To the City of Decatur:

I support permanent conservation protections for Haddock Woods, a mature mixed hardwood forest located in the heart of Southeast Decatur, between the Oakhurst and Winnona Park neighborhoods.  This wooded area provides important ecological and recreational resources to the City of Decatur and surrounding neighborhoods, including habitat for species of birds and owls in the mature canopy.

I request that the City of Decatur place permanent conservation protections on the public green space highlighted in light green on the below map: specifically, the corridor of property the at the end of E. Benson Street (extending northward to the Green Street Path) and the corridors of public property extending eastward, and southward and eastward to City-owned forested land off of E. Hill Street.  

This property we are proposing to protect is currently City owned and managed, but is not subject to conservation restrictions.  

Saving this area as public green space in perpetuity would create a valuable link between significant existing green spaces to the north (the Green Street Path and Wylde Center), and to the south (the existing City-owned 2-acre forested parcel off of E. Hill Street).

I support official recognition and permanent conservation protections for Haddock Woods.  

More information at: https://www.friendsofshoalcreek.org/preserve-haddock-woods/