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

12/15/2025

Good luck on your finals this week!

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11/20/2025

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

11/07/2025

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

10/23/2025

An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams - FREE EVENT 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...

10/14/2025

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

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.