Ball State s Ginn Woods Is The State s Newest Nature Preserve
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Delaware County has the newest state nature preserve, which was approved by the Indiana Natural Resources Commission Tuesday.
The Ginn Woods Nature Preserve is owned by Ball State University. In March, the university asked the state to preserve the 161 acres of old-growth forest – the state’s second largest patch.
The Ginn family from Ireland settled on the land in 1830 and did not clear it or allow livestock to graze on it. Ball State acquired it from the family in 1971. It’s not open to the public – only researchers are allowed.
FROM NEWS REPORTS
SELMA The ECI Global 6K for Water will be at 3 p.m. May 23 at Prairie Creek Reservoir, 7801 S. Delaware County Road 570-E.
With past years events, the East Central Indiana community has raised more than $127,000 (benefiting 2,879 people) for sustainable clean water projects in the developing world, with a focus on countries in Africa, and India and Haiti. The World Vision Global 6K for Water is a worldwide event to raise funds for children who need clean water.
The distance of the walk/run is 3.73 miles or 6K, which is the average a child walks in the developing world for contaminated, dirty water, according to a release from local organizers Kristen Herbst and Staci Buck.
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