Dexter Township’s May 19, 2026 Board of Trustees agenda includes a closed-session discussion of a Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board recommendation for purchase of a conservation easement, followed by an action item to consider approval of that recommendation. These purchases can protect farmland, open space, water quality, and rural character, but they also raise questions about price, transparency, long-term monitoring, and competing township needs. Preserving land can be worth public money, but the township should be able to explain the public benefit and the long-term responsibility.