History
The Peconic Land Trust, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was established in 1983 by John v.H. Halsey and a small group of local residents to ensure the protection of Long Island’s working farms, natural lands, and heritage. Since 1983, the Trust has worked diligently with landowners, communities, municipalities, and partner organizations to protect nearly 14,000 acres of land, conserving more working farms on Long Island than any other private conservation organization, and securing millions of dollars from the public and private sectors for land protection.
Our Conservation Philosophy
Value our Resources
- Value our communities’ diverse history, agricultural and maritime heritage, character, and traditional ways of life
- Value our working and natural lands, community assets including trails and gardens, watershed areas, wildlife habitats, and scenic vistas
- Value our role and responsibilities as stewards of the land on behalf of our communities
- Value and conserve all resources in our every day work
- Value the importance of connecting people to the land through outreach and education
Value our Relationships
- Be fair, respectful and just to all within our diverse communities
- Balance the rights of the individual and the interest of the public
- Work with landowners, recognizing their personal goals, circumstances, and connection to the land
- Listen to all concerns and issues
- Collaborate with institutions, groups, and individuals to achieve mutual goals
- Promote an organizational culture that respects the professional and personal lives of our staff, board and volunteers
Value our Standards and Practices
- Use proven techniques as well as explore and develop new methods to conserve land and our resources
- View individual projects in the broader context of our communities
- Propose conservation and stewardship options based on a thorough understanding of the land
- Work from a problem-solving perspective with innovation and creativity
- Act ethically, lawfully, and in a fiscally sound manner as professionals and as an organization
The Peconic Land Trust acknowledges that the region – Paumanake (Long Island)/Sewanhacky (Long Island) – where we work and live is the ancestral territory of many communities of Indigenous people. We honor their stewardship of the land for over 10,000 years. We accept our responsibility to protect their cultural and traditional connections to the land.
Timeline
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Incorporation of the Trust
On August 1, the incorporation of the Trust by founder John v.H. Halsey and a small group of neighbors, Terry Stubelek, Richard W. King, Roy L. Wines, Jr. and Edward Sharretts. By December 31, changes to NYS Conservation Easement law remove the “impertinent requirement” allowing land trusts to acquire conservation easements on properties not directly adjacent to properties they own. This opened up a whole new level of conservation opportunities.
Phillips Pond Preserve is Established
First project completed: Phillips Pond Preserve, approximately 6 acres donated by Burton Brous between 1984 and 1986, situated between Phillips Pond and the Atlantic Ocean in the Village of Southampton. This ecologically sensitive area is an important gateway to the ocean in the village.
First Challenge Fundraising Initiative Met
With donations from 34 members of the community, the Trust met its first Challenge fundraising initiative – raising $10,000 to meet an anonymous match. Since then, thousands of individuals have donated to the Trust’s Annual Fund, making our conservation work possible. This was also the year the scallop shell logo was first used, designed by Linda Sherman, Roger Smith and Lee Foster.
The First Peconinic
The first Peconinic – our annual thank you party for supporters – was held at the Foster Farm in Sagaponack. Since then, the Peconinic has been held in every East End town, in celebration of our rural heritage.
Conservation of Our First 100 Acres
By this time, with the support of landowners, municipalities and the community, the Trust had conserved its first 100 acres, including farmland protection in Southampton and Southold, and the Village Green in Southold hamlet.
Adoption of the Land Trust Alliance’s Professional Standards
The Trust adopts the Land Trust Alliance’s professional standards and practices for land conservation.
First Project in Smithtown
Louisa Lawrence donated a 45-acre conservation easement on her property in Smithtown. Since then, we’ve worked with four families in the community protecting more than 80 acres of wetlands, woodland, pasture and historic façade easements and have established an on-going relationship with Avalon Park and Preserve.
Quail Hill Farm is Established
Quail Hill Farm is established in Amagansett on land donated by Deborah Ann Light. One of the original CSA farms in the US, the farmland at Quail Hill, along with the adjoining Light Preserve, is now part of the Trust’s Farms for the Future Initiative (see 2010).
Reel Point Preserve is Established
Reel Point Preserve, an iconic peninsula at the end of Ram Island, is donated by the Stern family to the Trust and becomes our first project on Shelter Island. Through 2013, the Trust has worked with landowners, the Town, County and State to conserve approximately 350 acres on Shelter Island, most recently with our work with the heir to Sylvester Manor, Eben Ostby (see 2011-2012).
Downs Farm Preserve is Established
Working with the Baxter family, Suffolk County, Southold Town and conservation buyer Russ McCall, we conserved over 100 acres in Cutchogue, known as the Downs Farm Preserve, which includes the Fort Corchaug historic site (50+ acres owned by the Town), and McCall Vineyard and Ranch (80+ acres owned by McCall, with a conservation easement donated to the Trust). In 1999, the Trust worked again with Russ McCall and the Ginsburg family to conserve an additional 54+ acres, most of which was purchased by McCall who donated a conservation easement on that parcel. 3.5 acres of that parcel, including a farmhouse and historic barn, were retained by the Trust and today is our North Fork Stewardship Center. Restoration of the 18th century barn is on-going.
The Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund is Enacted
The Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund was enacted by public referendum in the five East End Towns of Long Island: Riverhead, Southampton, Southold, Shelter Island and East Hampton. The Peconic Land Trust does not collect or distribute the funds from the 2% real estate transfer tax. The Peconic Land Trust raises its operating budget through charitable gifts and payment for professional services. The 2% real estate transfer fee paid by buyers for the Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund goes directly to the Town in which the property purchased is located. The CPF has been renewed three times through voter referendum and currently is in effect through 2050.
Trust Receives Largest Conservation Easement from Louis Bacon
Louis Bacon donates a conservation easement on 540 acres on Cow Neck to the Trust; the organization’s largest single conservation easement to date. The property, acquired by Mr. Bacon from the Salm Family, includes undisturbed tidal and freshwater wetlands, woodlands, agricultural and equestrian lands, and meadows.
Fund for the Environment is Established
The Trust’s Fund for the Environment was established with a $2 million challenge grant from the Peter J. Sharp Foundation. The Fund is a source of capital that serves as a revolving fund, providing interim financing for the Trust’s acquisitions of land, conservation easements, or other environmental assets. The Trust has used the fund on over 25 projects, the first of which was Dam Pond. Over the years, the Fund has grown to nearly $5 million through donations by other individuals and foundations for this express purpose.
Wilson’s Grove Preserve Donated by Marillyn Wilson
Marillyn B. Wilson donated a conservation easement on a 22.7-acre parcel of woodland in the Northwest Woods section of East Hampton, on the Accabonac Trail, to the Trust. The site contains locally rare woodland of majestic white pine and oak. In 2008, Ms. Wilson donated the conserved property to the Trust, plus an additional 23 acres, to create Wilson’s Grove, which includes her architecturally distinctive home and woodland gardens
Through Farms and Fields is Launched
Through Farms and Fields, the Trust’s annual fundraiser was launched – with a farm tour and luncheon held in the Galban Barn in Sagaponack. Over the ensuing years – the event, a country “luncheon” or “supper” has been at iconic properties, including the Wesnofske’s historic barn in Bridgehampton (pictured), the Salm’s Port of Missing Men in North Sea and the Halsey’s Whitecap Farm on Mecox Bay.
Connections Launches
With initial funding from the R.K. Mellon Family Foundation, the Trust’s Connections educational programs, designed to connect the community with the land, is launched. To date, thousands of people of all ages have participated in programs from the tip of the forks to NYC. This is also the year the Trust established the partnership with the artists of Plein Air Peconic.
“True East” is Published
Seeking to focus the public’s attention on the serious issues threatening local agriculture, and working with landscape designer and photographer Wendy Chamberlin, the Trust publishes “True East”, featuring her photos and stories of four local farming families: Corwith, Foster, Halsey and Zaluski. Taken over the course of one year, the books showcase their commitment to agriculture on Long Island’s East End.
New Suffolk Waterfront is Acquired
New Suffolk Waterfront is acquired by the Trust, a 3.4 acre property threatened by development, and held until the community is able to raise the funds to purchase it from the Trust in December 2010. Today, the site is owned by the New Suffolk Waterfront Fund, and is the setting for numerous events and a community garden, continuing its future as a community resource.
Charnews Farm and Bridge Gardens are Acquired
The Trust acquires Charnews Farm, and through a community-led fundraising campaign, transforms the property into the Agricultural Center, leasing farmland to new and established farmers (see Farms for the Future Initiative, 2010). The Ag Center is also the site of our Community Garden, which in 2013 has about 100 families and individuals participating, as well as our Learning Garden which offers programs to local school groups.
Also in 2008, Jim Kilpatric and Harry Neyens donate Bridge Gardens, a five-acre garden in the heart of Bridgehampton, open to the public from April through October. In 2012, Bridge Gardens adopted a mission to serve as a multi-purpose, multi-disciplinary outdoor classroom, demonstration garden and community resource - and tied the Gardens purpose more closely to the mission of the Peconic Land Trust.
Anderegg and McQuade Preserves are Established
The Trust receives donations of two significant properties along Long Island Sound in Riverhead: the Anderegg and McQuade Preserves. These new preserves add a total of 83.5 acres to an assemblage of over 250 acres of beach, bluff, farmland, meadow, and woodland, conserved with the cooperation of numerous landowners, Riverhead Town, Suffolk County, donors and the Trust.
Farms for the Future Initiative is Formalized and Hopping Farmland is Acquired
In 2010, the Farms for the Future Initiative was formalized. This program works with established and new farmers to provide access to affordable farmland – through leases, incubator programs and sales.The program, which is also designed to promote the diversity of farming operations, has a focus on encouraging food production on Long Island.
Also in 2010, the Hopping Farmland, 7.6 acres of farmland in Sagaponack, home to the Pike Farm Stand, is acquired by the Trust. Through a community fundraising effort, and the sale of development rights to Suffolk County and Southampton Town, the Trust conserves the farmland, and in 2011, after the implementation of innovative overlay easements resells the property to Jim and Jennifer Pike at an affordable farmland price. The tools employed in this complex farmland conservation effort became the basis for the Trust’s Farms for the Future Initiative, which was formalized in 2010.
