To protect, restore, and promote appreciation of Sugar Creek and its watershed.

Fall MEGA Clean-up

Sep 24 2011 - 9:00am
Sep 24 2011 - 2:00pm

On Saturday, September 24, we'll host our fall MEGA Clean-up event. Volunteers will spread out from Shades to Darlington in order to cover as many miles of the creek as possible. Volunteers can go to any of the sites listed below at the 9 AM start time. Directions can also be found at the bottom of this page.

Sites:
Deer’s Mill Covered Bridge
Bachner Nature Reserve
Sugar Creek Campground
Sugar Creek Nature Park
Darlington Covered Bridge

Indiana Outfitters Featuring Sugar Creek Access Information

Indiana Outfitters (click to visit) has posted an excellent guide to access sites and canoe routes on Sugar Creek. Check it out!

Conservation Night - Montgomery Co. 4H Fair

Jul 18 2011 - 5:00pm
Jul 18 2011 - 8:00pm

Featuring live birds of prey at 5:30!

Float Trip A Success!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2011 Family Friendly Float Trip. We hope you had a great time!

Photos From Recent Events



Click on the links below to see images from recent FSC events:
Bachner Nature Reserve Workday (May 14)

Another Clean-up In the Books!

Thank you to everyone who helped with the Fall Sugar Creek Clean-up. It was a great success! Thank you also to Tom Emerson at Hawg Wild Barbecue for providing lunch and Troy Mitchell from the City of Crawfordsville for helping with logistics.

Read the articles from the Journal Review and The Paper here and here

Nature Park Captures State Honor

Nature Park Captures State Honor
Journal Review
9/8/2010
by Barry Lewis

The Crawfordsville Nature Park was the topic of a lot of discussion during Tuesday’s City Council Committee meeting, but that all seemed somewhat moot when Mayor Charlie Coons closed the meeting with an announcement about the park.

Nature Park Ready for Visitors

Sugar Creek Nature Park Ready for Visitors
Journal Review
9/3/2010
by Barry Lewis

Despite the rain over the past two days workers from the Crawfordsville Park and Recreation department completed the building of the final five stations on the Sugar Creek Nature Park.

Work on the seven outdoor classroom shelters on the east side of the road was completed in late May and early June. The work on the ones on the west side of U.S. 231 were completed Thursday.

Governor Announces Conservation Plan on Wabash, Sugar

On Thursday, June 10, Governor Daniels announced a major land conservation initiative that will ultimately cover 43,000 acres of land on the Wabash River and Sugar Creek.

Read more from Terre Haute's Tribune Star here.

Read the Journal Review article here.

Pictures from the Sugar Creek Canoe Race

View pictures from the 47th annual Sugar Creek Canoe Race here:

Read the Journal Review article (with results) here.