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Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
2013 Fiscal Year Report
ESLC Board of Directors Caroline County Jim Lewis Mark Powell Cecil County Allaire Hummel William W. Jeanes Jr. James T. Mullin Jack Sentman Dorchester County Russell B. Brinsfield Caroline Cline Amanda Fenstermaker David Harp, President Richard L. Willey Kent County Charles Athey Charlotte D. Hawes, Vice-President John Moag Gail Owings Jane Scott Queen Anne’s County Mary Campbell, Secretary Austin Reed Mark Sultenfuss Benjamin C. Tilghman, Treasurer John Wilson James Wood Talbot County Howard Freedlander Michael J. Halloran Richard Tilghman Philip J. Webster Advisory Committee John E. “Chip” Akridge, III Louisa C. Duemling Hon. Harry Hughes Hon. John C. North II B. Francis Saul Staff Robert J. Etgen, Executive Director Amy Owsley, Deputy Director Sarah Abel Jaime Belanger Megan D’Arcy Doug Davies Carmen Farmer Wayne Gilchrest Deborah Halvis Josh Hastings Jennifer Matthews Jared Parks Sarah Pearce Jackie Potter Brad Rogers Laura Sanford Carin Starr
from Rob Etgen, director One of the biggest parenting lessons I have learned is that kids thrive on routine—at least my kids do. One of our family routines is that on Tuesdays when I pick up our three year old Rosie from daycare we go on an “adventure.” In Rosie’s world, an adventure is a 30- to 60-minute ramble in a park or on a trail where we turn over stones looking for bugs, pretend there are trolls hiding in dark places, or collect treasure—unique rocks or shells to bring home for Mommy. Lately our favorite adventure places are the Cross Island Trail on Kent Island, the long entrance road to the Chesapeake Bay Exploration Center in Grasonville, or a forested twist in our neighborhood road “where Mr. Fox lives.” At Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, we are committed to providing public access to open space including parks, farms, hiking trails, urban gardens, the Chesapeake Bay, and other parts of the Eastern Shore’s rich heritage. This year alone we have been working on a new park and trail system at Easton Point – a former dump on Easton’s waterfront; a new Stevensville park with a pedestrian/bicycle bridge over U.S. 50 that would eventually connect the Cross Island Trail with the South County Trail; and several other parks and trails in Cambridge, Centreville, East New Market and other towns. All of these new projects are in our towns and communities and are located where people will bump into them as part of their everyday routines. We believe this is key to reconnecting our kids with nature and the heritage of the Eastern Shore. I got into this work almost 30 years ago because I loved nature, the Eastern Shore, being outside, and going on my own adventures as a young, single guy with a yellow lab in the front seat of my truck. I love it that my kids are picking up on that same passion, and that our work at Eastern Shore Land Conservancy is making it possible in our towns and communities—and on our way to and from work and school.
Happy holidays all!
Committed to preserving and sustaining the vibrant communities of the Eastern Shore and the lands and waters that connect them.
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Park donated in honor of man who rescued Stevensville landmarks STEVENSVILLE – The man who helped preserve many Stevensville landmarks will be remembered with a park in his name on property his son donated to Queen Anne’s County.
about Land
and as an environmental educational site through our partnership with the Midshore Riverkeepers.”
When ESLC Executive Director Rob Etgen saw the parcel, he thought it would make a great park and began Roger W. Eisinger started buying as to community members and much property as he could in Stevens- talking ted parties about it being a ville in the 1980s, rebuilding an antique interes pedestrian bridge landing site. store and developing an arts district. His son, Bob Eisinger, still owned In the mid-1990s, he said, the Stevenser Eising 5.27 acres of a farm Roger ville Community Plan team identified to d wante and purchased in the 1980s the property as a good spot for a park name. s father’ his preserve the parcel in because of the way the headwaters from Thompson Creek came into Queen Anne’s County agreed to take town, but no progress was made at that ownership of the donated parcel and time. placed a conservation easement on it rConse with the Eastern Shore Land “I am delighted by the generosity of the al nment vancy and Maryland Enviro Eisinger family and by the partnership Trust. that has emerged around this new park and connecting trail,” Etgen said. “We The park would be open to the public look forward to working with Queen and could possibly be the landing Anne’s County and the Midshore site for a pedestrian bridge over U.S. Riverkeeper Conservancy to make the of Route 50, connecting the two sides Roger W. Eisinger Park and connecting The Cross Island Trail. Queen Anne’s trail a treasure for everyone.” County officials have struggled for years to figure out how to get people The Midshore Riverkeeper Consersafely across Route 50, said County vancy will offer kiosks for public mesAdministrator Gregg Todd. saging and will explore other options, including native plantings. Todd contacted Dick McIntyre, who designed the Cross Island Trail. Mc“Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy Intyre agreed to sketch a design for a is delighted that we were able to play a possible pedestrian bridge. The county role in steering Bob Eisinger to Eastern plans to pursue funding for implemen- Shore Land Conservancy, and helping tation. to interest Queen Anne’s County in the potential for accepting this property,” “The county is very grateful to the said Midshore Riverkeeper ExecuEisinger family for dedicating this or Tim Junkin. “We are property to us which will be dedicated tive Direct the park and pedesthat ent confid as the Roger W. Eisinger Jr. Park,” said will be a wonderful ss overpa trian Commissioner Dave Dunmyer. “We Kent Island and on folks for asset are also very excited about the park’s ” area. the around potential to serve as a gateway to a pedestrian walkway over Route 50
Pictured are Midshore Riverkeeper Executive Director Tim Junkin, Bob Eisinger, Rob Eisinger, Queen Anne’s County Administrator Gregg Todd, and Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Executive Director Rob Etgen.
