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TRUSTEES FROM NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION

Rosina B. Dixon, M.D. HONORARY TRUSTEES PRESIDENT Catherine M. Cavanaugh Wendy Mager Hon. James Florio L EADERSHIP FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Hon. Thomas H. Kean Joseph Lemond Hon. Maureen Ogden SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Hon. Christine Todd Whitman It would be an understatement to say that Robert J. Wolfe* MICHELE S. BYERS ROSINA “NINA” DIXON TREASURER 2020 hasn’t turned out the way anyone expected. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRESIDENT Pamela P. Hirsch ADVISORY COUNCIL SECRETARY Edward F. Babbott* Penelope Ayers Bradley M. Campbell ASSISTANT SECRETARY Christopher J. Daggett New Jersey Conservation Foundation started the year planning a gala – music, dancing, great food and drink – to celebrate 60 years of conservation. John D. Hatch Cecilia Birge H.R. Hegener We looked forward to bringing people into nature: bird and butterfly walks, outdoor yoga, moth nights, children’s programs, tours of preserved lands. Jennifer Bryson Hon. Rush Holt Roger Byrom Susan J. Hullin Then the novel coronavirus hit and upended the whole world’s plans. The threat of COVID‐19 put a stop to most in‐person events. Finn Caspersen, Jr. Cynthia Kellogg Theodore Chase, Jr. Blair MacInnes But it didn’t stop the celebration of our 60th anniversary and the 125,000‐plus acres of open space and farmland permanently preserved since 1960! Jack R. Cimprich Thomas J. Maher John L. Dana Scott McVay Instead, a virtual party and auction on the summer solstice, June 20, was a great success! Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by online to watch Leslie Ficcaglia David F. Moore musical performances, bid on unique items and experiences, see messages from current and past governors, ask questions about nature and wildlife, Clement Fiori Mary W. Moore* and request favorite songs from a live DJ. Chad Goerner John Parker Neil Grossman Ingrid W. Reed Douglas Haynes L. Keith Reed The coronavirus didn’t stop people’s enjoyment of nature. As most New Jersey schools and businesses locked down, parks, preserves and trails became Kenneth H. Klipstein II Jamie Kyte Sapoch more popular than ever. Across the state and beyond, people flocked to parks and open spaces for exercise, fresh air, a break from their couches and William T. Knox IV Leslie Sauer for the peace and quiet that only nature can bring. Some New Jersey Conservation Foundation preserves saw a record number of visitors. Andrew Kricun Tama Matsuoka Wong Kevin Kuchinski Lisa Evans Lewis Thank you to all our loyal members and friends for making the preservation of these special places possible! Without your donations and support over Michael S. Maglio EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR the past 60 years, New Jersey Conservation could not have preserved so many beautiful properties that provide recreation, protect wildlife habitat and Michele S. Byers Stephen W. Parker safeguard clean water. Fran Raymond Price Samantha Rothman Susan Swayne Enjoy this Annual Report and check out the decade‐by‐decade timeline of New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s major milestones over the past Louise Currey Wilson INCLUDES ALL 2019–2020 TRUSTEES 60 years. You should be proud, because YOU made these milestones happen! Lee Yeash * DENOTES DECEASED MEMBER With many thanks,

For membership information, New Jersey Conservation Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve land and natural resources please visit our website at throughout New Jersey for the benefit of all. Through acquisition and stewardship, we protect strategic lands from the Highlands to www.njconservation.org or the Pine Barrens to the Delaware Bayshore. We promote strong land conservation policies at the local, state and federal levels, forge JOIN call us at 1‐888‐LANDSAVE. OUR Our mailing address is partnerships to achieve conservation goals, and provide support and technical assistance to partner groups. Since 1960, we have US! 170 Longview Road, Far Hills, NJ 07931. MISSION helped protect more than 125,000 acres of natural areas, farms, parks and water resources.

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From our origin in 1960 as a local citizen

group fighting to protect the Great Swamp

to our current-day land preservation and

advocacy projects throughout the state,

New Jersey Conservation Foundation has

accomplished a lot in the past 60 years! On the following pages, a timeline chronicles CELEBRATING the highlights of six decades working in the

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1960 1961

In 1960, a grassroots The Great Swamp Committee of the North American Wildlife Foundation is officially established, led by group formed to stop housewife-turned-activist Helen Fenske. a large “jetport” Grassroots opposition mobilizes against from being built in Port Authority plan for 10,000-acre international the Great Swamp. “jetport” in the Great Swamp of Morris This small but mighty and Somerset counties. group would go on to much bigger things!

1965 1966

North Jersey Conservation Foundation Our first newsletter, makes its first purchase, the 77-acre Dismal Footprints, debuts. Harmony Preserve in Mendham Township, which is later turned over to the town. It’s the first time a nonprofit partners with the state Green Acres program. 60s 9 1

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1961 1964 1965

Helen Fenske and other conservationists Preservation effort succeeds; the Great Swamp National go to Washington to convince federal Wildlife Refuge is dedicated with U.S. Secretary of the officials to support a national wildlife Interior Stewart L. Udall in attendance. refuge in the Great Swamp.

The Great Swamp Committee extends its vision to become the North Jersey Conservation Foundation.

1967 1968 1969

Helen Fenske, Russell Myers of Morris County Parks, Hugh Stearns David Moore replaces of the Morristown Rotary Club, and the Junior League of Morristown Helen Fenske as develop idea for Patriots’ Path, a greenbelt along the Whippany Executive Director. River in Morris County, an area rich in Revolutionary War history. Over more than four decades, it would grow to become one of the county’s signature parks.

We make first open space gift to newly-established New Jersey Natural Lands Trust, an agency created to accept donations of land from private property owners, donating 36 acres along the Rockaway Creek in Readington Township that were given to us by Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon Wattles.

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1970 1970 1972

The 1970s saw the We unveil new An 84-acre parcel in environmental Chester Township, broadening of our curriculum, “Education given to us by Corinne for Survival,” at a and Percy Chubb, was mission to encompass national educators’ transferred to the convention in San township, forming Chubb advocacy and land Francisco. At the time, Park. Later, 42 adjoining few schools incorpo- acres in Chester Borough preservation projects rated environmental were turned over to that education into their municipality, enlarging throughout New Jersey. curricula. Thousands of the park. This creates NJ Conservation begins weekly column, books were distributed our first conservation “The State We’re In,” commenting on environmental nationwide. easement, and one of the topics in New Jersey. The column is still published first in Morris County. today, running without a gap for 50 years.

1975 1976 1979

We build Newark’s first “instant” park on a NJ Conservation proposes “Rails for vacant half-acre lot across from City Hall. It is Trails” program to turn abandoned designed by our trustee Robert Zion, a noted railway corridors into hiking and landscape architect. Despite its temporary biking paths. design, the park is still there today. 70s After years of helping preserve land in Monmouth County, we help found the Monmouth Conservation Foundation. Edward and Joanne Mullen donate Walnford Mills, an 18th century house and gristmill on

9 41 acres in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, to us. We transfer the property to the Monmouth Conservation Foundation, 1 which later ensures its preservation as a county historic park.

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1974 1974 1974

NJ Conservation acquires the 165-acre Cross Estate The first one-mile section in Bernardsville and transfer it to Morristown of Patriots’ Path opens National Historical Park. Basketball star Bill Bradley, in Mendham Township; just beginning his run for U.S. Senate, speaks at a master plan for the 27-mile the dedication. greenbelt park is finished the following year.

North Jersey Conservation Foundation becomes New Jersey Conservation Foundation to reflect growing statewide focus.

1979 1979 1979

NJ Conservation preserves the 60-acre Landmark property tax assessment decision won McBride celery farm in heavily developed by us; State Division of Tax Appeals rules that Bergen County. It is later turned over to assessments must be lowered to reflect reduction the town of Allendale as the Celery Farm in market value of properties with conservation Natural Area. easements.

The New Jersey Legislature approves the Pinelands Protection Act, one year after Jimmy Carter signs bill creating the million-acre Pinelands National Reserve. We were among the leading advocates for the Act, and had spent three years fundraising for Pinelands preservation. By year’s end, we hold nearly 2,000 acres in Pine Barrens.

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1981 1981 1981

The 1980s brought NJ Conservation purchases 234 acres in Roxbury Township, Morris County, which eventually become further expansion of our Morris Canal Park. It contains sections of defunct canal bed and towpath. work, with a focus on helping state and local governments preserve

parks and open space. Gov. Brendan Byrne and State Senator Raymond Zane peruse our poster highlighting We launch project to restore the state-owned but the persistent loss of farmland in New Jersey. neglected Pine Barrens community of Whitesbog, The New Jersey Agriculture Retention and home to Elizabeth White, who began cultivating Development Act and a bond issue providing native wild blueberries there in 1912. We help $50 million for farmland preservation are establish Whitesbog Preservation Trust. subsequently passed by voters.

1985 1985 1986 1987

Grover’s Mill Pond in West Windsor Assisting the city Township, Mercer County, site of Orson of Camden with plans Wells’ fictional 1938 “War of the Worlds” for a greenway along Martian invasion, is acquired by us, and the Cooper River, we later passed to the township along with begin seeking land and funds to maintain the dam. easement donations from private, corporate and nonprofit landowners. 80s

Campaign launched to protect habitat along the Delaware Bay where migratory shorebirds stop each spring to replenish their

9 energy by feasting on horseshoe crab eggs. We accept donation of a stretch of Bayshore beach in Cape May County, later turned

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1982 1983 1984 1985

We save land near the NJ Conservation begins new project in cooperation with Delaware Twp, The State Planning Act is Forked River Mountains of Hunterdon County, to protect an eight-mile stretch of the Wickecheoke passed, affirming that New Ocean County that later Creek. We save an 89-acre farm, one of the first to be preserved through Jersey needs sound and becomes Wells Mills the State Farmland Preservation Program. integrated statewide planning County Park. to conserve its natural resources, revitalize its urban centers and protect the quality of its environment.

The 180-acre Van Doren farm in Tewksbury Township is sold to Hunterdon County as a park, along with easements forming a green belt surrounding historic Oldwick. We purchased the farm four years earlier to prevent a housing development from being built.

