Basis’s land offers to protect 65 acres, donate one other 40 to parks

A Pickerington-based land preservation basis not too long ago bought 65 acres it intends to return to a pure state, along with one other 40 acres it is donated for a neighborhood park enlargement.

Since 2006, David Hague and Tammy Miller of Pickerington have bought roughly 920 acres in Pickerington and Violet Township, bordered by Pickerington, Allen and Busey roads, in a bid to take away invasive species, forestall future growth, agricultural use or chemical runoff and return and protect the land in its pure state.

To additional pursue their mission, the couple in June 2021 joined a number of different like-minded board of administrators to type the Invoice and Joyce Hague Basis, which honors David Hague’s mom and his late father, the previous proprietor of a Groveport water-softening equipment-sales enterprise. Joyce Hauge is also on the board.

The muse’s aim is to advertise human accountability to nature by way of preservation and restoration of pure areas and the promotion of moral stewardship of the land. In December, the group had one in every of its most efficient months.

Two Glaciers Park donation

On Dec. 13, Joyce and David Hague gave $160,000 to the Fairfield County Park District that enabled the district to buy 40 acres previously owned by Carl Luck at 3177 Clearcreek Street SW in Lancaster for $181,556.49. The county picked up the remainder of the tab.

Along with growing of the general acreage of Two Glaciers Park from 316 to 356, the acquisition is anticipated to allow the parks district to attach the 2 parts of the park that had been divided by the property.