Indiana CISMAS
Indiana cismas
Find out more about existing and organizing CISMAs across the state in the table, map, and directory below. If you would like to get involved, please reach out to a member of our Indiana Invasives Initiative team or your local CISMA. You can also visit our County Resources Page for other helpful contacts in your area.
We strive to keep this information up to date as more counties work to establish CISMAs throughout the state. Please complete the form below for any suggested changes or additions.
Indiana CISMA Directory
Our Indiana Invasives Initiative Regional Specialists are working with many counties throughout the state to establish their own CISMAs. Some of these counties listed are just starting out, while others have regular meetings and are conducting invasive species activities in their communities. If you live or work in one of the counties below, we encourage you to get in touch or visit them online.
Listed alphabetically by County.
Jay & Adams Habitat Restoration (JAHR)
Adams and Jay Soil Water Conservation Districts
Taylor Suman
Taylor.Suman@in.nacdnet.net
https://jaycountyswcd7.wixsite.com/jay-county-swcd
Future Allen County CISMA
Blazing Star CISMA (Bartholomew County)
Bartholomew County Soil and Water Conservation District
Heather Shireman - District Coordinator
heather.shireman@in.nacdnet.net; 812-378-1280 x 3
Brown County Native Woodlands Project (BCNWP)
Brown County Soil Water Conservation District
Katie Starr, Co-chair and County Director
Dawn Slack, Chair
katie-starr@iaswcd.org / dawnraschel@gmail.com
P.O. Box 1092, Nashville, IN 47448
Future Cordry Sweetwater Conservancy CISMA. This CISMA will be focused on habitat restoration within the 300 plus acres of the Cordry Sweetwater Conservancy District.
BOONE COUNTY INVASIVES COOPERATIVE (BCIC)
Mission: Educate and empower our community on the identification and removal of invasive species to promote native and diverse habitats.
We have a steering committee and 3 sub-committees. Our steering committee meets every other month.
We conduct Weed Wrangles, we have a strike team that meets once a week, we plant trees, table at various events, present across the county on invasive plant management, host plant giveaways and invasive trade-in programs and more.
We are a fun bunch and welcome new members in whatever capacity, time or skillset.
Want to learn more?
Contact us here: info@noinvasives.org
or click here https://forms.gle/DifsG1KdyFWnNUpW8 - to be added to our email list.
Click flyer to sign up for a free landowner visit.
FUTURE CLINTON COUNTY CISMA
Clark County Harmful Invasives Removal Project
Clark County Soil and Water Conservation District
Kaila Laplace - III Regional Specialist
kaila@sicim.info
http://www.clarkswcd.org/CISMA/CCHIRP.html
facebook.com/Clark-County-Harmful-Invasives-Removal-Project-108805070722400
Daviess-Martin CISMA
Daviess-Martin Soil and Water Conservation District
Emily Finch - Invasive Species Specialist
daviessmartin.cisma@gmail.com; 812-329-0048
1486 Executive Blvd. Suite A, Jasper IN 47546
Future Dearborn county CISMA
Erin Huber
Erin.Huber@in.nacdnet.net
https://www.facebook.com/dearborncountyswcd
Delaware County Invasive Plant Project (DIPP)
Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District
Clair Burt - District Director
delcoswcd@gmail.com; 765-747-5531 x 3
Invasive Species awareness coalition
Our focus is on identification, public awareness, mapping and eradication of invasive species in Dubois County.
We operate out of the Dubois County Soil and Water Conservation District Office
1486 Executive Blvd. Suite A, Jasper, IN 47546
Corbyn Schnell - isacduboiscounty@gmail.com
812-482-1171 ext 3
We conduct a Parklands Prairie walk, have a booth at the annual Earth Day Festival, conduct an invasive landowner workshop yearly, host a Spring Guest Speaker event, have a booth at the Home and Lifestyle Expo, conduct invasive species ID walks and garlic mustard Weed Wrangles. We hope you will join us at one or more of these events.
Click here for a list of annual events.
We have great resources to include a series of native alternative brochures (see photo below), management technique flyers and more here.
Would you like a landowner survey? Click here.
Click on photo for native plant alternative resources in southern Indiana.
