2009 Annual Report

to Our Membership EnclosedSpring 2010, Vol 13, Issue 1

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23 N. Fifth AvenuePO Box 65 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

(920) 746-1359 • Fax: (920) 746-1024

email: info@doorcountylandtrust.orgwww.doorcountylandtrust.org

Board of DirectorsJudy Lokken, President

Tim Stone, President ElectJim Kinney, Treasurer

Andy Coulson, Secretary

Jean BarrettFran BurtonDave CallsenBeth ColemanCathy Fiorato

StaffDan Burke, Executive Director

Terrie Cooper, Land Program DirectorJack Finger, Stewardship Field Assistant Laurel Hauser, Development Director Jodi Milske, Stewardship Coordinator

Kristi Rice, Office ManagerJulie Schartner, Project Manager

Karen Wilkinson, Administrative Assistant

Jim JanningJim LesterBryan NelsonKathy WolffKaren Yancey

Cover:Photo on lower left by Jeff Davis. Photo on lower right by

Jodi Milske. All other cover photos by Julie Schartner.

Letter from the Executive DirectorDear Friends,

It was well worth the wait! In December, after six years of hard work,the Door County Land Trust purchased the 332-acre Ship Canal prop-erty and in doing so preserved one of Door County’s most ecologicallyimportant and beloved properties.

In this issue of Landings, we will introduce you to this magnificentplace and its storied past through words, photos and maps. We’ll evenwhisk you off on a High School Ecology Class field trip to learn aboutthe property’s abundant natural riches. Also in this issue, we’ll shareseveral other land protection successes and provide a look back at “theyear that was” with the 2009 Annual Report.

The Ship Canal purchase was indeed the highlight of an extraordi-nary year, but this purchase didn’t come easy. The project had all theintrigue and drama of a great suspense novel and tested the patience

and perseverance of everyone involved. Near the very end of a six year long odyssey, the purchase looked less than certain as severallarge obstacles needed to be overcome…and quickly!

First, the City Council of Sturgeon Bay needed to vote yes to allow the sale to proceed. Then, the Governor of Wisconsin and theUnited States Interior Department needed to approve the release of two large grants. Finally, in a year of economic uncertainty, theLand Trust needed to raise $350,000 from the community to complete funding of the project. Literally days before the purchasecontract was set to expire, all these pieces fell into place and our community is now home to the new Sturgeon Bay Ship CanalNature Preserve!

The acquisition of the Ship Canal property comes hot on the heels of last year’s successful completion of two historic purchases –the Three Springs property near Sister Bay and the Kreuter property in the township of Clay Banks. These three acquisitions addedtogether represent nearly 1,000 acres of some of Door County’s most impressive scenery and wildlife habitat, including miles ofpristine lake, springs and stream frontage.

Although at times these three projects tested our organizational capacity and wherewithal, they demonstrated once again thatwhen it comes to protecting Door County’s finest open spaces and wild places, no project is too large or complex!

It seems only fitting that a property as special as the Ship Canal propelled the Land Trust to a monumental new milestone in2009 – the permanent preservation of 5,000 Land Trust-protected acresthroughout Door County! We look forward to celebrating this impressiveachievement with all of you throughout the year. After all, if not for our membersand supporters, none of this would have been possible. Thank you for all the gen-erosity and confidence you provide the Door County Land Trust and enjoyreading about all the places you helped to protect.

Sincerely,

Dan Burke, Executive Director2

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Door County Land Trust Executive Director, Dan Burke, at thenewly-established Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve.

Hikers enjoy a winter outing at Door County’s newest preserve.

It’s time to celebrate! On December 15th, after sixyears of intense negotiations, fundraising and grant

writing, the Door County Land Trust became theproud owners of the new Sturgeon Bay Ship CanalNature Preserve.

The Land Trust purchased the 332-acre parcel(known locally as “the Ship Canal property”) from theSturgeon Bay Utilities. Located within the SturgeonBay City limits, the property is bordered on the northby thousands of feet of the Sturgeon Bay ShippingCanal and on the east by 750 feet of Lake Michiganshoreline. The property supports a diversity of habitattypes and is home to many rare plants and animalsincluding bald eagles, osprey, migrating warblers andthe Pitcher’s thistle.

“Although the Land Trust signed the papers, this trulyis a purchase for everyone who loves Door County,”states Dan Burke, executive director of the Land Trust.“This remarkable place has long been a favorite of ourcommunity and we’re thrilled to establish a premierpublic nature preserve for all to enjoy and appreciate.”

The new Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preservewill be open to the public for low-impact recreational,educational and research purposes. Over the comingyears, the Land Trust will develop and maintain hikingtrails, post educational signage, and begin efforts toeradicate the invasive plant species on the property.“Our vision,” states Burke, “is to improve the ecologicalhealth of the property, enhance the experience for visi-tors, and make sure this treasure is well cared for.”

Prior to the Land Trust purchase, protection of theCanal Property was in doubt as a number of develop-ment proposals have been considered over the years.Recent proposals have included a coal-fueled powerplant, aquatic industrial center, all terrain vehicle park

and mixed use residential development.

Citizen groups, neighbors, and admirers of the prop-erty have worked for years to preserve the land in itsnatural state. Educator and local naturalist, MikeMadden, describes the land as “one of Door County’secological gems. The pristine beach and dunes, ridgeand swale formations of ancient shorelines, toweringhemlocks and the awe-inspiring views of LakeMichigan and the canal make this one of our mostbeloved natural areas. This is an important place for usto protect and we’re grateful that the Land Trust is hereto do it.”

Total costs for the purchaseand short-term land stewardshipof the property are just over $2million. The Land Trustreceived over $1.6 million ingrants from the U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service and theKnowles-Nelson StateStewardship Fund and over$350,000 from private donorsand foundations.

The effort to purchase thisland was greatly aided by leader-ship gifts received from theEllsworth and Carla PetersonCharitable Foundation, the FredJ. Peterson Foundation,American TransmissionCompany, the John C. BockFoundation, the James E.Dutton Foundation, and ananonymous Sturgeon Bay foun-dation. The Land Trust also

received hundreds of generous donations from individu-als as well as the Door County CommunityFoundation.

“This has been a very ambitious project and we aregrateful for the enthusiasm and generosity it’s generat-ed,” states Laurel Hauser, development director for theLand Trust. “In addition to granting agencies, nearlythree hundred families and individuals made contribu-tions to the project. Saving this special place has trulybeen a community-wide effort.”

To learn more about the history and ecology of the CanalProperty, please see pages 4 and 5.

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Land Trust Purchases Beloved Ship Canal Property 332-acre Nature Preserve Established in City of Sturgeon Bay

The sand beach along Lake Michigan provides scenic views, recreation and respite fromthe heat on summer days.

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The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Property… whitecedar wetlands… wind-swept open areas… pine-

forested uplands… ancient shorelines… endangeredplants and animals… and Lake Michigan dunes andshoreline.

Rarely is ecological diversity of this magnitude foundon one tract of land, but such is the case with DoorCounty’s newest preserve, the 332-acre Sturgeon BayShip Canal Nature Preserve.

The eastern-most edge of the Sturgeon Bay ShipCanal Nature Preserve is 750 feet of sandy, picturesqueLake Michigan shoreline. The view includes three his-toric lighthouses, gulls swooping overhead andsparkling blue waves washing ashore to sculpt new sanddunes.

Proceeding inland, the recent dunes give way to aforested “ridge/swale” landscape of ancient shorelinessimilar to that found at the Ridges Sanctuary in BaileysHarbor. Gracing these twenty three distinct ridges is aboreal forest comprised of white pine, hemlock and redmaple.

Further inland on the far western portion of the property, an extensive white cedar wetland feeds intothe Strawberry Creek watershed. Strawberry Creekflows into Sturgeon Bay and is home to the largestChinook salmon stocking project in Wisconsin. A steepsand slope running along the entire northern propertyboundary offers magnificent views of the canal and lakebelow.

The numerous natural communities found on this

property support diverse wildlife habitat. Rare andthreatened species such as the dune thistle, dune gold-enrod and dwarf lake iris all call this place home. It isalso one of the region’s most critical migratory birdresting spots. Neo-tropical warblers flying across LakeMichigan on their return from southern climes needsafe refuge to rest and refuel. In addition to the migrating warblers, birds such as bald eagles, Caspianterns and osprey all utilize this area. A breeding pair of osprey has established a nest overlooking the newpreserve.

Due to its outstanding ecology, the Sturgeon BayShip Canal property has been designated a StateNatural Area (SNA) by the Wisconsin Bureau ofEndangered Resources. SNA status is conferred onlyupon places high in ecological, scientific and education-al value, places which act as repositories of Wisconsin’sbiological diversity.

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve, continued

The Ecology of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve:Dune Thistles, Ancient Shorelines and Rest for Weary Warblers…

An aerial view of the 332-acre Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve with the highway 42/57 Sturgeon Bay bridge in background.

“Any time a community owns such a geological rarity, which usually is rich in both plant and

animal life, the people should guard it veryjealously. What innumerable recreational and

educational opportunities lie there.”Roy Lukes, naturalist

The wide array of habitats found on the Ship Canal propertyhelp support a diversity of plants and animals.

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The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal property also tells aninteresting human story. In the mid-1800s, the

federal government hired a corps of over one hundredsurveyors to traverse the wilderness of Wisconsin on foot.They carried chain and link measuring tools, field note-books, camping supplies, and, in some cases, canoes.Survey results were eagerly awaited as timber companies,homesteaders and speculators were anxious to purchase

parcels of the new country. Also, the federal governmentitself was anxious to award land grants to help localinterests finance large projects such as railroads andcanals. In the spring of 1835, a man named SylvesterSibley began surveying parcels of land along LakeMichigan. His “sketch map” is one of the first records ofthe Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal property. In addition todelineating the heavily travelled Native American portagetrails stretching from the shores of Lake Michigan to“Big Sturgeon Bay,” Sibley included a hand-written notestating: “land all poor, soil poor. Timber – cedar, tama-rack, hemlock.”

In the decades following Sibley’s survey, loggingbecame big business in Wisconsin. Forests borderingGreen Bay and Lake Michigan were clear cut to createfarmland and to provide lumber to the growing cities ofChicago and Milwaukee. The lumber was shippedaround the Door County peninsula by way of the aptlynamed “Death’s Door.” The treacherous and sometimesdeadly 150-mile journey resulted in diminished profitsfor the timber companies. In the 1860s, lumbering inter-

ests began a tough political battle in Washington D.C. tohave the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal built and thus elimi-nate this deadly passage. Construction began in 1872. By1879, 1,100,000 cubic yards of rock and soil had beenremoved to create the 7,400 ft long, 100 ft. wide and 22ft. deep canal. The schooner “America,” loaded with lum-ber for Chicago, was the first ship through the passage.As was the practice in early days, “America” and all otherships were towed through the canal.

Other than the timber it produced, Sibley’s assessmentof the land near the canal proved to be correct. Over theyears, portions of the Ship Canal property were used,unsuccessfully, to grow cranberries and later, with slightlybetter results, potatoes. The Roder brothers, Carl andDonald, ran a potato farm in the 1950s finding thesandy, cool soil to be ideal. The Roder family dug theextant “Potato Pond” on the middle of the property forirrigation purposes. The pond would dry up after a day’swatering, but they’d find it refilled each morning courtesyof the high water table of nearby Lake Michigan. MaryRoder Jeanquart, daughter of the potato farmers, recallsan older relative taking her little sister’s palms and rub-bing them in the soil, introducing the toddler to thegood potato-growing earth. Potato farming was short-lived, however, as potatoes proved to be too depleting ofthe soil. According to Roder, “eventually the land ‘gave-out’ and was sold to Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) in1963.”

Wisconsin Public Service purchased the Roder farmand lands around it with the possibility of a power plantin mind. When nuclear plants were constructed furthersouth, the need for another plant diminished and WPSsold the property to the Sturgeon Bay Utilities (SBU).The Utilities anticipated using the land as the locationfor a potential water treatment and intake facility. Sincethen, the Ship Canal property has remained undevelopedbut has been the site of several large-scale developmentproposals including a coal-fueled power plant and anaquatic-based industrial center.

As proposals to SBU came and went, friends andneighbors of the Ship Canal property began to formulatetheir own vision. They proposed that a property of suchhigh ecological value be preserved as it was for the com-

munity to enjoy. They wrote letters, attended meetingsand circulated a petition to that effect signed by over2,000 supporters. Handwritten in small letters on thefront of the submitted petition is the following quote byTerry Tempest Williams, “The eyes of the future arelooking back at us and they are praying for us to seebeyond our own time.”

The utilities, with the eventual backing of the CityCouncil, ultimately determined that it did not have needfor most of the land it owned and decided that themajority should be sold, ideally for conservation purpos-es. SBU’s desire to sell sparked the Door County LandTrust’s interest and the arduous process of writing grants,negotiating preserve boundaries, ordering appraisals, andraising funds began. With the help of many people overmany years, the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal NaturePreserve is now a reality. This special place will beenjoyed by visitors and residents of Door County nowand for generations to come.

