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Ten Years Conserving the Black Earth Creek Valley T he iconic black earth Creek valley stretches west across Dane County from Middleton to Mazomanie. It is a world of trout water, rich farmland, and steep wooded relief. It is the place where many people are introduced to the magical beauty of Wisconsin’s driftless area as they make the drive down highway 14 or bike along highway KP. The past year has been good for conservation in the black earth Creek val- ley. Natural Heritage Land Trust and its part- ners permanently protected over a mile of Vermont Creek, a picturesque trout stream and important tributary to black earth Creek, with two conservation easements that secure public access for fishing and hiking. The Land Trust also purchased a conservation easement on 80 acres cover- ing a very prominent ridge directly across from Festge County Park. The conservation easement helps ensure that the panoramic view of the black earth Creek valley from the popular lookout at the park will remain unspoiled. These three projects advance our effort to conserve the scenic beauty and high-quality waters of the black earth Creek valley. The valley landscape has been a conservation priority for many years. Since our first acquisition along Garfoot Creek in 2001, the Land Trust has permanently protected over 700 acres of cherished lands in the valley, including Hickory Hill Conservancy Park in Cross Plains and the Sunnyside Unit of the black earth Creek Wildlife Area in the Town of Middleton. Public and private partnerships have been critical to our success. We work with local towns and villages to implement their land-conservation goals. Public funding of conservation purchases through the Dane County Conservation Fund and the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program are key. Working in concert with groups like Trout Unlimited and Ice Age Trail Alliance is critical to leverage our strengths. And, of course, we would be nowhere without the support and trust of private landowners and Natural Heritage Land Trust members who want to preserve this cherished landscape. We continue to make progress. In the coming year we expect to complete our third farmland preservation project and open up another mile of black earth Creek to the public. Conservation easement projects like these permanently protect valuable natural resources at a fraction of the cost of outright land purchase with the added benefit that the land stays in private ownership and on the tax-rolls. You can view an interactive map of our work from Middleton to Mazomanie on our website at: bit.ly/nHUff9 ANNUAL REPORT JULY 1, 2010–JUNE 30, 2011 SHeLLeY DUbIS Conservation where you live. The Land Trust completed three projects in the Black Earth Creek valley this year.

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Ten years Conserving the Black Earth Creek Valley

The iconic black earth Creek valleystretches west across Dane Countyfrom Middleton to Mazomanie. it is a

world of trout water, rich farmland, andsteep wooded relief. it is the place wheremany people are introduced to the magicalbeauty of Wisconsin’s driftless area as theymake the drive down highway 14 or bikealong highway KP.

The past year has been good forconservation in the black earth Creek val-ley. Natural heritage land Trust and its part-ners permanently protected over a mile ofVermont Creek, a picturesque trout streamand important tributary to black earthCreek, with two conservation easementsthat secure public access for fishing andhiking. The land Trust also purchased aconservation easement on 80 acres cover-ing a very prominent ridge directly acrossfrom Festge County Park. The conservation

easement helps ensure that the panoramic view of the black earth Creek valley from the popular lookout atthe park will remain unspoiled.

These three projects advance our effort to conserve the scenic beauty and high-quality waters of theblack earth Creek valley. The valley landscape has been a conservation priority for many years. Since our firstacquisition along Garfoot Creek in 2001, the land Trust has permanently protected over 700 acres of cherishedlands in the valley, including hickory hill Conservancy Park in Cross Plains and the Sunnyside unit of the blackearth Creek Wildlife Area in the Town of Middleton.

Public and private partnerships have been critical to our success. We work with local towns and villagesto implement their land-conservation goals. Public funding of conservation purchases through the DaneCounty Conservation Fund and the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program are key. Working in concert withgroups like Trout unlimited and ice Age Trail Alliance is critical to leverage our strengths. And, of course, wewould be nowhere without the support and trust of private landowners and Natural heritage land Trustmembers who want to preserve this cherished landscape.

We continue to make progress. in the coming year we expect to complete our third farmland preservationproject and open up another mile of black earth Creek to the public. Conservation easement projects likethese permanently protect valuable natural resources at a fraction of the cost of outright land purchase withthe added benefit that the land stays in private ownership and on the tax-rolls.

you can view an interactive map of our work from Middleton to Mazomanie on our website at:bit.ly/nhuff9 �

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Conservation where you live.

