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Manor Conservancy -
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Annual Meeting
- May 25, 2010
The annual meeting
of the members of the
Conservancy will be
held at 6.30 PM on
Tuesday, May
25, 2010 at the
Elkridge
Harford Hunt Club, 2812 Pocock Road, Monkton,
Maryland. Reports will
be given by Committee
chairpersons (Easement,
Stewardship, Finance,
Outreach and Nominating)
and election of the
Board of Directors for
the 2010-2013 term will
take place. Members
in good standing may
vote and guests are
welcome to attend.
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Calcutta
Celebrating the 100th
Running of My Lady’s
Manor Race, a Calcutta
was held on Friday,
April 9, 2010 to benefit
the Conservancy. The
evening celebrated the
heritage of the Manor
Area, the beauty of
its landscapes, pre-race
prognostications and
camaraderie.
Special thanks to
our sponsors:
New Board
Members
Gary C. Duvall and
Henry C. Pitts have
recently joined the
Conservancy Board:
Gary Duvall is a
principal/attorney with
Miles & Stockbridge,
P.C., whose practice
is primarily focused
on insurance coverage,
estate and trust litigation,
and employment law.
He and his wife, Carole,
have resided in Monkton
for 18 years at “Solomon’s
Chance”, the circa 1798
home of the Foster family
of Hereford, located
off Monkton Road. The
Duvalls have been long
active in land preservation
and their own farm was
placed in donation with
The Manor Conservancy
several years ago.
Henry Pitts is a
life long resident of
Monkton and the Manor
having grown up at ‘Clynmalira’
on Carroll Road. He
is retired from the
former Mercantile-Safe
Deposit and Trust Company
where he managed a real
estate pension fund.
He and his wife Jenny
have two grown children
and have lived on Irish
Avenue for the past
35 years, property which
they have donated in
preservation easements.
Recent Easements
The Manor Conservancy
has partnered with landowners
in the Monkton, Manor
and White Hall areas
by accepting easement
donations since 1993.
More recently from 2007
to 2009, TMC has received
easements protecting
approximately 50 acres
on Corbett Road, 50
acres on Garrett Road,
22 acres on Hess Road,
38 acres on Carroll
Road, 32 acres on Wesley
Chapel Road, 13 acres
on Piney Hill Road,
7 acres on Shepperd
Road, 5 acres on Monkton
Road and 10 acres on
Irish Avenue.
During the same time
period and through cooperative
efforts of TMC with
the Maryland Rural Legacy
Program, Baltimore &
Harford Counties and
the Maryland Agricultural
Lands Preservation Foundation,
an additional 1,850
acres has been preserved,
including 180 acres
on Hutchins Mill Road,
100 acres on Hunters
Mill Road and 98 Acres
on Houcks Mill Road.
We are also anticipating
two easements in 2010
totaling 150 acres on
Old York Road and 75
acres on Allison Road.
"I love this
valley and dreaded
the thought that
it would
disappear after
I'm gone.
Now it won't."
--Cathy
Drennan
Iglehart Fund
The
late Frances "Ike" Iglehart
was on the board of
The Manor Conservancy
since it was founded.
He was on the frontline
of every major preservation
battle undertaken by
the Conservancy.
He advocated protective
zoning and diligent
enforcement, raised
money, found buyers
for farms targeted by
developers and was an
invaluable salesman
for conservation easements.
Ike was a steady hand
imparting his wise counsel,
political and diplomatic
skills, time and energy.
His efforts were critical
in fending off the scars
of ill conceived development
and commercialization,
and we owe him and his
memory for leaving behind
a monument to the rural
lifestyle, bucolic farms
and forests, our sense
of community and sport.
In his honor, a revolving
fund has been established
to be called the Francis
N. Iglehart Fund, as
a reserve that can be
used towards the purchase
of farms in danger of
subdivision. The
fund will be built with
contributions, bequests
and occasional grants.
Funds will be used as
seed money for establishing
purchasing syndicates
or for outright purchases
of land under threat.
The Fund will be replenished
when that purchased
land is resold with
conservation restrictions.
It will not be used
for operating expenses
of The Manor Conservancy.
We welcome donations
of any size. Checks
should be payable to
The Manor Conservancy,
Inc. with a notation
that it is intended
for the Francis Iglehart
Fund and mailed to the
Conservancy's address
at P.O. Box 408, Monkton,
Maryland 21111.
You may also make an
online contribution
designated to the fund
via PayPal. Anyone
interested in making
a donation by means
of a bequest in a will
or distribution from
a trust may call James
W. Constable at (410)
659-1315 to obtain more
information. The
Manor Conservancy, Inc.
is a 501(c)(3) corporation
and all contributions
are tax deductible.
We appreciate your support.
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For donation information,
please contact James
Constable at 410-659-1315.
Rural Legacy 2008
- $750,000 award
for TMC
Rural Legacy grant
awards for 2008 were
announced March 14 by
Governor O'Malley at
a gathering of local
land trust representatives,
government officials,
reporters, and rural
neighbors.
The Rural Legacy Program
is funded through a
combination of Maryland
Program Open Space dollars
and general obligation
bonds from state's capital
budget. Funds
can be supplemented
by local jurisdictions.
Each year, local land
trusts such as The Manor
Conservancy prepare
competitive applications
for such grants which
are reviewed by a Rural
Legacy Board for recommendations
to the Governor and
Board of Public Works.
The
Manor Conservancy has
been chosen to receive
$750,000 in grant monies
to support its land
preservation efforts.
Other legacy areas in
the state also received
grants with the total
exceeding $21,000,000
to be available in 2008.
Along with neighboring
legacy areas of Gunpowder
Falls Lower Deer
Creek, and Piney Run,
The Manor Conservancy
will be active in pursuing
easements to protect
areas vulnerable to
sprawl development.
The Rural Legacy Program
recognizes the economic
value which farming,
forestry, recreation,
and tourism represent
and the program plays
an important part in
the growth of conservation
easements. Find
out more about the program
from the Links page
of our web site.
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