2008 Annual Report - Sycamore Land Trust
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Photo of Mont Clair Farm courtesy of the Ewing family<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
2 8<br />
26 Counties<br />
45 Business Supporters<br />
63 Parcels Protected<br />
420 Volunteers<br />
770 Members<br />
3196 EE Participants<br />
5,455 Acres protected<br />
Our Goal: 20,000 Acres by 2020<br />
www.sycamorelandtrust.org<br />
<strong>Sycamore</strong> <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Trust</strong><br />
PRESERVING OUR DISAPPEARING LANDSCAPE<br />
HEADQUARTERS<br />
Cedar Crest<br />
4898 East Heritage Woods Road, Bloomington<br />
MAILING ADDRESS<br />
P.O. Box 7801<br />
Bloomington, IN 47407-7801<br />
Email: info@sycamorelandtrust.org
<strong>Land</strong> Conservation<br />
Mont Clair Farm<br />
SLT’s new conservation easements included the 485-acre Mont Clair Farm<br />
in Knox County. This land was home to Native Americans from 4500 BC<br />
or earlier and has been actively farmed by the Ewing family since 1806,<br />
when President Thomas Jefferson made Nathaniel Ewing a Receiver of Public<br />
<strong>Land</strong>s. The sixth-oldest farm in Indiana, today’s farm consists of 485 contiguous<br />
acres with 400 tillable acres, 65 acres of woods, and 20 acres of timber.<br />
Owners Mark and Rebecca<br />
We realized the profi t gained<br />
from developing our land<br />
could buy nothing more valuable<br />
than our descendants owning<br />
and appreciating the farm<br />
as it has been for seven generations.<br />
Ewing said, “Our family had deep<br />
concerns about restrictions of<br />
our control and the involvement<br />
of ‘outsiders’ in Mont Clair Farm.<br />
When our great, great, great,<br />
great, great grandfather built<br />
the Ewing residence on the farm<br />
at the start of the 1800s, it was<br />
far from the town of Vincennes,<br />
Indiana. Today, a residential<br />
subdivision abuts the farm and<br />
valuable commercial real estate<br />
is being developed less than a quarter of a mile away. We realized the profit<br />
567 acres added in <strong>2008</strong><br />
5,455 total acres protected at end of <strong>2008</strong><br />
5 owned properties added = 557 acres<br />
1 conservation easement = 10 added acres<br />
Photos courtesy of the Ewing family<br />
gained from developing our land could buy nothing more valuable than our descendants owning and appreciating the<br />
farm as it has been for seven generations.<br />
“We are pleased that SLT is our partner in this project. We spoke with a number of land trusts, but you never know<br />
whether you’ve picked the right partner until you’ve walked down the road together. Everyone we worked with at SLT<br />
was forthright, informative, knowledgeable, cooperative, patient, and demonstrated to us that they are genuine believers<br />
in their mission.”<br />
Porter Preserve<br />
In <strong>2008</strong>, <strong>Sycamore</strong> <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Trust</strong> also closed on a land protection<br />
project that received national attention. When David Porter<br />
passed away, he left his nearly 400 acres in western Monroe County<br />
to SLT. A small portion of that property consists of Neal’s <strong>Land</strong>fill,<br />
one of the area’s several federally-designated Superfund sites.<br />
The landfill accepted industrial and municipal wastes from 1949<br />
until 1972, including electrical capacitors from Westinghouse (now<br />
CBS) that contained toxic PCBs. The site has received extensive cleanup<br />
