Virtual Hike: Beanblossom Bottoms After Flooding

Join Executive Director John Lawrence on this virtual hike of Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve after recent flooding. Find out where to spot the bald eagles’ nest, get serenaded by chorus frogs and spring peepers just emerged from their winter rest, hear red-shouldered hawks give each other the “what for,” identify tracks on the boardwalk, and learn about some of John’s favorite plants and how they sustain wildlife.

Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve and its accessible public boardwalk trail is a part of Sycamore Land Trust’s 1,500-acre Beanblossom Creek Bicentennial Conservation Area, our ongoing project to protect and restore wetlands and other important natural areas in and along the floodplain of Beanblossom Creek, a major tributary of the East Fork of the White River.

Beanblossom Creek was our first focus area for conservation and continues to be a top priority. By caring for and strategically expanding this network of protected parcels, we preserve vital wetlands and critical wildlife habitat to sustain at least 20 endangered, protected, and special-concern species. Learn more here: https://sycamorelandtrust.org/learn/beanblossom-creek