COURTESY OF SHARP SWAN
LONG POND CONSERVANCY NEWS
Mona White’s Eight Acre Parcel Officially Donated to LPC
Fall 2024
Special thanks go to Mona White and her family for donating eight acres along the shores of Tamarac Bay which officially came to Long Pond Conservancy/CATS this spring. It is another wonderful example of how families who care about Long Pond can act to protect its beauty. Their gift assures that the White family’s legacy will live on. Please consider your own legacy contribution by giving a generous donation or including LPC into your estate planning.
TAMARAC BAY, COURTESTY JIM HARDMAN
White Family to donate land on Tamarac Bay
Spring 2024
The White Family donated 8 acres on Long Pond’s Tamarac Bay, adding to the 74 conserved acres we own on the Pond. A big “Thank you” to the White Family for their generous gift that will conserve that land forever.
Long Pond Trail Work
Spring 2023
We are very excited for the opening of the Long Pond Trail that we, as a part of Champlain Area Trails (CATS), have ready to open so people can enjoy an easy hike through beautiful woods with glimpses of Long Pond’s sparkling water through the trees. It has been a labor of love from all of us on the Long Pond Conservancy Board, but without each and every supporter, this dream
would never have happened.
ABOVE: KEN RYBA CLEARING TRAIL
COURTESY OF SHARP SWAN
LEFT: FIRST TRAIL VOLUNTEER WORK CREW
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CATS gets $33,240 grant for Long Pond Conservancy
Spring 2022
For Long Pond Conservancy (LPC), being part of Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has benefits. We recently received the wonderful news that the New York State Conservation Partnership Program approved a $33,240 grant proposal CATS submitted to pay for the transaction and some trail-making costs for our West Shore Conservation and Trail Project. The funds will reimburse LPC and CATS, an accredited land trust, for the expenses incurred in purchasing the 48.5 acres from the 1812 Homestead Educational Foundation. This includes legal fees, closing costs, appraisals, and the staff time to coordinate the transaction. It also enables us to create an excellent parking area for the trail, a kiosk and display describing the route, and some history of the Long Pond.
The grant is especially remarkable because it enables us to conserve eight acres of land at Tamarack Bay in Long Pond's southwest corner, generously donated by the David White Sr. family. Since the grant helps us fund our share of the Stewardship Fund that supports the long-term management of lands that LPC and CATS have conserved, we can move forward on accepting the gift of land from the David White Sr. family. The grant funds are an important step in readying us for the next opportunity to save land in the Long Pond watershed. Thank you to LPC Board Member and Executive Director of CATS, Chris Maron, for all of his hard work procuring this grant for LPC.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM HARDMAN
Legacy Plaque Unveiling
Fall 2021
About forty LPC supporters and enthusiasts showed up at Pok-O-MacCready Camps to celebrate the purchase of the 48 acres along the western shoreline of Long Pond, as well as the unveiling of the Legacy Plaque. LPC President Caryl Bahner-Guhin, CATS Chairperson Dan Keegan, CATS Executive Director Chris Maron, and guest speaker Brian DeGroat all spoke about the importance of preserving land and how significant this piece of property is for the integrity of the lake.
LEGACY PLAQUE ALONG THE LONG POND TRAIL
LEFT TO RIGHT: CHRIS MARON, MONA WHITE, SHARP SWAN, CARYL BAHNER-GUHIN,
FRANK WHITE, MARY ANN SCHNEIBLE
Twenty legacy donors who had given $1000 or more to preserve this parcel for future generations were in attendance.
After the ceremony and barbeque, we made our way across the lake for the official unveiling of the bronze Legacy Plaque. This tablet will be permanently affixed to a large rock within the land that so many have worked so hard to preserve. Thanks to everyone who participated in the celebration and helped us raise the funds to protect the western shoreline.
We Have Done It!
Spring 2020
On May 20th, 2020, LPC achieved our incredible goal of forever protecting the 48 acres along the western shoreline. With a stroke of the pen, a dream has come true. When the 1812 Homestead and Champlain Area Trails (CATS, which is our parent organization) signed the deed and the land became ours, untold future generations thanked you and LPC for preserving this beautiful piece of land.
Congratulations to all who gave time, energy, and support to save this critically important Long Pond property. Everyone should be so proud of the tireless six-year effort that led to this conservation success. We will soon begin making the trails and parking lot off of Carver Road that will lead to the property. By next summer, hikers will be able to amble over the land, admiring the tall pines and lakeshore that we have all saved together.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHARP SWAN