LIBERTY — At the Sept. 22 Liberty City Council meeting, officials enthusiastically voted to buy land they already more or less babysit — this time from the Missouri Department of Conservation, for the bargain price of $10 each. Big spender energy.
One plot, the 65-acre “Walnut Woods Conservation Area,” conveniently hugs up against Stocksdale Park. The other, a 42-acre “Rush Creek Conservation Area,” snuggles right in next to the Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary and the city’s Brian Court property. Basically, Liberty’s just collecting puzzle pieces at this point.
Parks Director BJ Staab assured everyone this is a “win-win-win” — because apparently we’ve entered a world where the Department of Conservation no longer wants to, you know, conserve. MDC claimed their pockets were too shallow to keep up with these low-grade woodlands, so Liberty gets to foot the bill. But hey, who wouldn’t want to inherit forests already labeled “not high-quality” by the experts?
Don’t worry though: the city insists they’re still “valuable” and promises the parks staff will roll up their sleeves to “manage” them. Translation: mow around the edges, put up a sign, and call it habitat preservation.
The official line? These tracts will remain “native habitat” so wildlife can frolic and migrate safely away from Liberty’s streets. Because if there’s one thing deer really want, it’s a corridor straight into city limits.
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