Celebrating 40 years ~ 1975-2015

Forever Wild Day

Heaven Hill Farm

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Lake Placid, NY

Board of Directors Ann E. Carmel Chair Kevin Arquit Vice-Chair Robert J. Kafin Vice-Chair Curtis R. Welling Treasurer Virginia M. Lawrence Secretary Michael A. Bettmann, M.D. David E. Bronston Charles D. Canham, Ph.D. Liza Cowan Kathryn Cusumano John L. Ernst Ethan Friedman Sheila M. Hutt Lee Keet Daniel L. Kelting, Ph.D. Lawrence Master, Ph.D. James B. McKenna Sarah J. Meyland Sherry Nemmers Meredith M. Prime Richard L. Reinhold Daniel J. Ryterband Laurel Skarbinski Jason Stoltz Joel H. Treisman

Heaven Hill Farm Welcome to beautiful Heaven Hill Farm overlooking the majestic Adirondack High Peaks. We’re so pleased you’ve joined us to celebrate the Adirondack Council’s 40th anniversary, attend the annual membership meeting and awards lunch, participate in outings, and spend time with friends and fellow conservation advocates. Heaven Hill Farm is the former farm and home of Henry Uihlein II, a successful businessman, Jersey cow breeder, philanthropist, and sports organizer. At just under 1,000 acres, the estate was incorporated as the Henry Uihlein II and Mildred A. Uihlein Foundation and continues the Uihlein’s tradition of generosity and support of many organizations and aspiring athletes. The Farmhouse is currently used as a meeting facility for not-for-profit organizations. Cover: Mount Marcy, Colden, Algonquin & Indian Pass from the Plains of Abraham along the Adirondack Loj road. Photo © Carl Heilman II/Wild Visions Inc. Above: Heaven Hill Farmhouse. Photo courtesy of John Eldridge, [email protected]

Forever Wild Day Schedule

Guided Outings

11:00am – Noon

Registration and welcome with Adirondack Council’s Board and Staff

7:30am – 9:00am

Birding at Intervale Lowlands preserve in Lake Placid

Noon - 2:00pm

Lunch under the tent (reservations required)

9:30am – 11:00am

Walk in Henry’s Woods to Lake Placid view



Honoring the 2015 Conservationists of the Year Adirondack Council Board Chairs

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Old Orchard Trail walk at Heaven Hill Farm



Annual Members’ meeting, & dessert

2:00pm - 3:00 pm

Stroll the Brewster Peninsula Nature Trail for Camp Tapawingo tour

Above: The Adirondack High Peaks from Heaven Hill Farmhouse. Photo courtesy of John Eldridge, [email protected]

2015 Conservationists of the Year Adirondack Council Board Chairs (1975 - 2015) R. Courtney Jones

1975 - 1977

Harold A. Jerry

1977 - 1980

Frances Beinecke

1980 - 1985

Kim Elliman

1985 - 1989

Barbara Glaser

1989 - 1991

Peter Borrelli

1991 - 1995

John L. Ernst

1995 - 1999

David Skovron

1999 - 2003

Patricia Winterer

2003 - 2007

Brian Ruder

2007 - 2011

Ann E. Carmel

2011 - 2015

As part of the Adirondack Council’s 40th anniversary celebration, we honor the past Board Chairs of the Council as our Conservationists of the Year. Because of their guidance and staunch commitment to the Adirondack Park, we can proudly celebrate successes in reducing acid rain emissions, improving water quality, supporting Park communities, expanding wilderness, and strengthening private land protection. As Chairs of the Adirondack Council Board of Directors, each of our honorees provided leadership, guidance, and expertise to ensure the Council’s programs and positions advanced the Council’s mission and vision. They each led the Council through times of significant challenge that required grace, fortitude and courage. They accepted significant governance, Board management and fiduciary responsibilities in order to protect the Adirondacks, strengthen the Council’s programs, and fulfill the Council’s commitment to our members and supporters who so generously choose to support the Council. We honor them and thank them. Together we will carry on the legacy of their conservation leadership and ensure the Adirondack Park is increasingly recognized and protected as a national treasure and global model for conservation.