from CBS and the EPA, and some efforts are still ongoing. David Porter<br />
bought the property in 2003. Upon receiving notice of the gift, SLT<br />
worked with Bloomington’s Conservation Law Center to assess the<br />
liability of owning the land. Satisfied that the property did not pose a<br />
threat of significant liability, SLT accepted the donation.<br />
National Public Radio did a feature story on the popular syndicated<br />
“Morning Edition.” People from coast to coast contacted SLT to voice<br />
their support for the project. SLT is proud to be part of David Porter’s<br />
vision to see the land transformed from something negative to something<br />
positive. While no plans have been finalized, SLT is exploring<br />
various options for the land, including installation of solar panels.<br />
Donors of land and conservation easements have<br />
done something truly special—they have ensured<br />
that southern Indiana’s natural and agricultural land<br />
will be conserved forever, for the spiritual wealth and<br />
physical and economic health of future generations.<br />
All SLT members can be proud of the legacy we<br />
have created, helping ensure our descendents<br />
inherit a place as beautiful as they deserve.<br />
THANKS<br />
Conservation<br />
Easement Donors<br />
Mark & Rebecca Ewing<br />
<strong>Land</strong> Donors<br />
Dr. Charles McCalla IV<br />
& Teri Bleuel<br />
David Porter (4 parcels)<br />
Jack Steigerwold<br />
5500<br />
5000<br />
4500<br />
4000<br />
3500<br />
3000<br />
2500<br />
2000<br />
1500<br />
1000<br />
500<br />
0<br />
Above: Dawn Hewitt is one of the<br />
Porter Preserve’s volunteer stewards.<br />
<strong>Sycamore</strong> <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Trust</strong> - Acres Protected<br />
Photo by John Lawrence<br />
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 <strong>2008</strong><br />
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Stewardship<br />
Environmental Education<br />
Photo by Vicky Meretsky<br />
Left: Kirtland’s<br />
snake habitat project<br />
volunteers, l to r:<br />
Michael Tibbs, Elder<br />
LeRoy DeWitt, Jeff<br />
Brinegar, Anna Tibbs,<br />
Robert Tibbs, Mark<br />
Anderson, Ryan Tibbs,<br />
Bob Armstrong, Nate<br />
Rawlinson, Mark<br />
Rondina, and Rae Ann<br />
Tibbs (Momma).<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM<br />
2005-06 School Year 2006-07 School Year 2007-08 School Year<br />
Counties Served 2 4 7<br />
Schools Involved 4 11 18<br />
Teachers Assisted 7 16 21<br />
K-12 Students Engaged 250 785 3196<br />
K-12 Student Hours 583 3258 6977<br />
College Students Helping 0 8 14<br />
Adults Engaged 70+ 100+ 132<br />
Snake Habitat<br />
Improving habitat for the Indiana state-endangered Kirtland’s snake (Clonophis kirtlandi<br />
at SLT’s Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve was an important volunteer project this<br />
year. Eagle Scout candidate Ryan Tibbs labored with his family, fellow Scouts, and<br />
scout leader under the direction of SLT board member and IU School of Public<br />
and Environmental Affairs conservation biology professor Vicky Meretsky<br />
to clear trees and create more favorable habitat for this small and little-known<br />
snake. Because most of SLT’s Beanblossom Bottoms property is a<br />
state-dedicated Nature Preserve, Professor Meretsky first worked<br />
with the Department of Natural Resource’s Division of Nature Preserves<br />
to draw up an approved plan for the habitat modification project.<br />
10 trails maintained or built<br />
8 habitat<br />
