2007 Annual Report Land for Horse-Related Activities
Equestrian Land Conservation Resource Advancing the conservation of 2007 Annual Report land for horse-related activities. An Report BLK v5.indd 1 5/21/08 11:18:37 AM Catherine Bishop Catherine 2007 Annual Report An Report BLK v5.indd 1 5/21/08 11:18:38 AM “This is a pivotal time for land conservancy in this country. The land we protect in the next 20 years will determine the face of the American continent for all time.” —Rand Wentworth, President Land Trust Alliance 2006 2007 Annual Report 2 Catherine Bishop Catherine An Report BLK v5.indd 2 5/21/08 11:18:39 AM From the President Dear Friends of ELCR, 2007 was our tenth year, and in many ways it put the whole Throughout the year, our office was able to manage rapidly organization to a test. We began with the physical move of growing demand from individuals for guidance on land our office from Illinois to the Kentucky Horse Park (KHP) protection, redesign the website (begun under Kandee’s in Lexington, but minus our dedicated, seven-year Executive leadership and which has just won an award from the Director, Kandee Haertel, who chose to remain in Illinois. American Trails organization), attract interest and new Our initial 2006 search for a new CEO yielded several offers of support from the equestrian industry, redesign and excellent candidates, none of whom worked out. review various ELCR publications, respond to many more requests to speak at annual meetings (including USEF’s), From January to December, 2007, ELCR’s story starred two provide articles for magazines, even be part of a two-minute women and a loyal audience – you! segment of a radio show! Carolyn Orr, a retired agriculture professor from Berea In short, although the hour is late, the horse world IS College, Kentucky, stepped in to facilitate our move to waking up to the crisis all around it.
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