2010 Donor Report - Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Our mission
Western Reserve Land Conservancy seeks
to preserve the scenic beauty, rural character
and natural resources of northern Ohio.
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COMMON GROUND
Donor Report July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
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P.O. Box 314 · Novelty, Ohio 44072
Phone: 440-729-9621 • Fax: 440-729-9631
e-mail: info@wrlandconservancy.org • www.wrlandconservancy.org
Field Offices
Akron Field Office
34 Merz Boulevard, Suite G
Akron, Ohio 44333
Phone: 330-836-2271
Fax: 330-836-2272
Medina Field Office
141 Prospect Street
Medina, Ohio 44256
Phone: 330-722-7313
Fax: 330-722-6592
Firelands Field Office
P.O. Box 174
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
Phone: 440-774-4226
Fax: 440-774-6409
Eastern Field Office
P.O. Box 114
Orwell, Ohio 44076
Phone: 440-773-5582
Painesville Field Office
70 South Park Place
Painesville, Ohio 44077
Phone: 440-357-4837
Except where noted,
all photos © David Liam Kyle
www.davidliamkyle.com
Cover photo:
West Branch of Rocky River,
Olmsted Falls
Inside cover:
Columbia Reservation,
Lorain County
This page:
North Chagrin Reservation,
Mayfield Village
Back cover:
Lake Erie shoreline,
Ottawa County
Officers and Trustees
Chair
William C. Mulligan
Vice Chair
Richard S. Grimm
Vice Chair
Elizabeth B. Juliano
Vice Chair
Scott Mueller
Treasurer
Owen Colligan
Secretary
David L. Herzer
Assistant Secretary
Edward F. Meyers
Staff
Rich Cochran
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kim Bihler
Manager of Membership
and Special Events
Dennis Bower
Chief Financial Officer/
Chief Information Officer
Nick Clevenger
Conservation Project Manager
Eddie Dengg
Vice President
Jean Gokorsch
Associate Stewardship Director
Scott Hill
Eastern Field Director
Janet Hoover
Office Manager
Bill Jordan
Associate Field Director-Medina
Robert Koonce
Director of Development
Diane Madison
Legal Assistant
Ned Baker
Dick Brubaker
Sally Cutler
Beau Daane
Dennis E. Eckart
Gene A. Faubel
Frederick P. Floyd
Robert N. Gudbranson
David Halstead
William J. Hlavin
J. Jeffrey Holland
Richard C. Hyde
Dale LaPorte
Kathy Keare Leavenworth
John D. Leech
G. Russell Lincoln
Liz Mather
GIS & Conservation Planning
Manager
Pete McDonald
Director of Stewardship
Andy McDowell
Western Field Director
Ed Meyers
General Counsel
Julia Musson
Associate Director of
Conservation Funding
Katie Outcalt
Chief Operating Officer
Bob Owen
Associate General Counsel
Lisa Pasquale
Land Protection Assistant
Gina Pausch
Development Assistant
Jenny Picciano
Conservation Funding Associate
Kate Pilacky
Firelands Chapter Associate
Field Director
Kathryn L. Makley
Bassem Mansour
S. Sterling McMillan IV
Franz Sauerland
Mitchell Schneider
Michael R. Shaughnessy
James C. Spira
Marta King Stone
Tom Swank
James G. Watterson
Susan Dicken Yerian
Sheila Randel
Database Manager
Brett Rodstrom
Eastern Field Director
Amy Rogish
Executive Assistant
Chris Szell
Associate Director of
Regional Conservation
George Warnock
Grand River Watershed
Coordinator
Leah Whidden
Vice President
Ken Wood
Communications Manager
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Shared values are our compass
W
hen our fiscal year ended on June 30, 2010, we
reflected back on the previous 12 months with
gratitude.
For the 15th consecutive year, we finished the year with a
surplus of revenue over expense, we added thousands of acres
of beautiful preserved land bringing our total preserved acreage
to 22,000 acres, and we merged another land trust, Grand River
Partners, with Western
Reserve Land Conservancy,
making us the result of
mergers of 11 separate
entities. As everyone knows,
the last two years have been
economically challenging
for not only Ohio but for all
of America and even for the
world. These challenging times have become the metaphorical
headwind for many organizations of all types: government,
for-profit, and nonprofit. Rather than giving up in the face of
this powerful headwind, our organization chose to trim our
sails and steer high into the wind tacking back and forth on
a clear bearing, never losing our focus, and never giving in to
the temptation to soften our sails to head in an easier yet less
effective direction.
In reflecting back on how our organization responded to
this adverse environment, we realized that our behavior was
the result of our values. All organizations and all people have
values. Some express those values clearly and others simply live
by them but never deliberately describe them. An organization’s
values define the culture, the personality of the enterprise,
whether the values are clearly articulated or not. In this annual
report you will read several stories that articulate many of the
values Western Reserve Land Conservancy holds dear.
In ancient times, sages studied human behavior and began
constructing the Vedas or truths that gave rise to many of our great
philosophies and religions. One of the laws articulated in the Vedas
states that people who pursue their ideals, their higher values,
develop an initiative to work that transcends selfish interests. If
people work simply for incentives (salary), they soon lose interest in
the work and this begins a never-ending cycle of diminishing energy
fueled by pay and perks. If we can simply attach our goals and our
vision to higher values and ideals, to selfless and larger values, we
unleash all of our energy. We now know that these ancient sages
were indeed sage because in one contemporary study after another,
we have learned that the most successful and the most joyful people
(and organizations) are not those who collect the most selfish
rewards, but are those who constantly seek higher and higher ideals
and values in their daily work.
Western Reserve Land Conservancy has learned time and
time again that by working with people who share our vision and
our values, we find common ground and we build powerful energy
and lasting success. The constant putting up of higher and higher
ideals inspires us and all of the people with whom we partner to do
more and to be more. We’re given the gift of initiative regardless of
incentive.
We remain deeply grateful to all of our friends, partners and
donors. The gifts you have given to us, like the gifts of oxygen
and sunlight given to all of us by the unseen hand of nature, is
everywhere, is essential, and is deeply appreciated. We look forward
to seeing you soon at one of our events or on one of our preserves,
and, in the meantime, we wish you and yours all the best.
William C. Mulligan
Chair
Richard D. Cochran
President and CEO
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land protection highlights
Easement protects
one-sixth of island
A 44-acre conservation easement held by the Land
Conservancy will permanently preserve nearly one-sixth
of Johnson’s Island in Ottawa County. The property is
in a region designated by the National Audubon Society
as an Important Bird Area and provides important
wooded habitat for migratory birds.
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Big Swamp Woods
to remain a wild place
The Land Conservancy, in partnership
with the Cleveland Museum of
Natural History Natural Areas
Program, preserved 81 acres of a 430-
acre wetland complex in Fitchville
Township. Big Swamp Woods is the
largest swamp in Huron County.
Century Farm is
preserved in Lorain Co.
Joyce and Wilbur Browand permanently preserved 176
acres of their 182-acre Century Farm in Lorain County’s
Brighton Township with a donated conservation
easement. Joyce’s great-great grandfather, Hugh
Mosher, who served as the model for the fife player in
Archibald Willard’s famous “Spirit of ’76” painting, was
born and raised on the Lorain County farm, which has
been in the family for five generations.
Hinckley Township
gets a new park
A joint project involving the Land Conservancy and
Medina County’s Hinckley Township resulted in the
creation of a new 30-acre park on the banks of the East
Branch of Rocky River at state Route 303 and River
Road. River Woods Nature Preserve, a passive township
park, is now open to the public. The Land Conservancy
holds a conservation easement on the property.

Natural wonder preserved
in Ashtabula County
The Land Conservancy acquired and preserved more
than 100 acres along the Grand River in Ashtabula
County’s Rome and Orwell townships. Biological
surveys of the Ashcroft Woods (Phase II) property
by our partners at the Cleveland Museum of Natural
History found seven rare, endangered or threatened
species, including the Eastern massasauga rattlesnake.
Partnership creates
a community asset
Lockheed Martin Corp. could have done the minimum to clean up
a polluted ditch in southeast Akron and fulfill all environmental
standards. But the company and its project manager, David Gunnarson,
were not content to simply replace the soil and toss down grass seed.
They turned Haley’s Run into a showcase for urban conservation.
Under the leadership of Gunnarson, Lockheed Martin and its partners
restored the PCB-laden channel to a natural, free-flowing stream, installed a
scenic walking trail and planted native trees, shrubs and grasses. This beautiful
urban greenway is now a true asset for the surrounding low- to moderateincome
neighborhood and those who work nearby.
The Land Conservancy helped Lockheed Martin by acquiring the additional
property needed to transform the area into a park. Gunnarson says the firm
and the Land Conservancy “have a great cooperative partnership. It’s hard to
David Gunnarson at Haley’s Run
imagine how Lockheed Martin could have completed the Haley’s Run project
without the Land Conservancy’s assistance, and hopefully Lockheed Martin has
helped the Land Conservancy achieve its mission.”
The Land Conservancy hopes to complete a similar transformation at
nearby Adam’s Run, which is fed by Haley’s Run. The two projects together
could eventually provide a link to the Towpath Trail in downtown Akron. For
now, Gunnarson, an environmental engineer, says he is pleased that Haley’s
Run has become an asset to the community.
“I’m surprised and happy with how quickly nature has returned,” he says.
“Already I’ve watched a pair of ducks raise ducklings, and I’ve seen small fish in
Haley’s Run. Frogs and birds seem to be abundant. I look forward to returning
to Haley’s Run in the future to see how the 1,000 trees we planted have grown
and to hopefully walk along Haley’s Run to Adam’s Run and beyond.”
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Susan Wendt enjoys the natural beauty of Wendtwood

Preserved land a home
for creatures big and small
T
he rural Columbia Township home of Dr. Wallace Wendt, who
was the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s honorary veterinarian for
45 years, was one wild place. Dr. Wendt and his wife, Susan,
raised, rehabilitated and sometimes housed a menagerie that included
camels, reindeer, tigers, Trumpeter swans and Thompson gazelles.
“Our home movies are unbelievable,” says Susan Wendt with a
chuckle.
The Wendts, who purchased the Lorain County farm in 1963, had
a vision for their land that went far beyond having a place to raise
exotic animals. In 2006, the couple permanently preserved their 254-
acre Wendtwood property by donating a conservation easement on it.
Dr. Wendt died in 2008, but the protection of the land, which contains
11 lakes and has 67 different species of nesting birds, will forever be
part of his legacy.
“This is what he wanted. This is what he always dreamed of,”
Susan Wendt says.
In June, the Wendts were the recipients of one of the Land
Conservancy’s highest honors, the Grimm Family Conservation
Medal. Susan Wendt accepted the award at the organization’s annual
Conservation Celebration.
Susan, a Lakewood native who holds a teaching degree from
Baldwin-Wallace College and worked as a tutor, says her late husband
donated all his services to the zoo and paid all costs for keeping the
animals on the farm, including food, shelter and fencing.
Dr. Wendt had a lifelong love of land conservation and was one
of the founders of the Firelands Land Conservancy, one of the eight
organizations that merged in 2006 to form Western Reserve Land
Conservancy. At the time of his death, 16 Trumpeter swans and two
donkeys were living on the Lorain County property; Susan kept the
donkeys and found appropriate homes for the swans, placing some at
The Wilds sanctuary in east central Ohio.
Today, the fields of Wendtwood are still used to make hay, and the
property itself will forever be a tribute to the natural beauty of the land
along the West Branch of Rocky River.
“It is so nice to be able to do something like this, to preserve land
for future generations,” Susan says.
ACRES
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5000
0
Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
Acres Protected
2003
2004
2005
YEAR
2006
2007
2008
2009
Land Conservancy preserves
another 2,700 acres
In fiscal year 2010, the Land Conservancy
completed 43 projects totaling 2,696 acres and
permanently preserved property in 12 of the 14
counties in our northern Ohio service area.
In addition, we preserved land in
three “special project” counties – Ashland,
Ottawa and Columbiana – that are outside
our service area. The largest of those was a
135-acre donated conservation easement in
Columbiana County that is co-held by the
Land Conservancy and one of our conservation
partners, the Little Beaver Creek Land
Foundation.
