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<strong>FALL</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />
New Recognition, New Goals<br />
This summer, the National Land Trust Alliance<br />
recognized <strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy for its conservation<br />
efforts by awarding it national accreditation,<br />
one of only 5 percent of land trust nationwide<br />
to receive this honor.<br />
The Accreditation seal means that TC meets<br />
national quality standards for land preservation.<br />
The award came only after a rigorous, 18-month<br />
application and review process that looked<br />
closely at how the Conservancy runs its programs<br />
and examined every aspect of its operations.<br />
Photo by Kathleen Connally<br />
Photo by<br />
Maureen Santina<br />
“The Conservancy does its work and does it<br />
well, even though we are a small group,” says<br />
Jim Engel, TC executive director. Out of the 1,700 land trusts in existence across the country, the number<br />
accredited will never top 10 percent, he adds, so the Conservancy membership and the greater community<br />
should feel proud to have achieved this distinction.<br />
But what does it mean for <strong>Tinicum</strong>? What’s the next step? For Engel and the Conservancy Trustees, it is stewardship.<br />
“Securing a conservation easement is only the first step in the land preservation process and the one<br />
most familiar to the public,” Engel says. The Conservancy currently holds 89 conservation easements covering<br />
more than 3,700 acres in the township. Stewardship means (cont. on pg. 5)<br />
2nd Annual Membership Celebration<br />
Under blue skies with just a hint of fall in the air,<br />
more than 85 <strong>Tinicum</strong> neighbors mingled for the<br />
second annual membership celebration of<br />
<strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy. Phil Gillespie and Dan<br />
Randall were hosts for the Sept. 20 event, which<br />
showcased the broad meadows and lovingly<br />
restored farmhouse on their hilltop property on<br />
Municipal Road. (cont. on pg. 4)<br />
1<br />
Ron Novak + Betsi Campbell +<br />
Stana Lennox + Pat Lesko<br />
DON’T MISS:<br />
• Membership Listing (pgs. 6/7)<br />
Inside this issue:<br />
President’s Corner 2<br />
Conservancy Information 2<br />
Shout Out 3<br />
Home Grown 8<br />
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water 9<br />
The People Page 10<br />
Conservation Spotlight 11<br />
Fall TINICUM CONSERVANCY <strong>2009</strong>
OUR MISSION<br />
To protect our rural character and natural resources through community-based land conservation.<br />
TINICUM CONSERVANCY<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
BOARD OF TRUSTEES<br />
Jim Vaseleck, President<br />
Diane Allison, Vice President<br />
Peggy Enoch, Secretary<br />
Richard Rosamilia, Treasurer<br />
Nancy Bousum<br />
Betsi Campbell<br />
Tom Casola<br />
Jack Halstead<br />
STAFF<br />
Jim Engel, Executive Director<br />
Jim Klein, Administrative Assistant<br />
NEWSLETTER STAFF<br />
Dianna Sinovic, Editor/Writer<br />
Kris Becker, Creative Director<br />
CONTRIBU<strong>TO</strong>RS:<br />
Diane Allison, Karen Budd, Betsi<br />
Campbell, Tom Casola, Kathleen<br />
Connally, Peggy Enoch, Vicki<br />
Jenkins, Martie Kyde, Stana Lennox<br />
Common Ground is published bi-annually<br />
by <strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy.<br />
GENERAL INFORMATION<br />
<strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy<br />
P.O. Box 206<br />
Erwinna, PA 18920<br />
(Street address: 965 River Road,<br />
Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972)<br />
P: 610-294-1077<br />
F: 610-294-2908<br />
E: tinicumconserv@epix.net<br />
W: www.<strong>Tinicum</strong>Conservancy.org<br />
<strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy is a recognized 501(c)(3)<br />
charitable organization and exists for charitable,<br />
educational and scientific purposes.<br />
We welcome your comments,<br />
questions and suggestions.<br />
Dear Members and Friends:<br />
PRESIDENT’S CORNER<br />
<strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy’s new accreditation (see Page 1) is a worthy<br />
achievement, but this is not the time to rest on our laurels. We must<br />
continue to vigorously pursue new easements on currently<br />
unprotected properties throughout <strong>Tinicum</strong>. And we must, at the<br />
same time, increase our efforts to ensure proper stewardship over<br />
the many acres that have already been entrusted to our care. Since<br />
we are limited in these responsibilities only by our resources, it is<br />
more important than ever that <strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy marshal them<br />
wisely.<br />
Therefore, we are currently reviewing and updating all of our<br />
existing policies and operating procedures. We have moved into new<br />
