Southwest Chapter Events & Activities 2020
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Second Sunday Nature Exploration Walks at Ouabache Trails Park – Update and Upcoming “Virtual Walk”
The Second Sunday Nature Exploration Walk for April 13 is canceled, due to the coronavirus outbreak. The status of the May 10 walk is undetermined at this time. Updates will be sent and posted.
All walks normally take place at Ouabache Trails Park, just north of Vincennes, Indiana.
There will be “virtual walk” shared on April 13, with the theme “Early Spring Wildflowers”. On that date, photos and other materials will be posted so that the public can take a “virtual” walk to see and learn about April wildflowers of Ouabache Trails Park, and also to enable people to use materials to do their own “real” walk on the same trails while practicing social distancing.
The “Virtual Early Spring Wildflower Walk” will appear on the Facebook page “The Nature of Knox County, Indiana” (which anyone may join) as well as on a blog called “Terri of the Trails”, which can be accessed by going to terriofthetrails.blogspot.com . It will also be sent via email. To be added to the email list (or to ask questions about the walks), contact leapingfrog55@yahoo.com . The Virtual Walk will not appear until April 13.
For more information, people may also leave a voice message (no text) at 812-881-8987.
All Second Sunday Nature Exploration Walks, real or virtual, are offered by local Master Naturalist Terri Talarek King, who encourages everyone who is able to still get out and enjoy Nature and get fresh air and exercise. Events are free, require no registration, and are suitable for all ages.
Past Events
Saturday, March 21—POSTPONED
Growing and Planting Native Trees
Local tree grower/enthusiast, Tom Guggenheim will be speaking on native trees and his special technique of growing in a tube and easy planting directions. 9:30 a.m., Wesselman Woods Nature Center, Evansville.
Indiana Master Naturalist Classes
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve, Evansville
Two classes Feb. 10-April 27, 2020 (Mondays, 6–9 p.m.) or Feb. 11 – April 28, 2020 (Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon)
Contact: Shelby Hauer, Shelby@wesselmanwoods.com or 812-479-0771
“This is a fabulous and worthwhile. Richard and I took it years ago and really enjoyed it. Wesselman Nature Society brings experts in the fields pertaining to natural Indiana to teach the course.” –Davie Sue Wallace, SW-INPS Advisor
About the Indiana Master Naturalist program
Tuesday, January 21
Evansville Audubon Society Meeting: Rewilding Southwest Indiana
The subject will be natural habitat and wildlife. Presented by Heath Hamilton, Wildlife Refuge Specialist at Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge. Heath’s presentation will focus on how ongoing habitat restoration and management activities, land acquisition, and conservation partnerships are attracting rare wildlife species and making Southwest Indiana an even wilder place. The meeting will be at 6:00PM at the Wesselman Nature Center. The meetings are free and open to the public. Heath Hamilton is a member of the Southwest Chapter, Indiana Native Plant Society and a past presenter and field trip leader.
Saturday, January 18
Chew and Renew Social
9:30 AM, Wesselman Nature Center. Lots of exciting things on tap. Bring any native seeds you have to share (you do not need to bring any to participate).
Winter Hike at Ouabache Trails Park
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Vanderburgh County CISMA Weed Wrangle
Southwest Chapter volunteers joined the fight against invasive species, continuing the work their CISMA started last fall. They helped remove harmful plants from North Woods Nature Trail to preserve the park’s native trees and plants.