The Monroe Evening News has a recommended Danielle Portteus article covering the $2 million+ state grant awarded for acquisition of IHM lands for use as a county park/preserve.  Excerpt and link:

The Natural Resources Trust grant would not cover the entire cost of the purchase, which still must be negotiated. The Friends group is required to come up with a match.

If it happens, the preserve ultimately would be turned into a county park featuring trails, demonstrations gardens and a nature center. The acquisition of the land will help protect a variety of ecosystems from destruction including an oak savannah, oak-hickory forest, farmland, a lowland forest, and a forested island in the River Raisin.

Full story:

http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081207/NEWS01/112079996

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