Summer 2009 Valley Trust Newsletter, Three Valley Conservation Trust

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NEWSNumber 38 / Summer 2009 Conserving the natural environment and cultural heritage of Southwest Ohio

An Elegant Evening forConservation: Fabulous Food,

Friends & Festivity! Board member Cal Conrad and easement donor Roger Millar enjoy thewagon tour of Sugar Valley Farm,conducted by Mark House,

son of easement donor/host/ Board member Frank House.

(contined on page 8 )

Submitted by Ann Geddes

The sign out in front of Hazel (Leedy)Call's farm says it all, "Love the Land!"But this love began slowly and washomegrown, like the best tomatoes, inthe rich soil of Preble County. Hazel,who is the mother of Jim Leedy, [another easement donor who married Amy(Ulrich), a TVCT Board member], eased

into the Preble County farm life after marrying Jim's father, Chuck Leedy, in1947. They were married 44 years beforeChuck's death from complications due toParkinson's disease.

Hazel, who has a laughing smile andanimated expression, looks all of 20 yearsyounger than her 80 years. I complimentedher smooth skin, and without missing a beat, sheshoots back with, "If you're as plump as I, you don't getwrinkles!"

She told me one story after another of her initiation asan Eaton town girl marrying into a farming family. Cityfolk, like her, often confused the words for hay or strawfor cow feed. She was quickly corrected to use the

proper farm terms hay is for feed, straw is for bedding.And she learned to pick up the milk bucket quickly if a cow lifted its leg, as surely the cow would kick over the bucket with the still steaming fresh milk. One of her grandest accomplishments, she says, was the dayshe could nally show off to her husband that she hadmastered the big tractor!

Snapshots! People & their landSnapshots! People & Their Land provides stories of the people and the lands they protect.We hope that you will enjoy getting to know a little about your neighbors.

There are so many memories. A secondhusband, Daril Call, died after nineyears of marriage. With these emotionalupheavals to Hazel, came a series of

physical ailments, including nine major surgeries. Failing eyesight left her legally

blind and thwarted from participatingfully in many of the things she once

enjoyed, such as sewing and gardening.But last year she persuaded son Jim to

put in a wild ower border along the pondedge, and she invited me to accompanyher to view up close the brilliantlycolored coreopsis, sweet william, blue

ax and cone owers just in bud. She said

How a Town Girl Learned to Love the Farm

Hazel Call (continued on page 10)


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Adolph G g Chair, Board of Trustees

Smart a d S sta able Gr th

Your Trust is committed to fulfilling Wally Edwardsvision of protecting our lands and watersheds. Recentdownturns in the economy have simply reaffirmed our

commitment to growing the Trust in a way that is smartand sustainable. As such, the Board of Trustees has hadseveral focused discussions regarding strategic planningin the context of projected budgetary exigencies. I amhappy to say that these have been both productive andinstructive. New Board members Cal Conrad, Amy Leedy,and Chris Worrell have added meaningful dimensionsto our efforts, and I thank them. Unfortunately, Hank Dupps had to resign from the Board, and we are nowlooking for a replacement, although in Hanks case thatwill be daunting. I thank him for his good counsel andterrific support he provided the Trust for these past

several years.The Board voted in April to eliminate the position of Development Director resulting in the end of LawrenceLeahys tenure with the Trust. That decision was a toughone, but it was purely budgetary and did not reflect inany way on Lawrences efforts, which were absolutelysplendid. We wish Lawrence the very best and we willmiss him, but as Trustees, sustaining our mission is

paramount.

We have redoubled our efforts to grow the endowmentsand operational support and are in the process of reassessing the many tasks we set for ourselves in our objective work and strategic planning. We had a most

productive and enlightening May retreat with Erin Heskettfrom the Land Trust Alliance and a wonderful, elegantfund raising evening affair at Frank Houses magnificenthome and grounds. Thanks to the generosity of the Housefamily and to Margarette Beckwith, Ann Geddes, MaryGlasmeier, and Josette Stanley for their hard work. Itwas a memorable evening even though Franks residentswan threatened to rearrange my anatomy during animpromptu photo shoot.

