Commission reviews Scheidegger Forest history, remediation and management
Staff and commissioners reviewed the property's donation history, purchase timeline, lead-remediation work, timber-harvest practices used to build on-site features, and how the estate gift was applied to acquisition and development.
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Commissioners and staff reviewed the history and management of Scheidegger Forest, a county forest property acquired with donation dollars and conservation funds. Tom Thorsen and Alex D. Smith described Walter Scheidegger’s bequest language directing residue of his estate to Dane County Parks for land acquisition and maintenance in the Riley/Verona/Mount Vernon area; staff said the county received a donation in 2001 and purchased the property in 2006 from the sheriff’s department.
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