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NATURE PRESERVES EVENTS
NP PARTNERS EVENTS
The following is a list of hikes and other happenings at Nature Preserves, hosted by our partners.
- ACRES Land Trust events
- Allen County Parks events
- Central Indiana Land Trust events
- Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society (INPAWS) events
- LaGrange County Parks events
- Lake County Parks events
- LaPorte County Conservation Trust events
- Lindenwood Nature Preserve events (City of Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation)
- Little Rivers Wetland Project events
- The Nature Conservancy events
- NICHES Land Trust events
- Ouabache Land Conservancy
- Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve events (Town of Fishers)
- St. Joseph County Parks events
- Shirley Heinz Land Trust
- Sycamore Land Trust events
- Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve events
CURRENT PRESS RELEASES
2013
- Division of Nature Preserves hosts Fall Field Days
- DNR promotes nature preserves through guided hikes
- NRC approves hearing for proposed Hoosier Prairie changes
- Lake Michigan Coastal Program hires special projects coordinator
- Register now for guided, spring hikes at nature preserves
- Commission OKs additions to 2 nature preserves
ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES
2012
- DNR to do controlled burn of Hoosier Prairie today
- Grants available for Coastal Awareness Month events
- NRC approved a new state nature preserve at Ouabache State Park, added to the Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve in Putnam County and gives final OK to CheckIN Game system
- Second round of Bicentennial Nature Trust projects approved
- DNR to continue Hoosier Prairie management program
- DNR to do controlled burn of Hoosier Prairie today
- DNR ecologists receive public service awards
- Deer hunt planned for Olin Lake Nature Preserve
- NRC approves 3 new nature preserves
- Coastal Program accepting pre-proposals for 2013 grant funding
- Loblolly Marsh to be state's 250th nature preserve
- New campaign promotes Environmental Plate
- Dunes Creek ‘daylighting’ project dedicated
- Gov. Daniels leads Healthy Rivers celebration
- DNR's Lake Michigan Coastal Program seeks input on funding at June 20 meeting
- June is Coastal Awareness Month
- “Talk” to DNR Lake Michigan Coastal Program Expert on Facebook, May 31
- Governor touts river initiative during visit - Parke County land the latest Healthy Rivers addition.
2011
- Coastal Program accepting grant pre-proposals
- DNR to continue Hoosier Prairie management program.
- Former division director, William Barnes, inducted into Conservation Hall of Fame
- Indiana dedicates six new nature preserves in state parks - from The Outdoor Wire
2010
- Governor Mitch Daniels has proclaimed September 11-19, 2010 as Lake Michigan Coast Week
- Brown County gets largest state Nature Preserve
- Habitat restoration project at Zeigler Woods Nature Preserve (Ball State University's Robert Cooper Audubon Society).
2009
2008
- Nature Preserves director gets national honor - from Outdoor Indiana, Jan/Feb 2008
- Wabash County preserve gets state protection - from The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne
2005
2001
- One of world's rarest plants discovered in Indiana - from Outdoor Indiana article "Rare Short's goldenrod found in southern Indiana," Nov/Dec 2001.
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