2017 Annual Report

Squam’s Land TrustDear Friends,

What a remarkable year it has been for your Squam Lakes Conservation Society! We assess our performance across a number of metrics, and for this last year those metrics were at record highs or very strong when compared to previous years. We saw major successes not just with signifi cant land conservation projects but also with new memberships, annual and planned giving, volunteer engagement like easement monitoring, and our collaborative partnerships with other Squam-based or regional organizations and our local towns and communities.

None of this success happens by accident. If you can imagine your SLCS to be a sailboat, then it is you—our members—who provide the steady winds that fuel our progress. Without your engagement, our ship would go nowhere. The fi nancial support has once again been outstanding, as well as your volunteer efforts, your ideas, and your sourcing of new projects that have kept us moving forward so swiftly.

We can navigate under such power so well because of our crew. Yes, your Board of Directors has its hands fi rmly on the tiller, but the real work is done day-in and day-out by your SLCS staff: Executive Director Roger Larochelle, Stewardship Director Pete Helm, Director of Advancement Alicia Abbott, Land Protection and GIS specialist Zak Brohinsky, and our in-house legal eagle Doug Hill. Each truly is a seasoned expert at what he or she does, and each brings an uncommon level of dedication to our mission. For those of you who have met them, you know how personally devoted they are to our success. And for those of you who have not yet met them, please stop by our SLCS offi ce to say hello! Our organization thrives in part because of the personal relationships we share. Whether you are new to the area or an old timer who hasn’t yet met us, we welcome you to our team.

I wish I could predict that it only will be “smooth sailing” for 2018 and beyond, but we know that there will be shoals and sudden storms to keep watch for. This last year, for example, we saw the passing of a number of SLCS’s strongest, long-time supporters. Each of these individuals had led remarkably productive and full lives. They will be missed not just for their friendship and all that they did for Squam, but for their personal embodiment of the values that our organization seeks to foster through our land conservation work.

One of our challenges moving forward is to keep teaching the next generation about those values and getting those folks more engaged in our efforts. Land in our Squam Lakes Region often gets passed on from one generation to the next, and similarly passing on the values of responsible land stewardship takes nurturing over time. We have seen members be wonderfully creative in their strategies for doing that, such as giving children and grandchildren SLCS memberships as gifts, bringing younger generations on monitoring walks, and having “family conversations” about the importance of land protection for clean air and water, and for preserving wildlife and native species habitats.

We have started our work for 2018 with a genuine sense of optimism and excitement. Our past successes, not just last year but for many years now, have positioned us well for advancing our land conservation goals and our community engagement. What we need most is for you to stay involved and committed, despite the competing demands of this ever-busier world. Let us know your thoughts, and what about our work matters most to you. With your support again this year, we are confi dent that we will continue to fl ourish.

Best Wishes

Carl Metzger, President

2017 Squam Lakes Conservation Society

Operational SupportWill & Alicia AbbottWally & Chick AckleyGeorge & Deborah AdamsWilliam & Margaret AdamsTed AdrianceVan & Betsy AdrianceKen & Elizabeth AllenCyane AnayaColin & Melody AndersonHugh & Tighe AntrimJohn & Holly AntrimMary ArdantCD & Betts ArmstrongDana ArmstrongWilliam & Lisa AuletMarian BakerSandra Baker & Geoff StewartKim Bandtel Marc & Carol BardCharles Barnaby & Cynthia BirrRob & Joel BarnabyCynthia BarnesEllen BarthMary Catherine BatesonSerena BaumTom & Suzy BeachTom & Barbara BealCorinna Beale & Joe McDonaldTom Beale & Laura NashJane BeckPeter & Gail BeckettLaurie & Susan BeesonAlice BennetPhil & Lisa BennettFrederick BieberMichael & Elizabeth BiererLarry BlaineAllan & Beth BloomquistMichael & Majorie BogdanowFred & Sue BowdenAnne BowdoinJoe & Dawn BoyerDerek & Pam BreretonScott & Candace BrohinskyAlan BrooksWin & Sarah BrownShirley BrownellAshley Bullard & Philip StrotherLalor & Patricia BurdickAlan & Janet BurneTom & Tammie BurnsJohn & Renee Butler

