Thank you to everyone who participated in (or sponsored) our 30th anniversary celebration. If it had to be virtual, we're glad it was with you all, because you rock. We're overwhelmed by your generosity. It's your unwavering support that allows us to continue protecting land in Central Indiana. Our silent auction was a great success, and we're very close to reaching our $30,000 goal. Of course, there's still time to donate if you'd like to give in honor of 30 years of land protection! Follow the link in our bio to give. Many thanks! (Photo of ailanthus webworm moth is from White Owl Conservation Area, one of our riverine nature preserves.) #celebrating #celebrating30years #anniversary #silentauction #30thanniversary #manythanks #landprotection #conservation #landtrust #WhiteOwlConservationArea #WhiteOwl #WhiteRiverIN #MyWhiteRiver #riverinenaturepreserve #naturepreserve #urbannaturepreserve #urbannature #30yearsofsavingland #marking30years #30yearsofconservation #milestoneyear #celebratingcovidstyle #supportCILTI #grateful #gratitude #thankyou #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 18, 2020 If you were a highest bidder in our silent auction, here's how to get your goods. More info at our website! Silent auction items that have been paid in full can be picked up at our office at 1500 N. Delaware during one of the times below: Thursday, 9/17 4:30pm – 5:30pm Friday 9/18 2:30pm – 4:30pm Monday 9/21 noon – 3:30pm A big thank you to all our auction sponsors and participants! September 17, 2020 Don't dawdle this morning... you have until exactly noon to place your winning bid on the auction item you've been coveting. Will it be a private wildflower walk or virtual wine tasting with our executive director... a hoodie to keep you warm this fall... a wine bundle or special getaway? Or will you be the lucky final bidder on a personalized guided hike through one of Indiana's most iconic nature preserves (Pine Hills) with two ecologists extraordinaire? Help us reach our goal of raising $30,000 in honor of our 30th year in land protection. Click the link in our bio to check it out. Thank you thank you! #silentauction #makeyourbid #PineHills #PineHillsNaturePreserve #naturepreserve #conservation #getoutthere #guidedhike #naturelovers #optoutside #exploremore #getoutside #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #getoutdoors #exploreindiana #hikingindiana #seeyouonthetrail #celebrating #celebrating30years #anniversary #grateful #gratitude #thankyou #30yearsofsavingland #marking30years #30yearsofconservation #milestoneyear #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 16, 2020 As we enter the final morning of our silent auction, we're featuring another piece of nature-themed art that is available for bidding in our 30th anniversary fundraiser. Our own @traci_butterflymama took this photo. Find this print and more fun stuff at the link in our bio, but be quick: the auction ends at noon today! #silentauction #makeyourbid #monarch #monarchbutterfly #butterfliesofinstagram #naturephotography #natureart #natureisart #artinnature #celebrating #celebrating30years #anniversary #30yearsofsavingland #marking30years #30yearsofconservation #milestoneyear #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 16, 2020 It's time! Join us at the link in our bio for a special 30th anniversary message from our executive director, Cliff Chapman. It was filmed (in part) on location in the beautiful old growth forest of Meltzer Woods, shown here. Cliff will share more about our million tree initiative, upcoming land protection projects, and our progress at Oliver's Woods. Watch for glimpses of some of our staff members hard at work. Then it's time to place your final bids in our silent auction! Bidding closes at noon Wednesday, so don't miss the chance to lock down bids on your favorite items, from CILTI-branded gear to artwork to special events. #silentauction #makeyourbid #meltzerwoodsnaturepreserve #meltzerwoods #oldgrowthforest #celebrating #celebrating30years #anniversary #30yearsofsavingland #marking30years #30yearsofconservation #milestoneyear #celebratingcovidstyle #supportCILTI #grateful #gratitude #thankyou #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 15, 2020 Several pieces of nature-themed art are among the silent auction items available in our 30th anniversary fundraiser. Including this stunning drooping trillium photo! Our longtime supporter, volunteer and current board member Dick Miller took this shot out at Meltzer Woods. This is just one of many special offerings you can bid on now through noon Wednesday. Check out all the goods at the link in our bio. #silentauction #makeyourbid #wildflower #meltzerwoodsnaturepreserve #meltzerwoods #oldgrowthforest #nativeplant #nativewildflower #nativeplants #wildflowers #nativewildflowers #naturepreserve #naturephotography #natureart #springwildflowers #nativeflowers #natureisart #artinnature #celebrating #celebrating30years #anniversary #30yearsofsavingland #marking30years #30yearsofconservation #milestoneyear #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 15, 2020 Hey gardeners and native plant lovers... One of our silent auction items is a sweet gift basket from Prairie Moon Nursery (@prairiemoonnursery). We are raising funds in celebration of our 30th year in this business of protecting land--and celebrating online tonight at 7pm. You can place bids between now and the auction's closing at noon Wednesday. Find all the details at the link in our bio. Thank you for the support! (Photo of fire pink was taken at Glacier's End.) #celebratingcovidstyle #nativeplants #nativeflowers #nativeplant #nativeflower #wildflower #silentauction #makeyourbid #supportCILTI #celebrating #celebrating30years #anniversary #grateful #gratitude #thankyou #30yearsofsavingland #marking30years #30yearsofconservation #milestoneyear #glaciersend #glaciersendnaturepreserve #johnsoncountyindiana #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 15, 2020 Have you checked out our silent auction yet? Pine Hills Nature Preserve is an absolutely stunning hike, and you could experience it next spring in a personalized tour with two legendary leaders of the conservation field. John Bacone, who headed Indiana's Division of Nature Preserves for four decades, and former state botanist Michael Homoya will offer a guided hike to the highest bidder on this item. Pine Hills, Indiana's first dedicated nature preserve in 1969, boasts incredible hogback ridges with steep dropoffs, craggy hills, deep gorges, and extensive sandstone bluffs covered with stands of evergreens and hardwood trees. The auction closes at noon Wednesday. Don't miss your chance to bid on this experience and lots of other cool offerings. Details are at the link in our bio. (Photo credit: The Nature Conservancy) #silentauction #makeyourbid #PineHills #PineHillsNaturePreserve #naturepreserve #conservation #getoutthere #guidedhike #naturelovers #TakeaWalkinNature #optoutside #exploremore #getoutside #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #getoutdoors #exploreindiana #hikingindiana #naturewalk #seeyouonthetrail #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 14, 2020 Join us online tomorrow (Sept. 15) at 7pm for a 30th anniversary video message from Cliff Chapman, our executive director. It won't exactly be like this (photo from an open house 2 years ago) but Cliff will share an inspiring update about where we stand and where we are going. Meanwhile, there's still time to bid on your favorite silent auction items, including a couple of private special events with Cliff! Find all the details at the link in our bio. #celebratingcovidstyle #silentauction #makeyourbid #supportCILTI #celebrating #celebrating30years #anniversary #grateful #gratitude #thankyou #30yearsofsavingland #marking30years #30yearsofconservation #milestoneyear #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 14, 2020 Treat your young readers to Wake Up, Woods, the 2020 National Book Festival selection written by Indiana's own Michael A. Homoya and Shane Gibson and illustrated by Gillian Harris. A signed copy is part of a gift package available through our silent auction. Check out all the items and place your bids to help us mark 30 years of land protection. Details at the link in our bio. #silentauction #makeyourbid #wakeupwoods #naturebook #childrensbook #childrensliterature #nativeplants #nativewildflowers #wildflowers #futurenaturalists #naturelovers #youngnaturelovers #nochildleftinside #getthemoutside #springwildflowers #nativeflowers #TakeaWalkinNature #optoutside #exploremore #getoutside #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #getoutdoors #springwalk #exploreindiana #hikingindiana #naturewalk #seeyouonthetrail #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 11, 2020 Memories of in-person festivities ... as we prepare for our virtual 30th anniversary celebration. Here @emwood414 fills her glass with wine donated by Wines 'til Sold Out (@WTSO). We are so grateful for their sponsorship of events past and current! Check the link in our bio to bid on wine and other goodies in our silent auction, now through noon Sept. 16. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #silentauction #makeyourbid #supportCILTI #wtso #winestillsoldout #wine #celebrating #celebrating30years #anniversary #grateful #gratitude #thankyou #30yearsofsavingland #marking30years #30yearsofconservation #milestoneyear #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 10, 2020 Our silent auction fundraiser goes live today! Come spring, you could be enjoying the sight of blue-eyed Marys carpeting the forest floor at Shrader-Weaver Nature Preserve during a private wildflower hike with our own Cliff Chapman. Our executive director has deep history with this property (which is owned and managed by the Indiana DNR Division of Nature Preserves). This is just one of many special offerings you can bid on now through noon on Sept. 16. Check out all the goods at the link in our bio! #silentauction #makeyourbid #wildflowerwalk #guidedhike #shraderweavernaturepreserve #wildflower #nativeplant #nativewildflower #nativeplants #wildflowers #nativewildflowers #naturepreserve #getoutthere #springhike #springwildflowers #nativeflowers #TakeaWalkinNature #optoutside #exploremore #getoutside #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #getoutdoors #springwalk #exploreindiana #hikingindiana #naturewalk #seeyouonthetrail #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 9, 2020 A lovely pearl crescent is just one of countless lepidopterans enjoying the pollinator plants that were seeded in among our tree planting this spring at Glacier's End. #butterfly #lepidopteran #lepidoptera #butterfliesofinstagram #butterfliesofindiana #naturepreserve #forest #GlaciersEnd #GlaciersEndNaturePreserve #landprotection #indiananature #protectedland #protectedwoods #pollinatorhabitat #protectedhabitat #pollinator #pollinatorplanting #amilliontrees #treeplanting #treesforthewin #plantamilliontrees #protectedforest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 8, 2020 This Sycamore Tussock Moth caterpillar was caught minding its fuzzy business at Blossom Hollow (photographed earlier this summer). Here's hoping your holiday weekend includes some nature moments! #moth #lepidopteran #lepidoptera #naturemoment #naturemoments #caterpillar #mothsofinstagram #caterpillarsofinstagram #mothsrule #mothsofindiana #caterpillars #naturepreserve #forest #BlossomHollow #BlossomHollowNaturePreserve #TheLauraHarePreserveatBlossomHollow #landprotection #optoutside #indiananature #exploremore #getoutside #exploreindiana #protectedland #protectedwoods #pollinatorhabitat #protectedhabitat #naturestudies #pollinator #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 7, 2020 For National Wildlife Day, here's an epic showdown between a crayfish and Eastern box turtle at Glacier's End, caught on camera by our own @phillipweldy earlier this year. With your help, we provide safe haven for wildlife in our natural areas. (The Eastern box turtle's numbers have been declining, though not due to crayfish encounters! Watch for our print newsletter to learn more about what we're doing to help them.) #NationalWildlifeDay #NationalWildlifeDay2020 #wildlife #protectingwildlife #glaciersend #glaciersendnaturepreserve #naturepreserve #protectedwoods #nature #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #myindiana #indiananature #naturalindiana #natureisbeautiful #midwestnature #indianasveryown #viewsofnature #turtlesofinstagram #crayfish #wildlifeencounters #animalbattles #turtlevscrayfish #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 4, 2020 In honor of Saturday being Turkey Vulture Awareness Day, we bring you this shot taken last summer by our own @phillipweldy through binoculars, at Glacier's End. According to @cornellbirds, "if it's soaring with its wings raised in a V and making wobbly circles, it's likely a Turkey Vulture. These birds ride thermals in the sky and use their keen sense of smell to find fresh carcasses. They are a consummate scavenger, cleaning up the countryside one bite of their sharply hooked bill at a time, and never mussing a feather on their bald heads." #TurkeyVultureAwarenessDay #turkeyvulture #lookup #birdsofinstagram #bird #birding #birds #birdwatching #birdinflight #TurkeyVultureAwarenessDay2020 #TurkeyVultureAwareness #cornellornithologylab #naturepreserve #protectedwoods #glaciersend #glaciersendnaturepreserve #johnsoncountyindiana #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 3, 2020 A killdeer (we think?) caught on camera at Burr Oak Bend, one of our riverine nature preserves. According to the Cornell Ornithology Lab, this bird's broken-wing act leads predators away from a nest, but to guard against large hoofed animals, the Killdeer uses a quite different display, fluffing itself up, displaying its tail over its head, and running at the beast to attempt