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NICHES' Birthday Celebration on June 22

Celebrate 29 years of Northern Indiana citizens helping ecosystems survive! Following the NICHES Annual Meeting on June 22, we will be hosting a birthday party from 3:00 – 5:00 pm.

April 21 Poetry Hike

Join NICHES Land Trust on Sunday, April 21 at our Berkshire-Tarnowski Forest Preserve for a Poetry Hike in celebration of Earth Day!

Fire Season Updates

 

Notes from the Field by Bob Easter, Stewardship Director

NICHES Land Trust was able to complete successful prescribed burns over 460 acres in February and March!

Appalachian Trail Thru Hiker Raising Funds for NICHES

 

NICHES Land Trust is honored to be the charity selected by Danielle "Nicci" Lee, who will be hiking the Appalachian Trail this spring and summer. We are partnering with Nicci to help spread the word about this undertaking and hope you will cheer her along as she gives updates along her way.

 

Northern Indiana Citizens and Corporations Helping Ecosystems Survive

The process of revitalizing and protecting natural areas is an ongoing cycle, and NICHES Land Trust works year-round to restore the rich bio-diverse landscape that was once ubiquitous across Indiana.

Sign Up for War of the Weeds 2024

Join us during War of the Weeds 2024 for NICHES 5th annual coordinated volunteer effort against our region's worst springtime invasive species: GARLIC MUSTARD!

Re-establishing Prairie in the Wea Plains

In September of 2022, NICHES added a new 200+ acre preserve in Tippecanoe County, known as the Laura Hare Bend of the Wabash East. This preserve connects NICHES Granville Sand Barrens and Roy Whistler Wildlife Area to the Wabash River on the opposite bank of the Ross Hills/Ross Reserve. NICHES worked with the previous owner to have them enroll in the USDA Wetland Reserve Easement program (WRE) to permanently retire the 140 acres of previously farmed floodplain. NICHES was then able to purchase the property with major support from Laura Hare Charitable Trust, the Roy Whistler Foundation, the McAllister Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette. 

Invasive Plant Mapping at the Farris Estate with EcoLogic

• Stewardship
• Invasives

With the generous support from the estate Lois Lowe Farris, NICHES was able to contract with EcoLogic to perform an extensive invasive species mapping on our 400-acre restoration project in White County. The property, which was part of Farris' bequest to NICHES in 2021, is a massive undertaking for NICHES and was detailed in a blog post earlier last year. In a recent Facebook post, EcoLogic shared their findings with the general public.

Winter at Shawnee Bottoms

 

While you may not be outdoors as much as you would like, there is a lot going on this season! Board member Lori Marcum shares her suprising observations at Scott Pond in this post for our blog.

Thank You Volunteers: 11,500 Hours+ in 2023!

NICHES is excited to announce that in 2023 we reached a new milestone and received over 11,500 hours of volunteer service from individuals, hunting crews, businesses, and groups across our service area!