Thomas Allen Yoder passed away peacefully in his home Thursday, April 27, 2023, after fighting a rare lung disease, hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Tom was born Feb. 21, 1940, in Goshen. He married the love of his life and high school sweetheart, Nancy Freed, on July 30, 1960. She survives … Read More
Maybe it’s the cold weather, or the lack of green outside, but I am feeling nostalgic right now.
Read MoreThe Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation is thrilled to announce one of its most important wetland acquisitions since its founding in 1991: the Ricks property.
Read MoreVideo courtesy WACF SYRACUSE — After a full 20 years of negotiations with the property owner, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation has acquired what is arguably their most important property. This area (across from Runaway Bay) filters approximately 43 percent of water flowing into Lake Wawasee. The “final filter” … Read More
SYRACUSE — A group of Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation board members and past inductees to the Eli Lilly Lifetime Founders Society gathered at the Levinson-LaBrosse Lakes and Wetlands Education Center Friday evening, Aug. 26. The occasion was to celebrate those who have been inducted and the newest inductees – Mark and Cindy Deister, Fort Wayne.
Read MoreSYRACUSE — The Laudaman and Brumbaugh families have had their names added to the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation’s Eli Lilly Lifetime Founders Society. Plaques have been placed on the wall bearing the name of Max and Janet Laudeman and Robert Laudaman; Jim and Cindy Brumbaugh and Kathryn Coyle.
Read MoreThe Barbara Berkey Grant and Sacajawea Wetlands Overlook on CR 1000N, east of Koher Road East on the southeast side of Lake Wawasee, has been completed. The boardwalk platform overlooks the wetland area at the headwaters of Turkey Creek before it flows into Lake Wawasee. The property is … Read More
The Wawasee Area Conservancy headquarters property has been renamed. The property along SR 13 is now the “Levinson-LaBrosse Lakes and Wetlands Education Center.” The announcement was made Saturday at the annual WACF breakfast meeting by Bob Fanning, outgoing board member. A sizeable donation has come in from the … Read More
