Conservation news Protecting Open Space on Long Island’s North Shore North Shore LaNd aLLiaNce

Trustee Emeritus Volume 6, Issue 11 Danny Davison Board of Trustees Carter Bales, Chair Luis Rinaldini, Vice-Chair Rosemary Bourne, Secretary & Treasurer

Elizabeth Ainslie John Bralower Gib Chapman Hal Davidson Nancy Douzinas Mark Fasciano Max Geddes Jane Greenleaf Leland Hairr Hoyle Jones Nancy Kelley Tom Lieber Bridget Macaskill Clarence Michalis Jonathan Moore Judy Murray Barry Osborn Patsy Randolph Julie Rinaldini Hollis Russell Larry Schmidlapp Frank Segarra Woodcrest Country Club - Summer 2010 Zach Taylor Terry Thielen NSLA L oSeS Bid for WoodcreSt couNtry cLuB Paula Weir Karl Wellner On Thursday, May 6th, the 107-acre Woodcrest Country Club (located on Gail Wickes Tom Zoller Muttontown/East Woods Road) was sold at public auction. After a series of Advisory Board unsuccessful reorganization plans, the Club board voted to sell Woodcrest in a Myron Blumenfeld voluntary bankruptcy auction. Ann Cannell Judith Chapman In an attempt to protect this significant property, North Shore Land Alliance Louise Harrison (NSLA) put together a group of investors to bid on the property. The “North Shore Eric Kulleseid Neal Lewis Land Alliance Group” was composed of the Village of Muttontown, the Town of Robert Mackay Oyster Bay, neighbors of the Woodcrest Club, a private investor and NSLA. While Sarah Meyland our $15.25 million bid was more than the “stalking horse” bid, we did not win but Peter Schiff John Turner did learn a lot about the process. If NSLA had a “fast action” revolving fund of $10 Rick Webel million or more, we would have moved earlier and possibly saved the Club for Richard Weir conservation. Staff President Lisa Ott The purchaser, Vincenza Properties, which paid $19 million for the property, its Associate Directors buildings and their contents, has not made public its plans for the property. Barbara Hoover , Jane Jackson Carol Schmidlapp, Peach Schnier Whatever Vincenza decides to do, we are hopeful that land conservation and Bookkeeper Mimi DeSena organically oriented turf maintenance will be part of the plan. Office Manager Andrea Millwood (continued on pg. 3) Dear NSLA Members:

The North Shore Land Alliance is now seven years old and, by any measure, has been highly successful in protecting open space on the North Shore. We are directly responsible for protecting nearly 800 acres of natural lands and have made strong progress in promoting conservation-mindedness throughout the North Shore Community. Our support base is large and growing, as is our reputation as an honest, effective and non-partisan organization.

In addition, we have just come off of our greatest conservation success (the Banfi Fields) and our greatest conservation disappointment (the Woodcrest Club). Banfi illustrates our ability to connect buyer and seller in a constructive way, in addition to marshalling funds and community support. Woodcrest illustrates our need for fast-action financial resources (a large Land Acquisition Fund) to preempt bad outcomes. Indeed, we might have saved Woodcrest if we had an emergency funding capability and been able to pre-empt the auction. This loss of valuable open space drives home the need for a Land Acquisition Fund so we are ready when opportunities arise.

We are lucky to live in a community with so many extraordinary places around us, places like Rottkamp's Farm (Old Brookville), Brookville Nurseries on Rt. 25A, the Seminary Property (Lloyd Harbor) and St. Josaphat’s Monastary (Lattingtown), to name a few. While many of these properties are not in jeopardy now, circumstances can change and it is our hope that we will be in a position to protect them if and when they do.

Places like these are responsible for the charming, rural character that we all enjoy. They protect our drinking water, absorb harmful runoff before it reaches our beaches and bays, host the beautiful trees that clean our air, and provide an opportunity to grow our food. The North Shore would not be the lovely place it is today without these natural resources.

Development pressure will only grow as the economy improves. Our past reliance on government support will not work in the foreseeable future. The time to act is now!

Please join us as we step up our efforts to protect our most important open spaces.

Your Friend in Conservation,

Carter F. Bales Chair

Crops growing on the Banfi Fields - not houses.

2 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 As you may recall from our previous issue of the Conservation News, golf courses are Nassau County's largest category of unprotected open space, totaling more than 9,000 acres. The possible failure of private golf clubs and their potential conversion to dense development is a trend that is troubling for many communities.

Donald Zucker, who bought the financially troubled North Shore Golf Club last year, intends to preserve it as a golf course. Similarly situated golf clubs cannot count on other white knights like Zucker, however, and must come up with new ways to attract Woodcrest Clubhouse built circa 1916 for James Abercrombie Burden designed by Delano & Aldrich. both members and revenue. (cont. from front cover) The Muttontown Club is one local club that This particular golf course, like many of the golf decided to hire outside management to help to navigate courses in Nassau County, sits on top of the sole source the tricky economic climate. As more young families aquifer and is located in the deepwater recharge zone of spend the weekend attending soccer games rather than the state-designated Oyster Bay Special Groundwater golfing and dining at the local club, revenues at those Protection Area (SGPA). Rainfall and that portion of the clubs have declined. By hiring Troon Golf, a national rain that permeates the ground in significant quantity is firm that manages golf clubs worldwide, Muttontown the sole source of drinking or potable water for Long hopes to benefit from the firm’s experience and Island. As our open spaces disappear, so does our ability discounts in buying power. to protect the quality and quantity of our drinking water.

Had NSLA’s bid been successful, a private investor As golf course operators have become more attuned would have purchased the historic Delano and Aldrich to the importance of judiciously applying fertilizers and house, restoring both the house and garden, the Town of other chemicals in order to minimize the impact on the Oyster Bay would have designed a passive use park with groundwater, the importance of protecting the open walking trails and native plants, the Village of space provided by these clubs cannot be overstated. Muttontown would have created a scenic buffer that benefited its residents and a neighbor would have HAPPY RETRACTION: This Publication would like to expanded their backyard. And, most importantly, NSLA would have guaranteed that a significant piece of local extend its apologies to the Engineers Country Club of recharge area be protected in perpetuity. Roslyn Harbor, New York. In the Fall/Winter 2009 edition of Conservation News , we indicated Engineers was The sale of Woodcrest was the impetus for the one of the several clubs of the North Shore of Long Island Village of Muttontown to adopt a moratorium on that might be suffering financial difficulties. development in order to update its master plan. The In fact, we were very pleased to learn the Engineers needs to protect open space, vital to maintain the bucolic Country Club is doing extremely well. They have a robust character of the Village, and to protect the groundwater and active membership with a waiting list of prospective were cited as important reasons for the moratorium. members wishing to join. The financial position of the We are most grateful to both the Village of Club is solid with a significant capital reserve. We are Muttontown and the Town of Oyster Bay for their happy to report the Engineers Country Club is alive and invaluable support in our attempt to protect another well and a leader on the North Shore of Long Island. significant property in the Oyster Bay SGPA.

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Formerly known as the Littauer Family’s Hillside Farm the “Farm” as it is now called is very dear to the heart of NSLA. Our first letter of inquiry about conservation was sent to Mary Littauer on Split Rock Road, Oyster Bay Cove in 2003. And, the conservation purchase by the Town of Oyster Bay in 2007 set a local precedent by being the first Nassau County municipality to place a conservation easement on public land to ensure its second party, permanent protection.

So, it is with great pleasure that we present you with this update. The Farm published its first annual report in 2009, including a mission statement which follows: The Farm at Oyster Bay is dedicated to furthering the understanding and enjoyment of horticulture and nature in a farm-like setting. It engages and inspires people of all ages to nurture deep and long-lasting connections to another time in the history of Oyster Bay, Long Island.

We visited the Farm last week and were pleased to see that, while some great things had not changed, others were undergoing dramatic change. The beautiful, welcoming entrance was still covered with purple wisteria and orange trumpet vine. And, just inside the Chippendale gate, the walled boxwood garden was still there too, looking quite dramatic after a major, invigorating prune. The rose garden with its angled brick edges has 45 new rose bushes and a freshly painted shed.

The Farm will be opened to the public as planned, though not as quickly as first thought. Requirements for safety in public places are quite strict and as a result many dead and dying trees had to be removed with new ones planted in their place. Brick paths were evened between the house and garden to avoid tripping and falling. And, most dramatically, new plumbing, drainage and cesspools are in the process of being installed to accommodate public restrooms, which are also a necessity in public places.

One of the most exciting changes we witnessed was the beginning of the transformation of the pre-revolutionary three-barn complex into a Center for the Arts, Culture and Environment. When completed, the Center will house three large classroom/lecture spaces, a seasonal historic barn gallery, small work studios and indoor/outdoor farm displays.

4 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 the fArm At oySter BAy

The Town of Oyster Bay has won two grants for the restoration of the Farm’s barn complex. The first was a grant from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to ensure structural stability, which has just been completed. It involved replacing the existing rubble stone underpinnings with a concrete foundation, carefully stripping the siding in areas that required reconstruction and replacing deteriorating sections with steel or treated lumber. Now there is a stable base for wall segments. In keeping with energy saving technology, the restoration will include the use of geo-thermal clean energy for heating and cooling.

The second grant is a matching $2.5M federal grant, which will allow the renovation to be completed. It will include a new roof with treated wood shingles and an additional cover of wood sheathing and siding complete with new millwork.

While it is unlikely that the Farm will be opened on a regular basis until 2011, there has been quite a bit of activity to date. Senior citizens have played bridge in the parlor and done Tai Chi classes on the lawn. The Girl Scouts of Nassau County have planted and are maintaining a vegetable garden. Plein air painters have painted and local gardeners have toiled but most joyously, a sixth generation of family was born at the Farm this winter. Welcome to the world Tyler Christopher Roberts! You are a very lucky boy to learn to walk in the footsteps of five generations of family that have made their home at this wonderful place.

