IDNR Nature Preserve Hikes Schedule Revised

Below are the 2017 Field Day Hikes that the Division of Nature Preserves leads. The Division is celebrating 50 year of protecting original Indiana! Registration is required on their website.

Date

Nature Preserve

Partner

County

Leader

April 8

Pine Hills

INPAWS

Montgomery

Andrew Reuter, John Bacone

April 22

Donaldson’s Woods & Mitchell Karst Plain

INPAWS

Lawrence

Jason Larson, Roger Hedge

April 29

Burnett Woods

CILTI

Hendricks

Mike Homoya

May 6

Moraine

Shirley Heinze

Porter

Derek Nimetz

May 6

Shrader-Weaver

INPAWS

Fayette

Ben Hess

May 20

Clark & Pine

TNC

Lake

Emily Stork, John Bacone

May 20

Portland Arch

INPAWS

Fountain

Tom Swinford

June 3

Yellow Birch Ravine

INPAWS

Crawford

Ryan Keller, Mike Homoya

June 3 —Rescheduled to July 1

Mounds Fen

INPAWS

Madison

Tom Swinford

July 19

Biesecker Prairie (evening hike, 6:30 pm)

INPAWS

Lake

Tom Post, John Bacone

July 29

Eby Prairie & Elkhart Bog

INPAWS

Elkhart

Rich Dunbar, John Bacone

August 5

Chamberlain Lake

INPAWS

St. Joseph

Roger Hedge, Rich Dunbar

September 9

Bluffs of Beaver Bend

INPAWS

Martin

John Bacone