Nurturing thriving, prosperous communities

By any measure, Western Reserve Land Conservancy you will be surprised by the diversity of work, is now deemed to be one of our nation’s great of places, and of people that is revealed in the conservation organizations. We are especially excited stories within this report. to share our results with all of you because you make Please take some time to read through our all of our good work possible. And yet we do not wish entire annual report because it is a designed to tell our story through metrics that are focused as a narrative about our region; curl up with on our results, as a cup of tea and lose yourself in the majesty important as they are of the Crowell Hilaka Recreation Area, in the to our region (we will transcendent power of our Reforest our City share some of our program, in the wilderness of north Trumbull milestones with you, County, in the agricultural legacy of Lonesome of course). Pine Farm, in the expansive collaboration to Instead, our team restore the Grand River’s habitat, and in the multi- has pulled together generational conservation joy of the Holland family eight compelling stories that collectively paint the full in Medina. picture of our service to our cherished region. When Our work is both strategic and holistic; uniquely, we our work is done our region will be filled with thriving, address the causes of urban sprawl in our cities, and prosperous communities nourished by vibrant we attend to the effects by identifying, conserving and natural areas, working farms and healthy cities. And restoring essential natural assets that are threatened we will accomplish this by providing the people of by poorly planned development. In the end, our work our region with essential natural assets through land – from the denuded streets of downtown Cleveland conservation and restoration. to the verdant hills of the Chagrin Valley – boils down In 2006, we merged eight little land conservancies to to this: we nourish and support healthy communities. form the current Western Reserve Land Conservancy. We make the world a better place. Since then we have grown to become a visionary All of our work is made possible by your support. leader and a catalyst for measurable, tangible Thank you for being our partner and for nurturing us progress in land conservation and restoration. so that we can nurture our region. In the pages that follow, you will read about this progress, which has made us the largest conservation With our gratitude, organization in Ohio. And yet, beyond the acres and the deals, the hallmark of our work is deep collaboration in which we respect the diversity of our partners… from creating preserves Rich Cochran and Betsy Juliano with Lorain Metro Parks to working with the distressed neighborhoods that surround the old Saint Luke’s Cochran is the Land Conservancy’s president and hospital near Shaker Square in Cleveland. We think CEO and Juliano chairs the board of trustees. Tracking our Results Land Bank Status

In fiscal year 2015, the Land Conservancy permanently Ashtabula Lake Lucas protected another 49 properties and an additional 4,332 acres, Fulton Williams Ottawa the fourth-highest totals in the history of the organization. We Geauga Cuyahoga Wood Defiance Henry Sandusky Erie finished the fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 2015, with 568 Lorain Trumbull protected properties covering 42,635 acres. Huron Portage Paulding Seneca Medina Summit Putnam Hancock Mahoning Other highlights: Van Wert Wyandot Crawford Ashland Wayne Stark Columbiana Allen Richland · We have now protected land in 23 counties. Hardin Auglaize Marion Carroll Mercer Holmes Jefferson Morrow · Our land stewardship team visits each of our preserved Logan Knox Tuscarawas Shelby properties at least once a year. That means our employees Union Delaware Coshocton Harrison and trained volunteers are making more than 550 visits Darke Champaign Licking Miami Guernsey Muskingum Belmont per year to make sure protected land remains in its Franklin Clark natural condition. Visits to a few of our larger protected Montgomery Madison Noble Preble Fairfield Perry Monroe tracts are done by aircraft. Greene Pickaway Morgan Fayette Hocking Washington · Two new land banks were formed in Sandusky and Licking Butler Warren Clinton counties, bringing Ohio’s total to 24. In 2015, the Ohio Ross Athens Vinton legislature’s voted to eliminate the 60,000 population Hamilton Clermont Highland Meigs Pike threshold for counties wishing to establish land banks, Jackson every county in Ohio is now eligible to create county land Brown Adams Scioto banks, which can safely hold vacant, abandoned, and tax- Gallia

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· Trumbull County (7,798 acres) surpassed Geauga County (7,556 acres) with the most Land Conservancy protected acreage given a number of farmland and watershed projects. Huron County and the Huron Watershed saw the County Boundaries largest jump in protected land, adding nearly 2,100 acres in the county and 1,769 acres in the watershed. Land Bank is Established

By the end of the 2015 calendar year, the Land Conservancy will Have Expressed Interest have protected over 43,000 acres. Eligible

4 4 Acres Protected by Watershed Acres Protected by County

Wayne Ashland WATERSHED Trumbull 157 250 7,798 Ashtabula 6,283 Yellow Creek 132 Summit 1,368 Columbiana Stark 326 Yankee Run-Shenango River 602 432 Seneca Cuyahoga 95 1,913 Wills 56 Sandusky 333 Erie Walhonding River 331 Richland 1,495 154 Portage Vermilion River 1,802 2,533 Ottawa Tuscarawas River 845 53 Mercer, PA 395 Sandusky 649 Geauga Medina 7,556 1,183 Rocky River 1,391 Mahoning 121 Lorain Guernsey Pymatuning Creek 7,410 3,463 Lake 56 1,087 Jefferson Huron 132 5,452 Mahoning River 1,352 Acres Protected by Year Little Beaver Creek 376

Lake Erie Islands 184

Huron River 4,863

Grand River 6,305

Frontal Lake Erie 1,212

Cuyahoga River 4,369 ACRES Conneaut Creek 218

Chagrin River 7,604

Black River 2,908

Ashtabula River 80

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55 Perseverance and partnership: protecting Camp Crowell Hilaka

The creation and permanent protection of the Crowell Hilaka Recreation Council. After much deliberation, it was determined that forming a Area is a story of perseverance, passion, strategy and community new joint recreation district and putting a bond and tax levy on the conservation. November ballot would provide the best chance for success. Work began immediately. Originally purchased and farmed by the Oviatt family in 1831, inventor James B. Kirby bought the property in 1919. He built his estate on the The Village of Richfield and Richfield Township passed resolutions to 336-acre parcel which included a mill and waterwheel that generated form the Richfield Joint Recreation District (RJRD) in mid-July. Just electric power for his lab and workshop; a house that was originally air- a few short weeks later, the RJRD was able to submit the necessary conditioned by diverting spring water documents in order to get a bond and levy on the ballot. During to flow over its roof; and a hall that September and October, the Land Conservancy worked with a newly was built on enormous trolley springs formed campaign committee to promote the ballot issues and hold which bounced as people danced. open houses which were attended by hundreds of people each Kirby sold the land to the Cleveland weekend. Girl Scouts in 1937. For more than In November 2014, voters in the Village of Richfield and Richfield 70 years, thousands of girls camped Township overwhelmingly approved the ballot measures. at Crowell Hilaka and enjoyed the property’s two lakes, several After the resounding vote of support from the community, the Land headwater streams, mature forest, Conservancy leveraged its extensive public funding experience to help wetlands and miles of hiking trails. the RJRD explore financing options. The Land Conservancy applied for an approximately $1.1 million Clean Ohio grant on behalf of the When the Girl Scouts of North East RJRD which was ultimately approved by the local NRAC District 8 Ohio (GSNEO) announced the committee and the Ohio Public Works Commission. closing of Camp Crowell Hilaka in 2011, serious concerns arose about its With the final funding secured, Western Reserve Land Conservancy impending sale. Scouts, neighbors, turned over management of the newly established Crowell Hilaka and community leaders feared the Recreation Area to the RJRD in July 2015. At the ceremony, RJRD land would be sold to a developer, Board Chair Floyd Ostrowski shared, “I am so proud to be part of this timbered or both. community and a member of this board, which has accomplished so much in such a short amount of time. Our mission to preserve, Given the significant conservation conserve and recreate will not just be for this generation but for future value of the property, the Land generations.” Conservancy entered into a purchase and sale agreement with GSNEO to acquire the property in mid-2012. For the next year, the Land Crowell Hilaka Recreation Area opened to the public in August 2015. Conservancy searched for an owner aligned with its preservation mission The Land Conservancy now holds a conservation easement on the with little success. No legitimate partner emerged, forcing the Land property, permanently protecting its rich ecological and historic Conservancy to request an extension of the purchase agreement and to heritage. reevaluate its conservation strategy. “Even when the conservation of Crowell Hilaka seemed like the In the spring of 2014, a working group was formed that included longest of longshots, we strategized with our partners to protect this members of representatives from the Land Conservancy, Richfield extraordinary property,” said Joe Leslie, Director of Acquisitions for the Township, the Village of Richfield, the Buckeye Trail Association, Friends Land Conservancy. “It’s a truly remarkable story for all involved and the of Crowell Hilaka, the Richfield Historical Society and Summit County people of Richfield should be congratulated for making it happen.”

