Conservation Stories
105-acre Huron County farm permanently preserved
With the help of Western Reserve Land Conservancy and the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), Gene Kurzen ensured that his 105-acre Huron …
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Families preserve additional farmland in Huron County
The Butts and Seidel families not only share a passion for farming, but they also have worked to permanently preserve farmland in …
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Connections 2014
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Land Conservancy preserved more than 4,000 acres in 2013
The Land Conservancy permanently preserved another 51 properties and more than 4,000 acres in 2013, marking one of the organization’s best years …
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Common Ground: The Regional Land Protection Report for northern Ohio
The first comprehensive examination of land conservation in northern Ohio has determined that about 7 percent of the area, or 295,322 acres, …
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Spreading the word
Brian Smith never figured his son was interested in a career in agriculture, even though the boy grew up on a farm …
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‘We want to keep it like it is’
Strong winds whipped the blue jeans, T-shirts and towels drying on the line outside Howard and Sharon Smith’s home, putting a set …
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Family preserves nearly 700 acres in Huron Co.
A Huron County family has permanently protected 686 acres—some of which it has owned since the 1830s – in cooperation with the …