Conservation groups raising $6M to save rare Downriver prairie

Conservation groups raising $6M to save rare Downriver prairie

By Carol Thompson MediaNews Group Conservation groups have secured an option to purchase a plot of undeveloped land in southern Wayne County that contains a rare prairie ecosystem that has nearly vanished from Michigan. Thanks to a $1 million loan, the groups were able to stave off an auction of the 440-acre property in Brownstown Township by negotiating an option to purchase the property bordered by Sibley, Telegraph, King and Inkster roads. Th…