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Indiana's Conservation Community Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish & Wildlife Indiana’s Conservation Community June 14, 2017 4H Blackford County SWCD Damon Run Conservancy A Blocksom and Jenckes District Conservancy District Daviess County SWCD Acres Land Trust Dearborn County SWCD Adams County SWCD Bloomington Parks Decatur County SWCD Ag Consultants - Cert. Crop Blue Heron Ministries Advisors Blue Lake Conservancy DeKalb County SWCD Delaware County SWCD Allen County SWCD District Boone County SWCD Delta Waterfowl Alliance for the Great Lakes Brevoort Levee DePauw University American Chestnut Conservancy District Foundation Division of Nature American Tree Farm Brown County SWCD Preserves System Busseron Conservancy DJ Case and Associates Amos Butler Audubon District Dubois County SWCD Aquatic Control Butler University Ducks Unlimited Aquatic Weed Control C Duke Energy Arrowhead Country RC&D Cardno JFNew Dunes-Calumet Audubon Association of Indiana Carmel Urban Forestry Society Taxidermists Committee E B Carroll County SWCD EA Engineering, Science, Ball State University Cass County SWCD and Technology, Inc. Banning Engineering PC Central Hardwoods Joint Eagle Creek Park Venture Foundation Bartholomew County Conservation Council Inc. Central Indiana Land Trust Eagle Slough Natural Area Central Indiana Trout Earlham College Bartholomew County Unlimited SWCD Earth Source, Inc. Central Indiana Fur Takers, Bass Lake Conservancy Eastern Tallgrass Prairie & Chapter 7B District Big Rivers LCC Bass n Gals City of Elkhart Ecologic Battle Ground Conservancy Clark County SWCD Elk Creek Conservancy District Clay County SWCD District Beck's Hybrids Clear Creek Conservancy Elkhart County SWCD Ben Davis Conservancy District Environmental Education District Clinton County SWCD Association of Indiana Commonwealth Benton County SWCD Evansville Audubon Biomonitoring Bernardin, Lochmueller Society and Associates, Inc. Cordry Sweetwater Conservancy District F Big Blue River Conservancy Falling Waters Countrymark Oil District Conservancy District Big Oaks Conservation Crane Naval Depot Farm Service Agency Society Crawford County SWCD Big Oaks National Wildlife Farm Services Agency D Refuge Fayette County SWCD Indiana’s Conservation Community June 14, 2017 Field Museum Hardwood Tree IDNR – Historic Fish Lake Conservancy Improvement Preservation & District Regeneration Center Archaeology Fishable Indiana Streams Harrison County SWCD IDNR - Law Enforcement for Hoosiers (FISH) Hart Lake Conservancy IDNR - Management District Information Systems Floyd County SWCD Hendricks County SWCD Fort Wayne Parks IDNR - Entomology Henry County SWCD Fountain County SWCD IDNR – Oil & Gas Hillsdale College Franklin College IDNR - Water Historic Hoosier Hills Illinois Natural History Franklin County SWCD RC&D Survey Friends of the Patoka River Hoosier Aquatic IN Bass Federation NWR Management Inc. INCA – Indiana Ft Hays State University Hoosier Association of Conservation Alliance Fulton County SWCD Science Teachers Independence Hill Fur Takers of America Hoosier Backcountry Conservancy District G Horsemen Hoosier Environmental Indiana Academy of George Roger's Clark Land Council Science Trust Hoosier Farmers Market Indiana Arborist Gibson County SWCD Association Association Glacial Ridge Historic Land Indiana Association of Hoosier Heartland RC&D Trust Cities and Towns AIM Grace College Hoosier National Forest Indiana Association of Hoosier Tree Dog Alliance Grant County SWCD Consulting Foresters Graybrook Lake Howard County SWCD Indiana Audubon Society Conservancy District HTIRC, Amer. Chestnut, Indiana B.A.S.S. Nation Great Lakes Basin Fish USFS Indiana Beaglers Alliance Habitat Partnership Huntington County SWCD Indiana Beef Cattle Great Lakes Commission I Association Greene County SWCD IASWCD - Indiana Indiana Biodiversity Association of Soil and Greenfield Bayou Levee Initiative water Conservation and Ditch Conservancy Indiana Bowhunters Districts District Association IDEM - Indiana Indiana Catfish Association H Department of Hamilton County Parks Environmental Indiana Cemetery Management Association Hamilton County SWCD IDNR - Forestry Indiana Chamber Hamilton Lake Executives Association Conservancy District IDNR – Nature Preserves Indiana Chamber of IDNR – State Parks & Hancock County SWCD Commerce Reservoirs Indiana Chapter of The Hanover College IDNR - Reclamation American Fisheries Society Hants Lake Conservancy IDNR – Outdoor District Recreation Indiana’s Conservation Community June 14, 2017 Indiana Chapter of The Indiana Public and Private IU Medical School Society of American Airports Ivy Tech Foresters Indiana Recreation and Izaak Walton League Indiana Chapter of The Park Association Wildlife Society Izaak Walton League of Indiana Rural Water Indiana