space that allows us to work and to maintain proper files and<br />
documentation on existing easements in a more productive way. We<br />
are in the process of recruiting a new staff member to oversee our<br />
stewardship activities and ensure that they measure up to the best<br />
national standards. This person will also help see that these policies<br />
and procedures are consistently implemented across all the land we<br />
protect.<br />
All of this growth and development has been made possible by the<br />
commitment of our volunteers and the active support of the<br />
residents of <strong>Tinicum</strong>. As President of the <strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy, let<br />
me extend my thanks to all of you who have helped us to achieve our<br />
success to date. We could not have done it without you. Because we<br />
receive no funding from the Township, now, more than ever, we need<br />
your involvement, we need your contributions, we need your vocal<br />
support of conservation as the best way to<br />
preserve the quality of life that we all enjoy.<br />
Please get involved in any way possible. Please<br />
give if you can.<br />
I am very proud of what we have achieved<br />
together, and I am excited about the continuing<br />
opportunities we have to make a difference in the<br />
future.<br />
Page 2 TINICUM CONSERVANCY Fall <strong>2009</strong>
Your Conservancy could not<br />
function without its volunteers.<br />
The Executive Director and Trustees<br />
would like to thank these generous<br />
people for their recent gifts of time.<br />
To become a volunteer, please contact<br />
Stana Lennox: harvesthouse2@epix.net<br />
or 610.294.9210.<br />
SHOUT OUT<br />
Karen and Boyce Budd – for the use of their barn for the Strategic<br />
Planning Focus Groups.<br />
Peggy Enoch, John Moore, Beverly Place and Maureen Book – for<br />
non-member mailing.<br />
John Moore, Peggy Enoch, Kris Becker and Stana Lennox – for<br />
helping us pack up from the Stover Mill and unpacking at the new office;<br />
and Todd Quinby and John Quinby and Quinby & Sons - for<br />
moving us to the new office.<br />
Bill Cahill, Karen and Boyce Budd, Dianna Sinovic, Maureen Book, Diane Allison, John Moore, Nancy<br />
Bousum, June Rothkopf, Marti Kyde, Stana Lennox, Kris Becker, Jim Vaseleck, and Hank Cochran – for volunteering<br />
at the TC booth at the <strong>Tinicum</strong> Arts Festival.<br />
<strong>2009</strong> RIVER ROAD JUNE CLEANUP VOLUNTEERS:<br />
Front row (kneeling), left to right: Carol Sadley, Rob Morrison, Pat<br />
Lesko, Doug Sardo Back row (standing), left to right June Rothkopf, Ros<br />
Cahill, Bill Cahill, Paul Shaw, Beverly Place, Norm MacArthur, Bill Novak<br />
(Photo by John Moore)<br />
John Moore and Rob Morrison – for coordinating the<br />
TC River Road Cleanup. Those who participated in the<br />
April cleanup: Pat Lesko, Norm MacArthur, Bill Novak,<br />
Beverly Place, June Rothkopf, Doug Sardo, Gil<br />
Wechsler, Stana Lennox, Jon Kelly, Diane and Dave<br />
Allison, Karen and Boyce Budd, Roz and Bill Cahill,<br />
John Moore and Rob Morrison. Those who helped at<br />
the June Cleanup: Roz and Bill Cahill, Norm MacArthur,<br />
Bill Novak, June Rothkopf, Carol Sadley, Doug<br />
Sardo, Paul Shaw, Pat Lesko, Ron Novak, Beverly<br />
Place, Rob Morrison and John Moore.<br />
June Rothkopf, Beverly Place, Betsi Campbell, John<br />
Baron, Karen Budd, Boyce Budd, Jim Engel and Stana<br />
Lennox – for providing refreshments for the New Office<br />
Open House on May 15.<br />
Kris Becker, Betsi and John Campbell – for the postcard<br />
creation and mailing for the TC Membership Celebration.<br />
Phil Gillespie and Dan Randall – for hosting the TC Membership Celebration on their beautiful, conserved property.<br />
Others who helped with the celebration: Betsi Cambell, June Rothkopf, Beverly Place, Happy and George Shipley,<br />
Peg and Tex Enoch, Kris Becker, John Moore, Rob Morrison, The Golden Pheasant, Dianna Sinovic, Marti<br />
Kyde, Karen and Boyce Budd, John Baron, Jack and Marlene Halstead,<br />
Pat Lesko, Ron Novak, and Stana Lennox, Diane Allison,<br />
John Baron, Nancy Bousum<br />
Kris Becker, Jean Henry and Stana Lennox – for the creation and<br />
distribution of the “Open House” postcard.<br />
Joan Carter – for providing the native plants for our Native Plant program<br />
on September 12.<br />
Happy Shipley, John Moore, Karen and Boyce Budd, Walt Schneiderwind,<br />
and Roy Johnson – for removing invasive Japanese knotweed.<br />
Photo by<br />
Karen Budd<br />
Happy Shipley, knotweed warrior<br />
Fall <strong>2009</strong> TINICUM CONSERVANCY Page 3
2ND ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP CELEBRATION<br />
(cont. from pg. 1) To begin the event, restoration ecologist and former Conservancy Trustee Jeff Keller led visitors on a<br />
