The Maine Coast Heritage Trust is a nonprofit land conservation organization. Its conservation partner is the Maine Land Trust Network , which is one of its programs.
19-560: In 1969, Margaret Rockefeller learned from the staff at Acadia National Park that conservation easements could be used to protect the natural scenery of islands in a portion of the Gulf of Maine from Penobscot Bay to Schoodic Point. A precedent for this conservation action existed along the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway in the Appalachian Highlands of Virginia and North Carolina where conservation easements had been acquired in
38-649: A combined total of 156,000+ acres including 99 miles of trail. Among projects pursued in 2021, the MCHT successfully acted to acquire and preserve Little Whaleboat Island (22-acres), Sheep Island (59-acres), Monroe Island (225-acres), and 1,700 acres of wildland on the Schoodic Peninsula . Other areas of focus include Penobscot Bay , Yarmouth , Machias Bay , Casco Bay . Founding Board members included: Margarent M. "Peggy" Rockefeller, Thomas D. Cabot, and Robert O. Binnewies. Binnewies subsequently resigned from
57-660: A strict visual inspection is compulsory for registration in the Herdbook. In the former Soviet Union , the Simmental was the most important cattle breed. Russian Simmental (Симментальская корова) accounted for one-quarter of all cattle in the USSR. Through extensive crossbreeding, six strains were developed: In 1990, there were 12,849,800 Simmental in the USSR. In 2003, the Simmental count in Russia stood at 2,970,400. The breed
76-477: Is classifiable in the following types: The traditional colouration of the Simmental has been described variously as "red and white spotted" or "gold and white", although there is no specific standard colouration, and the dominant shade varies from a pale yellow-gold all the way to very dark red (the latter being particularly popular in the United States). The face is normally white, and this characteristic
95-718: Is known under the following names Pezzata Rossa : Italy. Montbéliarde : A French dairy breed. Member of European Simmental Federation but not of the World Simmental-Fleckvieh Federation. The Simmental has historically been used for dairy and beef, and as draught animals. They are particularly renowned for the rapid growth of their young, if given sufficient feed. Simmentals provide more combined weaning gain (growth) and milk yield than any other breed. They also have lower frequency of dental lesions compared to other breeds. In contrast to countries which allow black and solid brown coloured Simmental in
114-766: Is typically reddish in colour with white markings, and is raised for both milk and meat. Among the older and most widely distributed of all breeds of cattle in the world, and recorded since the Middle Ages , the Simmental breed has contributed to the creation of several other famous European breeds, including the Montbéliarde (France), the Pezzata Rossa d'Oropa (Italy), and the Fleckvieh (Germany and Austria). Namibia (1893) and South Africa (1905) were
133-633: The Chapin School in New York. In the 1930s, she met David Rockefeller whom she married in 1940 at Bedford, New York. During the 1970s, Margaret started to raise cattle on land close to Rockefeller summer home at Seal Harbor, Bartlett Island in Maine and then at the couple's home in Tarrytown, N.Y. She became a breeder of Simmental cattle , purchasing four farms in western Columbia County, N.Y. in
152-527: The 1930s-40s by the National Park Service to preserve natural scenery. With the encouragement of her husband, David Rockefeller , and participation by Thomas Dudley Cabot , Margaret Rockefeller formed the nonprofit Maine Coast Heritage Trust in 1970 to assist island owners who might choose to donate conservation easements to Acadia National Park. The name for the organization was recommended by Robert Orville Anderson ; Jane Boardman designed
171-500: The 1980s, including The Hermitage , a Livingston family estate which she had torn down in 1983. Margaret Rockefeller was the sole founder of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and was its chair for a number of years. The Trust has conserved around 66,000 acres and many buildings in Maine and works towards keeping wildlife habitats, establishing public access to the coast, and providing educational support. One of
190-612: The Board to succeed Elmer Beal, Jr., as MCHT Executive Director. Margaret Rockefeller Margaret McGrath Rockefeller (September 28, 1915 – March 26, 1996) was a founding member of two land conservation organizations: the Maine Coast Heritage Trust in 1970 and the American Farmland Trust which was formed in 1980 as a national farmland conservation organization. Throughout her life she
209-418: The MCHT logo; Anne Morrow Lindbergh provided wording for the first MCHT brochure. Elmer Beal, Jr., a native of Mount Desert Island , was hired as Executive Director. In the first year of operation, thirty conservation easements were donated by island-owners to Acadia National Park . The MCHT subsequently formed alliances with additional public and private organizations and expanded its activities to include
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#1732776850892228-472: The Trust had protected more than 66,000 acres (27,000 hectares) of land which included 173 islands and 250 miles (400 km) of coastline. On locations such as Malaga Island , the Trust also protected the cultural history of the region. On the 50th anniversary of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust in 2020, it listed 329 whole islands protected by conservation easements and 148 preserves available for public access,
247-503: The entire Maine Coast. In 1982, the Maine Coast Heritage Trust co-founded the nationwide Land Trust Alliance . In 1985, the MCHT acquired the 193-acre Witherle Woods Preserve, the first of many preserves, such as the Stone Barn Farm , acquired to provide coastal access and preserve natural habitat. By the 1980s, the Trust was considered to be one of the country's most significant land trusts, and by 1996, when Rockefeller died,
266-568: The first countries outside Europe where the breed was successfully established. Here the breed is known as Simmentaler and is mainly used for beef cattle production under suckler cow systems. The Simmentaler breeders' society is, as far as registered animals are concerned, by far the largest of the 17 European and British breeds. The main reasons for its popularity are (i) it can be used with great success in crossbreeding for breeding of both cows with much milk and heavy weaners/oxen, (ii) its superb weight growth rate in feedlots - pure or crossed, and (iii)
285-415: The herdbook, Namibia and South Africa only register Simmentaler with the typical colour i.e. from dark red or brown to yellow spread over the body in any pattern with at least some white on the forehead and the lower-leg area, solid black or solid red animals are non-existent because they are not registered. No other breed in the world has such a large within-breed-type variation as Simmental-Fleckvieh which
304-598: The project and it was named the "Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden". Margaret died on March 26, 1996, apparently from complications following heart surgery. Simmental cattle The Simmental or Swiss Fleckvieh is a Swiss breed of dual-purpose cattle . It is named after the Simmental – the valley of the Simme river – in the Bernese Oberland , in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The breed
323-797: The trust's projects is dedicated to the memory of Margaret Rockefeller, the Stone Barns Center, which displays a plaque commemorating her commitment to farmland preservation. Although the American Farmland Trust was founded by a group of farmers including Margaret, she is recognized as its instigator. Other founders include Patrick Noonan and William K. Reilly . Its remit is not only to protect farmland from being developed for other uses, but also to promote farming methods that prevent soil erosion and ensure good soil health. Other organizations she supported include membership of Nature Conservation and National Historic Trust. She
342-839: Was a board member of many organizations and raised funds for conservation projects across the United States of America. She died in 1996 at the age of 80 in New York Hospital. Margaret was born to Francis Sims and Neva van Zandt Smith McGrath on 28 September 1915. Growing up in Mt. Kisco, NY she went to school first at the Rippowam School in Bedford, NY followed by the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pa ., then
361-782: Was a trustee of the New York Philharmonic from 1953 to 1970 and was a board member of the New York Botanical gardens. The garden produced a series of six books about the wild flowers of America in response to an idea from Margaret who raised $ 500,000 for the project by organizing the National Committee for the Wild Flowers of the United States. The gardens restored a two-acre rose garden in 1988 which had originally been designed by Beatrix Jones Farrand in 1915. Margaret's husband donated $ 1 million for
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