Get Connected
See what’s going on with news and blogs below!
Get connected with others by checking out events on the community calendar!
Featured Article
Finding Connections in Unlikely Places
By Kedzie Kmiec - Student Conservation Intern, 2023-2024 School Year Intern Kedzie driving a tractor - "Photo taken on another day once I worked up the courage to drive" Photo by Bri StyckAt the beginning of this Newton County Student Conservation Internship, I was...
Oh Deer!
By Ava Ivery - Student Conservation Intern, 2023-24 School YearAva Ivey looking for the lymph nodes. Photo credits: Analise CooperFor the past seven months, I have spent my time working as a Student Conservation Intern with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources...
One Cold Wednesday
By Karalyn White - Student Conservation Intern, 2023-24 School YearKaralyn and Carly snipping Phragmites. Photo Credit: Carly Hlbassko, ©TNCOne of the most memorable days in my experience of the Newton County Conservation Internship was not the most exciting, warm, or...
My Newfound Insight and Appreciation of Wildlife Management
By Analise Cooper - Student Conservation Intern, 2023-2024 School YearSCI Analise Cooper running a 4-wheeler with a seeder attached on the back to plant nativebeneficial grasses at LaSalle FWA Photo taken by Zack DeYoung, DNRI have been lucky enough to work with the...
My Seed-Filled Summer
By Katelyn Bava - Student Conservation Intern, Summer 2023Every year The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands spends countless hours harvesting native plant seeds to plant in the 8,000 acres of prairie at Kankakee Sands. This summer at Kankakee Sands, I had many...
Remembering Why We’re Fighting
By Alexis Wynn - Student Conservation Intern, Summer 2023Alexis watering Hill’s thistle ©Gus NybergIn front of me, thousands of invasive sweet clovers cover the land like shadows, hiding the ground beneath their leaves. Being out in the prairie sun for hours pulling...
JNF Received Matching Fund Grant Totaling $550,000
Brienne Hooker–Jasper Newton Foundationbhooker@jasperfdn.org219-866-5899 For Immediate Release: Jasper Newton Foundation Inc. (JNF) has received a matching fund grant totaling $550,000 through the eighth phase of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s initiative, Giving Indiana Funds...
Making Memories
By Madelyn Arrenholz - Student Conservation Intern, Summer 2023Myself and Robert Brinkman (Assistant Property Manager at LaSalle FWA) preparing to launch the canoe to go take out beaver dams. Photo Credits: Jayme McLeanThroughout these past two months, I have been a...
A Summer of Firsts
By Shay Seibring - Student Conservation Intern, Summer 2023First time wearing waders and muck boots! Spraying purple loosestrife - an invasive plant. (Photo credit – Katelyn Bava)There are experiences that normal people will just never have. Landing on the moon,...
Community Members Honored at ’24 Celebration Banquet
We Love Where We Live! We hosted a banquet about all things JNF to thank some people who are exceptional examples of our motto and more! We gathered local donors, nonprofit grantees, and local community members for our annual Celebration Banquet on Mar 11,...