Squam LakeS ConServation SoCiety2012 Annual Report

“Squam’s Land Trust”

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the Squam Lakes Conservation Society, thank you for supporting land conservation in the Squam Lakes watershed. With your participation, we’re making measurable progress. Here are some highlights from 2012:

Our mission to conserve land in the Squam watershed continues unabated. Among other accomplishments, we completed a conservation easement protecting 490 acres of ridge line forest on Webster Ridge, bridging previously conserved lands on the Squam Range to create the largest block of conserved land in the watershed (4,004 acres). Also, SLCS became nationally accredited through the Land Trust Alliance—a “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” earned by only 10% of land trusts in this country.

The word “perpetuity” is never far from our daily thinking, and thus stewardship continues to expand in our thinking and planning. Once again, we managed to monitor each of our properties, thanks to the herculean efforts of 76 volunteers including many of you, of course. We updated our Lands Information System, focused on some conservation signage issues, and overall raised the bar for ongoing and perpetual stewardship.

Financial sustainability is also foremost in our minds as we look out over the generations yet to come. In 2012 the SLCS Heron Society—which focuses on Planned Gifts—was fully launched with 46 charter members, and we also increased the endowment to $1.5 million—again, thanks to your support. Finally, we were fortunate to balance our operating budget again this past year.

We ended the year with 104 properties and 7,411 acres of land in permanent protection, resulting in 25% of land protected in this watershed. We are proud with what you and we have accomplished at SLCS thus far and look forward to more progress in 2013.

Warmest Regards,

TimTim Vaill, President

Board of DirectorsOfficers

Tim VaillPresident

Frank StevensVice-President

Molly WhitcombVice-President

Betsy WhitmoreVice-President

Angus WestTreasurer

Carl MetzgerSecretary

DirectorsThomas BealeLawrence CoolidgeTim FisherBarbara GrossmanPeter HarrisTom KelseyBeverly LaFoleySam LaverackDavid PrestonRobert RidgelyDavid SinklerPeter WoodRichard Wood

Honorary DirectorsRachel ArmstrongRichard DavenportNancy GradyJohn MorgridgeDaphne MowattRuss OrtonBertram ReadPeter RichardsBeverly Ridgely

StaffRoger Larochelle

Executive DirectorAlicia Abbott

AdministratorJoan Turley

Stewardship

Excerpts from the Vision Statement:The year is 2017. The Squam watershed is celebrated for being a regional and national model for land protection and historic preservation… one third of the land is permanently protected, thanks to the proactive efforts of SLCS... the majority of the Squam Range is now permanently protected, and projects have been completed in new areas such as Little Squam Lake… SLCS continues to work with land owners to conserve critical lands and bridge already protected areas, although its central focus is now more on stewardship than acquisition… fostering a strong and enduring conservation ethic by providing family members opportunities to experience the wonder of nature on its protected properties, especially its fee-owned parcels… efforts to educate the public about the role land conservation plays in ensuring clean water, healthy ecosystems, and strong communities.

This chart illustrates that SLCS’s stewardship responsibilities continue

to increase over time while the number of land

conservation opportunities decrease. As a result SLCS must continue its transition to an organization with the

staffing and resources to perpetually steward all the

properties in our care, a number projected to reach

150 by the year 2017.

Envisioning Squam’s FutureThe Squam Lakes Conservation Society’s mission is to preserve the unique quality and character of the

Squam watershed by protecting lands for present and future generations.

In 2012, the SLCS Board of Directors revised its Vision Statement and Strategic Plan. We are grateful to John Thompson for facilitating and to Frank Stevens for hosting the retreat. President Tim Vaill set the stage with thought-provoking graphs and inspiring themes, which are Continuity, Perpetuity, and Sustainability. Tim reminded the group that SLCS must not become complacent in spite of recent successes, the growing confidence within the Squam community that SLCS can manage complex transactions, and an ever-increasing portfolio of properties.

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2012 Financial Summary

Notes:1. SLCS’s financial records are examined by Rowley Associates, PC, CPA, Concord, NH. Audit available upon request June 1, 2013.2. The December 31, 2012 value of land, leasehold improvements, and equipment was $4,726,167.3. Funds expended for land conservation projects in 2012 totaled $456,233.4. The Operating Reserve ended 2012 valued at $195,451.

