Simsbury Land Trust2009 ANNUAL REPORT

1 Letter from the President2 Why Do We Value Open Space?8 Financial Highlights9 Donor Recognition

Inside back coverBoard of TrusteesStaff

C O N T E N T S

Simsbury Open Space

Simsbury Land TrustProperties

1 Cannon2 Cathles3 Friedman4 Hendrick5 The Master’s School6 Hedgehog7 Westledge8 Walker9 Arnold10 Leaska11 Bog12 Knapp13 Tulmeadow Farm14 Rose/Krasnoger15 Carlson16 Bergman17 Welden18 James19 Ketchin Quarry20 Wegner21 Case22 Landerman23 Salster24 Rosedale Farms25 Fletcher26 Holcomb27 Cutler28 Owen/Mortimer29 Landerman #230 Glover

YEARSourceACREAGE

2004RosedaleFarms*109

2005TulmeadowFarm*167

2005Landerman*2

2005Arnold*68

2007Landerman*7

2007Master’sSchool75

2007Welden15

2008TulmeadowTriangle &Pasture*20

2008Holcomb*20

2008Owen-Mortimer30

2009Glover9

*Conservation easement Total

832 ACRES

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Recent Simsbury Land Trust Property Acquisitions2004 – 2009

The Simsbury Land Trust continued tomake progress on several fronts even aswe spent most of the year in hopefulanticipation that our application for aForest Legacy Grant would come throughfor the Tulmeadow Woodlot. The bignews for 2009 was the $1.4 million grantthat was approved in the late fall. Thiswas accomplished with strong supportfrom local and state officials, otherpreservation organizations, andparticularly effective assistance bySenators Dodd and Lieberman andCongressmen Murphy and Larson. Our task in 2010 will now be to raise the additional funds necessary to completethis final phase of Tulmeadow.

Meanwhile, the Simsbury LandTrust and its volunteers have been quitebusy. We continued to balance our landpurchasing efforts with land donationsthrough the gift of a half interest inapproximately nineacres of land on thenorth side of Rt. 185at the eastern gatewayto Simsbury. This giftfrom Hank and LynzyGlover will enable us to work with theremaining owners to develop apreservation plan for some or all of theproperty or develop a strategy that mayyield an economic benefit to the SLT.

Property stewardship remained anemphasis for 2009. A work day was heldto deal with invasive plants at our 60Westledge property and we contracted forsignificant invasive plant removal work onthe Owen Mortimer property on EastWeatogue Street. More work remains tobe done, but the results were very

impressive. To assist with propertystewardship efforts, we welcomed KelleyWeikel to the Board of Directors. Kelleytook over from Steve Osborn ascoordinator of our property stewards.Many thanks to Steve for his work inorganizing the property steward effortand getting it going.

One of the most visibledevelopments in 2009 was the relocationof our office to the center of Simsbury.We enjoyed our years in Tariffville, butwe are thrilled to be back in downtownSimsbury in the Old Probate Courtbuilding on the east side of the SimsburyHistorical Society complex. The buildingperfectly symbolizes our preservationefforts and gives us an identifiablepresence in Town. To celebrate the move,

we hosted an open houseat the new office inOctober.

I am particularlyproud of the broad range of recreational and educational programshosted in 2009. Amongthese activities were abirding walk, a talk onwildlife, our annualsupper and winter hike atFlamig Farm, hikes in theMcLean Game Refuge,

60 Westledge and in the TariffvilleGorge, a farm bicycle tour throughSimsbury and Granby, and a celebrationof local farms with a BBQ at Tulmeadow.These events are free to the public andare an integral part of what we do. Weended the year with over 760 members,and we appreciate this strong supportfrom the people of Simsbury. For many of us, the economic downturn has madeus all the more aware of the simple joys of a hike or talk at the library. Take a

few moments and visit our website(www.simsburylandtrust.org) and join us for one of our activities.

None of the great work of theSimsbury Land Trust would be possiblewithout the strong support of ourmembers and of the community. We havea great group of committed volunteers.But, we are always looking for additionalpeople who are willing to lend a hand,particularly as we move forward to raisethe remaining funds for the TulmeadowWoodlot.

Please pause for a moment toconsider the fine work of those who inthe past had the foresight to preservesome of the best parts of Simsbury —whether as State Parks, Town land, orprivate properties — and then join us aswe take our turn to continue this effort. I believe that with your help, we cancomplete the Tulmeadow Woodlot project in 2010.

Thank you,

Chuck Howard

President

Letter from the President

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SLT’s new office.

There is a place at Tulmeadow Farm where you step out of the woods. You aresuddenly warmed by the sun. The smell is fresh and clear. The sky above is a magnificentbright blue and before you the rolling fields of grass and clover wave gently in thesummer air. A distant pair of silos and an occasional roof top reminds you that at the farend of these fields, the Tuller family still tends to the business of a substantial farmingoperation. There, mostly hidden from your view, others live and work in a tiny cluster ofbuildings surrounding the barns, a village first settled in the wilds, west of Simsbury, over

200 years ago. The village, its homes and shops, its church, fire station, postoffice and grange, is there today, along with the barns, but what you see whereyou are standing and what provides the sense of wonder, is the expanse of 60acres of uninterrupted field before you, the 73 acres of woods that you juststepped out of, and the splendid string of hills that creates a two mile visualbackdrop between the fields and the sky. With the exception of the villagerooftops, there is not another building within sight.

This place would be a treasure no matter where it was located, but ifyou could see it from above, like the hawk circling the farm on this warm

summer day, you would see how truly remarkable it is. You would look down on asurrounding landscape heavily partitioned by decades of development. Moreover, just 15miles across the ridge to the east you would see one of the largest cities in the state and

Why do we value

Virtually all that you see as you leave the woods and step into the fields is

protected conservation land. No matterhow much the town grows in the future,the magic of this place will remain.

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within a similar distance to the northeast, a busy international airport. Here in themidst of this dense population and human activity is the 260 acre Tulmeadow Farm,and standing here, you could be a thousand miles away. By itself, it is a significantexpanse of open space. But in addition, it is part of a larger open space corridorthrough the developed areas that includes the string of hills beyond the fields and adiverse mix of wetlands, woods and fields to the north and south. Virtually all that yousee as you leave the woods and step into the fields is protected conservation land. Nomatter how much the town grows in the future, the magic of this place will remain.

Other towns in Connecticut, throughout New England and across the countryhave places as unique and in some cases even more spectacular. What makes this placespecial to us is that it is ours. It is here where we live, where we call home. With all the unparalleled advantages of a population center (nearby employment, education,healthcare and recreation), we, as a community, have managed to preserve and protectsome of the finest natural features, landscapes and wildlife habitat, right here and downthe street. Tulmeadow is one of the best. It is easily accessible for a morning jog, a mid-day walk or to simply pause, as you are doing now, to enjoy the vista, the warmth of thesun, the fresh air, and the distance where the noise of traffic is muffled and the soundsyou hear are those of the grasshopper and the warbler. Every town and everyneighborhood should have such a place.

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As important as it is to the scenic beauty and character of Simsbury, Tulmeadow Farmis also an historic treasure and the Town’s oldest continuously operated small business.The Tuller family has a uniquely long association with this particular place on earth. Ithas worked and loved and cared for this land, generation after generation, until time andplace and family have become one.

Arriving in 1686, John Tuller was among Simsbury’s earliest settlers. Severaldecades later, in the mid 1700s, John’s grandson, Elijah, inherited and purchased severalparcels of land in an outlying area along Hop Brook at the base of the hills known firstas Case’s Farms then The Farms and later Farmer’s Village and West Simsbury Center.In 1768, eight years prior to the Declaration of Independence, Elijah moved there andbegan to farm. Over the next 10 years he served in the Revolutionary War and returnedto build a new home for himself and nearby homes for two sons. During the early yearshe raised beef, cut timber, at one point owned 11 head of cattle, three oxen, two swineand maintained 70 acres of cultivated field and pasture. In subsequent years, he dividedportions of the farm among his sons. When he died in 1814, the farm was producingwool, corn, hay, tobacco, flax and lumber.*

Some years after Elijah, his son, Jeremiah, began operating the farm andcontinued to do so until his death in 1871. During this period, the farm expanded toinclude over 100 acres north and south of the road as well as timber land and pasturethat extended up into the hills (past the present day The Master’s School). Its prosperity

included from time to time production of beef, pork and produce, dairyproducts, tobacco, timber, operation of a general store, a large cider milland a distillery. Along the road through Farms Village at that time werea cooper’s shop, gristmill, sawmill, the stone schoolhouse, cider mill,distillery and several homes still standing today.*Three generations later, two brothers, Oliver and Robert Tuller

continued to farm at Tulmeadow. In a wonderful interview in theHartford Courant in 1976, Oliver Tuller talked about going to school across the road at the stone school house where his mother Theona had taught. She also, at one time,ran the general store in the village and from the store, the post office. At the time of the interview, the farm had 131 dairy cows, 60 acres of timber, a lumber mill, 2,000chickens, a 150 tree apple orchard, 100 acres of hay and 40 acres of corn for the cows.Robert explained that the farm had had an active sawmill “for as long as I canremember” and that most of the houses and barns had been built from timber grown and milled on site.

