Sullivan County In Line for Fish and Wildlife Area

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has closed on the acquisition of just under four-thousand acres of forests, marshland, and upland habitat in Sullivan County, which will be known as the Busseron Creek Fish & Wildlife Area.
The permanently conserved land was once part of the former Minnehaha Fish and Wildlife Area.
DNR paid $10.8 million for the property, a total that includes funding support from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Program.
The U.S. Navy paid an additional $910,000 to support a conservation easement on a portion of the land, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation provided an additional $600,000 competitive grant through Walmart’s Acres for America program.
DNR director Dan Bortner says the property will open to the public in 2025