130 volunteers work<br />
on SLT properties<br />
Photo by John Lawrence<br />
SLT’s Environmental Education participants have built trails and<br />
prairies, made nature art posters; measured trees; investigated the aquatics<br />
of creeks, wetlands, and lakes; and studied forestry, birds, and soils. SLT also<br />
contributed expertise for larger programs in various partnerships, including<br />
Leonard Springs Nature Days (600 sixth-graders) and Take a Child Outside<br />
Week (10 families) with Bloomington Parks and Recreation.<br />
Right: EE Coordinator<br />
Carroll Ritter, surrounded<br />
by Mrs. Houston’s<br />
3rd grade class, Fayetteville<br />
Elementary. Far<br />
Right: SLT Environmental<br />
Educator Maggie Sullivan<br />
teaching students<br />
from fourth to twelfth<br />
grades at Goose Pond.<br />
Photos by Carroll Ritter<br />
Photo by John Gallman<br />
Above: Volunteers from Exodus Church in Bloomington picked up 11 bags of<br />
trash and a large amount of metal refuse at SLT’s new Pizzo Preserve.<br />
l to r: Andrea Hera, Christina Ondrik, Stephanie Dickinson, Mark Hera, and<br />
Markus Dickinson. Left: Jess Gwinn and Tilly worked on the BBB Trail.<br />
Feedback from Fourth-graders:<br />
“Thank you for the awesome field trip. I really, really liked the hidden wildlife pond and<br />
the creek. That trip was the time of my life. I really don’t think it’s very nice how people<br />
throw their trash in such a beautiful place. You’ve really opened my eyes.”<br />
“I like finding the water temp and the air temp in the creek. Doing the water flow speed<br />
and wind velocity were tricky, but it finally worked.…”<br />
“Everybody had a blast. The reason why I liked it is that we used real tools.…<br />
It was really fun having you around to help us.…”<br />
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<strong>2008</strong> Contributors<br />
House to be sold<br />
Darlene Gerster<br />
$70,000<br />
Martha Barclay-Giel<br />
$25,000<br />
Helen Caldwell<br />
$10,000<br />
Anonymous<br />
$5,000 to $9,999<br />
39 Degrees North<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
Ann Nolan<br />
Blue Ace Media<br />
Commericial Services<br />
Bill and Kathleen Oliver<br />
The Tener Family<br />
Upland Brewing Company<br />
$1,000 to $4,999<br />
Matt and Eva Allen<br />
Anonymous<br />
Atlas Restaurant Supply<br />
David and Ingrid Beery<br />
Benchmark Home Services<br />
Bloom Magazine<br />
Charles Steele & Associates, Inc.<br />
Frederick and Sandra Churchill<br />
Jason and Michelle Cole<br />
Bob Costello: Laughing Planet Cafe,<br />
The Village Deli, Soma Coffee<br />
Designscape<br />
Duke Energy<br />
EcoLogic<br />
Mark and Rebecca Ewing<br />
Fowler Tree Services<br />
Gallery North on the Square<br />
Elizabeth and John Gallman<br />
Doug and Blue Geiger<br />
GM<br />
Kenneth R.R. Gros Louis<br />
Edward Hutton<br />
Stephen Irish<br />
Rick and Alice Johnson<br />
Johnson Ventures, Inc.<br />
Ellen Ketterson<br />
Markey’s Rental & Staging<br />
Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation District<br />
Oliver Winery<br />
Barbara Restle<br />
Roadworthy Guitar<br />
Andy Rogers<br />
Scott and Ruth Sanders<br />
Sarke’s Tarzian, Inc.<br />
Phyllis Schwitzer<br />
St. John Associates<br />
Judy Stewart and Michael Fulton<br />
Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone<br />
Joan ten Hoor and James Dobson<br />
Twisted Limb Paperworks, LLC<br />
Bill and Mary Weeks<br />
Don and Betsy Whitehead<br />
Jennifer L.Witzke Graphic Design<br />
Myriam Wood<br />
WTTS/WGCL Radio<br />
$500 to $999<br />