ESLC works with partners to seek innovative solutions to land and public use problems.
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ESLC and the City of
about Towns
Cambridge brought together residents to design a better Cambridge Gateway.
As the City of Cambridge prepares to celebrate its 330th year in 2014, its
downtown is experiencing a renaissance. The galleries, dining and shopping experiences are abundant, and the rich history of Cambridge is preserved in museums, historic architecture, and in the culture. Still, this city on the Choptank River struggles to attract people off of the bustle of the neondotted U.S. Route 50. The Cambridge Comprehensive Plan and Economic Development Strategic Plan call for revitalized “gateways” into the downtown. Eastern Shore Land Conservancy partnered with the City of Cambridge to help design the first of these Cambridge Gateways, along Maryland Avenue. Route 50 travelers encounter Maryland Avenue at the first stoplight off of the Frederick Malkus Bridge. Currently indistinguishable in character from the rest of the Route 50 corridor, someone unfamiliar with Cambridge would have no clear understanding that a beautiful, historic waterfront town exists just a few blocks away. ESLC and the City held a series of public meetings and workshops to inspire residents and public officials to envision a design for Maryland Avenue that would attract tourists and residents. Community members said they wanted to make Maryland Avenue more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians. To that end, ESLC worked with the City to install temporary bike lane markings and signage both to encourage cycling and to make it safer to cycle alongside motorists. Other design guidance from residents included the desires to showcase local culture, including a connection to nature and a love of history; to give recognition to the City’s traditional careers and industries, including waterman and the former canneries; and to beautify the street, including preserving and accentuating historic housing and the Cambridge Creek Bridge. Design students from University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Institute College of Art, University of Minnesota, Portland State University, and Syracuse University developed concepts based on the community’s desires for Maryland Avenue and worked with these ideas to design several possible design concepts. ESLC chose the best of those proposals and delivered to the City of Cambridge a final report, available at www.eslc.org, that the Cambridge City Council unanimously adopted as the guiding document for a revitalization project on Maryland Avenue. It is this kind of collaboration and assistance to our towns that can help keep our towns healthy, attractive places to live, work and play.
“No place stays special by accident.” – Ed Mcmahon, Charles E. Fraser Chair on Sustainable Development, Urban Land Institute
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about People
Outdoor Fun and Learning Continues at Sassafras Environmental Education Center
SEEC hosted more than 1,000 parents, students, and teachers in 2013.
The Sassafras Environmental Education Center, under the leadership of Wayne Gilchrest, expanded grades served last year from 3rd and 8th grades to include 4th and 9th graders. Starting in October 2012, SEEC began managing 4.5 acres of agricultural lands at Turners Creek to pilot a project exemplifying farming compatible with local ecology. This area was hand-sewn with winter cover crops using volunteer help from student classes. A regular calendar of youth and public engagement activities included a Fall festival, night hikes, canoe paddles, education walks, poetry and storytelling sessions, and presence at key events outside in the community.
Outdoor education can enhance learning across disciplines such as science, math, social sciences, language arts, music, and art.
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2013 Volunteers
The following gave generously of their time and talents Kathy Abend
Carla Gerber
Mary McCoy
Jane Selden
Rick Abend
Karen Gianninoto
Colin Meiser
Jack Sentman
John “Chip” Akridge
Tony Gianninoto
Mary Meiser
Cyndi Slacum
Andy Andrews
Girl Scout Troop 190
Ruth Menefee
Gene Slear
James Anthony
Andy Goddard
Ritze Miller
Lee Smith
Charles Athey
Bob Greenlee
Emily Mineweaser
Hilary Spence
Scott Beatty
Alan Hais
John Moag
Mari Stanely
Jock Beebe
Michael Halloran
Charles Moore
Bob Stanley
Arlene Bickel
Robert Hanson
Jack Moore
Jennifer Stanley
David Harp
Ted Mueller
Russell Steffy
Jerry Harris
James Mullin
Mark Sultenfuss
Charlotte Hawes
Frank Narr
Lynn Thomas
Joe Hickman
Nancy Neely
Benjamin Tilghman
Adrian Holmes
Ed Nielson
Beverly Tilghman
Nick Carter
Hon. Harry Hughes
Hon. John North II
Richard Tilghman
Chesapeake Bay Trust Conservation Corps Volunteer Class of 2012
Allaire Hummel
Anna Ossler
Wesley Tse
Midge Ingersoll
Gail Owings
John Vail
Stuart Clarke
William Jeanes Jr.
