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October 2010 Linden Street Land in Boylston Enlarges Important Habitat Area By Nancy Hallen, SVT Office Manager Sudbury Valley Trustees works as a regional land trust in 36 stone amidst a cluster of existing conservation lands. It shares a towns in the Metrowest area. Open space in this scenic and common boundary with two SVT properties: to the southwest, sought-after area is valuable and scarce. In this setting, we often it abuts corners with SVT’s Keisling Reservation; to the east, a creatively join with other committed environmentalists who share perennial stream, and its associated wetlands, divides the Linden a common vision of the value of protected landscapes for the natu- Street land from SVT’s Wrack Meadow and forms the headwa- ral, ecological and quality of life benefits they provide. Often such ters of North Brook. Other conservation lands nearby include collaborative efforts include governmental entities or local land SVT’s Mile Hill Woods and the Mount Pisgah Conservation trusts, but sometimes we have the opportunity to work with an Area, a complex of protected lands in Berlin and Northborough. individual conservation buyer — a person who wants to acquire Wachusett Reservoir, New England Forestry Foundation’s Falby land with the intent to preserve it. Now due to efforts of Shalin Memorial Forest, and several undeveloped properties owned by Liu, a 43-acre property off Linden Street in Boylston that was the town of Boylston are also in close proximity. slated for development will instead remain a prime habitat area The Linden Street land is a forested parcel with its habitat for wildlife. value greatly enhanced by the other forested properties sur- Just south of Linden Street in Boylston, near the Berlin town rounding it. It is largely a second growth white pine-oak forest, line, lies a 43-acre, with black and yel- wooded parcel. Not low birch common so long ago, this as well. American land was to be devel- Rick Findlay chestnut saplings oped as Jameson’s are numerous in the Ridge, a 32-lot sub- understory. The land division. Now it has is primarily upland, a future as a wildlife with a few small sanctuary. but diverse wetland depressions. The SVT has always topography rises as believed that from you approach the an environmental southern portion of perspective, the the land, with a pair development of of small parallel hill- Jameson’s Ridge tops highlighting the would forever com- interior of the forest, promise a region of near Wrack Meadow. significant ecological Boulders and dead value; this land, pris- wood provide wildlife tine and scenic in its habitat throughout own right, is a key- Numerous boulders, also referred to as “glacial erratics,” are scattered throughout the property (continued on page 4) Board of Directors Stephen Winthrop, Wayland, President NOTES FROM RON Colin Anderson, Sudbury, Vice President Bruce Osterling, Sudbury, Treasurer Pam Resor, Acton, Clerk

Jamie Bemis, Concord Twenty years have elapsed since SVT published The Concord, Sudbury, and Assabet Brian Clew, Framingham Rivers. This golden opportunity for first-time authorship came to me because Allen Richard Dinjian, Shrewsbury Morgan, SVT’s founding executive director, asked what I did for a living. My response Marylynn Gentry, Wayland included the coda,“But I’d like to do more writing.” “A writer! I need a writer,” replied Lucille Hicks, Wayland Chris Jenny, Wayland Allen, who later said of the canoe guide project that “I have to get this thing off my Richard Johnson, Concord desk.” He was desperate, so the lucky chance fell to me. Robert Kamen, Sudbury Next we had to find a publisher. A regional publisher dismissed the project as too Deirdre Menoyo, Sudbury Arthur Milliken, Concord local. When a fellow named Steve Clouter wrote to Allen that he wanted to publish David Moore, Framingham outdoor books, Allen forwarded his letter to me, with the inscription, “Shall we call Iryna Priester, Wayland this guy’s bluff?” Allen was a master of forceful expression. A deal was struck, a dead- Stephen Richmond, Sudbury line was announced, and I went to work. I did not start from scratch because Dick STAFF Walton had laid the groundwork for the Sudbury and Concord Rivers, identifying access points and species of plants and animals associated with these rivers. I was to add Ron McAdow the Assabet River and bring the project into publishable form. I covered a wall with Executive Director topographical maps, divided the river into segments, and launched a campaign of pad- Ellen Byrne dling, with the goal of seeing first hand every place I would be sending others. Most of Business Manager these paddles I did with Al Sanborn or Jon Klein, although one memorable outing was Christa Hawryluk Collins with Allen Morgan himself. Director of Land Protection Susan J. Crane When the first draft was finished, it was followed by the humbling process of receiv- Land Protection Specialist ing and digesting feedback. I learned a lot in a hurry. Readers pointed out (and saved Nancy Hallen me from publishing) errors such as my use of “sojourn” as synonymous with “short trip.” Office Manager Another reader questioned the term “heron rookery” because a rookery is a nest colony Ellie Johnson of rooks, not herons. I discovered that 1) every reader caught some goof that no other Office Assistant reader did, and 2) that every place a reader flagged, it was worth the effort to improve. Laura Mattei Before its release, the book was serialized by the MetroWest Daily News. It was fea- Director of Stewardship tured on the front page of the then-new “Globe West,” and it became the subject of Michael Sanders a Chronicle TV show—I recall with admiration the grace with which Mary Richards Director of Membership boarded my canoe at the Little Farms Road landing in Framingham to begin a video- Dan Stimson taped paddle on the Sudbury. Assistant Director of Stewardship Chris Wilson Imagine how much fun this all was for me, who had always loved both books and Caretaker canoes. All these years later, The Concord, Sudbury, and Assabet Rivers is still on sale at SVT and at the Concord Bookshop, and I still savor the pleasures of both the process The Wren and the product. Nancy Hallen, Editor Joyce Dwyer & Gordon Morrison, Illustrators Jason Fairchild, The Truesdale Group, Designer Ron McAdow, Executive Director Sudbury Valley Trustees 18 Wolbach Road Sudbury, MA 01776 Sudbury Valley Trustees 5FM

