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Mansfield parks committee weighs conservation easement to protect 14 acres at John Todd Park
Summary
Council members and residents debated a proposed conservation easement covering about 14 acres of wooded ravine at John Todd Park, with advocates citing rare spring ephemeral flowers and opponents raising deed reversion and public-access concerns; no formal vote was recorded.
The Mansfield parks committee opened at 6:50 p.m. to discuss a proposed conservation easement that would cover roughly 14 of the 22 acres that make up John Todd Park’s wooded ravine.
Advocates for the easement said the area contains the city’s most extensive old-growth trees and an unusually rich assemblage of spring ephemeral wildflowers that are at risk of extirpation in Richland County. “Spring ephemeral flowers…have a very short lifespan above ground,” an easement proponent said, urging protection and removal of invasive species to preserve those natives.
Neighbors and heirs pressed the council on the legal and practical effects of granting an easement to the North Central Ohio Land…
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