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Six years ago, former NJ Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson held an Earth Day press conference at the Watershed Reserve to announce a new rule to improve planning and management of waste-water in the state. Among its goals, the “Water Quality Management Planning” rule was designed to direct new sewer lines—infrastructure that fosters and enables intense new development that can harm our sensitive water supplies —away from the state’s environmentally sensitive lands. After several delays, that rule is finally being implemented.

Under the rule, each county in the state is required to create maps of new “sewer service areas,” where sewer lines can be constructed to serve future development. The rule requires the counties to keep new sewer lines out of “environmentally sensitive areas,” defined as contiguous areas containing 25 acres or more with wetlands, buffers on high quality streams, habitat for threatened and endangered species, and Natural Heritage Priority sites, which are lands that support rare plants and ecosystems.

The rule advances the straightforward notion that if our state is going to continue to grow, we should plan to do so in a way that does the

least environmental damage. Intense developments typically contain large amounts of blacktop, sidewalks, roofs, compacted lawns, and other hard, impervious surfaces that prevent water from soaking into the ground. Such developments should be kept away from environmentally sensitive areas because they typically prevent the recharging of our drinking water aquifers and increase the amount of pollution that rain and snowmelt carry off of the land and into our streams.

The water quality rule also requires that the density of developments that are built outside of these “sewer service areas” not exceed the capacity of land and soils to receive the wastewater created by such development.

Watershed Association staff have served key roles in the development and implementation of the water

quality rules over the years. In 2006, the Watershed Association was one of a handful of clean water experts invited to engage with state, county, and local officials, as well as members of the investment

Conservation Advocacy Science Education

Planning for Clean Water

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Our Pass It On campaign continues to make progress raising funds for a new environmental center. We are proud to report that we have raised $6.8 million, and are now striving to reach the goal of $7.5 million needed to fund the new center. Please invest in our environmental future. Please donate today-online, by mail, or phone. Specify that your gift is for the Pass It On campaign.

approach called “builder’s remedy”, in which a developer builds one affordable unit for every four “market rate” homes it builds.

Allowing a developer to build 350 homes in order to secure 70 affordable units was thought to create a financial burden in the form of new school and other services that would cost more than would be collected in property taxes on the new homes.

But now some in Hopewell Township appear to have for-gotten the reasoning behind the Kooltronic zoning and the decision to purchase the Pennytown site. Instead of requiring Kooltronic to preserve land elsewhere in the Township in order to earn the right to build more homes on the site than zoning would otherwise allow, and instead of building the 70 affordable housing units itself in order to prevent a large increase in government services that would occur if it allows a developer to build the units (and another 280 market rate homes to make building the affordable units worth its while), there is a move afoot to throw out Hopewell’s zoning. The idea being floated is to invite a developer in to build 350 housing units on the sites and eliminate the current land preservation requirement that would be a prerequisite to such an enormous development.

The pending proposal threatens the area’s groundwater and water quality in local streams, would eliminate a creative approach to preserve environmentally sensitive lands, and could create a burden on taxpayers in the form of new requirements for government services. It should be rejected.

A decade ago, a number of towns in our region modified their zoning to reduce the allowable density of new devel-opments in areas with limited potable water supplies and areas that are not served by sewers where the soils don’t support septic systems very well.

“Down zoning” was controversial and generated lawsuits from affected land owners, most of which were dismissed by the courts but some of which were settled by towns that had changed their zoning.

In one such legal settlement, Hopewell Township agreed to modify its zoning on a 100-acre site along Stony Brook owned by Kooltronic. The Township enacted a creative zoning approach called “non-contiguous density transfer” that allows Kooltronic to build more homes on the prop-erty if it preserves land elsewhere. For every seven acres preserved in the Township’s “mountain district” or every three acres preserved in the “valley district,” Kooltronic can build an additional home on the site.

Across the street from Kooltronic is a 25-acre site that for many years contained the Pennytown Shopping Center. Hopewell Township bought the property in 2009 intending to build 70 affordable housing units there. At the time, the Township argued that this was a more fiscally sound way to build state-mandated affordable housing than an alternate

Will Hopewell Abandon a Smart Conservation Tool?

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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The Watershed Association is proud to partner with the Pennington Public Library to bring five award-winning environmental films to downtown Pennington in March.

The Watershed Film Festival will give local residents the opportunity to view five highly-acclaimed documentaries at no charge, and to come together as a community concerned about the environment.

