NICHES is a group in Northern Indiana working to preserve areas along the Wabash River. They had just posted about a new area they bought along Little Pine Creek, between West Lafayette and Attica, so I went to check it out. It's not posted yet, and there aren't any trails, but we had a nice time hiking along an abandoned road down to the creek. There are still some early spring wildflowers out and the creek looked pretty. This will be a nice area, with a little restoration work, and it's contiguous with two other preserves, each of which has a different character - prairie and hardwood forest. Next time through the area, stop and take a look!
dcwi.com/~eric/goot/littlepine.htm

What areas have the rest of you explored lately?