Equestrian Land Conservation Resource

2008 Annual Report Advancing the conservation of land for horse-related activities.

F r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t

Greetings to our friends,

This is my fourth and last letter to you, since my term as President is ending. While I have been a part of ELCR since its founding in 1997, I could not have predicted the trajectory of these past twelve months. Our presence in the Horse Park, where we have organized monthly meetings for the 33 heads of national horse organizations, our growing list of Equestrian Partners (110 and rising, representing over 525,000 horse people), the strong financial support for our work in ’08, and our new partnerships with American Quarter Horse Association and the National Park Service, all show that ELCR has simply “taken off ” – at a gallop, one might say. It is as if, across the country, horse people are saying “OH!” and knowing that there are tools available to address their needs.

At AQHA, there is a new focus on providing their recreational riders with information and help with land issues. ELCR is working with AQHA to make this an effective outreach effort.

The startling growth of the Equestrian Partners program is another sign of the growing awareness and support in the horse world. Many of the members are small trail groups, already activists in their local region and passionate about maintaining access to riding and trails. We are delighted with the great diversity of new members, from breed to discipline organizations and industry suppliers.

ELCR is working to build our relationship with other agricultural groups such as the American Farmland Trust, while strengthening our relationship with the Land Trust Alliance and its 1700 member land trusts across the country. While we are challenged to broaden the traditional mindset of “protecting” land to include “working” lands, we must continue our efforts to educate horse owners to use “best management practices,” and to vastly improve the stewardship of our pastures and our shared trails.

Looking ahead, the greatest threat remains the loss of private land to development and continued reduction of pastures and land for hay production, which drives all horse keeping costs higher. This necessitates an increased focus on issues

of planning and zoning, which are always local in their administration. It is absolutely vital that horse owners be at the table in the local planning and zoning process. ELCR has produced an Economic Development pamphlet which argues for the high dollar business impact of horse related competition, and another, “Horses Make Good Neighbors,” both of which offer good reasons to include horse properties in local planning decisions. We will continue to help solve local challenges of a zoning nature, but the most successful strategy is for horsemen to be involved at every level in land use planning decisions.

Likewise, as public lands become key places for horse competition and recreation, our voices must be present as we collaborate with the public land managers, so that our access to trails and other places to ride is not lost to competing demands.

Thanks to the countless numbers of you who have been faithful believers in the mission of ELCR, we are today closer to achieving the founders’ vision of being the “go to” organization for horsemen for information and help on any matter pertaining to loss of land and access. We are nearer to being able to say that the horse world at large is waking up to the threat facing it than I would ever have imagined even two years ago.

We will continue to merit your support and to show you the results.

This point in our development is also a tribute to the vision, tenacity and determination of the ELCR Board members.

As we continue to knit together the wide world of horses, and to protect land to support them, may we never forget the debt we have to these four-legged friends, whose roles in our lives cannot be replaced.

Sincerely,

Georgiana Hubbard McCabe ELCR President and Co-Founder

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2008 was a very exciting year for the Equestrian Partners program. On board were over 100 conservation-minded organizations from various sectors of the horse world—breeding; media; competition and discipline; equestrian parks and facilities; land conservation and stewardship; recreational riding and driving; government; and commercial. Though the economy faltered, the commitment of ELCR’s members did not, thus confirming that the time is now for horsemen to confront the issue of land loss.

ELCR made significant improvements to the Equestrian Partners program in 2008. For two examples, we upgraded electronic communications to members and formed a strategic alliance with the National Park Service to ensure that our members have all the information they need to benefit from the Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance program.

2009 will bring continued improvements to the Equestrian Partners program. Already we have amended the format of the quarterly conference calls to include presentations by experts on various aspects of horse land conservation. Soon we will implement an email list-serve and the program will offer more options for membership benefit levels. To learn about our current Equestrian Partner members or to have your organization become a member, visit www.ELCR.org.

Click here for a list of our current partners.

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Thank Youmountain Conservationist ($25,000 and over)Nancy Hamill Winter

Foothills Guardian($10,000 - $24,999)James and Marge BeardsleyJames and Elizabeth Bramsen Rebecca BroussardDaphne Flowers Wood

Countryside Conserver ($5,000 - $9,999)Anne EldridgeDonald and Melanie Heacock Robin Lightner Jacqueline MarsPatsy MattingleyJoan McIntoshMrs. J. Maxwell Moran

range Protector ($2,500 - $4,999)Pamela French Corwith Hamill

Plains Champion ($1,000 - $2,499)Carol Atterbury Helen Ayer Edward and Nina BonnieMagalen Bryant

Sophie Pirie Clifton Wendy CochranBryan and Christina CresseyDoug FoutNina FoutVirginia FoutGinevra Hunter Elizabeth Johnson P. A. (Tony) Leahy Jane MacElree Georgiana Hubbard McCabe David and Louisa McKown Christopher Page Seymour and Jean Preston Dan Rosenberg trails Keeper ($500 - $999) James Bell Larry Byers Laura Faulkner Sandra Frazier Helen Groves Joyce Hampton Susan Harding Wendy Lee McCalveyAustin Smith Beverly Steinman Marilyn Taylor Bertha Trowe Wings of the Morning

