CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF LAND CONSERVATION Vol. 24, No 1 SUMMER 2013 Celebrating 30 Years of Land Conservation. T hank you! t is said that the older one gets, the faster time seems to fly. When I contemplate the fact that the Peconic Land Trust was founded thirty years ago, I find it hard to believe—it just doesn’t seem possible. But when I consider what we have accomplished since 1983, and reflect on the nearly 500 projects completed in that time, each a Iunique story comprised of people and land, it rings true. This work is a labor of love, one that is comprised of challenges, successes, and setbacks. It requires patience, consistency, creativity, and many hands, including you and the many others celebrated in our 2012 Honor Roll. Continues on page 2 Together, we have conserved our work possible in 2012 and join us in thanking each and nearly 11,000 acres of Long Island’s everyone of them for their important contributions. working farms, natural lands, I also invite you to step out of the present as we review and heritage, all with the help of some of the many accomplishments that you have made landowners, partner organizations, possible since 1983: 30 Milestones in 30 Years. This special communities, public officials, and pull-out section of the 2012 Honor Roll is just a snapshot donors. With your support, our of the work of the Trust. We will be expanding on this board, staff, and volunteers work timeline on our website, and invite you to visit often at www. tirelessly for the common good, PeconicLandTrust.org. to protect what we know and love in our communities, not only for ourselves, but for future And while you are online, please take a tour through generations. We have much to be proud of and thankful our new Interactive Map. This new web-based feature for–but there is still much work to be done. highlights our work throughout the five East End towns, and includes photos and many conservation stories–from We continue to face many of the same challenges of 1983, our first conservation project, Phillips Pond Preserve in brought upon us by tremendous development pressures Southampton Village, to our most recent efforts through and extraordinarily high land values. Our work, however, our Farms for the Future Initiative. continues to evolve as we face new challenges and opportunities that include “growing” the next generation On behalf of all of us at the Trust, thank you for your ongoing of farmers, assuring that protected farmland is affordable support. We look forward to working with you to conserve and accessible to farmers, restoring natural lands to and steward more land over the next 30 years and beyond. enhance water quality and habitats, and preserving historic John v.H. Halsey, resources that define our communities. President, Peconic Land Trust I hope that you will take some time to read the names (including your own) of the many people who have made The 2012 Peconic Land Trust Honor Roll $10,000 - $24,999 $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous (2) Anonymous (2) Leslie & George Biddle/ Coles Family Foundation/ Goldman Sachs Gives Grant Michael Coles & Edie Landeck David Bohnett Mr. & Mrs. Peter D’Angelo Chubb Federal Insurance Company Alan & Harriet Dresher Wm. C. Dowling Jr. Foundation Mary & Pat Durkin The Fine & Greenwald Foundation The Charles Englehard Foundation/ Anthony & Elizabeth Galban Sally E. Pingree Charitable Giving Fund Rainey & John Erwin Galban Charitable Fund Estate of Constance E. Herrick Nancy Gilbert & Richard Wines The Barbara Hope Foundation Inc. George Hambrecht & The David & Alice Hunt Andrea Henderson Fahnestock Family Foundation John & Sally Henry Soledad & Robert Hurst Rich Hogan & Carron Sherry Alexander & Judith Laughlin Marguerita Howkin Ursula & Paul Lowerre photo credit: Christine Kraft Bettysue & Jeff Hughes Edward & Sandy Meyer Kathleen King/Tate’s Bake Shop Robert Musser & Barbara L. Francis The Henry Phillip Kraft Family Richard Ravitch & Kathy Doyle $25,000 & Above Joyce & Irving Goldman Memorial Fund at the Long Island Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Family Foundation Anonymous (2) Community Foundation The Moritmer D. Sackler Family Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard Dorothy Lichtenstein Foundation, Inc. Apartment Therapy/ Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Ranieri Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan Deborah Ann Light Donna & Alan Stillman Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation/ Mr. & Mrs. Howard S. Marks Margaret Sullivan Avalon Park & Preserve Barbara J. Slifka The Alec Baldwin Foundation Mary & Garrett Moran Lois Teich William Glasgow Thompson Jim & Cheryl Reeve Woodward Family Charitable Margaret de Cuevas Charitable Fund, Inc. Peggy & Millard Drexler Ingeborg & Ira L. Rennert Foundation Philippa Weismann Elizabeth Schaffner & Val Schaffner Lloyd Zuckerberg & Charlotte Triefus Family Foundation Marillyn B. Wilson The William & Mary Greve Alexander Soros Foundation The Winston Foundation, Inc. Lizzie & Jonathan M. Tisch Foundation, Inc. Kenneth & Megan Wright In assembling the list of our contributors, the Peconic Land Trust has endeavored to be as accurate as possible. If we have made an inadvertent omission or error, please accept our sincerest apologies. Please feel free to contact Rebecca A. Chapman, Vice President of Philanthropy, if you have any questions or concerns. 