C.R. 700W, Orland. For more information about ACRES and its programs, call 422-1004.
NATURE
OTHER LOCAL NATURE PRESERVES INCLUDE: • McClue Reserve, C.R. 400N, one mile east of S.R. 127N. It has an 80-acre tract that features hiking trails. This county preserve is operated by a local board of directors and volunteers. • Anspaugh Wildlife Habitat Trust Area, Landis Road, Loon Lake. It has an 80-acre tract. • LaTierra Sanctuary, C.R. 1000E, south of S.R. 120, Fremont. Protected by Blue Heron Ministries, the 38-acre preserve includes mature maples and was donated by Father Fred Duschl of Blakeslee, Ohio. Blue Heron also operates a 10-acre preserve, a sandy expanse near Clear Lake. • Koeneman Lake Preserve, Clear Lake Township. The 11-acre tract that includes Koeneman Lake is protected by the Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy. • Lime Lake Nature Preserve, Millgrove Township. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources took control of 90.59 acres on Lime Lake in 1995. • Loon Lake Nature Preserve, C.R. 100N, Angola. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources protects 6.5 acres on Loon Lake in Pleasant Township. The preserve began in 1998.
OTHER NATURE PURSUITS INCLUDE: • Fawn River State Fish Hatchery, S.R. 327N, Orland, features an opportunity to see nature in development with self-guided tours. The hatchery dates to the Orland Conservation Club’s 1933 construction of a fish-rearing pond. Since 1942, the facility has produced millions of fingerling fish. The facility, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, produces musky, walleye, northern pike, catfish, large mouth bass and small mouth bass. It is owned by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. For more information, call 829-6241. The district biologist’s office is also at the facility. The hatchery is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • The Nature Conservancy, a non-profit group dedicated to preserving natural habitats and environmentally sensitive areas, operates an Angola office in Peachtree Plaza 200, 1220 N. 200W, Angola, to oversee its Fish Creek Trail Project and its Pigeon Creek Project.
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Trine University President Earl Brooks II, left, presents an honorary doctoral degree to Jeff Saturday, former center for the Indianapolis Colts and now a sports commentator, during the 2014 commencement exercises at the Angola campus.
• Fish Creek is a 110-square-mile watershed in Steuben and DeKalb counties in Indiana and Williams County in Ohio. It is considered one of the Great Lakes’ most diverse stream systems. There are 31 mussel species, including three that are federally-endangered, and 43 fish species. Included in this project was the establishment of a nature preserve, Douglas Woods, south of Hamilton, and a trail system that starts across from Gnagy Park in Hamilton. • The Pigeon River watershed includes Steuben and LaGrange counties in Indiana and portions of southern
Michigan, including the 11,500-acre Pigeon River State Fish and Wildlife Area with its headquarters in Mongo. There are 34 species of mammals in the watershed. Also found there are the endangered Mitchell’s satyr butterfly, along with a stand of tamarack trees in Indiana that is among one of the largest bogs in the state. Both projects have been identified by The Nature Conservancy as among eight great Hoosier landscapes worthy of preservation. For more information, call The Nature Conservancy at 665-9141.
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