Shirley Heinze Land Trust invites the public to an event highlighting a rare glacier-shaped landscape in northern Indiana. "Beyond the Bog: Celebrating Land Conservation with Shirley Heinze Land Trust," is October 23, 2026, in South Bend. Ticket sales close October 9, 2026. The Valparaiso-based nonprofit says...

Join the Lake County Master Gardeners on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. CT for a Zoom program on "Lost a Tree in the Storm? What Comes Next for Your Landscape. This program is free and open to the public. Recent storms have left many Northwest Indiana yards without nature trees - and homeowners wondering...

Cornell Lab's BirdCast says large numbers of birds are expected to be on the move over northwest Indiana tonight Thursday September 10 2026. They issued a Migration Alert for several area cities and towns for tonight, urging residents to turn off unnecessary outdoor lights from 11 pm to 6am local time to help protect t...

In Porter County, Shirley Heinze Land Trust invites the public to participate in art activities and guided hikes at a free, all-ages event through their Nature in the Arts program. The event, "Nature's Story: Told Through Trees," will take place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at Meadowbrook Na...

Shirley Heinze Land Trust says it has been awarded a $5,000 NIPSCO Environmental Action Grant from NiSource to support its Milkweed Gardens Micro-Farm Partnership in South Bend. The nonprofit says the project will contribute to establishing active food production on a vacant lot in downtown South Bend, contributing to ...

In northwest Indiana, storm recovery efforts continue at Humane Indiana Wildlife following Monday's (July 27 2026) severe weather. The nonprofit rescue says two outdoor enclosures at its Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Porter County were destroyed and several others were damaged. Numerous trees also fell. They said ...

The Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County will host their next Household Hazardous Waste Collection PLUS Paper Shredding Event on Saturday, August 8, 2026 at Neighbors' Educational Opportunities building located at 5201 US-6, Portage, IN from 9am to 2pm CST. Participants are asked to enter at Wilshire...

In West Lafayette, Purdue says a "rare botanical event" - featuring a four-story tall plant - is unfolding on the main campus. The university says it's been home to a desert-dwelling succulent known as Agave americana, or the century plant, for over thirty years - but the plant only blooms once, followed by s...

In South Bend, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) joined Shirley Heinze Land Trust and local partners this spring to celebrate the expansion of Lydick Bog Nature Preserve - one of the last remaining sphagnum bog habitats in the state. The expansion added 93 acres of protected land. Lydick Bog, owned and ...

In northwest Indiana, the Plastic Reduction Alliance invites the public to an informative, interactive event that will focus on alternatives to everyday plastic items. In celebration of Plastic-free July, the group will hold two SWAP OUT YOUR PLASTICS sessions in July. On July 8, 2026, the public is invited to Valparai...