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The York Land Trust Newsletter LANDMARKSLANDMARKS

York River’s Ribbon of Green Extended

s part of the Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation It has often been said that the York River is the lifeblood of York. AInitiative, on May 1, 2013, York Land Trust completed The River contributes to local, regional and statewide economic the purchase of a 15-acre parcel (shown in red on the map on prosperity by supporting the commercial fishing, real estate, pg. 3) on the southern shoreline of Roger’s Brook in York. This hospitality, tourism and recreation industries. To the residents new acquisition extends the York River’s protective “Ribbon of York, the River evokes a strong sense of place and contributes of Green” to 359 acres of conservation land. Funding for this greatly to the community’s quality of life. And, for the vast project was generously provided by the MARPAT Foundation numbers of bird and wildlife species that migrate through the and the Coast Heritage Trust, two long-time funders of area and live here year-round, a healthy York River is vital to York River protection efforts. their survival. continued on page 3... INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION

ay is Membership I have also recruited my MMonth at York Land sons to volunteer their Trust (YLT). As President of time to help with York the Trust, as well as devoted Land Trust’s ongoing father and grandfather, I am land management The York Land Trust is a member- keenly aware of the lasting responsibilities and they do supported, nonprofit organization benefits that the Trust’s so happily. dedicated to conserving and protecting lands of ecological, work holds for my children historic, scenic, agricultural and and theirs. My grandchildren also cultural significance in the greater enjoy being outdoors with President’s message York, Maine area, for the benefit of all. My wife Sandi and I have me, whether we’re hiking lived in York for thirty- on conservation land or BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Michniewicz, President seven years and raised our four children here. attending a nature program. We are creating Hillary Clark, Vice President We have also traveled extensively, throughout lasting memories together while also fostering Lawrence Graves, Treasurer the United States by RV and cannot imagine a deep appreciation for nature. Chelsey Remington, Secretary living elsewhere. Three of our four children Karen Arsenault have chosen to live nearby in southern Maine There is no predicting how strong a role our Robert Brisebois in part, we know, because they too love being children and grandchildren will play as future Jared Chase surrounded by nature. conservationists, but I am encouraged by Stuart Dawson Gary Goss their investments of time and demonstrations Susan Heckaman To inspire this next generation of of love for nature and community. And, Dawn Hill conservationists, I have often invited my hopefully, they’ll see renewing their Richard Leigh children to participate in the Trust’s annual Memberships in York Land Trust as the Jeffrey McConnell Bobbie McGann activities, and this year gave them gift natural next step. James Bruce O’Neil memberships to the Trust with the hope that Ala Reid they will renew their support on their own Warren Taylor Helen Winebaum going forward. - David Michniewicz Peter Yauch STAFF Doreen MacGillis YLT welcomes Elena Sarni as Administrative and Executive Director Development Assistant Nancy Grace Lowenberg Development and n March 4, 2013, Elena Sarni took over the role of York Land Trust’s Communications Director Administrative and Development Assistant from Elaine Manning who, Joe Anderson afterO six dedicated years in the position, began her retirement at the end Stewardship Director of 2012. Elena will oversee the Trust’s donation management system and Elena Sarni provide clerical and community outreach support. Administrative Assistant In addition to 14 years of experience working with museums and non-profit THE YORK LAND TRUST organizations, Elena is a published author and accomplished researcher and PO Box 1241 public speaker on a broad range of art and cultural history topics. Before York Harbor, ME 03911 coming to York Land Trust, she served as the Gallery Manager at York Art Telephone: 207-363-7400 Fax: 207-363-7477 Association, where she oversaw the daily operations of the gallery, assisted the Board of Directors and E-mail: [email protected] provided outreach to members. For more information, please visit Elena holds a B.A. in English with a minor in American Studies from the University of New Hampshire our website: www.yorklandtrust.org (UNH) and a Master’s of Art in Museum Studies from UNH. As of the writing of this article, Elena became a proud new aunt to a niece, and she enjoys vacationing with family on a small island in Midcoast Maine. She lives with her husband in North Berwick.