Lloyd & Lynne ByrnePete & Nancy CameronTod & Susan CampbellPatsy CaregaRaymond & Allison CaronSarah CarterGeorge & Marian CastellTom Chalmers & Joan MeyerTim & Valerie CharboneauHolly Cheever & Dean SommerJane ChoateLeslie ChristodoulopoulosAlex & Barbie CobbRich & Janet CocchiaroAlan CodyElisabeth CodyJim & Jackie ColthartJohn & Nancy ConklingWoolsey & Bea ConoverMargaret ConverDavid & Caroline CoolidgeHamilton CoolidgeJohn Coolidge & Anne RichardsJulian & Gail CoolidgeNathaniel & Catherine CoolidgePeter & Carrie CoolidgeDavid & Claudia CooperJim & Anne CramJames & Linda CrawfordMaureen Criasia & Bernie VolzHeidi CurrierDavid Cutright & Julie RamseyRobert & Leslie DahlTom & Sally DaigneaultHenry Damon & Susan VillaniJohn & Susan DaviesWill & Jessica DavisGuy & Kitty De ChazalRoss & Nancy DeachmanGeoffrey & Josie DellenbaughJohn DerrThomas Derr & Linda VincentDorothy DeWittKathleen DeWolfeConstance DixJorge & Mary DominguezJim & Christy DonovanBertis & Katherine DownsMitchell & Kathryn DrewJohn DufratRobin DustinVicky & John Dworkin

Leo Dwyer & Kathryn FieldMal & Andy EatonTodd & Janice ElginCharlie & Margie EmmonsJerry EnglishTom & Ann EstusBarbara Evans & Tracey CarrollJack & Noreen EvansKen & Jennifer EvansGeorgene FabianAl & Betsy FalkMarianne FarrowMartha FennJohn & Vance FernandezMark Fetting & Georgie SmithSusan Baum FinizioMarshall & Gerry FisherTim & Audrey FisherEd & Sara FosterBob & Judy FowskiPamela FrickeLisa FriesDon & Jan FrischAllan & Judy FulkersonAustin & Leslie FurstArt & Melanie GajarsaStephen & Anne GalliAnn GallopTom & Margy GarescheMichael & Arianne GeorgeJohn GephartMarie GerliChuck & Joanne GibsonGerry GingrasMarcia GittesKeith & Marylene GlavashMarjorie GliddenHoward & D’arcy GoldmanMark Goldstein & Andi AxmanSara GoodmanEric & Alyssa GoodsonEllen GordonRoy & Myra GordonDon & Ingrid GrahamBenjamin GrantChris & Martha GrantNick Grant & Jean WilliamsWilliam & Quaneta GreenoughDavid & Patricia GreggSuzanne GriffithSteve Grill & Lori BoycePeter Gross & Diane Garfield

Barbara GrossmanAnne GrothBarbara GrothLisa Gruenberg & Martin CarmichaelGeorge & Susan GurneySusan GutchessPaul & Ronnie GuyreGeorge HackerGeorge & Ann HacklMary HaleSusan HaleTony & Pam HalseyCharlie & Ethel HamannRoger & Tish HamblinBob & Tori Haring-SmithJohn & Ginger HarkeyChip & Wendy HarrisDavid HarrisPeter & Harriet HarrisRobert HarrityBob HaskellDeborah HatchJohn Hawes & Emily BarclayFrank HawleyElizabeth HeardVirginia HeardJennifer HelmPeter HelmBarbara HendrickJeanne HerrickJim & Christine HeyworthDoug Hill & Alexandra BreedGary & Meg HirshbergAnthony & Lynda HitschlerJack & Carol HoagDean HodgeHenry & Elizabeth HoldenThomas & Dolores HopperTodd HornAmos & Barbara HostetterCarter HoweMerra HoweSam & Julie HoweTom Howe & Sarah ThorneStephen & Julianne HowellRobert HoyeBonnie Hunt & Robert MaloneyDave Hurley & Kate TierneyGerry & Kay IvesRoger & Tracy JeantyCharles JoernCarter JudkinsPeter & Fifi KampfKarol KeatingJane KelloggThe Kellogg FamilyMargen Kelsey & Mark PineTom & Liz KelseyDan & Susan KempJohn & Connie KieleyNancy KingRobert & Lorraine KingsburyLew & Anne KnightCliff & Barbara KozemchakChristine KuhnEdith KunhardtBev LaFoleyDavid & Prudence LakeGeorge & Luella LandisDwight LangendorferRoger & Jennifer LarochelleCatherine LastavicaSam & Barbara LaverackFred Lavigne & Evelyn MacKinnonMark & Deb LeachDick & Helen Leaman

As you will see from the following list, our Members are a remarkable group of dedicated individuals and families. They are bringing us one step closer to ensuring the Squam we enjoy today is successfully and respectfully handed down to the next generation. The love for Squam manifest in each contribution provides the resources resulting in 28% of our watershed now permanently protected. My deepest thanks to all our members and partners for another exceptional year in 2017. We are making tremendous progress. Onward!