1987 1987 1989 1989

NJ Conservation We agree to help residents of northeastern Morris County save As a result of lobbying by us acquires a Camden a forested ridge known as Pyramid Mountain. The land, which and our partners, a Green row house on the contains evidence of occupation by prehistoric people, eventually Acres bond referendum is block where poet becomes Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area. amended to allow nonprofits Walt Whitman once to apply for funding directly lived, and later for the first time. transfer it to the state as part of Walt Whitman Historic Complex.

NJ Freshwater Wetlands Protection The Pinelands Preservation Act becomes law, three years Alliance is founded by NJ after we and our partners launch Conservation to serve as campaign to protect the state’s watchdog in the Pine Barrens. freshwater wetlands.

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1990 1990 1991 1992

NJ Conservation For Land’s Sake, a history of our first Walkill River National 30 years, is published. At this point, we Wildlife Refuge in Sussex continues to grow, have helped save some 50,000 acres. County is established; its nucleus is formed with an increasing by the first property focus on acquiring land donated by us. to add to a statewide

system of preserves. Actor Christopher Reeve, Gov. Jim Florio and former Gov. Brendan Byrne are special guests at our 30th anniversary dinner We build a nature trail on one of our properties in Burlington County as a memorial at the AT&T headquarters to the late conservationists Brooks and Dorothy Evert. The property is now known in Basking Ridge. as the Evert Preserve, one of the first of our properties to be actively managed.

1994 1995 1995 1996

NJ Conservation First part of the 150-mile-long NJ Conservation offices move to the Bamboo becomes the first Highlands Trail opens, as a Brook Outdoor Education Center in Chester nonprofit to make a result of efforts by us, the Township, a property that was once home to grant to a county to NY-NJ Trail Conference and Martha Brookes Hutcheson, one of America’s preserve farmland. National Park Service. first female landscape architects. Salem County used the funding to buy an agricultural easement on the dairy farm owned by Vera and Elmer Pettit. 90s

9 We save 3,000 acres in the Forked River Mountains of Ocean County, the largest acquisition by a 1 nonprofit group in New Jersey to date.

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1992 1993 1994

The Donald and Beverley Jones Footpath in the Wickecheoke Creek Preserve is named to honor dedicated preservationists from Hunterdon County. Donald Jones is a former president of our Board of Trustees.

Four influential NJ Conservation Foundation publications, starting with The New Jersey Highlands: Treasures at Risk, helped shape land use policy in key regions during the ’90s and beyond. The special reports The “Songbird Connection” educational curriculum is published, that follow are: Greenways to the Arthur Kill, Charting a Course for the teaching youngsters about the need to protect habitat along the Delaware Bay Watershed, and Gaining Ground: Preserving migratory routes of songbirds, from their nesting areas in New New Jersey Farmland through Effective Tax Policy. Jersey to their wintering grounds in Central and South America.

1997 1997 1998 1999

First annual New Jersey We successfully rally Garden State Preservation Land Trust Rally offers with partners to save Trust Act passes, launching educational workshops Riverbank Park in New Jersey’s ambitious for people involved in land Newark, designed initiative to preserve one conservation. by Frederick Law million acres. Olmsted, from being developed into a baseball stadium.

David Moore retires after 30 years; Michele Byers becomes our third executive director.

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2000 2001 2003

Our fifth decade Our 40th anniversary is celebrated at was marked by many Drumthwacket, the governor’s mansion in milestones, including Princeton. By now, we have helped save more than the acquisition of the 100,000 acres throughout magnificent Franklin New Jersey. Parker Preserve in the New Jersey Pine The 9,400-acre DeMarco cranberry farm in the Pine Barrens. A joint effort between us and the NJDEP’s Green Acres Barrens of Burlington County is preserved and later named program preserves over 450 acres in the Burden Hill for our trustee and former president Franklin Parker, the first Forest of Salem and Cumberland counties –– the Delaware chairman of the state Pinelands Commission. It is the largest Bayshore region’s only large, intact forest. property ever acquired by a New Jersey nonprofit.

2006 2006 2006

On the heels of the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act of 2004, we help form and fund a new independent watchdog group, the New Jersey Highlands Coalition.

The largest freshwater wetlands restoration We become the first nonprofit to bring federal farmland project in the northeast begins at the Franklin preservation funding to New Jersey when we preserve an Parker Preserve. A year earlier, we received more 85-acre vegetable farm in Pilesgrove Township, Salem than $5.4 million from the federal government County. We also launch the Tri-County Agricultural Retention to preserve and restore the wetlands. Partnership (TARP) to support farmers in Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland counties.

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2004 2004 2005 2006

In partnership with Green We add 68 acres to Passaic County’s Apshawa Preserve As part of our continuing effort to create a Acres and Rutgers University, and become a partner in managing the rugged, mountainous recreational link between the Delaware Riverfront we launch Garden State 576-acre property surrounding Butler Reservoir. and Cooper River Park, we open an office with Greenways, an online planning full-time staff in the city of Camden. tool dedicated to the idea that every New Jersey resident should have easy access to parks, trails and protected lands. It builds upon a greenways project begun 15 years earlier.

The circa 1795 Prall House in Stockton, Hunterdon County, is preserved, becoming a regional office for NJ Conservation and the Delaware River Mill Society.

2006 2007 2009

Research scientists discover 30 rare, endangered and threatened plants at the Franklin Parker Preserve. More discoveries follow in the coming years, including rare insects and frogs.

In a first-time partnership between a New Jersey nonprofit and the U.S. military, we preserve 107 acres NJ Conservation helps Ocean County preserve the next to the Air Force’s Warren historic Cedar Bridge Tavern in Barnegat Township, Grove Gunnery Range in where the last battle of the Revolutionary War Ocean County. was fought.

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2010 2010 2010

The 2010s was a We sell a preserved dairy farm in Washington Township, The 4,000-acre Candace McKee Ashmun Preserve Warren County, to Brian and Courtney Foley, who are at Forked River Mountain is dedicated in honor of decade of great establishing New Jersey’s first herd of water buffalo. the remarkable conservationist who fought for The water buffaloes’ rich milk is used to make gourmet New Jersey’s environment for over six decades. accomplishment, with mozzarella cheese, yogurt and other products. The last original member of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, Candy Ashmun passed the establishment of away in May 2020 at the age of 96. many new preserves throughout the state and expansion of our advocacy work. Preserved the 476-acre Fichera farm in the Mannington Meadows of Salem County

2012 2013 2014

After more than a decade of planning and negotiations, At our urging, four former New Jersey governors –– NJ Conservation signs the first of several contracts Byrne, Florio, Kean and Whitman –- speak out to protect toward the preservation of 1200 acres of land in the scenic views of the Palisades cliffs from intrusion by a Sourland Mountains of Central Jersey. NJ Conservation proposed high-rise corporate headquarters. Their action is actively working to establish a preserve in the eventually leads to a voluntary agreement to lower the Sourlands, as well as assisting Somerset County in building’s profile. adding to its Sourland Mountain Preserve. NJ Conservation becomes an accredited land trust.

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2011 2011 2012

Received the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for restoring 1,100 acres of abandoned cranberry bogs to natural wetlands at the Franklin Parker Preserve in the Pine Barrens of Burlington County.

Preserved the first 115 acres of the Hill & Dale Preserve in A new section of the famous 50-mile Batona Trail across the Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, part of a historic Pine Barrens is rerouted through the Franklin Parker Preserve. farm with panoramic views from its highest fields. The project moves the trail away from busy roadsides and increases its scenic appeal.

2014 2014 2014

New Jersey gains a permanent source of land preservation funding, as voters overwhelmingly approve a constitutional amendment dedicating a percentage of corporate business tax revenues for preserving open space, farmland, historic sites and flood-prone properties.

NJ Conservation becomes administrator of the Franklin Parker Conservation Excellence Grants, named for one of this The Maureen Ogden Preserve is dedicated in Washington Township, organization’s co-founders. The grants provide funding for non-profit Morris County. It is named for former Assemblywoman Maureen Ogden, conservation organizations working in New Jersey; to date, more an environmental champion who formerly served on our Board of Trustees. than $1.8 million has been awarded for over 484 projects.

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2015 2015 2016 2020 AND BEYOND ReThink Energy NJ is established to fight an onslaught of pipeline proposals and advocate for clean energy. One of As we celebrate the first ReThink Energy’s first projects is leading the opposition to the PennEast pipeline, which threatens thousands 60 years, we look ahead of acres of preserved open space and farmland in to the next 60, including Hunterdon and Mercer counties. more work to fight climate change and ensure access to parks With a dozen partners, we purchase an abandoned corporate office campus in Hopewell Township, and open space by Mercer County, with plans to convert it into a nature preserve connecting with the Lawrence Hopewell Trail. communities of color. It is named the Mount Rose Preserve, after the ridge where it is located.

2017 2018

A bipartisan group of former elected officials widely known for their environmental advocacy and achievements called on New Jersey’s Congressional Delegation to fight for a set of “Principles to Protect our Public Lands, Water, Air and Wildlife” from environmental rollbacks in Washington. Former Governors Jim Florio, Christie Whitman and Tom Kean (pictured here), joined together with former Governor Brendan Byrne, former Congressman Nearly 375 acres of grasslands surrounding the renowned Rush Holt and former New Jersey Cowtown Rodeo in Pilesgrove Township, Salem County were Assemblywoman Maureen Ogden. permanently preserved, allowing the land to stay in the family. Cowtown is New Jersey’s only rodeo and the longest running weekly rodeo in the nation.

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2016 2016

Lana Lobell Farm in The former Zemel property in Pemberton, Burlington County, New Jersey Conservation Blueprint, Bedminster Township, is purchased with a generous donation from Monmouth County a powerful mapping tool to identify Somerset County, philanthropists Joan and Robert Rechnitz. The 811-acre top priority lands for preservation, once the home of a preserve is later named in their honor. is launched in partnership with renowned Standardbred The Nature Conservancy, Rowan racehorse breeding University, William Penn Foundation operation, is preserved and other members of the state’s as farmland. conservation community.