Elkhart County CISMA
Invasive Species Partnership of Elkhart County (INSPEC)
Vincent Gresham
Future fayette County CISMA
Dave Caldwell
davec795@gmail.com
Floyd County Native Habitat Restoration Team
Floyd County Purdue Extension
Gina Anderson - Extension Educator
gmanders@purdue.edu; 812-948-5470
facebook.com/Floyd-County-Native-Habitat-Restoration-Team-100632298104654
Greene County Invasive Management Alliance (GCIMA)
Amber Slaughterbeck - Regional Specialist
amber@sicim.info; 812-229-3539
Hamilton County Invasives partnership (HIP)
Mission: To mobilize land stewards to manage and eliminate invasive species in Hamilton County. We will do this through education and encouraging action.
We host Weed Wrangles, conduct landowner surveys, implement a trade in program and have a very active strike team.
Check out our website and consider joining us for engaging activities that promote healthy soil, water and wildlife.
Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District
Claire Lane - Urban Conservationist
claire.lane@hamiltoncounty.in.gov; 317-773-2181
1717 Pleasant St, Ste 100, Noblesville, IN 46060
Harrison County Native Habitat Alliance (HCNHA)
Samantha Ransdell
hcnativehabitatalliance@gmail.com
Hendricks County Invasive Management Cooperative (HC-IMC)
Henry County - Removes Invasive Plant Species (HC-RIPS)
HC RIPS strives for a Henry County free of invasive plants and full of native plants that support birds, bees and butterflies…as well as people!
Monthly meetings: Second Monday of every month - 6:00 p.m. ET via zoom.
We volunteer at many local parks removing invasive plants. In fact, we work for 100 days every year from January to April. Please join us.
Our 2026 schedule: Contact Helen (see contact info below) for more information.
Not only do we enjoy treating invasives, but we also enjoy the fruits of our labor. Please join us for:
-Woodland Wildflower walks that occur April through May
-Prairie Tours that occur July through August
We are an active group that looks forward to the progress we make each year alongside the healthy exercise and comradery as we work.
Contact Helen at hsteussy@comcast.net or call 765-524-1706 if you’d like to join us.
Leader: Helen Steussy
winding waters Invasive Partnership (WWIP)
Jackson and Jennings County CISMA
jacksoncoswcd@gmail.com or rebecca.mcclellan@in.nacdnet.net
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570167770522
Jasper County Invasives Initiative (JCII)
Katey Powell
Johnson County Native Plant Partnership (JCNPP)
Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation District
Blair Beavers - Assistant Director/Education Coordinator
blair-beavers@iaswcd.org; 317-739-9540 x 101
550 E Jefferson St Suite 202, Franklin, IN 46131
Knox County Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area
Knox County Soil and Water Conservation District
Ben Burke- CISMA Coordinator & Natural Resource Specialist
benjamin.burke@in.nacdnet.net - 812-882-8210 x3408
604 S. Quail Run Rd., Vincennes, IN 47591
Kosciusko Water & Woodland Invasive Partnership (KWWIP)
Peggy Wihebrink
Lawrence County Keep Invasives in Check (KIC)
Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District
Whitney Baldwin - Conservation Resource Technician
Whitney.Baldwin@in.nacdnet.net; 812-279-8117 x 3
Lake County cisma
Lisa Stelter
lakecountycisma@gmail.com
future Madison county Invasive Species Team (MIST)
Krysta Bozman, Madison County SWCD
krysta-bozman@iaswcd.org
Circle City CISMA (Marion County)
John Hazlett
Upper Wabash Invasives Network (UWIN)
Miami, Huntington, & Wabash Counties
Upper Wabash Interpretive Services, IDNR
Teresa Rody - Interpretive Manager, or Julie Carrier
TRody@dnr.in.gov; 260-468-2127 / julicarr52@gmail.com
Monroe County identify & Reduce Invasive Species (MC-IRIS)
Ellen Jacquart - Chair
montgomery county cisma
Montgomery Soil and Water Conservation District
Megan Sweeney - Program Coordinator
msweeney@montgomerycoswcd.com; 765-362-0405 ext. 121
Morgan County Native & Invasive Plant Partnership (MC-NIPP)
Mission: Provide public education and eradication of invasive species on public property in Morgan County.
