Archives: August 2012

• INPAWS Hike: Bryoflora of Fern Cliff Preserve

  • Author: Wendy Ford
  • August 29, 2012
  • Categories: Hikes & Field Trips, Upcoming Events

  Saturday, October 6 – 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Eastern Daylight Time Fern Cliff  Preserve,  Putnam County, Indiana Leader: Bill McKnight, former biology instructor and museum curator and author of Bryophytes of Illinois and Indiana (in prep). Trail Conditions:  Some terrain change (up and down and stream bank walking) but pace will be slow…

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• INPAWS at Bat Festival

  • Author: Tom Hohman
  • August 28, 2012
  • Categories: Conservation

  INPAWS will have a display at the sixth annual Indiana Bat Festival, to be be held at Indiana State University, Saturday, September 15.  For more information on the free festival, go to http://www.isubatcenter.org/batfest.

• Invasives Removal at Cold Spring School

  • Author: Tom Hohman
  • August 28, 2012
  • Categories: Chapter News & Events, Invasives Removal, Volunteer Opportunities

  Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove invasives at Cold Spring School, the environmental magnet of Indianapolis Public Schools.  Volunteers will meet at Cold Spring School on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 9:00, and work until about 12:00.  This is a follow-up to invasives removal work done on the property by other groups…

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• Invasives removal at Glick Nature Preserve

  • Author: Tom Hohman
  • August 28, 2012
  • Categories: Invasives Removal, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities

  Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove invasives at the Gene B. Glick Nature Preserve in northeast Indianapolis.  Volunteers will meet at the Glick NP on Sept. 6 at 9:00, and work until about 12:00.  This will be a combined effort with volunteers from the Central Indiana Land Trust (owners…

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• AC2012 Is All About the Plants

  • Author: Wendy Ford
  • August 22, 2012
  • Categories: Annual Conference, Upcoming Events

  The Indiana Native Plant & Wildflower Society (INPAWS) announces its 19th annual conference providing the know-how to help Hoosiers appreciate, grow, and conserve Indiana’s rich heritage of native plants. Set for November 3, 2012, on the University of Indianapolis campus, the day-long conference will focus on two basics of botany: the identification of plants and their occurrence…

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• North Chapter August Field Trip Results

  • Author: Steve Sass
  • August 20, 2012
  • Categories: Chapter News & Events

  Approximately 18 people attended the North Chapter’s third field trip on August 18th at Shirley Heinze Land Trust’s Cressmoor Prairie property in Hobart, IN.  Cressmoor is a rare black soil prairie, which contains a number of state listed plants and insects.  Our tour guide was Paul Quinlan, stewardship director for Shirley Heinze Land Trust.  …

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• 6th Annual Nature Daze September 8

  • Author: Wendy Ford
  • August 16, 2012
  • Categories: Conservation, Upcoming Events

  Whether you own one acre or 500 acres, if managing your land has ever made you dazed and confused, come out and join us for an enlightening day at Camp Rancho Framasa in beautiful Brown County. Resource professionals will be on hand to present information on identifying and controlling invasive plants, conservation options for landowners,…

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• INPAWS Presentation at Whole Foods in Indianapolis and Carmel this Saturday, Aug. 18th and Sunday, Aug. 19th

  • Author: Amy Smith
  • August 16, 2012
  • Categories: Chapter News & Events, Upcoming Events

  Tom Hohman and Amy Smith will be leading a presentation on plant part identification and native plants and butterflies at the two Whole Foods Markets in Indianapolis and Carmel this weekend.  We will be presenting on Saturday from 2-3pm at the Carmel store and on Sunday from 2-3pm at the Nora store.  This is in…

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• New Committee to Offer Landscaping Support

  • Author: Wendy Ford
  • August 15, 2012
  • Categories: Landscaping, Leadership, Volunteer Opportunities

  Recognizing the growing interest in landscaping with native plants, INPAWS is forming a new committee that will more intentionally respond to the gardening public’s needs. Among other tasks, the committee will be charged to: Evaluate the information available on the INPAWS website, in brochures, and from other organizations and agencies to see where INPAWS could…

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• INPAWS Volunteers Needed – Hoosier Outdoor Experience on Sept. 15 & 16

  • Author: Amy Smith
  • August 14, 2012
  • Categories: Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities

  Hope everyone is having a good summer! Well it’s that time of year again when we are getting ready for the Hoosier Outdoor Experience (HOE) taking place at Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park on Sept. 15 and 16th from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The goal of the event is to get Hoosier families and…

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