Annual Report

July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008

IN 2007-2008• A landmark purchase at Cherokee Marsh

• 5,000 acre mark passed

• Another parcel added to Patrick Marsh

• More farms protected

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T he Natural HeritageLand Trust marked 25years as an independ-

ent non-profit organization in2008, which is a great accom-plishment for any non-profit

organization. But what makes this anniversary trulymeaningful is the land we have permanently pro-tected during that time. Thanks to your support, wecrossed the 5,000 acre mark this year by protectingsome of the great places in our community, likeCherokee Marsh, Patrick Marsh, and farmland in theTown of Dunn. In all, we added nearly 750 acres of per-manently protected land and water to the long list ofcherished places you have helped protect. Thank youvery much for making this success possible.

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Cherokee Marsh is one of the healthiest and best pro-tected wetlands in Dane County. Nearly 3,000 acres ofwetland, water, and upland are permanently protectedby the DNR, Dane County, and City of Madison, andthe Natural Heritage Land Trust.

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Thanks to the leadership of the City of Madison

and the landowners at Cherokee Park, Inc., we

added 260 acres of marsh and upland to the

city’s Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park. Cherokee

Marsh is Dane County’s largest wetland, and one of

the best remaining in the county. This acquisition is

the largest conservation purchase in the city’s history.

We purchased 22.5 acres on the south side of

Patrick Marsh, adjacent to protected areas owned by

the Land Trust and Dane County.

A historic trail used by Native

Americans crosses the property

and in the future may be part of a

new public trail circling the marsh

east of Sun Prairie. The landown-

ers generously sold the property

to us below its appraised value.

This acquisition brings the total amount of protected

land at the Patrick Marsh Natural Resource Area to 320

acres.

Thanks to the generosity of landowners Barbara

and Brad Glass, we protected a 290-acre forested ridge

and valley landscape along Sneed Creek south of

IN 2007-2008 we protected great places in south-central Wisconsin

Patrick Marsh is on the City of SunPrairie’s eastern doorstep.

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A new sign announces the protection of the 53-acreHickory Hill Conservancy Park in the Village of CrossPlains. (left-to-right standing: Mary Mirkes, MikeSchutz, Wayne and Janet Esser; kneeling: MichaelMirkes, Lee Swanson, and Kate Wipperman.)

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Volunteer Stefanie Brouwer at aBlack Earth Creek work party.

House on the Rock in Iowa County. The property in-

cludes a beautifully restored oak savanna, one of the

rarest plant communities in the state and the nation.

The Glasses donated the conservation easement to

permanently limit development of the property. This

project was completed in partnership with the Drift-

less Area Land Conservancy.

The Natural Heritage Land Trust has made a long-

term commitment to land protection in the Black

Earth Creek valley. We continued to meet and build

relationships with valley landowners, increasing aware-

ness about the conservation options the Land Trust

provides. Sometimes this is accomplished at

landowner drop-in sessions and sometimes by meet-

ing to chat around a kitchen table. The Land Trust re-

cently joined the Cross Plains Area Business Association

in order to build stronger connections in the commu-

nity.

The Land Trust and the Southern Wisconsin chap-

ter of Trout Unlimited hosted work parties on public

land along Black Earth Creek, clearing brush from the

sides of the creek. About 1,800 feet of fish habitat was

improved.

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park from incompatible development. This project

was completed in partnership with the Driftless Area

Land Conservancy.

We also began new partnerships to protect farm-

land. We helped the Town of Windsor develop and

begin to implement a purchase of development rights

program for the town’s very high-quality farmland

east of the Village of DeForest. 21 farmers submitted

applications in the initial round of applications last fall.

We assisted the Town of Springfield in the devel-

opment of an innovative transfer of development

rights program to protect farmland and encourage

compact development west of Waunakee. Like the

Town of Dunn’s program, both programs are geared

towards protecting farmland and the farm economy

that is so important to our region.

Our region’s farmland is among the best in the

nation. This year, in partnership with the

Town of Dunn, we protected a 96-acre farm,

bringing the total number of farms protected in part-

nership with the town to 19, covering 2,542 acres. The

latest farm to be protected sits between five other pro-

tected farms, creating an 800-acre swath of perma-

nently protected farmland.