Sylvester Manor Conserved
Working with Eben Fiske Ostby, owner of Sylvester Manor, along with the non-profit Sylvester Manor Educational Farm, the Trust helps to conserve 48 acres of this 243-acre estate on Shelter Island. The Trust continues its conservation planning work with the family and the Educational Farm, supporting the restoration of the land to active agriculture at this historic site.
Oysterponds Historical Society and ExxonMobil
Working with the Oysterponds Historical Society (OHS), the Trust purchases conservation easements on 13 acres given to OHS through a bequest by Sonja Stein, continuing our conservation work on the lands around Orient’s Dam Pond, which began back in 1989. Today, over 118 acres of fragile wetlands, beachfront, and woodlands surrounding Dam Pond have been conserved through public/private partnerships fostered by the Trust.
Also in 2012, the Trust works with ExxonMobil on the conservation of two former terminal properties on Long Island: an 8-acre site on Shore Road in Cold Spring Harbor and a 2-acre site on Shelter Island Sound in the Village of Greenport. In partnership with the North Shore Land Alliance, Southold Town and Greenport Village, these donations by ExxonMobil represent the first significant donations of surplus property for conservation purposes on Long Island by the Corporation.
Farmland in Bridgehamton and Sagaponack Protected
On July 25, 2013, with the assistance of the South Fork Land Foundation, the Trust acquired 20 acres of productive agricultural land on Route 27 in Bridgehampton. Known as Hayground Farms, the land has been incorporated into the Trust’s Farms for the Future Initiative and will continue to be leased to a local farmer.
In December of 2013, The Galban Family donated an overlay easement with affirmative and affordable farming covenants of 33.4 acres in Sagaponack to the Trust. This donation ensures that the land will remain in active agricultural production.
Water Mill Farmland Protected for Food Farming
The Trust purchased 33 acres of prime agricultural land in the hamlet of Water Mill from the estate of Charlotte Danilevsky. The Town of Southampton was an important partner in this farmland conservation, purchasing the development rights on the property from the Trust, including new additional restrictions that will ensure the land is affordable and accessible to food production farmers at its true agricultural value. The farmland, through the RFP process, was sold to two local farmers: Hank Kraszewski and Jim and Jennifer Pike.
Edwards Farmland and Woodlands Are Protected
Peconic Land Trust acquires 20.9 acres of woodland and wetlands from the Edwards family in Orient.
Agricultural Capital Equipment Grant Program Celebrates Year 1
In the summer of 2015, the Peconic Land Trust was selected to administer a grant by New York’s Empire State Development of $1 million which would provide financial assistance towards the purchase of infrastructure and capital equipment for beginning, transitioning and expanding farm operations. In the first year, just over $300,000 of grant funds had been pre-approved to 20 farm operations. By the end of 2017, over $800,000 in funds have been pre-approved to 36 operations. Funds have been used to reimburse up to 20% of the cost to purchase equipment ranging from tractors and boats to shelves and oyster baskets. Additionally, irrigation systems and deer fences have been installed and barns and farm stands have been upgraded or expanded.
Suffolk County Farmland Preservation Program Challenged, but Prevails
In September 2016, the New York State Supreme Court ruled against Suffolk County in a decision that bared its Farmland Preservation Program from permitting agricultural structures, including barns, deer fencing and irrigation systems on farmland that the County had protected for bona fide agricultural production over the past 40 years. This decision created confusion and uncertainty by redefining the program created to assure the future of agriculture as a critical component of our local economy into an open space program that prohibits structures of any kind “as the existing openness, natural condition, and present state of use of any purchased PDR property is diminished, if not extinguished, by the erection or installation of the structures, uses, and activities, agricultural and non-agricultural…” The Trust, in 2017, filed an amicus brief along with many of our partners in agriculture, and in 2018 the New York State Appellate Division rejected the State Supreme Court decision — meaning that once again, farmers are permitted to build agricultural structures and improvements on their protected land. This is a positive outcome for Long Island agriculture.
Regional Drinking Water Protection Program Launches
In December 2017, the Trust was awarded the first of three grants in support of the acquisition of land for source water protection from New York State. The grant will cover up to 75 percent of the acquisition costs of the land, with the Trust working with donors and other sources to cover the remaining 25 percent. The original grant was for land in the Town of Brookhaven. Since that time, the Trust has received subsequent grants from the State for the acquisition of land in the Towns of Shelter Island, Southold, Riverhead and East Hampton. As of early 2020, the Trust has acquired three properties under this grant program, the first two in Brookhaven, and the third on Shelter Island.
Historic Case House Moves to Cleo’s Corner
On a clear and brisk January morning, the historic Lieutenant Moses Case House began its move to Cleo’s Corner at Route 48 and Hortons Lane in Southold. Over four days this winter and early spring, the 120,000 pound house moved across two frozen fields and Young’s Avenue. The final move, across Hortons Lane and onto its new foundation, happened on April 1! Cleo’s Corner was chosen because it is part of the Trust’s Farms for the Future Initiative and includes a 5-acre farm field. Combining an historic home with preserved farmland to create a farmstead — and then to lease the house and the farmland to a local farmer is the plan. The house is currently undergoing renovation — and the farmland is leased to a local farmer.
