and life Diana Prince Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Kingsland Conservation and Recreation income plans. * Ex-Ofcio Ms. Catherine C. Larmore Wrinkle in Time Foundation Lynx Investment Advisory LLC Currently, the Piedmont Foundation manages funds in the following categories: ` Core Mission Endowment ` Conservation Stewardship Fund ` Legal Defense Fund ` Education and Outreach Fund ` Headquarters Expansion Fund ` Land Conservation Fund Within this fund, the following Regional Land Conservation Funds have been established: Albemarle County Land Conservation Fund Bull Run Mountains Land Conservation Fund Clarke County Land Conservation Fund Culpeper County Land Conservation Fund James M. Rowley Goose Creek Land Conservation Fund Julian Scheer Fauquier Land Conservation Fund Krebser Fund for Rappahannock County Conservation Madison County Land Conservation Fund Orange County Land Conservation Fund

“MORNING DEW” Photo by Jacob Chang-Rascle

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Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William S. Janes for Northern Virginia/ Roux Family Fund James L. Kleeblatt Memorial Foundation Contributions Mr. and Mrs. Brian Conboy Johanna Favrot Fund County of Loudoun Virginia for Historic Preservation of the National Trust for PEC presents the names of individuals, families, foundations, Mrs. Aileen B. Crawford With much gratitude, Historic Preservation businesses and organizations that supported the Piedmont Environmental Council during 2016. Although we do Thomas S. Foster and Mary Lynn and Nick Kotz not have the space to honor everyone, we are extremely grateful for the generosity of each of our members. Steven J. Dahllof Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lamb We ofer sincere thanks for your ongoing commitment to promoting and protecting the Piedmont region. Mr. and Mrs. George de Garmo The Luminescence Mrs. Frances M. Dulaney Foundation, Inc. Sacharuna Foundation Frederick and Cheek Family Fund Glenn and Natalie Epstein Protectors of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher the Piedmont Christine Andreae Wise Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fazakerley G. Miller $ Clark Family Foundation, Inc. 100,000 + Mr. and Mrs. John H. Birdsall III David B. and Pamela F. Ford Jeanne and Michael Morency Mr. and Mrs. J. Sheldon Clark Agua Fund, Inc. Black Dog Foundation Defenders of Helen Clay Frick Foundation Natural Resources Anonymous the Piedmont Mrs. Cornelia Bonnie Mr. James C. Collins Conservation Service, U.S. $ $ Mary Buford and Mrs. William M. Backer/ 25,000 - 49,999 Department of Agriculture Ms. Barbara H. Chacour Commonwealth of Virginia Frederick P. Hitz William M. Backer Foundation The Campbell Foundation Northern Piedmont Loudoun Soil & Water LANDOWNERS CHAT WITH LAND SEEKERS AT OUR FARMLAND LEASING Community Foundation Conservation District Chichester duPont Foundation SOCIAL HOUR IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. Photo by Jef Werner Mrs. Jacqueline L. Ohrstrom Jacqueline B. Mars The Hopewell Fund Mr. Trevor A. M. Potter and National Fish and The Lazar Foundation Mr. Dana S. Westring Wildlife Foundation John and Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Michael Prentiss Ms. Jean Perin Macfarlane III Mr. and Mrs. William G. Prime Prince Charitable Trusts Nimick Forbesway Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jerold Wrinkle in Time Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Ohrstrom J. Principato

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Snyder Quantitative Foundation Guardians of The Volgenau Charitable the Piedmont Richard and Nancy Raines $50,000 - $99,999 Foundation Marie W. Ridder Mr. and Mrs. George Mr. Bill Rigg L. Ohrstrom II Champions of the Piedmont George L. Ohrstrom, Mr. Peter Stoudt and $ $ Jr. Foundation 10,000 - 24,999 Ms. Alice Handy

The PATH Foundation Mrs. J.W. Abel Smith Valley Charitable Trust

Barbara and David Roux Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Akre, Jr. Lauren and Renee Woolcott

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21 The Honorable and Mr. and Mrs. Landon Butler The Fauquier Hospital Mrs. S. Bruce Smart Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carter Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ferrari Ellen Stofan and Tim Dunn Chesapeake Bay Florence Bryan Fowlkes Fund Dr. Rae Stone and Restoration Fund of The Community Foundation Mr. Kent Allen Citizens for Fauquier County Diana Foster and US Fish and Wildlife Service Thomas Jones Clif Miller Family Endowment Ms. Laurie Volk The Frank Mangano Foundation Lynn R. Coleman and Nicole Watson and Sylvia de Leon Edward A. Gamble, Esq. Jason Paterniti Mr. and Mrs. John Coles The Gannett Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David F. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Jim and Suzy Gehris Alan and Irene Wurtzel P. Collomb Elizabeth H. Gemmill

Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Donald Glickman Patrons of of Louisville the Piedmont Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Graham $ $ Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Crawford 1,000 - 4,999 Mr. Terry Grant Culpeper County Government Ms. Jocelyn L. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. W. Cabell Abigail T. Cutter and Grayson, Jr. American Foundation W. Bowman Cutter Great Outdoor Provisions Co. Anonymous (4) PEC’S GEM BINGOL WITH LOCAL STUDENTS AT Mr. Brad Davis NATURE STEWARDSHIP DAY IN LOUDOUN COUNTY. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gregg Rose Marie Anthony Darragh Davis Grelen Nursery, Inc. Ms. Peggy Augustus Stewards of Community Endowment Fund Mr. Loren W. Hershey Mr. and Mrs. James G. Davis, Jr. Mr. Theodore Guarriello in the Charlottesville Area Dr. and Mrs. John F. Bagley the Piedmont Mr. and Mrs. C. Hugh Hildesley Robert and Adeline deButts Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. R. Barry Hamilton $ $ The Rev. and Mrs. 5,000 - 9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Helen and Ray DuBois George K. Beach H. Delashmutt Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Harvey III David and Jennifer Aldrich Mr. E. Scott Kasprowicz DuBois Family Fund Dr. Karl M. Beier Mr. and Mrs. John B. Denegre Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Hasse Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anonymous Dun Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Zohar Ben-Dov G. Mackall, Jr. Mitchell S. Diamond Mark and Barbara Heller Bama Works Fund of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Benjamin J. Rosenthal and Lucy Bernstein Ms. Georgia H. Herbert, Esq. Betty McGowin Charitable Trust Foundation Dave Matthews Band in F. Dungan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Dietel Mr. and Mrs. James P. Mills, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas the Charlottesville Area Ms. Suzanne Bischof L. Higginson, Jr. Fairfax County Water Authority Mr. Charles E. Dorkey, Jr. Community Foundation Nicolaas and Patricia Kortlandt Dr. Andrew Bishop and The Ford Family Foundation Mr. Landon Hilliard III Fund at the Northern Piedmont Mrs. Jane C. Bishop Virginia D. Dorkey Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burn III Community Foundation The Hitt Family Foundation, Inc. George Grayson Fund Thomas and Geraldine Borger Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ellif Mr. and Mrs. P. PYMWYMI Fund in the Mr. David Humm Michael and Cleo Gewirz Charlottesville Area Mr. and Mrs. Tom Evans Hamilton Clark III Bowie, Gridley Community Foundation Architects, P.L.L.C James Iker and Hayes Nuss Seth and Caroline Heald Farm Credit of the Andrew and Leslie Cockburn Mrs. Priscilla B. Rogers Calvert Bowie and Alex Orfinger Virginias, ACA Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Irwin John L. Helmly and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Collins Caroline M. Nash Mrs. Suzanne H. Scheer Mr. and Mrs. Childs F. Burden Fauquier County Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Iselin III

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Pamela and John Jaske Mr. and Mrs. Brian Krebs Mr. Osborne Mackie and Mary V. Mochary Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mr. and Mrs. David J. Wood, Jr. Dr. Morgan Delaney H. Seilheimer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jawer Ms. Anna T. Lane Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monk Thomas C. Wood Madwoman Project Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mrs. Loring Woodrif Janet Jones Stone Foundation Henry and Ronda Monomoy Fund, Inc. H. Seilheimer III McCrea Lavine Scott Mangano and Christina Mountain Laurel Foundation Jessie M. Harris Fund Mackenzie Mangano Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Shockey, Jr. Ingrid Hinckley Lindsay Ms. Catherine C. Murdock Supporters of John W. Warner, IV. and Dale Lindsay The Marjorie Sale Arundel Mr. and Mrs. Arman Simone the Piedmont Foundation, Inc. Fund For The Earth Ms. Jessica Nagle $ $ Mr. Bryce Lingo Mr. and Mrs. Jef Smith 500 - 999 Judith K. Jones and Bonnie Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nash William C. Rogers Loudoun County Southern Exposure Ms. Lisa Abeel Seed Exchange Farm Bureau, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Sean McGuinness Norfolk Southern Foundation Junior North American Field Albemarle County Matching Gifts Program Mr. John R. Staelin and Hunter Championship Loudoun Valley Homegrown Stevenson McIlvaine and Christopher and Elizabeth F. Locke Market Cooperative Penelope Breese Mr. Robert J. Norton, Jr. Laurie Ambrose Mr. and Mrs. David Kamenetzky Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stanfield Lennart and Lena Lundh Mr. Christopher L. McLean Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Oldfield Anonymous Mr. Joe Kasputy and Mr. T. Garrick Steele Mrs. Vicky Van Mater Estate of Richards S. Lykes Ms. Katherine McLeod The Over the Line Fund Jeremy Baker The Stern Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Don King Dr. and Mrs. M. P. Mackay-Smith Mr. Samuel A. Mitchell Robin and Gayden Parker Mr. William Ballhaus and Michael and Margrete Stevens Mrs. Darrin Mollett Michael A. Pausic and ANN BACKER ACCEPTING AWARD FROM CHRIS MILLER AND SUSAN SHERMAN Mrs. Agatha S. Barclay AT THE SUMMER SAFARI. Photo by Gregorio Photography Kelley A. MacDougall Ms. Page D. Styles