2018 2018 2019 2019

The Clean Energy Act, Six hundred acres in Vineland, Cumberland County, Invasive Chinese pond for which NJ Conservation including 2.2 miles of the scenic Menantico Creek, mussels were eradicated advocated, is signed into were purchased to become the Menantico Preserve. from ponds at a preserve law by Governor Phil in Hunterdon County, Murphy. The law takes thanks to a grant from critical steps toward the U.S. Fish & Wildlife improving and expanding Service. Had these New Jersey's renewable mussels not been energy programs. eradicated from the former fish farm, they could have spread widely, Decades of work in Camden City culminates with as has been the case in the grand opening of Gateway Park, 25 acres along Eastern Europe. the Cooper River that are providing local residents with access to nature and outdoor recreation.

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Pheasant Hill FoundationC Coughlin Duffy LLP William deCamp Jr. Fund of the $100,000 AND ABOVE Roxiticus Foundation Kate Curley Community Foundation of New Jersey C Anonymous DonorsC Katherine Smith Austin and Gwen Fragomen Mr. and Mrs. Robert Denby Bolger Foundation Eric E. and Patricia Sumner Jane and Peter Galetto Ditschman Flemington Ford C C F. M. Kirby FoundationC The Curtis W. McGraw Foundation Stephen Charles Gruber Anna Drago Clifford W. Starrett Trust The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation Pamela and Howard Hirsch John and Anne DuffyC C The Geraldine R. Dodge FoundationC The John Tyler Foundation Independence Seaport Museum EarthShare of New Jersey C The William Penn FoundationC Louise C. Wilson Dan and Gail Kopp Edmund Optics C C Victoria Foundation, Inc.C Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Lambert, III Ms. Jeanne R. Eisele Joseph and Jennifer Lemond Joanne Elliott $5,000 - $9,999 Wendy Mager and Eric MonbergC Chana R. Fitton and William A. Timpson C $50,000 - $99,999 The Hon. Joseph H. Metelski Garden Club of Morristown Acorn Foundation Kurt Munkacsi and Nancy JeffriesC Frederick and Gael W. GardnerC Anonymous Donors Kate Adams and Duke Wiser National Wildlife Federation Jon and Evalyn Gelhaus C C The Fund for New JerseyC Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Allen Mrs. Langdon Palmer Charles and Laurel Gould Mayor Paul H. Tomasko Jacquie Asplundh Tari PantaleoC Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Harvey, Jr.C Cape Branch Foundation Ms. Leslie Jones Sauer and Mr. Gill Smith Healey Family Foundation Finn and Emily Caspersen Jeff and Mary Louise Shafer Jeffrey and Dawn HowellC C C C $25,000 - $49,999 Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Jacqueline Strigl Gayle Chamberlin Hoyt Donald R. Conklin Sumner Gerard FoundationC Samuel G. HuberC American Conservation Association, Inc. John and Margo DanaC Susan and Thompson Swayne Susan and Tod Hullin Penelope Ayers Michael Dawson and Robert Tomaselli The Charles E. and James and Virginia Welch Foundation Miranda Fund of the E.J. Grassmann Trust Edna T. Brundage FoundationC Peter W. JewellC 2019 Community Foundation of New Jersey Virginia Falconer The Gelfand Family Foundation, Inc.C Pearl Johnson Clean Air Task Force Clem and Joanna FioriC The Homestead Foundation, Inc. Kelly Family Charitable Fund CTW Foundation, Inc. Frelinghuysen FoundationC The Koven FoundationC Harold Kiel C Dr. Rosina B. and Mr. Richard DixonC Gates and Mary Ellen Hawn The McCance Foundation David and Anita Knechel Michael C. Gross Richard and Catherine Herbst Mary Walter Karen Kohler Energy Foundation William T. Knox, IV Aili Liu and Bo Xing Steven C. KunderC Neil Grossman and Nancy Wolff Richard M. Lawrence Lee and John Yeash Land Trust Alliance DONORS C Hella and Scott McVay Fund of the Theresa Joy Lanuto Caroline P. Huber Johanette Wallerstein Institute Princeton Area Community FoundationC Kim Leicester Richard Moseley and Joanne Gusweiler Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. LewisC WHILE MUCH HAS CHANGED IN 60 YEARS, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation $1,000 - $2,499 Barbara Ray Parkside Business & Community Richard and Elizabeth Lilleston Robert and Joan Rechnitz In Partnership, Inc. Amwell Valley Trail Association Pamela and Roland Machold ONE THING IS CONSTANT: C L. Keith and Lisa ReedC Reed Family Foundation Candace M. Ashmun Kenneth Meyers C Stone Foundation of New JerseyC Robert McLean Foundation Trust Alix and Scott Bacon Sally and David Mikkelsen Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller, Jr. Arthur A. Bartenstein Joan Millspaugh IT IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT Rosemont Foundation John C. and Irene B. Bartenstein Monmouth Conservation Foundation C $10,000 - $24,999 The Merrill G. & Emita Hastings Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bartenstein Mary Jo Nutt SO MUCH OF NEW JERSEY’S LAND, WATER The Nature Conservancy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bartenstein The Hon. Maureen OgdenC Catherine BaconC The New York Community Trust Bassett Foundation Ms. Joanne Pannone John and Jenifer N. BurghardtC Ms. Anne Troop Chris and James Besanceney Steve and Liz Parker AND SCENIC BEAUTY ARE STILL HERE. Roger Byrom and Wendy RasmussenC Union Foundation Barbara and W. Michael Blumenthal Gary and Trudy Patterson C Mrs. Catherine A. M. CavanaughC Esther Warner John and Rosanne Bornholdt Carol Lynn and Edward Pfeiffer C Jack and Ronnie CimprichC Wilmerding Family Fund of the The Brady Family Kathryn A. Porter WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR C Mrs. Jane B. DeBevoiseC Community Foundation of New Jersey Mr. and Dr. Thomas A. Brummer PSEG Ernest Christian Klipstein Foundation Bob and Barbara Wolfe Charitable Fund Jennifer Bryson Carol L. Romano YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT. Estate of Ruth S. Gleason of the Princeton Area Bradley M. Campbell and Katherine HacklC Douglas M. Schleifer and Ms. Alison J. Flemer Community FoundationC Miss Helen R. Cannon Maureen M. SmythC Fox Foundation Ruth CharnesC Mrs. Nancy Z. Schreyer Robert C. Greenwood Chris M. Chickering Bruce and Sara SchundlerC C Holly R. Hegener and Jon CummingsC $2,500 - $4,999 Mrs. Sally Chubb Ken Misiak and Sandra L. Simpson Peter K. and Cynthia Kellogg Ms. Maggie Clare and Mr. Gary Hinesley Robert W. Simpson C Helen & William Mazer FoundationC Anonymous Donors Coastal America Foundation Hunt and Margaret Stockwell Hyde and Watson Foundation Karen Allen Kenneth R. and Marilyn K. Cummings Nancy SwiftC Mary Owen Borden Memorial Foundation Peter and Sofia Blanchard Paul N. DackowC Richard and Laura Szwak David F. and Mary W. MooreC Franta Broulik Lloyd and Sally Davis Mr. Pete Taft and Ms. Mara Connolly National Audubon Society Lisa Caplan Rev. Julia S. Dawson Marianne Teetsel and Robert JacobsC Open Space Institute Dr. Theodore Chase and Mrs. Victory ChaseC Ms. Anne DeBevoise Tewksbury Trail Association

