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If you power your home with Energy Savings services or the like then you may not be a stranger to wilderness conservations efforts, but are you familiar with the IAS.

Established in 1989, the IAS, or Indiana Audubon Society, has strived to make mankind aware of its impact on nature by educating individuals and businesses alike on safe and less destructive practices. While their focus is on a more generalized preservation of nature, they make considerable efforts to protect and preserve the natural bird populations that inhabit the Indiana wilderness.

With regards to birds, their goals are simple: educate the people by encouraging the study of birds and thus, breeding an inherent sense of purpose for the creature in younger generations. They also work toward the betterment and overall reinforcement of State and Federal Laws aimed at protecting these creatures, as well as discouraging any manufacturing or selling of fashion items featuring feathers. This, of course, does not apply to ostriches and domestic fowl. And, of course, they make it their sworn duty to discourage the destruction of eggs and the wilderness these birds call home.

That’s a lot to take on and the Indiana Audubon Society, like many other conservation efforts, can’t do it alone which is why they rely on support and contributions from its members. If you have a burning desire to make a difference in the world, you might consider ways you can help support the IAS or any other wilderness conservation efforts in your area.

Indiana Lawmakers can be contacted by phone (317) 614-0423 or online.

There are many Indiana Environmental Organizations. A few organizations are Banks of the Wabash Organization, Birding in Indiana, Calumet Wetlands, Central Indiana Land Trust, Earth Day Indiana, Friends of Indiana Dunes, Friends of the White River, Heartwood, The Hoosier Naturalist, Indiana Beach Testing, Protect Our Woods, Sierra Club (which has many divisions), and Wolf Park.

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Environmental Groups in Indiana: Volunteer Opportunities

The Nicodemus Wilderness Project in Indiana is an environmental group focused on the well being of the environment. They have volunteer opportunities that one can partake in to help their community, and the surrounding nature. The Apprentice Ecologist Initiative is opening its doors to volunteers looking to improve the quality of nature surrounding Indiana. The Apprentice Ecologist Initiative only takes volunteers who are firm on helping the nature surrounding them. A few things that one can volunteer with are: general waste collection from parks and neighborhoods, planting (more…)

Visitors to Indiana in centuries past were greeted with a view unfamiliar to guests and residents today. Sprawling plains of waving grasses, thousands of acres of untouched forests, and rich, undrained swamplands spread across the state that European settlers discovered. But in the decades after their arrival the lands were quickly cleared and drained for farming, and natural forestland was depleted for the production of food, the lumber industry, and housing development.

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Visitors to Indiana in centuries past were greeted with a view unfamiliar to guests and residents today. Sprawling plains of waving grasses, thousands of acres of untouched forests, and rich, undrained swamplands spread across the state that European settlers discovered. But in the decades after their arrival the lands were quickly cleared and drained for farming, and natural forestland was depleted for the production of food, the lumber industry, and housing development.

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