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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.

Land Conservation is important to preserve so that the cycle of life can continue for humans, animals (more…)

The Land and Water Conservation Fund was part of an act created by Congress in 1964 and it operates through the United States Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the act is to provide federal funds to state and local governments to purchase lands and waters for the benefit of the American public. This allows the government to preserve wildlife and wetlands, protect certain historical sites, and obtain land and water for public use. In essence, most of the national and state parks are appropriated in this (more…)

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.

While sustainable farming and land-clearing methods have been developed, the problem of conserving Indiana’s wildlife (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.

While sustainable farming and land-clearing methods have been developed, the problem of conserving Indiana’s wildlife (more…)