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The York Land Trust Newsletter LANDMARKSLANDMARKS Donor’s Deep Connection to Nature Inspires Land Gift in Cape Neddick efore Jeremy M. Strater lost his battle with Stage IV lung cancer on BFebruary 2, he did something purely generous: He made a gift of almost 16 acres of land in Cape Neddick to York Land Trust (YLT), leaving behind a tangible, living legacy for future generations.

The parcel, with frontage on Route 1 and on Pine Hill South in Cape Neddick, is a mature hemlock forest with trees that have likely grown for at least a century.

For YLT, Jeremy’s gift is an important step toward the goal of protecting 100 acres in Cape Neddick over the next four years.

While Jeremy had close family ties to York, he never lived here. He was a long-time resident of West Gouldsboro, where he lovingly maintained his home and a large parcel of land. He worked the land, chopped wood, played music and nurtured his community with his gregarious spirit. Land donor, Jeremy Strater. Jeremy passed away in his childhood home in West Gouldsboro at the age of 70. Before he died, he also donated 65 acres of his property in that area YLT Legacy Society to Frenchman Bay Conservancy. Creating a Legacy that Lasts Jeremy’s gifts of land for conservation mirror his commitment in life. He for Generations to Come “managed his land as a sustainable woodlot and had a deep and profound connection to nature,” his obituary notes. York land trust greatly appreciates thoughtful bequests, like Jeremy’s gift. Please consider joining YLT’s Legacy Society by including York Land Trust in your will/estate plan. For more information or to let us know you have already included York Land Trust in your estate plan, please contact Executive Director Doreen MacGillis at 207-363-7400, x1. Thank you!

The mature Hemlock forest on the Strater property provides ideal deer wintering areas. LAND AS TEACHER

t was a great winter to be of YLT’s Stewardship Director Iout on the land, enjoying Joe Anderson, Sam is learning the beauty of the woods, how to monitor and enhance fields and streams draped habitat for a number of in white. It’s fortunate species, including one that is that our community has of particular relevance to him access to an abundance and his family—lobster. The York Land Trust is a member- supported, nonprofit organization of conservation lands to dedicated to conserving and explore, thanks to the work Sam has been lobstering with protecting lands of ecological, historic, of York Land Trust. These his Dad, Mark Sewall since scenic, agricultural and cultural special places add so much he was eight years old and significance in the greater York, to the quality of life we PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE now has his own boat and 150 Maine area, for the benefit of all. enjoy in York and they can traps he manages during the teach us so much. summer. Sam has a keen interest in efforts to THE YORK LAND TRUST sustainably manage this resource and protect PO Box 1241 I was reminded coastal habitats so there will be abundant York Harbor, ME 03911 Telephone: 207-363-7400 of this on a walk lobsters in the future. E-mail: [email protected] recently with seventeen-year-old Sam will be working with Joe on various For more information, please visit Sam Sewall, a junior resource management tasks on YLT’s our website: www.yorklandtrust.org at York High School. Preserves throughout the Spring. We’re YLT’s Preserves grateful for his volunteer help and look are serving as an forward to seeing how the hand’s on outdoor classroom experience that he is acquiring may influence for an independent his future career goals and desire to advocate Sam Sewall on study course on on behalf of conservation. monitoring walk of new Strater property. natural resources management that Sam has underway, as an alternative to traditional science courses offered at the high school. Under the tutelage -Hilary P. Clark The Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative (MtA2C) is an effort led by a coalition of ten national, regional and local partners to protect a network of connected Welcome, Debbie and Patty! conservation lands and natural Debbie Shelton recently joined York Land Trust in the resources within a 48,000-acre focus area in Southern Maine for the benefit position of Development Director. She replaced long- of people and wildlife. time Development Director Nancy Lowenberg who left YLT last fall for a new job. Debbie brings with her over The MtA2C Partners include: the US Fish 20 years of experience in philanthropy including seven and Wildlife Service/Rachel years as Director of Development at Mercy Hospital and Carson National Wildlife Refuge, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries three years as Annual Fund Manager at Maine Medical and Wildlife, the Wells National Center. She spent the last 10 years as the Vice President Estuarine Research Reserve, Maine of Philanthropy for the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital & Coast Heritage Trust, the Trust for Health Foundation. While at the Foundation, she helped Public Land, The Nature Conservancy, raise over $9 million to support a variety of programs and services and a new Great Works Regional Land Trust, Kittery Land Trust, York Land Trust hospital wing. and York Rivers Association. Debbie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Middlebury College in For more information, please visit www.mta2c.org.