Farm to Food Pantry Program Begins
Quail Hill Farm’s Farm to Food Pantry Program began to take shape in 2020 when a member of the farm made a $5,000 gift to initiate a way to get fresh produce from the farm to people in need. The farm reached out to The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center(The Center) to establish a partnership. Thanks to funding from farm members and a grant from All For The East End (AFTEE) at the Long Island Community Foundation (LICF) the farm was able to allocate excess produce to The Center at no cost to the center. The pilot program has seen over ten tons of produce harvested and distributed to East End families.
Conservation Along Georgica Pond and the Great Hog Neck Peninsula
In August 2020, the Trust acquired the Georgica Pond Preserve in Wainscott thanks to a generous donation by Katherine Rayner. Remediation and restoration of the 1.4 acre property began.
Also, in December 2020 the Trust created the Harold A. Reese Preserve adjacent to the Wolf Preserve on the Great Hog Neck Peninsula in Southold. This increased the protected area to over 50 acres that will now be available for passive recreation, while also providing climate change resiliency, wildlife habitat, and groundwater protection in this part of the Peconic Bay Estuary.
Sugar Loaf Hill Summit — Sacred Land of Shinnecock People Protected
In July 2021, working with the Shinnecock Graves Protection Warrior Society and the Town of Southampton the Trust acquired this most sacred land. In a simultaneous transaction, the Town purchased a conservation easement from the Trust precluding any future development of the property for commercial or residential purposes.
The Trust and the Society are working together on the restoration of the land, including the removal of the residential building. Once the restoration of the land is complete, the Trust will petition the Town to approve the transfer of the Summit to the Shinnecock people. If successful, this will be the first time that land within Shinnecock Hills will be returned to and repatriated by the Shinnecock people.
Community Conservation
Three conservation projects in the past two years are thanks to the involvement of the community. Over 25 neighbors came together to conserve a small, but ecologically important parcel along a native forest corridor in Southold. In April 2021, the Soundview Avenue Preserve (pictured above) was created. The North Fork Community and Trust supporters across the island came together to conserve the last large open space parcel on Deep Hole Creek. In June 2022, the Trust became the interim owner of this property, which has been protected in perpetuity through the simultaneous sale of development rights by the Town of Southold. Donors came together once again to support farming on Long Island. For over a year, the Trust had been working to conserve 6 farmland parcels totaling 38 acres in Wading River.
Bridgehampton Farmland Conserved
Peconic Land Trust acquired 27 acres of farmland in Bridgehampton from the Topping family. The acquisition was made possible due to $18 million in donations from community members along with $30 million in funding from the Town of Southampton’s Community Preservation Fund.
The farmland, which has been farmed for over 150 years, has some of the most productive soils on Long Island – Bridgehampton silt loam and haven loam. This farmland preservation effort was a once in a lifetime opportunity to preserve land in an area with some of the most expensive real estate in the world.
Boards and Councils
Our Board’s dedication to conserving Long Island’s working farms, natural lands and heritage is unmatched. The Trust’s Board of Directors is responsible for establishing the organization’s mission and setting policies to carry out the mission, and, as required by law, the oversight of the organization’s finances and operations. The Board works closely with its professional staff to determine and advance the Trust's strategic goals, as we work on behalf of our communities to protect the places we know and love. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Vice President Melanie Tebbens at 631-283-3195 ext.127.
Edward Krug
Chair
Nora J. Catlin
Vice Chair
John v.H. Halsey
President
Nancy Gilbert
Treasurer
John E. Larkin
Assistant Treasurer
Harriet H. Dresher
Secretary
Amanda Merrow
Assistant Secretary
Richard Baldwin
Ann G. ffolliott
Katharine Griffiths
Jacqueline LiCalzi
John S. Norbeck
Valerie M. Scopaz
Denise Silva-Dennis
Thomas B. Williams
Board Chair Emeritus
Peconic Legacy Circle members have let us know their intention to remember the Trust in their estate planning. Legacy gifts are among the most meaningful ways to ensure that Long Island’s beautiful beaches, clean water, working farms, majestic woodland and pristine wetlands will be protected for generations to come.
We thank all our Peconic Legacy Circle members for joining us in looking towards a future that values the working farms, natural lands and the heritage we all share. If you are interested in learning more or supporting the Trust, please contact Senior Manager of Major and Planned Gifts, Alison Delaney, at 631-283-3195 or ADelaney@PeconicLandTrust.org.
List created on March 25, 2024.
- Jerry Adler and Beth Lebowitz
- Carol Mulvihill Ahlers and Ronald Ahlers
- John Bacon
- Maddy Beckwith
- Glorian Berk
- Judith C. Bird
- James Cain
- Thomas K. Chu, Esq.
- Patricia Dermody
- RaineyDay and John Erwin
- John and Candice Frawley
- Nancy Gilbert and Richard Wines
- Dinni Gordon
- Victoria Herbert
- Anne Hopkins
- Jane Iselin
- Ed Krug
- Paul Margolis
- Carol and Richard Mavity
- Joe Mc Kay
- Russell McCall
- Barbara Phillips
- Sandra Powers
- Pat Sanders
- Judith Saner
- Rosa, Tony, and Geneva Smith
- Carol Steinberg
- Rand Stoll
- Rosemary Terribile
- Drs. Stephen and Leona Torkelson
- Greg Wiseman
- Yaffa Foundation
Trustees Council members support our work and further the Trust’s mission in both an advisory and honorary capacity. Council members are donors who gave at the $25,000 level or more in the past twelve months, and/or those who have made an extraordinary lifetime gift to the Trust.
