2018 Annual Report

Squam’s Land TrustDear Friends,

I am honored to write my first President’s Report to the membership of the Squam Lakes Conservation Society. I’m grateful for the confidence you placed in me as I took up the gavel at the August 2018 Annual Meeting. I also want to recognize retiring President, Carl Metzger, for his leadership over the last three years. I look forward to building on Carl’s success.

The SLCS had another great year in 2018. Once again, you, our members, deserve a great deal of credit for this accomplishment. You are the source of record financial support in 2018, with more funds raised for our annual giving campaign than ever before in our history. And you remain our most critical resource: the volunteers who ensure the stewardship of our conserved properties.

Credit is due, too, to the performance of our remarkable staff: Executive Director, Roger Larochelle again led our team of Pete Helm, Stewardship Director; Alicia Abbott, Director of Advancement; GIS specialist Zach Brohinsky and land protection expert, Doug Hill. They are a dedicated and hard-working team who embody our values and goals. For those of you who haven’t met them, stop by the office. Bring a sandwich and join them for lunch. Tell them what interests you. They will help you get involved, or more involved, in our work. I’m guessing you will share some laughs and end up with lots to do!

Last year we acquired eight new conservation interests. Our challenge is to convert the excitement we felt as we acquired these properties into support for their long-term stewardship. Again, we need your involvement to make sure we fulfill our promises.

Your Board has been busy as well. Last year we began to update our strategic plan under the able leadership of Anne Lovett and the Strategic Planning Committee. Already, this exercise has prompted several initiatives. These include a hard look at how we set priorities in acquiring conservation properties, identifying what it will take to fund our stewardship responsibilities in perpetuity, ensuring that we gain the support of the next generation of visitors and landowners, and the development of a forum through which we can work with our partners to meet the challenges of climate change and other environmental threats. You will be hearing more about these initiatives in the months ahead. We encourage you to get involved and, most importantly, thank you for your support.

Best Wishes

Winthrop Brown, President

Carl Metzger and Win Brown

2018 Squam Lakes Conservation Society

Operational SupportWill & Alicia AbbottJon Adams & Pam ConoverBill & Margaret AdamsTed AdrianceVan & Betsy AdrianceKen & Elizabeth AllenColin & Melody AndersonHugh & Tighe AntrimJohn & Holly AntrimMary ArdantCD & Betts ArmstrongTom ArmstrongWilliam & Lisa AuletMarian BakerSandra Baker & Geoff StewartKarl Bandtel & Farley UrmstromKim BandtelMarc & Carol BardCharles Barnaby & Cynthia BirrRob BarnabyEllen BarthSerena BaumTom & Suzy BeachAlex Beal & Brian RandallBarbara BealPenelope Beal & Sheldon PennoyerTom Beale & Laura NashBrendan & Helen BechtelJane BeckLaurie & Susan BeesonKay & Karin BeijPhil & Lisa BennettFred & Jane BieberMichael & Elizabeth BiererGrace & Jerry BirdLarry BlaineDavid & Kim BlankPJ Blankenhorn & Tony WagnerBill & Kara BohnsackFred & Sue BowdenAnne BowdoinJoe & Dawn BoyerDerek & Pam BreretonScott & Candee BrohinskyAlan BrooksWin & Sarah Brown

Ashley Bullard & Philip StrotherLalor & Patricia BurdickAlan & Janet BurneJohn & Renee ButlerLloyd & Lynne ByrnePete & Nancy CameronJim & Lynda CampbellTod & Susan CampbellPatsy CaregaRaymond & Allison CaronSarah CarterGeorge & Marian CastellTim & Valerie CharboneauCharlie & Lael ChesterJane ChoateLeslie ChristodoulopoulosAlex & Barbie CobbRich & Janet CocchiaroAlan CodyJim & Jackie ColthartWoolsey & Bea ConoverMargaret ConverDavid & Caroline CoolidgeHamilton CoolidgeJohn Coolidge & Anne RichardsJulian & Gail CoolidgeNathaniel & Catherine CoolidgePeter & Carrie CoolidgeMalcolm CoolidgeDavid & Claudia CooperJim & Anne CramJames & Linda CrawfordMaureen Criasia & Bernie VolzTom & Christine Crowley Heidi CurrierDavid Cutright & Julie RamseyRobert & Leslie DahlTom & Sally DaigneaultBill & Nancy DaileyJoshua DaleJohn & Susan DaviesWill & Jessica DavisGuy & Kitty De ChazalGeoffrey & Josie DellenbaughRob & Cathy DeniousJohn Derr

