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! […]
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 [...]
We are honored that a generous donor has offered a matching challenge grant to close out 2020. All contributions will be doubled during this season’s giving campaign, as the Efroymson Family Fund will match all gifts received by December 28, 2020, up to $75,000. […]
Part of a series on CILTI’s conservation targets by guest blogger Ed Pope Some of Central Indiana’s core conservation areas contain plant or animal species that are endangered or threatened, either statewide or nationally: […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. […]
Part of a series on CILTI’s conservation targets by guest blogger Ed Pope Since most of Central Indiana is relatively flat, it doesn’t contain many canyons, waterfalls or spectacular rock formations. This makes those that exist, such as Mossy Point’s striking sandstone bluffs, all the more precious. […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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