Adjacent to Governor Dodge State Park, we pro-

tected a 79-acre farm. The conservation easement was

donated to the Land Trust by Anne Bachner to per-

manently protect the land she and her family have

loved and stewarded for many years. The Bachner

farm has gently rolling agricultural fields as well as a

forest covering sandstone bluffs and a stream that

feeds Mill Creek. The Bachner conservation easement

permanently protects the land and buffers the state

IN 2007-2008 we protected vital farm land

The Natural Heritage Land Trust preserves high-quality farm land. The total acreage of farmland protected through the Land Trust – Town of Dunn collaboration is 2,542.

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North American Wetlands Conservation Act 2%

Knowles-Nelson StewardshipProgram 45%

Dane County Conservation

Fund 22%

City of Madison 17%

LandownerDonations 12%

Private Gifts 2%

Some of the founders of the Natu-ral Heritage Land Trust gatheredin March at the Prairie Café andBakery in Middleton to celebratethe Land Trust’s first project —Wally Bauman Woods— completed25 years ago on the shore of LakeMendota. Standing left-to-right:Glenn Chambliss, Gail Shea, Joe Sensenbrenner, HowardMead, Bill O’Connor, Nancy Mead;seated: Hugh Iltis, Sharon ClarkGaskill, Nancy Heiden, Diane Derouen, Vera Bauman.

Aconservation easement is a voluntary legal

agreement between a landowner and the

Land Trust that permanently restricts devel-

opment. The Land Trust’s job of land protection does

not end when a conservation easement is signed; our

signature hails the start of a long-term relationship be-

tween the Land Trust, the landowner, and the land.

The Land Trust accepts the responsibility of ensuring

that the land stays protected forever. Toward this end,

the Land Trust has set aside funds to ensure the con-

tinued strength of our easement monitoring and de-

fense program.

Each year, Land Trust staff contact landowners and

inspect each easement-protected property to make

sure that the terms of the conservation easement are

being upheld. In 2007-2008, Jim Welsh and Kate Wip-

perman inspected 41 conservation easements.

IN 2007-2008 we ensured that land under conservationeasements is permanently protected

Funding for Land Protection

$4.6 million was provided by local, state, federal, private gifts, and landowner donations to protectalmost 750 acres of important land and water in2007-2008.

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$100,000+Anne BachnerCity of MadisonDane County Conservation FundBrad & Barbara GlassWisconsin Knowles-Nelson

Stewardship Program

$20,000 - $99,999Madison Community FoundationNorth American Wetlands

Conservation ActBill & Sue Paulson

$10,000 - $19,999Clemens F. & June M. BaimeGeneral Casualty/QBE Regional InsuranceMartha LoundPan-O-Gold Baking Co./Village

Hearth Breads

$5,000 - $9,999The Evjue Foundation

$2,000 - $4,999BT2 Engineering and ScienceSherren ClarkMichael & Shelley DubisDucks UnlimitedLawrence HitchJohn & Lorie RaihalaGlenn Reinl & Sara KrebsbachRitter Insurance AgencySun Prairie Lions ClubTown of DunnWheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C.

$1,000 - $1,999Johanna & Mike AllexBank of Sun PrairieTom Bergamini & Herika KummelOliver BergeBob & Anne BolzEd & Lois BrickDentistry of Wisconsin John FeithJohn J. Frautschi Family FoundationMary & Richard FreyMartha FreyRob Gottschalk

& Joy Stieglitz GottschalkThomas & Patty Hebl

and Gary & Lynn HeblHooper CorporationPhoebe R. and

John D. Lewis FoundationBill Lunney & Judie PfeiferTom McGregor & Anita GallucciMGE FoundationMohs, MacDonald, Widder

