S02e03 – Barry Lonik – Buy-Protect-Sell + Leadership = Saving the Aprill Farm
Buy-Protect-Sell + Leadership =
Saving the Aprill Farm
Episode 3:
Barry Lonik –
Treemore Ecology and
Land Services
Saving the Aprill Farm
When an exceptional piece of farmland became available in Scio Township, Michigan, longtime land conservation specialist Barry Lonik and township officials found a way to protect it through an innovative “Buy-Protect-Sell” transaction strategy. Barry details the synchronicities and forward-thinking community leadership that made it possible.
About Barry Lonik
Barry Lonik has led the effort to establish the model farmland and natural area protection programs in Washtenaw County for nearly 30 years, some of the most successful in Michigan. Barry started the Legacy Land Conservancy and served as its first executive director for six and a half years, developing it into an effective nonprofit organization.
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