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Five Rivers Conservation Trust 2015-2016 Annual Report Local Conservation – Local Food Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report | 1

Cover image: Farmer Jane Presby, Dimond Hill Farm, Concord Focus on Farms Five Rivers Annual Gathering By Beth McGuinn, Executive Director and Special Presentation image credit: Kathy Healy The local food movement Climate Change is real! has put a spotlight on Learn how it is impacting New England farms and farming in New Hampshire. Do you shop and our options for the future. at your local farmers’ market or neighborhood Presenter: Cameron Wake farmstand? Pick your own is a climate scientist at UNH berries? Go out of your focused on Climate Change’s way to buy locally raised effects in New England. meat? Know your farmer by name? More and Thursday, June 2, more people do, and that 2016 includes me! 5:30—7:30 Executive Director, Beth McGuinn Fresh, locally grown food Tad’s Place tastes better, and farms provide the iconic landscapes of Havenwood Heritage open fields and forest edges that we all enjoy. Five Rivers continues its focus on farm conservation with the newly Heights conserved Bean Hill Farm in Northfield and our efforts, 149 East Side Drive, with the Friends of Stone Farm, to raise the funds needed to conserve the historic Stone Farm in Dunbarton. You will Concord learn more about these special farms in this Annual Report. Hors d’oeuvres, wine and beverages Conserving a farm with a conservation easement limits the Five Rivers Update development potential of the land, and ensures that the farm will be available for agriculture and forest manage- Climate Change Presentation ment in the future. The farm remains privately owned and the owner may convey the property as s/he wishes, with Seating is Limited – Reservation Required the conservation restrictions in place. Easements reduce Reserve Your Seat at www.5rct.org the value of a farm, making access to farmland more afford- able for a future farmer to purchase. When Five Rivers con- Information: 225-7225; [email protected] serves a farm or any property, we take on the responsibility for annual monitoring to make sure the easement terms Five Rivers is a nonprofit land trust with a mission to preserve are met, helping new owners understand the terms of the and protect important open space lands for present and future easement and taking action if activities on the farm are not generations. We work in seventeen towns1 at the confluence of five in keeping with the easement. New Hampshire rivers2. Farmers are at the heart of the local food movement. Their 1Five Rivers’ towns are Belmont, Boscawen, Bow, Canterbury, Chichester, perspectives on conservation and farming are important, Concord, Dunbarton, Gilmanton, Henniker, Hillsboro, Hopkinton, Loudon, so in this report’s centerfold we’ve profiled three farmers who work Five Rivers-conserved (or soon to be conserved) Northfield, Pembroke, Salisbury, Warner and Webster. fields. 2The Five Rivers are the Blackwater, Contoocook, Merrimack, Soucook If you’d like to explore a conserved farm, join us for our and Warner Rivers. new fundraiser – a Tour and Taste at Carter Hill Orchard in Tim Britain, Hopkinton, Chair August. This special evening will feature food made using Michael Lehman, Concord, Vice Chair a variety of local produce and opportunities to learn how Michael Shearin, Dunbarton, Treasurer apples and peaches are grown on this beloved Five Riv- Kit Morgan, Concord, Secretary ers-conserved orchard in Concord. And if you want to learn Mary Cowan Lundquist, Hopkinton Carolyn Koegler Miller, Hopkinton about the changes that are affecting farmers more than Michael Lenehan, Concord Sarah Pillsbury, Bow most, come to our Annual Gathering on June 2 to learn Michele Roberge, Concord Amanda Stone, Gilmanton how climate changes are impacting New England and what Ken Stern, Canterbury Farms, cont. page 3 Staff Beth McGuinn, Executive Director Kerry Smith, Membership and Office Manager Five Rivers Conservation Trust 31 Warren Street, Concord, NH | (603) 225-7225 | www.5rct.org2 | Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report

Five Rivers – Moving Forward Commission’s approval of our application in 2017. Approval will signify that Five Rivers meets the highest conservationBy Tim Britain, Board Chair and management standards for land trusts, an achievement shared by only 19% of land trusts nationwide. Accredita- As we complete our 2015-16 tion will allow us to more effectively achieve our mission. Fiscal Year, Five Rivers can Although many have contributed to this effort, I especially celebrate continuing growth to want to recognize some special volunteers. Melinda Gehris, meet the conservation needs Margaret Watkins, Ken Stern and Mike Shearin deserve of our region. Our supporters “above and beyond awards” for their work in preparing the now number over 480. Our application for accreditation. Thank you! strong-working Board of