May 2006: The Washtenaw Land Trust's Waterloo-area land protection program is gaining momentum, thanks to a grant in the amount of $10,000.00 from The Jackson County Community Foundation. This grant was awarded through the Unrestricted Fund, a component fund of The Jackson County Community Foundation.

      The grant monies will be used to support the Waterloo Land Protection project of the Washtenaw Land Trust. One of the Land Trust's top land protection priorities is to reduce the rate of fragmentation of the Waterloo-Pinckney region. This region makes up the largest block of public recreation land in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. However, this important recreational and natural resource is increasingly threatened by incompatible residential development.

      "The grant from The Jackson County Community Foundation will allow the Land Trust to jumpstart its land protection work in the Waterloo area," said Charity Steere, chair of the Land Trust's Land Protection Committee.

      The project includes identifying and prioritizing buffer lands and in-holdings, identifying appropriate protection techniques, developing a landowner outreaach plan, and educating landowners on land protection options.

      The Washtenaw Land Trust is Michigan's oldest land trust and has protected more than 2,000 acres of farmland and natural areas since 1971. A private, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, it provides private land protection solutions in Washtenaw, Jackson and Ingham counties.

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