3850 Chagrin River Road, Moreland Hills, Ohio 44022 Phone: 440-528-4150 e-mail: [email protected] • www.wrlandconservancy.org Field Offices & Contacts Officers & Trustees­ Staff­ Akron Field Office Chair Rich Cochran Andy McDowell 34 Merz Boulevard, Suite G John D. Leech President, Chief Executive Officer Vice President of Western Field Akron, Ohio 44333 Vice Chair Butch Baron Operations Phone: 330-836-2271 Elizabeth Juliano Maintenance Joy Mulinex Director of Government Relations Medina Field Office Vice Chair Kim Bihler Manager of Special Events Robert Owen 141 Prospect Street Scott Mueller General Counsel Medina, Ohio 44256 Vice Chair Paul Boehnlein GIS & Conservation Planning Lisa Pasquale Phone: 330-722-7313 Michael R. Shaughnessy Specialist Conservation Coordinator Treasurer Firelands Field Office Dennis Bower Gina Pausch Owen Colligan P.O. Box 174 Chief Finance Officer & Development Assistant Oberlin, Ohio 44074 Secretary Chief Information Officer Kate Pilacky Phone: 440-774-4226 Dale LaPorte Maggie Corder Firelands Associate Field Director ­ Southeastern Associate Field Director Painesville Field Office Sheila Randel Ned Baker Alex Czayka Database Manager 70 South Park Place Laurence A. Bettcher Eastern Associate Field Director Painesville, Ohio 44077 Amy Reed Beau Daane LeAnn Davis Land Protection Revenue Associate Phone: 440-357-4837 Gene A. Faubel Conservation Attorney Brett Rodstrom Wayne County Field Office Frederick P. Floyd Frank Ford Vice President of Eastern Field 140 East Market Street Senior Policy Advisor, Operations David L. Herzer Suite 150 Thriving Communities Institute Amy Rogish Christopher D. Hess Orrville, Ohio 44667 Jean Gokorsch Executive Assistant William J. Hlavin Associate Director of Stewardship Thriving Communities Jim Rokakis J. Jeffrey Holland Institute Kathy Obert Hill Vice President, Director of Richard C. Hyde Chief Strategy & Thriving Communities Institute 2012 W. 25th Street Engagement Officer Sarah Ryzner Suite 504 Patrice Kouvas Kathy Keare Leavenworth Janet Hoover Director of Projects, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Office Manager Thriving Communities Institute Phone: 216-515-8300 G. Russell Lincoln Kate Hydock Jeffery Schiffman Kathryn L. Makley Executive Assistant, Conservation Project Manager Southeast: Maggie Corder Bassem A. Mansour Thriving Communities Institute Chris Szell Columbiana, Carroll, Jefferson S. Sterling McMillan, IV Bill Jordan Director of Conservation Project 740-317-0561 William C. Mulligan Medina Associate Field Director Management East: Alex Czayka Nancy G. Rubin Joe Leslie Robin Darden Thomas Trumbull, Portage, Mahoning Mitchell Schneider Director of Acquisitions Land Bank Program Director, 440-813-4664 Thriving Communities Institute Katharine O. Scovil Jon Logue Development Officer George Warnock Our mission Brian Sherwin Diane Madison Stewardship Associate & From the countryside to the city, we provide James C. Spira Legal Assistant Conservation Project Manager Marta King Stone Liz Mather Shane Wohlken our region with natural places that nourish and Richard B. Thompson Director of GIS & Stewardship Associate support vibrant and prosperous communities Except where noted, Craig O. White Conservation Planning Leah Whidden Vice President by identifying, preserving, restoring and all photos © David Liam Kyle Susan Dicken Yerian Keith McClintock www.davidliamkyle.com Vice President of Conservation Ken Wood maintaining essential assets like clean water, Cover photo: Lake Erie shoreline Pete McDonald Director of Communications Director of Stewardship & Marketing working farms, wildlife areas, and parks. 2 CELEBRATING WHAT COUNTS

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ne of the greatest mathematicians and philosophers of recorded objective results are impressive and have made us the largest conservation human history, Albert Einstein, said: “Everything that can be counted organization in Ohio; O does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily • Protected an average of 3,680 acres per year since 2006; be counted.” • Preserved nearly $400 million of land; The undeclared premise of this quote is that counting is • Preserved 33 projects per year on average; and important, that we need to measure things to assess ourselves • Completed the two largest farmland protection projects in Ohio, one and our world in an accurate manner. And yet the quote involving more than 3,000 acres, the other 2,700 acres. reminds us that there are essential things that transcend By the time you will read this report, it is very likely that we will have measurement. Try to measure the joyful smile of a young boy conserved an additional 2,500 acres, crossing the threshold of 40,000 acres when he sees his first puppy…do you count how many seconds preserved. And yet our work is about so much more than “bucks and acres.” he smiles? Or the number of visible teeth? What economic value We are the result of strategic and voluntary mergers among 13 organizations. do you attribute to that smile? Obviously, his smile counts for Our urban revitalization division, Thriving Communities Institute, was something very special that cannot be counted. launched just two years ago and has already: And yet there are also many good reasons to count and measure ourselves • Worked throughout Ohio to launch many county land banks. Sixteen and our lives. Recently, we paused to reflect on what we provide to our counties now have land banks and 13 more have expressed an interest in communities, to the people and places we serve. There is a lot of good news! forming one; Our objective is to provide the communities we serve with natural assets • Hosted three statewide conferences on land banking and urban appropriate for that place and an ongoing foundation of fundamental natural challenges; and resources that give rise to enduring prosperity. Essential natural assets include: • Raised more than $182 million to support the revitalization of Ohio’s • Clean air and clean water to support all living things; cities. • Farmland that gives us our food and provides us with beauty and space; and And yet, despite the breathtaking achievements that these numbers • Forests that produce fiber for the world and serve our wildlife and represent, they pale when compared to the smile on the little girl’s face as she recreational needs. eats her first cherry tomato off a plant she raised from seed. How should we There are others that are vital in certain places. Beautiful parks and measure the value provided in this case? Maybe we preserved less than an acre preserves are necessary in places where people live. Without parks, people who in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland. Maybe that acre cost us nothing and can leave do leave, and we create communities with distressed values and fewer was worth only $500. Maybe it is not filled with mature trees and streams. people. The bottom line in all of this is that all living things move away from Should we measure the degrees of the curve of her lips? No, as Einstein said, toxins and towards nutrients; toxins can be literal poisons like PCBs and lead, there are things of great value that cannot be counted. And implicit in this and toxins can be metaphorical poisons like gun shots and blighted, boarded-up wisdom is the truth that when we do things that lead to that smile, we have homes. Nutrients include clean air, clean water, healthy foods, scenic beauty, changed many lives, because all people flourish when supported by healthy and friendly people. and beautiful places. So how do we count all of this up? How do we measure our work? Sometimes we do it with numbers. Here are a few ways to measure our traditional land protection work. These numbers are often referred to as “bucks and acres,” stating the financial results as well as the land area preserved. We have: Rich Cochran • Preserved 500 properties comprising approximately 37,500 acres. To President/CEO provide some context, that is about twice as large as all of Manhattan! These

4 Challenges bring out our best work

n the world of land conservation, we are constantly challenged by prosperity. In addition, we are blessed with a talented, hard-working staff that change – and our ability to adapt to it. As an organization, the Western continues to be a model for other land trusts across the nation. We thank all of I Reserve Land Conservancy is not measured solely by the number of you for your efforts. acres it preserves or the projects it completes, but by its response to ever- The Land Conservancy faces many more challenges in the year ahead. changing economic, political and societal conditions. Uncertainty in the public funding arena, the potential end of enhanced federal When the future of farming in Ohio was threatened, we tax incentives for property owners who preserve their land and the lack of created a strong farmland protection program. When the unified conservation plans for the Utica region are just a few of the issues we foreclosure crisis devastated our cities, we formed a strong are facing as we head into 2014. urban revitalization initiative called Thriving Communities We will tackle those challenges with the same resolve that made us one of Institute. When we realized we were too dependent on the top 10 land trusts in the United States. In this annual donor report, I hope philanthropy, we diversified our revenue streams. And when you will get to know some of the people behind the numbers – the family that faced with the largest external force in our history – oil and benefitted from demolition in their neighborhood, the couple who unselfishly gas exploration in the Utica shale region of eastern Ohio – we preserved their farm, the park director who hopes to preserve more land with initiated a plan to preserve the natural resources there. our help, the longtime national park volunteers who made a lasting gift to the Fiscal year 2013 was a challenging one for the Land Conservancy, as Land Conservancy. Their stories are, in reality, our story. cutbacks in public funding programs, a drop in philanthropic revenue and Thank you again for your interest and continuing support. delays in the completion of some projects led to a loss of about $800,000. Yet the Land Conservancy did some of its finest work during the year, including the creation of Lake Erie Bluffs, the remarkable two-mile stretch of undeveloped coastline, in conjunction with Lake Metroparks; the amazing efforts of Jim Rokakis and the Thriving Communities staff, who helped bring John Leech to Ohio $182 million in funding for the demolition of vacant and abandoned Chairman, Board of Trustees homes, and continued to aid numerous Ohio counties in the formation of land banks; the mergers with Waite Hill Land Conservancy and Little Beaver Creek Land Foundation, the latter of which led to the expansion of our land-protection work into Columbiana, Jefferson and Carroll counties; the creation of additional public parks in Medina, Lorain, Ashtabula, Summit and Trumbull counties in partnership with the local park districts; the publication of Common Ground: The land protection report for northern Ohio, the first comprehensive look at all land conservation in the region; and the second-largest farmland preservation initiative in our history, a 2,700- acre project in Trumbull County. We could not do this work without you, the loyal supporters of the Land Conservancy. We extend our deepest gratitude to you and promise we will continue to give great value for every dollar you invest in our mission. We also thank our partners, the park systems, landowners, foundations, community development corporations, land banks, government agencies and others who share our passion for making our region one filled with enduring

