Comments on: The Colony Farm Orchard is Not Trade Land http://richardbrewer.org/2009/10/27/the-colony-farm-orchard-is-not-trade-land/ biological scientist and author Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: What Kalamazoo Ought to Do, 2010. Part 2. Asylum Lake Preserve | Richard Brewer http://richardbrewer.org/2009/10/27/the-colony-farm-orchard-is-not-trade-land/comment-page-1/#comment-285 What Kalamazoo Ought to Do, 2010. Part 2. Asylum Lake Preserve | Richard Brewer Fri, 21 May 2010 17:47:18 +0000 http://richardbrewer.org/?p=636#comment-285 [...] But to the many Kalamazoo area residents who had fought the BTR park battles of the 1990s, the news about the Orchard was like the crew of a WW II cruiser sighting a U-boat periscope in the North Atlantic. Somebody [...] [...] But to the many Kalamazoo area residents who had fought the BTR park battles of the 1990s, the news about the Orchard was like the crew of a WW II cruiser sighting a U-boat periscope in the North Atlantic. Somebody [...]

]]> By: Colin M.J. Novick http://richardbrewer.org/2009/10/27/the-colony-farm-orchard-is-not-trade-land/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Colin M.J. Novick Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:27:16 +0000 http://richardbrewer.org/?p=636#comment-209 Another turn of phrase we run across from folks who don't really comprehend the idea of conservation land is that the land is "derelict." The fact that nothing but trees, shrubs, grasses, and walking paths were present on one property was cited as reason for it being converted from parkland to another use. Though I feel as if there were two different and separate arguments at play in your piece: I. Academic institutions and conservation lands, and II. A societal viewpoint that sees no value in land unless it is built. Another turn of phrase we run across from folks who don’t really comprehend the idea of conservation land is that the land is “derelict.”

The fact that nothing but trees, shrubs, grasses, and walking paths were present on one property was cited as reason for it being converted from parkland to another use.

Though I feel as if there were two different and separate arguments at play in your piece:

I. Academic institutions and conservation lands, and
II. A societal viewpoint that sees no value in land unless it is built.

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