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 is a regional land trust, E-mail: [email protected] founded in 1953. For over 50 years, SVT has been dedicated to Website: www.svtweb.org conserving land and protecting wildlife habitat of the Concord, Assabet, Sudbury river basin. This is one of the most scenic, cultur- ally rich, and historically significant regions in the United States. Guided by a well thought-out strategic plan, SVT carries out its mission for the benefit of present and future generations.

2 / SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES / FALL 2010 Land Conservation in Landscape Context By Laura Mattei, SVT Director of Stewardship

hat land is worth protecting? How do you identify the Large expanses of forest provide many ecosystem lands with the greatest biodiversity value? These are benefits. Wide-ranging, forest-inhabiting Wquestions that SVT has evaluated for our watershed. mammals such as bobcat, coyote, and gray We apply fundamental principles of biodiversity conservation fox will frequent these areas. With less and landscape ecology to determine our best strategy for land fragmentation, invasive plant species are protection. less likely to encroach and degrade the forest habitat. Smaller mammals, The Boylston property being protected by Shalin Liu (page 1) reptiles, amphibians and is a great example of land conservation in landscape context. In some insects have higher 2000, Frances Clark, in her Suasco Biodiversity Protection Plan, survivability in larger identified the Wrack Meadow area (which contains the Linden tracts of uninterrupted Street property) as a biodiversity priority because it contained forest and natural “large unfragmented tracts of forest, stream headwaters and vernal habitat due to pools.” The site is on a watershed divide and adjacent to another reduced road kill large tract of forested lands, known as Mt. Pisgah. mortality and higher The site contains habitat quality. The mixed oak forest natural hydrology - water infiltration and flow - remain intact, on glacial till. The thereby maintaining high quality wetlands and waterways. terrain is uneven Natural disturbances, such as windblown trees from large storm with small wetlands events, and fire may occur at a more ecologically balanced and vernal level; in smaller forests, such disturbances are either lacking or pools in the catastrophic. In general, larger expanses of uninterrupted habitats depressions. are more resilient to change. This type of In light of the rapid pace of development and especially in natural community this time of an economic slump, it is critically important for is very common in our SVT to pursue the protection of these large, intact natural areas watershed, but what makes this site important is before they become irreparably fragmented. There are many the lack of development – houses, commercial buildings and roads opportunities within our western watershed to protect such – fragmenting a larger forest. lands, which like the Linden Street property, not only enrich Certain species of wildlife will only thrive in such large tracts habitats within confined boundaries but also provide benefits of forests. Ornithologist Simon Perkins visited the Linden Street which far exceed their values as isolated properties. property site this past spring. He noted that “the avian diversity Drawings by Gordon Morrison is somewhat low due to the limited habitat diversity, but as a forested site, its value to birds is greatly enhanced by its SAVE THE DATE proximity to the large forested parcels that are contiguous to it. SVT’s Annual Benefit As such, this property provides potential 4BUVSEBZ
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FALL 2010 / SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES / 3 Linden Street Land in Boylston Enlarges Important Habitat Area (continued from page 1)