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Lorain County Metro Parks focuses on connectivity

Connectivity is a major theme for Lorain County Metro Parks’ July 2014, the organizations worked together to permanently director James Ziemnik. protect a 62-acre property adjacent to the Cassell Reservation and in October 2015, a 13-acre property adjacent to the district’s “We have incredible natural resources throughout Lorain County Hollstein Reservation. These projects have expanded public parks and our job is to help folks embrace what we have,” explained and preserves, while protecting diverse wildlife habitat. the park district director. “We have beautiful land and we have beautiful water resources – from the Black and Vermilion rivers to “It’s all right here,” Ziemnik said using a Wizard of Oz analogy to the Great Lake in our front yard. We are trying to connect people describe the park system which now covers nearly 10,000 acres. to our parks, within the parks, and find other ways to make our “You need not look any farther than your own back yard to pursue parks accessible for folks to get out and enjoy nature.” your heart’s desire.” Ziemnik pointed out that building these physical connections for residents also requires building connections with organizations like Western Reserve Land Conservancy. “We all need nature as much “Jim is one of those directors quick to call the Land Conservancy and share land protection opportunities,” shared Keith as we need fresh air to breathe. McClintock, vice president of conservation for Western Reserve What if there were no places like Land Conservancy. “He finds ways in which our organization can the parks where children and complement the work of his staff and maximize state and federal grant money for projects.” families could go free of charge, to play, discover, and explore their The park district partnered with the Land Conservancy to purchase the former Royal Oaks Golf Club in the village of natural world? We are honored Grafton. The project connected two separate parcels of the Metro and privileged to work with Lorain Park’s Indian Hollow Reservation and expanded the reservation’s County Metro Parks and Western overall size to 726 acres. The property, located in the Black River Reserve Land Conservancy to find watershed, provides important natural habitat for plants, animals, and a number of bird species including juvenile bald eagles, ways to enrich the community a fledgling great horned owl as well as native and migratory and future generations.” birds. The park also provides recreation opportunities to the community. Before the park’s official opening in September 2015, – Linda Styer, over 12,000 visitors made use of the two and a half miles of hiking senior program officer at Lorain County trails, three fishing ponds, and half-mile dedicated fitness loop Community Foundation. within Indian Hollow Reservation. Lorain County Metro Parks first partnered with the Land Conservancy in 2007 to preserve the Firelands’ Scout Camp. In

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Outdoor enthusiasts give back to the land

As president of the Ashtabula County Wildlife Conservation League Conservancy’s vice president of eastern field operations. and Sheffield Beagle Club, lifelong conservationist, Dale Sunderlin, Jr., “It’s a testament to the dedication and passion of dozens of was instrumental in initiating and working with the Land Conservancy organizations and landowners focusing on both public and to permanently protect the club owned properties, totaling 236 acres, private conservation projects.” in 2014. Dale, and his wife, Janie, did not stop there. Walking along the trails laid with his father, Dale Sunderlin, Jr. This year, the avid outdoor enthusiasts worked with the Land shared, “I thank my dad every day for instilling in me a passion Conservancy to place a conservation easement on their own family’s for the great outdoors.” Dale’s family, as he put it, “was one 52-acre property of the driving forces to put a conservation easement on our in Mesopotamia property and protect it even after I’m gone.” Township, located in The Land Conservancy and its partners secured federal funding northern Trumbull for the purchase of the conservation easement through a County. This property is grant from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act almost entirely forested (NAWCA), distributed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and and contains nearly 50 administered by Ducks Unlimited. NAWCA was passed, in part, acres of wetlands and to support activities under the North American Waterfowl approximately 1,200 Management Plan, an international agreement that provides linear feet along the a strategy for the long-term protection of wetlands and state designated Scenic associated habitats needed by waterfowl and other migratory and Wild Grand River. birds in North America. The Sunderlin’s The Sunderlin’s property provides the family with more than property is located hunting and fishing opportunities. According to Dale, spending within a growing time on the property brought him closer to his wife, Janie, and corridor of permanently his father, Dale Sunderlin, Sr. preserved properties supporting high quality “This land gave us so much over the last twenty years,” Janie natural habitats. explained. “Placing a conservation easement is our way of Thousands of acres in an area known as the Grand River Lowlands giving back to the land.” have been protected by conservation partners including the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Trumbull MetroParks, The Nature Conservancy and the Land Conservancy. “It’s amazing to see the conservation mosaic coming together in the Grand River Lowlands.” said Brett Rodstrom, the Land

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Talking trees: Reforest Our City launches in Cleveland

Trees save energy, reduce stormwater runoff, enhance property values, clubs to plant trees in their neighborhood. These grants have improve water quality and make our neighborhoods more attractive. transformed community spaces, like EcoVillage Gateway Park But in many urban and suburban communities, tree canopies are outside of the West 65th RTA Rapid Station in Cleveland’s Detroit dwindling – the city of Cleveland loses approximately 97 acres of canopy Shoreway neighborhood. each year. Western Reserve Land Conservancy launched Reforest Our But planting is not the only facet of the Reforest Our City City to reverse the trend. program. The Land Conservancy partnered with Holden During its inaugural year, the Land Conservancy planted over 1,800 Arboretum/Cleveland Botanical Gardens to develop the trees in Cleveland neighborhoods. Trees were planted by a host of Sherwick Tree Steward Training program, which educates individual volunteers, ages 8 to 80, and community partners including community members on the benefits of trees and trains them schools, block clubs to maintain existing and newly planted trees. Workshops and community address topics including tree biology and identification, development pruning, planting, root and soil care, urban tree stress, and corporations. community planting projects. Over 200 individuals attended training sessions, generously supported by the Sherwick In addition to engaging Fund, conducted by the Land Conservancy’s Colby Sattler and and training individual Holden Arboretum’s Chad Clink, both certified arborists, in the volunteers, the Land program’s inaugural year. Conservancy has plugged corporate Reforest Our City activities are an important part of the larger volunteer groups community-wide collaboration to rebuild the urban forest into its reforestation through partnership. The Land Conservancy and Holden efforts. Employees Arboretum/Cleveland Botanical Gardens partnered with the from ArborWear City of Cleveland Office of Sustainability, LAND studio, Cleveland planted a grove of trees Neighborhood Progress and Davey Resource Group to release alongside students and the guiding document for this collaboration, the Cleveland Tree community members Plan, in October 2015. at Saint Luke’s Manor “We’re on the map regionally, and to a degree nationally, for our in honor of late Land reforestation efforts,” shared Sattler. “The fact that folks are now Conservancy Board regularly talking about Cleveland’s tree canopy speaks to the Chair Mary Arter Weber. fact that there is a lot of interest in rebuilding Cleveland as the Eaton Corporation employees spent time planting at a community Forest City.” orchard in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood and Alcoa employees planted more than 300 trees as part of a stream restoration along Mill Creek. The Reforest Our City grant program, administered by the Land Conservancy, provides funding to community groups and block

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Oberlin Great South Woods protected The Land Conservancy acquired a 63-acre portion of what is known as Oberlin Great South Woods with the intent of creating a nature preserve on the property. The parcel, which has forests, wetlands and a sedge meadow, as well as several rare species of birds, reptiles and amphibians, was targeted for conservation for more than a decade.

Central Huron County farmland preserved for generations to come Following conversations with several landowners who have donated conservation easements to the Land Conservancy, Rich Smith decided to first preserve a 332-acre tract of land that has been farmed by his family for three generations. The property produces various rotations of corn, soybeans and wheat as part of a larger grain farm operation by Rich and his two sons spanning hundreds of acres. The property also contains three woodlots, nearly a half-mile of tributaries to the Huron River and prime farmland soils.