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Though the York River is currently healthy, it is also listed as a Priority Coastal Watershed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. This is a designation given for watersheds at greatest risk for degradation from non-point source pollution and loss of riparian The to the buffers related to development. Sea Conservation Initiative (MtA2C) is an effort led by a coalition of ten national, regional and local According to Executive Director Doreen partners representing federal and MacGillis, waterfront land, especially with governmental agencies, statewide land the scenic beauty of the York River, is highly protection organizations and three Roger’s Brook sought after in good economic times and in bad, local land trusts to protect a network leaving it very vulnerable. “Currently, a 9-lot of connected conservation lands and The Maine Natural Areas Program lists the subdivision is being built in a very sensitive area natural resources within a 48,000-acre York River as having statewide ecological along the River”, said MacGillis. “This purchase focus area in Southern Maine for the significance. Research conducted by the Wells brings YLT one step closer to meeting the urgent benefit of people and wildlife. National Estuarine Research Reserve found need to complete protection for the upper MtA2C’s vision is a future that sustains twenty-nine species of fish in the York River, reaches of the York River before more critical livable and economically vibrant or one half of the estuarine species found in lands are lost.” communities where: the . The River is also recognized Every child has access to open nationally for supporting over 100 species of spaces and wild places; shorebirds and songbirds. Food and forest products are locally and sustainably produced; Clean water in our reservoirs, rivers, A Flurry of Conservation Projects Crowned the MtA2C and streams flows into our estuaries and along our beaches; Coalition’s 10th Anniversary Year our projects comprising over 200 acres of conserved two additional parcels. Forty acres Wetlands and intact blocks of forest newly conserved land that protect critical of wetland wildlife habitat were conserved at support viable populations of native F wildlife habitat, drinking water quality, outdoor Cox’s Pond located in Mt. A.’s South Berwick plant and animal species; education, public recreation and cultural area, and the final project comprises 37 acres Year round outdoor recreational heritage capped the 10th anniversary of the Mt. of upland and high-value wetlands on the opportunities are a short drive, bike Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative . Funding for the Ogunquit ride, or walk away; and (MtA2C). River project will also cover a restoration effort Resilient infrastructure and to reconnect two wetlands on the property with ecosystems adapt to changing Two of the four projects completed at the end of the Ogunquit River. This effort will enhance environmental conditions. 2012 were located in York including the 120- safe, road crossings for amphibians, reptiles and The MtA2C Partners include: the US acre addition of mature forest to the York Land small mammals including Maine’s endangered Fish and Wildlife Service/Rachel Carson Trust’s McIntire Highlands Preserve (which Blanding’s and threatened spotted turtles. National Wildlife Refuge, the Maine appeared in the 2012 Fall Issue of Landmarks). Department of Inland Fisheries and The second project is a 19-acre conveyance of Since 2002, MtA2C has completed 55 Wildlife, Wells National Estuarine key wildlife habitat from the Town of York to projects adding over 3,110 acres of protected Research Reserve, Maine Coast the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and natural resources and cultural heritage to a Heritage Trust, Trust for Public Land, Wildlife that adjoins other conserved lands in conservation area that today totals 13,144 acres The Nature Conservancy, Great Works Mt. A.’s Third Hill region. within Kittery, Eliot, York, South Berwick, Regional Land Trust, Kittery Land Trust, York Land Trust and the York Rivers Wells and Ogunquit. MtA2C has set a goal to MtA2C Partner Great Works Regional Land protect 6,000 more acres in the MtA2C region Association. For more information, Trust (GWRLT), with significant funding please visit www.mta2c.org. over the next two decades. support provided by the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program* (MNRCP), *The Maine Natural Resources Conservation Program (MNRCP) is a grant program administered by The Nature Conservancy in collaboration with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that helps restore, enhance and preserve wetlands and other important habitats throughout the state.

three Thank You For Supporting York Land Trust in 2012! Landmark Giving Circle Donors ($500 or more) appear in bold typeface, * deceased.