Thomas Derr & Linda VincentConstance Dix Jorge & Mary DominguezJim & Christy DonovanBertis & Katherine DownsMitchell & Kathryn DrewJohn DufratJacob DunnellLeo Dwyer & Kathryn FieldMal & Andy EatonTodd & Janice ElginCharlie & Margie EmmonsJerry EnglishKen & Jennifer EvansGeorgene FabianAl & Betsy FalkJohn FernandesMark Fetting & Georgie SmithSusan FinizioTim & Audrey FisherEd & Sara FosterLisa FriesDon & Jan FrischAllan & Judy FulkersonAustin & Leslie FurstArt & Melanie GajarsaStephen & Anne GalliAnne GallivanAnn GallopTom & Margy GarescheBarry Gaw & Elizabeth BeesonMichael & Arianne GeorgeArthur GeorgeJohn GephartMarie GerliChuck & Joanne GibsonGerry GingrasKeith Glavash & Marylene AltieriHoward & D’arcy GoldmanEllen GordonRoy & Myra GordonDon & Ingrid GrahamJames & Christine GrahamChris & Martha GrantNick Grant & Jean WilliamsWilliam & Quaneta Greenough

David & Patricia GreggSuzanne GriffithSteve Grill & Lori BoycePeter Gross & Diane GarfieldBarbara GrossmanAnne GrothRobert & Polly GrubeLisa Gruenberg & Martin CarmichaelGeorge & Susan GurneySusan GutchessPaul & Ronnie GuyreGeorge Hacker & Ellen LevinsonGeorge & Ann HacklSusan HaleCharlie & Ethel HamannRoger & Tish HamblinBob & Tori Haring-SmithJohn & Ginger HarkeyPatrick Harrington & Karan

BellemoreChip & Wendy HarrisBob HaskellDeborah HatchMallory HathawayJohn Hawes & Emily BarclayFrank HawleyLisa HeardVirginia HeardPete Helm & Jeanne HerrickBarbara HendrickJim & Christine HeyworthKenneth HillAnthony & Lynda HitschlerDean HodgeHenry & Elizabeth HoldenGwendolyn Hopkins & Steven

KendallThomas & Dolores HopperAmos & Barbara HostetterTom HowardTom Howe & Sarah ThorneRobert HoyeBonnie Hunt & Robert MaloneyBlake IrelandGerry & Kay IvesRoger & Tracy JeantyEarle & Julie JenkinsGreg & Cynthia JenkinsCharles JoernMorgan & Jessica JonesBill JudkinsPeter & Fifi KampfThomas & June KelloggJane KelloggPeter Kelly & Ruth MorrisMargen Kelsey & Mark PineSuzanne Kelsey & Ken SiegertTom & Liz KelseyDan & Susan KempDavis KenistonKatharine Kilbourn & Scott ShearNancy KingBob & Lorraine KingsburyLew & Anne KnightMark KoumansCliff & Barbara KozemchakChristine KuhnEdith Kunhardt

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 30% of our watershed being permanently protected. My deepest thanks to you and all our partners for another exceptional year in 2018. Onward!