The plans for the Farm at Oyster Bay have exceeded our expectations and we can’t wait to see you there enjoying it in the Spring of 2011. A special thanks to Steve Matuza, a new addition to the team, who has taken on this important renovation for the Town of Oyster Bay.

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 5 iSLANd Wide rALLy to Protect eNviroNmeNtAL fuNdiNg

On Friday, March 5th, more than 250 environmental Protection Areas – the source of the County’s purest and civic leaders representing over 80 groups from Great drinking water supply. Assemblyman Joseph Saladino Neck to Montauk gathered at Old Bethpage Restoration said, "The Legislative Ex-change at Bethpage strongly Village to appeal to representatives of Long Island’s demonstrates the continued strong public commitment to delegation to the New York State Legislature to restore land and water conservation that has never wavered funds to the state Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). regardless of economic conditions."

As you may have seen in NSLA Action Alerts, the The Nature Conservancy on Long Island, Long Island proposed budget of Governor David A. Paterson for fiscal Pine Barrens Society and NSLA were the primary 2010-2011 called for slashing $79 million from the EPF, organizers of the event. We continued our support in eliminating funding for open space altogether and closing Albany in the following week when NSLA participated in popular local parks. The EPF had already been raided of a coalition of state-wide environmental organizations to a total of $500 million over the past eight years. The total fund the largest ever paid advertising and media campaign EPF represents less than one percent of the total state aimed at restoring funds for environmental programs. budget, so the cuts would not significantly impact the Environmental Advocates and The Nature Conservancy state’s budget deficit. organized the media campaign, which included billboards, emails and print ads. Both County Executives, Ed Mangano of Nassau and Steve Levy of Suffolk, said they strongly opposed the cuts. Town Supervisors John Venditto of Oyster Bay and Anna Throne-Holst of Southampton pointed out the adverse environmental and economic impacts of the proposed cuts and pledged to continue to advocate for the restoration of the EPF and for keeping state parks open. Officials from the Towns of Huntington, Oyster Bay and North Hempstead, along with many local Village, were also there to lend their support.

In spirited but respectful appeals, local horsemen's associations, environmental, recreational and advocacy groups, as well as generally concerned citizens, called on state legislators to oppose the Governor's proposed budget and protect our local environment.

We are most grateful to State legislators who took time out of their busy lives to join us in Bethpage. Those elected officials were Assemblymen Mark Alessi, Robert

Barra, James Conte, Steve Englebright, Ginny Fields, Kathleen Kleinmann, Muttontown Joseph Saladino and Fred Thiele. Horsemans Assoc., and Bill Ullinger, Nassau Horseman’s Assoc., write messages We were also pleased to find that, basically, they agreed to their elected officials. that the proposed cuts were unfair and promised to work Assemblyman Steve Englebright and County Executive Steve Levy listen to address the problem. They recognized that cuts to open while waiting to speak. space preservation would hurt Long Island in particular -- Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto specifically, the Oyster Bay Special Groundwater advocates for a restored EPF.

6 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 Assemblymen: Steve Englebright, Fred Thiele, Carol DiPaolo, Hempstead Joe Saladino & Mark Alessi Harbor Protection Committee, & Pat Aiken, Friends of the Bay

Eric Swensen, Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee, and Jane Jackson, NSLA

Assemblywoman Ginny Fields

Kevin McDonald, The Nature Conservancy

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano

The Town of Oyster Bay team

Our state mascots resign in protest of devastating cuts to their environment

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federAL uPdAte critical ecosystems, natural resource easement incentive, S-Corp fix and America’s great outdoors areas and recreational lands from IRA Charitable Rollover were all the inner city to wild lands. Several included in H.R. 4213. It passed on On Friday, April 16, President other listening sessions with the May 28th by a vote of 215 to 204 just Obama officially launched the purpose of gathering information before the Memorial Day recess. America’s Great Outdoors about geographic needs, successful Initiative by signing a Presidential conservation strategies and more have On June 9th, the Senate Memorandum that asks for a 21st been scheduled across the country, approved several amendments to the century landscape-scale strategy for though none in New York to date. "extenders" bill that passed the conserving America's treasured House on May 28th. That bill landscapes . The Great American Outdoors contains a one-year extension of the Initiative has set up a website where enhanced easement incentive. The Initiative will be led by the people interested in land conservation Unfortunately, a vote to proceed was Secretaries of the Interior and can share their ideas. There is an put off as it became clear the current Agriculture, the Administrator of opportunity to vote on the most language didn't yet have the 60 votes the Environmental Protection pressing land conservation issues of the needed. Agency (EPA) and the Chair of the day. If you have a moment, we Council of Environmental Quality. encourage you to click on to: On March 10, Senators Kit Bond http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/ (R-MO), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa President Obama complimented and vote to Make the Enhanced Tax Murkowski (R-AK), Olympia Snowe the work of land trusts and affirmed Incentive for Conservation Easements (R-ME), David Vitter (R-LA) and the importance of private lands in Permanent. A popular vote may help to George Voinovich (R-OH) crossed conserving our natural heritage. In get a renewal of the incentive for this year. party lines to pass H.R. 4213, but fact, this is the first time in history subsequent changes have sharpened that a president has mentioned land renewal of tax incentive the partisan divide. trusts in a speech. for conservation easements Meanwhile, key House leaders While President Obama’s remarks After weeks of dramatic have expressed reservations about included no promise of dedicated negotiations, House Democratic the Senate changes adopted on June funding, he is seeking a report on the leaders got together and tried out a 9th, darkening the prospects for even Initiative by November 15th. variety of tax packages in which the a one-year extension of the enhanced renewal of the Tax Incentive for easement incentive. The process began with a conservation easements was included listening session in Montana every time. The packages were huge, The $190 million cost for the where federal officials met with between $135 and $190 billion. extension is a tiny part of this $100 conservation and environmental They united the opposition of fiscal billion bill with little influence on its organizations who outlined their conservatives and opponents to prospects. Yet, the lapse in the vision for the program. They hope specific components of the package. incentive has greatly slowed the pace that the Federal government will act of conservation nationwide and is a as a catalyst for federal, state, tribal House leaders finally found a hardship for landowners considering and local agencies and private strategy that worked - splitting up placing a conservation easement on interests to work together across the package into several pieces. One- their property. America to protect a network of year ‘extenders’ of the enhanced

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NeW york StAte NASSAu couNty ePf is Passed with Poison Pill Summer farming at Banfi fields

As you may recall, Governor Paterson's proposed budget for FY 2010-2011 slashed funding Left to right: Phil Calderone, Villa Banfi Counsel for the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Judith Goldsborough, NSLA Preservation (OPRHP), the Department of Sean Rainey, Nassau County Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Mark Goodrich, Mariani Family Mike Kelly, Nassau County Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). & Lisa Ott, NSLA As a result, parks all over New York State were As most of our members know, Nassau County, NSLA slated to be closed for the Memorial Day weekend. and a private conservation investor purchased the 60-acre Days before this important holiday, the Governor Banfi Fields in Old Brookville. The closing took place on agreed to reopen parks with funds from the EPF if December 31, 2009 and is pictured here. If you are passing the Legislature would agree to additional by this summer, things will look much as they have in years’ devastating budget cuts to the EPF. past. The Rottkamp brothers of Rottkamp’s Farm have signed a lease to farm 35 acres of the property and Youngs The Governor put the Legislature in a terrible Farm will be farming on the remaining 25 acres. position. How could they vote against opening parks on Memorial Day? Well, they couldn't. This fall, once the details of the transaction have been The EPF, which funds more than 30 environmental completed, the County will begin to put together a Request programs, will receive $134 million (down from for Proposal (RFP) to find a farmer to take care of the entire $222 million) for the 2010-11 state fiscal year, property. Requirements for the proposal will include an a 40 % cut from last year’s funding level and one of agricultural education component as well as a percentage of the lowest levels of funding in a decade. Farmland the food grown there being donated to hungry people protection was cut by 50% and Open Space throughout Nassau County. Thank you, our members and acquisition was cut by 73%. friends, for your valuable participation in this acquisition.

This disproportionately large cut comes on top muttontown Preserve master Plan of the nearly $500 million that has been swept from the EPF in recent years, which has created a Through proceeds from the 2006 Environmental Bond significant backlog of unfunded projects, straining Program, Nassau County has engaged Saratoga Associates to organizations, municipalities and others partnering prepare a Master Plan for the 500 +-acre Muttontown with the state on environmental programs. Preserve. Thus far they have hosted three public meetings to share their findings, solicit public comment and most This was a difficult choice and we are very recently, on June 30th, to present a schematic layout of the grateful to our state elected officials who kept the site and priorities of ideas to be implemented- the next step off-loads out of the final bill, restored partial in the planning process. funding for land acquisition, added new funds from e-waste and basically kept the EPF alive so we can This is Nassau County’s largest preserve and the County fight another year. is to be commended for initiating this informed process in determining appropriate future use. To learn more about the process and information covered at these meetings you may click onto their website at http://www.saratogaassociates.com/news/events.