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2017 Squam Lakes Conservation SocietyElizabeth LeBaronBrewster Lee & Vicky WestBill & Linda LeeCarl & Sandra LehnerDan LeonardEd Lesser & Emily BlissAnne LevinDon & Susan LevyRobert & Gladys LevyScott & Linda LittlejohnDavid & Sally LockwoodAmanda LoudJanet Lovejoy-TaylorAnne Lovett & Steve WoodsumJean LovettSid LovettMardi LoweryPeter & Marla LyonBob & Peggy MacArthurKevin & Lynda MacDonaldWill & Judy MackJory & Martha MacomberAl & Becky MagnusJohn & Lynn MaleyWilliam & Cynthia MarcusNorman & Mitzi MarshJim & Esther MarshallNorma MarshallDavid & Joan MartinBud Martin & Margaret DemosMissy MasonAndrew & Ann MathiesonAmelia & Mike MattlerDale MayerJoseph & Kathleen McCarthyJohn & Christina McCormickSandy & Louise McGinnesSusan McKimensJohn McLanahanDoug & Susan McLaneEverett & Sandra McLaughlinDouglas McVicar & Frumie SelchenCarol MeadShepley MetcalfCarl & Ellen MetzgerEran & Patty MetzgerHenry & Deborah MetzgerPaul & Warren MillerCharles & Kitty MillsKent & Susan MitchelWilliam & Alison MonaghanBruce MontgomeryJohn & Tashia MorgridgeSherry MorisonStephen and Lili MorssGeorge & Betsy MoserChris & Maggie MumfordSam & Gail MurdoughDan & Jean MurphyDennis MurphyVirginia MurrayPaul & Ann MustoWilliam & Melanie NesheimJohn Nikander & Susan VinesStephan NixTodd & Amy NordblomGeorge NoyesTom & Jean NuzumJoe & Molly NyeDan & Meagan NyeCharles & Margaret ObrechtMike & Cindy O’LearyDaniel O’NeillLeslie OrtonMary OrtonScott & Diane Palmer

Esther PappasAnupama PattabiramanJeff & Eloise PatttersonKathleen PearsonGareth & Gretchen PetersDaniel PettitEric & Jane PhilippiTyler PhillipsRobert & Tricia PinkardClaude and Nancy PolinWilliam & Lynn PorterDuncan & Eve Porter-ZuckermanRobert PottsSuzanne PrattDavid & Barbara PrestonEmily PrestonNicholas & Suzi PrestonPhil PrestonGarrett Rasmussen & Jean MiddendorfJames & Jane RaymondPeter RaynerAnne ReevesTom & Mary ReicherMichael & Judith RichGeorge RichWendy RichardsJohn & Martha RichardsHamilton & Joanne RichardsPete & Zannie RichardsBev RidgelyRobert & Peg RidgelySara RiordanJohn & Anne RollinsDoug & Libby RubinCharlton & Andi RuggAnne RussellLeo SanfaconJim Sanford & Jean DoyleBert & Mary Anne SaulJanet & Freyr SawinMark & Kim SchifrinLowell & Karlene SchwartzMaryAnne ScottWalter & Barbara ScottDick & Connie SeeryMartha SeveryGordon & Joy ShawPaul & Barbara ShellitoLouis & Amanda ShipleyRobert & Nancy ShultzBill & Pam SimondsHenry SimondsDavid & Becky SinklerJoel & Deborah SlocumStanley & Jody SmithDorothy SmithMurray SmithPamela SmithMarguerette SmylieBob & Carol SnellingKenneth & Grace SolinskySue SpeersLarry & Eleanor SpencerDan StackTom & Susan SteppKen & Ilene SternFrank & Liz StevensBayne & Jeanie StevensonElizabeth StewartCynthia StewartJim & Cathleen StoneGuy StoyeRobert StrasslerWill & Lois StrattonAndrew & Julie StrehleGlenn & Kathie Strehle