The largest individual conservation
easements recorded in FY2010 came from
Dick Thompson in Ashtabula County (298
acres), the Cowie family in Lorain County (208
acres), the Browand family in Lorain County
(176 acres) and Chris and Clark Smith in
Huron County (143 acres).
The Land Conservancy had preserved
21,703 acres by the end of FY2010. In the last
four years, we have preserved a total of 10,545
acres, or an average of 2,636 acres per year.
2010
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STATE
$6,980,247
FY 2010 Land Protection Funding Sources
LOCAL
$419,284
Record number of projects
receive public funding
FEDERAL
$2,275,600
The Land Conservancy secured state, federal and
local funding for a record 30 different preservation
projects in fiscal year 2010, including nine under the
state’s Agricultural Easement Purchase Program and
eight from the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund.
The Land Conservancy secured a total of $9,675,131
in public funding during FY2010. The funds came from
state ($6,980,247), federal ($2,275,600) and local
($419,284) sources.
In FY2010, the Land Conservancy secured funding
from 13 sources, compared to seven the year before.
There were also sharp increases in total funding (14.8
percent) and the number of projects funded (131
percent). The sources producing the most funding for
Land Conservancy projects were the Ohio EPA’s Water
Resource Restoration Sponsor program ($3,213,750), the
Clean Ohio Conservation Fund ($2,604,874) and AEPP
($1,142,973).
The Land Conservancy was able to get nine of its 12
AEPP applications funded, allowing us to preserve 1,125
acres of farmland in five counties.
He sees the value
in collaboration
Even though he himself rarely rides a bicycle, Charles Kohli
is admired by pedal-pushers throughout the region. Kohli,
a 26-year member of the Ashtabula County Metroparks
Board of Trustees, has spent two decades working on the creation
of the nearly complete 43-mile Western Reserve Greenway Trail
between Ashtabula and Warren.
Today, only a 4.2-mile stretch in Ashtabula remains unfinished.
This haven for bicyclists – planners also envision a southerly
extension to the Ohio River, one that would complete a trail
network connecting Ashtabula and Washington, D.C. – is a source
of pride for Ashtabula County and highlights the area’s natural
beauty.
“It really shows off the variety of natural resources in Ashtabula
County – creeks, fields, forests, wetlands,” says Kohli, who grew up
near the Grand River in Harpersfield and still lives there.
Kohli, a University of Mount Union graduate who works at
a chemical plant, says he learned the value of collaboration in
working on the greenway trail. What started as an inquiry to
the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in 1989 turned into a string of
successful partnerships involving the state, the railroads, local
governments and others.
Now the park system, which is not funded by a tax levy, is
working closely with the Land Conservancy to preserve additional
parkland. Kohli says the Land Conservancy’s ability to assess,
purchase and find funding for new parks “is right up our alley. The
support we have had from the Land Conservancy is amazing. To
work with an organization that can preserve land is just great. And
we’re happy to be the repository of that land.”
The park system is working with the Land Conservancy and the
Ashtabula Sportsmen’s Recreational Conservation League to create
a 92-acre county park at Lampson Reservoir, just west of Jefferson.
Kohli says such projects are shining examples of cooperation.
“It shows how it can work. It shows others how it can be done,”
he says.
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Charles Kohli at Harpersfield Covered Bridge Metropark
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Envirothon competitor Carlos Sanchez

Science competition
fuels love of outdoors
Carlos Sanchez, 17, admits to having “a really long list of
(possible) college majors.” But one thing has become
clear to Carlos, a Lawrence School senior from Hudson.
“I will go into something involving the environment,” he
says.
Carlos’s academic interests have been fueled by his
participation in Envirothon, a competition in which high
school students are challenged in the areas of forestry, wildlife,
aquatics, soils and groundwater at outdoor stations. The
Land Conservancy was a major sponsor of the 2010 Area 2
Envirothon, which drew more than 400 students from 15
counties.
Carlos is one of the original members of his Sagamore Hills
Township school’s 3-year-old Envirothon team, which is advised
by science teachers Karen Callahan and Joyce Freeman.
“It seemed like something cool, something I would really
have an interest in,” says Carlos, who plays basketball and sings
in the choir at Lawrence. “I found out that I really enjoy working
with other people on environmental issues. And I like the
competitive aspect of it.”
This year’s regional competition in Chardon was hosted by
the Geauga and Trumbull Soil and Water Conservation Districts
with the assistance of public and private partners, including the
Land Conservancy, Dominion, Giant Eagle, the Geauga Park
District and Lake Metroparks.
Freeman says preparing for the competition is an extremely
valuable learning experience for the students, especially those
whose grasp of science is enhanced by hands-on experiences.
“One thing we stress is team collaboration – they have
to work as a team, not just have one person answering all the
questions,” she says. “The kids also have to have a passion
for the science. One of the most rewarding things is when the
students start to see how one aspect of our environment has an
effect on another – that everything is connected.”
501 Acres
Summit
309 Acres
2056 Acres Stark
Portage
53 Acres
Ottawa
756 Acres
Medina
2563 Acres
Lorain
563 Acres
Lake
Acres Protected by County
1050 Acres
Huron
1724 Acres
Trumbull
147 Acres
Ashland
Huron County tops
land protection list
3328 Acres
Ashtabula County
6891 Acres
Geauga
135 Acres
Columbiana
1449 Acres
Cuyahoga
181 Acres
Erie
Eight hundred sixty-one acres in Huron County were
protected by Land Conservancy conservation easements
during fiscal year 2010, the highest total among counties
in our service area.
Ashtabula (398 acres) and Lorain (384 acres) were
next on the list for FY2010.
Overall, the Land Conservancy has protected the
most property in Geauga County, with 6,681 acres,
followed by Ashtabula (3,328 acres), Lorain (2,563),
Portage (2,056), Trumbull (1,724), Cuyahoga (1,449)
and Huron (1,050). Mahoning and Wayne are the only
counties within the Land Conservancy’s service area
where we have not preserved land.
The number of counties with protected properties has
been on the rise since 2006, when eight local land trusts
merged to form Western Reserve Land Conservancy. At
the start of calendar year 2010, Grand River Partners
merged with the Land Conservancy.
The Land Conservancy has preserved property in
15 counties – 12 within its 14-county service region
and three in the “special project areas” of Ashland,
Columbiana and Ottawa counties.
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Family’s passion
saves an iconic place
Conservation partners
help us set priorities
The Land Conservancy’s strategic
conservation plan, which involves identifying
priority properties for preservation in our
14-county service area, has been undergoing a
revision.
The Land Conservancy recently held
meetings in each county so public agencies,
conservation organizations and natural
resource experts could identify additional
potential preservation targets. Our
organization’s strategic plan, which was
adopted in November 2009, included a
refinement of land protection prioritization to
make the process consensus- and concurrencebased.
In order to effectively implement its land
protection program, the Land Conservancy
will revise the land protection prioritization
model (formerly called The Anchor Strategy)
by using Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) technology to identify and prioritize
focus areas based on specific ecological,
agricultural and scenic criteria. Elizabeth
Mather, GISP, the Land Conservancy’s GIS
and Conservation Planning Manager, says
developing the list is a dynamic process, and if
a listed property gets developed, we will try to
find a new corridor to the next anchor area.
Five years ago, historic White North Stables faced a bleak future.
The place – where as many as 8,000 spectators once gathered to
watch polo matches – needed a lot of attention. The buildings
needed repairs, as did the grounds. So it probably was not surprising that a
developer proposed buying the land and building homes there.
Michael Shaughnessy and his family had other plans.
Michael, wife Marian and daughters Kate and Anne are equestrians with
a deep love of White North and the collective will to preserve it. Michael
Shaughnessy’s quiet persistence led not only to the preservation of the 75-
acre White North property but to a major rehabilitation of its structures,
including the stables and Ohio’s oldest indoor arena.
“White North has really been a special place, and it is truly rewarding
to see it restored,” says Shaughnessy, a Gates Mills resident and president
of ColorMatrix. “We have gotten a very favorable response from the
community, and not just the government officials.”
In June, Shaughnessy, a Land Conservancy trustee since 2004, was
named the 2010 recipient of The Stephen C. Morris Sugar Maple Award, the
organization’s highest honor. The proclamation says Shaughnessy “emerged
as the transforming leader of our most complex and significant project ever:
the acquisition, preservation and restoration of White North Stables.”
Since January 2006, Shaughnessy has served as president of the
board of White North, which is located at Chagrin River Road and Shaker
Boulevard in Hunting Valley. Along the way, he has helped turn the stables
into a profitable operation and helped fund approximately $800,000 in
building and grounds improvements. Thirty-five horses are now boarded
there, including Michael’s beloved Seamus O’Rourke – the Irish-born horse
who revived Shaughnessy’s interest in riding after he was seriously injured in
a 2002 fall – and four others owned by his family.
Shaughnessy has a deep passion for the pastoral landscape of the
Chagrin River Valley, one that was sparked when he first moved to the
Cleveland area in the late 1960s and started looking for homes.
“I ended up out here and said, ‘Wow, this is incredible,’” he says. “I
decided in my own mind that I would move (to the Chagrin Valley) as soon
as I could. And that’s what we did.”
Today, the valley is a better place because of it.
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Michael Shaughnessy and Seamus O’Rourke at White North
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Presley Gillespie in downtown Youngstown

Group uses ‘green’ touch
to transform neighborhoods
For some civic leaders, the 23,000 vacant lots in Youngtown might
represent an obstacle that is difficult, if not impossible, to overcome.
Presley L. Gillespie and his team see things differently.
“We believe there is a huge opportunity in Youngstown to turn this
vacant land into neighborhood assets that attract public/private investment
and economic development,” says Gillespie, the executive director of the
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.
Gillespie, who had an 18-year career in community development banking
before joining YNDC one year ago, heads a city-wide, neighborhood-based
organization launched in February 2009 in partnership with the city and
The Raymond John Wean Foundation to catalyze strategic investment in
Youngstown’s neighborhoods. His five-member staff is initially focusing on
three neighborhoods – Idora, Lincoln Park and Crandall Park North – and is
already seeing results.
In Idora, for example, there are now five resident-operated community
gardens. One is a full-scale urban agriculture demonstration site on a lot where
an abandoned and blighted apartment complex once stood. The demonstration
site also contains fruit orchards and a rain garden to decrease excessive storm
water runoff.
Gillespie says the community gardens give residents access to good, fresh
food. He says green space also increases market value in neighborhoods,
and that is why YNDC is embracing partnerships with such organizations as
the Land Conservancy and Mill Creek Metroparks. YNDC’s “Lots of Green”
program transforms blighted land into neighborhood assets.
“Our overall strategy is holistic and transformative,” Gillespie says. “It
creates healthier families, healthier communities and improves the image and
confidence of the neighborhoods. Because of the gardens, people who never
knew each other are now friends. And they’re talking positively about their
neighborhood again. We’re starting to see results.”
Gillespie, a Youngstown State University graduate who in 2010 was named
to the Board of Trustees of the new Eastern Gateway Community College, says
YNDC values partnerships with organizations like the Land Conservancy as it
seeks to attract and retain young talent to the region.
“We value partnerships very much,” he says, “and we know what the Land
Conservancy brings to the table.”
Merger shows off
‘power of multiplication’
Land conservation in northern Ohio was
the clear winner when the state’s two largest
land conservancies – Western Reserve Land
Conservancy and Grand River Partners, Inc.
– officially merged at the end of 2009. The
Land Conservancy assumed stewardship of
the nearly 3,700 acres preserved by GRP and
added three former GRP employees.
The former GRP headquarters in
Painesville became a Land Conservancy field
office.
Land Conservancy President and CEO
Rich Cochran said the merger “will lead
to more land protected more quickly. It is
an example of the power of multiplication:
While five plus five equals 10, we all know
that five times five equals 25. Before this
merger, we were engaged in addition,
where our work and GRP’s work produced
incremental gains. The merger will produce
a transforming multiplication effect that will
result in greater mission accomplishment.”