TWO YOUR VOICE NEEDED ON LAND FOR MAINE’S FUTURE PROGRAM t is not often that York Land Trust asks But now, the Governor refuses to release the Iits supportors to advocate on political funding until the state legislature yields to issues. But, recent actions by Governor an unrelated bill that would allow increased LePage that threaten to negatively impact logging on state-owned lands. the work of land trusts, have prompted me to ask for your help. The majority of the LMF bonds will expire if unsold by the end of this year. Without In March, Governor LePage announced EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S the LMF funding, 36 land conservation that he would withhold $11.4 million REPORT projects in Maine risk failing, despite the in voter-approved bonds for the Land fact that project participants (land trusts, For Maine’s Future Program (LMF), a landowners, businesses, municipalities, etc.) popular state program that has protected 560,000 acres of have conducted due diligence, spent time and money, and conservation and recreational lands throughout the state negotiated in good faith. since 1987, including 151 acres at Highland in York. The Governor’s actions are putting a chilling effect on The Governor withheld these same bond funds in January conservation activities statewide. So, I am urging you to of 2013, pending legislative passage of a bill to repay the join thousands of conservationists throughout Maine in State’s hospital debt. After the legislature agreed to repay contacting Governor LePage on this important issue. Please the hospitals, Governor LePage said he would issue the take a moment to call the Governor today at 287-3531 and bonds on an expedited basis. Then, the Administration’s ask him to make good on his past promises and allow the LMF Board proceeded to approve funding for three dozen LMF funds to be spent. Thanks so much for your help. land conservation projects throughout the state, including $125,000 for Kittery Land Trust’s Brave Boat Headwaters project and $75,000 for several farm land projects led by Great Works Regional Land Trust. -Doreen MacGillis

Middlebury, VT and a Master of Science degree in Geochemistry from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Debbie is a board member for the Cocheco Valley Humane Society and the Friends of Hyder Family Hospice House. As an avid outdoor adventurer and nature-lover, Debbie is excited to help advance York Land Trust’s mission in her new role.

Patty O’Connor recently joined York Land Trust as our new Development Assistant. Patty comes from across the , where she spent 17 years at The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (NHCF). For eight years, she managed the administration of the regional grant program and supported Development and Planned Giving staff. During the last nine years at NHCF, Patty worked in the Philanthropy Department assisting statewide Development staff with structuring charitable gifts including bequests and charitable gift annuities. Her past volunteer work includes the Town of North Hampton 250th Anniversary Committee, the North Hampton Recycling Center and the North Hampton Conservation Commission.

