History
The Preserve was established in 1971, and named after Albert Sabo, who had been Director of the City of Kalamazoo's Utilities Department for 15 years until 1969.
A large painted mural of the surrounding wetlands is on one of the interior walls of the preserve's main pump house.
In 1992 the preserve was closed due to a land use dispute between cyclists and hikers represented by the Sierra Club. The preserve was re-opened in 1993.
The City of Kalamazoo, Michigan uses the watershed containing the Al Sabo Preserve as part of the municipal water supply. A water quality study resulted in a Watershed Management Plan, approved on February 10, 2006.
On April 26, 2006, a wildfire in Al Sabo Preserve burned approximately two acres of woods near the Lookout Trail overlook. It was successfully extinguished by crews from the Texas Township, Oshtemo, and Mattawan fire departments.
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