Tall Pines Conservancy Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Mar 11, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$429,744

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Land managementwe continued to work on adopting policies to meet best practices standards of the land trust alliance and in preparation for accreditation. Our outreach strategies included working with landowners in the towns of oconomowoc, ashippun, merton, delafield and ashippun. We continued our monitoring program with newly trained volunteers, and conducted an invasive species removal work day with arrowhead high students at camp/quad in addition to hosting university lake school students at north lake. We also conducted a geology and birding hike at campquad for our members that attracted 20 attendees.

Activity 3

Conservation educationthe fourth annual tpc ride to the barns a cycling event that highlighted local farms and local food was very well received and attracted over 400 cyclists. Fall harvest 2012 was attended by 200 people hosted by serenity farm in the town of oconomowoc, it featured farm tours and local food along with a concert by chimney fish. Tpc partnered again with the tyme out center and the merton town hall library and sunseed on the lake country farmers market. It was a big success attracting over 200 attendees at each market and featuring cooking demonstrations. Tpc had a table at the market offering general information to the community on land preservation our slogan was no land, no farms, no food. In addition, we sponsored the winter market in oconomowoc, that attracts over 400 patrons per market in the winter months. In 2012, tall pines continued to work on the land conservation partnership fund, with the goal of raising $1.5 million to fund future preservation projects. Our current membership stands at approximately 500.

Filer

EIN

39-1966972