Former landfill to become part of green corridor The Land Conservancy acquired a 28-acre former landfill in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood and plans to make it part of a growing green corridor that includes the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Brookside Reservation and the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. Fifth anniversary of Haley’s Run Stream Restoration The Serves family donated four vacant residential lots totaling 0.25 acres to the Land Conservancy, expanding the South Akron Greenway project which First farm preserved in Wayne County includes Haley’s Run, Adam’s Run, and a The Peart family permanently protected their hoped-for future connector to the Little 98-acre family farm near Burbank with a Cuyahoga River. The addition of this land donated conservation easement. Canaan Creek is significant as the Land Conservancy Organic Farm produces organic hay, barley seed worked closely with Lockheed Martin and spelt in addition to having pastures for Corp. on the acquisition of parcels for the grass-fed beef cattle. Haley’s Run Stream Restoration and Trail. The two organizations celebrated the fifth anniversary of the completion of this project with a bioblitz in July 2015.

1414 Conservancies, landowners team up to preserve 92 acres in Gates Mills A partnership between Gates Mills Land Conservancy and Western Reserve Land Conservancy, plus donations from landowners Evelyn Newell and Hickory Nut Farm, LLC, permanently protected the 92-acre Sherman Road Preserve. The property has grasslands, hardwood forest and a primary headwater stream that flows directly into the State Scenic Chagrin River. The land conservancies began work on this project in 2008.

Trumbull County grain farm protects additional land This year, the W.I. Miller and Sons grain farm permanently preserved another 476 acres of farmland, raising the total acreage protected by the family business to 3,179 acres. The economy of northern Trumbull County depends on agriculture; the land- protection efforts by the Miller family will keep the land in agricultural use, thus supporting the local economy.

Protected Tinker’s Creek corridor continues to grow The Land Conservancy worked with several partners on separate projects to protect land along Tinker’s Creek, the largest tributary of the Cuyahoga River. · The Land Conservancy partnered with the City of Bedford Heights to create a new 23-acre passive park abutting the southern boundary of the city’s Lucille Reed Park. The Solon Road Preserve has two ravines running from north to south; the eastern ravine contains 885 linear feet of a direct tributary to Tinker’s Creek. · The Village of Glenwillow and the Land Conservancy partnered to create a new 17.5-acre park and protect a half-mile of Tinker’s Creek, adjacent to Cleveland Metroparks Bedford Reservation. · A 25-acre nature preserve was created and an additional 27 acres was protected in Twinsburg Township through a partnership between Summit Metro Parks and the Land Conservancy. The tracts include 2,556 linear feet of Tinker’s Creek, 1,079 linear feet of unnamed tributary streams, and many acres of wetland and floodplain that holds and filters rainwater, helping improve water quality.

First property permanently protected in Jefferson County Beverly Christen granted a conservation easement permanently protecting her 134-acre farm in the Yellow Creek valley, 20 miles northwest of Steubenville. The Christen farm is locally known as the location of Standing Rock, the site of a huge boulder that fell thousands of years ago into the Yellow Creek channel. Standing Rock has a long history dating back to precolonial Native Americans; several Midwest tribes used it as a meeting place. The stream is also designated as an Exceptional Warmwater Habitat and contains one of the last few populations of the Eastern Hellbender – a large salamander – in southeastern Ohio.

1515 Mother and daughter protect largest remaining farm in Copley

Sally Gamauf’s father used to sit in his chair and look out over the Each member of the family seems to have a favorite place family farm in the evening. Gamauf recounts, “In one place, there on the farm. Gamauf’s father was drawn to the lonesome is a single pine in the middle of the field, all by itself. My dad pine, Gamauf to a small tributary and rock quarry in one of would say, ‘That’s a lonesome pine.’ The name stuck.” the wooded lots, and Brandel to an area in between. Gamauf attributes her connection to the land to her father. “My dad Lonesome Pine Farm, a 119-acre tract in western Summit County, was an amazing person – kind and thoughtful and caring. was been permanently preserved with a conservation easement He instilled an appreciation to be kind and to try to save the granted to Western Reserve Land Conservancy by owners Sally damn world.” Gamauf and her daughter, Darcy Brandel. The farm, which has been in the family for 92 years, is on Cleveland-Massillon Road, With the recent sale and residential development of a farm off about a half-mile south of Copley Circle. state Route 18, Lonesome Pine is now the largest remaining farm in Copley Township. The property is less than two miles “Darcy and I wanted to see it remain farmland forever,” said from two other Land Conservancy conservation easements Gamauf, a retired University of Akron psychologist and former totaling 73 acres. member of the Land Conservancy’s Medina Summit Chapter. “We also wanted to preserve the farm in honor of my father and “We are extremely grateful to Sally and Darcy for preserving my grandparents.” this beautiful farm, particularly in a community that has seen so much growth and development,” said Andy McDowell, Gamauf’s grandparents purchased the land in 1923 and farmed it vice president of western field operations for the Land their entire lives. For the past 25 years, Lonesome Pine has been Conservancy. an organic farm and its prime agricultural soils produce hay, corn, soybeans and sunflowers. The farm also has two separate Sally Gamauf said it was very much a decision she and woodlots on the southern portion of the property. her daughter made together to permanently preserve the property. She said even though her daughter is now an English professor at Marygrove College in Detroit, “Darcy is really a farm girl gone to the city. She knows how to work the ground, she knows farming.”

Andy McDowell (right) presents Sally Gamuaf (center) and Darcy Brandel (left) with the 2015 Grimm Family Conservation Medal, one of the Land Conservancy’s highest honors. The medal recognizes a conservation- minded landowner with “a deep and abiding passion for our mission, who has preserved land in a charitable manner, who views land as a precious resource and not as a commodity, and who has forgone significant financial value to preserve land.”

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Conservation partners restore critical Grand River habitat

The emergence of spring wildflowers is a welcome sight to many a federal investment program launched in 2010 to accelerate after a long winter, but the white trillium blooming along the protection and restoration efforts across the Great Lakes. banks of the Grand River was a welcomed sight for The Nature Under Adair’s leadership, The Nature Conservancy partnered Conservancy’s Karen Adair – one that illustrates the power of with Western Reserve Land Conservancy, the Cleveland Museum partnerships in advancing conservation. of Natural History, Geauga Park District, Lake Metroparks and The trillium, Ohio’s state wildflower, was blooming on floodplain the Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife that just one year earlier was choked by Japanese knotweed, an to apply for the first round of GLRI funds in 2010. Funding was aggressive invasive plant known to grow in dense thickets reaching awarded and work began to combat invasive plants on partner- up to ten feet in height. By rapidly reproducing and spreading, identified properties in the Grand River watershed. The Nature invasive plants can harm native plant species, degrade wildlife Conservancy’s seasonal staff members navigated and treated 800 habitat, increase the risk of soil erosion and flooding and impair the acres reducing invasive plant species like Phragmites (common recreational use of wetlands and shoreline. These aggressive non- reed), purple loosestrife, reed canary grass and garlic mustard. native plant species cause major changes to the areas where they “GLRI was an absolute game changer,” Adair explained. “It gave become established, harming our region’s natural heritage. The Nature Conservancy and our partners the support to do the For that reason, combating invasive species was listed as one of work we’ve dreamed of from the headwaters of the Grand River to the five focus areas of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), its lower stretches. We were empowered to work at a much larger scale and continue those efforts today.” In 2014, The Nature Conservancy was awarded a second phase GLRI grant to work with private landowners to control invasive plants on 500 acres of land adjacent to the Grand River and its tributaries, including wetlands, with no prior invasive species management. Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s relationships with landowners in the Grand River watershed provided critical connections with landowners throughout the watershed, which will help ensure success of the project upon its completion in 2016. “I feel very fortunate to work in such a strong conservation community.” emphasized Adair. “It’s not just about protecting, managing and restoring land, but also about cooperating and working together across the watershed. Our collective efforts help prevent the need for serious, resource-intensive fixes in the future and will keep the Grand River beautiful and healthy for

Photo by John Pogancik by Photo generations to come.” A trillium blooms on floodplain in the Grand River lowlands that just one year earlier was choked by Japanese knotweed.