walk of the conserved land. The tour ended back at the farmhouse lawn, where other Conservancy members and guests<br />
munched on finger foods and sipped wine. Dianna Sinovic and Kris Becker were given a volunteer recognition award,<br />
which will be presented annually in the future. Several dozen shirts, donated by local businessman R. Dale<br />
Whittenberger, were raffled off.<br />
Conservancy Executive Director Jim Engel reminded members how remarkable this community is when it comes to<br />
protecting land – 33 percent of the area is preserved. “That’s very unusual,” he said. “I doubt many other municipality<br />
in Pennsylvania can say that.” - Article by Dianna Sinovic/Photos by Martie Kyde (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22,<br />
23) Peggy Enoch (1, 6, 7, 10, 15, 19) and Vicki Jenkins ( 14, 17)<br />
2<br />
Karen Budd + Happy Shipley +<br />
Bridget Wingert<br />
3<br />
Sarah Anne Gillespie Randall +<br />
Eleanor Grace Gillespie Randall<br />
4<br />
Peggy & Tex Enoch<br />
5<br />
Nick & Sharon Forte<br />
7<br />
Nancy Bousum + Maria Fell<br />
6<br />
Dianna Sinovic + Kris Becker<br />
8<br />
Mary & Ham Pucci<br />
10<br />
Rob Morrison + John Moore<br />
9<br />
Jim Engel + Bob Stanfield<br />
“Health is the capacity of the land<br />
for self-renewal. Conservation is our<br />
effort to understand and preserve<br />
this capacity.”<br />
- Aldo Leopold<br />
11 John Baron<br />
12 John Quinby<br />
Page 4 TINICUM CONSERVANCY Fall <strong>2009</strong>
2ND ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP CELEBRATION<br />
13<br />
Lew & Sharon Daniels +<br />
Peggy Enoch<br />
15<br />
Stana Lennox + Jim Klein<br />
14<br />
Jeff Keller leading group tour<br />
of the property<br />
16<br />
Bob Stanfield + Nick Forte<br />
18<br />
Paul Wieand + John Seng<br />
17<br />
Jeff Keller and group<br />
19<br />
Dianna Sinovic + Vicki<br />
Jenkins + Ham Pucci<br />
20<br />
Richard Lennox + Kris Becker<br />
21<br />
Karen Budd + Bev Place<br />
22 Tex Enoch<br />
Stu & Sally Horn +<br />
23<br />
Nancy Bousum<br />
New Recognition, New Goals<br />
(cont. from pg. 1) working alongside landowners to carefully look after<br />
the conserved land so that it is sustained or enhanced for future generations.<br />
Monitoring is one aspect of that, but Engel stresses that stewardship<br />
also includes outreach to easement owners and other conservation-minded landowners. As such, the Conservancy will act as<br />
a resource for landowners and residents, offering insightful information, connections to national resource professionals, and advice<br />
for property owners, as well as regular tours of conserved land for the broader community.<br />
Long-term stewardship is important for three reasons, he says:<br />
• The Conservancy has a growing number of easements to oversee and monitor.<br />
• The rigorous requirements of accreditation require an increasing stewardship role for land conservancies.<br />
• The Conservancy wants to be proactive and encourage good land management, which will improve the environment for<br />
everyone.<br />
“It’s an integrated approach, combining both monitoring and stewardship,” Engel says.<br />
- Article by Dianna Sinovic<br />
Fall <strong>2009</strong> TINICUM CONSERVANCY Page 5
<strong>TO</strong>GETHER, PROTECTING T<br />
5 Good Reasons to Protect <strong>Tinicum</strong><br />
and Become a Conservancy Member<br />
We’re local: Your<br />
donation goes to work<br />
right here at <strong>Tinicum</strong><br />
Conservancy.<br />
Everyone benefits:<br />
Ensuring clean water,<br />
protecting local farms,<br />
safeguarding healthy<br />
forests and preserving our<br />
rural character benefit every <strong>Tinicum</strong> resident. We need<br />
everyone’s generous support to get the job done.<br />
It’s a good investment: Our recent national accreditation means<br />
that your gift not only benefits a worthy cause, but also will be<br />
spent wisely and put to the best use.<br />
Looking forward: The Conservancy’s mission not only benefits<br />
our families, but also future generations, who will be thankful<br />
for those who protected our community today.<br />
If not you, then who? Every gift helps, no matter its size.<br />
Page 6<br />
Friends of <strong>Tinicum</strong><br />
The Friends of <strong>Tinicum</strong> is a small group of visionary residents<br />
who generously contribute an unrestricted gift of $1,000 or<br />
more over a period of one year. Members of the “Friends”<br />
understand that safeguarding our vanishing open spaces<br />
requires a proactive organization that has the resources<br />
necessary to respond to once-in-a-life-time opportunities and<br />
develop long-term relationships with conservation-minded<br />
landowners.<br />
Friends of <strong>Tinicum</strong> receive special tours of local open space,<br />
invitations to gatherings at local farms and estates, personal<br />