Dick & Ruth StuartElizabeth & Brian StuartPaul & Doris SullivanBiff & Jannine SutcliffeDon & Wendy SuttonChris & Shelly SwansonSharon Swindell & Jeff DesmondGeorge & Deborah TallLarry & Pam TaricaLawrence & Jean TaylorBruce & Betsy ThomasJohn & Carol ThompsonLorne & Alexandra ThomsenDavis & Patricia ThurberBryant & Carolyn TollesHarry & Bonnie TowerLucy TownsendKenneth & Janice TravisBob & Joey TuvesonJames & Meg TweedyWill & Susan TwomblyAlex & Sally UhleRoger & Miriam UhlerTony & Carol UngerTim & Lucy VaillRick & Wendy Van de PollJustin & Courtney Van EttenBarbara Van SickleJames ViarJoan VicinusHarry & Kathleen ViensJoshua & Silvina WachmanPeter & Gail WalcottJohn & Julie WaldhausenCarter WallLisa WardlawKent & Mary Alice WarnerEric WatkinsMatt & Susan WeatherbieBill & Bonnie WebbPeter WebsterAngus & Elizabeth WestJeannie West

Jennifer WestBrette WesterlundJudith WesterlundRobert & Barbara WesterlundScott & Molly WhitcombCC & David WhiteFrank WhiteheadIan & Lea WhiteheadPolly WhitesideBruce & Betsy WhitmoreChris & Ann WilliamsRobert & Marion WiseJon & Nancy WolstonCurt & Bonnie WoodDick WoodMichael & Mary WoodPeter & Joann WoodPete & Kathy WoodwardPeter & Sara WorthingtonBrian & Anne YoungCharles & Jacqueline ZaroulisCindy Ziesing & Chris SchoenbergGrace Ziesing & Mark KnightPeter & Jo ZiesingSinclair ZeisingBarry & Pamela ZuckermanAnonymous 4

Sustaining DonorsDerek & Pam BreretonPatsy CaregaJohn Coolidge & Anne RichardsSam & Julie HoweGerry & Kay IvesGreg & Cynthia JenkinsRoger & Jennifer LarochelleJory & Martha MacomberBiff & Jannine SutcliffeJohn & Carol ThompsonJohn & Julie WaldhausenFrank WhiteheadPolly Whiteside

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Donor Advised FundsAlison & Bill Monaghan Family Fund Andrew F. and Ann B. Mathieson Fund Ann & Tom Estus FundAnne & Stephen Galli Fund Award Fund Barnaby Birr Gifting Fund Bea and Woolsey Conover Fund Beach FoundationBogdanow Family FundBrown Giving FundCamp Brightside Foundatin Fund Carmichael Gruenberg Charitable Fund Cele H. & William B. Rubin Family FundCharles F. & Margaret M.H. Obrecht Family

FoundationChris and Martha Grant Charitable Fund Cobb Family fund Dailey Family FundDavid D. Sinkler Charitable FundDiane Garfield and Peter Gross, M.D. FundDowns Family Fund Duke of Omnium FundFisher Charitable FundGeorge Macomber Charitable Gift Fund Grossman Family Charitable FoundationGSL 2015 TrustGuy and Kitty de Chazal Family Fund HG Simonds Charitable Fund

Donor Advised Funds, Foundations & Businesses

Jane C. Beck FundJane H. Choate Fund Joanne & Hamilton Richards Fund Jocelyn F. Gutchess (LRCF) FundKingsbury Family FoundationLoon Point FoundationLovett-Woodsum Family FundMarion and Robert Wise Family FundMathieson Family Foundation Metzger Family FundNoom Fund Pamela & Laurence Tarica FoundationPeter and Gail Walcott FundPeter R. & Joanne K. Zeising Family FundPhiladelphia Foundation 40th

Anniversary FundPotts Family FoundationSamuel & Gail Murdough Family

FoundationSandra Baker & Geoffrey Stewart

Charitable Fund Sarah M. Carter Charitable Gift FundStuart Doyle Charitable Gift FundStuart Family FundTarleton Fund Thomas and Elizabeth Kelsey Fund Vaill Family FoundationW. and P. Simonds Charitable Fund

