IIT 2015_Annual_Report - Islesboro Islands Trust

Islesboro
Islands
Trust
2014/15 Annual Report
Letter from Our President
Why We Advocate
The IIT mission is threefold:
to enhance the quality of
residents’ lives through the
preservation of open space, to
educate all about the value of
the Island’s ecosystems, and
to act as an environmental
advocate on behalf of Islesboro
and the surrounding Bay
region. I would like to focus on
our environmental advocacy,
which has been an important
activity for many years with
our Executive Director, Steve
Miller, at the center of our
efforts.
Through this advocacy, IIT helped preserve Sears Island from industrial development
by an agreement to preserve at least three fourths of the Island from development, led
the successful effort to prevent a liquid natural gas terminal on Sears Island, fought
for and obtained a substantial reduction in the lots proposed for Northeast Point here
on Islesboro, and, in partnership with others, won a permit denial from the Searsport
Planning Board that forced abandonment of a proposal to build a liquid propane gas
facility at Mack Point. IIT also worked with the Conservation Law Foundation and
the Sierra Club during the 1980’s and early 1990’s to convince federal regulators that
construction of a deep draft cargo port at Sears Island was a bad idea.
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Letter from Our President
continued
The Latin meaning of advocate is “one called to aid, a pleader.” From my perspective,
the “call to aid” is most compelling when we see a real threat to the Bay and where we
can make a responsible contribution to its defense. When the LPG terminal was proposed
for Searsport, we were able to secure funding to retain Richard Clark, a former National
Security Advisor and principal of Good Harbor, to prepare an all hazards assessment of
risks associated with the proposed LPG facility at Mack Point. The Good Harbor Report
identified numerous risks and urged that permits be denied until major issues were
resolved. Following submission of this Report, the permits were denied by the Searsport
Planning Board.
Most recently, IIT engaged in
an effort to prevent a million
cubic yard dredging project in
the federal channel in Searsport
harbor. These spoils were to be
deposited just west of Islesboro
with potential adverse effect
on the lobster industry. In this
controversy, IIT was able to
obtain funding for an analysis
of the project by Dawson and
Associates, a consulting firm
with many retired Army Corps
of Engineers officials on its staff.
After study, Dawson identified
how the maritime objectives
of the Army Corps and the
Maine Department of Transportation (the project co-sponsors) could be achieved by
maintenance dredging of about 100,000 cubic yards at one tenth the cost of the original
plan.
While this project has now been put on hold following a spirited opposition from IIT
and other interested groups from the area, we are concerned that the Army Corps of
Engineers may resurrect the project after completion of a reassessment of the cost and
benefit considerations that are required by internal Corps rules. We are confident that
the Dawson Alternative will be given careful consideration in this review. But we remain
ready to reengage should the project be reactivated.
What we hope to accomplish through this advocacy is a Bay that is not despoiled by
inappropriate development — development that ignores the effect on our natural
surroundings and on the marine and scenic resources that provide livelihoods to so
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Letter from Our President
continued
many in this Bay region. Moreover, I am persuaded of
the wisdom of Thoreau’s observation in Walden that
“Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the
unexplored forests and meadows that surround it…
We can never have enough of Nature.”1 Admittedly,
we no longer find “unexplored forests and meadows”
here in Penobscot Bay, but we do find nature that we, as
advocates, hope to protect and conserve.
In a recent book, “After Nature,” Jedidiah Purdy, a
law professor at Duke, argues that nature no longer
exists apart from humanity… the world we inhabit
is one we have made. Geologists call this epoch the
“Anthropocene,” or the age of humans. After exploring
the evolution of environmental law and culture, Purdy
argues that today “Trying to build a peaceful and humane world means finding a way to
live peaceably with nature, not just mining it for our convenience.”2
Finding this way, and seeking to prevent mining nature for convenience, is advocacy for
our times and the mission we strive to accomplish.
Henry David Thoreau, “Walden,” The Library of America, Collection edited by Robert F. Sayre, Professor
Emeritus of English at the University of Iowa 1985, at 575.
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Jedidiah Purdy, “After Nature, A politics for the Anthropocene,” Harvard University Pres 2015, at page 288.
