IPA GRANTS SUPPORT LOCAL FRIENDS GROUPS 

IPA GRANTS SUPPORT LOCAL FRIENDS GROUPS 

By Mark Young

The Project Assistance Grant Program awarded $5,750 in project grants to four state park friends groups in 2023. 

Awards included: 

• Friends of Ouabache State Park – Native Species Area and Pollinator Garden.
• Friends of Mounds State Park – Restoration of the Historic Bronnenberg Home.
• Friends of Spring Mill State Park –  Civil War Reenactment Program.
• Friends of Upper Wabash – Weed Wrangle invasive Species Removal Project.

Photo of Tom Hohman presenting grant check to Karen Smith, President of the Friends of Mounds State Park (Others L-R, John Goss (IPA Board, Astra Sisson,Mounds APM, & Krysta Bozman)