Eastman Brook PreserveJonathan Adams & Pamela ConoverWilliam & Lisa AuletKarl Bandtel & Farley UrmstromBill & Kara BohnsackLaury & Nancy CoolidgePeter & Carrie CoolidgeMark Fetting & Georgie SmithMarshall & Gerry FisherDon & Ingrid GrahamChris & Martha GrantMartin Carmichael & Lisa GruenbergPaul & Ronnie GuyreGary & Meg HirshbergMorgan & Jessica JonesJane KelloggCarl & Sandra LehnerAndrew & Ann MathiesonHelen MathiesonJohn McLanahanShepley MetcalfDavid & Barbara PrestonSusan SpeersLarry & Pam TaricaBruce & Betsy WhitmoreRockywold-Deephaven Camps, Inc.Squam Lakes Association

Kusumpe FundPaul & Ronnie Guyre

Nancy Webster Grady Land Monitoring FundMichael & Samantha Elberg

Tom Beal Fund for High HaithTom & Liz KelseyJohn McLanahanJim Morris & Deborah de PeysterBill & Pam Simonds

Webster Land Acquisition FundGary & Meg HirshbergJohn McLanahan

Mary Perry Conservation Fund of the White Oak Pond Watershed AssociationKay BeijDoug & Maribeth DeCluittGeorgene FabianKevin FrankLoren Frank & Ana NatheBob HaskellBonnie Hunt & Bob MaloneyAnne LevinPeter Levin & Samara KaufmanBrian Sweeney & Yvonne Van GesselJoseph Tantillo & June Bennett-TantilloRoger & Miriam Uhler

Squam UplandsWilliam & Nancy DaileyAudrey Hillman Fisher FoundationJ. Brooks Fisher FoundationLilah Hilliard Fisher FoundationMatthew H. Fisher FoundationNina Baldwin Fisher FoundationMaple Hill FoundationBruce McLanahanDavid & Barbara PrestonLisa Wardlaw

StewardshipTom & Liz Kelsey

FoundationsAudrey Hillman Fisher FoundationBoston FoundationBPB & HBB FoundationFrance-Merrick FoundationGlenridge Charitable Foundation, Inc.Harweb FoundationHilltop FoundationJustin Brooks Fisher FoundationLilah Hilliard Fisher FoundationMaple Hill FoundationMatthew H. Fisher FoundationNina Baldwin Fisher FoundationRobert E. McConnell FoundationTOSA Foundation

BusinessesAetna FoundationCamp DeerwoodEcosystem Management ConsultantsExperience Squam LLCHoag Island Preservation TrustLand Trust AllianceRockywold-Deephaven Camps, Inc.Samyn-D’Elia Architects PAShell Oil Matching Gift ProgramSquam Lakes AssociationSquam River Landing/Sippican PartnersThe Deblis GroupWestwind Condo Association

Project Donors

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In Honor of Betsy & Bruce WhitmoreAnupama PattabiramanCharlton & Andi Rugg

In Honor of George & Susan GurneyLarry & Pam Tarica

In Honor of Helen MathiesonPamela Fricke

In Honor of Liz CodyAmanda LoudMaureen & Bernie CriasiaDaniel PettitMarcia GittesKarol Keating

In Honor of Pam & Bill SimondsSuzanne GriffithChristine & James Heyworth

In Honor of Pam SimondsConstance Dix

In Honor of Patsy CaregaCynthia Barnes

In Honor of Woodie LaverackAmos & Barbara HostetterCharles Joern

In Memory of Rachel Armstrong Andrew ArmstrongHenry ArmstrongThomas ArmstrongBaker Newman & Noyes LLCDiana BeanLinda BeanRobert & Holly BookMary BoriePolly BurkeJulian & Gail CoolidgeMarjorie CoxeNorman & Marian FranckWilliam FritzRich & Jennifer GausePeter & Libby GordonPaul & Ronnie GuyreJean HayesArthur HoweDaniel HildrethCourtney Iglehart

Richard Jenkinson Robert Levine & Vilean TaggersellJim & Esther MarshallZareen MirzaJohn ParkerEsther PappasBetty & Safford PeacockBill & Dana PooleLorette RombolettiLorin & Nanci RydstromSusanna SmithPamela WellinBruce & Betsy Whitmore

In Memory of Jack & Charlotte BarnabyKelley Barnaby

In Memory of Thomas BealWill & Alicia AbbottAlex Beal & Brian RandallLisa BettisJohn GephartGeorge & Susan GurneyRoger & Jennifer LarochelleJohn ReadingLarry & Pam TaricaBill & Pam SimondsDeborah & Peter StanleyJames & Deborah StoesselJohn & Beverly WoodwardBruce & Betsy WhitmoreMark & Kim SchifrinSarah SherrillHilary Taylor

