Wildcat Creek Foundation adds Carroll County acreage
Comet staff report

The Wildcat Creek Foundation (WCF) has completed the purchase of approximately 22 acres of riparian buffer along the environmental North Fork of Wildcat Creek adjacent to Carroll County's Adams Mill. The buffer extends nearly half a mile.

This brings the Foundation's holdings to six properties, totaling nearly 100 acres along the stream. In addition, the Lafayette-based not-for-profit land trust and conservation organization holds several conservation easements and maintains two public access sites along the Wildcat's north fork.

Foundation president Mark Krivchenia terms the acquisition important for several reasons.

"First, it establishes the WCF as an important stakeholder in the Adams Mill area - a significant part of Carroll County's historic and natural history," he said. "Second, it completes our third Hoosier Heritage Trust Fund acquisition; clear recognition at the state level that Wildcat Creek is an important stream to protect and that the WCF is capable of doing that job."

Krivchenia adds that all appropriate properties at the mill, both private and public combined, represent over 100 acres of natural and historic lands preserved. That, he says, is clearly meeting the mission of the Foundation in its dedication to preserving the creek corridor as a legacy for all Indiana's citizens.

Formal dedication of the new land will take place at 2 p.m. at the annual "Celebrate Wildcat Creek Day" slated for Saturday, June 2, at Adams Mill. With a full program of outdoor family activities including free canoe rides, the celebration will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Adams Mill is located just east of Cutler, off State Road 75.

Information on the Wildcat Creek Foundation can be obtained by writing to WCF, P.O. Box 193, Lafayette, IN 47902.