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Bev LaFoleyGeorge & Luella LandisRoger & Jennifer LarochelleSam & Barbara LaverackDick & Helen LeamanJim LeBaronBrewster Lee & Vicky WestWilliam & Dianne LedinghamCarl & Sandra LehnerMichael & Alice LeiterDan LeonardEd Lesser & Emily BlissAnne LevinSusan LevinRobert & Gladys LevyScott & Linda LittlejohnDavid & Sally LockwoodAmanda LoudAnne Lovett & Steve WoodsumSid LovettMardi LoweryBob & Peggy MacArthurWill & Judy MackIain & Susan MacLeodMary MaddoxAl & Becky MagnusJohn & Lynn MaleyBill & Cynthia MarcusNorman & Mitzi MarshNorma MarshallDavid & Joan MartinBud Martin & Margaret DemosAndrew & Ann MathiesonHelen MathiesonJoseph & Kathleen McCarthySandy & Louise McGinnesJohn McLanahanDoug & Susan McLaneEverett & Sandra McLaughlinDouglas McVicar & Frumie SelchenCarol MeadHansi MeadCarl & Ellen MetzgerEran & Patty MetzgerHenry & Deborah MetzgerWarren MillerKent & Susan MitchelJohn & Tashia MorgridgeJim Morris & Deb de PeysterStephen and Lili MorssGeorge & Betsy MoserChris & Maggie MumfordSam & Gail MurdoughDan & Jean MurphyDennis MurphyWilliam & Melanie NesheimJohn Nikander & Susan VinesStephan & Maureen NixTodd & Amy NordblomGeorge NoyesTom & Jean NuzumDan & Meagan NyeJoe & Molly NyeDave & Sue OchsSteve & Tracey OlafsenMike & Cindy O’LearyDan O’NeillEsther Pappas

Wayne & Winni PaskerianJeff & Eloise PattersonEric & Jane PhilippiTyler PhillipsBob & Tricia PinkardNancy PolinWilliam & Lynn PorterDavid & Barbara PrestonEmily PrestonNicholas & Susan PrestonPhil PrestonAdam & Rachael RamseyPeter RaynerAnne ReevesTom & Mary ReicherMichael & Judy RichGeorge RichHamilton & Joanne RichardsPete & Zannie RichardsJames & Claudia RichterBob & Peg RidgelySara RiordanRosalind RollandJohn & Anne RollinsEric & Nancy RowleyDan & Hallie RuggLeo SanfaconJim Sanford & Jean DoyleBert & Mary Anne SaulJanet Sawin & Freyr SverrissonMark & Kim SchifrinBill & Kelly SchwanerLowell & Karlene SchwartzBarbara ScottTony Scotto & Ann LaPorteDick & Connie SeeryGordon & Joy ShawSarah SherrillLouis & Amanda ShipleyBob & Nancy ShultzBill & Pam SimondsHenry SimondsDavid & Becky SinklerJoel & Deborah SlocumDon Smith Dorothy SmithStanley & Jody SmithMarguerette SmylieBob & Carol SnellingKenneth & Grace SolinskySue SpeersWill Speers & Heidi RoweDan StackTom & Susan SteppKen & Ilene SternFrank & Liz StevensBayne & Jeanie StevensonCynthia StewartElizabeth StewartJim & Ellie StoddardMichael & Jane StolperWill StrattonGlenn & Kathy StrehleAndrew & Julie StrehleElizabeth Stuart & Brian DoyleDick & Ruth StuartBill & Joyce SullivanPaul & Doris Sullivan

Biff & Jannine SutcliffeDon & Wendy SuttonSharon Swindell & Jeff DesmondGeorge & Deborah TallJoseph Tantillo & June Bennett-

TantilloLarry & Pam TaricaLawrence & Jean TaylorNat & Susan TaylorBruce & Betsy ThomasJohn & Carol ThompsonLorne & Alexandra ThomsenLen & Heather ThomsenDavis & Patricia ThurberBryant & Carolyn TollesHarry & Bonnie TowerLucy TownsendKenneth & Janice TravisJan Turner & Rob GunnisonBob & Joey TuvesonJim & Meg TweedyWill & Susan TwomblyAlex & Sally UhleRoger & Miriam UhlerTony & Carol UngerTim & Lucy VaillBarbara Van SicklePeter & Prudy Van WinkleTed Vansant & Nancy VoorhisJames ViarJoan VicinusPeter & Gail WalcottJohn & Julie WaldhausenRick WallisLisa WardlawEric WatkinsMatt & Susan WeatherbieBill & Bonnie WebbHoward & Helen WebberPeter Webster