Operating IncomeAnnual Fund 88% $ 258,210Investment 10% $ 30,132Other 1% $ 2,658Special Events 1% $ 2,451TOTAL OPERATING INCOME $ 293,451

Operating ExpensesProgram 85% $ 236,349Fundraising 8% $ 22,245Administration 7% $ 19,464TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $ 278,058

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EndowmentTOTAL FUNDS SERVING AS ENDOWMENT $1,490,256

Permanently Restricted (for Stewardship) $1,120,277Income used to protect and defend existing conservation easements and maintain the properties we hold in trust.

Stewardship Fund $ 938,274Memorial Funds $ 141,592E. Barry Memorial Fund $ 40,411

Ellen FD Bennett Education Fund $ 51,322A permanently restricted fund in memory of Ellen FD Bennett, long-time SLCS Board member and champion of conservation and Squam. Income supports broad educational purposes and internships.

Temporarily Restricted $ 154,607Barnes Legal Defense FundA fund reserved for legal defense or other legal matter.

Unrestricted Funds $ 164,050Board Designated

ProjectsTOTAL FUNDS FOR LAND CONSERVATION $ 677,866

Active Projects $ 569,206Funds being held for ongoing projects.

Kusumpe Fund $ 35,121A fund dedicated to advancing conservation in the Squam watershed, and Kusumpe Pond area in particular. In 2012, this fund paid for stewardship, internships, and wildlife consultants.

Land Acquisitions Fund $ 54,205Pooled gifts dedicated for the purchase of land or to assist with costs related to land conservation.

Webster Conservation Easement Fund $ 7,410Pooled gifts in memory of founder Frank Webster to assist landowners with costs associated with land protection.

Mary Perry Fund $ 11,924Pooled donations from members of the White Oak Pond Watershed Association to advance land conservation.

Members of the Squam Lakes Conservation SocietyJanuary 1 to December 31, 2012

Will & Alicia AbbottWallace & Ethel AckleyGeorge & Deborah AdamsJon Adams & Pam ConoverEdwin AdrianceVan & Betsy AdrianceStewart & Betty AlcornKen & Elizabeth AllenMark & Marjorie AllenRichard & Nelleke AllenPriscilla N. AlvordCyane AnayaColin & Melody AndersonHugh & Tighe AntrimJohn Mason Lee & Holly AntrimMary P. Ardant CD & Betts ArmstrongJohn & Dana ArmstrongThomas & Rachel Armstrong Tom & Liz Armstrong Bill & Lisa AuletHenry & Marian BakerKarl BandtelKim BandtelMarc & Carol BardGeorge & Anne BarkerCharles Barnaby & Cynthia BirrJohn BarnabyThomas & Suzy Beach Alexander Beal & Brian RandallJennifer Beal & Julian ColePenelope Beal & Sheldon Pennoyer Tom & Barbara BealTom & Renee BealThomas Beale & Laura NashPeter & Gail BeckettLaurie & Susan Beeson Pierce & Kay BeijAlice BennetPhilip & Lisa Bennett Elliot Berkowitz & Nancy PhillipsSandra BerwindMichael & Elizabeth BiererDavid & Kim BlankBill & Kara BohnsackFred & Sue BowdenAnne C. BowdoinDerek & Pam BreretonAlan BrooksWinthrop & Sarah BrownLalor & Patricia BurdickJohn & Renee ButlerLloyd & Lynne ByrneD. Pierre & Nancy CameronTod & Susan CampbellJames & Mary-Ann CarrSarah CarterGeorge & Marian CastellDavid & Elaine ChandlerHolly Cheever & Dean SommerCharles & Lael ChesterJane Choate Leslie ChristodoulopoulosRichard & Janet CocchiaroJames & Jackie Colthart Bill & Betty ConcannonJohn & Nancy ConklingWoolsey & Beatrice Conover Margaret ConverHamilton & Barbara Coolidge John Coolidge & Anne RichardsJulian & Gail CoolidgeLawrence & Nancy Coolidge Linda CoolidgeNathaniel & Catherine Coolidge Peter & Carrie Coolidge Jim & Anne CramEmily CraneJames & Linda CrawfordThomas & Mary CullenTom & Sally DaigneaultBill & Nancy DaileyRichard Davenport John & Susan Davies