Notable Quotes on the Adirondack Council Celebrating 40 Years “The mighty Hudson River gets its start in the Adirondacks, where it has no greater protector than the Adirondack Council.” Paul Gallay, President & Hudson Riverkeeper “As a conservationist, outdoor enthusiast and North Country champion, I am proud to support the Adirondack Council. Who isn’t inspired by the Council’s vision of world class wilderness areas connected to farms, working forests, trails and recreation areas that support local jobs and vibrant communities? As a skillful collaborator and leading advocate, the Council has accomplished a great deal in four decades. With climate change, invasive species and other challenges, the next 40 years will be just as critical.” Ethan Winter, New York Conservation Manager - Land Trust Alliance

“For 40 years, the Adirondack Council has been a fierce defender and attentive steward of one of the greatest of America’s parks. Since growing up in the Adirondacks, I have returned many times, and the thing that most astonishes me is that these magnificent parklands are still here, in all their sublime glory, just as I remember them. The Adirondack Council is a very big part of why.” Garry Trudeau, creator of the Pulitzer-prize winning comic strip Doonesbury & Saranac Lake native “From sounding the alarm on acid rain to defending the constitutional Forever Wild provision, for forty years the Adirondack Council has been on watch protecting New York’s Adirondack Park. It would be wonderful if we did not need it to play this role, but all should be thankful that this tireless advocate is safeguarding our treasured place.” Peter M. Iwanowicz, Executive Director Environmental Advocates of New York

Forever Wild Fund Campaign Thank you! Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of so many supporters, the Adirondack Council is celebrating the success of a campaign to raise $3 million for the Forever Wild Fund. By doubling the size of the Council’s quasi-endowment Fund, donors to this campaign have increased the Council’s financial resources and greatly strengthened the Council’s programs to secure the future of the Adirondacks. The Clarence Petty Intern Fund at the Adirondack Foundation is a permanent endowment supporting the Council’s Clarence Petty Intern program. Thanks to Barbara Glaser, who started the Fund, the Council is expanding this program as part of the campaign. We are grateful to the many donors who contributed above and beyond their annual gifts to ensure the Council carries on the legacy of Clarence Petty and continues to train and educate the next generation of conservation leaders.



With much appreciation,

Diane W. Fish Deputy Director/ Director of Fund Development

Forever Wild Fund Donors $500,000+ Alan Belmont Cobham* Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Snyder

$250,000 -$499,999 Cloudsplitter Foundation John and Margot Ernst

$100,000 - $249,000 Ann Carmel and Dan Wolk Dino and Kathryn Cusumano Barbara L. Glaser Eugene and Emily Grant Lookout Fund Edward John and Patricia Rosenwald Foundation Brian and Ginny Ruder Ellen Marshall Scholle and Family Laurel and Michael Skarbinski Ruth and David Skovron

$50,000 - $99,999 Michael and Ellen Bettmann Larry Master Edward W. McNeil Meredith M. Prime Daniel and Dianne Ryterband Curt and Kathy Welling *deceased

$25,000 - $49,000

$500 - $4,999

Anonymous Klipper Family Fund Jim and Marcie Sonneborn Charles and Sally Svenson

Peter and Diane Fish James Tyler Frakes Ethan and Emily Friedman Bob and Charlotte Hall Heidecorn Family Foundation Susan Forney Hughes Sheila and Jim Hutt James and JoAnn McKenna Sarah Meyland Dan Wolk in honor of Ann Carmel

$10,000 - $24,000 Anonymous Adirondack Foundation Arquit Family Fund William C. and Mary B. Janeway Bob and Carol Kafin Virginia Maloney Lawrence Kate and Henry Mannix Richard L. Reinhold Joel H. Treisman Patricia D. Winterer Gilda and Cecil Wray Tony Zazula

$5,000 - $9,999 David Bronston and Patty Brown Charles and Judy Canham Sara and Fred Cook Sarah C. and Charlie Hatfield Jocelyn Jerry Karen and Laurence Meltzer Sherry Nemmers Peter S. Paine, Jr. Boquet Foundation Edward Petty Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Thacher II

Ms. Eva M. Fuld Nancy Gadziala Lee and Marcia Gilbert Patricia and Michael Gironta Barbara Glaser Mark Gorsetman Willard E. and Holly Grande Frank and Margaret Haines Nancy Halsted Walter and Eunice Hartmann John Hayward Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Hecklau Carolee Hildenbrandt Eric Holmes Gary Holthouse Mark Hooper Gary Idema Jocelyn Jerry Charles Johnson Mrs. Marilyn D. Kearney David P. and Barbara Kelly James Kernan Charles Kettlewood John and Dianne Knapp Mr. Thomas W. Kraus John Lane Lyle and Margaret Lehman Kalista Lehrer Shirley and Roy Lerman Andrew Liddle Mr. and Mrs. Duncan MacDonald Joan Martens Dusa McDuff Barbara McGinty Elizabeth Morrison

Above: Campaign Co-Chairs Lee Keet (L) and John Ernst with Council Board Chair Ann Carmel (2011-2015). Thank you to them and to Committee members Meredith Prime and Curt Welling.

