Thanks to @le.outdoors for these beautiful photos from a few weeks back! Summer is the perfect time to visit this nature preserve. #trekourtrails2021 #Repost Another beautiful night at Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve -deer, birds, a great sunset, and the Moon. #sunset #naturephotography #wildlife #nature #outdoors #deer #conservation #moon #noniewerbekraussnaturepreserve #centralindianalandtrust ( #📷 @le.outdoors ) July 27, 2021 In case you were wondering how things are going at Glacier's End, where we planted 8,000 trees last spring, here's a peek! This Johnson County nature preserve is where we kicked off our Million Tree Initiative. Our team seeded pollinator mix along with the trees. That helps disguise the saplings from deer and provides food for our pollinator friends. As you can see, the plants and insects are thriving. The trees will grow up into a different kind of habitat over the coming years. #amilliontrees #treeplanting #treesforthewin #plantamilliontrees #mitigateclimatechange #climatechangemitigation #wildflowers #nativeplants #nativewildflowers #naturepreserve #pollinators #butterfly #protectedforest #bee #beesofinstagram #butterfliesofinstagram #butterflies #trees #pollinatorhabitat #protectedwoods #glaciersend #glaciersendnaturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 26, 2021 Our final Moth Week photo is this tiny little grape plume moth, photographed at Burnett Woods. According to insectidentification.org, these moths look like they are covered with bird feathers! They tend to rest with their slender wings sticking out from the sides of the body at a right angle, giving them a T-shape when seen from overhead. Its green caterpillar is covered in thin white hairs and eats grapevine leaves and native Virginia creeper. The newly hatched larva rolls a leaf and hides inside it while chewing the upper layer. As it matures, it may move onto other parts of the vine, like the stem. #nationalmothweek #mothweek #moth #natureisbeautiful #beautifulmoth #mothsofinstagram #mothsrule #mothlove #mothsofindiana #grapeplumemoth #BurnettWoods #burnettwoodsnaturepreserve #citizenscience #citizenscientists #gomothing #mothing #naturepreserve #landprotection #optoutside #indiananature #exploremore #getoutside #exploreindiana #protectedland #lepidoptera #naturestudies #scienceinnature #pollinator #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 23, 2021 Today's Moth Week offering is this orange-patched smoky moth photographed last summer at Glacier's End. According to insectidentification.org, this moth's orange and black body looks similar to a group of beetles that carry a toxin that makes them distasteful to prey. @MothWeek offers a chance for everyone to observe and document moths they find. #nationalmothweek #mothweek #moth #natureisbeautiful #beautifulmoth #mothsofinstagram #mothsrule #mothlove #mothsofindiana #orangepatchedsmokymoth #GlaciersEnd #GlaciersEndNaturePreserve #citizenscience #citizenscientists #gomothing #mothing #naturepreserve #landprotection #optoutside #indiananature #exploremore #getoutside #exploreindiana #protectedland #lepidoptera #naturestudies #scienceinnature #pollinator #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 22, 2021 Here's a Wildlife Wednesday video for National Moth Week. A hummingbird moth feeds on bee balm at Glacier's End Nature Preserve. To be exact: it is a snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis), a bumblebee mimic. According to the US Forest Service, several species of the genus Hemaris deserve the name of hummingbird moth. They fly and hum just like hummingbirds. Like all Lepidoptera, hummingbird moths' wings are covered by scales. Like most moths, they have a long tongue which they carry rolled under their chins and use to reach the nectar of long-necked flowers. Have you gone mothing yet? National Moth Week is all about observing and documenting moths. Be a Citizen Scientist and contribute scientific data to the project! Details at @MothWeek. #WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeWednesdays #nationalmothweek #mothweek #moth #FishersIN #beautifulmoth #mothsofinstagram #mothsrule #mothlove #mothsofindiana #hummingbird #NonieKrauss #NonieWerbeKraussNaturePreserve #citizenscience #citizenscientists #naturepreserve #landprotection #optoutside #indiananature #exploremore #getoutside #exploreindiana #protectedland #lepidoptera #naturestudies #scienceinnature #pollinator #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 21, 2021 National Moth Week continues with this lovely little tiger moth photographed at Oliver's Woods. Edit: it is a haploa lecontei, in the tiger moth tribe, but no Woolly Bear caterpillar! Thank you to Dan for the correction on Facebook. @mothweek is a global citizen science initiative, open to anyone anywhere. #nationalmothweek #mothweek #moth #natureisbeautiful #beautifulmoth #mothsofinstagram #mothsrule #mothlove #mothsofindiana #tigermoth #OliversWoods #oliverswoodsnaturepreserve #citizenscience #citizenscientists #gomothing #mothing #naturepreserve #landprotection #optoutside #indiananature #exploremore #getoutside #exploreindiana #protectedland #lepidoptera #naturestudies #scienceinnature #pollinator #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 20, 2021 Happy National Moth Week! This global citizen science initiative is in its 10th year. From the @mothweek site: National Moth Week celebrates the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths. “Moth-ers” of all ages and abilities are encouraged to learn about, observe, and document moths in their backyards, parks, and neighborhoods. National Moth Week is being held, worldwide, during the last full week of July. NMW offers everyone, everywhere a unique opportunity to become a Citizen Scientist and contribute scientific data about moths. Through partnerships with major online biological data depositories, NMW participants can help map moth distribution and provide needed information on other life history aspects around the globe. We at CILTI will be posting moth photos all week long. This large lace-border moth was photographed at Blossom Hollow. According to insectidentification.org, these moths' inchworm-like caterpillars eat leaves on apple and black cherry trees, blueberry bushes, clover and a native wildflower called meadow-beauty. #nationalmothweek #mothweek #moth #natureisbeautiful #beautifulmoth #mothsofinstagram #mothsrule #mothlove #mothsofindiana #largelacebordermoth #BlossomHollow #lauraharepreserveatblossomhollow #citizenscience #citizenscientists #gomothing #mothing #naturepreserve #landprotection #optoutside #indiananature #exploremore #getoutside #exploreindiana #protectedland #lepidoptera #naturestudies #scienceinnature #pollinator #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 19, 2021 Many thanks (yet again) to @le.outdoors for exploring our preserves (and for cleaning up after others)! #Repost #naturelovers #indianasveryown #cilti My first time visiting Burr Oak Bend. This beautiful piece of land sits along the White River. It’s a little wilder than some of the other centralindianalandtrust preserves, but the views are worth the effort! Finding a sky lantern in the prairie was disappointing. Celebrating national holidays is great, but launching flaming objects skyward isn’t a great environmental practice. #trekourtrails2021 #nature #wildlife #conservation #naturephotography #naturepreserve #indiana #outdoors #naturalresources #greenspace #exploremore ( #📷 @le.outdoors ) July 16, 2021 In case there was any doubt that what we do locally has an impact elsewhere, River Runner lets you follow a drop of rain on its path downstream, all the way to the ocean. It's worth remembering that the raindrop's path is the same one taken by potential pollutants. That is one reason why our land protection work in Indiana is crucial for more than just our region. Protected land = clean waterways. https://river-runner.samlearner.com/ @ourwaterways #ourwaterways #cleanwater #protectedwater #cleanwaters #cleanstream #cleanwaterway #creeksofindiana #waterwaysofindiana #ourwaterway #landprotection #riverrunner #cleanwaterways #riversofIndiana #riverruns #river #waterislife #protectingwater #followitspath #raindrop #itsallconnected #land4all #nature4all #landforall #natureforall #conservation #environment #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 15, 2021 We are proud to offer our nature preserves as living laboratories for the next generation of conservationists. Shown here is Alice Heikens with her Franklin College students in Blossom Hollow, back in October 2012. #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #ThrowbackThurs #FranklinCollege #scienceinnature #blossomhollow #forestedland #lauraharepreserveatblossomhollow #blossomhollownaturepreserve #protectedwoods #protectedforest #naturepreserve #land4all #nature4all #landforall #natureforall #naturestudies #naturepreserves #futurenaturalists #futureconservationists #conservation #theyouthwilllead #earthsciences #studynature #naturalists #botany #biology #earthscience #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 15, 2021 World Snake Day is just around the corner (July 16) so here is a beautiful queensnake for Wildlife Wednesday. This stunner was photographed at Oliver's Woods this spring. According to Indiana Herp Atlas, queensnakes survive almost solely on crayfish. They prefer to eat those that have recently molted and are still “soft-shelled.” They use their sense of smell to detect their prey, probing under rocks and other submerged objects. "Queensnakes are almost always found near warm, shallow, rocky-bottomed streams with an abundance of prey. However, they can also inhabit