The Festival opens Sunday March 3 with Chasing Ice, the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of climate change. It continues March 10 with Sourlands, a provocative tale of ecology, energy and agriculture, told from a deep forest surrounded by sprawl. March 17 features The City Dark, a search for night on a planet that never sleeps. On March 24 we will present The Clean Bin Project, a fun and empowering challenge between the filmmakers to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least landfill garbage in an entire year. The Festival concludes on April 24 with The Rhythm of Rutledge, a documentary observing peripheral communities in rural Missouri, and how they’re models for a more peaceful, durable society. Each film will be followed by a Q&A session.

Please join us! We invite you to be moved, enlightened and inspired by these exceptional films. We’ll bring the popcorn! All movies begin at 3:00 PM at the Pennington Library. The location is 30 North Main Street, Pennington NJ. Admission is free. For more information, and to view film clips, visit us at www.thewatershed.org.

Watershed Film Festival at Pennington Library

and development communities to overhaul the DEP antiquated rules. “Prior to the rules we have today, the old system rewarded developers who got their applications for wastewater treatment done the fastest, and largely failed to direct development in a way that protected our clean water resources, which are vital to New Jersey’s environment, economy, and quality of life,” said Jennifer M. Coffey, the Watershed Association’s Policy Director.

Since the rules were adopted in 2008, the Watershed Association has been assisting municipalities with mapping and plan reviews as they prepare their portions of the county plans. We have also continued to serve on the NJDEP’s water quality management plans stakeholder advisory group where we have strongly advocated that the DEP enforce compliance with the new rules. At press time, these plans are being published for public comment and will be the subject of hearings.

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As the construction sector of the economy starts to heat up again, we must ensure that new developments and redevelopments are planned and located in a manner that protects the state’s most critical environmental resources.

Former DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson announcing Water regulations in April 2007, with Executive Director Jim Waltman

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How will you celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd? Are you looking to meet others passionate about clean water and the environment? Want to lend your hand to improve your community and be a positive role model for your children?

Then, join the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association for our 7th Annual Stream Cleanup events scheduled for April 20, 21, 27, and 28. In partnership with munici-palities throughout our watershed, the Watershed Association will host approximately a dozen stream cleanup events this spring. The exact dates, times, and locations will be published on our website, www.thewatershed.org, as they are finalized.

Since starting the annual stream cleanups, Watershed Association volunteers have helped remove more than 22 tons of trash polluting our streams, rivers and other drinking water sources. Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, our shared waterways are cleaner and our communities more beautiful.

Cleaner Streams for Earth Day

Elizabeth Pyshnik, a Bioenvironmental Engineering major from Galloway, NJ, will assist with our Harry’s Brook storm-water management initiative in Princeton. The Watershed Association started this program in the summer of 2012 to educate municipal officials, property owners/managers, and interested parties about ways to reduce polluted runoff into Harry’s Brook. Elizabeth will help promote this initiative by hosting a series of public education sessions, such as rain barrel and rain garden installation events, and developing educational materials that will be distributed throughout the Harry’s Brook watershed.

Raritan Scholars Join the WatershedSCIEnCE UPDATE

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The Watershed Association is pleased to host three Rutgers University students through the Raritan Scholars Internship program for the spring 2013 semester. The Internship is a new course being offered by Dr. Dan Van Abs, a professor in the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers’ School of Environmental & Biological Sciences and a member of the Watershed Advisory Board. Through the program, Dr. Van Abs hopes to provide students with opportunities for real-world engagement with water resources issues using field work, research, communications, and other hands-on activities.

The interns will help with two of our major Science projects. Harrison Grindberg, an Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior major from Jackson, NJ, and Joseph Todd, who hails from Cherry Hill, NJ, and is majoring in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, will work on our Peddie Lake source tracking initiative. Specifically, they will continue field investigations that were started in the summer of 2012 during which water samples from Peddie Lake and its tributaries were collected and analyzed for fecal pathogens. While this sampling program identified the tributary that is a major source of pathogens to the lake, the Rutgers interns will conduct additional sampling this spring to identify the specific inputs to the lake, which may include farms with livestock, failing septic systems, leaking sewer lines, or areas of high Canada geese populations. Upon our identification of the sources, the Watershed Association will work with municipal officials or the property owners to reduce or eliminate pathogenic inputs to the stream.

Interns Harrison Grindberg, Joseph Todd & Elizabeth Pyshnik

The Geddes Family at the Franklin Township clean-up

the ground. I have forever shared this passion for insects with everyone—especially my family and staff. Katherine Brauer Carmichael discovered the magic of insects while working with children as a camp counselor at our Water-shed Nature Camp. Those insect encounters, and her work at the camp in general have shaped the arc of her work since.

At the camp, Katherine learned through teaching. She admired the resilience and adaptability of insects as much as their beauty and diversity. She relished the idea that every insect is different and that each has their own special skills. Insects offered a resonant lesson in ecology— everything is connected.

