This summer, we asked people at our events to fill out surveys that can help guide our work of trail-building. One lucky survey participant would win a grand-prize E-Bike. Earlier this month, we drew a name from among the 215 respondents and Josh Weaver of Goshen was the winner. Congratulations, Josh! The surveys help us better understand what people in …
Poison ivy and culverts have nothing in common except that I had to deal with both in the last two weeks. I’ll answer your first question right away: a culvert is a structure used for crossings generally under 12 feet instead of constructing a bridge. In practice a culvert basically looks like a huge pipe that allows running water to …
Hey Pumpkinvine Blog! My name is Isabela Torres, and I am interning with the Friends of the Pumpkinvine this summer. I was raised in Goshen and graduated from GHS in 2015. I’ve been attending Amherst College in Massachusetts where I’ve majored in Environmental Studies. I’m excited to get to learn about the ecology of Northern Indiana and the opportunity to …