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Adams Coastal Ridge Elementary Mr. and Mrs. Joshua L. Gear Mr. Paul Kittel Mr. David Newman Dexter and Virginia T. Spiller In Honor of Ms. Anne Bryer Jane G. Adams School Andrew Geranis & Rebecca Kittery Trading Post David and Meg Nichols Mr. and Mrs. William Spiller Stuart and Ellen Dawson Advanced Gynecology & Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Cole Waldron-Geranis Susan Bird Kittredge Ed and Janis Nowak St. Joe’s Coffee Surgical Assoc. of York Marvin and Laurie Collins Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gerrity Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kleist Ms. Jacqueline Nowell John and Camille B. St. Paul In Honor of Clark-Hamel Joseph Aiello & Mary Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Collins Gibson Leclair, LLC Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kline Eva and Stuart Nudelman Hal and Polly Stanwood, Jr. Family Mr. John Akar Mr. and Mrs. Lance J. Colwell Sally and Ken Gilbride Harry and Kathleen Kluger Ann and Robert Nussbaum State Street Bank Ms. Deborah P. Clark Aldermere Farm Carol and Denis Commette Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gildea Jud and Laurie Knox Joanne Oakes Matching Gift Program In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Joey Elliot Alexander & Connolly’s Organics Ms. Louesa Gillespie Andrej and Renee Kocev Mr. Clifford C. O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. Charles Steedman and Carol Donnelly Tracey Bentley Ms. Marjorie E. Conrad Peter Gilmore and Dr. Leonard Korn Ms. Maureen O’Donnell Sandy Steele & Paul Greenfield First Parish Sanctuary Choir Peter Amershadian Scott Conti and Family Cynthia Kingsford Ms. Phyllis Kupchun Marjorie and James O’Malley Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Stevens Amidon Family Dentistry Sandy and Tim Corbett Dr. and Mrs. James Gilroy Arthur and Crystal Kyricos James B. and Joanne O’Neil Ms. Ellen F. Stockmayer In Honor of Mr. David Hamel Anne Erwin Sotheby’s Ms. Carol Costa & Mr. Donald Gindlesperger Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lanouette Optima Bank and Trust Nancy and David Stone Ms. Deborah P. Clark International Realty Sheila Dorval Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Glick Shapleigh D. LaPointe Mr. and Mrs. John T. O’Rourke Regina Stone In Honor of Ala Reid Ms. Annette Arena Ms. Gabrielle Cote Jim and Diane Gloriant Mr. and Mrs. John Laprey Charles and Susan Ott Spencer & Marjory Stonemetz Mrs. Caroline M. Southall Neila Arnold & George Derby Mr. Alfred J. Cotton, Jr. Ms. Estelle Goldberg Michael and Georgia Latti Michael and Theresa Palumbo Stonewall Kitchen Arrows Restaurant Ms. Bridget Coullon Sam Goodall & Doug Roberts Ms. Holly Laurent Eileen and Michael Parenteau Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Stover In Memory of Mr. Robert E. Karen and Mark Arsenault David T. & Bonnie J. Cousineau Rosemary Gaddum Gordon Ginger and Andy Laurits Don and Carolyn Parsons Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Stowe Hanson Carol and Rhett Austell Anne and Nick Cowenhoven Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gorski Ms. Crystal Lavoie Ms. Rozanna Patane Ms. Elizabeth A Straight Karen Hanson Mrs. Frank Baker Karen & David Cox Gary and Meredyth Goss Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Lawson The Patch Family Jean Sewall Strater Mr. and Mrs. William R. Mrs. Julie M. Crafts Leslie A Goulet Don and Suzi Lawton Patten Grounds Care, Inc. Philippa Stratton and In Memory of Mr. Ross Baker, Jr. Cranberry Hill Antiques Barbara Grace Joan Leblanc and Bion Pike David and Connie Patton Tom Seavey Kleiman husband of Peter Ray and Lisa Bald Mr. and Mrs. David Crane Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence A Graves Christian and Kristine Leclerc Pamela Pearson Ms. Hilda Suchow Amershadian Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Balkin Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Crawford Doug & Bobbie Gray Jerri and Kevin LeConte Ms. Marianne Pei Robert and Susan Sullivan Ms. Nancy W Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Balkite Mr. & Mrs. John Todd Crocker Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Mr. William Lee Ms. Donna Pelletier Sharon Sullivan and R.J. Martini and Bill Mitchell Bangor Savings Bank Ms. Elizabeth C. Cromley Greenwood Michael Lee, Lee Tree Co. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peter James Gravitt Kathleen and William Truscott Stella F. Barnette Captain and Mrs. Howard Bob and Jean Griffin Richard G. Leigh Dr. Lawrence J. Petrovich Mrs. Sara Kruger Sulloway Ms. Laura Beecher Turner Ms. Laura L. Barr Crosby Carol S. Gronquist Dr. and Mrs. John Leonard Sandy Plummer Ms. Eileen Sutula In Memory of Judith Letson Jared Barr & Meredith Arnold Phil and Lynn Cross Groves Cottages Mr. John M Lewis Mr. William Pride, Jr. and Kristen and Kyle Swann McKelvey Mr. James B. Bartlett, PA Mr. Robert F. Crowe Mary and Bob Gulick Sue and Ted Little Jean E. Baker Ms. Janet Swanson Karen and Mark Arsenault Be Our Guest, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linda and Carl Gurtman Michael and Sheryl Little Ms. Lori J. Proos and Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus B. Sweet, III Carol and Rhett Austell Beal Financial Management Cunningham Nancy Gustad Ms. Holly Littlefield Robert Rigano Peter C. Tandy Paul and Brenda Babitz Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery T. Beaucar Mr. and Mrs. Edward Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gustafson Sharon and Terry Lohmann Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mr. Edmund C. Tarbell Ms. Kate Bishop Michael T. Beaumont Mrs. Fanny Dale* Mr. Thomas Haas Lois Whitney Memorial Purinton Graham and Janith Taylor Brynn and Jerry Bloch Daniel and Jean Beetz Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D’Arrigo Peter and Carol Haebler Fund of the NHCF Mr. Wendell Scott Purrington Warren and Deborah Taylor Carol and Eric L. Christiansen Stephen and Georgia Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Daunt Mr. James S. Hager Mrs. Robert M. Lord Mr. Roger A. Putnam Dr. & Mrs. Frederick K Thaler Chubb Group of Insurance Ms. Gladys L. Benshimol Carol and Milton S. Davis Michael and Joanne Haines Mr. William A. Lord Ms. Lois Z. Pyle The Baldwin Foundation Companies Mr. Jeffrey Benton Harry and Suzanne Davis Beverly Hallam Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Lovell Alison and Chris Pyott The Clark/Hamel Family Jane and Gerry Clifford Better Homes and Gardens/ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis Mr. Dana A. Hamel Nancy Grace Lowenberg Mr. and Mrs. Henri Quintal The Fabulous Find Carol and Denis Commette Masiello Group Davis Conservation Mrs. Frank E. Hancock Dr. Edmund G. Lowrie R.A. Peterson Associates, LLC The Hymanson Family Ms. Kelly Connors Albert and Joann Bibb Foundation Constance Hanley and Ms. Dorothy Z Lucas Mr. Harold Radochia The Nature Conservancy, Don and Gail De Benedett Wendy and Richard Bilden Ralph and Nancy Davison James C. Smith Ms. Sara P. Lucas Mr. Gregory Rainforth Maine Chapter Ms. Janet M. De Benedett Mrs. Mabel Bird Stuart and Ellen Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Harald Hansen Lucia’s Kitchen Ms. Susan M. Rakaseder The PEW Charitable Trusts Doris McKelvey Degnan & William and Eleanor Bird Mr. David Day Ms. Susan Hansen Mrs. William Lyman Ramblers Way Farm The York Meat House William & Thomas McKelvey Ms. Amanda Rising Black Ms. Janet M. De Benedett Karen Hanson Ms. Holly H. MacAdam Ramsdell-Rogers Function Fac. Ms. Katharine T. Thompson Karen and Robert Devisser Blaisdell Brothers Family Farm Don and Gail De Benedett Harry A. Hanson, III and Edgar W. MacConnell Ram’s Head Realty, LLC Jim and Betty Thrasher Mr. and Mrs. William T. Henry and Patricia Blaisdell Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dearborn Ann Hollingsworth Susan MacDougall Scott and Gretchen Ramsay Ms. Harriet Toadvine Ethridge Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Blanchard Frank & Laura Dehler The Harbor Foundation Leigh Ann and Ms. Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Ms. Lynne Tocci Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaillard Ms. Sandra L. Blessing Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dempsey Ed and Peggy Harding John MacFarlane Dr. and Mrs. Brett S. Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Topping Ms. Claire Gaylord Carol Billings Blood and Ms. Michele Desmond Henry and Mary Harding Doreen MacGillis and Steve and Elizabeth Ransom Touching Earth Farm Peter and Kathryn Gelabert Daniel Blood Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Devlin Louis M. Hargan David Cohen Mr. Larry C. Ravelson Mr. & Mrs. Henry Trimble, III Mary and Bob Gulick Dr. John R. Bockstoce Mr. and Mrs. William Dignan Faith Harrington & Peter Lamb Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Maddaus Ala H. Reid Kathleen & William Truscott Michael and Joanne Haines Nancy and Marcus Bogue Edward J. Dimuzio and Ms. Judy Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Barry Maddix Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Reilly Jean M. Tucker Ms. Marianna Livingston John O. Bond, Jr. Sarajane St. John William Hart and Mrs. Eileen P. Maerz Tom & Brenda Reimels Tullai/Moores Family Hatch Mr. John Bonfield* Sally Doggett Constance Eaton Ms. Lois Magenau David & Chelsey Remington Pat Turner Mr. and Mrs. Bentley Herbert Mr. Paul V. Bonneau Jeff and Cindy Donnell & Daniel J. Hartigan and Mr. Michael E. Maginn Ms. Sheilah McGovern Reynolds Carol and Douglas Tuttle Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Heydt Bonner/Lehan Family Family Mark Toney Ms. Kirsten Mahoney Carol and Mark Rholl Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Tyler, Jr. Ms. Marillyn Johnson Bob and Marlene Bottino Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Donnelly Hartley Mason Reservation Michael & Elizabeth Mahoney Mr. H. Van Buren Richard U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Jim and Debbie Lilac Karen L. Bowker Mr. and Mrs. James Patrick Anita Haskell Mr. and Mrs. George P. The Richard Foundation Maine Field Office Rick and Judy Lines Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bragdon, Jr. Donovan Phil and Peggy C. Haughey Mahoney, Jr. Jon and Peggy Richardson Barbara P. Upton Steve Loeb and Rochelle Weiss Michael Brassard & Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Donovan Cynthia Hayes Maine Coast Heritage Trust Dean and Kristen L. Rinaldi Anne & Raimund Vanderweil Robert and Phyllis Mallozzi Jaye Morency Mr. P. Steven Dopp Therese Hayward Maine Coast Shellfish Co. Mr. and Mrs. John Robbins Veris Wealth Partners Mapstone Group, LLC Ms. Isabella Breckinridge Valerie Doran Headlight Audio Visual Maine Community Foundation Ms. Eileen M. Robert Mr. & Mrs. S. Thompson Viele Ms. Dorothy McDowell Susan and Michael Breckon Mr. and Mrs. Peter Driscoll Mr. Matthew X. Healy Maine Department of Patricia Roberts and Anthony and Kathleen Vinet Sally McGucken Breezy Hill Farm Ms. Sara L. Drumm Betsy and Dennis Hebert Conservation RTP Harry Breger Barry and Kim Waddell Georgia and Dan McGurl Bricks & Boards Corp. Diana B. Dunnan Ms. Susan Heckaman Maine Natural Resources Patricia J Robinson Mr. Burton Wagner Gayle and George Medill Mr. Christopher Briley Edward Jones - Susan Mr. Charles Henderson, Jr. Conservation Program John and Nancy Rohrer Peter and Kathryn Wagner Gerard and Margaret Modzel David Brinkman and Heckaman, York Office Mrs. Sydney Henderson John and Diana T. Maloney Mr. & Mrs. Neil Rolde Dr. Gregory Wagoner Terry and Sherley Newell Beth Saidman Mr. and Mrs. William J. Eisen Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Heydt Ms. Alice Mandel Ms. Natalie J. Roman-Nelson Mr. and Mrs. David Walchak Ann and Robert Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brisebois Eldredge Lumber Dawn Hill and James Nadeau Mapstone Group, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Donald Rose Robert and Leigh J. Waldman Jean and Jack Rae Gail Britton & Peter Knight Peter Ellis and Carey David E. Hills and Mrs. Marion Mariner Carrie Rosenthal and Mr. Frank Wallace Scott and Gretchen Ramsay Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brodsky Armstrong-Ellis Catherine McLaughlin Ms. Annie Wemple Marks Kathy Auriemma Helen and John Ward David & Chelsey Remington Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brooks Elmina B. Sewall Foundation Nancy E. Hilton Cheryl J. Marotta Mr. and Mrs. John Roth Mr. & Mrs. Henry F. Warner, Jr. Don and Lynn Reynolds Ms. Alice S. Brooks David and Veronica Emery Barbara Hilty MARPAT Foundation Dan and Hannah Rothermel Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Arthur and Carol Rocque Mr. and Mrs. Andy Brooks Ms. Elizabeth Lanouette Emge Ms. Kathleen E. Hofer Gail and Dick Marshall Ms. Judi Rubin Warrick, Jr. L. Jonathan and Priscilla Brooks and Mr. Danal P. Epstein Tom Hoffman & Melissa Acuna Martha’s Garden Rudman/Fried Family Mr. Chuck Wayne Kathleen M. Ross John Wigglesworth Clifford and Maureen Estes Ms. Shirley K. Holden Terrence Martin & Susan Engel Thomas and Nancy Ryan Mrs. Faith Webster Ms. Hope Seeley Marge and Curt Brown Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Estes Matthew and Sarah Holland R.J. Martini and Bill Mitchell Dr. Amy L. Ryan and Mr. Robert J. Weeden Scott and Mary Seeman Dianne Young Brown Estes Oil Burner Service Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. Adam and Katie Matthews Dick Bachelder Harriet and Paul Weissman Michael and Ann Sheehan Scott F. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. William T. Caroline J. Hollingsworth Louise Mauran and Salmon Falls Winery Bob and Carol Wheeler Ms. Virginia Skuse Patricia A. Healy Ethridge Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Calvert C. Groton Mr. and Mrs. David Sanderson Ms. Elaine G. Whelan Ms. Beverly Smith Anne Bryer Christine and David B. Evans Horowitz Charlotte and Todd Maynard Saner Family Foundation Ms. Mary Jane Whitcomb Robert and Brenda Stocks Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Buford Robert and Winifred Farrell Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Hosmer, III Joan and Ed McAbee Ms. Anna Kristina Sawtelle Mr. Michael Whitman Nancy and David Stone Mr. Francis M. Burke Ms. Nancy W Faulkner Mr. Nicholas M. Hubby Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey McConnell Mr. and Mrs. David O. Saxton Dr. and Mrs. William Wieting Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Stover Ms. Elaine Burnham Ms. Sherrill Fawcett Trevor and Gabriella Hughes Bobbie and Brian McGann Robert Scherer & Jeni Nunnally Hope Williams Wigglesworth Mr. and Mrs. John W. Thoman Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Butler Rosalind Fedeli and Jen and Brad Hunter Georgia and Dan McGurl Mr. Albert Sciaky Joyce and Peter Willette Ms. Harriet Toadvine Dave and Deb Buxton William Kelly Mr. & Mrs. William S. Hurley David McKelvey and Mr. and Mrs. Henry R Scipione David and Linda Williams Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Tyler, Jr. Nola D. Cady Ms. Cynthia Fenneman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hurstak, Jr. Judith L. McKelvey* Linda and Craig Scotland Nancy and Joe Wilson Anne & Raimund Vanderweil Ms. Carol Campbell Mrs. Pamela Ferland Ms. Kathleen A. Hynes Mr. Daniel P. McKenna Ms. Hope Seeley Helen and Sumner Winebaum Louis and Mary Alice Venuto Mary Campbell and Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund IBM Corporation Annette and Jon McKenney Louise and Jerome A. Segal Mr. Joe F. Winkler Helen and John Ward Deborah Chase Fields Pond Foundation Inn at Harmon Park Mr. and Mrs. David McLachlan Ms. Karen A. Seleb Mr. and Mrs. Frank Witham Bob and Carol Wheeler Mr. Richard Candee Mr. and Mrs. John H. Finley, III Dean Irons and William McQuillan and Mr. Brett Sessler Mr. Brian D. Wood Mr. David White Scott and Leslie D. Carson Jack and Ruth Fitzsimmons Deborah Erickson Irons Linda Criniti Ms. Marietta Sewall Mr. William Wood Helen and Sumner Winebaum B.J. Carter Flatbread Company It’s A Dog’s World Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Mead George and Paula D. Sewall Ms. Martha Woodbridge Dr. and Mrs. Mark P. Cartier Keith Fletcher & Lisa Murphy Mrs. Richard S. Jackson Gayle and George Medill Sewall Lobster Co. Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Yandow In Memory of Mrs. Helen Mr. & Mrs. E. Glen Caswell Ms. Betty A. Ford Mr. and Mrs. John Jansak Ms. Susan Day Meffert Brian and Patricia Shaw Mrs. Mary K. Yauch R. Pineo Central Maine Power Company Mr. & Mrs. George W. Ford, II Charles and Barbara Jefferson Susan F. Metcalf Mr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Shaw Peter and Trish Yauch Marjorie and James O’Malley Century 21 Atlantic Realty Ms. Mary C. Forde Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Jendzejec Mr. & Mrs. David Michniewicz Mr. and Mrs. David L. York Community Gardens Almira and Bill Parady Mr. & Mrs. John Chapman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Foster Ms. Marillyn Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Miller Shirley, Jr. York Conservation Charles and Regina Pineo Mr. and Mrs. Nik Charov Four Season Farm Mr. and Mrs. James M. Christopher Miller and Victoria A. Simon and Commission In Memory of Mr. Perry E. Eric and Barry Chase Mr. Paul Fowler Johnston, III Nina Edwards Michael Modern York Corner Gardens Turner David and Barbara Chase Ms. Patricia Fox Mrs. Mabel H. Jones Gerry and Sylvia Missal Ms. Sheryl A. Simons York Harbor Inn Ms. Dana T Boas Ann and Jared Chase Mr. Todd and Dr. Shirley A. Jim and Cheryle P Joyce Venise C. Mitchell Mr. David Simpson and York