The Land Conservancy, which works to
protect the scenic beauty, rural character
and natural resources of northern Ohio, was
formed in 2006 by the merger of eight local
land trusts.
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A lasting commitment
to future generations
Members include:
Mr. William Abell
Dr. Jay Ankeney and Dr. Julie Clayman
Thomas E. Baker
Edward Baker and Anna van Heeckeren
Sara Balogh
Peter and Molly Balunek
Mr. Richard and Dr. Jennifer Cochran
Margaret E. Cummins
Beau Daane
Mark Frank
Laurel Gress
Richard and Susan Grimm
Mary Jane Hartwell
Patricia Hazelton
Ferdinand and Marguerite Jereb
Charlotte Karson Daiber
John and Kathryn Makley
Bruce B. Merchant and Sandra Ann Reel
Steven C. Morris
Hugh and Gretta Pallister
Faith E. Pescatore
Dr. John B. Peterson
Dr. George Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Franz Sauerland
Rose Scheeff
Charlotte Stafford
Nora-Lynn Nemec
Herbert J. and Faith Swanson
Jean P. Thompson
Judith Ann and William Tucholsky
Dr. Barry Walker
Josephine Hannel Weber
Carter and Genevieve Wilmot
Anonymous (6)
The view from the Chagrin Falls Township home of Franz
and Beth Sauerland is enough to make a person swear off
the trappings of civilization. Here, the natural world –
hardwood forests, meadows and abundant wildlife – rules. And
that is exactly how the Sauerlands like it.
The Sauerlands have made a commitment that will ensure
natural areas like the one surrounding their home will forever
be preserved. They have joined the White Oak Legacy Society, a
group of Land Conservancy supporters who have included land
protection in their estate planning through such tools as bequests
in a will or trust, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder
trusts, IRA designations or gifts of life insurance.
“Land preservation is obviously very important to us,” Beth
says.
Franz’s love of the outdoors was nurtured as a child growing
up in a rural part of Germany. His father – a teacher whose
hobby was botany – was in charge of local nature preservation
projects and would often take Franz and his sister on bicycle
excursions into the countryside.
Franz became an electrical engineer. He founded TRANSAT
CORP., a successful equipment manufacturing firm covered
by 25 U.S. and foreign patents, and owned the firm from 1970
until his retirement in 2003. He never lost his passion for
nature, and in 2001 became a trustee of Chagrin River Land
Conservancy, one of eight local land trusts that merged in 2006
to form Western Reserve Land Conservancy. Franz was one of
the original Land Conservancy trustees and remains on the board
today.
The Sauerlands are also active in Habitat for Humanity, as
well as urban education initiatives.
deceased
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Beth and Franz Sauerland outside their home
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Statement of
Financial Position
June 30, 2010
June 30, 2009 Changes June 30, 2010
ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 3,572,269 $ (613,849) $ 2,958,420
Accounts Receivable 3,775,237 (2,015,206) 1,760,031
Real Property 3,341,684 1,834,291 5,175,975
Fixed Assets 70,779 (4,879) 65,900
Other Assets 13,902 3,306 17,208
TOTAL ASSETS 10,773,871 (796,337) 9,977,534
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE
Accounts Payable 15,263 193,079 208,342
Loans Payable 2,995,501 (1,110,863) 1,884,638
Other Liabilities 977,788 (692,306) 285,482
TOTAL LIABILITIES 3,988,552 (1,610,090) 2,378,462
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 3,700,230 944,753 4,644,983
Temporarily Restricted 3,085,089 (131,000) 2,954,089
TOTAL NET ASSETS 6,785,319 813,753 7,599,072
TOTAL LIABILITIES
AND NET ASSETS $ 10,773,871 $ (796,337) $ 9,977,534
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Statement of
Revenue and Expenses
July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
%
FY2010 Revenue
REVENUE
Sale of Conservation Property $ 5,294,800 59%
Program Related Revenue 396,822 4%
Foundation Grants 330,000 4%
Individual Donations 2,577,004 29%
Special Events Net Revenue 249,191 3%
Interest & Investment Revenue 60,765 1%
TOTAL REVENUE 8,908,582 100%
EXPENSE
Program 6,987,875 78%
Fundraising 353,704 4%
Management and General 739,587 8%
TOTAL EXPENSE 8,081,166 91%
REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES $ 827,416 9%
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Events connect land, people
Yoga, a rock concert,
panning for gold and
an after-dusk search for
owls were but a few of the dozens
of community events organized
by the Land Conservancy over
the past year. More than 450
people turned out on a Sunday
morning in August at Orchard
Hills Park for the second Yoga
on the Preserve, sponsored by the Land Conservancy and Cleveland Yoga.
In May, Conservation Rocks -- our first concert, headlined by former
Clevelander Jason White -- allowed us to share our mission with more
than 250 music and conservation fans at the Beachland Ballroom. And
a day of gold-panning in the Vermilion River and a night of owl-spotting
were huge hits. The Land Conservancy recognizes that people who seek out
experiences in the natural world are more likely to embrace our mission.
Yoga attracted a huge crowd to Orchard Hills Park.
Photos by Amanda Skingel
Kids in the Creek once again made a splash with families.
Two- and four-legged prospectors panned
for gold in the Vermilion River.
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Visionaries
$25,000 and over
Anonymous (3)
Edward Baker & Anna van Heeckeren
Char Knits Trust
Dealer Tire
Dolphin Trust
Paul & Maxine Frohring Foundation, Inc.
Herbert W. Hoover Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth Juliano
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. William Mulligan
John P. Murphy Foundation
Mr. George Peterson
Alice R. Scheeff Trust
Mr. James Storer
The George B. Storer Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy
Conservators
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous (5)
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bolton
The Burning River Foundation, Inc.
Owen Colligan
The Mary S. & David C. Corbin
Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Corns
Cheryl & Brian Coughlin
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Cutler
Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson
Marion & Gene Faubel
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Floyd
Greater Alliance Foundation
Susan & Dick Grimm
Mr. & Mrs. David Halstead
Melissa Haslinger
The Hoover Foundation
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
KeyBank
The Kilroy Company
Cynthia Knight
Kathleen K. Leavenworth
Mr. & Mrs. John Leech
The Lubrizol Corporation
John & Karen Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Morris
Mildred Owen-Weedon
Charles L. Pack Foundation
Ms. Mary B. Perkins
Carol & Bill Prior
Mr. & Mrs. Franz Sauerland
Mr. & Mrs. James Spira
Stark Community Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. James G. Watterson
Mr. & Mrs. Loyal Wilson
Guardians
$5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous (5)
Mr. Craig Bashein
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
The CJR Group, Inc.
Community Foundation of Lorain County
Mayor & Mrs. William Currin
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hellman
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Holland
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hyde
Will & Bonny Lafave
Mr. & Mrs. G. Russell Lincoln
Litigation Management
Western Reserve Land Conservancy Donors
Bassem & Sara Mansour
The O’Neill Brothers Foundation
PNC
Remington Products Co.
Mr. Brian Sherwin
Mrs. Jean Stell
Richard & Rhonda Thompson
David C. Wilmot
Stewards
$1,500 - $4,999
Anonymous (9)
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Addicott
Dick & Joan Ainsworth
Althans Insurance Agency, Inc
Jay Ankeney & Julie Clayman
Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman
Larry & Karen Bettcher
Melanie & Mark Biche
Barbara Brown & Steve Ward
Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker
Mr. Jeff Burr & Mrs. Kristi Schmitt Burr
Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Campbell
Chagrin Valley Trails & Riding Club
Mr. Dwight Churchill
Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran
Roger & Fran Cooper
Mr. Beau Daane & Mr. Chris Panek
Mr. & Mrs. Richard DeBacco
Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. deConingh Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David S. Dickenson II
Enlight Advisors, LLC
Michael & Gretchen Farrell
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Flynn
Dr. Larry Forthofer & Dr. Marsha Heinke
Louise M. Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Foust
David J. Eichenmiller & Alison W. Gee
Michael & Barbara Giarrizzo
Nicki & Bob Gudbranson
Ms. Ruth L. Hankins
Mary Jane Hartwell
Greg & Amy Hocevar
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoffmann
Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland &
Ms. Marjorie Muirden
Mr. & Mrs. John Hollister, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Horner
HTV Industries, Inc.
Brian & Gina Jeckering
Anne M. Jones
Jones Day
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Joyce
Judson Retirement Communities
Charlotte E. Karson Daiber
The Kendis Family Trust, Hilary & Robert
Kendis and Susan & James Kendis,
Trustees
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Kilroy II
Joan M. Kosko
Lake Metroparks
Mr. & Mrs. Dale LaPorte
Curtis & Catherine Babcock Leary
Dr. Edith Lerner
Mr. Bruce Lindsay
Mr. Thomas M. Lopez
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lozick
Craig & Carla Macklin
Dr. & Mrs. John T. Makley
McDonald Hopkins LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McAfee
Mike & Tina McGuire
Mrs. Margaret Mueller
Thank you!
The Land Conservancy is deeply grateful to those whose
donations make our work possible.
Your support is vital to our mission, and the money
you invest with us will be put to good use.
Susan Murphy
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Neidhardt
William L. Norwick
Marion Olson
Bill & Kathy O’Neill
Gertrude F. Orr Trust Advised Fund
Jane & Jon Outcalt
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Pavlish
Kathy & Jim Pender
Faith E. Pescatore
Primus Capital Funds
The PrivateBank
Mindy & Tim Remington
Mike & Susan Renda
Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Inc.
Kevin Sherman
Mrs. Asa Shiverick, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Somershield
Judge Mary F. Spicer
David & Kelly Staats
Sterling - National City
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Stone
Mrs. C.C. Tippit
Mr. & Mrs. William VerDuin
Mary & Bill Weber
PYSHT Fund
Jeff & Missy Wert
Carter & Genevieve Wilmot
Mr. & Mrs. John Yerian Jr.
Zion, Synek & Associates
Sustainers
$500 - $1,499
Anonymous (4)
Mr. William Abell
Jon Adams & Pam Conover
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick V. Auletta
Mr. & Mrs. Patterson Barnes
Thomas Barratt
John & Wilma Bergfeld
Richard Blum & Harriet Warm
Jeffrey & Kim Blumer
Rob & Peg Bobel
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Boles
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Brandon
Ann C. Briechle
Kenneth L. & Nancy E. Brown
Carl & Susi Brown
Jeanette G. & Glenn R. Brown
Clare & Wes Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burkhart
Gail & Don Butler
Viki & Marc Byrnes
Don & Dot Campbell
Mrs. Gerald N. Cannon
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Carpenter
Mr. & Mrs. A. K. Charles Jr.
JP Compass Consulting & Construction Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Conway
R. Douglas & Linda Cowan
Charley & Betsy Daane
David & Debbie Daberko
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Perry & Mary Doermann
Jane Drexler
Drs. Vichai & Patra Duangjak
Louise & Richard Dunn
Mrs. Ralph L. Dunn
EarthShare Ohio
Mr. David Ellison & Ms. Daryl Davis
Ms. Nancy Ferguson
Fifth Third Bank
FirstMerit Investment Services
Gwen & Stan Fischer
Mr. John D. Fitzgerald
Casey & Signe Forbes
Richard & Christie Frenchie
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Fries
Dr. & Mrs. Don J. Germano
Stephanie Gibson
Charles H. Giles & Fannie M. Giles
Memorial Foundation
The Glubiak Family
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Grimm
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gross
Phillip & Barbara Gutmann
Corinne P. Hadley
James & Angela Hambrick
Paul & Janet Havener
Nancy & Jeff Heinen
Mr. & Mrs. David Hessler
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hicks
James M. Hill & Freda J. Levenson
Mr. Ken Hirsch
Dr. Bill & Laura Hlavin
Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Hollington, Jr
Lee & JoAnn Howley
Jerry & Patty Hridel
Dett & Robin Hunter
Jeff & Sally Huntsberger
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Inkley
Barbara & Jim Jung
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kahl
Mary & Norm Keane
Mrs. James Kehres
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Keithley
Dr. Keith Kerman & Dr. Deborah Leizman
Mr. & Mrs. John Kilkenny
Mr. & Mrs. William Kinney
Peter J. Krembs
Marjorie Krupansky
Dean Kulwicki
S. Manning & John M. Kundtz
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. LaFave Jr.