updates on our conservation projects, and one very special gift –<br />
the satisfaction of knowing that your donation is helping to<br />
secure a better future for <strong>Tinicum</strong> and all its residents.<br />
Photo by Maureen Santina<br />
Become a Friends of<br />
<strong>Tinicum</strong> supporter for a<br />
minimum of $83 per<br />
month, $250 per quarter,<br />
$500 twice a year, or a<br />
single contribution of<br />
$1,000 or more.<br />
RETURNING<br />
Every year hundreds of our members choose to renew their co<br />
support and loyalty! The following members have<br />
Alexander & Christine Liddie<br />
Alfred & Margaret Enoch<br />
Amy & Peter Glascott<br />
Anita Crossland & Carol Sadley<br />
Ann Albright<br />
Anthony Miller<br />
Betsi & John Campbell<br />
Brian & Marianne Fluehr<br />
Bruce Herzog & Nancy McCarthy<br />
Carl & Pam Asplundh<br />
Charles & Susan Scholer<br />
Charlotte Freeman & Bernard Shapiro<br />
Clarence Keene<br />
Cynthia & Tibor Keler<br />
Dale & Nieves Roadcap<br />
David Bader & Michelle Berrong<br />
David Phillips & Lisa Berkley<br />
David Rasner & Caroline Wischmann<br />
Dianna Sinovic<br />
Donald & Ida Canfield<br />
Douglas & Kathy Hay<br />
Douglas Hahn & Joann Fick<br />
Dryfoos Charitable Trust<br />
Earl & Joanne Rinehold<br />
Elizabeth Orlemann<br />
Frances Trager<br />
Frank & Ann Herbsleb<br />
Frank & Constance Carroll<br />
George English<br />
Gilbert Wechsler & Doug Sardo<br />
Giorgio & Maria Vannucci<br />
Golden Pheasant Inn<br />
Grace Manes<br />
NEW ME<br />
Thank you to our new members. The Conservancy’s succes<br />
community members. The following people have joined<br />
Damon Aherne<br />
John Baron<br />
Heather Beyer<br />
Thomas & Cynthia Deibert<br />
<strong>2009</strong> FRIENDS OF<br />
TINICUM<br />
Year to Date<br />
Diane & David Allison<br />
Tom Casola & Sue Smithers<br />
Susan Dryfoos<br />
James & Dawn Engel<br />
Stuart & Sally Horn<br />
Janet Ruttenberg<br />
Gwen Greenhaus<br />
H & Barbara Tiffany<br />
H. Boyce & Karen Budd<br />
James Klein<br />
James Revie<br />
Jan & Art Anderson<br />
Janet Ruttenberg<br />
Jeff Miller<br />
Jim Vaseleck & Hank Cochran<br />
Joann Hamilton<br />
Joanne Lund & Brian Dougherty<br />
John & Cynthia Cole<br />
John Eshelman & Maria Giordano<br />
John Moore & Robert Morrison<br />
John Seng<br />
John Simonelli<br />
Jonathan & Melissa Reiss<br />
Joseph & Carol Allison<br />
Joseph & Claire Billingham<br />
Joseph & Patricia Barbosa<br />
Joseph Hudak<br />
Joseph Wisdo<br />
Josephine French<br />
June Rothkopf & Paul Wieand<br />
Kathleen Allen<br />
Kenneth & Renee Andersen<br />
Kent & Natalie Shinbach<br />
Kristine & Jerome Becker<br />
Kurt Schneider<br />
Leonard & Helen Evelev<br />
Lewis & Sharon Daniels<br />
Lisa Sandler<br />
Louis & Janet Cicalese<br />
Ronald & Virginia DiLeo<br />
Kathleen Fitzgibbon<br />
Sarah Fleck<br />
Phillip Gillespie & Daniel Randall<br />
Jim Vaseleck & Hank Cochran<br />
Anonymous<br />
FOUNDATION FRIENDS<br />
Helen Bader Foundation<br />
Beneficia Foundation<br />
Wallace Global Fund<br />
All photos in this spread<br />
TINICUM CO
HE FUTURE - OUR LAND<br />
MEMBERS<br />
mmitment to land preservation. Thank you for your generous<br />
renewed between April 1 and August 31, <strong>2009</strong> :<br />
Louis Pruitt & Suzanne Stratton<br />
Maria Fell<br />
Mary Ellen Mathews<br />
Mary Hallowell<br />
Matthew & Margaret Balitsaris<br />
Maureen Book<br />
Michael & Patricia Burke<br />
Michael & Sharon Killough<br />
Michael Jugovich<br />
Michael Moss & Ellen Chapman<br />
Mindy & Eliot Friedman<br />
Nancy & Peter Bousum<br />
Neil & Marion Kyde<br />
Nicholas & Sharon Forte<br />
Nicholas Domiano<br />
Norma Cole<br />
Norman & Diane Schaefer<br />
Norman Holland-Hull<br />
Norman MacArthur & Bill Novak<br />
Palmer Lodge<br />
Patricia Lesko & Ronald Novak<br />
Peggy Ryker<br />
Peter Batts & Karyn Porson<br />
Philip & Dian Herman<br />
Philip Pfeifer<br />
Phillip Szymanowski<br />
R. Dale & Gail Whittenberger<br />
Richard & Barbara Brookman<br />
Richard Beaumont & Deborah Hinckley<br />
Richard VanDuzer & Clement Garrison<br />
Robert & Barbara Gertman<br />
Robert & Frances Elliott<br />
Robert & Jean Stanfield<br />
MBERS<br />
s is due in part to the generous support of a broad range of<br />
the Conservancy between April 1 and August 31, <strong>2009</strong>:<br />
Jacqueline Hall-Handelman & David<br />
Handelman<br />
Victoria & Charles Jenkins<br />
David & Debra Lord<br />
EXTRA GIFTS<br />
Nancy & Peter Bousum<br />
H. Boyce & Karen Budd<br />
Michael & Patricia Burke<br />
Nicholas Domiano<br />
Maria Fell<br />
Brian & Marianne Fluehr<br />
Michael & Sharon Killough<br />
by Kathleen Connally<br />
Robert & Sonja Rickert<br />
Robert Ferguson & Richard Foggio<br />
Robert Hanley<br />
Robin & Penelope Lochner<br />
Ron & Chris Warmingham<br />