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 9 A t riBute to A t rue coNServAtioNiSt

In 1923, in the era of the grand of these lots, generating operational income as well as estates on Long Island, Russell C. an endowment. When Nassau County purchased Red Leffingwell and his wife Lucy Cote Farm, George set up an endowment for Hewitt Leffingwell bought a 117- stewardship through NSLA so that the paths at Red acre sheep farm in Oyster Bay Cote Farm will be maintained and the fields mowed Cove. They planned to build a when the time comes that the “Family” will no longer Georgian brick house on the be able to do it. property but could not agree on the house site so they renovated In 2004 his daughter Cynthia Cutting Robinson George Cutting the original farmhouse instead. authored a charming book titled The Garden: A Quiet As part of that renovation and expansion, Edward Common Ground. The following excerpt from this Shepard Hewitt designed a system of brick walls that book illustrates his influence in teaching others about framed a stableyard and led out to a field of which a the importance of land in our lives. portion was transformed into a formal garden with a “naturalistic” approach. In considering the Garden I For five generations and over 80 years, the think about the Leffingwell-Pulling-Cutting families have lived on this “culture” that is same 117 acres. In 2006 and in 2008, Nassau County embedded in its purchased 29 acres of land just beyond the garden growth. The from the Pulling, Cutting and Schwab Families. Today Garden is our it is called Red Cote Farm. It consists of meadows and common ground, woodlands with paths that are still maintained by the difficult to “Family” today. NSLA has been very fortunate to have explain to conducted several Walks in the Woods there over the people who have years. While access is still an issue, Nassau County’s not visited. Part plans for a small gravel parking lot are underway. of that Garden culture is the George Cutting, of Oyster Bay Cove and Homer, tradition in Alaska, died on May 13th after a long illness. George cultivating the grew up in Warrenton, Virginia, graduated from Yale space. University and worked as a stock broker and portfolio Another part of manager. His many friends knew of his active Garden Culture is the tradition of stewardship and volunteerism with organizations like the Cold Spring preservation of the space. Harbor Lab, the American Red Cross, The Nature Conservancy, Oyster Bay Community Foundation, The Garden is a site for reflection and contemplation. Youth and Family Counseling Service and the Rotary The experience begins in the passive experience of its Club of Oyster Bay. He is survived by his wife of 52 landscape, but then becomes an active experience as we years, Lucy Pulling Cutting, his children George, choose paths, stop to smell daffodils, and begin to breathe in Cynthia and Susan and five grandchildren. the peace and quiet of the space. Walking its paths is when I really breathe. I am always surprised that it seems I have George was also a visionary, a great conservationist held my breath while I was away. and steward. George and Lucy spent half of their year in Alaska. They had a large property there which they Many thanks to George Cutting and the Pulling decided to subdivide into very large lots. They were and Cutting families. Your legacy lives on through such supporters of the Alaska Land Trust that they your good deeds. required that a transfer tax be paid to it upon each sale

10 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 PreServiNg LoNg iSLANd ’S rAreSt hABitAt

Had you visited the field at the Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve in Upper Brookville six months ago, you would hardly have been able to walk through it. A couple of years’ growth had left it covered in thick stems of sumac, invasive multiflora rose and other unwieldy vegetation. NSLA has entered into a stewardship agreement with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to manage the Preserve. We are fast learning that, in Nassau County, a small grassland surrounded by forest will, left to its own devices, in almost no time be transformed into an altogether different community.

Historically, grasslands covered tens of thousands Over the coming months, NSLA will take out of acres of Nassau County, and were filled with a additional vegetation, including small trees and variety of colorful wildflowers, birds and insects. The invasive shrubs and vines that turn up at the field Hempstead Plains extended from Queens almost to during the growing season. These first steps, Suffolk County – but now consists of fewer than 100 accompanied by ongoing monitoring of plants and acres over several parcels near the Nassau Coliseum. animals that come to occupy the sites, will inform “Grasslands are disappearing from Long Island, and future actions, such as annual mowing, that will result the rest of the world, faster than any other habitat,” in healthier habitat and a more beautiful community. states TNC's Land Steward, Derek Rogers. “Their loss Indeed, participants in NSLA’s Walks in the Woods, is causing declines in many species of birds (among led by botanist Andy Greller at Iselin in May were them bobolinks, Eastern meadowlarks, bluebirds and treated to milkweed, goldenrod and a variety of birds kestrels) that use them for nesting and/or foraging, and butterflies observed at the meadow. butterflies and dragonflies, and a large diversity of native wildflowers and other plants found in no other Upper Brookville Mayor Terry Thielen was natural community. " delighted by the makeover. “Restoring this field is a wonderful example of how our thoughtful stewardship Recognizing the values that grasslands or meadows of open space can conserve a rural landscape – one provide, NSLA hired Andrew Gladysz to mow the field at that benefits native plants and wildlife while Iselin, on Chicken Valley Road, almost as soon as the last protecting our water supply and treasured access to of this winter’s beautiful natural areas for our children and snows had melted. grandchildren.” Removal of unwanted shrubs and vines was We plan to collaborate with TNC on a mowing the first step in project in Old Brookville, too, in the fall. Tucked restoring this away between Valentine’s Lane and Pineridge Road is important habitat James Preserve, another TNC property NSLA will to open grassland. soon be managing. Its meadow, rapidly filling in with autumn olive and other invasive plants, will be mowed late in the year.

Stay tuned for updates, and if you’re interested in helping out with stewardship and monitoring of these fields and/or our other preserves, please let us know!

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toWN of oySter BAy toWN of North hemPSteAd

Plans in the Works for the mill Pond overlook first on Long island composting cooperative Property Did you know that each Long Islander throws away, As you may recall, in 2003 the Town of Oyster Bay on average, 7 lbs. of garbage daily? The national average purchased a 4-acre parcel of land off of Mill River Road per person is 4 lbs. per day. As a result, Long Island ships (Oyster Bay) that overlooks the Mill Pond and the tons and tons of garbage out daily to a variety of places all Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge. A proposal for a over the United States at great expense to taxpayers. One of the major objectives of the Long Island Regional high density development had been submitted to the Planning Board’s 2030 Sustainability Plan is to work Town which, most likely, would have had serious toward zero waste - encouraging more re-use/recycling. environmental impacts on this highly sensitive area. Residents of the Town of North Hempstead are In 2009 the Town won a grant from the leading the pack this summer when they will choose to Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to conduct a offer their residents access to their own composting bin feasibility study to help determine an appropriate use which will enable them to turn their kitchen scraps into for the property. They engaged Cameron Engineering compost soil for gardens. to help with the process which will include environmental analysis, habitat restoration The Town’s Composting Cooperative is the first such opportunities, wetland protection, and potential access program on Long Island. The Town purchased 500 as well as a series of alternatives uses. composters for $110 each. They are available for a fee of $50 to residents who have taken a lesson on composting A public meeting to present the findings is at Clark Botanical Garden. The bins, about 30 inches tall, are meant to be kept outdoors. To date 320 residents tentatively scheduled for September 16th. Location have signed up. Residents who would like to obtain a bin and time to be announced. may call 311 in the Town of North Hempstead.

oyster Bay/cold Spring harbor Residents for a more Beautiful Port Washington has Protection committee formed been going into schools and teaching students about the importance of composting. On January 19th, the Town of Oyster Bay hosted a public meeting to explore the benefits of an inter- As more and more companies use biodegradable municipal watershed-wide approach to managing the packaging, more of our waste can end up in the water quality in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbors. composting bin rather than the garbage.

Many local organizations, including Friends of the Bay, the Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee, Huntington Harbor Protection Committee, NSLA and others, commented on the benefits of alliances from sharing information to having stronger positions in applying for grants. The Committee, once formed, will be patterned after the highly successful Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee.

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toWN of huNtiNgtoN A community garden grows in huntington Station

Volunteers assembled raised bed vegetable gardens in just two days

Sometimes it takes a whole town to get a project Station. It didn’t take long for other community, off the ground. In the case of the Long Island youth, agriculture, government, business and religious Community Agricultural Network (LICAN), the organizations to get involved. Ms. Whittelsey coming together a year ago of organizations wanting witnessed a “meeting of the minds of everyone who to make healthy foods available to more Long has a finger on the pulse of the community – they all Islanders is now paying off. It will soon be providing think this will be a beneficial project for the residents locally-grown produce to residents of Huntington of Huntington Station”. This is a neighborhood Station. containing subsidized and middle-income housing.

LICAN, a project of Starflower Experiences, Inc., was formed in spring 2009, when Frances Cerra THE GREATEST SERVICE WHICH Whittelsey, a Huntington-based journalist and CAN BE RENDERED ANy COUNTRy LICAN Chair, and Larry Foglia, owner of Fox Hollow IS TO ADD A USEFUL PLANT Farm in South Huntington, brought together area TO ITS CULTURE. food banks (which were facing a growing need for their services in the community) and local food - Thomas Jefferson advocacy non-profits (e.g., Long Island Food Not Bombs and Slow Food Huntington). The time was right to find ways to grow food in Huntington

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 13 Town of Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone and and the basics of organic gardening are already Town Board Members were very enthusiastic and scheduled. Teenagers in particular are a desired licensed a site, at the corner of New York and Lowndes audience, as they may learn skills that can help them find Avenues, to LICAN for the garden for two to four years, employment. depending on when a long-planned recreation center will be ready for construction there. The Town's Open Space If you are interested in getting involved, please bond funds for neighborhood enhancement are being contact Frances Cerra Whittelsey at (631) 271-1945. used to prepare the land for the garden, to bring in water and to provide building materials for raised beds, etc. LICAN is also, with support from the Town of When the time comes for moving the garden to another Huntington and Stony Brook University, working to re- site the beds will be lifted and transported. establish the Cliff Soergel Memorial Outreach Garden in the Kubecka Community Garden in Greenlawn. Programming, a key part of the success of the garden, is also being developed. The search is on for a children’s Growing our own food is an idea whose time has and youth organic gardening educator, a position funded come. Watch out for news about other sites around Long largely by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Island where similar projects are taking hold. Huntington. And classes on gardening in small spaces

exxoN moBiL tANkS iN coLd SPriNg hArBor rePLAced With NAtive grASSeS

In an update letter to the Neighbors, Carolina A. Asirifi, Shortly, we will begin installing groundwater monitoring wells, Exxon Mobil Environmental Services, writes… and our team will conduct a Ground Penetrating Radar scan of the remainder of the undisturbed portions of the property to Much has happened since my January update, despite the bad identify any underground piping that may remain from our former weather we had to contend with throughout winter and spring. The terminal operation. Due to the weather delays, we were not able to task of removing impacted soil and backfilling is largely complete. begin permanent revegetation work this spring, but we do plan to The remaining concrete pad has been removed and now needs to be hydroseed with native grasses in the next few months. Shortly, we backfilled and re-graded. We have removed debris along the beach will begin the process of applying for the necessary permits needed and equipment from the site, repaired the fence gate, replaced the to move forward with permanent plantings next spring. fence on the south side of the property and contracted with a firm to regularly mow the grass between the fence and the road. Neighbors near and far are grateful to Exxon Mobil for their restoration of this important coastal area.

