Armadillos: Harmless curiosities or the next emerald ash borer?

This opinion piece originally ran in the IndyStar. If you hear people talk about armadillos in Indiana, you might think they’re describing a few that strayed into our state, or you might assume the cat-sized beasts are just a curiosity. You’d be wrong. […]

By |2025-10-27T15:29:25+00:00October 27, 2025|Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on Armadillos: Harmless curiosities or the next emerald ash borer?

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

Tomorrow’s Conservation Leaders

We asked our outgoing communications intern, Olivia, to interview each of our interns and seasonals. Here are profiles of the wonderful people who helped our team this summer, including Olivia herself! […]

By |2025-10-02T21:24:50+00:00September 3, 2025|A Million Trees, Betley Woods, Fern Station, Homepage, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on Tomorrow’s Conservation Leaders

From Forest Trails to Lake Michigan Shipwrecks: Brian Muckerheide’s Family Legacy of Conservation

Seventh in a series about CILTI’s early supporters, in honor of our 35th anniversary You can’t be a diver without having an appreciation for nature and a concern for wildlife. Brian Muckerheide knows this firsthand. His daughter, Sarah Muckerheide, is studying underwater archaeology with Indiana University’s Center for Underwater [...]

By |2025-08-12T21:03:28+00:00August 11, 2025|Meltzer Woods, Properties|Comments Off on From Forest Trails to Lake Michigan Shipwrecks: Brian Muckerheide’s Family Legacy of Conservation

Inspired by Thoreau, Rooted in Indiana: Curt DeVoe’s Conservation Journey

Sixth in a series about CILTI’s early supporters, in honor of our 35th anniversary Years ago at Princeton University, a young Curt DeVoe was writing his senior thesis on nature as a metaphor in the essays of one of his favorite authors, Henry David Thoreau. […]

By |2025-08-06T20:24:41+00:00August 5, 2025|Burnett Woods, Fern Station, Properties, White River Bluffs|Comments Off on Inspired by Thoreau, Rooted in Indiana: Curt DeVoe’s Conservation Journey

Michael Spalding’s Family Legacy: A Love of Trees

Fifth in a series about CILTI’s early supporters, in honor of our 35th anniversary As a kid, Michael Spalding would explore his family’s 100-acre property and look up at the “awe-inspiring, gigantic trees” just a mile east of what would become Meltzer Woods. He also often ventured into that forest, [...]

By |2025-07-22T18:03:18+00:00July 22, 2025|A Million Trees, Meltzer Woods, Properties|Comments Off on Michael Spalding’s Family Legacy: A Love of Trees

Ted Harris’ Chapters on Land Conservation

Fourth in a series about CILTI’s early supporters, in honor of our 35th anniversary For Ted Harris, the world of stories has served as a connection between himself and land conservation. It was while reading the IndyStar that Ted first discovered CILTI. He may not have known it at [...]

By |2025-07-15T14:01:41+00:00July 14, 2025|Burnett Woods, Properties, Stewardship|Comments Off on Ted Harris’ Chapters on Land Conservation

How Ellen Jacquart Gardened CILTI

Third in a series about CILTI’s early supporters, in honor of our 35th anniversary Ellen Jacquart is one of the people who planted the first seeds of CILTI. Before it fully took to bloom, she served as one of its many supporting roots. Now a member of the board [...]

By |2025-07-09T14:31:56+00:00July 9, 2025|Betley Woods, Properties|Comments Off on How Ellen Jacquart Gardened CILTI

Reta Rutledge: Tales from her White Plastic Rabbit

Second in a series about CILTI’s early supporters, in honor of our 35th anniversary In Arizona, a white plastic rabbit sits beneath some bear grass in Reta Rutledge’s yard. It’s a piece of CILTI that has moved from house to house and now, all the way to the western [...]

By |2025-07-03T17:16:01+00:00July 2, 2025|Burnett Woods, Millard Sutton/Amos Butler Audubon Sanctuary|Comments Off on Reta Rutledge: Tales from her White Plastic Rabbit
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