Wayne Preserve Workday: Sunday, March 9, 10 am - 2 pm EDT. RSVP via email to property manager Cris Seuell at Cseuell82@gmail.com. Light lunch/snacks provided. Feel free to pitch in. Bring loppers if you have them and gloves/water. Help prepare the Wayne Preserve for its final EQIP inspection. We will be snipping and hand pulling multiflora rose and cutting/painting autumn olive. If you aren't sure what that means, no worries, Cris will pair you with someone who does!
Pre-Meeting Social Time: Sunday March 23, 12:15 - 1:00 pm EDT, Monroe County Library, Ellettsville Branch, Meeting Room A, 600 W. Temperance Street, Ellettsville. Our Annual Business Meetings are long, but all members are welcome to attend. Consider coming early to chat with the board and other supporters. Meeting starts promptly at 1 pm and will last until ~4 pm.
Save the Date: Indiana Cave Symposium, Saturday, April 26, Orange County Community Center.
Save the Date: Wilderness First Aid training, July 12 and 13, near Sullivan Cave Preserve in Lawrence County. See here for more info when available.
2025 IKC Field Events: We will be going mothing at Wayne, getting batty at Robinson Ladder, going birding at Shawnee and checking out the hidden wonders of Lawrence County's caves and karst this year! More details when available!
Mission accomplished! We have reached our fund-raising goal for acquiring the expansion property connecting the IKC Wayne Cave Preserve with the National Speleological Society's Richard Blenz Preserve in Monroe County. Many thanks to all our donors; a list can be viewed here.
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Henderson Park - The IKC now manages access for the City of Salem and The Nature Conservancy to the caves within Henderson Park for recreational caving. Groups wishing to gain access need to apply for a permit. Click here for details.
Indiana DNR - The IKC manages access for the DNR to several caves within Spring Mill State Park and Cave River Valley for recreational caving. Groups wishing to gain access must apply for a permit and comply with proper WNS decontamination protocols. Click here for details.
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