14 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 commuNity SuPPorted AgricuLture

Community supported agriculture began in the early List of farmer’s markets: 1960s in Germany, Switzerland, and Japan as a response to concerns about food safety and loss of agricultural land. NASSAu The idea didn’t start to take root in the United States until Bayville: Bayville Commons parking lot, corner of Bayville 1984. Since that time, community - supported farms have and Ludlum Avenues. Open Sat., 8 a.m. to noon; June 6 to been organized throughout the US. Sept. 5. Community - supported agriculture (CSA) is a east meadow: Nassau University Medical Center, 2201 program where a farm (or group of farms) trades their Hempstead Tpke. Open Fri., 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 5 to bounty directly with the people who sign up for “shares.” Thanksgiving. For example, as a share owner, you might pay $350 per year, and every week from May to September, the farm sends out garden city: 101 County Seat Dr. behind Supreme Court your share of whatever is in season. Normally, there are Building off Old Country Road. Open Tue., 7 a.m. to 1 drop-off points where you will come pick up your share. In p.m.; June 2 to Nov. 24. most cases, recipes are included with the delivery. glen cove: Village Square. Open Sun., 7 a.m. to noon; July By accepting the possibility that certain crops may do 5 to Nov. 22. poorly or even fail, members share in the inherent risks of farming. This model demonstrates a commitment to the hicksville: Kennedy Memorial Park, near train station. farmer, and it allows small farms to thrive in otherwise Open Sun., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m; June 27 to Nov. 21. unfavorable conditions. For example, if the strawberry crop is not successful, the CSA member will share the burden of Locust valley: Forest Avenue, across from post office. Open the crop failure by receiving fewer or lower quality Sat., 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 6 to late November. strawberries for the season. rockville centre: LIRR parking lot #12, Sunrise Highway. Environmentally friendly, no herbicides, pesticides or Open Sun., 7 a.m. to noon; June 7 to Nov. 22. artificial fertilizers are used. CSA’s are using the soil for what it is meant for. roslyn-North hills: Christopher Morley Park, Searingtown Rd. Open Wed., 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 3 to late November. Most vegetables sold in supermarkets have traveled 1,500 miles, so buying locally saves fuel. Eating produce Port Washington: Town Dock, Main Street. Open Sat., 8 that is fresh picked gives us up to 10% more nutritional a.m. to noon; June 6 to Oct. 31. value than what’s in the markets. Plus, the moment a vegetable is refrigerated, it begins to lose its nutrients and WeSterN SuffoLk vitamins. huntington: Elm Street parking lot, Main Street (Route Here is a sample listing of the CSA’s on the island: 25A). Open Sun., 7 a.m. to noon; June 7 to late November.

Garden of Eve – Riverhead Green Thumb CSA Huntington (Halsey Brothers) Green Recipes Quail Hill Farm all Purpose cleaner - mix 1/2 cup borax with 1 gallon hot water. Add Sophia Garden – Amityville a few sprigs of thyme, rosemary or lavender. Steep for 10 minutes. Hamlet Organic Garden (HOG) – Brookhaven Strain and cool. Hawthorne Valley Farm – Garden City No Streak Glass cleaner - mix 1/2 cup vinegar, 1 tbsp. of cornstarch The Golden Earthworm Organic Farm – Jamesport and 1 quart of water. For more information and other sources, Laundry - add borax to laundry detergent. It works as well as bleach. go to: www.localharvest.org.

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 15 NeW york StAte comPtroLLer rePortS oN ecoNomic BeNefitS of ProtectiNg oPeN SPAce

• Through direct contribution to the State’s economy. Industries associated with open space, such as farming, forestry, outdoor recreation and tourism, contribute as much as $100 billion annually to the State’s economy.

• Through municipal tax revenues. Open space does not require costly municipal services, such as sewers, police and schools, and its loss may actually reduce the tax base of nearby communities. A Brookings Institution study from 1982-1997 found that 425,000 acres in upstate NY were urbanized during that time, while little population growth occurred there. At the same time the population and, in turn, tax base in older urban centers were reduced. In addition, New York State pays property taxes to towns for its lands. State forests and parks are the broadest category of its property.

NSLA supporters and friends understand that The Comptroller’s study recommended a natural areas offer irreplaceable aesthetic, wildlife and number of tools that can be employed at State, local water protection values (and appreciate their good government and private levels to preserve open space. fortune, here on Long Island’s north shore, of being These include acquisition of land in fee title or of surrounded by thousands of acres of such areas). In conservation easements, tax abatement programs that March of this year, New York State Comptroller encourage land owners to protect undeveloped lands, Thomas DiNapoli’s office released a report, Economic land use management plans, and land use regulation Benefits of Open Space Preservation, detailing how and ordinances. The report noted that in New York open space provides services that can actually save State, land use regulation is conducted almost entirely municipalities money and create economic growth. at the local level. With that in mind, two prominent The informative and forward-thinking report also recommendations the report made for New York State outlined tools local governments can use to protect were to support local open space planning and to open space. allow municipalities to establish community preservation funds. Take a look at Carter Bales’ letter Economic benefits are generated in a number of ways: at the beginning of this newsletter to learn more about how NSLA is taking action in this regard. • Through ecosystem services, such as natural ground cover’s filtration of precipitation and capacity for We never know the worth flood control. A 2002 survey of 27 water suppliers, of the water till the well is dry. for example, showed that for every 10% increase of forest cover in a local government’s watershed, its - Thomas Fuller 1732 water treatment costs declined by 20% (www.tpl.org/content_documents/landandwater_opfl ow_article.pdf).

16 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 rd 3 eArth dAy ceLeBrAtioN iN rooSeveLt

Observed by over 175 countries, Earth Day is now the earth’s natural resources, especially by promoting celebrated by more than a half billion people each locally grown food and eating healthily. Each student year. For four decades, we have honored our planet by received a package of seeds and information to begin taking action to protect it for future generations. their own gardening projects at home or in the community. For three years, NSLA, residents and leaders from the Roosevelt community have joined forces to take We are grateful to our generous donors to this event: action on behalf of our planet. On Thursday, April A to Z Party Rental, Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 22nd, NSLA met with more than 100 students, volunteers and local residents at the Mt. Sinai Baptist SBS Hardware, Target, United States Department Church to commemorate the 40th anniversary of of Agriculture, Western Beef Supermarket Earth Day. However, this year’s Earth Day celebration and Wild By Nature. wasn’t the typical one. In years past, we spent Earth Day at the nearby 73-acre Nassau County-owned Roosevelt Preserve to perform some spring cleaning – removing trash, clearing invasive plants, and maintaining trails. This year, we decided to teach students about sustainable living.

The morning began with Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby acknowledging the students' commitment to the planet and encouraging them to continue protecting it by keeping their community clean.

The event featured Volunteers for Wildlife, a network of cooperating veterinarians and animal caretakers, who provide initial emergency care to injured and displaced wildlife. The organization Councilwoman Goosby presents NSLA team with certificate of appreciation introduced students from the Roosevelt Full-Year from Town of Hempstead Head Start program and Roosevelt Union Free School District to live hawks, owls and other birds of prey species that live in their backyard. The program Volunteers for Wildlife demonstration demonstrated the animals’ unique adaptations, their role and importance in our ecosystem, and the impact of human activities on local habitats.

Students also learned about growing food sustainably as they planted collard greens and lettuce, alongside marigolds and colorful petunias. The produce, to be supplemented with other vegetables Volunterrs of all ages. later in the growing season, will be available to local residents to take home and enjoy.

We encouraged students to return home making small changes that would reduce their dependence on

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 17 NSLA W iNS $137,000 g rANt for NSLA v oLuNteer orgANizeS fox hoLLoW rooSeveLt PreServe imProvemeNtS Project ANd eArNS eAgLe Scout BAdge

NSLA won a grant from the New York State Congratulations to Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) in 2009 to Laurel Hollow resident conduct nature programs for children at the 73-acre Mark Rowsey of Boy Scout Roosevelt Preserve in Roosevelt and Freeport. As you Troop 170 who has recently may recall, we built fairy houses with local Girl Scouts, earned his Eagle Scout hosted nature walks and installed container gardens rank. filled with vegetables for the community to harvest, including tomatoes, lettuces, peppers and herbs. And Mark writes “My Eagle we will be there again this summer doing more of the project was to re-establish a same. trail and return it to a user- Located just off the Meadowbrook Parkway, this friendly hiking path at the Mark Rowsey oasis, filled with ferns and birds and an undulating, Fox Hollow Preserve in Oyster Bay Cove and Laurel often litter-filled stream, is relatively unknown. The Hollow. The Preserve had not been used by the public interior of the Preserve is quite pristine and beautiful for many years. Most of the old trails could not be while neglect and years of dumping have left distinguished from the forest surrounding them. The considerable debris along its residential boundary. North Shore Land Alliance had an old map outlining these lost trails and was seeking to re-open the area for Sadly, the Preserve's exterior has not made it very public access. The path was an integral shoot off the inviting to its neighbors. So, late last year, in main loop. My volunteers worked hard to clear ground, conjunction with Nassau County and the Task Force for shore up slope and properly remove and dispose of Unprotected Woodlands, NSLA successfully submitted invasive plants, all the while strictly maintaining the a proposal for improvements to the Preserve. natural integrity of the plants and forests surrounding A matching grant of $137,475.00 from the New York the trail.” State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will go to the County for a major cleanup. Funds will be used to hire a contractor to:

•Remove an accumulation of bottles and other debris delivered through storm drains emptying into the Creek, and major household rubbish dumped at its residential western boundary.