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Cleaning and greening to revitalize Cleveland neighborhoods

“The real heroes of the foreclosure crisis,” explained Jay Westbrook, homes had not recently been inspected by the City of Cleveland. special project manager for Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s Neither citations nor condemnation orders – the first steps needed for urban program, Thriving Communities, “are the residents with an demolition – had been issued. This prompted Thriving Communities to empty side lot next to their property, a vacant boarded up house on raise the issue with the City of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga Land Bank. the other side, and a house that’s abandoned and open across the Since providing the survey results, the city has inspected over 500 street. These residents get up in the morning, go to work, send their properties in the neighborhood. The Land Conservancy’s work with the kids to school and confront these almost indescribable conditions Cuyahoga Land Bank led to more than 100 demolitions in the Saint every day. And yet they persist. They pay their taxes; they mow their Luke’s Neighborhood between March 2014 and May 2015. yards; they fix the broken gutters and paint their homes. If they had done what the banks did, they would have packed everything into “Thriving Communities’ advocacy brought a sense of urgency to the the trunk of their car and driven away. And fortunately for our city, work,” explained Nelson Beckford, Saint Luke’s Foundation senior they didn’t. They’re our first partner in the fight on blight.” program officer. The increase in demolition activity will result in opportunities for greening in the community, which Beckford adds, With generous support from the Saint Luke’s Foundation, the Land “are motivating community members to get involved and carry the Conservancy’s Thriving Communities staff members have worked work forward.” for nearly two years on a comprehensive strategy to address blight in the neighborhoods served by the former Saint Luke’s Medical Greening strategies include an increased number of side yard lots and Center, including Mount Pleasant, Buckeye and Woodland Hills. This opportunities to work with city officials on the creation of parks and project effectively blends the Land Conservancy’s strengths with the public green space. Connecting residents, community development revitalization strategies of the Foundation to begin the process of corporations, block clubs and churches to this greening piece most creating safer, healthier neighborhoods in which residents regain a excites Jacquie Gillon, community engagement specialist for the Land sense of pride. Conservancy’s Thriving Communities Institute. “I hope to empower these groups with the knowledge and resources they need to clean, The project began in 2014 with a comprehensive property survey to green and improve their neighborhoods so that we can eventually identify the vacant and abandoned structures that attract crime and step aside and watch the community thrive.” lower property values. More than 1,072 structures – nearly 10% of the properties – in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant, Buckeye and Woodland Hills neighborhoods, were identified as highly distressed – those houses ransacked and filled with trash, missing bricks or siding with “Likening the project to dental work: demolition broken and missing windows, or in danger of collapse. is the root canal and greening is the smile. The Demolition of blighted properties is known to help stabilize neighborhoods by restoring value to surrounding homes. While the face of the community starts to come back with Land Conservancy does not demolish houses, it does advocate for property repurposing and the encouragement the removal of vacant and abandoned homes. of long-term homeowners and stakeholders.” This advocacy has proved significant in the Saint Luke’s – Jay Westbrook neighborhood. At the conclusion of the neighborhood survey, project partners discovered more than half of the highly distressed

20 Cleaning and greening to revitalize Cleveland neighborhoods A lifelong conservation legacy

White Oak Though J. Jeffery Holland and his wife, Marjorie Muirden, grew up in different parts of the country, they similarly legacy society experienced the hasty development of natural lands and working farms in their local communities. The “gobbling up” of land by developers in her Connecticut hometown, as Muiden described it, motivated her conservation ethic. Our own white oak is a symbol of both our cultural and natural heritage Holland agreed. in the Western Reserve. The White Oak is a large tree, growing up to “There was a time in Medina history when forty acres of land 100 feet tall, with a trunk up to four feet across. This tree provides cover, were developed each day,” he emphasized, “Forty acres every and food in the form of acorns, for many birds and small mammals, day.” This prompted Holland to found the Medina County even in winter, since its leaves often stay on. White oaks sometime live Land Conservancy in 1991. The organization later merged for hundreds of years, which is why the name was chosen for the White to become the Medina-Summit Land Conservancy, and Oak Legacy Society. By including the Land Conservancy in your estate finally merged with the Land Conservancy in 2006. Holland plan, you become a member of our White Oak Legacy Society. continues to serve on the Land Conservancy’s Board of Trustees and volunteers with the Medina-Summit chapter.

Members include: Not surprisingly, Holland and Muirden placed a conservation Anonymous (4) Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hyde easement on their approximately 100 acre property, Frog Mr. William Abell Charlotte Karson Daiber Hollow. The Wadsworth property features mature beech- Mrs. Hope Adelstein Ms. Kathy K. Leavenworth Mr. and Mrs. Peter Benson Elsie Lutman maple and mixed hardwood forest, old pasture, wet meadow, Dr. Jay Ankeney and Dr. Julie Clayman Dr. and Mrs. John Makley streams and ponds. Portions of the streams flow between 15- Mr. Edward Baker and Dr. Anna van Heeckeren Sandy and Claire McMillan feet rock outcroppings where numerous small waterfalls can Mr. and Mrs. Peter Balunek Mr. Bruce Merchant and Ms. Sandra Reel be found. The couple has fond memories of raising their four Mr. Richard Berg Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Morris Mrs. Velda Sue Brown Ms. Nora-Lynn Nemec sons on the property, as well as providing homes to a number Mr. Richard and Dr. Jennifer Cochran Faith E. Pescatore of rescue cats, dogs and horses. Ms. Margaret Cummins Mrs. Arlene J. Sahr Mr. Beau Daane Mr. and Mrs. Franz Sauerland Holland and Muirden have further shown their support Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. deConingh, Jr. Ms. Virginia Shaw for land conservation by becoming members of the Land Mrs. Louise Foster Mr. and Mrs. William F. Tucholsky Conservancy’s White Oak Legacy Society. Mr. Mark D. Frank Mr. and Mrs. William VerDuin Mr. Roger Fuhrmeyer Dr. Barry Walker One of the first donations Holland ever made was to a land Ms. Laurel Gress Ms. Josephine Hannel Weber Mrs. Susan Grimm Mr. William M. Weber trust, and one of his last gifts will be as well. “You can donate Ms. Corinne P. Hadley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Whitehead to solve world issues like ending hunger and homelessness, Mrs. Mary Jane W. Hartwell Mr. Carter Wilmot but the problem never really goes away,” explained Holland, Ms. Patricia Hazelton Mr. Arthur P. Ziegler Jr. “When you preserve land, on the other hand, it’s permanent. Mr. J. Jeff Holland and Ms. Marjorie Muirden deceased That land is protected forever and what an amazing gift that is for future generations.”

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We are grateful to those who have volunteered their time and energy in support of our mission. Thank you!

Marty Ackermann Erie Regional Planning Commission Cody Adkins A special thank you goes out to all the federal, state and local elected officials Fairmount Santrol Alcoa who have supported our land conservation and urban revitalization work. Famicos Foundation Dave Ambrose - World of Wildlife Bicycle Tour, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Trumbull County Firelands Audubon Arborwear Dorothy Carney Cuyahoga County Department of Development Amy & Joel Firem Jeff Arona Catawba Island Club Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Franklin County Land Bank Geno Arthur Jim Stouffer Cuyahoga County SWCD The Garden Club of Cleveland Ashtabula County Land Bank Mike Schenk Cuyahoga Land Bank Rick Gardner - ODNR, Division of Natural Areas Ashtabula County Metroparks Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority and Preserves Cuyahoga River AOC Ronnie & Ty Bailey Ken Christensen Sally Gardner Brandon Chrostowski - Edwins Cuyahoga River Restoration Linda Bailiff - Ohio Public Works Commission Mary Garvin - Oberlin College Biology City of Akron Cuyahoga Valley National Park Ned Baker Department City of Bedford Heights Beau Daane Alison & Jake Balsiger Jim Gerspacher Tom Barratt & Kim McConnell City of Cleveland Norm Damm Barb & John Gillette Susie & Paul Belanger City of Lorain Davey Tree Bill Ginn Dee Belew City Of Oberlin Todd Crandall Jessica Glowczewski - Akron Watershed Belmont County Land Bank City Of Vermilion Ken Christensen Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Susan & Bruce Bennett Clark County Land Bank Joe Gregory GPD Group Dan Best, Geauga Park District Pat & Don Clemons Sandra Reid Greater Mohican Audubon Society Larry Bettcher Cleveland Bar Association Karen Wise Laurel Gress Jacqueline Bird, Mayor, Village of Marblehead Cleveland Cavaliers John Debo Dave Gunnarson Black River Audubon Society The Cleveland Foundation Deschutes Brewery Clark Hahn Bloomfield Historical Society Cleveland International Film Festival Ference deSzalay Cheryl Harner Roger Peterson Cleveland Metroparks Detroit Shoreway Community Development Harvard Community Services Center Tim Rodgers Cleveland Metropolitan School District Corporation Andrea Hauserman Bloomfield Township Trustees Cleveland Museum of Natural History Keith Dewitt - Chief of Police, Waite Hill Pat & Lori Hayes - Kelleys Island Audubon Jim Blum Dr. Jim Bissell Jeff Dick Heidelberg Distributing Company Peg & Rob Bobel Garrett Ormiston David DiTullio Michelle Heinz Marty Boote - Environmental Consulting & Larry Rosche Doan Brook Watershed Partners Technology, Inc Judy Semroc Peter Dolan Jeff Herrick Chet Bowling Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Mike Doudican Dave Herzer Jake Brand Cleveland Restoration Society Doug Drushal Sean Hice Bremec Garden Centers Cleveland State University Dale Dunford Mark Hoberecht Adam Briggs Sandra Cobb Dale Dunford, Sr. Holden Arboretum/Cleveland Botanical Garden Dave Briggs Dolores Cole East Akron Neighborhood Development Jeff Holland Susi Brown Columbiana County Park District Corporation Ron Holtman Buckeye Shaker Square Development The Conservation Fund Eaton Corporation Chase & Casey Horsbourgh Corporation Fran & Roger Cooper Eddie Eckart Sandy Hridel Maribeth Burns County Line Historical Society of Wayne/Holmes Pam Eichenauer Robert Hruska - Village of Marblehead Kristi & Jeff Burr Travis Crane Kendall Embrescia-Hridel Huron County Commissioners Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc. Chris Craycroft - Portage Park District EnviroScience, Inc. Huron County SWCD Butler County Land Bank Robin & Alan Cubberley Erie Metroparks Jeff Hyde Dan & Judy Buttler Dr. Charles Curie Amy Bowman-Moore Marilyn Hyde Karie Cahlik Cuyahoga County Board of Health Brad Phillips Andrea Irland

