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....
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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...
Shirley Heinze Land Trust Spring Benefit
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...
Save the Date for the Shirley Heinze Land Trust Spring Benefit!
On June 8, 2013, the Heinze Trust’s friends and supporters will gather to celebrate four spectacular nature preserves, each a biological treasure with significant recreational opportunities. The cost per individual ticket is $125, of which $65 is...
Shirley Heinze Land Trust Accepts Land Donation on the Little Calumet River in Chesterton
Shirley Heinze Land Trust has acquired 38 acres of land along the Little Calumet River in Chesterton. The property, which boasts a half-mile frontage on the north bank of the river, includes old oxbow wetlands, extensive floodplain, and an upland...
Electricians Union Provides Volunteer Work for Local Land Trust
Members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #531 in LaPorte spent Saturday, February 9, changing out switches and receptacles at Shirley Heinze Land Trust’s new headquarters building. The Trust recently purchased the former...