We have asked staff to revisit office expenditures and havehired a new accounting firm to do our annual audit. We arealso actively seeking to contract a part-time bookkeeper toeliminate the exorbitant cost of contracting those servicesfrom an accounting firm. All of these actions are geared tomaking the office and Trust more efficient both in terms of services provided and operating costs.

As we approach our fifteenth anniversary of service tothe community, we are planning a celebratory event for September, and planning is well underway for the annualAuction for Acres in November. Meanwhile, it is businessas usual as we continue our good work to protect naturaland cultural resources. This is the work we welcome,

but it is work that we cannot do without your continuingsupport. z

Index

Snapshot: How a Town Girl Learned to Love the Farm 1Living Green(berg) .........................................................2From the Desk of Larry Frimerman ...............................3Beautiful Weather (This Time) for the 5K Run ............. 3Save a Tree, Save a Dollar ..............................................4If You Could Give $40,000 a Year to the Trust Without

Sending a Penny, Would You Do It? ...................... .... 4You Say Savannah, I Say Savanna ....................... ........... 5Trust Partners with Agencies to Save 5 Area Farms .......6Support a Permanent Tax Incentive for Conservation

Easement ...................................................................6Developing News ...........................................................7

An Elegant Evening for Conservation: Fabulous Food,Fun & Festivities ........................................................8

Top 10 Reasons to Buy a Trust Membership .................. 9Wine Tasting & Country Music: Yeehaw! ...................... 9Cattails: A Wetland Treasure? ...................... ................... 10Recession Times Bird Food ............................................11Board of Trustees ............................................................11How to Join the Trust .................... ....................... ........... 11TVCT's 15th Anniversary ..............................................12Calendar ..........................................................................12

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A Note to All TVCTContributors:

If you should nd an error in anystatement that you receive from the

Trust, please call the of ce at513-524-2150. Dolph


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F m he Desk f...

L arry F rimer manExEcutivE DirEctorIt will take much doing on the partof a lot of caring, committed Trust

members, but the Three Valley Conservation Trust willweather this historic economic downturn. The worldsmost severe recession since the Great Depression haswreaked havoc with millions of peoples' lives. It alsohas had a signi cant impact on nonpro t organizationseverywhere, but no more markedly so than groups in theenvironment and in the arts. It has, not surprisingly, hurtthe Three Valley Conservation Trust.

Despite the generosity of many of you at the AnnualMeeting, the Elegant Dinner, and through membershiprequests, the Trust nds itself substantially short of revenues. So much so that the Trust had to drastically cutspending by cutting into organizational muscle. In thatlight, the Board of Trustees agonized over its decisionto eliminate our Development Director position. Thismeans the loss of our dear friend and colleague, LawrenceLeahy, from the Three Valley Conservation Trust family.Lawrence established and nurtured relationships allover our Three Valleys, and helped establish systems for development and engagement that will assist the Trust for years to come.

As a consequence, we have had to redouble our effortsthat will position your Trust into a more sustainable

nancial position by focusing our work inward and onre-af rming existing commitments. We owe you andour easement donors this response and result. We aredoing everything we possibly can to eliminate costs and

prioritize programs. We are pulling back from our state

and national efforts. Your understanding of the necessityof our adjustments is important. Most of all, our Boardof Trustees has spent hundreds of hours working tounderstand, cope with, and guide the Trust through thesechallenging times. The Board and many of our valuedmembers have shouldered an unfair and unenviable burdenthat staff could not carry without their assistance. Your dedicated Of ce Manager Mary Glasmeier and I owe all of you a huge debt of gratitude.

I also cant say enough about Margarette Beckwith, AnnGeddes, Frank House and his three children, and the rest of a small cadre of members who literally poured their soulsinto the special fundraising dinner. On top of this, morethan fty of you generously opened your already tapped

pockets to further help the mission. May you all bask inthis modest praise!

