The preserve was closed last summer so Sycamore Land Trust volunteers and contractors could build the elevated boardwalk

The Sycamore Land Trust's acquisition will add 84 acres to the Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve in northwestern Monroe County.

Indiana has lost about 85 percent of its wetlands since the 1800s. Most were drained for agriculture.

Sycamore Land Trust says the land is along Beanblossom Creek, about a mile northwest of the group's current Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve.