Clintonville ravine dispute escalates, state turns to cash as 'final' offer
This story was updated to accurately reflect the bridge's proposed width. Tensions have escalated over a controversial, state-proposed bridge through a protected ravine in Columbus' Clintonville neighborhood, as state officials and Franklin County's conservation agency clash over how to offset its environmental impacts. The 73-acre tract, Bill Moose Run, has been protected since 1999 by a "perpetual conservation easement," a deed restriction that indefinitely restricts development and land uses. The state owns the land, but the Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District, or FSWCD, controls the easement, which requires approval from its Board of Supervisors. Initially, FSW CD was open to approving the project in exchange for 13.2 acres of additional protected land. However, the Ohio Department of Administrative Services offered 6 acres of noncontiguous land scattered throughout the easment as mitigation. FSWCC argued that larger mitigation was necessary due to the project's impacts on forest canopy, water quality and wildlife habitat.
Publicado : Hace 3 días por Emma Wozniak, Columbus Dispatch en Politics Environment
This story was updated to accurately reflect the bridge's proposed width.
Tensions continue to rise over a controversial, state-proposed bridge through a protected ravine in Columbus' Clintonville ne... [4930 symbols]
