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kentucky year in review2009 table of contents 2009 year in review Director’s Letter...... page 3

Core Values/Staff...... page 4

Board of Trustees/Board Chair’s Letter...... page 5

Past As Prelude...... page 6

Conservation Areas ...... page 7

Western Kentucky...... pages 8-9

Central Kentucky...... pages 10-11 on the cover... ??????????, Photo by Thomas G. Barnes Eastern Kentucky...... pages 12

Faces of Conservation...... page 13

People and Places...... pages 14-15

Cross-cutting Initiatives...... pages 16-17 on the cover... Sinking Creek Uplands, Photo by Terry Cook Beyond Borders...... pages 18-19 Mission Statement Financial Summary...... page 20 The mission of The Nature Legacy Club...... page 21 Conservancy is to preserve the Donors...... pages 22-23 plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

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| The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review director’s letter

Dear Friend of the Conservancy,

During the past year, I’ve been inspired by a staff committed to conservation and ensuring that every dollar furthers the mission. Every day, I also appreciate our partners who represent diverse interests while sharing our core values; and the members who represent the backbone of the Kentucky chapter.

Terry Cook © TNC Staff Together these elements represent the history of our work. As I recently looked back and reflected on the Kentucky chapter’s many conservation achievements, I was struck at how often we have made critical conservation gains through leveraging the resources and talents of many. Whether it was working to secure the protection of Murphy’s Pond in Hickman County back in 1966 or a more recent acquisition along Sinking Creek near the Rockcastle River, Dwarf Iris © TNC Staff the Conservancy has proven that crafting and supporting a common vision among capable conservation partners has been key to permanently protecting some of Kentucky’s most precious lands. I invite you to read about some of these successes in our 2009 Year In Review.

I’m proud to participate in the creative ways the Conservancy and its partners protect Kentucky’s natural heritage, especially during these challenging times. Thanks for your steadfast support over the years. I look forward to keeping you apprised of our plans and progress as we work together to protect Kentucky’s lands, waters and open spaces.

Respectfully, Green River © TNC Staff

Terry Cook State Director

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead

Cumberland River © TNC Staff

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | core values/staff

The Nature Conservancy Integrity Beyond Reproach: Kentucky Chapter Staff We will meet the highest ethical and professional standards in all of our organizational endeavors and, in doing so, we hold ourselves accountable to our mission and to the public. Terry Cook • Be honest at all times State Director • Be accountable to each other, to the mission, to our donors, members, partners, and to the public Jim Aldrich • Earn trust by building relationships, being competent, and following Director, Stream and Wetland Restoration through on all of our commitments. Respect for People, Communities, and Cultures: Terry Bopp Enduring conservation success depends on the active involvement of people Director of Operations and partners whose lives and livelihoods are linked to the natural systems we seek to conserve. We respect the needs, values and traditions of local communities and cultures, and we forge relationships based on mutual benefi t John Burnett and trust. Buck Creek Project Manager • Demonstrate respect by committing to local, on the ground involvement Jestin Clark with people, communities and cultures, and with awareness and sensitivity to their economic realities South Fork Licking River Project Coordinator • Treat our partners and colleagues with fairness and honesty • Work collaboratively with all sectors of society, including indigenous people, Tom Edwards to develop practical conservation solutions Project Manager Commitment to Diversity: We recognize that biological diversity conservation is best advanced by the Christopher Minor leadership and contributions of men and women of diverse backgrounds, Licking River Project Director beliefs and cultures. We will recruit and mentor staff to create an inclusive organization that refl ects our global character. Lisa Morris • Respect and be open to a variety of viewpoints and diversity of thought Offi ce Manager • Work in an environment that encourages each of us to achieve our potential and values the contributions of all Shelly Morris • Expand and strengthen the diversity of our workforce, trustee base, and Grand Rivers Corridor Project Manager board One Conservancy: Sarah O’Rear Our strength and vitality lie in being one organization working together in Protection Coordinator local places and across borders to achieve our global mission. We value the collective and collaborative efforts that are so essential to our success.

Dian Osbourne • Work across all of our operations to implement and support the right Director of Protection strategies, at the right scales, and at the right places always with the greater good of our mission in mind Jeffery D. Sole • Act with continuity of purpose in everything we do, from the focus of our conservation efforts to the allocation of our resources Director of Conservation Programs • Celebrate individual, team and project success as the success of all who work for TNC Amanda Sparrow Major Gifts Manager Tangible, Lasting Results: Our mission of preserving biological diversity guides everything we do. We use the best available science, a creative spirit, and a non-confrontational approach Cadell Walker to craft innovative solutions to complex conservation problems at scales that Associate Director of Philanthropy matter and in ways that will endure.

• Develop, analyze and use the best available conservation science and a science-based rigor to set priorities, make decisions, take action, and measure results • Use a creative spirit and original thought in the pursuit of excellence • Conduct our business in an environmentally sensitive manner