Katherine held onto her ecology lessons, taking them for some time into another field altogether—social work. She saw the notion of interconnectness absolutely relevant in that field as she began to work with inner-city youth in the Bronx. After much success there, she has returned home, to Princeton. As Program Director at the Princeton– Blairstown Center, she plans to blend her interest in natural ecology and human ecology into programming for urban youth in the mountains of New Jersey.

I am happy for the change in seasons. I am pleased for our camp staff alumnus Katherine Brauer Carmichael. I am particularly delighted that summer camp spins its magic in so many different ways, sometimes with the help of some little friends.

A Curious ArcThere are many things to love about living here in central New Jersey and one of my favorites is the seasonality. I like having at least four distinct seasons—the change of the seasons gives us so much variety in life. Here we are with our backs to winter, saying good bye (good riddance?) and once again enjoying the rebirth and renewal that spring brings. Get outside, take a slow deep breath and watch your step so as not to punish any of the earthworms who, just like you, are pushing the season just a bit.

You are probably noticing spring’s arrival from inside your house as well. Maybe you have a collection of ladybugs that have been sitting quietly inside your south-facing windows. If you have been paying attention you know that they have been getting a bit acrobatic lately, running to and fro, and making short interrupted flights against the glass. Like us, they sense spring, and they want a piece of it. Or maybe your house harbors marmorated stinkbugs. They have been hiding since their autumn entrance, throughout the long winter, but now they are taking to the air, buzzing their way across the room into the hard light of the windowpane.

There are more glamorous examples of insects awakening out in the field. I love to visit the spring beauties, not just for the loveliness of their pink-striped white petals, but also to watch a myriad of eager, hungry insects sipping nectar. In addition to the familiar bumblebee and even the honeybee, you should expect to encounter some truly stunning creatures: watch for the sparkling flash of metallic green cuckoo bees; listen to the tiny whirring of wings on furry giant bee flies, and search carefully for the hover fly, darting on invisibly fast wings.

Inside the house, it may be difficult for some to admire the wonder of insects but outside, with a little patience, it is impossible to deny. Try sitting in a meadow near a singing field cricket this spring. Everyone enjoys a concerto. Or to test your wonder-gauge, watch a spittlebug feeding, inflating a protective shelter of tiny iridescent bubbles. Nice trick. If there is wonder in this world, it is generated most by our smallest neighbors.

As the season progresses from spring into summer, I will spend an increasing amount of time crouched close to

by Jeff Hoagland

SPEAkIng OF nATURE

Jeff Hoagland at Watershed FEST with Katherine Brauer Carmichael.

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Spring 2013 CalendarSpace is limited in all programs. Call 609-737-7592 to register.

All programs meet at Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Reserve, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington,

unless stated otherwise. Payment methods: Cash, Check, VISA,

MasterCard or DiscoverFee code: M=Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed

Association Member, NM=Non-member

Refund Policy: A full refund will be made if notice of cancellation is received at least 48 hours before a

program. Call 609-737-7592 to cancel. No refunds or credits will be given after that time.

All returned checks incur a bank fee. Watershed membership is not refundable.

* Event co-sponsors include: Arts Council of Princeton, Trout Unlimited,

Friends of Princeton Open Space, Sourland Planning Council, Washington Crossing Audubon

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Public Visiting Hours beginning in March!The Watershed is excited to announce the beginning of staffed drop-in hours in the Kingsford Community Room! Come visit the nature center critters in their relo-cated home, chat with a Teacher-Naturalist, learn about our upcoming public programs or pick up a trail map and get information about seasonal outdoor happenings on the Reserve trails. Public visitor hours are every Thursday and Saturday, 2:00–4:30PM, beginning March 23. No reg-istration or appointment is necessary. Families and adults welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult. Questions? Call 609-737-7592.

Family and Adult ProgramsRegistration required for all programs

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Maple Sugar Memories! Saturday, 10:30AM–12:00PM, Families, fee per family: $10M/$15NMBring your family to the Watershed Reserve to enjoy the maple syrup made on site this year! After a short walk to visit our tapped trees and the ‘evaporation station’, take our maple syrup taste test challenge. Come dressed for wintery weather; boots recommended.

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Woodcock Watch*Friday, 6:00–7:30PM, Adults and Families (children 6 and older), $5 per personDiscover the local avian harbinger of spring, the woodcock, on a short hike on the Watershed Reserve trails with Education Director Jeff Hoagland. Join us at dusk as we watch and learn more about their spring courtship dance and fascinating life.