Will & Jessica DavisGeoffrey & Joanne Dellenbaugh Thomas Derr & Linda VincentJorge & Mary DominguezBertis & Katherine DownsRoland & Alice Driscoll Jacob Dunnell Robin DustinLeo Dwyer & Kathryn FieldBrian & Lydia EatonTony & Bea EdgarTodd & Janice ElginCharlie & Margie EmmonsMatt & Heidi EmmonsTom & Ann EstusJohn & Noreen Evans Kenneth & Jennifer EvansRick & Georgene FabianAlfred & Elsbeth FalkMarianne FarrowMartha Jane FennMark Fetting & Georgie SmithMarshall & Gerry FisherMatthew & Erika FisherTim & Audrey FisherEd & Sara FosterAllan & Judy Fulkerson Austin & Leslie Furst Arthur & Melanie GajarsaStephen & Anne GalliTom and Anne GallivanKatalina GamarraThomas & Margy Garesche Barry Gaw & Elizabeth BeesonMichael & Arianne GeorgeJohn Gephart & Monica Hargraves Chuck & Joanne GibsonGerry & Helen GingrasMark Goldstein & Andrea AxmanSara Goodman & David HyerleMelvin & Ellen GordonRoy & Myra GordonMatt & Lori GradyNancy GradyDonald & Ingrid Graham Christopher & Martha GrantArthur & Mary GreenfieldWilliam & Quaneta GreenoughDavid & Patricia Gregg Peter Gross & Diane Garfield Barbara GrossmanAnne Groth Barbara GrothPhilomena GuillebaudJocelyn Gutchess Susan GutchessPaul & Veronica Guyre George & Ann HacklMary HaleSusan HaleCharles & Ethel Hamann Roger HamblinNina Baldwin Fisher HamiltonSara HarmonRobert Haring-SmithCharles & Wendy Harris Tom & Holly HarrityDonald & Linda HartrickRobert HaskellJohn Hawes & Emily BarclayFrank HawleyDawn Heiderer Barbara HendrickKathleen Hildreth & Will CabellDoug Hill & Alexandra BreedMartin & Corinne HirschJohn HoagHenry & Elizabeth HoldenArthur & Margaret HoweSam & Julie Howe Thomas Howe & Sarah ThorneJohn & Helen Hurd Anne & Blake Ireland Gerard & Kay Ives

Roger & Tracy JeantyBill & Lee Anne JudkinsJohn JurczynskiPeter & Fifi KampfHoward & Fran KelloggJane KelloggThomas & Elizabeth Kelsey Daniel KempAppleton & Nancy KingCaleb & Kim KingVanessa KingRobert & Lorraine KingsburyKenneth KnappClifford & Barbara KozemchakChristine KuhnEdith KunhardtDavid & Prudence LakeRoger & Jennifer Larochelle Sam & Barb LaverackChristopher & Ruth LawlerDick & Helen LeamanKenneth & Elizabeth LeBaronBrewster Lee & Vicki WestCarl & Sandra LehnerDan LeonardAnne LevinSusan LevinDon & Susan LevyRobert & Gladys LevySam & Andrea LingelbachMilova LivensAnne Lovett & Stephen Woodsum Rick LovettMartha LowerySusan LucksWilliam & Judy MackGeorge & Ann MacomberAl & Rebecca MagnusThomas & Leslie MaharJohn & Lynn MaleyMartin & Tristin MannionWilliam M. & Cynthia MarcusEleanor MarshNorman & Mitzi MarshJim & Esther MarshallDavid & Joan MartinMissy MasonHelen MathiesonMichael & Amelia MattlerDale MayerKevin & Sandra McBournieSandy & Louise McGinnesMatt & Missy McGinnesSusan McKimensJohn McLanahanDoug & Susan McLaneEverett & Sandra McLaughlinCarol MeadCarl & Ellen MetzgerEran & Patty MetzgerHenry & Deborah MetzgerPaul & Warren MillerCharles & Kitty MillsDavid & Carrie MontgomeryJohn & Tashia MorgridgeGeorge & Betsy MoserChris & Maggie MumfordTodd & Amy MunnSam & Gail MurdoughDennis MurphyJean MurphyJohn Nikander & Susan VinesStephan NixTom & Jean NuzumJoe & Molly NyeBarbara O’BrienDaniel O’NeillCharles & Margaret ObrechtJanet OrtonRuss & Mary OrtonScott & Diane PalmerPaul & Esther PappasElaine Paul & Warren ModoonoEric & Jane Philippi

