Kayak on Yellowwood Lake with guide
From 9:30 a.m. to noon or 1 to 3:30 p.m. each Friday in October, IndiGo Birding is offering kayak tours on Yellowwood Lake in western Brown County. Guide David Rupp will lead small groups of kayakers around the lake while teaching participants about the history of the Brown County forests.
Binoculars, kayaks and life jackets are included for $30 per person. Save $10 if you bring your own kayak and binoculars. Groups are limited to eight people and advance registration is required. Private tours are also available.
For more information or to register, visit indigobirding.com, email [email protected] or call 812-679-8978.
Help save Indiana ash trees with donation
The Indiana Parks Alliance is collecting donations to help save ash trees on Indiana public lands from the Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive insect that’s killed tens of millions of these trees since 2002.
Emerald ash borer has been documented in all 92 Indiana counties, the parks alliance reports. Ash trees once took up 15 to 20 percent of the state’s forests; but without aggressive action, 95 percent of all Indiana ash trees will be lost within 10 years, the group says.
Donations to the Indiana Parks Alliance will help cover the cost of treating ash trees and killing the bugs. A special insecticide is injected into holes drilled near ground level. It’s a type that won’t harm pollinators like honeybees, said Tom Hohman, president of the parks alliance.
It costs about $10 per inch of diameter to treat a tree, he said. The group is trying to raise $20,000.
“If we can find good ones in great shape, we’d like to save them,” he said. It takes awhile for trees to mature enough to drop seeds, and the group wants to make sure the tree species isn’t lost.
To donate or to learn more, visit indianaparksalliance.org.
Kayaking tours offered in October
Kayak tours of the backwaters of Lake Monroe are available in October with a guide.
Tours take place from 9 a.m. to noon or 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Kayaks, life jackets, paddles and dry boxes are provided. Bring a drink, a camera and shoes that can get wet. Dress in non-cotton layers.
The cost is $45 per person.
For more information or reservations, visit mosthighadventure.com or call 812-340-0700.
Natural history tours offered in December
From 9 a.m. to noon, Fridays, Dec. 1, 8 and 15, Indigo Birding Nature Tours guide David Rupp will give in-depth van tours of Brown County State Park and nearby landmarks.
Tours, $25 per person, will focus on the history of the land, people who lived here, and native plants and wildlife. Points of interest will be chosen based on weather conditions and some short walks may be incorporated.
With questions or to register, email [email protected], visit indigobirding.com or call 812-679-8978.
