By Stanley BaelzProperty Manager O’Bannon Woods State Park is a 2,294-acre site which was originally established in 1980 and renamed in 2004 to honor the late Gov. Frank O’Bannon. …
By Stanley BaelzProperty Manager O’Bannon Woods State Park is a 2,294-acre site which was originally established in 1980 and renamed in 2004 to honor the late Gov. Frank O’Bannon. …
By John Bergman This past June I was given the opportunity to attend the first of several statewide meetings on the next State Wildlife Action Plan ( SWAP) for the DNR…
I was saddened during a recent trip to McCormick’s Creek State Park to learn that the March 31st tornado had claimed another victim of which I was not aware. Winds…
Legislative Update By John Goss The final version of the 2023-25 Indiana budget contained many positives for conservation. Although several items from the budget proposed by Governor…
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…
IPA GRANT SPOTLIGHT By John Bacone Indiana Parks Alliance has awarded a grant to Clifty Falls State Park to develop a “Trails Confidence Map”. The actual sign…
In Memory of Dan Henkel By Jerry Pagac IPA lost a dear friend, colleague and board member with the untimely passing of Dan Henkel.Dan was always ready…
Indiana Nature Preserve Spotlight By John Bacone Baltzell-Lenhart Wood is one of the few remnant old growth Woods remaining in Indiana. A woods such as this is especially…
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act By John Goss Indiana to get $20M from the Recovering Americas Wildlife Act! Scientists estimate that one third of all U.S. wildlife species…