SICIM Gets Rebranded!

SICIM’s Statewide Efforts Fuel Need for Name Change.

November 18, 2021 - The Southern Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management (SICIM) is undergoing a rebranding effort. With success of the state-wide Indiana Invasives Initiative (III), SICIM will change its name to the State of Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management.

Will Drews, SICIM Board Chair, is excited with the change. Drews noted, “We have been moving in this direction since 2017 with the start of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Contribution Agreement. We did not know how successful the III would end up being; we just knew it was an important project that fit our organization’s mission.” He adds that there has been some confusion with the NRCS agreement and III in the northern part of the state with SICIM being a “Southern Indiana” organization, but this name change should make it clear that SICIM is working statewide.

SICIM is a 501-c3 non-profit organization established in 2008. The organization is overseen by a Board of Directors. The organization’s mission is to protect Indiana lands and waters by coordinating efforts to identify, prevent, and control problematic invasive species. In 2017, SICIM undertook a statewide role, in partnership with the NRCS, to develop CISMAs (Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas) to represent all counties in Indiana. Under this new statewide role, SICIM currently employs 5 Regional Specialists and an Executive Director across Indiana.

For more information about SICIM and the III, visit https://www.sicim.info/.

SICIM logo with new name