If you are interested in learning more or supporting the Trust, please contact Director of Development, Amanda Abraham, at 631-283-3195 or AAbraham@PeconicLandTrust.org.
List created on March 25, 2024.
- Louis Bacon
- Zack Bacon
- Daniel Baldini
- Cecilia and Doug Bartner
- Gregory Bauso
- Kathleen Kmet Becker
- Glorian Berk
- Jeff and Jody Cohen
- Anne Nickel Curtin
- Peg and Peter D'Angelo
- Andrew Davis, Trustee, the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund
- Margaret de Cuevas and Eric Schott
- Charles and Nathalie de Gunzburg - The Canary Charitable Foundation
- Peggy and Millard Drexler
- Israel Englander and Claude Wasserstein
- Lew Frankfort
- Nancy Gilbert and Richard Wines
- Jon and Mindy Gray
- Steve and Maureen Hannan
- Susan Harrison and Sara Hart
- John and Sally Henry
- Jonathan Hoefler and Carleen Borsella
- Gregory Holbrook
- The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
- Claudia and James Joyce
- The Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation
- The Land Trust Alliance
- Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder
- Michael Light
- The Long Island Community Foundation
- The Makowski Trust
- Nancy and Howard Marks
- McCall Family
- Mark McIntyre and Honor Lassalle
- Mellon Foundation
- John and Carey Millard
- Eric and Lisa Nelson
- NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
- NYS Dept of Agriculture and Markets
- NYS Office of Family and Children
- Rodney Propp
- Peter D. Raymond
- Katharine Rayner
- Lenard & Louise Riggio
- The Robins Island Foundation
- John and Connie Sargent
- Seth Siegel
- Sisters of St. Dominic
- Barbara Slifka
- Susan and Adam Sokoloff
- Stein Family, East Marion
- Margaretta Taylor
- Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch
- Thomas and Alice Tisch
- Town of Southampton
- Peter and Laura Treadway
- Tuft Family Foundation
- Roger Waters
- Philippa Weismann and Lucy Veltri
- Ken and Megan Wright
- Lloyd Zuckerberg and Charlotte Triefus
- Yaffa Foundation
Conservation Council members support our work and further the Trust’s mission in both an advisory and honorary capacity. Council members are annual donors who gave $5,000 to $24,999 in the past twelve months.
If you are interested in learning more or supporting the Trust, please
contact Director of Development, Amanda Abraham, at 631-283-3195 or
AAbraham@PeconicLandTrust.org.
List created on March 25, 2024.
- Carol Mulvihill Ahlers and Ronald Ahlers
- Eric Altman
- Joseph and Stephanie Angelone
- Timothy and Ranjana Armstrong
- Avalon Nature Preserve
- The J. Baker Foundation
- The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation
- Bob Baldwin and Margaret Sieck
- Leslie Barker
- Steve and Laura Bartholomew
- The Bathing Corporation of Southampton
- Ruth and Leonard Benowich
- Fran Bermanzohn and Alan Roseman
- Summerhill Landscapes, Inc.
- Rick Bogusch
- Bobbie Braun - The Neuwirth Foundation
- Rob and Carolyn Brennan
- Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr.
- Woodward Family Charitable Foundation
- John Buttrick
- David Bynum
- Marcia Bystryn
- Kelly Cahill
- James Cain
- California Community Foundation
- The Kate W. Cassidy Foundation
- Lori and Alexandre Chemla
- The Cohen Suchman Family Foundation
- Michael Coles and Edie Landeck
- Ellen Darion and Roger Chudzik
- Richard and Valerie Davis
- Alan and Harriet Dresher
- Charles P. Durkin, Jr.