Robert & Tricia PinkardDuncan & Eve Porter-ZuckermanRobert PottsFrank PrattSuzanne PrattDavid & Barbara PrestonNicholas PrestonPhil PrestonRavida PrestonRuth ProffittGarrett & Gigi RasmussenPeter N. RaynerBert & Clare ReadAnne ReevesMichael & Judith RichJohn & Wendy RichardsTucker & Elizabeth RichmondBev & Barb RidgelyRobert & Peg RidgelyWilliam & Anne RogersJohn & Anne RollinsJim & Jean SanfordJanet Sawin & Freyr SverrissonMark & Kim SchifrinRaymond ScottDaniel ScullyDick & Connie SeeryJoy ShawScott Shear & Katharine KilbournSarah SherrillLouis & Amanda ShipleyBob & Nancy ShultzKenneth Siegert & Suzanne KelseyBill & Pam SimondsDavid & Becky SinklerJoel & Deborah SlocumDorothy Smith & Alan MathersMurray SmithStanley & Jody SmithBob & Carol SnellingSusan SpeersDaniel StackTom & Susan SteppKen & Ilene SternFrank & Liz Stevens Marie StevensonCynthia StewartGuy StoyeRobert StrasslerWilliam & Lois StrattonAndrew & Julie StrehleGlenn & Kathie StrehleRichard & Ruth StuartElizabeth Stuart & Brian DoylePaul & Dorris SullivanGeorge & Jannine SutcliffeDon & Wendy SuttonMurray & Jean SwindellSharon Swindell & Jeff DesmondLawrence & Jean TaylorNathaniel & Susan TaylorTed & Minerva TaylorJohn & Carol ThompsonDavis & Patricia ThurberBryant & Carolyn TollesEdwin & Janet TownsleyBob & Joey TuvesonJames & Meg TweedyWill & Sue TwomblyAlex & Sally UhleRoger & Miriam UhlerTim & Lucy VaillJack & Betty ValentineRick & Wendy Van de PollSkip & Barbara Van SickleNick & Elaine VazzanaJoan VicinusHarry & Kathleen ViensPeter & Gail WalcottJohn & Julie Waldhausen

Members of the Squam Lakes Conservation SocietyJanuary 1 to December 31, 2012

Lisa WardlawKent & Mary Alice WarnerJane WatersEric WatkinsMatthew & Susan WeatherbieBill & Bonnie WebbHoward & Helen WebberEugenia WestR. Angus & Elizabeth WestBrette WesterlundRobert & Barbara WesterlundScott & Molly WhitcombPolly WhitesideBruce & Betsy WhitmoreChristopher & Ann WilliamsNancy Wolf & Jacob RosengartenJon & Nancy WolstonCurt & Bonnie WoodHubert Wood & Constance StapletonMaurice Wood & Shelly ZiegelmanMichael WoodPeter & Jo Ann WoodRichard WoodPeter & Sara WorthingtonCharles & Jacqueline ZaroulisCindy Ziesing & Chris SchoenbergGrace ZiesingPeter & Jo Ziesing Robert ZiesingSis Ziesing Anonymous Donor (2)

EasementsThomas & Elizabeth KelseyWebster Land CorporationBusinessesCamp DeerwoodEmery & Garrett Groundwater, IncExperience Squam LLCHillman CompanyInn On Golden PondMcLane RealtyN.H. Colonials Realty, LLCNarrative 1Rockywold-Deephaven CampsSamyn-D’Elia Architects PASquam Arts WorkshopsWestwind Condo Association1% For the Planet

Heron SocietyBayne & Jeanie StevensonBrown PreserveWill BrownHoag IslandMichael & Jane StolperSquam RangeLawrence& Nancy CoolidgeThree Farms & Webster RidgeTim & Audrey FisherThe Hillman CompanySquam Lakes Association

Foundations & FundsAnn & Tom Estus FundBea and Woolsey Conover Fund, NH Charitable FoundationBessemer TrustCamp Brightside Foundation Fund of the Baltimore Community FoundationCele H. & William B. Rubin Family FundCharles F. & Margaret M.H. Obrecht Family FoundationCocchiaro Family FoundationDuke of Omnium FundFisher Charitable FundFrance-Merrick FoundationHarweb FoundationHilltop FoundationHoag Island Preservation TrustKinsbury Family FoundationLovett-Woodsum Family FundMatthew A and Susan B. Weatherbie Charitable FoundationMatthew H. Fisher FoundationMetzger Family Fund, Community Foundation for the National Capital RegionNathaniel S. and Ravida K. Preston Fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region.Nina Baldwin Fisher FoundationPotts Family FoundationSarah M. Carter Charitable Gift FundTarleton Fund - NH Charitable Foundation, Upper Valley RegionThe Beach FoundationThe Spruce Fund of the Maine Community FoundationThe Stevenson Family Fund of Gulf Coast Community FoundationTOSA Foundation

Members for five or more consecutive years are indicated by bold type.

