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Story County accepts quitclaim deeds for long‑planned Ames Lake greenbelt land
Summary
Supervisors and conservation staff said the county received and signed quitclaim deeds for Corps‑owned land acquired for the never‑built Ames Lake and will send the deeds back to the court for final execution; staff called the transfer the culmination of a 52‑year effort to keep the land in public ownership.
Story County conservation staff told supervisors they have received quitclaim deeds for land originally acquired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the never‑built Ames Lake and have signed the deeds for filing with the court.
Mike Cox, Story County conservation director, traced the effort back to a 1974 letter from the Story County Conservation Board to “Colonel Walter Johnson, district…
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