Our Properties

NICHES serves 13 counties:  Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Jasper, Montgomery, Pulaski, Newton, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White Counties. It works cooperatively with land owners, other nonprofit organizations and government agencies, actively seeking to protect a broad array of natural areas ranging from small greenspaces to pristine nature preserves of high biological integrity.

Founded in 1995, NICHES (as of late 2012) permanently protects 30 properties totaling 2,638 acres.

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Bachner Nature Preserve Black Rock Barrens Black Rock Nature Preserve Boehning Nature Reserve Cranberry Marsh Wildlife Area Fisher Oak Savanna Nature Preserve Frogs’ Glory (NEW May 2012) Gladys and Al Wright Rock Creek Nature Reserve Granville Sand Barrens Hewitt Estate Hoffman Easement Holley Savanna Indian Creek Basin Justice Farm Kohnke’s Little Pine Valley Martin Estate Mary I. Gerard Nature Preserve Mulvey Pond Moyer Gould Woods Pecan Basin Potawatomi Trail (Protected 2012) The Ranch Rock River Farm Roy Whistler Wildlife Area Shawnee Bottoms Shepherd Swamp Wabash Bottoms Walnut Fork Wildlife Refuge Watkins (Protected 12/2011) Weaver Family Nature Reserve Weiler-Leopold Nature Reserve Wise Island Wright Wildlife Corridor Participating Properties Calvert & Porter National Natural Landmark

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