Mr. and Mrs. David Perdue Sumner Gerard Foundation Elizabeth Barratt-Brown and Ralph Dewey Mark and Karen Perreault Tara Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David H. Bass Mrs. Nicole Perry and Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Taylor Mr. Andrew Stifler Mr. Peter Basser and Dr. Nancy Telfer Ms. Georgia Ravitz Scott and Page Peyton Tesco Foundations, LLC Ms. Jill Beach Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince Timmerman's Round Hill Fund The Bench Trail Fund Mrs. Lucy S. Rhame Tri-County Feeds, Ms. Cynthia Beyer Richard Lykes Rappahannock Fashions and Finds Ms. Elizabeth Billings Community Fund at the Northern Piedmont Beau and Deadria Van Metre Sharon Bishop Community Foundation Fraser and Susan Wallace Matthew and Barbara Black John and Margaret Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Ware Mr. and Mrs. George Boggs M. Richardson Su Webb Ms. Diana T. Brown Robert Duvall Children's Fund Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Mr. and Ms. Harry Byrd IV Mr. and Mrs. David Rochester The Whitney and Anne Mr. Michael A. Caplin Rossetter-Cuthbert Fund Stone Foundation of the Charlottesville Area Mr. and Mrs. George Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Wiley M. Chester, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Salley III Dr. and Mrs. William Wolf C. Hunter and Meghan Cloud

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23 Mr. C. T. McMillen and Mr. and Mrs. J. Ms. Judy Niemeyer Frederick Warren

Charles and Sharon Medvitz Ms. Ashley Whitner

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Menuet Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams

Thomas Jeferson Willowsford Farm Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wiseman Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative The Wisker Family Fund

Mr. Joseph Perta Wolf Creek Farm

Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Petite Friends of Potomac Vegetable Farm the Piedmont Ms. Stephanie Ridder and $100 - $499 Mr. John Beardsley Ms. Kimberley Abe Mr. Jonathan Rintels Mrs. Hetty Abeles Rockley Foundation Neil and Ava Abramowitz Dennis and Ann Rooker Ms. Charo Abrams Victor Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Sid Abrams SUMMER SAFARI ATTENDEES GIVE A STANDING OVATION TO DOUG LARSON, PEC’S OUTGOING Carolyn Ross VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT, WHO RETIRED IN 2016. Photo by Photo by Gregorio Photography Mr. Paul Abugattas Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L. Ross Mrs. Eleanor M. Adams Diana E. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gale Mr. Alton Keel, Jr. Loudoun Heritage Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradford Ryder Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Akers Farm Museum Mr. and Mrs. Roger Courtenay Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gibbens Mr. Richard Keeling Skyemar Foundation Dr. Martin Albert Maureen MacFadden Dr. and Mrs. Reynolds Cowles Mr. and Mrs. Porter J. Goss David A. Slosman Elizabeth B. Kefer Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander Laurin Mack and William Snyder Mrs. Elizabeth C. Dalgliesh Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grills Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spicer Lindsay Kelley and Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Allan Ms. Margaret E. Mangano Drs. Joseph and Pamela Davis Grymes Memorial School Chris Cerrone Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stapleton Mr. Mark L. Allen Mr. Redmond L. Manierre Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gupton Mr. Scott Kelly Merril and Jeremy Stock Josephine de Give Roger and Susan Amato Mrs. Raymond Heatherton Dr. and Mrs. Paul Massimiano Jeferson S. Strider Mr. and Mrs. C. Stanley Dees David L. Kennell and Anonymous (8) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hechl Clare Lindsay Paul J. Mayer and Mr. and Mrs. Reid P. Stuntz Mr. John G. Dennis Susan B. Southard Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Andersen Ms. Ellen Hill Mr. Richard Kuziomko Ms. Mary H. D. Swift Julie Diehl Mr. and Mrs. Donald Randall L. and Mr. David Jensen Ms. Julia D. Thieriot J. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Guy O. Dove III Hunter Lewis and Elizabeth Catherine D. Mayes Mr. and Mrs. Gene Jensen Sidamon-Eristrof Holli Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Anderson Dufy Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mr. and Mr. W. Merritt Jones Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lindstrom McGettigan Mr. and Mrs. Bill Walde K.T. and Jerry Archer Mr. James T. Fuller III and Catherine T. Porter Michael and Margaret Kane LMAC Foundation, Inc. Alexandra McIntosh Christopher and Barbara Wall Mr. and Mrs. Howard Armfield