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Dear Friend of Kentucky, Former Trustees Mr. Richard Alloo Mrs. Virgina Kingsolver As chair of the Kentucky chapter’s Mr. Raymond Athey Dr. Wendall R. Kingsolver Board of Trustees, I would like to Mrs. Brooke Barzun Dr. Charles Kupchella take this opportunity to thank all of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Bicknell Mr. Don W. Lacy our partners, donors and supporters Mr. Barry Bingham, Jr. Mr. Bert Lyons for helping us to sustain in 2009 our Mr. Douglas Blair Mrs. Gloria Martin Irvin Abell ongoing conservation success. With Mr. Bill Black Dr. William H. Martin your continuing support I am sure that Mrs. Ina Brown Bond Mr. Kurt Mason we will meet with further success in Mr. James R. Boyd Ms. Judith McCandless 2010. The trustees and staff of the Kentucky chapter join Ms. Margaret C. Brandt Mrs. Barclay McCoy me in thanking you for your support. Hon. Edward T. Breathitt Mr. Earl McDaniel Mrs. W. L. Lyons Brown Ms. Lois Troyer McGrath Sincerely, Mr. James K. Caudill Mrs. Sara G. Meekins Dr. William Bryant Mrs. Mimi Middleton Irvin Abell, III Mr. Bruce M. Churton Dr. Carol Swarts Milburn Chair, Board of Trustees Ms. Judith Clabes Mr. Austin Musselman The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky Mrs. John H. Clay Mrs. Celeste Neuman The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky Dr. Joe G. Conley Ms. Audrey Otto Board of Trustees Mr. Avery Crounse Mr. Kenneth Palmgreen Mr. S. Gordon Dabney Mr. Richard B. Peterson The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky is governed as a Mr. Ray C. Dailey Mr. Bruce Poundstone single, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization by a Board of Mr. Thomas P. Dupree, Sr. Governor Paul Patton Governors that is managed from its worldwide offi ce in Mr. Bruce Ferguson Mr. Layton Register Arlington, Virginia. Mr. Franklin D. Fitzpatrick Mr. Randy Seymour At The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky board members Ms. Sandra Anne Frazier Mr. Nick Simon serve three critical functions: ambassador, conservationist Ms. Deborah Gates Mr. Ben H. Story and fundraiser. They assist in setting chapter goals, review Mr. Oscar Geralds, Jr. Mrs. Jackie Swigart* and approve annual plans, monitor progress toward the Mr. Franklin Gray Mr. Kent Taylor organization’s goals, and subject the chapter’s work to Mr. James P. Gray, II Mr. James C. Thomas additional critical thinking. Clay Hancock Ms. Doris Tichenor Mrs. A.B. Hancock, Jr. Mrs. Trish Van Clief The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky sincerely appreciates Dr. Hunter Hancock Dr. Reggie Van Stockum the individuals listed below. Offi cers Mr. Paul Heagen Mrs. Robert Spears VanMeter Mr. Walter M. Higgins Mr. Carl L. Wedekind, Jr. Irvin Abell, III Chair Trustees Mrs. Lawrence Hilliard Mr. James S. Welch, Jr. Michael Hamm, Vice Chair Norman L. Brown Mr. Carl Horneman Mrs. Adelin Wichman Robert C. Wade, Vice Chair Weesie Douglass Dr. Jerry Howell, Jr.* Mrs. Clara Yates Wieland Marshall Farrer, Treasurer Robert G. Edmiston, J.D. Mr. Ronald James Mr. Art Williams Susan Lavin, Secretary Henry L. Hinkle Mrs. Margaret Jeffi ers Ms. Cathy Wilson Boyce F. Martin, III Mr. Jackson I. Jones Mrs. Cecil Wilson Immediate Past Chair Dr. Roger J. Shott Mrs. Elizabeth P. Kenan Mr. Jack A. Wilson W. Austin Musselman, Jr. George Sullivan Dr. Monica Kern Dr. Woodford Van Meter Any inaccuracies on this list should be shared by calling Cadell Trustee Emeritus Louise R. Wall Walker, Associate Director of Philanthropy (859) 259-9655 ext 22. Thomas P. Dupree, Sr. W. Plumer “Buck” Wiseman, Jr.

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | 5 past as prelude Murphy’s Pond Long before activating a local pond as part of a larger, natural Murphy’s Pond to protect this remnant chapter in 1975, the Conservancy cypress river bottom wetland of Kentucky’s natural heritage. worked with diverse partners complex that if left alone, would throughout Kentucky to find continue to provide important Like many conservation projects creative, common-sense solutions habitat for at least 45 species that followed over the years, the to preserving the Bluegrass state’s of mammals, 40 reptiles, 30 Conservancy eventually sold the natural heritage. Take Murphy’s amphibians, hundreds of bird species parcel to a conservation buyer, in Pond, located in Hickman County and more cottonmouth snakes than this case Murray State University, close to the Mississippi River. any other area of equal size in the for use as an outdoor classroom. United States. Altering the flow of The action freed up resources for In 1966, this unassuming pond Obion Creek to benefit agricultural the eventual acquisition of nearly sparked controversy between local operations would hinder natural 3,000 acres of habitat buffers around landowners, conservationists and the spring water from reaching the pond, Murphy’s Pond. Thanks to assistance federal government. For many years, destroying it and the surrounding from the Kentucky State Nature landowners around Murphy’s Pond wetlands. Preserves Commission and the sought federal assistance to have Kentucky Department of Fish and nearby Obion Creek cleaned out After being featured in a series Wildlife Resources, the transaction and widened to prevent siltation and run by the local Courier Times, the led to the Conservancy’s current blockage they felt caused flooding Murphy’s Pond story reached The involvement in the Obion Creek on once fertile farmland. Frustrated Nature Conservancy’s national watershed to protect bottomland with the process, farmers eventually headquarters, which moved hardwood forests, cypress-ringed took it upon themselves to dredge to protect this unique, spring- sloughs, swaying sedge marshes and ditches as a way of protecting their fed wetland area referred to by sphagnum streambeds that once land. many locals as “Kentucky’s Little covered a significant portion of the Okefenokee.” With funds from state before being drained, developed Conservationists viewed the issue its Project Revolving Fund, the and converted. differently, seeing the spring-fed Conservancy acquired 313 acres around

Murphy’s Pond © TNC Staff Polyphemus Moth © Monte P. Johnson

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Easement Donations Benefit Private Landowners If you own land with important natural resources, donating a conservation easement to The Nature Conservancy can be one of the smartest, most cost-effective ways to conserve the lands and waters you love. Donating a conservation easement can protect America’s natural heritage while maintaining a landowner’s private property rights and even providing significant tax benefits that may include a deduction of up to 30 percent of adjusted gross income in any year with a carryover period of 5 years.

Additionally, work is underway to renew and make permanent a tax incentive that would allow:

• a deduction of up to 50 percent of adjusted gross income in any year • a deduction of up to 100 percent of adjusted gross income if the majority of that income came from farming, ranching or forestry; and • carrying over of unused portions of deductions for as long as 15 years after the initial year in which the deduction was claimed.

