Partners and Friends

Partner Organizations:
The Nature Conservancy's Indiana Chapter has worked with the following organizations to protect critical lands in Indiana.

Within the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR):
Division of Nature Preserves (DNP)
Division of Fish & Wildlife
Division of Forestry
Division of Outdoor Recreation
Division of State Parks & Reservoirs

ACRES Inc. Land Trust
ACRES is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of natural areas in northeast Indiana.

Sycamore Land Trust
The Sycamore Land Trust (SLT) is non-profit, south-central Indiana organization whose mission is to preserve our disappearing landscape.

CILTI (Central Indiana Land Trust Inc.)
Recognizing that a strong economy and a continued high quality of life in central Indiana is ultimately dependent upon and related to the state of the environment, CILTI maintains that development must be balanced with adequate greenspace. It operates in a regional capacity throughout central Indiana, and actively seeks to protect a broad array of natural areas from small urban greenspaces to pristine nature preserves of high biological integrity.

NICHES
NICHES serves primarily Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Jasper, Montgomery, Pulaski, Newton, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White Counties, actively seeking to protect a broad array of natural areas ranging from small greenspaces to pristine nature preserves of high biological integrity.

Indiana Karst Conservancy
The Indiana Karst Conservancy (IKC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation of Indiana's unique karst features.

Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund
The Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund, a non-profit organization, was endowed in 1981 as a charitable trust to preserve and protect the unique ecosytems of the Indiana Dunes region.

Cedar Creek Wildlife Project, Inc.
CCWP, whose members are mainly property owners in the Cedar Creek watershed, was created in 1965 to protect the stream in its natural state. Since then CCWP has participated directly in creating public policy to fulfill that preservation purpose.

Red Tail Conservancy
Preservation, Restoration, and Protection of Open Space in East Central Indiana.

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Harrison County Community Foundation
The Harrison County Community Foundation is a public foundation established for the receipt of donations and the distribution of income from permanent endowment funds for the philanthropic purposes of Harrison County.

Christopher Jordan
Jordan is a nature photographer who has a great passion for the Midwest/Great Lake landscapes. His work can be found in Unexpected Indiana and The Nature Conservancy's Field Guide to Indiana Preserves.

Ron Leonetti
Leonetti is a landscape photographer whose work can be found in various publications including those published by The Nature Conservancy.

Alan Patrick
Alan Patrick has painted the Indiana landscape for years, including several Conservancy sites, and is an avid supporter.