2017Annual Report

Bangor Land Trust

Board of Directors

Lucy QuimbyPresident

William PhillipsVice President

James HindsTreasurer

Robert OstrowskiSecretary

Grace BartlettMichele BenoitKatelin Craven

Chris DaltonGreg EdwardsPaul Pasquine

Dave Thompson

Thanks to our many volunteers!

Letter from the Board President

Dear Friends – This has been a year of stewardship, taking care of 800 acres in Bangor’s Wild Back Yard—for example, clearing trails after storms, mowing fields for Bobolinks and monarch butterflies, and controlling invasive plants. We’ve been glad to include student volunteers from the University of Maine and we got help from a Maine Conservation Corps crew in October. They installed more bog bridging over muddy spots in Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve trails. We’ve created more maps and have intersection signs ready to post. It takes a lot of upkeep to insure that over 10 miles of trails will welcome visitors! We thank our monthly program presenters for teaching us about beavers, polar bears, lichens, wildflowers, bats, ferns, winter twigs, and animal tracks in the snow, and for leading the spring bird walks that we co-sponsor with Fields Pond Audubon. Our Program Coordinator, Donne Sinderson, received additional education herself at an Eagle Hill Institute course on spiders. It’s so much more fun to take a walk when you know about the plants and animals you will see. Donne’s “Take to the Woods Challenge” got folks of all ages exploring BLT preserves and picking up their BLT water bottles at the office. Speaking of the office, we moved to 9 Central Street at the end of August. This is a more congenial setting with only one flight of stairs to climb. Come visit us if you haven’t already. The 2017 Pedal the Penobscot was a highly enjoyable event for riders old and young, ending with lunch and music at High Tide Restaurant in Brewer. When you see our sponsors in the community, please thank them! And finally, we are delighted to report that the final link needed to complete Trail V, from Cascade Park to Essex Woods, is on the DOT project list for 2018. Bangor Land Trust recommended this trail to the City in 2008, echoing a much earlier City plan. We received the grant funds that paid for the construction drawings that made this project “shovel ready.” We’re delighted that the East Side Neighborhood group has adopted this trail as a Greenway and will work on improving it. Local partnerships get things done! A warm thank you to all our members and supporters for helping take care of Bangor’s Wild Back Yard.

Lucy Quimby, PresidentBangor Land Trust

The Preserves

Walden-Parke Preserve - Phases I and IIFritz and Caroline Oldenburg and Dennis and Jane Shubert (Walden-Parke LLC) gifted 205 acres of Walden-Parke Preserve to Bangor Land Trust in December 2005, and an additional 205 acres in December 2011. This preserve contains large beaver wetlands and several additional habitat types including hardwood and softwood forests in varying stages of maturity, vernal pools, and a portion of Caribou Bog. Woodland flowers bloom here in the spring, and blackberries can be found in the fall. It is across the old Veazie RR bed from the City Forest. The well-marked Blue Trail forms an easy-to-walk loop about 2 ½ miles long, leaving from the cul-de-sac at the end of Tamarack Trail, off Walden Parke Way.

Levant WetlandsBangor Land Trust owns over 10 acres in Levant, including a wetland, spruce forest, and a field that is growing in with raspberries. The property is located close to a large marsh and offers valuable habitat to local wildlife. As part of the watershed that connects Black Stream, Kenduskeag Stream, and the Penobscot River, this wetland is closely intertwined with the health and vitality of surrounding ecosystems.

South Penjajawoc OverlookSince 2007 we have held sole title to 3.6 acres on the west shore of Penjajawoc Marsh. Our interest in this property was a gift from Columbia Street Baptist Church in 2003. Although there is a right-of-way from Essex Street, there is no path and the preserve is hard to find. Its major value at present is as wildlife habitat.

West Penjajawoc GrasslandsFritz and Caroline Oldenburg gifted this 13.1 acre parcel in 2004. The upland meadow habitat adjoins an additional 18.4 acre parcel of upland meadow and emergent wetland gifted to Maine Audubon in 2000. Grassland birds in New England are threatened by declining habitat. Bangor Land Trust is meeting the challenge of maintaining grassland habitat where Bobolinks, Savannah Sparrows, and other grassland birds come to nest and raise their young. This accessible grassland, bordering on Penjajawoc Marsh, provides an excellent bird watching opportunity for Bangor residents and visitors.

