Division of Nature Preserves
Welcome to the Division of Nature Preserves and the Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center web site. We are part of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Our main purpose is to protect the best remaining natural areas in Indiana. Indiana's Nature Preserve law sets forth a process of dedication for significant natural areas. Those areas dedicated are permanently protected, to be preserved as pristine natural areas for all the people of Indiana.
A key component of this purpose is the Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center. This program works to locate and keep track of Indiana's rarest plants, animals, and natural communities. We maintain an extensive database of these elements of natural diversity. With this information, we can set priorities for the protection of natural areas in Indiana. The Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center is a part of an international network of Heritage Programs and Conservation Data Centers, and is a member of the Association for Biodiversity Information.(http://www.natureserve.org/)
What's New
- Book Review: Something for Everyone in Natural Resource Management
- One of world's rarest plants discovered in Indiana
About the Division
- About Nature Preserves
- Mission Statement
- Division Director - John Bacone
- Nature Preserves Staff
- Nature Preserves of Indiana
- Indiana References
- Nature Preserve Locations by County
Endangered Species
- List of Endangered, Threatened, & Rare Species by County
- Endangered, Threatened, & Rare Vascular Plants of Indiana
Division Features
- Indiana Clean Marina Program
- Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center
- Uses of Heritage Data
- How to Request Heritage Data
- High Quality Natural Communities of Indiana
- Selected Natural Heritage Inventories
- Old Growth Forests
- Why Save Natural Areas
- An Indiana Prairie
- A Guide to the Wildflowers of Twin Swamps Nature Preserve in Posey County, Indiana
- Purple Loosestrife
- Invasive Plant Species
- Indiana Rare Breeding Bird Report
Relevent Documents
- Ginseng Brochures (American Herbal Products Association)
- Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Vertebrates and Invertebrates of Indiana
- Wild ginseng - its conservation in Indiana
- One of world's rarest plants discovered in Indiana
- Portland Arch Trail brochure