2 | WWW .P ECONIC L AND T RUS T . ORG Rolfe (Rik) & Amy Kopelan $1,000 - $4,999 Todd & Paige Kramer Hilary Leff & Elliot Groffman Kenneth & Diana Adams Robert & Barbara Liberman Michael & Sheryl Ahearn Michele & Scott Lindsay AllianceBernstein Foundation Fund in Judith Little, Trustee/ Wm. Brian & The New York Community Trust Judith A. Little Charitable Trust Eric Altmann The Arthur Loeb Foundation Anonymous (15) Marjorie Ludlow Emily K. Aspinall The William & Phyllis Mack The Atlantic Golf Club Foundation Family Foundation, Inc. Lisa M. Baker Susan Malfa & Jonathan Rose Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Balaban Marders BAND Foundation Jeanne Markel & Chris Wedge Vivian Haim Barg & Miguel Barg The May Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Baron Russell C. McCall Trust & Oysterponds Historical Society: John v.H. Halsey, Battle Family Foundation Joe McKay & John Page Tim Caufield, RuthAnn Bramson, Mark Levine, Gwyneth Ketterer, Albert P. Behler Dee & Colin McKechnie Kim Quarty, Susan Tuths Gene M. Bernstein Renee & David McKee Dorothy M. Beskind Foundation Irene & William McLaughlin Louis & Elizabeth Bevilacqua Richard McNally Mel Bochner & Lizbeth Marano Peter G. Meyer Projects, Grants & Richard & Carolyn Boehning Mr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Miller Dale Booher & Lisa Stamm Maryellyn & Thaddeus Miller Howard & Judy Brandenstein Louise & David Milligan Community Donors Bobbie Braun/Neuwirth Foundation Henriette Montgomery Carolyn & Robert P. Brennan, Jr. Morgan Stanley The following is a list of donors who have supported The Bridgehampton Association, Inc. Ornella & Robert Morrow our project work, including grants & community Bridgehampton Historical Society Olivia Debolt Motch Stephen & Irene Brotman George Munroe & Elinor Bunin Munroe initiated support. Mr. & Mrs. Travis B. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Murphy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Q. Byers John & Connie Norbeck Estate of J. Philip Anderegg Lake Agawam Marcia Bystryn Liz & Gus Oliver Carya Ecological Services LLC David Bohnett Deborah Carmichael Paramount Group, Inc. ExxonMobil Corporation The Fanwood Foundation William H. Crocker Elizabeth Peyton Jane & John Manning Ellen & Chuck Scarborough Leslie Rose Close Barbara & Warren Phillips Christopher Nicodemus & Emma Clurman & Richard De Rose Joseph Ravitch & Lisa Wolfe Elizabeth Pingchang Chow Lillian & Joel J. Cohen Yvetta Rechler-Newman Joan Ganz Cooney & Peter G. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Rice Charles J. Coulter & Margaret Logan Arleen & Robert Rifkind Grants Frank & Gwen Dalene Isabel Rose & Jeffrey Fagen Avalon Park and Preserve Carol Gram Deane Andrew Rosen Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation Robert G. Delamater Antonio & Michele Sacconaghi The William and Mary Greve Foundation, Inc. Thierry Despont Saner Family Foundation The Henry Phillip Kraft Family Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Eaton Joan S. Sawyer at the Long Island Community Foundation John & Veronica Egan Sophia D. Schachter Land Trust Alliance ExxonMobil Corporation Marrie Schmeelk The Research Foundation of SUNY Sean & Robin Fahey Fred Schmeltzer Carol S. Feinberg & Kenneth B. Gilman Tracy Chutorian Semler & Eric Semler Philanthropic Fund of the Columbus Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Smith Jewish Foundation Shirley & Thornton Smith $500 - $999 Michael & Laura Ferrante Annaliese Soros Frank & Louiza Ferrara Roger & Susan Stone Christine & Michael Aaron Donna & Michael Butler Ann ffolliott Family Foundation Arthur & Diane Abbey Andrew Chipok & Ruth F. Fleming Lynda Herman Thomas Ron & Carol Ahlers Bernadette Levandowski Hans Flick & Celeste Kime Jeannie & Thomas Tisbo Arlene & Alan Alda Jessica & Bryan Cho Paul Forsman & Cornelia Erpf-Forsman Liza & Joseph Tremblay Herbert A. Allen Douglas Conklin Mrs. Richard T. Fowler Robert Uher The Alpert Family Foundation Helen & Paul Corwith John & Candice Frawley Andrea & Paul Vizcarrondo Anonymous (7) D. Rigney & Robert J. Cunningham Joan & Tom Geismar VMMA Construction LLC Michele Anthony Thompson & Caroline Dean Nancy & Tom Gleason Cynthia C. Wainwright The Dorothy Babcock Family Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Delihas Mary Cox Golden Michael & Michelle Walrath Foundation/Dorothy B. Sheahan Shelley & Steven Einhorn The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Andrew J. Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Robert H.B. Baldwin Wendy & Michael Esposito Company, Inc. The Leo S. Walsh Foundation/ Leslie