Organizations Filed Purposes:
The primary mission of the Westchester Land Trust is to conserve, maintain and enhance the natural and aesthetic environment and resources of Westchester County, eastern Putnam County and its environs.
WLT has preserved nearly 9,000 acres of open space, including 32 publicly accessible nature preserves. In 2019 WLT preserved an additional 131 acres, across 5 projects in Westchester County, and continued to move many other projects, totaling over 500 acres, closer to completion. - continued on Schedule O - In addition to land preservation, WLT is committed to community education about the protection of natural resources, wildlife habitats and sustainable agriculture. WLT accomplished this through a regular preserve hike series, habitat restoration projects at WLT preserves, and sustainable agriculture programming. This included partnerships with organizations such as Atmosphere Academy, Pace University, Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management, Outdoor Afro, the Bionutrient Food Association and the Community Center for Northern Westchester (CCNW). WLT's Sugar Hill Farm is the site of a half-acre organic garden, where vegetables are grown for distribution to CCNW. In its 8 years of operation, Sugar Hill Farm has produced 60,000 servings of fresh produce for local families in need.Land stewardship is an important component of WLT's mission. WLT regularly conducts land management and habitat restoration projects on publically accessible lands that it owns or holds conservation easements on. In 2019 these projects were conducted at the Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnass Family Preserve, Leon Levy Preserve, Frederick P. Rose Preserve, Otter Creek Preserve and Pine Croft Meadow Preserve. These projects are guided by the management plans that WLT prepares for each of its owned properties, that identify and prioritize stewardship needs for each. These stewardship goals include invasive species removal, native plant restoration, stream bank remediation, forest restoration and meadow restoration. These projects typically involve extensive acreage, and take multiple years to execute.WLT, in partnership with Highstead in Connecticut, co-founded and is a current member of a consortium of over 50 conservation partners known as the Hudson to Housatonic Regional Conservation Partnership (H2HRCP). The goal of this two-state (NY and CT) initiative is to accelerate the pace of land conservation and stewardship in the region through effective partnering across municipal boundaries. This partnership has raised the visibility of conservation efforts in the region and helped to garner funding and other support for specific land conservation projects.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Lori Ensinger | President | 40 | $155,000 |
| Offutt A Porter | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Clifford Aronson | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Benjamin Needell | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Norma Silva | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jennifer Schwartz | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Renee Ring | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Gary Perusse | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lee Manning-Vogelstein | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Betsy Lifschultz | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Douglas M Kraus | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Nancy Karch | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Marjorie Kaufman | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Amy Ferguson | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Joe Edgar | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Peter Dicorpo | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce Churchill | Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Nanette Bourne | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
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