Classified Forest America, Alexandria Association and Wildlands Chapter Indiana Smallmouth Izaak Walton League of Indiana Corn Growers Alliance America, Argos Chapter Association Indiana Snowmobilers Indiana Department of Izaak Walton League of Indiana Society of Corrections America, Cass County American Foresters Chapter Indiana Department of Indiana Soybean Alliance Izaak Walton League of Tourism America, Clinton Chapter Indiana Department of Indiana Sportsmen’s Roundtable Transportation Izaak Walton League of Indiana State Climate America, Diana Chapter Indiana Electric Office Izaak Walton League of Cooperatives Indiana State Department America, Evansville Indiana Energy of Agriculture Association Chapter Indiana Farm Bureau Indiana State Department Izaak Walton League of of Agriculture – America, Fort Wayne Indiana FFA Hardwoods Program Chapter Indiana Forest Alliance Indiana State Trappers Izaak Walton League of Indiana Forestry & Association America, Gene Straton Woodland Owners Indiana State University Porter Chapter Association Indiana University Izaak Walton League of Indiana Golf Course America, Glen Park Indiana University NW Association Chapter Indiana Hardwood Indiana University South Izaak Walton League of Lumberman's Association Bend America, Griffith Chapter (IHLA) Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Izaak Walton League of Indiana Hunter Education America, Howard County Association Indiana Urban Forest Chapter Indiana Invasive Species Council Izaak Walton League of Council Indiana Walnut Council America, Huntington Indiana Karst Conservancy Indiana Watershed County Chapter Indiana Lakes Leadership Izaak Walton League of Management Society Indiana Wildlife America, Indiana Division Federation Indiana Land Protection Izaak Walton League of Indianapolis FlyCasters Alliance America, Miami County Indiana Land Resources Indianapolis Zoo Chapter Council International Right of Way Izaak Walton League of America, Michigan City #7 Indiana Michigan Power Association -Indiana Chapter Chapter Indiana National Guard Invasive Plant Advisory Izaak Walton League of Indiana Native Plant and Committee America, Miller Chapter Wildflower Society Indiana’s Conservation Community June 14, 2017 Izaak Walton League of Lake Edgewood Monroe County SWCD America, Porter County Conservancy District Montgomery County Soil Chapter Lake Holiday Conservancy and Water Conservation Izaak Walton League of District District America, St. Joseph Lake Lemon Conservancy Morgan County SWCD County Chapter District Morocco Conservancy Izaak Walton League of LaPorte County District America, Terre Haute Conservation Trust Mount St. Joseph Chapter University Izaak Walton League of LaPorte County SWCD Muddy Fork of Silver America, Wabash Chapter Lawrence County SWCD Creek Conservancy J Lawrenceburg District Conservancy District Muncie Sanitary District - Jackson County SWCD Lawrenceburg, Bureau of Water Quality Jasper County SWCD Manchester & Sparta Muscatatuck National Jay County SWCD Conservancy District Wildlife Refuge Jefferson County SWCD Lincoln Hills RC&D Muskies, Inc. Webster Jennings County SWCD Little Raccoon Lake Chapter Je-To Lake Conservancy Conservancy District N District Little Rivers Wetlands Johnson County SWCD Project, Inc National Association of Conservation Districts Jordan Creek Conservancy M District National Association of Madison County SWCD K Interpretation Manchester University Kansas State University National Park Service - Marshall County SWCD Indiana Dunes National Keep Indianapolis Martin County SWCD Lakeshore Beautiful National Wild Turkey Kentland Conservancy Master Gardeners Federation District Master Naturalists Natural Resources Knapp Lake Area Merrillville Conservancy Conservation Service Conservancy District District Nature Works Conservancy Knox County SWCD Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center District Kosciusko County SWCD Miami County SWCD NE Indiana Trout L Middle Fork Conservancy Association LaGrange County Parks District New Paris Conservancy District LaGrange County SWCD Middle Patoka River Newton County SWCD Lake Bruce Conservancy Watershed Committee NICHES Land Trust District Midwest Aquatic Plant Lake County Parks Management Society Noble County SWCD Nongame Mammal Lake County SWCD Midwest Glacial Lakes Technical Advisory Lake DeTurk Conservancy Partnership Committee District Mill Creek Conservancy Northern Illinois University MO Dept. of Conservation Indiana’s Conservation Community June 14, 2017 Northern Indiana Pulaski County SWCD Sassafras Audubon Society Spoonpluggers Purdue Extension Save The Dunes Northwest Indiana Paddling Purdue North Central Scott County SWCD Association Purdue University Shelby County SWCD Northwest Indiana Purdue University Shirley Heinze Land Trust Steelheaders
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