Angus & Elizabeth WestJeannie WestJennifer WestBrette WesterlundBarbara WesterlundScott & Molly WhitcombCC & David WhiteIan & Lea WhiteheadPolly WhitesideBruce & Betsy WhitmoreChris & Ann WilliamsThomas & Marion WinsteadRobert & Marion WiseNancy Wolf & Jacob RosengartenDick WoodMichael & Mary WoodJoann WoodCurt & Bonnie WoodPete & Kathy WoodwardPeter & Sara WorthingtonBrian & Anne YoungPeter & Jo ZiesingCindy Ziesing & Chris SchoenbergGrace Ziesing & Mark KnightSinclair ZiesingAnonymous (2)

Sustaining DonorsDerek & Pam Brereton Patsy Carega Bonnie Hunt & Bob MaloneyGerry & Kay Ives Greg & Cynthia Jenkins Roger & Jennifer Larochelle Biff & Jannine Sutcliffe John & Carol Thompson John & Julie Waldhausen Frank Whitehead Polly Whiteside

Sam Lavarack at Passing It On

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Funds & FoundationsAndrew F. & Ann B. Mathieson Fund Anne & Stephen Galli Fund Audrey Hillman Fisher FoundationAward Fund Barnaby Birr Gifting Fund Bea & Woolsey Conover Fund Beach FoundationBogdanow Family FundBoston FoundationBPB & HBB FoundationBrown Giving FundCamp Brightside Foundation Fund Carmichael Gruenberg Charitable Fund Cele H. & William B. Rubin Family FundChris & Martha Grant Charitable Fund Cobb Family Fund Dailey Family FundDavid D. Sinkler Charitable FundDiane Garfield & Peter Gross, M.D. FundDowns Family Fund Duke of Omnium FundFrance-Merrick FoundationFrederic & Granthia Preston FundGeorge S. Rich Family Foundation, IncGlenridge Charitable Foundation, Inc.Grossman Family Charitable FoundationGSL 2015 TrustGuy & Kitty de Chazal Family Fund HG Simonds Charitable Fund

Funds, Foundations & BusinessesHilltop FoundationJane C. Beck FundJane H. Choate Fund Jeff& Eloise Patterson Family Charitable FundJoanne & Hamilton Richards Fund Jocelyn F. Gutchess (LRCF) FundJustin Brooks Fisher FoundationKay Ives Giving FundKingsbury Family FundLeaman Family FoundationLilah Hilliard Fisher FoundationLoon Point FoundationLovett-Woodsum Family FoundationMaple Hill FoundationMcGinnes Family Charitable FundMichael N. Wood FundNina Baldwin Fisher FoundationNoom FoundationPamela & Laurence Tarica FoundationPastuszenski Family FundPeter & Gail Walcott FundPeter G. Kelly & Ruth E. Morris FundPeter R. & Joanne K. Zeising Family FundPhiladelphia Foundation 40th Anniversary FundPhilip & Dorothy Laughlin Charitable TrustRA & EC West Family Charitable FundRamsey/Cutright Charitable Gift FundRichard S. Wood FundRobert E. McConnell FoundationSamuel & Gail Murdough Family Foundation

DWYER/EASTMAN BROOKP.J. Blankenhorn & Tony WagnerMark Fetting & Georgie SmithAudrey Hillman Fisher FoundationPaul & Ronnie GuyreMorgan & Jessica JonesRockywold-Deephaven Camps, Inc.Richard Wood FIRST LIGHT & HIGH HEAVENLaury & Nancy CoolidgeJohn McLanahan KUSUMPE FUNDHamilton CoolidgeNat CoolidgePaul & Ronnie GuyreJohn McLanahan

MARY PERRY CONSERVATION FUNDMichael & Majorie BogdanowHerbert BrownRich & Janet CocchiaroDoug & Maribeth DecluittBruce Falby & Nancy IsikoffKevin Frank & Caryn McHoseLoren Frank & Ana NatheRobert HaskellThomas & Dolores HopperBonnie Hunt & Bob MaloneyBlake IrelandAnne LevinPeter Levin & Samara KaufmanSusan LevinRoderick MacLeish & Celia WoolvertonBert & Mary Anne SaulBryan Sweeney & Yvonne Van GesselJoseph Tantillo