•Install and replace fencing along the same boundary.

Prior to the cleanup, Nassau County will complete storm water improvements upstream from the Preserve and design and install a new entrance on Frederick Avenue.

It is our hope that the Roosevelt Preserve will soon be a new source of pride for its community and that visitation to the Preserve will increase dramatically as a result.

18 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 SPotLight oN North Shore LANd ALLiANce voLuNteerS for oPeN SPAce ProgrAm

volunteer Profile Peter Martin

Volunteers pose with NSLA’s Jane Jackson after a worthwhile day at work Outstandingly fit. Retired high school teacher. Proficient all-around naturalist. Ability to Walden Associates and NSLA conduct communicate love of nature to any audience. Add Spring cleaning at fox hollow Preserve up all these characteristics and qualifications and what do you get? Why, Peter Martin, of course! On Friday, May 21st, Walden Associates, an NSLA was introduced to Peter in 2008 when he environmental/civil engineering design and consulting filled in for colleague Peter Warny to lead a Walk in service in Oyster Bay, celebrated its 15th anniversary the Woods. There’s been no turning back! Since with a day of service by volunteering with NSLA at the that auspicious meeting, Peter has gone on to be one 26-acre Fox Hollow Preserve in Laurel Hollow. Staff of our most well-rounded volunteers, providing from Walden and NSLA worked to clear walking paths, educational programs that draw kids and adults remove invasive vegetation and install a barrier to off- alike, introducing them to a variety of topics at road vehicles. In addition, employees learned about preserves throughout the North Shore. His native plants and monitoring invasive plants and enthusiasm about nature is infectious, and often animals that threaten natural habitats. President Joe M. delivered with an irresistibly understated sense of Heaney, III encourages “all companies and individuals humor. His wife, Wendy, also a retired educator, usually takes part in the activities Peter leads, adding to take some time out of their busy schedule to give back additional flavor to the occasion. to their community.”

Many thanks to Peter and Wendy for their many contributions to our Walks in the Woods and other The world is hugged programs. We could not do our job without our by the faithful arms most valuable volunteers! of volunteers. For more information about volunteering - Terri Guillemets with NSLA, please check our website at www.northshorelandalliance.org or contact our volunteer coordinator, Andrea Millwood.

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 19 oPeN SPAce Society diNNer

President, in introducing Mrs. Farrell, said “We have brought Annie here tonight to help us envision what could be done at Banfi – how we, too, can create greater opportunity to eat locally while providing for a healthier way of life.” Mrs. Farrell designed the original plan for Stone Barns Center in the Hudson Valley and was on the short list to design First Lady Michelle Obama’s vegetable garden.

Hostess Elizabeth Ainslie with Jane Choate. The fifth annual dinner of the Open Space Society was held on Saturday evening, May 8th at “Cedars”, the beautiful Old Brookville home of Trustee Elizabeth Ainslie and her husband Lee. The dinner was a festive celebration of our local farms and featured a special presentation by Annie Farrell of Millstone Farm, Weston, Connecticut. To our guests’ delight and in keeping with our farm theme, Peter Fazio of Sterling Affair featured all fresh farm and local vegetables on the Christina and Harry Davison menu. This event raised over $85,000 to support NSLA’s The exuberance of the record-breaking number of mission to preserve the last remaining open space on guests who attended the dinner was in full display as Long Island’s north shore. We thank the Ainslies for they enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on the hosting this benefit and for sharing their beautiful terrace. Guests meandered through the lush gardens home with us. and verdant landscape, past the reflecting pool and pond, on their way to dinner -- served in a tent adjacent to the pool house. What a positively perfect setting to appreciate the beauty of nature and the benefits of land conservation.

After dinner was served, Mrs. Farrell, who was one of the first growers of organic specialty produce to supply Manhattan’s restaurants, spoke. The goal of Millstone Farm is to see local food production become

the norm rather than the exception. Lisa Ott, NSLA Jim Large, Lisa Ott, NSLA, Verena Cushman

20 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 NSLA eLectS firSt truStee emerituS

Danny Davison, a founding Trustee tentative first effort, his machine proved an immediate boon to the of NSLA, was recently elected to the ecosystem, breathing oxygen and fresh life into the marsh. most respected office of Trustee The wild rice that had been dormant in the mud suddenly came Emeritus. His son, Harry Davison, to life, and now there are 65 miles of channels that flow like the has helped NSLA mark this occasion arteries of the body into ponds that had long been stagnant water. by sharing the following stories about his extraordinary father, the many Nature, it could be said, has three enemies: industry, contributions Danny has made to our natural world and development and taxes, the latter of which often plays into the the positive influence he has had on those who have been hands of the former two by causing people to sell off what they can fortunate enough to cross his many paths. no longer afford to own as if nature were a luxury. As the tax burden grew fourfold on the marshland—-and we’re talking about A True Conservative Ethic a bog with no roads, water or infrastructure let alone land on which to build a house—-Danny was prepared with an answer that For most of his life Danny Davison has been protecting wild ceded economic interest to the government, but left control in places, scenic views and populations of fish and wildlife as if they private hands—-perhaps the best formula for private/public were gifts he was saving for the benefit of future generations of his partnerships that exists today. As part of the deed of gift the marsh family. is now a biosphere (one of fewer than two dozen in that vast country), and the future of this green zone on the Atlantic flyway Like the spare aesthetic of Shaker furniture, Danny’s is finally secure, with access for ongoing research at various times conservation ethos is elegant and simple: “Keep it natural.” For of the year. 40 years he has been the man in charge of a marsh on the Canadian side of Lake Erie that is transitory habitat for over a dozen species of migratory ducks, geese and swans. Over the decades both man and nature have tried to destroy this fragile stepping stone along the flight path of the birds’ southern migration. His response to storm damage is simply to rebuild the breach and restore the protective berms from an earlier ice age with nothing more technologically sophisticated than dirt and plantings to keep the soil together. “It’s an awful lot of money,” he once wrote when cajoling the other members of the club that own title to the marsh to chip in on the cost of reconstruction, “but it’s a gorgeous place.”

In another instance, Danny has taught us that even the slightest intervention can have dramatic consequences, and so to step lightly. In order to counter the build-up of silt in the channels that connect the ponds in that same marsh, he acquired a “cookie cutter”, which got its nickname from the propellers that circulate like the blades of a whirling dervish under water. Despite a

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 21 At the same time, Danny has been teaching his children possesses an unusual sensitivity for the beauty of his natural and grandchildren to be good stewards of the land as well. He surroundings. As his son, I have always thought that this was was determined that all three of his sons would be largely because nature has the ability to inspire and replenish comfortable with the weight of a shovel or pick in our hands, the soul. He would always return from his fishing and he brought us up with the expectation that we would and hunting trips relaxed and rejuvenated. But, many of his learn to work the land, not just to understand the value of friends at the North Shore Land Alliance also know that he honest labor, but as an introduction to the beauty and power served as U.S. Chairman of Christie’s, the British fine art of nature. During spring break we toiled on the farm our auctioneer, and I suspect that his occasional forays into family owns in South Georgia while our friends enjoyed the wild touched him in a special place. No less an authority hedonistic pleasures on the beaches of Florida. We learned than Andy Warhol once said, “I think having land and not about the ecology of burning and its succession, the ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could economics of timber forestry and the éclat of repainting the ever want to own.” rail of fencing that stretches along the seemingly endless frontage road that leads past the plantation. Together, father My father once told me that to do something good, you and sons have debated the merits of peanut farming because have to do something. As a parent of young children myself of its value to the wildlife. Over the years, we have made I am conscious of Danny’s environmental legacy, and I hope adjustments to our crop choices when the land has pushed to transfer it to my son and daughter while they enjoy the back with low yields, and we’ve planted more trees in same natural playground their grandfather has worked so lowland areas to absorb the water, so that the map of our hard to preserve. I want them to know that nature is not a land has evolved much like the way the sand bars shift in luxury, but that it is priceless all the same. When they cradle front of our home in Long Island after a series of winter fireflies in their palms like sparks of light in the summer storms—-gradually over time, and in a way that works in dusk, I want them to realize they need to handle nature with harmony with nature. care. Finally, I want them to learn how working the land is a valuable life skill because it teaches you to bend to a force For a man who has worked in the concrete canyons of that is greater than yourself. Wall Street for much of his professional career, Danny

22 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 truStee NeWS

terry Lyons thielen on corn kernels left after harvest. During these years, many of these fields, as well as large estates were being sold and Terry writes, “I grew up developed. This unusually rich area of Long Island was in New york City and Pawling, becoming more urban and was going through a transition. New york where we had a 1795 farmhouse. Perhaps this was the My husband and I moved to Upper Brookville from root of my appreciation and love Locust Valley in 1979 to a 200-year-old house which is a of conservation and preservation. part of that early Long Island life. It also had many of the New york City in the 1950’s was aspects I had grown up with upstate. One of our neighbors made up of sturdy, brick and was Helen Dartt, the Upper Brookville Village Clerk, and a mortar buildings and strongly woman of infectious enthusiasm for life and our village. ethnic neighborhoods which had not yet yielded to glass and I imagine that it is through my relationship with her that I steel or gentrification. Pawling was, though close to New was interviewed by Mayor Al Seaman and became a member york, still farm and dairy country. Picking fruits and of the Zoning Board of Appeals and later Chairman of that vegetables for meals, and pushing cows out of the way of our board. I could have a small role in preserving the Village’s car were daily occurrences. Other early influences were two country setting for those who had been here for generations summers spent living in New Lebanon, New york, learning and newcomers a like . about The Shakers while living in their buildings, and three years of study in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2001, Mayor Ed Fogarty asked me to become a Village Trustee during which time I served as Fire I came to Long Island in 1968, when the miles between Commissioner, Deputy Police Commissioner, Architectural Cold Spring Harbor and Roslyn along Northern Boulevard Site Plan Commissioner and Deputy Mayor. In 2008, I was had farmland and undisturbed woodlands which were a appointed Mayor after the unexpected passing of Mayor revelation to someone who had not known about Long Lenice Hertweck. I was elected Mayor in June 2009 and re- Island’s Gold Coast. One could identify the seasons by the elected June 2010 for a two year term. smell of the crop growing in what is now, and forever, Banfi. Residents who had extra land still leased it out to the local My experience has come from the years of hands on farms and intersections like Chicken Valley Road and Piping involvement with the Village and the North Shore. My Rock Road where in the fall, fields filled with birds feeding passion for preservation and conservation has come from life.”

