Newsletters

2016 Annual Meeting: The Restoration of Osprey in Southern NE & Elsewhere – Alan F. Poole
“Change: Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It”
Remembering Ellie Hough
Fireflies
Reflections on A Great Love – Steve Lorch Memorial
In Memoriam

WINTER 2016 Click here to download

2015 Acquisitions Protect Wetland Properties
My “Why” and “Thank You” to SPA
Introducing Our Newest Staff Member
Thank You to Our 2015 Member Supporters
2015 BioBlitz Results
Higgins Family Foundation Grant
Congress Makes Enhanced Tax Incentive Permanent
Learning to Be a Patient Observer – Return of the Osprey Book Review

SUMMER 2015 Click here to download

2015 Annual Meeting: Committed to Conservation Here & Beyond – Chris Miller
Healing Our Land
Thank you, Geoff Dennis
LC Nature Day & Bioblitz Coming to Town
What Can I do?

WINTER 2015 Click here to download

Many Conserved and Town Properties in LC with Public Access
Bioblitz Coming to Town in June
Bobolink Expert Noah Perlut to Speak at Community Center

SUMMER 2014 Click here to download

2014 Annual Meeting: Coming Back to Local – John Gwynne
Bringing Conservation-minded Stewardship Home
Fall Tour of Simmons Mill Pond Area
National LTA Rally in Providence
Roadside Litter Exceeds Usual Volume
Kate Johnson Employs Latest Technology to Reveal Historic Local Land Use

WINTER 2014 Click here to download the pdf

Faria Family Continues to Farm on SPA’s Latest Acquisition
Recycling: Beyond the Bin
Eyes on the Ground: A Visit to the Reis, Amarantes & Lloyd Property
Where have all the Monarchs Gone?
2013 SPA Annual Meeting Topic Gets Attention

SUMMER 2013 Click here to download the pdf

2013 Annual Meeting: Sea Level Rise Impacts on Coastal RI
Carter Stewardship Campaign a Success
Stewardship Support for Each Acquisition
Thank You to Our 2012 Volunteer Stewardship Monitors
SPA to Benefit from Garden Tour on June 12
Nature Walk: Migrating Monarchs at P.T. Marvell Preserve
Merlin Project Sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

WINTER 2013 Click here to download the pdf

Volunteer Spotlight: Geoff Dennis Gifts His Time and Talent
Good Things Come in Threes
John V. Kean’s Name Added to Administration Reserve Fund
SPA Memorial Donations
Enhanced Easement Incentive Renewed Through 2013

SUMMER 2012 Click here to download the pdf

Forty Years and Going Strong
If Migratory Birds Could Tell Stories of Their Journeys to Us – Miyoko Chu
A Celebration of our Landscapes
Trees in Trouble – Can Invasive Lichen Damage Our Forests?
Celebrating Songbird Journeys – The Mysteries of Migration

SPRING 2012 Click here to download the pdf

President’s Letter
Preserving The Night Sky, Keeping Town’s Rural Character
Heather Steers Honored with Peter Merritt Award
Jackson & Sarah Robinson Donate Conservation Easement
A Place in the Family of Things

WINTER 2011 Click here to download the pdf

SPA is accredited by the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission – President’s Letter
The Ponderosa – a Community Asset Supported by Volunteers
Sakonnet Point Perspectives – A Unique Collaboration
Congress Renews Tax Incentive to Help Conserve Your Land
Book Review: Holdfast – At Home in the Natural World by Kathleen Dean Moore
Dundery Brook Greenway Trail: Your Support is Needed

SUMMER 2011 Click here to download the pdf

Author Janet Taylor Lisle to Speak at SPA’s Annual Meeting
Little Compton Population Explodes in The Spring
Sakonnet Preservation Association’s Amendments to Bylaws
Reflection of a New Monitor on Preserving Open Space
Kids Only Trout Fishing Opening Day

WINTER 2010 Click here to download the pdf

Preserving Cutts Family Meadow
Alaska Childhood Leads to Passion to Preserve Nature
Twelve Moons of the Year
Conserving Easements – A Way of Preserving Family Lands
Elinor Truesdale Marvell Donation Honors SPA

SUMMER 2010 Click here to download the pdf

How Land Conservation Supports Historic Preservation – Mack Woodward
Book Review: Following The Water by Dominique Browning
The Fisherman

WINTER 2009 Click here to download the pdf

Sakonnet Preservation Association Reaches 400 Acre Mark
SPA Volunteers Clean Up East and West Islands
Highlights of 2008 Annual Meeting
SPA and LCACT Partner to Acquire Historic Adamsville Property
Salmon in the Classroom Program
Bobolinks and Stewardship: What’s the Link?
Patricia “Patty” Goodrich Donation Honors SPA
Pauline “Polly” Farrell Donation Honors SPA

SUMMER 2009 Click here to download the pdf

Lincoln Chafee to Speak at Annual 2009 SPA Meeting
Congratulations to Wilbur and McMahon School for Recycling Project
West Island Memories

