2005 ANNUAL
REPORT
The Rochester Land Trust, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to land conservation, the preservation of Rochester’s rural character, the permanent conservation of open space, and the education of its citizens in the protection of the town’s natural resources. The Trust acquires and holds real property for educational, recreational and conservation purposes in the interest of the public and promotes conservation easements on privately held land. The Land Trust cares for and maintains land under its stewardship and assists the Town of Rochester in publicly funded land acquisitions. The Rochester Land Trust holds its land to benefit the public today and for future generations.
Susan Adams, President
Russ Keeler, Vice Pres
Michael Costa, Treasurer
Susan Peterson, Clerk
Erin Bryant
Richard Cutler
Laurene Gerrior
Norene Hartley
Donna Jeffers
Daniel Kennedy
Gil LaFrance
Robert Lawrence
Rodney McCollester
Maureen Sperry
Herb Wood Jr.
1. Completed Phase III and Phase IV of the Eastover Farm Project with the Trustees of Reservation
- 760 acres permanently protected by the end of 2005 (in both Rochester and Marion)
- TTOR is developing Management Goals for Public Recreation
- RLT co-holds a Conservation Restriction with TTOR on 62 acres
2. Citizens of Rochester received “Conservationists of the
Year” Award from Trustees of Reservation for Eastover Farm Project at RLT
Annual Meeting in March 2005.
3. First Annual Business Partner of the Year Awards were presented to SEMASS and Rochester Golf Club at RLT Annual Meeting in March 2005.
4. The Rounseville Homestead Project was completed in April
with significant fund-raising support (over $60,000) from RLT. This completed the Mattapoisett River Valley
Aquifer Protection Project lead by the Coalition for Buzzards Bay. The 164-acre Conservation Restriction is held
by the Wildlands Trust of SE MA and the Town.
5. RLT incurred its first debt, borrowing $15,000 from the Coalition for Buzzards Bay Revolving Fund in April to close on the Rounseville project. RLT repaid the loan in September.
6. RLT wrote its first grant application and was awarded $7500
from the Makepeace Neighborhood Fund to help complete the Rounseville
Project.
7. The Stewardship
committee organized a “brush burn” with Mattapoisett Land Trust for Olde
Field Farm.
8. The Acquisitions Committee developed a list of “Priority Properties” for future conservation. This committee reviewed the Conservation Restrictions on the Rounseville Homestead property and on the Eastover Farm property. The committee also negotiated the gifts of a conservation restriction on 13.5 acres of Stephen Sperry’s woodlot, and the gift of 28 acres adjacent to the Center Village Condominiums.
9. The Outreach Committee organized a Car Rally/Scavenger Hunt of Rochester’s Historic Sites. Senior citizens were “auctioned” for their expertise and knowledge of Rochester’s history to help in the hunt! This committee also organized the Third Annual Wine-Tasting held at the Rochester Golf Club in October.
10. RLT had a booth at the Rochester Country Fair with lots of maps of the town that engendered conversation about land protection. We held a raffle throughout the day that ended at the Eighth Annual Pig Roast that evening.
11. RLT sent Herb Wood, a new Board Member, to the National
Land Trust Rally in Madison WI in October.
12. RLT joined Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife in hosting a reception
in December for
George and Katherine Church to celebrate their conveyance of 163 acres of forest and woodlands along the Mattapoisett River for public recreation.
13. RLT sponsored several walks on conservation property during the year.
14. Membership in the Rochester Land Trust increased to
over 140 individual, family and business members in 2005.
15. We adopted Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices.
|
Name
of parcel |
Date |
Size |
|
|
acquired |
acres |
|
|
|
|
|
Byrne |
1998 |
5.8 |
|
Shadow
Farm |
1998 |
9.21 |
|
Rounseville
S CR |
2002 |
99 |
|
Eastover/Marys
Pond Road CR |
2005 |
62 |
|
Center
Village |
2005 |
28 |
|
Sperry CR |
2005 |
13.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
217.51 |
|
Balance Dec. 31, 2004 |
|
Gen. Fund |
Endowment |
Land Fund |
|
|
|
$44,874.58 |
$3662.16 |
$9630.00 |
|
Receipts |
Annual Appeal, dues, grants, interest, wine tasting, pig roast |
$19,839.05 |
110.20 |
|
|
Disbursements |
Postage, land, Pig roast expenses, loan repayment, insurance, LTA seminar, misc. |
$51,730.58 |
|
$19,655 |
|
Balance Dec. 31, 2005 |
|
$12,983.05 |
$3722.36 |
$0.00 |
Susan
& Clay Adams
Charles
& Katherine Adams
Carin
& David Adelstein
David
& Sheryl Aguiar
Albert
Alderson
Arthur
Aldrich
Richard
Almeida
Robert
& Joyce Anderson
Jean
Armstrong
Kevin
Arnfield & Sophia Riefstahl
Peter
& Denise Arsenault
Donald
Ashley
Elizabeth
Aspin
Jack
& Ann Ayers
Donald
& Linda Bagley
Tom
& Elizabeth Bairos
Michael
& Elise Bare
Donald
Barnes
Mary
K. Barr & Susan Griffin
Paul
& Cecelia Barratt
David
& Heidi Bassett
Warren
& Cynthia Bassett
Brad
& Jackie Bassett
M.
