By Billie Kerner; Jibek Mbwakawen, Inc. After the arrival of the sandhill cranes signaling spring in my Potawatomi culture, we wait for the third thunder to communicate that it is time to plant our corn. For many Indigenous peoples, including the Potawatomi, the Three Sisters garden is more than a method of agriculture. It […]
A huge milestone was reached with the donation of 80 acres of land by the late Collis C. Hooks. This generous contribution brings the total acreage preserved by the Trust to an impressive 3,500 acres, further strengthening our mission to preserve and restore natural lands and waters across northwestern Indiana and engage people in nature
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We are excited to shares news of a 73-acre addition to Meadowbrook Nature Preserve and Conservation Center, located north of Valparaiso. The property contains SHLT’s organizational headquarters and serves as a regional conservation destination with over 300 protected acres, more than four miles of trails for passive recreation, and exceptional facilities that support educational programming.
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We are excited to announce a 93.78-acre addition to Lydick Bog Nature Preserve in north St. Joseph County. The new acquisition brings the total protected acreage at the property to 271 acres. Planning is underway for new trail access for visitors and residents. We are thrilled to expand Lydick Bog Nature Preserve. This is a
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Over the last 2 years Porter County Farm Bureau’s partnership with Shirley Heinze Land Trust has flowered in ways we could have only imagined. Our most recent example is Shirley Heinze’s support for our “Take Care, We’re Farming Around Here” public safety initiative. 21 years ago, while serving as Trustee of Porter Township I championed
By Dale K. Nichols (Board Member) Dear friends of Shirley Heinze Land Trust: This is the fifth in a series of “snapshots” featuring our Beverly Shores/Great Marsh preserve. It will focus on some of our lovely native marsh plants (the “good”) and their non-native or invasive cousins (the “bad” and the “ugly”). Because all of
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By Dale K. Nichols (Board Member) Dear friends of Shirley Heinze Land Trust: This is the fourth in a series of “snapshots” featuring our Beverly Shores/Great Marsh preserve. My last post included a high-level overview of the different families of plants that grow here. This one will delve into more detail on one of them—the
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By Dale K. Nichols (Board Member) Dear friends of Shirley Heinze Land Trust: This is the third in a series of “snapshots” featuring our Beverly Shores/Great Marsh preserve. It will focus on the types of plants that can be found in our Great Marsh properties, those whose seeds we harvest for planting in the fall,
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By Dale K. Nichols (Board Member) Dear friends of Shirley Heinze Land Trust: This is the second in a series of “snapshots” featuring our Beverly Shores/Great Marsh preserve. How quickly things change! What just a few short weeks ago was a barren brown landscape has now morphed into a mottled sea of expanding greenness. Skunk
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By: Melissa Washburn Does that sound like an awful lot of birds? Last year I learned that that’s the estimated number of individual birds that flew overhead in just the first three days of Indiana Audubon’s annual Indiana Dunes Birding Festival. Northwest Indiana is an ideal pit stop for birds during peak spring migration in