The Land Trust completedthree projects in theBlack Earth Creek valleythis year.

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Thank you for helping Natural heritage land Trust permanently protect nearly 800 acres at great placeslike the black earth Creek valley, Westport Drumlin, and the Town of Dunn this last year (see next pagefor details). We get these results by focusing on places with community consensus that land deserves

protection. Strong partnerships with private landowners and local governments and other non-profits are im-portant elements of our success. So is maintaining an efficient and frugal organization, with a staff of 3.5 and43 volunteers. our efficient and focused approach returned nearly $14 worth of permanently protected landfor every $1 invested in the Natural heritage land Trust this year. in the works are additions to wildlife and nat-ural areas and several farmland conservation easements. your continued support and encouragement willhelp permanently protect the cherished places where you live.

Jim Welsh, executive Director

Mary Trewartha has had a conservation easement with Natural heritage land Trust on her iowa Countyproperty since 2003. of her 170 acres, 50 are in active prairie and savanna restoration and manage-ment and 45 acres are in hay and crops maintained by a local farmer. Mary’s long-term dedication

and determination combined with this mix of land practices has resulted in a biologically rich landscape thatprovides the ideal habitat for numerous at-risk plant and animal species, including high numbers of bobolinksand nesting redheaded woodpeckers. Mary has received funds to assist with restoration from the DNr’slandowner incentive Program and the uS Fish and Wildlife Service’s Private lands Program. Mary sat downwith land Trust board member Darcy Kind to talk about her land. Darcy: What is your favorite plant?Mary: yellow star-grass (Hypoxis hirsuta). it is a beautiful and unusual little plant. Darcy: What is your favorite place on the property?Mary: Generally it is the prairie, because of the plants that you see out there and the sweep of the hills.Darcy: What are the most common noises that you hear out here?Mary: Frogs and birds in the spring, coyotes during the summer, and owls in the fall. Darcy: Can you describe what a year in restoration is like on your property?Mary: early spring begins with prescribed burning, almost at the same time garlic mustard control begins, fol-lowed by burdock, yellow and white sweet clover, wild parsnip in the heat of the summer, and woody invasivesduring the winter. When completed, repeat.Darcy: What is the biggest lesson that you have learned from the land?Mary: That i never learn… restoration is an inexact science. Also—always add a year to whatever your expec-tations might be. Darcy: What motivates you to keep going with restoration and management season after season?Mary: The grassland birds, and the bobolinks in particular. i worry about the bobolinks from the time theyleave till the time they arrive again! it is a lot of worry. Darcy: if you had a chance to start your restoration and management over again, what would you do differently? Mary: i would have gone after invasives the minute i saw them, but i didn’t take them seriously or didn’t know

what they were. This would be advice that i wouldgive others restoring their land too; just a fewplants of garlic mustard or wild parsnip should betaken very seriously and controlled quickly.

Mary became a member of the land Trust in 1987.last year she joined our legacy Circle. Thank youMary for all you do for local land conservation. �

Mary Trewartha at her iowa County farm protected bya conservation easement held by the natural HeritageLand Trust.

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Mission

The Natural heritage land Trust protects natural areas, wildlife habitat, working farms,healthy lakes and streams,and recreational land to provide a high quality of life in the Dane County,Wisconsin region.

Board and Staff

President Carla Wright

Vice President William Van Haren

TreasurerMike Dubis

Secretary Brenda R. Haskins

DirectorsTom BergaminiRosalind GausmanAngela JamesDarcy KindRenee LauberBarry perkelDavid Z. RiceKevin B. ShelleyMariana WeinholdJediah White

Past PresidentsJohanna J. Allexnorman C. AndersonJohn B. HutchinsonWilliam G. LunneyJean D. MeanwellKathy F. pielsticker Michael A. SlavneyMark B. Williams

executive DirectorJim Welsh

Membership DirectorMartha Frey

Conservation Specialist Caleb pourchot

Membership CoordinatorHeidi Habeger

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This year the Natural heritage land Trust completed nine land protection projects, permanently protecting 787 acres at cherishedplaces in the Dane County region. Most of these projects are at places where we have spent years working with landownersand partners to conserve important natural resources. For example, please see our cover story about our work in the Black

Earth Creek valley, where we completed two streambank easements and one scenic easement; these are our 6th, 7th, and 8th projectsin the valley.

in partnership with the Town of Dunn, we permanently protected a 38-acre farm on lalor road; this is our third project on lalorroad and adds to the many hundreds of acres of protected land in the Waubesa Wetlands areas. it is also our 21st project with theTown; our work there adds up to almost 2,700 permanently protected acres.

