IU Research & Teaching Preserve

IU Research & Teaching Preserve The Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve (RTP) consists of seven sites totaling nearly

The establishment of the IURTP recognizes and affirms that not all scientific research is done in a lab and not all teaching is done in the classroom. The IURTP includes nearly 1600 acres of natural areas at seven properties located within Monroe, Brown, and Morgan Counties: Bayles Road, Bradford Woods (northernmost 437 acres), Kent Farm, Griffy Woods, Lilly-Dickey Woods, Morgan-Monroe State Fore

st AmeriFlux Tower, and Moores Creek. The diversity of habitat types encompasses a variety of ecosystems that are typically found in southern Indiana. Past and current research projects include invasive plants, deer herbivory, forest community dynamics, cicada biocomplexity, nitrogen deposition, and watershed monitoring. The preserve is available for use by IU researchers, classes, students, visitors, and community members. The IURTP falls under the care of the Integrated Program in the Environment (IPE). The IPE is the storefront for all IU Bloomington undergraduate and graduate degrees related to the environment as well as for postdoctoral training and support. The IPE facilitates collaboration in education and research among the many environmental, social, and sustainability sciences faculty and programs on the campus.

Good luck on your finals this week!
12/15/2025

Good luck on your finals this week!

We're hard at work sharpening trail tools and making covers! 🪏
11/20/2025

We're hard at work sharpening trail tools and making covers! 🪏

Our new auger makes creating holes and planting trees so much faster!
11/07/2025

Our new auger makes creating holes and planting trees so much faster!

10/23/2025

Tickets to this event are free! The College Arts + Humanities Institute is delighted to announce that Terry Tempest Williams will visit IU Bloomington and appear at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on November 6 as a Ruth N. Halls Distinguished Speaker. Terry Tempest Williams has been called “a citizen...

We've had some great weather for chainsaw training! 🪚
10/14/2025

We've had some great weather for chainsaw training! 🪚

Please join us TONIGHT at 5:30 in the Cook Center at Maxwell Hall for an artist discussion with Meg Lagodzki, Maxwell Fe...
10/08/2025

Please join us TONIGHT at 5:30 in the Cook Center at Maxwell Hall for an artist discussion with Meg Lagodzki, Maxwell Fertik, and special guests Andrea Sullivan-Clarke (History and Philosophy of Science), Seyni Tahrou (History and Philosophy of Science), and our very own Michael Chitwood about the exhibition, no_innocent_landscape, and what forests in Southern Indiana can teach us about disturbance, damage, and repair.

There will be a reception and open gallery from 5:00 until 8:00.

Check out some friends we found at .woods this week! 🐛🐢
09/27/2025

Check out some friends we found at .woods this week! 🐛🐢

Join us this FRIDAY for a w**d wrangle with !
09/15/2025

Join us this FRIDAY for a w**d wrangle with !

Another day, another project done! 🔨
05/05/2025

Another day, another project done! 🔨

The boardwalk at Kent Farm is finished!!
04/28/2025

The boardwalk at Kent Farm is finished!!

Happy Earth Day!! Today, the crew transplanted the chestnut oaks! 🌰
04/22/2025

Happy Earth Day!! Today, the crew transplanted the chestnut oaks! 🌰

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