For more information, contact Dian Osbourne, Director of Protection, (859) 259-9655 Ext. 27 or [email protected].

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | lands and waters

Cypress trees © Barry Simpson Western Kentucky The Conservancy entered into a multi-year partnership with Ingram Barge Company, the nation’s leading inland waterway transportation company. The partnership represents the Conservancy’s first collaboration with the navigation industry and helps advance an organization-wide goal to protect the Mississippi River basin.

The partnership focuses on a platform project located in western Kentucky, where Obion Creek and Bayou du Chien flow into the Mississippi. As part of the project, the Conservancy, together with local landowners and conservation partners, aims to restore and reconnect more than 5,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests and wetlands to the Mississippi River alluvial floodplain within the next five years. Ingram’s contribution will also be used to obtain conservation easements or other similar interests in lands along the Mississippi River in this area of Western Kentucky.

The Conservancy applied funds received through a Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources State Wildlife Grant towards advancing conservation along Obion Creek. During 2009, this work involved collaborating with local landowners and partners to benefit species of greatest conservation need in this area such as the Relict Darter and Indiana Bat.

Eagle Scout candidates from Troop 67 in Burna – Jed Gray and Luke Heneisen – fulfilled scouting commitments to implement public service projects having an impact on the community. The Conservancy’s Mantle Rock Preserve benefited from their hard work and dedication. Great Blue Heron © Lynda Richardson

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Jed Gray built a 2-mile trail connecting each end of the preserve’s existing trail. Marked by the Conservancy and cleared by Gray, the new trail features some of the property’s spectacular rock formations.

Luke Heneisen spent several weekends during the summer clearing vegetation, car parts and other debris from almost a mile of the former State Highway 133, believed to be one of the last intact sections of the “Trail of Tears,” where members of the Cherokee nation displaced from lands east of the Mississippi River spent two weeks waiting for the Ohio River to thaw and become passable during the winter of 1838-39.

The Nature Conservancy is partnering with several agencies, tribes, and organizations to plan and develop a Trail of Tears National Historic Trail retracement opportunity along the Salem to Golconda historic road at the Conservancy’s Mantle Rock Preserve in Livingston County, Kentucky. The project plans include site improvements for parking, signing, hiking, walking along a stretch of the historic route of the Trail of Tears, and wayside exhibits about the site’s natural and cultural features. Project partners include: National Park Service – National Trails Intermountain Region, Trail of Tears Association – Kentucky Chapter, The Cherokee Nation, Kentucky Heritage Council, and Boy Scouts of America. Luke Heneisen (l), Shelly Morris (c) and Jed Gray (r) © Randy Gray Nature License Plates Protect More Than Roads in Livingston County Proceeds from the Kentucky Heritage Land Resources, Kentucky State Nature Preserves Conservation Fund (KHLCF) made it possible Commission and Kentucky Division of Forestry. for Livingston County to purchase a tract of land initially acquired by the Conservancy in The KHLCF represents a simple way for 2002. The 873-acre tract formerly owned by the Kentuckians to protect the state’s natural Reynolds Metals Company is located adjacent heritage through the purchase of a nature plate to another parcel containing the Mantle Rock when registering a car, light truck or SUV. The Preserve and nestled within several thousand extra $10 for these attractive, locally-designed acres of mostly forested river and creek plates counts as a tax-deductible donation corridors and a signifi cant amount of farmland. toward the Fund, which dedicates proceeds towards the purchase of land from willing The Conservancy sold the tract to Livingston sellers for nature preserves, state parks and County to ensure that its extensive and forests, wildlife management areas, recreational high quality mature oak forest – including and environmental education areas, wild river old growth timber and additional stands corridors and wetlands. Since its establishment in approaching old growth status – remains in 1995, Kentuckians have contributed more than $9 conservation status. The property will be added million to the Fund by purchasing these plates. to the Livingston County Wildlife Management Area and State Natural Area, and managed For more information visit: with assistance from the Conservancy, the www.dnr.ky.gov/heritageland/natureplate. Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife

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Central Kentucky Stream Miles Protected in Green River The Conservancy wrapped up the Project Area Green River Conservation Reserve Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program 26.96 Enhancement Program (CREP) Conservation Buyer Properties 11.91 ahead of schedule after reaching the acreage cap less than halfway into EPA 319 Grant 1.25 the timeline. Approved in 2001, the KY Heritage Land Conservation Fund 10.86 Green River CREP was authorized TOTAL 50.99 to enroll up to 100,000 acres with $110 million contributed from the Leveraging Dollars Through CREP Federal government ($88 million), the Commonwealth ($17 million) and The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) combines the Conservancy ($5 million) over a state and federal dollars with additional funding from non- period of 15 years. governmental resources to tackle agricultural-related environmental issues. Voluntary participants in the program receive financial The objectives of Kentucky’s Green River CREP included planting natural incentives for removing their land from production for a period of 15 buffers around sinkholes within the years, or longer with a permanent conservation easement, so that it karst plain and along the tributaries can be restored to a natural state through seeding and planting of and main stem of the river in an native grasses and trees and other beneficial management practices. effort to reduce by 10 percent the amount of sediment, pesticides, and nutrients entering the watershed from agricultural sources. Such a buffer Fourteen volunteers, including student Mattie Toma, renovated the improves water quality and enhances employees from Ashland, Inc., worked preserve’s trailhead to earn a Girl habitat for wildlife. at the Sally Brown Nature Preserve Scout Gold Award. Over a four- to prepare hiking trails for fall and month period, Mattie repaired the Conservancy scientists began working winter hiking in the state’s Kentucky ten-year-old structure and updated with the National Park Service to River Palisades area. Volunteers content provided on the kiosk’s assess and map out a 127-acre site cleared fallen trees, trimmed four information panels. She also near the entrance of Mammoth Cave undergrowth and eradicated invasive raised funds to cover costs. Mattie’s National Park for oak woodland species to enhance the wildflowers achievement builds on prior efforts restoration and invasive weed that bloom each spring and summer. to coordinate friends and relatives removal. The Conservancy hosted to eradicate Japanese honeysuckle, an event to jump-start the five-year Another Sally Brown Preserve an invasive plant taking over the effort with a visit from local high volunteer, Henry Clay High School preserve’s remarkable array of native school students and garden club wild flowers. members aimed at removing many of the invasive plants expected to pose a challenge as the project moves forward.