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Executive Director’s Report
Anthropocene Index:
The good, the bad and the catastrophic
“An·thro·po·cene - relating to or denoting the geological period
during which human activity has been been the dominant
influence on climate and the environment.”
World’s hottest year on record:
2014
Number of the past 37 years that have been warmer than the 20th century average:
37
Number of the past 12 years that were the hottest ever recorded:
10
Rate of global sea level rise since 1915:
Double
Average amount of global sea level rise since 1880:
Eight inches
Portion of earth where sea level is rising fastest:
U.S. East Coast
Percent increase since 1960 of people who live along the US Atlantic coast:
56
Percentage of Maine year-round residents who live along the coast:
54.2
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Number of weather-related natural catastrophes worldwide in 2012:
842
Percent increase in precipitation during very heavy precipitation events,
defined as the heaviest one percent of storms, on Islesboro since 1965:
67
Amount of state grant to Islesboro for “determining vulnerability of
two locations to sea level rise and storm surge”:
$40,000
Areas in study:
Ferry Terminal and the Narrows.
Number of areas on Islesboro likely inundated with 1 meter sea level rise:
>7
Increase in global water demand between 1990 and 1995:
6x
Portion of earth’s water that is fresh (not saltwater):
2.5%
Portion of earth’s fresh water characterized as “easily accessible”:
0.007%
Number of gallons of fresh rain water that recharge the Islesboro bedrock aquifer each year:
88 million
Portion of Islesboro groundwater test wells in 2005 and 2007 having confirmed coliform bacteria:
42%
Number of days that Spring arrives earlier on Islesboro
than it used to:
10
Estimated species extinction rate above normal, due primarily
to human activities:
1,000 to 10,000x
Range of annual ice loss in Greenland between 2002 and 2006:
36 to 60 cubic miles
Percent increase since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
of the acidity of surface ocean waters:
30
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Year when carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere was greater
than at any other time over the past 800,000 years:
2015
World population in July 2015:
7.3 billion
Anticipated world population in 2025:
8.5 billion
Current rate of net increase in world population:
3 per second
Ratio of individuals world-wide who do not get enough to eat:
One in nine
Year-round Islesboro population in 2010:
566
Percent decrease in year-round Islesboro population since 2000:
6.1
Least densely populated state east of the Mississippi River:
Maine
Maine population density per square mile:
41.3 people
Estimated Islesboro year-round population density per square mile:
39.6 people
Estimated Islesboro summer population density per square mile:
174.8 people
Islesboro’s year-round population place, out of 489 Maine towns:
332nd
Islesboro median year-round resident age:
52.1 years
Maine median age:
43.0 years
U.S. median age:
37.4 years
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Portion of all Islesboro acres owned for exclusively conservation and/or recreation:
4.2%
Total Islesboro acres owned by the State of Maine and the Town of Islesboro
for conservation and/or recreation:
90
Conservation and/or recreation acres owned by IIT:
258
Percent of all Islesboro acres considered commercial and residential:
62
Portion of Islesboro having prime agricultural soils:
9%
Most heavily forested state in the United States:
Maine
Portion of Maine covered by trees:
90%
Estimated portion of Islesboro covered by trees in 1850:
30%
Estimated portion of Islesboro covered by trees in 2000:
80%
Number of pounds of CO2 per year absorbed by one tree:
48
Amount of carbon dioxide stored in a 40 year old tree:
1 ton
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Compiled by Steve Miller
Schedule of Receipts and Disbursements
For the Years Ended June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015
Receipts
Contributions:
General Operations
Mellencamp Bequest
Penobscot Bay Advocacy
Lily Guest Trail
Total Contributions
June 30, 2014
Other Income
$ 244,531
0
30,000
0
$274,551
$262,295
113,546
110,000
6,222
$492,061
38,699
0
854
Transfer from LPG to Pen Bay Advocacy
Total Receipts
June 30, 2015
2,488
$275,405
$494,549
$118,070
10,813
3,993
10,719
1,398
4,487
3,685
7,424