Trust- Elsewhere in this Newsletter, you will read about our suc- ees grew with the addition of cesses and plans regarding our core mission – conserving Mary Cowan Lundquist, Carolyn special places. You will also read about landowners who Koegler Miller, Amanda Stone, share our belief that farms, forests, wetlands, ponds andMichele Roberge and Sarah Pillsbury last year, bringing new scenic vistas must be preserved for future generations toenergy and ideas. enjoy. As a member, you are already familiar with Five Riv-Five years ago, our strategic plan identified two important ers’ accomplishments and mission. Please spread the newspaths for Five Rivers’ future success: (1) hire a full-time and encourage your family, friends and colleagues to joinExecutive Director and (2) seek accreditation from the Land our cause and continue our growth. Trust Alliance. We hired Beth McGuinn as our first full-timeExecutive Director in June 2014, with the assistance of a Farewell to Sarah Pillsburycapacity-building grant of $25,000/year for two years from Each year, Five Rivers experiencesthe New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Although that the joy of welcoming new Boardgrant expires this year, I am pleased to report that, thanks members balanced against sayingto the generosity of our members and contributors, and farewell to other dedicated vol-particularly our Conservation Leaders Society members, our unteers. Last year, Sarah Pillsburyfundraising efforts will enable us to sustain this position on rejoined the Board for one yearour own next year. We are grateful to the New Hampshire to finish an incomplete term andCharitable Foundation for investing in our success as we chair our Governance Committee.grow to meet increasing needs in our region. Sarah is a Five Rivers veteran,The Land Trust Accreditation Comission notified us in June having previously served on the Board from 2007-2013, in-2015 that Five Rivers had been selected to submit an appli- cluding one year as board chair and three as vice chair. Wecation for national accreditation in 2016. After months of are grateful for Sarah’s willingness to “fill the gap” and bidintense work, we submitted our application in March. Now her farewell once again as she leaves the board. that is something to celebrate! In the process, we havecombed through our records to document our organization- image credit: Beth Blairal practices, and have updated financial, stewardship andeasement policies. Submission of the application (whichis three inches thick), is not the end of the story. Over thenext ten months, we will answer additional questions, pro-vide supplemental data and endure an intensive interviewthis summer. I am confident that I will be able to report theFarms continued from page 2choices we can make to address this tremendous challenge.Last year, Five Rivers packed in lots of activity including trailopenings, hikes, conservation work, monitoring conservedlands and working towards land trust accreditation. We cando all of this because YOU make it happen. Thanks to eachof you who have made a financial contribution, volunteeredor served on a committee or the board. You make all of oursuccesses possible! If you are not yet a member or wouldlike to volunteer, clip the Join Us corner from the back pageand sign up, today.  Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report | 3

Protecting a Piece of New Hampshire History –Stone Farm, DunbartonBy Sarah Crowimage credit: Drew Groves and woods tavern and grew hops, and his daugh-If you walk the 200 acres of Stone image credit: Drew Grovesresponsiblyter Mary married James Stone, whoFarm with Judy Stone, you’ll not only logged, but the carried on with farming. This housetake in wonderful views of hilly fields, farm is quiet. burned in the 1920s, but the cellarponds, and cellar holes, you’ll also The farm’s hole’s granite footprint remains. Thistravel backwards through New Hamp- outbuildings field is named for Wesley, the lastshire’s farming history. Jim Stone, – icehouse, Beard son to live in the house.Judy’s late husband, raised dairy cattle cow barn, well Beyond Wesley’s Field is Prescott Field,here for 50 years, continuing the work house, corn where a cellar hole marks anotherof his ancestors, who began farming barn, sawdust long-ago farmhouse. The field alsoalong this road in 1780. Jim and Judy’s shed – attest boasts a different marker: About 10daughter, Cindy Pinard, is this family’s to past farm- years ago, Boston University’s Depart-seventh generation to farm this quiet ing needs. ment of Geography determined thatstretch of Dunbarton. And there are this field is the geographic center ofJudy and Jim met at a square dance plenty of stone New England. A flagpole marks the– “I wasn’t looking for a farmer, and I walls. “Where you have stone walls, spot.tried to set my girlfriend up with him,” there were once sheep,” Judy says. When Judy walks these fields, sheshe says. Still, she married him – “and But it is the farm’s fields that