- Town of East Hampton
- Susan Edwards and Ian Ziskin
- RaineyDay and John Erwin
- William C. Dowling Jr. Foundation
- Julia Fahey and Ben Rice
- Jane and Michael Fasullo
- Ann ffolliott
- Gabriella Fitzgerald and Jake Creem
- Hans Flick and Celeste Kime
- John and Candice Frawley
- Joan Ganz Cooney
- Anne Garonzik
- Joan and Tom Geismar
- Emily Glaser
- Nancy and Tom Gleason
- Dinni Gordon
- Joanne and Thomas Gouge
- Lisa A. Grattan
- Mike Griffin
- Susan Koehn Habermann and Matthew Habermann
- Anne and John Hall
- Jon Hlafter and Claudia Hamilton
- Teiger Foundation
- Constance Hoguet Neel
- Carolyn and David Holstein
- Bettysue Hughes
- Alice and David Hunt
- Merrin Jenkins
- Julie Jensen
- Lisa and Sim Johnston
- Constance Kassouf
- The Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust
- Peter and Irene Klein
- Larry Klurfeld and Joele Frank
- Eric and Brittny Knight
- Bobby Kotick and Dr. Pouneh Beizai
- Richard and Barbara Lane
- Nan and Donald Leitch
- Jackie LiCalzi and Jill Schlesinger
- Dorothy Lichtenstein
- Tyra Liebmann
- Patricia Lowry and John Touhey
- Neil and Amelia MacDonald
- Tim and Cyndi Maran
- Leslie and Thomas Matthews
- Richard Mavity and Carole Greene-Mavity
- Joe Mc Kay
- Constance McDonald
- Patricia McIntyre
- James Mellon
- Luca Mellon
- Meryl Meltzer, Romenesa Foundation
- Mendez/Henshaw Family
- Joyce Menschel
- Alastair G. C. Merrick and Tracey Dedrick
- James G. Millard
- Maryellyn and Thad Miller
- Mary and Garrett Moran
- Alison Morgridge
- Amanda and Neal Moszkowski
- Olivia Motch
- Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Murphy
- Patricia and Peter Nadosy
- Daniel and Brooke Neidich
- Harry Neyens
- Joseph Obermayer and Nicolas Rutherford
- John and Jenny Paulson
- Barbara Phillips
- Jennifer and James Pike
- Yvetta Rechler-Newman
- Christopher Rogers
- David Rohde
- Janet C. Ross
- Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation, Inc.
- Robert M. Rubin and Stephane Samuel
- Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
- Judith Saner
- Linda S. Sanford
- Lynn and John Savarese
- Daphne Scalamandre
- Maryam Seley
- Burt and Stanley Shaffer Foundation
- Elizabeth and Robert Sheehan
- Daryl Simon
- Frederick and Nancy Smith
- Shelley and David Sonenberg
- Stacy Sonnenberg
- Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman
- Diane and Paul Stebbins
- Lauren Stone
- Peter Talty and Linda Stabler-Talty
- Taranto Family Foundation
- George Tyda and Mary Gwen Halsey Tyda
- Lucy Veltri
- Glyn Vincent and Stacy Goodman
- Paul Vizcarrondo
- James Vos and Stephanie Joyce
- Pamela Weekes
- Samantha Wender
- Gerard Widdershoven and V. Nicholas Howey
- Patricia and Frederick Yosca
- Donald and Barbara Zucker
President’s Council members support our work and further the Trust’s mission in both an advisory and honorary capacity. Council members are annual donors who gave $1,000 to $4,999 in the past twelve months.
If you are interested in learning more or supporting the Trust, please contact Director of Development, Amanda Abraham, at 631-283-3195 or AAbraham@PeconicLandTrust.org.
List created on March 25, 2024.
- Sherrill and Gerald Adams
- Diana and Kenneth Adams
- Jerome Adler and Beth Lebowitz
- Michael and Sheryl Ahearn
- Jessica Alfonsi - The Scully Peretsman Foundation
- Jon Ambrose and Jim Brasher
- Ferguson & Shamamian Architects
- The Andromeda Foundation
- Dr. Paula J. Angelone and Jerry Rosengarten
- John Archer
- Emily Aspinall
- Lea Attalla
- Barbara Aueron
- Christopher and Wanyong Austin
- John Bacon
- Lisa M. Burrell Baker
- William Baldwin
- Lillian Ball and David Reed
- Melissa Roper Barnett
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baron
- Michael and Jasmine Barr
- Carrie Barratt
- Mary Beth and James Barrett
- Jim and Ann Barry of Artisan Mortgage
- Kyra and David Barry
- Suzanne and Enrico Bartolucci
- Adam Bartos and Mahnaz Isphani
- Betsy Battle
- Maddy Beckwith
- Second Star Foundation
- Kathy and Gene Bernstein
- Jeffrey, Helice, and Nataliya Bernstein
- Richard Bernstein and Christine Ritenis
- Suzanne Bloomer
- Joanne Blum
- Bohemia Garden Center
- Bob Bourque and Katherine Staton
- Robert Boyle
- Elizabeth Branch
- Patricia Ann Brennan
- The Bridgehampton Association, Inc.
- Erik Brockmeyer and Scott Sottile
- Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky
- Stacey and David Brodsky
- Robert Brooks
- Irene and Stephen Brotman
- Jerry Brown and Lois Peltz
- Susan Brown
- William Brown
- Marcus and Joanne Bryan
- The Burke Family Foundation
- Sarah Burnes and Sebastian Heath
- Cheryl Sokolow of C Fine Art
- Janel Anderberg Callon
- Michelle Cartier and Anthony Badalamenti
- Camilla Hildreth Cesarini
- Molly Channing
- Thomas K. Chu, Esq.
- Michael Clinton
- Peter and Nina Cobb
- Leslie and Cliff Cohen
- Douglas Coles and Carol Graboski Coles
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Janet and Thomas Constance
- Romy and David Coquillette
- Peter Corbett
- Gary Lofgren
- Vincent Covello and Carol Mandel
- Thomas Crane
- M. Elaine Crocker and Ralph Crocker
- Alice and Harold Culver
- Diane and Edward Daley
- Michael Daly
- Henry and Cecilia Davoli
- Kristen Dawson
- Claire de Brunner
- M. & F. De Giorgis
- Michael de Mello
- Robert and Kristen DeLaMater
- Tara Dolan
- Kathy Delaney Glenn and Ned Glenn
- Judy Desiderio and John X. Tracy, Jr.