Curie Beaton
Arthur
F. Benner
Barbara
Besse
May
& Edward Bessey
Ann
Blasenak
Thomas
R. Blier
Russell
& Sandra Bonneau
Robert
& Jeanette Boucher
Doris
& Hormidas Boucher
Timothy
Bourgeois
Marie-Elena
& Norman Bourque
Anne
Bramhall
Mike
Braz
Ben
& Bev Brewer
Stephen
& Lisa Brezinski
Robert
& Karen Bridges
James
& Betty Broome
Harry
& Helena Brown
Victor
& Annie Bucchere
Aaron
& Katie Burke
Stephen
V. Burke
William
Butler
William
L. Byrne
Chris
& Priscilla Byron
Gilbert
Cabral
Randall
& Tammy Cabral
Margaret
Cameron
Janice
Campos
Robert
Carey
Suzanne
Carlson
Kevin
& Cassandra Cassidy
Kate
& Peter Cassidy
John
& Tess Cederholm
Georgia
Chamberlain
Lorraine
Charest
Karen
Chase & Charles Sanderson
Richard
& Joanne Charon
Alice
Chase
Anne
Chu
Deborah
& Daniel Clark
Audrey
Clark
Michael
Conway
Isabel
Correira
Patricia
& Sean Corwin
Michael
& Roxanne Costa
Augusto
& Virginia Costa
Anthony
Couto
Elise
Coyne
Francine
& Bill Crawford
Robert
& Joyce Cummings
CC
Cunningham
Steven
& Cecilia Curtin
Jerry
& Susan Cusick
Richard
& Virginia Cutler
Kenneth
Daggett
Palmeda
A Daggett
John
& Maureen Daher
Roy
DaSilva
Douglas
Davis
Theodore
Dawson
David
Desrochers
Paul
R. Dion
Emily
S. Dionne
Michael
Diverix
William
& Patricia Donaghy
Jeffrey
Donnelly & Erin Bryant
Roland
& Julianne Dufresne
Emmet
& Catherine Eby
Lynn
& Arthur Eddleston
Michael
G. Ehrmanntraut
Anna
& Lawrence Eich
Douglas
W. Ellis
Laurell
& Edward Farinon
Brian
& Suzanne Farrington
David
Fearing
Jean
Fennell
Walter
& Christine Fennel
Tom
Ferguson
Patricia
Finnegan
Andrew
& Helen Fredricks
Cheryl
Gaspar
Kay
Gayoski
Paul
& Laurene Gerrior
Ralph
Gifford & Margaret Heffernan
Ben
& Susan Gilmore
Jay
& Connie Gonsalves
Lori
Gonsalves
Ralph
& Janice Gurney
Edward
Haggerty
Henry
& Bonnie Hartley
Deborah
Hartley
Merton
& William Hartley
Winifred
Hartley
Greenwood
& Shirley Hartley
Norene
Hartley
Joan
Hartnett-Barry
Kevin
& Sandy Hastings
Brad
& Priscilla Hathaway
Virginia
& Ann Hathaway
Robert
& Ann Hauser
Stephen
& Connie Heacox
Elsie
Heleen
Robert
Hiller II
Lisa
& James Holden
Maureen
& David Howard
Katherine
Hanson & Jim Fraser
Donna
Jeffers
Amy
Johnson
Arnold
& Debra Johnson
Lorna
Johnson
Charles
& Suzanne Kantner
Russell
& Wendy Keeler
Sandy
Keese
Daniel
& Maureen Kennedy
Michelle
Kirby
Scott
& Debra Ladd
Herbert
& Susan Lafleur
Colman
& Debra Lalli
Norma
& Allyn Lamb
Robert
Lawrence & Alicia Crabbe
Dorcas
& John Layport
Amelia
Leconte
Philip
& Cindy LeFavor
William
Leva
Sidney
Lewis
Alene
& Arthur Lionberger
Russ
Litchfield
Aimee
& Asa Lombard
Leon
& Iris Love
Robert
L. & Brenda Lynch
Mark
P. MacGregor
Ralph
& Marjorie Macomber
