Chapman Lakes Conservation Association will host an annual meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Chapman Lakes Conservation Association Clubhouse. The agenda for the meeting includes elections, a weed control update, a mute swan presentation provided by a USDA representative and an update on projects.

An investigation by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources into the alleged beating death of a mute swan on Sechrist Lake has still not been concluded. A Saturday meeting among property owners of the Barbee Chain of Lakes where it happened is expected to see a large attendance. Public outrage followed when Jack and Linda …read more.

Despite the eyewitness accounts of what seemed to be the brutal beating death of a mute swan on Sechrist Lake last Saturday, Indiana Conservation officers investigating the incident have found no violations with the kill method. Jack and Rhonda Doyle said they watched helplessly from their pier as three men in a pontoon – which …read more.