It is important to take time to celebrate accomplishments. The reflection is important to show gratitude for the many people, business, and foundations who made the work possible. If you couldn’t make the party last month ....
Archive for category: From the Director’s Den
Red-tail Conservation Awards Presented
We gathered at Minnetrista, the original meeting place, last month to celebrate, reflect, and recognize the many people who made the work of Red-tail a reality. Red-tail’s founder and first executive director, Barry Banks, was the ....
Celebrating 20 Years
What were you doing 20 years ago? Perhaps you were preparing for the digital demise as the calendar rolled into the new millennium? Maybe you were thinking, “I remember when Prince first sang 1999, how can it already be 1999?” ....
Beyond Barry—Revisited
Anyone who has been involved with Red-tail on almost any level these past two years has realized how much we have broadened our scope of activities. From our....
Announcing: Valena Woods
Red-tail Land Conservancy is pleased to announce the purchase of 46 acres along White River just west of Yorktown, Indiana, to be named Valena Woods. This riparian woodlands is the fourteenth nature preserve owned by Red-tail. Also, we have recorded nineteen conservation easements, for a total of...
Mussel on the Mississinewa River
What may look like two minnows swimming, are actually membranes of a fresh water mussel that is mimicking minnows to lure predator fish (small mouth bass, rock bass) close in. When they are close enough to the mussel, she senses their presence and sprays her larvae at the fish. Some of the larvae...
Figuring Things Out
I once heard that you’ll never achieve or acquire what you really want until you figure out exactly what that is. It took me until...
Skill Sets
Most folks develop a unique set of skills as they venture through life. By the time they’re fifty years of age, a most people have...