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Trust for Natural Legacies, Inc. is a non-profit land trust that preserves and restores natural areas by owning, operating and promoting nature preserves throughout the Midwest. We are committed to offering ecologically sensitive programs on our nature preserves that provide public opportunities for recreation, education, scientific research and limited natural burial. These programs are critical to our mission, because they result in related environmental benefits to the community and generate long-term, multi-generational public attachment to and involvement in the nature preserves. By fostering strong, long-term family and community attachments to the nature preserves, these programs ensure that our preserves are socially, legally, spiritually and financially-sustainable.
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TNL granted status as a 501(c)3 conservation nonprofit. Donations are now tax-deductible.
Spring TNL Newsletter is ready! TNL celebrates our second year together
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Help make this happen in your home state!  Green cemeteries are a focal program area of Trust for Natural Legacies. Green burial, or natural burial, avoids non-biodegradable materials like metal caskets and concrete, and toxic embalming substances. This allows for natural decomposition, which respects the ecological cycles of life and death. Cemetery nature preserves
(or conservation cemeteries) can also protect thousands of acres of important natural areas.
Trust for Natural Legacies is working to both establish cemetery nature preserves and support others in their efforts throughout the Midwest. Current efforts focus on Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois, with plans to expand to Iowa and Indiana in the near future. In the long-term, goals include South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Ohio.
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