You Can Help Protect Reservoirs of Biological Diversity

Our board member, John Bacone, reflects on conserving key natural areas. He led the Department of Natural Resources Division of Nature Preserves for over four decades. Years ago, when I was working in the Indiana DNR Division of Nature Preserves (DNP), I asked Bob Waltz, the State Entomologist, how [...]

By |2025-12-03T20:55:23+00:00December 2, 2025|Betley Woods, Blossom Hollow, Homepage, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on You Can Help Protect Reservoirs of Biological Diversity

Tomorrow’s Conservation Leaders

We asked our outgoing communications intern, Olivia, to interview each of our interns and seasonals. Here are profiles of the wonderful people who helped our team this summer, including Olivia herself! […]

By |2025-10-02T21:24:50+00:00September 3, 2025|A Million Trees, Betley Woods, Fern Station, Homepage, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on Tomorrow’s Conservation Leaders

How Ellen Jacquart Gardened CILTI

Third in a series about CILTI’s early supporters, in honor of our 35th anniversary Ellen Jacquart is one of the people who planted the first seeds of CILTI. Before it fully took to bloom, she served as one of its many supporting roots. Now a member of the board [...]

By |2025-07-09T14:31:56+00:00July 9, 2025|Betley Woods, Properties|Comments Off on How Ellen Jacquart Gardened CILTI

Grace’s Book Rec: North Woods

Part 5 of our winter “Staff Picks” series  North Woods is a novel written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason. It was easily my favorite read of 2024. The story begins on a plot of land in northern Massachusetts, and remains in the exact same spot for hundreds of [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:55+00:00February 7, 2025|Betley Woods, Homepage, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on Grace’s Book Rec: North Woods

“Just imagine the vastness of our state’s natural heritage”

Guest post by Karen Wade As a mostly-native plant gardener, I can often be found in my backyard on hands and knees tending pots of pawpaw seedlings, tucking soil around newly planted native spicebushes, or just hanging out on the back step marveling at how the bumblebees manage to [...]

By |2025-11-21T20:40:44+00:00November 28, 2024|Betley Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on “Just imagine the vastness of our state’s natural heritage”

From “Sapling No. 1” to Today

In May of 2020, our stewardship crew placed a small red flag in the ground. The bare sticklike plant next to it was marked sapling #1.

By |2025-02-15T18:14:10+00:00July 11, 2024|A Million Trees, Betley Woods, Meltzer Woods, Mossy Point, Newsroom, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on From “Sapling No. 1” to Today

A Personal Tribute to Len Betley

Part 4 in a series Our spring newsmagazine honors the late Len Betley, our friend and benefactor. We’ve been sharing tributes from people who knew, loved, and respected Len. Here our longtime supporter Priscilla Johnson, who serves on our board, offers her reflections. […]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:25+00:00May 11, 2023|Betley Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on A Personal Tribute to Len Betley

Committed to Conservation

Third in a series memorializing our friend and benefactor, Len Betley Our spring newsmagazine features a tribute to the late Len Betley, who left a tremendous land protection legacy. Bill Weeks, who has a long history of service in the conservation field, worked with Len in the 1980s. We [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:32+00:00May 3, 2023|Betley Woods, Newsroom|Comments Off on Committed to Conservation

Trailing Ahead at Betley Woods

Coming soon to a preserve near you: an incredible hiking experience. Yes, Betley Woods at Glacier’s End is getting topnotch trails! Our partners at the Indiana Wildlife Federation (IWF) received Next Level Trails funding from the state to build sustainable trails through this gorgeous preserve. Our team helped plot [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:32+00:00April 10, 2023|Betley Woods, Homepage, Newsroom|Comments Off on Trailing Ahead at Betley Woods

A Tradition of Giving

First in a series memorializing our friend and benefactor, Len Betley Our spring newsmagazine features a tribute to the late Len Betley, whose support of conservation in general and our work in particular had an enormous impact. Here, we talk with Len’s son Tom Betley. Tom is the Associate [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:32+00:00April 6, 2023|Betley Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on A Tradition of Giving
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