Nature Conservancy Welcomes New and Returning Trustees

Taylor Caswell, Alice Chamberlin, William Crangle and Frank Magilligan join New Hampshire Chapter board.

CONCORD, N.H. — Sept. 18, 2007 — Fresh ideas, new perspectives and a solid commitment to conservation come with the addition of four new trustees to The Nature Conservancy’s board of trustees in New Hampshire.

The four new trustees were welcomed to the board during the chapter’s recent annual meeting at the Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany, N.H.

“This is an exciting time for the Conservancy in New Hampshire and we believe that these individuals’ knowledge, talent, and commitment to conservation will be a great asset to the chapter,” said board chair Dick Mallion of Whitefield. “They join a board that is extremely dedicated to the Conservancy’s complex work of preserving biological diversity here in New Hampshire and beyond.”

The new trustees include:

Taylor Caswell, who grew up near New Hampshire’s White Mountains and maintains strong ties to the North Country. Caswell is the New England Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He has served on the boards of New Hampshire Audubon and the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce. He lives in Hollis with his wife, Dr. Susan Ide Caswell, and their two children.

Alice Chamberlin, who served on the New Hampshire chapter’s board of trustees from 1999 to 2004, and chaired the board in 2003 and 2004. Until recently, Chamberlin worked as special assistant for natural resources, energy, and transportation policy for Gov. John Lynch. From 1994 to 2001, she served as U.S. Commissioner for the U.S.-Canada International Joint Commission. She and her husband, Steve Brown, have three children and live in Warner.

William Crangle, who is vice president for financial affairs at Plymouth State University and has previously worked in senior administrative positions at Lyndon State College and Johnson State College, both in Vermont. Crangle has served on boards of several local organizations in Vermont and New Hampshire. He currently chairs the finance committee of the Loon Preservation Committee and is chair of the board at Spear Memorial Hospital. He lives in Plymouth with his wife, Lee, and has two children.

Frank Magilligan, who is a professor in the Geography Department at Dartmouth College, with a research specialty in fluvial geomorphology. Magilligan’s research on natural and human-caused stream channel changes has led him to such places as the Mississippi River, Iceland, Peru and closer to home in the upper Connecticut River valley. He and his wife live in Lebanon.

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The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. To date, the Conservancy and its more than one million members have been responsible for the protection of more than 14 million acres in the United States and have helped preserve more than 83 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. Since 1961 The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire has helped protect more than 265,000 acres of ecologically significant land and currently owns and manages 28 preserves across the state. For more information, visit www.nature.org/newhampshire.