TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT IMPORTANT SITES OF THE 460 MILLION YEAR OLD CHAZY FOSSIL REEF LOCATED ON ISLE LA MOTTE, AND DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARK BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS WITH REGARD TO THE ANCIENT REEF AND EARTH HISTORY; TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO CONSERVE OUR LOCAL NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES INCLUDING WILDLIFE HABITAT, WETLANDS, AND OTHER NATURAL AREAS, AGRICULTURAL LAND AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES; TO PROMOTE OUR LOCAL CULTURAL HERITAGE BY SPONSORING CULTURAL AND OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS; AND TO FOSTER PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.