Gretchen & Bob Larson
The Honorable Steven LaTourette
Leikin Motor Companies
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Levine
Sue & Roger L'Hommedieu
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Lindseth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lomas
Lorain National Bank
Dale & Val Lumby
Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Lytle
Ms. Linda Macklin
Mrs. Henry McGinness
Mr. & Mrs. Jack McGrath
Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan IV
Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan, III
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Mendes
Trent & Irene Meyerhoefer
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Meyers
John & Laura Milgram
Lynn & Mike Miller
Lee & Linda Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Miltner
Mr. Mark Mittler
Laura R. & Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation
Mr. Curtis Moll & Dr. Sara Moll
Robert O. Moravec
Katherine & Richard Moroscak
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Morris
Dr. & Mrs. Nelson Mostow
Marjorie & Bert Moyar
Mr. John Mueller
Julia H. Mulligan
Brian F. & Cynthia C. Murphy
Thomas O. Murphy
Molly Dixon & Murlan Murphy
Peter B. Narten
Deb & Les Nash
Mr. James Negrelli
Dan & Lori Nelson
Evelyn B. Newell
Benjamin G. & Jane Norton
Mrs. Susan Nye
Ohio Central Basin Steelheaders
Mr. & Mrs. John Olejko
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Oliver
The James B. Oswald Co.
Katharine & David Outcalt
Eliot & Linda Paine
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh D. Pallister, Jr.
Nancy & Jim Patterson
John & Mary Picken
Kate Pilacky & David DiTullio
Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Porter Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. George H. L. Porter
Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin
Mr. & Mrs. Todd Ray
James & Esther Rehmus
Reminger Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Renwick
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Reynolds
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Rynearson
David & Laura Sangree
Mrs. Robert Scher
Lenore & Jim Schilling
Mr. Edwin P. Schrank
Mr. & Mrs. John Schulze
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Searby
Mr. & Mrs. David Selman
Selman & Company
Jeff & Celia Sinclair
Lloyd & Louise Smith Foundation
Ben S. Stefanski II
Mrs. Billie Steffee
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Stirn
Mrs. Marta Stone
Joyce & Greg Studen
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Kenn Synek
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Tabor
Mr. Nelson Talbott
Karin Tanquist & Patrick Coy
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Thomas
Mr. Philip R. Uhlin
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Vail
Dr. Paul Vignos
Keith Waris
Mr. David Weiss
Mr. & Mrs. Blair Whidden
Mr. & Mrs. Graham White
Mr. Scott Swierkosz & Ms. Lee Will
Mr. Donald Woodcock
Mrs. Nancy Zambie
Margarete Ziegler
Members
$499 and under
Anonymous (8)
Mr. William L. Aamoth
Roberta E. Aber
Mr. & Mrs. Chris M. Abood
Ms. Karen Adair
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Adams
Walt & Nancy Adams
Stanley & Hope Adelstein
Sonia R. Aggarwal
C. Edward Aiken
Wayne & Marnie Albers
Mr. Edward Albrecht
Dr. Harriet Alger
Christopher Allen
Ms. Laurie Allmenger
Mr. David W. Ambrose
Karin Knutsen & Ken Anderson
Mr. Glenn G. Anderson Sr.
Henry C. Annable
Mr. Charles Annable
Gretchen, Don & Devin Anthony
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Antonacci
Paul Appelbaum & Lee Thompson
Judith L. Appleton
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Mr. John Aquilla
Linda & Bo Arbogast
Ms. Alice Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Aron
Shirley M. Ashby
Ashtabula County Convention & Visitors
Bureau
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Augustus
Tom & Colleen Austin
Christopher G. Axelrod
Mr. J. Lawry Babitt
Ergun N. Baharoglu
Robert & Ingrid Bahler
Mr. Paul Balcom & Dr. Claire Dietlin
Ms. Jeanine Balin
Les Ballard M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Ballard
Sara Balogh
Jim & Gini Barker
Mr. William R. Barney III
Mrs. William R. Barney, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Barnum
Mr. Thomas Barrett
David S. Barrie
Mr. William Barrow
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Bartizal
Michael & Judith Bartok
Amy Bartter
Judith B. Batdorff
Bob & Mimi Bathgate
Tom & Judy Bauer
Matt & Lisa Baumann
Mr. & Mrs. John Baumann
Mr. Stephen Baumgarten
Dr. Irene H. Bautista
Mr. & Mrs. James Bayman
David Beach
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Beach
Mr. Kenneth Beck & Dr. Jana Tuckerman
Marna Lilliedale Becker
Mr. William Beecheler
Ms. Janice Beeman
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Behnke
Mr. & Mrs. William Behnke
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Bekeny
Mr. Paul Belanger
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald H. Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Bell
Larry & Elise Bennett
Leigh Bennett
Patricia Bennett/ Marsha Maire
Ed & Mary Benzel
David H. Benzing
Lizette Benzing
David & Susan Bercheck
Barbara S. Berg
Mr. Richard Berg
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Berger
Audrey & Irving Bergrin
Charles J. Berkey
Mr. & Mrs. John Bernet
Barbara & Sheldon Berns
David H. Berns
Ralph & Linda Berry
Robert & Teri Berry
Daniel J. Best
Jim & Maryann Betz
Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Biggar Ii
Ms. Kim Bihler
Ms. Rita Bishop
Robert K. Bissell
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bittenbender
Linda & Lane Blackburn
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Blakeslee III
Suzanne & Jim Blaser
Ms. Robin Blass
Mr. & Mrs. Marc D. Blauschild
Mr. & Mrs. Leon W. Blazey
Mr. & Mrs. John Blickle
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Jane Blodgett
Louis J. Bloomfield
Dave Blosser & Lillian Harper
Richard & Viola Blount
Ken & Grace Blower
Mr. & Mrs. William Bluhm
Mr. Alexander Bobersky
David & Sigrid Boe
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Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito & Hupp Co. LPA
Mrs. Dorothy M. Bonner
Ms. Joan Booker
Robert C. Boone
Ernest & Louise Borden
David Borsani
Mr. & Mrs. Karim Botros
Robert Botti
Thomas D. & Jean C. Bowen
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Bowman
Gregory & Susan Box
Mr. & Mrs. William Boyle
Mr. & Mrs. Gabor S. Brachna
Mr. David Bradford
Louise Bradley
Ms. Kathleen Bradley
Mark Braford
Mr. Ethan Braid
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Brandon
Ms. Emily Brasfield
R. William Breitzig
Tom & Louise Brick
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Brickman
Robert W. Briggs
Brighton United Methodist Women
Mr. & Mrs. Matt Brinn
Richard Brockett
Robert W. & Jayne A. Broestl
Holly & Bill Brooks
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Brooks
Jere & Elaine Brophy
Doug & Linda Brown
Mr. George Brown Jr.
Mr. Jeffrey Brown
Rick & Barbara Brown
Mr. & Mrs. William Brumfield
Mr. & Mrs. George Brundage
Dr. & Mrs. William Bruner II
Richard & Carolee Brunken
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Bryan
Douglas & Carolyn Bucey
Ms. Ann Buchanan
Frank & Leslie Buck
Buckeye Title Corporation
Richard & Eileen Bulan
Robert A. Burge
Mr. & Mrs. John Burns
Justine Burton
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Busch
J. C. & Helen Rankin Butler
Mr. & Mrs. William O. Butler
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Butz
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Byrne
Senator Capri Cafaro
Catharina M. Caldwell
Ken & Jill Calkins
Katherine Callahan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Callahan
Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Campbell
Judy Campbell
Mr. Michael Cannon & Ms. Marie Saul
Andi & Larry Carlini
Kathryn A. Carlson
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Carlson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Carmichael
Dorothy Carney
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Carney
Tony & Mary Ann Caroniti
Nancy & Bill Carpenter
Dr. & Mrs. Charles M. Carr
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… country music star Brad Paisley once performed a
concert at the 105-acre Trumbull County farm owned
by John and Jerry Lipps and protected by a Land
Conservancy conservation easement
Mary L. Carr
Mr. & Mrs. David Carr
William M. Carran Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Carroll
Trina Carter
Mr. Michael Caso & Ms. Rebecca Hawkins
Edward & Susanne B. Cass
Debbie Casseday
Marcia B. Catalano
Randy & Mary-Scott Cebul
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Chandler
Mr. & Mrs. George N. Chandler II
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Chapman
Edith Chase
Ms. Sarah Cherry
Mr. & Mrs. Homer Chisholm
Mr. Corning Chisholm
Laura Christie
Christopher Tool & Manufacturing Co.
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Clark
Ms. Mary R. Clark
Ms. Daria Classen
Earl J. Clausson & Sarah J. Malcolm
Chris Howell & Susan Clayton
Ms. Carole Clement
Charles H.& Cynthia S. Cleminshaw
Ms. Doris Clinton-Gobec
David & Sandra Cobb
Cohen & Company
Bev & Larry Cole
Diane L. Collier
Mr. & Mrs. George Collins, II
Cynthia H. Comer
R. Jack Conley & Susan J. Hansford
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Conner
Mr. Peter F. Conway
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Jan Cooper
Suzanne & Rick Cooper
Tom S. & Miwako K. Cooperrider
Sara Copeland
John & Clara Corogin
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Corogin
Linda M. Costello
Mr. & Mrs. Hunter Covington
Jim Cowan
Eugene L. Cox
Ms. Carrie Jean Cox
Wayne A. Cox
Ken & Janet Crandall
Mr. & Mrs. Travis G. Crane
Mary Hall Crawford
Christine Craycroft
Dr. Martin B. Crombie & Ms. Debra
Balogh-Crombie
Amos & Sam Crowley
Michael Cullen
Sherri & Jim Culver
Margaret E. Cummins
Michael Cunningham & Andrea Dawson
Pitt & Sally Curtiss
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Cusick
Emiko Hara Custer
Bob & Carol Dakin
John & Betty Dalton
Norm Damm
Peter W. Danford
Kirby Date & Richard Litwin
Mr. George Daverio
The Davey Family
Lois Joan Davis
Ms. Sherry Davis
Rebecca De Bolt
Alison De Broux
Diane De Grazia
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dean
Mrs. Anne DeBardeleben
Mr. Chris Deeb
Joyce & Daryl Deering
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent A. DelBrocco
Mr. & Mrs. Edward DeMarco
Phyllis J. DeMark
Mr. & Mrs. Bourne Dempsey
Thomas J. Denbow & Barbara Clint
Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Dengg
Jon & Cindy Denney
Guy L. Denny
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis A. Derbin
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Desberg
Arden & Peggy DeYoung
Roderick & Barbara Dibble
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Dick
Mr. & Mrs. Lester Dickard
Dickenson & Associates
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Digeronimo
James A. Dingus
Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Dinner
Dr. & Mrs. Richard C. Distad
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Doherty
Jerry Dolcini
Dominican Sisters Our Lady of the Elms
Convent
Mr. Michael Domokur
Mr. & Ms. Edward J. Donnelly
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Dorsett
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Dowler
Dr. Katharine A. Downes & Dr. Walter H.
Hendricks III
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Downie
Christine Dresser, D.V.M.