Clarence Petty

Not all people feel they need to have wilderness, but I do. If things go bad and everything seems to go wrong, the best place to go is right into the remote wilderness, and everything’s in balance there.” - Clarence Petty (1905 -2009)

Clarence Petty Intern Fund Donors Eugene Agan John Alexander Joseph Altmann Paul M. and Hetty S. Auburn Andrew Bausili George Bickel Mr. Joshua M. Bieber John Bigelow Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bischoff Charles Bliss J. Neil Boger James Bonito Mrs. Charlotte J. Brewer Marilyn Burns Mr. and Mrs. David Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. James Carter Holly and Ronald Chorba Thomas and Alene Cobb Kathryn S. and Douglas M. Cochrane Grant Crider Mr. Benjamin B. Davis Martin and Beverly Davis Diane Hewitt Denison Edward and Donna Donnelly Jeffrey T. and Jeanne Dorn Harry Doty John Dyson Daniel Egan Peter and Christine Eriksen Katherine Flack Dr. and Mrs. James Fosshage

Gary and Viola Murdock Robert Murphy Harry J. and Bettyann B. Newton Elizabeth Paige William L. and Nancy Paternotte Edward Petty Mary Polak Ann Poole Diana S. and Paul Praus Meredith M. Prime Mary Jane Proschel Nancy Robbins Ronald H. and Cathy Roberts Tom Rosenwald Michael Rotindo Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Rouleau David Ruppert Mark T. and Jude Ryan Art and Nancy Saltford Lucy Schmeidler Carolyn Serota Jane B. and Claire N. Shumway Richard Sirola Elizabeth A. Smith Mark and Mindy Sotsky James G. and Laurie D. Speer Frank Sutter Nina Swengros Mrs. John Valaer Eugene and Betti Viani Sandra Weimann Keith Whittingham Sarah Whittle Donald Zulch (List updated as of July 15, 2015)

Thank you to the Host Committee, donors and event sponsors who made financial and in-kind contributions supporting Forever Wild Day in honor of past Adirondack Council Board Chairs for their years of leadership. Names listed in BOLD typeface are Event Sponsors. Host Committee

Stewards

Russell Banks Frances Beinecke Michael and Ellen Bettmann Peter and Jane Borrelli David Bronston Debbie and Jim Burrows John H. Cammack Charles and Judy Canham Ann Carmel and Daniel Wolk William Creasy, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James C. Dawson Jake and Pat Dresden Joanne Waldron Dwyer Kim Elliman Alexandra Ernst and Garret Siegel John and Margot Ernst Philip and Kathleen Forlenza Carolyn and Edward Fowler Barbara Glaser Christopher Gorayeb John and Amanda Gotto Bill and Joan Grabe Hugh and Joy Gregg Sarah Collum Hatfield Gary Heurich Sarah Holland and Lauree Feldman Dave and Dianne Iasevoli Nancy and Tad Jeffrey Jocelyn R. Jerry Lola and Raymond Johnson David and Nicola Jordan Bob and Carol Kafin Lee and Nancy Keet John and Miriam Klipper George and Nancy Lamb Cecilia and Michael Mathews Karen and Laurence Meltzer Annette Merle-Smith Peter S. Paine, Jr. Ed Petty Meredith M. Prime Richard L. Reinhold Brian and Ginny Ruder Jack and Mary Ellen Ryder John and Deanna Sammon Carol Craft Schaefer Douglas and Alyson Schultz Michael Schultz Harriet and Andy Singer Laurel and Michael Skarbinski David and Ruth Skovron Marcie and Jim Sonneborn Frances and Thomas D. Thacher II Dave Thompson and Gloria Koch Jim and Ginger Visconti Vivian and Edward Wachsberger Candace King Weir Kathy and Curt Welling David Wilson and Chips Labonté Phil and Tricia Winterer Patricia K. Woolf Blaikie and Bob Worth Gilda and Cecil Wray

Mary and Jeffrey Bijur In honor of Ann Carmel

Advocates Adirondack Museum Ronald W. Becker Burnham Financial Advisors Champlain National Bank Eastwood Litho, Inc. Bob and Charlotte Hall Integrated Marketing Services, Inc. The Lyme Timber Company Martindale Keysor & Co. Open Space Institute Pearsall Wealth Management

