Ghoulish decorations may be the symbol of the season, but it’s the bat who should be the headliner for this holiday. Without bats, chocolate candy, pumpkins, and apple cider would be in short supply...
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Enjoying fresh summer produce? Thank a pollinator!
One in every three bites of food is thanks to a pollinator. Their lives are spent helping plants thrive, which makes biological and human communities healthy...
SB389 passed, here’s what we can do for wetlands…
Senate Bill 389 was signed into law on April 29, 2021. Here's what we can do to keep wetlands protected...
Women Who Have Changed the World
As scientists, activists, adventurers, journalists, and mothers, women have been protecting our air, water, land, and wildlife for centuries. Here are three you may have never heard of, but who have changed our world...
Our Wetlands Are in Danger, Your Voice Matters
Nearly 20 years ago, Hoosier legislators took a far-sighted and important step to protect the vanishing wetlands in Indiana that the federal Clean Water Act doesn’t cover. Monday, the Indiana Senate Natural Resources Committee passed a bill that would strip those protections, Senate Bill 389...
Bizarre and Extraordinary Abilities of (non-flying) Reindeer
Like the songs, reindeer are red-nosed, well traveled and make a clatter. But they have many more amazing adaptations! This classic holiday creature is truly wonderous wildlife...
2020 Impact Report
Working with our friends and community partners, Red-tail’s board and staff are laying plans to fulfill our promise to protect land forever. We are using technology to identify priority habitats.
Nuts for wildlife!
While we are enjoying the colorful leaves in autumn, many wildlife are actively searching for another product of trees-- nuts!...
Paddling our local rivers, an escape into nature and time
You may drive over rivers every day and not give them much thought. But once you are on the river paddling through a tree-lined corridor, watching birds hunt and passing turtles as they sun themselves, you'll discover that rivers have much more to offer. As captain of your boat, you get to pick your own adventure, navigating currents both gentle and swift...
Return of the Barn Swallows
May is one of my favorite months of the year. Every walk outside is an adventure with something new to discover. One returning visitor excites me more than any other I see- barn swallows...