Thanks to the Koltes family, we added 100 acres and several prairie remnants to the Westport Drumlin prairie/empire PrairiesState Natural Area east of Waunakee – in two years we have increased the amount of protected land there from 14 acres to 217. Wealso began to improve visitor access to Westport Drumlin.

We completed our second project at Kingsley Bend Mound Group south of the Wisconsin Dells on the Wisconsin river. At Kingsleybend our goal is to help the ho-Chunk Nation permanently protect this important cultural and natural landscape featuring severallarge dome-shaped mounds and a variety of animal-shaped effigy mounds.

We helped the Town of Windsor complete its first agricultural conservation easement, permanently protecting Vern and VickiTreinen’s 184-acre farm that is 100% high-quality soils. Modeled on the Town of Dunn’s successful program, Windsor has identified alarge area of the town for long-term agricultural use.

At the Military Ridge prairie Heritage Area, we assisted Driftless Area land Conservancy in the completion of two agriculturalconservation easements on iowa County farmland owned by John and Nancy Meyers. �

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Conservation project RoundupJuly 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

uW professor Emeritus of Geology DaveMickelson led a field trip at WestportDrumlin Day, october 1, 2011.

in May, Land Trust membersexplored land along VermontCreek permanently protectedby a streambank easement.

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$5,000+Alice & rick GodfreyJan & Dan Chabot

$2,000 - $4,999Sherren Clarkbrad & barbara Glasslawrence hitchMartha loundWilliam & Gail Van harenMarc Vitale & Darcy Kind

$1,000 - $1,999Dr. James Amstadt Anne bolzlou & Nancy bruchDouglas & Sherry CavesDana & Pat ChabotMichael & Shelley DubisPatrick & lloyd eaganDan & Natalie erdmanMarie FraserMartha Frey & John MasonJoy & rob GottschalkTom & Margie KrauskopfKim Kreitinger & eric PrestonKathleen A McCormick

& James b PowellSarah & Mark McGuireMike & Pepé FoundationJim & rumi o'brienbill o'Connor & Krista roysCary & Scott reichGlenn reinl & Sara KrebsbachMichael & linda Slavney

Don & Joanne Tierney Vern & Vicki TreinenFrank & Mariana Weinholdbill & Win WelshJim WelshSharon & Jed Whiterolf & Susan Wulfsberg

$500 - $999Kathryn & Paul AndersonTom bergaminioliver bergeMary binkleyFrank & bonnie burgessMichael & Doreen Festge Jon & Tracy Filterbob Gurda & betty CraigJulie hayward & Donn D'AlessioDr. Jack & Nancy heidenSusan & David hineline Stanley Kanterbeth KublyDick McCoyJoseph l PalumboCindy & John reganPat SammataroMary & Jerry Schwochbill & lorette WambachGary Werner & Melanie lordTracy Wiklund & Jack Sorenson

$250 - $499Anonymous Janet battistaChuck bauer

helen boleyJack & Marian bolzWillis brown & Photina reeStephen & Susan Carpenterbarbara & Ted CochraneNatalie bock erdmanJim & Kris FraterClayton GanserKaren & Andy GrimmerTimothy hacker & Carol Chenbrenda haskinsJohn & Judith hutchinsonGreg & Jane hyerlesley Johnson & Terry MarshallPaul & Anne KoeppeJames Koltesrenee lauber & Graham Codyroma lenehanbill lunney & Judie PfeiferMary MaherWalter A. & Jean MeanwellKathy & bill PielstickerDavid riceVirginia rogersbrent Sieling & Megan SchliesmanNicole & Paul Staskowskilee & Jacqui SwansonDennis Tande & Mary ManeringJohn & leslie TaylorPeter ThomfordAnne TraynorMary TrewarthaWilliam WartmannTripp & Nancy WidderMark b. Williams

$100 - $249Anonymous (6)Karen Agee & Scott FultonNorman & Peggy Andersonelaine AndrewsPatricia ArndorferJim Arts & helene NelsonJean bahrValerie bailey-rihn & David rihned bakerJim & Nancy baxterSandy bennett