Ronald & Anne Molatto<br />
Ronald & Joan Carter<br />
Samuel & Hannah Shipley<br />
Scott & Cathy Reynolds<br />
Shepard & Grace Morgan<br />
Sidney & Ruth Sklaroff<br />
Stephen Freeman & Sandra Wonsidler<br />
Stephen Victor<br />
Steven & Marianne Snyder<br />
Steven Prekup<br />
Steven Tuttleman & Elizabeth Cuthrell<br />
Stuart & Sally Horn<br />
Susan & Larry French<br />
Susan Goodrich<br />
Theodore & Jeanne Klaus<br />
Theodore & Susan Wachtel<br />
Thomas & Edith Woodman<br />
Thomas & Eleanor Neibauer<br />
Thomas & Margaret Copenhaver<br />
Vernon & Jean Wehrung<br />
Virginia & Neal Sigety<br />
William & Deborah Ruth<br />
William & Maureen Harvey<br />
William & Rosalyn Cahill<br />
William Feller<br />
Susan & Scott Moran<br />
Leonard & Barbara Riches<br />
Palmer & Linda Ward<br />
John & Trudy Marie Wonder<br />
IN MEMORY OF <strong>TO</strong>DD A.<br />
BLACKBURN<br />
Palmer & Linda Ward<br />
CORPORATE MATCHING<br />
GIFTS 2008 - <strong>2009</strong><br />
Exxon<br />
Johnson & Johnson<br />
Year-End Giving Opportunities<br />
As the year comes to an<br />
end, we are ever mindful<br />
that contributions to the<br />
Conservancy are taxdeductible.<br />
Contributions<br />
are a wonderful way to<br />
show your support for<br />
present and future<br />
generations of <strong>Tinicum</strong><br />
residents, who will benefit from your generous gift.<br />
CASH<br />
Cash, usually in the form of a check or credit card, is the<br />
most common and popular type of gift.<br />
MATCHING GIFTS<br />
Many employers will match your contribution. Just ask them<br />
for their support!<br />
APPRECIATED ASSETS<br />
If you decide to make a gift of appreciated assets, you are<br />
making a wise choice. These include stocks, securities, nonopen<br />
space real estate, individual retirement plans, mutual<br />
funds, tangible property or closely held stock you have owned<br />
over a twelve-month period. You will receive an immediate<br />
tax deduction and avoid paying capital gains.<br />
CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS!<br />
Purchase a Conservancy gift membership for a friend or<br />
family member for the person who has everything.<br />
PLEDGES<br />
We welcome pledges for up to two or three years with<br />
extraordinary gifts. This enables you to spread your gift over a<br />
longer period of time.<br />
ENCOURAGE OTHERS<br />
Tell your friends, family and neighbors about the<br />
Conservancy and encourage them to become members.<br />
SPECIAL NOTE:<br />
In the next two weeks you will<br />
receive a request in the mail for<br />
a year-end gift. This request is<br />
especially urgent this year and<br />
will help us to seize new open<br />
space opportunities in 2010.<br />
NSERVANCY Page 7
ALL WEEK<br />
The Market At Delaware Valley<br />
College<br />
www.delval.edu/themarket/faqs.htm<br />
215-230-7170<br />
Location: 2100 Lower State Road,<br />
Doylestown, PA 18901<br />
Time: Monday - Saturday from 9 am to<br />
7pm and Sunday from 9am to 5:30 pm.<br />
Closed on holidays.<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
Springtown Farmer’s Market<br />
www.springtownfarmersmarket.org<br />
610-346-6700 ext. 23<br />
Location: Springtown Firehouse, 1030<br />
Main St,- Rt. 212/412, Springtown, PA<br />
Time: Wednesdays, May 6 - Oct. 28<br />
3pm to 6pm<br />
THURSDAY<br />
BCFA’s Lower Makefield Farmer’s<br />
Market<br />
www.buckscountyfoodshedalliance.org<br />
215-860-7081<br />
Location: Edgewood Road at Heacock<br />
Rd. in Lower Makefield, PA. 19067<br />
Time: Thursdays June - Mid October<br />
3:30pm - 6:30pm<br />
New Hope Farmer’s Market<br />
www.newhopemarket.org<br />
763-531-5196<br />
Location: New Hope - Solebury<br />
High School, 180 W<br />
Bridge St, New Hope, Pa<br />
Time: Thursdays, May 7 -<br />
November 19, 3:30 - 7pm<br />
FRIDAY<br />
Linden Hill Farmer’s Market<br />
www.lindenhillgardens.com/<br />
farmers-market/<br />
610-847-1300<br />
Location: 8230 Easton Road<br />
(Route 611 between Routes 113<br />
& 412), Ottsville, PA<br />
Time: Fridays, May 29 - October<br />
30, 3:30-7:30 pm<br />
HOME GROWN<br />
Here in Bucks County, we’re especially lucky to have a plethora of farm stands selling fresh, healthy local produce - and we’ve<br />
listed many of them in previous issues of Common Ground. We are further blessed to have a considerable number of farmer’s markets<br />
where such individual growers and producers come together at certain times and places to make shopping and selection even<br />
easier. In fact, during growing season, at least one market is open every day of the week in Bucks.<br />
With harvest season in mind, we present a number of them below. Bon appétit!<br />
(For additional information on local foods, go to: www.buylocalpa.org)<br />
Quakertown Farmers Market<br />
www.quakertownfarmersmkt.com/<br />
215-536-4115<br />
Location: Station Road, Quakertown,<br />