& Paradise, Attorneys at LawNorcross Wildlife Foundation

John & Marian BolzBremser Group, Inc. CPAsRobert & Ann DeMarsClarence & Janet DlouhyEcoEnergy Kristine Euclide & Douglas SteegeSharon & Warren GaskillGary & Pamela GatesJohn & Cate HarringtonBrenda HaskinsJulie Hayward & Donn D'AlessioChris & Mary HughesRebecca Krantz & Don KatzRoma LenehanArthur & Susan LloydTerry Marshall & Lesley JohnsonOak BankMary PautzMark & Dana RoffersMary & Jerry SchwochStafford Rosenbaum LLPJohn StockhamSVA Wealth Management, Inc.Town of WindsorJames & Karen TroupisTom & Rita TubbsUS BankMargaret Van AlstyneJohn & Carmen WagnerBill & Karen WeberWegner LLP, CPAs and ConsultantsGary Werner & Melanie LordBill White & Kathie NicholsWilliams Environmental Associates, IncRose & James Zerwick

$100 - $249Norman & Peggy AndersonVicki & Conrad AndersonElaine AndrewsAnonymous (2)Patricia ArndorferBarbara & Stephen ArnoldJim Arts & Helene NelsonValerie Bailey-Rihn & David RihnEd BakerVera BaumanMarvin & Ellouise Beatty

Bill O'Connor & Krista RoysPlacon CorporationRichard & Susan PlonskyScott & Cary ReichDavid RiceDavid & Katie SimonState Bank of Cross PlainsJeffrey StrobelSun Prairie Rotary FoundationVandewalle & AssociatesWal-Mart Sun PrairieJim WelshRolf & Susan Wulfsberg

$500 - $999Alliant EnergySteve BartlettMary & Neil BinkleyFrank & Bonnie BurgessRobert J. Carpenter, DDSDoug & Sherry CavesCress Funeral & Cremation ServiceEmily EarleyEvergreen State BankJonathan FilterHaen Real EstateJohn & Judith HutchinsonJFNewRichard & Sally KeyelBeth KublyPatrick Marsh Middle SchoolPlastic Ingenuity Patrick Marsh Middle SchoolDr. William & Alice RussellScott SauerSun Prairie Garden ClubThe Prairie EnthusiastsGail & Willi Van HarenBill & Lorette WambachFrank & Mariana WeinholdBill & Win WelshPatricia Zastrow

$250 - $499Angela & James AckleyAnonymousJean BahrWalter Bauman Family

“We like Natural Heritage Land Trust because your projects are local. Other conservation organizations work across thecountry or across the state, but you work right here. That’s why you receive and will continue to receive our support.”Rolf and Susan WulfsbergPresident’s Circle

THANK YOU to our members, donors and partners:July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008

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Black Earth Creek Watershed AssociationJeanne BehrendJames & Brenda BellJo Ann & Lloyd BitzerCurt Bjurlin & Alexandra WellsAnthony & Mardell BlaschkaSharon & John BloodgoodCharles & Dianne Boardman IIILinda BochertThomas & Shaila BolgerJames Bower & Nina McGuffinSteven BrezinskiJoan & William BrockKathie & Tom BrockLudwig & Nancy BruchCatherine BrunerAndrea BuelowStephen & Susan CarpenterDana & Patricia ChabotWendel & Carol ChamberlinNan & David CheneyAllan & Ellen ChristensenMartha ChristensenChristenson & Allex, LLCSusan ClarkContinental MappingDan & Pat CornwellDr. Andrew & Elsa CrummyCRW FoundationTim CulverJim & Lisa CummingsLois CurtissJack & Mary DavisonCharles DeFrangDiane Derouen & Glenn ChamblissRobert DevenishCal & Ruth DeWittDiesel Truck Driver Training SchoolDriftless Area Land ConservancyHoward & Jean DruckenmillerRichard & Doris DubielzigFoth Infrastructure & Environment, LLCBill & Amy DunlopPatrick & Lloyd EaganDaniel & Sandra EaterJonathan Ela & Trish StockingVicki Elkin & Mike IveyJim ElyDave & Peg EnglesonDavid Falk & Jo Anne RobbinsFarrington FoundationFeiner FurnitureWesley & Anne FoellLiz Frautschi

