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Terry Lacy, Carroll County artist and future NICHES Board Member, will be presenting on his artistic process as he discusses art inspired and created in the field on NICHES lands. Terry will be joined by Sam Love, who is working on the Carroll County Poetry Project, for a reading inspired by Wildcat Creek.

Who to Contact

Gus Nyberg: gnyberg@nicheslandtrust.org

(765) 423-1605

Where to Meet

Delphi Public Library
222 E Main Street
Delphi IN 46923

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Mark Your Calendars: Join us on April 22nd from 4 to 6 pm. for our Annual Membership Meeting! The meeting will take place at the Wabash and Erie Canal Interpretative Center (1030 N Washington St, Delphi, IN 46923). We will vote on new board members, present 2022 financials, share organizational updates, and celebrate another successful year of conservation. Keep reading below for info on special hikes and other events hosted by NICHES staff and friends that will occur throughout the day. 

NICHES Annual Meeting day hikes/activities:

- guided poetry hike @ Berkshire Tarnowski Forest Preserve – 11:00 am Join us for a guided poetry hike along Deer Creek at Berkshire Tarnowski Forest Preserve. You are welcome and encouraged to bring a favorite poem to share.

- Garlic Mustard Pull @ Moyer-Gould – 10:00am Help us celebrate Earth day by giving back to the woods! We will pull invasive garlic mustard to help promote biodiversity of spring wildflowers. Pulling garlic mustard is an easy, fun, and all ages stewardship task. Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/NICHESwotw2023

- Dance & Garlic mustard pull @ Moyer-Gould – 1:00 pm The Greater Lafayette Dance Collective will perform a 20 minute dance to celebrate Earth Day and another year of conservation for NICHES Land Trust.  No Registration required to enjoy the performance.  Want to help pull garlic mustard afterwards? Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/NICHESwotw2023

- Guided meditation – Frog’s Glory – 2:00pm NICHES’ board member Vanessa Pacheco will leaded a guided nature meditation at Frog’s Glory. Come enjoy the preserve and root yourself in nature.

- Reception for guest artist: Jerie Artz: Saturday April 22, 2023 (11am-2pm) Chapel Gallery, 321 West Main Street, Delphi, Indiana 46923. More info here: https://chapelgallery.org/

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Planting Our Seeds: An Evening with NICHES Founders
Thursday, September 18, 6:00 pm*
Lilly Nature Center (Celery Bog Natural Area), West Lafayette

Join NICHES for a panel discussion about the beginnings of our land trust and celebrate the local conservation community. The discussion will be followed by light refreshments and mingling. Advanced registration required. Learn more here >>

*30th Anniversary Conservation Circle members are invited to join us for a special hors d'oeuvres reception prior to the event beginning at 4:30 p.m. If you need more information, please reach out to Ann at ann@nicheslandtrust.org.

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In honor of three decades of work, we invited the public to submit artworks inspired by their favorite places in nature. This exhibition of select artwork is on view at Stalph, which is located at 110 E. Lafayette Street in Pine Village. Their hours are 9a-4p, Tuesday through Saturday. LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T205740Z SEQUENCE:140 X-ACCESS:1 X-HITS:119 X-COLOR:b39700 X-SHOW-END-TIME:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T210000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20251008T235900Z UID:963BA044-1933-42C9-8A24-DD39ED3C25DC SUMMARY:"Welcome to the Dark Side" Mothing Event at Clegg CREATED:20250808T184844Z DTSTAMP:20250808T184844Z URL:https://nicheslandtrust.org/calendar/welcome-to-the-dark-side-mothing-event-at-clegg DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Dark Side: Mothing in Indiana \NFriday, October 3rd (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)\NJoin Indiana moth expert, Jeanette Jaskula, for a fascinating evening on the Dark Side as we explore the secret life of moths. The evening starts with a presentation about the joy of moths, from their stunning colors, patterns, and behaviors to their important role in our ecosystems as pollinators and members of the web of life. After the talk, we’ll convene outdoors to see what moths visit the light set-up. We’ll also walk a bait trail to look for moths attracted a mixture of beer, brown sugar, and over-ripe bananas that we spread on tree trunks. Children and families are welcome. Don’t forget to bring a flashlight. \NProfile \NJeanette has a master's degree in environmental science from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. She has studied a variety of taxa from salamanders to birds to bats. For the past six years, moths have been her passion. As president of Friends of the Sands, Jeanette has developed public mothing programs at The Nature Conservancy's Kankakee Sands prairie restoration in Newton County, Indiana. She has photographed over 800 moth species at Kankakee Sands and almost 1,500 species in Indiana. Jeanette enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for these rather unknown and under-appreciated creatures of the night. \NClick HERE to register for this event. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Welcome to the Dark Side: Mothing in Indiana 

Friday, October 3rd (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Join Indiana moth expert, Jeanette Jaskula, for a fascinating evening on the Dark Side as we explore the secret life of moths. The evening starts with a presentation about the joy of moths, from their stunning colors, patterns, and behaviors to their important role in our ecosystems as pollinators and members of the web of life. After the talk, we’ll convene outdoors to see what moths visit the light set-up. We’ll also walk a bait trail to look for moths attracted a mixture of beer, brown sugar, and over-ripe bananas that we spread on tree trunks. Children and families are welcome. Don’t forget to bring a flashlight. 

Profile 

Jeanette has a master's degree in environmental science from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. She has studied a variety of taxa from salamanders to birds to bats. For the past six years, moths have been her passion. As president of Friends of the Sands, Jeanette has developed public mothing programs at The Nature Conservancy's Kankakee Sands prairie restoration in Newton County, Indiana. She has photographed over 800 moth species at Kankakee Sands and almost 1,500 species in Indiana. Jeanette enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for these rather unknown and under-appreciated creatures of the night. 

Click HERE to register for this event.

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October 18th @ Clegg Memorial Garden
(2:00 pm - 3:00 pm)

Explore the surprising connections between folklore and science in this engaging program about the wild autumn harvest presented by local naturalist Karen Cody. Discover the facts and lore behind nuts, berries, roots, and other native treasures of the Eastern Deciduous Forest.

Click HERE to register for this event

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