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The 1772 Foundation, Inc. Mr. William KurtzC Dr. Jonathan Cobb and Vanessa F. MitchellC Janet and Frank Allocca Citizens United to Protect The Halpern Family Foundation Lisa Lewis Ms. Suzzanne DouglasC Dr. Donald P. MitraneC Florence AluottoC The Maurice River And Its Tributaries Inc. The Howard Bayne FundC Jeffrey and Anita H. LiebmanC Joseph and Jeannie ColalilloC Timothy Morris Tanya Nolte and Erik Anderson William and Elizabeth Clarkson William H. Thornburg, Jr. Andrew and Anya Littauer John and Tracey CostanzoC Gene Muller James Andrews and Amy Pearlmutter Bill Claus Andrew J.F. Tucker Losam FundC Dan Joraanstad and Bob Hermann Mary E. Murphy Chris and Stacey Antar Larry and Mary CoffeyC Michelle Walker Joseph Maraziti Faith in The Future Fund Cynthia PaladinoC Richard ArmstrongC Ms. Diane M. Coffman John Watson Peggy McDonnell Walsh Michael and Marilyn Dee Dr. Charles W. PaulC Association of New Jersey Francesco and Annette Colbertaldo Mr. Charles F. West Bruce and Linda Meier Edward and Jess Deutsch Edmund Peters Environmental Commissions Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cole Michael J. WhiteC Michael and Hilary Merritt Mr. Louis Discepola Joy PetzingerC Deborah W. BaileyC Rosemary Collins Joseph and Phoebe Wiley Mr. Robert W. Messerschmidt Douglas Dixon Virginia K. PiersonC Patricia Balko Jack and Jesse Connor William A. and Elizabeth W. Wolfe Meredith Moore William Doan, IIIC Dr. and Mrs. Stanley T. Praiss John Balletto Corbin Family Fund of the Todd Zimmerman and Laurie Volk Janet and Daniel E. MurnickC Ms. Katherine V. Dresdner, Esq. Joseph and Evelyn Prather Joseph L. Balwierczak Community Foundation of New Jersey Glenn Oleksak Douglas S. and Priscilla Eakeley Heather Palframan Giorgio and Simona Balzer Edward CoxeyC Margaret H. ParkerC Lynn and Tom Ebeling Carole Rains Paul Barbin Harden and Ailsa Crawford $500 - $999 Henry S. Patterson, IIIC William Fine Francis and Dawn Rapa Scott BarnesC Mary Croft Carol L. Pfeiffer Nicholas and Kristin Fiori Reese Family Fund of Jim and Carolyn Barnshaw Dr. William J. CromartieC Thelma K. AchenbachC William Purcell and Elaine Schaeffler Russell Forte The Philadelphia Foundation Ms. Nancy F. Barrett Walt CroomC Ms. Valerie B. Ackerman Beverly Railsback Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Francis Karen RichardsC Marjorie Barrett Crossroads of the Darvene A. Adams Janice Reid Gregg and Jean Frankel Jan Robbins Robert L. Barrett American Revolution Association Dr. and Mrs. Richard Allen Frederick L. and Laura S. Rhodes Joan and Keith Freehauf Patricia Rolston Cindy Batiste Tom and Liz Cutler‐Kreutz Ms. Elizabeth Blake Bagnato Greg and Carol Romano Steve Gates and Julie Fox Anne‐Marie Romano Mrs. Constance Bauder Rick Dabagian Julie C. Baron Ronald Berlin Architect, PC Alexandra Gerry Rebecca Rome Nancy H. Becker Barbara Fordyce and Robert F. Dahl Robert and Pamela BeckerC Robert and Elizabeth SchmidC Antoine and Noemie GerschelC Louisa Sargent William and Caroline Beidelman Dennis and Erin Daly B. R. and Mary R. Benioff James and Sharon Schwarz Peter Gianetti and Sheryl Riley Stacy and Glenn Schiffman Andrea B. Bent Sandy Damiano Dr. Ingeborg D. Bossert Dr. Alan Spotnitz and Dr. Arlene Spotnitz Pete GitlitzC Mr. and Mrs. R. Edwin Selover Robert and Nancy Benz W. B. Daniels Michele S. ByersC Nancy SquierC Jevon and Devin Torres Ms. and Mr. Ellen Siegel Bruce and Barbara Berger Joseph E. Dante John Cecil Brian Storms Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. GoldmanC Scott Sillars and Margaret Griffin Alice Berman Debra Davis Dr. Richard H. Colby Ken and Eileen Swan Louise Gross Grace SindenC Barbara and Joel Bickell David DeBevoise Michael Connolley Charles S. and Ravenna Taylor Michael Gross Dr. Peter Speth and Mrs. Helge Speth John C. and Kathleen F. Biggins Sari DeCesare Cooper Family Fund of the The Kane Family Foundation David J. and Glenda S. Haas Ms. Anne Stephano Tom and Joanne BintingerC Elizabeth De Cicco Community Foundation of New JerseyC Short Hills Garden ClubC Mr. and Mrs. David Hargrave Mr. Robert E. Stewart Cecilia Birge Drs. Barbara A. Berko and Joel L. DeitzC Brenda and Thomas Curnin Penny and Ted Thomas Fund of the Roger and Friederike Harris Tanya Sulikowski Veronica BishopC Nancy DeMarrais Linda Winsor DeLap and Robert J. DeLap Princeton Area Community Foundation Robert and Sarah HemsenC Janice SummersC Alan and Susan Blanchette Jignasa Desai‐McCleary Susan Dorward Robert K. Ward Frank Hershkowitz and Lorraine StaplesC Swiftwater Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. BlinnC Alexandra Desipris Suzanne Engel Larry Wehr Robert M. Hornby Mary and John Tassini Martin M. and Anne M. BloomenthalC Anthony and Jeanette DeVincenzo Estate of Patricia M. Savage The Weingart Family Fund Arthur W. Huguley Christopher J. Teasdale Kirk and Anne Craig Bobo Jill DevlinC Ms. Rachel J. Finkle and Mr. Sven Helmer Elizabeth and Robert WilsonC Sally IkeC Ms. Alice S. Tempel and Mr. Leigh Walker Janet BoneC Mr. Sidney G. Dillon Robert L. FoesterC Brann and Ellen Wry Maryann and Robert IshamC Kathi and John A. Thonet Andrea M. Bonette Frank DiscenzaC The Hon. Rodney P. FrelinghuysenC Beth YinglingC Andrew W. JohnsonC Louise TompkinsC Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boulton Gerrit Dispersyn Christine A. Gallucci Richard A. Zimmer and Marfy A. Goodspeed Martin D. JuddC Dr. Daniel J. Van Abs Marlene BoydC Ms. Lisa Downs Garden Club of PrincetonC Jean and Fred Kahan Mrs. Margaret von der Linde Beth B. BraniganC Beryl L. Doyle Frederick and Gael W. Gardner Ann W. Klemme Mr. and Mrs. James M. Walton, Jr. Drs. Stephen Brenner and Pam Benfield Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dunn Bruce and Karin GastC $250 - $499 Kevin and Leslie Kuchinski Tracey Clarke Brinkerhoff Environmental Services , Inc. Willard Dye James G. and Kathleen GilbertC Alan and Donna L. Kunze Joan and Gary Warner Anthony and Carol Broccoli Anne Dyjak and Joe Filo Lynda GoldscheinC Joseph Albertini Melissa Lambert Dr. Sara Webb William Brower Gayle E. Eddy Geoffrey Goll Grania and George AllportC Bill and Blair Lawlor Ann and Stephen K. WestC Mr. John R. Bulger Steve and Janet Eisenhauer Thomas M. and Margaret Gorrie Linny and Merrick G. Andlinger Arthur S. Levy Kate Dixon and Mr. Dan Wilkinson Dr. Joseph Burgiel Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gordon Engel Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gund Laura and Jeff BarnesC Karen Linder Van Z. and Myra Williams Thomas and Elizabeth Cabarle David C. Epler Louis C. and Gail HarrisC Ms. Jill A. Baxter Longwood Gardens John and Nancy Yingling Jean Watson Cahouet Thomas and Ann Ewig Peter D. HaugkC Pat B. Black and Carol W. EnglishC Dr. William Lupatkin and Glenda S. Yu Ruth Campo Mrs. Joseph J. Fahey Michael and Carol Heffler Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. BonuccelliC Mrs. Julie T. LupatkinC Carol G. Carlson Stan and Ellen V. Fayer Robert F. and Diane HoltawayC Elizabeth BreedloveC Lisa and Marty MacCollumC Mr. Robert J. and Vicki M. Carr, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. David Feinblum Robert and Florence Jennes S. G. and Sara C. BrummerC Martens Bash Foundation $100 - $249 Natalie L. Carroll Steven FensterC Erica L. Johanson and James V. PowersC Russell and Shirley Buchanan Mr. Matthew Martin Evelyn Carter June Filipski Dr. Stephanie B. Jones Joe and TC Buchanan David H. McAlpin, Jr.C Jefferey and Sara Abrams Astrid M. Caruso and Roger T. PrichardC Daniel and Margery Fiori Candace L. Jones and Stephen Phillips Betsy H. Burgess Elizabeth G. McCutcheonC Beatrice and Larry S. Abrams Mr. Theodore J. Chando William and Donna FischerC Junior Woman's Club of Sparta Ann CavanaughC Jack and Linda McMackin Ronald Adams Clement Chang Roger E. Flahive and Eileen A. MallorC Kaufelt Family Fund William and Wendy Clarke Jane and Peter Mercer Mary Allan Charles and Jean ChapinC Jared and Emily Flesher The Hon. Thomas Kean Robert Clayton Denise Milot Judith A. and Frederick H. AllenC Chester Garden Club Randolph Floyd Sybil B. KramerC CNA Insurance Companies, Inc. Robert and Veronica MitchellC Ms. Eve E. Allison C Donors for ten or more consecutive years

