Posts Tagged ‘Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve’
Tuesday field fires in area
Local fire departments were busy fighting field fires on Tuesday. The Prairie du Rocher and Maeystown fire departments battled a field fire in the 2400 block of G Road late…
Read MoreLocal land buy for Audubon Society
The Illinois Audubon Society announced the purchase of 44.5 acres in Monroe County to protect the groundwater recharge basin which drains into the Fogelpole Cave Nature Preserve off G Road…
Read MoreClifftop buys another nature preserve
Clifftop announced its purchase of the Storment-Hauss Nature Preserve located on Reed Road, just one-half mile east of their Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve near Fults. Clifftop – which stands…
Read MoreSeed collection workshop
Former IDNR Heritage Biologist, Marty Kemper, will conduct a brief seminar on collecting and processing native grass and wildflower seed at the Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve, after which participants…
Read MoreWightman recounts cave discovery
In 1949, a classmate of Paul Wightman named Cletus Meyer told Wightman about a large sinkhole with a cave at the bottom on the property of his uncle, Joel Fogelpole. …
Read MoreNature preserve ready for public
After more than five years of hard work, Clifftop is ready to open the Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve to the public. Located at 3325 G Road in Fults, the…
Read MoreClifftop awarded large grant for nature preserve trails
Clifftop announced the receipt of a $185,000 grant that will allow the preservation organization to install visitor facilities and accessible trails at its Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve. “That will…
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