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Friends of Pheasant BranchGoodland Tree WorksJoanne GranquistRea & David GustafsonLaura GuyerTim Hacker & Carol ChenSam, Wilson, Olin & Vivian HackerNancy & Richard HagenTerry HallerHandy Appliance CenterPaul & Jackie HassPam & Craig HeilmanCharles HodulikLes & Susan HoffmanGreg & Jane HyerBarbara IrvinAngela James & Forbes McIntoshChris JamesDavid Jenkins & Mary PertzbornDerek JohnsonBud & Marilyn JordahlKari Jordahl & Gary DunhamHiroshi & Arlene KannoScott E. KellyMatt Kenyon & Dustin EyestoneDouglas & Martha KintnerJoyce KnutsonRobert KoehlerPaul & Anne KoeppeDavid KoltesKevin Komarek & Carol Van HulleBarbara & John KomoroskeTom & Margie KrauskopfSara & Matt KwitekJaneen LaatschDonald & Michele LastJim & Alice LeidelKen LePineLibby & Phil LewisSue & Gene LloydMary MaherDarren & Dawn MarshRichard McCoyJill & Mike McDermottSarah & Mark McGuireNancy & Howard MeadPhilip MilesNancy & Thomas MohsStephen MortonPeter Mueller & Debra GottschalkNational Mutual BenefitNatural Resources Foundation

of WisconsinJoseph Newman & Alida Evans

Tony & Darlene NowakWayne & Jackie PaulyClara PennimanRick PhelpsKen & Melinda PotterClarence ReadyRobert ReeseRonda RichardsKyle RichmondHarriet RileyEugene M. and Jean O. RoarkVirginia RogersRon & Cathy RotterCharlie & Barb SaemanRev. Michael & Trina SchulerGail & Dan SheaKevin Shelley & Sandra WhitneyBrent Sieling & Meagan SchliesmanLaura SmailBernadine & Cecil SmithLouis & Elsbeth SolomonJulia & Chris SolomonElizabeth StagerPeter & Pamela SteitzJudith StrasserSummers Christmas Tree Farm LLCLouise SummersMillard & Barbara SusmanEd & Theresa TaylorThe Nature ConservancyDonald & Joanna ThompsonRon & Laureen ThorstadConnie ThreinenDon & Joanne TierneyMary TrewarthaUpper Sugar River Watershed

AssociationUW - Madison Lakeshore Nature PreserveJames Van DeurzenVogel FoundationNathanael VossWeary TravelerLaurence & Frances Weinstein FoundationKeith & Karen WeissJim and Sally WhiffenTripp & Nancy WidderKate & Matt WippermanH. Arlene WolekHarry & Mary WollMichael WollmerDanielle Wood & Bert DoddsBob & Nan WoodburnJan Zimmermann

You can permanently protect more cherished land. Please put the NaturalHeritage Land Trust on the top of your charitable giving list in 2008.

2008 is the perfect year to make a year-end gift to the Land Trust. Any amount givenabove your 2007 donation will be doubled by the Bradshaw-Knight Foundation. Your tax-deductible gift by December 31, 2008 can go twice as far. Call: 258-9797. Click: www.nhlt.org. Mail: 303 S. Paterson Street, Suite 6, Madison, WI 53703. Thanks!

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$75 - $99Ervin & Helen BrunerMarsha & Peter CannonDavid Henige & Janice BehnRosemary & Lee JonesJohn & Evelyn PetersonRobin Piper & Kristal KagyDoug RobinsonJanet SchlaferTracy & Marty SimonsonMichael & Molly StrigelMichael VahldieckBenita Walker & Joe SenulisPeg & Ron WallaceCarla Wright

$50 - $74Fernando & Carla AlvaradoDoug Andrews & Maureen MurphyEdith & Deane ArnyMary BakkenJim & Nancy BaxterSandra BennettGregory & Kathleen BerksethDale Beske & Dorothy GertschLisa & C. Edward BinkleyJoan & Darren BlankenshipDr. Stephen BornTim Boylen & Barbara BaileyJoan Braune & Tod HighsmithSue & William BridsonGerald & Jeanne BriggsCrystal Buck & Ben CoakleyCristina CeladaDavid ClutterBarbara & Ted CochraneCommunity PharmacyElizabeth & Scott CooperDaniel Cottam & Maria Teresa ArenasNancy CoxBill Cronon & Nan FeyJane DennisGlenda & Carter DennistonEagle OpticsPam & Tim FeltRobert & Marjorie FizzellAnne Forbes & Jim LormanNancy ForsterAnna Garner-StrickonDorothy GostingTed HaglundWarren Hagstrom & Doleta ChapruDan & Trish HagstromDon HammesLee & Yolanda HaydenSteve & Denise HerzbergJohn & Jill HutmacherDr. Hugh Iltis & Sharyn WisniewskiMr. and Mrs. T.J. IltisIsthmus SurveyingJim JensenMartin & Ruth JohnsonSue JonesPaul KaarakkaNicole KalkbrennerMary Ellen KearneyAnita Krasno & Daniel HobsonWilliam LaneJeff Lange & Dolly MarshSteven Lary