I also wish to thank the City of Trenton, Cal Conrad, KarenFerrario, Lew Hoffmann, Catherine Hollins, Joan Potter-Sommer, Jonathan ____, and 56 degrees, who helped uswith our rst wine tasting in Trenton. Your interest andefforts are truly appreciated! We need to continue thismomentum.

We invite your involvement in making our communitysustainable through land and stream conservation,through protecting family farms. Please consider joining acommittee, walking a property, helping nd new members,assisting with a function, sharing appreciated stock, or folding a mailing. You wont regret it. z

On Saturday, April 18, approximately 60 runners andwalkers participated in the second annual Earth Day 5K Run / 2K Walk on the Miami University campus inOxford. Last years windy, rainy, blustery day wasall forgotten by this years sun and warmth. TheOxford Gourd and Drum Ensemble (OGADE) per-formed their lively music prior to the race to ener-gize the participants. The following local businessessponsored the event: Graydon Head & Ritchey;Kofenya; La Bodega; LCNB; Meijer; MU Athletics;Phan Shin; Ref tts Automotive; Spring Street Vita -mins; Staples; Wild Berry Incense; Wire and Twine;Youre Fired; and X-tend Computers.

Beautiful Weather (This Time!) for 5K Run in Oxford

Pictured here are three generations of the Jones Family who participated in the event. Runner Joann Jones, (center), and walkersdaughter Jackie Wright (clockwise),Catherine Hollins, Jones' grandsons

Jacob and Matthew, and daughter Beverly Brubaker. All are members of the Trust.

The event was organized by Green Oxford, a student-ledenvironmental organization at MU, and the Trust. Green

Oxford is committed to improving theenvironment of the Miami and Oxfordcommunities through education, ac-tion, and leadership. z



$ave a Tree

$ave a DollarF r each f , th s e sletter c sts appr x matel$1.00 f r TVCT t pr t a d ma l.If you have an email address, we can send a "hotlink"to you and conserve paper and postage. And it's in full color!

But don't worry. If you don't have an email address, we are happyto have it delivered to your mail box!

DiD you know?

Each of us uses approximately one 100-ft. Douglas r tree in paper and wood products per year.For centuries, paper was a precious commodity. Today, paper s a f dame tal part

f l fe a d ts ex ste ce s ta e f r gra ted. Paper c mpr ses 40 perce t f u.S.m c pal s l d aste.

nat ral f rests are be g destr ed at a s sta able pace. More than 40% of logged trees are used for paper. For each ton of paper produced, 2-4 tons of trees are

brought to the mill, with old-growth trees supplying 9% of that ber.Sources: EPA 2008, www.woodconsumption.org

Here's How!

Contact Mary at the of ce to get your gift card.She will drop one in the mail to you with the rst $1.00 loaded to get you started.(It's good at ALL Kroger Company stores across the U.S. They are listed on the

back of the card.)

Take your card to the customer service desk at your favorite Kroger store.

Use cash, check or credit card to load a speci ed dollar amount on the card.You can do this repeatedly as long as you keep a balance on the card .

Shop and pay with your gift card - even at the Pharmacy. It's that easy!

To reach that $40,000 goal, show your friends how they can do it, too.

4% of of all purchases made with this gift cardwill be donated to TVCT by the Kroger Company.

Call 513/524-2150 or email of [email protected] to get your card today!

If You Could Give $40,000 a Year to the TrustWithout Sending a Penny...

Would You Do It?



submitted by Ann D. Geddes

Well, Savannah, GA is a lovely historic town on the Atlanticcoast, and the savanna of Africa's Serengeti is a site of earlyhuman origins, but today we're talking about a Midwestsavanna. In particular, our savanna (or savannah) is atransition zone between a tallgrass prairie, where grasses

predominate due to lack of suf cient rainfall to sustainlarge or numerous trees, and a forest, where plentifulrainfall allows broad leaf trees to predominate. Over timethe prairie pushed in from the more arid west and theforest from the east, and when they met in the Midwest,

both in ancient times and now, there arose a hybrid withcomponents of both.