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Paul Arnold Ms. Gem Bingol and Mr. Ms. Inge Braune Mr. and Mrs. Keith M. Byergo Jefrey and Paula Christie Mr. David Daniel Richard Fausnaught Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Ashley Mr. Paul Brenner Perry Cabot Bill and Deirdre Clark Ms. Elizabeth E Daniel Annie Bishop Associated Jewish Pen and Suzanne Bresee Mrs. Alice H. Calhoun Mr. Richard Cohen Ms. Karen Darby Charities of Baltimore Blue Ridge Flower Club Mr. and Mrs. Tim Brookshire Ms. Patricia Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mr. Robert M. Darby Sarah Atkins Blue Ridge Foothills Coleman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Dart Conservancy Dr. Lincoln Brower Ms. Margaret S. Campbell Mrs. Sue Attisani-Lyman Sloane Coles Ms. Liese D. Dart Mr. and Mrs. Keith Boi Catherine W. Brown Jonathan and Alice Cannon Mr. and Mrs. Mark Augenblick Deborah Collyer Karen Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Langhorne Bond Ms. Katharine Close Brown Mr. John Carey Erin Austin The Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bradley J. Bondi Marjorie S. Davis Jeanne and David Bruton Mr. and Mrs. James R. Carter III Of Louisville Depository, Inc. Ayrshire Farm/Home Richard S. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bonsee William Comstock Farm Store Stephen and Sherry Bullock Robert and Carol Carter Julie Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ms. Susanne Bachtel Mr. and Mrs. David F. Condon W. Bopp, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burgoyne Mr. Henry O. Chapman III Read deButts Mrs. E. G. Baird Conservation Legacy Mr. Robert Boucher Thomas and Briana Burk Kenneth and Carolyn Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. deButts Ms. Susan W. Baker Benjamin S. Cooper Mr. Brooks Bowen Ms. Mary A. Burkhart Ms. Mary O. Chatfield-Taylor and Polly L. Gault Thomas and Karen Decker Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Ms. Louisa Bradford Dr. and Mrs. John Buursink Mr. and Mrs. John Cheatham III F. Baldwin Matthew Cooper Mr. Matt Deivert

Mr. Albert A. Barber and JULIE, EVAN AND CHARLIE BOLTHOUSE ENJOY A HAYRIDE AT THE Jane E. Covington Scott Denman and Ms. Lynn S. Grinna FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK FOR THE RAPPAHANNOCK EVENT. Photo by Paula Combs Virginia Watkins Jane Cowan Ms. Sara Lee Barnes Ms. Barbara DeRosa-Joynt Dr. and Mrs. Richard Mr. Dennis M. Barry S. Crampton Dr. and Mrs. Don E. Detmer

Ralph and Gwen Bates Winfield P. Crigler and Ms. Margaret DiPietro Timothy A. Harr Mrs. Charles Baxter Dr. Lydia L. Donaldson Mr. Paul D. Cronin Mr. Russell T. Beal Mr. and Mrs. John Gayle R. Cross J. Donovan, Jr. Nancy P. Beaver Mr. and Mrs. David Crowe Richard Dorrier Ms. Katrina H. Becker Mr. Steve Crutchfield Tania Cubitt and Robert Drake Ms. Beth Ann Beeman Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Alan Dranitzke Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Bell P. Cultrera Mr. and Mrs. William du Pont Mr. F. K. Benfield Mr. and Mrs. James Ms. Katharine M. Dulaney S. Cumming Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mr. Jake Dunning K. Benham III Mike Curtin Mr. William J. Dunning Philip D. Bermingham Ms. Cynthia J. Daily Mr. A. R. Dunnings Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Jane Dalton H. Bernstein Mrs. Barbara H. du Pont Dan Cameron Family Mr. Dick Bickel Foundation Dr. and Mrs. William Duvall

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25 Mr. Edward Grennen and Mr. George A. Horkan III Colonel and Mrs. Ms. Emily Granville Robert L. Kaplan Mr. William Howard Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Greyson Joan Kasprowicz Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Mr. Charles A. Grymes H. Huddleston Drs. Lee and Neal Kassell

Mr. Thomas Gutierrez Mr. Paul A. Adam and Mrs. Rachel Keen Karen Hunsberger Adam Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hack Mr. Mark Keeney