Betsy Petty
Carol Jelich
Charles Petty
Joe Jelich
Danny Poet
Michelle Johnson
Mark Powell
Bob Kelly
Andi Pupke
Mike Kern
Sarah Ramsey
Diane Klingelhofer
Mary Ann Ray
Mignonne LaChapelle
Austin Reed
Lynn Dolinger
James Lewis
Mary Revell
Louisa Duemling
Pat Lewis
Bill Reybold
Nancy Espenhorst
Cindy Lilley
John Roberts
Herman Espenhorst
Tracy Lind
Brian Roche
Amanda Fenstermaker
Darrin Lowery
Bilquis Rock
Cathy Fisher
Stefanie Malkus
Jeremy Rothwell
Howard Freedlander
Charles Manning
B. Francis Saul
Gallaudet University Students
Howard McCoy
Jane Scott
Mike Bilek Roger Bollman Marc Bramble Russell Brinsfield Mary Campbell
Volunteers donated more than 2,500 hours to ESLC last year. This page:
Althea Clarke Caroline Cline Will Cook Megan Cook and family
The enthusiastic crew of
John Creighton
Chesapeake Bay Trust
Tim Crosby
Conservation Corps cleared paths and built signage at the Lynch Preserve in Caroline County.
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Ellyn Vail Buck Waller Alex Walls Ron Weber Philip Webster Bob Wenneson Debbie White Dennis White Richard Willey Mayor Willey Hasan Wilson John Wilson James Wood Mary Jane Wyant Shannon Wyant
2013 Contributors Supporters Mr. Michael P. Anthony & Ms. Joanne Beavers Ms. Shirley Bailey Dirck Bartlett Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Bass Mr. Jon F Bauer Mr. David Bent Ms. Beverly S. Blades Mr. Thomas Blake Mr. & Mrs. William I. Blake Mr. Eric Bridges Mr. Ned Brooks Mr. James F. Burdick Mr. Wayne Burgess Mr. David Burris Mr. John Campbell Mr. Marty Capasso Mrs. P. Sylvia Chiofolo Ms. Hope Clark Ms. Shirley S. Cockey Mr. & Mrs. Jim Coleman Ms. Natalie Costanzo Theresa A. Covington Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Coyle Ms. Patricia Crane Director David R. Curson Ph.D. Mr. Jack Waren Demorra ll Mr. Charles Denton Ms. Marianne Dise Mr. & Mrs. Dave Dodd Ms. Diane Dower Mr. William M. Dryden Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dummer Mr. & Mrs. Blaine duPont Ms. Caroline Etgen Ms. Rose Etgen Ms. Isabelle Fair Mr. Alan Faulkner Mr. Dan Feingold Mr. Jeffrey Fellows Mr. & Mrs. John Fischer Elizabeth Fisher Mr. Michael D. Frenchik Mr. & Mrs. Steve Fuguet Thomas Gale Ms. Patricia Gardner Mr. & Mrs. James Gibson Dr. & Mrs. Nelson H. Goldberg Ms. Christiane T. Gorycki Mr. & Mrs. John H. Graham III Peter L. Gross M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Groton III
Mr. Homan F. Hallock Mr. Brett Hammond Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanrahan Mr. Forest Hansen Mr. John C. Harding Mr. & Mrs. Kirke Harper Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Terry Hebert Mr. Doug Honabach Mr. & Mrs. James Howard Mr. & Mrs. Ted S. Hresko Mr. John Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Denis S. Insley Mr. & Mrs. William Jenkins Ms. Ruth Jensen Ms. Mary Jewett Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Jones Ms. Beth Jones Ms. Missy Jones Ms. Jody Katz Mr. Mark Kenney Mr. Mike Kerchner Mr. Michael Kern Mr. Paul W. Kerner Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Kingsbury Mr. & Mrs. Marion H. Klingler Ms. Judith A. Knight Mr. & Mrs. Clarence I. Kuntz Mr. Ralph Kurtz Ms. Alison Cuza Laird Mr. David S. Lascko Ms. Nora E. Lawson Ms. Eva Mae Leight Cheryl Lewis Mr. & Mrs. John Lippke Mr. Robert Lubran Mr. Gerard Lutty Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Mackey Ms. Kelli Magaw Mr. James Malaro Ms. Elizabeth Matthews Jacob McCarthy Mr. William McLeran Ms. Emilie T. McWilliams Ms. Rosalinda W. McWilliams Dr. M. Kent Mewha Mr. & Mrs. Ladson Mills Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mills Ms. Regina S Moore Ms. Holly Morris Mr. & Mrs. Russ Mullaly Mr. William Murdoch David Myers Mr. Andy Namlick