Besides farming, running the mills and operating the stores, each generation alsomade the time to serve regularly in elected office, at both the state and local level. Andover the years, the family sold, leased or donated land from the farm for such communityuses as the stone school, the post office, the fire station, the reservoir, and the WestledgeSchool (now The Master’s School).

*From Mary Nason’s “Tulmeadow Farm — The First Two Hundred Years”

Time and place and a quality of life

Photos from top to bottom:

A typical harvest from the woodlot; High yield from the south fields;

Oliver and Robert Tuller farming in the 1970s; Several generations of

the Tuller family gathered at a Simsbury Land Trust Membership

Celebration on the farm.

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A Decision for the FutureFarms Village or West Simsbury Center is still there consisting of several 18th, 19th and early 20th century homes, shops andsmall businesses. The old school house, nowa Tuller home, the Grange building, still in use,a modern church, a small convenience center,several small offices, a post office and a newfire station line the street. It remains as areminder of a distant past and a place toenjoy, if only briefly, the slower pace of a more natural world. At the center of this small cluster of buildings are the barns, store, and the homes of Tulmeadow Farm.

Today, the farm consists of 260 acresnorth, south and west of Farms Village Road. Itis operated by cousins Oliver “Buzz” Tuller, Jrand Don Tuller, the ninth generation since1768 to farm at this location. In 2003, Buzzsold the 150 cow herd (75 milking cows) andreplaced it with what is currently a 60 headherd of grass fed beef cattle. The forage thatwas raised on the farm and in fields aroundtown to feed the milking herd is now fed tothe beef cows and the surplus is sold to otherfarmers. For the past 15 years Don hasexpanded the farm store and developed asuccessful ice cream business. On pleasantevenings throughout the summer, the store’sice cream window is a popular communitygathering spot. The store also sells a range ofseasonal produce as well as gardeningsupplies, plants, Christmas trees and

pumpkins. The Tullers also continue tomanage the 73 acre woodlot, south of thefields, for timber production.

As with every family business, farmowners have to periodically make decisionsregarding estate planning and assetdistribution. This can be challenging whenthere is a desire both to distribute assets andto continue the business, particularly when thefamily is large and the assets are not liquid.The Tullers have been making these decisionsfor nearly 250 years and recently they havehad to make them again.

One obvious option for a farm in today’sworld is to sell all or a significant portion ofthe land to a residential developer. Over theyears there have been numerous attractiveoffers. However, Buzz, Don and several otherfamily members hoped to find an alternativethat would enable the farm to continue.Fortunately, and remarkably, all eight separate families, a number of whom no

longer live in Connecticut, were willing toconsider alternatives.

In 2003 the Tuller family entered into anagreement with the Simsbury Land Trust tosell agricultural conservation easements. Theagreement provided for a transaction thatwould take place in several phases, eachdependent on the prior one being completed.In 2006, the SLT purchased an easement on167 acres, the primary fields to the north andsouth of Farms Village Road. In 2008, itpurchased an easement on an additional 20acres, the Triangle Field just west of FarmsVillage and the nearby Pasture. The SLT isnow raising the money to purchase aneasement on the remaining 73 acresconsisting of the Woodlot.

We as a community are enormouslylucky that the Tuller family has had the visionand the desire to see Tulmeadow Farmcontinue for generations to come.

We as a community are enormously lucky that the Tuller family has had the vision and the desire to see Tulmeadow Farm

continue for generations to come.

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In a transaction like the one between theTuller families and the Simsbury LandTrust, the seller permanently transfers tothe SLT certain rights they have asowners of the land. In exchange, theSimsbury Land Trust makes a cashpayment to the seller. Primary among therights the Tullers give up is the right todevelop (except for farm related buildingin a small defined area). They also agreethat the fields will be cut on an annualbasis and that a professional forestmanagement plan (for on-going harvests)will be maintained for the woods. Andthey provide a public walking paththrough portions of the farm duringcertain hours of the day.

The Tullers retain most otherrights of ownership. They continue tohave the right to sell, lease or bequest the

property (subject to the SLT easementthat remains in place regardless of whomay own the farm in the future). Theycontinue to make all decisions regardingthe operation of the farm.

The Simsbury Land Trust ownsland or interests in land at 30 locationstotaling 832 acres. Most of theseproperties are owned in fee and weredonated by individuals. In the case of afarm, however, most owners cannot giveaway their primary business asset andcontinue to stay in business. Therefore,the SLT generally purchases interests infarmland at a negotiated price, typically ator close to market.

For the easements to date on 187acres of Tulmeadow, the SLT has paidapproximately $3.4 million. Of that,approximately $1,700,000 was obtained

from grants from the USDA-NRCSFarm and Ranch Lands ProtectionProgram which seeks to preserve prime orimportant agricultural soils. $500,000 wasobtained from the CT-DEP Open Spaceand Watershed Land AcquisitionProgram which seeks to provide publicaccess. $200,000 was provided by theTown of Simsbury. Approximately$300,000 came from private foundations(primarily the Hartford Foundation forPublic Giving and the Ensign-BickfordFoundation). And $700,000 was donatedby individuals (members and friends ofthe SLT).

People sometimes ask why wespend so much for just an easement. Why not spend a little more and own theland outright? First of all, farm ownersgenerally do not want to give up theownership. More importantly, we do notwant to replace a long standing smallbusiness owner. A primary objective ofthe easement is to allow the farm ownerto maximize the long term economicviability of the farm. Third, the SLT doesnot have the skill and knowledge, thetime nor the resources to operate a farm.Fourth, there is often a noticeabledifference between an owner and a renterin the level of care and attention they giveto a property and the community. Finally,one of the reasons there are so many olderfarmers today and so few younger ones is that a young farmer starting out todayhas almost no opportunity to obtain the capital needed to buy a farm. Byremoving the development rights butallowing the continued opportunity toown, the SLT creates a situation in whicha farm is much more affordable for ayoung farmer trying to get started.

How does the transaction work?

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Please help to ensure thatthe quality of life we enjoytoday is preserved forpresent and future

generations.

How You Can Be Part of this Historic Project

The 73 acre Tulmeadow Woodlot, the last unprotected portion of the farm, is the highest priorityfor the Simsbury Land Trust. It is an important part of the farm that provides a regular source ofneeded capital, it is a strategic location connecting two existing protected sites, its activemanagement creates one of the only continuous succession habitats in Simsbury supporting abroader range of plants and animals, it is part of the Stratton Brook watershed and is atop anaquifer rated Primary by the Town and a Level B Aquifer Protection Area by the State, and itslogging roads provide opportunities for hay rides, walks and jogging, longer walks from EthelWalker to the Western Ridge and the venue for the Flamig Farm’s popular Halloween Hayrides.

The successful purchase of this 73 acre easement will 1) complete the protection of the260 acre Tulmeadow Farm and 2) close an important “missing link” in an unbroken naturalcorridor from The Ethel Walker School to the McLean Game Refuge. The purchase of thisconservation easement will be the tenth acquisition by the Simsbury Land Trust to preserve acontinuous natural corridor along the west side of town. If we do not complete this finalconnecting purchase, the Woodlot will be developed and the corridor will permanently partitioned.

In order to accomplish this, the SLT has to assemble the approximately $1,000,000remaining to fund the purchase price.

We are unbelievably fortunate that the Tuller families have had the desire to preserveTulmeadow Farm, that they have been willing to work with the SLT for seven long years, thatpublic funding sources have been available and that our membership and the Simsburycommunity have remained committed to this project.

The Simsbury Land Trust is currently focused on completing the permanent protection ofTulmeadow Farm with the purchase of a conservation easement including the purchase ofdevelopment rights at the 73 acre Woodlot. The price is $2,830,000.