5 Study evaluates structures in Lorain The Land Conservancy conducted its first vacant property survey in the city of Lorain. The survey, made possible by a grant from the Nord Family Foundation, will help the city access the nearly $2.1 million in demolition funding available to Lorain County through the state’s Moving Ohio Forward program.

More acreage added to Lorain County park system ur Work Lorain County Metro Parks and the Land Conservancy completed a O project that adds 88 acres, including a heron rookery and a section of the East Branch of the Black River, to the park system. The land is located about a mile south of the existing Indian Hollow Reservation in Grafton and LaGrange townships. napshot of napshot S

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Grain farm preserved in Richland County A 154-acre tract that includes a family grain farm and greenhouse operation has been permanently preserved in Richland County. The Daron family farm, northwest of Mansfield, is the first one in Richland County to be accepted into the state of Ohio’s Clean Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program. Celebrating What Counts: What Celebrating Land Conservancy, More parkland added Metroparks work together to Medina’s green corridor on Solon park The Medina County Park District worked A joint project involving the Land Conservancy with the Land Conservancy to acquire and Cleveland Metroparks is expected to the 87-acre Medina Marsh in Medina protect more than a mile of headwater streams Township. It is the latest link in a two- feeding a coldwater tributary to the Chagrin mile, 600-acre corridor of conserved land River, one in which native brook trout may one through parts of Medina and Medina day be reintroduced. The Land Conservancy Township. is continuing to raise funds for the 30-acre Sulphur Springs Headwaters project.

6 Lake Erie Bluffs becomes a reality A nearly two-mile stretch of undeveloped Lake Erie shoreline – one of the longest sections of publicly accessible coastline in Ohio – was preserved when Lake Metroparks and the Land Conservancy worked together to complete the acquisition of a 600-acre park. Lake Erie Bluffs is home to 20 documented rare plant and wildlife species.

Grand River watershed gets additional protection In Ashtabula County, the Land Conservancy preserved a 177-acre tract in parts of Rome, Orwell and Hartsgrove townships, creating a more than 900-acre block of protected property around the main stem of the State Scenic Grand River. The property contains a host of threatened and endangered species, including the black sandshell and snowshoe hare.

Trumbull County farmland preserved In Trumbull County, the Land Conservancy completed the second largest preservation project in its history when it worked with the Miller family to protect 2,702 acres of productive farmland on 14 separate blocks of property.

Easement recorded on Portage County farm The Land Conservancy, the city of Aurora and Chagrin River Watershed Partners collaborated to preserve the 100-acre Harmon Farm in Aurora.

Rare sphagnum peat bog is Mergers help enlarge preserved near Kent land-protection footprint The Land Conservancy helped Portage Park District At the start of 2013, the Land Conservancy grew preserve a 58-acre parcel in Franklin Township that through mergers with Lake County’s Waite Hill contains a rare sphagnum peat bog – a remnant of Land Conservancy and the Little Beaver Creek the last ice age – and helps protect the area’s drinking Land Foundation in Columbiana County. The water. Franklin Bog, about a half-mile north of Kent, latter merger was part of an extension of our is adjacent to Akron’s 2,334-acre Lake Rockwell land-protection work into Columbiana, Carroll Reservoir and about 500 feet from the Cuyahoga River. and Jefferson counties.

7 Acres Protected by County Trumbull Wayne Ashland Ashtabula 147 7,114 59 6,001 Summit 848 Columbiana 301 Stark 352 Cuyahoga 1,748 Richland 154 Erie 878 Portage 2,517 Ottawa 53 Mercer, PA 395 Medina Geauga 989 Mahoning 7,500 23 Lorain Lake Huron 2,938 959 2,292 esults R Land Conservancy preserves 5,286 acres ur

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The Land Conservancy protected the second-largest amount of acreage in its history king during fiscal year 2013, permanently preserving 5,286 acres. The total was topped c only by the 6,045 acres preserved in fiscal year 2012. ra In FY 2013, the Land Conservancy preserved 49 parcels, second only to the 55 T protected in FY 2012. At the close of FY 2013, the Land Conservancy had preserved a total of 492 properties totaling 35,174 acres in 19 counties – 18 in Ohio plus Mercer County in Pennsylvania. Geauga County has the largest amount of land protected by the Land Conservancy at 7,500 acres, followed by Trumbull County (7,114 acres), Ashtabula County (6,001), Lorain County (2,938), Portage County (2,517), Huron County (2,292) and Cuyahoga County (1,748).

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Ashtabula from land conservation Lake Lucas Fulton Williams Ottawa Geauga Cuyahoga The Land Conservancy is protecting our lakes, rivers and streams by preserving Defiance Henry Wood Sandusky Erie Lorain Trumbull the land that drains into those waterways. Clean, healthy watersheds are critical to Huron Portage Paulding Seneca Medina Summit the future of our region: If a lake or stream is impaired or threatened, it could mean Putnam Hancock Mahoning

Van Wert the water isn’t suitable to drink, swim in or eat fish caught there. To date, the Land Wyandot Crawford Ashland Wayne Stark Columbiana Conservancy has protected the most land in the Chagrin River watershed (7,496 acres), Allen Richland Hardin Auglaize Marion Carroll followed by Pymatuning Creek (6,881), Grand River (6,071) and the Cuyahoga River Mercer Holmes Morrow Jefferson (4,224). Everyone lives in a watershed, and the Land Conservancy is committed to Logan Knox Tuscarawas Shelby Union Coshocton keeping our waterways clean. Delaware Harrison Darke Champaign Licking Miami Guernsey Muskingum Belmont Franklin Clark

Montgomery Madison Noble Preble Fairfield Perry Monroe ACRES PROTECTED BY WATERSHED Greene Pickaway Morgan Fayette Hocking Washington Butler Warren Clinton Ross Athens Vinton Hamilton Clermont Highland Pike Meigs Jackson Brown Adams Scioto Gallia County Boundaries

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Eligible but No Significant Contact to Date Have Expressed Interest Approval Process is Underway Land Bank is Established Thriving Communities leads land bank efforts

Thriving Communities Institute, the Land Conservancy’s urban revitalization arm, has led efforts to launch county land banks throughout the state. Jim Rokakis, vice president of the Land Conservancy and director of Thriving Communities Institute, was instrumental in the formation of the Cuyahoga Land Bank – Ohio’s first – when he was Cuyahoga County Treasurer. Today, 16 Ohio counties have land banks and 13 more have shown interest in forming one. Only about half of the state’s counties have enough people to be eligible to form a land bank. Land banks are a valuable tool for revitalizing our urban centers because they enable vacant, abandoned and tax-foreclosed properties to be safely held and repurposed for productive use. 9 Unselfish farm family does ‘the right thing’

om Younglas carefully switches Their sister, Karen Fabian, lost her his cane from one hand to the eyesight to the disease at age 21. The only T other and closes the gate at River child not affected was daughter Sherry View Farm, his family’s picturesque Wilson, who now lives in Columbus. 326-acre property in Lorain County. Andy McDowell, vice president Younglas, 85, may not walk as well as he of western operations for the Land once did, but that does not stop him from Conservancy, says helping people like the doing some of the same chores he did as Younglases is the best part of his job. a boy. He still drives tractors, manages “They treasure and value the few a herd of beef cattle and checks the things in life that truly have lasting

reservation soybean crop. impacts, those that are priceless,” P “Once a farmer,” says Jane Younglas, McDowell says. “They value the love his wife of 61 years, “always a farmer.” of family and health first, farm second They smile at each other. It is that and all the rest are somewhere off in kind of understanding that prompted the distance.” armland F the Younglases to permanently preserve He adds, “They preserved their their farm in Penfield Township and family farm simply based on the love to do so with the blessing of their four of the land that raised them and their living children. The Land Conservancy family, a farm that has and will continue “They preserved their family this year honored the couple, who to do its part to help feed the world. It did not even seek a tax deduction for farm simply based on the love is difficult, if not impossible, to thank preserving the farm, with its highest of the land that raised them and people like Tom and Jane enough for honor, The Grimm Family Conservation their family, a farm that has their priceless generosity to future Medal. Their property is in a section of and will continue to do its part generations.” southern Lorain and Huron counties to help feed the world.” Tom’s parents, Nick and Catherine, where the Land Conservancy has helped – Andy McDowell purchased the farm in 1930.Tom took it permanently preserve nearly 5,000 acres over when his father died in 1955. Celebrating What Counts: What Celebrating of farmland. Today, when Tom and Jane Younglas look out over The Younglases have endured health problems that their property, which has fields, forests and a mile of might have devastated a weaker family. Four of their five frontage on the East Branch of Black River, they know it children were stricken with juvenile diabetes. Kevin, the will never be a housing development or a shopping center. Younglas child who most loved farming, died in 1986 after A Land Conservancy conservation easement ensures it will a pancreas-kidney transplant; brothers Greg and Dennis remain a farm. required the same double transplant in the early 1990s. “I really feel,” Tom says, “we’ve done the right thing.”