Mr. Clark Hall Ms. Linda C. Hunt Mr. Richard S. Kelso

Barbara Hamran Martha I. Hunt The Honorable Laura Kennedy and Mr. John Feeney John and Emily Hannum John and Elna Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Kingsland Drs. Jefrey and Lucille Harris Hunting Creek Garden Club Mr. Steven Kirstein Mr. James L. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. Kirby R. Hutto Mr. Garnett Kiser Mr. and Mrs. Juergen Hauber Mrs. Mary Hutton Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Matthew Haws Ms. Linda Y. Ingram K. Knapp, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. William H. Hay Mr. R. Philip Irwin, Jr. Tom and Helen Knaus

PEC'S KRISTIE KENDALL WITH HER PARENTS, GREAT UNCLE JESSE TANNER, JR., AND OTHER EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS. Dr. Larry and Jeanette Heath Maxine Janes Mrs. Myron W. Krueger THEY REPRESENTED THE SHOTWELL FAMILY AT THE 2016 MADISON MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY, WHO HAD LIVED IN SYRIA'S SHOTWELL HOLLOW SINCE THE MID-1700S. Photo by Paula Combs Sheryl B. Heckler Mark W. and Gail L. Jefries Barbara Kuckenbecker

Brian D. Hedges Ms. Rose E. Jenkins Dennis Kugler Mr. Bruce Dwyer Mr. Bill Ferster Ms. Megan Gallagher Carrie Heitsch Steedman and Analisa Jenkins Gregory Kula Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dye Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Firestone Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Galvin Mr. Michael Henke and Bland Jensen John Lain Jane Eberhardt Caroline D. Fitzgerald Ms. Karen Gardner Judy S. Campbell Ms. Joanne Jessen Ms. Elizabeth Langhorne-Reeve Rosemary Eckert Leigh Flajnik Ms. Lucie M. Garrett Dr. and Mrs. Ken Henson Mr. Bruce Johnson Ms. Catherine C. Larmore Edgemont Farm LLC Joan I. Fleck Dr. Matt Gavin and Susan L. Heytler Morgan LaRochelle Holidae Hayes Ms. Cynthia F. Johnson Mr. Robert Ehinger Ms. Sarah S. Forth Ph.D. Mrs. Lida W. Higginson Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Larson Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gavitt Gale and Sabeeha Johnson Sue Eisenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Merle Fossen Hillside Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. Greg Larson George Mason University Barry and Patricia Johnston Ms. Elizabeth Eldredge Mr. Sam Fowler Mr. Albert P. Hinckley, Jr. Foundation, Inc Ms. Jocelyn Lasher Ms. Kathleen S. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Eliot Jefrey L. Freeman James S. Hiney Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lawrence Bonnie Ellis Mr. Allen Freemyer Mr. Peter Hoagland Mr. and Mrs. Richard Joiner The Honorable Mr. William Lawrence Ms. Jane L. Erwine Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fry Douglas Ginsburg Ms. Diane Hobbs Marionette Jones Aliene M. Laws H C Eschenroeder, Jr. Mr. Keith Funger Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gookin Mrs. Sarah S. Hodgkin Mr. and Mrs. Tommy L. Jones Tom and Anna Lawson David and Elaina Evans Drs. Prasad and Jyothi Gadde Mr. Fielding Grasty Ms. Lisa Hogan Ms. Tamara Jovovic Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ledsinger Ms. Melanie Fein Fred Smith and April Gaines Miss Stuart T. Greene Rick Honig and Dita Verheij Katherine Kane and Olin L. West Mr. Robert Lee and Ms. Jackie Fernandes Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Gale Ms. Anne Grenade Mrs. Ann M. Horkan Mr. David H. Kaplan Ms. Sue Kellon

