Pheasants Forever, Inc. is a nonprofit conservation organization formed in 1982 in response to the continuing decline of upland wildlife.  Central Indiana Chapter #642 is made up of all Pheasants Forever members that live in the Indiana Counties of: Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, and Marion.  Pheasants Forever is dedicated to the conservation of pheasant, quail, and other wildlife through habitat improvement, public awareness, education, and land management policies and programs.  As a result, the primary objectives and purpose of Chapter #642 are to protect, restore, and enhance wildlife habitat by establishing and maintaining local and regional habitat projects; to develop, distribute, and foster youth conservation education; to introduce and advance prudent conservation policy; and to acquire and preserve critical habitat through public land acquisition open to public hunting.