If you ever wondered what dedication looks like, picture this: Curt Stanfield braving snow and sleet with a hammer drill, driving one of three 10-foot copper-clad ground rods deep into the earth. These rods, along with 90 feet of buried static ground wire, will help protect the Motus antenna from lightning and keep our future wildlife data flowing safely.

Then came the big lift, 3,660 pounds of hand-mixed concrete poured into the foundation. Yes, hand-mixed. On a cold, snowy, rainy day.

A huge thank-you to Marty Jones, Bill Mitchell, Rick Nicholson, and Curt Stanfield for pushing this crucial phase forward. Their work sets the stage for the final tower section and antenna installation coming in January and February.

The toughest part is now officially behind us, and the Motus Tower is one step closer to bringing cutting-edge wildlife monitoring to west-central Indiana.