Nature and Self-Care: How the Outdoors Helps Us Heal

September is Self-Care Awareness Month. It’s a good time to think about what helps us slow down, recharge, and feel better. One of the easiest ways to care for yourself is to spend time in nature. […]

By |2025-09-29T17:55:34+00:00September 29, 2025|Blossom Hollow, Burnett Woods, Fred & Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Meltzer Woods, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Olivers Woods, Properties, Trek|Comments Off on Nature and Self-Care: How the Outdoors Helps Us Heal

National Self-Care Awareness Month: Find Your Zen in Nature

September is National Self-Care Awareness Month, a time to focus on personal health. One of the best ways to boost well-being is to spend time in nature. We believe that everyone deserves access to nature. Part of our land protection mission is to enable Hoosiers to enjoy the benefits [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:25+00:00September 14, 2023|Blossom Hollow, Fred & Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Olivers Woods, Properties|Comments Off on National Self-Care Awareness Month: Find Your Zen in Nature

The Nature of a Preserve

What makes a nature preserve? And if a nature preserve is not state-dedicated, is it really a nature preserve? It sure is! […]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:47+00:00January 30, 2023|Betley Woods, Blossom Hollow, Burnett Woods, Fred & Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on The Nature of a Preserve

More Trails to Trek in 2022

It warmed our hearts to see people out enjoying our nature preserves in our inaugural Trek our Trails Challenge last year. This year, there are a few more trails to trek, and the challenge continues! We’ve expanded from five preserves to six, and extended a trail at one of [...]

Hiking Fred and Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve

Guest post by Emily Wood, executive director of Indiana Wildlife Federation I was tempted to wholly undersell the Fred and Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve in this post in order to keep it my little secret. I have been visiting this property regularly since I discovered that it was a [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:47+00:00March 28, 2022|Fred & Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Homepage, Newsroom|Comments Off on Hiking Fred and Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve

Red-Shouldered Hawk: Stately Raptor is Year-round Resident

Our spring newsmagazine featured Cliff’s top ten hidden gems of birding. Here is the fifth of a blog series on these birds, by guest blogger Ed Pope. The red-shouldered hawk can be found year-round in Indiana. It is one of nine hawk species that inhabit our state. Its breeding territory [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:24+00:00June 30, 2021|Fred & Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on Red-Shouldered Hawk: Stately Raptor is Year-round Resident

Trek Our Trails Challenge features 5 popular nature preserves

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2021 You’ve been cooped up for months, and it’s time to get out and explore some of the most beautiful places in Central Indiana. Soon, wildflowers will be peeking through the forest floor, birdsong will be in the air, and Indiana’s nature preserves will [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:19:20+00:00March 15, 2021|Blossom Hollow, Burnett Woods, Fred & Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Press Releases|Comments Off on Trek Our Trails Challenge features 5 popular nature preserves

Forest Interior Habitat: A Haven for Songbirds and Eastern Box Turtles

Part of a series on CILTI’s conservation targets by guest blogger Ed Pope Although most of Indiana was wooded when Europeans first arrived, forest interior habitat is very rare today. Most forested land was cleared for farming, and while small woods can be found on many farms, there are very few [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:40+00:00January 7, 2021|A Million Trees, Betley Woods, Blossom Hollow, Blue Bluff, Fred & Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Mossy Point, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on Forest Interior Habitat: A Haven for Songbirds and Eastern Box Turtles

Announcing the Trek Our Trails Challenge

Are you ready for a nature fix? There’s still plenty of time to participate in a yearlong challenge that you can enjoy on your own. Make your way to a nature preserve to get started in the Trek Our Trails challenge! […]

By |2025-02-14T00:21:23+00:00November 24, 2020|Blossom Hollow, Burnett Woods, Fred & Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve, Hikes and Events, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Properties|Comments Off on Announcing the Trek Our Trails Challenge
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