February 2011 Tri-Valley Conservancy Newsletter

8/3/2019 February 2011 Tri-Valley Conservancy Newsletter

1/4

News and Views

Tri-Valley Conservancy Preserving Land for Future Gene

Enhanced Easement Incentive Renewed Through

February 201

Generous landowners who donate voluntary conservation easements to a land trust are inspired by many things: they love the ri-Valley, they eel connected to their land, and they wish to leave a legac

or uture generations. Tis inspiration is central to our work to permanently protect valuable natural resources. But or almost all landowners, donating a conservation easement is a major fnancial decisi

and the ederal income-tax deduction that comes with a donation helps make easements possible orlandowners in our community.

C c w 2006 c v h , ch , w c x c v

w :

Deduct up to 50% of theirju c

year (up from 30%);

Deduct up to 100% of theirju c hj h c c

, ch forestry; and

Continue to take deductions for 16 (p v u

6 years).

T v u c v

h h p p c h u c c w c 2006. L w wh c qu c

c v h 2011 cw j h , u u

C c , h w c c c D c 31 , 2011.

Continued on Back Cover

North Livermore


2/4


2

Welcome to Our New DirectorsTis year on January 13th VC welcomed two new Directors to the VC board. We ofer congratulations to the ollowing new members:

Connie Campbell w pp h B h -V

C v c 2011 hC u A cu

v h R u cD v p C .

C h , AC u Sup v E C p , w

a founding member (1993) of the South Livermore Valley A cu u L u S C . C p p v h h v .Sh h p u h h h h p

h h V .

Sh c v v v h c u h v D c h A C u F B c 2007

h h M C. K uf 100 C u .

C c v h Ju D c U v hP c c - McG Sch L w. Sh p c c w h

c p cu . C h h -V . Sh j h , , p w h .

Norman Petermeier w pph VC B 2011 h F

h V cuv h F c C

N w I w , h

H c v BSEE I w U v , MSEE S

S U v , MBA S C U c AS v cu u L P

H v S c V 1963 P 1996. H w p c c

c c p x cu v . F 11 u h p S J S U v

school of engineering (computer architecture). Normu c c c p P

in 1989 which he took public (listed on the NASDA

1994. N c -h 35 US p h vc 5 c c c p . N 44 years, Stephanie (an avid LV Opera board directo

j h L v V h h v v , w h w w

V p Du cu w Ru H W .

H j , c c , , vc v . H w u h

A P R w Sh .

Thank You to Our OfficersS v c h -V C v c h u p

following Directors who were installed into o ce on January 13, 2011: Jean King, Chair; Mary Roberts, Vice-ChTreasurer; and Christopher Schlies, Secretary. You may read all about them on our website www.trivalleycon

In the end we will conserve only what we love;we will love only what we understand; and wewill understand only what we have been taught.

Baba Dioum


3/4


3

h pp h ch u S J .

Wh I w p F h VI c z h c u w h p f c

c u . Wh I w w h w hh z w . M w xp c

- -p h -p c ucc h h p c

. L c u , h h VC h p I h

I v h c u h u u u wh p z v .

H v x cu v c , I u h h p VC f. I h w p h z w . W h v

h c .

I w h u v h pp u h p u , I w

u u v u p .

Jim Perry Wh I , I w h , wh I ? A w

wh w , h c p I c v h h v h c h

h , h c w h ch h h w h h -V

that time we were still the South Livermore Valley Agricultural L h h p p h v . Ev

c pp p c , w .

Ov h p w I w u h u h u h u c h I h v v

c p p I h h v h S u h L v V h v h p w w

h v w h u . I h v w h p , I h v

j w h v cc p h .

I p c v w h h VC, w c w ch u h j p . I h

h c h f.

With Gratitude to Our Retiring Directors As we welcome new directors to our board, we also wish to recognize those who are retiring rom the VC board. Teirleadership helped to direct the destiny o this land trust, and our best wishes go with them. Tey leave the conservancy in excellent shape and ready to reach new heights in the uture.

Mark Eaton F h p v h p v v D c h -V C v c . Wh I h

C v c w h S u h L v V A cu u Lu . M w c w h B .

T w p v up wh h z

h ph c c p u v ucc uz . F h c p p c v I

h w .

T p v h h C v c w u . O c uh cqu h u c h xp

w S u h L v c p h -V h p u . H w v , I p cu p u h v ,

w h h f w c , h qu w . Wh p u v , h w w u h h v u

p p c wh ch h C v c h p c w p v v .

I p h w c wh , I v ,

u u f, w v h C v c w h . I w h h w w v h u u v c h c p c h C v c .

Miriam Miller F u h z , u h B VC h p pp u

p c h u u wh I h v v . p v p p c ucc h

f w h v c I c L v h , h u h h L u W V , u wh w

Retiring board members Jim Perry, Miriam Miller, and Mark Eaton


4/4

1 7 3 6 H o l m e s S t . , B u i l d i n g B L i v e r m o r e , C A 9 4 5 5 0

R E T U R N S E R V I C E R E Q U E S T E D

N o n - P r o f t O r g . U . S . P o s t a g e

P A I D P e r m i t # 6 3 7 L i v e r m o r e , C A

Jean King , Chair

Mary Roberts , Vice-Chair

Christopher Schlies , Secretary

Karl Wente , reasurer

Connie Campbell

Jon Christensen

Kathy Farrell

Matt Ford

Michael Fredrich

Rik Hansen

Norman Petermeier

Board of Directors

Staff

Sharon Burnham Executive DirectorLaura Mercier Associate Director

Monica DePalmo StewardshipBarbara Graham O ce Manager

Lapses in the enhanced incentive hamper our strategic conservation eforts and arerustrating or landowners. Tats why ri-Valley Conservancy is working so hard to

help enact legislation to make the enhanced incentive permanent.

Under the prior law, an agricultural landowner earning $50,000 a year who donated aconservation easement worth $1 million could take a total o no more than $90,000in tax deductions.Under the new law, that landowner can take as much as $800,000in tax deductions still less than the ull value o their donation, but a signi cantincrease.

Land conservation takes a team to be success ul. We thank our conservation easementlandowners and our Congressional delegation or their invaluable contributions.

o learn more about the enhanced incentive visit www.lta.org/easementincentive .

Enhanced Easement Incentive Renewed Through 2011

Continued from Front Page

February 2011 Tri-Valley Conservancy Newsletter

Documents

Transcript of February 2011 Tri-Valley Conservancy Newsletter