SQUAM UPLANDSBill & Nancy DaileyMaple Hill FoundationJohn McLanahanShepley MetcalfWarren MillerLouis & Amanda Shipley SUNSET HILL/ DOG COVEPhil & Dottie LaughlinLowell & Karlene Schwartz TOM BEAL FUND for HIGH HAITHKarl Bandtel & Farley UrmstromPenelope Beal & Sheldon PennoyerSheldon Pennoyer ArchitectsBill & Pam SimondsAlexander Stanley

Sandra Baker & Geoffrey Stewart Charitable Fund Sarah M. Carter Charitable Gift FundStevenson Family FundStuart Doyle Charitable Gift Fund Tarleton Fund The Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable FoundationThe High Haith FundThe Michael K. Isenman & Allison J. Mostow

Charitable FundTOSA FoundationVaill Family FoundationW. & P. Simonds Charitable FundXcel Energy Foundation Employee Giving Program

BusinessesAetna FoundationCamp DeerwoodCenter Harbor Conservation CommissionEcosystem Management ConsultantsExperience Squam LLCFidelity CharitableHoag Island Preservation TrustJP Morgan Charitable Giving FundKusumpe Brook AssociatesRockywold-Deephaven Camps, Inc.Schwab CharitableSquam River Landing/Sippican PartnersWestwind Condo Association

Project Donors

From Kimball Island looking north by Pete Hill

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In Honor of the Abelson FamilyJoshua Dale

In Honor of Laurie BeesonHenry & Elizabeth Holden

In Honor of Ellie Cabell and Sandor HasznosLowell & Karlene Schwartz

In Honor of Nat CoolidgeBruce & Betsy Whitmore

In Honor of Sam LaverackRick Wallis

In Honor of Woodie LaverackThomas & June Kellogg

In Honor of Carl MetzgerHenry & Deborah Metzger

In Honor of Jinks & Laurey MillspaughArthur George

In Honor of Sam ReevesHenry & Elizabeth Holden

In Honor of Pam & Bill SimondsConstance DixSuzanne GriffithChristine & James Heyworth

In Honor Molly WhitcombVan & Betsy AdrianceJames & Christine GrahamBill & Pam Simonds

In Honor Betsy & Bruce WhitmoreDan & Hallie Rugg

In Memory of Rachel ArmstrongArthur George

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

In Memory of Hamilton CoolidgeTom ArmstrongStephen & Barbara BingBancroft & Mary PoorBruce & Betsy Whitmore

In Memory of Brooks FisherWill & Alicia AbbottNancy BellWin & Sarah BrownBill & Nancy DaileyKen & Jennifer EvansPeter Gross & Diane GarfieldBonnie Hunt & Bob MaloneyRoger & Jennifer LarochelleCarl & Ellen MetzgerBill & Pam SimondsJohn & Carol ThompsonAngus & Elizabeth West

In Memory of Carol GolubockArthur Watson

In Memory of Chris Grant, Sr.Shirley Brownell

In Memory of Henry MetzgerDeborah BirnbachFred & Sue Bowden Anthony & Sara FiottoRay & Inez Friedman-BoyceJean & Colette KanellopoulosMark & Lisa MacenkaGoodwin Procter Michael IsenmanBrian & Erin PastuszenskiJoseph SavageAndy & Amy Sucoff

In Memory of Russ OrtonPiper Orton

In Memory of Bev RidgelyRichard BreslowVirginia Ridgely HowePeter & Zannie Richards

In Memory of Mary Anne ScottBonnie Hunt & Bob Maloney

In Memory of Robert WesterlundLetah CarruthersDonald & Arlene EstesDon & Jan FrischRobert PowersSteven & Kay SchaeferElmer & Patricia StainbrookElizabeth StewartJoanne SullivanPeter & Prudy Van Winkle

In Memory of Sandy WithersBill Judkins

In Memory of Peter WoodDick & Helen LeamanPeter & Zannie RichardsTosa Foundation

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2018 Conservation ProjectsWelch Addition to IsaacsIntervale Pond PreserveL&H Coolidge PreserveMick Stanley Preserve