Ethan Alyea, Jr.<br />
Craig Barton and Kathy Truelove-Barton<br />
Bauer & Densford<br />
Bluespring Caverns<br />
Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District<br />
Jeff and Sarah Bush<br />
CFC, Incorporated<br />
Larry Crane<br />
Allen and Marian England<br />
Ted Harris<br />
Hoosier Energy REMC<br />
Kirkwood Design Studio<br />
Bob and Beverly Kissel<br />
George and Cathy Korinek<br />
Kathleen Lobley<br />
Aaron and Amber Mast<br />
Vicky Meretsky<br />
Kimberly Munroe and Edward Comentale<br />
Del and Letty Newkirk<br />
Kathy Oakley<br />
Peine Engineering<br />
Linda Raymond and Michael Cain<br />
Raymond and Rita Rust, Jr.<br />
Louise Schlesinger<br />
Vi Simpson and William McCarty<br />
Melinda Swenson<br />
Tom Tarzian and Cathy Steele<br />
Tim Tilton and Joann Alexander<br />
Larry Weingartner<br />
John and Sue West<br />
Don and Helen Wiesler<br />
Wininger/Stolberg Homes<br />
Worm’s Way<br />
$250 to $499<br />
A Little Log Cabin in the Woods<br />
Arbor Specialists<br />
Robert Agranoff and Susan Klein<br />
Bloomington Board of Realtors<br />
Bloomington Community Arts Commission<br />
The Bloomington Herald-Times<br />
Scott Burgins and Andrea Murray<br />
Eleanor Byrnes<br />
10 new business supporters in <strong>2008</strong><br />
45 total business supporters<br />
208 new members in <strong>2008</strong><br />
770 total members<br />
Lee and Pat Casebere<br />
Dan and Debbi Conkle<br />
Thomas and Arlene Cook<br />
Doug and DeeDee Dayhoff<br />
James and Cheryl DeCaro<br />
Jim and Bobbi Diehl<br />
Robert Eno<br />
James, Sara, and Samuel Farmer<br />
Finch’s Brasserie<br />
First Appraisal Group, Inc.<br />
F. M. Bayne Fine Woodwork & Design<br />
Fourwinds Resort & Marina<br />
John Freitag<br />
Gabriel and Sara Frommer<br />
Ed Furia and Kathryn Propst<br />
Henry and Alice Gray<br />
Stephen and Vera Grubbs<br />
John Hamilton and Dawn Johnsen<br />
Haus by Lillie<br />
Indiana Heritage Arts<br />
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service<br />
Werner Jorck and Barbara Watt Jorck<br />
Ervin Kattelman and Barbara Seal<br />
Andrew Ketterson and Margaret Muir<br />
John Kyle III<br />
Lennie’s and Bloomington Brewing Company<br />
Mike Litwin and Mary Blizzard<br />
Leah Helen May<br />
Don McMasters<br />
Lara Mears Dreyer<br />
Jeffrey Mease and Marie Metelnick<br />
Jennifer Miers<br />
Monroe Bank<br />
Tim and Ann Niednagel<br />
Vincent and Elinor Ostrom<br />
Outdoor Improvements of Bloomington<br />
Joe and Joyce Peden<br />
Peppertree Floral<br />
Perfect Point Communications<br />
Carroll and Martha Ritter and Boys<br />
Ed and Claire Robertson<br />
Sare Associates, P.C.<br />
Sierra Remodeling<br />
State Employees’ Community Campaign<br />
Students Taking Active Roles Today<br />
Paul and Susan Sullivan<br />
Gregg and Judy Summerville<br />
Robert Tener<br />
Jo Throckmorton and Jillian Kinzie<br />
Mike and Betsy Trotzke<br />
Unity of Bloomington<br />
Marcia Veldman and Steve Cotter<br />
Martha Wailes<br />
Kurt and Lisa Weisner<br />
Don and Wendy Wertz<br />
$100 to $249<br />
Aim to Please<br />
Donald and Charlene Allen<br />
American Family Orthodontics<br />
Bill and Susan Andrews<br />
Garrison Armstrong and Jo Ellen Mauck Armstrong<br />
Mike and Beverly Baker<br />
Jessica Baldanzi and Kyle Schlabach<br />
Doug and Diane Bancel<br />
Keith and Ruth Barnhardt<br />
Janet Barrows<br />
Jacqui Bauer and Tom Evans<br />
Sandy and Jeff Belth<br />
Bender Lumber<br />
Monica and Michael Bennett<br />
Phil and Ruthann Berck<br />
Robert and Maryellen Bieder<br />
Bikesmiths<br />
