AVON — AVON— Volunteers for Central Indiana Land Trust (CILT) recently came together to help the conservation group groom and mark boundaries in Burnett Woods. The group recently purchased 10 additional acres situated near the center of the preserve.
Volunteers, including college students and nature enthusiasts, were part of last weekend’s effort to help CILT mark the new boundary lines and post signs for the addition.
“We’ll go rain or shine,” CILT Conservation Director Cliff Chapman said.
James Yarber of Fountaintown is a volunteer from the Master Naturalist of Hancock County. His time spent in Burnett will count toward credits to complete his Master Naturalist course. Even though Yarber’s volunteer hours will count toward his program, he says he’s still a lover of nature and added, “I just like being out here.”
Yarber and the other volunteers also worked to clear invasive Asian honeysuckle bush.
Chapman said CILT has worked before to clear the plant and believed that Saturday’s effort would be the last large scale removal.
“Fall is a really good time to clear Asian bush honeysuckle and we’ve already cleared away a lot of it,” he said.
Earlier this year, CILT planted 5,000 trees — including oak and hickory — in Burnett Woods.
“We planted what was mostly already there,” Chapman said.
He said planting more trees will enhance the preserve and attract wildlife species that need large tracts of contiguous forest in which to thrive.
Burnett Woods was purchased by CILT in 1998 and is one of 15 nature preserves owned by the group. A marked nature trail is available to the public for passive recreation and is located off of County Road 100 South in Avon.
Anyone interested in volunteering in CILT’S conservation projects may learn more by visiting the group’s website at www.conservingindiana.org.
courtney.essett@flyergroup.com
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