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Watershed Nature Camp Open HouseSaturday, 2:00–4:00PM, Families, FREESummer is just around the corner! Kids aged 3–16 and their families can meet Camp Director Tammy Love, learn about our camp and register for this summer! Registration for Open House is not required. Additional Open Houses: April 13 and May 11.

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Vernal Pools of the Sourland Mountains*Sunday, 10:00–11:00AM, Adults and Families (children 5 and older); $5 per personJoin Naturalist Allison Jackson on an exploratory hike of vernal pools in the Sourland Mountains, learning about life cycles and the food web, while searching for amphibians, insects, reptiles and other native creatures. This program does not meet at the Watershed Reserve.

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Intro to Orienteering*Saturday, 9:30AM–12:00PM, Families (children 8yo+), $5 per personLearn how to navigate through the woods using only a compass. After some practice with the Teacher-Naturalist, head out to conquer our orienteering course. This is appropriate for beginners and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Compasses provided.

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Watershed Nature Camp Open HouseSaturday, 2:00–4:00PM, Families, FREESee description of March 9.

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aPRil 13/14 and 20/21

7th Annual Stream Clean-UpsSaturday and Sunday, times & locations TBD, Families and Adults, FREEHelp keep the waterways of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed clean and healthy! Join us to pick up trash at a stream in your community. Do you want to volunteer in your town or nearby community? Contact Erin McCollum Stretz, 609-737-3735 x17, to take action!

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Wild Edible WalkSaturday, 8:30AM–12:30PM, Adults and older teens, Fee per person: $20M/$25NMJoin Education Director Jeff Hoagland for a delicious hike on the Watershed Reserve, in search of wild edible plants. Explore the traditions of our European and Native American roots (no pun intended) as we eat our way through forest and field!

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Watershed Association Annual MeetingMonday, 5:30PM light refreshments, 6:00PM meeting, Members and their familiesWelcome new members to the Watershed Association Board of Trustees and honor environmental leaders in our communities. Visit www.thewatershed.org for more information and RSVP to Executive Assistant Darlis Maksymovich, 609-737-3735 x10.

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Frog SlogFriday, 8:00PM, Families (children 6 and older) and Adults, Fee per person: $8M/$12NMDiscover the secret life of frogs on a special late night hike with Education Director Jeff Hoagland at the soggy and sonic Watershed Reserve landscape of the Association’s pond on Wargo Road. Come with sharp ears and eyes, as well as a flashlight. Boots are necessary and be prepared for wet and muddy walking conditions.

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Plein Air Painting Workshop*Saturday, 9:30AM–1:30PM, Teens (16yo+) and Adults; Fee: $50 Watershed or Arts Council member/$60 NMJoin Arts Council of Princeton instructor Gail Bracegirdle for a new workshop to explore the popular 19th century tradition of watercolor painting outdoors (en plein air). Participants will discover the quality of natural

light and how it changes over time, explore how color defines forms, learn how to represent natural colors, experiment with brush strokes and create textures. Bring a bag lunch. The workshop begins with a short Naturalist-led walk on the Watershed Reserve trails. Register at www.artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609-924-8777 for more information.

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Build your own Rain Barrel Saturday, 9:30AM–12:00PM, Adults and Families, $50 per barrelJoin Watershed Ambassador Tom McKeon to learn how you can capture and reuse rain water in your home garden, and then construct your own rain barrel with him. Bring your barrel home to begin the water savings immediately! Fee includes ALL materials—registration is required.

May 3

Fly Tying 101 Workshop*Friday, 7:00–9:00PM, Adults and Families (10yo+), $10 per personLearn about fly tying from volunteers of the Ernest Schwiebert Chapter of Trout Unlimited. After a brief history of the art and purpose of tying, participants will have the opportunity to observe several experts create realistic flies before their eyes and then try it themselves!

May 4

Exploring Witherspoon Woods*Saturday, 9:30AM–12:00PM; Adults and Families (children 6yo+); $5 per personJoin Jeff Hoagland, Education Director, for an enlightening look at the ecology, geology and human history of this unique forest in Princeton. During this hike, discover ‘life and death’ in the forest while examining a myriad of adaptations in various species. This hike courses through mature forest, along old stonewalls, across small streams and through a memorable boulder field including Devil’s Cave. This program does not meet at the Watershed Reserve.

May 11

Watershed Nature Camp Open HouseSaturday, 2:00–4:00PM, Families, FREESee description of March 9.

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Children’s ProgramsRegistration required for all programs

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Nature Camouflage Egg HuntSaturday, 3:00–4:00PM, Families (children 3–10 years old), $8 per child, adults freeWander through the fields and forests of the Watershed Reserve with our Teacher-Naturalists to see how many naturally dyed eggs you can discover. Children should bring a basket or bag for egg gathering.

