In 2021, City of Edmond voters approved the purchase of a 22 acre tract of land in central Edmond near Hafer Park to be set aside as a “nature first” park and remain undeveloped. In early 2022 the Edmond City Council passed a resolution to partner with the ELC in developing a plan for managing the property for generations to come and coordinate placing this property into Conservation Easement.

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With the help of Turner Development, the Chitwood family, the USDA, and our friends at Land Legacy, ELC has permanently preserved a 100-acre meadow in east Edmond, complete with buffalo wallows. The conservation easement covering this scenic and historic meadow was purchased, in part, with funding from the USDA Farm and Ranchlands Protection Program, only the second such grant ever awarded in Oklahoma. Read more about Chitwood Farm Hay Meadow