The Human History of the Ship Canal Property: Portages, Passages and Potatoes…

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Fifth graders enjoy a day outdoors exploring the Ship Canal property.

The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal opened for business in 1879,eliminating the long journey around the peninsula and the

treacherous passage through Death’s Door.

An 1835, pre-canal survey map depicts the bay, the lake and well-travelled Native American portage trails.

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve, continued

An Outdoor Classroom:Tagging Along with Mr. Cochrane’s Ecology Class by Laurel Hauser

The twenty or so students who comprise theSturgeon Bay High School Ecology Class are

standing beneath towering evergreen trees on a chillyspring morning in late April. Their teacher, Mr. CarlCochrane, is standing before them. He spreads his armswide, takes a deep breath and says, “Look around. Thisis one of my favorite places in all of Door County.” Hestarts to teach and by the time he’s finished, it’s one ofmine, too.

I am tagging along on the Ecology Class field trip andwe’re visiting what is known locally as “the Ship Canalproperty.” The Door County Land Trust is in theprocess of trying to purchase this property for conserva-tion purposes. To learn more about its unique attributes,I took Mr. Cochrane up on his invitation to join hisclass for a field trip.

Mr. Cochrane is telling the students that we are stand-ing in a coniferous forest, a rarity this far south. He askshis students why this microcosm of plants usually found300 miles north is here on the 45th parallel. They throwout answers like “short summers” and “colder weather bythe lake;” he nods and pushes them further. “How haveevergreens adapted to colder climates?” A studentmumbles “photosynthesis” and Mr. Cochrane shouts

“Yes! Is that birch tree doing photosynthesis rightnow?” The students look at the bare branches and shaketheir heads. In comparison, the green cedars, whitepines and trailing arbutus surrounding us look lush.They’ve been “photosynthesizing” every day the temper-atures allow it, mining even the stingiest March sunlightfor energy. This is their adapted way of extending a shortgrowing season and getting the energy they need beforethe next harsh winter arrives.

Mr. Cochrane spots another evergreen plant, the win-tergreen, and pulls off one of the tiny leaves. He crushesit in his hand and we all inhale, instantly smellingWintergreen Life Savers. He explains that when therewas nothing better available, the Native Americans andearly European settlers who lived here would chew thewintergreen leaves like tobacco. A student volunteers totry it and grimaces at its bitterness. Mr. Cochrane says,“That’s why I said ‘when there’s nothing better avail-able!’” He asks, “Why do plants have bitter leaves?”Someone answers, “So they don’t get eaten.” The class isbatting 1,000.

Aside from the coniferous plants, there is somethingeven more noteworthy about where we’re standing. Weare on top of a ten-foot wide ridge flanked on either sideby deep swales. There is standing water at the bottom ofeach swale and as far as we can see, the pattern repeatsitself—ridge, swale, ridge, swale, ridge, swale—twentythree parallel beach dunes that were “written” on theland by lake levels higher than those of today. For thosewho know how to read the landscape, there are stories tobe had here, and this one says that we are literally stand-ing on ancient shores.

Mr. Cochrane moves the class along the ridge, talkingas he goes, stopping to answer their questions as theyexperience the forest. “Mr. Cochrane, What’s that birdwe just heard?” (“A blue jay…the bell call of a bluejay…unusual.”) “What animal left this scat?” (“A minkor weasel.”) The immediacy of the teaching moment ispowerful. One student points out a charred stump justoff the path and Mr. Cochrane explains that we are onwhat once was a logging road and the stump is the

remains of thehighly valued whitepine. White pinewere thick on theridge tops until theland was clear cutin the late 1800s fortimber. He explainsthat slashings (theunwanted parts ofthe trees) were lefton the forest floorand served to fuelthe fires that werecommon occur-rences. He estimatesthat the carbon onthe stump might date back to 1890.

The class moves forward stopping for occasional quicklessons ranging from fungus and duff formation toEmerson and Thoreau’s transcendentalist views ofnature. We reach the end of the trail and are rewardedwith a spectacular view of Lake Michigan and the shipcanal lighthouse.

It’s a quick retreat back to the waiting school bus andtheir next classes. On the way, Mr. Cochrane says,“You’d be amazed at the creatures that use this place”and lists some of the plant and animal life found on thisland—bald eagles, grey foxes, river otter, deer, ruffedgrouse, osprey, porcupines, dwarf lake iris, dune thistle,dune goldenrod, showy lady’s slipper orchids and manyothers. He interrupts the list to ask if I’ve ever tasted awintergreen berry. He reaches down to pick a brilliantred berry he’s just spotted. It’s the size of a peppercornbut sweet and refreshing.

The students and I leave the ship canal propertyknowing more about this place we call home. I can’t helpthinking how fortunate we are to have teachers like Mr.Cochrane and places like the Ship Canal property forthem to use as outdoor classrooms, living examples ofthe lessons they teach.

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Surrounded by the boreal forest, Mr. Cochrane’s Ecology Classexperiences, first-hand, one of Door County’s unique microcosms.

Students collect a water sample from oneof the deep swales found on the Ship

Canal property.

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Years ago, when Ibought the land I

call Solitude, I thought Iwas buying a piece ofproperty on which tobuild a house. Havingalways lived in cities, Ihad no concept of what120 acres encompassed.Over the years, I haveexplored this treasure,discovering its bound-aries, becoming intimatewith its vast meadows,

the dark, mysterious swamp, a dune remnant, woodlandsand a miniature marsh. Along the way I acquired an addi-tional twenty acres. My house is still not built, but Ispend a lot of time on Solitude – gazing into the eyes ofspiders, seeking skinks, examining everything, andindulging my limitless curiosity. Sometimes I sit on a bigrock to contemplate life and nature. My personal belief isthat although I hold the deed to 140 acres of land in theTown of Jacksonport, I do not really own the land; itbelongs to itself, and I am fortunate to be its steward forthis brief moment in history. This philosophy impliesresponsibility to the land I love andserve; not only during my lifetime, butalso into the future for those who, likeme, will have a need for wild places andtime spent in nature.

These thoughts led me to make pro-visions in my will to donate Solitude toa local organization should I die unex-pectedly. Although I planned to placeconservation easements on my land anddonate them to the Door County LandTrust (DCLT) to increase the level ofprotection, I thought my land wasessentially safe, and I had plenty of

time to make my decision. That sense ofunlimited time changed last fall when I wasdiagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer,and faced the possibility of not having

enough time to protect my land adequately. How did Ifeel knowing I might not again see the leaves of the beechtrees unfurl their brilliant green flags? Sorrowful, but atpeace with my fate. Unbearable, though, was the guilt andpanic I felt knowing I had not fully safeguarded the futureof Solitude.

There is nothing like a terminal diagnosis to focus themind. Wanting to know what I could do in a short time, Icontacted Terrie Cooper at the DCLT to find out whatoptions were open to me. As we analyzed my situation, Ibecame aware that it is not always enough to simplydonate property you want to preserve via a will and expectthat its future protection is guaranteed. It’s much better todiscuss your wishes and goals for the protection of theland you love with the Land Trust while you’re living.This insures that your questions are answered and thatyour wishes are understood and honored.

Formerly I was only aware of conservation easementsand outright land donations. Now I know that not onlyare there many more possibilities to consider, I realize thata donation of land doesn’t always fall within the missionof the Land Trust or other organization. Owning andprotecting even undeveloped land entails expense and theallocation of limited resources; our Land Trust must care-fully consider which responsibilities it is able to take onand maintain into the future. Luckily for me, Solitude was

deemed worthy by theDCLT board. Terrie,together with attorneyDick Hauser, DanBurke and the rest ofthe staff at DCLTguided me through thesteps necessary to safe-guard the future of myland while giving methe flexibility of own-ership I need duringmy lifetime. Eachlandowner’s case is dif-

ferent, and we in Door County are fortunate to have aknowledgeable, dedicated staff ready to offer advice andget the answers to a potential donor’s legal, financial andpolicy questions. This instills faith that we are putting ourvaluable land and assets in the care of a responsible, capa-ble, ongoing institution.

Even when we sincerely believe in the importance ofpreserving land in its natural state, we can’t foresee whatour efforts will mean to the future of our planet.Ironically, the drug that is extending my life was devel-oped from the bark of an obscure yew tree growing in theforests of the Pacific Northwest. This tree, of no value tothe logging industry, was likely headed for extinction untila forester collected a sample of its bark for research pur-poses. A remarkable series of events led to the discoveryof an important chemotherapy drug using an extract fromthe bark of the once insignificant yew. Who knows whatlies waiting to be discovered on my land, or on yours?Who knows what all of us, by supporting the work of ourland trusts, might do together to save our planet and thebeings who depend on it?

Living with cancer is a constant challenge, but now Ibelieve I will enjoy the pleasure of spending time withSolitude for a few more years. Meanwhile I have greatpeace of mind knowing that the DCLT will carry on mystewardship after I am gone.

Leaving a LegacyFaith in the Trust by Kate Rohrer

Leaving a Legacy:Pass on the Door County You Love

to Future GenerationsIf you and your family enjoy the beauty of

Door County, your planned gift or bequest to theLand Trust will ensure that future generations will

as well. For more information on including theLand Trust in your will or estate planning, please contact Laurel Hauser, development director of

the Door County Land Trust, at (920) 746-1359 or lhauser@dcwis.com.

Thank you for making a lasting difference to the future of Door County!“Solitude” in winter

Kate Rohrer

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2010 is the Year of the Escarpment and anyone wholoves Door County knows the escarpment is well worthcelebrating. The Niagara Escarpment, that 650-mile longcuesta, or ridge, that runs all the way from Rochester,New York across southern Canada and into Wisconsinprovides our county with its signature landscape – themassive, craggy, cedar-studded limestone bluffs. First timevisitors and lifelong residents alike are enchanted by thesheer size of the escarpment when seen from the waterand, conversely, by its delicate beauty when seen after thefirst snow or in the last light of the setting summer sun.

The Door County Land Trust has long been interestedin the Niagara Escarpment for its ecological value. Withvertical and horizontal karst exposures, the NiagaraEscarpment contains caves, sink holes, talus slopes andmoist cliffs. Rain water filtering through deep limestonefissures results in the biologically rich springs, seeps and

vernal water pools that are commonlyfound at the base of the escarpment.Terrie Cooper, land program directorfor the Land Trust, explains, “It’s aworld of its own. Even on the hottestAugust afternoon, the escarpment isdamp and cool. This unique environ-ment creates habitat for uniquespecies. The escarpment microcosmand its calcium rich soils are home tothe Ram’s head lady slipper orchid,dwarf lake iris, Hine’s emerald dragon-fly and glacial relic land snails. TheNiagara Escarpment is one of the rea-sons Door County ranks first in thestate for biological diversity.”

Recognizing the value of the escarp-ment, the Land Trust has been hard atwork protecting the lands above and below it at two of itspopular nature preserves – the Bay Shore BlufflandNature Preserve west of Carlsville and the nearbyLautenbach Woods Nature Preserve south of EggHarbor. In 2009, seven land deals added protected acresto both of the preserves. Dan Burke, executive director ofthe Land Trust, recounts progress the Land Trust hasmade here. “Our first purchase in this area began with theprotection of two acres of Ram’s head lady slipper habitat.That was back in 1996. Recent additions have helpedbring the protected acres here to over 500. We think thisis a great way to celebrate the Year of the Escarpment!”

The Door County Land Trust is grateful to two familieswhose land donations and bargain sales in 2009 haveincreased protected acreage near the escarpment. Angelaand Philip DiMaso donated a tract in the LautenbachWoods Preserve and also generously sold a tract below theescarpment to the Land Trust for less than the appraisedvalue. Jim Morrow donated a tract below the escarpmentin the Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve. The

Morrow donation was given in memory of Jim’s mother,Shirley A. Morrow. It protects just over 200 feet of shore-line.

According to Cooper, “Land protection work aroundthe escarpment is critical. The forested lands above theescarpment provide habitat for migrating birds and helpfilter and purify the water that ultimately drains intoGreen Bay. This is good not only for the snails andorchids; it’s also good for us. We’re extremely grateful toAngela and Philip DiMaso and Jim Morrow for helpingus protect part of a fragile ecosystem.”

In 2009, the Land Trust also purchased four other tractsto add to the Bay Shore Blufflands and LautenbachWoods Preserves. Funds for the purchases were providedby Wisconsin’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund andthe Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource TrusteeCouncil administered by the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService. Private donations from Land Trust supportersalso helped make the purchases possible.

Seven Tracts along the Niagara Escarpment Added to

the Bay Shore Blufflands andLautenbach Woods Nature Preserves

Trees growing on the Niagara Escarpment have creative, stubborn rootsthat find a way to grow in the shallow, rocky soils. This tree is growing

on the newly acquired DiMaso tract at Lautenbach Woods Preserve.

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The Shirley A. Morrow tract at the Bay Shore Blufflands Preserve was generously donated to the Door County Land Trust last autumn.