In Memory of Chico & J.A.Jan & Rob Turner-Gunnison

In Memory of Carol GolubockArthur Watson

In Memory of Natalie McLean CoolidgeNatalie Keller

In Memory of Richard DavenportWill & Alicia AbbottBonnie Hunt & Bob Maloney

In Memory of Olivia DworkinPamela MarshMary Susan LeahyVermont Energy Investment CorpMilford Sprecher

In Memory of Anne IrelandBlake Ireland

In Memory of Melova LivensThe Harweb Foundation

In Memory of Russell OrtonWill & Alicia AbbottVirginia CraverLinda KeithAnne MacLeodPiper OrtonJames & Janet RazulisFrances SecordSarah SherrillJoni StoverStewart & Denise Stringfellow

In Memory of Beverly RidgelyWill & Alicia AbbottCarole Smith BerneyDeborah Dobbins & Catherine RyanRobert & Jeanette EmersonVirginia HoweKristen MallinsonOpinion Dynamics CorpPeter & Zanie RichardsRockywold-Deephaven Camps, Inc.Dorothea StieffMarjorie Lee SundlunTony Vazzano & Susan WileyLisa WardlawBruce & Betsy WhitmoreThomas & Marion Winstead

In Memory of Helen Twombly WatkinsEric Watkins

In Memory of Sandy WithersBill & Lee Anne Judkins

In Memory of Peter WoodPeter & Zannie RichardsLisa WardlawBill & Pam Simonds

In Memory of Robert ZeisingSinclair Ziesing & Chris Schoenberg

E.G. Barry Memorial FundAnonymous

2017 Conservation ProjectsEastman Brook Preserve

PedersenRichards-Coolidge

Jackson Addition to Whitten Woods

Photo courtesy of Vicky West

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Tom & (Rachel) ArmstrongTom Beale & Laura NashLaurie & Susan BeesonLeslie ChristodoulopoulosJim & Jackie ColthartWoolsey & Bea ConoverLaury & Nancy CoolidgeNat CoolidgePeter & Carrie CoolidgeAlan & Jerry EnglishKen & Jennifer EvansTim & Audrey FisherDon & Ingrid GrahamChris & Martha GrantBarbara GrossmanSusan GutchessPaul & Ronnie GuyreHarold & Karin Karagozian

The Heron SocietyPlanned Giving . . . Thinking Today Toward Tomorrow

Tom & Liz KelseyRoger & Jennifer LarochelleSam & Barbara LaverackFred Lavigne & Evelyn MacKinnonCarl & Sandra LehnerHelen MathiesonSandy McGinnesDaphne MowattDan O’NeillSuzanne PrattDavid & Barbara PrestonMarnie SchulzDavid & Becky SinklerFrank StevensBayne & Jean StevensonJohn & Carol ThompsonTim & Lucy VaillPeter & Prudy Van Winkle

Lisa WardlawAngus & Elizabeth WestJennifer WestScott & Molly WhitcombBetsy & Bruce WhitmoreDick Wood(Peter) & JoAnn WoodAnonymous (2)In MemoriamEllen BennettDick DavenportNancy GradyElizabeth GravesBev RidgelyGil StewardJohn & Marion Waldhausen

2017 Property Monitoring Team Wins GoldWell, not quite…but they sure deserve it! And, if there were an Olympics for monitoring, the group below would, no doubt, be the world’s favorite! These folks give of their time and energy to walk conserved lands all over the Squam Lakes watershed. They use their eyes and ears to track critters that call the land home. They keep watch for invasive plants. They use technology to get there and back. And they write a quick story of their adventure. They are an amazing group of individuals, who collectively, provide added value to the Squam community, the surrounding lands and water, and to all of us who care about this place we call Squam. Look for Team Synergy at the next Conservation Olympics! And until then, please thank those in this group for their dedication and commitment to SLCS and this wonderful community.