John & Chris Drinko
Mr. & Mrs. James Drozdowski
Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Druckenbrod
Kim Dudek
Mr. Peter S. Dunham
Ms. Laura Dunn
Mr. David Dvorak
Early Morning Garden Club
Tom Ebner
Bernard & Sheila Eckstein
Mr. Eric E. Eckstein & Ms. Kelly K. O’Malia
E. Anne Eddowes
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Edelstein
Robert H. Ehlers
Mr. S. Stuart Eilers
Ms. Leah Eisenburg
Phyllis Patton Ekelman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Elbert
Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Ellers
Mark DeYoung & Heather Elmer
Oliver & Mary Emerson
Roger K. Emmons
Sandra Erlanger
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Ertel
Hugh & Libby Erwin Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Erwin
Ruth Evan
Jennifer W. Evans
Mr. Robert Evans & Ms. Frances Smith
Eleanor E. Everett
Ms. Marsha Everett
Mr. Bob Faber
David & Olivia Factor
Bill & Janet Falsgraf
Gloria Fannin
Bruce A. Farkas
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fath
Dr. & Mrs. Victor Fazio
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fedorovich
John & Betsy Feighan
Mike & Heidi Figas
Ms. Susan C. Finley
V. Fisher
Ms. Janis Fitts
Judge Donna Congeni Fitzsimmons
Dan & Carolyn Fleig
Fork & Hoe Garden Club
Aaron Fox
Mr. Andrew J. Francis
Tom & Rosalie Franek
Mark D. Frank
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Fratus
Robert & Christine Freitag
Mark & Margee Frey
Ms. Debra Fristik
Mr. Edward Fritz
Louise Abrams & Robert Fuerst
Todd B. Fulmer
Sue Gaetjens
Sean & Jeni Gaffney
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Gairing
Lew & Lennie Galante
Helen Galica
Sally M. Gamauf
Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Ganzel
William E. Garapick Jr. & Dr. Karen Barnes
Ms. Catherine Garcia-Feehan
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gardner
Ms. Lauren Gardner
Ms. Mary M. Gardner
Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield
David Garvin
Mary Garvin & Keith Tarvin
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Garvin
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Gase
George J. Gauthier
Lee & Pat Geissman
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard I. Gelb
Mr. John Gelski
Bill & Nancy Gerdes
James & Adrienne Gerspacher
Terry A. Gerspacher
Mr. Stuart Gertman
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Getz
Charles E. Gibson
Christopher & Margaret Gibson
Doris Gilbert
Linda K. Gilbert
Mr. & Mrs. Rob Gillespie
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ginn
Mr. William Ginn
Alda & Nick Giorgianni
Mr. & Mrs. John Gladden
Mr. & Mrs. David Gleason
Victor & Shirley Gober
Ted & Nancy Goble
Jean & Steve Gokorsch
Dr. & Mrs. Victor M. Goldberg
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Goldman
Mr. Adam Gonce
Michael & Lee Goodman
Mr. Grant Goodrich
GoodSearch
Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Gorges
Ms. Kathy Goss
Joan Gostich
Mr. Herbert I. Goulder
Marty & George Grabner
Mr. Robert Grano Jr.
Mr. William Grasmehr
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gratry
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Graves
James Gray & Julie Micheletti
Mr. Alvin L. Gray
Mrs. Betty Jean Green
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Greenbaum
Mr. Donald H. Greene
Rose Greenwald
Mr. & Mrs. George Gregory
Mr. & Mrs. Stanford Gregory
Mr. Richard L. Greiner
Laurel Gress
Joan & Thomas Gretter
Larry & Michelle Grewe
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Grieco
Peter & Joanne Griesinger
Mr. & Mrs. William Griffith
Tom & Sara Grimm
Mr. Howard Groedel
Mr. E. Douglas Grosel
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas A. Grout
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Gruen
Mary Ann & Boyd Grumbling
Ovidia Guaderrama
Ann & Martin Gulbransen
Mr. & Mrs. William Haag
Nancy Haag
Mrs. John A. Hadden
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Haehn
Hageman Family Foundation
Clark Hahn

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hahn
Mr. Charles K. Hahn
Richard E. Hahn
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Hale
Prudence & Richard Hall
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Halloran
Mr. James J. Hamilton
Mrs. Sarah A. Hammers
Jamal M. Hanna
Mr. & Mrs. Marc D. Hanneman
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hansen
Amy Hardacre
Dr. & Mrs. Jon A. Hardacre
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hardenbergh
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Harding
Marti & Mike Hardy
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Hargis
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Harper
Harper Valley Preserve, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Harrington
Mrs. Jane K. Harris
Martha D. Harvey
Mr. Adam Harvey
Tom & Judy Harvey
Mary L. Haskins
Mr. George Hasman
Susan O’Rourke Hastings
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Hatch
Mr. & Mrs. William Hatch
Robin Hitchcock Hatch
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Haught
Lary A. Hawgood
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Ms. Barbara Hawkins
Rick Hawksley & Joan Inderhees
Mr. Clifford Hayman
Patricia Hazelton
Dorothy & John Hazen
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Healy
Stephanie & Bruce Hearey
Linda Heath
Mr. Wayne Hedrick
Jean Heller
Preston Heller Jr.
John A. Hellman
Eleanor Helper
Ken & Brenda Hembury
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Hemphill
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Henck Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Henderson
Elizabeth Allyn Hendricks
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Hendrikson
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Herbert
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Herbruck
Pamela Mascio & Peter Herbruck
Heritage Elementary School
Joan Hess
Tom & Peggy Heydinger
Mrs. Charles Hickox
Mr. & Mrs. William Hinks
Diana Tittle & Tom Hinson
Edith F. Hirsch
Marilou & Brian Hitt
Veronica R. Hlad
Mark & Awnhee Hoberecht
Mary Hoerner
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hoffman
Dr. Feite F. Hofman
Jack & Pat Hofstetter
Laura J. Holan
Shirley Holdt
Mr. & Mrs. John Hollister
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Holzman
David & Nancy Hooker
Janet Hoover
Christopher Horn
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Horth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Horton
Michael & Patricia Horvath
Mr. John A. Horvath
Mr. Richard Horvitz
Wayne & Pat Hosmer
Maxine W. Houck
Leslie & Peter Howell
Nancy Howell
Nick & Lorie Howley
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Howson
Mr. Peter Hoyt
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Hruby
Mr. & Mrs. John Hubbell
Bentley & Mary Hudson
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hultquist
Dawn Hummer
Brian & Cathy Humphrey
Marguerite Humphrey
Mr. & Mrs. Jed Hunter
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hurley
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Hutton
Richard Hyams & Marisabel Matta
Charles & Charlene Hyle
Redmond S. Ingalls
Sarah Jane & Roger Ingraham
Josephine & Scott Inkley
Ms. Sabrina Inkley
Edward H. Innocenzi
Mr. Christopher Jakab
Mr. Thomas E. James
Thomas K. & Crystal R. James
Paul & Chris Janicki
Ms. Janet Jankura
Mr. & Mrs. John Janoch
Nancy N. Janoch
William & Adrienne Janota
Ray & Peggy Jarrett
John & Virginia Jeandrevin
Stephen C. & Lisa R. Jett
Vernon & Marlene Jividen
Merritt Johnquest
Mr. & Mrs. Tom W. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Clarke Jones
Mr. William Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Jordan
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Jordan
Mr. Michael Jordan & Ms. Linda Gross Brown
Scot & Lynn Josefsen
Ms. Mary Ann Joyce
Bruce & Gerry Juergens
Mr. Timothy Junglas
Walter & Jean Kalberer
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Kalman
Mary Vidmar & Mario Kamionkowski, MD
Mr. & Mrs. Rudolf D. Kamper
Mr. Joseph Kanfer
Ted & Ellen Kannen
Ms. Christine Kansy
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Kaplansky
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Karaffa
Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Karges
Mr. & Mrs. James Karpinski
Mr. Joseph Kasa
Carole Kass
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Katt
Michael & Catherine Katz
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Katz
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Kaufman
Mrs. David A. Kaufman
Mrs. Gloria Kaull
Michael Kay
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kay
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Keal
Ardith M. Keck
Kelleys Island Audubon Club
David W. Kellogg
Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Kelty
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Kent
Jeffrey & Julie Kerr
Ms. Sally Kesseler
Did you know…
…our preserved acreage total has increased by 175
percent since 2006, the year eight local land trusts
merged to form Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kessler
Steve & Denise Kestner
KeyBank Commercial Banking
Department
Benjamin A. King
Liz & Dave King
Mr. & Mrs. James King
Tom & Debbie King
Kirtland Bird Club
Dr. Nina Klein
George & Susan Klein
Rita & Denny Klein
Jimmy & Lynn Kleinman
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Klingshirn
George & Phyllis Knepper
Mr. Josh Knights
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Koba
Mr. & Mrs. Kobayashi
Maxine & Herschel Koblenz
Angela Koch
Mr. Wesley L. Koch
Bill & Jean Koehler
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Koenig
Keith Koenning & Patricia Murphy
Mr. John Koepke
Carol Koethe
Mr. Kevin Kohl
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Kolb
Madelyn Koltcz
Mr. John Koncar
Mr. Robert Koonce
Bill & Nancy Koons
Ed & Barbara Koosed
Dr. & Mrs. James Kotapish Jr.
Carole C. Kowell
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kozusko
Robert L. Kraber
Darlene Rae Krato
Richard & Carol Krause
Kay M. Kritzer
Ms. Donna Krohn
David & Alice Krus
Ms. JoAnn Kubicki
Mr. & Mrs. J. Andrew Kundtz
Bob & Brenda Kunkel
Binnie E. Kurtzner
Gene Kurzen
John & Paula Ladd
Constance Laessig
Elaine & William Lamb
Muriel M. Lamppert
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Landreth
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Landry
Sally Lang
Sue & Terry Lang
Hal & Susan LaPine
Tim LaRiche
Mrs. Mary N. Larimore
Dick & Libby Larrabee
Mr. James LaRue
Nancy & Neal Lavelle
Dr. Kenneth Lawrence D.D.S
John & Beth Lawton
Mr. Walter S. Lazuka
Jan Leatherman
Tracy Leavenworth
Ms. Ting Fong Lee
Mr. & Mrs. E. Dennis Lehman
Ms. Arlene Lehtinen
Thomas & Kathy Leiden
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Leidich
Ben & Pam Lenz
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Leonetti
Catharina D. Lester
Marcia W. Levine
Mary Carol & John Lewis
Ms. Ivy Lewis
Mr. Richard K. Lintern
Karl Liske & Garnet Byrne
Christina Livers
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Livingston
Joan Long
Mr. Bruce A. Loomis
John & Corrine Lopatkovich
Robert Lorenz & Aylin Ozdemir
Fred Losi
Mr. & Mrs. Ellis Lovell
David & Stephanie Lowe
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Lowe, Sr.