to make it change its path. Scrappy! #BurrOakBend #BurrOakBendNaturePreserves #killdeer #shorebird #plover #birdsofindiana #birdsofinstagram #wildlife #nativewildlife #bird #summerinIndiana #mywhiteriver #WhiteRiverIN #naturepreserve #landprotection #optoutside #indiananature #exploremore #getoutside #exploreindiana #protectedland #naturalindiana #midwestnature #conservation #environment #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 2, 2020 This week's Tree ID Tuesday challenge is this sapling our volunteers planted at Meyer Nature Preserve during a 2011 tree planting project. (We featured a #TBT of this Eagle Scout project a few weeks ago). This member of the beech family dominated eastern US forests until it was devastated by fungal disease. In its day, a tree of this species could reach a height of more than 100 feet, with trunk diameter well over 10 feet. Now blight-resistant trees are being reintroduced onto the landscape. Distinguishing features include sawtoothed leaves, 6-inch catkins, and nuts enclosed in spiny green burrs. Know what it is? Comment with your answer and we'll let you know tomorrow who's right! #TreeIDTuesday #treeidentification #treeID #nativetree #protectedwoods #protectedforest #eaglescouts #restoringtheland #FredandDorothyMeyerNaturePreserve #naturepreserve #MeyerNaturePreserve #Land4All #natureforall #Nature4All #trees #treesforthewin #nativetreesofIndiana #treesofIndiana #TreeID #forest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #protectingland #landprotection #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti September 1, 2020 An orange sulphur butterfly stopping off at New England aster for some sustenance, out at Meltzer Woods. #nationaleatoutsideday #meltzerwoods #oldgrowthforest #meltzerwoodsnaturepreserve #protectedwoods #protectedforest #shelbycountyindiana #shelbyvilleindiana #butterfly #butterfliesofinstagram #butterfliesofindiana #pollinatorhabitat #nativeplants #nativeflowers #nativeplant #nativeflower #wildflower #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 31, 2020 Reddish brown bitter bolete (we think? tell us if we're wrong!). This #fungifriday offering is from Meyer Nature Preserve in Morgan County. #lookdown #bolete #boletesofinstagram #naturalindiana #midwestnature #naturepreserve #protectedland #MorganCountyIndiana #MeyerNaturePreserve #FredandDorothyMeyerNaturePreserve #mushroom #fungi #fungus #naturalarea #natureindiana #landprotection #mushroomsofinstagram #fungiofindiana #mushroomsofindiana #forest #naturalindiana #conservation #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #myindiana #protectedwoods #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 28, 2020 Here's a moody #ThrowbackThursday showing a wintry view of a property dedicated to bat habitat, in honor of International Bat Night (happening Saturday). Wallace F. Holladay Preserve at Ameriplex is being restored as a nature preserve specifically for the benefit of endangered Indiana bats. Find out more about this preserve and all our places at the link in our bio. #internationalbatnight #internationalbatnight2020 #TBT #winterscene #endangeredspecies #endangeredspeciesprotection #WallaceFHolladayPreserve #Holladaynaturepreserve #naturepreserve #habitatforbats #savethebats #bathabitat #indianabats #landprotection #protectedland #batlove #welovebats #batsofindiana #indianabat #gonebatty #savingwildlife #naturelovers #wildlifelovers #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 27, 2020 It's Women's Equality Day, and we are saluting the contributions of all the women and girls who are part of our work and the broader conservation scene. These young women took part in a volunteer day at Oliver's Woods back in 2013. They are part of that lineage. Thank you! #WomensEqualityDay #wherearetheynow #tbw #throwbackWednesday #womensequality #powerfulwomen #equalitymatters #yourvoicematters #speakyourtruth #strongerthanyouthink #thankyou #inappreciation #gratitude #standingontheshouldersofgiants #upliftinggirlsandwomen #girlsrock #girlsrule #getoutside #girlslead #service #youthservice #youthvolunteers #givingtime #makingadifference #theyouthwilllead #nogirlleftinside #girlsinnature #futurenaturalists #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 26, 2020 #Repost @biomimicryinstitute • • • • • • 🌿GIVEAWAY🌿 *Attention folks with young ones in your life * In anticipation of tomorrow’s #BiomimicryFiresideChat, we’re giving away one signed copy of “Nature Did it First” by one of our phenomenal panelists, Karen Ansberry — writer, teacher STEMinist, and mother! 