make loves to tell her family’s history. She’sI think I did quite well,” she says. The the biggest impression. Fields swoop happy that conserving the farm willcouple moved into the 1853 house downhill along Guinea Road, showing allow others to experience it as shethat Jim’s great-grandfather built. evidence of the farm’s distant past. In does. “We always wanted the farmJim’s father kept dairy cows for his one field are old apple trees, remnants preserved,” she says. When Jim died,milk delivery routes, and when Jim of an orchard that was destroyed in in 2013, he was working with Dun-took over the farm in the 1950s, he the 1938 hurricane. barton’s Conservation Commission tofocused on dairy farming too, but he Farther downhill, Stone Road, which clear trails for public use.modernized the place. In the 1960s, he once ran from Boston to Canada, di- The properties north and south ofbuilt one of the first free-stall barns in vides two more fields. William Beard, Stone Farm have been conserved,New Hampshire. Jim sold his milking Jim Stone’s ancestor, cleared the land which makes for 625 conserved acres.herd in 2006 – the end of dairy farm- and built a log cabin in 1780, and then When the farm’s easement is com-ing in Dunbarton. a more substantial Cape. Beard ran a plete, Judy Stone will have preserved aSince then, the fields have been hayed piece of New Hampshire history.  Sarah is a professional writer and long time Five Rivers member from Canterbury.4 | Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report

Stone Farm Facts Treasurer’s Report 2015-16Size: 200+ acres to be conserved By Mike Shearin, TreasurerLocation: Guinea Road, DunbartonHistory: Farmed by the Stone family since the 1780s The fiscal year ending March 2016 was a financial successIn Process: Conservation easement will be purchased if for Five Rivers. The Board challenged itself to developfundraising is successful income sources to replace the two year $25,000 grant gen-Conservation Values: erously provided by the New Hampshire Charitable Foun- dation to help support the new (in 2014) full-time Executive • Iconic New Hampshire farm, former dairy, now Director position. We exceeded this goal and ended the producing hay. fiscal year with net operating income over $30,000, a strong working capital balance and total assets at an all-time high. • Intact cellar holes and foundations of former barns Achieving a balanced budget remains an important goal and a tavern. while we continue to focus on meeting the highest stan- dards of conservation stewardship for the long-term. We’re • Productive forestland. thankful to our faithful supporters and volunteers and a • Streams flowing into two priority watersheds – dedicated staff for making this an impressive fiscal year. Bella Brook and Kimball Pond. ASSETS 2015-16 2014-15 • Highly ranked wildlife habitat. Current Assets • Links other conserved lands to create a 625-acre Checking/Savings 166,400 130,612 Vanguard Funds (restricted) 469,933 450,910 conserved block. Other Current Assets • Includes the geographic center of New England. Total Current Assets 4,746 4,413Once conserved, Five Rivers will monitor the farm 641,079 585,935each year and work with Judy and future landownersto ensure that it is always managed to retain the Fixed Assets 260,800 260,800conservation values. Sweatt Property 260,800 260,800 Total Fixed Assets 901,879 846,735Stone Farm Fundraising TOTAL ASSETS:The Stone Farm Conservation Campaign has been agreat success – 91% of the goal has been achieved, LIABILITIES & EQUITY 2015-16 2014-15thanks to the following funders: Liabilities Current Libilities 7,883 8,176 • 72 local community donors. Total Liabilities 7,883 8,176 • Land and Community Heritage Investment Program Equity 260,800 260,800 (LCHIP). Sweatt Property 487,020 • Dunbarton Conservation Commission. 146,176 461,516 • Russell Farm and Forest Conservation Foundation. Restricted Funds 893,996 116,242 • Moose Plate Program of the State Conservation Unrestricted (retained earnings) 901,879 838,559 Total Equity 846,735 Committee. TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY: • Merrimack Conservation Partnership. • Davis Conservation Fund image credit: Drew Groves • Local Land Conservation Fund of the NH Charitable Foundation • Matching grant from Thomas W. Hass Fund of the NH Charitable Foundation will be awarded when we raise $50,000 to match the grant. • $33,000 left to raise to complete the project.To contribute, send a check to Five Rivers, 31 WarrenSt, Concord 03301. Call (603) 225-7225 to make a creditcard donation, gift of stock or a tax deductible IRAdistribution. Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report | 5