THREE Thank You For Supporting York Land Trust in 2014! Landmark Giving Circle Donors ($500 or more) appear in bold typeface. Acorn Kitchen Julia Clough Mr. Alan C. Gault, Jr. Mr. Robert Johnston Michniewicz Dr. Amy L. Ryan and Christopher Volpe Mr. & Mrs. Russell Adams Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Cole Drs. Michael and Naomi Mrs. Mabel H. Jones David Michniewicz Dick Bachelder Barry and Kim Waddell Kim and Michele Adams and Marvin and Laurie Collins Gauthier Alan and Nancy Junkins Linda L. Michniewicz Mr. and Mrs. David Sanderson Peter and Kathryn Wagner Michele Bolle Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Collins GE Foundation Kathy Kavanagh Gerry and Sylvia Missal Saner Family Foundation Sydney Wakefield Mr. and Mrs. L. Talbot Mr. and Mrs. Lance J. Colwell Mr. and Mrs. Joshua L. Gear Ms. Elizabeth Kehoe Venise C. Mitchell Ms. Anna Kristina Sawtelle Mr. and Mrs. David Walchak Adamson Barbara Conda Cherie Geiger Peter Kelly Sandra Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. David O. Saxton Robert and Leigh J. Waldman Joseph Aiello and Mary Mitchell Ms. Marjorie E. Conrad Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gerrity Celeste M. Kelly and Miyake Restuarant Bryce and Deanna Waldrop Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Albright Scott Conti and Family Sally and Ken Gilbride Danny Wolfman Devin Moisan Robert Scherer and Michael Walek Allagash Brewing Co. Sandy and Tim Corbett Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gildea Mr. & Mrs. Kennett R. Dr. J.H. Monane Jeni Nunnally Mr. Frank Wallace Ameday Nails & Spa Ms. Carol Costa & Sheila Dorval Ms. Louesa Gillespie Kendall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moran Priscilla Schuyler Mr. Henry F. Warner, Jr. Peter Amershadian Ms. Gabrielle Cote Peter Gilmore and Kennebunk Savings Bank Ms. Kate Moran Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Scipione Mr. Chuck Wayne Amidon Family Dentistry Mr. Alfred J. Cotton, Jr. Cynthia Kingsford Kennebunkport Resort Randy Morgan and Linda and Craig Scotland Mrs. Faith Webster Anne Erwin Sotheby’s David T. and Bonnie J. Dr. and Mrs. James Gilroy Collection Terry DeKalb Mary Scripp c/o Larry Scripps Mr. Robert J. Weeden International Realty Cousineau Mr. Donald Gindlesperger Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy Philip and Gale Morgan and Beatrice Affron Harriet and Paul Weissman Mr. and Mrs. James H. Anne and Nick Cowenhoven Mr. and Mrs. David W. Gittins Craig and Bonnie Kerrick Don and Pat Morley Mrs. Joan Seariac Ms. Elaine G. Whelan Anderson Karen & David Cox Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Glick Andy and Cristina King Sandell and Dick Morse Louise and Jerome A. Segal When Pigs Fly Anju Noodle Bar Mrs. Julie M. Crafts Jim and Diane Gloriant Steven King and Karie DeVries Mr. Leon R. Moulton Eileen Sewall Ms. Mary Jane Whitcomb Anneke Jans Ann Craig Tom Glover Mary Cundari Kinnear Ms. Louise Moulton George and Paula D. Sewall Mr. David White Anonymous Cranberry Hill Antiques Ms. Estelle Goldberg Mr. Paul Kittel Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Myers Mr. Mark Sewall White Pine Programs David Armlin & Andrea David Crane Mr. & Mrs. Charles Goller Kittery Trading Post Sandy Nelson Sewall Family Lobster Mr. Michael Whitman Brosnahan Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Good to Go KK Remedies Ms. Sarah Newick Shane’s Maine Photography Lois Whitney Forbes Memorial Karen and Mark Arsenault Crawford Robert Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kleist Steve and Joan Newton Brian and Patricia Shaw Fund of the NHCF Jeanne and Jerry Ashworth Ms. Elizabeth C. Cromley Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gorski Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kline David and Meg Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Shaw Dr. and Mrs. William Wieting Carol and Rhett Austell Captain and Mrs. Howard Gary and Meredyth Goss John M. Klosenski and Jane Niebling Amy and Jonathan Sherwood Hope Williams Wigglesworth Mr. and Mrs. William R. Crosby Leslie A Goulet Maryann Gauthier Dr. and Mrs. Mayo Noerdlinger Mr. and Mrs. David L. 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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Curtis Dog Wash Land Trust Alliance and Lobster Pound Mary Gambrill Slavet Mr. and Mrs. Frank Witham Barnard Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D’Arrigo Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lanouette Mr. Clifford C. O’Connor Mary-Leigh C. Smart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E Wolf Dorothy Barnard Carol and Dr. Milton S. Davis Greenwood Shapleigh D. LaPointe Ms. Maureen O’Donnell Stanton and Betty Smith Mr. Brian D. Wood Stella F. Barnette Harry and Suzanne Davis Bob and Jean Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Lawson James B. and Joanne O’Neil Smuttynose Brewing Company Ms. Martha Woodbridge Iris and Ted Barten Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis Groves Cottages Don and Suzi Lawton Oqunquit Women’s Club Jean Somers Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Yandow Michael Bartner and Robert & Jeanne Davidson Kathy Gunst Le Creuset Mr. and Mrs. John T. O’Rourke Brooke R. Southall Mrs. Mary K. Yauch Evangeline Thibodeau Ralph and Nancy Davison Linda and Carl Gurtman Joan Leblanc and Bion Pike Dr. Charles Ott Mrs. Caroline M. Southall Peter and Trish Yauch Be Our Guest, Inc. Stuart and Ellen Dawson Nancy Gustad Jerri and Kevin LeConte Michael Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Jon Speers York 54 Beach Pea Baking Co. Mr. and Mrs. William Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gustafson Mr. William Lee Robert Palmer and Dexter and Virginia T. Spiller York Community Gardens Beachmere Inn de Figueiredo Peter and Carol Haebler Ms. Susan L. Lefferts Holly Sargent Mr. and Mrs. William Spiller York Community Initiatives Joe and Annie Beauchemin Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dearborn Mr. James S. Hager Richard G. Leigh Michael and Theresa Palumbo Spiller Farm of the Maine Community Michael T. Beaumont Sara Delano and Bill Zink Mr. Dana A. Hamel Dr. and Mrs. John Leonard Michael Pardoe Hal and Polly Stanwood, Jr. Foundation Daniel and Jean Beetz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dempsey Mrs. Frank E. Hancock Mr. John M. Lewis Don and Carolyn Parsons Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W. York Conservation Commission Stephen and Georgia Bennett Edward J. Dimuzio and Constance Hanley and Liquid Dreams Surf Shop Ms. Rozanna Patane Starkey, Jr. York Corner True Value Mr. Charles Bennett Sarajane St. John James C. Smith Michael and Sheryl Little The Patch Family Starkey Ford York Flower Shop Ms. Gladys L. Benshimol Jeff and Cindy Donnell & Hannaford Supermarket Sue and Ted Little Patten Grounds Care, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles York Golf and Tennis Club Bergeron Agency Family Mr. and Mrs. Harald Hansen Ms. Holly Littlefield David and Connie Patton Steedman York Harbor Inn Peter Bergh and Janet Prince Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Donnelly Norman and Elizabeth Hansen Sharon and Terry Lohmann Pamela Pearson Sandy Steele and York Hospital Albert and Joann Bibb Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Donovan Karen Hanson Mrs. Katherine V. Lord Ms. Marianne Pei Paul Greenfield Lobster Co. Wendy and Richard Bilden Steven and Wendy Dopp Harry A. 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Hargan Mrs. William Lyman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peter Stonewall Kitchen Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Zuccotti Ms. Sandra L. Blessing Eastern Mountain Sports Steve Harriman & Nancy Walsh Alice and Jeffrey Lynch Dr. Lawrence J. Petrovich Jeanine and Norman Storrs Wayne and Mary Lynne Edward Jones Investments - Daniel J. Hartigan and Ms. Holly H. MacAdam Pie in the Sky Bakery Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Stover In Memory of Linda Bagby Boardman York Office Mark Toney Edgar W. MacConnell Ms. Sue Pike Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Stowe Mr. David McKelvey Bob’s Clam Hut Mr. and Mrs. William J. Eisen Hartley Mason Reservation Marcia Macdonald Sandy Plummer Jean Sewall Strater Dr. John R. Bockstoce Eldredge Lumber Anita Haskell Mr. Torbert Macdonald, Jr. Mr. William Pride, Jr. and Philippa Stratton and In Memory of Elizabeth Childs John O. Bond, Jr. Peter Ellis and Ms. Sarah Haskell and Doreen MacGillis and Jean E. 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FOUR Protecting Precious Places YLT to Acquire Two Parcels on Mill Lane in York