ponds, lakes, canals, bogs, and other wetlands....They can normally be seen basking in overhanging branches, hiding under shore side rocks, or even swimming along the stream." Happy World Snake Day! @Indiana_wildlife_fed @ourwaterways #queensnake #snakesofIndiana #snake #snakesofinstagram #snakes #WorldSnakeDay #WorldSnakeDay2021 #SnakeDay #wildlifewednesday #wildlifewednesdays #IndianaHerpAtlas #urbanpreserve #riverpreserve #wildlife #indianawildlife #urbanwildlife #IndianaNature #PartnersfortheWhiteRiver #FriendsoftheWhiteRiver #IndianaWildlifeFederation #WhiteRiverIN #MyWhiteRiver #ReconnectingToOurWaterways #WhiteRiverAlliance #PulliamTrust #OliversWoods #OliversWoodsNaturePreserve #NinaMasonPulliamCharitableTrust #CentralIndianaLandTrust #CILTI July 14, 2021 Tree ID Tuesday is back! This native tree's inner bark was historically used as a source of fiber for rope, mats, fish nets, and baskets. Still valued for its soft, light, easily worked wood, it once was the material of choice for prosthetic limbs. Young leaves are edible, and Iroquois used freshly cut bark as an emergency bandage for wounds. Buds and fruit provide nourishment for wildlife, while cavity-nesting animals such as wood ducks, pileated woodpeckers and small mammals make their home in this tree. (Source: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.) Meltzer Woods was where this one was photographed. Know what it is? Comment with your answer and we'll let you know tomorrow who's right! #TreeIDTuesday #treeidentification #treeID #treeIDTues #nativeplants #nativetree #MeltzerWoods #protectedwoods #protectedforest #naturepreserve #Land4All #natureforall #Nature4All #trees #MeltzerWoodsNaturePreserve #oldgrowthforest #treesofIndiana #TreeID #forest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 13, 2021 Remember the fable of the grasshopper and the ant? The grasshopper goofed off all summer... singing away... while the ants laid in their stores for the winter. Humans often put value judgments on what we see in nature. In reality, grasshoppers do exactly what they're designed to do all summer long. This one was photographed at Blossom Hollow. Today is National Simplicity Day, devoted to enjoying simple pleasures like an insect's song. #NationalSimplicityDay #SimplicityDay #NationalSimplicityDay2021 #livingsimply #simpleliving #thesimplelife #grasshopper #grasshoppersofInstagram #grasshoppersofIndiana #blossomhollow #forestedland #lauraharepreserveatblossomhollow #blossomhollownaturepreserve #protectedwoods #protectedforest #land4all #nature4all #landforall #natureforall #exploremore #getoutside #getoutthere #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #exploreindiana #hikingindiana #naturewalk #seeyouonthetrail #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 12, 2021 We love it when people trek our trails! Thanks to @le.outdoors for exploring and tidying up while out there. #Repost #naturelovers #indianasveryown #cilti Beautiful evening for some photography, walking, and litter policing at the Nonie Werbe Krauss Preserve. #naturephotography #insects #conservation #sunset #outdoors #naturepreserve #indiana #trekourtrails2021 ( #📷 @le.outdoors ) July 12, 2021 Repost from @ourwaterways Take the #IndyWaterwaysChallenge this summer to get outside and connect with the waterway near by. #HealthyConnections @jumpinforhealthykids #healthbydesign @indyparks @communityhealthnet neareastarearenewal ( #📷 @ourwaterways ) July 9, 2021 For your Fungi Friday pleasure, here is an Eastern cauliflower mushroom photographed at Fred and Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, "this species lives as a network of cells (mycelium) within living trees as a parasite, and dead trees as a saprobe, digesting and decomposing the wood. When ready to reproduce, the mycelium develops the mushroom cluster that emerges from near the base of the tree — it is a reproductive structure. Spores are produced in pores on the undersides of the caps and are released to begin new mycelia elsewhere." #fungifriday #lookdown #fungusamongus #natureisbeautiful #naturepreserve #protectedland #FredandDorothyMeyernaturepreserve #MeyerNaturePreserve #mushroom #fungi #fungus #naturalarea #natureindiana #landprotection #indiananature #mushroomsofinstagram #fungiofindiana #mushroomsofindiana #fungiofinstagram #naturalindiana #midwestnature #naturephotography #conservation #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #sustainability #naturelovers #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 9, 2021 It was a busy day for CILTI staff in two different community engagement activities. Stewardship team worked with @kibiorg Urban Naturalists, young adults who are employed as hands-on environmental stewards. They helped get native plants in the ground at White River Bluffs Nature Preserve, located at Highland Golf and Country Club. Elsewhere at