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If hikingthe

escarpmentis on your“must do” listthis year, avisit to either

the Bay ShoreBlufflands Nature Preserve or the

Lautenbach Woods Nature Preserve is a goodplace to start. Bring your kids, grandkids or friends.

Although the views are stunning, particularly at theBlufflands, be sure everyone stops for a moment to lookdown at the geological wonder underfoot. The cool, dampfractured rock you’re treading on was once, in the Silurianage, a warm saltwater seabed located much closer to theequator. Door County’s ubiquitous dolomitic limestonewas formed by the discarded and compressed shells of bil-lions and billions of crustaceans that swam here manyeons ago. The study of any fieldstone wall in DoorCounty will bear this out. So although you are now hik-ing high ground, you are also hiking an ancient seabed!To help conceptualize just how old the escarpment is, youcould suggest that your group observe a second of silencefor each year of the escarpment’s age – but only if you

• The Niagara Escarpment is a unique geologic for-mation of Silurian dolomite that stretches 650 milesfrom Niagara Falls, NY (its namesake) throughOntario, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin’sDoor Peninsula and ends near the Wisconsin-Illinoisborder.

• The Niagara Escarpment contains microenviron-ments that support a large diversity of plants andanimals including many rare or endangered resourcessuch as glacial relict land snails and slow-growingcedars that are over 1,000 years old.

• 2010 is the Year of the Niagara Escarpment inWisconsin! Look for opportunities to visit and learnabout the Niagara Escarpment by visiting theNiagara Escarpment Resource Network website at:www.escarpmentnetwork.org

have 13 years to spare! Give or take afew million, the Niagara Escarpmentis 420 million years old! (We hope youbrought snacks!)

Getting there…Directions to Bay Shore BlufflandsPreserve, Carlsville – This 500-acrepreserve offers stunning and panoram-ic views of the waters of Green Bay asyou walk along the NiagaraEscarpment. It is located eight milesnorth of Sturgeon Bay and one milesouth of Carlsville Road on Bay ShoreDrive (County Highway B.) For upperparking area, take Carlsville Road(County Highway I) west from Highway42 to Reynolds Road. Turn south onReynolds. The parking area is located on the right (west)side of the road. For lower parking area: take CarlsvilleRoad (County Highway I) west from Highway 42 to BayShore Drive. Turn south at the stop sign. The lower park-ing area is located on the left (east) side of the roaddirectly across from fire # 5451, Bay Shore Drive. Markedtrails depart from each parking area and connect with oneanother. Hiking is easy-to-moderately easy, except for thebluff slope which is slightly more difficult.

Directions to Lautenbach Woods Preserve,Egg Harbor – This 90-acre preserve is a greatexample of the terrain of the Niagara Escarpmentand allows visitors to see first hand the vertical andhorizontal fractures in the dolomite rock that under-lies much of Door County. An easy-to-moderatelydifficult, 1.25-mile trail loops through the upperhardwoods and pine forest and down the slope ofthe escarpment. From Egg Harbor, take StateHighway 42 south about 4 miles to CountyHighway G. Turn right (north) on G and travelabout one mile. A parking area and informationalkiosk are located on the left (west) side of the road.

For trail maps, please visit our website at www.doorcountylandtrust.org Many people recognize this view of the Niagara Escarpment as they

drive past the exposed dolomite “bluffs” or “cliffs.”

The “Great Arc” of the Niagara Escarpment stretches from New York to Wisconsin.

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Abit more of Washington Island will be permanentlypreserved in its natural state thanks to the conserva-

tion vision of one woman, Shirley Weese-Young. Weese-Young has a special regard for the dunes and forests thatgrace the southern part of Washington Island and is work-ing, through the use of conservation easements, to protectthe ecological integrity of this area.

In 2007, Weese-Young purchased two properties on thesouth side of the Island and preserved all 43 acres bydonating a conservation easement on both to the LandTrust. Two years later, she expanded her vision by donatingconservation easements on two additional properties inclose proximity to the original. These recent easementsbring the number of acres protected by the Weese-Young/Door County Land Trust partnership to 70.

Conservation easements are binding legal agreementsbetween the property owner (and all future owners) and theLand Trust. These agreements permanently restrict the

type and amount of future development in order to protectthe land’s scenic and/or conservation values. Lands protect-ed by conservation easements remain under private owner-ship and the Land Trust has the permanent right and obli-gation to uphold the terms of the agreements.

Conservation easements are a common tool used by landtrusts around the country to preserve privately-held landsthat have high ecological or aesthetic value. According toTerrie Cooper, land program director for the Door CountyLand Trust, the properties Shirley Weese-Young has pro-tected have both. “This part of Washington Island wasonce an ancient river bed corridor and the hydrology andgeology of the area reflect this. So, in turn, do the plantspecies found here. It’s a beautiful part of the Island andthe Land Trust is extremely thankful to Shirley for her pas-sion and vision.”

Two New Conservation Easements Protect Twenty-seven Acreson Washington Island

The Evolution of a Conservation Vision by Shirley Weese-Young

As a child, I raced in theMackinac Race eight times with

my father and every year on our wayback to Chicago, we would anchor ourboat in Jackson Harbor on WashingtonIsland where (without fail) we wouldrun aground. My embarrassment athaving to sit on the boom hangingover the water while being pulled outof the mud by a good Samaritan whohappened by (hopefully not a cute boy)has stayed with me to this day, alongwith the memories of the incrediblypristine aqua water, the white cliffs ofRock Island in the sunset, and thesandy beach full of all sorts of birds ofvarying-length legs (now the Jackson

Harbor Ridges Sanctuary.) Manyyears later, my husband and Idropped a hook in deeper DetroitHarbor, rowed ashore, got onsome bicycles to go exploring,and bought a piece of land on thesouth shore of the island.

In 2007, after a large piece ofproperty was subdivided and putup for sale across the road from us, we and our neighborspanicked at what could happen to this land. We thoughtthat maybe together we could purchase parcels in order tosave them from development. My imagination startedracing; what if, what if, what if? Luckily, one of my neigh-bors bought the entire property with the intention of pro-tecting it. I realized at that time that a lot (no punintended) can change in a very short time and I gatheredForested dunes are a signature landscape along the southern shore of Washington Island.

Shirley Weese-Young has donated conservation easements to theDoor County Land Trust on 70 acres of land she owns on the

southern side of Washington Island.

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maps, did some researchand started asking myselfhow I could help preservethis beautiful area for theflora, the fauna ANDhomo sapiens.

With map in hand, I roamed 43 acres of sand hillocksfilled with milkweed and junipers, forests with birches,cedars and ferns, and wetlands filled with rotting logsand spider webs. In 2007 I purchased my first twoproperties and permanently protected them by donatinga conservation easement to the Door County LandTrust. Since then, I have added 2 more neighboringproperties. I hope that I am just getting started.

A landscaper by trade, I have always felt a deep con-nection to and respect for all things that grow. I cannothelp but comment when a large tree is being cut downabout the oxygen loss that goes with it (not to mentionthe loss of habitat, the importance of trees for coolingand pollution control and the sanity that a walk in thewoods affords.) My brother-in-law, Will Rogers, is thePresident and CEO of the Trust for Public Land(TPL) and whenever we are together, our discussionsturn to land preservation. TPL is familiar with thework of the Door County Land Trust and he had thehighest praise for them. Shortly after learning this, Ifound myself at the Red Cup coffeehouse onWashington Island at an informational meeting spon-sored by the Door County Land Trust. I met a staffmember named Terrie Cooper. Her infectious enthusi-asm, endless energy, knowledge, and commitment topreservation convinced me that this was an organiza-tion that I wanted to be a part of. The rest was easy asMs. Cooper demystified the process of land trusts forme and guided me through the conservation easementprocess. I hope that our relationship will continue togrow in the same way that I would like to see my col-ored map of contiguous protected properties continueto grow.

Every county has a Mud Lake (or two) and DoorCounty is no exception. These bodies of water can

range from a mud puddle to a seasonal pond to a large,permanent inland lake, and just about every old-timer youmeet could tell you a story of misadventure surrounding avisit to so-and-so’s Mud Lake (“so-and-so” being somelong-standing local last name.)

Door County’s “official” Mud Lake, located north ofMoonlight Bay near Baileys Harbor, is exactly the kind ofplace such stories are made. This 155-acre shallow, marlbottom lake is surrounded by an extensive shrub and tim-ber swamp with old snags along the shoreline standing tes-tament to the seasonally fluctuating water levels.

This place feels wild and untamed. As part of a 2,290-acre wildlife complex, it is easy to feel far away from civi-lization here amidst the dense and diverse vegetation withnames like bur-reed, coontail, wild rice, soft-stem bulrush,and cattail. The Mud Lake State Wildlife Area providesspawning grounds for trout running up Reibolts Creekfrom Lake Michigan, and is used by waterfowl and nestingbirds such as the American bittern, common golden eye,and wood duck.Mud Lake and itssurrounding wet-lands also providecritical habitat forthe federally-endan-gered Hine’s emeralddragonfly, a speciesthat depends uponhigh-quality groundwater to survive.

To protect thewater quality of this

vast wildlife area, conser-vation partners includingthe WI Department ofNatural Resources (WI-DNR), Door CountyLand Trust, The Ridges Sanctuary, and The NatureConservancy have been working together to help purchaseor place conservation easements on lands surrounding thecore of the Mud Lake State Natural Area and WildlifeArea which are owned and managed by the WI-DNR.

Late last autumn, the Door County Land Trust pur-chased a 15-acre parcel and then transferred the propertyto the WI-DNR for long-term management. The parcel islocated along Highway 57 on the western edge of the MudLake State Natural Area and connects lands owned by theWI-DNR and The Ridges Sanctuary. Funding for thispurchase came from the Knowles-Nelson StateStewardship Grant Program and a National CoastalWetland Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Terrie Cooper, land program director for the Land Trust,explains that “although this property is located more than

two miles away from Mud Lake, it isimportant land to protect because itis part of the ground water rechargearea for Mud Lake and The RidgesSanctuary. The Land Trust is pleasedto be a partner in protecting this eco-logically valuable area.”

By working closely together, DoorCounty’s conservation partners areprotecting our important wetlandsand watersheds…and that’s clearerthan mud!

Clearer Than Mud…Partnering to Protect the Mud Lake Watershed

Paddlers explore Mud Lake’s wild recesses.

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Letter from the President

Dear Friends,

Having just finished my second year as President of your Door County Land Trust, I have runinto term limits and will soon be relinquishing the office. However, I have no intentions of leav-ing the board in the foreseeable future. It’s been an incredible two years getting behind thescenes and observing this remarkable staff and board at work. Although I’ve been involved inmany aspects of the organization, I have mostly enjoyed the ride.

Some amazing accomplishments have been realized in the past two years. Highlights includethe establishment of three new nature preserves – the Legacy Preserve at Clay Banks inSouthern Door, the Ship Canal Nature Preserve in Sturgeon Bay, and the Three SpringsNature Preserve in Northern Door. These purchases bring the total acres protected by the LandTrust to over 5,000!

All three of the preserves mentioned above are undergoing intense efforts to ready them forpublic use. Last year in this letter, I wrote about the importance of being able to get out and

experience the lands you’ve helped protect – to see them, feel them, and enjoy them. That remains a priority.

Another highlight of the past two years is the strong positive recognition we’ve received in our community as a result of ournon-political approach to land preservation. We are a “results oriented” organization and partnerships with other conservationgroups and government entities have helped us achieve mutual goals.

Finally, our membership involvement is enviable. In 2009, many newsupporters joined the Land Trust’s efforts bringing the number of con-tributing households to nearly 1400. Members lend their time, talent andtreasures to further our mission to protect the special places in DoorCounty. Scores of volunteers provide assistance with stewardship, eventsand clerical tasks. And, as always, socializing is important. Last August,over 400 supporters turned out for our Annual Membership Gathering tocelebrate a year of land preservation success…and to eat, drink and laughtogether! See? It’s not all work!

To the Staff, the Board and to YOU, our members, thanks for anothergreat year.

Dave CallsenPresident, Board of Directors 2008 - 2010

2009Land Preservation

by the Numbers

• The Land Trust surpassed the 5,000protected acre milestone in 2009.

• 11 properties were preserved totaling over 400 acres in 2009.

• 332 acres were protected within the city limits of Sturgeon Bay.

• 4 additional properties wereprotected at the Lautenbach Woods Nature Preserve.

• 3 additional properties wereprotected at the Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve.

• 2 additional properties wereprotected on Washington Island.

• 1 property was protected at Mud Lake.

From the desk of Dave Callsen at the close of 2009…

Outgoing Board of Directors President,Dave Callsen, passes the cowbell (usedto call meetings to order) to incoming

President, Judy Lokken.

The Door County Land Trust Board of Directors touring theShip Canal property last summer.