n the weeks ahead, York Land Trust (YLT) is poised to secure that YLT will own it Itwo parcels located within a 3,975-acre unfragmented block instead because it will be of forest in the Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Region (see map protected in perpetuity.” below). Similarly, the 24-acre The 24-acre Marden property and the 54-acre Kittery Water Marden parcel would District (KWD) property on Mill Lane that it abuts are being have been developed if purchased by YLT as part of the Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea YLT was unable to secure Conservation Initiative. These new parcels are in the proximity funding to move forward of thousands of acres of conservation land owned by YLT and with closing on the other conservation organizations and are within a focus area of property. statewide ecological significance. Thanks to generous The Marden property is a mix of forested uplands and wetlands individuals and One of many ecologically-important and has a perennial stream that runs through the property and grants from MARPAT wetlands on the Marden property. ultimately flows to Bell Marsh Reservoir. The KWD property is Foundation, Maine Coast a mature forest with just a small area of wetlands. Heritage Trust, the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation and the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program, YLT is able to pay KWD had decided to sell its parcel, adjacent to the Marden a total of $390,000 for the properties, the fair market value as lands, because only about 10 percent of it is within the Bell established through appraisals, and have funding for the long- Marsh Reservoir watershed and because of the high property term stewardship of the properties. taxes the district is paying on the land, due to its development potential. The Public Utilities Commission required a right of These lands, explained YLT Executive Director Doreen first refusal to the Town of York, and the town transferred that MacGillis, “provide habitat for state-endangered Blanding’s and right to YLT. state-threatened spotted turtles. Given their location and the important turtle habitat, these are key parcels for York Land While there has been private interest in developing the land, Trust to acquire.” KWD Superintendent Mike Rogers told YLT “we think it’s great YLT will manage these important properties for wildlife habitat, and the lands will be open to the public for low- impact recreation.

