The Ann Arbor Township Farmland and Open Space Preservation Program recently closed on a conservation easement purchase from Carolyn Moehrle.
The property is 24.123 acres in size with frontage on the north side of Pontiac Trail north of Warren Rd. It is almost entirely prime agricultural soils with four acres of woods and one acre of wetlands and adds to a block of conserved land totaling 759 contiguous acres. The conservation easement ensures that the land will never be developed but it remains in private ownership and is not open to the public.
The Moerhles began assembling their property in 1970 with the purchase of 20 acres. They added 74 acres in 1973. Carolyn’s husband Otto worked the ground until 1998; it has been leased to local operators since then…