percentage of northern Ohio farmland now protected 10 11 12 Visionary conservationist is an inspiration

ill O’Neill Jr. climbs owns Dungannon, LLC and the stairs of Traydara, is a trustee emeritus of The B the treehouse located William J. and Dorothy K. just a few paces from his O’Neill Foundation, says he

Hunting Valley home. From often tells his wife, Kathy, that Celebrating What Counts: the landing of the grandkid- as long as they were able to friendly structure – the name remain on their property, “I’d is a Gaelic reference to the be happy if we lived in a tent. three oaks growing through The land is what matters. The the treehouse – O’Neill looks land is where my soul belongs.” out over the 20 acres of land O’Neill’s friendship with he permanently preserved CRLC founder Steve Morris with a conservation easement – “I called him the Obi-Wan “The land is what matters. about 15 years ago. It is, Kenobi of conservation. He ran O’Neill says, one of his favorite The land is where my soul belongs.” the office, licked the stamps, places. – Bill O’Neill everything” – led him to a seat P

“It is kind of like being in on the conservancy’s board assion for Conser a cabin in Maine without having to go to Maine,” he says and a key role in the 11th hour agreement that prevented with a smile. historic White North from being carved up for homesites. O’Neill, 80, one of the early supporters of Chagrin “This was a keystone property with a lot of history,” he River Land Conservancy, which later became Western says. “It was the perfect conservation story, because Reserve Land Conservancy, has always walked the everyone had a little skin in the game.” walk when it comes to land conservation. In addition O’Neill, a graduate of Harvard Law School who was to protecting his own land, he helped craft the ground- trained as an Air Force pilot but ended up working as a

breaking 2003 transaction that saved the iconic White member of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, grew vation North Stables. The Land Conservancy has presented up in the Chagrin Valley and returned to the region after O’Neill with The Sugar Maple Award, one of its highest his stint in the service. He and Kathy have five children honors. and six grandchildren ranging in age from 4 to 13. “Bill is a humble and a forcible conservation The treehouse is a reminder that conservation is a gift leader who inspires by his example with generous to future generations. contributions of his time, talent and treasure,” says Rich “One of the greatest values, I think, is the conservation Cochran, the Land Conservancy’s president and CEO. of land,” O’Neill says. “You have created something O’Neill has a deep passion for the land. The former that lasts in perpetuity. I view it as an investment, not a Leaseway Transportation president and COO, who now donation. You want the outcome to be long-lasting.”

number of land trusts merged into the Land Conservancy 13 Family, neighborhood get lift from demolition

hey called it The Big Blue Wall. Rokakis estimates 100,000 homes in For years, the garishly the state need to be demolished. To date, he T colorful side of the dilapidated, and his team have helped secure more than three-family house next door was all Mike $182 million in demolition funding for Ohio and Adriane Balli’s family, who live in from state, federal and local governments. Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood, “The Land Conservancy has conserved could see when they looked out the more than 37,000 acres of land and is kitchen and living room windows. You providing green spaces in rural Ohio for might say the Ballis’ outlook improved future generations,” Rokakis says. “We are markedly when The Big Blue Wall – and doing the same thing with land banks and the rest of the house, which had become “We are providing green space in urban demolition dollars – albeit on a smaller evitalization a magnet for crime – came tumbling scale in our cities – providing green space in

R areas for residents who have stayed and down. are making a commitment.” urban areas for residents who have stayed “We were so, so happy,” says Leah and are making a commitment.” – Jim Rokakis rban rban Balli, 19, Mike and Adriane’s oldest The Ballis, who purchased and U child. renovated their home in 2003, have worked closely with The house was the first of four – all in a row – that would be community leaders, including Cleveland Ward 12 Councilman demolished on Lansing Avenue over a six-year period. Today, Anthony Brancatelli, who also chairs the Cuyahoga County Land a neatly mowed lawn stretches across those lots. For the Ballis, Reutilization Corporation, also known as the Cuyahoga Land Bank. the park-like setting represents a vast improvement over the They say the neighborhood is safer and looks better. In addition, crumbling, vandalized and vacant homes. they get along well with their neighbors, one of whom lives in a “It is much better for our family and for the neighborhood,” home renovated by the nonprofit Slavic Village Development. says Mike Balli, who grew up in Slavic Village and now owns The family now owns one of the adjacent vacant lots, leases a tree-trimming company in addition to working part-time at two others and hopes to soon acquire the remaining lot. United Parcel Service. Mike Balli says the neighborhood still has problems with Adriane Balli adds, “It also gave the kids (Leah, Nathan, 17, crime, drugs, prostitution and illegal dumping.

Celebrating What Counts: What Celebrating Chloe, 5, and Joshua, 8 months) a yard.” “We still have a long way to go,” Balli says. “There are still The Land Conservancy’s Thriving Communities Institute and a lot of rental properties in the neighborhood, and there is still its director, Jim Rokakis, are working to secure state and federal crime. But demolishing the abandoned houses has made it a better funding to demolish vacant and abandoned homes like those community.” that formerly stood on Lansing Avenue. The goal is to revitalize Ohio’s neighborhoods by razing vacant structures that will never again be occupied, have become safe havens for criminals and are dragging down property values.

number of vacant and abandoned100,000 Ohio properties needing demolition 14 15 16 A passionate voice for land preservation

ou begin to understand Grant “Grant’s enthusiasm for the great Thompson’s long-term view of outdoors is legendary. Over the years, the conservation as he explains how Land Conservancy has always been able Yhe once rose to the rank of president to count on Grant to share his knowledge, of the local Ducks Unlimited chapter, time and passion for nature. He has been even though he’s never hunted a day a great asset to the Land Conservancy Celebrating What Counts: in his life. All he had to know was that and the Firelands field office in ways too the DU organization had permanently numerous to mention. Got a question? preserved millions of acres of wetlands. Ask Grant, he’ll know.” “I saw what they did, and I Thompson has served in a number understood the need,” Thompson says. “Over the years, the Land of roles with the park district, which has Such passion and pragmatism has Conservancy has always grown from 3,000 acres when he started made Thompson, the chief naturalist been able to count on Grant to 10,000 acres today. In addition to for Lorain County Metro Parks and a serving as a naturalist, he has managed all to share his knowledge, time 26-year park district employee, one of but three of the system’s 22 reservations and passion for nature.” the most respected conservationists and oversaw the renovation of Schoepfle in northern Ohio. The Amherst native – Kate Pilacky Garden in Birmingham Township.

presided over the Firelands Land Thompson grew up on a 75-acre V olunteer Commitment Conservancy in 2006 when it became part of Western farm in Amherst and spent two years in the Merchant Reserve Land Conservancy, served as a Land Conservancy Marines – on ships hauling iron ore on the Great Lakes – board member and now heads our Firelands Chapter. before heading to Miami (Ohio) University. He graduated The titles don’t really do justice to the hundreds of from Miami with a major in philosophy and a minor hours of volunteer work Thompson has done for the concentration in land-use management, and today he likes Land Conservancy, ranging from leading geology hikes to to tell people that he is one of the few graduates “who is helping folks pan for gold in the Vermilion River. actually doing what he went to school for.” “I’m more of a hands-on guy,” he says. “I enjoy doing He says he takes particular pride in helping people learn the hikes, getting out and being with people. I can best new things about the natural world. help in that direction. It is why I do what I do – to help “During the gold-panning event, for example, people people understand the need to preserve land for future are just amazed that (gold) is even here,” Thompson says. generations.” “You can explain to them just how that happened, and they Longtime friend Kate Pilacky, an associate field are fascinated. It is special.” director for the Land Conservancy in Oberlin, says,

number of events the Land Conservancy organized or helped lead during FY2013 117 17 Preserving a home for animals big and small

aith Pescatore is watching her that recharge our passion and inspire us to rescued horses, Mombo and continue to work as hard as we do.” F Delta, graze contently in a In 2004, Castlewood Farm was the pasture at Castlewood Farm. The two site of the first EverGreen EverBlue, the Appaloosas may be the largest animals Land Conservancy’s annual fundraiser. In inhabiting Pescatore’s bucolic 25-acre fact, it was Pescatore who thought up the reas property in Bainbridge Township, but EverGreen EverBlue name while she was A they are not the only ones: She has cross country skiing. The hugely successful spotted quail, wild turkeys, groundhogs, event, which will next be held on Sept. 6, coyotes and even an extraordinarily 2014, now attracts more than 600 people. atural atural