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James J. Flynn, Jr. Chad Holloway Joseph Logan Beth Nichols Samantha Rothman and John D. Hankin, Jr. Russell and Lois Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. ForbesC Rilda Hone George Logeman Nancy Ann Niemann Mr. and Mrs. William Ruggero Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sweeney Anne Forbes Mark Huddell and Kerry L. Miller James C. Long, Jr. William and Judy Ninke John and Paula Runnells Mark SzutarskiC Barbara Fordyce and Robert F. Dahl Thomas and Gloria HueyC Robert and Virginia Loughlin Valerie Nixon Mayor Peter Rustin Jonathan R. TarlinC Deborah FreedmanC James W. and Connie O. Hughes Mr. James M. Lukenda Ruth Nunez Rutgers Cooperative Extension Becky Taylor Maxine Friedman Sonya HulbertC William B. Lum Jay OBrien Water Resource Program Deborah Saunderson and Pam Thier Friends of the RancocasC Interstate Hiking ClubC Susan LupowC Michael O'Connell Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ryan Dr. Pauline Thomas and Brendan Furlong John and Carol Jackson Richard and Gemma Lury Jayne O'Connor Michael and Maureen Santoro Mr. Fredric Bell Russell Furnari Richard and Sharon Jarboe Deanna Z. Macek Joseph O'Hara Paul Santucci Nancy P. Thomson James Gaffney Daniel L. JassbyC Peter Macholdt and Kathy Fedorko Helen G. Oien Floyd Saums Roger Thorpe Michael F. Gallaway Ms. Robyn Jeney Kenneth L. MacRitchieC Mrs. Colleen Orsatti Christine and Bruce SavageC Joan ThuebelC Matthew Garamone Carol JohnsonC Kim Maialetti Peter Ostberg George W. Schaberg Deborah Troiani Judith Gardner Rosa Marie Johnson Caroline Maillard John R. Otterson Ms. Debra Sue Pawa and Mrs. Barbara H. Trought and Diana Garibaldi Skip Jonas and Tricia Deering Ronald Manning Michael and Juliet Patsalos‐Fox Mr. Richard Schatzman Mr. George E. Trought Anne and Bill Gates Tom and Penny Jones Alexandra A. Manning Fabien Paulot Eric and Randi Scher Mr. and Mrs. William Troutman Mrs. Moore Gates, Jr. Andrea and Dennis Kahn Mark Manning Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Pease Michael and Stacie Schmidt Lan‐Jen Tsai Barbara Geenhalgh‐Weidman Mr. Seth D Kantor Laura Marchetti Diane Perkins Betsy J. SchnorrC Joan Luckhardt and Bob Tucker Elizabeth Gensel Dr. Andrew Kasper Eloise Marsh Jonathan and Bette Perlman Judith SchoenherrC Mr. and Mrs. Eric Turnquist Peter George Michael Kaufman Mary Y. Mason Courtney Peters‐Manning Sadie SchossC Nancy C. Tworischuk Bull and Karen Gervasi Elizabeth A. Keat Rene Mathez Stephen Petross Susan Schwirck Tom Unger Keara Giannotti William L. Keefauver Wil Wong and Tama Matsuoka Wong Jarred Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Alan Michael Scott Barbara and John Vadnais Carol Gillesberg Nick Keller Robert E. McAllan Kathryn Renee Pierro Karen Scoullos Dr. Michael Van Clef James Gillick and Margaret Wong Mrs. Valerie Kent Thomas G. McBrideC David Piscitelli John and Josephine ScullyC Anne and Mark van den Bergh Laurie R. Gneiding and Michael J. Brady Nan and Robert KeohaneC Jack and Bette McCarron Elyse Pivnick Michael P. Shakarjian A. James and Jane Van Haasteren Joel and Carole Goldstein Matthew W. Kester Sarah and Robert McClanahanC Ms. Barbara Plunkett and Ms. Deborah Shea Joanna VandenbergC Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Goodfellow Emily Kingsbury Francesca P. McClay Mr. Charles Johnson William Sheehan Kazys Varnelis Roe W. Goodman Charles Klein Patrice J. McCoyC Lisa J. Pollak Kelly Shipp Mr. Jeffrey D. VernamC Mr. Bruce Green Mark Kneece Lee and Katherine McCracken Mr. and Mrs. Earle M. Post Bettie Shresnel John and Arianna Vig Daniel Green and Ruth Katz Green Mr. Arthur R. Koenig Mr. B. Alan McDermott Mr. Adam PotkayC Jon Shure John Violette Richard and Melissa Gronda Lawrence Koplik and Sarah RobertsC Sharlynn McGonigal and Robert B. Spille Thomas Potterfield Elizabeth Silvernail Al and Jacqueline Vnencak Mr. Warren Grover Corey Korinda Susan and Joseph McGrath Kate Pourshariati Niki Silverstein David Volk Ms. Sally Gullette Elaine Korzeniowski James and Karen McGregor Leigh Povia Mike and Andraya Simpson Anna M. Voordeckers Henry and Doris Gutsmuth Steven B. Krakauer Paula McGuire Frances L. Preston Shary and Gary Skoloff Austin Wakefield Ms. Kathleen Haake Dr. Deirdre Kramer Daryl E. Mecklem and Kathleen A. HowardC Colleen and Allen Prince Al Smith Robert and Linda Walden Barbara HaertleinC Roy and Louise Kreiser Margaret W. MerklinC Hilary ProutyC Thomas SmithC Donald and Patricia WalkerC Helen H. Haines Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Kwiatek John Merritt Gregory Puchalski Mary Smith William and Andrea WallaceC Tom and Constance HalliwellC Steven E. Lane Cynthia Merwin Michael and Nancy Puleo Susan Smith Ms. Joan F. WalshC Jane M. Halsted Bob and Mary Lane Thomas Messineo Mr. and Mrs. Todd Pulley David Snope Wade and Sharon A. Wander Samuel M. Hamill Mr. Richard Larsen Nanette Meyer Harold Quinn James and Judith Snow William C. Ward, Jr. Mark Canright and Amy Hansen Susan W. Lauffer and Donald E. Lauffer Susan Michniewski John and Barbara Rafter Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Somers Ron and Linda Wass Daniel and Pamela Harding Elvera Leader Margaret Middaugh Rake & Hoe Garden Club, Inc., Sourland Conservancy Fred Weber Marion O. HarrisC David Lee Charles Middleton of Westfield, NJC Aimee and James Sousa Weshnak Family Foundation Ms. and Mr. Lois Harrod Valerie Ann Leeds and Kevin Knotts Danya Miller Joann S. RamosC Marilyn and Ken Sowles Eric and Barbara Westerwick John Hasse Andrew T. Rowan and Andrea E. Lehman Bruce L. Miller Kimber Ray Roger and Joyce Spingarn Mary Claire White John Hatch and David Henderson Marie Leithauser Ms. Alison E. Mitchell and Mr. Chris Keep Ingrid and Marvin Reed Aurelle Sprout and Jim Hake Barbara White Eric Hausmann Drs. Will and Mary Leland Richard and Lorraine MnichC Lisanne L. Renner and Adam S. GraceC Marie St John The Hon. Christine T. Whitman Robert and Anne Hayton Ms. Elizabeth Lempert and Molinari & Associates, P.C. Renee Resky Josey Stamm William M. Whitman Diana Haywood Mr. Kenneth Norman Stephanie and Joseph Monahan R. David Reynolds Mr. Scott D. StanfordC Ms. Rosemarie Widmer Mrs. Harold H. Healy, Jr. Virginia and Clark Lennon Cynthia Montes Jean L. Rich Austin C. Starkey, Jr. Gloria Wilczynski Joseph and Mary Hendrick Mr. Arthur Leon James Edward Morgan Keith and Anita Richmond Susan Stebbins Chris and Paula Williams Doug and Holly Hillman Edwin and Judith LeonardC Edward J. Morrison John Ringel and Judith Bebout Ms. Marjorie Steinberg James and Patricia Woodworth Mr. Lee W. Himmelmann Leigh A. and Cody L. Letsinger Suzanne Nash Anthony and Glorianne RobbiC Vera C. Stek Charles and Lucia Worman Susan R. Hoag John B. LewisC Polly and John Nelson Elizabeth Roedell Boyce Family Susan E. Wydick Lorraine Hoak Thomas Leyden Diane Nelson Jennifer Lublin and David E. Rojer Ms. Lois K. StewartC Geraldine A. Zelenick Ellen and Stuart Hochberger Paige B. and Elizabeth L’Hommedieu New Jersey Highlands Coalition Joseph and Cindy Romano Gail Stock Hal and Natalie Zenner Ms. Hollace A. Hoffman Mr. Edward Linky New Jersey League of Conservation Voters Ronald Curini Lillie Suabedissen Donald Zimmerman, D.D.S. Robert and Tracy HofstromC Mark S. Lerner and Carol B. Lipman Dr. and Mrs. Allan W. Newcomb Dr. Leon M. Rosenson and Dr. Suzanne Levin Robert and Deborah Sussna Janet Holbrook Mr. William M. Little Drs. Michael and Carol Newlon Jill Ross

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C INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT Joanne I. Palmer Joy R. Petzinger Mr. John Hermann IN HONOR OF Edward Pfeiffer Mrs. Mary Elizabeth ParkhurstC Keith Reed Dan Joraanstad and Bob Hermann Carol L. Pfeiffer FOR 10 OR MORE YEARS Estelle PerryC Nancy P. Thomson Faith in The Future Fund Michele S. Byers Greg Romano James and Linda PierroC William H. Thornburg, Jr. (UP TO $99) Mr. C. Lawrence Keller Katherine Buttolph Sandra J. PolkC Sandra Damiano Stephen Howard Edward and Lillian BabsonC Gerald and Susan PostC Mariclare Barbin Merrick G. Andlinger David N. DeBevoise C C Paul Barbin Jacquelyn Barth William R. and Noreen M. Postman Albert Knight Claudia Cuca Donna Hope Basking Ridge Garden ClubC Joseph PratiC May Barringer Valerie Kent Melissa Miller Thomas Leyden Mr. and Mrs. Fred BerghahnC James A. QuinnC Kim Maialetti Lee McCracken Emile DeVito Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. BernsteinC Joseph P. and Shirley A. RennonC James Kramer Charles Middleton Susan Dorward Evelyn and Behram BharuchaC Jens RiedelC Fred Bartenstein Mr. James Richart Steve and Liz Parker C C Arthur A. Bartenstein Robert and Linda Walden JoAnn Bowman Timothy C. Riegert Mrs. Lucy Meyer Leigh Povia C C Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bartenstein Robert and Valerie Brewster Paul Riley Cindy Batiste Dr. Rosina Dixon Joseph and Cindy Romano C C John C. Bartenstein Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Burling James L. and Judith M. Rosenthal Constance Courter Wanda Whyte Carol L. Romano Robert and Carol ButeraC C Thomas Bartenstein Mrs. Barbara T. Ross Anthony & Jeanette DeVincenzo Jill Ross Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. CalderC Walter and Penelope RothaugC Ms. Beryl L. Doyle Pete Bascinski Michael Kaufman Kelly Shipp Henry R. ChambersC Ms. Elizabeth SandsC Lois K. Stewart Hugh Carola Karen Luke Bonnie Tillery Stanley and Sandra J. ChristmanC Andrew and Wendy SanfordC Louis Milano George Easter Louise Currey Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. CostelloC Mr. and Mrs. Randy SantoroC Eva Beekman Diane Nelson Austin Wakefield Carolyn and Nelson DittmarC Drs. Donald and Lynn SiebertC Nancy B. Carringer Laura Szwak James and Marie DonnellyC Allan D. Smith and Gail L SmithC Karen Scoullos Jeanne R. Eisele Dennis Percher Hank Bisco Richard ErlerC Dr. Pamela J. SmithC Florence Miller Doris F. Forshner C C Jan E. Bisco‐Werner Anne Troop Ms. Madeline A. Etzold Janet R. Sneed Steve and Janet Eisenhauer Janet Eisenhauer C C Anne Troop Rita S. Fand Warren Sobelsohn Larry Bogdanow Karen Allen C C Terence Morgan Stephen and Lillian Fogle Anne and John Standley Leslie McEachern David Tilden Volk, III C C James Morgan Douglas and Barbara Ford Joan M. Stein Clem Fiori David Volk C C Mark Bramble Ms. Doris F. Forshner Juris and Nancy Svarcbergs Richard Newman Mr. Daniel Fiori Patricia N. FowlerC Jeanne ToalC Louise Sellon Tina Walling Susan Stebbins Mr. Gael A. Gardner Anthony and Beverly Ann GlocklerC Town & Country Garden ClubC Paul Rinear Jack and Martha Bridges Jennifer Bryson Rita L. and Stewart J. GoldingC Arthur TuchfeldC Tyler Rodimer Mark and Amy Cieslewicz Anne Wright Wilson Marietta GuertlerC Lynn R. UhrigC Anne Coons Perry E. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Les GuileC C Mr. Richardson Buist Edward Deutsch Raymond S. Veghte Frances Silkotch Sally Ike Robert and Marlene HaikenC Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. WalkerC Jean B. Earle Jayne O'Connor Mitchel S. Silkotch C C Scott Chamberlain Hoyt Taft Communications Bette and Lonnie Hanauer Daniel T. Wall Carl Cahill Bryan and Kay HanniganC C Arthur Spingarn Gayle Chamberlin Hoyt Anne E. Wallwork Arla Cahill Robert J. Wolfe Lynn HarringtonC C Mac and Wendy Walsh Mr. Roger Spingarn Ames Hoyt Susan W. and Donald E. Lauffer Alan M. HersheyC Janet WebekindC Mr. Fredric Case Mary‐Ann Thompson Gayle Chamberlin Hoyt William A. and Elizabeth W. Wolfe Brian T. JaegerC Mr. and Mrs. David B. WeinsteinC Gladys A Case Bull Gervasi Robert KannerC Rosanne M. WeissC Parker Huguley Keith Condit Clients of Ronald Berlin Architect, PC: Karen D. KelleherC Marla WilliamsC Mr. W. Bryce Thompson Arthur W. Huguley Catherine Bacon Gary Conroy and Ken Giedd Richard E. KentC Robert A. and Elsa B. ZelleyC Kirk and Anne Craig Bobo Russell Juelg Virginia Dwan Pamela M. KerrC Mario Discepola Jennifer Bryson Richard Costabile and Randall E. Wilcox Natalia Ermolaev and Theodor Brasoveanu Thomas KovenC Mr. Louis Discepola Brendan Furlong Mollie Macoux and Andrew Samaan Gary and Heide KrakauerC Cynthia Kellogg IN MEMORY OF Florence Faul Frederick Gardner Constance Fong Dr. Robert X. KucharskiC Mr. Evelyn and Joseph Prather Bull Gervasi Colleen Goggins Jeffrey and Arlene LadermanC Herbert Ackerman Joseph Albertini Janet M. Place Lapyan Chan and Lily Lee Paul and Lisa Kapp Mr. Lawrence LaFevreC Corey Korinda Mrs. Shirley Frey Marcel Rozencweig Marcia Lee Harmut and Kathleen Kraft Ingeborg LangerC Dr. Edward Babbott John Rafter Austin C. and Ann Starkey Achilles and Jennifer Paparsenos Marlene LarsonC Bill Flemer and Louise Hutner Helen Beglin Philip and Charlotte Lo BuonoC Mrs. Anne Gaus Ingvald Tjørnhom Louise Gross Barry and Danielle Rand Andrea B. Bent Raymond A. MartinettiC Marilyn and Ken Sowles Kate Katz Henry and Mary Reath Catherine A. M. Cavanaugh Terry Martin Nicole McIntyreC Barbara White Susan and Norman Scott C Nancy Deren Kenny Washington Robert Haines and Ellen Siegel Shahzad Shahriarian and Homa Dastani Irene Mendelson Helmut & Hildegarde Hanssler C Elizabeth A. Keat Lynn Hewitt Matthew and Jac White Alan and Charlotte Moors Ingeborg D. Bossert Alison Mitchell C Caroline Maillard Frederick C. Mueller Robert Williams Robert and Linda Walden Ronald Berlin Frank Gordon and Sara Jane MyersC Joan Millspaugh Herbert Heffler Mr. Christopher Williams John Murphy Walter Nerlick, Jr.C Daniel E. Murnick Michael J. and Carol C. Heffler Mary Murphy