24 Tom James Ocwen Financial Corporation Ray Jarrett ODNR Office of Coastal Management Nancy Jastatt-Juergans - The Community Ohio Bluebird Society Foundation of Northern Trumbull County Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing Caroline Jones Ohio City Inc. Bill Jordan Ohio Department of Natural Resources Charlotte Karson Daiber Amanda Bennett John Katko Denise King Susan Kay - United Way Services of Ohio EPA Geauga County Ohio Housing Finance Agency Curt Keal Ohio State University Extension Keeping Akron Beautiful Ohio Wetlands Association Kendal at Oberlin Old Brooklyn Community Development Craig Kenkel Corporation Key Bank Gordon Oney Oksana Bruce Scott Orcutt Edward Donnelly Orwell Township Julie & Matt Kilbourne - Pine Tree Barn Kristyn Ostanek Ottawa County Visitors Bureau Klyn Nursery Our land stewardship team visits each one of our protected properties at least once a year. Ottawa Regional Planning Commission Leslie Korenko - Kelleys Island Historical Society We could not monitor over 550 properties without the help of our trained volunteers. Ron Kotkowski John Pais Ben Kroeck Paul Palagyi - Lake Metroparks Marblehead Village Council Clara Monsma Nathan Paskey - Ashtabula County SWCD Tom Kruse - Ashland County Park District Dean Dorko Montgomery County Land Bank Susan Paul Dean Kulwicki Angela Kukay Natalie Morris Petitti Garden Center Kurtz Bros., Inc. Duane Myers Motter & Meadow Architects Jim Pezar Lake County Land Bank David Redett Mount Pleasant NOW Development Corporation Jack Pierson Lake Erie Shores and Islands Ron Royhab Nahorn Family Plain Township Trustees Elaine Lamb John Starcher NanoBrew PNC Bank Leadership Erie County Jennifer Martin Brooks National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Port of Cleveland Cathy Leary Jonathan Mauk Conservation Assistance Program Liz Porter Kathy Leavenworth Peter McCarren The Nature Conservancy Pricewaterhouse Coopers Beth Lehtola Jen McClennan Karen Adair Carol & Bill Prior Brinton & Kate Lincoln Carl & Mary McDaniel Nathan Randolph Karl Rabeneck Deej & Nicole Lincoln Mike McGuire Dan Nelson Kim & Chris Redfern Joe Linsky Medina County Commissioners New Haven Township Trustees Amy Reeher - Trumbull County SWCD Greg Lipps - OSU Medina County Park District Ava Nicoli Congressman Ralph Regula Litchfield Township Trustees Medina County SWCD David Noble Richfield Joint Recreation District Lockheed Martin Medina Raptor Center Don Noble Richfield Township Sean Logan MetroHealth Nordson Corporation Volunteers Richland County Land Bank Greg Long David Meyers Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District RiverReach Construction Frank Lopez - Old Woman Creek National Mark Mihalik Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells Mark Robison Estuarine Research Reserve Mike Miller Paul Kovalcik Tim Rodgers Lorain County SWCD Samantha Miller Northeast Shores Development Corporation Reinhold Roedig LOVELAND Technologies Dan Miltner Greg Nosse Katie Roemer Diane Lucas Judith Mitchell & Ed Ganley Oberlin College Bonner Center for Service and Don Romancak - Lorain County Community Lucas County Land Bank Mitchell’s Ice Cream Learning Development Mahoning County Land Bank John Mitterholzer Oberlin Rotary Natalie Rubin

25 Rustbelt Reclamation Marta Stone U.S. Forest Service Rusty Oak Nursery John Storch - Northern Ashland County Wildlife Union-Miles Development Corp. Janine Rybka Conservation League United States Coast Guard Stephen Ryder Dan & Linda Styer Commander Christopher Gempp Saint Luke’s Foundation Summa Hospital Systems Lieutenant Commander Marvin Kimmel Nicole Schommer Summit County SWCD Lieutenant Commander Pride Saunders Ryan Schwegman Summit Metro Parks University Circle Inc. Secor’s Nursery Lisa King US FWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife SecureView Mark Szeremet Matt Van De Motter Shaker Lakes Garden Club Dale Sunderlin - Ashtabula County Wildlife Jeff Van Loon - Medina County SWCD Kate Shaughnessy Conservation League Ben Vandertill Dean Sheldon Cynthia Szunyog Jim Vandertill Sherwick Foundation Laureen Tanner Graham Veysey Andrew Shibley Stephanie Teeter Village of Bratenahl Bruce Simonson - Oberlin College Geology Russ Terry - Ducks Unlimited Village of Glenwillow Department Scott Theus Village of Richfield Ron Siwik Third Federal Foundation Visit Lorain County Slavic Village Development Third Federal Savings & Loan Vorys Advisors Matthew Smith - ODNR Scenic Rivers Program Dick Thompson Wakeman Community Library McKenzie Smith Grant Thompson Walter Haverfield LLP Mark Smucker Tinkers Creek Watershed Partners Wayne County Commissioners Greg Snowden Kenny, Rolland, & Carol Tkach - Hostile Valley Wayne County Convention and Visitors Bureau Mary Kay Snyder Campground Jackie Chamberlain Brent Sodegren Deanna & Andy Troutman - Troutman Vineyards Martha Starkey Elizabeth Spencer Trumbull County Land Bank Susan & Richard Webb The Honorable Mary Spicer Sam Lamancusa Bill Weber Stark County Land Bank Matt Martin Lucy Weller Tom Steffas Trumbull County Metroparks West Creek Conservancy Lori Stevenson Bob Tucker - Tucker Ellis Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Ray Stewart Cam Turner Abbey White Denny Stoiber U.S. EPA Katie White Mathias Whitmyer J.J. Wilson Folks took root and WKVX AM960 branched out at EverGreen Ron Hamilton EverBlue this year. Thanks to Becky Moore Chase and Casey Horsburgh, The Woda Group, Inc. Deej and Nicole Lincoln, and Kate and Brinton Lincoln Cheryl Wolfe-Cragin (pictured left to right) for WPCR, Radio Port Clinton chairing this year’s fundraiser Bert Fall at Rustbelt Reclamation in Dorothy Henry Cleveland. Jason Wuliger Doug Yates Tom Yates Aaron Young - Mill Creek Metroparks James Ziemnik - Lorain County Metro Parks Zion, Synek & Associates Photo by Kyle Lanzer by Photo