We host Weed Wrangles at several locations (see website for dates), provide free landowner surveys, table at the Morgan County Farmer’s Market, and during the Farmer’s Days at the county fairgrounds in the fall, table at the Master Gardners fest in the spring, we host wildflower hikes, provide invasive control workshops and provide a variety of educational information at our monthly CISMA meetings.
We hope you will stop by the SWCD office in Morgan County and meet us, and/or join us during a Weed Wrangle or monthly meeting.
Morgan County Soil and Water Conservation District
David Mow - Invasive Species Specialist
invasivesmorgancounty@gmail.com; 765-349-2060
180 South Main Street, Martinsville, IN 46151
Click the graphic to schedule a survey or call David at 765-349-2060.
NEWTON COUNTY NATURE PARTNERSHIP (NCNP)
Gus Nyberg: nyberggus@gmail.com
Jeanette Jaskula: jmjaskula@yahoo.com
https://www.facebook.com/Newton-County-Nature-Partnership-Indiana-104399368812970
Orange County Invasives Partnership (OCIP)
Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District
OrangeSWCD@gmail.com; 812-203-3033
573 SE Main St, Paoli, IN 47454
Randolph Invasive Species Exterminators (RISE)
Julie Smiley: jmfoxsmiley@gmail.com
765-546-1325
Click here to fill out our Google form if you are interested in becoming more involved!
Future Rush County CISMA
Kathy Jackley
programs@cityofrushville.in.gov
Sweet Owen woodlands network (SOWN)
Owen County Soil and Water Conservation District
(812) 829-2605; owenswcd@gmail.com
perry/spencer land and native species team (PLANT)
Kaila Laplace
Kaila@sicim.info
Porter LaPortE Advancing Natives Team (PLANT)
Nikky Witkowski
nikky@purdue.edu
facebook.com/PLANT-PorterLa-Porte-County-Advancing-Natives-Team-580905782564587
Posey Invasive Partnership (PIP)
Zach Schoenherr - Property Manager, Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife
zschoenherr@dnr.in.gov; 812-838-2927
Putnam County ReMove Invasive Plants (PC-RIP)
facebook.com/Putnam-County-Remove-Invasive-Plants-PC-RIP-111112690274683
St. Joseph and Marshall Counties Invasive Plant Partnership (SMIPP)
Misty Sorchevich, St. Joseph County Soil and Water Conservation District
Misty.Sorchevich@in.nacdnet.net; https://www.stjosephswcd.org/; 574-936-2024 ext. 4
Jodi Overmyer - Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District
Starke & Pulaski Native Plant Initiative
Purdue Extension Starke & Pulaski County
Phil Woolery - Extension Educator
574-772-9141 (Starke County); 574-946-3412 (Pulaski County)
facebook.com/Starke-Pulaski-Native-Plant-Initiative-103784994708960/
Future SCOTT COUNTY CISMA
Jessica O’Neill
jessicaoneill@dnr.in.gov
CISMA Development Mtgs Are Occurring: Next one is December 4 at 6 PM at the Scott County Fairgrounds, Saddle Building. Please join them if you live in Scott County.
Tippecanoe Invasive Cooperative Taskforce (TICT)
Sam Lovold, programs@mongomerycoswcd.com
facebook.com/TippecanoeInvasiveCooperativeTaskforce
Instagram: @tippecanoeinvasives
Wabash River invasives project (WRIP)
Vermillion and Parke Counties
Vermillion County Soil and Water Conservation District
Vigo Invasives Management (VIM)
Southern Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management
Amber Slaughterbeck - Regional Specialist
Vigoinvasivesmanagement@gmail.com; 812-229-3539
facebook.com/VigoInvasivesManagement
Warrick Invasive Species Partnership (WISP)
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Hillary Bulcher - State Park Naturalist
hbulcher@dnr.IN.gov; 812-789-2724
Wayne County Invasive Plant Education & Removal (WIPER)
Email: wipercisma@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WIPERCISMA
WELLS COUNTY
THE INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (TISMI)
TISMI is a CISMA and a committee of the Friends of the Ouabache State Park. TISMI operates within the boundaries of the state park.