Ms. Anna Ossler Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Otter Jared Parks Mr. Edward T. Parramore Mr. Fredric W. Parsons CPA Mr. & Mrs. John Pettit Ms. Dorothea Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Brian Pierman Faye Councell Polillo Ms. Blanche L Powell Mr. Robert A. Reed Ms. Vara Reeser Ms. Beth Remillard Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Renn Mr. & Mrs. Craig Richardson Marilia Rodrigues Mr. Donald P Ruhl Mr. Joseph Ruzicka Mr. & Mrs. William M. Schoenster Mr. Paul Schwartz Helen Cardiff & Richard Scofield Anderson Shepard Mr. John R. Sim Mr. Milford H. Sprecher Mr. Steven Stegner Mr. & Mrs. William Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stoer Mr. Brian Suite Mr. Mark Sultenfuss Mr. & Mrs. John S. Taylor Ms. Jane C. Teichner Ms. Carol Terry Ms. Sue Ellen Thompson Mr. G. Lee Turner P.E. Ms. Anne Warhurst Mr. Martin Weber Mr. Larry Webster Ms. Aundra Weissert Ms. April W. White Ms. Helaine White Mr. Harvey Wigder Ms. Barbara Wise Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Young Nell Ziehl
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bayne Mr. Edwin Berk Paige R. Bethke Ms. Jennifer Bevan-Dangel David Blitzer Mr. & Mrs. Roger Bollman Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Boulden Mr. & Mrs. Damon Bradley Ms. Alice L Bradshaw Marc Bramble Mr. Larry Brammer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bright Ms. Norma Broadhorst Mr. & Mrs. Walter R. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Browning Mr. & Mrs. K. King Burnett Mr. & Mrs. Dan M. Calwell IV Gordon & Jane Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Hershell B. Claggett Sr. Mr. & Mrs. John Cleary Ms. Kathleen “Katie” Clendaniel Tom Corl Jay P Corvan Mr. & Mrs. Olin Davis III Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Deutsch Mr. Memo Diriker Ms. Pamela Duke Mr. & Mrs. James D. Edwards Jan & Joy Eliassen Kinley Elliott
Land Protector Ms. Nancy Andrew Carol Armstrong Mr. Charles R. Athey Esq. Mayor Margo A. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Battin Mr. Donald R. Baugh
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Mr. Kolter Elliott Mr. Gregory S Farley Ms. Carmen Farmer Ms. Gayle C. Folger Ms. Elizabeth Freedlander Kurt Fuchs Mr. Ronald K. Fuss Mr. Gus Gartner Mr. & Mrs. Tony Gianninoto Ms. Kristin A. Hagert Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. Halpern Ms. Holly Harris-McCoy Ms. Barbara Harrison Mr. Daniel Hellerstein Ms. Patricia Hogeland Ms. Tara Holste Mr. Thomas W. Horton Mr. & Mrs. John J. Hutchinson Jr. Ms. Ruth Hynson-Palmer Mr. Jeffrey Jackman Mr. Jake Jacobsen Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Jana Mr. & Mrs. Paul Janson Ms. Karen U. Jones Catherine Kimbles Mr. David Kleinke
Mr. John Kotoski Mr. Stephen Labash Paul LaGasse Mr. David L. Lambertsen Dr. Laurie J. Landeau Christina Harding Landskroener Mr. Clay Larrimore Ms. Cynthia Lauster Ms. Claudia Lewis Mr. Richard Loeffler Ms. Rose MacGregor Mr. Charles D MacLeod Ms. Sherry Majors Mr. Rollin Marquis Mr. Steve Marsh Ms. Doris Mason Mr. Joseph McGurrin Ms. Megan Milliken Mr. Charles A. Mock Ms. Tracey Monroe Ms. Mary Jo Moran Mr. Milton Morris Ms. Faye H. Nave Mr. David Nemazie Mr. & Mrs. Edmund O’Leary Mr. Michael Pappas
Left: Stewardship Manager, Megan D’Arcy, her son Wyatt (future monitor—who did not fly), and Ben Tilghman, ESLC Board Member and avid flyer getting ready to monitor a donated property. Right: ESLC participated in PARK(ing) Day, an annual event held in cities around the world in which artists, activists and community members temporarily transform metered parking spaces into public parks and other social spaces. Staff and volunteers installed a relaxation station with bay grasses, beanbags and a fishing hole—all in one parking spot in front of the Easton Town Office.