2626 Field Offices Officers & Trustees­ Staff­

Akron Field Office Chair Rich Cochran Andy McDowell 34 Merz Boulevard, Suite G Elizabeth B. Juliano President, Chief Executive Officer Vice President of Western Field Operations Akron, Ohio 44333 Vice Chair Emily Bacha Joy Mulinex Phone: 330-836-2271 Scott Mueller Director of Communications & Marketing Director of Government Relations Butch Baron Brittany Neal Vice Chair Chardon Field Office Waite Hill Preserve Manager Conservation & Gift Planning Attorney Mitchell Schneider 102 East Park Street Paul Boehnlein Joanie O’Brien Chardon, Ohio 44024 Vice Chair GIS & Conservation Planning Specialist Conservation Funding Associate Michael R. Shaughnessy Firelands Field Office Dennis Bower Robert Owen Chief Finance Officer & Chief Information Officer General Counsel P.O. Box 174 Treasurer Nancy G. Rubin Kirby Broadnax Gina Pausch Oberlin, Ohio 44074 Beam Fellow – Placemaking & Equity, Thriving Community Institute Development Associate, Prospect Research Phone: 440-774-4226 Secretary Dale LaPorte Kendrick Chittock Kate Pilacky Medina Marsh Project Manager Firelands Associate Field Director Corporate Engagement Officer Conservation Center Alex Czayka Sheila Randel Beau Daane 4266 Fenn Road Eastern Associate Field Director Database Manager Medina, Ohio 44256 Frank Ford Angela Rincon Ned Baker Senior Policy Advisor, Thriving Communities Institute Executive Director Major Gifts Phone: 440-528-4150 Ext. 138 Laurence A. Bettcher Jacqueline Gillon Isaac Robb Wayne County Field Office Thomas E. Butch Community Engagement Specialist, Thriving Communities Institute Planning Fellow, Thriving Communities Institute 140 East Market Street Thomas V. Chema Jean Gokorsch Brett Rodstrom Suite 150 Owen M. Colligan Director of Development Vice President of Eastern Field Operations Orrville, Ohio 44667 Keymah Durden Janet Hoover Amy Rogish Ruth Swetland Eppig Office Manager Executive Assistant Thriving Communities Frederick P. Floyd Kate Hydock Jim Rokakis Institute Christopher D. Hess Executive Assistant, Thriving Communities Institute Vice President, Director of Thriving Communities Institute 2012 W. 25th Street William J. Hlavin Sarah Kitson Colby Sattler Suite 504 J. Jeffrey Holland Land Steward-Southern & Western Regions Urban Forestry & Natural Resources Project Manager, Thriving Communities Institute Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Richard C. Hyde Joe Leslie Jeffery Schiffman Phone: 216-515-8300 Kathy Keare Leavenworth Director of Acquisitions Conservation Project Manager John D. Leech Jon Logue Chris Szell Director of Foundation & Corporate Relations Director of Conservation Project Management G. Russell Lincoln Diane Madison Robin Darden Thomas S. Sterling McMillan, IV Legal Assistant Land Bank Program Director, Thriving Communities Institute William C. Mulligan Sophie Marks Elizabeth Votruba Jane M. Neubauer Project Associate, Thriving Communities Institute Manager of Membership & Special Events James C. Spira Nancy McCann George Warnock Craig O. White Chief Development Officer Land Steward & Conservation Project Manager-Eastern Region Loyal W. Wilson Keith McClintock Jay Westbrook Vice President of Conservation Special Projects Manager, Thriving Communities Institute Pete McDonald Shane Wohlken Director of Land Stewardship Land Steward-Central Region

financial / donor report july 1, 2014 - june 30, 2015 Cover photo by David Liam Kyle Thank you! than 1,200trees.We could notdothiswork withoutyour remarkable support. 125 publicparks andintheCityof Cleveland, andpreserves; planted more permanently protected nearly175farms; 42,635acres;preserved created over At the endof the2015fiscal year, Western Land had Reserve Conservancy the mostimportantthingwe can dotoday. Your supporthelpsusdojustthat. Creating thriving,prosperouscommunities for generations future isperhaps

David Liam Kyle

ASSETS TOTAL LIABILITIES ANDNETASSETS TOTAL NETASSETS NET ASSETS TOTAL LIABILITIES LIABILITIES LIABILITIES ANDNETASSETS TOTAL ASSETS Deposits -LandPurchases Conservation Property Notes Receivable Accounts Receivable Pledges Receivable Cash andEquivalents Accrued Expenses Temporarily Restricted Unrestricted Other Assets Property andEquipment Deposits -LandSales Accounts Payable Loans Payable Statement of Revenue andExpenses OPERATING EXPENSE EXPENSE TOTAL REVENUE REVENUE FY2015 REVENUE OVER (UNDER)EXPENSES Depreciation Statement of FinancialPosition Management andGeneral Fundraising Program Expense Interest &Investment Revenue Events Net Revenue Corporate Donations Individual Donations Foundation Grants Philanthropic Revenue Other Program Revenue Transfer ofConservation Lands LP Program Revenue July 1,2014throughJune30,2015

June 30,2015and2014

June 30,2015 $16,474,761 $16,474,761 9,638,318 6,836,443 7,130,452 2,486,811 4,277,012 5,361,306 5,663,158 6,109,780 $601,783 457,484 127,357 53,792 81,281 - 472,284 127,022 $10,016,500 15,521,446 15,296,039 13,806,039 1,549,156 2,419,320 $18,492 818,714 63,378 1,010,500 447,550 12,435,820

3,070,584 671,286 15,042 206,915 June 30,2014 $16,485,692 $16,485,692 $1,233,031 9,619,826 6,865,866 6,769,553 2,011,187 4,132,618 5,487,208 5,788,701 5,303,837 270,000 329,892 797,395 677,693 78,328 86,941 5,000 Western Reserve Land Conservancy Donors