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BOLGER FOUNDATION HOLLENBACK 3 acres, Midland Park 18 acres, Raritan Township The family of the late philanthropist David Bolger donated New Jersey Conservation Foundation and its partners, NJDEP this wooded property behind his former home, creating a Green Acres Program, Hunterdon County, Raritan Township and pocket‐sized nature preserve in a heavily suburbanized area. the New Jersey Water Supply Authority preserved 18 acres of “Those woods were one of his joys,” recalled David’s son, wood‐lands and farm fields at the headwaters of the Wickecheoke J.T. Bolger. “It was like our oasis.” The land is home to over 70 Creek, an important water supply source. The Hollenback property bird species, including Great Horned Owls, hawks and migratory links other preserved open space along the Wickecheoke Creek songbirds. and provides habitat for a wide variety of wildlife, including bobcats, foxes, coyotes, mink, fishers and opossums. NJ Conservation’s Wickecheoke Creek Preserve is nearly 3,800 acres of preserved open space and farmland along this pristine 2019 BURLINGTON COUNTY Delaware River tributary.

KATZ FAMILY TRUST NEWMAN 202 acres, Pemberton Township 52 acres, Lebanon Township This forested scenic property in the Highlands provides a NJ Conservation Foundation contributed a grant from the GAINING connection between Voorhees State Park and the New Jersey Open Space Institute’s Delaware River Watershed Protection Natural Lands Trust’s Hagedorn Preserve. The land is entirely Fund – which is made possible through the William Penn covered by deciduous upland forest, and the highest point has a Foundation – to assist the Rancocas Conservancy in preserving scenic view of the nearby Spruce Run Reservoir. Offered for GROUND this land, now known as the Bucks Cove Run Preserve. The sale as a home site, New Jersey Conservation worked with Bucks Cove Run, which flows through the property, is a tributary the landowner to sell the land for preservation to the State of the Rancocas Creek; preserving this property’s significant of New Jersey. The property is now managed by the NJ Natural wetlands and pine/oak forest helps protect water quality in Lands Trust and contains a proposed route for a cross township the Delaware River Basin. Located in the Pine Barrens, the trail network. property borders Brendan Byrne State Forest and the Village of Whitesbog. TACK 72 acres, Lebanon Township MOSIER This land is a critical property in the Point Mountain conservation 2 acres, Woodland Township area of northwest Hunterdon County. The forests contain The ancestors of the late Frances Seska donated land next to the headwater streams that flow to Beatty’s Brook and eventually Franklin Parker Preserve to New Jersey Conservation Foundation. the Musconetcong River. The property was lined up for preservation through the Highlands Development Credit Mrs. Seska, a Jersey City resident who immigrated from Germany, Transfer of Development Right’s program which is managed by bought the land in 1923, but never built her intended Pine Barrens the NJ Highlands Council. vacation home there. The family held it for many years for sentimental reasons before deciding to donate it.

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More than 1,300 acres preserved throughout New Jersey in 2019

including some deciduous trees and offering important habitat and conservation. It became an important passion to them.” MERCER COUNTY for a variety of birds and wildlife as a part of the 146 square The Bartenstein property protects water resources in the Great mile Crosswicks Creek watershed. Swamp Watershed. It is nearly surrounded by preserved lands, BLALOCK including the southern end of Lewis Morris County Park, the 22 acres, Hamilton Township Morristown National Historic Park at Jockey Hollow and the Morris NJ Conservation Foundation assisted Hamilton Township Area Girl Scout camp. in permanently preserving the Blalock farm, continuing to MORRIS COUNTY expand a significant, contiguous block of preserved farmland and open space in the municipality’s Rural Resource Conservation BARTENSTEIN zone. The land is immediately adjacent to two farms NJ Conservation 18 acres, Mendham Township OCEAN COUNTY Foundation helped preserve as open space, the Linda Black The land was purchased by Morris County from the estate of the late and Vaishnav properties, as well as the Barry Black farm, permanently Frederick Bartenstein, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 100. LEMANOWICZ AND MILLER preserved by the State Agriculture Development Committee. Mr. Bartenstein and his wife, Isabel, were avid conservationists and 0.26 acres, Lacey Township The property includes a small stream along its southern historians. “My parents would be delighted,” said Frederick Bartenstein The donation of these small undeveloped parcels expands the nearly border, providing a strip of herbaceous wetland vegetation III of the land’s preservation. “They were both interested in history 4,000‐acre Candace McKee Ashmun Preserve at Forked River