- Dr. Maura Dickler
- Dime Abstract LLC
- Dean Dinnebeil and Anne Tobias
- Laura Donnelly
- Kathleen Doyle
- Karin C. Driscoll
- Susan Dusenberry
- Katherine Ender and Shoshanah Brown
- Cornelia Erpf-Forsman and Paul Forsman
- Michael Escue and Scott Wimbush
- Dennis Esposito
- Ellen and Michael P. Esposito, Jr.
- Judith and Warren Feder
- John and Diana Fennelly
- Carlos Fernandez-Aller and Trevena Yong
- Laura and Michael Ferrante
- Rosemary and Carlos Ferrer
- Eric Fischl and April Gornik
- Robert and Noreen Fisher
- Robert Fleischer and Susan Raanan
- Beth Fleisher and Christopher Claremont
- Anna Lou Fletcher
- Stephanie and Lawrence Flinn, Jr.
- The Fries Family
- Martie and Rick Fritz
- The Garden Conservancy
- Edward and Roberta Gardner
- Emily and Huntley Garriott
- Sean and Cayley Gelbwaks
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- Kenneth Gilman and Carol Feinberg
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- Paul Goldberger
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- Steven Greenfield
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- Russell Hall
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- William Hamilton
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- Herrick Hardware
- David A. Hart and Dale Daley
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- Allison Heinin
- Michael Heningburg and Jeanine B. Downie, M.D.
- Heather Henson
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- Scott R. Hirsch and Melissa Pearsall-Hirsch
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- John Hoffmann
- Susan Holden
- Diana Horowitz and Alain Machu
- Eric Huang and Tanja Norwood
- Patrick Huguenin and Christopher Ciompi
- Mary and John Hull
- Janice and Jon Hummel
- Susan Hyde
- Paul and Lynn Ingrassia
- Donna Issenberg
- JC Construction Management Corp.
- Jean Brown Johnson
- Marilyn Jones MD
- John Josephson and Carolina Zapf
- Carolyn and Bruce Kagan
- Katy Kamen
- Michael and Ronnie Kassan
- Kimberly and John Keiserman
- Sandra Pershing and Marc Keller
- Mark Keller and Ana Sanchez
- Peggy and Al Kelly
- The Shana Alexander Charitable Foundation
- Christine Killorin and John Nussbaumer
- Evelyn Kim and Paolo Timoni
- Julia G. King
- Susan Kingsolver
- Anthony Kiser/The William and Mary Greve Foundation
- Richard Koppel and Bette Cordova
- Ed Krug and John Haubrich
- Peter Lampone
- Mara and Dean Landis
- Anne G. Lange
- Wendy and Steven Langman
- Kathy and Michael Lavyne
- Ingrid and Albert Lee
- Nancy Leigh
- Warren Leight
- Alfred Levitt and Megan Bowles
- Kenneth and Jeanne Levy-Church
- Cynthia C. Lewis
- Richard Liebowitz and Consuelo Prol
- John Lipsky
- Judith Little
- Robin and Mark Lockwood
- David Lopez
- William and Phyllis Mack Family Foundation
- Karen Magovern
- Mark and Nina Magowan
- Jeana Marinelli
- Ryan Marshall and Mary Herms
- The May Foundation
- W.D. and J.G. McCoy Family Foundation
- Richard McNally
- Polly McQueen
- Diana Mellon
- Sarah Mellon
- Meta Payments Inc.
- Alice and Peter Mignerey
- Cody Milch
- William and Patricia Milford
- Nicole Miller and Kim Taipale
- Maryann and Bob Miller
- Edward and Julie Minskoff
- Richard Mittenthal and Patsy Glazer
- Doris and Christian Mittweg
- Dede Gotthelf Moan and Terry Moan
- Mary and Tom Morgan
- Ornella and Robert Morrow
- Jennifer and Robert Munkelwitz
- D. Garry Munson and Lynn McMahon
- Michelle Napoli
- Paul Nardone, Jr. and Robin Sieranski
- Faye and Richard Nespola
- Justin Neubauer
- Connie and John Norbeck
- Liza and John Nugent
- Christopher and Sandra Nuzzi
- Jane and Bob Oberrender
- Maureen O'Leary
- Claire and Michael Olshan
- John and Joan Owens
- Oysterponds Rod and Gun Club
- Marc Packer
- Paramount Global
- Donna and Cary Park
- Bo Parsons and Jane Umanoff
- Richard Partington
- Joanne and Hal Parton
- Boushelle and James Pearson
- Peconic Propane Inc.
- Gregory Petrick and Cynthia Smith
- Stuart Plesser
- Paul Powers and Tina Davis
- Nancy and Sheldon Prentice
- Joseph Pufahl
- Anne and Jeff Pundyk
- Anne and John Rachel
- Susan Wood Richardson
- Sandy and Michael Richman
- Paul F. Rickenbach, Jr.