Lisa AuletSandra Baker

Marc BardAlex Beal

Barbara BealJennifer Beal

Penelope BealThomas Beale Laurie BeesonLarry Blaine

Winthrop BrownKelly Buchanan

Julian ColeJohn CoolidgeHenry DamonLaurel Deckey

Tom DerrJanice ElginTodd ElginJenny Evans

Ken EvansNick Gill

Tim GotwalsChris Grant

Martha GrantPeter Gross

George GurneySusan Gurney

Paul GuyreRonnie Guyre Blake HayesBonnie Hunt

Gerry IvesKaysie Ives

Jane KelloggDan Kemp

Anne KnightBev LaFoleyFred Lavigne Carl Lehner

Sandra LehnerEd Lesser

Judy MackWill Mack

Bob MaloneyDavid MartinJoan MartinKatie MasonMissy MasonNick Mason

Joe McCarthyKathy McCarthySandy McGinnesHenry MetzgerChris Mumford

Laura NashChase PennoyerPier PennoyerBrian RandallAnne Richards

Jim SanfordLowell SchwartzKarlene Schwartz

Paul ShellitoSarah SherrillBill Simonds

Pam SimondsAndy SmithSusan SteppTom SteppKen Stern

Frank StevensGlenn StrehleKathy Strehle

Peter Van WinkleJoan Vicinus

Linda VincentLisa Wardlaw

Betsy WhitmoreBruce Whitmore

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Notes:1. SLCS’s fi nancial records are examined by Rowley Associates, PC, CPA, Concord, NH. Audit available upon request June 1, 2018.2. SLCS serves as fi scal agent for the Mary Perry Fund on behalf of the White Oak Pond Watershed Association. December 31, 2017 value was $18,611.3. Total Net Assets on December 31, 2017 was $10,937,617.

2017 Financial SummaryOperating Income

Operating Support 84% $344,776Restricted Gifts Applied 10% $40,000Investment 5% $20,000Other 2% $7,318

TOTAL OPERATING INCOME $412,094

Endowment, Funds, and AssetsPermanently Restricted $2,128,875

Stewardship $1,343,390Donations made specifi cally to steward the existing conservation easements and the fee-owned properties we hold in trust.

Nancy W. Grady Monitoring Fund $437,080A permanently restricted fund established in 2014 in memory of Nancy Webster Grady to support the monitoring of conserved land.

Memorial Funds $214,901Pooled gifts made in memory of departed family members and friends. This pooled fund is restricted for ongoing stewardship of conserved lands in the Squam watershed.

Ellen FD Bennett Education Fund $65,876A permanently restricted fund created in memory of Ellen FD Bennett to support broad educational purposes.

Ellen Barry Memorial Fund $67,628Our fi rst permanently restricted fund, this fund was created in memory of Ellen Barry, a strong supporter of conservation and the simple life at Squam.

Land Value (fee-owned) $5,687,308SLCS owns 22 parcels totaling 774 acres in the Squam Watershed. This includes the 90-acre Eastman Brook Preserve acquired in 2017.

Temporarily Restricted $2,406,676

Active Projects $1,913,048Pooled funds held for ongoing land acquisition projects. The Squam Uplands Initiative is the largest of these projects.

Barnes Legal Defense Fund $273,399Funds reserved for legal defense of conservation easements. This fund pays the annual premium for $500,000 of legal defense expenses per property through the Land Trust Alliance’s Terrafi rma Insurance Program.

Kusumpe Fund $48,541A fund supporting the advancement of conservation in the Squam watershed, and the Kusumpe Pond area in particular.

Frank Webster Land Acquisitions $171,688Pooled gifts in memory of founder Frank Webster. Dedicated for the purchase of land and the related costs of land conservation, such as surveys, appraisals and recording costs.

Unrestricted Net Assets: $601,425

Board Designated $348,639Operating Reserve $252,786

Operating ExpensesProgram 75% $299,050Fundraising 14% $55,100Administration 11% $45,456

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $399,606

Program

Fundraising

Administration

Operating SupportRestricted

GiftsApplied

InvestmentOther

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Board of DirectorsOFFICERS

Carl MetzgerPresident

Anne LovettVice-President

Frank StevensVice-President

Peter GrossVice-President

Angus WestTreasurer

Patsy CaregaSecretary

DIRECTORSThomas Beale

Winthrop BrownAshley Bullard

Lawrence CoolidgeLeo DwyerKen Evans

Chris GrantSusan Gutchess

Chip HarrisBonnie HuntDavid MartinPam Simonds

John Thompson

HONORARYDIRECTORSLaurie Beeson

John MorgridgeDaphne MowattPeter Richards

Tim VaillPeter Van Winkle

STAFFRoger LarochelleExecutive Director

Alicia AbbottAdvancement

Peter HelmStewardship

Zak BrohinskyDoug Hill

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