“As a result of the purchase of these properties, YLT is able to eliminate the threat of development in one of Maine’s most important areas for rare turtles,” MacGillis said.

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Join us for a Spring Edibles Walk at Highland Farm Preserve! Want to connect with Please renew and encourage your friends to nature via your taste become YLT members, too. buds? Join YLT and For a second year in a row, longtime YLT supporters George and expert forager and Eleanor Ford have provided a $10,000 match challenge to inspire wild foods enthusiast, new member enrollments and membership increases to YLT. Russ Cohen for a Your new or increased gift will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to Spring Edibles Walk $10,000. Help YLT take full advantage of this great opportunity! on YLT’s Highland Farm Preserve on Check your mail for YLT’s 2015 Membership Appeal or visit Thursday, June 11 www.yorklandtrust.org to renew or enroll, anytime. from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thank you! Russ will share tips for identifying edible plants and mushrooms, Maine’s turtles travel many miles between preparing them to wetlands from May through August. eat and guidelines Russ Cohen has been teaching courses for environmentally and leading walks about wild edibles To help them survive road crossings, please responsible foraging. since 1974. He is also author of Wild drive slowly where you see these signs. Plants I Have Known…and Eaten, Space is limited to published in 2004. Thank you! 35 participants. To register, please visit www.yorklandtrust.org.