Mr. Zachary Parks Mr. & Mrs. J. Benson Payne Ms. M. Katherine Pepersack Mr. Fred C. Pomeroy Mr. Mark Powell Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Ray Mr. Austin Reed Ms. Faye Rexrode Jean Rhian Ms. Joanne Richart-Young Mr. Thomas F. Risher Richard Robinson Mr. Mike Roman Mr. & Mrs. Terry Ruffatto Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sataloff Ms. Cathy Scheiner Dr. Michael S. Scott Maureen B. Scott-Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Donald Shuck Mr. Ryan Sigworth Ms. Lisetta Silvestri Mr. & Mrs. David Smock Delegate Richard Sossi Ms. Elizabeth Spence Mr. Paul Spitzer Mr. Robert Stanley Ms. LaToya Staten Ms. Renee Stephens Lynn B Thomas Jr. Ms. Cathy Thompson Ms. Marcia Tourtellott Ms. Carol Truppi Ms. Katrina Tucker Ms. Dawn L Vangrin Mr. & Mrs. Sidney J. Venable Jr. Ms. Sara Visintainer Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt Wallace Mr. James O. Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Walters Mr. & Mrs. Paul Weber Mr. & Mrs. Dennis White Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wieand Mr. & Mrs. C. Stephen Willoughby
Land Guardian Mr. & Mrs. Ron Anderson Ms. Joyce Andes Sheila Austrian Jeffrey S. Bacon Ms. Susan Baldwin Mr. Devereaux Barnes Mr. Philip Beachy Ms. Carol Bilek Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bjork Mrs. Doris Blazek-White Mr. Thomas H. Bliss
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Mr. John R. Bowden Mr. Samuel Brinton David Brosch Mr. John H. Burbage Jr. Dany Burns Ms. Virginia R. Busby Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Candella Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cavanaugh Mr. William B. Chambers Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cleaver Mr. Bill Coleman Mr. William L. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cooper Ms. Wendy Anne Cronin Mr. & Mrs. Barry Davis Mr. Mike De Lucia Mr. John F. Delean Ms. Debbi Dodson Ralph & Lynn Dolinger Commissioner David Dunmyer Dr. Ludwig Eglseder Jr. Mr. Michael Egnatz Mr. Duane Ekedahl Mr. & Mrs. Herman Espenhorst Ms. Jesslyn Etgen Mr. Wilson C. Everhart III Ms. Agnes Everly Mr. Jay Falstad Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fawcett Mr. Joseph Fehrer Ms. Tammy Field Mr. Jack Foehrenbach Mr. Louis Foehrkolb Tim Ford Ms. Heather L. Forsyth Mr. James J. Fratino Ms. Shirley T. Freestate Ms. Georgine M. Garbisch Ms. Meredith Ellen Girard Mr. James Goodyear Ms. Judyth J. Graff Ms. Suzanne Gutting Mr. John B Hall Mr. & Mrs. Jerre B. Hartman Mr. Bruce D. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L Herr Mr. Joseph L. Holt Mr. & Mrs. Vernon & Michele Hustead Dr. Bayly E. Janson-La Palme Ms. Kari E. Johnson Ms. Zoe Johnson Mr. William R. Johnston Ms. Isabel Junkin Ms. Sylvan Kaufman Mr. Stephen H. Kehoe
Ms. Karen S. Kelly Michele Kemmerzell Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Kudner III Mr. & Mrs. Nevin E. Kuhl Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lawrence Mr. Rick Leader Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Lehmicke Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Lesher Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Lewis Mr. Edward Liccione Dr. & Mrs. Erney Maher Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mainster Mr. & Mrs. Paul Makosky Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Marroni Mr. & Mrs. William Mattimore Mr. George “Happy” E. Mayer Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew R. McCown Mr. & Mrs. Edward Middleton Mr. Ed Modell Mr. James P. Montague Mr. James Ted Mueller Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Mullin Ms. M. Kathleen Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Mike Murphy Mr. & Mrs. John Murray Ms. Kara Nave Ms. Linda B. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. John Novak Ms. Nancy Novey Mr. Timothy Obenshain James O’Neal Mr. & Mrs. Beale H. Ong Amy M. Owsley & Ryan Ewing Mr. & Mrs. Philip P. W. Parish Honorable & Mrs. Floyd Parks Mrs. Rebecca M. Pearce Ms. Laura Pearce Mr. Michael Pennington Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Pepper Ms. Helene Perry Ms. Carmen Perry Mr. & Mrs. Victor Pfeiffer Mrs. Margaret G. Quimby Ms. Sue Ricciardi Ms. Marie G. Robinson Mr. Merle Rockwell Ms. Elizabeth Stewart Schaefer Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Schrader Mr. & Mrs. David Segermark Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Senn Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sharkey Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Shays Mr. & Mrs. William M. Shettle Mr. & Mrs. Jerrald Simmers Mr. Sidney Scott Smith Mr. David Spear
Dr. & Mrs. Frank Starr Mr. & Mrs. Mario Tama Mr. & Mrs. Carl Tankersly Mr. & Mrs. W. Stuart Thompson Jr. Mr. William L. Thompson Mr. James Tilghman Mr. & Mrs. Porter Tuck Ms. Conchita D. Tuers Mr. & Mrs. William C. Walke Jr. Ms. Susan Wallace Mr. Scott Warner Ms. Kathleen A. Warnkey Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Waxter Ms. Kimberly Wells Ms. Valerie Wohlfeld Wells Ms. Annette T. West Ms. Diane West Mr. Donald Whitcomb Honorable & Mrs. Kenneth A. Wilcox Mr. & Mrs. Ronald V. Wilkins Mr. Michael L Williams Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Frank Wolff Mrs. Dana York Ms. Marianne Yost
