Idaho couple donates 330 acre 'oasis' to land trust to create a nature preserve instead of subdivisions

Idaho couple donates 330 acre 'oasis' to land trust to create a nature preserve instead of subdivisions

The breakneck pace of growth in Southern Idaho has seen more and more open spaces transform into subdivisions, but one couple has a different vision for the future of their land.Melody and Charlie Lenkner, who have owned a 330-acre property south of Twin Falls since the 1980s, chose to donate their land to the Magic Valley Land Trust rather than sell it to developers.The parcel, located at the base of the South Hills, will become the Cottonwood …