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run through fields of wildflowers, search for animal tracks on the trail, collect rocks, climb trees, roll logs over just to see what’s underneath, listen to the locusts, watch for soaring birds in flight, catch fireflies, count butterflies, lay down on the ground and watch the clouds go by.

Have you remembered to put North Shore Land Alliance in your will? Please contact us for information about naming the North Shore Land Let’s make sure that the next generation has Alliance as a beneficiary of your will, trust, retirement plan or life insur- the same chance ance policy. Learn more about Retained Life Estate Benefits, Charitable to gather their own memories Remainder Unitrusts and Charitable Lead Trusts. Join the Legacy Club of exploring our natural lands. today. Call Barbara Hoover at (516) 626.0908 for more information.

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 23 LAuNchiNg the 2010 W iNe AuctioN ANd diNNer

The upcoming 2010 Wine Auction Co-chairs, Anne Westbury, where the wine auction has been held these and Russell Byers, hosted a wine tasting party for the last six years. The crowd was adamant in keeping the Committee Members on Friday, June 4th, at their lovely event in their charming and historic 100-year-old barn. Locust Valley home. Together with Co-chairs, Hope and “The casual atmosphere and casual dress is what makes Ted Smith, they welcomed Committee Members and the party so successful,” remarked one of the committee discussed plans for the Seventh Annual Wine Auction members. The Committee is looking forward to another and Dinner scheduled for Saturday, September 25th. record-breaking year in raising funds necessary for the NSLA to protect the land and natural assets on our This year, Russell and Ted, leading the wine bucolic north shore. acquisition for the auction, have organized an expanded on-line campaign to solicit wine and other items for the auction. Helping them is Mark Fasciano, NSLA Board Member and Founder and CEO of Karma 411, a creative on-line fundraising software company. Russell and Ted are launching, for the first time, the ability for guests to pre-purchase wine to be served at their tables during the event dinner. “This should be popular among our more discerning wine aficionados,” commented Ted Smith at the kick-off party.

Julie Rinaldini spoke about the great progress the NSLA has made this year and our urgency in protecting the last remaining parcels of land before they get scooped up by developers. Julie and her husband Luis, both l to r: Russell Byers, Ted Smith, Mark Fasciano NSLA Board Members, live at Groton Place in Old

Please Join Us Pro KQPêPPANO North Shore Land Alliance Montana Fish Wine Auction and Dinner Hunt Connect Saturday, September 25th Early Bidding Five Day On-line Auction Stay for coming soon! tickets 7:00 p.m. four at to 2011 HF BAR Masters The Barn at Groton Place Ranch Worldwide Old Westbury vintage wines

To Attend or For more Information Please Contact Us At Buy Wine 516 626-0908 or to Pour at your table [email protected] that evening

24 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 NSLA hoStS SecoNd ANNuAL SPeAker ’S SerieS At the exPLorerS cLuB

Our New York Speakers Series continued this year featuring Tracy R. Wolstencroft, Managing Director, Global Head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Wolstencroft presented “Policy, Capital and Technology: Ingredients for a Low Carbon World” to a sold-out crowd on April 6th at the venerable Explorers Club on New York’s Upper East Side.

In keeping with this venue, Mr. Wolstencroft compared our current need for leadership and innovation in solving the world’s energy crisis to the L to R: Tracy & CatherineWolstencroft, Mary Beth & Joe Donohue. famous expedition of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton’s leadership in the extreme circumstances Carter Bales, Chair of the NSLA, provided the of an Antarctic exploration accomplished an opening remarks regarding the conservation successes incredible story of survival. Today, we need to align we’ve had and the properties we hope to protect in the governmental policy, capital and new technologies to future. It was an inspirational evening for all who create a low carbon world for the survival of our future attended. generations.

‘fore the Love of the LANd ’ 2 Nd ANNuAL goLf outiNg On June 14th, NSLA welcomed 85 golfers to With a score of 69, Peter Fazio, Chris Green and Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley for its 2nd annual Oscar Costello won low gross. Low net went to Matt golf outing co-chaired by Hoyle Jones and Frank and Mitchell Schamroth, Leonard Oppenheimer, and Segarra, both trustees of the North Shore Land Charlie Dolan with a score of 52. Ann Conway won Alliance. the longest drive for women, and Jake Stahler won the longest drive for men. It was perfect ‘golfer’s’ weather - overcast with a slight mist and the temperature hovering around 65 Tee signs thanking sponsors and supporters were degrees. placed throughout the course with nature quotes.

Although James Mardovich didn’t win the $10,000 One of the favorites was “A true conservationist is hole-in-one prize at the 11th hole, he did win the a man who knows that the world is not given by his ‘closest to the pin’ award at that same hole. He was fathers but borrowed from his children” - John James 5’4” away from $10,000. Audubon.

NSLA would like to acknowledge and thank all of our sponsors, supporters and contributors including:

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 25 NSLA would like to acknowledge and thank all of our sponsors, supporters and contributors including:

SPONSORS P.J. Mechanical Corp Frank Crystal & Company Mr. John Reese Arctix Satterlee Stephens and Crimson Financial Strategies Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Lori and Roger Bahnik Burke & Burke Elite Fitness Sabbatini Kerri Beth and Matthew Lisa and Ralph Pascucci Five Square Nutrition Carol and Lawrence Farrell Fritz P.C. Bruderman Silvana and Chris Pascucci Schmidlapp Mr. and Mrs. John Gardiner Simon and Eve Colin Rolls-Royce Motor Cars of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Segarra Graphic Image Foundation Long Island Mary and Russell Selover Lori and John Golden Colonial Wire & Cable, Inc. Sterling Affair - Peter Fazio Helene P. Victor Ms. Sue Klein Deutsche Bank/PrivateWealth Mgt. Title Associates, A Stewart Windham House Barbara and Jim Hoover DGM Asset Mgt. LLC Company Wild by Nature Hunt’s Barber Shop Grace and Gregg Haggerty Beth and Charles Trunz Marilyn Monter and Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle Jones U.S. Trust Bank of America/ Wilfried Withuhn HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Ms. Sue Klein PrivateWealth Mgt. Kathy and Mitchell Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. John LoRusso Limani Restaurant SUPPORTERS Mr. Jim MacDonald M. Schamroth & Sons Agrecolor Michelle McFaul Marcum Accountants Alure Home Imp rovements , Inc. Suzanne and Michael Murray and Advisors Mr. and Mrs. Carter Bales The Murray Family John M. McFaul, P.C. Birch Hill Meats Nespresso Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Bradford Renaissance Portraits Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pascucci North Sea Partners LLC Cathy Chernoff Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pulling

26 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 the coNServAtioN ActioN fuNd (cAf), A dedicAted fuNd for LANd AcquiSitioN , WAS LAuNched iN 2007 to ALLoW NSLA to tAke crediBLe ANd rAPid ActioN to Protect eNdANgered PArceLS of LANd .

We Are moSt PLeASed thAt our firSt ‘ActioN ’ iNvoLved the AcquiSitioN of the BANfi fieLdS . our coNtriButioN Bridged the gAP BetWeeN the Buyer ANd the SeLLer ANd mAde the deAL Work .

We Are grAtefuL to the foLLoWiNg iNdividuALS WhoSe doNAtioNS coNtriButed directLy to thiS AcquiSitioN .*

$1,000,000 Mr. and Mrs. David Taylor, Jr. Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Donald Textor Mr. Richard Webel $100,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Welles Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ainslie III Mr. and Mrs. Carter Bales $5,000 to $9,999 Gerry Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bernhard Mr. and Mrs. Luis Rinaldini Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Davison, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Remy Trafelet Mr. and Mrs. Daniel deRoulet $50,000 to $99,999 Mr. Kim S. Fennebresque Mr. Hal Davidson and Ms. Sally Peters Mr. and Mrs. E. Maxwell Geddes, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Goodwin $25,000 to $49,999 Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Kostas Douzinas Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lieber Mr. and Mrs. David Knott Mr. and Mrs. John Macaskill Mr. and Mrs. Chi McClean $10,000 to $24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Russell McKee Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Berens Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Michalis Mr. Walter H. Haydock Mr. and Mrs. Garfield L. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Ragnar Knutsen Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Morey Ms. Lisa Puntillo and Mr. Robert Pascucci

*Totals do not reflect pledged amounts.