Lisa
& Richard Malatesta
Suzanne
Martin
Kathy
& George Maxcey
Dennis
& Catherine Maxey
Mark
Mazar
Damien
& Isabel McCann
Marie
& Joseph McCarthy
Rodney
& Tina McCollester
Segisfredo
Melo
Barbara
Mendell
George
& Laura Mendes
Marion
Metcalf
Dawn
& David Michael
Rose
M. Miller
Bunny
& Robert Mogilniki
Paul
A. Moore
Brad
& Laura Morse
Herman
R. Morse Jr.
John
& Maureen Motley
Harold
Mendoza
Loide
& Melvin Motton
John
F. Mueller & Ellen Rosenbaum
Peter
& Lisa Nelson
Gary
& Stacie Noble Shriver
Rene
& Rose Normandin
Richard D. Nunes Jr.
Paul
O’Donnell
Michael
Oleksak
Shirley
Oliver
Terry
O’Neil
Renee
& Leo Ouellette
Leo
L. Pallatroni
Amy
Pallatroni, CPA
Leonne
Paquette & Max Wickemeyer
Kent
B. Pelissier
Susan
Peterson & John Teal
Michael
& Kathryn Pettinato
Ruth
& Jon Philbrook
Beverly
Pierce
Joan
Pierce
Hilda
Pierce
Marion
Pierce & Dylan Murdock
Mary
Pimental
Craig
Pimental
Sarah
& William Pinney
Diana
& Richard Pond
Matthew
N. Porter
Philip
T. Poyant
Mark
Rasmussen
Regina
& Manny Rebello
Florinda
Reed
Robert
& Shirley Reed
Tom
& Marsh Rehkamp
Brian
Reid
Denise
M. & Robert L. Reuter
R.M.
Riefstahl
Marysarah
Riggs
Robert
& Donna Minarik
Henry
& Kathy Roberts
Lee
Roberts
Tina
& Hal Rood
Jean
Rose
Jean
& William Roseman
Ellen
Rosenbaum
Augusta
T. Rosenthal
Marcia
Ross
Stan
& Jane Rothenberg
Eileen
Rounseville
Linda
Rounseville & Eugene Zussy
Bronie
& Cheryl Rozenas
John
& Fannie Russell
Vincent
& Pat Ryan
Kimberly
& Gunnar Salkind
Charles
W. Sanderson
Timothy
Scholz
Jessica
Schultz
Peter
& Mary See
Robert
& Loretta Sherman
Debra
Silva
Spence
H. Smith
Thomas
R. Soares
Pamela
Sousa
Maureen
& Stephen Sperry
Lawrence
& Francine Stadelmann
Donn
Stangohr
Kris
& Judy Stoltenberg
Richard
W. Straffin
William
Straus
James
& Diane Sullivan
Carolyn
Sweet
Ellen
E. & John Sylvia
Kathleen
Sylvia
Humphry
& Constance Tallman
Stuart
& Judy Tallman
Paul
& Bonnie Tavares
James
& Marsha Taylor
Cynthia
Taylor
Dorothy
Tuttle
Fred
&
Gregory
& Ellen Vaut
Allen
& Maureen Viera
James
E. Vogel
Brad
& Lynnea Walker
Lorna
G. Walker
M
Kimberly Walsh
Sumner
James Waring III
William
& Christine Watling
Louise
Watling
Herbert
& Jeanette Webb
Bernadette
Weber
Arthur
& Dorine Westgate
Mark
R. Wellington
Charles
& Elizabeth West
Anna
White
Eleanor
& William Wisner Gural
Herbert
& Sandra Wood
Charles
& Ann Wolf
Brenda
L. & Michael Wolk
Dianne
Wood
Pamela
Wyman
David
A. Zantrofski
Daggett
Bray Ltd.
Dragon
Foundation
George
Kirby Paint Co.
Hartley-Rhodes,
Inc.
Headquarters
Taxidermy
High
Street Auto Salvage
Mayflower
Bank
McGraw
Plumbing
Rochester
Golf Club, Inc.
SEMASS
Sperry
Sails, Inc.
Teal
Ltd.