Burden Pond Preserve

One hour to go until our September workday! 10am to 1pm at the Burden Pond Dam parking lot. Come join your neighbors who are volunteering to clean up and maintain the trails in our wonderful preserve!

Need something to do today? The Narrows: Cascades & Heritage Trail is holding a workday today from 10am to 1pm here! Trail Work and rail installation will he conducted today to repair some damaged areas of trails. The team is meeting down by the Burden Pond Dam and will spread throughout the preserve!

Have a good weekend everyone!

In an effort to remove damaging invasive plants from our preserves, the land trust will be hosting several invasive removal work days targeting garlic mustard. Garlic Mustard is a huge threat to native plants and biodiversity and can threaten the beauty of our local preserves. However, lucky for us removal is easy and takes a simple pull on the stem.

If you are interested in joining us on any of these dates, all we ask is that you show up at any time throughout the day at the designated preserve and help us pull some garlic mustard.

Trash bags will be provided for the removal as well as some light refreshments and snacks. You won't need to bring anything, but if you would like to work with gloves bring a pair although they aren't a necessity for garlic mustard.

To learn more about garlic mustard, click below:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/indiana/stories-in-indiana/garlic-mustard/

Looking towards the future, the Burden Pond Environmental Park is now the Burden Pond Preserve! This new name shows what the future holds for the area, preserving the land for everyone's current and future recreational, educational and environmental uses. Same park, new name!

Happy Earth Day! For its 50th anniversary, we are challenging you to take action to help the planet! Share photos of you completing the tasks and comment how you protect the environment!