In 2022, a 191-acre Indiana land listing triggered a much bigger conservation effort; 3,950 acres of former coal-mining land are now protected for wildlife and public access, a new account of the project reveals
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What began as an attempt to save a 191-acre piece of land from a potential sale has grown into one of southern Indiana's significant conservation efforts.
Nearly 4,000 acres in Sullivan County are now permanently protected as the Busseron Creek Fish and Wildlife Area, preserving wetlands, forests and former coal-mining land for wildlife and public recreation.
A November 2 account by the Conservation Law Center, alongside reports from Indiana Public Media and The Indianapolis Star, has shed more light on how an unexpected property listing in 2022 set the larger project in motion.
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What began as an attempt to save a 191-acre piece of land from a potential sale has grown into one of southern Indiana's significant conservation efforts.
Nearly 4,000 acres in Sullivan County are now permanently protected as the Busseron Creek Fish and Wildlife Area, preserving wetlands, forests and former coal-mining land for wildlife and public recreation.
A November 2 account by the Conservation Law Center, alongside reports from Indiana Public Media and The Indianapolis Star, has shed more light on how an unexpected property listing in 2022 set the larger project in motion.