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Mr. Douglas H. Lees III Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Ellen Percy Miller and Tom Miller Mrs. Vibeke Ober Sandy Randolph James F. Rieger and Matheson III Caroline F. McKay Mrs. Judith A. Leferts Glenn F. Miller Mrs. Carolyn O'Connell Judy Rasmussen Dr. and Mrs. Alan Matsumoto Emily P. Ristau Mr. Edward Lehmann and Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Miller Danica Jodi Odendahl Muriel M. Ratclif Revocable Trust Ms. Edith Crockett Ms. Katherine Mattos David and Caroline Roberts Mr. Richard G. Miller Mrs. and Mr. Wren Olivier Edward M. Reardon Pam and Tim Lettie Robert and Jeanne Mayo and Dr. Elaine Lutz Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Rochester Mr. Joachim Otero Rebecca's Natural Food Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Levine Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robert B. and Carol Miller Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rop Mazzucchelli George and Susan Overstreet Mr. Paul Reisler Keith D. and Bari R. Levingston Gordana Mirkoska Richard B. and Kathleen L. Rose John and Susan McCarthy W. R. Owings Ms. Barbara A. Ribeiro Mr. Bryan Mitchell and Mrs. Cheryl and Michael Lewis Dr. Lizbeth A. Palmer Mr. Peter Rice Mr. and Mrs. Colin Rosse Dr. William H. McCormick Constance Chamberlin Marjorie and John Lewis David Rossetter Mr. and Mrs. James McDermott Dr. Helen Schwiesow Parker Mr. James E. Rich, Jr. William Mohrman and Mr. J. B. Riggs William and Peyton Lewis Ms. Robina Rich-Boufault Mr. Randolph D. Rouse Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mr. and Mrs. John P. Moliere John R. Parks Mr. and Mrs. Graham Lilly D. McHenry, Jr. Rider's Backfield Farm Beef Virginia Rovnyak James and Brenda Moorman Scott Pearce and Dr. and Mrs. George H. Lindbeck Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. McIntosh Rebecca Lindsay Ms. Maralyn D. Morency GEORGE OHRSTROM AND CLEO GEWIRZ AT OUR 2016 SPORTING CLAYS Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge William and Anne McIntosh EVENT FOR CLARKE COUNTY CONSERVATION. Photo by John Moring Gerald J. Pelarski T. Littleton Col. and Ms. John Beverly McKay Moring, III, USAF (ret) Michael Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lorenz McKay and Katherine Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Morison III Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Perry III Lovettsville Lion Charities Jenkins Giving Fund Douglas and Ramona Morris Ms. Shelley Perry Yakir and Claire Lubowsky Ms. Nina C. McKee Mr. Michael G. Motion Dr. Russell B. McKelway Mr. Damon R. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Mack and Dr. Laura Dabinett Mr. Teddy Mulligan Ms. Barbara Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Justin Dr. Peter and Mrs. Mackay-Smith Lonnie Murray Lynn Pirozzoli Margaret McLean John Magee Matthew and Mary Murray PNC Financial Services Group Mr. Corey McMann Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Manaker Stephen and Merrick Murray Trip Pollard and Elizabeth Outka Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. McVeigh Mr. and Mrs. John F. Myers, Jr. Ms. Marion K. Poynter Frank Mangano Mr. Neil Means Mr. Norman Myers James and Linda K. Pranke Ms. Elizabeth Roessel Manierre The Metruck/Duxbury Charitable Fund Dr. and Mrs. G. Wesley Price Mary and Michael Manning Commander and Mrs. Nathaniel P. Neblett Ms. Janel T. Melgaard Jerome and Marjorie Prochaska Jack Marshall and Cri Mr. David Neverman Kars-Marshall Christine and Joseph Melnik Sterling and Louise Proftt New Dominion Bookshop Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall Elizabeth Merritt Patti J. Psaris Mrs. Jane M. Noland Lindsay Marshall Cadence Mertz Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Purcell, Jr.

Mr. William R. Marshall Ms. Elizabeth K. Meyer Joy M. Oakes and Mrs. Lewis M. Purnell Thomas J. Cassidy Peter Martin and Lynn Freeman Mr. Lawrence Meyer Ms. and Mr. Jane Radford Dr. Timothy Ober and Jan Massey Mr. and Mrs. Clifton M. Miller Janie Shrader Eugene and Jeneanne Rae

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27 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Wilkins A. Thompson P. Van Huyck Elise H. Wilkins Mr. and Mrs. George Donna W. and Scott R. Thompson, Jr. B. Vande Pol Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Wilkins

Mr. Lee Walker Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Mrs. Andrea Wilkinson Vanderwarker Mr. and Mrs. Robert William C. Wilkinson III Anita Vere-Nicoll C. Thompson Annie T. Williams Hyder Virginia Outdoors Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lloyd Williams Thompson, Jr. Virginia Society of Ornithology Mr. Stirling L. Williamson, Jr. Mr. John Thornton Mr. William von Raab Dawn and Christopher Wilmot Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Voss E. Thurston Ms. Eileen A. Wilson Mr. James P. Waite III Ms. Kathleen Timberlake Sylvia J. Wilson Mr. Jason W. Walejeski Charles and Susan Titus Mrs. John H. Wise, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Walker, Jr. Toddz, Inc. Ms. Katherine Pharibe Wise JOHN MAGEE DISCUSSES GREEN LANDSCAPING PRACTICES AT THE HOA SYMPOSIUM. Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Wallach Photo by Marco Sanchez Dorothy and Bill Tompkins Mr. and Mrs. James Woford Mr. and Mrs. Mark Warren Mr. H. E. Stick Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Kate and Jeb Woford Mr. and Mrs. Patrick R. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Stanwyn G. Shetler C. Tompkins Ms. Viviane M. Warren Ms. Beverly Stickles Thomas and Barbara Wolf Ms. Carolyn Safer Margaret and Sidney Silver Mr. and Mrs. Amadeo Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Warthen III Mr. and Mrs. Jon Stout Ms. Sarah Woods Robert Sargent Mr. Maynard Sipe C. Tortorella Mr. and Mrs. Matt Weeden Mr. Frank Sumner Carey Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Woods, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Sarr Mr. Dave Smarr Barbara Tourtelot and Mr. Michael Weiner Susan W. Davenport & W. Lee Johnson Mr. Wesley Woods Mr. and Mrs. Steve Satterfield Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edgar Spigle Fund in CACF Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith, Jr. Lili Townsend Ms. Eliza Savage J. Weinhold Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen and Susan Taft Mr. John L. Trimmer N. Woolman III Lynne C. Sayles and Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Smith Dr. Anthony L. McCall and Mark M. Newland Laurie Tarpey William and Sylvia Worrall Mr. Mark T. Snyder Mrs. Margaret Tucker Ms. Madelyn F. Wessel John J. Taylor and Roger Schickedantz The Turner Law Firm, PC Alice and Curtis West Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Wright Mr. and Mrs. John Sodolski Jeannette Walls Mr. Donald L. Schupp, Jr. Bri West William S. Wright Ms. Susan Stanford Mr. Stewart F. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Jefrey Twining Ms. Tia Schurecht Ms. Lynda S. White Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Young Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Steele Laura TeKrony Sherry Twining and Tom Walmer Mr. and Mrs. James Schwartz Ms. Carey C. Whitehead Mr. Stirling Young Mr. Jef Stehm Bob and Sara Templeman Mrs. Mildred Tyner Catherine Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Whitfield Gary and Jene Younkin Jamie Resor Dr. Bruno F. Steinbruckner Michael and Nancy Terseck Garrett Ulosevich Ms. Melissa Wiedenfeld Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. Mrs. V. R. Shackelford III Anne Stelter Mr. and Mrs. Phillip S. Thomas and Star Wallin Ellen G. Wilbur Ms. Isobel Ziluca Anne M. Shaw-Kennedy Douglas Stewart and George and Sally Thomas Betty S. Valmarana Tamara Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Wilcox Ted and Lucy Zimmerman Mr. Matthew J. Sheedy Thomas Jeferson Soil and Theo Van Groll and Charlotte and Mrs. Vicky Bendure Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Stewart Water Conservation District P. Black-Van Groll Serena Wiley Mr. John F. Zugschwert

28 The Bill Backer Legacy Society

amed for the avid conservationist and for- mer Piedmont Foundation President Bill “Heaven is under our feet NBacker. Bill rallied concerned citizens to as well as over our heads.” participate in early eforts to plan for future growth and conservation in Virginia. —Henry David Thoreau

His engagement took on national stature during the debate over the Disney's America development. His ideas became known as the "Disney: Take a Second Look Campaign," which focused on alternative sites. The campaign became the basis for the Coalition for Smarter Growth's Blueprint for a Better Region, a vision for transit-oriented development that has shaped smart growth in our region. PIEDMONT FOUNDATION PRESIDENT BILL BACKER WAS AN As President of the Piedmont Foundation, he raised AVID CONSERVATIONIST AND funds for the Piedmont Memorial Overlook, a LONG-TIME FRIEND OF PEC’S. conserved property with views of one of the most protected landscapes in the eastern United States. Bill’s vision was a nationwide campaign to save open space, which

he considered critical to the BILL BACKER SITS ON THE PORCH AT HIS FARM planet’s future. NEAR THE PLAINS. Photo by Chris Miller

We invite you to share his If you have already included PEC in your estate plans, please let us know so we can vision and make a commitment include you in the Legacy Society. For more information please contact Nan Moring, to preserve the Piedmont by Director of Development, at (540) 347-2334 ext. 7005 or [email protected]. leaving a gift in your will and becoming a member of the Bill BILL BACKER WITH REV. BROWN MORTON AT THE PIEDMONT MEMORIAL Backer Legacy Society. OVERLOOK DEDICATION IN PARIS, VA. Photo by Jay Clevenson

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29 Remembering two leaders of the Piedmont PEC would like to remember John Jaske and Su Webb. John and Su served on PEC’s Board with distinction, and were among the most dedicated and efective leaders for preserving the Piedmont.

