ROME CITY, Ind. (WPTA) - The Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site is now recognized as part of the Old-Growth Forest Network.

A ceremony was held on Saturday to mark the recognition.

Guests heard about Stratton-Porter’s efforts to preserve the beauty of the lands and forest around her, as well as the historic site’s work to protect the 148 acres of woods, prairies, and lakeshore for future generations of Hoosiers, before being invited on a 1-mile guided hike.

The Old-Growth Forest Network is ‘the only national network in the United States of protected, old-growth, native forests where people of all generations can experience biodiversity and the beauty of nature’.

The organization says its goal is to identify and ensure the preservation and recognition of at least one forest in eve

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