Mr. Craig Lucas
Betsey L. Luce
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Lundon
Michael Lux
Mary & Dale Lyndall
Mr. & Ms. Lynham
Sue & Dale Lyons
Peter & Kathleen Mac Ewan
Marcia Macey MacBride
Mr. & Mrs. Robert MacIntyre
Mrs. Sheldon S. MacLeod
Mrs. Dorothy MacNab
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Madeja
Mr. Stephen Madewell
Patricia Bennett/Marsha Maire
Jennifer Malkin
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Mandel
Mr. Howard Mandel
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Manuel
Domenic & Diana Marchese
Margaret Margerum
Ms. Rita G. Marhefka
Elaine Markowski
Ms. Roberta Markworth
Mr. Luther Marquart
Wiley Cornell & Rich Marschner
Barbara & John Marshall
Dr. & Mrs. James S. Marshall
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Marshall
Ms. Janet H. Marshall
Charles & Susan Marston
Dr. William R. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. John Martin
Mr. Christopher Martin & Ms. Karina Leppik
Mrs. Walter Marting
Nancy Martt
Ms. Elizabeth Mather & Mr. Anthony Kozar
Charles & Nancy Matthews
Mayfield Village Garden Club
Peg & Tom Mayor
Mr. & Mrs. Alex McAninch
John & Margaret McBride
Tom & Cas McBride
George W. McCabe
Peter McCarren & Stacy Feiner
Mr. & Mrs. Mark McCarthy
Rich & Cheryl McClellan
Mr. & Mrs. Charles McClure
Mr. & Mrs. Paul McCormack
Mr. & Mrs. Paul McCoy
William C McCoy
Patrick & Jane McCullagh
Bill & Jane McCullam
Mr. & Mrs. Carl McDaniel
Ms. Joan McDermitt
Mr. & Mrs. Edward McDonald
Pete McDonald
Andrew & Jennifer McDowell
Marnie & Malcolm McFarland
Joe & Bev McGlamery
Mr. Brian McGrath & Dr. Carmen Paradis
Ms. Erica E. McGregor
Thomas McKee
James & Cynthia McKnight
Tracy & Laurie McMillin
Tara Broderick & Kevin McMunigal
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick McNamara
Mr. Albert McQueen
Mr. & Mrs. William Meadows
Mr. Anthony Mealy
Ms. Amanda Meitz
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mele
Alan & Mary Melnyk
Mr. & Mrs. John Memmott
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Merriman
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Mertens
Lynn & Ed Metzger
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Meyer III
Charlie & Jessica Meyers
Mr. & Mrs. Louis L. Middleton
Mrs. Basil Mihu
Mrs. & Mr. Marcia M. Mikolaj
Mr. Anthony Mikolich
Dr. Edward Miller & Ms. Joan Webster
Edith Miller
William M. Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Miner
Pat & Don Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. Clay Mock
Mr. & Mrs. Rob Mone
Mr. Howard Montgomery
John & Mary Moore
Don & Jane Moos
Barb & Mike Moran
Ann J. Morgan
Mrs. Shirley Morgan
Stanley Morganstern
Mr. & Mrs. David Morl
Morley Family
Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Morris
Mr. Mel Morris
Donald W. Morrison
Mr. Stuart C. Morrison
Mr. A. David Morrow
Mr. & Mrs. William Morse
Larry & Sophia Morton
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Moseley
Linda & Jan Moskowitz
Mr. Edwin Motch
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mougey
Ms. Melanie Muhlstock
Thomas J. Mullaney
Beatrice Muller
Florence Muller
Mr. & Mrs. John Mulligan
Sandy Mullins
Mundane Club
Bob & Tami Munson
Munson Township Trustees
Mr. & Mrs. Latham Murfey
Mr. & Mrs. James Murphy
Stephen & Hope Murphy
Paul & Georgia Murray
Julia Musson
Mr. & Mrs. John Musson
Mustard Seed Market & Cafe
Lara Nagle
Rita F. Nagusky
Mr. & Mrs. William Nahorn
Stuart Bruce & Cynthia Campbell Nairn
Mr. & Mrs. Lyman F. Narten II
National Settlement Consultants
Mr. & Mrs. H. Gene Nau
Mr. & Mrs. James B. Naylor IV
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Neff
Stuart & Sally Neidus
Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Neubauer, Jr.
Marcia & Mike Neundorfer
Paul A. Neundorfer
Charlene & Marv Nevans
Mr. & Mrs. H.A. Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Herb Newman
Mr. & Mrs. John Newman
Ms. Betty Niccolls
Don & Nancy Nichols
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Nichols, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Nicklaus
Terence Nickolette
Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Noall
David & Patricia Nobili
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Nook
Mrs. Harold D. North Jr.
Joyce & Dale Norton
Robert J. Norwick Jr.
Mr. & Ms. Ernest Novak Jr.
Mr. Dick Novitsky
Mr. & Mrs. John Novotney
Ms. Joanne W. Nye
Mr. David Oberthaler
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick C. O’Brien III
Mr. & Mrs. Michael O’Connor
T. P. & Mariann Offtermatt
Mrs. & Mr. Sherry Olecki
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Ms. Kelly O’Loughlin
Mr. David Olson
Mr. Bryan Oney
Lydia Bruner Oppmann
Rick & Debbie Oprzadek
Mr. Jeffrey M. O’Reilly
Mr. & Mrs. Lino Oriella
Mr. & Mrs. John V. Oros
Kim Barton & Doug Orr
Mrs. Merritt Osborn
Phil & Katie Osborn
Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne
Helen Ostermiller
Katie & Ken Outcalt
Bob Owen
Mr. & Mrs. Gary G. Oyler
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher I. Page
Robert T. Page
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Paine
Randy & Amy Paine
John Pais
Diane Palker
Paul & Cindy Pallini
Mr. & Mrs. David Palmstrom
Bill & Pat Papenbrock
Larry & Joan Papes
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Papsidero
Barbara & T Parkinson
Partners Environmental Consulting, Inc.
Surety Title Agency, Inc.
Tom & Sally Pate
Mr. Ronald W. Paules
Gina Pausch
Mr. & Mrs. Chad Pearce
Austin Penler
Donald Penn
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Pensiero
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Peppard
Ms. Marjorie Percy
Perennial Gardeners
Lawrence J. Perk
Mr. & Mrs. Toby Perry
Ms. Rita Pesecky
Laura Peskin
Don & Janet Peters
Ms. Kathryn Petersen
Polly Petersen
Ava Joyce Peterson
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Peterson
Dr. Gosta & Ninna Pettersson
Joan & Roger Pettibone
Ralph & Joan Pfingsten
Brad & Linda Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Phillips
Ronald A. & Barbara A. Pierre
Jack & Jan Pierson
Susan & Terry Pim
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore B. Pinnick
Tim & Lynn Pistell
Mr. Brad L. Pohlman & Ms. Julie Callsen
Dan & Andrea Pollock
Mr. Dan Porter
Richard & Suzanne Potts
C. Thomas Powell
Mrs. Charlene Powell
Richard T. Prasse
Ms. Katherine Prescott
Ken Press & Tim Downing
Dale & Kim Preston
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Prete
Franklin B. Price M.D.
Kurt & Carolyn Princic
Susan Prior
The Honorable Katherine Procop
Luis & Theresa Proenza
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Prulhiere
Bob Pugsley
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Quandt
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Mr. & Mrs. Herb Ramerman
Mrs. Edward L. Randall
Ms. Sheila Randel
Bruce Rankin
Chuck & Kathie Rankin
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.
Mr. Thomas Rapini
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Ratner
Frank Rausche
Mr. Andrew K. Rayburn
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Rayner
Roger & Judy Read
Michael Reagan
Lynn P. Reboul
Joan Redmond
Laurie & Dick Reed
Mr. William F. Reed
Mr. & Mrs. William Reeves
Lori & Doug Reighart
Ms. Ellen Relkin
Remington Productions, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Resch
Vicki A. Resnick
Mrs. Anna Restifo
Bill & Jo Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Rich
Phyllis Gorfain & Bruce Richards
Mr. & Mrs. R.D. Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rickard
Ken Riley & Nora Suder-Riley
Mrs. Charles Ritchie
Barbara Ro
David J. Roberston
Charlie & Susan Robinson
Mr. Frank Remington Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Roddie
John Rode
Mr. J. Christopher Rodeno
Mr. & Mrs. John Rodewig
John H. Rodgers
Mr. Brett Rodstrom
Bud & Susie Rogers
Mr. Justin Rogers & Ms. Leslie Mapes
Ms. Rebecca Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rogish Jr.
Hal Rohlik
David & Carol Rollins
Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Rolnick
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Romp
Kenneth & Gretchen Roose
Betty A. Root
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Rosselli
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Rostetter
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Roth
Terry & Carole Rounds
M. H. Rountree
Dr. & Mrs. Howard Rowen
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Rubin
Richard & Marcia Rubin
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin K. Ruddock
Ms. Jennifer Ruediger & Mr. Dennis Karras
Mr. Paul Ruez
Mr. Adrian O. Rule
Mr. Dave Runta
Carl & Jan Rusak
Mr. & Mrs. William Russell
Tim Ryan
Grace & Richard Rymer
John & Eliza Saada
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Saada, Sr.
Marvin & Sharon Sable
Mr. Steven Sagri & Ms. Marian Dieter
Jack P. Sahl
Mrs. Kathy Salem
Bob Salmen
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Samar
Mr. & Mrs. David Sandberg
Steve & Anne Sanford
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson L. Sanger
Did you know…
…the Land Conservancy’s preserved acreage total is now
equal to that of the Cleveland Metroparks system
Mr. James J. Sarosy
SAS Environmental, Inc.
Paul Sauerland & Teri Cone
Lila & Walter Sauerteig
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Scaife
Mr. & Ms. Joseph Scaravilli
Ms. Dottie Scadl
Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. Schaeffer
Ms. Susanne K. Schambs
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Schempp
A.C. Schinagle Jr.
Gail & Elliott Schlang
Mr. Kenneth R. Schmeichel
Charles M. Schmid
Lee Ann Schmid
Mr. & Mrs. Juerg Schmid
Mr. Charles Schmid
Ronald & Charlene Schmidt
Betty T. & David M. Schneider
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Schneider
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Schneider
Richard & Dina Schoonmaker
Mr. Mark L. Schroeder
Helen M. Schultz
Peg Schultz
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schulz
Richard & Ilze Schwartz
Thomas & Sarah Schwartz
Nancy & Shel Schweikert
Liz & Mike Schwinn
Neil Wasilk & Jennifer Scott-Wasilk
Ms. Sara Scudier
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Searl
Ruth Searles
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Secor M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Seelbach
Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Seibert
Mr. & Mrs. Jack H. Selby
Ken & Mary Seliga
Chuck & Kris Sells
7-D Marketing Inc.
Eric R.Severs
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Sexton
Shaker Heights Sunshine Fund
Dr. Rick Shale
Ms. Martha T. Shannon
Richard & Evelyn Sharp
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Sheeler
Dean & Carol Sheldon
Dick & Mary Lou Sheller
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight J. Shelton
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Shenk
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan E. Sherman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shirkman
Reg & Lynn Shiverick
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Shockey
Ms. Suzanne L. Shoen
Scott Shorten, M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shubert
Pat & Walt Silver
Bruce & Sue Simonson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Simpson
Mr. & Mrs. Geo Sindelar
Ron & Rita Siwik
Dan & Anne Skowronski
Mark Skowronski & Michelle Kahlenberg
Ms. Monica M. Skurich
Mr. & Mrs. Dereck Slesh
Ken Sloane & Lisa Shomo
Susan Slotnick & Matthew Sobel
Bob Smith & Ann Cole
Edward W. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Richey Smith
Marc & Betty Snitzer
Patricia A. Snyder
Snyder Tree Farm LLC
Mary Ann Sonnhalter
Christopher & Vicki Soukup
Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP
Deborah Banyas & T. P. Speer
Bill & Missy Spellacy
Jack Spelman
Donald L. Spencer
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Spencer
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Spiker
Lauren & Steve Spilman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Sposito
Forrest Stanley & Nora-Lynn Nemec
Tom & Carole Stanley
Nancy Stark
Barbara Starre
Peter & Bridget Steck
Mr. & Mrs. David Stein
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Steindler
Mr. & Mrs. George Steinemann
Mr. Gilbert Steinen
Ms. Virginia M. Steiner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stephens
Judge & Mrs. Richard L. Stevens
Mr. Mark Stewart
Mr. Ray Stewart
Ms. Beverly Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stotter
Philip & Ellen Stout
Mr. Carter E. Strang
Jim & Sandy Streicher
H. William Strong, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Strong
Lynette & Richard Stuart
Frederick & Elizabeth Stueber
Mr. Daniel Styer
Carl & Nancy Suchovsky
Ed & Rosemary Suit
Mr. & Mrs. Lou Sukalski
Ed & Timy Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Sullivan
William & Rita Summers
Mark & Annette Sutherland
Mr. P. Matthew Sutko &
Ms. Francine Rosenberger
Janey Swain
Mr. Thomas Swank
Bert Szabo
Lorraine S. Szabo
Al & Cynthia Szunyog
Bill & Edie Taft
Rick & Susan Taft
Annie & Frank Tait
Mr. Joe Tait
Mr. Thomas Tamulewicz
Paul & Mallory Taylor
Rich & Fran Teresi
Carol S. Tevis
Ms. Annely Thayer
The Fay School, Inc. Parents Association
The Garden Club of Cleveland
The Herb Guild
The Intown Club of Cleveland
The Tellerd Organization, Ltd.
Mr. Thomas R. Thoburn
Mr. Grant Thompson
Jack Thorp
Mr. Jack Thorp
Ms. Margaret Thurston
Mr. & Mrs. Quinten Tifft
Mr. & Mrs. James Tighe
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Timman
Kenneth & Jan Tkach
Mr. & Mrs. N. J. Tobbe
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Todd
Ms. Margaret D. Tomaro
Mr. & Mrs. David P. Tomick
Mr. & Mrs. F. Jerome Tone III
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Toth
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon K. Towson Jr.