Ken & Debby LevinJohn & Norma MagnusonMarling Lumber Marshall Financial GroupJohn MasonKatherine & Charles MattisonDavid McCabe & Andrea GonsteadChandler & Beverly McKelveyJack McLeodCarolyn MeyerLiz MiddletonGene MitchellJoseph & Mary MulcahyFrank & Helen MyersMikkel NelsonKaren NielsenLarry & Katherine NixLouise & Donald NovotnyRichard & Victoria OberleEric OelkersKathy OttersonGary PaustKate PerlebergLynn PerssonDon & Denise PetersonGail PiersenEvan & Jane PizerGaylord Plummer & Cathy EdwardsShawn PourchotCaleb PourchotJames, Maria & Sierra PowellCarrel & Lloyd PrayNancy & Ken RaglandSheryl RensloSteve RichterJean RideoutFred A. RisserSteve RobertsonMike Roessler RealtyRobert RolleyMark Rooney and Gail MortonBetty & Max RosenbaumBernard Saley & Ruth HerskoRuth Saunders & Lawrence LevyJustin Schaefer & Katherine HaigRoger & Cheryl SchlesserPam SeversonPat & Helen SheahanDavid Sherlock & Jennifer GottwaldToni Sikes & William KrausJanet SilbernagelPeggy Smelser & Jody McCannMark Smith & Dan RigneyRandall & Marilyn SmithRebecca SmithLee & Marian SorensenBob & Lisa Sorge

Laura & Gary SteuckWilbur and Jeane StitesMarge StrobelJames and Margaret StrotherNancy Sugden & Robert NewberyBill SwanLinda TaplickStanley TempleDonna & Chet ThomasTom & Peter ThurlowUnity Health InsuranceStephen VenturaLucille & Francis VickermanWaunona Garden ClubRenee WeberPeter R. WeilerMarcia & Terry WeisenselAmelia & Garry WilliamsDaniel Wisniewski

$35 - $49Becky AbelVaira AkselisBarbara AlmondCecelia BanksViolet BartellSue & Ellis BaumanHallie Lou BlumJames & Betty BolithoThomas Boos II & Amanda SchwoeglerTom & Diane BrysMarty & Kristy BurkholderEliot ButlerJane and Ugo CameriniDr. Robin ChapmanJean ClausenCatherine CoberlyCress Spring BakeryDave & Lori CresswellMitchell & Sandie CusterJames R. DavisMike & Sarah DeRubisRichard EagerDaniel & Gail EinumRandall & Karen EndresKathy Engel-Hunt & Don HuntNorman & Wilma ErwayAnn FaganElizabeth FergusonSusan FreyLJ Geer DesignMarge GnewikowCassandra GoodwinRenee Gouaux & David SmithDianne GreenleyMary GuayBarbara Ann Hacker

“We feel privileged to support Natural Heritage Land Trust.The work of the Land Trust to preserve agricultural lands andnatural areas is in line with our values.”Clemens F. & June M. Baime President’s Circle

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Andrew HansonKent & Colleen HartungSteven HayesRichard HelmholzRichard & Kathy HendersonBarbara & Ron HenningsSusan & Dirk Herr-HoymanJim & Lucille HornungAmy IhlenfeldtJohn W. JacobyEd JepsenNorma E. JonesMark Koeppl