2,403
5,032
21,157
1,325
805
7,011
1,246
$142,134
11,133
2,343
8,414
2,068
2,373
4,372
8,728
1,783
4,465
21,621
1,775
1,012
6,424
951
$ 11,000
7,078
58,176
5,000
3,317
$ 11,000
7,078
108,635
5,000
5,000
Disbursements
General Operations
Salaries, Health Insurance and Taxes
Accounting and Bookkeeping
Island Explorations & Expeditions
Insurance
Legal Expenses
Maintenance
Miscellaneous
Office
Preserve Stewardship
Printing
Property Taxes
Subscriptions, Dues and Donations
Travel
Utilities
Vehicle Expenses
Total Operating Expenses
$199,208
Special Projects and Capital Expenses
Hinkle Property
Frame Easement
Penobscot Bay Advocacy Expenses
Cregar Center Reserve Fund
Preserve Stewardship Fund
Total Expenses – Special and Capital
Total Outlays
$84,571
$136,713
($8,374)
$138,248
$283,779
Excess of Receipts over Disbursements
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$219,588
$356,301
Balance Sheet Summary
For the Years Ended June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015
ASSETS
June 30, 2014
June 30, 2015
Current Assets
Operating Accounts
$137,786
$150,035
Conservation Society
0
114,576
Easement Stewardship Fund
16,317
16,326
Preserve Stewardship Fund
9,249
1,454
Penobcsot Bay Advocacy Fund
11,290
14,169
Cregar Center Reserve Fund
5,000
0
Total Current Assets
$179,642
Equipment Net of Depreciation
Pledges Receivable – General Fund
Pledges Receivable – Broad Point
5,179
19,000
134,948
Land, Building & Easements
$125,281
Spruce Island Preserve
Hutchins Island Preserve
99,508
Big Tree Beach 29,965
Turtle Head Preserve
630,000
Hutchins Marsh Preserve
75,904
Herbert Preserve
180,880
Cregar Center
164,881
Batchelor Preserve
85,455
The Narrows Preserve
90,479
Hinkle Preserve
250,000
Broad Point Preserve
1,005,368
Bluff – Easement
125,017
Speed – Easement
195,107
Frame – Easement
85,000
Total Land, Building & Easements
Total Assets
$296,559
2,875
0
20,000
$125,281
99,508
29,965
630,000
75,904
180,880
164,881
85,455
90,479
250,000
1,005,368
125,017
195,107
85,000
3,142,845 3,142,845
$3,561,614$3,462,279
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities
Accrued Payroll
Accounts Payable
Hinkle Property Note
Frame Property Note
Broad Point Bridge Loan
$ 3,554
$ 4,053
1,642
1,274
11,00011,100
7,078
7,078
113,000
20,000
Total Current Liabilities
$136,274$43,405
Long Term Liabilities
Hinkle Property Note
22,00011,000
Frame Property Note
20,648
13,570
Total Long Term Liabilities
42,68424,570
Total Liabilities
$178,922$67,975
$3,382,692$3,394,304
Total Equity
Total Liabilities and Equity
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$3,561,614
$3,462,279
Grantors of Conservation Easements
1986 – 2014
Hodding Carter III & Patricia Derian
2011 & 2014
Jeri Hamlen
2013
Taz and Sue Stafford
2012
The Mary and Pyam Williams Family
2012
Dudley H. Ladd
Ethan & Haven Ladd
2011
2011
Dr. & Mrs. Robert McNeil
The Phyllis Frame Family
2011
2008
Denis Moonan &
Pamela MacBrayne
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Lamb
2007
2007
Sue Hatch & Tom Tutor
Missy Hatch & Vern Spinosa
Gary & Greg Yeaton
2007
Lawrence Hoder & Harriett Bering
2007
2007
Members of IIT
“The Field”
2006
Turtle Head Cove LLC
2004
Mr. & Mrs. E.T. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pike
Rev. & Mrs. Ned Sunderland
2002
2001
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Berg
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Burgess
2000
1998
Ginny & Lynn Hall
The Hawker Trust
1996
1996
Jack & Sue Gardner
Mr. & Mrs. George Post
1995
1993
Mildred Stanley
Capt. & Mrs. V.V. Utgoff
1993
1992
Mr. & Mrs. Frank West
Caroline (Neenie) Pierce Doyle
1990
1989
Mr. & Mrs. James Rowan
1989
Veronica Pendleton
Anne Owsley
1989
1988
Mary Ann & Chuck Verrill
Lang & Valerie Smith
1987
1986
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
(July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015)
Conservation Society
Mrs. Eleanor Stayton Gammon
Mr. Harry Grassick
Mrs. Anne Owsley
Mr. Langhorne B. Smith
Mr. Charles Verrill
American Eagle
Philip and Betsy Allen
Catherine V. Brigham
Hans and Carla Brisham
Clarence and Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust
Jonathan Cohen and Julia Pershan
The Dunn Family
Richard Gilder and Lois Chiles
Bayard and Karen Hollins
James and Maisie Houghton
Gladstone and Amanda Jones, III
Robert and Deborah McNeil
Langhorne and Marilyn Smith
Landon Thomas
Massie and Virginia Valentine
Maine Osprey
Samuel and Rebecca Campbell
Roger and Marny Heinen, Jr.