Midwest savannas can be classi ed in terms of the opennessof the tree cover or canopy. In general, if the canopy castsmore than 50% of shade on the ground, it is classi ed as awoodland or forest. If more than 50% of the area under andaround the trees is in sunlight, the vegetation is classi edas a savanna. And then there are increasing gradations of light to where if there is little or no canopy and all plantsreceive abundant sunlight, the area is called a prairie.

Even though savannas throughout the world are sparse withtrees, there is generally one species that predominates. Inthe Serengeti it is the acacia, in Australia it is the eucalyptusand in the Midwest, it is often the oak. That is fortunatefor those of us who enjoy watching wildlife because oaks

provide high wildlife value, being one of the plants thatsustains the largest number of users (50 or more), includingsongbirds, waterbirds, small mammals, hoofed browsers aswell as the early native American peoples.

What is also special about a savanna is that it embracesthe biodiversity of both forest and prairie. In fact, diversitycan be higher in this mixed transition zone than either zoneseparately. For example, under the shade of the oaks, thereexist high moisture and shade-loving plants, and out in the

open sunny areas, there will be the more robust sun lovers,

whereas in either forest or prairie, there will typically beonly one type or the other.

Remarkably, one of Ohio's savannas, the Oak OpeningsPreserve in NW Ohio is classi ed by the NatureConservancy as one of "America's Last Great Places" inthe same category as the Everglades! And that's becausemore than a third of all of Ohio's rare plants can all befound there, including Atlantic blue-eyed grass, gaywings,and fern-leaved foxglove. And many birds prefer thesehabitats also the barn owl, loggerhead shrike, vesper sparrow, black-billed cuckoo, wild turkey, bobwhite quail,

as well as the "poster-child" of the oak savanna, the red-headed woodpecker.

Although the oak savanna once covered more than11 million hectares in the Midwest prior to Europeansettlement, now only a tiny fraction of that remains, in

preserves such as the Oak Openings, Kitty Todd Preserveand Secor MetroParks. However, two easement properties(Beck, Geddes) have recently devoted acreage to restorean oak savanna habitat, and in an upcoming newsletter,Jon Costanzo will describe how this was accomplished onthe Beck farm.

And one nal thought about the value of savannas.Homo sapiens may owe its origins to them. Someanthropologists believe that it was the forcing of our early human predecessors out onto the savanna (e.g.,for food, to escape forest predators) where they had torun between widely spaced trees, rather than swinging

between branches, that favored selection of the uprightstance, freed the hands for carrying, tool making andother accompanying traits. If true, this would certainly beone experiment in the savanna's tendency for enhancingdiversity that we should be thankful for! z

You say Savannah, I say Savanna

Shown above is an example of an oak savanna in the KittyTodd Preserve in NW Ohio.

Savanna sparrow.Since a savanna is noted for

scattered trees in a grassland,one clue birders use to identify

them is that they are likely to ush when disturbed from a

farther distance and more likely

to settle in trees, unlike other grassland sparrows which ushnearly underfoot and dive back

into the grass.



The Call, Jackson, Leedy, Voge and Muehlenhard familiescan breathe easier knowing that their long-awaited wishesto keep their families farm legacy have nally cometrue. Each of these families dug deep into their heartsto voluntarily keep their prime soils and beautiful eldsforever as productive agricultural ground (a total of 433acres) through the Three Valley Conservation Trust withthe assistance of the Ohio Department of AgriculturesOf ce of Farmland Preservation and the US Departmentof Agricultures Natural Resources ConservationService (NRCS) as part of the States 2007 Clean OhioAgricultural Easement Purchase Program.

The Voge family and the Leedy-Call families have each just completed their fourth easements with the Trust.The Jackson family just signed an agreement to protecttheir second farm. Working through the Three ValleyConservation Trust, the States farmland preservation

program is a good way to grow and support your farm business and to help maintain our way of life here inPreble County, noted Emerson Voges son Fred.