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Spring Fling Mini-CampMonday–Friday, 9:30AM–4:00PM, children 6–12 years oldFee per day per child: $60M/$75NM; sibling/multi-day discounts and extended care availableSign up for one day or all week! Spend your spring school break with your friends and the Teacher- Naturalists, exploring the trails on the Reserve, building shelters in the woods, walking to the pond or stream, and enjoying a daily afternoon campfire with marshmallow roast. Children spend the entire day outdoors. Registration is required.

May 11

BSA Reptiles & Amphibians Merit Badge WorkshopSaturday, 7:00–9:30PM, Boy Scouts 11yo+, $25 per scoutJoin Merit Badge Counselor Jeff Hoagland on a night-time workshop to earn the Reptiles & Amphibians merit badge. We will begin at the Kingsford Community Room and end at Wargo Pond. Bring a flashlight and wear boots for muddy walking conditions.

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Tiny Tot Walks10:00-11:00AM, children 18–36 months with an adult, fee per child: $7M/$10NMJoin Naturalist Pam Newitt for an outdoor exploration of the natural world—enjoy songs, stories, a simple craft and a snack. All children must be walking and accompanied by an adult. Come dressed for the out- of-doors—we always take a walk outside on our trails.

Spring Preschool ProgramsTuesdays 10:00-11:30AM or Wednesdays, 1:00–2:30PMChildren 3–5 years old, parent must stay with child younger than 4. Register for entire series or single classes. Fee per class per child: $10M/$15NM; register and pay for 4 classes, receive 5th class free. Children should dress for the weather.

MaRch 5, 6—MAD SCIENCEMaRch 12, 13—SPRING WINDSMaRch 19, 20—MAMMAL ANIMALSMaRch 26, 27—MIGHTY TREESaPRil 9, 10—DOWN AND DIRTYaPRil 16, 17—SPRING GREENaPRil 23, 24—SqUIRRELSaPRil 30, May 1—NATURE’S SYMPHONYMay 7, 8—ARE YOU MY MOTHER?May 14, 15 — WONDERS OF WATERFOWL—

MEETS AT POND HOUSEMay 21, 22—BUSY BEESMay 28, 29—LIFE IN A LOG

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Back to the River—Millstone River Canoe TripSaturday, 9:30AM–2:30PM, Adults and older teens only, fee varies $25-$50 per person, dependent on craft Join Jeff Hoagland for a paddle on the Millstone River, from Griggstown to Manville. Canoes/kayaks are rented onsite and fee covers watercraft, paddle, and PFD as well as guide/naturalist and lifeguard services. Space is very limited and registration is required. Call for more information, 609-737-7592. This program does not meet at the Watershed Reserve.

June 1

TREE-mendous Adventure—Geocache EventSaturday, 9:30AM–12:00PM, Families and Adults, $5 per person Join this unique exploration of trees on the Watershed Reserve through the hobby of geocaching. Discover a variety of tree species as well as some unusual features that expand our understanding of the role of trees in the forest and in our lives. This ‘scavenger hunt in the wild’ will enthrall young and old alike. Participants must supply their own GPS unit. Watch for more details at www.geocaching.com or contact the Education Department at 609-737-7592.

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Muriel Buttinger Society $5000+ Elizabeth Bromley & Dougin Walker*Canaday Family Charitable TrustBill Carmean & Nancy Ross*Victory & Ted Chase*Lori & Neil Citrone*Elliot Cohen*Barbie & Chris Cole*Edward T. Cone Foundation*Swep & Brenda Davis*The Dobson Family and The Dobson Family Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation*Anna Drago*Zvi & Lindy Eiref*Jon & Liz Erickson*Dr. John W. & Alison J. Flemer Family*The Gaffney Foundation*Sophie & Curtis Glovier*Meg & Tom Gorrie*Gordon and Llura Gund and The Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation*Laura & Alex Hanson and The Alex and Laura Hanson CGF, Inc.Robert & Stephanie Harris*Tom & Archer Harvey*Katie & John Heins*Betsy Hoover*Dinni & Alex Jain*Betty Wold Johnson*Casey & Sam Lambert*The Losam Fund David & Cathy Loevner*G. Nicholas Miller*The New-Land Foundation*Nelson Obus & Eve Coulson* Jay & Amy Regan and The Harbourton Foundation*Ed & Tracy Shehab*Margaret Sieck & Robert Baldwin, Jr.*Grace Sinden*Fred & Winnie Spar*Penny & Ted Thomas and The Thomas Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation*Rees & Claire Thomas*Mrs. Charles C. Townsend, Jr.*Anne M. VanLent and The Anne VanLent Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation*Bernard Wallerstein and The Johanette Wallerstein InstituteRobert N. Wilson and The Pheasant Hill Foundation, Inc.*Elaine J. Wold