Lamont and Tyler Black<br />
Bloomingfoods<br />
BloomingtonOnline.net<br />
Kelly and Scott Boatman<br />
Ellen Boruff<br />
Marilyn Bowie<br />
Randy and Vivien Bridges<br />
Dr. Clark Brittain and Dr. Mary Mahern<br />
M. H. Brown<br />
Hugh Brown<br />
Kathy Burns<br />
Doris Burton<br />
John Byers<br />
Julie Calfee<br />
Robert and Laura Campbell<br />
Ledford Carter<br />
Christine Carver<br />
Jim Chadwick<br />
CID Capital, Inc.<br />
Dr. Sarah Clevenger<br />
CMW Inc.<br />
Larry and Sonja Cookson<br />
James Crittenden<br />
Ray Crittenden<br />
Jennifer Crittenden<br />
Jeff Danielson, dba BrownCountyPhoto.com<br />
Gregory Demas<br />
Dan Derheimer<br />
Bob and Libby DeVoe<br />
Steve Dillon and Jessie Cook<br />
Will Ditzler<br />
Eleanore Dodge<br />
Keith Dunlap<br />
Lena Dunn Lo<br />
John and Sybil Eakin<br />
Dick and Ginny Elder<br />
Elements<br />
Eminence Elementary School Reach Classes<br />
Experiential Resources/Adventure Center<br />
FARMbloomington<br />
Steve Ferguson<br />
Susan Fernandes and Michael Hoff<br />
John Fischer<br />
Bob Flynn and Yvonne Wittmann<br />
F. C. Tucker/OBR Realtors<br />
Fossil Rain<br />
Sarah Elizabeth Frey<br />
Thomas Gallagher<br />
James Glen and Constance Cook Glen<br />
Clinton Goodin and Nicohl Birdwell Goodin<br />
Bruce Gottschall<br />
Tim Grimm and Jan Lucas-Grimm<br />
Jess Gwinn, RLS and Maureen Forrest<br />
Elizabeth Gwynn and Leroy Mysliwiec<br />
Charles and Sandra Hainz<br />
Mary Hall<br />
Russell and Constance Hanson<br />
Jeff Hartenfeld and Jen Robinson<br />
Margaret Harter<br />
Pat and Carrie Hastings<br />
Anne and Christopher Haynes<br />
Samuel P. Hays<br />
Charles Hazel<br />
Julia Heiman and Johan Verhulst<br />
Baron and Betty Hill<br />
Bill and LuAnne Holladay<br />
James Holland<br />
Norman Holy<br />
Robert and Joan Hongen<br />
Hoosier Eye Doctor<br />
Herb Hoover and Cathy Greene<br />
Katherine Hopkins<br />
Marjorie Hudgins<br />
Rich and Christina Hummel<br />
Jeanne Iler<br />
Roger and Karen Innes<br />
Martha Jacobs<br />
Jazzercise Fitness Center<br />
Jenny Johnson<br />
David and Anne Johnson<br />
Samuel and Phyllis Kazdan<br />
Mike Kelley<br />
Thomas Kelly<br />
John and Leah Ketcham<br />
Mina Kidd<br />
Iris Kiesling<br />
Sylivia and Jack King<br />
Kinsey Institute Staff<br />
Bill and Robin Klenke<br />
Slats Klug<br />
F. Hugh and Dorothy Latimer<br />
Stine Levy<br />
Limestone Daylily and Hosta Society<br />
Dan and Beth Lodge-Rigal<br />
Guy Loftman<br />
Alice Lorenz<br />
Jim and Brenda McLane<br />
Pat and Sue Medland<br />
Greg and Sue Meyer<br />
Clarke Miller<br />
Charles Mitch<br />
Laura Mojonnier and Armin Moczek<br />
Matt Murphy<br />
Patrick Murphy<br />
Elisabeth Myers<br />
Myers Croxton Group, LLC<br />
Judge Edward W. Najam, Jr.<br />
Donald Nuetzman<br />
Olson and Company P.C., CPAs<br />
Thomas and Mary Lu Orr<br />
Angela Parker<br />
David Parkhurst<br />
Roger and Carol Parks<br />
Richard and Harriet Pfister<br />
Joyce Poling<br />
Robert Poortinga and Barbara Hawkins<br />
Keely Porter<br />
Frona and Ron Powell<br />
Printmasters<br />
Franklin and B.L. Prosser<br />
Pygmalion’s Art Supplies<br />
Rudolf and Elizabeth Raff<br />
Charles and Lois Rampacek<br />
Wendy Reed and Mark Clark<br />
Jim Richard and Carolyn Rogers Richard<br />
Jim and Sheryl Richards<br />
Jeff and Tori Richardson<br />
Thayr and Virginia Richey<br />
Roots on the Square<br />
Kathy and Al Ruesink<br />
David and Kristin Rust<br />
Mark Ryan<br />
Sarah Ryterband<br />
Michael Satterfield<br />
David and Margaret Schaefer<br />
Jack Scherer<br />
