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How We Work
Protection, Science and Stewardship
Our Mission
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.
Our Approach
The Nature Conservancy of Indiana's protection, science and stewardship offices are working year round to ensure that priority sites are preserved and protected. To help us identify the highest priority places - or the natural areas that, if conserved, promise to ensure biodiversity over the long term - we have developed a strategic, science-based planning process, called Conservation by Design.
Ecosystem services — the benefits to human well-being that nature provides — have become a major focus for many conservation groups, the Conservancy included.
The goal for our stewards is to sustain the existing diversity of the species and natural processes that shape a landscape, or to restore them where they have been removed.
We're taught at an early age that fire and forests are a bad combination. It's no wonder that many people question the use of fire as a conservation method. Like rain and sunshine, fire is a natural and necessary tool in preserving our forests, prairies and grasslands.
By observing natural processes of stable streams and rivers, researchers have designed a drainage channel that will benefit both agriculture and the environment. The two-stage ditch design is great promise as a conservation tool in Indiana and neighboring states.
Invasive species damage the lands and waters that native plants and animals need to survive. They also hurt economies, estimating more than $1.4 trillion worth of damage worldwide.
Learn more about invasive species and those we've partnered with in educating the public about this destructive and expensive problem.
You can help protect your property from invasive species by following six easy guidelines.
Stewardship workdays occur throughout the year. Join us and benefit in an afternoon of hard working while enjoying one of Indiana's best preserves.
Journey with Nature is a weekly web-based segment that features information on topics ranging from conservation concerns, natural areas to explore and the species found in our great state.
Our Strategic Conservation Plan
On June 1, 2007, the Indiana Chapter adopted a strategic plan that will increase the level of effective conservation of sites identified as important to the success of our mission. The ultimate goal - to acquire 20,000 acres of land and effectively conserve an additional 200,000 acres by 2016.
Review our progress on reaching these exciting goals.
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