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4 May 2026
The Indy Star reports that Carpenter Nature Preserve in Zionsville is slated to open later this month. The Zionsville Parks website has a small note saying that the estimated opening of "Phase I" will be around 21 May. The 215 acre property was once a golf course.

3 May 2026
93 acre expansion of Lydick Bog Nature Preserve. The Shirley Heinze Land Trust property is in Saint Joseph County.

4 February 2026
The Indiana Natural Resources Commission approved the dedication of a new State Dedicated Nature Preserve in Owen County. Barnebey Woods Nature Preserve is owned and managed by the Sycamore Land Trust, and comprises more than 140 acres of mature upland forest. The property is not currently open to the public.

20 January 2026
The Indiana Natural Resources Commission approved adding the 25-acre Sundew Prairie to the existing Hoosier Prairie Nature Preserve.

11 January 2026
I've added about twenty pages on Ecoregions of Indiana.

3 January 2026
I've posted an incomplete archive of several hundred screening levels tables published over the years by U.S. EPA. This is likely of interest, if at all, to environmental professionals, but there's a bit more info at the link and I'll try to offer more explanation in time.

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Mike Habeck