Margery Hamlen and Joseph Hammer
Thomas and Jody Gill
– Palace Head Foundation
Charles J. Serns
C. Daniel and Robin Smith
Walter F. and Susan Stafford, III
Penobscot Heron
Caulkins Family Foundation
Elizabeth Weintz Cerf
— The Harbor Lights Foundation
William and Helen Elkins
Devens and Sandy Hamlen
Rudolf Haffenreffer and Mallory Marshall
Jockey Hollow Foundation
Joseph and Judith Kaminski
Edward and Joyce Lawrence
Stephen Reynolds and Susan Wolf
Charles and Dena Verrill, Jr.
Islesboro Eider
Bessemer Trust
Adam and Kristen Bird
Nicholas Brountas and Marlane Melican
Maud Cabot
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
(July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015)
Maria Forney
G. Peabody & Rose Gardner Charitable Trust
Margie Hardwick
Reid and Jewell Hausmann
Ann Hersey
James Houghton and Constance Coburn
Nina B. Houghton and Kent George, Jr.
John Kauer and Barbara Talamo
Paul D. Kazilionis
Helen Francis Ladd Family Fund ­
— Sunny Ladd
Robert J. Holmgren and Anita Spertus
Isabel Jackson
Gerald and Lydia Katzoff
Abner and Diana Kingman
Joseph and Candy Ledbetter
Roxanne Leighton
Christopher and Caroline O’Donnell
George B. Post
Stuart and Robin Ray
Lars Carver Richardson, MD
William and Beverley Rogers
William and Elinor Rosenberg
Alan and Pam Schreiber
Robert and Valerie Slater
Cary Slocum and Glenn Montgomery
Daniel K. Thorne
Linda Williams and Paul Mickey, Jr.
Thomas and Janet Willson
White Pine
Martina Albright and Jon Bernstein
Martin and Linda Badoian
Hodding Carter and Patricia Derian
Jon and Bentley Drezner
Nigel and Judy MacEwan
Dana and Nancy Mead
Stephen and Candace Phillips
Elizabeth Redmond
John and Carlisle Rex-Waller
Russ and Debbie Reynolds, Jr.
Robert and Margaret Rothschild
David and Betsy Sessions
Red Oak
Nile and Lee Albright
Reynolds and Darcy Burgund
Lucy A. Burr
John and Terry Castellani
Bruce and Karen Claflin
Mark and Victoria Collins, Jr.