Conservationists Adirondack Creamery Adirondack Explorer Claire and Tim Barnett Fred and Sara Cook Leslie and James Cunningham Dino and Kathryn Cusumano Elk Lake Lodge Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates Finucane Law Office Lea Paine Highet and Ian Highet International Paper Jeff Jones Eugene and Carolyn Kaczka Dan Larson and Victoria Wirth Malkin & Ross William and Frances Preston Perry and Peggy Teillon Tooher & Barone, LLP Jim and Ginger Visconti Ethan and Anne Winter

Protectors Abbott, Frenyea & Russell, CPAs Eugene F. Agan, Jr. Peter Bray Tom Cobb Katherine and Neil Cohen Linda Cohen William R. Crangle Georgina Cullman Don Cushing Mr. and Mrs. David Dearborn Dick and Leanna Deneale Jill Fox Ethan Friedman Robert and Michalene Glennon Jerry Jenkins Patricia Keesee Ruth M. Kuhfahl Paul Lilly Lost Pond Press Steve Mannato

Bernard Melewski Sonja C. Poe Ann H. Poole Wendy Rieger Vincent and Patty Riggi Jeff and Elise Sanford John Strepelis Elizabeth Thorndike Cyma Zarghami & George Obergfoll

Guardians Judith A. Baker Scott Batson Edward and Emily Belt Allan R. Berry John B. Blenninger Daniel and Ann Bradburd Patricia Wilkinson Brown & Alvin S. Brown III Carol F. Bullard Bob Busby and Maureen Conte George Cataldo Delores H. Coe James W. Davis Carol Deane Barbara M. Doh John and Christina Doyle George B. Edmondson Abby Erdmann and Luc Aalmans Robert B. Falk Rev. William Fensterer Daniel and Deborah Fitts Maureen Frechette Lee Gilbert Brad and Joan Goldhammer Stephen Hefferen Sheila Hutt Kathleen Jacklin Jerome and Mary Kaufman James Kraus Dave Lasky Anne Adams Laumont Charlotte Lichtenberg Garet D. Livermore Beth and Michael Lucia Alan K. Maher Carolyn Marlowe Aileen Martin Carolyn and David Meisel Lois M. Meyer Linda Phillips Joey L. Proulx J. Barnett Sandler Jane B. Schneider Edward C. Seils, Jr. William M. Singer Scott and Mary Smith Barbara A. Surprenant Todd Whitley (List updated as of July 15, 2015)

In-Kind Adirondack Life Adirondack Mountain Coffee Bambu Carrie Cups Champlain Area Trails Coleman Depot Theatre John Eldridge e-NABLE Business Solutions Finch Paper LLC Fosters’ Tent Rentals Gregory Mountain Products Hamburger Gibson Creative Carl Heilman II/ Wild Visions, Inc. Lake George Mirror Lake Placid Center for the Arts Loremans’ Mountain Mugs The North Face Robert Padden Pendragon Theatre Placid Productions Tough Traveler View

Special thanks to: • The Uihlein Foundation, Jim McKenna and Heidi Roland for hosting at Heaven Hill Farm • Field trip hosts: Larry Master, Patti Hopkinson Charlie Canham, Jim McKenna, Kate Fish, Margo Fish • Ruth Pino and David Knapp of Adirondack Artisan Catering (Paul Smiths) and local growers and producers; Maple View farms (Parish); Fledging Crow (Keeseville); Asgaard Farm and Dairy (AuSable Forks); Harmony Hills Farmstead (Malone); and Adirondack Mountain Coffee (Upper Jay). • Sarah Collum Hatfield for designing and making the unique centerpieces • Musicians Lowell Bailey and John Doan • Photographer, John Eldridge

Thanks to growing engagement from the public, increased collaboration, and generous support from YOU, the Council will be able to do even more for Adirondack Park conservation during the next 40 years, protecting the water, wildlife, wilderness, and communities of this national treasure – the Adirondack Park.

Above: Boreas Ponds and the High Peaks. Thanks to your support, the Council is advocating for the Boreas High Peaks Wilderness to protect the water and wildlife of the 22,000-acre Boreas tract when the state purchases these lands and waters from the Nature Conservancy (expected in 2016). We are urging the state to manage these lands as Wilderness, with a multi-use community connector trail along the southern border. Photo © Carl Heilman II/Wild Visions Inc.

Henry’s Woods is a 212-acre community preserve, owned and managed by the Uihlein Foundation and developed for recreational purposes (hiking, running, mountain biking, snowshoeing, and skiing). The trails are wide and have a solid base. Look for the entrance to Henry’s Woods (on the left) before Bear Cub Lane meets Old Military Road.