PA<br />
Time: Open YEAR ROUND, Friday<br />
and Saturday 9 to 9, Sunday 10<br />
to 5<br />
SATURDAY<br />
The Doylestown Farmers Market<br />
www.doylestownfarmersmarket.com/<br />
215-345-5355<br />
Location: 25 S Hamilton St, Doylestown,<br />
PA<br />
Time: Open Saturdays from the third<br />
Saturday in April until the Saturday<br />
before Thanksgiving (except the weekend<br />
of the Doylestown Arts Festival -<br />
usually the Saturday after Labor Day<br />
Weekend) from 7 am to noon.<br />
Plumsteadville Grange Farm Market<br />
www.plumsteadvillegrange.org<br />
215-766-770<br />
Location: Route 611 just north of<br />
Stump Road, in Plumsteadville, PA<br />
Time: Every Saturday from June 7 until<br />
the end of October, 9 to noon<br />
Easton Farmer’s Market<br />
www.eastonfarmersmarket.com/<br />
index.html<br />
610-330-9942<br />
Location: Centre Square/Downtown<br />
Easton, PA<br />
Time: Saturdays, May-October<br />
9 am -1 pm<br />
BCFA’s Wrightstown Farmer’s Market<br />
www.buckscountyfoodshedalliance.org<br />
215-860-7081<br />
Location: 2203 2nd Street Pike, adjacent to<br />
the Wrightstown Township municipal offices,<br />
Time: Every Saturday, rain or shine, from<br />
May 23 to November 21, 9am to 1pm<br />
Page 8 TINICUM CONSERVANCY Fall <strong>2009</strong>
EARTH<br />
It had rained overnight – again. But day<br />
arrived clear and hot, and the morning<br />
sun was quickly drying the puddles<br />
along my front walk. The shrubs were a<br />
lush, vibrant green…and one of them<br />
was moving! On closer look, it wasn’t<br />
the bush exactly, but the tiniest,<br />
greenest frog I have ever seen, inching out to sun itself on a<br />
Hydrangea leaf. I grabbed my Peterson Guide and identified<br />
the little guy as a Pine Barrens treefrog (Hyla andersonii). It<br />
definitely wasn’t the more common green treefrog (Hyla<br />
cinerea); the lavender and white stripes were unmistakable. I<br />
Googled Pine Barrens treefrog and learned that these<br />
amphibians dine on grubs, moths and beetles. In fact, they eat<br />
many of the same pests that chew the roots and leaves of the<br />
foilage my wife and I have been trying to encourage. Sadly, I<br />
also learned that my new front-yard tenant is an endangered<br />
species. Many of the pools that previously provided a home for<br />
Hyla andersonii have been drained for development. The good<br />
news is that while this summer’s above-average rainfall ruined<br />
many of my plans, apparently it helped regenerate habitat for<br />
the tiny and green among us. Now, I check the bush each<br />
morning to see how the little anersonii is faring, and each<br />
morning he reminds me that our earth is populated by living<br />
organisms that have a role in an intricate balance we have only<br />
just begun to understand.<br />
- Tom Casola<br />
FIRE<br />
Over the summer, we heard daily about the devastating<br />
wildfires in California, with the grim news that they were<br />
arson-related. Arson is one of the most horrific crimes<br />
perpetrated on public or private land. Not only is it expensive<br />
and challenging to bring under control, but the cost to<br />
individuals, businesses, and public and personal property, and<br />
the loss of natural resources are beyond measure. The death of<br />
two California firefighters reminds us of the risk and danger<br />
our public servants face on their jobs. We are aware that after a<br />
large wildfire, ecological recovery and regeneration can occur,<br />
but when property and lives are risked, the devastation cannot<br />
be measured in cost and recovery. The crime of arson often<br />
does not generate the public outrage that other criminal acts do<br />
– yet arson affects everyone. We pay more in taxes, insurance<br />
premiums, and construction costs. It is also one of the most<br />
difficult crimes to solve. Even with skilled investigators and a<br />
competent criminal justice system, it is a crime that often goes<br />
unpunished. Good stewardship of our land means that unusual<br />
activities that could result in<br />
unmanaged fires should be<br />
reported to the proper<br />
authorities. Let’s protect<br />
what is important, whether it<br />
be far off in California or<br />
right here in <strong>Tinicum</strong>.<br />
- Stana Lennox<br />
WIND<br />
Wind resource is expressed<br />
in terms of wind power<br />
classes, ranging from class 1<br />
(the lowest) to class 7 (the<br />
highest). Each class<br />
represents an average of<br />
wind power at specified<br />
heights above the ground. Areas designated class 3 or greater<br />
are suitable for most wind energy applications, whereas class 2<br />
areas are marginal and class 1 areas are generally not suitable.<br />
Local terrain features may interact with the windfield to cause<br />
the wind power to vary 50 to 100 percent from the assessment<br />