- Laura Ricketts
- Robert Rifkind
- Marilyn and David Rivkin
- Marc and Lori Robinson
- Jane Rode
- Tamsin Roe
- Paul Rogers
- The Ira A. Roschelle MD Family Foundation
- Jonathan Rose and Susan Malfa
- Lisa Roselli
- Daniel M. Rosen, CPA
- Drs. Lori and Scott Rosen
- Thomas and Bobbi Rosko
- Scott and Wendy Rottner
- Emily Paxson Sabnani and Suniel Sabnani
- Rino Salsedo and Yvette DeBow
- Ann Sandford
- Val Schaffner
- Elizabeth O'Brien and Stephen Schiller
- Maria Schlanger and Steven Birenbaum
- Anthony Schlesinger and Anne Forward
- Wendy Sclight
- Valerie Scopaz
- Marianne and Dom Seddio
- Tracy and Eric Semler
- Dozie Sheahan
- Denise Shirley
- Jeffrey Silberstein and Scott Goldsmith
- Alison and Edward Simioni
- Kevin and Mariann Simms
- Alex Sloane and Alexandra Schuster
- Rosa and Anthony Smith
- Cynthia Smith and Gregory Petrick
- Smithtown Hunt Inc
- The Snook Family
- Katie and Jonah Sonnenborn
- Michael and Melissa Sorvillo
- Celina Spiegel and Peter Kupfer
- Herbert J. and Marsha K. Stern
- Jeff Stettin
- Lisa Stiefvater and Robert Ruocco
- Rand, Emilie, and Ben Stoll
- Jeff and Kerry Strong
- Richard and Susan Sullivan
- Leah and Christopher Tahbaz
- Karen and David Tayeh
- The Frances B. and J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation
- Lenard and Fern Tessler
- Gail Tiska-Flurry and Steve Flurry
- Peter and Irene Treiber
- Jane and Geoffrey Troy
- Rose and David Tsoupros
- Etta Tuttle
- Robert Uher
- Mark Underberg and Diane Englander
- Alex von Hoffmann
- Randy Wade and Martin Heitner
- Cynthia Wainwright
- Candace and Jonathan Wainwright
- Nora Ann Wallace
- Andrew Walsh
- Mary and Michael Ward
- Jerrell Watts
- Laura Weil and EJ Camp
- Claude Weir and Yvette Arsenec-Weir
- Henry Weisburg and Lisa Donneson
- Carol and Michael Weisman
- Marissa Wesely and Fred Hamerman
- Richard Whalen
- Gwen Whiting and James Dale
- Lisa and Walter Wick
- Lisa and Teddy Williams
- James Willse
- Richard and Debbie Wilpon
- Peter S. Wilson and Scott K. Sanders
- Marie and Kenneth Wong
- Hilary and Eric Woodward
- Corey Worcester and Yasmine Legendre
- Lion R. Zust
Throughout the years, the Peconic Land Trust has been fortunate to have the advice and counsel from many individuals who have generously given their time, experience and financial support to help us fulfill our mission of conserving Long Island’s working farms, natural lands and heritage. Our work would not be possible without their guidance throughout the years.
- Carol M. Ahlers
- Lucy Bradley*
- Marcia Bystryn
- Douglas W. Campbell IV
- Julie P. DeBold
- Michael A. Ferrante
- Lee Foster
- Marilee Foster
- Nancy K. Goell
- Herbert Golden*
- Charlotte Hanson
- Richard Hogan
- Jane Iselin
- Thomas A. Isles
- Stephen M. Jones
- Katherine Kazanas
- Richard W. King
- Albert J. Krupski, Jr.
- Hilary Leff
- Deborah Ann Light*
- Pingree W. Louchheim
- James T. MacGregor
- Robert M. Meltzer*
- Brian R. McCaffrey
- E. Blair McCaslin*
- Mary Foster Morgan
- Thomas Owen Morgan
- David R. Osborn*
- Randall T. Parsons
- Jennifer B. Pike
- Gregg Rivara
- Edward P. Sharretts, Jr.*
- Betty Smith*
- Donald Willits Smith*
- Roger A. Smith
- Paul Stoutenburg*
- Herbert J. Strobel
- Terry Stubelek
- Peter Talty
- Thomas Thorsen
- Thomas J. Tobin
- Joseph J. Townsend, Jr.*
- Edwin Fishel Tuccio
- John Van Deventer, Jr.*
- Wesley W. von Schack
- Stephen Weir
- Thomas Wickham
- Roy L. Wines, Jr.*
- Barbara Brush Wright*
- Lloyd P. Zuckerberg
- * deceased
Partners
The following are just some of the organizations the Peconic Land Trust works with to conserve and protect Long Island's working farms, natural lands and heritage.
Finances
The Peconic Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, recognized by the Internal Revenue Service. All gifts made to the Trust are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Federal ID #: 11-2667021
A copy of the Peconic Land Trust's financial report, filed with the New York State Attorney General, may be obtained by writing to:
- Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law, Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, or
- The Peconic Land Trust, P.O. Box 1776, Southampton, NY 11969.
Locations
Mailing Address
296 Hampton Road
Southampton NY 11968
Southampton Office
North Fork Stewardship Center
Quail Hill Community Farm
Bridge Gardens
Bridgehampton, NY 11932
631-283-3195
631-283-0235 (fax)
BridgeGardens@PeconicLandTrust.org