Northeast Penjajawoc PreserveBangor Land Trust purchased this 80.5 acre property in 2006-2007 with support from the Land for Maine’s Future Program and North American Wetlands Conservation Act funds. It contains 18.4 acres of wetlands, including three of state significance: the northeast tip of Penjajawoc Marsh, a vernal pool, and a tributary marsh. BLT did extensive trail remediation to protect the wetlands and make the trails more pleasant for people to use. These trails connect to the old Veazie Railroad bed, which you can then follow northwards to Walden-Parke Preserve and the Bangor City Forest. A trail guide for this preserve is available on our website and at the BLT office. Trails also cross the Emera Maine Transmission Corridor from Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve to North Penjajawoc Forest. Beavers are currently hard at work on this preserve.

North Penjajawoc ForestIn November 2011 we received title to 105 acres next to the Bangor City Forest and Walden-Parke Preserve and across the Emera Maine transmission corridor from Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve. This property came from a local developer whose planned housing development intruded into the protection zone of a vernal pool elsewhere in Bangor. His development permit required that he conserve an unprotected vernal pool. He chose to do so by purchasing this parcel and transferring it to Bangor Land Trust, with restrictions imposed by the Army Corps of Engineers and monitored by Brewer Land Trust. The property contains several vernal pools and other wetlands, a stream, a mature mixed forest, and an extensive network of trails. Kiosks mark entrances from the old Veazie RR bed and from the Bangor City Forest’s West Trail.

Central Penjajawoc PreserveIn 2010, the Land for Maine’s Future and North American Wetlands ConservationAct programs enabled Bangor Land Trust to purchase two parcels totaling 87 acres.In 2013, with funds from the Maine Natural Resources Conservation Program, Bangor Land Trust purchased another 94 acres making a total of 182 acres of forest and fields. You can enter this preserve from Essex Street, via a small parking area just below the level of the road 400 yards south of the intersection of Burleigh and Essex. A narrow 1½ mile loop trail is open to foot traffic only (skis and snowshoes OK too). The trail has been cut and marked, and officially opened in August 2013. October 2016 saw the opening of an additional ½ mile loop through hemlock woods and a field of luxuriant milkweed, offering long views over Penjajawoc Marsh.

9 Central St. Suite 201Occasional indoor programs are held here in the Bangor Land Trust downtown Bangor office.

The Office

Guardians($5000+) Anonymous (2)Blueberry Broadcasting

Land Stewards ($2500 - $3499) Bangor Daily NewsDarling’s Auto Group Champions($1000 - $2499)Anonymous (1)Bragg, Jane and FranklinCassidy, Dan and DinaDeighan Wealth AdvisorsDysart’sFirst National BankHigh Tide Restaurant & BarKatahdin Trust Co.Means, Paul & RachelOldenburg, Caroline and FritzPeople’s United BankPhillips, Gwethalyn and WilliamQuirk AutoTeam USA

Benefactor($500 - $999)Casco Bay Energy CompanyCross InsuranceMaine DistributorsOrono Brewing CompanySki Rack SportsSlipping GearsThomas Massage TherapyVarney, Tim and LoriWBRC Architects & Engineers

Patrons($250 - $499)American Forest Mgmt. Inc.Beal CollegeBangor Federal Credit Union Cassidy, Tom & LeaCES, Inc.Chase Family Fund of the Maine Community FoundationEdwards, Faust & Smith CPAsElmore, JamesEpic SportsGross, Minsky & MogulHannaford CLYNKMaine TrailerMalmer, Bruce & TerryMinsky, Renee & Leonard Mitchell, Laura & DonPasquine, Paul & Karyn

Pat’s Bike ShopRaegamuffin’s Gluten Free BakeryRose BikeSt. Joseph HealthcareThompson , David & PatTreworgy Family OrchardsVacationland InnsVereault, Barbara & DonaldZolper, William & Sharon

Supporters ($100 - $249)Atzema, Eisso & MacLean, MollyBach, Gail & RobertBangor Wine & Cheese Co.Berg, SigridBerlin, Marc and Richardson, EdithBishop, Randy & MarilynnBosse, Heather & DennisBrogunier, Hope Burns, Linda & Stone, BruceCarmack, David & AdrienneCarr, Mike & TeriChilds, William & KathyClift, CarolContino, Jim & NancyDalton, Christopher Decker, Patrick & Betty Drummond, Tom & BethEames, G. Clifton & CatherineElliott, George & Downs, GailFarthing, Carol & BillFilipiak, Aubrae & Ramey, JoelFishwick, Nancy & Moss, MarcGrew, Edward S. Hannaford - Union StreetHatch-Clein, Annette & Clein, LeeHunter, Philip & MaryJagels, SuellenKelly, Suzanne & RobertKimball, Ken & KristyLongley, Sharon & WilliamMcNulty, John & Rose, DeidreMillard, Peter & Wesson, EmilyMiller, KevinNichols, JamesNishimura, Ken & Huang, Judy Odell, StuartOldenburg, Parke & AndreaO’Neill, AdamParke, GeorgePartridge, Matt & ShirleyPaul Bunyan Snowmobile ClubPfister, StephenPoons, HenriettaPorter, Glen & Deighan, JeanPritham, Ursula & RobinQuimby, Thomas B. & Henry, Anita

