White River Docent Program Seeks Volunteers

Have you ever attended one of CILTI’s guided hikes and thought that you might enjoy leading a hike yourself? Have you been inspired by a guided hike or program that you’ve participated in? Consider becoming a White River Docent! […]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:55+00:00December 22, 2021|Hikes and Events, Newsroom, Olivers Woods, Properties|Comments Off on White River Docent Program Seeks Volunteers

The Wonder of the Monarch

(This piece was originally published in the September issue of Urban Times) That monarch butterfly winging through your neighborhood has a whole story to tell. It’s a story of habitat loss and endangerment, but also wonder. Weighing less than a gram, this iconic species will take an incredible journey [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:58+00:00September 8, 2021|Hikes and Events, Newsroom, Olivers Woods, Properties|Comments Off on The Wonder of the Monarch

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

Brood X is coming (but please don’t believe it’s an “invasion”).

by Traci Willis, Outreach Specialist Many headlines have begun to default to negative metaphors such as “invasion” or “infestation” when reporting about the upcoming periodical cicada emergence called Brood X. It’s true that at their highest concentration, there may be 1.5 million cicadas per acre in some areas. While [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:22:04+00:00May 13, 2021|Hikes and Events, Newsroom, Olivers Woods, Properties|Comments Off on Brood X is coming (but please don’t believe it’s an “invasion”).

Serving Science through her Art: Gillian Harris

Bloomington resident Gillian Harris, illustrator of the award-winning children’s book Wake Up, Woods, will be part of our Wake Up to Spring event at Oliver’s Woods this Sunday, along with Michael Homoya. Gillian’s stunning watercolors are a feast for the eyes. We asked her to share more about her [...]

By |2025-06-26T21:24:21+00:00April 28, 2021|Hikes and Events, Homepage, Newsroom, Olivers Woods|Comments Off on Serving Science through her Art: Gillian Harris

Celebrating the Forever Promise

Second in a series on the Trek our Trails Challenge by guest blogger Ben Valentine It’s finally spring and I feel the need to get away from the city and cornfields to celebrate winter’s end. The Laura Hare Preserve at Blossom Hollow—brimming with wildflowers and more red-headed woodpeckers than I’ve [...]

By |2025-06-26T21:21:25+00:00April 16, 2021|Betley Woods, Blossom Hollow, Hikes and Events, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on Celebrating the Forever Promise

Finding Home in Meltzer Woods

First in a series on the Trek our Trails Challenge by guest blogger Ben Valentine “The word ecology is derived from the Greek oikos, the word for home.” ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants “Nature is not a place to [...]

By |2025-07-23T18:17:02+00:00April 7, 2021|A Million Trees, Hikes and Events, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on Finding Home in Meltzer Woods

What Nature Does in Spring

By Michael Homoya, former state botanist, coauthor of Wake Up, Woods Even though the early signs of winter’s waning may seem unimpressive to us, to the wild things they provide notice that the big dance is about to begin. Soon birds will pour forth song, salamanders and frogs will [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:00+00:00March 23, 2021|Hikes and Events, Newsroom|Comments Off on What Nature Does in Spring

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

Many Hikes and Miles: Educator Grateful for CILTI Places and Programs

We thank Purdue University professor Mary Ellen Lennon for this guest post. As an educator, I have enjoyed the use of Central Indiana Land Trust resources and properties for student programming. I could not be more pleased to speak of the organization’s mission to students. And as a budding [...]

By |2025-12-01T12:55:22+00:00October 21, 2020|Blossom Hollow, Hikes and Events, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve|Comments Off on Many Hikes and Miles: Educator Grateful for CILTI Places and Programs
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