God crowned her hills with beauty,
Gave her lakes and winding streams,
Then He edged them all with woodlands
As the setting for our dreams.
Lovely are her moonlit rivers,
Shadowed by the sycamores,
Where the fragrant winds of Summer
Play along the willowed shores.
I must roam those wooded hillsides,
I must heed the native call,
For a pagan voice within me
Seems to answer to it all.
I must walk where squirrels scamper
Down a rustic old rail fence,
Where a choir of birds is singing
In the woodland . . . green and dense.
I must learn more of my homeland
For it's paradise to me,
There's no haven quite as peaceful,
There's no place I'd rather be.
Indiana . . . is a garden
Where the seeds of peace have grown,
Where each tree, and vine, and flower
Has a beauty . . . all its own.
Lovely are the fields and meadows,
That reach out to hills that rise
Where the dreamy Wabash River
Wanders on . . . through paradise.

 

Arthur Franklin Mapes, Kendallville, Indiana

Vigo County SWCD

Conservation on the land for today, tomorrow, and the future.

Vigo County Soil and Water Conservation District

3241 S. 3rd Pl.-Honey Creek West

Terre Haute, IN 47802-5252

(812)-232-0193 ext. 3

(812)-234-9629

 

You can contact the SWCD and NRCS staff at:  (812)-232-0193 ext. 3

 

For E-mail correspondence:

Soil and Water Conservation District Staff:

Ryan Hendricks, Resource Conservationist / District Director                 

Jan Came, Urban Conservationist                                                       

Becky Steele, Administrative Assistant                                              

 

                                                           

 

 

 

 

Natural Resource Conservation Service Staff:

Eddy Adams, District Conservationist                                             

Bill Kutter, Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program Coordinator                 

                                               

 

 

 

 

 

Directions:

The SWCD and NRCS are housed in the USDA Service Center located in Honey Creek West, behind Honey Creek Square Mall.