& Sheryl McGlamery-KoepplDonald KometzBert & Anna May KrantzHarold & Rita KreitzJeffery KueselRon & Patti LarsonRenee LauberBetty & Anthony LesVilja LorenzsonnMark & Sue MartinBruce MayerCarol MeagherRose Meinholz & Larry HochmanFred & Judy MiddletonDon & Pamela MillisEd & Kay MoffatJames & Susan MorrisonJohn MurphyKate Nardi & Clyde SullivanDr. Eugene & Olive NordbyBuzz & Kit NordeenCurt Pawlisch & Robin CarlsonMarcia PennerAmy Prevost & Josh HowellDonald Propsom & Kim VarnellCandace RabePaul RabinowitzRichard & Mary Ann RealeDavid & Linda RippHarold & Ann RippBridgit & William RoethDoris RuschFaith Russell & John MillerMark & Kathleen SalzwedelFlorence & Robert SchmittJohn SheskiJeff SmithGeorge & Anne SmithMatthew & Denise SmithWilliam & Roberta SonzogniBill StacyHoward SweetDennis TandeScott Taylor, Taylor Conservation, LLCAnita Temple & Jerry SullivanJim TrumpyRoss & Rosalie VolkertSuzanne & Larry WadeMatthew & Julia WelchPatrick & Gina WherleyLedell Zellers & Simon Anderson

Under $35William & Myra AhernNorman & Lucie ArendtCheryl BarmanDeanna Basile

Karen Bassler & Daniel MortensonJon Andrew BeckerVernon & Phyllis BuskagerDebbie & Gregory CookeHoward CzoschkeBob & Jean DentAlthea & Bryan DotzourJohn EbsenDoris FellandEvelyn FoxPauline Gilbertson & Peter MedleyLynn & Michael GoldenTura Hoel GraberKarl & Virginia GranbergAnita GurdaJost & Elizabeth HermandBob & Molly JahnGordon & Carol JanneyAmy JohnsonJunque Unlimited Antique Study GroupDon & Luana KalscheurStanley & Dorothy KarlsDoris KennedyTom & Jen KernsJean KnickmeyerRichard A. Kugler & Erika L. SevetsonKarle Lester & George DolezalBarb LesterGeoffrey & Edith MaclayDavid & Linda MartinRon & Kathleen MartinDennis MeillerPatrick MommaertsNora O'BrienO'Connell PharmacyJan & Bill OdegaardAlbert & Kathleen OglumRev. Charles & Evelyn PaysonLeslie & Seth PerelmanDennis PetzkeJohn & Cindy PetzoldSue PoulletteNicholas RahnCheralyn RandallJanine & James RichgelsJeffrey & Linda RussellNancy SchlimgenElizabeth & Lawrence SchmitzJulie Shiner-Bazan & Bernard BazanGalen & Rose SmithShirley Smith & Terry SheltonNancy & Thomas SundalEldred & Virginia SwingenRayla TeminJohn ThompsonRobert & Dorothy TrollerTeri VierimaGreg & Penny VodakShannon M. WallRod & Lynne WealtiKen & Barbara WiesnerBarbara WolfeLinda Wooldridge

We make every attempt to recognize and thank all of our members who contributed from 7/1/07-6/30/08. If yourname was inadvertently left off our list, we apologize. Please call Martha Frey at 258-9797 to let us know.

President's Circle

We are grateful for the financial stabilitythat the President's Circle membersprovide to the Land Trust. President’s Circle members contribute $1,000 ormore annually.

Johanna & Mike AllexAnne BachnerClemens F. & June M. BaimeBank of Sun PrairieTom Bergamini & Herika KummelOliver BergeBob & Ann BolzEd & Lois BrickBT2 Engineering & ScienceDoug & Sherry CavesSherren ClarkDentistry of WisconsinMichael & Shelley DubisLloyd & Pat EaganWilliam FairbanksJohn FeithJohn J. Frautschi Family Foundation, Inc.Martha M. FreyRichard & Mary FreyGeneral CasualtyBrad & Barbara GlassRob Gottschalk & Joy Stieglitz GottschalkLarry HitchGary & Lynn Hebl

and Thomas & Patty Hebl, Hooper ConstructionPhoebe & John Lewis FoundationMartha LoundBill Lunney & Judie PfeiferTom McGregor & Anita GallucciMGE Foundation,Mohs, MacDonald, Widder, & Paradise,

Attorneys at LawNatural Resources ConsultingNorcross Wildlife FoundationBill O’Connor & Krista RoysPan-O-Gold Baking Company/Village

