Volunteer days are generally held on Saturday mornings once a month.

• Nov. 14, 2009, 8:45am-12noon
  Restoration project at Moores Creek
• Nov. 21, 2009, 9:45am-2pm
  Trail maintenance

Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Meet the RTP staff at the edge of the KMart parking lot nearest to Bloomingfoods-East, off of East Third Street/SR 46. We will carpool out to the preserve site and return to the parking lot by the time designated above. The RTP staff will bring maintenance equipment and work gloves. Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes and long pants and bring water.

Hilltop summer campers June 2009

National Order of the Arrow Conference Boy Scout "Operation Service" (Sun. & Mon., Aug. 2 & 3, 2009)

Jim Holland Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) (Mon., Jul. 20, 2008)

Hilltop Summer Youth Garden Program (Wed., Jun. 24, 2009)

Learn to Fish workshop (Sat., Oct. 18, 2008)

Attack of the Alien Invaders! (a walking workshop on invasive plants in our urban environment; Sat., Oct. 4, 2008)

The IU Research and Teaching Preserve has grown with the addition of two parcels. The Morgan-Monroe State Forest (MMSF) Ameriflux Tower and a portion of Bradford Woods were added to the preserve in June 2009.

New field lab building available. This innovative building is available to facilitate teaching and research opportunities in the natural and environmental sciences, as well as in areas like education, art, journalism, and writing where immersion in the natural environment is valuable.

The field lab (completed in April 2009) is located near University Lake at the IURTP Griffy Woods property northeast of the IU golf course and IU Foundation. [ Read more about the field lab and how to reserve the facility for your class. ]

Preserve Manager Charlie Brooks and Graduate Assistant Jenna Morrison will be coordinating IU service-learning groups at the IU Research and Teaching Preserve during the fall 2009 semester. Biology and HPER instructors who incorporate service learning into their courses have traditionally taken advantage of the preserve properties to teach this aspect of their courses. For more information about service-learning, visit the IU Bloomington Office of Service-Learning.

New preserve manager. Charles Brooks stepped into the role of Preserve Manager for the IU Research and Teaching Preserve in July 2009. Charlie brings to the position experience in natural resources management, facility management, and environmental education. He is also working on his master's project at Indiana University--exploring successful methods of environmental, cultural, and historic interpretation that are based on field research.

Former Preserve Manager James Farmer began his new position on the faculty of Marshall University in West Virginia in August 2009.