Landstory : Landscape Architecture/Planning/Community Design Prior to 1978, the Marion Dragline, the largest coal extraction dragline in the world, operated at Interlake. Flash forward just 5 years and abandoned Interlake had already become an established local hotspot for ORV users, hunters, fisherman, horseback riders, and trappers...just to name a few. In 1999, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) purchased the +3500 acres from the Interlake Foundation. Flash forward again 9 years and IDNR hires the Landstory team to prepare the master plan for this 'wild west-esque' terrain. Setting out on a 3 day, down and dirty survey of the land on quads and other ORVs, the Landstory team was able to experience the site from a unique perspective.
Landscape Architects Network Landscape Architecture « Jacques Abelman, Celine Baumann (celinebaumann.tumblr.com), YukaYoshida The Wildpoints strategy creates a new form of urban green by actively seeking out new places for nature to colonize the city. The end result of found nature and design interventions adds up to an urban biodiversity network. Discovering Wildpoints The small presence of uninvited nature in the city – where wild grasses and plants come up through the cracks, providing food and shelter for insects, birds, and other small urban animals, are almost never created intentionally. These sites are reservoirs of genetic diversity as well as habitats for uncounted species. What is biodiversity in the city? Biodiversity can have many interpretations. We define biodiversity in the city as the network of urban biotopes where indigenous species of plants and animals thrive, and natural ecological processes occur with or without the influence of humans. 4 New Biotopes for Urban Sites Results and Benefits
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