Shaping land for the long haul: Town of Leon resident’s four decades of stewardship earn Conservationist of the Year

By JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ MORAN, Contributing Writer
Posted 1/19/26

What began as a hunting property outside Sparta in the early 1980s has become a decades-long stewardship project shaped by trees, trout water, wildflowers, and steady, hands-on care.

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