A Giant in her Field

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 [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:21:23+00:00November 12, 2020|A Million Trees, Homepage, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on A Giant in her Field

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

Land Trust buys 35 acres, will plant 20,000 trees to expand Meltzer Woods

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 7, 2020 The Central Indiana Land Trust, Inc. (CILTI) is expanding the 60-acre Meltzer Woods Nature Preserve in Shelbyville by buying an adjacent 35-acre agricultural field, where it will plant more than 20,000 trees. The purchase totaled approximately $260,000 and was made possible through CILTI’s [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:19:20+00:00October 7, 2020|A Million Trees, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Press Releases, Properties|Comments Off on Land Trust buys 35 acres, will plant 20,000 trees to expand Meltzer Woods

Declining Eastern Box Turtles Benefit from Tree Plantings

Creating future habitat for Eastern box turtles and many other species, we kicked off our million tree initiative this year. We’ve pledged to plant one million trees over the coming years in strategic sites, linking up hundreds of acres of fragmented land to benefit sensitive wildlife. Our tree-planting efforts [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:21:23+00:00September 24, 2020|A Million Trees, Betley Woods, Meltzer Woods, Mossy Point, Newsroom, Properties, Wallace F. Holladay|Comments Off on Declining Eastern Box Turtles Benefit from Tree Plantings

In Tribute: A Conservation Champion

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. […]

By |2025-02-14T00:21:23+00:00September 1, 2020|Homepage, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on In Tribute: A Conservation Champion

What is an Old Growth Forest?

Part of a series on CILTI’s conservation targets by guest blogger Ed Pope Old growth forests are forests that have not been disturbed for at least 150 years. While they have some exceptionally large trees, there will also be many younger trees. When one of the giants falls, it [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:40+00:00August 13, 2020|A Million Trees, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on What is an Old Growth Forest?

Shelby, Johnson county areas benefit from environmental settlement

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. […]

By |2025-02-14T00:19:20+00:00June 25, 2020|Betley Woods, Blossom Hollow, Homepage, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Press Releases, Properties|Comments Off on Shelby, Johnson county areas benefit from environmental settlement

Happy Earth Day! (Plus: The 9th Iconic Preserve to Visit)

A letter from our executive director We hope you’ve enjoyed this series of nine off-the-beaten-path preserves. The final featured place and a recap are below, but we also wanted to step back, this Earth Day, to talk about the big picture of land protection. […]

By |2025-06-26T21:18:46+00:00April 22, 2020|Enews, Meltzer Woods, Newsroom, Properties|Comments Off on Happy Earth Day! (Plus: The 9th Iconic Preserve to Visit)

Old-growth forest soon to open to public

INDYSTAR By Will Higgins SHELBY COUNTY, Ind. — Phil Meltzer’s forest at first seems like any other — birds chirp, squirrels scurry, leaves rustle. But then you come to this crazy bur oak tree, an ancient, a giant at 100 feet tall, whereas your average big oak tree is [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:21:40+00:00November 6, 2014|Meltzer Woods, Properties|Comments Off on Old-growth forest soon to open to public

Forest that existed before Columbus came to America to be preserved for public enjoyment

Meltzer Woods in Shelby County was state’s last unprotected old-growth forest SHELBYVILLE, IND. (November 5, 2014) – The Indiana Bicentennial Nature Trust has provided the leadership gift allowing the Central Indiana Land Trust Inc. (CILTI) to buy and forever protect and preserve Indiana’s last unprotected old-growth forest, Meltzer Woods. [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:19:36+00:00November 5, 2014|Meltzer Woods, Properties|Comments Off on Forest that existed before Columbus came to America to be preserved for public enjoyment
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