Sycamore Land Trust

Contact: Abby Perfetti, Communications Director Sycamore Land Trust PO Box 7801 Bloomington, IN 47407 (812) 336-5382 x101 abby@sycamorelandtrust.org Bloomington, Ind. – For 34 years, Michael Homoya has been the Indiana State Botanist/Plant Ecologist at the Department of Natural Resources. He’s learned a few things about plants in this time – enough to write two books so far, Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana and Orchids of Indiana, as well as many…  [Read More]

Contact: Abby Perfetti, Communications Director Sycamore Land Trust PO Box 7801 Bloomington, IN 47407 (812) 336-5382 x101 abby@sycamorelandtrust.org   Bloomington, Ind. – Now that kids are back in the classrooms, they’re likely to spend less time outdoors than they did during the carefree days of summer. But as Sycamore Land Trust’s Environmental Education Director, Shane Gibson, is well aware, learning and playing in the fresh air is one of the…  [Read More]

Contact: Abby Perfetti, Communications Director, Sycamore Land Trust abby@sycamorelandtrust.org, 812-336-5382 ext 101 July 12, 2016 Bloomington, IN — Sycamore Land Trust recently added 60 acres of forested land to Scarlet Oak Woods, a nature preserve in Monroe County. Sycamore Land Trust is the nonprofit organization that protects land and provides environmental education in southern Indiana. Three families – Bill and Lorraine Hanna, and two other anonymous couples – all sold…  [Read More]

Sycamore Land Trust is pleased to announce the hiring of their new Communications Director, Abby Perfetti. Perfetti brings a diverse background in marketing, writing, and community engagement, coming from Visit Bloomington to this new role as an environmental advocate. “It’s an honor to join Sycamore Land Trust’s talented team of staff and volunteers in the effort to preserve and protect Southern Indiana’s abundant natural beauty,” says Perfetti, a graduate of…  [Read More]

March 9, 2016 – Another highly desirable piece of land has been added to the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge, one of just three national wildlife refuges in the state. Sycamore Land Trust secured funding from the Laura Hare Charitable Trust to enable the refuge to purchase this 108-acre property. The property has been named the Laura Hare Tract in gratitude to their commitment to protecting important natural areas like…  [Read More]

October 6, 2015 – In its third largest acquisition ever, Sycamore Land Trust has purchased 339 acres with over a mile of frontage along Beanblossom Creek in northwest Monroe County. This preserve will be named in honor of the Sam Shine Foundation, which helped make the purchase possible. Support from Sycamore members was also essential. This preserve protects an ecologically important area, provides a home for threatened and endangered species,…  [Read More]

September 23, 2015 – Bloomington native Ann Connors has joined Sycamore Land Trust as the conservation organization’s new Development Director. Ann grew up in Bloomington, attended the University of Illinois, and lived and worked in New York, Europe, West Africa, and Chicago. She moved back to Bloomington in 2014 while working as Senior Development Officer for Panthera, an organization that works to protect the big cats (including jaguars, lions, tigers,…  [Read More]

June 23, 2015 – Brown County is home to Sycamore Land Trust’s newest nature preserve, the Stafford Family Preserve. Donated by Jon Stafford and his family, these 46 acres of beautiful woods and open fields are adjacent to Brown County State Park. By protecting this natural area, which shares a border with Indiana’s largest state park, wildlife like songbirds and Eastern box turtles will benefit from the expanded area of…  [Read More]

June 1, 2015 – The second property acquired as part of the Beanblossom Creek Bicentennial Conservation Area is now complete! The Fix-Stoelting Preserve is 31 acres at the corner of Mt. Tabor and Bottom Roads in Monroe County. Beanblossom Creek flows past the land, which also features bottomland woods, a field, and a tall wooded knob. The preserve’s name honors the family of the land donors, Julie and Kent Stoelting,…  [Read More]

May 25, 2015 – The scenic entryway to Bloomington along North State Road 37 Business is now permanently protected by Sycamore Land Trust. The 31-acre piece of land at the junction of Business 37 and IN-37 features an oxbow of Beanblossom Creek and its floodplain. “It’s the first thing you see when you come into town. It’s an iconic vista,” says the land donor, Skip Van Cel. Called “Oxbow Preserve,”…  [Read More]