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5,200Acres

Acres Protected bythe Door CountyLand Trust

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2009 Financial Statementof the Door County Land Trust

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

Current AssetsChecking/Savings Accounts 208,051.37Legal Defense Fund 47,785.46

Other Current AssetsPledge Allowance -25,000.00Pledge Discount -17,700.00Pledges Receivable 1,132,299.89Prepaid Expenses 1,936.00

Total Other Current Assets 1,091,535.89

Total Current Assets 1,347,372.72

Total Fixed Assets 4,332.21

Other AssetsEarnest Money 4,500.00Sturgeon Bay Office Building 210,000.00Village of Egg Harbor Life Estate Residence 1,035,901.00Nature Preserve Property Owned

Bay Shore Blufflands Preserve 2,541,789.00Chambers Island Preserve 84,000.00Detroit Harbor Preserve 1,210,674.00Domer-Neff Nature Preserve 76,500.00Ephraim Preserve at Anderson Pond 381,500.00Fish Creek Open Space Lots 422,000.00Gilson-Peterson Forest Preserve 300,000.00Hibbards Creek Preserve 106,800.00Indian Point Forest Preserve 66,000.00Kangaroo Lake Preserve 311,810.00Kellner Fen Preserve 328,000.00Kinsey Bay Shore Lot 210,000.00Legacy Preserve at Claybanks 2,430,000.00Lautenbach Woods Preserve 944,500.00Little Lake Preserve 1,768,000.00Mostek Forest Preserve 97,500.00Mud Lake Preserve 115,800.00N. Lake Michigan Drive Open Space Lots 1,800.00Oak Road Wetlands Preserve 713,000.00Old Stage Road Open Space Lot 48,000.00Picha Forest Preserve at Thorp Pond 136,000.00Richter Community Forest 711,000.00

LiabilitiesCurrent Liabilities

Accounts Payable 40,035.62Accured PR Taxes 2,956.52Accrued Wages 25,329.53Payroll Direct Deposit Liabilities -19,522.55Prorated Property Tax Liability 21,114.24Ship Canal Property Purchase Bridge Loan 543,000.00State Withholding 1,465.11

Total Current Liabilities 614,378.47Long Term Liabilities

Sturgeon Bay Office Mortgage 155,249.55 Total Long Term Liabilities 155,249.55

Total Liabilities 769,628.02

EquityRetained Earnings 18,337,513.47Net Income 1,916,768.47

Total Equity 20,254,281.94

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 21,023,909.96

as of December 31, 2009

Balance Sheet*

S. Lake Michigan Drive Lots 134,100.00Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Preserve 1,891,200.00Three Springs Preserve 1,399,279.00Washington Harbor View Lot 87,500.00White Cliff Fen and Forest 1,018,859.00Woods at Monument Point 366,900.00

Total Preserve Property Owned 17,902,511.00Stewardship Endowment Trust Account 490,366.24Vehicles Owned 28,926.79

Total Other Assets 19,672,205.03

TOTAL ASSETS 21,023,909.96

*This is a preliminary pre-audit Financial Statement. If you are interested in obtaining our2009 Audited Statement, we will be happy to provide you a copy upon the audit completion.

2009Membership Support

by the Numbers

• 1,364 households made at least one donation to the Land Trust in 2009.

• Nearly 750 households made 2 or more donations to the Land Trust in 2009.

• 277 households made their first ever donation to the Land Trust in 2009.

• 263 donations were received for the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal acquisition project.

• Our Annual Membership Gathering set a new record by drawing over 400 attendees.

Ed and Sandy Miller hosted the Land Trust’s2009 Annual Membership Gathering at their

protected property north of Baileys Harbor.

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2009 Financial Supporters Total cash gifts received during 2009

$20,000 and Above Anonymous*John C. Bock Foundation*Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund*Billie Kress*Dennis and Sandy Kuester*Jim and Barbee LesterEllsworth and Carla Peterson

Charitable Foundation*Fred J. Peterson Foundation*Roenigk Family FoundationU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service*

$19,999 - $10,000American Transmission Company*Tim and Cindy Byers @ Katherine

Byers-Federspiel Charitable Lead TrustDave and Vonnie Callsen*James E. Dutton Foundation*Gibraltar Land Acquisition DirectiveElizabeth Guenzel*Marty and Alice KrebsGeorge Kress Foundation, Inc.Bill and Betty Parsons*Tim and Sue Stone*

$9,999 - $5,000 AnonymousPrilla and Tony BeadellHomer BlissRichard and Pat DiemerPhyllis GeyerSpencer and Barbara GouldJim and Donna Janning*Anthony and Judith Licata*Bev and Tom Lisle*Don and Lynne Luker*Barbara MendiusBruce and Carol Olson*Bill and Barbara SiebelJohn and Judy Turner*

$4,999 - $1,000 AnonymousHelen and Bruce AmbuelJean Barrett*George and Sandra Batzli*Carl and Susan BeckerJudith BeroAnita BiedermannJim and Susan BirgerBruce and Bev BlietzKenneth and Carol BoydJohn and Norma BramsenHugh and Helena Brogan FoundationDon Buerschinger*Jim and Barbara Bunning*Richard and Dorothy Burkhardt*

Paul and Fran Burton*Ken and Naomi CarlsonE. S. Carpenter*Bernal ChomeauPeter and Barbara ClassenBeth Coleman and Curt Wessel*John and Helen Collins*Dan Collins and Nancy AtenKit and Dick ConnerPeter and Beverly Ann ConroyAndrew and Karen CookAndy and Jan Coulson

@ The White Gull Inn*Arthur M. and Ruth H. Dean Fund*David and Julie DeWitt*Don and Marianne DiekmanRobert and Lynn DoneffDoor County Community

Foundation*Anne and Richard Egan

Donor Advised FundEllen FoundationJessie FiedlerTony and Cathy Fiorato*Tom FitzgeraldJohn and Edith FulkersonTrent and Salva GabertJohn and Dorothy GayLloyd and Dottie GerritsMardi and Bill GlennW.W. Grainger Co.Charles and Carolyn HansenTed and Charlotte HansenAnthony HaswellJohn and Laurel HauserRichard and Sharon HeinemannJohn and Dolores HermannNita Herreman*The Hislop Family FoundationJames Hoehn and Nancy Goldberg*Jon and Judy HollingsheadBarbara Holman*Lynda HuebschFran Hunter and Bill Laatsch*Jean and Rod Jacobson*Albert and Cynthia JohnsonKathy and Daryl Kapalin*Chuck and Carol KellerJim and Susan Kinney*Michael KleinKarl and Lucy Klug*Mark and Mary KnabelPaul Knueppel*Mike and Jeanne KubiakBrian and Sue LanserRichard and Roberta LarsonCharles and Estella LauterSam and Lloyd Lewis*Bill and Sue LindsayKeith and Katherine Lindstrand

Ron and Judy Lokken*Fred Marcon*Edgar MarquardtFrancis and Mary McCormackWanda and Kevin McDonaldJohn and Nancy Munch*Patricia Nell*Bryan Nelson and Joan Holliday

@ The Blacksmith Inn*Ron and Lori Olander*William Orner*Cheryl Parker and Stephen Lavell*Lucia and Pete PetrieRod and Judy PotterKent and Kristin PowleyJeffrey Rosemann and Susan CrawfordRutabaga Paddlesports LLCBela and Ruth SandorPeg Sankey*Henry and Mary ScheigCarl and Ruth Scholz*Walter SchoofCarl and Barbara SchwartzLois SeilerNancy ShanahanAnn SilbermanOliver and Lynn SkrivanieBill and Sharon SteinmetzRay Stonecipher*Tatman FoundationOtto and Elsbeth Thilenius*Thrivent Financial for LutheransBryan and Diane Troutman*Bill and Phyllis Utley*Dale Vanden Houten and Richard ScottGordon Vieth*William and Sunshine WalkerRik and Margot WarchLincoln and Dorothy Wickmann*John and Karen WilsonJohn Wilson, Jr.Kathy and Bill Wolff*John and Karen YanceyJames and Margaret Young

$999 - $500 Heather and Bill AndersenHenry AndersonKathy and Matt AndrewsLee, Inge, and John BaconBruce and Patty BeckerWendy Beilfuss*Steve and Susan Bell*James & Barbara BlantonEdward and Margie BockWendy and Bob BosworthMike and Judy BroddC. Brumder Brumath

Family Foundation

Lynn BudzakKathy and John Campbell*Rudy and Patricia CarlMarshall and Arlene ColburnWarren and Carolyn ComstockNancy Czarnecki*Sandy and Russell DagonDwight and Linda DavisTony and Donna DeNardoHarold and Regine DeutschMarilyn and David Doerr*Sharon DoneganGloria Dougherty and Ron Klimaitis*Joel and Paula Eggert*Giacomo and Laurie FalluccaDiane FardigJack and Diane FingerRobert and Suzanne FletcherPeter Foote and Robin WilsonTerry and Ginny FosterRick and Barbara FrankMike and Carolyn FriedlGrace and Bruce FruddenStephen and Margaret GadientGeorge and Diane GissellEric and Barbara GreenfeldtMary Lee GreenfieldPhil and Marilyn HansotiaJohn and Lee Ann Harling*Bob and Bonnie Hartmann*Mick and Lisa HatchAnne HauserEdie and Bill HibbardBrad and Karol HittT.C. and Linda JohnsonMike Johnston and Sara LeTourneauMilo and Joan JonesEldor and Delores KaiserPaula Keller*Thomas and Margaret KellerTom and Lucy Kile*Alan and Anne KimbellHerb Klein and Cal Bonnivier*Karl Klug, Jr.James KressBob and Sara Larsen*Marce and Court Leonard*Roy and Charlotte Lukes*Rich and Mary LynchMichael and Barbara Madden*Paul and Marilyn MahlbergRon and Pam Maloney*Neil and Pat McCartyMike and Windsor McCutcheonLincoln and Florence McGurkRick and Joan McLaughlin

Florri McMillanEd and Sandy Miller*MMG Foundation, Inc.Ronald and Barbara MolineBob and Carla MyersonMark and Martha NerenhausenWilliam NeumannCamilla NielsenSteve and Kaaren NorthropFrances O'BrienLars and Kelly OlsonSandra PlaceMarianne PorterRuth PotthoffH. J. and Sandra PrzybyloNancy Rafal and Michael FarmerEugene and Patricia Remy*Pete and Shirley ReppMary Jane Rintelman and

Ben LairdPeter and Fawn RogersMason and Julie RossChari and Ham RutledgeLinda Salick and Allan WittkowskiJohn and Susan SchaperRobert & Claire SchoofSandy and Craig SchultzJames and Carol SensenbrennerNeil and Lillie Mae ShadleDean and Bernice ShumwayCatherine Siegel*Dick and Mary SmytheJohn StiefelMichael and Barbara Sweeney*Roy and Mary Thilly*Tom and Jo Ann TurriffJack and Fran Van LanenGreg and Wendy VichickGretel Weltmer*David and Brenda WenbergTripp and Nancy WidderLee and Lydia WikkerinkCarmen and Gene WittSylvia YouellDonald Weese and Shirley YoungCarl and Sandy ZapffeMichelle Zimmer and Jack Donthitt

$499 - $250 Fred and Cindy AckerDirk and Tracy Ahlbeck*Betty AikEdson and Loretta AllenMarc and Marian AndersonDan & Marjorie Andrae*Virginia Arey

Caryl Askins*Tom and Sue BarrieHugh and Joyce BellAdam and Linnea BensonPat and Clyde BergerTim and Claire Bletcher*Dennis and

Marie Bolstad BostikJim and Libby Bradley*Barry BrezanBob and Geri BroganJulie BroganJon and Linda BrorsonRobert and Kathleen BrownDan, Heidi, Makenzie and

Nathan Burke*Guy and Dorie BushKen and Mary BussardJoe Carpenter*Bob and Alice ChrismerStephen and Jennifer ChristyTom and Meg ClaggettTerry and Andi Connelly*Dennis and Deborah ContaRichard and Barbara CraigJames and Lisa CummingsHope CurtisDan and Donna DanielsonDave and Barb Debenham*Gary and Amy DelzellSusan and Jon DerksenRay and Helene Di IulioJohn and JoAnn DiBuonoRon and Chris DonovanTom and Linda DoughertyJane Doughty and David WoodDoug and Judy DrewBarbara DreyChristina and Michael Drouet*Bob and Mary Ann DudeCharles and Joanne DullBob and Mary DunworthMargaret Eccles*Bob and Mary EcclesTim and Holly ErskinePhil and Carolyn EvensonDan and Pat FetterleyGeorge and Julie FiedlerJohn Filosa and Cathaleen RoachJeffrey FrancikJeffrey Franz and

Ruth Engs-Franz*Donald FritzTodd Frisoni @ Door County

Ice Cream FactoryDennis and Susan Garrity

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Stephen and Aimee GaugerMark GehrieMargaret GillJohn and Chris GuentherBill and Jo GuenzelBruce and Donna HakeWally and Norma HammerbergJon and Bonnie HansonFraser and Meredith HartBill and Mary HartmanDavid and Jill HausHoward and Charlotte HayesDon and Coggin HeeringaEd and Priscilla Heinecke*Doug and Barbara HendersonDuane and Bonnie HendricksonHerbert H. Kohl CharitiesLinda Hinkston and David JordalEugene and Ruth HodyMike and Deb HollyGreg and Mary HolubRuss HopkinsBob and Lorry HorstIronwood FoundationWarren and Amy JamesJim and Andrea JauquetDavid and Mel JohnsonRay and Susan KaercherBarbara KanzlerJesse Kaye*Marianne and Bill KellmanJoel and Alicia Kersebet

@ Ecology SportsBarbara KleinThomas and Christine Koehler*Joan Korb and Frederic WillDon and Brigid KrutekJohn LaBordeLake Forest Park CorporationL. Lawrence and Barb LaskeElizabeth LawlerJerry and Pam LecyJack and Claire Lee*Robert LenghLeo Burnett Co.