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 27 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Napoli Mr. James Connors up to $999 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O’Kane Mr. and Mrs. George Eberle Mrs. Lynda Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Tim O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Broadbent Mrs. William Osborn Ms. Ellen Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burns Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schiff Mr. and Mrs. James Large, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman III Mr. Hollis Russell Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Colley $2,500 to $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schmidlapp Mr. and Mrs. John Daly The Honorable Rosemary Bourne Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Serko Mrs. Jane Greenleaf Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Smith III Mr. and Mrs. David H. Deming Mr. and Mrs. Leland Hairr Mr. Max Stenbeck Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Gerry Ms. Cynthia Hittner Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pilkington Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson Thornburgh Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kelley Dr. and Mrs. John E. Postley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vandeventer Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mackay Mr. and Mrs. H. Brooks Smith Mr. and Mrs. Edward Von Briesen Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Moore Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Thielen Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Francis Murray III Mr. and Mrs. Karl Wellner Dr. and Mrs. James Watson Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wenz Mr. John O’Kane $1,000 to $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. John Werwaiss Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ott, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. Bard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wickes Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weir III Mr. and Mrs. Key Bartow William and Joyce O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. John E. Welsh III Charitable Trust Dr. and Mrs. Edward Zamecki Mr. and Mrs. John I. Bralower Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams Mr. and Mrs. W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zoller Mr. and Mrs. John Coleman

28 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 With much grAtitude , t he NSLA PreSeNtS the NAmeS of iNdividuALS , fAmiLieS , fouNdAtioNS , BuSiNeSSeS ANd orgANizAtioNS Who SuPPorted the North Shore LANd ALLiANce ProgrAmS ANd oPerAtioNS duriNg 2009

$10,000 to $50,000 $2,500 to 4,999 NSLA is proud to announce that our Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ainslie Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Bahnik/ program service rate is 93% for 2009. Mr. and Mrs. Carter Bales Bahnik Foundation, Inc in other words, for every dollar contributed Mr. Hal Davidson and Ms. Sally Peters Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bostwick/ 93 cents goes toward programs that advance Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Davison, Sr. Bostwick Capital local land conservation. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Harrison The Honorable Rosemary Bourne Mr. and Mrs Hoyle C. Jones Ms. Anne Busquet Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cannell Moore Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Casaly Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sutherland Citigroup Mr. and Mrs. Donald Textor Dr. and Mrs. Struan H. Coleman William and Joyce O'Neil Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Copp Preservation Fund Mr. and Mrs. Kostas Douzinas Mr. and Mrs. Perry Youngwall Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Gartland Mr. and Mrs. E. Maxwell Geddes, Jr. $5,000 to $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Goodman Albanese Organization The Hallen Construction Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brown Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bruderman Mr. and Mrs. Ragnar M. Knutsen Mr. and Mrs. W. Russell G. Byers, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Michalis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Geddes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phipps, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pilkington Land Trust Alliance Dr. and Mrs. John E. Postley/New Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lessing/ York Physicians Foundation The Lessing Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Schamroth/ $1,000 to 2,500 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mackay/Piping Schamroth and Sons Mr. Bruce W. Addison Rock Associates, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schiff AvalonBay Communities, Inc Mrs. William Matheson/ Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schmidlapp Mrs. Harriet Bailey Anderson Family Charitable Fund Mr. Herbert L. Smith III Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. Bard Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pash Sterling Affair/Mr. Peter Fazio Mr. and Mrs. David B. Benham Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Paumgarten Mr. and Mrs. David H. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bernhard Mr. and Mrs. Luis Rinaldini Title Associates, A Stewart Company Bessemer Trust Company Mr. and Mrs. Frank Segarra U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Bliven Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Boardman Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Serko Wealth Management Mrs. Edward Bonnie Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vandeventer/ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wickes Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bostwick Tocqueville Asset Management William and Joyce O'Neil Charitable Mr. Steven Boughner Mr. and Mrs. Karl Wellner Foundation

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 29 Ms. Renee Bradley/Interior Restoration Mr. and Mrs. W. Chi McClean/ Mr. and Mrs. John I. Bralower McClean Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William S. Brenizer Mr. and Mrs. Garfield L. Miller Bryant and Cooper Steakhouse Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Moore Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Canter Mr. and Mrs. Steve Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Frank Castagna/ Mr. and Mrs. Francis Murray III Americana Manhasset Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Nordeman Mrs. Cathy Chernoff Mr. and Mrs. George O'Neill Mrs. Thomas H. Choate Mr. and Mrs. Justin Ort Ms. Constance Cincotta Mrs. William Osborn Mr. James Connors Mr. Robert J. Osterhus/ Mrs. George W. Cutting, Jr. Orion Consultants Mr. Robert De Rothschild Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ott, Jr. Deans Family and Inverness Counsel, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pascucci Mrs. Nancy DeMatteis Mr. and Mrs. Allan L. Pashcow Mr. and Mrs. Steve Denning Mr. David Pearson Deutsche Bank Ms. Andrea Pezza Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D. Duke, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Pulling Mr. and Mrs. Johnston L. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Remsen Mr. and Mrs. Eric O. Fornell Mr. and Mrs. Ron Romeo Franchina and Giordano, PC Mr. and Mrs. Wright Rumbough George V. Bullen and Son, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gleberman Mr. and Mrs. Russell Selover Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Gogel Simon and Eve Colin Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Golden Mr. and Mrs. H. Brooks Smith III Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Haggerty/ Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Smith III/ Stanley Supply and Tool Co., Inc. Geier Foundation Mr. Walter H. Haydock Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Soref Mr. and Mrs. Ian D. Highet Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Souther Mrs. Bruce Hooton Dr. and Mrs. William G. Spears, Jr. Humes and Wagner, LLP Mr. and Mrs. John Specce Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Langone Mr. Max Stenbeck Mr. and Mrs. James M. Large Mrs. David S. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Lieber Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Teagle III Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Linden Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Thielen Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Loughlin Mr. Henry Van Dyke and Mr. Bruce Knecht Mr. Richard Lundgren Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Luke D. Lynch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh III Ms. Sally A. Lynch Mrs. Rosalind Walter Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Warner III Mr. and Mrs. John Macaskill Dr. and Mrs. James Watson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Mai Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weir III Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Manolovici Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wenz/ The Krusos Foundation

30 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 Ms. Donna Winston Mr. George I. Gondelman/ Mrs. Ann Nolte Mr. and Mrs. Tracy R. Wolstencroft Gondelman Foundation North Country Garden Club of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zoller Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Greeff Long Island Mrs. Jane Greenleaf/The Stebbins North Sea Partners, LLC $500 to $999 Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Porter Mr. Huyler C. Held Ms. Lisa Puntillo and Mr. Robert Pascucci Lisa and Doug Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Hutchins III Mrs. Christopher Randolph Astoria Federal Savings Mr. and Mrs. John Huwiler Mr. and Mrs. John R. Reese Kathy and Peter Bartley Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Isenberg Mr. James Russell Bens Garden, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Jones Mrs. Harold P. Salembier Boy Scouts of America, Troop # 6 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Kelter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burns Mr. and Mrs. John Koufakis Mr. and Mrs. Desiderio Scalisi Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Canet Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo LaCroze Ms. Katherine W. Schwab Ms. Isabel Carden Mrs. John H. Leib Mr. and Mrs. George Seewagen Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cardone Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Levine Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Senior Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Carusi Mr. Vladimir F. Marcel Ms. Kathleen Shea Cashin, Spinelli and Feretti, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Bradford J. Matthews Mr. Ronald Skates Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chasanoff Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCurdy Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Slayton Mr. and Mrs. John Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Michael McDermott Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John K. Colgate, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jason McManus Mr. and Mrs. James Stebbins Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius E. Colley Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Merrill Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Thaler Mr. Bradley W. Cuddeback Mr. Jeremiah Milbank Whole Foods Christoph and Paula Cushman Mrs. Sally Morgan Dr. Philip D. Wilson, Jr. Fund of the Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Murrin Windham House, Inc. of Jackson Hole Mr. and Mrs. Paul Napoli Wm. E. Martin and Sons Co., Inc. Daniel Gale and Sotheby's International Mr. and Mrs. John Noesen Realty/Locust Valley Office Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Nouri Mr. and Mrs. Kim Davis Mr. and Mrs. William Parsons, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Guy De Chazal Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Paul Dr. and Mrs. Leland Deane Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Pell, Jr. Mr. Thomas L. Di Galoma Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pitts, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Dolan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Donohue, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Dreyfus Mr. and Mrs. P. Benjamin Duke Dvirka and Bartilucci Consulting Engineers Mr. and Mrs. George Eberle Farrell Fritz, P.C Mr. Herb Fitzgibbon Friedman, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gachot Mr. and Mrs. John Gardiner Mr. Stephen Gatfield Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry Ms. Regina Glocker

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 31 up to $499 Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Clifford Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ackerman Mr. Winslow Shelby Coates Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Albers Mr. and Mrs. John Codey Mr. and Mrs. Jak N. Albukerk Ms. Avery Coleman Keller Mr. and Mrs. Yoshiaki Amakawa Mr. and Mrs. C. Payson Coleman/ Mr. Dennis Amato Kim Coleman Interiors America's Growth Capital, LLC Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. J. Bryan Anthony Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Colgrove Mrs. S. Reed Anthony Mr. and Mrs. James G. Collins Mr. Thomas Armstrong, III Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Connolly Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Arnesen Mrs. Joseph B. Conolly Mr. Nathan Assor/Golenbock Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Constants Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Elliot S. Conway Mr. Ross Auerbach/The Northwest Ms. Kimberly J. Cook Company, Inc. Mrs. Robert F. Copp Mr. and Mrs. Richard Aurelio Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Cortez Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Ayres, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Brennan Dr. John Cottone Mrs. Nancy J. Azzaro Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Brisbane Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Creavin Mr. and Mrs. Henry Babcock Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brooks Mr. Kenneth D. Cron Mr. and Mrs. Tim Bancroft, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G. Morgan Browne Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Cuchel Mr. and Mrs.Vincent C. Banker Mr. and Mrs. Sandford Brunswick/ Mrs. Robert Cuddeback Mr. and Mrs. William L. Banks Brunswick Appraisal Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Czerniecki Mr. and Mrs. Terrill E. Barnard Mr. Robert Brusca Mr. and Mrs. George P. Davison Mr. Thomas Barron Mr. and Mrs. Horst E. Buelte Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Davison II Mr. and Mrs. John Barry Mr. and Mrs. William W. Burchfield Mr. Daniel P. Davison, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Barton Mr. and Mrs. David Burns Mrs. Vincent De Roulet Mr. John P. Bellamente Ms. A.W. Cafarelli Mr. Peter DeBuona Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Berger/ Mrs. Eve Califano Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dellomo Berger Bros. Camera & Video Cameron Engineering and Associates Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Desena Exchange, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Cannon Mrs. James Dick Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Berlinghof Ms. Claire A. Cardone Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Diliberto Mrs. Mary Lenore Blair Mr. and Mrs. Vincent F. Carosella Mrs. Suzanne Dillenbeck Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blank Mrs. Cybil Baker Carton Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Doerge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius N. Bliss Mrs. William Casey Mr. and Mrs. Mark Donohue Mr. and Mrs. Myron Blumenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Michael Castellano Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Doran Mr. Charles Bolling Mrs. Jean Cattier Mrs. Eugene Du Bois Ms. Liane Bono Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Cavagnaro Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ducommun Honorable Judi Bosworth Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dunlaevy Mr. and Mrs. Casper Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman III Mr. James Dunne Mr. and Mrs. Robert Braun Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Chernoff East Woods School Mr. Peter Brechter Mr. and Mrs. Gene Chuba Mr. and Mrs. John E. Eckelberry Mr. and Mrs. William Breneisen Ms. Tiffany Clay Mr. Allan Eisinger Ms. Esther B. Ernst