Harris Woods IISkip Lot

First Light High Heaven

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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 GrantPeter Gross & Diane GarfieldBarbara 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 McGinnesJohn & Tashia MorgridgeDaphne MowattDan O’NeilSuzanne PrattDavid & Barbara PrestonMarnie SchulzDavid & Becky SinklerFrank StevensBayne & Jean StevensonJohn & Carol ThompsonTim & Lucy Vaill

Peter & Prudy Van WinkleLisa WardlawAngus & Elizabeth WestJennifer WestScott & Molly WhitcombBetsy & Bruce WhitmoreDick Wood(Peter) & JoAnn WoodAnonymous (2)In MemoriamEllen BennettOlivia H. Coolidge DworkinDick DavenportNancy GradyElizabeth GravesBev RidgelyGil StewardJohn & Marion Waldhausen

2018 Property Monitoring Team – Quiet ExcellenceIt is so rewarding to be associated with the team of players listed below! Due to their efforts, SLCS permanently conserves more land every year knowing that this experienced group is up to the challenge of attracting friends and family to carry on the tradition of volunteer conservation easement monitoring with SLCS. If you think you may have an interest in a new outdoor experience that directly contributes to protecting everything we all love about Squam, please let us know! Monitoring doesn’t take a lot of time, you will be fully trained, and this group of volunteers loves to share special places with new faces. SO…when you see someone from the list below, buy them

a cup of coffee or a quick treat. They deserve it (and so much more) for the way they quietly and expertly get the job done, protecting this place we love. Quiet excellence indeed.

Lindsay AndersonLisa Aulet

Sandra BakerMarc BardAlex Beal

Barbara BealJennifer Beal

Penelope BealThomas Beale Laurie BeesonSusan BeesonLarry Blaine

Winthrop BrownKelly BuchananRod BurdetteJulian Cole

John Coolidge

Claudia CooperDavid CooperHenry Damon

Tom DerrLeo DwyerJanice ElginTodd ElginJenny EvansKen Evans

Kathryn FieldSarah Goodman

Tim GotwalsChris Grant

Martha GrantPeter Gross

George GurneySusan Gurney

Paul GuyreRonnie Guyre Bonnie Hunt

Gerry IvesKaysie Ives

Jane KelloggDan Kemp

Anne KnightBev LaFoleyFred Lavigne Carl Lehner

Sandra LehnerEd Lesser

Judy MackWill Mack

Bob MaloneyDavid Martin

Joan MartinKatie MasonMissy MasonNick Mason

Joe McCarthyKathy McCarthySandy McGinnes

Lili MorssSteve Morss

Chris MumfordLaura Nash

Chase PennoyerPier PennoyerBrian RandallAnne Richards

Jim SanfordLowell Schwartz

Karlene SchwartzPaul ShellitoBill Simonds

Pam SimondsSusan SteppTom SteppKen Stern

Frank StevensGlenn StrehleKathy Strehle

Peter Van WinkleJoan Vicinus

Linda VincentLisa Wardlaw

Betsy WhitmoreBruce Whitmore

Joe and Kathleen McCarthy and Peter Gross monitoring Koenig Forest

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Notes:1. This report is unaudited. SLCS’s audit will be available June 1, 2019, as examined by Rowley Associates, PC, CPA, Concord, NH.2. SLCS serves as fiscal agent for the Mary Perry Fund on behalf of the White Oak Pond Watershed Association. December 31, 2018 value was $21,386.3. SLCS owns 24 parcels totaling 793 acres and valued at $5,664,597. Includes the Stanley Preserve acquired in 2018.4. Total Net Assets on December 31, 2018 was $ 10,896,061.

2018 Financial Summary

Funds and AssetsIn Support of Operations $2,570,860

Stewardship $1,235,550Donations invested specifically to support the perpetual stewardship of the conservation easements and fee-owned properties we hold in trust.

Nancy W. Grady Monitoring Fund $395,063A donor restricted fund established in 2014 in memory of Nancy Webster Grady to support annual monitoring of our protected properties.

Board Fund $362,908Unrestricted funds invested at the discretion of the Board of Directors to support our long-term goals and objectives.