N rare albino whitetail deer roaming the “It is really exciting to see how it has grounds. grown, and to see like-minded people ting “It’s become a haven for wildlife, “Make yourself get away from getting together for such a worthy cause,” c this huge sanctuary. It is amazing,” Pescatore says. the TV and the iPad for a while. Pescatore says. As a child, Pescatore lived in Florida rote Just pay attention to what

P Nothing could please her more. The and Maryland before her family moved to opportunity to protect wildlife habitat is around you. You will be a 3-acre parcel in Russell Township, where is one reason why Pescatore, a lifelong amazed at what you can see.” she loved searching for crayfish in the animal lover, permanently preserved – Faith Pescatore creek and traipsing through the woods. “I her farm with a donated conservation distinctly remember saying that when I easement. The easement marked a milestone for the Land grew up, I wanted to have a lot of land,” she says. Conservancy: It was the 500th property protected by the Castlewood Farm is a special place for Pescatore, organization. husband Gary Schambs and daughter Skylar, 17, a senior at Pescatore, who lives in Russell Township, says she is Gilmour Academy. It is the setting for “A Bell for Justin,” honored to have that distinction and grateful to be able to the children’s book she wrote about the true tales of the preserve the farm. real-life horses at the farm. It is where she lovingly cares for “I love the land, but more importantly I view the land a perennial garden with 18 varieties of dahlias and plants,

Celebrating What Counts: What Celebrating as a home for the animals,” she says. “It disturbs me to see trees, shrubs and flowers that attract wildlife. their habitat destroyed. By doing this, I won’t ever have to And it is where Pescatore enjoys the sights and sounds think about their home being taken away.” of nature. Brett Rodstrom, vice president of eastern operations for “I can observe 50 different things just by sitting still,” the Land Conservancy, praises Pescatore for permanently she says. “Make yourself get away from the TV and the iPad preserving Castlewood Farm. “Faith protected her property for a while. Just pay attention to what is around you. You for the right reasons,” he says. “It’s landowners like Faith will be amazed at what you can see.”

number of parcels preserved by the Land Conservancy 18 500 Faith Pescatore

19 Park leader sees value in collaboration

hen he was 8, Dale Alexander spent part of a family am extremely pleased that the Land Conservancy is vacation fishing for Cutthroat trout in Montana’s now available to partner with park districts in Carroll, W Yellowstone River. He vividly recalls the day he Jefferson and Columbiana counties,” she says. “With this glanced down river and spotted a moose about 100 yards away. mechanism in place there will be more opportunities for “You can’t forget those things, those great outdoor park districts to accomplish their goals and provide more experiences,” Alexander says. recreational areas to the communities they serve.” Today, Alexander is helping ensure Bluebird Farm is a stunningly reserves

P that Ohioans can have special places beautiful property that includes an much closer to home. The first executive It is an ambitious plan that amphitheater, gift shop, trails, restaurant director of the Carroll County Park District the district believes it can (the park district is currently looking is guiding the growing park system in accomplish with the help of for an operator), a toy museum and the a region blessed with bountiful natural the Land Conservancy. park offices. Carroll Community Park, arks and P resources, including surface water, rich which has soccer and baseball fields, a farmland and oil and gas deposits. playground, trails and a pavilion, has been The relatively young park district – it was formed in improved with the help of community partners, including 1999 – now consists of the 55-acre Bluebird Farm Park and the Carroll County Community Foundation, Rex Energy the 42-acre Carroll Community Park, both on the outskirts and Fusion Ceramics Inc. of Carrollton. Under Alexander’s guidance, the park system Alexander, who was born and raised in Lakewood, has hopes to eventually have five reservations in the four corners spent more than three decades in the field of recreation. and central portion of the county connected by linear parks, He worked for the city of Cleveland before serving as bikeways and hiking trails obtained from utility corridors and director of parks and recreation in Broadview Heights and abandoned railroad rights-of-way. It is an ambitious plan Watertown, S.D. He, wife Laura and their four Labrador that the district believes it can accomplish with the help of Retrievers live in a house on the Bluebird Farm grounds; the Land Conservancy, which in 2013 began work in Carroll, their son Ryan, 23, resides in Cuyahoga Falls. Columbiana and Jefferson counties. Currently, the park district is collaborating with “The vision is to create parks throughout the county for the the Land Conservancy and the Ohio Department of benefit of residents, businesses and visitors. We’re a district Transportation on the possible creation of a park in the without a levy, so we need to develop revenue from a number northern part of the county along Sandy Creek between Celebrating What Counts: Creating Counts: Creating What Celebrating of sources,” Alexander says. Minerva and Malvern. Other projects will also be Maggie Corder, associate field director for the Land considered as opportunities arise and funding permits. Conservancy, says she looks forward to assisting the park Alexander says while oil and gas leases have improved district, adding that the Land Conservancy has helped a the financial outlook for many Carroll County landowners, number of county park systems acquire land and fund projects. most don’t seem eager to move away. “They hold their “As a resident of this area, and an avid park-goer, I homeland,” he says, “very close to their vest.”

publicly owned parks and nature preserves we’ve helped create 20 95 21 Celebrating What Counts: Planned Giving Celebrating What Counts: Planned Giving Couple makes lasting gift to conservation This special Members include: It would be easier to list the volunteer jobs Jane and Richard Whitehead did not do group of Land Anonymous (4) in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park than those they tackled. Conservancy Mr. William Abell Between them, Jane and Richard logged about 6,000 volunteer hours with the supporters have Stanley and Hope Adelstein made a lasting Dr. Jay Ankeney and Dr. Julie Clayman nonprofit support group Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, formerly commitment to Edward Baker and Anna van Heeckeren Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association. Jane entered volunteer information into land protection Thomas E. Baker the organization’s database, while Richard did boundary surveys, property inventories through a variety Peter and Molly Balunek and trail cleanups in his 12 years as a park volunteer. They both worked as elves – yes, of estate-planning Mr. Richard and Dr. Jennifer Cochran Margaret E. Cummins elves – on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s Polar Express. tools, including bequests in a will Beau Daane “Anything they wanted done, we did,” Jane says with a laugh. or trust, charitable Ted and Anne deConingh Since retiring from B.F. Goodrich and moving from Brecksville to Hudson’s Laurel gift annuities, Mark Frank Lake Retirement Community three years ago, the Whiteheads have scaled back their charitable Laurel Gress remainder trusts, Dick and Sue Grimm volunteering but not their commitment to land conservation. They recently joined the Corinne P. Hadley IRA designations Land Conservancy’s White Oak Legacy Society, a special group of Land Conservancy Mary Jane Hartwell or gifts of life Patricia Hazelton supporters who have generously included us in their estate planning. insurance. The Whiteheads did so by completing a Charitable Gift Annuity with the Land Jeff Holland and Marjorie Muirden Ferdinand and Marguerite Jereb Conservancy. Charlotte Karson Daiber “We believe very strongly in preserving land. It is so important,” Jane says. Kathy K. Leavenworth Jane and Richard – both of whom have degrees in chemistry and worked in the Elsie Lutman field – first learned about the Land Conservancy in the early 2000s from Peg Bobel, John and Kathryn Makley an author and longtime Medina Summit Chapter member who at the time headed the Bruce Merchant and Sandra Reel Stephen C. Morris national park support group. The Whiteheads have been regular supporters of the Land Nora-Lynn Nemec Conservancy since 2004 and joined the White Oak Legacy Society earlier this year. Hugh and Gretta Pallister “They have been great supporters of Cuyahoga Valley National Park and were two Faith E. Pescatore of my best and most reliable volunteers,” Bobel says. “They are a delight to work with Dr. George M. Peterson Jr. Dr. John B. Peterson and two of the gentlest, most generous people I know.” Mrs. Arlene J. Sahr After the Whiteheads discussed the idea of making a lasting gift to the Land Franz and Beth Sauerland Conservancy, Richard says he encouraged his wife to tour the organization’s Rose Scheeff headquarters in Moreland Hills and find out more about its mission. She did just that Charlotte Stafford Herbert J. and Faith Swanson and came away feeling good about the work. Jean P. Thompson Richard, a Lake County native who graduated from Mentor High School and Judith Ann and William Tucholsky Bowling Green State University, and Jane, who was born in Canton and graduated from number of Bill and Cynthia VerDuin Ohio Wesleyan University, worked together at the B.F. Goodrich facility in Brecksville 65 Dr. Barry Walker individuals Josephine Hannel Weber before retiring. When they travel – and they vacation approximately six weeks each in our Mary and Bill Weber year – Richard says, “We always seem to end up stopping at all the state parks.” Dick and Jane Whitehead Jane says she and her husband believe conservation is important. White Oak Carter and Genevieve Wilmot “It is our gift to future generations,” she says. Legacy Society deceased 23 Statement of Financial Position