Highland, our executive director and outreach specialist worked with the younger set--it was Nature Day for day campers. Good job braving the rain, everyone! #natureday #keepindianapolisbeautiful #camphighland #highlandgolfandcountryclub #whiteriverbluffs #mywhiteriver #WhiteRiverIN #protectedland #naturepreserve #naturewalk #protectingland #landprotection #optoutside #gratitude #service #youthservice #youngnaturalists #nativeplants #plantingthefuture #greenjobs #makingadifference #nochildleftinside #theyouthwilllead #totslovenature #kidsandnature #getthemoutside #futurenaturalists #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 8, 2021 These three longtime supporters joined us for our public hike at Browning Marsh back in summer of 2019. Thanks, Tom, Priscilla and Lori, for all you do for CILTI! #TBT #ThrowbackThurs #throwbackthursday #BrowningMarsh #protectedwetlands #summerhike #summerinIndiana #protectinghabitat #indiananature #wetlands #protectingwetlands #volunteer #volunteers #thankyou #gratitude #ourvolunteersrock #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #protectedwater #cleanwater #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 8, 2021 This trail cam footage (from April) shows yet another critter using the log across the waterway at Meltzer Woods. It’s a Wildlife Wednesday video that @whocanvankan calls “Miko crosses the creek.” Enjoy. @indiana_wildlife_fed #wildlifewednesday #wildlifewednesdays #MeltzerWoods #MeltzerWoodsNaturePreserve #raccoon #wildlife #trailcam #wildlifecam #trailcamera #raccoons #indianawildlife #crittercam #raccoonsofinstagram #IndianaNature #IndianaWildlifeFederation #IndianaNature #IWF #protectedland #shelbycountyindian #conservation #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #myindiana #protectedwoods #oldgrowthforest #nationalnaturallandmark #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 7, 2021 Here's a photo from Meltzer Woods to kick off National Picnic Month. These citronella ants won't spoil your picnic. They're busy under the earth, herding root-feeding aphids. Aphids excrete honeydew, food for the ants. The citronella ants are like little shepherds underground, moving aphids from root to root to optimize the tiny insects' honeydew production. Source: bugoftheweek.com, by entomologist Michael J. Raupp. #whoknew #scienceinnature #bugs #bugoftheweek #entomology #funfacts #funfact #ants #ant #bug #antsofinstagram #antsofindiana #insect #insects #aphids #welovebugs #meltzerwoods #oldgrowthforest #meltzerwoodsnaturepreserve #protectedwoods #protectedforest #shelbycountyindiana #shelbyvilleindiana #nationalnaturallandmark #NationalPicnicMonth #NationalPicnicMonth2021 #antsatapicnic #picnic #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 6, 2021 It was a great morning to trek the trail at Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve. Culver's root, coneflower, milkweed, compass plant, thistle and black-eyed susans, along with winged creatures of all kinds. In a week or so, the bee balm will be in full bloom and that's a sight to see! Will your holiday weekend include some nature time? Be sure to tag us and/or use hashtag #trekourtrails2021 and #centralindianalandtrust if you go to one of our five most popular preserves. Visit all five before Black Friday to be entered into a drawing (and receive a little gift in the meantime). Details here: https://conservingindiana.org/2020/11/24/announcing-the-trek-our-trails-challenge/ #TrekourTrails #trektrails #gonetrekking #summerhike #naturewalk #NonieWerbeKraussNaturePreserve #NonieKraussNaturePreserve #KraussNaturePreserve #FishersIndiana #HamiltonCountyIN #VisitHamiltonCounty #NaturePreserve #ProtectedLand #Land4All #Nature4All #prairiepreserve #protectednature #nature #getoutside #visitnature #getoutdoors #summerinIndiana #protectedland #wildflowers #nativeplants #nativeflowers #cilti July 2, 2021 Back in fall of 2018, volunteers from the Fostering Success program at IUPUI did us a good turn! They helped clear and flag young trees planted at the Wallace F. Holladay Preserve at Ameriplex. This partially wooded property near the Indianapolis International Airport is being restored as a nature preserve. It's part of a larger area that is key habitat for endangered Indiana bats. So many volunteers have helped plant trees and remove invasive plants since we received the land in 2013! Thank you to these students and all the others who have contributed their time. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #ThrowbackThurs #volunteersrule #FosteringSuccess #IUPUI #studentvolunteers #thankyou #gratitude #volunteersrock #getoutside #volunteering #service #youthservice #youthvolunteers #givingtime #makingadifference #volunteeroutdoors #getoutdoors #optoutside #getoutthere #exploreindiana #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #naturepreserve #centralindiana #centralindianalandtrust #cilti July 1, 2021 It's Wildlife Wednesday, real time! Coming to you from the CILTI offices on the 3rd floor of the @inhumanities building, where we once again had a bat visitor. Our own @traci_butterflymama (AKA the Bat Whisperer) swung into action to get this sleepy big brown bat out into the world. No drama, just a whole lotta love and care! This is the third bat Traci has relocated from this building... so far. Sorry to wake you up from your nap, little fella! @indiana_wildlife_fed #wildlifewednesday #wildlifewednesdays #bigbrownbat #welovebats #thoseteefers #batsofindiana #batsofinstagram #allinadayswork #landtrustlife #weheartbats #thebatwhisperer #bat #bats #gonebatty #batlove #batsrule #Tracirocks #wildlife #indianawildlife #strangebedfellows #IndianaNature #IndianaWildlifeFederation #IWF #conservation #landtrust #myindiana #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 30, 2021 "It was so beautiful and serene. The trees were amazing. The walk was wonderful. Each trail is special in its own way. We are so happy we decided to take the challenge." That's Mary and Anne, reporting from their Meltzer Woods walk for the Trek our Trails Challenge. Thanks for the beautiful photo, ladies! Visit all five of our most popular nature preserves between now and Black Friday to be entered into a drawing (and receive a little gift in the meantime). Details here: https://conservingindiana.org/2020/11/24/announcing-the-trek-our-trails-challenge/ #trekourtrails2021 #trekourtrails #meltzerwoods #oldgrowthforest #meltzerwoodsnaturepreserve #protectedwoods #protectedforest #shelbycountyindiana #shelbyvilleindiana #nationalnaturallandmark #summerinIndiana #summerhike #woodswalk #optoutside #exploremore #getoutside #getoutthere #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #exploreindiana #hikingindiana #naturewalk #seeyouonthetrail #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 29, 2021 We had a great time on the White River this morning with Scott Salmon and Kevin Hardie from @friends_of_the_white_river. We saw turtles, cliff swallows (and their nests!) egrets, herons, kingfishers, a cormorant, an adult bald eagle and its enormous chick... We also heard wood thrush, parula warbler, prothonotary warbler, indigo bunting and more. All in a morning's work. Looking forward to growing this partnership so we can help get more folks out on the river in the future! #WhiteRiverIN #mywhiteriver #outwaterways #riverinenaturepreserve #riverpreserve #protectedwaterway #IndianaNature #oliverswoods #oliverswoodsnaturepreserve #canoelaunch #PartnersfortheWhiteRiver #FriendsoftheWhiteRiver #ReconnectingToOurWaterways #WhiteRiverAlliance #PulliamTrust #whiteRiver #IndianaWildlifeFederation #IWF #IndianaWildlife #birding #birdwatchingbyboat #birdwatching #NinaMasonPulliamCharitableTrust #NationalCanoeDay #NationalCanoeDay2021 #CentralIndianaLandTrust #CILTI June 28, 2021 Here's a bonus pollinator for the last day of our National Pollinator Week observance: Ruby-throated hummingbird on royal catchfly. Hummingbirds are little but mighty, like our organization. And this little bird is here with some amazing news. The Herbert Simon Family Foundation has offered a generous matching challenge grant for our summer membership campaign. They are matching all contributions, up to $50,000, now through Sept. 21! This means double the amount of trees planted and acres protected. Your dollars will make twice the difference! Please give what you can to help us meet this ambitious goal. See the link in the bio for details. #PollinatorWeek #NationalPollinatorWeek2021 #pollinatorweek2021 #hummingbird #hummingbirdsofinstagram #hummingbirds #nativeplants #nativeflowers #doubleyourimpact #herbertsimonfamilyfoundation #generosity #giving #thankyou #gratitude #manythanks #youmakeithappen #matchinggrant #matchingchallenge #matchchallenge #doubleyourgift #yourimpactdoubled #yourdollarsdoubled #doubleyourdollars #agiftfornature #supportfornature #yousupportnature #yourdollarsplanttrees #yourgiftmatters #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 25, 2021 Holla, pollen pants! We've heard from the butterflies. Let the carpenter bee have the final word for National Pollinator Week. Common milkweed is the flower. #PollinatorWeek #NationalPollinatorWeek2021 #pollinatorweek2021 #bee #beesofinstagram #bees #nativeplants #nativeflowers #nativeplant #nativeflower #wildflower #pollinatorhabitat #nativebee #pollinatorplant #nativebees #carpenterbee #milkweed #commonmilkweed #pollenpants #pollinatorplants #ProtectedLand #Land4All #Nature4All #protectednature #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 25, 2021 "If you build it..." Last spring, our stewies planted 10,000 trees at Glacier's End in Johnson County. In among the saplings, they also planted a pollinator mix to benefit bees, moths and butterflies. By summer the mix flowered and attracted pollinators. Like this butterfly weed being enjoyed by zebra swallowtail last August. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #ThrowbackThurs #PollinatorWeek #NationalPollinatorWeek2021 #pollinatorweek2021 #butterfly #butterfliesofinstagram #butterflies #nativeplants #nativeflowers #nativeplant #nativeflower #wildflower #pollinatorhabitat #zebraswallowtail #GlaciersEnd #glaciersendnaturepreserve #protectedwoods #protectedforest #JohnsonCountyindiana #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 24, 2021 We like to bring you a video on Wildlife Wednesday, and here’s one that’s perfect for National Pollinator Week. Our own @phillipweldy filmed this lovely Eastern giant swallowtail at Meltzer Woods. Enjoy its graceful slo-mo dance! @indiana_wildlife_fed #wildlifewednesday #wildlifewednesdays #MeltzerWoods #MeltzerWoodsNaturePreserve #PollinatorWeek #NationalPollinatorWeek2021 #pollinatorweek2021 #butterfly #butterfliesofinstagram #butterflies #protectedland #shelbycountyindian #conservation #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #myindiana #protectedwoods #oldgrowthforest #nationalnaturallandmark #nativeplants #nativeplant #wildflower #pollinatorhabitat #NaturePreserve #ProtectedLand #Land4All #Nature4All #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 23, 2021 National Pollinator Week continues with this member of the Colias genus (clouded sulphur?) found at Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve. We love how it is perched on the black-eyed susan so possessively! #PollinatorWeek #NationalPollinatorWeek2021 #pollinatorweek2021 #butterfly #butterfliesofinstagram #butterflies #nativeplants #nativeflowers #nativeplant #nativeflower #wildflower #pollinatorhabitat #NonieWerbeKraussNaturePreserve #NonieKraussNaturePreserve #KraussNaturePreserve #FishersIndiana #HamiltonCountyIN #VisitHamiltonCounty #NaturePreserve #ProtectedLand #Land4All #Nature4All #prairiepreserve #protectednature #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 22, 2021 In honor of National Pollinator Week, happening right now, we'll feature some standout pollinators this week. This great spangled fritillary showed up at Glacier's End. Its preferred habitat is open, sunny uplands and wetlands with wildflowers like milkweed and wild bergamot. Its larval host plant is native violet. The female lays eggs near, but not on, violets in late summer. #PollinatorWeek #NationalPollinatorWeek2021 #pollinatorweek2021 #butterfly #butterfliesofinstagram #butterflies #nativeplants #nativeflowers #nativeplant #nativeflower #wildflower #pollinatorhabitat #fritillary #GlaciersEnd #glaciersendnaturepreserve #protectedwoods #protectedforest #JohnsonCountyindiana #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 21, 2021 Did a flying saucer land in the wood? No, it is a bolete at Glacier's End! Does anyone want to tell us what kind? #fungifriday #lookdown #fungusamongus #natureisbeautiful #naturepreserve #protectedland #GlaciersEnd #GlaciersEndnaturepreserve #bolete #mushroom #fungi #fungus #natureindiana #landprotection #indiananature #mushroomsofinstagram #fungiofindiana #mushroomsofindiana #fungiofinstagram #naturalindiana #midwestnature #naturephotography #conservation #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #sustainability #naturelovers #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 18, 2021 In honor of National Rivers Month, here's a Throwback Thursday from 2010, when we teamed up with @friends_of_the_white_river on a rafting trip down the White River. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #ThrowbackThurs #FriendsoftheWhiteRiver #MyWhiteRiver #WhiteRiverIN #ourwaterways #NationalRiversMonth #rivermonth #riversofIndiana #onthewater #rafting #riverraft #raftingtrip #NationalRiversMonth2021 #river #rivers #WhiteRiver #waterway #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 17, 2021 For Wildlife Wednesday, here is a short clip of a hawk (genus Accipiter) at Meltzer Woods in March. Accipiters are birds of prey whose flight pattern is short, rapid, bursting flaps, punctuated by a glide, according to the Audubon Society. They are forest dwellers, which is why this one showed up on our trail cam at Meltzer. @indiana_wildlife_fed #wildlifewednesday #wildlifewednesdays #MeltzerWoods #MeltzerWoodsNaturePreserve #hawk #wildlife #trailcam #wildlifecam #trailcamera #accipiter #indianawildlife #birdofprey #hawksofinstagram #IndianaNature #hawksofIndiana #IndianaWildlifeFederation #IndianaNature #IWF #protectedland #shelbycountyindian #conservation #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #myindiana #protectedwoods #oldgrowthforest #nationalnaturallandmark #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 16, 2021 We are back with Tree ID Tuesday, Trunk Edition. Can you ID this