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 [...]
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. [...]
Record gift to Land Trust preserves property valued at $4.3 million Indiana bat population could soar on land near Indianapolis International Airport Real estate development firm Holladay Properties has donated 50 acres of land valued at $4.3 million from within its AmeriPlex complex in southwest Marion County to the [...]
by Cliff Chapman Executive Director, Central Indiana Land Trust You probably don’t notice it when you walk into your office building or drive by the bank. The landscaping looks nice, so you don’t pay attention to it. Throughout central Indiana, though, developers and landscapers are using plants that are [...]
Oliver Daugherty was a contrarian with a passion for his land. His ancestor, Dr. James Livingston Thompson, moved from England in 1855 and took ownership of over 300 acres of land situated in the crossroads of America. Along the river in land that would become Oliver’s Woods, he built [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2013 Gift allows Land Trust to protect 64 acres in Parke County Turtle Bend soon will be open for the public to enjoy Approximately 64 acres of woods in southeastern Parke County will be preserved forever thanks to a generous gift from two retired [...]
(This post was originally posted in 2013.) Bob Meyer was an outdoorsy kid whose happiest days included Scouting, canoeing, hiking and sledding. When Bob and his wife, Gayle, were raising their daughters, Anna and Molly, the family spent many hours hiking, climbing and camping. […]
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