Charitable FoundationJohn and Suzanne LeonardMike and Julie LesicaElmer and Ann LewisBarbara Lindquist and Alex MolnarGeorge and Patricia LocherHelen LoewiTom and Charli LundstedtDoug and Janey MacNeilGary Martin and Julie SaraJane Mastrangelo

Rev. Richard MautheMaureen McCormickMaureen McGrath*Mike and Kate Meeuwsen*David and Genie MeissnerPete and Laura MoegenburgChris and Sheri Moore*Bill and Bonnie MooreTerry and Greg Morris*Ed and Chris MovallEve Peterson Mueller Family*Sarah NaberWally and Elaine NalewayJerry and Margie NeedelmanRandy and Jane NelsonRick and Patty NelsonTom Notermann and

Carol McDonoughNeal and Gerry NottlesonPat OlsonBrian and Debbie O'MaraClifford Orsted

@ Door Landscape & NurseryCharles and Patricia Oxenford*Charles and Susan PetersonBruce and Joan PikasPinkert Law Firm LLPHarry PorterGreg and Marilyn PottsWendell Pritchett and Anne KringelMilton and Jane RandBill and Jerri RixBob Ross @ Ross Estate PlanningKaye Rogers and Marvin KetterlingAnn RothschildStan and Dorothy RussellJames and Mary RutterJim and Diane SarosiekMartha SauterBill and Mary Jo SchaarsDan and Cindy SchaulisToby Schlick

@ Fish Creek Kite CompanyTony and Barbara SchmeltzDavid and Jan SchraderJohn Schuldt and Mary MooreGwynne SchultzPete and Carol Schuster

@ LFP Design!Art and Jan ShermanWalt and Tiggy Shields*John ShortKenneth SimpsonRon and Christine SmallClyde SmithMarguerite Soffa

Judy and John SpitzleyAurelia StamppJerrel and Judy Stanley*Gary and Sue StenzelFrank and Elsa SternerDave and Barbara StromJanet and Thomas SutterChuck and Lana TencateDave and Posy ThurowBill and Betsy TishlerWilliam and Barbara UrbrockRob Van Gemert*Stephanie Vittum and Bill PalmerKaye Wagner*Mark and Diane WaltersRobert and Mary WarthBill and Pam Welter*Jack and Hester Werner*John and Karen Wilcox*Barbara and Doug WilliamsLouis Williams and Mary MosterJim and Doris WilsonJim and Sue WorkmanDavid and Lynn Zawojski

@ Sunnypoint Landscape*$249 - $100 Bruce Abraham*Bob and Marge AgnewAnn AlexanderTom and Susan AltJohn and Betty AmesRobert and Dorothy AndersonStefan and Joan AndersonErnest AndersonDaniel and Dawn AndersonGail Anderson and John LawsonKen and Barbara Asher*Jon and Susan AxelrodRay and Lola Bajorek*Ricardo BaldaHarry and Marylin BanzhafTom and Maryann BastLee and Susan BastenKen Bearman and Karla LarsenSuzanne BeaumontElizabeth BeesonDavid and Mary BellHoward Benoist @ Stonypath LLCPaul and Mary Kay Bergeron*Avi and Laurie BerkTed and Ruthe BerkeleyJim and Jean BerkenstockChuck and Leanne BitherJames and Judith Blahnik*Don and Helen Bleser*Bill and Yvonne Boettcher*

Eileen and Rod Bohn*Jeffrey BoutotJohn and Kay BowmanBeverly BransonJohn and Gisela BroganLois Brorson*Barbara BuckinghamArchie and Kathe BudzakGary Buerstatte and Anna PepelnjakDavid and Marge BultmanEdward and Adrienne BurgDavid and Bonnie BurnhamJohn and Judy BuseyGary and Sheila Cadwallader*Bonnie CadyRon and Carol CalabreseFredrick and Joyce CaldwellDick and Jan CampbellFrank and Jane CapozziSam and Vicky CarmenJohn and Julie CarpenterDaniel and Barbara CaseyBetty and Sam Castagna*Harley and Jean ChapmanHenri ChomeauDoug ChomeauJack Chopp*Ken and Kaye ChristmanNancy Ciezki and Diane KosteckeJerry and Elaine CiszewskiThe Clorox Company FoundationScott and Debra CoffmanRobert and Maureen ConwayBill and Bev CookTerrie CooperJan Cosmos*Phil and Miriam CoteBill Cotts and Carol WilsonKaren Cowan*Will and Ginny CraigChris and Tricia Cramer

@ Premier Properties of Door CountyAndrea CrossJerry Cross and Jayne SteffensDeanna D’Abbraccio and

Barbara MorganJohn and Betty Jo DahlmanRonald and Candace DammonDavid and Janet DanielDavid & Nancy DanisChuck and Karen DareJim and Gretchen Daul*Paul and Myra De LongStuart and Robyn DeardorffJoan DeardorffDavid and Joyce DetertKatherine Deutsch

Jim and Eleanor DeVriesAmanda DeWitt*Karl DiekmanDan and Linda DineenRich and Sandra DirksSarah DoneffTom DonovanDoor Pioneer Trailblazers

Snowmobile ClubCharles and Rita DoyleMerton and Carol DrakeTom and Bette DroughtGloria DrummondCarol DuffinAdrian and Pam Duszynski*James and Karen Ebbeson*John and Judith EckertGloria EckmanMichael Egan and Eva LlaneraD. Todd and Cynthia EhlersSalli EleyJune EllisBrian Ellison @

Death's Door SpiritsBill and Jane EmersonSusan Engelbaugh and

Chris Zimmerman*Dan and Jean EngelkeMiriam EricksonKen and Anne Ericson*Sverre and Chris Falck-Pedersen

@ Thorp House Inn and CottagesDennis and Mary Fales*Myrtle Felhofer*Randy and Anne FentzlaffLiesbeth and Robert FickesJudy and Pat FitzgeraldRon and Jean FlansburgMyrna FogartyDarrold and Nancy Folz*Tad and Bosey FooteMartin FordJan and Frank ForkertBob Forsberg

Kirby and Margaret FossPeg FosterJim and Luann FoxJay and Alison FrazierFred and Barb FreyBarbara FroemmingDon and Barbara FuhrmannTim and Marsella FultsRichard and Bette Gadient*Gathering Waters ConservancyFrank Gattolin*Tony and Renee Gebauer @ TR PotteryGilbert Gerdman

@Harbor Ridges AssociationJohn Gesme and Colleen PersonSusan GilsonAl and Lynn GoeppingerMark and Susan Goetzinger*William and Colette GoldammerMary Gordon*James and Marla GousseffGreg and Janis Gralewski

@ Klug Associates, Inc.Michael and Pam GregoryJohn and Joan GroganJames and Virginia GrohWarren and Ellen GrossmannJoan Guasta*Dale and Kathleen HankeDoris HansenThe Robert Hansen Family FdnBob and Madeline HarlanDavid and Ann HarshMarian Hart*Laird and Kathie HartRichard and Carrie HauserRobert Hawley and Jennifer BlahnikMike and Donna HayesJoseph Heilman*John and Liz HellerWalter and Jeanee HellyerTerry and Linda HenkelMelvin Henrichs*Gregor Henricks*

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An “Explore the Door” outing at Hibbards Creek. Land Trust membersmay sign up to receive announcements of upcoming hikes and outings,

by sending contact info to: explore@doorcountylandtrust.org

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Tom and Jill HerlacheSteve and Laurie HessEdward and Janet HeveranEarl and Agnes Heyrman*Dave and Pat HickeyMike and Jane Hildebrand*Tom and Amy Hipp*Mark and Sallie HoganMichael Holland*Arthur and Dee HopperJonathan and Maureen HowellDavid and Carole HoyemRon and Bev Hubbard*Dan and Kathy Hubing*George and Sue Raye Hughes*Dick and Jonne HurdBill and Lynn IhlenfeldSteve and Amy JacobsLouie and Rosie Janda*Richard and Sharron JaskunasAnn JerdeeJoanne Jessen and Dan BrandelChristi and Jeffery Johnson

@ Going Garbage and Recycling Inc.Dale and Michele JohnsonBob and Ruth JomeThor and Darlene JondahlTom Jordan and Susan Cubar*Ruth Jost Harding*Robert and Martha JuddAllan and Sue JurssLynn Kaczmarek and Mack BonkMike KahrJudith KalbCharles and Lois Kalmbach*Terrence and Judith KaneSteve and Lynn KargesMichael and Susan KatzLarry and Marie KaufmanRon and Diane KellerCharles and Barbara KellerTom and Marsha KerleyJohn and Deborah Kiedrowski*John and Karen KierstynCharles Klein and Susan Gigot-KleinWally and Dottie KleppLucy Kluessendorf*Bill and Gretchen KlugRichard and Jane Knowles*Kurt KoberTeresa KochaverDale and Rebecca Konkol*Carole and George KraemerMike KrainakGerald and Nancy Krause*Agnes Kubicz*Jim and Kathy Kubik

Jack KubitzWayne and Julie KudickDavid and Kathleen Kuffner*Richard and Barbara KullMitchell and Carol KwaterskiNancy and Ted LaitnerRobert LandryJohn and Marietta LandwehrBrenda and Jeff Lange*Beatrice LappTerry and Marilyn LappinJane Lare*Robert and Jeanine LarsonDon and Kayval LarsonMitch and Jean LeavittJim LehmanNorb and Pat Lenius*Richard Lenke*Barbara and Ralph LeonardRaymond and Dora Leonardson*John and Jill LeviJoan LewisWilliam LewisJohn and Cynthia LhostBert and Diane LiebmannDell LindbloomDavid and Carrie Link*Paul and Jan LissAlex and Helene LockhartPeggy Lott*Mary LubbersLes and Roxann LucasJohn and Diane LudwigsenBob and Val LutzenMelvin and Margaret Madel*Jeffrey and Jayn MaikenPhillip Makurat and Cathleen HaskinsMichael Manis*Keith Mann @ Mann's Mercantile, Inc.Myron and Pat MarlettJames and Carole MaronekLucy MartinCharles and Elaine MayConrad and Kelly MazeskiPeter and Mary Mazza*James and Susan McAninchDoug and Pam McGee*Pat and Jim McGrane*Jim and Cass McHollandSteve and Joviann MechJohn MeddJames and Mary MemmenRobert and Linda MerlineMarlyn and Betty MeyerGuy and Sara Meyerhofer FamilyMicrosoft Matching Gifts ProgramStan Miles*

Bill and Diane MillerJill Mirkovic and FamilyJudith MitchellRobert and Sudie Moeller*Craig and Karen MooreGeorge and Nancy MorrisPat and Len MossBill and Jo Ann MuellerCharles Munch and Jane Furchgott*William and JoAnn Murphy*Dorothea and Jack Murphy*Estelle Murzyn*Gene and Bea MusolfKeith and Sherry MutchlerJoanne NelsonFred and Geri Nelson*Doug and Judy NelsonBruce and Cindy NelsonBruce and Sally NesserMartha NewkirkDan and Penny NiesenJohn and Barb Nordstrom*Barb NoreneLawrence and Lynn OlsenVirginia OlsonRoy and Gene OmundsonFred and Caryl OrlandoMadelyn OstrandSandra OttJeff and Barb OttumPatrick and Betsy PalmerFred and Sandy PanzerSteve and Mary ParentTodd and Shelley Parrish*Larry and Laura ParsonsDouglas and Terry PaschenCharles and Jean Paulsen*Dee and Eric Paulsen

@ Door County Eye AssociatesJohn and Deanna PetersonScott Peterson and Judy DesenisJC and Arlene PfeifferVictor and Gabriele PfeifferJames and Mary PingryJerry and Pat PloorKathleen and Thomas PojunasDonald and Jacqueline PolzinGeorge and Kathryn PorterBill and Anne Porter*David and Marlene Poulton*Phil and Nancy Prange*William and Doris PriceStephen and Daphne RackerLon and Mary Ann RademacherJoAnne and Jim RankinBruce and Lyn RantaDon and Kathy Ray

Raymond James Financial ServicesLothar and Nancy RentschGeorge and Jean ReynoldsJim and Marianne RichardsPriscilla Richmond*Judy and Mark RitterBill and Karen RobertsDennis RocheleauBonnie and Jim RockEd Rodriguez and Michelle SchartnerElisabeth and Franklin RogersJohn RothschildJohn and Susan Rotilie*Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.Caroline Roy*Bob and Sue RyanBillie Ryan-HohmanJim and Kathy SandenDave and Pat SandlundJudith SavilleMichael SchaferJulie Schartner*Ernie and Betty SchluterMark SchmittTom and Sarah SchneiderPaul and Barbara SchneiderDavid Schoenfeld and