Land Caretaker Mr. & Mrs. Rick Abend Ms. Elizabeth S. Adams Mr. Richard Altman Mr. & Mrs. Steve Anderton Mr. & Mrs. James M. Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Russell S. Baker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Baker Charles L. Bell Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Bell Mr. & Mrs. Dale Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Dick Biggs Elwood Blanchard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Blankley Mr. & Mrs. David C. Boyer Ms. Kimberly Brandt Mr. Edward S. Brinton Jessie Browne Dr. Edward R. Burka M.D. Mr. William Burnette Mr. & Mrs. Lou Cadwell Mr. Trippe Callahan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Campbell Ms. Clara Eva Campbell Donna F. Cantor David K. Carrington Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Carter III Eric & Carol Barney Chandler Ms. Patricia Comella
Hundreds of Cambridge residents participated in various workshops and public meetings to help redesign Maryland Avenue to attract more residents and visitors to the City’s downtown. Mr. & Mrs. Marc Connell Mr. Edward C. Covahey Mr. & Mrs. Roy Crow Mr. & Mrs. Philip Davis Ms. Eloise H. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Edwin D. Decker Mr. H. Grant Dehart Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Diedrichs Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Dillingham Jr. Ms. Jennifer Dindinger Mr. & Mrs. Graham Donaldson Mr. Lionel Driscoll Mr. Nicholas Dryland Mr. William Dudley Ms. Betsy Sener Durham Mr. & Mrs. Guy Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Elsberg Mr. & Mrs. Harry Ensor Mr. & Mrs. James Etgen Mr. John Fairhall Ms. Doreen C. Getsinger Mr. Timothy Gibian Mr. David B. Greytak Mr. R. Wayne Griffith Mr. Richard F. Gupman Mr. Michael R. Hardesty Mr. & Mrs. David Harper Dr. John R. Harrald Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harvey Ms. Jane Hellawell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Herbert Mr. & Mrs. Herman E. Hill Jr. Rebecca Hirsh Mr. Michael F. Hirshfield Ms. Anneliese Hoffmann Mr. John F Holland
Ms. Patricia A. Holloway Jerry Hook Ms. Martha F. Horner Elizabeth Houghton Vince Hovanec Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Howard Honorable Harry Hughes Ms. Cheryl R. Huyck Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hynson Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Craig Jackson Mr. David A Jones Mrs. Russel Kacher Ms. Judy Kelly Mr. Jerry Kickenson Mr. Douglas Kliever Mr. & Mrs. Erasmus Kloman Ms. Mignonne LaChapelle Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Ladwig Mr. Steve Lafferty Mr. & Mrs. William L. Lane Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Rod Layton Mr. & Mrs. Paul Levengood Mr. James Lewis Elizabeth Loker & Donald Rice Mr. John C. Lysinger Mr. & Mrs. William MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Bill R. MacIntosh Ms. Anne Magor Ms. Peri N. Mahaley Councilmember Kelley Malone Ms. Lenore Martin Mr. & Mrs. Rich Mason Ms. Susanne W. Max Mr. Davy H. McCall Ms. Marie Helen McGlone Mr. & Mrs. Roy Mears
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Our vision in 2050 is an Eastern Shore where towns are vibrant and well defined; farms, forests, and fisheries are thriving and scenic; historic, natural, and riverine landscapes are maintained.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Michael Mr. & Mrs. Bill Millar Mr. James F. Mingey Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Misiaszek Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Moelis Mr. & Mrs. John Moore Ms. Dorothy Robins Mowry Ms. Nancy Neely Mr. Bob Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Noble Mr. & Mrs. Ernest T. Oskin Mr. David Ostwind Mr. Richard W. Owen Mr. & Mrs. John Passarotti Ms. Elizabeth Pearce Mr. James T. Pearce Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Peck Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pelrine Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. G. Steele Phillips Mr. & Mrs. William E. Pollard III Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Poore Mr. & Mrs. M. Wendell Poppy Mr. & Mrs. Don Potter Mr. Stanley Potter Mr. John W. Presburg Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Preston Mr. & Mrs. Seth Price Ms. Stephanie Pulley Ms. Cynthia V. C. Ramsey Ms. Sarah Ramsey Dr. William A. Richkus Dr. & Mrs. William F. Rienhoff III Ms. Anne Roane Mr. & Mrs. Hanson Robbins Mr. & Mrs. George Sands Laura P. Sanford Mr. & Mrs. Danny Schaub Mr. John Schreiner Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schroth Ms. Gloria Seaman Allen Dr. John L. Seidel Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Sherriff Ms. Joanne Shipley Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Shumaker Commissioner Raymond R. Simmons Ms. Cyndi A. Slacum Mr. & Mrs. Cephas Lee Smith Mr. Edgar A. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Donald Speakman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Staver Mr. Russel Steffy Ms. Susan Jackson Stein Ms. Linda Stevenson Mr. Stephan Strothe Mr. John J. Svehla