Ninety- ve-year-old Herbert Muehlenhard purchased his160-acre Reily Twp farm in 1944. By this time, Herberthad already become regionally known as a farming

Trust Partnerswith Agencies toSave 5 Area Farms

conservation pioneer. Son Clyde has been carrying on thefamily cattle and grain farming tradition with his dad for

ve decades. We just didnt want to see it developed likedads old farm in Colerain Twp, Clyde noted.

The Clean Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Programhas helped protect farms permanently since 2002 bycontributing matching funds to help local sponsoringorganizations preserve family farms at prices far belowwhat these properties would bring had they been sold for development. In return, the families sign agreements toforever give up the right to develop the land for housing

or other uses. The Trust is the designated organization toannually monitor compliance to assure that the donorsand the funding organizations' wishes are carried out.The landowners also complete an NRCS Whole FarmConservation Plan agreeing to use best agriculturalmanagement practices on the farm, so the environment

bene ts.

The ve new agricultural havens makes 79 properties under the Trusts permanent conservation easement protectioncovering nearly 10,000 acres of open space, wildlifehabitat, scenic streams and working farms. z

The 2008 Farm Bill recently extended a 2006 taxincentive which enables landowners to receive asigni cant tax bene t for donating a conservationeasement on their land. A survey by the Land Trust

Alliance shows that this incentive helped protect 535,000more acres with conservation easements in the two yearsfollowing its enactment; this is 36% increase! But thisincentive will expire in 2009 unless Congress acts tomake this important conservation tool permanent.

The incentive raises the maximum deduction a donor cantake for donating a conservation easement from 30% of their adjusted gross income (AGI) in any year to 50%.It also allows quali ed farmers and ranchers to deductup to 100% of their AGI and it increases the number of years a donor can take deductions from 6 to 16 years.

Support a Permanent Tax Incentivefor Conservation EasementsSubmitted by Samantha Panzero, MU Student, TVCT Volunteer

Donating development rights to land requires time for careful planning and consideration. While this extensionwas welcomed, landowners should have the reassurance of a permanent incentive. z

y ca helpAs r members f C gress t bec me

c sp s rs f r H.R. 1831 a d S. 812,the new legislation to make the conservation easement

tax incentive permanent.You can nd a full list of sponsors and cosponsors,

along with other ways you can help on theLand Trust Alliance website:

www.landtrustalliance.org/easementincentive/



Developing News

The Three Valley ConservationTrust acknowledges the generous

participation of local donors,Benefactors and a special groupof internationally renowned wildlifeartists, including the acclaimed JohnA. Ruthven for what promises to bean unforgettable evening at the 7thAnnual Auction For Acres. This muchanticipated bene t will be held Saturday, November 7th,5:30-10:30pm at the Knolls of Oxford, 6600 ContrerasRoad, Oxford, Ohio.

Auction-enthusiasts, green supporters, collectors, andcharity-minded residents can join friends of the ThreeValley Conservation Trust and Mr. Ruthven for a spiritedevening of great food, adult beverages, and auction itemsfeaturing trips, original artwork, services, antiques andassorted collectibles.

The Three Valley Conservation Trust is currently seekingantiques, relaxing trips with beautiful scenery, services andguided tours, and collectibles to be donated in support theTrust for the November 7 event. These items will add toannounced pledges of small antiques, hand-knotted antiquePersian rugs and two trips already donated for the event.

These valuable vacation getaways, items and services willaugment original sketches and paintings being completedon site by John A. Ruthven, Christopher Walden, DevereBurt, Katy Jo South and other artists to raise funds for theThree Valley Conservation Trust. This Auction provides arare opportunity to see master artists sketch and/or nish

painting original signed works - at affordable prices. Onceagain, the Three Valley Conservation Trusts live auctionwill feature auctioneering by the always entertainingDouglas Ross.