Henry Conklin and Carol Pierson
Donald P. Etchison
Andrew and Wendy Fentress
James M. Hamlen
Eric C. Weintz, MD
— The Harbor Lights Foundation
J. Fred Weintz — The Harbor Lights
Foundation
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
(July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015)
Lee and Diane Fentress
Elaine W. Fiske and Philip L. Ladd
Phillip and Judith George
Alexander and Kate Gilbert
Caroline A. Gillespie Greer
Archibald and Linda Gillies
Irene Emery Goodale
Devens Hamlen and Samar Post Jamali
Pegram and Ann Harrison
David and Harriet Hathaway
John and Lindsey Higginson
Richard and Holly Hoffman
Phillip and Priscilla Johnson
Mark and Laurie Keating
Jack and Linda Knebel
Frederick Kraus and Gayle Jackson
John Lanier and Jane Garvey
Richard and Paula Leighton
Constance Logan and Mark Kremen
Andrea Lutz
Rosita Moore
Frederick and Perk Moseley
Ann Peipers
Roy Pfeil and Juliana Post
Martin Phillips and Anmiryam Budner
Scott and Beth Reeves
J. Andrew and Kelly Roberts
Kenneth and Audrey Senior
Huntington and Adelaide Sheldon
Alix T. Thorne
Lisa Train and Clive Pinnington
Peter and Andrea Truslow
Henry and Alice Warren, Jr.
Henry and Abigail Wilder
Richard Youngman and Vanessa Gillespie
Michael Zara
Eric and Margaret Zitzmann
Timber Spruce
Robert and Lisle Albro, Jr.
Madelaine Alexander and Jon Kerr
Corinne Axelrod
Bruce and Sara Babbidge
May Bartlett
Wirt and Margaret Beard, Jr.
David Beck
Gregory and Lisa Beck
John and Jan Belmonte
Harriet Bering and Larry Hoder
Ted and Judy Bidwell
Frederick and Linda Bishop
William Boardman and Lisa Satchfield
Philip and
Marina
Braswell
Johnna Brazier
Richard and
Laura Brewer
David and
Elizabeth
Brock
Clayton and
Pauline Brown
Roger Burke
Paul and Julie
Butler
Eric and Zita
Cambra
Douglas and
Gail Carmichel
Thomas and Caren Carpenter
John Chetkowski
Page C. Clason
Phyllis Coelho
Jack and Judy Coffin
Helen (Mrs. Bradford) Colcord
James and Jane Colihan
Cate Cronin
Nancy Crooker and George Siscoe
Robert Cutler
Dark Harbor Boat Yard Corp.
Laurance and Sarah Davis
Catherine Merry and William Merryman
Thomas and Glenda Dexter
Elizabeth Elliott
Dave Ellis
John and Gayle Foster
Phyllis Frame
Brett and Carmel Fromson
Frederick and Judith Gardner
Leon and Susan Ghougasian
Dorothy B. Gilbert
Martin J. Gliserman and Marilyn Rye
Thomas Gohagan
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Contribution Year 2014—2015
(July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015)
James Green
Richard Grisaru and Gitta Robinson
Harleston and Louise Hall, Jr.
Kathryn Hall
Randall and Gillian Hannum
Susannah Hardaway and Scott Rossi
Thomas L. Hinkle
Lawrence and Amanda Hobart
Neil and Nancy Hoffman
Harry and Mariette Hollins, IV
Fielding and Lucie Holmes
Islesboro Island
News
Michael and
Kathleen Kerr
Michael T. Kinnicutt
Jay and Jean Kislak
Erwin Koeritz
Robert Kramer
Nancy Krusell and
Alison Wood
Dudley Ladd
James and Jane
Lawrence
Jennifer Lawson and
Larry Ely
Sasha Lazard
Alice Fromer Leighton
Gregg and Mary Looney
Christy Love-Sadron
Rod Luhn
Andrea Matthews
Peter Matthews
Rolf McClellan
William and
Candace Meade
James and
Joyce Meister
James Miller and
Mollie Noyes
Denis Moonan and
Pam MacBrayne
Tavis Moonan
Leo Moran
Patrick and Amanda O’Bannon
Sandra Oliver
Whitney and Tony Oppersdorff
Lilias Outerbridge
Stanley Pendleton and Diana Roberts
Rev Susan Pfeil
Diana Post
Joel Post
Charles and Barbara Purinton
Douglas and Joyce Putnam
Virginia Reidy and Steve Larmore
William and Julianna Reidy
Massie and Meredith Ritsch
Daniel and Wendy Rowland
Palmer and Susan Sargent
Kenneth and Denise Sauter
Susan Schnur
Katherine Schwarzenbach
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Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Contribution Year 2014 ­— 2015
(July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015)
Philip and Donna Seymour
Robert and Patricia Slawson
David and Nina Speed
Gregory and Mary Steele
Frederick and Anne Stocking
Gladys Thomas
Sam Thompson
John and Francie Train
Ellen Tully
Priscilla Tully
Sarah Tully
Jane Vickery
Anne Warren
Douglas and
Norma Jean
Welldon
Rev. Joanne
Whitehead and
Lois Hill
Maggy Willcox
Larry and Diane
Wonson
Andrew and Joan
Zelonka
Mary Zimmerman
In-Kind Contributions
Linda & Martin Badoian
Thanks to all those who made our 30th Anniversary Picnic so memorable!
