Newsletter-Spring '08-FINAL to printer3-6-08 - Tinicum Conservancy

Your Conservancy could notfunction without its volunteers.The Executive Director and Trusteeswould like to thank the followingpeople for their recent gifts of time.SHOUT OUTMartie Kyde – for 15 years of service to TC.Martie left the board in January. Her manycontributions include chairing the ConservationPrograms, grant writing, baseline informationgathering, Land Preservation Committeemember, newsletter writing, and anyother tasks that needed doing. TC will missMartie greatly.Ron Novak – for six very active yearson the board. Ron spent countless hoursworking on easement drafting, developingand updating the TC Board Manual,and chairing the Land PreservationCommittee. Ron held TC to the higheststandards of land protection and stewardship.His work will guide TC foryears to come.Graham and Beverly Place and BoyceBudd – for all their work setting up and tearingdown booths for the September BlockParty. Beverly also chaired the bake table, abig job. Other important volunteers wereStana Lennox, John Moore, Rob Morrison,June Rothkopf, Pat Whitacre, BetsyJacobs, Diane and Dave Allison, Joe Billinghamand Nancy and Rachel Shaffran.Maureen Santina designed the creative brochurefor the Block Party.Doug Sardo – for a donation of severalpieces of his artwork to TC.Mark Manchester – for helping KrisBecker and Betsi Campbell print names andaddresses directly onto the postcards announcingTC’s grassland bird program onMarch 2. Mark’s computer expertise andmailings experience were an enormous help!Ann Ballantine – for the wonderful drawingon the postcard for the grassland bird program.Todd Quinby – for his willingness to plowthe Stover Mill parking lot in the event ofsnow.THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIRMembers and Friends:At the end of January, we said good-bye toKathi Throckmorton. Although Kathi was executivedirector of the Tinicum Conservancyfor only a little less than two years, her rolewas a very important one. Under her guidancethe Conservancy made the transition from beingan all-volunteer land trust to one with afull-time executive director, a part-time accountant,and plans in place for a part-time administrativeassistant.DID YOU KNOW?A recent survey of 75 landtrusts in Pennsylvaniashows that the TinicumConservancy rates 14th inthe number of acresunder easement.Kathi coordinated thechallenging task of settingup the Conservancy’s firstpermanent office at theStover Mill, with advancedtechnology generouslyprovided by grantmoney. She developed excellentvolunteer teams to create a first-ratenewsletter, an improved membership program,a database inventory, and remote access to Conservancyfiles.At a time when land trusts all over the countryare under pressure to meet ever higher standards,Kathi made certain that the TinicumConservancy can meet increased IRS scrutiny.She adapted the new Pennsylvania Land TrustAssociation conservation easement document tothe needs of Tinicum landowners. Most important,the Conservancy’s land preservation workcontinues at an impressive pace.We thank Kathi for her hard work and wishher success in the future. For an introductionto our new executive director, Jim Engel, aswell as new board member, Diane Allison, seethe related articles on pages one and five.Karen BuddSpring 2008 TINICUM CONSERVANCY Page 3