In Honor of Laurie & Susan BeesonHenry & Elizabeth Holden

In Honor of Janet Manypenny BonoJohn & Susan Davies

In Honor of Woolsey ConoverCarl & Sandra Lehner

In Honor of James & Erin EvansSara Harmon

In Honor of Lewis & Anne Knight Joan Vicinus

In Honor of Carl MetzgerHenry & Deborah Metzger

In Honor of Russ OrtonJanet Chase Orton

In Honor of Betsy & Bruce WhitmoreSusan Lucks

In Memory Of Mary LambertMelissa ArmstrongCraig & Robin BoettcherMary Boettcher & FamilyChase Paymentech, Jay DucatelliRon & Sandy CoutureEvelyn DeMarcoThomas & Mary DiredaBrad & Linda EmersonJoel Gore & Deborah DeMarcoMartha GracePeter & Andrea HackerChristopher HendryJan Langer & The Langer FamilyCharles & Debra PedersenJohn & Barbara PowersJoanne Ray

Keith SchoenenbergerPeter Sharpe & Francine RousselDolores StroblCatherine WaudDouglas & Barbara Waud

In Memory of Roger & Bess HuberJohn & Susan Davies

In Memory of David K. ReevesHenry & Elizabeth Holden

In Memory of Guthrie SpeersWallace & Carol Rowe

In Memory of Jonathan TweedyBeth Rundquist

In Memory of John WaldhausenDept of General Surgery at Seattle Childrens HospitalDale & Lucille HemperlyZakiyah KadryThomas & Liz KelseyFrank SpencerBruce & Betsy Whitmore

In Memory of John & Marian WaldhausenMarguerette Smylie

In Memory of Rawson WoodBeverly & Barbara Ridgely

In Memory of Robert ZiesingJoan CoxJeffrey & Karen DaynoJim & Esther MarshallGrace Ziesing

In Memory of Ellen Fabian BarryAnonymous

Squam National Register of Historic PlacesTom Beale & Laura NashJane BeckPhil & Lisa BennettWoolsey & Bea ConoverNathaniel & Catherine CoolidgeRichard DavenportJohn & Susan DaviesStephen & Jayne DeslogeMitchell & Kathryn DrewAl & Betsy FalkTim & Audrey FisherPeter Gross & Diane Garfield Barbara GrossmanBonnie Hunt & Robert MaloneyTom & Liz KelseyCarl & Sandra LehnerSandy & Louise McGinnesWilliam & Lynn PorterPhil PrestonPete & Zannie RichardsBert & Mary Anne SaulDaniel ScullyBill & Pam SimondsEugenia WestBruce & Betsy WhitmoreNancy Wolf & Jacob RosengartenPeter & Jo Ann Wood

Mary Perry Conservation Fund of the White Oak Pond Watershed AssociationMary Catherine BatesonMichael & Majorie BogdanowRich & Janet CocchiaroRichard DavenportBarbara Evans & Tracey CarrollRich & Janet FabianBenjamin Gampel & Miriam SchacterRobert HaskellBonnie Hunt & Robert MaloneyAnne LevinWilliam & Lois Stratton