This is a great opportunity. Please help to ensure that the quality of life we enjoy today ispreserved for present and future generations. You can help us finish the farm:

• Commit to a major gift for the Tulmeadow Woodlot• “Preserve an Acre” for $5,000• “Preserve a Tree” for $1,000

You can also support the Simsbury Land Trust in other ways.

• Become a member of or renew your membership to the Simsbury Land Trust• Ask how the Simsbury Land Trust Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation

for Public Giving can be a part of your planned giving plans.

Remember: Without farms there are no fields and without fields there are no scenic vistas.

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DECMEBER 31, 2009 DECEMBER 31, 2008

AssetsCURRENT ASSETS

Cash $ 506,520 $ 419,191 Pledges Receivable – net 299,193 320,061Prepaid Expenses 5,349Deposits 533 3,491

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 811,595 742,743

FIXED ASSETSLand 9,504,441 9,427,219Office Equipment – net 3,194 2,652

TOTAL FIXED ASSETS 9,507,635 9,429,871TOTAL ASSETS $10,319,230 $10,172,614

Liabilities and Fund BalanceCURRENT LIABILITIES

Accrued Liabilities $ 2,162 $ 1,960TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 2,162 1,960

FUND BALANCEBeginning Fund Balance 9,818,298 7,010,808Board Designated Stewardship Fund 30,000 30,000Restricted Stewardship Fund 2,295 2,295Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 320,061 320,061Excess of Revenues over Expenses 146,414 2,807,490

ENDING FUND BALANCE 10,317,068 10,170,654

Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $10,319,230 $10,172,614

CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS TOTAL 2009 TOTAL 2008

RevenuesCampaign Donations $157,802 $157,802 $ 329,605Grants $ 27,762 27,762 1,142,168Land Donations 0 1,375,000Annual Appeal Income 199 199 1,298Membership Contributions 91,709 91,709 91,188Miscellaneous Income 5,444 5,444 12,584

Total Revenues $157,802 $125,114 $282,916 $2,951,843

ExpensesAdministrative 22,654 21,877 44,531 46,093Salaries and Benefits 20,811 20,811 41,622 42,694Membership 33,138 33,138 30,916Acquisition Expenses 221 6,782Stewardship 15,782 15,782 16,501Depreciation 1,208 1,208 1,367

Total Expenses 43,686 92,816 136,502 144,353

Excess of Revenues Over Expenses $114,116 $ 32,298 $146,414 $2,807,490

Balance Sheet

Financial Highlights – 2009Statement of Revenuesand ExpensesJanuary 1 – December 31, 2009

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Donor RecognitionWe want to thank the community for its generous support this past year. None of the Simsbury Land Trust’s accomplishments in 2009 would have been possible without our membership and its many remarkable volunteers and donors.

MembershipDonations

Star The Gryphon FundThe Oak FoundationOdyssey America Reinsurance

CorporationUnited Technologies

AnonymousMr. and Mrs. Steve BallentineLarry and Barbara BergerRichard and Diane BrainerdMichael and Lynn CallahanJoan and Chuck HowardRalph and Lynn JonesBob and Jill LautensackSusan Masino and David GaltJames and Carroll VeltropRick and Kristi Warters and Family

Steward Aetna Foundation, Inc.Ensign-Bickford Realty Corp.Illinois Tool Works Foundation

Peter and Pamela AlbertsenAnonymousJoseph and Alice BarryDavid and Anna ClarkRick and Jane CostelloAnthony L. DrapelickPete and Tammy FaganJim and Marianne FlynnEvie and Tony HulmeDale and Janet KnechtWalter and Elizabeth KressMr. and Mrs. Charles R. LindbergTom and Sandy McGeeMr. and Mrs. George ReynoldsMark and Ieke ScullyRobert and Judith Sturgis Family

FoundationTony and Eileen Zaldonis

Sustainer The Chubb CorporationFitzgerald’s FoodsING FoundationThe Prudential Matching Gifts ProgramSKY Investment Group LLCThe Stanley Works

AnonymousMark and Amy Bannon

Debra Barberi and Jay BarrettJack and Joyce CahillRoger and Sandy CoombesScott and Anne DanielsRobert M. EllisDr. and Mrs. David GalbraithTullio and Cindi GattiBlake and Sherry IronsJohn JohnsonMonique Aduddell and

Dennis KlapperichAlan and Judy LiebermanMike and Ann LongBill and Nancy MackeAlexandra and Clifford Mellor and

FamilyTommy and Aurelia MichaelsMrs. Anne MillhamMoraski FamilyMel and Karen OllestadRamon and Claire Padron, Jr.Mary Lou PatrinaWilliam and Roseann PodraskySally and Don RiegerPeter and Tish RobinsonJane and Jim RowanGrif and Deedee RyersonMichael J. and Susan R. SamesGeorge and Lyn TrumbullPatricia White and James F. MeehanChele and Steve WilkinsMel WolpertPaulette YoungDeborah and Michael Zimmerman

Sponsor Avon Veterinary ClinicKenneth Brown Design Group LLCSwiss Re

Denise and Chad AlfeldScott and Aviva AlibozekTed and Maura AlmyPatty and Peter AskhamGeorge and Jill BaldwinRaymond and Esther BartlettSara J. BatchelderNancy Boynton and Robert LangeTony and Tamara BrazCharles BrodyJohn Bruno and Artemis TsagarisLucille BurkeMr. and Mrs. Peter G. CareyRobert and Deborah CareyPriscilla H. CebrikW. Graham Cole and Carol ColeLois M. Comstock

David and Karen CondrenGail and Julian CoolidgeMathew T. CoughlinJoe DalyMichele and Steven DysonGary Emerito and Gary WrightCarol and Jackson EnoFrederick and Hannah FeibelJoseph Fisher and Linda LuchsJanet Newell FiskLeon and Colleen ForbesKatie FrenchGayle GagliardoSparky and Ellen GodiksenBill and Becky GossDavid and Mary GridleyBarbara and Bob GriffinTricia and Josh HazelwoodRobert and Barbara HeagneyMr. and Mrs. William HildebrandtPaul and Nancy HorowitzRichard and Deborah HuebnerFred KaplanScott, Mary Jo, Katie and Patrick KerrBarry and Jolie KlineAlan and Becky KreczkoMr. and Mrs. William LindbergEd and Sandy MacriJohn and Jacqui McCormickAnn McDonald and FamilyRenee and Joseph Meaney, Jr.Page D. MillerNoel F. MoranPaul MurphyAlan and Merri Nathan and

Nathan Accounting GroupConnie NorstromEllie and Lou NortonPeter and Kristin PabichCurt and Vicki PandiscioLinda and Barry PearsonMary Louise PechMichael and Karen PineauHelena RehfeldtDavid and Louise ReillyDan and Robin RosowHarry and Sandra RyanNatalie and Elliot SchulmanAmy and Rollin SchusterAlfred SchuylerShlansky/DiCarlo FamilyMark and Lynne SloanFred and Rosemary SmithJoseph and Mary Jane SpringmanDavid StewartMarge and Ted StorrsRJ and Cathy Sullivan

L A N D D O N O R S

The Board of Trustees gratefully

acknowledges those who have

permanently protected the

community’s open space by

donating their cherished land

to the Simsbury Land Trust.

