Southwest Chapter Events & Activities 2020

Coming Soon

TBD

Past Events

Indiana Master Naturalist Classes
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve, Evansville
Two classes Feb. 10-April 27, 2020 (Mondays, 6–9 p.m.) or Feb. 11 – April 28, 2020 (Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon)
Contact: Shelby Hauer, Shelby@wesselmanwoods.com or 812-479-0771

“This is a fabulous and worthwhile. Richard and I took it years ago and really enjoyed it. Wesselman Nature Society brings experts in the fields pertaining to natural Indiana to teach the course.” –Davie Sue Wallace, SW-INPS Advisor

About the Indiana Master Naturalist program

Tuesday, January 21
Evansville Audubon Society Meeting: Rewilding Southwest Indiana
The subject will be natural habitat and wildlife. Presented by Heath Hamilton, Wildlife Refuge Specialist at Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge. Heath’s presentation will focus on how ongoing habitat restoration and management activities, land acquisition, and conservation partnerships are attracting rare wildlife species and making Southwest Indiana an even wilder place. The meeting will be at 6:00PM at the Wesselman Nature Center. The meetings are free and open to the public. Heath Hamilton is a member of the Southwest Chapter, Indiana Native Plant Society and a past presenter and field trip leader.

Saturday, January 18
Chew and Renew Social
9:30 AM, Wesselman Nature Center. Lots of exciting things on tap. Bring any native seeds you have to share (you do not need to bring any to participate).

Sunday, January 12
Winter Hike at Ouabache Trails Park
A good way to start the year! Get exercise and fresh air, as well as an overview of the trails at Ouabache Trails Park (just north of Vincennes, Indiana, on Lower Fort Knox Road). Led by local Naturalist Terri Talarek King. The hike will begin on Trail 1 (at the Lynn Wiseman Butterfly Garden) and will proceed throughout the park on as many of the eight trails as possible. Participants may walk for as long or short as they wish.

Saturday, October 26, 2019
Vanderburgh County CISMA Weed Wrangle
Southwest Chapter volunteers joined the fight against invasive species, continuing the work their CISMA started last fall. They helped remove harmful plants from North Woods Nature Trail to preserve the park’s native trees and plants.