value. Thus, there may be local areas of high wind power in<br />
regions estimated to have low wind power; these would be<br />
areas such as plains, hilltops, ridge crests and mountain<br />
summits. Conversely, some local areas may have lower wind<br />
power than that shown by this assessment; these would be<br />
heavily wooded or urban areas. Much of the northeastern<br />
United States, including Bucks County (wind class 2), has<br />
relatively low onshore wind power, making it less desirable for<br />
wind turbines or windmill fields. (To see a wind resource map<br />
of Pennsylvania, go to www.rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/<br />
maps.html.) The middle of the country, with its vast open<br />
plains, is the most desirable area to produce power for homes<br />
and businesses from wind.<br />
- Betsi Campbell<br />
WATER<br />
We often hear about threats to our groundwater supplies. With<br />
the steady migration of people and industry from the cities to<br />
more rural areas, our groundwater supplies are indeed<br />
threatened. When it comes to groundwater protection, the<br />
initiative and responsibility in Pennsylvania lie with local<br />
communities. If we as a community are to protect our<br />
groundwater supply, we must first understand exactly what<br />
groundwater is. All water moves through a “hydrologic cycle”;<br />
groundwater is simply one stage of that cycle. Rain and snow<br />
fall and infiltrate the soil or run off into streams, lakes, and<br />
oceans. Evaporation and transpiration return the water to the<br />
atmosphere, where it condenses and again falls to earth. The<br />
water that filters through the soil and is not taken in by plants<br />
becomes groundwater, but it does not remain in the ground.<br />
Over time it will surface at an area of discharge – a spring,<br />
stream, lake, or wetland – and eventually evaporate. In<br />
<strong>Tinicum</strong>, most of us depend on groundwater for all our water<br />
usage. With the discovery in the 1970s of human-made<br />
chemicals in groundwater, we began to realize how extensively<br />
our activities could affect our<br />
water source. Your local<br />
government and local land<br />
trust are working hard to<br />
protect this important<br />
resource.<br />
- Karen Budd<br />
Fall <strong>2009</strong> TINICUM CONSERVANCY Page 9
THE PEOPLE PAGE: Meet the Board<br />
Just who runs <strong>Tinicum</strong> Conservancy? An eight-member Board of Trustees governs the organization, with day-today<br />
management handled by Executive Director Jim Engel and his staff. The board meets once a month at the<br />
Conservancy offices. Trustees serve for three years, but are limited to no more than two consecutive terms.<br />
They can serve again in the future, but they must step down for at least a year. Here’s a who’s who:<br />
BETSI CAMPBELL<br />
Betsi’s focus on the board is<br />
Conservancy membership. She<br />
spent more than 30 years<br />
developing worker displacement<br />
programs with the New Jersey<br />
Department of Labor and as a<br />
consultant for Rutgers University.<br />
She lives in a log home on 10 acres<br />
in Erwinna.<br />
<strong>TO</strong>M CASOLA<br />
Tom handles marketing and<br />
strategic planning for the board.<br />
He recently retired after 25<br />
years at Merck and Co. He lives<br />
on about seven conserved acres<br />
that are part of the former<br />
James Michener estate.<br />
JIM VASELECK<br />
President<br />
Jim, an 18-year resident of Bucks<br />
County, is an attorney for the Law<br />
School Admission Council, a<br />
nonprofit association of law<br />
schools. He lives in Uhlerstown, in<br />
Mike Uhler's former boat shop<br />
along the Delaware Canal.<br />
RICHARD<br />
ROSAMILIA<br />
Treasurer<br />
Rich, the financial expert<br />
on the board, is a civil<br />
engineer who oversees<br />
the operations of an<br />
ocean sand mining<br />
company in the greater<br />
New York region. He<br />
lives in Erwinna.<br />
NANCY BOUSUM<br />
Nancy has lived in<br />
<strong>Tinicum</strong> Township for<br />
more than 30 years. She’s<br />
a Realtor. As a board<br />
trustee, she manages the<br />
Conservancy’s easement<br />
monitoring program. In<br />
her free hours, she’s<br />
likely on her bike or in<br />
her garden.<br />
DIANE ALLISON<br />
Vice President<br />
Diane, an avid birder, develops the<br />
Conservancy’s Conservation Spotlight<br />
programs. She works in<br />
microbiological quality assurance for<br />
Johnson & Johnson. A passionate<br />
environmentalist, Diane has<br />
converted the heating/cooling system<br />
in her home to geothermal.<br />
NOT PICTURED<br />
JACK HALSTEAD<br />
Jack is a longtime <strong>Tinicum</strong><br />
resident who is an avid<br />
fisherman and gardener.<br />
PEGGY ENOCH<br />
Secretary<br />
A longtime Ottsville resident, Peggy is<br />