Candice GreenBeverly and Gary SchulzePaul Schumacher and Deb LogerquistDavid and Betsy SchumannDorothy Schuster*Harry and Chris SchwartzWarren and Joan SedlacekGreg Sessler and Dale Ann Kaufman*Joseph and Linda SevilleGerald Sherman and Carolyn Lipp*Steve and Sue Sherman

@ Village Green LodgeTank and Susan SholemFritz Sieker and Janet Van GlarikPeter and Jeannie SigmannRoger and Jere SimonMona SimpsonLarry and Franie SkaffBob and Janet SkoglundGeorge and Jean SlightKay SmithSue and Lee Smith*Ken Smith and Judy NoldeMarion SneebergerJim and Carol SokolowskiLarry and Kathleen SorensenMichael and Mary StandishSteven and Arlene StangerPaulette Starck and Jane HydeJules Steinberg and Marietta Marcin

Michael Stiennon*Tom and Mary Jo StockEleanor StoklosMarilyn and Ed StoneSuzanne and Doug StrausTom and Linda StruppRichard and Jennifer StultzSturgeon Bay Home and Garden ClubLois SuttonJohn and Mary TalleyHelen TaylorBill and Ann Taylor*Gene and JoAnne Taylor*Rick Taylor and Karen BoucherVic and Ginny TempleAllen and Gwen Ten BroekGlenn and Barbara TimmermanJohn and Marilyn TiptonRon and Patty TrellueRon and Millie Turner*UBSKenneth and Rori UhlhornMike and Sue Van ZandtVince Varone*Lynn ViceJohn and Annette VincentLance and Joyce VoeltnerEric and Patsy VollrathJames and Theresa VopatMark and Lucia VoreisRob and Cathy VuksanovicBrian and Joan Wake*Laura and Steve WaldronRichard and Melissa WalkerMichael and Millirose WalkerBetsy and Steve WallmanJim and Polly WalwarkNick and Jane Wanda*Robert and Beth Warnke

@ JB Resort*Washington Island Ferry Line, Inc.Norman and Mabel Watkins*Cathy WatsonDeborah Webber

@ Webber Chiropractic Office

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George and Mary WeberDan and Carol WerginDavid WhiteJohn and Jane Whitney*George and Ann WhyteArnold and Judith WidenDebbie Wied and Larry DesotellGlen and Kris WiesmanNick and Keven WilderSteve and Joan Wilkie*Charles and Nancy WilkieJim and Karen WilkinsonRandy and Paula WillmanLee WinklerHal and Shirley WinsboroughKarl and Jane Wise*Michael WitanowskiThomas and Beth WittmannArlene and Dan Woelfel*Dennis and Karen WojahnJim and Janet WolfenbergDan and Joan WolfgramKirk and Mary Jane WolterKate Wulle-DuganAnne and Skip Wyman*Geoffrey Yeomans and Bruce McKeefryKay YocumKate and Larry YoungJerry and Joan ZaugDiane Zehner*Dwight and Pamela Zeller*Peter and Lisa ZellerDavid ZiarnikRudy and Shirley ZimanSteve and Jan ZimmermanKurt and Sue ZingsheimSteve Ziolkowski @ EcoDoor LLCKenneth Zwick and Carol Hollar

$99 - $1 Ann Abbott and Art HuntleyAce Charitable FoundationDarlene AgarwalaMarjory AllinghamRuth Alt

Snowshoeing at the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve

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Eileen Andera*Patricia Healy Andera*Jim and Jane AndersonPaul and Erika Anderson*Nick and Gail AndersonNancy AndersonRobert and Mary AndersonBill and Candy AndersonJohn AngstRobert and Michele AspSharon AuberleJacqueline Aufrere-SebeticJohn Bach and Pat GorenceRoy and Terri BackMartha Bagby*Charles and Marian BanksGwynne BarbaNancy BarkmanFrancha BarnardBud and Marilyn BartaMarjorie and Leroy BassChuck and Dorothy BauerMike and Amy BauerTim and Barb BauerBarry and Diane BaumannAl and Jane BeckerRoger Benedict and Paula ChristensenJoan BennettDon and Mary Lee BensonBill and Donna BensonW. Gerald and Jane BergJanet and Ken Berggren*Nancy Bernard*Robert and Mary BezouskaAlbert and Gloria BilgenRobert and Jeanne BinderJames BirderIvan and Jo Ann BissenCraig BlietzBarbara BockOscar and Pat BoldtDarwin and Barbara BorkMargaret BotchieWayne and Eleanor BoyerJim and Arlene BradleyMark Breseman and Jane HillstromJulia BresnahanDan and Peg BresnahanJay and Rita BrickmanDon and Loraine BrinkDavid and Mary BrockertPeter and Ruth BudicTom and Kathy BullermanWarren and Nancy BurlendJoan Burr*John and Rose BykowskiJoe and Dot Cardiff

Lawrence and Eleanor CernyBill and Cheryl ChaudoirGilbert Cichy*Daniel and Mary Miller Clark*George and Sharon CobbPeter and Sandy CochraneMyrna and Garrett CohnAbraham and Ginka CohnGerald and Wilma ColemanDennis and Bonnie ConnollyDarrell and Susan ConwayWilliam and Marlene CoryJoe and Donna CramerSal and Karen CruzMarilyn CunninghamMarilyn and Jim CushingEvelyn CypertDaniel and Nancy DahlbergCourtie DemarestMoira DeschCarol Devault @ State Farm InsuranceWillard and Annette DheinBob and Liz DicksonCharles DicksonJames Differding*Felice DillerStephen and Joan DinanNiel DinesenVictoria Dirst and Allen Miller*Lauren Dorman*Dennis and Maribeth DornEd and Adele DouglassJoan DraebCynthia Drewek*Daniel EdelsteinRob and Robin Engl*Mary EnrothDale and Anne EskraMarge EvansTom and Pam EvansCurtis and Joan EverettJeffrey EwaskowitzMarianne EwigJoseph and Mary FagioloKenn FalkNancy Fauser*Russell and Debra FeirerMarge and Bob FinkJim and Barbara FlintJim and Pat FonkGuy Fortin and Judy SamidaRobert and Michele FoxLoren FandreiWalt and Pat Freckman

@ Freckmann Marketing Group IncRichard and Betty FrellyJohn and Betsy Fruncek

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Ron and Theresa FruncekDan and Lois FullerTony and Cheryl FurlickGerald and Lois GarrityWarren and Sharon GaskillJanine Geske and Michael Hogan*Lisa and Andrew GiffordKay GlessnerBrad and Judy GordonGary and Mary GordonNancy GossHildy GradyJerry and Terry GraffCal and Bonnie GraniusTim and Barb GraulJames and Ellen GrayKathy GreenTad and Deb Greene*Shirley Griffin and Michael HeinleJames and Phyllis GriffithCarl and Jennifer Grota*Conrad and Marlene GrowJohn GrowtBarbara GuibordElaine GunnellJim and Paula HabschmidtCarol HackbardtMary Jean HaleRoy and Mary HallerJoe and Jami HanreddyBetsy HansenBob and Gretchen HansonWilliam HardinTom and Peggy HauserBill and Darlene HeathAlbert HeckRobert and Lisa HeidermanJohn and Grace HeldRichard and Nancy HellandLinda HellstedtGary and Jo Ann HengerCullen and Sally HenshawBill and Nicole HerbstReeder and Barbara HerrickKay and Russ HeyerRyan HilbertKenneth and Jeannie HillEd and Nancy HillnerAnn and John Hippensteel

@ Lake Michigan Wind and Sun*Steven and Marcy Hippler*Dick and Marge Hitt*Carol Hobson*John and Eilene Hoft-MarchSarah HoleRobert and Rebecca HooverKate Houston

Phoebe HowardDenice Hubbard @ Come On InnBob and Beth HuizengaJune and Tim HullMarv and Barb Hultman*Charles and Julia ImigIndiana UniversityQuentin and Katy Ingerson*Scott and Nancy IsaacsonGail JacobsCharles and Ann JanskySue and Joe Jarosh*E. Eugene JarvisAustin and Pat Jensen*Tom and Nancy JohnsonBill and Cathy JohnsonDonna JohnsonRichard and Patricia JohnsonbaughJack and Raeona Jordan*Kate Kaniff @ Fiddler’s GreenJohn and Karin KareckiJim and Mary KeeferCarolyn Kellogg*Kay KennardThomas and Shirley KenneyBob and Barb KenyonDrewek and Kern Families*Doug and Jo KibbeeLorri and Jeffrey Kieff*Dan and Pat KiehnauBob and Carolyn KimbellKimberly Clark FoundationDarcy KindPaul and Kanani KingPatricia KirguesDiane KirklandRhonda KirkwoodJames and Patricia KitaEvan and Missy KjellenbergWilliam and Rose Marie KleinJulie and Merritt KnoxPolly Knudsen*Bob and Susan Kohout*Jeannie KokesAngie Kopf*Bob and Judy KoskyWiley and Roselyn KrapfTony and Connie KreifGary and Carol KremlConrad and Georgine KretzmannDean and Judith KruegerCarol KrugDavid and Tara LaatschJack LadinskyJohn and Kikee LagerlofGeoffrey and Ann LardiereMary and Jerry Larson*

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Paul and Corky Larson*Kristin, Tom, Josephine and

Joyce Lauter/PassanantiSuzanne Le FeberJohn and Lynn LeesHJ and Sharon LeniusRobert Lenke*Richard LeonardBill and Janet LewisCharles LibrizziJohn and Elsie LindgrenAnn LodgeTony and Nancy Lorenz*Robert and Doris LossAnne LubbersKubet LuchterhandLarry and Jeanne LucierJack Luderus

@ Northcote Clock & Stein ShopJohn and Mary Ann LundquistLyle and Barbara LundquistThomas and Betty LuningDale and Kay Lyndahl*Timothy and Julie LyonsMike and Alicia MacEachernArthur and Lois MacKinneyJim and Doris MadiganTom and Ginny MantheyRobert and Jeannette MarlowJames and Nancy Marsho*Jeffrey and Elsie MasonPeg MasonJanet MayRuss and Susan MayPaul and Irene MayerLee and Sandy McCluggageBob McCurdyJames and Margaret McDermottMarilyn McDonaldDave and Colette McDonoughSue McFaul-DeckerRoger and Connie MellemDorothy MerrimanDavid and Corinne Meyer

Gertrud MeyerFred and Judy MiddletonWayne and Barbara MohrDaniel and Tracy MolitorAlan and Christine MoonOscar and Alice Moran*Ed and Chris MorganDaniel Mortensen and Karen BasslerIrene MostekKen and Carol MuderlakTom and Carol Mulinix*Bob and Faith MurrayRalph MurreGreg and Lynn NaplesJohn and Shirley NelesenPaul and Carol NeumanJuliana NeumanJesse and Joan NewlonRalph and Bonnie NorbergBill Norris and Rhonda DixJoan OlsonEugene OlsonMike and Lorie OrthoberRay and Carol Ann OsinskiIrving and Vivian PaleyDon Pardonner and Judy ReningerPhil Passen and Barbara GregorichChuck and Marilyn PennyArt and Elaine PenpekEd and Erny PentecostBarb and Bill PerloffStefan and Glenna PetersUrsula PetersenJanice Pfingsten*Larry and Kathleen Phillip*Ken and Diane PhippsGordon PlanningWilliam and Nancy PlattSteven, Susan, Judith and

Carol Pletz/Teufel/DeGraveKarl and Lainy PlinkeArt and Sandra PoehlmanPaul and Booty PomeroyRachel Pratt

Your Words of Support…

We love hearing from you!