Stony Brook circle $2,500–$4,999Kathleen & Jay Biggins*Dan & Tracy Dart*Patricia Haneline & Alan Kozikowski*Robert & Cynthia Hillas*David & Sally McAlpin*Brian & Leah McDonald*Marylou Millard Ferrara*Judy & Oye Olukotun*

Kim & Loraine Otis*Scot Pannepacker & Heidi Wilenius* Tod & Betsy Peyton*Susan & Cornell RudovLorraine A. Sciarra*Daniel Van Abs*

Mcalpin Society $1,000–$2,499 Christopher Barr & Patricia Shanley Barbara Baumecker*Wendy W. Benchley*Douglas & Susan BreenTed & Barbie Bromley and The Bromley Family Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation*Sally Buck*Helen Cannon*William & Wendy ClarkeEd & Sue ClericoDalen ColePhilip Dresdner and Ms. V. Susan Penick through the Albert Penick Fund*Joan Emerick*Wendy & Larry Evans*Jim & Kathy Gaffney* Deborah & Gary GartenbergAlix Gerry*Peter & Margie Gibson and The Ellerslie Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation*Margaret Griffin & Scott Sillars Simon & Jane HallettRichard & Carol HansonMrs. Gavin Y. Hildick-SmithMichael & Carol Hollander*Lincoln & Sarah Hollister*Mrs. Hallett Johnson*Molly & Bill Jones*Mrs. Irving B. KingsfordKevin & Leslie Kuchinski*Edward MatthewsScott & Hella McVayWendy Mager & Eric Monberg*Joyce Carol OatesTed & Jane PetrieCandace & Marvin Preston*Jamie Kyte Sapoch & John Sapoch*Richard & Inez Scribner*Gustav L. StewartSusan TraversJoseph & Donna TullyKevin & Ginger Tylus*Richard & Gail Ullman and The Harris & Eliza Kempner FundJames & Nancy Utaski*Greg Vafis & Lisa Canzano*Jack & Happy Wallace and The John D. Wallace Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation*Jim & Alicia Waltman*Sally WellsVan Zandt & Myra Williams*

Millstone River Society $500–$999Bill & Blair Ayers*Jon & Mary Baum*Scott & Martha BlandfordFrances Brooks*Katharine BrushBeth Burrough & David Ramsay Brian & Jodee ChizeverDavid & Susan ColbyElizabeth Cutler & Tom Kreutz* Pepper & Liza deTuroBetty & Robert Fleming*The Gibson Children and The Wallace-Gibson Grandchildren’s Fund of the Princeton Area Community FoundationJohn Gutman & Liz Duffy Robert HendricksonThe Hon. Rush Holt & Dr. Margaret Lancefield* Steven JayLandon & Sarah JonesJim Kaff & Andrea Goodrich Jamie KamphJaap & Regina KettingNancy & Jared Kieling and The Kieling Family Fund of the Princeton Area Community FoundationMichael KincaidCarroll KingMaurice Lee, Jr.William & Nancy Lifland and The William & Nancy Lifland Fund of the Princeton Area Community FoundationRobin & Jon McConaughyMarjorie McDonaldJennifer & John McGahrenJohn A. McPhee & Yolanda Whitman McPheeChris & Rand MiranteCathe MorrowElise Wendel MurrayMichael & Elyse NewhouseJudith Pollack & James Ohls Michael RappeportVanessa Sandom, Carl Seiden & familyDavid SchwarzThe Hon. & Mrs. Andrew & Catherine Sidamon-EristoffJudy SingletonAustin & Ann StarkeyLudwig & Carole Umscheid*Jay & Harriet Vawter*Diana & John R. WaltmanJohn E. WellemeyerPeter & Barbara WestergaardCatherine WilliamsTee Williams & Christopher Fisher, Ph.D.*John & Rosemary Wise

leaders $250–$499Anonymous Andris & Barbara AnuzisGertrude Appling & Ernest Shoemaker Eric Armour & Katherine L. Fullerton Mark & Samantha Bean

The Watershed Association is grateful for the donations made by the following individuals in 2012. Without your support, our work protecting clean

water and the environment would not be possible.

