Little River Wetlands Project
What is one of the largest inland urban wetland restorations in the country?
Eagle Marsh!
Name three ways you can help with stewardship out on the preserve.
Collecting seeds, pulling weeds, cutting invasives, trail maintenance, growing native plants, and many more!
This event, hosted at Purdue Fort Wayne this year, will allow visitors to engage with local conservation efforts and learn how to care for our environment!
Earth Day Fort Wayne!
Butterfly Monitoring: What do you call a group of Monarch Butterflies?
A flutter :)
Name one of the two moraines holding back the glacial lake Maumee 10,000 years ago.
Fort Wayne Moraine, Wabash Moraine
Trail Stewards: How many miles of walking trails do we have?
14!
Seed to Marsh: Graminoids make wetlands what they are - name the three categories of graminoids that you'll see out here.
Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes
Nestwatch: How many birds have been sighted at Eagle Marsh?
259!
Our closed preserve in Huntington, Little River Landing, sits at the confluence of two rivers - name them!
Little River, Wabash River
Station Road: How many pens does the US discard on an annual basis.
1.6 billion pens.
Trail Guides: What is Eleven's real name in Stranger Things?
Jane
Hoosier Riverwatch: What is a bioindicator species?
A species whose survival and behavior reveals the health of an ecosystem and presence of pollutants.
How many volunteers does Little River Wetlands Project have?
486!
How many pounds of trash did we pick up at our last Volunteer Kickoff?
That would be 650 pounds of trash, sir. Let's beat that today!
Our buddy Castor over there is quite the cutie. What is his full scientific name? (North American Beaver)
Castor canadensis
How many observations does Eagle Marsh have recorded on iNaturalist?
7,406!