Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and EnergyAll data was constructed from legal meets and bounds on file at Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). The conservation easements are an agreement between the department and the property owner and or developer to protect the functions and values of existing or established wetlands and their natural resource values on the Easement Premises by requiring the grantor to maintain the Easement Premises in its natural and undeveloped condition. This EGLE conservation easements (easement) is intended to be used as a visual aid to assist in identifying in general the size, shape, and location of the easement boundaries. The locations are based upon land surveys that have been converted to a geographic information system. Some of the easement shapefiles had to be manipulated to reference known landmarks (roads, rivers) as depicted on aerial photos to best reflect the areas the easements were intended to cover. Therefore, since accuracy of the data may vary, all polygons should be used to approximate the easement boundary lines and should not be used to determine jurisdictional boundaries. Conservation Easement data was created in 2006 and is continually updated on a bi-monthly basis. The easement data is a state wide dataset Field Name Description Acres Size of each conservation easement polygon. MappingDate Approximate date that the easement polygon was created/mapped. FileNumber Conservation Easement number and or name used to track and find each easement. This number can be searched in MiEnviro for more information on the Easement. County County in which the conservation easement is located. Township Township and or City in which the easement is located. For questions about the data contact: Jeremy Jones ( jonesj28@michigan.gov ) or Thomas Makled ( makledt@michigan.gov ) 517-331-4331 . You can also visit: www.michigan.gov/wetlandsArcGIS DynamicMapLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/f3ae9b93f8264699a5a5a1b51a4a46c8_1engState of Michigan Open Data PortalPublicEGLE Conservation Easements [Michigan]Web servicesMichiganLast Modified: 2025-12-22