2012 Individual Donations

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Gunthild BradfordEdward Bromley & Dawn Reitz David BurwellMark & Katherine CarmichaelAndrew & Gail ChapmanPeter & Kim CionJohn & Melanie Clarke*David & Olive CoghlanPeter & Elizabeth CziffraKatherine V. Dresdner*John & Karen Ellis*Nancy Feldman & Ross Lewin Ronald & Janice FlaugherAnne & William Gates*Moore & Audrey GatesPeter GerryLee & Ann GladdenJim & Gigi GoldmanMichael & Carlyn GuidoMary GutierrezEd & Debbie GwazdaDarek HahnSamuel M. Hamill*Daniel A. Harris & Jane L. Buttars Ashton & Marion HarveyRobert & Jeaninne Honstein*Madeleine KeehnerBarbara Kirsh & Art Firestone Stephen KlopferImmanuel & Vera KohnKimberly A. KyteDavid LaMotte & Jani RachelsonLeighton & Ann Laughlin and The Ann and Leighton Laughlin Fund of the Princeton Area Community FoundationPeter & Dorothy Lawson-JohnstonMary & Charles LeckFraser & Maxine LewisKaren Linder & Michael Brill Andrew & Anya LittauerDavid LongAmy Mayer & Daniel Oscar Denis McDanielJames & Patricia McPhersonRaoul MomoMelvin & Dottie Myers*Rod & Alicia NayfieldJeffrey Nelson & Barbara Strapp Martin NeuhausHelen NissenbaumTom & Kate O’Neill*Jeremiah & Alicia OstrikerStephen & Mary Beth ParkerHenry PattersonEdward & Carol PfeifferThe Pollard/Stevens FamilyDaniel & Robin PopkinJohn RassweilerJohn & Kathryn RiskoLawrence & Gina RocheLeon Rosenson & Suzanne Levin* Mark & Dawn RossoAllan & Ellen RyanMark Schlawin & Ilene Dube Kristine & Kurt SchulteVerne ShortellRobert & Emily SocolowLawrence & Donna SteeleLisa & Robert StockmanThomas M. StuartMara & Pete Taft*W. Bryce & Grace ThompsonPatty & Peter ThroppLinda J. Thurston & Thomas A. Cunniff Louise Tompkins

Thomas & Paula TuricchiGeorge & Martha Vaughn and The Martha and George Vaughn Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation*Cathleen VosslerDietrich & Barbara Sue WahlersMatthew & Naomi WassermanThe Weber FamilyDuncan White & Kathleen Moore William & Elizabeth WolfeValerie & Matthew YoungGreg & Paula Zollner

Sponsors $100–$249Alexander Ackley Jonathan & Shirley Allen James Alt Chris & Al Altomari Dean Anglin Bob & Sherry Apgar Nancy & Simon Archibald Evelyne A. Axelrod Kyle & Nancy Barich Richard Baumann & Katharine Kinsolving Celia Bavier Victor Bearg David & Kirsten Bechtel Nancy Beck* Peter & Liz Bell Bob & Roberta Bennett Christian Berry & Simcha Rudolph Merrill Biancosino Helena & Peter Bienstock Harry & Sylvia Bingham Kirk Bobash & Dorothy Urquhart Joseph & Sarah Bolster David Bonk & Sharon McCrae Susan Boyle Marc Brahaney Carl A. Brauer Frederic & Carolyn Brehm Elaine Brooks Gary Brown* Sandy Brown Charles & Sally Burkman Edgar & Elizabeth Buttenheim Dennis Campagnoli David P. Carroll Philip & Lisa Caton Richard & Cindy Cavallaro Nancy Chang Edward Chittenden Joy Christensen Ben Cittadino Charles & Lucinda Clark Steve Clegg Matthew & Tierna Close G. Ashley Cooper Diana Davies Vanleer & Lynne Davis Marion Davis Jeremy & Susan Dayner Barbara R. Delafield Peter & Sharon Demers Sam & Judi deTuro Frank DiGiacomo & Deborah Marinsky Tim Dillingham & Barbara Reale Kendra DiPaola Heidi Dittloff William & Joanne Dix Douglas & Constance Dixon Miles C. Dumont & Llewellyn G. Ross Kathy Easton & Roger Suttmeier Peter & Landy Eaton David Ehrenfeld