Plastic Surgery Ms. Elaine Burnham Chase Farms Frederick Mr. and Mrs. Bob Joyner Sandra Mitchell Thomas Green York River Lobster Co. Janet and John Conroy Mr. & Mrs. Brian Chernack Ms. Linda Freedman Alan and Nancy Junkins Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moran Mr. John S. Sise York Rotary Charitable Ms. Beulah S. Kilgore Mr. Terrance E. Chick Jameson and Priscilla S. French Ms. Elizabeth Kehoe Philip and Gale Morgan Lillian E. Sizemore* Foundation Mrs. Rebecca Legro Walton and Lee Childs Professor Charles Frost Brigitte and Heinz Keller Randy Morgan & Terry DeKalb Mary Gambrill Slavet Town of York Ms. Phyllis Newman Susan and Peter Chines Fun-O-Rama Mr. & Mrs. Kennett R. Don and Pat Morley Slow Money Judy and Bruce Young Portsmouth Radiological Carol and Eric L. Christiansen Ms. Alfreda B. Furnas Kendall, Jr. Sandell and Dick Morse Mrs. James D. Small Karen and Michael Young Ms. Judi Rubin Ms. Susan Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaillard Kennebunk Savings Mr. Leon R. Moulton Mary-Leigh C. Smart Mrs. Jean Zacharias Mr. and Mrs. John Stanton Chubb Group of Insurance Ms. Ann Gallop Foundation Ms. Louise Moulton Stanton and Betty Smith Dr. and Mrs. William G. Dr. and Mrs. William Wieting Companies Sally and James Gambrill Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy Joanne Muckenhoupt and Smuttynose Brewing Company Zimmerman Ms. Deborah P. Clark Dan and Kate Gardoqui Michael E. Kenslea Derek Ahl Teresa and William Sollitto Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Zuccotti In Memory of Mr. Kenneth Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Clark Susan P. Garrett Mr. Thomas F. Keyes Kathryn S. Mulhearn Mrs. Caroline M. Southall Volk Helen L. Clements Mr. Alan C. Gault, Jr. Andy and Cristina King Mr. and Mrs. Barrie Munro Brooke R. Southall In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Helen and Sumner Winebaum Mark Dellapasqua, Coastal Drs. Michael & Naomi Gauthier Steven King and Karie DeVries Kate and David Murray Mr. and Mrs. Jon Speers Rhett and Carol Austell Fitness GE Foundation Mary Cundari Kinnear Ms. Sarah Newick Sperry Tents Ms. Elizabeth A Straight

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s we plan for the years ahead to ensure Last year, my husband and I created a will that AYork Land Trust’s long-term stability and reflects our wishes for what will happen to success, I am pleased to announce the creation our assets when we pass away. In addition to of York Land Trust’s Legacy Society! It is our way providing for loved ones, we have named York of recognizing a growing group of visionary Land Trust as a beneficiary of a significant gift. conservationists who have committed to We take great comfort in knowing that this gift protecting our community’s natural character enables us to provide perpetual support to the and cultural heritage by including gifts to York Trust, beyond our lifetimes. Land Trust in their estate plans. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S Please consider how you too can provide York Land Trust’s goals for the future are both REPORT enduring support for this vital work, by making critical and ambitious. They include, for example, a gift to York Land Trust through your will, adding 6,000 acres to the 13,000 acres protected in the Mt A to retirement plan, or life insurance policy. If you have already Sea conservation region; expanding protection for the upper included York Land Trust in your estate plan, please let us know reaches of the York River; growing our capacity to care for the so we can welcome you into the York Land Trust Legacy Society. thousands of acres of land holdings for which we are responsible in perpetuity; and opening new preserves that are accessible and With heartfelt thanks for your continued generosity, enjoyable for the public. Bequests offer a secure pathway for the Trust to achieve these objectives. -Doreen MacGillis