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Ms. Ginna Tiernan Mr. & Mrs. Matthew W. Tobriner Mrs. Deborah Toll Ms. Margaret Tubman Mr. & Mrs. Luther Tucker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. G. Robert Tyson Mr. & Mrs. William F. H. U’ren Ms. Ellen Uzelac Mr. Michael F. Van Fossan Mr. Judd Vickers Mr. & Mrs. Michael Vogelman Mr. & Mrs. Myron Walker Mr. Mareen D. Waterman Mr. John Waterston Mr. Daniel Watson Ms. Diana Weatherby Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Weber Mr. & Mrs. Robert Welte Dr. & Mrs. Clifton F. West Ms. Kathleen White Mr. Chip Williams Ms. Jean Wilson Mr. James M. Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. James Wood Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Worrall Sanford T. Young Mr. & Mrs. Mark Zablotny Ms. Louisa P. Zeh Mr. Fred Zell Dr. & Mrs. John Zinner
Land Rescuer Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ackerman Thomas T. Alspach Mr. & Mrs. David G. Anderson Mr. Lawrence Bathon Mr. & Mrs. James Bayard Jr. Dr. Hugh G. Beebe & Ms. Carin Starr Mr. Robert W. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. William C. Boicourt Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Brown Ms. Genevieve Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Cecil Ms. Anne Keer Charles Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Doherty Ms. Amanda Fenstermaker Ms. Cathy Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fletcher Ms. Rebecca L. Flora Mrs. Elisa T. Ford Mr. Ken Fry Ms. Sue Fuhrmann Mr. Paul E. Hagen Mr. Alan Hais Dr. Kerri L. Hesley
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Hill Dr. & Mrs. Howard C. Hughes Ms. Jane Hukill Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Junkin Mr. Richard Lange Mr. Michael R. Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Mike B. McConnel Mr. & Mrs. John L. McElroy Jr. Mr. Edward T. McMahon Ms. Anne Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nobel Ms. Sarah Pearce Ms. Caroline duPont Prickett Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Ritterman Mr. Thomas D. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. Robson Mr. & Mrs. James Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. William Russell Jr. Mr. Howard R. Sacks Dr. & Mrs. Jack Scanlon Mr. & Mrs. Al Schnoebelen Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Selden Ms. Abby Siegel Mr. Martin Sokolich Mr. Robert Steinwurtzel Mr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Taylor Jr. Ms. Susan Tomasky Mr. & Mrs. Robert Van Fossan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Watson Warriner Mr. Ray A. Williamson Mr. & Mrs. William Winterer Mrs. Mary Wood Mr. & Mrs. Jim Wright Mr. David Wye
Stewardship Society Ms. Donna Barker Mrs. Jill A. Bemis Ms. Joan R. Bolling Mrs. Aurelia J. Bolton Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bracy Mr. Robert L. Bryan Jr. Mr. Charles Thomas Capute Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Cholnoky Mr. S. R. Clineburg Priscilla C. Cooper Dr. Brian J. Corden Terence T. Finn Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Gons Mr. & Mrs. James Halvis Ms. Lana W. Harding Mr. & Mrs. David Harp Mr. & Mrs. Tony Harrington Mr. Ronald H. Hartman Dr. Sara H. Henry Mr. & Mrs. William C. Hurtt
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Jelich Ms. Nancy Jessen Mr. Charles Jolly Mr. Frank Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Evan Miles Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Alex P. Rasin Mrs. Nancy Reed Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell B. Reiss Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Roslund Ms. Cynthia B. Saunders Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Simmons Mr. Thomas O. Stanley Ms. Pamela Weeks Mrs. Leslie Wendel Mr. & Mrs. William Wilson
Conservation Circle Mr. & Mrs. John Akridge III Mr. & Mrs. James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Andrew III Mr. E. Briner Ashway Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Batza Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Beatty Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William B. Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Harold Britt Ms. Lea Brooks Ms. MaryEllen Campbell Mr. & Mrs. James Campbell Ms. Lorraine B. Claggett Mayor Caroline S. Cline Mr. & Mrs. Louis Codispoti Mr. & Mrs. John W. Cotton Mr. & Mrs. William F. D’Alonzo Mrs. Louisa W. Duemling Estate of William L. Susen Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Etgen Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas E. Fidis Mr. W. Thomas Fountain Mr. Howard S. Freedlander Ms. Caroline D. Gabel Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Granville Mr. Henry C. Greenewalt Mr. & Mrs. Alan Griffith Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Halloran Mr. Steven T. Hamblin Mr. & Mrs. Jerrold B. Harris Mr. Michael M. Hash Mr. Christian Havemeyer Mrs. Charlotte D. Hawes Mr. Benjamin G. Heilman Mr. & Mrs. Francis Hickman Mr. & Mrs. Alexander H. Hoon Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Porter Hopkins Ms. Nina Rodale Houghton Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hummel