Lincoln & Ruth Ekstrom Joanne Elliott William & Karen Emhof Vicki Eng & Bruce Car Stuart Essig & Erin Enright Theodore & Jane Fetter Nancy Fishman Robin Fogel & Morris Cohen Herbert & Joanna Foster Steven Frakt & Marlaine Lockheed Gerald & Anne Freedman Ira Fuchs John & Joan Galiardo Joseph & Mary Giordmaine Robert & Peg Goertz Marcie Gomez Tamsen Granger David Gray Peter & Jean Gray William M. Green Stephen Griffies & Maria Benito-Herrero Brian & Mary Gross Robert & Wanda Gunning Elizabeth Gutman & John Wriedt Anita Hanft Kimberly Haren Hendrik & Nancy Hartog* Alan M. Hershey & Phyllis Frakt Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Reeves Hicks Kate Higgins Lois B. Hilimire Jeff Hoagland & Michelle Hamilton Philetus & Nancy Holt James Hook & Wen Chyi Shyu Henry & Elizabeth Horn* Ray & Jane Hostetter Charles Hunt John H. Jackson Vince Janoski & Suzanne Seferian Paula Johnson & David Zatuchni Robert & Lynn Johnston Maitland & Susan Jones Stephen & Nancy Jusick Frederik Kaper & Nancy van der Wal Mark & Barbara Jean Kennedy Robert & Nan Keohane Lisa Kestler Paul Kinney & Lisa Wolff Robert Knab & Janine Chupa Michael J. Koczwara & Barbara Taylor Michael & Barbara Kopec Lawrence Koplik & Sarah Roberts Richard G. Kraeuter David Krauss & Deborah Toth Russell & Helene Kulsrud Edwin G. Lawler & Christine M. McGann Clifford N. Lazarus & Donna Astor-Lazarus Nancy & Ted Lehman-Borer Clark Lennon Daniel Lieuwen Deborah Linthorst Graham Lord & Noreen Goldman Don & Beverly Luck Terence J. Lyons Roland & Pamela Machold Peter Macholdt & Kathy Fedorko Charles & Sharyn Magee Jean A. Mahoney Miller Maley & Lynne Butler Charles & Doris Mapes Fraser Marlow & Theresa Duffy David & Holly Marr Michael Mathews Tamara & Joe Matteo Jane McCarty & Michael G. Bell

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Board of TrusteesLorraine A. Sciarra, ChairSophie Glovier, Vice ChairMargaret Sieck, SecretaryScot D. Pannepacker, Treasurer

Dr. William M. AyersKathleen BigginsElizabeth BromleyBill CarmeanBarbara Griffin ColeDaniel J. DartJonathan L. EricksonMarylou Millard FerraraPeter E. GibsonMargaret R. GorrieLaura HansonRobert H. Harris, Ph.D.Kevin D. KuchinskiAnnarie Lyles, Ph.D.Brian J. McDonaldNelson ObusThomas O’NeillGregory VafisJim Waltman

* EMAIL: To contact staff by email, use the first letter of the person’s first name, followed by the last name: for example, jwaltman@thewatershed.org

StaffJim Waltman, Executive DirectorKevin Walsh, Deputy DirectorCarol Christofferson, Director of DevelopmentJennifer Coffey, Policy DirectorJeff Hoagland, Education DirectorAmy Soli, Ph.D., Science Director

Nancy AndersonMichele HlewickiNicholas HoLeanne HunterAllison JacksonSantino LauricellaTammy LoveDarlis MaksymovichJoan McGeeTom McKeonSuzanne MoranMelissa OcanaGareth PerkinsMaryann PolefkaLarisa ScannellaErin StretzMatt Thompson

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Roger D. Thorpe & Claire Ransom James & Michele Till Ron & Karen Todd Jeffrey & Kimberly Trent Adrienne Tymiak & David A. Ackerman Palmer Uhl* Thomas Van Essen & Barbara Fishman Thomas Vogt & Gwen Guglielmi Michael Wachtel & Anna Lim Michael Wagner & Mary Pfreundschuh William & Pamela Wakefield Sally Waltman Anil & Elizabeth Warrier SFrederick & Jennifer Wasserman Herbert & Margaret Weakliem Peter & Rona Webster Thomas & Joan Weidner Joseph Weiss & Holly Nelson David & Pamela Wetherill Robert & Elizabeth White James & Martha Wickenden Kay Widmer* Ralph Widner David S. Wilcove Elena A. Williams Peter & Bonnie Wilson Edwin & Brenda Wislar Jack & Janet Wolinetz Jonathan & Jody Zoll

in Memory ofaudrey crawford-JohnsonChristina French-MillerCynthia Moorhead

Will dickeyCarol & Michael Hollander

in honor ofJennifer coffeyCandace & Marvin Preston

anna dragoBarbara Sue & Dietrich Wahlers

Meg GorrieJoan & John Galiardo Nancy & James Utaski

Wendy MagerDaniel Harris & Jane Buttars

the 90th Birthday of Justine RollandAll donations were used for the preservation of the Kate Gorrie Butterfly HouseMildred & Charles KingDonna & Richard RossiKathy & David Ventresca Tony & Mimi Ventresca

dan SciarraTara Rogers

lorriane SciarraAngela Rustici* Donors to the Pass It On Campaign

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