Ramani and Louise Ayer

Ilva Bergman

Dr. John and Doris Cannon

Jon and Patricia Carlson

O. Preston and Estelle Case

Lawrence and Elizabeth Cathles

Lee Ann Eustis

Leslie Pomeroy Eustis

Evan David Eustis

Karen Cutler Fine

Philip and Lillie Susanna Fletcher

Herman and Letty Fonteyne

Louis Friedman

Hank and Lynzy Glover

James Pomeroy Hendrick

Leland Holcomb

Mary Knapp

Frank Krosnoger

Gerti James

Neal and Laura Landerman

George Leaska

Ann and Laird Mortimer

Estate of William Rose

Madelene Salster

Virginia Simonds

John Simonds

Helen and Marion Walker

Patricia and Arthur Wegner

Alice Irene Welden

Ensign-Bickford Realty Corporation

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Anupam and Varsha TantriJoe and Dianne TreacyFred and Janet von PechmannWinthrop and Marlene WadsworthTobey and Margery WintersGeorge and Mary WisemanRobert L. and Jane D. WyldAmy and Larry Zeiner

Family Babson Capital ManagementBank of AmericaEmmons Tropical FishGardeners of SimsburyMass Mutual Life Insurance CompanySimsbury Garden ClubSimsbury Junior Women’s ClubSimsbury Women’s Club

Kevin and Marsha AdamsPatrick and Diane AlbergoBonnie AldrichBob and Joan AllenThe Alonzo FamilyAnonymousLucinda AshShip and Midge AtwaterMr. and Mrs. Robert D. AugustaMr. and Mrs.James N. BagnallLewis F. Banci and Frank G. DomanicCatherine BarnardRuth M. BarryBeebe FamilyGary and Elizabeth BermanWendy Bestor and Lee ZalingerRobert and Carol BinghamMr. and Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr.Laurence and Patricia BoedekerJoe and Aleli BoerioMarguerite Boslaugh and David GuadlianaLisa BoyleMark and Patricia BozemanRichard Clark and Carolyn BrandKaren Brand and Ed CoxThe Brian FamilyTony and Ann Brockelman

Candee and Scott BrohinskyNancy and Ted BrownBuffo FamilyAlan C. BugbeeSusan M. BullockRichard and Claire BurnsLinda and Paul BushSteve and Susan ByerThe Campolieta/Grandin FamilyLou and Linda CarissimiDr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. CarltonMichael and Rita CarrRuth CaseSusan and Ken CaseBob and Amy CharronJames Keller and Candice ChirgotisAngela and Jim ChurchBob and Tia CintronMr. and Mrs. Robert CirilliTom and Rosemary ClarkePierce ClaybergerMr. and Mrs. J. ClaytonThe Cohen FamilyCooperman FamilyMr. and Mrs. John D. CorcoranGreg and Lynn CraneThe Cranshaw FamilyTom and Patty CrawfordCharles and Margitta DahlbergKendra and Emil DahlquistRonald and Lorraine DaigleMark and Moira DaileyRobert and Diane DavisNancy and Craig DennenRichard and Esther DerrFred and Kate DibattistaCharles and Cindi DietlinRalph and Shelley DietzThomas Dorer and Elaine Sewell DorerJoan Durham and Jonathan C. DurhamArch and Pauline EdgarSam FabianSue and Jim FayerweatherKen and Melissa FederTed and Kathy FlemingJennifer and Mark Fletcher

Mark and Lynn FoleyChuck and Betty ForristallLesley FoxCarrie and Paul FraipontDolph and Rosemary FuscoJoseph and Marilyn GabrieleWilliam and Barbara GardnerErnest and Margery GardowSteve GarrattMichael and Jeanne GeraceNancy and John GerhanRobert and Marion GilmoreSusan and Jim GleasonJeff and Gina GlynnLinda Lytle GoebelScott and Sharon GoetjenThe Goldbas FamilyRona and David GollobPeter GoreckiKevin Gough and Paula JonesMr. and Mrs. Robert B. GreenIra and Judi GreeneJulie and Jeremy GreshinDagny and Harrison GriswoldGerald and Margaret GundersonNancy and Craig HaaseRudolph and Jeanne HaffnerJames and Mary HaggertyDiana Haghighat and Gerado GutierrezThe Halligan FamilyDr. and Mrs. Walter HamptonFrederic HartmanJanet and Stuart HawkinsJim and Lisa HeavnerDr. Laurel HenneburyRobert Hensley FamilyJennifer and Norman HinesBarbara and Buzz HolmesLeigh and Dave HoveyAn-Ping and Sarah HsiehCraig and Lisa HugelGary and Liz JachymBeverly and Ronald JackowitzLaurinda JaffeMichele A. JenksFrank and Cathy Joslyn

Carol and Steven KagelKahl FamilyKapiloff FamilyJay and Kate KaplanThomas and Ginny KellyLinda KennedyJennifer and Tom KimKimball FamilySusan and Robert KinneyOtmar and Irmgard KleeGilbert N. KleinerGlenn and Gloria KnierimPaul Knierim and Greg NickettBurton H. KnustPeter and Gail KortenDavid and Barbara KorzendorferAlan and Leslie LahueKen and Johanna LawryRon and Gracie LefevreJudith Loewi and Robert GibbsBob and Bonnie LombardiJohn and Kathy LoomisPatti and Fred LorenzenMarc and Lori LubetkinJohn and Meghan LuckerRobert and Lois LyleJohn and Elizabeth MarionAndrew and Kirsten MarkowskiTodd and Lori MartensenKathy and John MartinDrew/Martin FamilyAndrew and Dorothy MasonNick and Connie MasonDiane and Geoffrey MatherDale and Janice MathesonThe Mathews FamilyTheodore and Janet McKelveyMaury and Jean McKeonJulia and Richard McNivenSarah andf Rennie McQuilkinArnold and Phyllis MendelsohnChrista and Gerhart MenzelSusan and Dwight MerriamBrenda Miller and Pradeep BajajRichard and Lauren MillerPeter and Birch MillikenBen Swift and Wendy MillsteinWalter and Mary MitchellJohn and Kathy MobleyGary and Patricia MoellerPeter and Denise MooreJane H. MoosLaird and Ann MortimerJim and Carolyn MullaneRichard and Nancy MurphyJohn and Joan NagyDiane and Donald NashThe Neary FamilySteve and Cris NobleValerie and Kevin NorthMary O'BryanAnne O'ConnellBrian and Terri O'Donnell and FamilyJim and Jean O'HerronHarriet and George OdlumThe Oleasz Family

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Carol Olsen and William BaylisSteve and Tina OsbornFrances H. OtleyGeoffrey Palmer and

Giannina DeBernardisMary Ann and Achilles PappanoJim and Jane PepeJan and Allen PetersenHelen and James PetersonPetitte FamilyAlan and Jan PetitteKen and Cheryl PicardDr. Joseph and Michele PiecuchBill and Ginny PikeLindsey and Deb PinkhamWilliam and Bonnie PinkneyLeah and Ralph PitfieldBeth and John PolioJim and Dian PomeranzThe Pomeroy FamilyHarmon and Nancy PooleMr. and Mrs. George A. Post, Jr.Mark PranaitisPeter and Ann ProwdaMr. and Mrs. Emanual PsarakisLora RancourtBrenda and Scott RansleyRatajczak FamilyJim and Charlotte RayMr. and Mrs. J. Rodney ReckLarry and Sandra ReitmanJim and Nancy RemisJay and Diane ReynoldsDale RichterRichard and Paula RobinsonJohn and Liz RoperThe Rowe FamilyDavid R. and Gail K. RyanThe Ryan FamilyJay SamsLarry and Katrina SchaedelJudy and John SchaeferJack and Debra SchmetterlingAl and Lydia SchoenbrunnLinda SchofieldRobin and Borden SchofieldDr. Elizabeth G. Schuck, MDNancy Scott and Dennis LockwoodCharmaine and Michael SeavyNorma ServadioThe Sexton FamilyJay, Amy, Emma and Brady SheehanJune F. ShermanSusan SingerClaire C. SmithGlenn and Erin SmithKatherine and Paul SmithSoderberg FamilyLeslie SomersNathan and Vicki SornborgerThe Spiro FamilyCharlie and Linda StephensonMarshall Greenberg and FamilyNoubar and Meri StoneBill and Judy SweeneyJohn and Jean Sziklas

Barbara G. TaylorBarabara Taylor and Brian CzakMr. and Mrs. Robert B. TaylorDeborah Thibodeau and

Walter BosenbergTerry and Ann TotemeierRenee E. TribertBarbara S. TullerDon and Carol TullerMarilyn TyszkaMr. and Mrs. Donald E. UhlDiane and Peter UllmanBob and Addie ValentineJim and Kitty VanguntenJoseph and Mariangelica VenishnickRoger and Elizabeth VogtThe Vonesh FamilyDr. and Mrs. Robert A. VoroscakMr. and Mrs. Richard WagnerLyn and George WalkerAnn and Stu WallackWilliam and Agnes WalshChip Ward and Marjorie AldrichChris Warren and Linette BranhamJames E. Miller and

Faith Ann Weidner, MDKelley and Kevin WeikelPaul D. and Carole E. WeillAnn and Bob WeiselRonnie and Mitchell WeissGregory J. and Kay S. WerkRichard and Eleanor WerleMichael and Moira WertheimerDavid and Gail WestcottWetstein FamilyPaul and Marjorie WickershamRichard and Carla WildePat and John WilesCliff and Rebecca WilliamsGrant and Michelle WinkleblackTim Wolf and Linda PaganiBarbara and Chuck WolfeMary and John WrightEdward and Carol WrobelMarilyn and Alan YatesCynthia and Thomas YoczikZambuto FamilyLouis and Janet ZarchenZeilman Family

