PCLT History

3. Flying mammal
5. PCLT’s founder liked the quote, “A town is saved not more by the righteous men in it than by the woods and swamps that surround it. ” Who is the author?
6. A hobby that contributed to the early concern for Putnam landscapes
9. Between 1960 and 1970 Putnam County’s population grew by _______percent
11. York Times Included in a scrapbook kept by the early members of the Putnam County Land Trust was a Feb. 2, 1969 newspaper article describing the rise of land trusts in the Northeast also explaining how and why they were useful. The newspaper that featured that article was the ________________
13. Large marsupial
14. Man's best friend
16. When it first started out PCLT was named, Save Our __________
17. Likes to chase mice

1. The founder of PCLT
2. Judith Kelley-________ recently re-discovered the scrapbook and donated it to be scanned by the Patterson Historical Society.
4. After donating 19 acres of land on Ice Pond Road in 1976, George and ___________ released a statement that expressed concern that “. . .The community may well be on its way to losing its character with the accompanying potential ecological disaster. We understand that no one can stop the wheels of change from turning. Change is inevitable and sometimes desirable, but only when it enhances the quality of life for everyone.”
7. A list of events in the order they occurred
8. In 1975 the organization changed its name to “Save _________ Spaces”
10. The original certificate of corporation for our organization was approved by district court in White Plains and filed in the Department of State in August, nineteen sixty _________
12. Has a trunk
15. In 1971 after donating a portion of her former family farm on Fields Lane, Mrs. Helen Field _________ expressed her hope that those who visited it would find, “interest, rest, inspiration, excitement, a sense of discovery and always a sense of wonder.”