Article source for : The Oak Openings Region: A Natural Wonder Disappearing Near You
But hey, it's all about "progress" so it's OK.
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June 26, 2008 Toledo Blade - "Toledo Area Metroparks to acquire 3 land parcels":http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080626/NEWS18/806260394/-1/NEWS
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The Toledo Area Metroparks board of directors voted yesterday to buy three land parcels in Spencer Township for its ongoing effort to establish a "greenway" between the Secor and Oak Openings Preserve metroparks.
The parcels were about four, five, and nine acres and will be purchased for $38,000, $45,000, and $84,550, respectively, from private owners, said Metroparks spokesman Scott Carpenter.
Funds generated by the Metroparks' 0.3 mill land-acquisition levy will cover the cost of the first two pieces of land. A grant through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will pay for the third parcel, he said.
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Not a lot of land acquired from these purchases, but every bit helps. The Metroparks has made larger Oak Openings land purchases in the past.
h2. References
* "Oak Openings Green Ribbon Initiative":http://oakopen.org/
* "Metroparks of the Toledo Area":http://www.metroparkstoledo.com/metroparks/
* "The Nature Conservancy - Kitty Todd Nature Preserve in the Oak Openings Region":http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/ohio/preserves/art162.html
* Toledo Talk comments about the demise of the Oak Openings Region :
** "one":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/4001#4009
** "two":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/4001#4128
* Reference material that can be acquired at area parks and nature preserves:
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br. *+The Oak Openings Region+*
Elegance.
Natural wonder.
Gift from glaciers.
Noticed by The Nature Conservancy.
"One of the Last Great Places on Earth."
Contains more rare and endangered species of nature than anywhere else in Ohio.
Nesting birds from the north, south, west intersect.
The region's best environmental classroom.
But it's disappearing.
Suburban sprawl.
Ignorance.
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