Valley Preserver ($100 - $499) Michael Alexander Sharon Anthony Barrington Area Conservation Trust Bay Area Barns & Trails Constance Berto Glenn Bromagen Diane Brunson Mildred Castner Charles Chapin Anne Chapin Charlotte Steeplechase Association, Inc. Karen Christensen Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld Georgia Compton Kem Courtenay Virginia Crawford Brenda Curnin Frederica Davis Billie Deam Emily Dennis Tria Pell Dove Susan Dunn Margaret Duprey Michelle Egli Equestrian Services, LLC Mary Farr Henry Faulkner John Felinski

Julie Fershtman Deborah Fiske Traci Freeman John Freiburger Robert French John FritzPaul Gansky Lorraine Garkovich Jane Garland Patricia Gilbert Judy Gregg Natasha Grigg Nancy Haaren Jennifer Hagan Judith HamillDouglas Hancock Donald Heinrich George Helwig Nance Hikes Suzanne Huff Anne Husted Lynn Jacobson James Kane Fernanda Kellogg Barbara Kil Allithea Killeen Judith KnappRobert and Susan Koehler Bonnie Kreitler Lori Larson Frances Leidy

William and Martha MacLaren Elizabeth Madison Michelle Martin Peter Martin Kathleen McCullough Maura McDonough K. Ira Polcyn McEvoy Kari McGrath Brandy McLaughlin Susanna McLaughlin Reed McNutt Earle Miller James Miller Shade Murray Cheryl Newman Martha O’Brien Stephen Lecuyer & Joan O’Connell Judith Pagter Karen Parker Ann Pembroke Pamela Peters Ben Pierce Pam Plokhooy Elaine Ramesh Craig Rice John Robbins Greg Schlappi Albert and Jo Schreck Mary Smith Harlan Spiroff William Springer Elizabeth Stanley T. Garrick Steele Kent Allen and Rae Stone John Strassburger United States Polo Association Peter Veit Allison Walker Wendy Wergeles Sheila Wickstrom Sylvia Wilson Boniface Wittenbrink Betsy Wobus

meadow defender ($50 - $99) Marianne Amsden Wayne Bailey Jennifer Beisel Harold Berenson Sheila Brown Michael Burke Jack Cashin Barbara Chatman-Royce Anna CladerJames Covington

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Jane Davison Dai Dayton Lisa Dudash H. Benjamin Duke Elizabeth Esquivel-Hofstedt Melody FleckensteinMarla Foreman Edward GiobbeJohn Greene Sharon Greene W.H. Henry Burd Hikes Jane Howard Ginny Howard Shaina Humphrey Peggy Johnson Thomas Johnson Nancy Jung Harry Keefe Ken Kidwell Jr. Laura Krekorian John Limbocker Ann MacDonald Michael Marcus Laura Marsh Karen Marshall James McEldowney Laura McFarland-Taylor Walter Millard Ranlet and Beth Miner Sarah Nunneley Roberta Odell Lisa Derby Oden Barbara O’Kelly Holly Pulsifer Carroll Ray Merle Richmond John Rogers Robin Sahner Diane Shott James Slocum Edie Smart Linda Smith Susan Smith Michelle Swartz Sara Thompson Anne Thorington Emmett Turner Judy Ward Laurie Weesen Darlene WellsMary Sue Younger Field steward (Up to $49) Karen Alexander Sarah Ayer Mary Barrie Marilyn Bivens John Bohlayer Barbara Bornstein Sarah Brown Sherry Cantrell Deb Cary Leslie Cashel Terry Church

Jean Cibula Bay Cockburn Marlene Cordes Del Sol Equestrian Center Natalie DiBerardinis Gail Dillon Robert Drewry Sherman and Sharon Edwards Drew Eggers Gay Frame Joan Ganotis Judith Gendron Joannah Glass Peggy Gomez Green Hill Park Equestrian Center

Ann Griffith David and Kandee Haertel Victoria Halliday Lisa Hannes Ann Hanscom James Hendrick Katherine Clark and Phil Henry Mary Hernandez Mary Hoover Hillary Horton Janene Issert Sandy Jarratt Eileen Jones Lori Kennedy Stacey Kimmel Gladys Kohr John and Anne Kulak Shirley Lawrisuk Andrea League Stacy MacDonaldJulie Martens Stephanie McCommon Kim McHugh Susan McIlwain Rick McLean Jennifer Mohler Elizabeth Moore Jack and Nancy Morris Julee Nelson Carol Parker

Earl and Karen Gaddis-Philips Paul Pizza The Riding Club of Barrington Hills Claudia Sarti Lee Schnupper Carolyn Simmelink Elizabeth Spencer William Stara Teresa Stutz Kenneth Sweeney Arlene Taylor Elizabeth Tukey Brianna Tummino Peggy Twining Vermont Trail Trotters

Jennifer Vitek Heidi Wentland Millicent Wesley Monica Willett Shirley Winer Tom Wolf Rebecca Wolf Ann Yellott Roger and Marilyn Yike Cheryl Zaccaro Elise Zuidema