Barnes Legal Defense Fund $256,788Funds dedicated for the legal defense of conservation easements, including paying the annual insurance premium through the Land Trust Alliance’s Terrafirma Insurance.

Memorial Funds $200,540Pooled gifts invested in memory of departed family and friends to support the objectives of the organization.

Ellen G. Barry Memorial Fund $60,793Our first donor restricted fund, given in memory of Ellen Barry, it supports general purposes and land conservation.

Ellen FD Bennett Education Fund $59,218A donor restricted fund created in memory of Ellen F.D. Bennett to support broad educational purposes.

In Support of Land Acquisitions $2,083,171

Frank Webster Land Acquisitions $198,684Pooled gifts for covering land acquisition costs, such as surveys, appraisals, investigations, and recording.

Active Projects $1,884,487Pooled funds held for active land acquisition projects:

Squam UplandsKusumpeTompkinsHigh Haith (Tom Beal)Sunset Hill

Operating Cash $338,806

SLCS is the beneficiary of a very generous community. We strive to manage our funds and resources with a view of the long-term objectives inherent with protecting land all the way to forever. We are grateful to all our members for making investments in land conservation. Together, we are protecting Squam’s special places and community character.

We are fortunate to have dedicated and knowledgeable members on our Investment and Finance Committees to help ensure SLCS is prudently managing its financial resources. The Board of Directors is also invested in the process, providing oversight and controls. Our seasoned staff provides continuity to priorities and are mindful of wisely using time, money, and resources.

Donations for Operations are unrestricted gifts from members supporting current operations, principally for the office and staff. Donations into Investments are for the long-term support of operations, with 4% of the trailing twelve-quarter average withdrawn for operations. Donations for Projects are property specific and expected to be expended over time. Taken together, SLCS’s financial position is solid, but highly dependent upon annual gifts for operating support.

Donations 2016 2017 2018Operations $307,286 $354,267 $373,005

Investments $43,900 $199,489 $108,106 Projects $316,943 $493,077 $373,049

Total Donations $668,129 $1,046,833 $854,160 Operating Expenses $387,512 $400,297 $414,771 Investments

Market Value $2,202,686 $2,750,912 $2,570,860 Total Return $178,965 $408,737 $(198,158)

Draw for Operations $(75,000) $(80,000) $(90,000)Projects

Market Value $2,111,276 $2,133,277 $2,104,557 Total Return $38,182 $29,476 $29,496

Land Purchases $(532,209) $(500,552) $(431,265)

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PO Box 696Holderness, NH 03245-0696Phone: 603-968-7900foreversquam.org

Board of DirectorsOFFICERS

Winthrop BrownPresident

Anne LovettVice-President

Frank StevensVice-President

Peter GrossVice-President

David MartinTreasurer

Patsy CaregaSecretary

DIRECTORSPenelope BealThomas BealeAshley Bullard

Lawrence CoolidgeLeo DwyerKen Evans

Chris GrantSusan Gutchess

Chip HarrisBonnie HuntPam Simonds

John Thompson

HONORARYDIRECTORSLaurie Beeson

John MorgridgeDaphne MowattPeter Richards

Tim VaillPeter Van WinkleBetsy Whitmore

STAFFRoger LarochelleExecutive Director

Alicia AbbottAdvancement

Peter HelmStewardship

Zak BrohinskyDoug Hill

Land Protection

Squam’s Land Trust

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The Society’s mission is to preserve the unique quality and character of the Squam watershed by protecting lands for present and future generations.

Save the date . . .

Annual Meeting - August 17, 2019 - 10 a.m.Beij Preserve - East Holderness Road, Holderness

2018 Davenport AwardLisa Wardlaw

Thank you for the many hours and endless energy you have

dedicated to the protection of the Squam watershed!

Forever SQUAMby Robert J. Kozlow

Pick up your copy now at the SLCS office$30.00 each

All proceeds go to land conservation

Dr. Kozlow has a special gift for capturing the timeless spirit of Squam and its community. His images in this book transcend time and reach across everyday experiences to inspire and connect us to the awe and majesty of Squam’s land, lakes, and people.