Mrs. Frank S. Treco
Mr. & Mrs. David Trimble
Jeanne B. Tripp
Trout Unlimited, Emerald Necklace
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Richard S. Trump
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Truxton
William & Judith Ann Tucholsky
Mr. Rodney Tucker & Ms. Trenna Wright
Mr. & Mrs. James Tullis
Sylvia & EstherTurk
Mr. & Mrs. William O. Tuttle
Diane Tuuri
Livingston H. Ulf
Mr. Paul Ulichney & Ms. Janet Gammell
Edward & Catherine Ullman
University School
Unknown Donor
Mr. Richard Goddard & Ms. Anne Unverzagt
Tom & Judy Vacca
Mr. Thomas V. Vail Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Vars
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Velcio
Andy & Lynn Vidra
Mr. Steve Vince
Musette T. Vincent
Mr. Kenneth Vinciquerra
Mr. Mark Vinick
Mr. James Vogus
Ted & Swanny Voneida
Ms. Pamela J. Voss
Ms. Suzanne Wagner
Dod & Annie Wainwright
James & Jean Waite
Harold & Janet Walker
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Wallace
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Walters
Mr. Stephen Walters
Charles W. & Margarete Walton
Mr. & Mrs. Nick Wanchik
Ms. Ann Ward
Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Warmeling
Mr. & Mrs. George Warnock
Ms. Linda Weaver
Sherri N. Weaver
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Weber
Mr. John Weedon
Kevin & Sue Weidenbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Weil
Mr. Jeff Weiler
Ms. Lotte Weimer
Ms. Susan Weingold
Mrs. Robert Weinstock
Gail & Ed Weintraub
Dr. & Mrs. Lee Weisberg
Kristine & Gary Welch
Diane & Edward Welsh
Dr. & Mrs. Terrence Wenger
Drs. Margie & Robert Wenz
Rich & Martha Wertz
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wesorick
Tim & Elene West
West & Company
Mr. & Mrs. William Westbrook
Western Reserve Bank
Western Reserve Federation of
Conservationists
Western Reserve Properties, LLC
Mr. Ken Whalen
Ms. Helen Wheeler
Warren & Bonnie Wheeler
Katie Whidden
James W. White
Mr. Gary White
Richard & Jane Whitehead
Mr. Peter Whiting
Barbara Whitner
Mr. & Mrs. Dickson Whitney Jr.
Betsey & George Wick
Ms. Molly C. Wick
Mr. Richard Wiedemer
Bianca Wiegand
Ann M. Wieland
Mrs.Thomas R. Wigglesworth
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Wilber
Diane Wilbur
Wildwood Garden Club
Ginny & John Wilhelm
Chris & Joe Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Williams
Stanley Williams
Seth Wilmore
Amy & Tim Winnicki
Dan & Doris Winter

Mr. Kevin Winter & Ms. Silke Pagendarm
Karen Wise & Amy Quillin
Walter Wisnieski
Mr. Leonard Wisniewski
Women’s Philanthropic Union
Ken & Deborah Wood
Lynn & Alan Wood
Reid & Gail Wood
Ted & Diana Woodbridge
Helen Woodward
Mr. & Mrs. William Wooldredge
Gloria & Alan D. Wright
Jean Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Wright, II
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wynveen
Janet Yaniglos & Clyde Morris
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Yarcusko
Tim Yeager
Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Young
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Young
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Young
Stan & Gayle Young
Ms. Charlotte Younkman
Robert Yui & Dr. Anna Koo
Mr. Stephen Zabor & Ms. Kathryn Craig
Ms. Sandra Zagarell
Dr. Frank Zatko and Mary Beth Hayes-Zatko
Mr. Phil Zauderer & Ms. Karen O’Malia
Marian E. Zehnder
Mr. Robert Zeitz
Monica Zelis
Mr. & Mrs. William Ziegler
Mr. Allen Zimmerman & Ms. Susan F. Choma
Dr. James Zins & Dr. Cynthia Kavouksorian
Dana Zintek & Lisa Daiber
Zucker Family
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Zuilhof
Matching
Companies
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Consulting Services Employee Benefits
Agency, LLC
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Eaton Corporation
GE Foundation
The Glenmede Corporation
IBM International Foundation
KeyBank Foundation
The Lubrizol Foundation
The Nordson Corporation Foundation
Owens-Illinois Charities Foundation
The PBG Foundation
Perkins Charitable Foundation
Preformed Line Products
Progressive Insurance Foundation
Circle of Giving
(Monthly Giving Program)
Gail & Don Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Clark
Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran
Mr. Beau Daane & Mr. Chris Panek
Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland &
Ms. Marjorie Muirden
Sarah Jane & Roger Ingraham
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Jordan
Dr. & Mrs. James Kotapish Jr.
Joan Long
Diane Palker
Mr. & Mrs. Blair Whidden
Carter & Genevieve Wilmot
In Honor of
Owen Colligan
The Private Bank
Kristin Currin
Mayor & Mrs. Currin
Mary Garvin
Dorothy Carney
William S. Kilroy
Viki & Marc Byrnes
Anne Kilroy
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Dale LaPorte
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Romp
Kathy K. Leavenworth
Zucker Family
John A. & Betty J. Lipovsky
Gail Marie Lipovsky
Kathryn Makley
Edith F. Hirsch
Terri Martincic
Ruth Evan
Mr. John Gelski
Mildred Owen-Weedon
Mr. John Weedon
Faith E. Pescatore
Ms. Susanne K. Schambs
Rose Scheeff
Mark Skowronski & Michelle Kahlenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Blair Whidden
Michael R. Shaughnessy
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. John Schulze
Adyn Skowronski
Dan & Anne Skowronski
James M. Suhanic
Riverside Reading Circle of Wakeman
Shirley Zook
Mr. John Koepke
In Memory of
Elmer Bland
Doris Gilbert
Timothy Geier
Philip H. & Jane G. Geier Donor Advised Fund
of The Cleveland Foundation
Dean Phillips
Mr. Michael Caso and Ms. Rebecca Hawkins
Connie Price
Mikey Price
Josephine Rossi
Doris Gilbert
Michael Tucker
Mr. & Mrs. Chris M. Abood
Mr. Edward Albrecht
Mr. William R. Barney III
Ms. Janice Beeman
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Bekeny
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito & Hupp Co. LPA
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Brandon
Rick & Barbara Brown
Mr. Jeffrey Brown
Dr. & Mrs. William Bruner II
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Chapman
We apologize for any omissions. If your name has been omitted or listed incorrectly,
please contact Leah Whidden at 440-729-9621 or lwhidden@wrlandconservancy.org.
Did you know…
…the Land Conservancy has preserved more than 40 farms
and more than 5,800 acres of farmland in northern Ohio
Mr. Dwight Churchill
Ms. Daria Classen
Ms. Elizabeth Cooney
Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Corns
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dean
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis A. Derbin
Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Dinner
Mr. & Ms. Edward J. Donnelly
Mr. Peter S. Dunham
Ms. Leah Eisenburg
Phyllis Patton Ekelman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Elbert
Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Erwin
Judge Donna Congeni Fitzsimmons
Ms. Catherine Garcia-Feehan
Ms. Lauren Gardner
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gardner
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Graves
Mr. & Mrs. William Griffith
Jamal M. Hanna
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Harding
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Hargis
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Harper
Mrs. Jane K. Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Healy
Stephanie & Bruce Hearey
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hellman
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hoffman
Mr. Peter Hoyt
Mr. Michael Jordan & Ms. Linda Gross Brown
Ms. Christine Kansy
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Kaufman
Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Kelty
KeyBank Commercial Banking Department
Mr. & Mrs. John Kilkenny
Mr. Wesley L. Koch
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Kolb
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Landreth
Mrs. Mary N. Larimore
Ms. Ivy Lewis
Litigation Management
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Mandel
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Marshall
Ms. Janet H. Marshall
Mr. & Mrs. Mark McCarthy
Ms. Erica E. McGregor
Mr. & Mrs. William Meadows
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Meyers
Mr. & Mrs. Louis L. Middleton
Ms. Melanie Muhlstock
Mr. & Mrs. John Mulligan
Mr. & Mrs. James Murphy
Paul & Georgia Murray
National Settlement Consultants
Marcia & Mike Neundorfer
Mr. & Mrs. John Newman
Mrs. Harold D. North Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Papsidero
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Peppard
Mr. & Mrs. Toby Perry
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Phillips
Mr. Brad L. Pohlman & Ms. Julie Callsen
Ms. Ellen Relkin
Reminger Foundation
Mrs. Anna Restifo
Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schulz
Shaker Heights Sunshine Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight J. Shelton
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Shenk
Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP
Mr. & Mrs. David Stein
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Steindler
Ms. Virginia M. Steiner
Mr. Carter E. Strang
Bill & Edie Taft
Annie & Frank Tait
Ms. Margaret D. Tomaro
Mr. & Mrs. David P. Tomick
University School
Mr. Richard Goddard & Ms. Anne Unverzagt
Mr. Stephen Walters
Mr. Jeff Weiler
West & Company
Women’s Philanthropic Union
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Wright, II
Stan & Gayle Young
Lloyd T. Will
Ms. Susan C. Finley
Mr. Scott Swierkosz & Ms. Lee Will
Mr. and Mrs. Blair Whidden
Our gratitude to the following individuals
for becoming members of the Western Reserve
Land Conservancy Founders Society.
Anonymous (7)
The Ames Family Foundation
Jay Ankeney & Julie Clayman
Edward Baker & Anna Van Heeckeren
Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Bannerman
Barbara & Mike Bass
Jerry & Janet Bender
Mr. Joseph P. Bennett
Marion Berick IR Trust
Melanie & Mark Biche
Black River Audubon
Jean Astrup Faubel Blanche
Rob & Peg Bobel
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bolton
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bowen
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bower
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Broer
Barbara Brown & Steve Ward
Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Brubaker
Gail & Don Butler
Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Campbell
Mrs. Gerald N. Cannon
Mrs. William B. Chamberlin, Jr.
Mrs. Walter M. Charman, Jr.
Mr. Richard & Dr. Jennifer Cochran
The George W. Codrington Charitable
Foundation
Elizabeth P. Colebrook
Owen Colligan
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Conway
Mrs. Rita Conway
Roger & Fran Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Corns
John & Clara Corogin
Margaret E. Cummins
Mr. Beau Daane & Mr. Chris Panek
Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. deConingh Jr.
Dolphin Trust
Ms. Carol Horner Donaldson
Louise & Richard Dunn
The Cyrus Eaton Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig
Warren & Diane Farr
Michael & Gretchen Farrell
FirstEnergy Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Foust
William & Sarah Gardner
Fred Geis, Geis Companies
James & Adrienne Gerspacher
Jean & Steve Gokorsch
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gratry
Richard & Jane Green Family Foundation Inc.
John Gresock & Teresa Holland-Gresock
Susan & Dick Grimm
The Grimm Family Foundation
Nicki & Bob Gudbranson
Corinne P. Hadley
Mr. & Mrs. David Halstead
Lydia & Ron Harrington
Mr. & Mrs. Ron G. Harrington
Mary Jane Hartwell
Melissa Haslinger
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hellman
Sharon & David Herzer
Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. Higley Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoffmann
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Holland
Mr. J. Jeffrey Holland & Ms. Marjorie Muirden
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hyde
Ms. Elizabeth Juliano
Barbara & Michael Kaplan
Charlotte E. Karson Daiber
Cynthia Knight
Joan M. Kosko
Dean Kulwicki
Mr. Kenneth Kuttner & Ms. Laura Bentz
Will & Bonny Lafave
Elaine & William Lamb
Kathleen K. Leavenworth
Mr. & Mrs. John Leech
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Levine
The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation
Gail Marie Lipovsky
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lucarelli
Byron & Elsie Lutman
Dr. & Mrs. John T. Makley
The Milton & Tamar Maltz Family
Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McAfee
Julien L. McCall Family Foundation
Mike & Tina McGuire
Mr. & Mrs. Lee McMannis
Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan IV
Mr. & Mrs. S. Sterling McMillan, III
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Meyers
Estate of John W. Mitchell
Mr. Mark Mittler
Mr. & Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon
Robert O. Moravec
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Morris
Mrs. Margaret Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. William Mulligan
Susan Murphy
John P. Murphy Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Neidhardt
Marion Olson
Bill & Kathy O’Neill
Kenneth Parker
Nancy & Jim Patterson
Michael Pender Memorial Fund
Faith E. Pescatore
Ava Joyce Peterson
Mr. & Mrs. Emery C. Prior
Carol & Bill Prior
PYSHT Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Todd Ray
Josh Rubin, The CJR Group, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Franz Sauerland
Lenore & Jim Schilling
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shaughnessy
Walter Sheppe
Stephanie Sires
The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust
South Waite Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. James Spira
David & Kelly Staats
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sullivan
Mr. Nelson Talbott
Karin Tanquist & Patrick Coy
Renold Thompson, Jr.