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Mountain and are part of an unbuilt subdivision dating back farmland. Preservation of the Sorbello farm helps protect a large SCHAEFFER to the early 20th century. The area is a mix of pine/oak uplands, block of productive farmland and wildlife habitat where the Salem 81 acres, Pilesgrove Township pitch pine lowlands, and cedar swamps. Ownership enables New River and Oldmans Creek watersheds meet. The Schaeffer farm grows soybeans, field corn, sweet corn, sweet Jersey Conservation Foundation to better manage and protect peas, wheat and rye and is part of the “Sharptown grasslands” natural resources. complex, an area of Pilesgrove Township, Salem County with outstanding soil quality. Among the nearby preserved lands are the SOMERSET COUNTY Cowtown Rodeo’s grazing lands, the state’s Featherbed Lane Wildlife Management Area and the Kelly, Stoms and Atanasio farms, SALEM COUNTY all preserved by NJ Conservation and its partners, the USDA Natural RATTLESNAKE BRIDGE ROAD FARM Resources Conservation Service and the State Agriculture 44 acres, Bedminster Township GENTILE Development Committee. Once eyed for commercial office development, the property has 44 acres, Alloway Township Lamington River frontage on one side and Interstate 78 on the other. This farmland preservation project advances NJ Conservation’s SICKLER The 44 acres are approximately 80 percent farmed, and more than partnership with Alloway Township and Salem County to preserve 31 acres, Alloway Township half of its soils are two of the highest classifications of soil quality. Under a previous owner, this 31‐acre farm was approved for a 27 working family farms with outstanding agricultural attributes in The southwest portion of the property abutting the river is wooded home subdivision. The Sicklers bought and preserved the land in and it is surrounded by other preserved land. The property was an important farming region. Preservation of the farm will maintain partnership with NJ Conservation Foundation, Alloway Township sold at a significant bargain sale by a corporate seller to New Jersey the rural and scenic character of the area and preserve Prime and and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, to protect Conservation Foundation, and was preserved in partnership with Statewide‐Important soils. The land was preserved with a USDA the neighborhood’s rural and agricultural character. The land includes the Lamington Conservancy, which secured grants from the State Natural Resources Conservation Service grant to NJ Conservation critical habitat for several endangered and threatened grassland Agriculture Development Committee, Somerset County and the and a State Agriculture Development Committee grant to Alloway bird species, and is valuable for its ability to recharge underground New Jersey Highlands Council. Township. water supplies. SCULLY HARRIS 2 WESTWOOD KNOLLS 75 acres, Bedminster Township 79 acres, Pilesgrove Township 44 acres, Pilesgrove Township The owners donated a conservation easement to Bedminster The Harris family, owners of the landmark Cowtown Rodeo, added Preserving this farm with outstanding agricultural attributes Township to ensure this farm’s agricultural heritage and rich and 79 acres of prime farmland to lands they had already preserved. protects the area’s agricultural character and water quality from productive soils were permanently protected. The farm is located The family sold the development rights on corn and hay fields, intense development pressure. Westwood Knolls sits directly just south of Pottersville, and includes historic red barns. The scenic bringing the total preserved land at Cowtown to over 1,000 acres. across from the colonial Seven Stars Tavern, a site closely Axle Brook runs along the southern property edge, just before In 2018, NJ Conservation Foundation helped the family preserve affiliated with New Jersey’s Revolutionary War period and listed merging with the Black River, also known as the Lamington River. on the National Register of Historic Sites. The preservation of 374 acres of grasslands surrounding the Cowtown Rodeo, America’s Westwood Knolls will forever protect the scenic values of Seven oldest weekly professional rodeo. Stars and help keep the historic building in its original rural setting. Westwood Knolls was preserved with NJ Conservation WARREN COUNTY KELLY farmland preservation grants from both the USDA Natural 84 acres, Pilesgrove Township Resources Conservation Service and the State Agriculture New Jersey Conservation Foundation assisted Salem County Development Committee. CROUSE in preserving this prime 84‐acre vegetable and grain farm, 95 acres, Washington Township bolstering land preservation in the Sharptown‐Featherbed SORBELLO The Crouse farm is a scenic and productive farm with excellent soils Lane grassland complex. The Kelly farm is contiguous to other 94 acres, Pilesgrove Township which also contains a linear stretch of the Morris Canal, a key historic preserved farmland, most notably, two other NJ Conservation With the assistance of NJ Conservation, Salem County preserved feature that has been a preservation priority in Warren County. Foundation projects, the Stoms farm and the Harris (Cowtown this vegetable farm near the Oldmans Creek. The Sorbello farm is New Jersey Conservation provided assistance to Warren County to Rodeo) properties. comprised of excellent soils and is contiguous to other preserved advance the farm for preservation.

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20192019 PUBLIC FUNDING PARTNERS

Alloway Township Bedminster Township Hamilton Township Hunterdon County NJ Water Supply Authority NJDEP Green Acres Program NJ Highlands Council NJ Pinelands Commission – Pinelands Conservation Fund Mercer County Morris County Open Space Trust Fund Morris County Park Commission Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority Pilesgrove Township Raritan Township Salem County Somerset County State Agriculture Development Committee USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

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HOLLY FARM In November 2019, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection announced an agreement to purchase and permanently preserve the 1,380 acre “Holly Farm” in Millville, owned by Atlantic City Electric in Millville and Maurice River Township, Cumberland County. This momentous land preservation achievement was completed in January 2020. The property comprises two square miles of forest that are home to at least 17 rare animal species and unique flora and pristine wetlands, and are embedded within the most important and extensive preserved forest landscape in the Delaware Bay region. New Jersey Conservation advocated for over three decades with our partners – Citizens 2019 United to Protect the Maurice River, Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, New Jersey Audubon and The Nature Conservancy, and other local environmental advocates and citizen groups – to secure the protection of this unique POLICY ecological treasure. LAND PRESERVATION FUNDING We worked with the Keep it Green Coalition to secure legislation Photo by Saebaryo on Flickr Saebaryo by Photo UPDATE dedicating permanent funding for the open space, farmland and historic preservation programs, consistent with the 2014 constitutional dedication supported by 65% of voters. The NJ State legislature passed the bill in a unanimous and bipartisan vote and GLOBAL WARMING RESPONSE ACT was signed into law by Governor Murphy. We spearheaded an effort to strengthen New Jersey’s Global Warming Response Act, which now requires the NJ Department of Environ‐ mental Protection to adopt interim benchmarks and regulations to LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND (LWCF) reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% economy‐wide by 2050 The LWCF was permanently reauthorized! We worked throughout the year to secure permanent funding, an effort that continued into 2020. LWCF has provided critical funding for acquisition PIPELINE DECISION OVERTURNED of conservation and recreation land at the federal, state and The Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a local levels for over 50 years, including urban parkland in New lower court decision that had granted PennEast pipeline the right Jersey and all of our state’s National Wildlife Refuges. Spruce to seize 42 state owned or preserved properties, including Run Recreation Area (pictured here), benefitted greatly from two preserved in partnership with NJ Conservation Foundation. LWCF funding. PennEast is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.

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W MANY SIGNIFICANT WINS FOR CONSERVATION Heidi Marie Roldan, Corporate & 2019 Foundation Relations Manager Greg Romano, Assistant Director & Director of Statewide Land Acquisition STAFF Susan Schmidt, Administrative Assistant/ Receptionist Bill Scullion, Land Steward, South Jersey Michele S. Byers, Executive Director Connor Stone, Development & Communications Coordinator Adriana Amador‐Chacon, Camden Fellow Laura Szwak, Director of Outreach & Erica Arlès, Administrative Assistant, Education Land Acquisition & Stewardship Ingrid Vandegaer, Manager, Alix Bacon, Regional Manager, Highlands Region Western Piedmont Kathleen Ward, Director of Development Mark Barrick, Information Technology/ Office Manager John S. Watson, Jr., Senior Director of Statewide Land Protection & Community Tim Brill, Central Jersey Project Manager Relations Erica Colace, Development Manager Allison Williams, Conservation Coordinator Beth Davisson, Project Manager, Black River Greenway Justin Dennis, Camden Land Steward Emile DeVito, Ph.D, Manager of Science & Stewardship Wilma Frey, Senior Policy Manager 2019 Protecting our public lands, Jane Gardner, Campaign Project Assistant Tom Gilbert, Campaign Director – INTERNS Energy, Climate & Natural Resources Jane Halsted, CPA, Accounting Manager Maria Hauser, Personnel Manager/ water, air and wildlife Executive Assistant Michael Stellitano Jan. – May 2019 Steven Jack, Associate Land Steward Env. Science and Public Policy major at Ramapo College and now studying at Russell Juelg, Senior Land Steward Columbia University Seth Kantor, Development Assistant Prepared powerpoint on preserved lands, William Lynch, M.S., Assistant Director, organized social media for the Rally and Education Programs & Communications researched the benefits of trails and greenways. Lisa MacCollum, Assistant Director of Funded through the NJ Land Trust Rally revenues Land Acquisition PENNEAST PERMITS DENIED Miranda Jakubek Fall 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES Kelly Martin, Development Associate Env. Policy at Harvard NJ DEP denied environmental permits for PennEast for the Melanie Mason, Land Steward An initiative to advance the “Environmental Principles to Prepared Camden Module on conservation second time following the Third Circuit decision as PennEast Alison Mitchell, Assistant Director & priorities for the NJ Conservation Blueprint lost legal authority to apply for permits on the 42 properties Protect our Public Lands, Water, Air and Wildlife” with New Acting Director of Development Funded by the Morris County Park Alliance owned or preserved by the state. Jersey’s congressional delegation, we held a Congressional Stephanie Monahan, Assistant Director through the Donald Palmer Internship Grant Briefing attended by staff from the incoming freshmen for South Jersey Caroline Burns Fall 2019 members as well as continuing members and our partners. Timothy Morris, Director of Stewardship Marie Newell, Project Coordinator, Montclair University SOUTH JERSEY PIPELINE DEFEATED We discussed climate and energy policy, national conserva‐ Acquisition Developed a workshop for the NJ Land Trust After years of legal challenges, South Jersey Gas’s proposed tion funding and our opposition to proposed rollbacks by Tanya Nolte, GIS Manager Rally and helped administer the event by making it an online program pipeline through the Pinelands was defeated after the owner the Administration to federal water and land protections in Sandy Stuart Perry, Staff Writer Funded by the Land Trust Rally revenues of the B.L. England power plant decided to shut the plant what have been very challenging times for environmental Francis Rapa, Regional Manager, Delaware Bay Watershed instead of converting it from coal to gas. The pipeline was protection at the national level. The briefing helped to build Pasqualina Rivetti Summer of 2019 solid relationships with the newer members, and we Esmeralda Peña Piña, Gateway Park Fellow Forest Ecology Research with Raritan Valley slated to bring gas to B.L. England. Julia Raskin, Program Manager for Community College's study on the effects of continued to work with the delegation on various issues Camden Parks and Greenways prescribed burning on invasive species in forested understories. throughout the year. Karen Richards, CPA, Director of Finance & Administration Funded by Morristown Garden Club

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The Franklin Parker Conservation Excellence Grants provide funding FRIENDS OF PRINCETON OPEN SPACE $2,500 for nonprofit conservation organizations working in New Jersey. Habitat Regeneration in Billy Johnson The grants are designed to enhance proficiency in land conservation, Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve The funds will help the Friends accelerate the regeneration of native develop long-term viable programs, and support creative, innovative understory habitat following the intensive removal of invasive species projects that can serve as models for other communities and projects. from an 18‐acre forest restoration site in the Preserve. Since its inception in 1989, the Franklin Parker Conservation Excellence Grants Program, most recently administered by Conservation Resources FYKE NATURE CENTER $2,500 Inc., has awarded more than $1,800,141 for 484 nonprofit conservation Celery Farm Deer Exclosure The grant will go toward construction of a fence to keep foraging projects throughout the Garden State. Funding for the 2019 grants deer from entering a forested area in the Celery Farm preserve and came from Victoria Foundation and an anonymous donor. to help regenerate undergrowth.