Ashland, Inc. Volunteers © Ken Brooks

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Palisades © Mason Brock Gray Fox © Thomas G. Barnes

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | 11 lands and waters Eastern Kentucky The Conservancy and the Harrison County Fiscal Court successfully pursued a project of mutual interest thanks to a State and Tribal Wildlife Grant from the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources. The grant made it possible to replace a low head dam with a bridge on a tributary of the Licking River. The project, the first of its kind in Kentucky, returned a portion of the stream to its natural flow, aiding species migration and benefiting a nearby mussel bed harboring the endangered Fanshell mussel. Replacing the dam provides conservation benefits and a safer crossing for motorists, and eliminates the need for removing debris after flood events. which contains state-listed fish presentation on benefits of fencing and bats, and federally-designated cattle out of woods, corn salvage, The Conservancy also continued critical habitat for the Cumberland facility management and water working on Townsend Creek, a elktoe, an endangered mussel. To monitoring. tributary of the South Fork of accomplish this, the Conservancy and the Licking River located in its partners pursued, and became the Community members, government northwestern Bourbon County first recipient of, a new grant from partners and other volunteers and covering more than 11,038 the Kentucky Aquatic Resources gathered on Earth Day to plant trees acres. To date, the Conservancy has Fund, administered by the Kentucky at the Pumphrey tract, where the implemented twenty-three Best Waterways Alliance, to support Conservancy is working on a large- Management Practices (BMP) aquatic resource conservation projects scale stream restoration project. The projects – whether fencing a riparian across the state. Earth Day event advanced efforts area or planting forest buffers – to to recreate streams and wetlands mitigate for heavy sedimentation, Building on success from the previous originally comprising the Pumphrey pathogens in the water and nutrient year, the Conservancy held another tract prior to the introduction of overload associated with agriculture farm field day to demonstrate how agricultural practices to the Buck and development on more than Best Management Practices (BMP) Creek watershed. Once work is 37,000 feet of Streams and sinkholes. projects benefitBuck Creek as a completed, this one-mile stretch result of an EPA Nonpoint Source of Buck Creek will regain several With support from the U.S. Fish and Management Program Clean meanders adding to its overall length Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Water Section 319 grant. The field and more riffle sections, which Kentucky Transportation Cabinet day included a hayride for the 165 improves aquatic habitat. (KYTC), the Conservancy acquired participants with stops highlighting 329 acres along Sinking Creek, a agricultural BMP topics including a tributary of the Rockcastle River,

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Thomas P. Dupree, Sr. Remembers Kentucky’s Great Places I have lived all over Kentucky. From In the West the vast Mississippi River the Cyprus filled bow lakes of the bottoms were full of shallow ox bow Mississippi River bottoms in the lakes and cyprus swamps. Most of West to the Beech and Oak forests the cypress has been logged now. The of the mountains of Harlan County thrill of a large bluegill on the end in the East. I have stood on the of a light fly rod’s popping bug rig bluffs overlooking the Ohio River in thrilled me as a small boy. Out with Northern Kentucky and on the edge my grandfather paddling the canoe, of the two hundred Grandad would say, “Cast foot wild river gorge over by that cypress knee.” overlooking the Wham! “You got him!” Rockcastle River “Set the hook.” Narrows in the South. Everywhere I And last, but not least, I go, Kentucky’s lands remember Thunderstruck sing to me. They Rapids on the Cumberland make music like a River, just upstream grand philharmonic from Cumberland Falls. Sally Brown Preserve © Shelly Morris orchestra, deeply Thomas P. Dupree, Sr. We pulled our canoes up vibrating basses Trustee Emeritus on a sandy beach with a strings and high wash cave in the back, dry counterpuntal flutes playing in enough to sleep well even in a rain unison. storm. A magical place, and there were plenty of fish. I have also lived a long time in Kentucky – long enough to Thunderstruck was the first place remember the handful of native the Conservancy’s Kentucky chestnuts that were left in the chapter saved. Because you see, the mountains and the army of dead Conservancy’s mission is to save the chestnuts that stood out in contrast green pastures and still waters that to the green forest canopy of beech, restore our souls. oak, maple and pine and hemlock. We called these dead chestnuts “gray Kentucky is full of the Earth’s last ghosts.” They were silent, having sung great places. Our cup runneth over. their last song in years long gone by. Thomas P. Dupree, Sr. will be eighty in July. But, the creeks and rivers still roared He is an annual donor, Trustee Emeritus, at the bottom of gorges and there was and past Chairman of the Board at The nothing better than the feel of a three Nature Conservancy of Kentucky. He serves pound Kentucky Bass on the end of a as President of Dupree Mutual Funds, a feather light open faced spinning rig. family of bond funds with more than $1 Also called a spotted bass, there is no billion dollars under management. game fish that jumps quite like this one. Cumberland Falls © Tom Barnes

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | 13 people and places Cedar Christmas Tree Cutting a Huge Success In December, visitors lined up early Kentuckians access to free eastern in the morning at the Conservancy’s red cedars, the Conservancy’s Cedar Jim Beam Nature Preserve to take Christmas Tree Cutting event also advantage of an offer of free cedar advanced conservation efforts at Christmas trees between the hours the Jim Beam Nature Preserve. of 9 a.m. and noon. Over the course Removing cedars will allow planted of the morning, volunteers assisted and volunteer deciduous trees a and directed visitors in picking, better chance to survive and thrive in cutting, hauling and loading at least their native habitat. And according to Local families enjoy free cedar 100 trees. Ken Brooks, a local landowner who Christmas trees works with his wife, Vicki, and © Ken Brooks Arriving from several central a number of friends to maintain Kentucky counties, visitors to this the Conservancy’s Sally Brown and festive event included young and old, Crutcher Nature Preserves, folks and even some taking trees for the need not worry about running out of elderly, shut-ins and others unable trees as there remain thousands of to visit the preserve. Throughout cedars ready for harvesting in future the morning, volunteers received Christmases. heartfelt thanks for a unique opportunity they hoped would We would like to thank Ken and Vicki become an annual event.. Brooks, and Lynn Schwantes for making this event possible. While this effort had the immediate benefit of giving Central

