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

Supporting a Prairie Preserve with Fire

With a high plant diversity and stable plant populations, a prairie can provide habitat for a plethora of insects and birds. That’s one thing that makes our Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve so special. Almost 90 species of birds have been found on CILTI’s only prairie habitat nature preserve. [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:00+00:00April 4, 2024|Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on Supporting a Prairie Preserve with Fire

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 [...]

Behind the Scenes with Stewardship Manager Jamison Hutchins

Our stewardship manager, Jamison Hutchins, recently took a walk through Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve while speaking with Freya Berntson. Freya’s podcast, Midwestoration, profiles people working in the conservation field. […]

By |2025-02-14T00:20:58+00:00August 24, 2021|A Million Trees, Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on Behind the Scenes with Stewardship Manager Jamison Hutchins

Dickcissels Are a Lively Grassland Bird

Our spring newsmagazine featured Cliff’s top ten hidden gems of birding. Here is the seventh of a blog series on these birds, by guest blogger Ed Pope. The dickcissel, slightly larger than a song sparrow, looks much like a miniature meadowlark. This grassland bird breeds in the Great Plains and [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:24+00:00August 11, 2021|Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Properties|Comments Off on Dickcissels Are a Lively Grassland Bird

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

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

Fired Up and Ready to Go

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 |2025-02-14T00:21:15+00:00March 11, 2021|Blossom Hollow, Homepage, Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on Fired Up and Ready to Go

Callery Pear: Not a Tasty Alternative

Part of a series on invasive species by guest blogger Ed Pope Callery pear is native to China and Vietnam. It was introduced into Europe in the 1800s. It first arrived in the United States at Boston’s Arnold Arboretum in 1906. It was imported by the United States Department [...]

By |2025-02-14T00:18:32+00:00February 24, 2021|Newsroom, Nonie Krauss Nature Preserve, Properties|Comments Off on Callery Pear: Not a Tasty Alternative

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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