Andrew bent & Anna huttenlocherJames berbeeJo Ann & lloyd bitzerblack earth Creek Watershed AssnJoan & Darren blankenshipAnthony & Mardell blaschkaCharles & Dianne boardman iiiTom & Shaila bolgerJeff & Freya bowenChet bradleyed & lois brickJohn broihahnCarolyn & brian butlerronald & Mary Jane CampoMarsha & Peter Cannonbea & lau ChristensenArlen & Judy ChristensonTim CulverMitch & Sandie CusterJack & Mary DavisonCharles De Frangrobert & Ann De Marsrobert & Jean DentDiane Derouen & Glenn ChamblissCal & ruth DeWittlinn A. Duesterbeckbill & Amy DunlopDaniel & Sandra eaterVicki elkin & Mike iveyDave & Peg englesonKristine euclide & Douglas SteegeMartin & Terry evansonherman Felstehausen & Geke de Vriesellen FisherWesley & Ankie Foellelaine Gadzicki & Jim Malterrosalind & bill GausmanJoAnne GranquistDianne GreenleyThomas Gross & linda heinTerry & Nancy habegerTerry hallerDon hammesJanet beach hansonPaulette harderJohn & Cate harringtonlee & yolanda haydenPam & Craig heilman

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Land Trust members visit Westport Drumlin prairie atthe lands dedication on october 1, 2011.

Leverage:

Each $1 of your investment in the natural HeritageLand Trust returned almost $14 of land permanentlyprotected this year.

to our members, donors and partners!July1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

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Nicholas rahnNancy & Phillip raneelaine D. K. rattundeClarence readyrichard & Mary Ann realerobert reeseSheryl renslorobin & William rhoadsSteve richterJeanette D. rideoutrobert rolleyPat & Will rossmanArlene rotterWilliam roweroy & beverly runstromJeffrey & linda russellFaith russell & John MillerMaria Sadowskirobert & Virginia SalisburyMary Woolsey SchlaeferMark & holly Schleicherroger & Cheryl SchlesserFlorence & robert Schmittelizabeth & lawrence Schmitzruth & Norbert Schmitzlinda Schulerralph & esther ScottJennifer SerenoPam SeversonPat & helen SheahanJohn SheskiJeff ShieldsJulie Shiner-bazan & bernard bazanJanet SilbernagelTracy & Marty SimonsonWes Slaymaker & Diana CohenCynthia SmithGalen & rose SmithGeorge & Anne SmithJeff Smithlinda SmithMatt & Denise SmithNeal & Diane Smithrandall & Marilyn Smithrebecca SmithWilliam & roberta Sonzognilee & Marian Sorensen

bob & lisa SorgeGlenn & Mary SpaayJudith StangJeane Stiteslorraine Stoltzfus & Karen rahmeierMarjorie StrobelNancy Sugden & robert NewberyNancy & Thomas SundalMark & Sarah Sundquisthoward SweetShirley M. Swensonlinda TaplickScott Taylorrayla TeminStanley TempleDonna & Chet ThomasJohn W. Thompson, ArchitectJohn Tweddaleunity health insuranceChris & Karen upperupper Sugar river Watershed

AssociationStephen Venturaross & rosalie VolkertCarl WackerSuzanne & larry Wadebenita Walker & Joe SenulisPeter Warshaw & Carolyn KetchamWaunona Garden Club Peter r. WeilerKeith WeissSi & Theresa WidstrandKen & barbara WiesnerAngela & Andrew Wilcox-hullAmelia & Garry Williamsbrooke Williams & brendan GormanKate & Matt WippermanNancy Worcesterledell zellers & Simon Andersonlarry & Patricia ziemerrich & Andrea zietko

FoundationsJohn J. Frautschi Family FoundationGathering Waters Conservancy Phoebe r. & John D. lewis

FoundationMadison Community FoundationThe Melling Family FoundationSquare D Foundationu.S. bancorp FoundationVogel Foundationlaurence & Frances Weinstein

Foundation

Business MembersBusiness memberships start at $250

$2,000 - $2,500 Government Policy SolutionsMGe FoundationSCS bT Squared

$1,000 - $1,999General heating & Air Conditioninghooper Corporation PAN-o-GolD baking Co.

/Village hearth breadsWheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C.