Individuals XL Global Services Inc.Hunter Neal Photography

Judy AbrahamCarol A. AckermanRoger C. and Nancy S. AdamsDeborah Lynn AllenKathleen M. AlsgaardAlexander AnisimovAnonymousSusan AnwanderCharlotte Bidwell BaconHarald BenderPatricia L. BerberichMartin M. Beskind

Mrs. Nancy F. BirdPaul BisbergDeborah BishopDavid BlumeBombara FamilyJean BoundsSusan B. BrachwitzArthur BradleyErica Hattings-BrodeurCharlotte H. BrownGary and Loraine BurdickPeter BurkholderPhilip A. BurtonVera BushKaren and David BushongCourtney S. CareyPamela CavalieriPatricia A. CliffordMike and Patty ColburnAnna M. CollenWalter and Charlotte CollinsMarie and Henry CoonsGarrett CoxMr. and Mrs. William H. CrossMary and Michael CurranWilliam and Lenore DavisFelice DonahueChris and Beverly DoyleRaymond J. DryRobert L. Eddy, Jr.Thomas EdgePatricia EstillAlice and Robert EvansMichael and Delores FalzaranoHeather FeinsingerPatricia S. FienemannLyn FierriCassidy FitzpatrickJameson FitzpatrickCatherine FribergJoan GalliherLynn and William GaylordThomas C. GerryCharity Folk GirardMiriam GlinnDavid and Irene GlissmanJ. Christopher GodinBill and Vivian GombertLaura GrahamDeborah GrandinJanet B. GrevstadJanna S. GrossMrs. Jean M. HeagneyMatthew and Margaret HeagneyEric and Carol HedbergPaul HenaultGerald HirschJim HopkinsArthur H. HouseWilliam B. HowardAndrew HultquistLorraine JesickJudith I. JohannsenLoering M. JohnsonSeth JosephW. Wilson Keithline

M EM B E R S H I P

Our members are the key to oursuccess. Money raised throughmembership contributions providesfinancial support for operations, landacquisition, stewardship and otherneeds. A high level of membershipdemonstrates strong communitysupport for our mission when we seekgrant funding for our projects. Over10% of Simsbury families are membersof the Simsbury Land Trust.

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Kathryn KingAnn D. KnappBrian LaneBob and Lyn LaubenMark LescherPaul and Kathleen LettieriJacqueline LewisMargaret LindauerMartha and Stewart LottWilliam LynchDuncan MackaySara MartocchioGeorge and Lois MasonJim and Ann McDonaldSusan MeyerPaul and Ann MikkelsonRobert and Jean MilesHarvey and Carol MogerEmily MoosCurt NadeauCarlos E. NeumannSally O’ConnorPeter and Marianne OwensDon PaineEllen PaineDiane D. PhillipsPeter PiconeGregory W. PiecuchDr. and Mrs. William C. PopikAndrea PorterRoger and Ruth Ann PrestonPat PursellJudith RabinowitzLaura and Sean RileyBetty Hudson and Frances RobertsGretchen RobertsonW. Peter RommelRick RorickMary ScanlonBarbara Gates ShawErnest SmithRichard StanleyRichard SteerGail and Peter StempienCarolyn and Scott StewartJean SumnerPat SylvanLewis E. TolanSusan Van KleefNancy and David WadhamsCarol A. WaletzkoMr. and Mrs. Timothy WardElinor WarnerPhilip and Elizabeth WatsonMary Lou WigleyEllen WildmanGerald WinterNathan WoodworthWalter and Betsy ZalaskiDiane and Edwin ZalewskiCarl (Biff) Zoephel

Life MembersMcLean AssociationEnsign-Bickford Realty Corp.Executive Re Indemnity, Inc.

Richard and Patricia AdamsDr. and Mrs. Burton AldrichMr. and Mrs. Thomas AnathanMrs. Louis AntonelliMartha AustinMr. and Mrs. Ramani AyerHoward BeachLaura BellmayMr. and Mrs. Edward BennettPriscilla BergethonIlva L. BergmanJoe BosworthMr. and Mrs. John BuckeyDr. John CannonJon and Patricia CarlsonMr. and Mrs. ColeMarguerite M. CoxMr. and Mrs. William CoxMr. and Mrs. Charles DavisDick and Carol DavisCarl and Nancy EisenmannMrs. John E. EllsworthMr. and Mrs. Timothy E. EllsworthClaudette EngvallEvan David EustisLee Ann EustisLeslie Pomeroy EustisKaren Cutler Fine and Alan FineStephen FishSean and Candace FitzpatrickPhilip FletcherSue FletcherHerman and Letty FonteyneMr. and Mrs. Louis FriedmanDr. and Mrs. Malcolm GalenCamille GarrityMichael GirardLynzy and Hank GloverJohn and Christine GreeneJewel GutmanTheodore HahnJane Pomeroy HendrickMrs. William HindsDouglas B. HunterMs. Gerti JamesMr. and Mrs. Stanley JohnsonPamela and David KatzFrank KrasnogerMark and Debbie LeachGeorge LeaskaThomas and Melissa LechakDebbie LeonardDr. Richard LessowGeorge LogemannMr. and Mrs. Robert McGillMary McGrathAnita and Wolfried MielertCharles MillerNoel F. MoranMark and Judy NelsonPeter NielsonSteve and Cris NobleNancy A. Humpreys and Jo NolJohn and Carol O'NeilDr. and Mrs. Edmund OlsonPeter Olson

Martyn OwenRamon and Claire Padron, Jr.David and Beverly PayneMr. and Mrs. Terrance PiotrowiczBruce and Diane PowellMr. and Mrs. Richard PragerRoger and Ruth Ann PrestonMrs. Gloria RoseAlex RudewiczMadelene SalsterDr. Bernice SchaeferAl and Lydia SchoenbrunnAlfred SchuylerMr. and Mrs. Scott ShanksThomas and Clair SharplessDiana SimondsJoan SimondsJonathan SimondsMoira SimondsMr. and Mrs. David SirmanMarcia StevensMrs. J. Paul StoekePaula StoekeCamille M.G. SullivanTheodore TansiMarilyn TyszkaWilliam TyszkaMr. Ted VogtHelene WadeJohn WadhamsMrs. Richard WagnerW. Wyatt and Daphne WalkerArthur WegnerMeleda Wegner

Patricia WegnerRichard and Barbara WhiteheadGeorge and Mary WisemanEvan and Elizabeth WoollacottFrederick Worcester

In-Kind DonorsBKM FurnitureBlackwater Builders, Bob AllenConnecticut Party RentalsFitzgerald's FoodsFlamig FarmImagine It FramedJohn Johnson Art Direction and DesignJoyce Howard DesignKane's MarketKillian and DonohueMacDermid, Reynolds & Glissman, P.C.Perfect Vision and SoundRosedale FarmsScott Cassin's Custom CountertopsSigns PlusSteven StangTulmeadow FarmWest Street Wines and Spirits

Annual AppealChris and Mary Keeton BaierCharles BrodyPeter and Birch MillikenWiley and Alison Swain

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$100,000 and aboveCT Department of Environmental

ProtectionEnsign-Bickford Realty Corp.Hartford Foundation for Public GivingTown of SimsburyUSDA – Natural Resources

Conservation Service

AnonymousO. Preston CaseEstate of Marie F. DuganThe Louis Epstein Trust

Marshall and Lynn EpsteinEdith EpsteinSandra and Robert Bourke

Timothy and Sheryl RuarkGeorge and Lyn TrumbullOliver H. Tuller Family TrustRobert W. Tuller Family Trust

$50,000-$99,999Mr. and Mrs. Ramani AyerHerman and Letty FonteyneTom and Michelle Marra

$25,000-$49,999Sean and Candace FitzpatrickRobert and Margaret PatricelliJoe and Laura PatrinaJames and Carroll Veltrop

$10,000-$24,999Babson Capital ManagementThe Chubb CorporationHermann Family Charitable FoundationLandmark Partners

Denise and Chad AlfeldMarilyn AlfeldTed and Maura AlmyAnonymousChris and Barbara AubinMr. and Mrs. Steve BallentineRobert and Carol BinghamDick and Carol DavisRobert M. EllisFrederick and Hannah FeibelKatie FrenchJoan and Chuck HowardMadeline and Bruce KaplanPaul Knierim and Greg NickettMike and Ann LongMr. and Mrs. James MichenerAnita and Wolfried MielertJim and Dian PomeranzDavid R. and Gail K. RyanAlfred SchuylerThomas and Clair Sharpless