Visionaries Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Miltner $10,000 + Mr. & Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon III Anonymous (2) Dan & Marjorie Moore Stanley and Hope Adelstein Dr. Nelson Mostow & Dr. Ann M. Mostow Margaret R. Mueller Stanley I. & Hope S. Adelstein Philanthropic Fund Dr. Paul Myer Alcoa Foundation Marcia & Mike Neundorfer Larry and Karen Bettcher Neundorfer, Inc. Ann C. Briechle Mr. & Mrs. Peter Nordell The Cleveland Foundation The Nordson Corporation Foundation Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Inc Robert J. Norwick Jr. Cleveland State University William L. Norwick Ohio Housing Finance Agency Mrs. Mary Alice Cannon Ohio Wetlands Foundation Mr. William E. Conway Marion Olson Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation Osmundson Family The Alton F. & Carrie S. Davis Fund Jane & Jon Outcalt Dominion Foundation Katie & Ken Outcalt Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson Jane & Jon Outcalt Foundation Owens-Illinois Charities Foundation Mr. Warren Dusenbury Eliot & Linda Paine Warren & Zoann Dusenbury Charitable Trust The Paskevich Family Ruth and Michael Eppig The Land Conservancy is deeply grateful to those whose donations make our work possible. Anthony Paskevich & Assoc. Fairmount Santrol Perkins Charitable Foundation Thank you! Your support is vital to our mission, and the money you invest with us will be put to good use. Liam Kyle David Marion and Gene Faubel Faith E. Pescatore Ms. Paula Frohring Sam & Anne-Marie Petros Paul & Maxine Frohring Foundation, Inc. Randall Equine Veterinary Group Mrs. Clara Rankin Roger Fuhrmeyer Sycamore Dr. Julie Clayman Mr. & Mrs. E. Matthew Brandon The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. The Clara T. Rankin Charitable Fund Fund for Our Economic Future $5,000 - $9,999 Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Mr. & Mrs. Edward Brandon Jordan & Jennifer Goldberg Donna & Jim Reid The George Gund Foundation William E. & Mary F. Conway Fund The Brandon Family Foundation Jordan & Jennifer Goldberg Philanthropic Fund Mindy & Tim Remington Mary Jane Hartwell Mr. & Mrs. Ed Addicott Roger & Fran Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Gerald B. Graham Charlie & Sue Robinson Mr. & Mrs. W. Craig Bashein Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Beau Daane Barbara Brown & Steve Ward Jon & Aimee Grimm Bill & Jo Ann Rogers The CJR Group Mr. & Mrs. Edward deConingh Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Haslinger Nancy E. Brown Sue Grimm Laurie & Jim Rokakis Owen Colligan David J. Eichenmiller & Alison W. Gee Susi Brown Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Grossman David & Laura Sangree Melissa Haslinger Robert R. & Gay C. Cull Family Foundation GE Foundation J. C. & Helen Rankin Butler Mrs. John A. Hadden Paul Sauerland & Teri Cone Haslinger Family Foundation Dollar Bank Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hellman Edward & Sharon Campbell Clark Hahn Rich & Liz Schiferl Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland and Ms. Marjorie Muirden Louise M. Foster The Holland Family Susan & David Cannon James & Angela Hambrick Bruce Lindsay & Inga Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hyde Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Ganske Ice Miller LLP Mr. & Mrs. Paul Carleton Mr. & Mrs. Howard Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Scovil ICF Foundation John & Virginia Jeandrevin Charlotte E. Karson Daiber Mr. & Mrs. David J. Carpenter Henry Hatch & Robin Hitchcock Hatch Select Equity Group, Inc. KeyBanc Capital Markets Lake Geauga Fund Mr. John Kurtz Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran Linda & Lawrence Hatch Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy Sue & Roger L’Hommedieu Kurtz Bros Inc Laura and Chris McKenna Concord Electrical Services Inc Peter Hellman Family Fund Kevin Sherman The Roger & Susan L’Hommedieu Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Lambert Mr. Peter F. Conway David & Sharon Herzer Rich Smith Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Morris L.A.N.D. studio Inc Mr. & Mrs. Dale LaPorte Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Corns Reverend & Mrs. Mark Hollingsworth Smith-Lustig Paper Box Manufacturing Co. Mr. Scott Mueller Mr. & Mrs. G. Russell Lincoln Dr. Edith Lerner James & Christine Cossler Mrs. Betty Hollister Judge Mary F. Spicer Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mulligan The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation Lightning Demolition & Excavating Cheryl & Brian Coughlin Anne M. Jones Mrs. Billie Steffee William C. Mulligan Charitable Gift Fund Byron & Elsie Lutman The Lincoln Electric Foundation R. Douglas & Linda Cowan Thomas Hoyt & Katharine Brooks Jones Family Fund The Billie Howland Steffee Family Fund S. Livingston Mather Charitable Trust John P. Murphy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Lozick Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Crawford Judson Retirement Communities Mrs. Marta Stone Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan, III The Nord Family Foundation The Edward A. & Catherine L. Lozick Foundation Peter W. Danford Jack & Sherry Kahl STR. GRANTS, LLC Robert O. Moravec The Lubrizol Foundation Frances & David Dickenson Mr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Kasper K.K. & Joe Sullivan Mrs. Wynne Odell Bill & Kathy O’Neill Mrs. Lucia Smith Nash Perry & Mary Doermann Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley Sullivan Family Fund Ohio Hemp Chamber of Commerce The O’Neill Brothers Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul Neidhardt Mr. & Mrs. Paul Doman Joseph P. & Nancy F. Keithley Foundation Kenn & Laura Synek Gretta and Hugh Pallister Trusts Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing Remington Products Co. Paul & Susannah Doman Charitable Fund Bud & Katie Koch Ms. Patricia H. Talbot Carol and Bill Prior The Arthur L. Parker Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Schneider Mr. David Douglass Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Kohl Karin Tanquist & Patrick Coy Mrs. Amy D. Reuteler PNC Bank, N.A. David & Kelly Staats Douglass & Associates Co LPA Mrs. Lizbeth W. Kohler Third Federal Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ashley Reily Saint Luke’s Foundation Jim & Kathy Watterson Ms. Elinore I. Evans Mrs. Alice Kruse Tom & Lisa Turner Rustbelt Reclamation Wells Fargo Sauerland Foundation Phyllis H. & William H. Evans Charitable Foundation Dean Kulwicki TurtleCon Fund Shaker Lakes Garden Club Welty Family Foundation Falcon Industries, Inc. Lake Metroparks Greg & Alice Tyrpak Sears-Swetland Family Foundation Mrs. Jean Stell Mary & Steven Feldman Mr. & Mrs. John Leech UBS Financial Services SecureView LLC Edward R. & Jean Geis Stell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Carl Ferrazza Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lillich Mr. Philip R. Uhlin The Sherwick Fund Mr. Tinkham Veale Pin Oak J. Donald FitzGerald Mr. David & Dr. Carolyn Lincoln Philip R. Uhlin Fund Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sherwin The Veale Foundation $1,000 - $2,499 Mr. David K. Ford Mr. Thomas M. Lopez & Mrs. Holly Lopez Dr. Barry Walker Jeff & Missy Wert Mr. & Mrs. Greg Foust The Lubrizol Foundation Matching Gift Administrator Keith Waris Mr. John Sherwin Anonymous (4) Jean C. & W. Greg Foust Fund Ms. Marianne Maclean Mr. & Mrs. William H. Weber The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation Alliance for Community Trees Mr. Jeremy Fow Dr. & Mrs. John T. Makley The Clara Weiss Fund South Waite Foundation Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman Cedar Franklin County Nancy Martt Diane & Edward Welsh Mr. and Mrs. James Spira Doug & Lu Bannerman Gift Fund $2,500 - $4,999 The Garden Club of Cleveland Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wesorick Barbara & Evan Fund Barry Walker Estate Geauga Park District Lucius & Terrie McKelvey Mr. & Mrs. George A. White Anonymous (1) Peter & Sydney Sue Benson Bill Weber Stephanie Gibson Mr. & Mrs. James B. McPolin Allayne & Douglas Wick Foundation Edward Baker & Anna van Heeckeren Jack R. Blakeslee Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Wilson Mr. William Ginn Medical Mutual of Ohio Carter Wilmot Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bolton Sherri & Marc Blaushild The Ginn Family Fund Richard Meister David & Olivia Wilmot Loyal and Margaret Wilson Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. William H. Childs Jeffrey & Kim Blumer Giving Well Family Foundation Lynn & Mike Miller Mr. & Mrs. Donald Zito Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Zalba William H. Childs Jr. & Associates Richard Holden Bole 3 Sam E. Kinney Ms. Francine Rosenberger Charles E. Gibson Trillium Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kirk Jane & Mike Swain Faith & David Gilbert Rich & Linda Kolehmainen Lorraine S. Szabo Doris Gilbert $500 - $999 Joan M. Kosko Mr. Grant Thompson Linda K. Gilbert Anonymous (6) Mark Kriwinsky Dr. Scott Thompson Fran & Joyce Gottron William Abell Will & Bonny Lafave William & Judith Ann Tucholsky Dr. & Mrs. Stanford Gregory Dick & Joan Ainsworth Tim LaRiche The Honorable & Mrs. William F. B. Vodrey Joan & Thomas Gretter Kay & Rick Albaugh Jim LaRue Mr. Esben Vogelius Mr. Travis Gysegem Mr. Frederick Asbeck & Dr. Ellen Rome Mr. & Mrs. James A. Latham Terry Walden William Haag Ms. Linda Augustus Latham Family Fund - JAL Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wallman Dr. & Mrs. Jon A. Hardacre Lawry Babitt Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lauer Paul & Nancy Wellener Jon & Roberta Hardacre Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Murad Beg Mr. & Mrs. David Lavelle Westfield Bank Rick Hawksley & Joan Inderhees Jerry & Janet Bender Kathleen K. Leavenworth Leah & Blair Whidden John A. Hellman Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Berglund Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Leopold Wildwood Garden Club Heidi & Bob Heltzel Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bidwell Nicole & Deej Lincoln Lynn & Alan Wood Jennie Hensley Chuck & Christy Bittenbender Virginia & Jon Lindseth Mr. Jerome Hurtuk Marilyn & Larry Blaustein Litigation Management Sarah Jane & Roger Ingraham Lawrence & Marilyn Blaustein Charitable Mary & Barry Livingston Spring Beauty Dr. & Mrs. Scott Inkley Fund Mr. Robert Luckay Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Isroff Viola M. Blount Al & Susanna Mackey $150 - $249 Mr. Travis Jeric Rob & Peg Bobel Mr. & Mrs. Craig Macklin Anonymous (6) Mr. Arthur Kaplansky Mr. Adam Bowden Linda Macklin & Troy Grela City of Akron Arthur H. & Jacqueline Kaplansky Dr. Don Brinberg & Dr. Barbara Berkeley Macklin Family Fund Properties protected by Western Reserve Land Conservancy at the end of fiscal year 2015 Ms. Kendra Anderson Philanthropic Fund