Mr. & Mrs. Jon & Ingersoll Arnold & Kathleen Isaacs Mr. John F. Jaeger Mr. & Mrs. William W. Jeanes Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Klimes Mrs. Benjamin G. Kohl Dr. & Mrs. Robert A Leigh Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Lesher Jr. Ms. Catherine J. Liebl Mr. & Mrs. O. James Lighthizer Mr. & Mrs. James Maddox Mrs. Alvin J. Major Jr. Dr. Charles Manning Mr. & Mrs. Warren Marton Mr. & Mrs. Howard McCoy Mr. William F. McQueen Wendy L. Moon Mr. James T. Mullin Honorable & Mrs. John C. North II Mrs. Elizabeth Obenshain Ms. Gail Owings Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Petty Jr. Honorable S. Jay Plager Mr. & Mrs. Earl Ravenal Mr. & Mrs. William U. Reybold III Mr. & Mrs. B. Francis Saul II Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scheeler Mrs. Jane H. Scott Dr. Henry F. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sentman Mr. & Mrs. Langley Shook Mr. & Mrs. William P. Short Jr. Ms. Margaret R. Smith Mrs. Jennifer Stanley Mr. Peter B. Stifel Mr. & Mrs. Ferdinand Thun Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tilghman Jr. Mrs. Aileen E. Train Mr. Alfred Tyler II Mr. & Mrs. John Vail Dr. Lucy R. Waletzky Mr. Wilmer Waller Mr. & Mrs. Philip Webster Mrs. Louise S. Widdup Mr. Richard Willey Mr. John Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Shannon Wyant Mrs. Roslyn D. Young Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Yowell
Corporate Supporters Asset Strategy Consultants, LLC Bontrager Rural Legacy Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc. Budweiser Chesapeake Bay Trust
Left: Student at Sassafras Environmental Education Center (SEEC) monitors the growth of young trees. Right: Elementary school students enjoy their tree perch. SEEC works with 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th grade students. Chesapeake Conservancy Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Chestertown Wildlife Exhibition & Sale Crackerjacks Cross Street Realtors, LLC Dick’s Auto Haus Dissen & Juhn, LLC Dixon Valve & Coupling Co. Dorchester Garden Club EarthShare Eastern Shore Animal Hospital, LLC Eastern Shore Title Company Elm Street Development Environmental Fund for MD ESP, Inc. Extreme Measures Surveying, LLC Fair Hill Farms, Inc. Graham Landscape Architecture Alpha Genesis CDC Impressive Printing Company Izaac Walton League of America, Inc. LS Investment Advisors, LLC Maryland Humanities Council Maryland League of Conservation Voters Mid Shore Riverkeeper Conservancy Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit Moag & Company, LLC Neighborhood Business Works Potomac River Swim Queenstown Bank St. Michaels Donations Talbot County Garden Club The Devon Group, LLC The Hermitage Trust The Neuberger Firm
The Talbot Bank TL Daniels, Inc. Tudor Farms, Inc. Turner Rural Legacy Van Bourgondien DutchBulbs.com Vantage Wealth Management, Inc. W. R. McCain & Associates
Foundation Support Concordia Foundation David A. Bramble Foundation, Inc Dorothy Metcalf Charitable Foundation Fannie Mae Foundation For The Environment Governor’s Capital Budget Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc. Helena Foundation Joan W. Jenkins Foundation, Inc. Joyce & Donald Rumsfeld Foundation Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Kresge Foundation Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development Maryland Department of Natural Resources Maryland Historical Trust Mid-Shore Community Foundation Monet Family Fund of the Community Foundation of NJ National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Rauch Foundation Shared Earth Foundation Starkey Foundation The 1772 Foundation Town Creek Foundation University of Maryland Extension
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Financial Report 2012-2013 ASSETS
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Current Liabilities
Cash Investments
192,642
Accounts Payable
83,345
5,481,937
Accounts Receivable
335,673
Total Current Assets
6,010,252
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES Liability Under Trust Agreement
8,839
Remainder Interest Liability to Unaffiliated Beneficiary 23,288 PROPERTY & EQUIP Net of Depreciation
TOTAL LIABILITIES 804,722 NET ASSETS
OTHER ASSETS Charitable Lead Trust
295,384
Land Held for Preservation
1,959,245
Charitable Remainder Trust
27,191
Contribution Receivable
115,472
185,834
2,467,654
TOTAL ASSETS
9,282,628
Unrestricted
889,649
Unrestricted-Board Designated
6,628,351
7,518,000
Temporarily Restricted
1,649,156
TOTAL NET ASSETS
9,167,156
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
9,282,628
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