CORE VALUES

Although there are many important principles that guide our work, the Central Indiana Land Trust emphasizes the following values as core to our efforts:

Natural Areas

• are essential to a healthy environment and economic prosperity
• preservation should be a priority in land use planning
• are important to air and water quality

People

• are entitled to play a role in land use decisions
• enjoy an enhanced quality of life with access to nature for leisure, recreation and inspiration
• benefit when connected to nature in their communities

Strategic Partnerships

• provide valuable synergy
• help leverage and enhance our conservation efforts

CORE BELIEFS

• Natural area preservation and economic development play equally important roles in quality of life
• Our work is urgent - we must increase the pace of our protection efforts to save our last special places
• It is our responsibility and obligation to ensure that future generations have woods to explore, prairies to wander and clean rivers to enjoy
• Our path to success is to become an irreplaceable community institution with the systems and resources in place to proactively maximize on-the-ground conservation

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