June 30, 2013 & 2012

June 30, 2013 June 30, 2012 Change ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents $1,099,821 $1,572,860 $(473,039) Pledges Receivable 1,491,716 1,816,962 (325,246) Accounts Receivable 743,589 1,180,526 (436,937) Notes Receivable 190,000 408,000 (218,000) Conservation Property 12,019,886 18,531,303 (6,511,417) Deposits - Land Purchases 150,000 150,000 - Property & Equipment 5,756,264 3,277,534 2,478,730 Other Assets 77,250 81,746 (4,496) TOTAL ASSETS $21,528,526 $27,018,931 $(5,490,405)

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Loans Payable 10,879,754 14,563,050 (3,683,296) Accounts Payable 159,107 993,492 (834,385) Deposits - Land Sales 528,600 800,000 (271,400) Accrued Expenses 343,558 225,605 117,953 TOTAL LIABILITIES 11,911,019 16,582,147 (4,671,128)

NET ASSETS Unrestricted 6,546,416 6,609,737 (63,321) Temporarily Restricted 3,071,091 3,827,047 (755,956) TOTAL NET ASSETS 9,617,507 10,436,784 (819,277)

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $21,528,526 $27,018,931 $(5,490,405)

24 Statement of Revenue and Expenses

July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013

FY2013 Temporarily Unrestricted Restricted Total REVENUE LP Program Revenue Sale of Conservation Property $6,724,255 $ - $6,724,255 Other Program Revenue 3,868,400 5,000 3,873,400 10,592,655 5,000 10,597,655

Philanthropic Revenue Foundation Grants 812,417 160,801 973,218 Individual Donations 851,828 - 851,828 Corporate Donations 282,000 - 282,000 Events Net Revenue 163,285 - 163,285 2,109,530 160,801 2,270,331 Other Revenue Interest & Investment Revenue 31,148 - 31,148 Restrictions satisfied by Payments 921,757 (921,757) - 952,905 (921,757) 31,148

GROSS REVENUE 13,655,090 (755,956) 12,899,134

EXPENSE Program Expense 12,284,439 - 12,284,439 Fundraising 385,648 - 385,648 Management & General 1,048,324 - 1,048,324 TOTAL EXPENSE 13,718,411 - 13,718,411

REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES $(63,321) $(755,956) $(819,277)

25 Leaders Western Reserve Land Conservancy Donors $50,000 & over Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hellman Guardians Sustainers Peter Hellman Family Fund Anonymous (2) David & Sharon Herzer Edward Baker & Anna van Heeckeren $5,000 - $9,999 $500 - $1,499 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hicks The Cleveland Foundation Anonymous (4) William Abell R. T. Hicks Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Cutler Mr. & Mrs. Ed Addicott Advantage Partners, Inc. James M. Hill & Freda J. Levenson Dolphin Trust Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ames AGM Physical Therapy Greg & Amy Hocevar Mrs. Betty Hollister Mr. Warren Dusenbury Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Ames Mr. & Mrs. Harry Allen Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Allen III Mr. & Mrs. Doug Horner The Ames Family Foundation Warren & Zoann Dusenbury Charitable Trust Mr. Stephen D. Allen Mr. Richard Houk Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Floyd AVI Food Systems, Inc. Jay Ankeney & Julie Clayman Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania Ms. Paula Frohring Barbara & Evan Fund Lawry Babitt Mr. & Mrs. Roger Howe Paul & Maxine Frohring Foundation, Inc. Bass Energy, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman Howe Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bolton Doug & Lu Bannerman Gift Fund Lee & JoAnn Howley Sue Grimm Mr. George F. Howson Jr. Ann C. Briechle The Barratt Family The George Gund Foundation Thank you! Dave & Robyn Barrie Mr. & Mrs. Jed Hunter Dr. Bill & Laura Hlavin Owen Colligan Jerry & Janet Bender Jeff & Sally Huntsberger Ms. Elizabeth Juliano Mr. Christopher Connor The Land Conservancy is deeply grateful to those Mr. & Mrs. Peter O. Benson Lee & Candace Hutton Mr. & Mrs. G. Russell Lincoln Robert R. & Gay C. Cull Family Foundation Marilyn & Larry Blaustein Kate Hydock whose donations make our work possible. Pamela & Dale Inkley Mr. & Mrs. William Mulligan The Alton F. & Carrie S. Davis Fund Jeffrey & Kim Blumer Pamela & Dale Inkley Charitable Gift Fund Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson Your support is vital to our mission, and the money Rob & Peg Bobel The Nord Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. E. Matthew Brandon Interior Products Co Ltd William J. & Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation Hamilton County Land Reutilization you invest with us will be put to good use. Mr. & Mrs. Edward Brandon John & Virginia Jeandrevin Mrs. Wynne Odell Corporation The Brandon Family Foundation Anne M. Jones Saint Luke’s Foundation Patricia Hazelton LJI Collision Center Mr. & Mrs. Peter Broer Thomas Hoyt & Katharine Brooks Jones Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland & Ms. Marjorie Muirden Stewards Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Lozick Clare & Wes Brown Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hyde The Edward A. & Catherine L. Lozick Mr. Jeff Burr & Mrs. Kristi Schmitt Burr Mr. & Mrs. Bill Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Peter Joyce Visionaries Mr. James D. Ireland III $1,500 - $4,999 Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J C & Helen Rankin Butler Anonymous (5) The Lubrizol Foundation David & Trisha Campbell JP Compass Consulting & Construction Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Kohl $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. & Mrs. Joel Adelman Dr. & Mrs. John T. Makley Dot & Don Campbell Jack & Sherry Kahl upport Anonymous (2) Ms. Patrice A. Kouvas Advance Payroll Funding, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Keith McClintock Mr. & Mrs. David J. Carpenter Mary & Norm Keane S Joseph P. & Nancy F. Keithley Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William E. Conway Kurtz Bros., Inc The Barratt Family Carl & Mary McDaniel Edith Chase Barbara & Mike Bass Laura & Chris McKenna Classic Automotive Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James Kendis Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Litigation Management Lucas County Land Bank The Brian A. Bass Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan, III Cleveland Area Board of Realtors Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kendis Corporation Cleveland Metroparks The Kendis Family Trust Mahoning County Land Reutilization Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bower Claire & Sandy McMillan oyal oyal Fairmount Minerals, Ltd. Barbara Brown & Steve Ward Medina County Holland Group Fund Ms. Josephine Cochran The Kennedy Group Corporation L Generation Foundation Nancy E. Brown John & Laura Milgram James & Christine Cossler Ms. Nancy Kepner Mr. & Mrs. David Halstead Bassem & Sara Mansour Velda Sue Brown Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Miltner R. Douglas & Linda Cowan KeyBank Foundation Matching Gifts Sam E. Kinney The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation Elizabeth R. Mather & William G. Mather Fund Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. John M. Moroscak Wayne A. Cox Mr. David Chilcote Mrs. Margaret Mueller Mr. Anthony Coyne Mr. & Mrs. William G. Kinney Mr. & Mrs. James Spira Mr. & Mrs. William Miller Alicia M. & William A. Miller Charitable Gift William H. Childs Jr. & Associates Mr. & Mrs. Paul Neidhardt Mr. Mark Cranley Nina L. Klein M.D. TurtleCon Fund Cynthia Knight Fund Roger & Fran Cooper Marcia & Mike Neundorfer Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Crawford Cheryl & Brian Coughlin Neundorfer, Inc. Charley & Betsy Daane Carol & Edwin Koethe Mr. & Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon Conservators Beau Daane Ohio Housing Finance Agency Peter W. Danford Joan M. Kosko Mixon Private Foundation The Davey Resource Group Jane & Jon Outcalt Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Daron Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Krebs $10,000 - $24,999 Montgomery County Land Reutilization Mr. & Mrs. Richard DeBacco Jane & Jon Outcalt Foundation Mr. Alan D. Fuente & Ms. Suzanne Day Peter J. Krembs Mrs. Robert Kruse Anonymous (6) Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. deConingh Jr. Len & Kata Pagon Thomas J. Denbow & Barbara Clint William C. Mulligan Charitable Gift Fund Frances & David Dickenson Kathy & Jim Pender Perry & Mary Doermann Dean Kulwicki Stanley & Hope Adelstein S. Manning & John M. Kundtz Bill & Kathy O’Neill enlight Advisors, LLC Michael Pender Memorial Fund Jane A. Drexler Stanley I. & Hope S. Adelstein Falcon Industries, Inc. Drs. Vichai & Patra Duangjak Mr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Kysela The O’Neill Brothers Foundation Ms. Ava Joyce Peterson Philanthropic Fund Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. FitzGerald Plante Moran Louise & Richard Dunn Sue & Roger L’Hommedieu Larry & Karen Bettcher Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Flynn Mr. & Mrs. T. A. Quintrell Mrs. Ralph L. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Lafave Jr. Bettcher Industries, Inc. Ms. Mary B. Perkins Louise M. Foster Ms. Christina Rokakis Sandy & Peter Earl Will & Bonny Lafave Curtis & Catherine Babcock Leary Charles M. & Helen Brown Memorial Faith E. Pescatore GE Foundation RPM International Inc EarthShare Ohio Mr. & Mrs. John Leech Foundation PNC Foundation Cleveland David J. Eichenmiller & Alison W. Gee Marc & Nancy Rubin Mr. David Ellison Georgian Bay Land Trust David & Laura Sangree Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Embrescia Legacy Construction Services, NEO LLC Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Primus Capital Funds Michael & Barbara Giarrizzo Mr. & Mrs. Franz Sauerland Mr. Brett Farmery & Ms. Carey Jaros John & Carol Lillich Central Ohio Community Improvement Prince & Izant Co. The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Sauerland FirstMerit Bank Mary & Barry Livingston Corporation Mindy & Tim Remington Nicki & Bob Gudbranson Sauerland Foundation Mr. Thomas Fishwick Nancy London & John Petersen Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Corns Remington Products Co. Ms. Ruth L. Hankins Ms. Adrian Scott Mr. & Mrs. Franklin B. Floyd Dr. Karen Longo DVM