$500 - $999Cress Funeral & Cremation ServicePlastic ingenuity inc

$250 - $499bremser Group, inc. CPAsGoodland Tree Works, inc.Town of Windsor

Event SponsorsCardinal Solar TechnologiesCardno JFNewDeW Signs & engravingon The Creek Fly ShopStafford rosenbaum llPThe Flower Factory, incThe Shoe boxWegner llP, CPAs & Consultants

in-Kind ContributionsCandinas ChocolatierCary reichKevin St. AngelStafford rosenbaum llPTim Mairzucker Design

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Conservation Specialist Caleb pourchot and Land Trust MemberWilliam Sonzogni look for birds during a spring field trip.

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If you are a contributor and your name was left off this list or misspelled, weapologize. Please call us at 258-9797 and we will correct our records.

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Volunteers Judy borkeKathie & Tom brockeileen DresserShirley DrosteNatalie erdmanrobert Farrellrob GottschalkJanet beach hansonrich hendersonChris hughesDerek JohnsonClaudia Kesselerin McMahanDavid MickelsonMario Quintanaharriet rileyharry rippGene roarkPat SammataroMary SchwochChandru SolrajNicole StaskowskiPeter ThomfordSi WidstrandKate Wippermanrob zaleski

Legacy Circle Legacy Circle members choose to remember Natural HeritageLand Trust in a will or throughother planned gifts.

emily earleylawrence hitchbeth Kublybill lunney & Judie PfeiferJim & rumi o'brienevan & Jane PizerCary & Scott reichPat SammataroMary TrewarthaJim WelshCarla Wright

BequestsFlorence branch

Memorials & HonorariumsIn Memory of Edward Charles WelshMaura Whitmore

In Memory of Vernon Walter LeeKevin, Martin, Peter, Susan, Christopher & David M. lee

In Honor of Caleb PourchotShawn & becky Pourchot

In honor of 2010 Wisconsin LandTrust of the YearSharon & Warren Gaskill

In Honor of Norman C. Andersonruth & Thomas Kenteric, ellen, ian, henry & eva Anderson

In Honor of Vera & Wally Baumanbruce bauman & emily bairJane baumanMike & June DenruiterJill & Mike McDermott

In Honor of Martha Frey & John MasonMary & Jerry Schwoch

In Honor of Les & Susan HoffmanAlan hoffman

In Honor of Winifred & William Welshherbert ley

Gifts of Land or ConservationEasementsMike Festge, Sue hineline& Cindy regan

John & Nancy Meyers

Financial Report

The Natural Heritage Land Trust’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, the land Trust received$208,802 for operations and spent $247,170 for operations. An ad-ditional $38,368 came from income on investments that supportland Trust operations.

income for operationsMembership Contributions $138,842 66% Consulting Fees $26,278 13%Foundation Grants $14,856 7%endowment Distributions $14,460 7%rents $11,964 6%other $2,402 1%Total $208,802 100%

Expenses for operationsPersonnel $183,325 74%rent and office expenses $17,700 7%Professional services (accounting, etc.) $13,695 6%Printing and Postage $9,210 4%land Management $6,500 3%real estate Taxes $3,413 1%Travel/meetings $1,155 <1%other $12,172 5%Total $247,170 100%

$3.2 million was provided by local, state, federal, private gifts, andlandowner donations to protect 787 acres of important land andwater in 2010-2011.

Please contact us if you would like a copy of our audited financialstatements for July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011. The land Trust’s federaltax returns (990s) are available on Guidestar (www.guidestar.org).

Land Trust members went birdwatching at Rattlesnake Ridge (theGlass Conservation Easement) by Dodgeville in May. From left toright, standing: Brooke Williams, Brendan Gorman, Larry Hitch,Lloyd Eagan, Vivian pratsch, patrick Eagan, Brad Bachner, pamHeilman, William Sonzogni, nancy Habeger, Mary Trewartha, Dan Erdman, Craig Heilman, Terry Habeger, Caleb pourchot, Dave Clutter. Kneeling: Anne Bachner, Barbara Glass, Brad Glass,and natalie Erdman.

The Land Trust and Town of Dunn haveprotected three farms on Lalor Road.

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303 S. Paterson Street, #6Madison, Wi 53703

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This year the natural Heritage Land Trust completed our 7th, 8th, and 9th land protection projects in the Black Earth Creek valley; read more inside.

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Look inside:

• 787 acres: roundup ofland protected

• Mary Trewartha profile• 2010-2011 member list

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