Tippecanoe County Parks Update

[Kirk Freeman]

This morning I spoke with the attorney for the Tippecanoe County Parks Board. He advised he that: 1) the rule prohibiting the carrying of firearms in Tippecanoe County Parks has been abolished, 2) the signs at park entrances have been modified in an ad hoc manner, new signs will be forthcoming.

Have any INGO members been to a Tippecanoe County park recently?

 

[jgreiner]

This morning I spoke with the attorney for the Tippecanoe County Parks Board. He advised he that: 1) the rule prohibiting the carrying of firearms in Tippecanoe County Parks has been abolished, 2) the signs at park entrances have been modified in an ad hoc manner, new signs will be forthcoming.

Have any INGO members been to a Tippecanoe County park recently?

Not recently...but I will make it a point to check some out. Thinking the amphitheater area might be good...wife likes to hike there.

 

[ocsdor]

Thanks for doing that, Kirk!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Got to worry about my corner. THEN we can go after the rest of the cities and counties.

 

[jgreiner]

This morning I spoke with the attorney for the Tippecanoe County Parks Board. He advised he that: 1) the rule prohibiting the carrying of firearms in Tippecanoe County Parks has been abolished, 2) the signs at park entrances have been modified in an ad hoc manner, new signs will be forthcoming.

Have any INGO members been to a Tippecanoe County park recently?

Okay...Saturday I took the wife for a hike in the Amphitheater park. they had the park rules sign posted...and NOTHING posted about the prohibition of carry firearms.

And yes, I was OCing...ran into a lot of hikers.....mountain bikers......and some parks department folks. All smiles and hellos.

I was in Columbian Park on Sunday for a baseball game. Wasn't carrying....though I probably should have been. I didn't seen any signs prohibiting weapons...but then, I was only at Loeb Stadium.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Thank you for the report.

Anyone else out in the county parks this weekend?

 

[spencer rifle]

Allen County Parks never had any signage prohibiting carry, so that has not changed. But the state nature preserves located in the county parks used to prohibit carry. Now they merely prohibit discharge. But the signs still say carry is prohibited in the state nature preserves. Those are not likely to be changed anytime soon due to budget constraints.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

But the signs still say carry is prohibited in the state nature preserves. Those are not likely to be changed anytime soon due to budget constraints.

Where are these nature preserves and who administers them?

I believe the signs WILL BE changed very soon even if the supervisors have to put duct tape over them.

Please tell me where they are and I will handle that corner.

 

[spencer rifle]

Where are these nature preserves and who administers them?

I believe the signs WILL BE changed very soon even if the supervisors have to put duct tape over them.

Please tell me where they are and I will handle that corner.

The signs are provided by the DNR Division of Nature Preserves to all dedicated state nature preserves in the state, whether the state owns them or not. They are all pretty much the same design. I don't know about Tippecanoe County, but in Allen County they are located at Metea and Fox Island County Parks, along with a number of ACRES properties. The DNR DNP website has been updated to eliminate carry prohibition.

List here:
DNR: List of Nature Preserves

 

[jgreiner]

Got to worry about my corner. THEN we can go after the rest of the cities and counties.

I wonder if Prophets town has postings? I may have to buzz up and check it out.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

So, apparently we have "nature preserves" in Tippecanoe County. Huh, learn new stuff every day!

And "sand barrens" at that. So, what does one do at a nature preserve? Bird watching? Scout trips? Drum circles and outdoor yoga? Just what goes down at a nature preserve?

 

[eldirector]

I wonder if Prophets town has postings? I may have to buzz up and check it out.

They don't. Not in the State Park (obviously), and not at the Farmstead or settlement.

 

[spencer rifle]

So, apparently we have "nature preserves" in Tippecanoe County. Huh, learn new stuff every day!

And "sand barrens" at that. So, what does one do at a nature preserve? Bird watching? Scout trips? Drum circles and outdoor yoga? Just what goes down at a nature preserve?

Nature preservation (got to have a few relatively undisturbed places somewhere!), nature study (birdwatching, wildflower study, habitat comparison, a roll in the dry leaves or wet grass, hiking), school and scout visits, basic research (with proper permits), naturalist activities (no, not naturist activities, unless no one is around) - you know, non-consumptive uses.

There is still resource management to favor the habitats of interest - controlled hunts, prescribed burns, exotics removal, etc.

 

[jgreiner]

They don't. Not in the State Park (obviously), and not at the Farmstead or settlement.

Good to know..saves me as trip up there. and next time I go, I will be carrying.

 

[Fireburnzero1]

is there a range in tippecanoe county park?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

is there a range in tippecanoe county park?

Where is Tippecanoe County Park???

Don't we have several county parks?

 

[Bill of Rights]

Where is Tippecanoe County Park???

Don't we have several county parks?

We do, but to my knowledge, none of them contain a range on which one may legally fire a handgun, rifle, or shotgun.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[Kirk Freeman]

So, is there a THE Tippecanoe County Park, or was that less than optimal English above?

 

[iamaclone45]

is there a range in tippecanoe county park?

No

So, is there a THE Tippecanoe County Park, or was that less than optimal English above?

No, bad grammar.

 

[jgreiner]

So, apparently we have "nature preserves" in Tippecanoe County. Huh, learn new stuff every day!

And "sand barrens" at that. So, what does one do at a nature preserve? Bird watching? Scout trips? Drum circles and outdoor yoga? Just what goes down at a nature preserve?

Kirk, got a question for you. Loeb field is part of Columbian Park I do believe (though won't swear to it). Yet the Lafayette School corp basically runs the ball field. So it would be my understanding that any event there is somehow attached to the schools, making it off limits for carry, yet carry in the rest of the park would be okay. Am I reading this incorrectly?