GREAT SWAMP WATERSHED ASSOCIATION $2,500 2019 FRANKLIN PARKER Construction of a Boardwalk 2019 CONSERVATION EXCELLENCE GRANTS The Association will construct approximately 500 linear feet of raised boardwalk on sections of the wetlands trails within their Conservation AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY $1,900 Management Area. Beach Classes in Grasses The program educates students in coastal towns about the HARDING LAND TRUST $500 GRANT importance of coastal barriers such as dunes, American beach grass, Bat Houses and other beach vegetation followed by a planting day at their local The grant will fund 10 bat houses to be mounted throughout publicly beaches as part of an annual dune stewardship project. accessible Harding Land Trust property, offering shelter to this DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK $1,000 important species while reducing mosquitoes on the trail system AWARDS and promoting nighttime pollination of wildflower gardens. Rain Garden Rescue The Riverkeeper Network will coordinate up to five education and action days in Camden’s Cramer Hill neighborhood to raise awareness HUNTERDON LAND TRUST $2,500 about rain garden benefits, functions, and operation. Dvoor Farm Stewardship As part of a larger project to improve accessibility to the Dvoor Farm, FOODSHED ALLIANCE $2,000 the funds will purchase native trees for historic landscape restoration Sustainable Agriculture Enterprise (SAgE) and lighting to improve the public’s experience. The funds will help the Alliance construct a farmstand on their cooperative farm in Sussex County. The farm is part of a project to make preserved farmland accessible and sustainable for farmers. PINELANDS PRESERVATION ALLIANCE $1,900 Pinelands Land Protectors Volunteer Network FRIENDS OF HOPEWELL VALLEY OPEN SPACE $2,000 The Protectors work directly on habitat protection of lands Building Diversity to Strengthen the Future of Conservation and waters in the Pinelands. Activities include protection of threat‐ The funding will support ten internships for Hopewell Valley and ened and endangered species from off‐road vehicles through the Trenton‐area high school students to learn conservation and installation of signage and physical barriers and planting of native leadership skills by stewarding Baldpate Mountain. species on grounds damaged from off‐road vehicle activity.

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16 PROJECTS ■ $30,250 AWARDED

RARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION $2,500 Permanent Preservation of Fairview Farm The funds will be used for a survey of the 170‐acre wildlife preserve, and to place a conservation easement on 140 acres of the property, ensuring its long‐term protection and leveraging the value of the easement to protect neighboring open space.

SADDLER'S WOODS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION $2,000 Habitat Restoration in Camden County This project will improve 15 acres of riparian forest habitat within Saddler’s Woods to reduce invasive vegetation, plant native species, and improve restoration of wetlands by partnering with scout troops, schools, watershed associations, county parks and the county municipal utilities authority.

SOURLAND CONSERVANCY $1,650 Education of the Public about Restoration Activity at Baldpate Mountain The Sourland Stewards, volunteers who have engaged in stewardship work within their Baldpate Mountain restoration site, will educate the general public about the results of their monitoring and restoration work.

SOUTH MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY $1,300 South Mountain Reservation Forest Regeneration The grant will go towards repair of the fencing in ten compromised deer exclosures to improve the growth of native plants and use of a drone to obtain more accurate deer population data.

TEWKSBURY LAND TRUST $2,500 Filling a Gap in Tewksbury Greenway The grant will help pay the soft costs for the 63+‐acre Treanor property in the Mountainville section of Tewskbury. Grants are designed to support TRAILSIDE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION $1,000 Stewardship Assessment of the Seeley’s Pond Overlook Trap Rock Glades Grant funding will pay for a botanical survey and ecological creative, innovative projects assessment of the globally significant trap rock glades at the Watchung Reservation, a Union County Park in New Jersey. The work will inform future stewardship and controlled burns at the site.

Heidi Jacobs, 10, helps to gather samples and identify species in Saddler’s Woods.

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Support and Revenue2019 FINANCIAL$7,728,995* POSITIONDECEMBER 31 DECEMBER 31 DECEMBER 31 2017 (1) 2019 (1) 2018 (1)

ASSETS DECEMBER 31 DECEMBER 31 SUPPORT AND REVENUE $7,728,995* 2019* 2018* Cash and Cash Equivalents 2,185,501 8,593,807 2% ■ Individuals 44% Investments 14,209,019 6,045,952 2% ■ Government Grants for 4% Unconditional Promises to Give, net 268,598 156,025 purchase of land and 5% easements 23% Beneficial Interest in Split Interest Agreements 729,660 194,003 ■ Foundations 20% Land, Buildings and Easements 38,083,296 37,450,385 44% 20% ■ Other 5% Other Assets 182,826 478,907 ■ Investment income 4% Total Assets $55,658,900 $52,919,079 ■ Planned Gifts 2% 23% ■ Organizations 2%

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS DECEMBER 31 DECEMBER 31 2019* 2018*

Liabilities Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses 291,307 238,211 EXPENSES AND LAND PURCHASES $9,924,139* Total Liabilities $291,307 $238,211

■ Program management 31% Net Assets 4% ■ 5% Program grants and Without Donor Restrictions 48,398,058 46,856,609 contributions 30% 6% With Donor Restrictions 6,969,535 5,824,259 ■ Purchase of land 24% 31% Total Net Assets $55,367,593 $52,680,868 ■ Fundraising 6% ■ 24% Management and general 5% Total Liabilities and Net Assets $55,658,900 $52,919,079 ■ Purchase of easements 4%

30% *Unaudited financial information (audited financial information is not yet available) To receive a copy of the complete audited financial statements, please send a request to [email protected]

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MEMBERS OF THE RED OAK SOCIETY

Anonymous Donors Sarah P. Fiske* Harry F. Peters, Jr.* Fredrick A. Allis* Elizabeth Ernst Fosbinder* Virginia Pierson 31 Evelyn Arcuni* Barbara Galli* Robert Pierson* 1) LEAVING A Carl Austin* Elizabeth K. Gardner* Elizabeth Potter* Edward F. Babbott* Margaret Gardner* Joann S. Ramos LEGACY Ira H. Beckman* Joan C. Gilson Barbara Ray* Chris Besanceney Ruth Gleason* L. Keith and Lisa Reed Louis C. Bodenheimer* Alfred R. Gnam* Elizabeth B. Reed Andrea Bonette Elsie B. Grove* Allen Reese and Joseph M. FOR FUTURE Louise Bossert* Stephen C. Gruber Hengel JoAnn Bowman Eleanor Gural* Timothy C. Riegert GENERATIONS Rose Bracco* Thomas B. Harvey William N. Rogers Zella Brady* Nora E.J. Hayes Gregory Romano Jennifer Bryson Elizabeth D. Healy Robert C. Ross Become a member of the Red Oak Society, and demonstrate a commitment C. Austin Buck* Harold Healy* David Rutherford* Ann H. Bumsted* John S. Hirschoff* Anna L. Salvato* to preserving and protecting New Jersey Land. Michele S. Byers Roberta F. Holden* Walter and Patricia Savage* Sylvia S. Campbell* Donald and Beverley Jones* Betsy J. Schnorr An anonymous couple has generously created a Bequest Challenge to support Ogden B. Carter* Elizabeth S. Jordan* Anonymous Donors land preservation. With their challenge, this couple will jointly donate $500 Nancy Castleman* John and Susan Karlin* Diane P. Schwarz* Catherine A. M. Cavanaugh Evangeline MacKay H. Keasbey* Joan S. and deLacy H. Seabrook* for each bequest, new or re‐affirmed, up to $25,000 – that’s 60 commitments! Sophia Chroscinski* Larry and Barbara Keller* Betsy B. Shirley* All estate plan gifts qualify for this match. Tillie Chwat* Robert W. Kent* Katherine Smith Jack and Ronnie Cimprich Samuel W. Lambert E. Etsy and Helen Stowell* Planned gifts provide the financial resources needed to acquire threatened land Francis and Elizabeth Coles* Frances E. Land* Mark Thomas and maintain long‐term stewardship responsibility. The bequest challenge ensures Beryl Robichaud Collins* Eleanor R. Lawrence* Ted and Penny Thomas Jean K Colvin* Vera Lazar Althea Thornton* that your legacy gift goes even further, with a gift of support today! Warren P. Cooper* Valerie Ann Leeds Althea Thornton* Mary Lou Curran* Larrabee C. Lillie* Michael Dawson and To be a part of this generous challenge and become a member of the William D. Dana* Kenneth W. Lloyd* Robert Tomaselli Red Oak Society, please call 908‐997‐0727 or email [email protected]. Michael Dawson and Donald MacGuigan* Benjamin W. Tucker, Jr.* Robert Tomaselli Kenneth MacRitchie Mary Upmeyer* Rev. Julia S. Dawson Wendy Mager and Eric Monberg Artemis Vardakis* Lillie R. DeBevoise* Robert McLean* Nan Hunter Walnut* William D. deCamp* Hon. Joseph H. Metelski Ruth Creighton Webster* Hugo and Margaret deNeufville* Kristina Miller Catherine Welsh* Joseph Dlugach* Winifred C. Millikin* Dorothy Moran Werner* HOW IT WORKS Nelson C. Doland, Jr.* Gordon A. Millspaugh, Jr.* Clarissa Willemsen Cyril dos Passos* David F. and Mary W. T. Moore* Muriel Williams* ■ Include or confirm NJ Conservation Foundation in your estate plans. Ann O. Edison* Edward Mullen* Virginia T. Williams* Theodore M. Edison* Sigrid S. Nagle* Louise Currey Wilson ■ Let us know your intent by calling 908-997-0727 or emailing Frank Eggert* Maureen Ogden William T. Wyman [email protected] Richard W. Elberson* Elizabeth C. Ohly* Esther Yanai* ■ The anonymous couple will donate $500 today in recognition Charles and Eleanor Engel Caryl Leong and Donna Paino Robert L. Zion of your intent! Nicholas and Eleanor English* Franklin E. Parker* Walter Brooks and Dorothy Stewart Evert* *Denotes deceased members 27327 NJCF_2020AR_C.qxp_Layout 1 9/3/20 2:15 PM Page 32

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