Celebrating What Counts: What Celebrating The Cross Charitable Trust RIK Enterprises The Hankins Foundation Select Equity Group, Inc. Allen H. Ford Mr. Thomas M. Lopez & Mrs. Holly Lopez The Lubrizol Foundation Matching Gift Marion & Gene Faubel Natalie & Josh Rubin Heidelberg Distributing Co. Kevin Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Greg Foust Mr. & Mrs. Sean Hice David & Kelly Staats Jean C. & W. Greg Foust Fund Administrator Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Haslinger SecureView LLC The Higley Fund Mrs. Jean Stell Mr. Thomas Frontini & Ms. Heather Moore Craig & Carla Macklin Melissa Haslinger Mr. Brian Sherwin Mrs. John Hildt Edward R. & Jean Geis Stell Foundation The Garden Club of Cleveland Linda Macklin & Troy Grela Haslinger Family Foundation South Waite Foundation Wayne Hill & Kathy Obert Hill Mrs. Marta Stone Geauga Park District Mark & Mary Madeja Kathleen K. Leavenworth Stark County Land Reutilization Corp Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoffmann K.K. & Joe Sullivan Philip H. & Jane G. 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Community Development Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Gogul Ed & Fran Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Mark Goren Marcia Mikolaj Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Schneider Mary & Bill Weber Banking Greg & Alice Tyrpak Lake Metroparks Keith Waris Joan & Thomas Gretter Lynn & Mike Miller Pysht Fund Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Scovil Mr. & Mrs. Dale LaPorte Jim & Kathy Watterson Jon & Aimee Grimm Carol & Vail Miller Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy David C. Wilmot Mr. & Mrs. John Leech Jeff & Missy Wert Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Grossman Rona Mitrovich The Sherwick Fund Leikin Motor Companies Leah & Blair Whidden Clark Hahn Mr. Mark Mittler Mr. & Mrs. John Sherwin Dr. Edith Lerner Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista Co. Clark Harvey & Holly Selvaggi Mr. Curtis E. 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Wilkinson Land Protection Our gratitude to the following individuals whose Mr. Scott Swierkosz & Ms. Lee Will vision in 2006 was to merge into one organization, Mr. Bruce Williams Fund Donors Chris & Joe Williams Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey G. Andrews and became members of the Western Reserve Land David J. Williams & Charles J. Bernard Mr. Louis Bertoni Robert & Mary Williams Mr. & Mrs. Lane Bettcher Conservancy Founders Society. Mr. Ted C. Williams Mr. & Mrs. David R. Blackman Francille & Donald Willis Ms. Ferne L. Blackman Anonymous (8) Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hyde Seth Wilmore Kenneth & Nancy Bliss Ames Family Foundation (The) Ms. Elizabeth B. Juliano Ms. Caroline L. Wilson Eileen & Richard Bulan Dr. Jay Ankeney & Dr. Julie Clayman Barbara & Michael Kaplan Scott R. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Campbell Mr. Edward Baker & Dr. Anna Van Charlotte E. Karson Daiber Trevor & Gail Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Paul Cascio Heeckeren Cynthia Knight Trevor & Gail Wilson Family Charitable Mr. & Mrs. William F. Christopher Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman Joan M. Kosko Gift Fund Mrs. Barbara Cook Barbara & Mike Bass Mr. Dean Kulwicki Lynne & Timothy Winings John Corogin Jerry & Janet Bender Kenneth Kuttner & Laura Bentz Amy & Tim Winnicki Peter J. & Dana Corogin Mr. Joseph P. Bennett William & Bonny Lafave Doris & Dan Winter Ms. Hazel Cramer Marion Berick IR Trust Elaine & Bill Lamb Mr. Kevin Winter & Ms. Silke Mr. & Mrs. Perry T. Demming Mark & Melanie Biche Kathy K. Leavenworth Pagendarm Mr. W. Zack Dolyk Black River Audubon Mr. & Mrs. John Leech Karen Wise & Amy Quillin Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Doran Jean Astrup Faubel Blanche * Mr. & Mrs. James R. Levine Mr. & Mrs. James Wohlken Mr. Warren Dusenbury Rob & Peg Bobel The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation Mr. Shane Wohlken Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bolton Gail Marie Lipovsky Wendy Kozol & Steven Wojtal Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bowen Phyllis & Robert Lucarelli Ms. Laura Wolf Mr. Frederick E. Fitzhugh Dennis & Laura Bower Byron & Elsie Lutman Mr. & Mrs. Marc D. Wolf Ms. Dawn Full & Ms. Ruth Sheldon Vikki & Peter Broer Dr. & Mrs. John T. Makley Ken & Deborah Wood Dr. & Mrs. Don J. Germano Barbara Brown & Steve Ward The Milton & Tamar Maltz Family Mrs. Lee B. Wood James & Angela Hambrick Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker Foundation Lynn & Alan Wood Ms. Jessica M. Hart Gail & Don Butler Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McAfee Reid & Gail Wood Mr. & Mrs. John A. Heideman total number of acres protected by the Land Conservancy R. Bruce* & Jane Campbell Julien L. McCall Family Foundation Ted & Diana Woodbridge Mr. & Mrs. David Hoffman 37,500 Mary Alice Cannon Mike & Tina McGuire Woodscroft Surveying Inc. Lee & JoAnn Howley Mrs. William B. Chamberlin, Jr. * Mr. & Mrs. Lee McMannis Jo & Bill Wooldredge James F. & Susan M. Hunt Mrs. Walter M. Charman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan III Gloria & Alan Wright Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Karpinski Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan IV Mr. & Mrs. Howard Wright Mr. Jon M. King The George W. Codrington Charitable Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Meyers Mr. Edward M. Yandek Ms. Adele A. Kovanic Foundation Estate of John W. Mitchell Janet Yaniglos & Clyde Morris Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Lausin In Honor of In Memory of Elizabeth P. Colebrook Mr. Mark Mittler Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Yates Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Lausin Dennis Bower Jarvis M. Babcock Rhea Cowie Owen Colligan Mr. & Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon Ms. Jacquelyn S. Yates Bill & Joyce Litzler Ms. Carolyn Coquillette Mr. & Mr. James L. Dettling Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harris Mrs. Rita Conway * Mr. Robert O. Moravec Mrs. Betty J. Yelic Mr. & Mrs. Neil Luria Mr. William T. Fordyce Curtis & Catherine Babcock Leary Mr. & Mrs. William Conway Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Morris Ms. Bridget Yoder Mrs. Linda R. Mahar Richard D. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harris Roger & Fran Cooper Mrs. Margaret Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Edward Young Dominic & Diana Marchese Terrie & L.B. McKelvey Dr. & Mrs. Joe W. High Jr. Charles & Hazel Cox Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Corns Mr. & Mrs. William C. Mulligan Mr. James H. Young Ms. Christine Maschke Beau Daane Andrew & Jennifer McDowell Carrie Jean Cox Mr. & Mrs. John Corogin John P. Murphy Foundation Stan & Gayle Young Ms. Ruth Ann Maurer Charley & Betsy Daane Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Piwinski Bourne Dempsey Patrick G. Coy & Karin L. Tanquist Susan Murphy Ms. Phyllis Zala Mrs. Wynne Odell The Frank H. & Nancy Porter Advised Fund Mr. & Mrs. James D. Seeley Mr. Ernest Dempsey Beau Daane Mr. & Mrs. Paul Neidhardt Dr. James Zins & Dr. Cynthia Ms. Stephanie Orellana Ms. Amy Szmania Ms. Nancy Marsteller Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. deConingh, Jr. Marion Olson Kavouksorian Don Paterson Mathew deConingh Mr. Dan D. Trinter Dolphin Trust Mr. & Mrs. William O’Neill Dana Zintek & Lisa Daiber Ms. Karin K. Rathbun Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. deConingh Jr. Trinter Agency Bill Downey Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson Kenneth R. Parker Mr. John Zizka Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Schneider Mary Garvin Beverly E. Bernatowicz Richard & Louise Dunn Mr. & Mrs. James Patterson Shirley Zook Mr. & Mrs. Mark Seidel Rudyard Baker Bobbi & Norb Stracker Vennetta Gerspacher The Cyrus Eaton Foundation Michael Pender Memorial Fund Jim & Tracy Zuccaro Kate Shaughnessy Mr. Walter R. J. Payne Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig Terry Gerspacher Faith Pescatore Mary Frances Haerr & Kal Zucker Ms. Stefanie A. Shein Marriage of Kathy Obert & Wayne Hill James S. Barker Diane & Warren Farr Ava Joyce Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sherwood Mr. William Scanlon & Ms. Kathleen Barr Mr. & Mrs. Peter W. Adams Nina Gilkey Michael & Gretchen Farrell Carol & Bill Prior Mr. & Mrs. David R. Siekkinen Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Butts Jack Blakeslee Doris Gilbert FirstEnergy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Emery C. Prior In-Kind Gifts Mr. William Somers & Ms. Judy Riddle Mr. Patrick Gallagher Bonnie Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Greg Foust PYSHT Fund Donel & Nita Sprenger The Glubiak Family George Gregory William & Sarah Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Todd Ray AVI Food Systems, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Conway Mr. & Mrs. W. Thomas Stahl Mr. & Mrs. Mark Grieves Nan Gregory Fred Geis, Geis Companies Josh Rubin, The CJR Group Mr. & Mrs. William M. Baldwin Co-workers of Cindy Barker Mr. & Mrs. Marc Stone Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hamlin Mr. & Mrs. James Gerspacher Mr. & Mrs. Franz Sauerland Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Barker CVAC Blue Richard S. Grimm Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Strait Ms. Kathryn M. Hill Jean & Steve Gokorsch James & Lenore Schilling Mr. Thomas M. Barratt & Ms. Kim Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Danielson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Drought Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Szambecki Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Hohmeier Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gratry Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Shaughnessy McConnell Ms. Ann Deutschlander Mr. & Mrs. Theodore D. Hartshorn Bahman Taheri & Atossa Alavi Ms. Nancy Macklin Richard & Jane Green Family Walter Sheppe Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Barthels Marion & Gene Faubel Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Neubauer, Jr. Ms. Sanae Tanebe Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. Miller Foundation Inc. Stephanie Sires Mr. & Mrs. James Benjamin Stella & David Fulton Carol Caple Tarrier Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Mowbray Betty Kaminsky John Gresock & Teresa Holland-Gresock The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust Mr. Glenn Bomback Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray Mr. Mark W. Teague & Ms. Anne Marie Kollander Marcia & Mike Neundorfer Lucy & Andy Chess Susan & Dick* Grimm South Waite Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bower Brad & Bowanne Hansen Ms. Karla R. Ware Ms. Shelly Obert The Grimm Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James Spira Ms. Carole Clement Mr. & Mrs. Frank Harding Charlotte Lackner Mrs. Nancy R. Ware Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Gudbranson David & Kelly Staats Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Ewald E. Kundtz Jr. Mrs. Ann Manzano Mr. Roger Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Schrop Corinne P. Hadley Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Martin Cohen Ms. Virginia Lentz The Sipos Family Ms. Jane A. Weaver Mr. William M. Sherman & Ms. Betty L. Rider Mr. & Mrs. David Halstead Mr. Nelson S. Talbott Mr. & Mrs. William E. Conway Mr. & Mrs. Charles Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Paul Witte Steve Mitrovich Lydia & Ron Harrington Renold D. Thompson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald K. Darkes Dale LaPorte Mr. William E. MacDonald III Dr. & Mrs. John M. Wright Rona Mitrovich Nancy & Ron Harrington Mrs. C. C. Tippit * Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Ellison IV Tom & Martha Jane Romp Mr. & Mrs. James L. Malone Lausin Ledge Company LTD Mary Jane Hartwell Livingston H. Ulf Fairmount Minerals, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Lyman F. Narten II Frederick Neubauer Warren & Zoann Dusenbury Charitable Trust Melissa Haslinger Mr. & Mrs. James G. Watterson Mr. & Mrs. John E. Grimm Kathy K. Leavenworth Mr. & Mrs. William K. Nook Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Neubauer, Jr. Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Coalition Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Cargile Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hellman Josephine Hannel Weber Gunton Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Shaw Don & Nancy Germano Charitable Fund Mary Frances Haerr & Kal Zucker Pauline Norris Sharon & David Herzer Mr. & Mrs. William Weber Mr. & Mrs. Sean Hice Mr. Peter E. Smith City of Vermilion Mr. & Mrs. James Kulhanek Mr. & Mrs. Albert* M. Higley, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Blair Whidden Dr. & Mrs. William Hlavin SS&G, Inc. JAM Foundation Terri Martincic Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoffmann Carter & Genevieve*Wilmot Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hutchinson Suri Alpaca Company of America LTD Mary Ellen Pfundstein KeyBank Vermilion Branch Ruth Evan Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland & Ms. Marjorie David Wilmot Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Impullitti Western Reserve Spinners & Weavers Roy W. Pfundstein Main Street Vermilion, Inc. Peter McDonald Mr. Ted C. Williams Muirden Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wolstein Impullitti Landscaping, Inc. Chet & Jane Scholtz Family Foundation Anthony Sankovic Mr. & Mrs. Jack Holland Mr. & Mrs. William Koeblitz Ms. Ava Joyce Peterson Anne Marie Kollander & Mark Teague Family Fund Henry Taylor Barratt Anonymous deceased Ms. Patrice A. Kouvas James & Angela Hambrick Foundation William C. Mulligan Margaret B. Allerding Ms. Kathy K. Leavenworth James Stevens Neil & Susan Luria Philanthropic Fund Viki & Marc Byrnes Toni Bernet Mr. & Mrs. John Leech Randall Equine Veterinary Group Mrs. Jean M. Sommer Marion Olson Miss Kama Nist Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Leslie David Spero Management Inc. Dr. & Mrs. John T. Makley Ann C. Briechle Eleanor Urick Circle of Giving (Monthly Giving Program) Frank Bonner Ludy & Andy Chess Mason Structural Steel William Prior Mrs. Dorothy M. Bonner Jack W. & Arlene Barthels Joan Long Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan IV Matching Companies Evelyn B. Newell Dale & Elise Williams Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Clark Mr. & Mrs. Keith McClintock Moen Inc. Kenneth L. Brown S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Bruce Williams Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran Diane Palker Mr. Excavator, Inc. James Rokakis Nancy E. Brown Caterpillar Foundation James & Christine Cossler Richard & Dina Schoonmaker Mr. & Mrs. William O’Neill, Jr. Mr. Michael Salkind Alex Yatta The Davey Tree Expert Company Beau Daane Mr. Grant Thompson Mr. Robert Owen Walter Brueggemann Kate Pilacky & David DiTullio Eaton Corporation Barbara Starre Jeff & Sally Huntsberger Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland & Ms. Marjorie Muirden Leah & Blair Whidden Mr. & Mrs. William Prior Fortune Brands Home & Security Jean & Steve Gokorsch Rosemarie Zorn Sarah Jane & Roger Ingraham Francille & Donald Willis Mr. & Mrs. H. Clair Rankin GE Foundation Mike Burke Lucy & Andy Chess Mr. & Mrs. Bill Jordan Carter Wilmot Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Romanini Shirley Zook IBM International Foundation Mrs. Anne L. Burke Patty & Dick Dicioccio Dr. & Mrs. James Kotapish Jr. Mr. Robert J. Salmen Mr. John Koepke KeyBank Foundation Matching Gifts Sara’s Place Linda Carlson Condry The Lubrizol Foundation Matching Gift Administrator Sherwin-Williams Mr. Harry Condry Microsoft Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stone The Nordson Corporation Foundation William H. Cossler Mr. & Mrs. William Summers Jr. Perkins Charitable Foundation Alex Downie & Sons Co Mr. & Mrs. George Warnock We apologize for any omissions. If your name has been omitted or listed incorrectly, Preformed Line Products Mr. Michael Hripko Willoughby Supply Company please contact Leah Whidden at 440-528-4166 or [email protected]. Progressive Insurance Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Tim Hunter Dr. Frank Zatko & Ms. Mary Beth Select Equity Group, Inc. Mrs. Meg Martino Hayes-Zatko Toyota Dealer Match Program 29 Western Reserve Land Conservancy extends its thanks to the following people