York Land Trust Strategic Planning Survey This summer and fall at York Land Trust, we’re looking ahead—shaping a strategic plan to chart our future organizational course. As a member of York Land Trust, your input is valuable to us. It will help guide our work over the next ve years. By June 1st, please take a moment to complete and return the paper questionnaire below or complete the survey online by visiting YLT’s home page www.yorklandtrust.org. Thank you. Mailing address: York Land Trust, P.O. Box 1241, York Harbor, ME 03911. 1) What should be YLT’s focus over the next ve years? 2) Have you visited a YLT Preserve? a) Acquiring more high value conservation lands for On your own: Yes No permanent protection: Guided nature program: Yes No High priority Medium priority Low priority 3) How important is oering guided nature programs? b) Strengthening protections on existing conservation High priority Medium priority Low priority easements to minimize future threats/violations (easement amendments, more frequent monitoring, more 4) What do you think are the best ways to fund York Land outreach to landowners, increased stewardship Trust’s operational expenses? Check all that apply. endowments/legal defense funds): Increased support from YLT supporters Fees for public use of conserved lands High priority Medium priority Low priority Grow endowments to ensure annual income distributions c) Establishing a permanent home/o ce for York Land Creative use of YLT properties that is compatible with Trust to support mission-related activities conservation goals (sustainable timber harvesting, green (fundraising events, educational programs and lectures, cemeteries, farm leases, etc.) meetings and conferences, hiking trails, etc.): Fundraising events High priority Medium priority Low priority Other: Other: 5) How would you like to receive YLT communications? Newsletters: Mail Email d) Implementing more public access amenities on our Membership/Annual Appeals: Mail Email conserved lands (hiking trails, kiosks, parking, etc.): Donation acknowledgements: Mail Email High priority Medium priority Low priority Program & event invitations: Mail Email Other: 6) General comments or additional input:

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SATURDAY, MAY 18 | 8:30 & 9:30AM Title: “FOR the BIRDS” at the Preserve: HIGHLAND FARM PRESERVE Host: YLT/CFW/YCAS Location: York Program: 1) 8:30 York Cty. Audubon Society guided bird walk 2) 9:30 Center for Wildlife grassland bird talk (ADA viewing platform) Reservations: required. Visit: www.yorklandtrust.org Invite your friends to connect online: yorklandtrust.org

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Conservation Heroes Remembered ork Land Trust recently received a magnanimous bequest from the estate of Cynthia H. Raymond, which Ywill forever remain emblematic of Cynthia’s extraordinary accomplishments, effort and belief in the value of investing in community.

Cynthia had a deep affinity for beauty and nature. She supported these passions throughout her long life as a founder and philanthropist of a great many non-profit, land and historic preservation organizations. She was a catalyst for building and garden restoration efforts at Strawbery Banke and led campaigns to save York’s Grant House and to build the new York Public Library.

Cynthia H. Raymond An effective leader, Cynthia’s greatest strength may have been her pen. Her words, often written in the form of “letters to the editor”, mobilized public support on a broad spectrum of community concerns, particularly community preservation. While Cynthia’s passing was a great loss to York Land Trust and the community as a whole, her vision and investment in our work will ensure that these community preservation efforts continue and benefit generations to come.

York Land Trust Board and Staff also mourn the loss of several other conservation heroes who recently passed away — John N. Bird, Fanny Dale, Beverly Hallam, Helen Pineo, Lillian E. Sizemore and Perry Turner. Through their dedicated efforts as volunteers and loyal supporters, they helped move York Land Trust’s mission forward and protected anchor community assets such as the Highland Farm Preserve, and more recently, Plaisted Field. Creating a Legacy That Lasts for Generations To Come emorial gifts and bequests to York Land Trust demonstrate love of community and an abiding belief in the importance of conserving its natural resources and cultural heritage. Several families have already announced plans to create an enduring family legacy to ensure the Trust’sM future. With your help, York Land Trust hopes to identify 30 inductees by the end of the Society’s inaugural year! Please consider including York Land Trust in your will. For more information about making a bequest or to let us know you have already included York Land Trust in your estate plans, please call Development Director Nancy G. Lowenberg at 207-363-7400, x2.