Susan Lavin has been named the 2009 Volunteer of the Year for The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky She was awarded the prestigious “Bruce and Myra Poundstone Award for Outstanding Volunteer Excellence.” Susan has served as the Chair of the Nature’s Night Committee since 2008 and successfully helped to execute two dynamic fundraising events, two years in a row, while serving as Secretary on the Kentucky Board of Trustees. Thanks to Susan Lavin, Nature’s Night is known to many as a must attend fall event. Congratulations, Susan!

14 | The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review people and places Cedar Christmas Tree Cutting a Huge Success 2nd Annual Nature’s Night Event: Celebrating the Conservancy’s Conservation Successes in Kentucky On a misty night last September, the Conservancy held its second Nature’s Night fundraiser in Kentucky, raising thousands of dollars for on-the-ground conservation throughout the Bluegrass state. The 300 guests in attendance at the Barn at River Farm in Goshen enjoyed a local menu, silent and live auctions, hayride tours of native habitats, and musical entertainment by Kentucky-based bluegrass band Relic and Nashville’s famous Brazilbilly. The Kentucky Chapter Make sure to check in at nature.org/Kentucky staff thanks co-chairs for more details about the 3rd Annual Nature’s Night. Susan Lavin, Amy Lavin Thank you to our generous corporate sponsors: and the entire Nature’s Night Committee, whose hard work and dedication made the Doll’s Market Lavin Insurance Services & Dietrich Insurance event possible. Wedgewood/Longfi eld Farms

Save the Date!

Make sure to get this annual event on your calendar. Nature’s Night 2010 will be held September 18th at Ashbourne Farms in LaGrange, Kentucky. For more information, contact us at (859) 259-9655.

Photos courtesy of Sophisticated Living Magazine © Chad Henle

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | 15 cross-cutting initiatives

Fire & Ice: Devastating Weather May Aid Fire Program Few Kentuckians will forget the landscape significantly added to century or more. The burning thins ice storms sweeping through the the workload, the aftermath may trees throughout the landscape state during 2009. The storms left also represent opportunity for the – especially portions once covered thousands without power and water chapter’s controlled burn program. in open canopied oak savannas and for days, and even weeks. Described oak woodlands – to encourage a rich as the biggest natural disaster in Indeed, the same ice storms which and diverse understory that includes Kentucky’s history, the ice storms devastated Kentucky’s landscape many of the wildflowers for which warranted a state of emergency in 90 during 2009 caused Conservancy Kentucky is known. of the state’s 120 counties and left scientists to re-think how the the Conservancy’s staff in Kentucky chapter will proceed with its fire With many of the forest canopies picking up the pieces from an program in the future. This is opened up naturally by last year’s ice unlikely foe – nature itself. because the storms actually helped storms, Conservancy scientists will nature meet some of the Kentucky watch and wait since it’s unknown During the months following the chapter’s fire program goals. whether affected trees will ultimately storms, the Conservancy’s staff live or die, or what happens when and volunteers cleaned up trails, Most years, the Conservancy uses downed timber dries and becomes even pulling out chainsaws to gain controlled burning as a conservation more easily ignited on its own. access to certain properties in time tool to open up canopies of However it may well be that what for spring. However, while broken forested areas where fire has been has been described as a disaster for trees and limbs strewn across the removed from the area, often for a many, accomplished a vital service to Kentucky’s natural landscape.

During 2009, three Conservancy staff members helped launch the Kentucky Prescribed Fire Council (KPFC), created to promote the safe and beneficial use of prescribed fire as a land management tool. Chaired by Jeff Sole, the Kentucky chapter’s Director of Conservation Programs, this new group is open to all, including state and federal agencies, conservation organizations, universities, contractors and private individuals. Its approximately 80 members have already begun tackling the following objectives:

• Provide current and accurate information to the public. • Develop standards for practitioners and coordinate training opportunities. • Act as liaison to regulatory agencies regarding smoke management and air quality. • Promote research and disseminate findings to members and to the public. • Draft legislation to protect the use of prescribed fire as a land management tool and ensure the safety of practitioners. 700-acre prescribed burn conducted with the Cumberland District of the Daniel Boone National Forest © Courtesy/TNC Staff

16 | The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review cross-cutting initiatives Invasive Pests: The Conservancy Takes Action Deep in the Forest In an effort to combat the non-native hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA), staff from the Conservancy and the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission injected insecticide treatments donated by Bayer CropScience into the soil around more than 6,000 hemlock trees located on 194 acres at the Bad Branch Nature Preserve. In applying HWA treatment, the Conservancy took into account several factors including visitor safety, site accessibility, rare species, old-growth characteristics, and stream quality and aesthetics.

Lacking natural enemies in North America, the HWA, a tiny Asian insect that feeds on tree needles, has spread into Eastern and Carolina hemlock throughout the southern Appalachians. Left unchecked, the pest threatens an entire forest ecosystem and its resident wildlife. In fact, the insect’s invasion is being compared to the chestnut blight which permanently changed the forest composition in the southern Appalachians and across the northeast. Jeff Sole filling injector with insecticide to treat Hemlock Trees © Lisa Morris Eastern hemlocks can be found along streams and lower slopes across eastern Kentucky, forming forests that have been in place for thousands of years. Thriving in the shade, their evergreen foliage maintains moisture and moderates temperatures on the forest floor. The hemlocks also cool mountain streams for trout and other native fish – as well as for crawfish, salamanders and numerous aquatic insects. Thick hemlock boughs provide a welcoming place for birds seeking shelter.