Who Farms ConseFive Rivers and Farm ConservationFive Rivers Conservation Trust recognizes that farmland is being developed or “growing up” to trees.not just desirable for growing crops and raising livestock. Here, we introduce several of your farmer friends andIt’s very desirable for development. neighbors who work on conserved property to raise every-That’s why conserving farmland is a key part of Five Rivers’ thing from vegetables to flowers, cows to chickens or themission. hay needed to feed farm animals.“Protecting farming and farmland is probably our highestpriority,” said Beth McGuinn, Five Rivers’ Executive Director. Former Associated Press“It’s so rare and so threatened.” writer Dave Tirrell-Wysocki is aIn central New Hampshire, Five Rivers has worked with free-lance writer and directorproperty owners, the state, local governments and other of the Nackey Loeb School oforganizations to protect 67 properties, totaling nearly 4,000 Communications. He lives inacres in 15 communities. One third of the properties are Canterbury and shops regularlyinvolved in farming. It’s an important accomplishment at at Canterbury’s communitya time when many farms are going under and farmland is farmer’s market.Andy Carter, Stone Farm, DunbartonFarmer Andy Carter sees conserving farmland as an import- Andy uses most of the Stoneant balance between making a living with sustainable agri- Farm hay for his beef herd. Heculture; managing water, soil and woodlands; and providing plans to use all of it in the fu-wildlife habitat. ture as he enlarges the herd.“It’s not take, take, take,” he said. The Stone Farm’s hay and theAndy lives at his family’s Chauncey Farm in New Boston, beef it feeds on Andy’s farm fillwhere he maintains a grass-fed beef herd and sells hay on an important need because ofconserved land that’s been farmed since the 1740s. He the demand locally for healthyworks hayfields on the Stone Farm in Dunbarton, a 1780s beef. Further, conservingfarm, the subject of a Five Rivers Conservation Campaign. farmland fosters soil and water management and wildlife habitat. “I don’t think people realize how wildlife benefits from this, especially in southern New Hampshire, with the rate of housing development we’ve seen,” he said. Having grown up on a dairy farm in Canada before working interna- tionally as a driller, Andy said he returned to farming because it’s in his blood. He returned to farming fulltime at the Chauncey Farm in 2010, where a drive through the area highlights another reason for conserving farmland. “When my parents moved back here in ‘96, there were seven houses on the road,” he said. “Now, there are 118.” 6 | Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report

r v e d L a n d ? By David Terrill-Wysocki Alicia and Ryan Smith, Hammer Down Farm, GilmantonFor Alicia and Ryan Smith, buying a conserved tract of fer- Conserving thetile fields along Route 107 in Gilmanton ensured the future land also securedof their farm. cherished viewsThe Smiths grow hay on the fields to feed cows and pigs of Loon Pond andon their nearby Hammer Down Farm, where they produce rolling landscape beyond. “Anyone meat and dairy products. who drives by “There is unbelievable demand there benefits for locally grown pork and from that,” he beef,” Ryan said. “If I had ten said. cows go to butcher yesterday, The Smiths recog- I could sell every bit of meat nize they carry a tomorrow.” responsibility by Ryan and Alicia believe their farming on con- farm is an important link in pro- served land. viding local food in the Lakes “The importance Region. is to keep the land “I see the demand growing and open, healthy and workable – and to make it better for the growing,” Ryan said, so protect- next generation,” Ryan said. ing the Route 107 fields from For the Smiths, the next generation is their toddler son, impending development and Colton, and infant daughter, Chloe, whom they look for- making them available to feed ward to involving in the operation. their growing herds was crucial. “It’s a great way to raise a family,” Alicia said. “We want “Buying that property has se- them to know how to work hard on a farm and where their cured our farm for generations food comes from.”  to come.”Jane Presby, Dimond Hill Farm, ConcordConserving her beloved Dimond Hill Farm in Concord meant fresher and the more healthy it is.”Jane Presby could continue a centuries’-old tradition with “Every neighborhood should have a farm,” she said. Dimond Hill also fits into the local food movement with some 21st century educa- education programs about how to make the best of locally tion. grown products. To that end, Jane grows smaller items, in- On beautiful hilltop property cluding mini-heads of lettuce and cabbage, to help families that’s been farmed since the avoid waste. late 1700s, Jane produces Jane was born and raised on the farm and returned to it and sells a shopping list of after a 34-year teaching career. For her, farming on con- summer vegetables and sells served land means she has no pressure to sell – pressure Christmas trees and other her father felt for decades. local products. The farm also “When the highways came through and the population was offers nutrition instruction, exploding, there were people coming out here looking to public trails and a peaceful buy farms as future prospects for nice building property,” setting for workshops and she said. other events. Jane said she farms because it’s in her soul. To Jane, conserving Dimond “You know how nice it is to walk into the greenhouse full Hill Farm helps make sure of thousands of tomatoes? You watch people eat them and local residents can eat fresh it’s like, ‘Yeah. That’s why I do this.’”  food. “The shorter distance you travel with food, the Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report | 7