Laine Alexander
Kate and Dillon
Allen
Sara and Betsy
Babbidge
Helen Barrett
Hannah Cohen
Jon Cohen and
Julia Pershan
Andrew Coombs
Amy and Melissa
Cushman
Jennifer Day
Dev Devereux
Lisa Freeman
Bayard Gilbert
Jeri Hamlen
Sue Hatch
Jewel Hausmann
Laura Houle (Sporting Club)
Betha, Jacob, Zan and Owen
Howell
Islesboro Central School
Hilary Kahrl
Jon Kerr and
Leaky Boots Band
Kristen, Emily and Sophie Lau
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Wallace Leach
Loony Mahan
Sharon McCorison
Dana Mead Family
Jay Miller
Maxine Nelson
and Sue Bolduc
Nakomis Nelson
Eva and Olivia Olson
Bethany Pendleton
Randy Pendleton
Virginia Valentine
Carlisle RexWaller
Diana Roberts
Bev Rogers
Ann Rothschild
Don Shand
Taz and Sue Stafford
Michael Stevens
Marilyn Wenner
Islesboro Islands Trust Membership
Lily Guest
Dev Hamlen
Founders
Sue Hatch
Edward Lawrence
Board of
Charles O. Verrill, President
Langhorne B. Smith, Treasurer
Sara Babbidge
Carla Brigham
Andrew Coombs
Darrell Crate
Benjamin Dove
Mary Beth Blake
Maxwell Caulkins
Jonathan Z. Cohen
Todd Congdon
Shey Conover
Thomas Gill, Jr.
Archibald Gillies
Margery Hamlen
Pegram Harrison
Jewell Hausmann
James D. Houghton
Laura Houle
Liberty Redmond
Lydia Rolerson
Steve Miller
Anne Owsley
Trustees
Christopher D. Allen, Vice President
James Mitchell, Secretary
Devens H. Hamlen
Sue Hatch
Gladstone Jones
Heather Knight
Julia Pershan
Diana Roberts
Sue Stafford
Thomas L. Tutor
Jon Kerr
Sandra Kramer
Nancy Krusell
Edward P. Lawrence
Robert Luxembourg
Nigel MacEwan
Deborah McNeil
Stephen Phillips
Shar Piper
Julie Reidy
William Rosenberg
Elisabeth Rowan
Philip Seymour
Landon Thomas
Frances Train
Daniel Tutor
Virginia Valentine
Advisory Council
Staff and Contractors
Kangas & Kangas, Certified Public Accountant
Fred Stocking, Legal Counsel (easements)
Steve Hinchman, Legal Counsel (advocacy)
Madeline Tomlin Associates, Bookkeeping
Jairus Miller, IT Specialist and Mowing
Stephen Miller, Executive Director
Chloe Joule, Stewardship and Environmental Education Specialist
Katrina Belle, Island Expeditions Counselor
Eliza Boetsch, Island Expeditions Counselor
Committees
Fundraising and Membership
Education, Communications
and Special Events
Carlisle Rex-Waller, Chair
Marry Alderman-Ritsch
Sara Babbidge
Colleen Dove
Margery Hamlen
Christopher Allen, Chair
Sara Babbidge
Archibald Gillies
Gladstone Jones, III
Julia Pershan
Heather Knight
Kristen Lau
Beverley Rogers
Chuck Verrill
Melanie Young
Land Conservation
Devens Hamlen, Chair
Christopher Allen
Darrell Crate
Archibald Gilles
Easement Stewardship
Sue Stafford, Chair
Chris Allen
Linda & Martin Badoian
Lisa & Gregory Beck
David & Elizabeth Brock
Mary Caulkins
Patty & Jeff Crawford
Alice Fay
Jody & Tom Gill
Linda Graf
Harriett & David
Hathaway
Jewell Hausmann
Anita Herrick
Beth & Owen Howell
Amanda & Glad Jones
John Kauer &
Barbara Talamo
Beverley Rogers
William Rosenberg
Langhorne Smith
Virginia Valentine
Laurie & Mark Keating
Kathy & Michael Kerr
Nancy Krusell &
Alison Wood
Molly McNamara
Jairus Miller