“Thank you for the wise choices the Land Trust demonstrates. We aremost appreciative of all the effort put forth. We have trekked all of the

acquisitions with pleasure and thankfulness.” - Bob and Lorry Horst

“I appreciate taking some small part in such a wonderful organizationwhich has such visible results.” - Helen Smith

“I’m honored to be a part of such a wonderful organization.Thank you all.” - Mike Holland

Rich Propsom and Jane BrueschJane ProtzDennis Prusik and Maryellen MaiettaNeil and Susan QuirkMichael and Ann RatkowskiStephen ReedHayne and Nancy ReeseJames and Ann ReeveHonore and Tom RentmeesterTodd and Ann Rexine*Erik and Mary Ann RinkleffMaureen RiopelleDan and Karon RippJoyce RisserPaul and Judy RockneCy and Deborah RosenthalGerald Ryan*Leona and Carole Rylander*Frank and Annie SadlerKaren SandstromWarren and Alice SautebinMarc and Julie SavardDonald and Shirley SchartnerGretchen and Steve Schmelzer*Bob and Mary Schmidt*Bob and Violet SchmidtRobert and Maureen SchmidtJohn and Carol SchmuhlCharles and Yolanda SchmuhlJeannette Schnedler*Allan and Betty Schneider*Mike and Cindy SchneiderLinda Schneider and Jim CahanJim and Kriss SchorerDavid and Delores SchroederJim and Marti SchultzRichard Schultz and Diane HaldaneTom and Althea SchumannJim and Judy SchwengelWarren and Barbara Seagren*Esther SelkeAllen and Karen ShanahanRichard and Dorothy Shappell*

Bill and Alice ShepherdJoan ShielsSteve and Kim ShumwayCarroll and Sharon SiefertJohn and Pat SkogsbakkenGreg and Alice SmithRon and Paulette SmithHelen SmithJerald and Karen SmudaLillian SorensenMary and Ray Spangler*Elizabeth SperbergMike and Sue SpitzKimberly StegerBruce and Carol SteinerGertrude StoffregenJim and Alice StollenwerkDennis and Kathy StoweRick and Sue SuchardaJohn SwansonWayne and Geri Szuberla*Jim and Diane TaillonSteve TalbotGlen and Lou Ann TanckJim and Marilyn TarkowskiCharles TaylorPhyllis TaylorRobert and Margaret Thompson*Catharina Thomsen*Craig and Diane ThorpeTrudy Toft and Mark DupuyMike and Carrol Toneys*Robert and Dorothy TrollerTrue North Real EstateBetty TwichellWes and Diane UrchRalph Valatka and

Jordyce Bryntesen*Dan and Mariann ValosekTom and Vickey VanderhoofWally and Mary Kay VartanianKerry and Kathleen VavraShirley Vavra

David and Meg VermillionVic and Kathie VerniRichard and Sharon Virlee*John and Martha VogelDennis and Lisa VoightCharlene VojtkoSteven Walesh*Bill and Adele WalshMichael and Sheila WalshPauline WandererLinda WatsonAl and Maribeth WatsonJohn and Donna WellhausenDavid and Linn WellsGeorge and Cathy Wentz*David and Elizabeth WestenChristine and Thomas WhippleHank and Judy WhippleCaleb, Kristen and Ida Whitney/PeilAnn WileyCarol WilliamsClyde and Marsha WilliamsJim and Betsy WilliamsonMary WilsonGary and Cindy WilsonLeon WilsonAl and Judy WittenkellerJames and Emese WoodMary Jo and Ross Yahnke*Jim and Candy Yonker

@ Fish Creek Moccasin WorksK. E. Young*Duane and Leslie YoungsteadtMargarita ZamoraDale and Maureen ZaroffPhyllis ZatlinRon and Sylvi ZiglerJoe ZmudaJoan ZornDavid ZuckermanTom ZwickyStan and Pat Zyskowski

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* – Denotes donors who specifically designated a portion or all of their 2009 contribution foruse toward the purchase and stewardship of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve.

– Denotes Arbor Vitae Society (AVS) members.AVS members support the Door County Land Trust at the level of $500 or more per year andprovide the consistency needed to insure our long term goals.

Welcome to our new supporters! Donor names listed in bold type made their firstcontribution to the Land Trust in 2009.

Judy and Mike BroddKathy and John CampbellKaye and Ken ChristmanBarb and Dick CraigMarilyn CushingMarc Demoly and Nick WilsonSuzanne and Bob FletcherBarbara and Rick FrankBonnie and Jon HansonBecky and Dave HarrisLaurel and John HauserGrace and John HeldDolores and John HermannJudy and Jon Hollingshead

Dee and Arthur HopperDonna and Jim JanningCynthia and Al JohnsonLinda and T.C. JohnsonCarol and Mike KennedyMike and Jeanne KubiakLand Preservation Committee of

Chambers IslandBarb and Larry LaskePam and Jerry LecyMargaret Lockwood & Allin WalkerBarbara and Ron MolineChris and Ed MovallCarol and Ken MuderlakCarol and Bruce OlsonGabriele and Victor PfeifferMarianne PorterMarilyn and Greg PottsNancy Rafal & Michael FarmerMary Jane Rintelman and Ben LairdCarolyn RockFawn and Pete RogersJen SazamaRick Scott and Dale Vanden HoutenPamela & Richard WegnerKathy and Bill Wolff

Thank you to our 2009 Hosts and Co-hosts! The Door County Land Trust sincerely thanks our Dining for Open

Spaces, 2009 hosts and co-hosts for their generosity and their hours in thekitchen! The dollars, effort and time spent hosting these events are

appreciated contributions to the Door County Land Trust.

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Door County Land Trust Board of DirectorsWelcome to…Beth Coleman Since her first trip to DoorCounty in 1980, Beth has beendrawn to the waters of LakeMichigan and the ruggedbeauty of the peninsula’s land-scapes. In 1989 she “retired”from inner-city communityorganizing and moved full-time to the county, married herhusband Curt in ’92, and they’ve put down home and busi-ness roots in Ellison Bay ever since. He owns “Out of theWoods Woodworking,” and she runs “The Garden Lady” agarden design/consulting business; both are also avid out-doors people and deeply committed to preserving the frag-ile landscapes that undergird the ecological and economicwell-being of the county. Beth has served on several otherboards, including four years on the Liberty Grove TownPlanning Committee, as well as the Land TrustMembership Committee, and she is deeply honored to be apart of the Door County Land Trust Board and its missionof land preservation.

Welcome to…Jim Lester Door County has been animportant part of Jim andBarbee Lester’s leisure timeactivities for many years. TheLesters began sailing here in1967 and have enjoyed moor-ing a sailboat in the marina inEgg Harbor for weekend use. They also have a condo inEgg Harbor. Jim retired as CEO of Eggers Industries inTwo Rivers where they reside. Jim and Barbee enjoy hik-ing, cross country skiing, biking, adventure travel, bridgeand exploring the many aspects of nature in Door County.Jim looks forward to helping preserve the scenic beautyand unique ecological integrity of the county.

Farewell to…Lucy Klug Lucy Klug was elected to theLand Trust board of directors in1998. Along with her husband,Karl, they preserved via a con-servation easement their own40-acre property within theKangaroo Lake Nature Preserve.

Since then, Lucy has served on just about every committee,hosted every type of event and raised funds for every majorinitiative. She has served as president of the board and suc-cessfully chaired “Partners in Preservation,” the Land Trust’sfirst capital campaign to raise funds for the purchase of theBay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve. She has led morehikes, snowshoe excursions and paddles than one can count.Lucy’s graciousness, her attention to detail, and her empha-sis on the importance of education have benefited the LandTrust mightily. Lucy will continue to serve on the commit-tee level – when she’s not consumed by her new hobby, thestudy of ferns! Thank you, Lucy!

Farewell to…Rob Van GemertRob Van Gemert was elected tothe board of directors in 1998.Rob has served as the board sec-retary and, for many years hasshared his financial acumen as atrustee of the Land Trust’sStewardship Endowment Trust.

Rob has been instrumental in expanding the work of theLand Trust into new areas, including Chambers Island. Bybuilding important partnerships, Rob helped the LandTrust protect its first property on the island in 2008. In aspoken tribute, president Dave Callsen thanked Rob for hisdiscernment and for his willingness to “ask difficult butnecessary questions.” Thank you, Rob, for your years ofservice to the Land Trust!

In Memory ofArni Richter and Wally Klepp

The Door County Land Trust recently lost twotreasured friends of land preservation, Mr. ArniRichter and Mr. Wally Klepp. Both gentlemenloved Door County and left a legacy of preservedland. Both donated properties to the Door CountyLand Trust that have become two of our treasurednature preserves. We thank Arni and Wally for theirconversation vision and extend sincere sympathy tothe Richter and Klepp families.

Arni RichterFebruary 5, 1911 – December 13, 2009

Arni Richter was a long-time,generous supporter of the DoorCounty Land Trust. In 2001, hedonated 158 acres on the south-west corner of WashingtonIsland. This land donationestablished the RichterCommunity Forest, a nature pre-serve that is enjoyed byWashington Island residents,

school children and visitors alike.

Wally Klepp November 3, 1914 – January 17, 2010

Wally Klepp, along with hiswife, Dottie, have supported theLand Trust generously for many,many years and were instrumen-tal in the establishment of theWhite Cliff Fen and ForestNature Preserve in the Villageof Egg Harbor. Their donationof 32 acres of land wouldbecome the cornerstone of thisnature preserve that today encompasses nearly 100 acres.

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Memorial, Tribute and Special GiftsGifts received between April 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010

In memory of Bill & Vivian Asher*Ken & Barbara Asher

In memory of Henry & Dorothy Bauer*Gene & JoAnne Taylor

In memory of Joe & Marie Biebl*JB Resort

In memory of Marie “Dixie”BuerschingerDon BuerschingerBob & Mary DunworthEgg Harbor Yacht ClubRobert & Jeanne FlatleyMary Nolan & Amy GarstangWilliam & Sandra Ward

In memory of Kate DeutschHarold & Regine DeutschWillard & Annette DheinMike & Carolyn FriedlWally & Norma HammerbergCarol HobsonWally & Dottie KleppRichard & Sue KrollThomas & Elizabeth KrollWilliam MielerRobert & Helen ReedMarion SneebergerClyde Smith

In memory of Thomas J. Freda*Brenda & Jeff Lange

In memory of Lewis E. Gibson*Patricia Nell

In memory of Andy Haroldson*Wendy Beilfuss

In memory of Casey HibbardBill & Edie HibbardMark & Maribeth OsmundsenRobert & Florence RiversShirley SchweertmanGeorge & Mary Ellen WarrenJohn & Sandy Warren

In memory of Ted HorstRobert & Lorraine Horst

In memory of Erna HughesJoan Olson

In memory of Herbert C. “Bud” Humke*Susan BrennanJoan & James FrenchAnn & John HowellKen & Loretta JacobyLindquist & Vennum PLLPChris J. LiwienskiO’Neill, Cannon, Hollman,

DeJong SCEric & Kelli RemjeskeDouglas Root

In memory of Wallace & Louise Ives*Lucy KluessendorfDorothea & Jack MurphyTodd & Ann Rexine

In memory of Darlene M. Jensen*Austin & Pat Jensen

In memory of Thom Johnson*Ruth J. Harding

In memory of Rita KalbJudith Kalb

In memory of Dr. Owen Larson*Anonymous

In memory of Luke MaddenConnie & Chris Larsen

In memory of Dorothy MielerHarold & Regine DeutschMike & Carolyn Friedl

In memory of Mom, Dad, Gramma &Corky*Edgar Marquardt

In memory of Dale MurphyS. BealJeff & Belinda BensonBob & Geri BroganDave & Vonnie CallsenHarley & Jean ChapmanKen & Kaye ChristmanCynthia DennisPhillip HalversonKathleen R. JohnstonFrank & Kathleen PammerMarianne PorterJim & Alice StollenwerkTom & Barbara ThurmanDennis & Lisa VoightBill & Kathy Wolff

In memory of Michael P. Murzyn*Estelle Murzyn

In memory of Betty Nesbitt*Jim & Andrea JauquetKathy & Bill Wolff

In memory of Dave NevalainenEric Nevalainen

In memory of Marion Burkart PedersonTeresa Burkart

In memory of Pat PoehlmannDave & Marge BultmanChuck & Karen DareTony & Linda Lucchesi

In memory of Arni RichterJoanne Jessen

In memory of Elmer W. Richter*Janice Pfingsten

In memory of Mabel Roberts*Ruth J. Harding

In memory of Marilyn G. SchoofWalter Schoof

In memory of Howard Serrahn*Caroline Roy

In memory of Nancy Shanahan*Coggin & Don HeeringaJanet L. NewhamRobert Wetoska

In memory of Dan ShumwayJeannine BultmanBob & Linda MerlinePat & Wayne NoheltyDean & Bernice ShumwayPete Ross & Sarah VaillancourtJerome M. Viste

In memory of Roger & Agnes Tagge*Ken & Barbara Asher

In memory of William “Bill” Taylor*Otto & Elsbeth Thilenius

In memory of Heinz KepperSharon AbrahamJ.C. AngermeyerLinda GraebnerHolly HansonDale & Karla HenrySteve & Lynn KargesMartin & Karen KepperSharon & Tom KnoopWilliam KurthJerry & Beverly LangeSara LubbersMargaret ManganSusan McGrathJames & Marilyn MurphyStephen & Penny RootPeter SchwalbeJohn & Jean SheildPaul & Nancy Tressa

In memory of Wally KleppLynne AmatoBob & Geri BroganDan & Heidi BurkeVonnie & Dave CallsenJoan DraebMichael &

Mary Kay HaniganAgnes KubiczNancy & Ted LaitnerMike & Barb MaddenKaaren & Steve NorthropJeri & Wayne NorthropBill & Betty ParsonsJill SchneebergerClyde SmithSWC Technology Partners

In memory of Anne Kok*Bob & Bonnie Hartmann

In memory of Violet KovalAndrew, Lisa & Max Gifford

In memory of Howard & Rosemary Timian*The Dan Andrae Family

In memory of Luke Weber*Norb & Pat Lenius

In memory of Vincent AnderaPatricia Healy Andera

In honor of Bob & Dorothy AndersonPeter, DeeAnn &

Stephanie Anderson

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Ben & Sherry BaileyTony & Connie Kreif