A Love of Trees, a Legacy of Farming:Bean Hill Farm, NorthfieldBy Sarah CrowIt was trees, in a way, that brought Eliza and JohnConde to Bean Hill Farm in Northfield. In 1972,Eliza and John were newly married, and John hadjust taken the job of Merrimack County Forester.Bean Hill Farm’s then-owners, Warren and EmilyJoslin, happened to know the retiring county for-ester, Wilbur Thompson of Canterbury, and War-ren decided that his farm should go to the newcounty forester. Eliza and John took Warren upon his offer, and then they took up the challengeof the farm: When they moved in, the farmhousehad no indoor plumbing or heat (four woodstovesgot them through the winter).Warren and Emily Joslin, who’d bought Bean Hill have worked this farm’s fields and woodlot, lived in theFarm in 1937, “made do,” Eliza says. “Warren and circa-1802 Cape, and taken in the views of distant Bean Hill.Emily had a subsistence farm here. They had acow, and Amos the Ox for haying. Warren moved “John and I just didn’t know our time was so limited,” Elizathe barn up from town, somehow pulling it behind says, referring to John’s sudden passing last year. With hishis Model B truck.” But Warren’s real love was for his trees. death, Eliza realized that she should act to conserve the“His woodlot was pretty much his life,” Eliza says. When farm, and she contacted Five Rivers about a conservationNew Hampshire began recognizing tree farms, in 1950, easement. The couple’s two sons were settled out West,Warren was quick to apply for that designation. and although theyLike Warren, John Conde loved trees: As county forester, love Bean Hill Farm, Bean Hill Farmhe got to know many of the woodlots of Merrimack Coun- neither wanted to Factsty, often better than their owners did. John loved his own take it on, Eliza adds.trees, too: He managed his woodlot and made maple syrup, “Five Rivers was easy Size: 89 acresstarting with a few taps. Over the decades he grew his to work with,” sheoperation into a gravity-fed system and a sugar house with Location: Bean Hill Road, Northfielda commercial-size evaporator.John and Eliza put decades’ worth of labor into their farm. says, noting that Ken Conservation Values:“It’s never been a farm you can make a living on, it’s too Stern helped meetsmall, but we raised our own food when our sons were her request for a • Productive farm, currentlygrowing up,” Eliza says. “We had pigs, chickens, a cow, tur- December deadline. producing hay, pick your ownkeys.” After the couple retired, they grew raspberries and The new easement berries and maple syrup.blueberries for a pick-your-own farm. ensures that the twoIn the past ten years or so, John and Eliza talked more often 45-acre pieces, one • Productive forest, currentlyabout making sure the farm stayed a farm, because with on each side of Bean producing firewood and lumber.its stone walls, striking granite outcroppings, and rollingfields, and (just as important) half a mile of desirable road • Long scenic road frontage.frontage, a developer could easily break the farm intosmaller lots. And Northfield had grown dramatically, from Hill Road, will stay to- • Highly ranked wildlife habitat.just 1,700 residents in 1972 to almost 5,000 today. What’s gether as one parcel. Eliza Conde donated themore, these acres have been farmed continuously for more conservation easement on thethan 260 years, making it one of the oldest farms in central In the meantime, property and will continue to ownNew Hampshire. One of the region’s earliest settlers, Josiah Eliza will continue to the land until she conveys it to aMiles, was deeded 320 acres here in 1750, in exchange for tend her berries and new owner. Five Rivers will monitorhis work on the first town roads. (At that time, Northfield vegetables, hay the the farm each year and work withwas still part of Canterbury.) Since then, many generations fields, and walk and Eliza and future landowners to ski the farm, winding ensure that it is always managed to through its trees and retain the conservation values. fields with her dog. 8 | Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report