Hearth BreadsBill & Sue PaulsonKathy F. & Bill PielstickerPlacon CorporationRichard & Susan PlonskyJohn & Lorie RaihalaScott & Cary ReichGlenn Reinl & Sara KrebsbachDavid RiceRitter Insurance AgencyRotary Foundation of Sun PrairieMichael & Linda SlavneyState Bank of Cross PlainsJeffrey StrobelSun Prairie Lions ClubVandewalle & Associates, Inc.Wal-Mart FoundationBill & Lorette WambachFrank & Mariana Weinhold Bill & Win WelshJim WelshWheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C. Susan & Rolf Wulfsberg

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Memorial Gifts and Honorariums

Cheralyn Randall in memory of BastJohn & Carmen Wagner in memory

of Marina FloodDan & Trish Hagstrom in memory

of Sam HagstromWilliam & Myra Ahern in honor of

Donald MuscavitchMarcia & Terry Weisensel in memory

of George OsterTom & Peter Thurlow in honor of

paper route customers who recycledplastic bags

Bill & Lorette Wambach in memory of Harry Washkoske

Kate & Matt Wipperman in memory of Ken Zander

In-Kind ContributorsChristenson & Allex, LLCFoth Infrastructure & Environment, LLCJFNewJohn MillerNatural Resources ConsultingBill PielstickerPrairie Cafe and BakeryMario QuintanaCary ReichSteve RobertsonJeffrey StrobelJamie YoungZucker Design

Silent Auction DonorsThank you to the following businesses andindividuals for their generous donations:

American Players TheatreArbor HouseHerman BenderCapitol KidsNancy CoxDeath’s Door SpiritsEagle OpticsKathleen FalkFontana Sports SpecialtiesFrank Productions FromaginationGreen Bay PackersJFNewSteven Kozar L‘EtoileMadison Children’s MuseumMagellan MappingMeuer Art & Picture FrameMilwaukee BrewersMonkey Bar GymPatrick Marsh ConservancyPielsticker PhotosPucci’s Gallery & Custom FramingMario QuintanaHarriet RileyThe Shoe BoxSundance 608 CinemasVermont Valley Community FarmWisconsin Historical SocietyCarla WrightZane Williams

Financial ReportThe Natural Heritage Land Trust’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

Between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, the Land Trust received $195,588for operations and spent $223,667 for operations. In addition, the Land Trustreceived $4,136,691 for the acquisition of 748 acres of land or conservationeasements. (Information on the sources of these funds is provided on page 6.)

Income for operationsContributions $146,033Rent and other payments $3,833Service fees $26,911Other income $18,811________

$195,588

Expenses for operationsProgram Services $137,847

Outreach and educationEasement monitoringDoing land dealsLand management

Management & Administration $41,473Fundraising $44,347________

$223,667

The operating deficit of $28,079 was financed from reserve funds set asidefor that purpose.

Please contact us if you would like a copy of audited financial statementsfor July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008. The Land Trust’s federal tax returns (990s)are available on Guidestar (www.guidestar.org), which provides informationto the public on non-profit organizations.

Thank you to our members, donors, and partners July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008

BOARD

President Johanna J. Allex

Vice President Carla Wright

TreasurerMike Dubis

SecretaryJeffrey Strobel

DirectorsTom BergaminiVicki ElkinRob GottschalkBrenda R. HaskinsTom HeblChris Hughes Angela JamesDavid Z. RiceKevin B. ShelleyDavid SimonWilli Van Haren

Past PresidentsNorman C. AndersonJohn B. HutchinsonWilliam G. LunneyJean D. MeanwellKathy F. Pielsticker Michael A. SlavneyMark B. Williams

STAFF

Executive DirectorJim Welsh

Conservation Specialist Kate Wipperman

Membership DirectorMartha Frey

Volunteers/Interns/Work-studyCrystal BuckBen CoakleyShirley DrosteJennifer KeeleyCaleb PourchotCary ReichMary SchwochNatalia SlavneyKevin St. Angel

The Natural Heritage Land Trust protectsnatural areas, wildlife habitat, workingfarms, healthy lakes and streams, andrecreational land to provide a high qualityof life in the Dane County region.

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