Akron Community Foundation Cleveland Museum of Natural History Diane Farr, Curt Keal Medina Sunrise Rotary Harriet Alger Dr. Jim Bissell Fat City Kelleys Island Audubon Midview Womens Club Gary Alkire Renee Boronka Jimmy Baucco Kelleys Island Park Board Matthew Miley, CT Consultants Dick Ames David Kriska Jim Hoyt Kendal at Oberlin Mill Creek Park District Jeff Arona Keith Moran Tonja Scleicher Ron Kotkowski Dennis Miller Ashland Area Convention & Visitors Larry Rosche Harvey Webster Fae Krokey Kirsten Peetz Bureau Judy Semroc Ralph Webster Dean Kulwicki Mike Miller Ashland County Park District Jim Coker Amy Firem David Liam Kyle Robert Miller Aurora Title Doloros Cole First Energy Corporation Kyle Kysela Dan Miltner Babcock Family Columbiana County Park District Bill Beach Robbie LaCroix Andrea Minton, Esq. Ned Baker Dorothea Betz Harry Flannery Charles LaFave Judith Mitchell Tom Barratt Thomas Butch Jeff Moshier Lake County SWCD Julia Mitchell Taylor Barratt Marie Cox Ketan Patel Lake MetroParks Montgomery County Land Bank Mary Becker Eileen Dray-Bardon Josh Sponaugle Seth Begeman Montville Township Trustees Paul & Susie Belanger Rachael Esterly David Wareham Amy Dirks Natalie Morris Amanda Bennett, Ohio Department Michael West Doug Weber Dennis Eckart Matt Nahorn of Farmland Preservation Columbiana County SWCD Dave Winston Nancy Martin The Nature Conservancy Sandy Berkes Matt Brown Franklin County Land Bank Paul Palagyi Karen Adair Karen & Larry Bettcher Pete Conkle Freedom Township Trustees John Pogacnik Nathan Randolph Black Oaks Lindsay Short James Hammar Vince Urbanski Neighborhood Progress Inc. Ryan Harrell The Conservation Fund Roy Martin Guy Wagner Dan Nelson Pete McDonald Patricia Cook John Zizka Elaine Lamb Nora Nemec Anthony Papaleo Fran & Roger Cooper Sally Gardner Matt Laurich NEO CANDO Zach Smolko Lynda Costilla Mary Garvin John Lawton New London Rotary Black River Audubon Jerry Cowie & Family Geauga Park District Leadership Medina County Nord Family Foundation Black River RAP Wayne Cox Jim Gerspacher Cathy Leary Nordson Corporation Volunteers Bloomfield Township Trustees Todd Crandall Tan Gillespie Kathy Leavenworth Oberlin College Bonner Center for The Blues Birds Travis Crane Barb Gillette Pat Leech Service & Learning Jeremy Dubsky Chris Craycroft, Portage Park District Bill Ginn Holly LeGron The Oberlin Project Paul Pira Margaret Cummins Will Gottfried Tom & Bettsy Leib ODNR-Division of Wildlife John Puchan Cuyahoga County Board of Health Grafton Township Trustees Jami, Rick & Eric Lieberman ODNR-Office of Coastal Management Jim Blum Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Greater Mohican Audubon Greg Lipps Ohio Attorney General’s Office Peg Bobel Corporation Laurel Gress Little Beaver Creek Land Foundation Ohio Department of Agriculture Jim Bolton Beau Daane Clark Hahn Board Members Ohio Department of Natural Resources Gail Bowen Norm Damm Hamilton County Land Bank Richard Berg Ohio Division of Watercraft Scenic Rivers Chet Bowling Carl & Mary Daniels Matt Harbage, NRCS Bradley Bosley Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Kathleen Bradley Davey Resource Group Corey Patrick Harkins Carol Bretz Angela Adkins Anne Briechle Ana Burns Harvard University Mitchell Cattrell Jeffrey Boyles Joyce & Wilber Browand Ken Christensen Wes Hatch Bert Dailey Ted Conlin Wes Brown Todd Crandall Pat Hazelton Keith Meredith Eric Schultz Foster Brown Davey Tree Marsha Heinke & Larry Forthofer Robert Trotter Ohio Public Works Commission Simeon Brown Jeff Dick Sharon & David Herzer Jackman Vodrey Abbey DeHart Eileen Bulan, Mayor of Vermilion David DiTullio Chip Hess Jacquelyn Yates Linda Bailiff Jeff Burr Doan Brook Watershed Partnership Mary Heuy Lorain County Metro Parks Lou Mascari Dan & Judy Buttler Jack Dolan Doug & Sue Hicks Diane Lucas Michael Miller, Director Jacqueline Cabonor Peter Dolan Hill ‘n Dale Club Lucas County Land Bank Ohio Wetlands Association Catharina Meints Caldwell Ducks Unlimited Mark Hoberect Zoe Lye Gordon Oney Margaret A. Cannon, Esq. Jason Hill Jeff Holland Deborah Mack Adie & Scott Orcutt Dorothy Carney Roy Kroll Gregory A. Huber, Esq. Diane Mackin Garrett Ormiston, Cleveland Museum of Case Western Reserve University Russ Terry Marilyn Hyde Mahoning County Land Bank Natural History Charles M. & Helen M. Brown Eastgate Council of Governments Andrea Irland Doug Marcum David Orr, Oberlin College Memorial Foundation Stephanie Dyer The J.M. Smuckers Company Terri Martincic John Pais Edith Chase Rachel McCartney Jeanne & Chuck Jacubchak Bob & Ann Masternak Nathan Paskey Steve Chavez EHOVE Career Center Tom James, Medina County Park District Peter McCarren Julie Patton Jennifer Chipner Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd H. Ellis Ray Jarrett Kim McConnell Jack Pierson Ken Christensen Dr. & Mrs. Ibrahim Eren, Brownhelm Jean Thomas Lambert Foundation Mary & Carl McDaniel Portage County Commissioners Julius Ciaccia, NEORSD Horticultural Learning Center Eric Jennings Mike McGuire Kathleen Chandler City of Lorain Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Charlotte Karson Medina County SWCD Maureen Frederick Cleveland City Council Theresa Evans John Katko Medina Lions Tommie Marsilio

