Thurston
Nature Center
Land
Use Policy Statement
The Thurston Nature
Center Committee(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 Center, 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 may
have to the current chair of the TNC Committee, Heidi Koester <hhk@umich.edu>.
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TNC Land Use Policy
Webpage last revised 12/13/03.