Ben Vanderweide News Today

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The public is invited to celebrate and explore the township’s newest 234-acre nature preserve later this month.

Oakland Township plans prescribed burns in local parks Residents invited to join Volunteer Fire Crew training Feb. 20 Advertisement It may seem like Oakland Township officials are playing with fire this spring, but according to township Natural Areas Stewardship Manager Ben VanderWeide, the upcoming park blazes are quite intentional.  To help restore balance to the township’s natural areas, the township has been regularly burning its parklands since 2002. Those first burns, according to Vand...