the property, and the relatively large amount of contiguous forest in the area provides nesting opportunities to numerous forest bird species. SVT has long had an interest in protecting this property, which sits in the heart of our Mount Pisgah Priority Area. In 2003, despite efforts to negotiate a conservation purchase, the land went under agreement with a devel- oper who proposed a 42-unit housing project. SVT’s Director of Land Protection at the time, Brandon Kibbe, spent countless hours attend- ing Zoning Board hearings and researching the intricacies of the 40B development laws, which allow increased density in exchange for a per- centage of affordable housing units. In the end, the development was approved, but Brandon’s hard work helped reduce the number of units to 32 and added a contingency that a portion of the land along the eastern edge would be donat- ed to SVT for conservation. Then for several years, the property sat untouched. In 2009, it was learned that the property had been foreclosed upon. Sensing a new opportu- nity, SVT entered negotiations with the bank that now owned the property and reached an agreement on a price that would allow SVT to purchase the property using money from its revolving land fund, which it would later attempt to recover through grants, fundraising, and if necessary, some limited development on the site. SVT secured the land with an Option to Purchase as it continued to develop the con- Linden Street Land servation plan. SVT SVT Private Conservation Restriction SVT had been working with conservation DCR-Water Supply Protection buyer, Shalin Liu, who had a vision of purchas- Municipal ing land for conservation and a nature center. The Linden Street land is situated amidst many protected parcels. SVT staff members were now able to show the Linden Street property to Shalin, and it turned out to be a great match. SVT was able to assign Shalin would like to express her its option to Shalin who purchased the property thanks and appreciation to her on September 14, 2010. Shalin intends to use the lawyers, Bill Squires, James Black property as a community wildlife sanctuary, with & Barbara Freedman Wand from input and assistance from SVT. Bingham McCutchen, “who helped A significant addition to open space in the make her dream come true.” Shalin Metrowest area will now be available to the com- also thanks SVT staff Ron McAdow, munity. While final plans are still underway for Christa Collins, Laura Mattei and the future of the property and its facilities, the Dan Stimson “for working tirelessly long-planned vision of Shalin Liu for a commu- to help complete this project and for nity wildlife sanctuary is a step closer to becom- teaching her so much.” ing a reality.

4 / SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES / FALL 2010 The Case for SVT

SVT has a high rate of member retention – over 80% –thanks to you and your fellow members’ steady financial support. But, naturally and inevitably, there is a certain amount of attrition, which means that SVT must always reach out to recruit new members. As we prepare for future member recruitments, we try to articulate the case for giving to SVT. You already do give, and it would help us to know why. Here are three sets of reasons why people can feel good about giving to SVT: Our beautiful area needs a professional land trust t
to work with communities and landowners to protect land t
to maintain and map trails and bridges on SVT reservations t
to organize recreational and educational opportunities related to conservation t
to provide experienced staff to complement community volunteers Land conservation is a terrific investment because these benefits go on forever: t
scenic landscapes t
wildlife habitat t
local agriculture t
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clean water and air Your gifts to SVT are efficient because they exert strong leverage t
SVT obtains millions of dollars in land protection funds from federal, state, and local government t
SVT secures grants for local conservation from private foundations and corporations Which of these matter most to you?

Do you give for other reasons—or can you tell us a better way to express our case? Please send any thoughts you have to Ron McAdow at [email protected] or give him a call at 978-443-5588 x14.