Jeanette G. & Glenn R. Brown Mark & Mary Madeja Liam Kyle David Karin Knutsen & Ken Anderson Ms. Susan Keeny Stephen & Lesley Brown Mahoning County Land Reutilization 568 Mr. Gregory Anglewicz Bill & Marian Kennelly Drs. Glenn R. & Jeanette Grasselli Brown Corporation Ms. Christeen C. Tuttle Sandra Cobb Dale & Val Lumby Mr. Paul S. Armington City of Kettering Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. George Marquis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Twells Mrs. Barbara Cook Elizabeth & Lane Manning City of Ashtabula Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Klein Dick & Karen Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Mastroianni Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Van De Motter Eugene L. Cox & Owen H. Jander Ms. Jennifer Mansfield Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Barbero Terri & Stuart Kline David & Trisha Campbell Alexander McAfee Mr. & Mrs. William VerDuin Mr. & Mrs. Travis G. Crane Ryan & Terri Marrie Mr. B. Michael Baruschke Stuart & Theresia Kline Carole & David Carr Tom & Cas McBride Mrs. Elizabeth Weinstock Amos & Sam Crowley Dr. & Mrs. James Marshall Bill & Jean Behnke Philanthropic Fund Citizens for Lake Metroparks Peter McCarren & Stacy Feiner PYSHT Fund CT Consultants Nancy & Terry McCann Mr. Paul Bellamy Nancy & Bill Koons Mr. & Mrs. Paul Clark Mr. & Mrs. Charles McClure Tim & Elene West Dr. & Mrs. Charles Curie Alec & Jennifer McClennan Mr. Jerry Bensinger & Ms. Bobbie Ann Ms. Kate Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Clemens Chuck & Becky McClure Charitable Gift Mr. & Mrs. Craig O. White Beth & Steve Davidian Mr. & Mrs. Keith McClintock Dunn-Bensinger Mr. Senthil Kumar Cleveland Metroparks Fund Mr. & Mrs. Dickson L. Whitney, Jr. Joyce & Daryl Deering Mr. Robert Monchein John & Wilma Bergfeld S. Manning & John M. Kundtz The Davey Tree Expert Company Mr. & Mrs. C. Craig McConnell, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John H. Wilber Ms. Margie DeLong Jane Ross Moore Barbara & Sheldon Berns Robert & Brenda Kunkel Bob & Bobbie Davis Esther McDowell & Chris Yochens Mr. & Mrs. Dale Willis Phyllis DeMark Marjorie & Bert Moyar Tom & Dorothy Bier Beth Schoonover & Scott Lenthe John & Cyndee Debo Michael & Christine McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Bill Willoughby Thomas J. Denbow & Barbara Clint Munson Township Trustees Mr. & Mrs. Patrick E. Biliter Ms. Sarah Lockard Mary DeWinter Fund Claire & Sandy McMillan Mr. Adam Winfield Jane A. Drexler Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Murphy Ms. Rebecca Blackson Mr. Chuck Loper Marilyn & Dick Doerr Ms. Victoria McMillan WM Columbus Hotel LLC Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Druckenbrod Susan Murphy Jack & Jan Borkey Fred Losi Dr. Katharine A. Downes & Victoria M. McMillan Charitable Fund Jay & Susan Yerian Louise & Richard Dunn John & Maureen Musson Gail & Richard Bowen Ms. Jennifer A. Malloy Dr. Walter H. Hendricks III Dr. & Mrs. Gerald R. McNichols Young Presidents Organization Mr. & Mrs. Chad Edgar Deb & Les Nash Ms. Winifred Branton Robert & Ann Masternak John Dyer III Ed & Fran Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Maciej Zawadzki Brett Farmery Carey Jaros Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Neubauer, Jr. Ms. Patricia Britt Peg & Tom Mayor Karen Eagle John & Laura Milgram Mr. Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gary H. Feldman North Kingsville Woodlands 5K Run Mr. Clark Broida Mikenna McClurg Mr. & Mrs. F. Matthew Embrescia Carol & Vail Miller Ms. Elizabeth J. Fleming Mr. & Mrs. Steven Osgood Holly & Bill Brooks Marilyn McDonald Estates Landscaping Ms. Halley T. Moore & Mr. Jason Drake Ms. Rachel Forthofer Bob Owen Mr. & Mrs. William S. Brooks Timothy McDonel Gwen & Stan Fischer Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Water Lily Alan & Ann Frasz John E. Pais Richard & Carolee Brunken Andrew & Jennifer McDowell Gwen & Stan Fischer Fund Katie & Tom Morley Mitchel Fromm Mr. Terry Park Catharina M. Caldwell Mrs. Suzanne McGinness Carol & Daniel Fishwick Mr. & Mrs. Warren Morris $250 - $499 William & Sarah Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Paul Pesses Ms. Lynn Carlone S. & H. J. McGinness Charitable Fund Allen H. Ford Brian F. & Cynthia C. Murphy Anonymous (9) Mr. James B. Geier Kim & Paul Pesses Family Philanthropic Mr. Kenneth Cassell Ronnie & Art Merriman Louise Abrams & Robert Fuerst Josh & Julie Nathanson Mrs. Mary E. Albers Richard Geier Fund Mr. Michael Cassetty Barbara & Kenneth Messinger-Rapport Philip H. & Jane G. Geier Donor Advisor Nationwide Children’s Hospital American Endowment Foundation Charles H. Giles & Fannie M. Giles Kathryn K. Petersen Ms. Lucy Chamberlain Jan Mettee Fund Lori & Dan Nelson Mrs. Lois C. Armington Memorial Foundation Joan & Roger Pettibone Mr. & Mrs. Homer Chisholm Mr. Roy Minoff Dr. & Mrs. Don J. Germano Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O’Donnell Lois C. Armington Donor Advised Fund Laurel Gress Kate Pilacky & David DiTullio Clark County Land Reutilization Corp Montgomery County Land Reutilization Don & Nancy Germano Charitable Fund Bill & Pat Papenbrock Robert & Ingrid Bahler Nicki & Bob Gudbranson Tom Pilacky Committee for Earth Day at Laurel Lake Corporation Jim & Adrienne Gerspacher Barb & Dave Partington Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baker Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. Gulbransen Mr. & Mrs. Martin Pope Community Ann J. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. David Gleason Nancy & Jim Patterson Jack W. & Arlene Barthels Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Hanusosky Portage County Land Reutilization Concord Garden Club Patti & Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren Ms. Francesca Goodman Don & Janet Peters Cynthia Bassett Steve & Tara Hata Corporation Rick & Elena Conner John & Mary Mulligan Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Hale Mr. & Mrs. Warren Phelan Paul & Susan Belanger Mr. & Mrs. William Hatch Susanne & John Rahilly Shirley Copeland Mr. Robert Nau Thomas Hartland John & Mary Picken Bill & Dee Belew Harry & Cyndi Hawkes Mr. & Mrs. Claiborne R. Rankin Linda M. Costello Mr. James Negrelli Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hatch Picken CGF A. J. Picken Successor Fund David H. Benzing & Linda Grashoff Mrs. Marias Hawley Thomas & Laura Rayburn Mr. Samuel Cottone Paul A. Neundorfer Hatha Communications Pinnacle Gardens Foundation Mr. Richard Berg Nancy & Jeff Heinen James Reinicker Ms. Katie Courtright Mr. Andy Nikiforovs Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Hauserman Ms. Judith Rau Audrey & Irving Bergrin Ed & Mindy Herman Bill & Jo Reynolds Ms. Rachel Cox Kathleen O’Connor Heidelberg Distributing Co. Andrew K. Rayburn Jeff & Sheila Berlin Mr. & Mrs. Sean Hice Mr. Daniel Richards Mary Hall Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Oberle Dr. Marsha Heinke Peter & Catherine Richer Paola Bernazzani & Jeff Opperman Dr. Bill & Laura Hlavin Richland County Land Reutilization Michael & Robin Czayka Ohio Central Basin Steelheaders Mr. Mike Hetman Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Robbins Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Bletcher Nancy & Donald Howell Corporation Margit K. Daley Ms. Carole Olshavsky Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hicks Bill & Cari Ross Ken & Grace Blower Mr. Sandy Hridel Mr. Mark Robison Mr. George Daverio Ms. Janet Paisley R. T. Hicks Family Fund Marc & Nancy Rubin Richard J. Blum Kate Hydock John Rode Marilyn P. Demeter Mr. Paul Palagyi & Ms. Joy Mulinex Andrea & Eric Hill Mr. Randy Ruttenberg Boardman Township Incentra Mr. & Mrs. Reinhold C. 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