Foundations Bates Family Foundation Broussard Charitable Foundation Trust Bryan and Christina Cressey Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Charles Kane and Anne Eldridge Charitable Fund Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Dun Foundation Hamill Family Foundation Knapp Friesian Foundation Lightner Sams Foundation of Wyoming, Inc. Mars Foundation Racine Community Foundation

The McIntosh Foundation The Saint Paul Foundation The Seattle Foundation William Howard Flowers, Jr. Foundation, Inc. Corporate sponsors & matching Gifts Arion GroupBit of BritainBonnie Management Company, Inc. Breyer/Reeves International Equine Network Dressage Today Equisearch.com Equus Horse and Rider Practical HorsemanW.W. GraingerKennecott Utah Copper Kentucky Performance ProductsThe Millipore Foundation

memorials Color Me Debonaire Ms. Hillary Horton

Joan Hamill Nance Hikes

Theodore O’Connor Mrs. Earl Lightner

Marjorie Matchette Reisdorf Ms. Barbara O’Kelly honorariumsKandee and David Haertel Mrs. Anson Taylor

Bruce Nachman Ms. Sara Thompson

Helen Howard Porter Wings of the Morning

Anson and Marilyn Taylor Anonymous

Melanie Heacock Mrs. Mary Smith

White Horse Hill Ms. Cheryl Zaccaro

Combined Federal Campaign Laura AlbrechtKarin AldridgeRyan AlexanderDaniel AxtmanCathy BeekmanRobert BilukWilliam Booth

Stephanee BrennanDouglas BriggerMichelle BrouillardDeborah CaffinMichael CallinanGary CataniaRobert CebulakSarah CookWilliam CoopJean CrawfordCynthia DavisRose DesjardinsDanna Eames-McKeownJacob FerlinRuth FinkelsteinJudy FlahertyLori ForbesChris GagrTeresa HalpinAmanda HaneyEdward HannaShawna HarrisonErick HaysPaige HeardRachel HillJoby HolmesLeah HoyMinnie IngramVictoria JenkinsRichard JorgensenKristen KayrossJames LindseyMary LoveVirginia MartinLynn MenefeePaul MessnerSusan MinelloDavid MooreDawn MoranHeather MorrisonCraig NewmanAngella NicholsLisa O’BrienDonna OneillVictoria OsbornSean PayeurDeborah PetersDavid PhillipsRosemary PierceClaudia ReedAbby RodriguezAlicia SchalkFrederick SchwertfegerLorraine SmithMarilynn StubitsBrian ThelenSandy ThompsonDana TylkaWalter VergasonCherie VogtDavid WachsmuthChristopher WhalenLinda WhittenCalvin WinelandSabine Winter

Every effort has been made to make this list accurate. Please contact us at (859) 455-8383 if an error has been made and we will correct our records. Thank you.

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ELCR’s IRS 990 Report is available online at www.ELCR.org by clicking on Focus on ELCR. Our 2008 audited financial statement is available for review upon request.

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* Constituent Services include individual technical assistance, national/regional presentations, development/dissemination of educational materials and articles.

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Individual Contributions $129,33� 37%Equestrian Partner and Individual Memberships $13,775 �%Grants $199,�11 57%Merchandise Sales $�,730 1%Investment Income and Other $3,779 1%

totAL $351,029 100%

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Constituent Services* $227,913 81% Administration $29,�29 10%Fundraising $13,525 5%Equestrian Partners $12,�56 �%

totAL $283,323 100%

endinG net Assets $230,287

Equestrian PartnerServices 4%

Fundraising 5%

Constituent Services 81%

Administration 10%

Equestrian PartnerMemberships 4%

Grants 57%

MerchandiseSales 1%

Investment andOther Income 1%

IndividualContributions 37%

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BoaRd of diRECToRs

Georgiana Hubbard McCabePresidentMaine & Virginia

Nancy Hamill WinterVice PresidentIllinois

Sophie H. Pirie CliftonSecretaryNorth Carolina

Larry E. ByersTreasurerSouth Carolina

Anne W. EldridgeMassachusetts & North Carolina

Libbie JohnsonNorth Carolina

P.A. (Tony) LeahyIllinois & Georgia

Stephanie McCommonTexas

James B. MillerVirginia

Dan RosenbergKentucky

John StrassburgerCalifornia

Melanie M. HeacockDirector EmeritusMaryland

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Deb BallietChief Executive Officer

Cynthia HiggsEquestrian Partners Coordinator

Jessi JumpAdministrative Coordinator

advisoRY CoUnCiL

Denny (Edward) EmersonTamarack Hill FarmVermont & North Carolina

Julie I. Fershtman, Esq.Farmington Hills, Michigan

Susan M. HardingEquine NetworkMaryland

Karen IsbergKentucky Performance ProductsKentucky

Ben PierceBelgrade, Montana

William J. Price, VCharlotte Steeplechase AssociationNorth Carolina

Rand WentworthLand Trust AllianceWashington, DC

James R. WolfUnited States Equestrian FoundationNew Jersey

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