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FALL 2010 / SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES / 5 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT yet Cile describes By Michael Sanders, the capital cam- CILE HICKS Director of Membership paign as fun. She is proud that this When I spoke to fourteen-year board member Cile Hicks about committee helped this article, she told me she had been at Wolbach a few days ear- build relationships lier at 6:00 A.M., weeding the gardens she helped to create. She with donors who was gone by 7:30, before anyone else arrived. This is so typical of are still strong the dedication Cile has given to SVT in her fourteen years as a supporters of SVT member of our Board of Directors. today. When the In an interview with Cile in the April 2007 edition of The capital campaign Wren, she speaks of her childhood in the Mississippi Delta, closed, SVT, under “roaming the fields and woods, fishing and hunting with my Cile’s and Colin’s Dad. Although I wasn’t aware of it at the time, ‘home’ was clear- leadership, had Ron McAdow, Cile & Bill Hicks dedicate Cile’s bench in the Welcome Garden ly fixed in my young mind as a place with meadows, woodlands, raised $3 million trees, rivers, and abundant wildlife. It was many years later that to support land protection, stewardship and the maintenance those images clicked in when Bill and I were fortunate to find a of the new headquarters at Wolbach Farm. home in Wayland contiguous to conservation land.” Meeting every two weeks for three years certainly could have Cile joined SVT’s Board of Directors in 1996, after completing earned Cile a well deserved rest - but this is not her style. Her next three terms as a state senator. During her time in state politics, project at SVT was the stunning new Welcome Garden, which she had built relationships with several SVT Board members, runs along nearly the entire front of SVT’s headquarters at Wolbach including former Executive Director Allen Morgan and Iryna Farm. Thirty-three members of the Wayland Garden Club, where Priester, who recruited her to join the Board. While in the Senate, Cile is an active member, helped install this garden. These dedicated environmental legislation was one of Cile’s major priorities; she volunteers contributed many of the plants, but it was primarily their assisted in formulating the Rivers Protection Act and an Adverse labor and continued weeding and watering that helped establish the Possession Bill, which provided greater legal protection to owners garden, which is thriving and attracting a host of pollinators. of conservation land against encroachment by abutters. Cile’s enthusiasm for the land that SVT has helped preserve Cile’s tenure on SVT’s Board can best be broken into three is one reason she has been so successful. What surprised me phases: Before, during, and after SVT’s first ever capital cam- most when speaking with her was her answer to my question paign. Early on, working closely with former Executive Director about her favorite reservations. Being from Wayland, I was Stephen Johnson, Cile became involved in SVT’s fundraising expecting her to mention some of the Wayland properties. program. Historically, SVT has tried to build strong relationships Although she referenced the Watertown Dairy and Paine Estate with its donors, but Cile helped take this to another level, as she as projects that originally got her involved with SVT, her most personally identified and communicated with current and poten- enthusiastic comment was for Berlin’s Garfield Woods where tial donors. The success she had building these relationships made tectonic plates are visibly noticeable. This property gives her the Cile an ideal person to lead the first ever capital campaign, which “feeling of being close to the formation of the earth.” she co-chaired with fellow board member Colin Anderson. Cile will be leaving our Board this fall. On behalf of everyone The capital campaign committee met diligently every two associated with SVT, we thank her for her leadership, intelli- weeks for three years. The process could at times be tedious, gence, commitment, and many, many accomplishments.

his family and his land. “His motivation was not just the love Milestones Henry Kolm for this land; he was motivated by his love for his wife and his family, and the memory of the lives they had hewn there on the banks of the Sudbury River. I spent many mornings with Henry It would be very difficult to express in a small amount of space over a cup of tea, thinking about the future of that property and the richness of the life of Henry Kolm, who passed away this listening to the stories he told of his incredible life, his family, summer. At SVT, we knew Henry as an ardent conservation- and their time at Weir Meadow.” ist. He was an associate of SVT founder Allen Morgan and was instrumental in several of SVT’s early acquisitions. In 2003, Henry generously supported SVT’s work up until the time of he donated a conservation restriction on his 10.42-acre Weir his passing. He was a rich storyteller who wrote The Wren cover Meadow home in Wayland to SVT. He dedicated this land to story in the April 2003 edition, talking about his fascinating life the memory of Elizabeth, his wife and companion for 50 years, and his commitment to land. and honored her with a boulder bench on a knoll overlooking Brandon Kibbe considers himself personally enriched for the time the Sudbury River inscribed, “in memory of Elizabeth Cushing he spent with Henry, hearing his stories and being inspired by his Kolm, who adored this place and preserved it for half a century.” conservation ethic. He sums up the feeling of all at SVT with the Brandon Kibbe, SVT’s Land Protection Specialist at that time, thought, “I was lucky to have met Henry, and the Sudbury River who assisted in this CR remembers Henry’s commitment to was lucky to have him and Elizabeth as its neighbors.”

