Category: Volunteer Opportunities

• Invasives Removal at Marott Nature Preserve

  • Author: Tom Hohman
  • October 29, 2012
  • Categories: Chapter News & Events, Conservation, Invasives Removal, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities

  Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove honeysuckle and other invasives at Marott Nature Preserve, a natural area owned by Indy Parks.  Volunteers will meet at the parking lot on E. 75 th St. on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 10:00 a.m., and work until about 1:00.  It’s a great opportunity to get…

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• 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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• 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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• Native Plant Sale and Auction! May 12, 2012

  • Author: Ross Nelson
  • May 8, 2012
  • Categories: Chapter News & Events, Native Plant Sale & Auction, Uncategorized, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities

    Less than a week until the 2012 INPAWS Plant Sale on May 12!  Please remember that our sale has moved this year to Park Tudor School at 7200 N. College Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240. Use the 71st Street entrance for easiest access.  Plant and Book Sale is 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with the…

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• Central Chapter to remove invasives in Irvington

  • Author: Tom Hohman
  • May 2, 2012
  • Categories: Chapter News & Events, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities

  Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove garlic mustard along the Pleasant Run Trail near Irvington in Indianapolis.  Volunteers will meet on E. Pleasant Run Parkway S. Dr., East of Emerson on Sunday, May 6 at 2:00 p.m., and work until about 5:00 p.m.  Garlic mustard is rampant along the trail and spreading into…

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• Purdue Invites INPAWS to Join BioBlitz

  • Author: Wendy Ford
  • April 25, 2012
  • Categories: Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities

  Saturday, May 5, 3:00–5:00 pm (A) and 8:30–11:30 pm (E) Purdue University Forestry and Natural Resources Graduate Student Council will lead a BioBlitz at Weiler-Leopold Nature Reserve/Black Rock Barrens (NICHES Land Trust). The Task: Help identify species of Fish (A), Herps (A+E), Birds (E), Trees/Plants (A), Mammals (A), and Insects (A+E). The Reward: Understand local…

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• Central Chapter to remove invasives at Holiday Park

  • Author: Tom Hohman
  • April 8, 2012
  • Categories: Chapter News & Events, Upcoming Events, Volunteer Opportunities

  Central Chapter’s Invasives Swat Team is planning a volunteer day to remove invasives at Holliday Park in Indianapolis.  Volunteers will meet at the nature center on Sunday, April 15 at 2:00 p.m., and work until about 5:00 p.m.  Focus will be on common invasives, like garlic mustard, bush honeysuckle, and purple wintercreeper, plus several unique to Holiday…

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• Invasives Swat Team to remove invasives at Glick Nature Preserve

  • Author: Tom Hohman
  • April 2, 2012
  • Categories: Chapter News & Events, 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 April 10 at 10:00, and work until about 1:00.  Focus will be on garlic mustard, bush honeysuckle, English ivy, and a non-native wisteria.  This…

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