Keith Richard Walner Nature Preserve comprises an impressive and significant floodplain forest along the Little Calumet River. The usual invasive suspects have taken hold along the banks of the Little Cal: bush honeysuckle, multiflora rose, and round-leaf bittersweet. This workday will focus on managing these species at the front of the preserve.
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Porter County’s J. Timothy Ritchie Nature Preserve is one of the region’s best-kept secrets, as far as nature preserves and hiking trails go. Tucked between residential streets in a quiet Chesterton neighborhood, the trails and entrance to the preserve are easily overlooked. On April 27th, we’ll pull back the curtain of mystique and offer neighbors
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* Update: This event was originally scheduled for January 12 but was changed due to inclement weather. January 26 is the rescheduled date.* This January, let’s keep the momentum at Ritchie rolling! A wide variety of native plant species thrive within the understory of J. Timothy Ritchie Nature Preserve, including some magnificent ephemerals in the
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A wide variety of native plant species thrive within the understory of J. Timothy Ritchie Nature Preserve, including some magnificent ephemerals in the spring. You can help us give them some room to expand by removing invasive species that have gradually amassed along the trail. Our work will wind among the mature maples and towering
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