32 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Esposito Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Henoch Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Keough Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ewald Mrs. Fred Heyes Ms. Kathleen Kiaer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fagiola Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Hilbert Mr. and Mrs. Ian King Fanny Dwight Clark Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hirschfield Ms. Debra Kirsch Garden, Inc. Mrs. Seymour Hittner Ms. Sue Klein Mr. and Mrs. Burt Faure Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Hollman Anonymous Mrs. Frances Fennebresque Mr. David R. Holmes Mr. Roger C. Kline Dr. Robert Ferber Ms. Linda Hotine Mr. Carl Knight/Knight Dr. and Mrs. Enrico Ferdico Mr. and Mrs. George Howard IV/ and Company Ms. Pamela Ferguson Harbor Home Improvement Mr. and Mrs. Dan R. Knopf Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Fetterolf Mr. and Mrs. George H. Howard III Mr. William Knuff Mr. Kevin Foley Ms. Karen Hsu Mr. and Mrs. Tom Koch Ms. Judith Foregger Mr. David P. Hunt Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Kolitz Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Frankenfield Mrs. George Hussey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Phedon Kontulis Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Freeman Ms. Eleanor Kostolini Mr. and Mrs. David Fuchs Mr. James D. Kuhn Ms. Nancy Galasso Mr. Erik Kulleseid Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Mort Kunstler Mr. and Mrs. Randi Garibaldi Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lardi Dr. and Mrs. William Gelfman Ms. Maria S. Lauinger Mr. and Mrs. Barry Giarraputo Mr. Andrew Lawrence Mr. Peter Gold Mrs. Sharon Lee Ms. Ariana Goldman Ms. Nancy B. Leeds Ms. Elaine R. Goldman Drs. Brian Leibowitz Mr. Peter Gollobin Mr. Lana Lewin-Ross Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Lewis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Grant Dr. Craig Linder Ms. Wendy Grant Ms. Margaret Hutzel Mr. and Mrs. George N. Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greco Mr. and Mrs. John Iacone/ Mr. and Mrs. James W. Litke Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greco International Integrated Solutions, LTD Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Littauer Dr. and Mrs. Donald S. Gromisch Ms. Elizabeth Kahn-Ingleby The Locust Valley Leader Mr. and Mrs. Alan Guerci Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Ingrassia Mr. and Mrs. John B. LoRusso Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gurzynski Innocenti and Webel Mr. Joseph Loverdi Mrs. Gaines Gwathmey Mr. and Mrs. Fredd H. Isaksen Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Lucas Mr. and Mrs. John Blake Hanson Ms. Jane Jackson Mr. and Mrs. David L. Luke, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hargraves Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Janusas Dr. Alexander Lupenko Mr. and Mrs. David F. Harrington Mr. and Mrs. John P. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Richard MacDougall Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris Ms. Julie Kalihan Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm MacKay Ms. Amanda Haynes Mr. and Mrs. James Kamm Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacKay Mr. Seth B. Hemley Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Katz Ms. Suzanne S. Macklin Mrs. Peter Henderson Mr. Michael J. Kelcourse Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Maida Mr. Wallace Henderson Dr. Spencer Kellogg, II Mr. and Mrs. Louis Maier Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Henning, Jr. Ms. Barbara Kelston

Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 33 Mr. Andrew Maier/Andrew Maier, Inc. Ms. Judy Paris Sands Point Garden Club Mr. Richard Malloch Mr. and Mrs. Dayl W. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sbiroli Mr. William Marino/ Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Peirce Mrs. Gregor Scheu Allied North America, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pelchuck Ms. Denise Schlener Mr. and Mrs. Bart Marksohn Ms. Jane Perr Mr. F. William Schmergel Mr. and Mrs. Bradley J. Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pfeifler Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schnier, Jr. Ms. Diane Matarese Ms. Jane Pflug Ms. Janis Schoen Matinecock Neighborhood Association Mr. and Mrs. R. Stuyvesant Pierrepont III Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schoenhut Mr. and Mrs. Douglas May Ms. Donna Plym Mr. and Mrs. James W. Schubauer II Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Mayrock Mr. and Mrs. Phillip B. Pool, Jr. Mr. George Schwab Ms. Elizabeth A. McCabe Mrs. Richardson Pratt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Schwartzberg Ms. Suzanne S. McFarlane Mrs. Michael Press Mr. and Mrs. David Scialabba Mr. Thomas McGrail Mrs. Richard I. Purnell Dr. Judith Segal Mrs. Marie McHenry Ms. Diana Quasha Mr. and Mrs. Alan Seligson Mr. Robert M. McLane Mr. and Mrs. John Rafferty Mr. and Mrs. Robert Service Ms. Linda Holmes McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Read Mr. and Mrs. David Shapiro Ms. Cynthia McVay Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius J. Reid, Jr. Ms. Sandra W. Sheeline Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Megear Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Reilly Mrs. Edward M. Shepard Mr. Christopher Melito Ms. Margaret M. Rice Mr. Ed Silsbe Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Melniker Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Richards Mr. and Mrs. Peter Silver Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Meyer Ms. Carol Ann Riechers Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Silverstein Ms. Sarah Meyland Mr. W. Wynn Riley Mr. and Mrs. Mandeep Singh Mr. Allen G. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rivardo Mr. and Mrs. Ted Slepian Mrs. Andrea Millwood Ms. Christine Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smiros Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Minkin Mr. and Mrs. John P. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Smith Ms. Charlotte Miska Ms. Elizabeth E. Roosevelt Mr. and Mrs. Ira Smith Mr. Edward C. Mohlenhoff Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Rosenfeld Mr. and Mrs. John C. Smith Dr. Maureen Monck Mrs. Walter L. Ross II Mr. and Mrs. Michael Spielman Ms. Patricia C. Montgomerie Ms. Cynthia Russell Mr. Barrie Curtis Spies Mr. and Mrs. James D. Mooney, Jr. Ms. Diana Russell Mrs. Silda Spitzer Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Moran Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Sabbatini Mrs. Robert Staniford, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Mortati Mr. Steven E. Sacks Mr. William W. Staudt Mrs. Roberta P. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Walter Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stern Nassau Hiking and Outdoor Club, Inc. Ms. Patricia P. Sands Mrs. John Sulzer Mr. and Mrs. Michael O'Brien Sustainability Institute Mr. Thomas O'Connor at Molloy College Ms. Cecilia Oh Mrs. Donald Sutherland Mr. and Mr Thomas O'Hara Mr. and Mrs. Brian Swiggett Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Olivero Mr. and Mrs. Michael Swirnoff Mr. and Mrs. Frank Olt, Jr. Syosset Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Onorato Ms. Elise Tepper Mr. Thomas W. Ostrander Mr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Terwilliger Mr. John Owens Mr. and Mrs Richard B. Thatcher, Sr.

34 Conservation News Spring/Summer 2010 Ms. Jean Thompson Ms. Sue Ann Weinberg/The John L. Mr. James Galtieri, Pasternak Wines Three Harbors Garden Club and Sue Weinberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Greenman Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Timpson, III Mr. and Mrs. John E. Welsh III HF Bar Ranch, Wyoming Mr. and Mrs. William Titus Mr. and Mrs. Greg Wetanson Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Hutchins III Mr. and Mrs. David B. Townsend Mrs. Theodore Whitmarsh Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Remy Trafelet Wild Honey The Lessing Family and Ms. Irmgard Tuechler Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williams Restaurant Mirabelle Turvey Dellomo Realtors Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Wilson Meadowbrook Polo Club and Appraisers Mrs. Eunice Johnson Winslow Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Lindsay Mr. Bill Ulfelder Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Witsell, Jr. Martin Viette Nurseries Mr. and Mrs. H. Peter Van Ingen, Jr. Mrs. Ethel M. Woolverton Mad Pursuit / Tim Lyons, Richard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Stade Mortimer, Hollis Russell in-kind contributions Mr. Antonio Vendome/ Mr. and Mrs. W. Chi McClean Vendome Group Anton Community Newspapers Mr. Donnie Messina Mrs. Helene P. Victor The Bakery Café Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Michalis Mr. Jason Vitale Mr. and Mrs. Callum Barton Mr. Archie Rinaldini Mrs. Mary Vitrano Mr. and Mrs. Ridgely Beale SBS Hardware Mr. and Mrs. Deiter Von Bothmer Ms. Karen Blumer Mrs. Cynthia Stebbins Mr. Colton P. Wagner Mr. Douglas Brinkley Mr. David Taub, Palm Bay Imports The Honorable Robert Walker Mrs. Laura Brodie, Testa Wines The Nature Conservancy’s Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Walkley Mr. Michael Chait, Marquis Wines Adirondack Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wall Dodds and Eder, Inc. Mr. Charles Wellington Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ward Mr. Michael Douglass, Post Wines Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wellington Mr. Seth H. Watkins Mr. Peter Fazio, Sterling Affair Western Beef Supermarket Mr. Alan N. Weeden Four Season Hotel, France Youngs Farm

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