Mrs. C.C. Tippit
Livingston H. Ulf
Mr. & Mrs. James G. Watterson
Mary & Bill Weber
Josephine Hannel Weber
Mr. & Mrs. Blair Whidden
Carter & Genevieve Wilmot
David C. Wilmot
Mr. Scott Wolstein
deceased
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Perfect setting, night
for EverGreen EverBlue
Our thanks to the following for their
significant support of our work.
2010 Presenting Sponsors
Barbara & Evan Corns, Dick Morgan, Kathy Leavenworth
& Don Campbell
Bassem Mansour & Owen Colligan
More
than
590
people attended
the seventh
annual EverGreen
EverBlue,
the Land
Conservancy’s
benefit on Sept.
10 at The Lake
House in Hunting
Valley. The
setting for this
year’s EverGreen
EverBlue was a private preserve in the heart of the Chagrin River
valley. Brian and Cheryl Coughlin’s custom Tony Paskevichdesigned
home is in a one-of-a-kind conservation development
surrounded by scenic meadows, a beautiful lake and conserved land.
Event chairs were Brian and Cheryl Coughlin, Meg and Scott
Mueller and Karen and John Miller. Committee members were
Kathy Goss, Susan Greig, Pam Haag, Leta Hickey, Andrea Hill,
Sarah Hollington, Nancy Jeffrey, Anne Kilroy, Cathy Leary, Kathy
Leavenworth, Julie Lynch, Kitty Makley, Sara Mansour, Laura
Pinnick, Kris Rogers, Elizabeth Spencer, Hallie Wasserman, Mary
Weber and Amanda Zalud.
The corporate committee included chair Scott Mueller,
Elizabeth Juliano, Bassem Mansour and Bill Mulligan.
2010 Corporate Sponsors
Bill & Carol Prior
Photos by Kyle Lanzer
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Dale LaPorte, Ali LaPorte, Karen and Tom McKee
Kathy and Bill O’ Neill
Faith Pescatore & Gary Schambs
Scott Swierkosz & Lee Will
Harry & Marge Carlson
Guests at the KeyBank table enjoy the festivities
Susan and Jay Yerian
Rod Rezaee
Ned Baker and Anna van Heeckeren
Edmund and Laura Leopold
Sara Mansour, Brian & Cheryl Coughlin, Elizabeth Spencer
& Heidi Scaravilli
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Our vision
There is nothing more beautiful than a crisp fall day in
northern Ohio: the sun shimmering on our great Lake Erie;
the red and yellow leaves of a beech maple forest; the
long views of crop and pasture land framed by towering
forests; and the gentle murmuring rivers that run through
our glacial landscape. We love the Western Reserve. It is
where we rear our children and where our hearts reside.
Our vision is that today, a decade from now, and beyond
the time that we can imagine, the Western Reserve will
be a stunningly beautiful and healthy place. An authentic
place filled with breathtaking scenic views, abundant
clean rivers and lakes, miles and miles of connected
trails for hiking, biking, skiing, and horseback riding; and
an accessible, clean and safe great lake for world class
fishing, swimming, and boating.
Development will be concentrated in historic urban areas
such as Cleveland and Akron, in historic Western Reserve
villages such as Chagrin Falls, Brecksville, Medina and Bay
Village and, as needed, in new areas that promote lasting,
community-oriented development. Working farms will
flourish, supported by local markets that provide healthy
and fresh produce that connects citizens to the land in a
tangible, enduring way. Parks and preserves will provide
people with a special connection to the land, a safe place
where children can play, and a quality of life that attracts
and retains as residents a great diversity of people.
The Land Conservancy inspires citizens throughout our
region in the effort to protect land and water for the
benefit of all of our communities; to create a habitat that
serves people. We envision a healthy and scenic landscape,
a patchwork quilt of large natural areas connected by
wildlife and river corridors, a beautiful region interspersed
with well-planned agricultural, residential, and commercial
development that supports the people of our region
now and forever.
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Western Reserve Land Conservancy extends its thanks to the following people
Dick Abbott
Karen Adair, The Nature Conservancy
Jean Antonacci
Ashtabula Park District
AWARE
Ned Baker and Anna van Heeckeren
Tracy Baker
Tony Bales
Addison Barnett
Tom Barrett and Kim McConnell
David Basil
Mary Becker
Paul and Sue Belanger
Glen Bernhardt
Karen and Larry Bettcher
Mark Biche
John Blakeman
Peg Bobel
Charlie and Julie Bolton
Bonner Center for Service and
Learning
Jason Boyd, Lake County Planning
Commission
Ann Breichle
Cary Brickner, Huron Soil and
Water Conservation
Lisa Brohl
Mayor Eileen Bulan, City of Vermilion
Jeff Burr and Kristi Schmitt Burr
Burton D. Morgan Foundation
Gail Butler
Dorothy Carney
Nick Ciafani
City of Akron
City of Solon
Mayor Susan Drucker
Dave Matty
Paul Solonics
Jim Stanek
Cleveland Metroparks
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Dr. Jim Bissell
Renee Boronka
David Kriska
Trish McKeigan
Keith Moran
Larry Rosche
Judy Semroc
Fran and Roger Cooper
Evan Corns
Cheryl and Brian Coughlin
Wayne Cox
Richard and Susan Coyne
Travis Crane
Margaret Cummins
Mayor William and Deborah Currin
Norm Damm
Jerry Darkes
Davey Resource Group
Ken Christenson
Todd Crandall
Karen Wise
Jim Delahunt
designRoom Creative
Chad Gordon
Kelly Farrell
Jennifer Juan
David Dietrich, Geauga County
Planning Commission
David DiTullio
Ducks Unlimited
Alan Ederer
Heather Elmer
Eric Erb
Dr. Ibrahim Eren, Brownhelm Cultural
Learning Center and Greenhouse
Eric and Jennifer Ericsson
Erie MetroParks
Brad Phillips
Stephen Dice
Kelly Faris
Fitchville Township Trustees
Bob Fonte, Stark Parks
Dave Forrest
Dr. Larry Forthofer and Dr. Marsha Heinke
Rob Frankland
Sally Gamauf
Sally Gardner
Mary Garvin
Geauga County Planning
Geauga Park District
Tom Curtin
Keith McClintock
Paul Piro
Brent Gephart
Jim Gerspacher
Roger Gettig, Holden Arboretum
Barb Gillette
Bill Ginn
Mayor Bill Goncy
Grand River Chapter Board
Greenwich Township Trustees
Laurel Gress
Clark Hahn
Janet Hale
Corey Patrick Harkins
Dave Harlan
Lydia and Ron Harrington
Jenn Harte
Christine and Michael Haught
Pat Hazelton
Kent Hedman
Tom Heydinger
Hill ‘n Dale Club
Hiram College
Tom Chema
Matt Hils
Bill Hlavin
Breann Hohman, Erie Soil and Water
Conservation
Jeff Holland and Marjorie Muirden
Pat and Jack Holland
Amy Holtshouse Brennen,
Chagrin Watershed Partners, Inc.
Lee Howley
Huron County Commissioners
Thalia Hutter
Andrea Irland, National Park Service
Tom James, Medina County Park District
John Janoch
Nancy Jeffrey
Mike Johnson
Charlotte Karson and Eric Daiber
John Katko, Friends of Wetlands
Michael Kay
Curt Keal
Keep Akron Beautiful
Kelleys Island Audubon
Kent State University
Jeff Kerr
Sarina and Bill Kinney
George Klein
Katie and Bud Koch
Charlie Kohli, Ashtabula Park District
Linda Kostka
Fae Krokey
David Liam Kyle
Lake County Planning
Lake House Winery
Lake Metroparks
Nancy Martin
John Pogacnik
Guy Wagner
Lake Soil and Water Conservation District
Chad Edgar
Maurine Orndorff
Matt Scharver
Elaine and Bill Lamb
Charles Lang and Sandy Tartaglia
Kyle Lanzer
Congressman Steven LaTourette
LEAP for Biodiversity
Cathy and Curt Leary
Kathy Leavenworth
Russ and Connie Lincoln
Greg Lipps
Jeff Liskay
Lockheed Martin
David Gunnarson
Steve Vardavas
Frank Lopez, Old Woman Creek
National Estuary
Lorain Soil and Water Conservation
Diane Lucas
Jenn Lynch
Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
Dan Martin, Lorain County Metro Parks
Terri Martincic
Lily Martuccio
Master Pizza
Dottie Mathiott
Pete McDonald & the Black Oaks
Rick Merolla
MetroParks, Serving Summit County
Janet Miller
Karen and John Miller
Dan and Regina Miltner
John Moore
Harold Morrison
Steven Morrison
Craig Mosier
Mount Union College
Meg and Scott Mueller
Doug Nagy
Matt Nahorn
Katie Nainiger
Deb Nash
The Nature Conservancy
John Niedzialek, Western Reserve
RC & D
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Julius Ciaccia, Executive Director
Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells
Mark Link
Oberlin College
ODNR
Gary Obermiller
Rick Gardner
ODNR, Division of Wildlife
Tom Arbour
Bob Fletcher
Jennifer Windus
Ohio and Erie Canalway
Ohio Central Basin Steelheaders
Ohio EPA
Theresa Gordon
Kristy Hunt
Kevin Spurbeck
Martha Spurbeck
Ohio Public Works Commission
Abbey Dehart
Lou Mascari
Connie Oney
Gordon Oney
David Orr, Oberlin College
John Pais
Tony Paskevich
Nathan Paskey Ashtabula Soil and
Water Conservation District
Nancy and Jim Patterson
Patterson Fruit Farm
Ralph Pfingsten
Jack Pierson
Mayor Don Plusquelic
Bridgette Poplars
Gary Popotnik
Carol and Bill Prior
Amy Reeher
Dennis Rich
RiverWorks
Joel Bingham
Shannon Carneal
Jamie Kresja
Matt Lascola
Judy Rosselli
Natalie and Josh Rubin
Tiffany Ruez
Dan Ruminski
Fred Rzepka
Thomas Sampliner
Jim Sarosy
Scenic River Program
Greg Marvin
Steve Roloson
Tami Schneider and Cleveland Yoga
Carmella Shale, Geauga Soil and
Water Conservation District
Sharon Township Trustees
Kate Shaughnessy
Marian and Michael Shaughnessy
Dean Sheldon
Paul Sherwood
Keith Shy
Kevin Skerl
Amanda Skingel-Synecky
Brian Smith and Family
Jack Smith
Matthew Smith
William K. Smith
Jean Sorton
Roger Sours
Elizabeth Spencer
Judge Mary Spicer
Amy and Jacob Spiker
Shawn Spindel
Kristin Stanford
Ray Stewart
Lon Stolarski
Marta Stone
Dan Styer
Ed Suit
Summit County
The Swamp Rattlers
Marni Task and the Enchanted Hearts
Gloria Terpay
Grant Thompson
Kenny, Rolland and Carol Tkach,
Hostile Valley Campground
University of Akron
Paul Van Curen
Paula Whewell
Blair Whidden
Britt Whidden
Jason White
The Wilderness Center
Lee Will
Mike Wilson, Trumbull Soil and Water
Conservation District
Brandon Wood
Dave Yohann
Allen Zimmerman, OARDC
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Western Reserve
Land Conservancy
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Phone: 440-729-9621 • Fax: 440-729-9631
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