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Council approves conservation easement to aid tribe’s effort to preserve historic tree at Oak Grove Cemetery
Summary
Council approved a conservation easement allowing a tribe to carry out limited conservation work on a ~250-year-old Native American wayfinding tree in Oak Grove Cemetery; the easement grants enduring rights limited to preserving the tree and includes conditional termination language (for example, if the tree dies).
The Coldwater City Council on Jan. 26 approved a conservation easement formalizing a tribe’s effort to preserve a damaged Native American wayfinding tree at Oak Grove Cemetery.
City Attorney Amanda O'Boyle said the tree, estimated at about 250 years old, sustained damage in a past ice storm and is leaning though…
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