Welcome to the Web page of the Fox Island Alliance!

Backlit skunk cabbage in the lowlands © John Schutt

Backlit skunk cabbage in the lowlands
Photo copyright John Schutt

What is the Fox Island Alliance?

The Fox Island Alliance, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose purposes are:

Upcoming Events:

***Become An Indiana Master Naturalist! 2009

The IMN class is full. Anyone interested in the 2010 class may wish to call Kathy Dew at the County Extension 260-481-6826 option 3 to be put on the list. They will get an application blank in September 2009.

***Summer Day Camps - NISTEM 30 points per week

*** Birds and Blooms of the Lake and Field

***Preschool Discovery Hour - Frogs and Toads

***Zoomobile at Fox Island

***Scrap-booking Series

***Preschool Discovery Hour - Turtle Tracks

***Prairie Ramble

***Fall Trail Guide Training

***Dune Dig Historic Hike

***Preschool Discovery Hour - Butterflies

***Tai Chi

***Glow in the Dark Hike - NISTEM 2 points

What's newish on the web site?

2/10/08 Vera Dulin has written an article on Sue Foreman. You can find it under the "Articles" link or you can go directly to it here: Sue Foreman

2/10/08 Cyntia Powers has written an article on "Volunteering in the Bird Building." You can find it under the "Articles" link or you can go directly to it here: Volunteering in the Bird Building

1/26/08 ***PLANT IDENTIFICATION: I have added a page to give the plants that I have observed at Fox Island. You can find this page by selecting the "Living Things" link. Select the "Plants_Schutt" to see the list online. (You can go directly to that page here: Plants_Schutt.) You can also download an Excel version of the list in the same place or you can find it here: Plants_Schutt (Excel)

11/12/07 IMPORTANT UPDATE! I have deleted the prior contact e-mail. I was getting about 3000 spam e-mails per month. IF YOU ASKED TO HAVE YOUR NAME APPROVED FOR THE NATURE OBSERVATIONS BLOG, I DID NOT FIND IT BECAUSE OF ALL THE SPAM. SEND ME A NEW E-MAIL TO THE CONTACT E-MAIL BELOW AND I WILL APPROVE IT SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY ADD POSTS.

1/15/07 FLASH UPDATE! Want to post an observation that you've made at the park. Go to the Nature Observations Blog and let us know what you've seen at the park. Go to our RSS feed to get automatic updates.

9/14/06 I have added a new link titled "articles" to the menu bar. Follow it to check out the article, "A Brief History of Fox Island and the Fox Island Alliance."

11/5/06 My son, Noel, added an image "randomizer" to the home page. Hit "reload" to see a new picture.

Send e-mail requests to be added to the Nature Observations page and also anything about the web site to: Contact nospam at foxislandalliance dot org
(To send your e-mail, delete " nospam " , and replace the " at " with "@" and replace the " dot " with ".")
© 2003--2009 Fox Island Alliance
Date created: 1/14/2003
Last updated: 06/21/2009