WINTER 2008 Click here to download the pdf

SPA Attends the Land Trust Alliance Rally 2007 in Colorado
SPA Annual Meeting 2007 – Speaker Keith Lang
Monitoring Workshop
Public Information Event – Ames Colt
Cooking for Conservation
Salmon in the Classroom
Bill Buffum Donation Honors SPA
Dudley Millikin, Jr., Donation Honors SPA

SUMMER 2008 Click here to download the pdf

SPA Annual Meeting Celebrates Conservation Successes of 2007 – Carol Trocki
Dr. Ames Colt Speaks at the SPA Public Information Meeting
2007 – A Year’s Worth of Accomplishments for the SPA
Classroom at the Ponderosa
Salmon in the Classroom Teaches Much More

WINTER 2007 Click here to download the pdf

National Land Conservation Conference Rally 2006
Public Information Event – Attorney Stephen J. Small
The Importance of Land Stewardship
Sakonnet “Memory Holes:” Traveling in Time across the Little Compton Landscape
2006 SPA Annual Meeting: A Year of Accomplishment, to the Tune of Bird Song
Education Initiatives
New Land Donation – Sheldon Property
New Tax Incentives for Land Conservation

SUMMER 2007 Click here to download the pdf

SPA Annual Meeting 2007 – Keith H. Lang
Land Protection is For Everybody
SPA Public Information Event with Attorney Stephen Small
Historic Meadow Protected – Damaris Atwater Property
Meeting the Challenge of “Perpetuity:” How Does SPA Ensure the Long-Term Protection of Conservation Easements?
Larry Anderson Receives The Peter Merrit Conservation Achievement Award
Ponderosa Pond Quest
Spreading the Word of Land Protection
Students Learn About Life in the Wetlands at RI Audubon Center
We Need You! Now is the Time to Join the Sakonnet Preservation Association…or to Renew Your Membership

SUMMER 2006 Click here to download the pdf

Annual Meeting is for the Birds
Why Wetlands?
Leaving Only Her Footprints
President’s Letter
The Opportunities of Flexible Zoning
Book Review: The Shape of Betts Meadow
Earth Day Celebration at teh Wilbur McMahon School
Letter from the Executive Director

WINTER 2006 Click here to download pdf

A Record Number of CE Protect Over 19 Acres of Fields, Shoreline, Wetlands & Habitat
SPA “Makes the Leap” to Paid Staff
President’s Letter
Fall Clean Up at the Ponderosa
Book Review: Forest Explorer
Larry’s Legacy
Little Compton Land Trusts Join in Town Mailing

SUMMER 2005 Click here to download pdf

President’s Letter
Aquidneck Land Trust Director Presents a Plan for Strategic Land Conservation
SPA Board Adopts Five-Year Strategic Plan
Little Compton: Photographs of Then & Now
SPA to Host Annual Meeting: Speaker Lawrence Taft

WINTER 2005 Click here to download pdf

Conservation Easement Protects 20 Acres between Round & Long Pond
Cooperative Effort Will Expand Preserved Shoreline
First Little Compton Land Rally Honor “Conservation Heroes”
Cycling Sakonnet: National Conservationists Come to Little Compton
Voters Support $70 Million State Conservation Bond
Well Water Workshop
SPA Annual Meeting: Doing the Business of Land Conservation
SPA Receives Funds from Commons Cottage Gallery Opening

SUMMER 2004 Click here to download pdf

Strength in Numbers, Promoting Conservation Through Regional Cooperation
July 8th Annual Meeting Will Feature Talk by Regional Conservation Leader – Whitney Hatch
Voters Approve Increases In Agricultural Conservancy Trust Tax, Exemption
Little Compton Land Rally

WINTER 2004 Click here to download pdf

SPA’s Most Important Resource
RI Land Trust Council Hires Director and Expands Efforts
Conservation Donations Protect 5.5 Acres of Shoreline and Fields
Sakonnet Thickets: A Destination for Flight-Weary Songbirds
Developing a Strategic Plan: SPA Looks to the Future

SUMMER 2003 Click here to download pdf

Greenspace Planning Will Be Featured at July 17th Annual Meeting with Scott Millar
A Meadow Near Your Home
The Watson Reservoir Watershed Project
Karen Richmond Honored as SPA Volunteer
Eco-Depot

WINTER 2003 Click here to download pdf

Survey Shows Continuing Town Support for Land Conservation
Eddy Conservation Donation Expands Open Space Network
Sakonnet Artists Raise Over $5,000 for the SPA
SPA Expands Property Documentation and Stewardship Program
SPA Receives Grant for Watson Reservoir Study
Ponderosa Days, Cold Nights
Land Trust Alliance Conference Offers Training & Inspiration

SUMMER 2002 Click here to download pdf

Looking to the Future: The Work of Conservation
The Challenge of Stewardship: Monitoring SPA Conservation Easements
Protecting Your Land with a Conservation Easement
Recent Conservation Easement Donations Protect 50 Acres of Little Compton Open Space
SPA Sponsors GIS Public Information Meeting
SPA Takes Steps to Maintain Ponderosa for Skating
A Fragment of the Wild on West Main Road
Volunteer Honored for Stewardship Work: Fred Bridge

SUMMER 2001 Click here to download pdf