Sycamore Land Trust
Our partner this month is Sycamore Land Trust. Matt and I are especially excited to bring Sycamore in as this month's featured partner. They are located in Bloomington, IN--home of Indiana University, where Matt and I both graduated. Sycamore Land Trust is dedicated to protecting land through ownership or holding conservation easements to limit harmful uses while allowing land to remain in private ownership.
They envision a future in which southern Indiana has diverse and abundant habitat for native plants and animals, as well as clean air and water, working lands that are productive and sustainable, and people who embrace the connection between a healthy environment and our quality of life. Alongside their land preservation work, they also have an environmental education program that serves to inform the public about nature. In 2018 more than 6,800 people connected to nature through their work.
Sycamore Land Trust's mission is "to preserve the beauty, health, and diversity of southern Indiana’s natural landscape through strategic land conservation and environmental education"
As a land trust, Sycamore Land Trust seeks to conserve land by acquisition or by holding conservation easements. Sycamore Land Trust currently manages land in 26 counties in Southern Indiana from Martinsville down to the Ohio River, and from Vincennes in the west to New Albany in the east. Sycamore first acquired land in 1992, and the 100th property was added in 2017.
Sycamore Land Trust | Activities
Manage Active Restoration Projects
Monitor Wildlife and Plant Health
Trail Building and Maintenance
Sycamore Land Trust | Properties
Bartholomew County
- Tangeman Woods and the Outdoor Lab Trail
- Touch the Earth Natural Area
Brown County
- Austin and Mary Ann Gardner Memorial Woods
- Stafford Family Preserve
- The Laura Hare Nature Preserve at Downey Hill
- Touch the Earth II Preserve
- Trevlac Bluffs Nature Preserve
Greene County
- Dilcher-Turner Canyon Forest
Lawrence County
- Jeremy Keith Oakley Preserve
Monroe County
- Amy Weingartner Branigin Penninsula Preserve
- Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve
- The Cedars Preserve
- Ghurye ArboretumLake Lemon Woods
- Porter West Preserve
- Powell Preserve
- Scarlet Oak Woods
Gibson and Pike Counties
- Columbia Mine Preserve
Vanderburgh County
- Eagle Slough Natural Area
Join us in supporting Sycamore Land Trust
75% of this month's donations will go towards our partner, the Sycamore Land Trust.
This month and every month, Wild Boyz Photography will be partnering with one nonprofit. 75% of any donations that we receive during the month will go to the nonprofit. Help Sycamore Land Trust continue in their mission to protect the lands of Southern Indiana.