native tree by its bark? Some hints: --It can reach up to 70 feet when growing in the open. --Opengrown trees form a rounded crown which makes a nice shade, park or street tree. --Foliage turns deep red in fall. --The "fruit" is an important food for fox squirrels, mice, voles, white-tailed deer, flying squirrels and other mammals. It is also eaten by many birds: bobwhite, red-headed woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, blue jay, tufted titmouse, grackle, white-breasted nuthatch, sapsuckers, quail, ruffed grouse, wild turkey and more. --Traditionally leached with ashes to remove bitter tannins, its fruits were used in various foods by many Native American peoples. (Source: US Forest Service) This particular one was photographed at Mossy Point in Parke County. Know what it is? Comment with your answer and we'll let you know tomorrow who's right! #TreeIDTuesday #treeidentification #treeIDTues #nativetree #protectedwoods #protectedforest #restoringtheland #MossyPointNaturePreserve #naturepreserve #MossyPoint #Land4All #natureforall #Nature4All #trees #treesforthewin #nativetreesofIndiana #treesofIndiana #TreeID #forest #forests #woods #foresthabitat #protectingland #landprotection #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 15, 2021 Some of us have met Brood X cicadas and some of us have yet to make their acquaintance. But everyone will have a chance Friday evening at Oliver's Woods. At "Hear Them Roar: Happy Hour with the Extraordinary Brood X Cicadas," we'll welcome these periodical cicadas back after their 17 years underground. All ages are welcome to join us at our campfire circle for refreshments and a presentation on these beneficial insects, followed by time to explore the nature preserve. Dr. Elizabeth Barnes, an entomologist and ecologist from Purdue University, will be our presenter. Register at the link in our bio, and remember: Cicadas are your friends! #cicada #broodx #broodxcicada #cicadas #broodxcicadas #cicadasofinstagram #don'tfreakout #cicadasareyourfriends #oliverswoods #urbannaturepreserve #urbannature #WhiteRiverIN #MyWhiteRiver #oliverswoodsnaturepreserve #riverinenaturepreserve #naturalindiana #natureindiana #indiananature #every17years #naturepreserve #insect #insectsofinstagram #nativeinsect #nativecicada #cicadasareyourfriend #centralindianalandtrust #centralindiana #landtrust #cilti June 14, 2021 A rose by any other name... This swamp rose was photographed at Browning Marsh, near Zionsville. Native to the eastern US, swamp rose occurs along stream banks and in swamps and marshes. In swamps it is generally found growing on exposed downed logs. Its fragrant blooms last for six to eight weeks in midseason. The fruit (rose hip) is eaten and spread by birds. (Source: US Forest Service) #roseisrose #rosesofinstagram #rose #roses #swamprose #nativeflower #nativeplants #nativeflowers #nativeplant #wildflower #pollinatorhabitat #browningmarsh #browningmarshnaturepreserve #protectedmarsh #protectedwetland #wetland #wetlandprotection #wetlands #zionsville #zionsvilleindiana #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 14, 2021 Rounding out the week with a Fungi Friday shot from Hemlock Ridge in Putnam County. Name those fungi! #fungifriday #lookdown #fungusamongus #natureisbeautiful #naturepreserve #protectedland #PutnamCountyIN #HemlockRidgenaturepreserve #HemlockRidge #mushroom #fungi #fungus #naturalarea #natureindiana #landprotection #indiananature #mushroomsofinstagram #fungiofindiana #mushroomsofindiana #fungiofinstagram #naturalindiana #midwestnature #naturephotography #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #sustainability #naturelovers #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 11, 2021 In keeping with National Trails Day (which was last Saturday), here's a look back at the youth volunteer crew making a trail in one of our very first nature preserves. We hope you can get out and explore a trail, whether one of ours or elsewhere, very soon! #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #ThrowbackThurs #NationalTrailsDay #NationalTrailsDay2021 #lookback #volunteersrule #thankyou #gratitude #volunteersrock #getoutside #volunteering #service #youthservice #youthvolunteers #givingtime #makingadifference #volunteeroutdoors #getoutdoors #optoutside #getoutthere #exploreindiana #hikeindiana #ontherighttrail #centralindianalandtrust #centralindiana #naturepreserve #trailblazing #landtrust #cilti June 10, 2021 Wildlife Wednesday this week is a haunting still of a coyote at Meltzer Woods, back in April. @indiana_wildlife_fed #wildlifewednesday #wildlifewednesdays #coyote #wildlife #trailcam #wildlifecam #trailcamera #indianawildlife #coyotesofinstagram #IndianaNature #IndianaWildlifeFederation #IndianaNature #IWF #MeltzerWoods #MeltzerWoodsNaturePreserve #oldgrowthforest #protectedwoods #protectedforest #shelbycountyindiana #shelbyvilleindiana #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #conservation #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 9, 2021 On World Oceans Day, we like to step back look at the far-reaching impact of local land protection. Many of our nature preserves feature creeks like this one in Putnam County. Big Walnut Creek, shown here, flows into Eel River. Via the Wabash and Ohio rivers, these waters flow to the Mississippi River and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico. Everything is connected. What we do in Central Indiana makes a difference downstream. We are proud to steward the health of our waterways, with your support. Thank you! #WorldOceansDay #WorldOceansDay2021 #ourwaterways #PutnamCountyIN #BigWalnut #BigWalnutCreek #EelRiver #WabashRiver #OhioRiver #rivers #NationalRiversMonth #river #creek #creeks #creekswelove #NationalRiversMonth2021 #HemlockRidge #HemlockRidgeNaturePreserve #cleanwater #protectedwater #cleanwaters #cleanstream #cleanwaterway #creeksofindiana #waterwaysofindiana #ourwaterway #centralindiana #landtrust #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 8, 2021 This tiny little butterfly is an Eastern tailed blue. It was photographed at Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve. Fun fact: Its caterpillars feed on legumes (like clover) and secrete a substance favored by some ant species. The ant in turn protects the caterpillar from other predators. #funfact #whoknew #scienceinnature #NonieWerbeKraussNaturePreserve #NonieKraussNaturePreserve #KraussNaturePreserve #FishersIndiana #HamiltonCountyIN #VisitHamiltonCounty #NaturePreserve #ProtectedLand #Land4All #Nature4All #prairiepreserve #protectednature #nature #getoutside #visitnature #getoutdoors #butterfliesofinstagram #butterfly #Easterntailedblue #butterflies #butterfliesofIndiana #funfacts #protectedland #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 7, 2021 Another #fungifriday for your weekend. This dog's vomit slime mold was photographed at Mossy Point. Not to bait and switch but: it is not a fungus! It is a slime mold, a brainless, single-celled organism containing multiple nuclei. Science writer Susan Pike has written of the intelligence of slime molds, which can find the fastest way through mazes within 24 hours. To learn more about the bizarre intelligence of these organisms, google "slime mold smarts" and follow some of the links! #whoknew #funfact #scienceinnature #slimemold #smartslimemolds #slimemoldsmarts #slimemolds #notafungus #funfacts #natureiscool #moldyoldy #naturestudies #mossypoint #mossypointnaturepreserve #protectedwoods #naturepreserve #protectingland #landprotection #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #myindiana #indiananature #natureisweird #forest #landprotection #protectedland #woods #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 4, 2021 So many plants, so little time! Many thanks to @native_plants_unlimited for setting us up with native plants for Oliver's Woods. Yesterday's volunteers dug right in on a rainy work day cosponsored by @indiana_wildlife_fed. But we have many pollinator plants left to get into the ground! Join us next Wednesday, June 9, for another volunteer work day to beautify this nature preserve along the White River. Find this and all events at the link in our bio. Be sure to RSVP! #volunteer #nativeplants #plantnatives #nativeplant #volunteerday #volunteersrule #thankyou #gratitude #volunteersrock #getoutside #volunteering #service #volunteeroutdoors #getoutdoors #optoutside #ourvolunteersrock #oliverswoods #oliverswoodsnaturepreserve #naturepreserve #WhiteRiverIN #MyWhiteRiver #protectingland #habitat #protectedhabitat #habitatprotection #IndianaWildlifeFederation #indianawildlife #rewilding #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 3, 2021 Wildlife Wednesday brings you another view from Meltzer Woods (recorded in March). This pileated woodpecker put on a show for the trail cam! Pileateds favor dead and dying wood in their quest for food (particularly carpenter ants). Fun facts from @cornellbirds: A pair will stay together on its territory year round. The oldest known Pileated Woodpecker was at least 12 years, 11 months old when he was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Maryland. @indiana_wildlife_fed #wildlifewednesday #wildlifewednesdays #MeltzerWoods #MeltzerWoodsNaturePreserve #woodpecker #wildlife #trailcam #wildlifecam #trailcamera #pileatedwoodpecker #indianawildlife #pileated #woodpeckersofinstagram #IndianaNature #woodpeckersofIndiana #IndianaWildlifeFederation #IndianaNature #IWF #protectedland #shelbycountyindian #conservation #environment #centralindiana #landtrust #myindiana #protectedwoods #oldgrowthforest #nationalnaturallandmark #centralindianalandtrust #cilti June 2, 2021
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