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No deer hunt at Dunes State Park this year Park Service says Indiana Dunes Lake Michigan water open for swimming $1.4 million in stimulus funding to restore Dunes Creek habitat Federal judge won't block Whiting BP refinery expansion Bill invests $475 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Park Service document prompts allegation of secret plan Visclosky votes against cap-and-trade legislation Only two Indiana reps vote with majority on climate bill Arizona congressman fails to kill $1 million Good Fellow earmark Birders invited to Goose Pond FWA Report details global warming impact on Indiana NPS wants private firm to operate Good Fellow conference center NIPSCO to donate $50,000 to Heinze for Little Cal acquisition Chellberg Farm meeting: Dillon envisions Dunes Cultural Heritage Center Air has elevated cancer risk in 600 neighborhoods nationwide Police confirm alligator in LaPorte lake $1 million secured for Good Fellow Lodge restoration Local USGS researcher to brief Congress on E. coli IDEM extends comment time on USS closure plan Online petition voices support for Chellberg Farm programs Officials say mosquitoes are breeding faster Obama appoints Cameron Davis as Great Lakes czar EPA says Lake Michigan carferry must stop dumping coal slurry Updated beach closing info available IDEM proposes adding new lead monitor in Burns Harbor Bioblitz comes to Indiana Dunes Obama wants to pump $475M into Great Lakes cleanup Future of Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm: Volunteers needed to prepare plan Save the Dunes Council to fight closing of Chellberg Farm and Bailly Homestead Officials round up Chicago rattlesnakes Dunes Kankakee Trail along Indiana 49 gets boost of support EPA takes first step toward climate change rules Rare bluebird draws fans Ex-farm: NPS sets public forum as it cuts programs at Chellberg IDEM urges Hoosiers to opt out of junk mailings Groups seek EPA opinion on proposed IDEM enforcement cuts Arctic ice thinnest ever going to spring Lake Michigan up two inches; Lake Superior down one Lawsuit targets Lake County polluters including steel giants Photo: To see every bird in the state: The Big Year of 2008 Scientists: Less ice on Great Lakes during winter Water level rising on western Great Lakes Study: Range of pharmaceuticals in fish across the United States EPA reports Porter County trending downward in chemical pollution Courts: Indiana environmental regulators can be tougher than feds State Park restoring west parking lot EPA chief reconsidering ship ballast permit Mussels destroying link in Lake Michigan food web Liberty Township island and wetlands donated as nature preserve Deer cull at National Lakeshore included in NPS preferred plan More species invasions likely for Great Lakes Feeling adventurous? Hunt for geocaches at Dune State Park US Steel plans to treat benzene tainted water EPA reports 18 Indiana counties exceed soot standard IDEM dissolves Office of Enforcement Save the Dunes Shop: 35 years supporting dunes preservation Photos: White ringed crossbill sighting helps birder set personal record 100 year project to track changes in Indiana forests Study says cut links between Great Lakes and Mississippi basins to curb invasive species Armadillos finding their way into southern Indiana Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore boss seeks partners to preserve Region's national park EPA Porter County among 19 that violate pollution standard for soot Invasive snail found in Lake Michigan Steelworkers and Sierra Club push for renewable tax credits Report: Indiana's worst beaches not in Porter County Scientists chart $200 million loss from Great Lakes invasive species House passes Visclosky bill to permit land donations to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Indiana Dunes State Park naturalist Brad Bumgardner interprets the moment Steelworkers and Save the Dunes join to fight 'false choices' for industry USGS expands SAFE beach program here Hang gliding now restricted at Mount Baldy Save the Dunes acquires new nature preserve in Pine Township Mystery solved: 'Bluebellied' gulls were painted by researchers Replacing exotic in Hawthorne Park with native wetland species Federal, city partnership creating lake front park Photo: Harlequin Ducks at the Port of Indiana 20,000 acres Kankakee marsh being restored Environmental News Archive Environmental Headline News Links
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana Dunes State Park
Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Dunes Learning Center
Indiana Nature Conservancy
Save The Dunes Council
LaPorte County Park system
Grand Cal Task Force
NW Indiana Waterfowl USA
IDEM: Smog Watch
IDEM: Tox Watch
Chicago Wilderness
Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club
Hoosier Environmental Council
Preserve the Dunes (Michigan)
Northwest Indiana Env. Initiative - EPA
International Joint Commission
Lake Michigan Federation
Indiana Division Izaak Walton League
Improving Kids' Environment Coalition
Indiana Audubon Society
Citizens Action Coalition
Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society