Steve Seitzinger<br />
James Shackelford<br />
Carol Shapiro<br />
John Sharpnack<br />
Kevin and Barbara Sheehan<br />
Janette and William Shetter<br />
Tim Shier<br />
Brent and Linda Sievers<br />
Marion Sinclair<br />
Gary and Pequita Sissom<br />
Shane Slaven<br />
Smith Family<br />
Ted Smith-Peterson<br />
Sole Sensations<br />
Jon and Linda Stafford<br />
Janet Stavropoulos<br />
Steele-Beard Electrical Company, Inc.<br />
Gary and Anne Steigerwald<br />
Stillframes Photography and Design<br />
Eric and Laura Stolberg<br />
Cathy Stone<br />
Al and Lee Strickholm<br />
Roderick Suthers<br />
Jim Sutton<br />
Ben Swanson<br />
Rod and Kristen Taylor<br />
Eleanor Tener<br />
The Awards Center<br />
The Tailored Fit<br />
Tim Terry Jewelry and Fine Antiques<br />
Paul Toddy<br />
Cliff and Jo Travis<br />
Maria Viterisi<br />
Moira Wedekind and Vladimir Derenchuk<br />
Anna Weiser<br />
Mary Beth Wert<br />
Todd Whitlock, DDS<br />
Jason Wilber<br />
Tim Wiley<br />
Arl and Carol Williams<br />
Larry and Mary Wise<br />
Brad and Eryn Wisler<br />
Shari Woodbury<br />
David Yeomans<br />
Tom Zeller<br />
Paul and Charlotte Zietlow<br />
Foundation Support<br />
$105,000<br />
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable <strong>Trust</strong><br />
$30,000<br />
Dr. Laura Hare Charitable <strong>Trust</strong><br />
$7,500<br />
Bussing-Koch Foundation, Inc.<br />
$7,500<br />
Namaste Foundation<br />
$1,728<br />
Lynton K. and Helen W. Caldwell<br />
Fund of the Community Foundation<br />
of Bloomington & Monroe County<br />
$1,000<br />
Harry Cobey Foundation<br />
$750<br />
Flowers Family Foundation<br />
$300<br />
Edward L. Hutton Foundation<br />
$100<br />
Sam Shine Foundation, Inc.<br />
THANK YOU<br />
SLT is only able to accomplish its mission<br />
through the generous support of the individuals,<br />
businesses, and foundations willing<br />
to invest in our special place. You help<br />
provide healthy habitat for wildlife, plants,<br />
trees, and people. Hundreds and even<br />
thousands of years from now, people may<br />
look back at what happened to America’s<br />
landscape during the twenty-first century<br />
and see that the land trust movement—now<br />
over 1700 strong and growing—literally<br />
changed the natural history of America.<br />
Photo by Charlie Savage, Buckbeech Studios<br />
A new SLT supporter enjoys the Hillbilly Haiku<br />
Americana Music festival.<br />
Upland Brewing Company—<br />
Indiana’s best-selling microbrewery—earned<br />
SLT’s <strong>2008</strong><br />
Conservation Business of the<br />
Year. Upland’s many investments<br />
in the vitality of Indiana’s communities,<br />
forests, wetlands, and family farms include<br />
donating10% of the profits from the sales of its special<br />
Preservation Pilsner to SLT and other conservation<br />
groups. SLT has enjoyed in-kind contributions<br />
and event sponsorships from Upland, including the<br />
hosting of September’s Hillbilly Haiku Americana<br />
Music Festival.<br />
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Volunteers<br />
Photo by Hugh Hazelrigg<br />
These Art for All Seasons contributing artists<br />
enjoyed the opening of the Exhibition at Gallery<br />
North on the Square. Back two rows, l to r:<br />
Jeanne Iler, Carolyn Rogers Richard, Jeff Danielson,<br />
Anabel Hopkins, Cathy Korinek, James Alexander<br />
Thom, Heather Michelle Pollock, Judy Norris,<br />
Jim Richard, Kriste Lindberg, Arlene Cook, and ?;<br />
Front row, l to r: Lisa Tipton. Kathy Truelove-Barton,<br />
Margaret Gohn, and Tricia Hesier-Wente.<br />
