Shirley Heinze Land Trust will sponsor an event featuring two outstanding regional naturalists on Sunday, April 6, at 2:00 pm, at the Indiana Dunes State Park Nature Center. Joel Greenberg, a renowned authority on the natural history of the Chicago...
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Shirley Heinze Land Trust Hosts Volunteer Workday April 12
On Saturday, April 12, 2014, the Shirley Heinze Land Trust will host a volunteer workday at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve in Valparaiso from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. In honor of Arbor Day (later this month) we will be planting a variety of tree species...
Shirley Heinze Land Trust Hosts a Guided Winter Hike at Ivanhoe Nature Preserve
Get rid of that cabin fever this winter and come on a winter hike led by Stewardship Director, Paul Quinlan, at Ivanhoe South Nature Preserve in Gary. The dune and swale habitat at Ivanhoe South represents one of the rarest habitat types on the...
Citizen Science Workshop Offered on Frog Monitoring
Spencer Cortwright, Biology Professor at Indiana University Northwest, along with staff from Shirley Heinze Land Trust will lead a Frog Monitoring Workshop on Wednesday, February 19 from 7:00pm-8:00pm at the Meadowbrook Conservation Center and...
Volunteer Workday for Shirley Heinze Land Trust – Bur Oak Woods Nature Preserve
On Saturday, October 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Shirley Heinze Land Trust will be holding a volunteer workday at Bur oak Woods in Hobart. On this workday we will be making a firebreak that will be used for a prescribed burn this fall or spring....
Shirley Heinze Land Trust to Host a Bus Tour of Preserves
On Saturday, August 24th, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Shirley Heinze Land Trust (SHLT) will be taking participants on a guided tour of its nature preserves from the luxury of a 56 passenger charter bus. SHLT owns and manages over 1,200 acres...
Free Community Hike at Meadowbrook Conservation Center and Preserve
Join your community out at Meadowbrook Conservation Center and Preserve on July 20, from 10 am to noon, to enjoy a free hike and free refreshments, compliments of Shirley Heinze Land Trust, a local 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization. Directions to...
Shirley Heinze Land Trust 10th Annual Summer Benefit
On Saturday, June 8th, Shirley Heinze Land Trust welcomed 330 friends and supporters at Sand Creek Country Club for their 10th Annual Summer benefit. This year’s benefit celebrated four of Indiana’s Natural Gems: Ambler Flatwoods, Ivanhoe South,...
“Bringing Nature Home” Awards
The Friends of Shirley Heinze Land Trust announce that applications are being accepted for their third annual “Bringing Nature Home” Awards given to landscapes which use native plants. In the last two years, about twenty individuals, schools,...
Discover Natural Gems in our Community’s Backyard Shirley Heinze Land Trust
This year, the Heinze Trust’s friends and supporters will gather to celebrate four spectacular nature preserves, each a biological treasure with significant recreational opportunities. The Spring Benefit will take place at Sand Creek Country Club...