Located in Letcher County, the Bad Branch Nature Preserve contains more than 2,500 acres of forested slopes surrounding several deep, rugged gorges on the south face of Pine Mountain. The Nature Conservancy retains ownership of 1,031 acres, approximately 448 acres of which harbor a hemlock-dominated forest with a mixture of yellow birch, Fraser magnolia and tulip poplar. Non-native hemlock Wooly Adelegid (HWA) © Lisa Morris

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | 17 beyond borders Chapters Pull Together for Cache River The Nature Conservancy’s staff wolves, bears, elk and other As the Conservancy’s representative members wear many hats in their large mammals, the Cache River on the Joint Venture Partnership, day-to-day jobs, but never more than watershed’s native habitats became Shelly Morris assists with recently when financial and human increasingly rare when sawmills managing the 2,800-acre Grassy resources have been stretched to entered the region during the mid- Slough Preserve. In 1997 the U.S. their leanest. That’s one reason why 1800s. Later, efforts to dry out the Department of Agriculture’s Natural the Kentucky and Illinois chapters region for agriculture led to severe Resources Conservation Service pooled resources to have a staff modifications affecting the river’s accepted the preserve into its presence at the Cache River in natural flow and water quality. Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), southern Illinois. Another reason which will direct funds towards for this collaboration had less to do The Conservancy has worked in the increasing plant diversity and with resources. In a nutshell, nature Cache River watershed for more managing forest & wetlands restored doesn’t follow political borders. than three decades, most visibly as on the former vegetable farms. part of the Cache River Wetlands In 2009 Shelly Morris, project Joint Venture, a public-private Success in the Cache River manager of the Kentucky chapter’s partnership established with the watershed depends on conserving Grand Rivers Corridor, began Illinois Department of Natural Grassy Slough, which proves to be a spending 20 percent of her time Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife critical component to reconnecting – one day per week – in southern Service and Ducks Unlimited with the Upper and Lower Cache River. Illinois to advance the Conservancy’s the goal of protecting and restoring a It’s a challenge the Conservancy’s role in restoring a portion of the 60,000-acre wetland corridor along collaborating chapters, together with Cache River, the largest complex 50 miles of the river. Since the mid- the State of Illinois, the U.S. Fish & of wetlands in Illinois and 1980’s this collaborative effort has Wildlife Service and other partners, northernmost cypress/tupelo swamp pooled resources to control erosion, has already started to tackle. in the United States. reduce siltation, stabilize water levels, restore game species habitat and Once filled with lush hardwood provide recreational opportunities to forests and swamps harboring the public.

Cache River © Harold E. Malde Cache River © Emily Whitted/TNC

18 | The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review beyond borders Lexington Native Trades Bluegrass for Brazil Employees call it “One Conservancy,” brewery company) have contributed the shared goal of pursuing the to a Water Fund established to organization’s mission no matter where conserve watersheds providing drinking they may be stationed on the globe. It’s water to the eight million people in a sentiment familiar to Lexington native Bogota. Investing in the water source Melissa Cooney who has replanted her provides a natural filtration system that Kentucky roots in Brazil. reduces operation costs and creates a more consistent water supply for Melissa has worked at the Conservancy consumption and electricity. It’s a for four years, most recently as the model that has been replicated in parts Regional Operations Manager for the of South America with positive results Conservancy’s Latin America program. and could have major impacts in other In her current role, she equips the parts of the world. program’s 30+ offices spanning from “Coming home to Kentucky reminds Mexico to Argentina with tools, staff When visiting Kentucky, Melissa checks me of how much I miss the changing and processes needed to implement in with the chapter staff to get a taste seasons – the spring budding and the effective science and conservation of the Bluegrass state landscapes and fall colors. It’s a comfort knowing that throughout a region where land can’t share information with colleagues. the Conservancy, an organization be protected through traditional tools, In the “One Conservancy” spirit, she like acquisition and management, due has also given a presentation to the that I believe in and dedicate most of to different laws, regulations and staff staff and Board of Trustees about the my waking hours to in Brazil, has a capacity. organization’s work and approaches solid presence in my home state. The throughout Latin America. Kentucky staff works hard using proven An example of one of the complex science-based Conservancy strategies to projects Melissa supports is located in Colombia, where the local water make sure I can always come home to company and Bavaria (a national Kentucky’s natural beauty.” - Melissa Cooney

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | 19 fi nancial summary BALANCE SHEET As of 0/0/09 As of 0/0/0 Financial Summary (for the fi scal year ending June CASH - OPERATING FUND $ 268,515 $ 403,720 0, 009) CASH - LAND ACQUISITION FUND 1,173,691 1,687,498

NOTES: LAND PRESERVATION FUND (LPF) (1) 752,466 752,466 (1) Revolving fund for borrowing for land acquisition, provides interest income for GOVERNMENT GRANTS RECEIVABLE 479,323 318,138 operations ENDOWMENT FUNDS (2) 2,436,596 3,194,488 (2) Fair market value at previous month’s end CONSERVATION LANDS (3) 11,467,022 11,460,198 (3) Book value at time of land purchase OTHER ASSETS (4) 10,000 2,000

(4) Notes or accounts receivable, deposits paid on land, etc. TOTAL ASSETS $ 1,5,1 $ 1,1,50

(5) Taxes or accounts payable, etc. INTERNAL LPF LOANS $ 4,695,998 $ 4,674,353 (6) Book value at time of land purchase minus current loan balance EXTERNAL NOTES/MORTGAGES PAYABLE 3,023 17,389 OTHER LIABILITIES (5) (225) 126,736

TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 4,9,9 $ 4,1,4

NET ASSETS (equity in land, cash & endow) 11,888,817 13,000,030

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 1,5,1 1,1,50

Use of Funds Dues & Contributions by Type

Other 4% General and Administration 11% Corporations 1%

Fundraising 1% Individuals Conservation 5% Activities % Foundations 19%

Travel % Occupancy % Other Income % Communications %

Investment Income % Other 4% Personnel 4% Contributions Government Supplies & % Grants 5% Equipment 1%