Mr. and Mrs. Richard WagnerThe Werth Family FoundationMary and John Wright

$5,000-$9,999UBS PaineWebberUnited Technologies

Mr. and Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr.Nancy and Ted BrownDavid and Anna ClarkMr. and Mrs. William CoxMary and Victor DowlingWilliam and Barbara GardnerJohn and Christine GreeneLeland HolcombRalph and Lynn JonesCarolyn KeilyAlan and Judy LiebermanNick and Connie MasonDebra and Paul McAlenneyLaird and Ann MortimerRichard and Nancy MurphyJane Porterfield and Gerald PastorLaura and Thomas ReeseGeorge and Ann RichardsJudy and John SchaeferJoseph and Mary Jane SpringmanRichard R. and Margaret W. SteinmetzRick and Kristi Warters and FamilyChele and Steve WilkinsRobert L. and Jane D. Wyld

$1,000-$4,999Aetna Foundation, Inc.Flamig FarmMetallizing Services Co., Inc.SBCSKY Investment Group LLCThe Stanley Works

Kevin and Marsha AdamsPeter and Pamela AlbertsenBob and Joan AllenAnonymousMr. and Mrs. James N. BagnallChris and Mary Keeton BaierErnie Ballagh and Vicki PittengerAustin D. Barney, IISally and Doug BarrettElizabeth CathlesKaren Brand and Ed CoxMr. and Mrs. Peter ChurchDavid and Wendy ClarkePatricia A. CliffordBob Pawlowski and Madelyn ColonDavid and Karen CondrenMarguerite M. CoxDr. and Mrs. Burton Cunin

Mark and Moira DaileyKaren and Frederic DaussanWilliam and Lenore DavisJohn and Joyce DonahueT.J. and Terri DonohueAnthony L. DrapelickMichele and Steven DysonPatricia S. FienemannMr. and Mrs. Robert FinnanceDiana and William FiskeJim and Marianne FlynnErnest and Margery GardowBarbara and Jack GillesCharity Folk GirardDavid Hadden and Sara HaddenSarah and David HartRobert and Barbara HeagneyWilliam B. HowardAtt'y. and Mrs. John F. Kearns IIIGlenn and Gloria KnierimRobert and Dawn KoffSusan and George KokulisJames and Sandra LapointeMr. and Mrs. Charles R. LindbergHenry D. LordNancy MacDonald and

Matthew TownsendSusan Masino and David GaltAndrew and Dorothy MasonMrs. Anne MillhamW. H. MuirDiane and Donald NashSteve and Cris NobleNancy A. Humpreys and Jo NolValerie and Kevin NorthHarriet and George OdlumHunter and Julie PeacockThelma PierceJulia Parker PostPreskenis FamilySally and Don RiegerPeter and Tish RobinsonJane and Jim RowanHarry and Sandra RyanNatalie and Elliot SchulmanRobert and Sheryl SchultzRobert and Francine ShanfieldCharlie and Linda StephensonDavid StewartKeith and Susan Stover and FamilySuzanne and Marc SussmanAnupam and Varsha TantriMr. and Mrs. C.E. ValentineWinthrop and Marlene WadsworthWigmore FamilyTony and Eileen ZaldonisAmy and Larry ZeinerDeborah and Michael ZimmermanSandy and Ellyn Ziplow

The Campaign for Simsbury DonationsThe Simsbury Land Trust would like to thank the following individuals,families, businesses and organizations that contributed gifts to The Campaignfor Simsbury. (Total gifts over the life of the campaign, including pledges.)

C A M PA I G N D O N AT I O NH I S T O R Y

The Simsbury Land Trust raised over $8 million in just seven years!

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T H E L E G A C Y S O C I E T Y

The Legacy Society is a recentaddition to the Simsbury Land TrustPlanned Giving program. Gifts maybe made directly or in trust to theSimsbury Land Trust or to anothertrustee with the Simsbury Land Trustas the beneficiary. If you make anestate or trust gift to the SimsburyLand Trust you can be part of TheLegacy Society. Members of TheLegacy Society are recognized inannual publications. If you havealready remembered the Simsbury

Land Trust inyour estateplanning, kindlynotify the office.Copies of TheLegacy Societybrochure areavailable on ourwebsite or bycontacting the SLT office.

SIMSBURY LAND TRUST

A little planning today

can help keep Simsbury beautiful

for future generations.

$500-$999Hunter Neal PhotographyING FoundationMass Mutual Life Insurance CompanyRosedale Vineyards, LLC

AnonymousMartha AustinDavid and Kristen BalderstonJoseph and Alice BarryVirginia and Richard BauerLarry and Barbara BergerJeanne and Bill BitterliDawn and Michal BobrykW. Graham Cole and Carol ColeThe Cranshaw FamilyAlice L. DaleyW. Clark Dean and MaryLynne DeanSam FeibelLesley FoxMr. and Mrs. Robert B. GreenThe Hark FamilyFrederic HartmanTricia and Josh HazelwoodMr. and Mrs. William HildebrandtJoyce and Frank HowardRoger and Margaret LawsonMark and Debbie LeachDebbie LeonardCarol Lundy-ShawScott and Constance ManosJohn and Elizabeth MarionTom and Sandy McGeePaul and Karen McKennaMarion D. McKinneyAnne O’ConnellSusan M. OrrDr. and Mrs. William C. PopikFrederick Prior, CPARobert and Linda RobertsNeal RounsevilleStacey Savin and Bob ChatignyThomas and Susan SoltisMarge and Ted StorrsAlan TauschMr. and Mrs. Robert B. TaylorElizabeth TesoneDaniel and Regina UptonDarryl WagnerKatherine and Sam WeinhoffMark and Patricia WillisMeg and Steve Wright

Up to $499AIGAmerican LeisureDrs. Robbin and CappadonnaFitzgerald’s FoodsFleet Matching Gift ProgramKane's MarketNascimbeni & Jahne SurveyersPPG Industries FoundationReid and Riege FoundationRWR EnterprisesSchoenhardt Architecture and Interior DesignSimsbury Garden Club

Stanadyne CorporationVerrengia Services

Brenda AbbottRoger C. and Nancy S. AdamsRon and Susie AgnesDiane AlfeldJim and Patty AlfieriPhoebe and P.K. AllenCarter and Elizabeth AlligoodKathleen M. AlsgaardMarjory AlspaughAnne AndersonAnonymousSusan AnwanderNorm and Joan ArmourThe Armstrong FamilyDominique AveryCharlotte Bidwell BaconCharles and Gert BaierDavid and Maryellen BaileyNancy BallBeth and Daniel BallardElizabeth BancoCatherine BarnardDebra Barberi and Jay BarrettWendell BarryRaymond and Esther BartlettStephen and Susan BasileSara J. BatchelderSonia and Alex BayneGene and Marilyn BeaudoinSarah Ann BedellBeebe FamilyHarald BenderWilliam and Charlotte BentonPatricia L. BerberichPriscilla BergethonGeraldine BerggrenMarjorie and Frank BevilacquaMrs. Nancy F. BirdBruce and Susan BjorkEric BleimeisterBrian and Tania BleuherDavid BlumeCatherine Gallo and Jeffrey BlumenthalDonald and Julie BodellBombara FamilyRita and Steven BondNancy Boynton and Robert LangeMark and Patricia BozemanRichard Clark and Carolyn BrandTony and Tamara BrazEllen and Terry BrennanLinda BriggsMr. and Mrs. Richard BrighamTony and Ann BrockelmanCharles BrodyRonald and Janet BruehlmanJohn Bruno and Artemis TsagarisAlan C. BugbeePeter BurkholderRichard and Claire BurnsElizabeth V. BurtLinda and Paul BushVera BushKaren and David Bushong