ReverbRobie, PaulRocker, David & DeniseRussell, Gordon & Rosinski, JaneSilbury, JanetSkoolicas, William & Noreen St. Pierre, AdeleSt. Peter, Denis & SusanStevens, ChristineSullivan, Bill & JacquieThibault, SarahWhite, Susan K.Winslow, Caleb & LorienWood, William A.

Member(Up to $99)A New Beginning Abbott, Scott F. Abrams, Eugenie Acheson, James & AnnAdam, DanAdam, Terri & StevenAmazon Smile FoundationAndren, Joan & RichardAngler’s Restaurant Anonymous (1)Applebee’sArata, ChristopherArmiger, CarrieArterberry, MarthaBagel CentralBaldacci, Peter & Debora Bangor SymphonyBarnett, David, Lisa & MarkBartlett, Grace Bartlett, Frances J. Beauregard, LarryBenoit, MicheleBird, Dean Blue Heron CenterBoudreau, MarybethBriar Patch, TheBright, JimBrookings, Robert & DeniseBrooks, Carole NelsonBrush, Edwin Burns, ChristopherBurns, Tim & Craven, KatelinButler, Sandra Carl, LouisaCarter, Devon & GailChaiken, Paul Cheney, Helen Chiasson, Valerie Clark, Hilary Cole, Clare Corrigan, Paul Crooker, GabrielCurrie, Linda & Allan

2017 Membership

Dalton, John & Marilyn Daniels, Beverly & StephenDavis, Ronald & ShirleyDiebold, ChristinaDowneast Outing ClubDubois, Ricky Eaton, Carolyn & GeorgeEberle, Francis Edelman, Heidi & MarcEdwards, D. Susan ClarkEdwards, GregoryEllis, Shirley Eschman, Kristen Evans, MaryFournier-Wren, Rae & Wren, JeffGagnon, KirstenGardner, AllisonGardner, Douglas Garnett, Robert Gilmore, MichaelGonyar, GaryGould, CeliaGreatorex, Wanda Gregory, John & CarolGrimshaw, Pamela Grondin, Michael W.Guthrie, Margaret Halvachs, Melanie & PaulHannaford - Hogan RoadHarlan, Mary A.Harris Family, The Hartt, MaryHaskell, Tracy Hathaway, Rod & CarolynHendrickson, EllenHiggins, Shawn Hillery, Mary A. Holmes, Kevin L.Howard, GloriaHunter, Linda & Dana Hurney, Carol Johnson, JayJohnson, Jonathan Johnston, BillieJones, Sally C. Kasick, Deb Keene, Jacqueline Kelley, KarenKerluke, Dan Kiah, CatherineKravchuk, Margaret & Hamilton, HaroldLandon, Melissa Larson, Jennifer Leonard, Stephanie S.Lever, Thomas Levy, Valerie & DavidLinz, Mary & WilliamLivingstone, Daniel & KimberlyLocke, KateLopez-Anido, RobertoLoring, RandyLovit, Jeffrey

Lukens, Margaret Mackin, LauraMaine Discovery MuseumManning, Lisa Martin, Lee & Pelletier, DawnMcCleave, James & Meisner, Edwana McCullough, PamelaMcDonough, Carolyn McGary, TomMcPherson, ChadMexicali BluesMihan, Eric & Christine Milan, Dan Milardo, RobertMiller, Elizabeth Miner, Kristie & Hoshide, Aaron Minsky, NormanMinson, Janice Modrusan Family, TheMoffitt, James D.Monahan, Emmy and BernardMoreno, Aura Moriarty, Kathy Moriarty, ClaireMorseth, MicheleNaas, MartinNees-Hatlen, VirginiaNeilson, Neils Nichols, Paul Norton, LibbyNoyes, TravisOko, Adam One LupineOstrowski, Robert Owen, Bucky and SueOwens, ColleenPatch, Valerie and RichardPellegrino, Steven & Deborah Perna, Anna & Black, EarlPerron, JeanPerry, JonathanPoake, Leslie & ChrisPoirier, Linda & JohnPoland, Justin & Scholten, JudyPotter, Patricia Preble, VirginiaPyle, AaronQuimby, RachelRafuse, Earle & Bernadine Raney, Jennifer Reardon, Randall Reardon, Rick & JoyceRiordan, Liam & Thibodeau, SusanRobinson, Ryan Rogers, NealRose, GillianRose, JimRose, Tim & KarenRoss, Albert Rougny, Pierre Rubin Family, The Rudnicki, Edward Rudnicki, Paul

