Thirty-five years of nature protection in Indiana

Saving Nature, Awakening Wonder

Our Mission

Central Indiana Land Trust, Inc. (CILTI) preserves the best of Central Indiana’s natural areas, protecting plants and animals, so Hoosiers can experience the wonder of the state’s natural heritage.

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Acres Protected

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Want to see more nature protected in 2025 and beyond? Now is your chance to make twice the difference for Indiana’s lands, waters, and wildlife.

Featured Preserve

Fred and Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve

COUNTY: Morgan | ACRES: 68 | NEAREST CITY: Martinsville

Fred and Dorothy Meyer Nature Preserve offers a dramatic hike through a large forest block unbroken by roads. Its forest interior habitat shelters rare native species like hooded and worm-eating warblers, Eastern box turtle, and the state-endangered cerulean warbler.

Species Protected

The land we protect stays protected forever, providing permanent habitat for countless native plants and wildlife. The numbers below represent native species we’ve documented on these lands. What more will we find, with your support?

810
Native Plants

35
Mammals

234
Birds

38
Herps

Help us save even more wildlife. Your donation gives safe harbor to innumerable species, including the bobcat shown here. More than 70 of the species we protect are rare, threatened, or endangered. Your generosity gives them a fighting chance.

  • Current News

    With 300th Nature Preserve, We Celebrate Indiana’s Conservation History

    February 27, 2024

    First of a series by board member John Bacone Note: A version of this series appeared in the Indiana Parks Alliance newsletter and the Indiana Native Plant Society Journal. A major conservation milestone was reached this past October. The Natural Resources Commission dedicated Toothwort Woods as Indiana’s 300th nature [...]