Events archive
April 2019
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb Trees give us oxygen, store water and nutrients, house animals and plants, give us fruit/nuts/heating wood, replenish soils, filter pollution, and give us a place to retreat/reduce stress. Celebrate Arbor Day by helping us plant a few hundred baby trees at Munsee Woods on Saturday, April 27 10am-12 noon. After the trees are planted we will take a walk…
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This spring, you and your loved ones have a unique opportunity to visit a Red-tail property closed to the public 364 days of the year and which contains one of the most diverse concentrations of wildflowers in the state of Indiana. Our Spring Wildflower Celebration is located at Phyllis and Frank Yuhas Woods, a mere…
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Help plant milkweed for Monarchs. A joint effort between the Endangered Species Coalition, Healthy Communities of Henry County, and Red-tail Land Conservancy, we’ll be helping monarch butterflies and other pollinators that use monarchs’ preferred habitat. Similar to the federally endangered rusty-patched bumble bee (officially listed as endangered in March 2017), the once-ubiquitous monarch butterfly also has seen its population enter what has been called “free-fall decline” over the past 20 years. A petition to list the monarch butterfly as a…
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“Pages + Places” events are meetups hosted by Muncie Public Library at interesting places where we discuss a book and then experience something related to it.This month, we will discuss the conservation classic, “A Sand County Almanac” by Aldo Leopold, and ….
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Join us as we walk the Steussy-Williams Conservation Easement, Tuesday, July 30, 3:30-5:30pm. Our host, Helen Steussy, will give us a tour of her stunning prairie in peak bloom. Helen and her husband Tom work tirelessly to care for the land. Walk among native wildflowers and learn how they created the incredible habitat for birds, bees, and butterflies. Their land is protected forever by Red-tail Land Conservancy with a conservation easement. The Steussy-Williams easement is private property, we hope you…
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Open Space: Art About the Land is an art competition and exhibition which seeks to recognize and encourage artists in Indiana who derive creative inspiration from the land, or whose work celebrates the notion of open space as it relates to the land.
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Open Space: Art About the Land is an art competition and exhibition which seeks to recognize and encourage artists in Indiana who derive creative inspiration from the land, or whose work celebrates the notion of open space as it relates to the land.
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Be a bat SUPERHERO! In celebration of #BatWeek and the humble bat, join us for “Pulling for Bats,” where you can learn about bat conservation and habitat restoration, meet real live bats, and help remove invasive plants that crowd out beneficial native species that are so necessary for pollinators. Family-friendly event!
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Sunday, November 17th 2–4 PM at Minnetrista Join us as we celebrate 20 Years of Conservation by Red-tail Land Conservancy. Enjoy light refreshments, recollections, awards and presentations (with book signing following). Our featured speaker will be Bloomington-based environmental journalist, author and photographer Steven Higgs, who has spent 40 years exploring, photographing and writing about Southern Indiana. Learn more about Steven: http://www.naturalbloomington.com/about-us
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