Russell, CherylSass, JennyShaw, MattSmiley, Deborah & ThomasSmith, Frank & HelenSmith, Sean Spinney, Richard & Rita Stockwell, LovernSullivan, KyleSullivan, SueSychterz, Jeff Szillery, JohannaTableman, KentTalbot, William Tate, Duncon Taylor, John Taylor, PamelaTheeman, Sharon and MilesTieman, Thomas Vankirk, AmyVetelino, John & LeahViolette, TomWahlstrom, Jeff & Lisa Walker, Michelle & WayneWalton, SaraWhitham, Ted & Rinaldi-Whitham, Paola Wholly, James & AnneWickes, Francine A.Williams, Bruce Williams, CarolWilson, Darrell Wilson, Jim Wittmann, Michael Zeigler, KassieZelz, Eric & AbbyZeman, Jim & KathyZielinski, Gregory

Gifts Made in Honor or Memory of:Judy Kellogg MarkowskyChris DaltonLucy QuimbyDonald YorkFrederick Robie Jr.Greg Edwards

Bangor Land Trust has made every effort to ensure that all 2017 donor names are included in this list. If you believe your name should be on this list but is not, please contact the BLT office so we can make the correction. We apologize for any omissions.

Conservator Corporate Members/Guardian Sponsors

Pedal the Penobscot Titanium Sponsors

Pedal the Penobscot Carbon Fiber Sponsor

Pedal the Penobscot Aluminum Sponsors

American Forest ManagementBangor Federal Credit UnionBeal CollegeCasco Bay EnergyCES, Inc.Cross InsuranceEdwards, Faust & SmithEpic Sports

Gross, Minsky & Mogul, P.A. Maine Distributors Maine Trailer, Inc.Pat’s Bike ShopRaegamuffin’s Gluten Free BakeryRose Bike Treworgy Family OrchardVacationland Inns

January 7 Beaver: Ecosystems Engineers presentation by Christy Stout, 8 Harlow St. board room

January 28 Polar Bears presentation by Christy Stout at 8 Harlow St. board room

February 23 Annual Meeting at Broadway Dysarts with presentation on the importance of Penjajawoc Marsh to birds by Doug Hitchcox, Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist.

March 25 Lichens 101 by Grace Bartlett at the 8 Harlow Street board room

April 13 Bangor Wine and Cheese Shop Tasting featured Bangor Land Trust at 86 Hammond Street shop from 5 to 7 pm

April 29 Roam the Trails Hike included trails on three preserves to show the connection – started at Walden Tamarack Trail kiosk on the Blue Trail, hiked through North Forest to Northeast and back.

May 16 May Bird Walk co-sponsored by Penobscot Valley Maine Audubon Chapter led by Elizabeth Payne and Lucy Quimby at West Penjajawoc Preserve

May 20 Spring Bird Walk led by Rob Ostrowski co-sponsored by AARP at Essex Woods

June 3 Lady Slipper Walk at Walden led by George Elliott and Grace Bartlett

July 1-August 31 Take to the Woods Trail Challenge 2017

July 21 Detecting Bats program at West Penjajawoc led by Katelin Craven

August 5 Ferns 101 at Central Penjajawoc Preserve led by Grace Bartlett

September 10 Pedal the Penobscot

September 23 Tree ID Walk through Walden-Parke Preserve with Steve Sader

October 15 Enjoy Fall Colors and More on NE Penjajawoc Preserve walk led by Lucy Quimby

November 18 Mammal Tracks and Signs with Sandra Mitchell, first part of a two-part series at 9 Central St. board room

December 2 Winter Twig ID with Larry Beauregard at 9 Central St. board room

2017 Programs

Dues & Individual Contributions

Pedal the Penobscot Income

Business Sponsorships and Contributions

49%

24%27%

Operating Revenues

Operating Expenses

Fundraising

General Administrative

Program Service

71%

9%

20%

BLT’s Fiscal Year: January - December 2017

P.O. Box 288, Bangor, ME 04402-0288

Bear scat on the trail in Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve

Amanita muscaria in Central Penjajawoc Preserve

Garter snake, or Thamnophis sirtalis we think, in Central Penjajawoc Preserve.