This years Auction Honorary Chair is long time Trustsupporter Ernst Bever. The Three Valley ConservationTrusts goal for the 2009 Auction For Acres is to raise$50,000 to enable the Three Valley Conservation Trust tocontinue protecting over 9700 acres of farmland, habitat,

woodlands and streams inSouthwestern Ohio andSoutheastern Indiana.

Attendees to the eventwill be treated to gourmet food,donated wines and beers, superbmusic, lovely surroundings,entertaining auctioneering, andchances at terri c door prizes for agood cause. Tickets for Oxfordssocial event of the year are recession

priced at $35 per person.

Many, but not all items will be available in October for viewing online at the Three Valley Conservation Trust'swebsite at www.3vct.org, and Mr. Ross website at www.auctionross.com. For more information, call the Trust of ceat (513) 524-2150.

Devere Burt Auctioneer Doug Ross John Ruthven Katy Jo South Christopher Walden

10 Your membership helps the Trust forever protect landand water resources in SW Ohio.

9 Your commitment to the cultural heritage and naturalenvironment will achieve tangible results.

8 You are part of and contribute to conservation and afarmland preservation community.

7 Your gift and involvement is a way of thinking globallyand acting locally.

6 Membership helps contribute to locally grown foods,

open spaces5 You are helping local conservation-minded agri-

businesses to thrive.

4 What can you be a part of that creates such permanence?

3 It allows you to be a part of leading government and businesses to a greener future

2 You can gain satisfaction that you are making adifference every day to help the environment.

1 Its about our grandchildren.

10 Reasons to Give& Make Your Conservation

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Top 10 Reasons to Buy or Give a TVCT Membership!

You get a greatquarterly

newsletter.

Its tax-deductible.

It wont endup in thedumpsterin next

years springcleaning.

Theres no instructionmanual to read.

You can enjoy theview the next time

you eat a picniclunch outdoors.It helps clean our

air and water.

It provideshabitat for our

wildlife friends.

Make new friends andhave fun at TVCT eventsthroughout the year.

It feels really good to helppreserve our beautiful places!

Its always the rightsize, t and color.

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Above: Karen Ferrario prepares for the wine tasting. She and other pourers

served samples from California, France, Germany, Australia, and Italy.

Right: Singer/songwriter Ray Ligon from Madisonville, Kentucky, and Don "The

Donald" Cronan from "Rebel" 105.9 FM, relaxing between

Ray's sets. Ray's original music,which has taken him to #1 at theColgate Country Showdown four

times, was enjoyed by all.

Left: One of the four members of

Ridge Runner, a Cincinnati band, who stopped by and gave a foot stompin' acoustic performance on their way to a

gig in Covington.

Wine Tasting & Country Music: Yeehaw!Hosted by TVCT and the City of Trenton



Submitted by Margarette Beckwith

If there is one native plant that most residents in NorthAmerican can identify, it is the cattail. Both the CommonCattail (Typha latifolia) or a near relative the Narrowleaf Cattail (Thypha angustifolia) are wetland plants found at

the edges of ponds, in bogs or other wet places.Easily distinguished by the tall reed form and dark brownsausage shaped seed heads which appear in late summer or early autumn, these are amazing plants. A humble grassin many respects, the cattail was extremely important tothe Native Americans, ranking in the ten most used

plants according to Daniel Moerman in "NativeAmerican Ethnobotany."

It was used as a ber for weaving,for ceremonial items, decorations,containers, good luck charms, constructionof shelter, and for creating shing andhunting utensils. The jelly-like salvemade from stems was used to help healskin infections or burns, and the softdown from the brown seed heads wasused as a dressing. To prevent chaf ngand diaper rash, the down was alsoused on the bottoms of infants!

A nutritious our could be created fromgrinding the dried roots or collecting the

pollen which was made into porridgeor cakes. The nascent seed heads can

be boiled or roasted for a corn on

the cob-like vegetable. For a fresh vegetable, one onlyneed pull up a few stalks of the plant, remove the top leaf

portion and retain the lower 6-8. Peel off the outer toughlayers to nd a delicious tender center to be eaten raw,

boiled or added to a stir-fry.Also named Cossack Asparagus', the plants seemto be equally appreciated by residents of another

continent.

