giving turtles a lift

Last June, just a few weeks into my new job with LMEF, I came across a familiar sight at the Kline Wetlands… a ransacked turtle nest. This was just one of many. A quick overview: Female turtles come up on land in the spring to excavate a small hole in the...

Three cheers for our public servants!

I recently e-mailed the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to get some data on Ospreys and Bald Eagles, whose sightings around Lake Maxinkuckee are now common. I quickly received a reply, filled with charts that documented the remarkable comeback story of...

Let’s talk about salt

After visiting family members in early January, we pointed the car north, eager to get back home to Indiana. But winter storm Blair had just tore a path across southern Indiana, and the beautiful icicled trees suggested to us (strongly) to get a hotel in Kentucky. We...