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Sunflower Festival Retired Conference and Photo Workshop set for October Bookings for Fall Educational Programs will be taken until the schedule is filled. Bookings for Spring 2004 are now being accepted. We mourn the death of volunteer Lewis Miller who lost his life in a tractor accident. Merry Lea's Collegiate Facility: Bringing Reality to Our Vision POSITIONS OPEN Applications for a faculty position in Agroecology/Natural History now being accepted POSITIONS FILLED Dr. LisaRenee Duke-English has been named Lindsey Fellow in Environmental Biology. Lisa Zinn has been named Volunteer Coordinator . .

'An 1150 acre natural area and environmental education facility located in southwest Noble County, Indiana

OUR MISSION

The resources of land and people at the Merry Lea Environmental LearningCenter of Goshen College are dedicated to :

Providing a natural sanctuary for northern Indiana's plants and animals

Providing environmental education for people of all ages

Providing a setting for re-creating opportunities that benefit the human body and spirit while not exploiting the land or excessively disturbing its ecosystems

See Further Comment about our mission

Activities at Merry Lea include public programs in environmental science and nature study for classes from the elementary to college level.
 

We annually host some 8,000 visitors from the 10 counties of northeast Indiana.

Maintained by Larry Yoder