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Guy & Dorie BushChuck & Estella Lauter

In honor ofKale Anthony Graff*Anonymous

In honor of Jon Hollingshead*Melvin Henrichs

In honor of Fran Hunter & Bill LaatschDavid & Tara Laatsch

In honor of the 80th Birthday ofBill KleinBob & Nancy DavisSharon DoneganJon & Bonnie HansonAl & Cynthia JohnsonJohn & Lynn LeesRon & Judy LokkenTony & Barb SchmeltzDavid & Jan SchraderGary & Bev SchulzeDuane & Leslie Youngsteadt

In honor of The Knueppel Family*Paul Knueppel

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In honor of Mary & Ed LangbeinJune & Mary Lynn

In honor of Chuck LauterKristin Lauter

In honor of the 80th Birthday of Roy LukesNorma & Wally HammerbergLucy & Tom Kile

In honor of Chris & Ken McLeishVic & Ginny Temple

In honor of Barbara Jane MendiusJeannie Kokes

In honor of Bill & JoAnn MuellerDave & Vonnie Callsen

In honor of the wedding of Nicholas Nelson & Sarah Klionsky

Janet & Ken Berggren

In honor of Sandra PlaceLisa Schab & Bernie Harrer

In honor of Ed & Betty Ripp*From their Children

In honor of the 82nd Birthday of Robert SchoofTamara Burks

In honor of the 81st Birthday of Walter SchoofTamara Burks

In honor of Karen YanceyJulie Kanak

In honor of her volunteer work in Door Coounty

Lynn ZawojskiVolunteer Center of Door County

SPECIAL GIFTSAnonymousBaylake Bank

Conference CenterRalph BlankenburgBjorklunden LodgeBruce & Bev BlietzBrian Frisque Surveys Inc.Dave & Vonnie CallsenLaddie ChapmanDeborah & Dennis ContaGerald CrossAmy DegeneffeDahl Law Firm, Ltd.Ken FalkDave HarrisHockers Excavating,

Pat HockersSue Raye HughesMike KennedyLucy & Karl KlugLampert’s of Sister BaySuzanne LeonardLiberty Square BistroLinen PressPat McCartyFlorri McMillanBruce & Carol OlsonPeterson Builders, Inc.Ruth PotthoffKate RohrerRoundy’s Supermarkets Inc.Washington Island Ferry LinesWhite Lace InnKathy & Bill WolffJim Yonker and Bill McCurdy at Captain Bailey’s Square

DOLLARS FOR OPENSPACESThe Blacksmith InnThe White Gull Inn

MATCHING GIFTSThomas BullermannACE Charitable Foundation

Rick Scott & Dale VandenhoutenAnonymous

Gary DelzellBostik, Inc.

Mark GoetzingerEdward St. John Foundation, Inc.

Kenneth ZwickKimberly-Clark

Peter MazzaMcDonald’s Corporation

Helen AmbuelMead Witter Foundation, Inc.

Henry ScheigThrivent Financial for Lutherans

Ron & Pam MaloneyW.W. Grainger

* – A portion or all of gifts given in tribute to this person were specifically designated for the purchase andstewardship of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve.

The connection between people and theplaces they love is strong and enduring.When you make a gift to the Door CountyLand Trust in honor of a friend, familymember, special event or life of a loved one,your gift will help preserve the places thatmake Door County special.

The Land Trust will send all honorees (or their family, in the caseof memorial gifts) a special note informing them that a gift hasbeen made in their name.

If you would like, please feel free to attach a photo and a fewwords about the person(s) or event you’re commemorating. We willpost your tributes on our website and share themin Landings as space allows!

Celebrating thePeople and Eventsof your Life

Dear Door County Land Trust,

I would like to make a donation to the Door

County Land Trust in memory of my mother,

Marion Burkart Pederson. She

worked for General Telephone/Verizon

for many years training people to work

on the switchboards at many resorts in

the area. My grandparents also had a

tiny cottage on Chapel Lane in Baileys

Harbor where we spent many happy

summers. I know that she would

want to be part of preserving Door

County’s wild places.

Sincerely,

Teresa Burkart

Shorewood, Wisconsin

Consider making a gift to the Land Trust in honor ormemory of a friend or family member.

December 30, 2009

Event Sponsors

The Big ReadFran and Paul BurtonJack and Diane FingerLaurel and John HauserNancy RafalKaren and John Yancey

Dining for Open SpacesBrown County GraphicsBay Shore Outdoor StoreCorporate Express

Business MachinesPinkert Law FirmRoss Law Office

2010, Feast by the FireWine sponsors:

Tony & Cathy FioratoKarl & Lucy KlugRoberta Larson

Restaurants and Chefs:Gordon LodgeJohn & Wendy Tinnon - ownersJerry Zak & Tony Gorham - chefsSavory Spoon Cooking School Janice Thomas - owner & chefWild Tomato GrilleSara & Britton Unkefer - owners and chefs

Washington Island Folk FestMann’s Mercantile, Inc.Washington Island Ferry LineWashington Island BrandsWashington Hotel

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2009 Door County Land Trust VolunteersThe Names & Faces Behind the Places

Cindy Acker Julie AllenRoss AllenLyle AmundsonVicki AmundsonMichael AndersonNancy AtenJean Barrett Susan Birger Ivan Bissen JoAnn BissenJudith Blahnik Ralph Blankenburg Bev Blietz Bruce BlietzBarbara Bock Judy Brodd Mike Brodd Peter Budic Ruth Budic

Marge Bultman Barbara Bunning Jim Bunning Bonnie BurnhamFran Burton Paul Burton Gary Cadwallader Sheila Cadwallader Dave Callsen LaVonne Callsen Jan CampbellJohn Campbell Kathy Campbell Ken CarlsonNaomi Carlson Joe Carpenter Bernal ChomeauKaye ChristmanKen Christman Beth Coleman

Dan CollinsBeverly Ann Conroy Deborah Conta Dennis Conta Susan Conway Andy CookAndy CoulsonBarb CraigDick Craig Susan Crawford Jerry Cross Jim CushingMarilyn CushingSandy Dagon Karen DareBob DavisNancy DavisMarc DeMoly Tony DeNardo Jo Ann Di Buono

John Di BuonoHeleneDi IulioLinda DineenSharon DoneganAdele Douglass Charles Doyle Rita Doyle Gloria Drummond Carol DuffinJacinda Duffin Mary Dunworth Leif EricksonAlan Fairfield Dan Fetterley Pat Fetterley Diane Finger Cathy Fiorato Tony FioratoBob FletcherSuzanne Fletcher

Brian Forest Jamie Forest Jan ForkertFrank ForkertGuy FortinKirby Foss Barbara FrankRick FrankCarolyn Friedl Mike Friedl Diane Gissell George Gissell Al Goeppinger Lynn Goeppinger Amy GorhamShirley Griffin Norma Hammerberg Ted HansenBonnie Hanson Jon Hanson

Marilyn HansotiaDavid Harris Kathie Hart Meredith Hart Mary HartmanAnne HauserJohn HauserRichard HauserMike Healy Pat Healy Don HeeringaGrace HeldJohn Held Barbara Henderson Doug Henderson Dolores Hermann John Hermann Edie Hibbard Ken HillJon Hollingshead Judy Hollingshead Arthur Hopper Dee HopperKathy Hubing Gail Jacobs Donna Janning Jim Janning

Ann JerdeeAl Johnson Cynthia Johnson Jim JohnsonLinda Johnson T. C JohnsonMartha Judd Robert Judd Judith KalbBarbara KellerKevin KellyLinda Silvasi-KellyCarol KennedyMike Kennedy Barbara Kenyon Jim Kinney Susan Kinney Ron Klimaitis Karl Klug Lucy KlugConrad Kretzmann Jeanne Kubiak Mike Kubiak Barbara KullBen Laird Dan Laird Bob Larsen

The Door County Land Trust sincerely thanks our many volunteers who give so generously of theirtime and talent to help preserve the wild places and open spaces they love. We are indebted to you!

Sara LarsenBarb LaskeLarry Laske Chuck LauterEstella Lauter Jean Leavitt Jerry LecyPam LecyLeslie LelineJulie Lesica Jim LesterBev Lisle Tom LisleMargaret Lockwood Ann Lodge Judy LokkenRon Lokken Joel LuekingBarb Madden Mike Madden Marilyn Mahlberg Paul Mahlberg Ron Maloney Mike MannSteve MannMarietta Marcin Mark Martin

2009 Annual Membership Gathering chair,Naomi Carlson (right), and co-chair, Bev Blietz

(left) are still smiling at the end of a long, hot day!

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Sharon Donegan graciously chaired the Feast bythe Fire in 2009 AND 2010!

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Carl Scholz received the Door County Land Trust’s2009 Distinguished Service Award.

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Office volunteer extraordinaire, Fran VanLanen,works on a “small” filing project!

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We pride ourselves on being sticklers for details, but sometimes we fail. If you volunteered your time in 2009 and your name doesn’t appear on our list, please let us know so we can correct our records and extend our gratitude.

Ken UhlhornRori Uhlhorn Bill UtleyDale Vanden HoutenRob Van Gemert Fran Van LanenJack Van Lanen Meg Vermillion Wendy Vichick Tracy VreekeAllin Walker Brenda Wenberg Amy Wenzler Kurt WesselLee WikkerinkLydia Wikkerink Karen WilcoxNick Wilson Carol Williams Karen Wilson Paul WilsonBill Wolff Kathy WolffJim WorkmanKate Wulle-Dugan John YanceyKaren YanceyDuane Youngsteadt Leslie Youngsteadt

Jan Sherman Dean Shumway Barb SiebelBill SiebelPeter Sigmann Mona SimpsonSue Spitz Harvey Stahl Aurelia Stampp Mary Standish Arlene Stanger Paul Sterrenberg John Stiefel Alice Stollenwerk Sue Stone Tim Stone Ray Stonecipher Suzanne Straus Jenni Stultz Rich Stultz Andy Stuth Helen Taylor Mary Thilly Craig Thorpe Diane Thorpe John TinnonWendy TinnonBryan Troutman John Turner

Hoyt PurintonNancy Rafal Judy Reninger Morgan Rice Steve RiceMary Jane Rintelman Judy Ritter Carolyn Rock Julie Roenigk Randy RoenigkFawn RogersPete Rogers Kate Rohrer Jeffrey Rosemann Judy Samida Bill SauveJen SazamaCindy Schaulis Dan Schaulis Carl ScholzRick ScottJan Schrader Craig Schultz Sandy Schultz Gary Schulze Carol SchusterPete Schuster Jan SerrahnNeil Shadle

Sue Martin Russ May Neil McCartyPat McCartyMike McCutcheon Windsor McCutcheon Flo McGurkLinc McGurk Ann Miller Ed Miller Sandy Miller Barbara MolineRon Moline Chris Moon Chris Movall Ed MovallCarol MuderlakKen Muderlak Ed Mueller Keith Mutchler Sarah Naber Elaine Naleway Wally NalewayJanice Neal Brenda NelsonBryan Nelson Martha Newkirk Bruce Olson Carol Olson Pat OlsonSandy OttDon Pardonner Kristen PeilGlenna Peters Stefan PetersUrsula PetersenLucia Petrie Ken Phipps Patti Podgers Marianne Porter Ruth Potthoff Greg Potts Marilyn Potts Rachel Pratt

Birds are winging northward! Woodland ephemerals are pokingthrough the snow! Sap is rising in the maple trees! Stewardship vol-

unteers are oiling their boots, saws and loppers, donning their red caps, andlooking eagerly ahead to hard work, fresh air, camaraderie and, of course…those granola bars!

Yes, spring is just around the corner, heralding another busy field seasonfor the intrepid Door Stewardship Alliance (“DSA”). From April throughOctober, this all-volunteer corps meets on Tuesday mornings to tackle avariety of hands-on projects at our Land Trust preserves. They may befound clearing a hiking trail, building an information kiosk, posting proper-ty boundaries, planting trees, or combating invasive species. DSA volunteerscome together from all backgrounds with these common bonds: a love forDoor County Land Trust preserves, a desire to enjoy the outdoors in auniquely personal way, and a deep satisfaction in making a tangible, lastingcontribution to this special landscape.

We can never have enough hands to do this challenging and rewardingwork! If you have a few spare hours and a willingness to roll up your sleevesand experience our preserves in a whole new light, please consider volun-teering for the Door Stewardship Alliance. More information can be foundon our website, or by contacting Jack Finger, DSA Coordinator, at jfin-ger@dcwis.com. Granola bars will never taste so good!!

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Stewardship Volunteers at Three Springs Preserve

Joe Carpenter and Ron Lokken, two members of the DSA “50-Hour RedBill Cap Club” plant trees at Oak Road Wetland Preserve.

Signs of SpringCalling Stewardship Volunteers

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To find directions to our preserves, to read breaking news, or to use our NEW online donation feature,please visit our website at www.doorcountylandtrust.org

Fifth graders enjoy a sunny spring day at the Legacy Preserve at Clay Banks.