2012 Property Monitors

Alex BealBarbara BealJennnifer BealTom BealLaurie BeesonSusan BeesonLarry BlaineCenter Harbor Conservation CommissionJulian ColeJohn CoolidgeJulian Coolidge Dick DavenportMerrit DeliaTom Derr Janice ElginTodd ElginJen EvansKen EvansRon FryTim GotwalsPeter GrossGeorge GurneySusan GurneyPaul GuyreRonnie GuyreAnne IrelandBlake IrelandGerry IvesKaysie IvesPeter KampfJane Kellogg Tom KelseyAnne Knight Bev LafoleyFred LavigneCarl LehnerSandra LehnerEd LesserBob MacArthurJudy MackWill MackDavid Mallard, LRCTBob MaloneyDavid MartinJoan MartinMissy MasonBob McArthurSue McLaneCarl MetzgerHenry MetzgerChris MumfordDavid PrestonBrian RandallAnne RichardsBob Ritz Bob RothschildSandwich Conservation CommissionKarlene Schwartz Lowell Schwartz Pamela SimondsWilliam SimondsFrank StevensGlenn StrehleKathie StrehleLisetta SylvestriJohn ThompsonBurr TweedyTim VaillPeter VanWinkleLinda VincentLisa WardlawBetsy WhitmoreBruce WhitmoreDerry Woodhouse

Thank You

Tom & Rachel ArmstrongTom Beale & Laura NashLaurie & Susan BeesonEllen BennettJim & Jackie Colthart Woolsey & Bea ConoverLaury & Nancy CoolidgeNat Coolidge Peter & Carrie CoolidgeDick DavenportAlan & Gerry EnglishTim and Audrey FisherNancy GradyDon & Ingrid GrahamElizabeth Graves

Barbara Grossman Paul & Ronnie Guyre Tom & Liz KelseyRoger & Jennifer LarochelleSam & Barbara LaverackCarl & Sandra Lehner Helen MathiesonSandy McGinnesDaphne MowattDan O’NeillDavid & Barbara PrestonBev & Barbara RidgelyMarnie SchulzDavid & Becky SinklerFrank Stevens

Bayne and Jean StevensonGil StewardJohn & Carol ThompsonTim & Lucy VaillPeter & Prudy Van WinkleJohn & Marion WaldhausenLisa WardlawAngus & Elizabeth West Jennifer WestScott & Molly WhitcombBetsy & Bruce WhitmoreDick & Chris WoodPeter & JoAnn WoodAnonymous (3)

Congratulations to Will & Judy Mack,

SLCS’s 2012 Richard Davenport

Awardfor volunteer stewardship

Heron SocietyThe Heron Society is SLCS’s planned giving group. If you see members wearing a heron pendant or lapel pin, please thank them for their extraordinary commitment to Squam.

Creativity and ConservationIn 2008, Elizabeth Duvivier started Squam Art Workshops as a means of providing others with the kind of transformation she had experienced at a similar art fest in Port Townsend, WA. Twice a year Squam Art Workshops holds retreats at Rockywold-Deephaven Camps in Holderness. These five-day events offer participants a vast array of classes from painting, sewing, photography, writing, to food styling, jewelry-making, screenprinting and much more. “We teach, inspire and heal. Our community receives encouragement, training, inspiration and experience that expands their creative spirit. We help dissolve restrictions and limitations on the definition of what it means to be an artist... it’s not just what we put out into the world, but the environment that we create in our work life that must uphold our core

values. The result is a workplace that is fun and spectacularly productive.”

Squam Art Workshops celebrate joy, fun, pleasure, beauty and the natural world. They also support the beauty of Squam by being a member of 1% for the Planet, an organization that helps businesses support non-profit organizations that are dedicated to nurturing, restoring or otherwise healing our beautiful planet. Elizabeth explains, “Because the very word “squam” means water in Abenaki, we have chosen to direct our contribution to an organization that works to keep the water and watershed of Squam Lake pristine and protected: the Squam Lakes Conservation Society.” In 2012, SLCS received a gift of $6,181 to support the protection of the Squam watershed.

Learn more at www.squamartworkshops.com

1% for the Planet exists to build and support an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet. Not long ago, a mountain climber and a fisherman realized they had a lot more in common than a disdain for wearing a suit to work. Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, owner of Blue Ribbon Flies, were also passionate environmentalists that happened to be running successful businesses. More important, they understood it was good business to protect the natural resources that kept them in business.

Based on their own business models, the two men hatched a plan to encourage more businesses to donate 1% of sales to environmental groups. Today 1% For The Planet is a global alliance of companies committed to investing 1% of their annual revenues to campaigns for clean air, pure water, safe food and wild places. Last year 1,250 companies gave $15 million to hundreds of organizations.

Learn more about 1% for the Planet at www.onepercentfortheplanet.org

P.O. Box 696Holderness, NH 03245Phone: 603-968-7900Fax: 603-968-7903Website: www.squamlakes.com

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