Holly Mitchell
Kim & Taylor Ongaro
Julia Pershan
Robin Ray
Yvetter Reid
Anne Renarde
Carlisle & John RexWaller
Katie Schwartzenbach
Marilyn & Lang Smith
Walter Stafford
Catherine Wood
Lang Smith, Chair
Andrew Coombs
Edward Lawrence
Robert McNeil
Charles Verrill
Nominating
Stephen Miller
Trail Maintenance
Madelaine Alexander
Helen Barrett
Karen Betts
Benjamin Dove
Susan Hatch
Isabel Jackson
Sharon McCorison
Paula Mirk
Ben Nelson
Carol Pierson & Hank Conklin
Gabe Pendleton
Shar Piper
Diana Roberts
Sarah & Jessie Runnion-Bareford
Lisa Satchfield
Kim & Daniel Tutor
Barry Wherren
Cregar · Mellencamp Center
Steve Miller, Chair
Johan V. Brigham
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Evan Schmidt
Charles Verrill
Islesboro Nature Trails and Preserves
Turtle Head
Warren’s Landing
This preserve commands dramatic
views of east and west Penobscot
Bay and Sears Island. Access is
from the private Turtle Head Road
Loop trail: 1.5 miles
Mission
Enhance the quality of residents’ lives through
the preservation of open space,
Educate all residents as to
the value of the islands’ natural ecosystems, and
Act as an environmental advocate on behalf of Islesboro
and the surrounding Penobscot Bay region.
Big Tree Beach
Popular swimming beach.
Access is from Main Road.
Limited roadside parking
along southbound shoulder.
Picnic area and swimming beach.
Narrows Preserve
A short loop trail provides
views of Crow Cove where
numerous birds congregate.
Loop trail: 0.5 miles
Cregar Center
Site of the IIT office,
donated by Becky Cregar
and Wilde Mellencamp.
Broad Point Preserve
IIT’s newest and
largest preserve.
Loop trail: 1.5 miles
Spruce Island
IIT owns the southern
half of Spruce Island
where a gravel beach
is accessible. The
West family owns
the northern half.
Lime Island
Hinkle Preserve
Fragrant ferns under mature
hardwood trees; picnic area
and short loop trail. Access
from Point Comfort Road.
Loop trail: 0.2 miles
Hutchins Island and Marsh
Elaine’s Trail circles the marsh;
the island trail crosses the tidal
sandbar and follows the Hutchins
Island shoreline. Parking is at the
end of Bluff Road.
Two trails: 2.5 miles total
Herbert Preserve
Two connected loop trails
overlooking Mill Pond and
beyond to Ryder’s Cove. Access
is from Ryder’s Cove Road.
Two trails: 2 miles total
Lily Guest Trail
Trail begins at the small parking
area on the eastern end of the
Tarratine Golf Club Road
Loop trail: 1.5 miles
IIT owns an undivided
12.5% interest in Lime Island.
Gravel beaches on the north and
south are accessible for picnics.
Photographs and graphic assistance were supplied by several people including Steve Miller, David Brock,
Taz Stafford, Dev Devereaux, Sean Williams and Marilyn Smith among others.
Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper made with 100% renewable energy.
This former commercial
steamboat landing was
given to the Town of
Islesboro by IIT in 1995.
Picnic Area
· All trails blue-blazed
· Maps and rules are posted at trailheads
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