Conservation for fish, wildlife, and YOU!
Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife enriches the quality of life for present and future people of Indiana by ensuring that fish and wildlife have a place to live and thrive.
- Conservation benefits you
- Conservation of habitats keeps wild spaces wild and provides cleaner water and air for us all.
- Places where fish and wildlife live also serve as wonderful places for recreation. These places are oases for people like you to go outside, find peace and quiet, see something new, and share time with others in your life.
- Protecting fish, wildlife, and the places they live requires a plan
In 2000, the United States Congress recognized that states needed funding designed to benefit the incredible variety of wildlife and the places they live. The funding was provided through State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, which currently provide about $965,000 per year to the Division of Fish & Wildlife, with the provision that each state develops and publishes a strategy for conservation.
Indiana develops a conservation strategy through the State Wildlife Action Plan. This plan provides prioritized conservation actions that direct the work of all Indiana conservation partners, not just the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Indiana develops a conservation strategy through the State Wildlife Action Plan, which was last revised in 2015 and is due for revision by 2025.
- Conserving Indiana together
The revision of the Indiana State Wildlife Action Plan began in January 2023 and will be completed by Oct. 1, 2025. The collaborative revision process helps people who care about and work for Indiana's natural resources to create a plan together.
Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife is leading the revision process by developing regional workshops that convene partners to develop the foundation of each regional plan. When the workshop process concludes in early 2024, our work will shift to refining the plans by working on assigning objectives and indicators for strategies along with creating common goals for ecosystem and species health for the regional plans.
The focus of this collaborative approach is to work with all interested partners to co-create each regional plan that builds on our collective strengths and capacity to address bigger threats together.
Indiana’s State Wildlife Action Plan at work
The Indiana State Wildlife Action Plan uses a regional approach to focus the Indiana DNR’s conservation work. Find your county on the map below, click on the region you live in, and learn more about what makes your part of the state unique and how Indiana DNR works with its partners to protect fish, wildlife, and the places they call home.
For more information, contact us:
SWAP@dnr.IN.gov
317-234-8440