Expanding Protected Lands in Parke County

Entrepreneur and nature lover Joe McCurdy and his daughter Cheyenne McCurdy have placed 200 acres north of Turkey Run State Park under protection through a conservation easement with the Central Indiana Land Trust, Inc. (CILTI). Conservation of this mixed forest and farmland acreage brings the total amount of land protected there to nearly 1,000 acres.

By |2025-02-14T00:20:32+00:00January 26, 2023|Conservation Easements, Homepage, Newsroom, Press Releases|Comments Off on Expanding Protected Lands in Parke County

Wabash Reach Protected Forever for Endangered Bats

This week, we closed on a bat protection project in Vermillion County. This haven for endangered bats is known as Wabash Reach. It takes its name from a “reach” (long straight stretch) of the Wabash River. The land borders a mile-long straight stretch of the Wabash. […]

By |2025-06-26T21:21:53+00:00December 7, 2021|Conservation Easements, Homepage, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on Wabash Reach Protected Forever for Endangered Bats

Monitoring Land Protection with “Kermit” the Drone

If you are a CILTI member and received this summer’s newsletter, you probably noticed the unique vantage point of our cover photo. Seen from the sky, our cover shot showed the stewardship team hard at work, planting young trees on the edge of a lush forest in Parke County. [...]

By |2025-06-26T21:22:15+00:00August 3, 2021|A Million Trees, Conservation Easements, Hikes and Events, Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on Monitoring Land Protection with “Kermit” the Drone

Parke County Conservation Easement to Improve Environment for All

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 8, 2021 Entrepreneur and nature lover Joe McCurdy has donated to the Central Indiana Land Trust a 365-acre conservation easement that promises to improve the water quality in nearby Turkey Run State Park and Rocky Hollow Falls Canyon Nature Preserve. […]

By |2025-02-14T00:19:20+00:00February 9, 2021|Conservation Easements, Newsroom, Press Releases|Comments Off on Parke County Conservation Easement to Improve Environment for All

250 acres of Vermillion County now protected forever

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 29, 2017 Conservation easement ensures land won’t be developed More than 250 acres in Vermillion County that are home to two endangered species will be protected forever as a result of a donation to the Central Indiana Land Trust (CILTI). […]

By |2025-02-14T00:19:28+00:00January 2, 2018|Conservation Easements, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on 250 acres of Vermillion County now protected forever

Conservation easement preserves 88 acres in Marion, Johnson counties

March 7, 2016 Conservation easement preserves 88 acres in Marion, Johnson counties Greenspace, wooded bluffs to retain character in perpetuity Eighty-eight acres of green and wooded land in Marion and Johnson counties have been protected from development forever thanks to a conservation easement signed by the property’s owner and [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:19:36+00:00March 7, 2016|Conservation Easements, Newsroom|Comments Off on Conservation easement preserves 88 acres in Marion, Johnson counties
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