Jack and Joyce CahillLois W. CalvertThe Campolieta/Grandin FamilyMr. and Mrs. CarabilloCourtney S. CareyThe Carey FamilyDave and Lori CarlsonMargie and Dick CarlsonDr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. CarltonAnne and Phil CarpenterMichael and Rita CarrHeather CarrollSid and Mary CaseRuth CaseCarolyn CaseyLinda and Doug CaseyDorothy Boger CathlesPamela CavalieriPriscilla H. CebrikMichael A. CeganEleanor ChaseWeldon and Clarice ChaseChris and Eliza ChildsNevin and Julie ChristensenAngela and Jim ChurchRichard and Dorothy CialfiMr. and Mrs. Allan ClarkMr. Paul ClarkJeff and Michelle ClayPierce ClaybergerJay CobbledickDavid and Emily CoburnMr. Thomas Cockerill, IIIJeff CoderreAaron and Fanny CohenThe Cohen FamilyTerry ColeAnna M. CollenRobert and Caroline CollinsLois M. ComstockBarbara ConroyGail and Julian CoolidgeRoger and Sandy CoombesMarie and Henry CoonsDr. and Mrs. Carlton CoppersmithWilliam and Karyn CordnerWayne Coste and Gail AdamsCindy CouchMathew T. CoughlinJeff and Robin CowlingAbby Stevens, Emily Cranshaw and

Abbie SchusterTom and Patty CrawfordLois CrillyMelissa CroghanDr. and Mrs. Gordon B. CrouchDrene CunninghamKevin and Cheryl CunninghamMary and Michael CurranRobert and Deborah CushmanKendra and Emil DahlquistRonald and Lorraine DaigleElizabeth and Peter DalNegroRandy and Susan DaltonShirley DamatoScott and Anne Daniels

Robert and Diane DavisMark de Kanter and Kathleen DevaneyNancy and Craig DennenPhilip and Patty DePasqualeLeslie DesmanglesRebecca Fishman and Robert DestKelly and James DeVivoCharles and Cindi DietlinRalph and Shelley DietzKathi and Peter DolderPeg DonohueAnca and Lucian DragulskiJohn and Carol DrakeBeverly M. DreesRaymond J. DryTheresa and Joseph DuffyMaija EarlThomas EdgeBob and Laura EilersCarl and Nancy EisenmannLaurie and Robin EkwallMrs. John E. EllsworthMr. and Mrs. Timothy E. EllsworthGary Emerito and Gary WrightCarol and Jackson EnoGrace EpsteinRoy and Anne EricksonMel and Anne EtheridgeBill EthierAlice and Robert EvansMichael and Delores FalzaranoSusan and Bob FarnamSkip FarrisKen and Melissa FederLyn FierriJudith FifieldJoseph Fisher and Linda LuchsJanet Newell FiskMichael FlamminiLeon and Colleen ForbesTom and Anneliese FrankThe Franklin FamilyPhyllis J. FreemanCatherine FribergMs. Elizabeth FriedmanDavid and Marie FrinkDolph and Rosemary FuscoJoseph and Marilyn GabrieleDr. and Mrs. David GalbraithDavid and Maria GallagherMr. and Mrs. Robert GallagherJoan GalliherSteve and Rebecca GallowayGerry and Sally GarlickCorey GarrettCamille GarritySherry GarwoodMary-Jane GatelyTullio and Cindi GattiLynn and William GaylordJames and Jacqueline GazzolaChristina and Stephen GellmanJohn J. GentileNancy and John GerhanThomas C. GerryMichael and Judy Gessford

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Robert and Marion GilmoreMr. and Mrs. John P. GinnettiDavid GirardinThe Glasgow FamilyDavid and Virginia GlassRobert and Susan GlasspiegelSusan and Jim GleasonMiriam GlinnLynzy and Hank GloverJeff and Gina GlynnLinda Lytle GoebelScott and Sharon GoetjenThe Goldbas FamilyBill and Vivian GombertKevin Gough and Paula JonesLisa and Bruce GouldMichael T. GoupilLaura GrahamLaura E. GrandeDeborah GrandinMr. and Mrs. Gregorian-MichaelsenJulie and Jeremy GreshinKirsten and Oz GriebelBarbara and Bob GriffinRoland and Linda Peer-GrovesJohn and Elizabeth GunnJewel GutmanGordan and Janice GyngellBarbara and Dan HackenyosDr. and Mrs. Walter HamptonPatricia Hanmer and

Thomas MacDonaldTiffany HarrisWilliam and Helena HarrisonJanet and Stuart HawkinsJim and Lisa HeaunerCarl and Cathy HeidtFred and Dawn HeintzPaul HenaultDr. Laurel HenneburyYvonne W. HillJennifer and Norman HinesArt and Freddi HoffmanEvelyn and Paul HollandPeter and Jenny HollandSusan and Todd HollandBarbara and Buzz HolmesTido J. HoltkampTido and Barbara HoltkampBarbara and Richard HopkinsJim HopkinsArthur H. HouseIain and Linda Howard-SorrellWayne HudsonCraig and Lisa HugelDouglas B. HunterGordy and Missy Iler FamilyDavid and Kathryn IngramGeorge and Nancy IngramBlake and Sherry IronsGary and Liz JachymMichele A. JenksDouglas L. JohnsonEleanore JohnsonJohn JohnsonMrs. Walter H. Jones, Jr.

Seth JosephFrank and Cathy JoslynDennis and Linda KantorPamela and David KatzJohn and Karen KeaneW. Wilson KeithlineMichael Leonard and Lynda KelleyKenneth J. KellyScott, Mary Jo, Katie and Patrick KerrPaul and Patricia KetchpelScott and Carina KieperSusan and Robert KinneyDr. Karl and Rev. Wendy Sue

Kissa FamilyOtmar and Irmgard KleeDale and Janet KnechtBurton H. KnustJohn KomidarDavid and Carolyn KopperThomas and Susanne KornackiDavid and Barbara KorzendorferLynn KowalRic and Dee Ann KrahlSteve and Cyndi KreisherWendy Kellner and Scott KurtzmanJanice KwasniakLaurie and Tom KyzivatThomas and Catherine LamoreauxMr. and Mrs. Arroll L. LamsonDee and Linda LanderJohn LanerganDorothy Day LappenJonathan LascheverJuliet LavissiereThomas and Melissa LechakSteve Lee, MDRon and Gracie LefevreCathie S. LeonardLeonard FamilyPaul and Kathleen LettieriJacqueline LewisJohn LilliquistMarie and Eric LimMargaret LindauerChris LindquistTim and Lisa LinehanJan and Jerry LintnerJohn and Pam LockwoodPatti and Fred LorenzenMartha and Stewart LottDan and Linda LoughMr.and Mrs. Barrett LucasRobert and Kathleen LuchsJohn and Meghan LuckerWalter and Laurie LungariniFrank LuszczKen and Judi LynchHarry W. LynnDonald LyonsJames and Mary LyskiJustin and Lucia MaccaroneGeorge MacDonaldPeter and Cheryl MacInnisD. MackayConstance MacmillanGreta E. Macmillan

Frank and Lena MaglatyAnn MahoneyJoel and Ellen MandellNeal and Amy Mandell and FamilyLouis and Jane ManganoThe Marino FamilyJeffrey and Marcia MarstedTodd and Lori MartensenSara MartocchioCarmen and Teresa MascaroF. Van W. Mason, Jr.Kenneth Mason FamilyErrol and Carol MatzkeDiane and Michael Mc LeanLauren and Donald McCombsAnn McDonald and FamilyPaul and Kathleen McDonnellLuanne and Guy McDonoughMary McGrathDavid and Shannan McHaleTheodore and Janet McKelveyMaury and Jean McKeonMichael and Christine McNallyPrasad MenonChrista and Gerhart MenzelSusan and Dwight MerriamTommy and Aurelia MichaelsRobert and Jean MilesBunny and Tito MillanRick and Brenda MillerJulie and Brad MillerPage D. MillerRichard and Lauren MillerTollie MillerMary Helen MillhamBen Swift and Wendy MillsteinBeth Miranda and Edgar MirandaSteven and Brenda MitchellWalter and Mary MitchellJames MitranoLenora MoatsHarvey and Carol MogerMohrman FamilyJesse MoldavskySam MolinariMonaco FamilyEugene N. MonteloneJim and Diana MoodyThomas MooreJane H. MoosMoran FamilyMoraski FamilyD. Kent MorestJeffrey and Jeanne MorgensternMr. and Mrs. J.W. MorrisJoni and Jeff MorrisEdward K. MorrisonThe Mungovan FamilyHolly and Shaun MurphyMark D. Naccarato and David G. FreitasDavid and Sarah NanzigJim Nason and Pan RileyMatt and Ellen NaughtonCharles and Sarah NeagoyLaurie NelsonMark and Judy Nelson

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M I S S I O N S TA T E M E N TThe Simsbury Land Trust is a not-for-profitorganization whose mission is to protectscenic vistas, geological features andfarmland that visually define Simsbury’scharacter and provide healthy habitats forlocal wildlife and plants. Our goal is toconsistently craft, support and implementcreative land conservation solutions for thebenefit of present and future generations.