30 Our vision Liz Porter Stephanie Portman Carol Prior There is nothing more beautiful than a crisp fall day in The Raymond John Wean Foundation Linda Reed northern Ohio: the sun shimmering on our great Lake Erie; Susan Renda, Mayor of Moreland Hills the red and yellow leaves of a beech maple forest; the Pete Richards Tim Rodgers long views of crop and pasture land framed by towering Don Romancak forests; and the gentle murmuring rivers that run through Dan Ruminski The Rust Buckets our glacial landscape. We love the Western Reserve. It is Dan Best where we rear our children and where our hearts reside. Jay Brindo Brad Milgate Ron Shissler Our vision is that today, a decade from now, and beyond Geo Sindelar Saint Luke’s Foundation the time that we can imagine, the Western Reserve will Jim Sarosy be a stunningly beautiful and healthy place. An authentic Ben Scott Shaker Lakes Nature Center place filled with breathtaking scenic views, abundant Dean Sheldon clean rivers and lakes, miles and miles of connected Sue & Bruce Simonson Brian Smith & Family trails for hiking, biking, skiing, and horseback riding; and Greg Snowdon an accessible, clean and safe great lake for world class Julie Sofonia Brett Sondergren, US Fish & Wildlife fishing, swimming, and boating. Tom Stanley Stark County Land Bank Ray Stewart Development will be concentrated in historic urban areas John Storch such as Cleveland and Akron, in historic Western Reserve Dan Styer Summit County Land Bank villages such as Chagrin Falls, Brecksville, Medina and Bay Cynthia Szunyog Village and, as needed, in new areas that promote lasting, Pat Talbot Gloria Terpay community-oriented development. Working farms will Grant Thompson flourish, supported by local markets that provide healthy Kenny & Jan, Rolland & Diane, & Carol Tkach & Hostile Valley Campground and fresh produce that connects citizens to the land in a Trumbull County Land Bank tangible, enduring way. Parks and preserves will provide Trumbull County Metroparks Dick Tuttle people with a special connection to the land, a safe place Paul Van Curen where children can play, and a quality of life that attracts Village of Moreland Hills Lana Volk and retains as residents a great diversity of people. Waite Hill Land Conservancy Tim Wallace Wayne County Commissioners The Land Conservancy inspires citizens throughout our Mary Weber region in the effort to protect land and water for the Britt Whidden Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista Co. benefit of all of our communities; to create a habitat that Lee Will serves people. We envision a healthy and scenic landscape, Mandy Williams Karen Wise a patchwork quilt of large natural areas connected by Cheryl Wolfe-Cragin wildlife and river corridors, a beautiful region interspersed Douglas Yates Thomas Yates with well-planned agricultural, residential, and commercial Tom & Jane Younglas development that supports the people of our region Jim Ziemnik, Lorain MetroParks Christine Znidarsic now and forever.

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