YOUNGSTOWN The Youngstown City Council is set to consider a resolution next week that supports the restoration and preservation of the McGuffey Wildlife Preserve, a 73-acre property managed by Mill Creek Metroparks.

The proposed resolution comes after the Mill Creek Metroparks Board of Commissioners voted this week to authorize the sale of the preserve. The board's executive director, Aaron Young, stated that the property no longer meets the park system’s needs and that the sale could settle a long-running disagreement with the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society over the site’s maintenance.

The McGuffey Wildlife Preserve, which includes the McGuffey Family Pond and Dock, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The historical society donated the land and $15,000 for

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