Thurston Nature Center

Land Use Policy Statement

The Thurston Nature Center Committee (as a sub-committee of the Thurston Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization) is responsible for the maintenance of the nature center and development of long-range plans for preservation of this land and water. The Thurston Nature Center should be managed as a natural environment for the benefit of the Ann Arbor Public School's Environmental Education Program and the local community. The goal of the Thurston Nature Center Committee is to maintain the nature center with plants, trees, shrubs, and animal species indigenous to the State of Michigan. The Thurston Nature Center Committee should approve the planting of trees, shrubs, and other plants, the introduction or removal of any animals and the altering of the wetlands, pond and land of the nature cneter, such as trail maintenance, plant removal and cutting grass. Any changes to the nature center must have prior approval by the Thurston Nature Center Committee. The Thurston Nature Center should be available to all community members to use and enjoy on an equal basis.


The Committee feels that this policy has been particularly important to develop to guide the coordination of long-range plans for the management and preservation of the various habitats and species within the nature center. Please direct any questions that you might have to the current chair of the TNC Committee.


WWW TNC Land Use Policy Statement last revised 1/22/96.