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I live in an older neighborhood in Fort Wayne. While it has its charms, the area always seems noisy to me. From my backyard, you hear traffic on nearby busy streets, dogs constantly barking, doors slamming and lawn mowers droning. While the noise does ebb and flow based on the time and day of the week, sometimes it feels omnipresent. Walking at the Little River properties allows me some escape. While I love hiking the trails at the Little River properties, I often find myself

The Indiana Native Plant Society offers the Indiana Native Plant Finder, which allows you to use various filters to get suggestions for native plants that may fit your sun, soil and other site conditions. (Screenshot of Indiana Native Plant Society website) April means warmer weather, Earth Day and Arbor Day. What better way to celebrate spring than by planting native trees and shrubs. Not only can they add interesting appeal to your home landscape. They also can clean the ai

Each spring and fall, many of us in Indiana are excited to hear the tell-tale “rattling bugle calls” in the skies. One might even exclaim the Antigone canadensis are back! The sandhill crane’s distinctive call can be heard up to 2.5 miles away. Then landing in their destination marsh, the community bonding dances are something to behold. Greek myth described the crane ballets as a “love of joy and a celebration of life.” In migration resting grounds, loud choruses of cr