{"id":26496,"date":"2023-03-23T08:18:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/?p=26496&preview=true&preview_id=26496"},"modified":"2023-04-20T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:47:33","slug":"earlham-college-increasing-access-visibility-of-nature-reserve-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/news-events\/earlham-college-increasing-access-visibility-of-nature-reserve-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Earlham College increasing access, visibility of nature reserve network\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Earlham College is increasing visibility for the public to access its vast network of nature reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Earlham Nature Reserve System (ENRS) is an initiative uniting multiple properties and more than 400 acres of land managed for diversity, sustainability, research, teaching and recreation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur goal is to increase the visibility and use of these properties so that we can better highlight and honor the land and those that have shaped it,\u201d said Chris Smith, associate professor of biology. \u201cWe are so grateful to inherit such an incredible resource. This wouldn\u2019t be possible without the dedication of former faculty and students, and donations from friends of the College.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ENRS is comprised of natural areas on the College\u2019s back campus and other natural areas owned by the College across Wayne County. The properties include ponds, creeks, rivers, prairies, forests and recreational trails for hiking and biological study. Interactive maps of the publicly accessible properties, including locations for parking, is available by clicking here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sedgwick\u2019s Rock Preserve<\/strong>, a gift to the college from emerita biology faculty Carrolle and Millard Markle, is a 13-acre mixed woodland forest. This preserve is extensively used for experimental field projects, particularly on under-story vegetation. Every year ecological biology students use the stream to learn about aquatic ecology and field sampling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n