John Jaske Su Webb ohn served on the Board of patiently listening to all sides, then u Webb served on the PEC Board Directors of PEC since 1998, delivering a succinct summary and of Directors beginning in 2012 Jfollowing the lead of his wife set of choices. He did this profes- Sand chaired the PEC Loudoun Pam, who served on the Board in the sionally with great success. His advisory board as one of her many lead- early 1990s. He helped lead the fight willingness to volunteer that role for ership positions in Loudoun County. She against Disney’s America, champi- the conservation community of the was honored for her lifetime of work oned the creation of the Coalition for Piedmont and the Commonwealth of when she was named the 2012 Heritage Smarter Growth, and encouraged a Virginia was a priceless gift to us all. Hero by the Mosby Heritage Association new approach to transportation and and was inducted as a Loudoun Laurel. land use in Virginia. Su pushed to make the former John chaired the Virginia League of Greenvest development project into Conservation Voters, presiding over a state park, spearheaded the eforts Additionally, Su had a passion for pub- the successful efort to make the to create a regional park at Gilbert’s lic recreation, having served as Chair League a major force in Virginia poli- Corner, sponsored our Buy Fresh of the Northern Virginia Regional Park tics, both in the General Assembly Buy Local campaign in Loudoun, and Authority and spending 20 years on the and in elections to statewide ofces. provided a bridge to many Loudoun Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and He supported PEC’s Orange County organizations. She led the efort to cre- Open Space Advisory Board, 6 years as efort and championed the beautiful ate and sustain the Loudoun Heritage vice chair and 12 years as chair. Rapidan River valley. Farm Museum and its collection of farming implements and records. She All of us who work on issues in Loudoun John was always a great supporter, was also a founding member of the will miss Su and her absolute dedication an objective legal mind, and a kind Blue Ridge Foothills Conservancy. to conservation and preservation. friend. He was a great counselor, Photo courtesy of the Virginia League of Conservation Voters

30 PEC board and staf

PEC Board of Directors This list includes Board members who served at any time between Jan 2016 and Jan 2017

Albemarle County Culpeper County Greene County Orange County John H. Birdsall, III* Lili Alexander Roy Dye* James Collins Mary Buford Hitz Margret (Meg) Campbell Alton Keel,* SECRETARY Frank Gillan Chris McLean Seth Heald* George Overstreet John Jaske* Patricia Prentiss Linda “Boo” Ingram* Dennis Kernahan Nora Seilheimer Loudoun County John T. Snyder,* VICE CHAIR Peter Stoudt Fauquier County John Magee Loring Woodrif Mimi Abel Smith* Bonnie Mattingly Brian Conboy* Bruce Smart Rappahannock County Clarke County Virginia Dorkey* Su Webb* David Aldrich,* TREASURER Glenn Epstein David Williams Leslie Cockburn* William J.O. Dunning George Grayson Helen DuBois Cleo Smart Gewirz Bruce Jones Barry R. Hamilton Madison County Pam Lettie James Kleeblatt* David Crowe* George Ohrstrom, II,* CO-CHAIR Mark Ohrstrom,* VICE CHAIR William von Raab * Denotes member of Executive Committee Jean Perin,* CO-CHAIR Margaret Milner Richardson* Marie Ridder* Lynn Wiley*

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Paula Combs, Chris Miller, Tifany Parker, Michael Kane, Watsun Randolph, Jessica Palmer, Celia Vuocolo, Julie Bolthouse, Dawn Wilmot, Nicole Erickson, Danielle Castellano, Karissa Epley, Kristie Kendall, Peter Hujik, Robin Cross, Tom Bolan, Diana Gebhart, Douglas Stewart, Jef Werner, Gem Bingol, Daniel Holmes, Nancy Terseck, Claire Catlett, Bri West.

NOT PICTURED: Rex Linville, John McCarthy, Nan Moring, Diana Norris, Marco Sanchez.

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31 2016 Financial Report

2016 Financial Report

Sources of Organizational Support Program and Operating Expenditures

Donations and Grants $ 3,364,822 93% Conservation, Stewardship and Habitat $ 1,026,619 28% Special Events, Net 171,714 5% County Issues and Planning 367,134 10% Investments, Other 63,111 2% Policy* 343,094 10%

Total $ 3,599,647 100% Farms and Food 149,038 4% Transportation and Growth Management 79,969 3% Outreach and Education 771,143 21% The above fgures do not include the activities of partner organizations for whom Development 431,790 12% we act as fscal sponsor, including the Coalition for Smarter Growth, Shenandoah Valley Network and the EarthDay@Loudoun Family Festival. Copies of our audited Administration 448,579 12% fnancial statements and IRS forms 990, which include the aforementioned partner Total $ 3,617,366 100% organizations, are available upon request. Copies of our most recent statements may also be found at PEC’s website at www.pecva.org/donate. For more information, please contact PEC’s accounting ofce at (540) 347-2334.

* Policy refects regional and state-level work on policy related to energy, air quality, water quality, telecommunications, land conservation and land use.

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