involved in a number of community<br />
activities, from Conservancy board to the<br />
Palisades Community Chorus.<br />
She spent 30 years as an educator, and is a<br />
board member of the Bucks County<br />
Reading Council. Peggy enjoys bird<br />
watching and kayaking in the area.<br />
JIM ENGEL<br />
Executive Director<br />
Jim brings a life-time passion for the<br />
natural environment and more than a<br />
decade of land conservancy and small<br />
non-profit experience to the job. He<br />
lives in Morris County, N.J., on 2½<br />
acres surrounded by several thousand<br />
acres of preserved farmland.<br />
Page 10 TINICUM CONSERVANCY Fall <strong>2009</strong>
<strong>2009</strong> CONSERVATION PROGRAMS<br />
Roaring Rocks Easement: A Walk on the Wild Side Conservation easements<br />
benefit all of us. They help<br />
protect water quality and diversity of wildlife and plants. They nurture both forests, which<br />
add oxygen, take in carbon dioxide and provide us with shade, and farms, which provide<br />
us with food and the rural character that we all cherish.<br />
Lands protected by conservation easements rarely allow for<br />
public access, however, because the landowner still lives on the<br />
site and the property is not under public ownership.<br />
On a rare occasion, and only under the guidance of the Conservancy, will<br />
a landowner allow a group to tour conserved land. In June, one of those<br />
rare opportunities took place: a Conservancy-guided walk of the 210-acre<br />
Roaring Rocks conservation easement.<br />
Stu Louden, the property’s owner, and Jim Engel, TC’s executive director,<br />
guided a group of 18 people on a 2½-hour exploration of this<br />
environmentally significant and scenic property. The area is crossed by<br />
numerous streams and blanketed by extensive forest. Mr. Louden shared<br />
stories about his childhood on the property and his parent’s love of the land. June was an ideal time<br />
to see the meadows sprinkled with wildflowers and experience the streams at full flow. - Article/photos by Jim Engel<br />
Bluebird boxes, vernal pools, and native plants were the<br />
focus of the Conservancy’s <strong>2009</strong> Conservation Spotlight<br />
programs.<br />
Spotlight Program Wrap Up<br />
In February, Conservancy Board Vice President and birder Diane Allison led a program on nesting birds; participants<br />
build bluebird boxes to take home.<br />
In April, Conservancy member and scientist Marion Kyde, Ph.D., discussed vernal pools<br />
and led a walk on the Cole property to see a pool. June’s<br />
program on pond life was set on Charles Shaeffer’s property,<br />
with Diane Smith, a Bucks County Audubon naturalist, and<br />
Conservancy volunteer June Rothkopf helping participants<br />
find and identify pond creatures.<br />
The series wrapped up with a September program on native plants, presented by naturalist<br />
Ann Rhoads, Ph.D. Participants visited the Allison<br />
property to identify native plants in the fields and the Kyde property to observe the<br />
impact of fencing out deer on native plants. Each participant took home a native plant<br />
and deer protection.<br />
During the next year, the Conservancy will offer a series of walks on conserved<br />
properties, where willing easement owners will share their treasured pieces of <strong>Tinicum</strong>.<br />
Please remember to respect property rights of conserved lands and appreciate the public benefits that we all receive<br />
from a healthy community.<br />
— Article/photos by Diane Allison<br />
Look for next year’s conservation programs on our website in 2010!<br />
www.<strong>Tinicum</strong>Conservancy.org<br />
Fall <strong>2009</strong> TINICUM CONSERVANCY Page 11
Consider the lasting impact of a bequest in<br />
your will or trust by helping protect the natural<br />
resources and farming heritage of <strong>Tinicum</strong>.<br />
Your contribution will be used for:<br />
• Preserving the most critical open spaces<br />
throughout <strong>Tinicum</strong><br />
• Ensuring the long-term stewardship of<br />
each conservation easement property<br />
• Educating our children, residents and<br />
landowners about this special place that<br />
we call home<br />
If you have already named us in your estate<br />
plans, we thank you for your generous gift and<br />
welcome you to the Conservation Legacy<br />
Circle.<br />
LEAVE A LEGACY, GIVE A GIFT<br />
Photo by<br />
Maureen Santina<br />
For a confidential inquiry about helping to protect the future and beauty of <strong>Tinicum</strong>,<br />
please contact TC Executive Director Jim Engel at 610.294.1077 or tinicumconserv@epix.net.<br />
P.O. Box 206, Erwinna, PA 18920<br />
NONPROFIT<br />
ORGANIZATION<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
PAID<br />
PIPERSVILLE, PA<br />
Permit No. 25<br />
Photo by Kathleen Connally
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