Stories indexed with the term ‘Kuebler Langford Nature Area’

Another piece of property has been purchased by the city of Ann Arbor within the city limits adjoining an existing nature area. Getting approval for purchase from the city council at its April 15, 2013 meeting – for a price of $110,000 – was a roughly 8-acre vacant parcel owned by Windy Crest Partnership just east of the Ruthven Nature Area. The parcel fronts on Meadowcreek Drive.

The parcel purchased by the city lies mostly within the floodplain or … [Full Story]

The Ann Arbor city council had two items on its Feb. 19, 2013 agenda related to spending proceeds from the city’s open space and parkland preservation millage. The council took action to approve application for federal funds to help acquire development rights on two pieces of farmland outside the city. But councilmembers postponed a purchase of a parcel inside the city near the Bluffs Nature Area.

For the two parcels outside the city, the council approved applications for matching federal funds to purchase development rights – for the 72-acre Donald Drake Farm on Waters Road in Lodi Township, and for a 100-acre property owned by Carol Schumacher on Pleasant Lake Road in Lodi Township. The federal match is only up to … [Full Story]