They came, they saw, they carried. Members of our stewardship team completed a “pack test” recently as part of fire training. Their task? Carry a 50-pound backpack for 3 miles in less than 45 minutes. Everyone passed, taking the team one step closer to being able to lead controlled [...]
by Shawndra Miller, Communications Manager I happen to love snow. Even if I complain about shoveling and hate to drive in it, I find real magic in the kind of big snowfall we had earlier this month. Snow has a way of transforming the world into a more beautiful [...]
By Cliff Chapman Executive Director, Central Indiana Land Trust I got a text from a friend a couple days ago asking if I wanted to go look for a saw-whet owl. It was too good of an opportunity for an enthusiastic birder to pass up. Saw-whets are tiny owls [...]
By White River Steward Grace van Kan A few weeks ago, I sat down at my computer and popped in the memory card that I’d retrieved from our trail cam at Oliver’s Woods earlier in the day. Loading up the files and clicking my way towards the images captured [...]
Thirty-five acres of Shelby County agricultural land came under protection this year, right next to the venerated old growth forest of Meltzer Woods. The Land Trust purchased the property from the Spalding family, descendants of the forest’s original champion, Brady Meltzer. The land had been in the family since [...]
Dr. E. Lucy Braun, whose pioneering work in forest ecology paved the way for today’s conservationists, stepped out of history to greet attendees of our Spirit and Place Festival hike. The old growth forest of Meltzer Woods offered a stunning backdrop for her comments as she looked back at [...]
Indiana lost a great champion of conservation last month when Philip Meltzer of Shelbyville died at age 94. Mr. Meltzer was the driving force behind the protection of one of the state’s last unprotected old growth forests—now a state-dedicated nature preserve. […]
Before he owns the Pacers, Steve Simon’s love of nature draws him to another organization From the IndyStar front page, August 10, 2020 by Dana Hunsinger Benbow Brought up in a family of commercial real estate gurus who built massive malls and shopping centers, Steve Simon never fell for [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2020 A $600,000 grant resulting from a legal settlement equips the Central Indiana Land Trust Inc. (CILTI) to add to the properties it protects in Johnson and Shelby counties. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2020 Unique hanging garden to attract butterflies at White River Bluffs nature preserve The Central Indiana Land Trust Inc. (CILTI) has closed on its final purchase of land from Highland Golf and Country Club, which means the land-conservation organization can proceed with plans to [...]
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