SLT’s <strong>2008</strong> Outstanding Volunteer of the Year<br />
was Jeff Richardson, who invested countless hours<br />
of heavy labor building SLT’s Beanblossom Bottoms<br />
Environmental Education Trail. He and over 300<br />
volunteers made it possible for visitors to travel deep<br />
into a bottomland hardwood forest on a twomile<br />
loop of grass, gravel, wooden puncheon,<br />
and boardwalk. After completion, the trail was<br />
damaged by the major June <strong>2008</strong> flood that hit<br />
Monroe County. Richardson helped repair and<br />
strengthen the trail over the summer months.<br />
It is once again open to the public dawn to<br />
dusk for birding, studying plants and wildlife,<br />
and looking forward with optimism to clean air,<br />
soil, and water for centuries to come.<br />
Left: Beanblossom Bottoms Environmental<br />
Education Trail, sponsored by Duke Energy and<br />
the Dr. Laura Hare Charitable <strong>Trust</strong>.<br />
Volunteers from the cooperative art gallery Gallery<br />
North on the Square were essential in organizing the<br />
innovative and profitable Art for All Seasons Art Show<br />
and Calendar. The project motivated caring citizens to<br />
invest both in SLT saving land and in Gallery North providing<br />
fine art for our community. Over 35 southern Indiana<br />
artists contributed to the juried art show, creating<br />
paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures. Gallery<br />
North member-owners also helped stage two plein air<br />
paint-outs on SLT’s preserves in preparation for the show.<br />
Photo by G. Lynn Hufford<br />
Financial Data for Fiscal Year July 2007-July <strong>2008</strong><br />
150 volunteers working on land stewardship<br />
80 volunteers helping stage events<br />
6 years old to 70 years old:<br />
age range of volunteers<br />
BOARD MEMBERS & STAFF<br />
Board<br />
Mike R. Baker<br />
Doug Dayhoff<br />
John Gallman, President<br />
John M. Kyle III<br />
George J. Korinek<br />
Terry Marbach, Treasurer<br />
Vicky Meretsky<br />
Rich Peine, Vice President<br />
Patricia Pizzo<br />
Carroll Ritter<br />
Andy Rogers<br />
Joan ten Hoor, Secretary<br />
Maria Viterisi<br />
W. William Weeks<br />
Income $414,063 Expenses $244,038<br />
Advisory Board<br />
Ross Brittain<br />
Steve Ferguson<br />
Kenneth R.R. Gros Louis<br />
Baron Hill<br />
Rick Johnson<br />
Mark Kruzan<br />
James Madison<br />
Edward W. Najam, Jr.<br />
Del Newkirk<br />
Anthony Pizzo<br />
Scott Russell Sanders<br />
Vi Simpson<br />
Judith Stewart<br />
Tom Tarzian<br />
Debbie Turner<br />
Maryrose Wampler<br />
Don Whitehead<br />
Board Meetings<br />
Board meetings are open to everyone and usually take place<br />
the second Monday of the month, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Call<br />
812-336-5382 to confirm, and for directions to Cedar Crest.<br />
Executive Director Christian Freitag<br />
Outreach Coordinator Erin Hollinden<br />
Assistant Director John Lawrence<br />
Environmental Education Coordinator Carroll Ritter<br />
Environmental Educator Maggie Sullivan<br />
SPEA Fellow Katie Maudlin<br />
Graphic Design Jennifer Witzke<br />
Membership<br />
and other gifts<br />
36%<br />
Foundations 29%<br />
Corporations 10%<br />
Special Events 9%<br />
Investments<br />
and Rental<br />
16%<br />
Development<br />
General<br />
18%<br />
Management<br />
14%<br />
Programs 68%<br />
8<br />
Remaining assets invested in stewardship endowment, legal defense fund, operating reserve, and interest-bearing investments.
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