YORKTOWN — Wooded areas along the White River in Delaware County bustle with wildlife activity year-round, according to volunteers at the Red-tail Nature Preserve near Muncie. “These are rare and special places,” said Julie Borgmann, executive director of the Red-tail Land Conservancy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and restoring natural areas and farmland in east central Indiana. “Protecting this natural heritage, these natural areas permanently not only protects our waterways and critical lands for wildlife, it also allows for public recreation.” Borgmann spoke during an impromptu hike along the river, during which a buck leaped from behind a tree and bounded farther into the woods. Borgmann pointed out majestic…