Thank You – VolunteersFive Rivers is a volunteer-driven organization. Great thanks to all who have given their time to make our work possible! Ifyou or someone you know would like to volunteer for Five Rivers, please see the opportunities below and join us! If youwere a volunteer and we missed listing your name, please let us know so we can correct the error!Board of Trustees Rob Knight Terry Irwin Office Volunteers Jim LaFondTim Britain, Chair Greg Manesto Doug Islieb Kim Arndt Jan McClureMike Lehman, Vice Chair David Parker Lucia Kittredge Barb Beers Carolyn Koegler MillerMike Shearin, Treasurer Margaret Watkins Rob Knight Ray Fournier Tim PiferKit Morgan, Secretary Binny Wells Mike Lenehan Kathy Healy Fran Phillipe Mike Lenehan Greg Mannesto Mary Leadbeater Sara RiordanMary Cowan Lundquist Volunteer Easement Bethann McCarthy Trudy Mott Smith Dave RossCarolyn Koegler Miller Monitors Kit Morgan Patti Smith Eric Sargent Sarah Pillsbury Brian Adams Jared Nylund Betsy Swan Ruth SmithMichele Roberge Gary Ambelas Sarah Pillsbury Molly SperdutoKen Stern Carolyn Baldwin Sara Riordan Event Volunteers Betsy SwanAmanda Stone Barb Beers Susan Roman Barb Beers Hilary Thomson Tim Britain David Ross Bob Cotton Margaret WatkinsCommittee Volunteers Lee Carbonneau Lori Sommers Kathy HealyBarb Beers Bob Cotton Molly Sperduto Debbie Carley Event HostsAllen Brooks Laura Deming Ken Stern Chris Carley Eliza CondeDebbie Carley John Dickey Amanda Stone Tim Fleury Dimond Hill Farm Bob Cotton Eliza Evans Ned Therrien Dick Ford Havenwood HeritageDick Ford Paula Gilman Sarah Thorne Chris Hallowell HeightsMelinda Gehris Anne Gwynne Margaret Watkins Dave Healy Mike and Patty ShearinMarie Gottwald Jay Haines Mark Zankel Ron Klemarczyk Paula GilmanKathy Healy Richard Head Rob KnightLucia Kittredge Kathy Healy Audrey KnightVolunteer Wish ListOpportunities In the spirit of reusing andFive Rivers is volunteer driven, and recycling, can you help us find theseyou can help. There are a wide gently used items so we don’t havevariety of opportunities from baking to buy new? Thanks!to event planning, from graphicdesign to research. Please contact 3” ring bindersBeth at (603) 225-7225 to discuss Paper shredderhow you can help support your 2 unit cordless phone setlocal land trust. First aid kits Clean plastic bins with lidsStone Farm, image credit: Drew Groves mage credit: Barb Beers2016 Events Join us in 2016 to explore our conserved properties, enjoy locally grown food, hike on conserved land or learn about Climate Change in New England. Space is limited, Please register early at www.5rct.org. Annual Gathering Thursday, June 2 (See Page 2) Carter Hill Tour and Taste Thursday, August 18 Fall Hike Sunday, November 6 (tentative) Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report | 9

Thank You – Members and SupportersConservation Thank you to all who have contributed financially to Five Rivers this year (April 1, 2015Leaders Society - March 31, 2016). If you contributed, but don’t see your name here, kindly let us let usOur Conservation Leaders Society know so we can correct the error.Members (CLS) provide strong, sustain-  New Supporter  Membership & Annual Appeal  Stone Farm Supportering support of our mission by pledging3 annual donations of $1500 or more.  Pierce Project SupporterTheir generous support allows us togrow and meet our future challenges. Conservators ($2,500 & over) Jared & Jessica Nylund Peter & Susan SaviteerThank you to each of our conservation Anthony Damato  James Owers & John Schenk &leaders. Leslie Ludtke  Andrew & Donna Dunn  Melinda Payson Julia Flood-Page  Conservation Society Members Stewards ($1,000 -$2,499) Sarah Pillsbury  Lyn Schollett & Cindy Tubbs  ($1,500-$6,000/year for 3 years) Herbert & Laraine Allen  Hugh & Jeanne Sherman  Tom & Dorothy Bazos  Brent & Wendy Powell  New Supporter  Recently Renewed Dennis Card & Maureen McCanty  Stephen & Patrice Rasche  Dan & Molly Sperduto Michael and Patty Shearin  Bob Spiegelman & Sylvia Bates and Tom Masland  Arthur Clarke & Susan Sloan Michele Roberge  Truda Bloom  John and Pamela Blackford Win & Marybeth Robinson Tim and Jane Britain  Mary Gourley  Marshall & Rachel Rowe Russell & Natalia Strong Hope Z. Butterworth George Holt & Deb Sellers  Whit Symmes & Colin and Paula Cabot Larry & Lois Scammon Marianne Jones William Chapman  Brett & Kristin St Clair  Ellery & Robin Sedgwick  Mary Cowan Lundquist  Wayne and Mary Stadelmann  Andrew & Amanda Stone  George & Anna Mae Twigg  Tom & Judy Wagner Nathan Faulkner and Julia Burdick  Ken & Ilene Stern  Ned & Jean Therrien  Jerry & Ann Walls Melinda S. Gehris  Dr. John & Kathleen Winant Dr. R. K. Warburton  William Whiting  Bill and Hansi Glahn  Erik & Chrisann Wheeler  Benefactors ($500-$999) Mary Emily Wilson  Peter & Diane Wilson  Bob and Beverly Grappone Bruce & Barbara Austin  Bill & Anne Zeller  Lucy Hoder & Rob Thomson  Mary Wirth Jeffrey Zellers & Thomas & Karen Berry Friends ($150-$249) Eileen McCarthy Harold and Betsy Janeway Steve Blackmer & Kelly Short  Stephen & Elizabeth Bedard  Rob and Audrey Knight  Don Brueggemann & Supporter ($50-$149) John & Cynthia Madden  Karen & Addison Chase  David & Jennifer Allen  Rob and Carolyn Koegler Miller  Robert & Robyn Cotton Marjorie Waters Steve & Jacquie Allman  Michael Lehman and Jan McClure Bruce & Susan Burns Michael and Betty Lenehan Mary Cowan Lundquist & Jerry Lundquist Claudia Altemus & Maureen McCanty and Dennis Card Kurt & Jennifer Denlinger Paul Cathcart  Steve Abbott  David & Rebecca Cawley Sylvia Miskoe Jacquelyn & Ronald Gray  Estate Of Stella Ciborowski Eric & Cherilyn Anderson Judy Nelson Joy Hammond & Michael Elmes  Herb & Emily Archer  Joan O’Meara-Winant Nancy Christie  Tom and Amanda Osmer Matthew & Roberta Lavey  Brad Connolly & Dot Larkin  Steven & Kimberly Arndt  David Parker Mary Leadbeater & Michael Strack  Chuck Bagley & Tim and Julie Pifer  Robert & Janna Cummings Joanne Cassulo  Anne Renner and Rob Kirsch Michael Lehman & Jan McClure Pamela & Gerry Drypolcher  Mike and Muriel Robinette Beth McGuinn & Ruth Smith  Peter & Carolyn Baldwin Connie Rosemont and Jon Greenberg Cedric H. Dustin, Jr.  