Land
Committees, Projects,
Partners, Events, & Information
(updated
12.27.08)
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Our volunteers focus on:
the protection
of farmland, including woodlands,
wetlands, prairies, pastureland, and
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Current Announcements & Events:
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 "Growing
for the Market" ~ This series offers current and aspiring
farmers the opportunity to learn about the emerging consumer demand for
locally produced farm products and identify which of these products is
appropriate for their operation.
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 Living
Snow Fences are plantings that create a vegetative barrier that
traps and controls blowing and drifting snow, reducing the need to
shovel and plow. Check out the snow fences that aren't orange!
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2009 Regional Master Gardener Training
 Classes
have been scheduled for DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, and Steuben Counties.
Areas of training include plant science, plant nutrition, and soils;
insects, plant disease, and weeds; vegetable gardening, herbs, and roses;
annual and perennial flowers; tree care and identification; house plants
and lawn care.
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2009
Indiana Master Naturalist Classes
Classes have been scheduled.
Register soon!
Gain knowledge of and hands-on experience with Indiana's plants,
wildlife, geology, and geography. You will meet other Hoosiers
with interests similar to yours and gain personal satisfaction from
"giving back" to your local community through service.
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Fox Trail Farm
Read about how one local farmer is "going green" on his farm.
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-resampled-02.jpg) Tree Planting Grant
Opportunity ~ The Indiana DNR Division of Forestry and ExactTarget
have formed a community tree planting partnership to assist with small
to medium communities, neighborhoods, and nonprofit organizations in
purchasing and planting trees on public property.
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Urban
Cost-Share Program . . .
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. . . for people living in the Elkhart River Watershed.
Grants are available to cover up to 75% of the cost of installing rain
gardens, rain barrels, pervious concrete, green roofs, bioretention,
wetland restoration, and naturalized wet-bottom detention basins.
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Rural
Cost-Share Program . . .
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. . . now
available for farmers in the Elkhart River Watershed. Applicants
can receive up to 75 % of the cost approved conservation practices.
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Land Related
Community Service Projects:
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Land Related On-Going Projects:
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Land Related
Resource Information:
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Land Related Completed Projects:
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Land
Conservation Easement
Information:
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Spotlight on
Conservation Easement Property Owners:
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Mike & Rhonda Yoder protect 70 acres
of their Elkhart County dairy farm with a conservation easement.
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Eugene Myers
protects his 140 acre farm in St. Joseph County Indiana with a
Farmland Conservation Easement.
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Charles
& Blanch Knight protect 23 acres of their woods in LaGrange County
with a conservation easement.
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Check our calendar for Committee
meetings. If you are interested in receiving an agenda or minutes of upcoming or
past meetings,
please contact us.
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Backyard
Conservation "How To"