🍃 This beautifully illustrated book is a delightful introduction to #biomimicry for young readers. It’s bound to get them thinking differently about how we can learn FROM, and not just about nature, with playful rhymes, fit for ages 5 and up. 🍃 TO ENTER: Head to the link in our bio and sign up for tomorrow’s #BiomimicryChat and tag one friend in this post. We’ll tag and announce the winner Friday afternoon. 🍃 Be sure to join us for this timely, much needed discussion, “Transforming Education: Fostering Students’ Reconnection with Nature”, Thursday, August 27th, 1pm MT! . . . @sourcebookskids #education #outdooreducation #childrensbooks #natureeducation #stemeducation #asknature #fridaysforfuture #climatesolutions #climatehope August 26, 2020 For your Tree ID-ing pleasure... This native tall shrub/understory tree is thorny and thicket-forming. It grows 8-10 feet tall and sports white flowers in the spring. The fruit can be used in preserves. While birds don't exactly favor it as a food source, they do use this native tree as nesting cover, and it is valuable to many butterflies. This photo was taken last week at Oliver's Woods. Know what it is? Comment with your answer and we will tell you tomorrow if you're right! #TreeIDTuesday #treeidentification #treeID #nativetree #protectedwoods #protectedforest #oliverswoods #oliverswoodsnaturepreserve #urbannaturepreserve #naturepreserve #urbannature #Land4All #natureforall #Nature4All #trees #treesforthewin #nativetreesofIndiana #treesofIndiana #TreeID #forest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #protectingland #landprotection #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 25, 2020 National Dog Day is coming up later this week. Treat your pooch to a (leashed) walk in nature at one of our nature preserves! #nationaldogday #nodogleftinside #dogs #dogsofinstagram #dogslovenature #nationaldogday2020 #dog #doginnature #hikingwithdogs #havedogwilltravel #naturepreserve #lovedogs #doglove #getthemoutside #dogslovehiking #protectedwoods #protectedforest #protectedhabitat #foresthabitat #trees #optoutside #naturewalk #optoutside #exploremore #getoutside #getoutthere #hikeindiana #exploreindiana #cilti #centralindianalandtrust August 24, 2020 Another #fungifriday for your weekend. This chocolate tube slime was photographed at Blossom Hollow. Except, it is not a fungus! It is a slime mold, a brainless, single-celled organism containing multiple nuclei... that "spends most of its life as a glistening cobwebby material oozing around wood piles and the forest floor," according to science writer Susan Pike. Remembering our red raspberry slime mold post from a few weeks ago, one wonders if all slime mold is named for food. There is a pretzel slime mold, but also varieties commonly called dog vomit and wolf’s milk. Tasty! To learn about the bizarre intelligence of these organisms, google "slime mold smart" and follow some of the links! #whoknew #funfact #scienceinnature #slimemold #smartslimemolds #slimemolds #notafungus #funfacts #natureiscool #moldyoldy #naturestudies #blossomhollow #blossomhollownaturepreserve #lauraharepreserveatblossomhollow #protectedwoods #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #myindiana #indiananature #natureisweird #forest #landprotection #protectedland #woods #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 21, 2020 Back in 2003, this nature-lover visited Hemlock Ridge and exulted at the edge of Big Walnut Creek. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #WaterQualityMonth #cleanwater #cleanstream #creeksofindiana #BigWalnut #HemlockRidge #HemlockRidgeNaturePreserve #WaterQualityMonth2020 #naturepreserve #protectinghabitat #myindiana #indiananature #sustainability #naturalindiana #midwestnature #indianasveryown #viewsofnature #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #protectedwater #cleanwater #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 20, 2020 This native wildflower is a starry catchfly, photographed at Meyer Woods by our longtime member/volunteer Tom Hohman. Threatened in Michigan, this carnation relative has unusual "starry" petals and whorled leaves. Keep your eyes peeled in open well-drained woods from June to September for this lovely bloom! #nativeplants #nativeflowers #TakeaWalkinNature #meyernaturepreserve #fredanddorothymeyernaturepreserve #naturepreserve #noticingnature #lookdown #natureisabalm #naturesoothesthesoul #naturemoments #optoutside #exploremore #getoutside #getoutthere #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #exploreindiana #hikingindiana #naturewalk #seeyouonthetrail #myindiana #indiananature #naturalindiana #natureisbeautiful #midwestnature #indianasveryown #viewsofnature #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 19, 2020 New helpful resource on invasive plants! #Repost @hcinvasives • • • • • • We 💚 new resources! Check out www.woodyinvasives.org August 19, 2020 Time for another Tree ID Tuesday challenge! This sapling was photographed at Hemlock Ridge Nature Preserve 15 years ago --a self-sown volunteer among our oak planting--and presumably is taller than tall now. A rapid-growing native tree and member of the magnolia family, it can grow up to 120 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 5 feet! It was called canoe wood by European-born colonists because they saw Cherokee people making canoes from the tree. Other traditional uses include basketry, cordage, and medicine for fevers, diarrhea, pinworms, and rheumatic pain. Hint: If you can picture the blooms of this tree, you'll know its common name. Know what it is? Comment with your answer and we'll let you know tomorrow who's right! #TreeIDTuesday #treeidentification #treeID #nativetree #protectedwoods #protectedforest #HemlockRidge #nativetree #nativeplant #HemlockRidgeNaturePreserve #treeplanting #naturepreserve #Land4All #natureforall #Nature4All #trees #treesforthewin #nativetreesofIndiana #treesofIndiana #TreeID #forest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #protectingland #landprotection #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 18, 2020 Check out this conversation happening Tuesday evening about birdwatching in cemeteries. #Repost @bellzisbirding • • • • • • I’m sooo pumped to talk with @gotham_taxidermy about cemetery birding this Tuesday 🐦👻. It’s my go-to spot to nature watch, find out why on tomorrow’s #TaxidermyTuesday Huge shout out to Divya for being the first person to call me The Cemetery Birder. I’m putting that on all of my business cards from here on! - #repost • @gotham_taxidermy Do you like cemeteries? And birds? Then 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝗺𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 is back and I’m chatting with @bellzisbirding - THE Cemetery Birder who makes my heart sing 🖤 🦉🌿 Danielle Belleny is a wildlife biologist and avid birder from San Antonio, TX. She enjoys the never ending opportunities to nature watch in everyday places. Danielle is also known as The Cemetery Birder since she frequents cemeteries and other overlooked places that are surprisingly complex habitats for wildlife. Cemeteries are sacred places for our loved ones, for every goth kids’ poetic musings, and now scientists like Danielle are showing us how much more beauty and significance these places contain! 𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝗼𝐮𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝗼𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝗼𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 8/18 𝐚𝐭 8𝐩𝗺 𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝗼𝐧 𝐈𝐆 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞! August 17, 2020 Butterfly weed to brighten your Monday! Photographed at Burr Oak Bend, one of our riverine nature preserves. #BurrOakBend #BurrOakBendNaturePreserves #monarchfood #pollinatorhabitat #milkweed #nativeflowers #nativeplants #nativeflower #nativeplant #wildflower #summerinIndiana #mywhiteriver #WhiteRiverIN #naturepreserve #landprotection #optoutside #indiananature #exploremore #getoutside #exploreindiana #protectedland #natureisbeautiful #naturalindiana #midwestnature #naturephotography #conservation #environment #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 17, 2020 #FungiFriday is back with this gorgeous specimen of... turkey tail? You tell us if we're wrong--the photo was unlabeled in our archives. Photo is from Blossom Hollow. #lookdown #fungusamongus #natureforall #naturepreserve #protectedland #blossomhollow #BlossomHollownaturepreserve #LauraHarePreserveatBlossomHollow #johnsoncountyindiana #mushroom #fungi #fungus #Land4All #nature4all #natureindiana #landprotection #indiananature #mushroomsofinstagram #fungiofindiana #mushroomsofindiana #fungiofinstagram #naturalindiana #midwestnature #conservation #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 14, 2020 #Repost @billy_biology • • • • • • Would you believe me if I told you I got a "D" in biology when I was in high school? Yup... Me, an eventual host on Animal Planet, was horrible at studying life sciences (and a variety of other topics) growing up. The truth is that I wasn't a great student most of my life, though I've always loved learning - just in untraditional ways. JOIN ME later this month as I talk about how I believe nature (paired with design) can transform the K-12 educational experience into