Contractual 0%

Sources of Operating Funds Uses of Operating Funds

0 | The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review legacy club BALANCE SHEET As of 06/30/09 As of 06/30/08 CASH - OPERATING FUND $ 268,515 $ 403,720 Kentucky Legacy Club Members CASH - LAND ACQUISITION FUND 1,173,691 1,687,498 Membership in The Legacy Club is available to those who have chosen to create a lasting legacy with The Nature Conservancy. You can become a member by sharing with us that you have named the Conservancy in your will or estate LAND PRESERVATION FUND (LPF) (1) 752,466 752,466 plan, or by making a life income gift. Membership is voluntary and without obligation: it is our way of recognizing GOVERNMENT GRANTS RECEIVABLE 479,323 318,138 remarkable contributions made by individuals to The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky. For more information, contact ENDOWMENT FUNDS (2) 2,436,596 3,194,488 Cadell Walker, Associate Director of Philanthropy (859) 259-9655 ext 22. CONSERVATION LANDS (3) 11,467,022 11,460,198 Irvin Abell III & Paula Abell Jean Givens R.M. Richards & Susan Richards OTHER ASSETS (4) 10,000 2,000 Ilene C. Angel Mary Louise Gorman Ellen Rieveschl Charles R. Arterburn Gregg Hale & Adrian Hale Mark Roberts & Betty Beshoar TOTAL ASSETS $ 16,587,613 $ 17,818,508 Clarissa Kay Bauer Michael Hamm & JoAnn Hamm Gerald A. Rosenthal Mary Bill Bauer Clay Hancock Diane Schrooten Carl Peterson & Susan S. Beard Liz Harper Helga Schutte INTERNAL LPF LOANS $ 4,695,998 $ 4,674,353 Jayne BecVar John R. Hart & Angelyn B. Hart Jeff Scott EXTERNAL NOTES/MORTGAGES PAYABLE 3,023 17,389 George R. Bell Walter A. Hehl & Delma Hehl John G. Scott Cory W. Black Eagle Kathleen Hill Bill Scroggins OTHER LIABILITIES (5) (225) 126,736 Erich Boehm & Kimberly Boehm Valina K. Hurt Roger Shott & Diane Shott Mollie Bowers Lavonne Jaeger Isabel W. Silverman TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 4,698,796 $ 4,818,478 Bonnie Brady Hunt B. Jones Lawrence D. Smith Joseph W. Brill Laura Kamperman T.F. Smith & Gwendolyn Smith Dewett L. Brown Kenneth L. Karem Theresa Smith NET ASSETS (equity in land, cash & endow) 11,888,817 13,000,030 Charles Buck & Kimberly Buck Wendy S. Katz Gennine Sorrentino Harold G. Campbell Arba Kenner Edward Sprague & Mary E. Sprague TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 16,587,613 17,818,508 Janice E. Cantrell Judy H. Kirby Irvine P. Stapp Warren J. Caputo & Barbara Tidwell Rudy Klaphenke & Virginia Klaphenke William Stilwell Diane Carlin Lydia Kowalski Carol J. Swarts NET VALUE OF CONSERVATION LAND (6) $ ,768,001 $ ,768,456 Howard Carter, Jr. Baylor Landrum, Jr. Bruce H. Thompson Kathy Carter William I. Latta & Martha Latta Mike Toby & Shelia Calovich Elizabeth Cauley Janet H. Leonard Susan J. Utt Bob Chasteen Joanne Luyster Gary Verst & Clara D. Verst Kathleen D. Corneil Thomas L. Lyne, Jr. & Margaret Lyne Dorothy Vick Roxie G. Covington Carolyn Browne Malkin Naomi E. Voit Gordon Dabney & Linda Dabney Fred Mansmith & Coleen Mansmith Louise R. Wall Christopher W. Davenport Eric M. Blow & Colleen McKinley Karoline Warford Janna Donovan Krista Mills Fred Warren & Jo Ann Warren Fay R. Dorval Judith Moffett Lowry Rush Watkins, Jr. Prentiss Douglass & Weesie Douglass Lorenia Moore Jim Watson & Ann Blum Babara Dumesnil Robert W. Moore William Webb Frances S. Dyer Arlene M. Morton Linda White George E. Egger Kathryn U. Mowery Pam Williams Caryl Fallert Howard Mueller & Mary Lee Mueller Michael O. Willson Sandra Fayers Brian C. Myres & Marlene Myres Tom Wilson & Peggy Wilson Kerry B. Fitzpatrick Thomas Newton & Anne E. Nash Emily W. Wolfson Preston Forsythe Carol Nussbaum Ann Yeargin Troy Freeman & Dawn Freeman Gary Orendorff & Bea Orendorff Greg Zahradnik Gaye M. Fugate Gayle M. Pille Anonymous (2) Ladell J. Futch & Patricia Futch James B. Pryor

“As a Board member, a member, or a Friend of the Conservancy, the Legacy Club seems to me the perfect way to make a lasting gift for the preservation of the lands and waters we all care about. What better way to keep supporting The Nature Conservancy now and into the future for our children and grandchildren.” Louise Wall, Louisville, KY – Legacy Club member of five years

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review | 21 ways of giving July 1, 2008 – June 2009 Donors The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky

Preservationist Marshall Farrer & Heather Farrer Rutherford Campbell & Mary Campbell Kathryn Clay Estate David Jones & Betty A. Jones Capricorn Foundation W. L. Lyons Brown Foundation Col. Robert H. Kelley & Elizabeth Kelley Terry Cook & Laura Landon Allan Lavin & Susan Lavin Dottie Cordray Conservation Partner Boyce F. Martin, III Marc Cousoulis & Aimee Cousoulis Anonymous John Neichter & Andrea Neichter Crutcher Family Foundation Brown-Forman Corporation Sutherland Foundation, Inc. Francesca Curry Ann Boyd’s Estate Woodford Van Meter &Dorothy Van Meter Gordon Dabney, Jr. & Lori Dabney The Community Foundation of Louisville Louise R. Wall Merry Daugherty Ingram Barge Company Kentucky Christian James S. Welch, Jr. & Marianne Welch Wayne H. Davis Foundation, Inc. Rigdon O. Dees, III & Julie Dees Patron David W. Dorman & Marcia Dorman Steward Seth Adams Dorothy Norton Clay Fund Irvin Abell & Paula Abell Sarah Hamm-Alvarez Weesie Douglass Bayer CropScience LP Clifton Anderson Jana Dowds Henry Hinkle & Barbara Hinkle Ashland, Inc. Duane Realty Audrey W. Otto Robert Azar Josh Ederington & Jenny Minier Gene R. Ulrich George Bailey & Porter Watkins Eli Brown & Sons, Inc. Matthew Barzun & Brooke Barzun Richard A. Fellows & Bonnie Fellows Fellow William A. Bell John Fendig & Jenny Fendig Harold G. Campbell Dale J. & Chenault C. Boden Fund Scott Ferguson Crounse Corporation Mac Bond Jean W. Frazier Jonathan Kern & Monica Kern Cornelia Bonnie Donald C. Freytag & Becky Freytag Charles D. Ralph Edward S. Bonnie & Nina Bonnie Frost Brown Todd Roger J. Shott & Diane Shott Bowling Family Foundation Gardner Foundation, Inc. George Sullivan Nell Bradley Dena R. Garvue Toyota Motor Manufacturing Betty D. Brown Dorothy Graham’s Estate Hewett H. Brown & Sue Brown Greenbaum, Doll & McDonald Sustainer John Brown Clay Hancock Norman L. Brown & Elizabeth S. Brown Warner Brown & McCall Brown Liz Harper Chrysalis Ventures, LLC J.M. Brown & Eileen Cooke Richard Harr & Michelle Harr Nancy Crawford Buchanan Family Foundation David Hausrath & Debra Hausrath Gordon Dabney, Sr. & Linda Dabney James Buchheit & Rachel Buchheit Helen L. Heddens Robert Edmiston & Pamela Edmiston Luther Caldwell Jr. & Carolyn Caldwell Ian Henderson Michael Hamm & JoAnn Hamm Julian Campbell Robert Hendren & Dominique Hendren

22 | The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 2009 Year In Review ways of giving in-kind gifts The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky 21C Hotel Irvin Abell & Paula Abell Henry Vogt Foundation, Inc. Frederick Pugh & Jean Pugh Army Wives / Rob Luchow Ashbourne Farm Henry Heuser, Jr. Dale Lee Ralston & Pat Ralston Bandy Marshall Heuser Elizabeth Reutlinger Bayer CropScience William Hollings Robert Winthrop Charitable Trust Becky Freytag Photography Jane H. Hope Warren W. Rosenthal Bittners Blackstone Grill Walter Hudson Bob Rounsavall & Mary F. Rounsavall Wendell Berry Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Sandford Family Fund Ken &Vicki Brooks James Kenan & Betty Kenan Jeff Smith & Anne Steinbock-Smith Warner Brown & McCall Brown Kentucky American Water Company Chris Stephens Business First Nell Bradley Douglas Kilmer & Janis Reynolds James W. Stites & Alice Stites Cynthia Carey Andrew Klapper & Judy Goldsmith John C. Stites & Charlotte G. Stites Chrysalis Ventures, LLC La Grange Animal Hospital, P.S.C. John Stough Jr. City Mouse/ Hollis Starks Baylor Landrum, Jr. William Street & Lindy Street Jim & Donna Costanza Nancy Crawford Lavin Insurance Services King Stubbs & Dace Stubbs Creation Gardens A. G. Lavin & Elizabeth Lavin Issac C. Van Meter S. Gordon Dabney Portia Leatherman John Van Meter Weesie Douglass Jana Clanton Dowds LexMark International, Inc. Tony Varda & Heather Varda Doyle Water Distributors, Greg Doyle Neil MacDonald & Jane MacDonald Paul Vogt Duane Realty & Development, LLC Jeff Mackin & Kim Mackin Vulcan Materials Lisa Estridge Ben Maki & Dace Maki Robert C. Wade & Ella Mae Wade J. David Grissom Finishing Effects Kathleen Laurin-Martin Tom Wade & Holly Wade Flea Circus Tours Mayberry Foundation Janet L. Walker Fowler Farm, LLC McReynolds Family Foundation Paul Wedge & Jody Wedge Foxhollow Farm LLC Michael & Elizabeth Mays Jane F. Welch Boone Gardier Mike Hamm Cyrus L. Miller Clara Yates Wieland Heine Brothers Robert Mitchell W.P. Wiseman, Jr. & Josie Wiseman Hidden Hollow Orchard Amanda Moon Henry C. Yeiser J.S. Swinn Fine Jewelry Jack Morris & Lisa Morris Morris H. Young, Jr Jerry Heston Hairdressing Mary Dennis Kannapell Paul B. Mulhollem & Valerie Cravens Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Austin Musselman & Layla Musselman Barbara Kingsolver A.J. Napier Susan Lavin Elmer Neuman & Celeste Neuman Ben Maki & Dace Maki Susan Maloney Owsley Brown Charitable Foundation Nina Mclemore Robert M. Pfeiffer & Caryl Pfeiffer Any inaccuracies on this list should be shared by Merridian Home Furnishings Anne C. Pritchett calling (859) 259-9655 ext 52 Mossy Oak PC LAN Systems, Richard Makkay Publishers Printing Company Rodeo Drive Rodes Molly Rowan Roger Shott Lynn Schwantes Seng Jewelers Thomas Hart Shelby Hollis Starks The Blackstone Grille at Prospect Pointe The Cornerstone Bed & Breakfast The Curtain Exchange Tracy Varga Image Consulting Twisted Salon U of L Moore Observatory Vision First Hank & Julie Whitman Whole Foods Market Yew Dell Gardens Two Lined Salamander © Terry Cook Sinking Creek © Terry Cook

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