Euell Gibbons, in Stalking theWild Asparagus , is among thosewho have described Cattails as thesupermarket of the swamp.

Since Ohio has lost about 95% of the original swamps and wetlands,

it is not as easy as it once was tohave this versatile and valuable plant at hand. So should you desire

a delicious fresh candidate for your next veggie platter or run out of disposable diapers, why not head for one of the few remaining wetlands!

The cattail is a versatile and overlyabundant wetland treasure!

PS. Remember, some plants are poisonous! Do not eat any plants thathave not been properly identi ed by an

expert. z

Cattails: A Wetland Treasure?

this was the best Mother's Day present ever! Although this border was planted when the site wascleared of cedars to build her presenthome, native prairie plants, longdormant, miraculously appearedalong one slope. She has been

careful to leave these undisturbed.Hazel says she rst read about the

Three Valley Conservation Trust andits programs for land conservationin a local newspaper in 2003. Withhumor in her voice, she related thatshe had occasionally mentioned to

her son Jim that he might be interested in these programs buthe remained skeptical. With time, Jim became a land donor himself and major supporter of the Trust. See, mother doesknow best!

S apsh t (continued from page 1)As we walked back to the house, I asked her why shehas become so passionate about land preservation.She told me about the two young boys, relatives of her daughter-in-law Amy, who enjoy shing at the pondwith their dad. "Those boys are so excited about beingout here they catch, clean and eat every bite of whatthey catch because they've done it themselves and have

had such a great experience in the country. I want toknow that the boys of these boys can come out here andhave the same experience in the future!" she says.

A neighbor who is surrounded by the Call property had been concerned about a developer buying up Hazel'sland and putting up houses. After Hazel signed her easement protecting her 60 acres, she immediatelycalled the neighbor and said, "You don't have to worryabout any WalMart in your backyard now!" z



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Conserving the naturalenvironment and cultural

heritage of Southwest Ohio

Adolph GreenbergFrank HouseBen JonesAmy LeedyMary Moore

Founded in 1994, the Three Valley Conservation Trust workswith people and communities to conserve the natural environment and cultural heritage in Southwest Ohio. The Trust protects open

space and farmland by acquiring, through gift or purchase,conservation and agricultural easements, and works to protect and improve water quality in the western tributaries of the Great Miami River.

Ray ArlinghausMargarette BeckwithCalvin ConradSam FittonStephen Gordon

Valley Trust News, the newsletter for members of the ThreeValley Conservation Trust, is published four times per year.Editors: Mary Glasmeier, Stephen Gordon

Gregory Peck J. Ronald StewartDon StreitChristian Worrell

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Submitted by Ann Geddes

The most preferred all-around bird food for the greatestnumber of species is the black oil sun ower seed.It's high in caloric value and thin-shelled enough for the smaller birds, but expensive. But if you've hadto cut back on bird supplies, why not share some of Fido's treats with the feathered friends? Dry dog foodis relished by all woodpeckers, titmice, nuthatches,cardinals and chickadees. Food for birds is especiallywelcomed this early summertime as busy parents arehustling to keep themselves and their hungry brood fed.

Recession-TimesBird Food

Red-bellied woodpecker (melanerpes carolinus) bellies upto the "chow bar."


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Calendar July1 Board Meeting, 7 pm, TVCT11 Small Gathering, Simmental Farm18 Pheasants Forever Fish Fry & Derby August5 Board Meeting, 7 pm, TVCT

September2 Board Meeting, 7 pm, TVCT12 TVCT's (actual) 15th Anniversary!26 Small Gathering, Bruns Farm

In September,TVCT will celebrate its 15th anniversary

of serving southwest Ohio!

Watch for details for this event in September when we celebrate

you and your familiesfor supporting our efforts

in preserving greenspace and farms.

Documents

Summer 2009 Valley Trust Newsletter, Three Valley Conservation Trust