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title: "Urban Forest Protection Strategy in Indianapolis"
slug: "urban-forest-protection-strategy-in-indianapolis"
updated: 2022-01-13T22:13:38Z
published: 2022-01-13T22:13:38Z
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# Urban Forest Protection Strategy in Indianapolis

This data-driven framework, coordinated by the [Indiana Forest Alliance](https://indianaforestalliance.org/), identifies forested natural areas that are not protected, assesses their quality and establishes priorities for preserving high quality forests and forest cover in general. The Forests For Indy: Urban Forest Protection Strategy provides context and recommendations for protecting and equitably expanding forests within Indianapolis.

### In a nutshell, this resource offers:

- A map that shows natural areas, and the quality of benefits they provide, across Indianapolis.
- A list of possible funding mechanisms to move urban forested natural area conservation and expansion forward.
- Recommendations to protect forests in Indianapolis.

### How to use this resource:

- As an example of a protection strategy that integrates and leverages other, existing plans to advance urban forested natural area protection.
- As an approach to mapping forests benefits across a city.
- As a source for sample recommendations for forest protections in your city.

**Authors:**Jeff Stant, Rae Schnapp, Will Allen

**Date published:**June 2021

**P****oint of contact:**Rae Schnapp, Conservation Director, Indiana Forest Alliance, [rae@indianaforestalliance.org](mailto:rae@indianaforestalliance.org)

**Citation:**Stant, J.; Schnapp, R., Allen, W. 2021. *Forests for Indy: Urban Forest Protection Strategy.* Indiana Forest Alliance, Indianapolis, IN.

For more information, visit [Indiana Forest Alliance's website](https://indianaforestalliance.org/work/protection/forests-for-indy/).

[PDF document](https://cdn.document360.io/18a9acd7-787d-47fa-9b54-01592bb1d507/Images/Documentation/Forests%20for%20Indy%20Exec%20Summary%20-%20final%20(1).pdf)

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