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habitats are left unaltered, unique and sometimes rare animals find a home here. Birds temporarily bivouac here as a stopover while migrating so they can rest, refuel, and regroup. The entire park and nearby national forest have been designated an IBA, an Important Bird Area.
Our glacier history reminds us that this sedimentary sandstone continues to be carved and shaped, creating deep ravines, rocky ridges, and wide floodplains. The green tint of this county, as seen from space, shows us this area’ s value. It is unique when compared to the counties around it. Well worth telling is its more recent story of an art colony, a preserved and protected conservation area, and of course, a traditional Hoosier beauty spot.
When you consider the devastating removal of trees during the county’ s early settlement years, and the slow recovery that followed, you can appreciate the resilience of our woods. They are now comprised of two kinds of communities: the beech-maple, and oak-hickory complexes.
Many diverse habitats are typical of this young stand. A forest of young hardwoods exhibits more homes and niches than a mature stand, and surprisingly, more than an old growth forest. Why? Look at a forest outside your door or along the road. Many levels, called strata, reveal nooks and crannies in the canopy, herbal layer, and understory. This creates many places for insects, birds, mammals, and reptiles to live. An overlapping set of habitat conditions can satisfy a myriad of critters. And insects are by far the most numerous and significant in the role they play.
The Nature Conservancy oversees the Brown County Hills Project Area. The group makes recommendations for private landowners and public land managers using science-based forest management. This contiguous tract of timber, occupying more than six counties in central and southern Indiana, includes several hundreds of thousands of acres. It makes sense that we take care of it and manage it to the best of our ability to assure that it remains healthy over the next many
centuries, not just for the enjoyment of our tourist base: the hikers, mushroomers, bikers, and campers, but for the natural community that lives here: us, our guests, and of course the wild critters.
It was conservationist Aldo Leopold who said:“ We abuse land because we consider it a commodity belonging to us; when we see land as a community to which we all belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” A true land advocate, Leopold hoped by using a metaphor like loving someone or something, people could perhaps see land viewed in a similar manner, and to love and care for it since we receive so many bountiful gifts.
Speaking of gifts— it was my donated red oak log at auction that was used to help purchase a lot for the next Habitat for Humanity house. What great news— a Brown County tree, used to help build a Brown County
house, for a Brown County family. I couldn’ t be happier!
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