Articles for tag: conservation, farming, farmland, land preservation

August 17, 2024

200-Acre Farm Along Scenic Heritage Trail Permanently Protected

Jansen Farms. Photo: Legacy Land Conservancy. Community News A 200-acre working family farm straddling Washtenaw and Lenawee counties and boasting scenic views along the US-12 Heritage Trail is now permanently protected by Legacy Land Conservancy. Thanks to the commitment of landowner Ron Jansen, Jansen Farms is conserved through a conservation easement, which offers permanent protection ...

June 10, 2024

STN Staff

Chelsea Dexter Milan Saline

The Great Garden Plot Betrayal

By Paul Schubert I am not the first to discover that a young man’s best-laid plans can be overturned in an afternoon, but that realization hit me with the impact of a well-aimed shovel when I was a young man of fourteen. In 1940, I was in sixth grade when my family decided to move ...