Robert & Lori Baldwin  David Ross and Anne Gwynne Emily Preston  Jonathan & Sarah Eck  Michael and Patty Shearin Jeff & Hillary Warner Michael Bartlett Ken and Ilene Stern  BJ Entwisle  Patricia Bass Bert Whittemore Stephen & Linda Falchetta Lou Stern Protectors ($250-$499) Arthur & Charlotte Beaudet  Kurt and Elaine Swenson Elizabeth Ferdina  Jeff Berckes  Mark & Betsy Bardo Nancy Frost  John Swope  Jim & Ellen Bassett Robert & Marilyn Bergevin John and Christine Teague John Funk & Deborah Chase  Mike Bertolone & Maureen Donald and Susan Ware  Paul Belyea  James & Donna-Belle Garvin Frank & Nancy Betchart Duffy  Margaret Watkins  Jim & Marie Gottwald Roland Berube  Robert and Binney Wells Charlie Betz  Dennis & Elizabeth Hager Richard & Linda Beyer Robert and Jill Wilson  John & Pamela Blackford Tom & Lisa Biklen Dr. John and Kathleen Winant Jay J. Haines Alain & Phyllis Biron  Mark and Susan Zankel Jill Blackmer Martha Hammond  Briggs Buchanan  Janet Bourne Don & Katy Burns Steve Hengen & Liz Ralph & Jane Bristol  Hope Z. Butterworth  Durfee-Hengen Ron & Kathleen Brockett Larry & Brigitte Cook  Thomas & Emilie Burack Steve & Donna Imgrund  James & Gwynne Burkhardt Zib Corell  Douglas M. Isleib  Peter & Cathy Cowan Loren Butman & Peter & Sarah Crow Frank & Pamela Kenison Karlee Kenison Robert & Doris Dawkins Rob & Audrey Knight  Frederick & Patrice Ficken Matthew & Winnie Krogman  Sara Cairns Charles & Patricia Gerhan  Robert & Sylvia Larsen Peter & Tenley Callaghan  Josh Gordon & Lisa Shapiro  Richard Lugg & Ruth Fischer  Chris Hallowell & Cynthia Morrison  Donna Cantillo  Ronald & Darlene Jarvis  Richard Maher Debbie & Chris Carley  Cleve Kapala & Lucia Kittredge Jim & Amy Martin  Brian & Heather Lavoie The McCrillis Family  John & Sue Caruso Steven Chamberlin Stewart Levenson Tim Meeh & Elizabeth & William Chapin, Jr Leo & Gail Martel  Jill McCollough  The Chapman Family  Katie McDonald & Rene Ouellet  Scott & Laura Morrison George & Sally Chase Robert and Paula Martel  James & Laura Morrissey  Kathleen McGuire  Stephen Chase Kara & Anthony Mollano  Terry Cronin & Tod & Victoria Chase  Bob & Gena Cohen Moses  Christine Ojendyk Lisa & Brett Cherrington Rick Murphy & Beth Moore  Rick & Kerry Chormann Richard & Patricia Murphy  Liza Poinier & Jack & Jeanne Chwasciak Galen Nichols & Annette Nielsen Bruce Clendenning James & Jane Raymond Richard Cimikoski Debra Clark Ari Richter  Molly Richter  Susan Clarke  Sara Riordan  Mark & Cynthia Rouvalis 10 | Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report

Richard Cook & Ron Klemarczyk Paul & Beverley Sanborn Michael & Stacey Macri Stewards ($1,000 - $2,499) Rebecca Courser  Mark & Heidi Knipe Eric Sargent  Clement & LCHIP-Land and Community Mike & Gretchen Coughlin  Charles & Joanne Knox  Heritage Investment Program Victoria Cronin  Gail & Michael Kulak  Jeff & Carol Schapira  Colleen Madden  Fred and Lisa Cross  Mark Schiewetz & Judith George McGuinn Benefactor ($500 -$999)Thomas & Stephanie Curtis  Judith Kumin Cilley Veterinary Clinic  Edwina Czajkowski Shawn LaFrance & Buckley Russell & Pauline Miller Protector ($250 to $499)Raymond & Candace Daigle  Rebecca Farver  Christine Schlegel  Donna & Jim Miller  Edward & Claudia Damon  Leon LaFreniere & Nancy Heather Scholl & Andy Locke  Howard Moffett & Associated Grocers Rob & Juliana Dapice  Michael Schowalter  Lois Scribner Dagoba Group  Peter & MJ DeBrusk  Carlisle Ingeborg Seaboyer Joyce Mons  Richard DeSeve & Ernest & Faith Landry Linda Nichols Foothills Physical Therapy  Susan Hale-DeSeve Linda and Mark Landry  Brenda Sens Brian & Fran Pierce  Gondwana and Divine George & Janet Devito Paul Lepesqueur & Mary Roger & Susan Shamel Ally Piper  Clothing  John & Carolyn Dickey  Jeanette H Shearin  Mallory and Friedman  Kerwin  Charles & Judith Putnam  Jane Difley Dorothy LeBaron Karen Shields  Steve Rothenberg Scott Dias Custom Building Tiffany & Stevyn Dodd  Paul & Lynda Levy Mike & Kathy Shields St. Andrew’s Richard & Jo Ann Lincoln  Joseph & Liz Short  Richard & Catherine Sheehan Barbara Donahue Ginny & Ron Litalien James & Iris Sindelar Mary Ellen Siudut  Episcopal Church  Scott & Diane Doner Friend ($150 to $249) Maggie Donohue & Robert Lyon Geoffrey Smith  Arthur & Dawn Stavros Canterbury Conservation Pauline