a fun, rewarding, and encouraging space for kids. (Registration link is in my bio.) August 14, 2020 A relaxing scene from 12 summers ago, sitting by Sugar Creek out at Mossy Point. #tbt #throwbackthursday #NationalRelaxationDay #ParkeCountyIndiana #SugarCreek #optoutside #exploremore #getoutside #getoutthere #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #exploreindiana #hikingindiana #naturewalk #seeyouonthetrail #protectedwater #summerinindiana #summerhike #creeksofindiana #waterwaysofindiana #naturepreserve #indiananature #naturalindiana #ourwaterways #MossyPointNaturePreserve #MossyPoint #protectedhabitat #midwestnature #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 13, 2020 With National Honey Bee Day coming up Saturday, here's a shot of everyone's favorite (non-native) bee, taken at Wallace F. Holladay Preserve. Our nature preserves host a great many unsung native bees as well... #nationalhoneybeeday #nationalhoneybeeday2020 #honeybeeday #honeybee #pollinator #bees #pollinators #wildflower #beesofinstagram #bee #beelove #pollinatorhabitat #honeybees #WallaceFHolladayPreserve #protectedland #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 12, 2020 Today's edition of Tree ID Tuesday is in tribute to the late Phil Meltzer, who passed away over the weekend. Because of Mr. Meltzer's foresight and his passion for nature, we are all still able to enjoy the old growth forest of Meltzer Woods. That's where this impressive tree stood sentry--it was state champion until it blew over a few years ago. Realizing the photo doesn't give you much to go on, here are some characteristics of this species according to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: --member of the beech family --grows over 80 feet tall, with an open, rounded, spreading crown --bark dark gray, smoothish, furrowed into ridges on lower trunk and older branches --trunk sometimes buttressed on older trees --leaves alternate, elliptic, deeply divided into 5–9 bristle-tipped lobes broadest toward the tip, the sinuses thumbshaped, turning red in fall. Final hint: The species was named after the state geologist of Texas. Think you know the answer? Comment below with your guess, and we'll let you know tomorrow who's right! #TreeIDTuesday #treeidentification #treeID #nativetree #protectedwoods #protectedforest #oldgrowthforest #MeltzerWoods #MeltzerWoodsNaturePreserve #naturepreserve #statechampiontree #Land4All #natureforall #Nature4All #trees #treesforthewin #nativetreesofIndiana #treesofIndiana #TreeID #forest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #protectingland #landprotection #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 11, 2020 This Sunday is #NationalBookLoversDay. So many powerful books have been written about the natural world ... and this year much of our reading centers around those written by Black authors, such as Carolyn Finney's Black Faces, White Spaces (@finneysmojo) and the poetry anthology Black Nature, edited by @camilledungy. We recently started a staff book club to explore questions of race, equity, land use and conservation. Our first choice was the novel The Water Dancer, by Ta Nehisi Coates (@tanehisi_coates_). Themes of land use/misuse unspool right alongside the story of slavery and freedom. Not to mention it is a ripping good read. What's on your reading list this summer? #NationalBookLoversDay2020 #summerreads #naturebooks #Nature4All #Land4All #NatureforAll #LandforAll #conservation #protectingland #landprotection #naturelovers #environment #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 7, 2020 Fall of 2018 saw these students from IUPUI's Thrive program helping out at Wallace F. Holladay Nature Preserve. Thrive provides scholarships, mentoring, and coaching for first-year students who have had experiences with foster care, housing insecurity, homelessness, emancipation, legal guardianship determined by a court, or lack of family support. Find more information at the @IUPUI website. We are grateful to partner with student groups on service projects. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #iupui #Thriveprogram #thankyou #inappreciation #wallacefholladaynaturepreserve #holladaynaturepreserve #naturepreserve #Indiananature #studentvolunteers #protectingland #landprotection #optoutside #getthemoutside #gratitude #volunteersrock #volunteering #service #youthservice #youthvolunteers #makingadifference #Land4All #Nature4All #nochildleftinside #theyouthwilllead #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 6, 2020 With August being #WaterQualityMonth, we bring you this shot of Big Walnut Creek in Putnam County, as seen from our Hemlock Ridge Nature Preserve. We never lose sight of the fact that protecting land makes our waterways cleaner and that benefits everyone. Not just in the places nearby, but downstream--all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Thank you for your support as we work to protect land and water! #protectedwater #cleanwater #cleanstream #creeksofindiana #BigWalnut #HemlockRidge #HemlockRidgeNaturePreserve #WaterQualityMonth2020 #waterquality #naturepreserve #protectinghabitat #myindiana #indiananature #sustainability #naturalindiana #midwestnature #indianasveryown #viewsofnature #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #protectedwater #cleanwater #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 5, 2020 This week's Tree ID Tuesday challenge is this gorgeous specimen from Blossom Hollow. Endangered Indiana bats love roosting in the safety of that shaggy bark. The nuts are eaten by squirrels, chipmunks, foxes, rabbits, mallards, wood ducks, bobwhites and wild turkey. Know what it is? Comment with your answer and we'll let you know tomorrow who's right! #TreeIDTuesday #treeidentification #treeID #nativetree #protectedwoods #protectedforest #funfacts #blossomhollow #LauraHarePreserveatBlossomHollow #naturepreserve #bathabitat #Land4All #natureforall #Nature4All #trees #treesforthewin #nativetreesofIndiana #treesofIndiana #TreeID #forest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #protectingland #landprotection #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 4, 2020 Tomorrow is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay. Northern saw-whet owls like this one frequent our Lower Sugar Creek conservation area in Parke County during parts of the year. We are actively working to buffer protected land in this area, planting more trees to increase the amount of forested land available for species such as these. #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay2020 #OwlAwarenessDay #owlsofInstagram #myindiana #indiananature #naturalindiana #midwestnature #indianasveryown #viewsofnature #naturephotography #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #protectedwoods #amilliontrees #treesforthewin #plantamilliontrees #forest #protectedforest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti August 3, 2020 This #fungifriday is brought to you by red raspberry slime mold. Except, it is not a fungus! It is a soil-dwelling amoeba, a "brainless, single-celled organism, often containing multiple nuclei," according to PBS's Science Thursday archive. (At one point slime molds were classified as fungi, but not anymore.) "Slime molds are particularly fond of forest floors where they break down rotting vegetation, feeding on bacteria, yeast, and fungus." That must be what this one was doing at Oliver's Woods. #whoknew #funfact #scienceinnature #slimemold #notafungus #funfacts #natureiscool #moldyoldy #naturestudies #oliverswoods #oliverswoodsnaturepreserve #urbannaturepreserve #urbannature #protectedwoods #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #myindiana #indiananature #natureisweird #forest #landprotection #protectedland #woods #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 31, 2020 Back in 2011 our tree planting was aided by these Eagle Scouts-in-the-making! #TBT #throwbackthursday #wherearetheynow #boyscouts #scouting #eaglescout #thankyou #inappreciation #protectedwoods #shalomwoods #naturepreserve #Indiananature #scoutproject #protectingland #landprotection #optoutside #getthemoutside #gratitude #volunteersrock #volunteering #service #youthservice #youthvolunteers #makingadifference #Land4All #Nature4All #nochildleftinside #theyouthwilllead #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 30, 2020 The White River on a summer afternoon, as seen from Oliver's Woods. Riparian ecosystems provide essential connections between habitat fragments where wildlife can travel freely--a sort of highway for wildlife. The White River helps support a variety of wildlife such as coyote, mink, beaver, amphibians, and many birds and insects. Our riverine nature preserves, with their native plant communities, are key to their thriving. #theviewfromhere #summernature #sunnyscene #river #summerinindiana #oliverswoods #oliverswoodsnaturepreserve #urbannaturepreserve #urbannature #protectedwoods #mywhiteriver #whiteriverIN #naturepreserve #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #myindiana #indiananature #naturalindiana #natureisbeautiful #midwestnature #indianasveryown #viewsofnature #Land4All #nature4all #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 29, 2020
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