Post by L Roebuck on Oct 15, 2006 6:17:53 GMT -5
Nature preserve adds acreage, with old cabin and cave
FOUNTAIN -- The buckeye trees have turned to gold. The forest floor is carpeted with oak leaves the color of cinnamon. Bear Creek, cool and clear, winds through a sandstone gorge with walls 90-feet high.
October is a lovely time to visit 293-acre Portland Arch State Nature Preserve, near this Fountain County hamlet. In three or four years, a major addition will make it even better.
"We've planted some trees, and we want to give them time to get established before we let people in to hike around," says Dallas Trump, part of a three-man Indiana Department of Natural Resources crew that was working there last week.
The Miller-Campbell Memorial Addition is across Scout Camp Road from the original preserve. A cable keeps visitors out.
The 142-acre addition was named in memory of Covington's Sam Miller, former property steward, and Ron Campbell, a former IDNR employee and property manager. Campbell died in 1994, Miller in 2002.
Portland Arch is known for its natural arch, carved by water through a sandstone ridge. The preserve is home to at least 430 kinds of plants and animals.
The new acreage, an old farm, was bought at auction in 2002 for $186,000. It includes a sandstone formation called the Devil's Teapot and a cave.
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FOUNTAIN -- The buckeye trees have turned to gold. The forest floor is carpeted with oak leaves the color of cinnamon. Bear Creek, cool and clear, winds through a sandstone gorge with walls 90-feet high.
October is a lovely time to visit 293-acre Portland Arch State Nature Preserve, near this Fountain County hamlet. In three or four years, a major addition will make it even better.
"We've planted some trees, and we want to give them time to get established before we let people in to hike around," says Dallas Trump, part of a three-man Indiana Department of Natural Resources crew that was working there last week.
The Miller-Campbell Memorial Addition is across Scout Camp Road from the original preserve. A cable keeps visitors out.
The 142-acre addition was named in memory of Covington's Sam Miller, former property steward, and Ron Campbell, a former IDNR employee and property manager. Campbell died in 1994, Miller in 2002.
Portland Arch is known for its natural arch, carved by water through a sandstone ridge. The preserve is home to at least 430 kinds of plants and animals.
The new acreage, an old farm, was bought at auction in 2002 for $186,000. It includes a sandstone formation called the Devil's Teapot and a cave.
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