MacKay  Scott Smith & George Teloian  Dawn Lieder  Miriam Malkasian  Ruthie White Commission Phil & MaryAnn Donovan Jeffrey Fullam & Melissa Patti Cass-Smith  Henniker Veterinary Hospital Greg & Iliana Smith  Doug & Pam Woodward Natalie Duval Mandrell Susanne Smith-Meyer In Memory Of John Stapler Northeast Delta Dental Brian & Sissy Ellis  Robert Mann Linda & Kevin Soles  Pleasant View Gardens George & Sally Embley Greg Mannesto  Paul & Joanne Steinberg Bowdoinham Library Shaker Road Child Care Center Bill & Sarah England  Steve & Leslie Manning  Geraldine Strachan  Book Club  Sandra Martin  Eleanor Swindlehurst & GRANTS Vintage Kitchens Laura Ernst & John Mattill  Supporters ($50 to $149) Stephanie D’Agostino Mark & Leigh Maynard Martha Rae  Davis Conservation BCM Environmental & Land Bob & Terry Estabrook Mike & Gianine McCluskey Cathy Ann Taylor  Foundation  Sean & Genella McDonald Law Kathy Evans Richard McNamara Dijit Taylor NH Charitable Foundation Chichester Conservation Scott Fabozzi & Doug McNutt  Greg & Kathy Thesing  SPONSORS Autumn Van Sice  Mel & Sarah Melasecca Melissa & Steve Trafton  Commission Bill & Lyn Fenollosa Cathy Menard & Betsy Black  Overall Event Sponsor Fernwood Farm Deborah Fifield Paul Mercier & Linda Ray  Charlotte Vanaskie  ($5,000) KRM Chocolates  Matt & Taryn Fisher Jed & Katherine Merrow Margaret Venator  Lotions and Potions Dick & Lynne Ford Mike & Amy Metcalf Michael & Leigh Walls Revision Energy McLane Middleton David & Debra Foster  Denise & Stephen Michaud  John & Meg Warner Media Sponsors ($1,500) Naturesource Communica- Raymond & Kathy Fournier Carolyn Koegler Miller & Rob Cleveland, Waters and Bass Thomas & Annie Freese Wendy Waskin  tions Barbara Beers & Christine Miller Peter & Barbara Weeks  Sulloway & Hollis  Pembroke Conservation Richard Miller & Accreditation Sponsor ($500) Friedman Karlene Normandin Frank Weeks & Commission Marion Frost  Walter & Carol Mitchell  Elizabeth Merriam BCM Environmental & Summit Dental Robert & Elizabeth Gabrielli Charlie & Nanci Mitchell Donald & Sharon Welch  Land Law South Congregational Church Betsy Gardella Kathy & Will Mitchell  Ayn Whytemare  The Flower Cart Mary Gaul  Bill & Debbie Monroe Cheryl Anne Williams  Event Sponsors MATCHING GIFTS Peter Gauthier & Esther Carmen Montmarquet  Ben & Lucy Wilson  ($250 – $1,500) Kit & Suzanne Morgan Michael Wimsatt & Chiara Hess and Gehris AARP  Cowles Trudy Mott-Smith Merrimack County Lincoln Financial Foundation David Geist & Fred & Lee Mullen  Dolcino  Kristina Wilson  Dennis Murphy  Lucy Winship Savings Bank RiverStone Resources  Emily Geoghegan & Aviva & Eric Nestler  Philip & Ronna Wise  Morgan Stanley Foundation  IN KIND DONATIONS Leanne Tigert  Charlie & Mabel Niebling  Mary Witschonke Cleveland Waters and Bass Michael & Eileen Gfroerer Jeanne North & Page Cannon Larry & Susan Wolfe Quickwater Canoe & Kayak Drew & Kristyne Groves  Jon & Anne Nute  Teresa Wyman  Speedy Printing  Concord Food Coop Nada & Nuha Haddad Steve O’Connor & Ellen Koenig Catherine Yeager  Dimond Hill Farm John Hamilton & Linda Ottery  Lawrence Yearke The Rowley Agency  Grappone Automotive Group Krista Helmboldt  Stephanie Parkinson  Oge & Pamela Young BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION Hess Gehris Solutions Mary Louise Hancock Alan & Jacqueline Payne Others ($1-$49) Kathryn Michener Brian Hansen  Bryan & Jessica Pellerin James & Gail Allard  SUPPORTERS Quickwater Canoe and Kayak John & Martha Hastings Nick & Ruth Perencevich Gary & Denise Ambelas Conservators ($2,500 & over) Speedy Printing  Donald & Frances Anderson  The Nature Conservancy Kelly Haza Steve Perron Elizabeth W. Arms Grappone Toyota Kathy & Dave Healy  Greg & Deb Peters Bruce & Barbara Banks  Stetson & Ammy Heiser JR & Liz Petrus  Nancy Bean image credit: Kathryn Michener Mary Sue Bracy  Peter Helm  Fran Philippe  Meaghan Britain  David & Kathleen Heuss Peter & Lorraine Pierce Jack Bronnenberg Ruth Chevion Linda Hodgdon  Carolyn Pomfret  Liz & Herbert Cooper  Bob Holleman Kevin Porter  Martha Corson Bob Quinn Julie Dewdney Nick & Brigette Holmes Judy Elliott & Arnie Alpert Jennifer & Mark Hopkins  John & Judy Ransmeier Fred & Ann Graf Jeff Howard & Pat Schofield Gary Rice & Patrick & April Hackley Richard Howarth & Kari Asmus Valerie Hall &Tom Howe & Sarah Thorne  Bethann McCarthy Barbara Keshen  Rob & Tabitha Riley Mark & Doris Hampton David Howe Stephen & Paula Roberts Bill Hauser & Joann Willemsen Herb & Nancy Huckins Rebecca & William Rolke  Jo & Ed Hendry  Andre and Barbara Hurtgen Hilary Horton  Susan Roman Craig & Linda Jennings  William Ingalls  Lou & Mary Rosenthall Regina Kenworthy Kevin & Joanne Jones Tom & Nancy Roy  Richard & Anne Kirby  Edward & Penny Kyle Ann Junkin  Gary Ruppert Peter & Leslie Leahy  Dr. & Mrs. Steven Kaitz Edward & Patricia Rutko Chris Kane & Eve Oyer  Joyce Ryan  Linda Kenison  Sarah Kinter  Five Rivers Conservation Trust | 2015-2016 Annual Report | 11

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