The Simsbury Land Trust seeks toaccomplish its mission through:

Acquisitions: Soliciting and acceptinggifts of land and interests in land fromindividuals and businesses.

Partnerships: Partnering with individuals,organizations, and governmental entities toaccomplish our goals.

Advocacy: Participating in public policy

dialogue at the local and state levels, in

public and private forums.

Stewardship: Managing and using

acquired properties in a manner consistent

with our mission.

Legacy Building: Soliciting donations

from individuals, organizations, foundations

and businesses.

Carlos E. NeumannSylvia NewtonDiane and Barry NorthwayEdward and Christine NovakJim and Jean O’HerronDottie and Max O'MearaO’Seep FamilyJohn and Elizabeth OakesRichard OdonnellThe Oleasz FamilyMel and Karen OllestadCarol Olsen and William BaylisDr. and Mrs. Edmund OlsonMark and Dianne OrensteinJoe and Nancy OroszSteve and Tina OsbornRobert and Linda OseychikFrances H. OtleyPeter and Marianne OwensPatricia Halle PabichPeter and Kristin PabichRamon and Claire Padron, Jr.Charles and Michelle PageShannon PaidasGeoffrey Palmer and Giannina DeBernardisJack PapadinisThe Paradis FamilyNicholas and Shawn ParisiLinda and Barry PearsonMary Louise PechJesse PellegattoGeorge PellitierStephen PerreaultFrederick H. Petersen and

Marlene D. PetersenHelen and James PetersonKathleen and Bertil PetersonAlan and Jan PetitteKen and Cheryl PicardDr. Joseph and Michele PiecuchBill and Ginny PikePhilip and Mary Ann PilonMichael and Karen PineauE. Mark PinnockRichard A. PlancoDavid and Judy PlutaWilliam and Roseann Podrasky

Beth and John PolioLynn F. PollackThe Pomeroy FamilyHarmon and Nancy PooleMr. and Mrs. George A. Post, Jr.Bonnie and Roger PotterRobert PoutasseBruce and Diane PowellJan Power and Peter NobileJohn and Henriette PowerJohn and Patricia PowerAnne-Marie Prabulos and Chris MorkanMr. and Mrs. Richard PragerSusan PrenticeRoger and Ruth Ann PrestonPeter and Ann ProwdaThe Purkayastha FamilyNancy N. RalstonJames and Tamara RamendaBrenda and Scott RansleyMarilyn and Bob RathMr. and Mrs. John RayeMr. and Mrs. J. Rodney ReckGreg and Kathy ReiffDavid and Louise ReillyLarry and Sandra ReitmanEvelyn and David ReuterSusan and Louis RicciutiThe Richardson FamilyMarian RickerKenneth RideoutMr. and Mrs. Kristoffer RidgewayGeorge and Nancy RigoulotDonald and Joan RileyDiana RischlingJoaquin and Lynn RiveiraBetty Hudson and Frances RobertsGretchen RobertsonJohn and Liz RoperGary and Connie RosentreterPeter and Joyce RoyalViviann and Jonathan RubinThe Ryan FamilyMichael and Tamra RyanMrs. John B. Sanborn, Jr.Donna ScallaPatricia ScanlonPatricia Scanlon and Frederick StoopLarry and Katrina SchaedelJohn and Susanne SchlossJack and Debra SchmetterlingAl and Lydia SchoenbrunnRichard SchoenhardtRobin and Borden SchofieldDr. Elizabeth G. Schuck, MDSchuldt FamilyJonathan Scull and FamilyMark and Ieke ScullyCharmaine and Michael SeavyDr. and Mrs. Sukhwant SethiFran SethreThe Sexton FamilyLauren and David ShaferElizabeth and Russell ShafferMr. and Mrs. Scott ShanksBarbara Gates ShawRobert A. Shea

Emily ShepardJune F. ShermanSusan ShipleyRachel and William ShipmanShlansky/DiCarlo FamilyGreg and Marzena SilpeMr. and Mrs. David SirmanKatherine H. SlettenApril Aldighieri SmithClaire C. SmithErnest SmithKatherine and Paul SmithKerwin and Jane SpanglerEarl and Sharon SpectorThe Spiro FamilyBruce and Sibylle SpoonerSteven Stang and FamilyRichard StanleyRichard SteerRobert and Norma Jean SternscheinScott and Amy StevensEd and Debbie StewartJim and Jessica StewartRoberta and Alfred StimpsonMrs. J. Paul StoekePaula StoekeNoubar and Meri StoneRobin and Gregory StorkBrenda J. Sullivan, CPARJ and Cathy SullivanPat and Dianne SullivanWiley and Alison SwainMadeleine and Russell SweetJohn and Jean SziklasBarbara G. TaylorAndrew and Kathleen TeffDeborah Thibodeau and Walter BosenbergChristopher and Susan ThomasPaul and Camilla ThompsonGeorgiana TierneyTitus FamilyGerard TonerTerry and Ann TotemeierDavid TowleJamin and Kim TownsanEmily TraverseJoe and Dianne TreacyRenee E. TribertBarbara S. TullerMary and Thomas TurnerMr. and Mrs. Donald E. UhlDiane and Peter UllmanChristopher M. UrsiniJim and Kitty VanguntenThe Verney FamilyMr. and Mrs. Ross VinocurRoger and Elizabeth VogtMr. Ted Vogt

Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. VoroscakJames and Harriet VoseNancy and David WadhamsRaymond and Erica WahlCarol A. WaletzkoLyn and George WalkerKathleen WallaceAnn and Stu WallackMr. and Mrs. Timothy WardJohn and Susanne WarholaChris Warren and Linette BranhamTom and Sharene WassellLeroy and Isabel WasserzugSarah and John WatermanJames WatsoPatricia Lang WatsoRoxann WatsoPhilip and Elizabeth WatsonClaire M. WebbWilliam A. WebbJames E. Miller and Faith Ann Weidner, MDLinda WellesRichard and Eleanor WerleDonald and Mimi WernerDavid and Gail WestcottMr. and Mrs. Lloyd WheelerWilliam and Deborah WhitingPaul and Marjorie WickershamEllen WildmanPat and John WilesRay and Marta WilliardMr. and Mrs. Johnson WinshipGerald WinterTobey and Margery WintersGeorge and Mary WisemanStephen WoodN.D. WoodberryPeter Gourley and Ruth Ann WoodleyLisa and David WoodsMr. Charles E. WoodwardNathan WoodworthEvan and Elizabeth WoollacottLauren and Joe WorthenEdward and Carol WrobelTom and Karen YanikAris and Nancy YannopoulosRaymond A. YirgaMr. and Mrs. Joseph YuryanDiane and Edwin ZalewskiPaul and Kristen ZaloomZambuto FamilyLouis and Janet ZarchenZeilman FamilyRegina ZikovichCarl (Biff) ZoephelFrank and Katy Zuliani

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In addition, new information and maps are posted to our website on aregular basis. You can also join or renew your membership online bycredit card and RSVP to Simsbury Land Trust events.

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S TA F F

Amy Zeiner, Executive Director

Patricia Hazelwood, Director,

Finance and Membership

SIMSBURY LAND TRUST

P.O. Box 634 | Simsbury, CT 06070Phone/Fax 860-651-8773www.simsburylandtrust.org

2009 BOARD O F T RUS T E E S

Chuck Howard, President

Ted Almy, Vice President

Karen Brand, Secretary

Bob Ellis, Treasurer

Chad Alfeld

Joan Allen

Bob Bingham

Dick Davis

T.J. Donohue

Arch Edgar

Fred Feibel

Herman Fonteyne

Katie French

Rob Heagney

Sally Rieger

Elliot Schulman

Jim Veltrop

Kelley Weikel

Margery Winters, Ex Officio

Tulmeadow WoodlotConnecting the West Ridge and Stratton Brook Corridors

Cover photo: Jay Sams

Design: John Johnson Art Direction & Design

Preserving Simsbury Open Space Since 1976

SIMSBURY LAND TRUSTP.O. Box 634 | Simsbury, CT 06070

Non-ProfitOrganizationU.S. PostagePAIDSimsbury, CTPermit No. 81

We did not

inherit the land

from our fathers.

We are borrowing it

from our children.

-Amish Proverb

Photo: Jay Sams