6 / SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES / FALL 2010 Maynard Community Gardeners for donat- Wayland’s Bella Capellas for performing at Three ing flower pots for the Family Fair SVT’s Ice Cream Social Stop and Shop and Donelan’s for donating Chip Somers for digging holes for the fruit Cheers! gift certificates and Sudbury Farms for its trees at Wolbach Farm donation of food to the Family Fair Greg Billingham for creating the summer bird To the following individuals Bill and Marian Harman for leading a walk quiz on SVT’s Bird web page, and for various and businesses: on Westford conservation land stewardship tasks The American Red Cross for collecting blood Tom Moyles for cleaning up metal trash at at SVT’s Eric Menoyo Memorial Blood Drive. Sawink Farm Reservation Special thanks to Mary Coulter at the Red Rivers School (Weston) students for assisting Cross for making last minute arrangements with moving boardwalks and removing glossy when it was discovered that the Bloodmobile buckthorn at Memorial Forest was out of service For assisting with glossy buckthorn removal Thank you to everyone who volunteered to at Memorial Forest: Marlborough high donate blood at the Eric Menoyo Memorial school students: Julianne Farley, Samantha Blood Drive Kahn, Sarah Baldelli, and Emily Nemitt Deirdre Menoyo for greeting everyone arriv- and Sudbury residents: Rebecca Chizzo, ing at the blood drive and thanking each vol- Greg, Anne-Marie Hultin and Francoise unteer with a gift of flowers Hultin Summer youth stewardship volunteers: Adina For invasive plant mapping and removal at the Gvili, Basil Halperin, and Kate Ruh Desert Natural Area: Betty Wright, Karin Dennis Prefontaine from the Knox Trail Paquin, Anne-Marie Brostrup-Jenson, Craig Council for leading a hike at the Nobscot Smith, Doug Johnson, Renate Hanauer, Aiko Pinkoski George Lewis, one of seven SVT founders, and Roz Scout Reservation on National Trails Day Kingsbury visit with shoppers at Whole Foods. Bill Fadden and Tom Arnold for leading For assistance with the Purple Loosestrife separate paddles during Riverfest Biocontrol project: Marlborough High School teacher, Linda Ryan, and her envi- Roz Kingsbury & George Lewis for helping Award-winning author Melissa Stewart for table at Whole Foods Bedford ronmental studies students; Fay School sci- leading the Riverfest program A Place For Frogs ence teacher, A.J. Purcell, and his students; Barbara Blankenship for helping to table at based on her latest children’s book Nancy Soullette, Gordon Shaw, Ray Nava, Whole Foods in Boston on Earth Day Joyce McJilton Dwyer for leading a Painting Sherry Fendell, Cam Shorb, Kate Ruh, Kayla Rice & Marissa Botticelli who assisted and Drawing Workshop at Hamlen Woods Adina Gvili, Noah Radding, Craig Smith, with planting fruit trees at Wolbach Farm Sue Flint from the Organization for the Renate Hanauer Debbie Costine for hosting A Woodland Assabet River (OAR) for co-leading a paddle Life Technologies of Woburn, John Metzger Cinderella puppet show at Wolbach Farm on the Concord River combined with a walk and Doug Johnson for their help with a trail Michele Grzenda for hosting two very success- at SVT’s Ralph Hill Conservation Area work day at Walkup and Robinson ful woodcock walks at Greenways Reservation Bill Coder for leading a Butterflies of Summer Michael Arsenault and his crew of volunteers Chris Stix for hosting a walk entitled program at Cedar Hill Reservation for building a new bridge at Garfield Woods Observing and Connecting with Nature at Cecilia Sharma for leading a Watercolor Jim Peyton and his son Tyler for trimming Round Hill Workshop and hosting an exhibit of her stu- trails at Lyons-Cutler Reservation Phil Stickney for leading a paddle on the dent works at Wolbach Farm Jerry Grandoni for trimming trails at several Sudbury River Cecelia’s talented students for helping to set reservations Simon Vos and Dave Dimmick for leading a up and organize the exhibit and for displaying paddle to Cedar Swamp Pond, the headwaters their works of art of the Sudbury River Judy Keseberg, Lauren Kaplan, Donna Jill Phelps Kern for leading a bike tour of Appel, Dominique Verly, Judy Eneguess, Special Thanks Stow’s conservation lands Barbara Earley, George Harrington, and Noah Radding for their regular SVT office assistance Carole Ann Baer for her enthusiasm and com- mitment as she again served as the volunteer Noah Radding for his regular assistance Chair of the Family Fair throughout the summer in a wide-ranging assortment of jobs All the volunteers helping out at the Family Fair, including the Foundation for Metrowest’s Hannah Lyons for her three plus years of Youth in Philanthropy volunteers, Jeanne office assistance during her high school years Lavine, Dan Cmejla, Carole Evans, Accent A David Ellis from Mass Signage for creat- Capella, Robin Gunderson and Susan Culver, ing an electronic ad for SVT being displayed REI for supporting our representing Parmenter Community Health at various locations in Wayland, Sudbury, Care, and the Wayside Quilt Guild Framingham, and Natick Conservation Steward Middlesex Savings Bank and Interstate Gas Erikson’s of Maynard for donating ice cream Volunteer Program and Oil for sponsoring the Family Fair to SVT’s Ice Cream Social FALL 2010 / SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES / 7 NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT 430 BROCKTON, MA

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