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This map is based on results of Phase One of the Restoration Inventory Project carried out under the direction of Lee Botts, Senior Advisor to the Quality of Life Council. As of September 2006, the project identified 166 sites where of restoration of natural areas was being carried out in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties of Indiana.
 
Funding for the project was provided by a grant from the Center for Regional Excellence at Indiana University Northwest.  Spencer Cortwright was the faculty sponsor. Cele Morris determined the Global Positioning System (GPS) site locations under the direction of Tim Sutherland, director of the Library Data Center.  Sandra Wilmore and Julia Plumb assisted with the mail survey that was the principal source of information.
 
Above are links to the detailed results of the mail survey and the printed report for the project, as well as the cosponsors and the restoration sites associated with the numbered map.  The map was produced by staff of the Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission and designed by Stephen Holcomb and Alison Scribailo.

The Restoration Inventory is an ongoing effort.  If you know of any additional restoration sites please contact Lee Botts at leebotts@sbcglobal.net.

 Map with Restoration Sites Image


Restoration List

*Listed on the above map
** Unnumbered on the above map (due to space limitations)

To download the latitude and longititude coordinates of the mapped items (* or **) click here.
To download the following full inventory list click
here.

Full Inventory of Restoration Projects (as of December 2006)

Lake
Porter  
LaPorte

 

Project Sponsor

LAKE COUNTY

1.*           Cedar Lake Enhancement Association                   
2.             Cedar Lake Park Department                                  
3.*           Cedar Lake Park Department                                  
4.*           Cedar Lake Park Department                                  
5.             City of East Chicago                                              
6.             City of Hobart                                                        
7.             City of Lake Station                                                               
8.*           Crown Point Parks and Recreation Department      
9.*           IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
10.**       IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                        
11.*         IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
12.*         IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
13.**       IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
14.           IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
15.**       IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
16.**       IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
17.**       IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                        
18.**       IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
19.           IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
20.*         IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
21.           IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                       
22.*         Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
23.*         Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
24.*         Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                                     
25.*         Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
26.*         Indiana Dunes State Park, Division of Nature Preserves          
27.*         Indiana Dunes State Park, Division of Nature Preserves          
28.*         Indiana University Northwest, Biology Department
29.*         J.F. New                                                                  
30.*         J.F. New                                                                  
31.*         J.F. New                                                                  
32.*         J.F. New                                                                  
33.*         J.F. New                                                                  
34.*         J.F. New                                                                  
35.*         J.F. New                                                                  
36.*         J.F. New                                                                  
37.*         J.F. New                                                                  
38.*         J.F. New                                                                  
39.*         J.F. New                                                                  
40.*         J.F. New                                                                  
41.*         J.F. New                                                                  
42.           J.F. New                                                                  
43.           J.F. New                                                                  
44.*         J.F. New                                                                  
45.*         J.F. New                                                                  
46.*         J.F. New                                                                  
47.           J.F. New                                                                  
48.*         J.F. New                                                                  
49.**       J.F. New                                                                  
50.           Jerry Ross Elementary School                                 
51.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
52.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
53.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
54.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
55.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
56.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
57.           Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
58.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
59.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
60.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
61.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
62.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
63.*         Lake County Parks, Planning & Development Division          
64.           Little Calumet River Basin Commission                  
65.           Little Calumet River Basin Commission                  
66.           Little Calumet River Basin Commission                  
67.*         Lowell Parks Department                                       
68.           Merrillville Parks and Recreation Department        
69.*         Munster Parks and Recreation Department                             
70.**       NIPSCO                                                                  
71.           Nisource                                                                  
72.           Nisource                                                                 
73.*         Sandy O’Brien                                                         
74.*         Sandy O’Brien                                                         
75.           Save the Dunes Conservation Fund                          
76.           Save the Dunes Conservation Fund                          
77.           Save the Dunes Conservation Fund                          
78.*         Shirley Heinze Land Trust                                      
79.*         Shirley Heinze Land Trust                                       
80.*         Shirley Heinze Land Trust                                       
81.*         Shirley Heinze Land Trust                                       
82.*         Shirley Heinze Land Trust                                                   
83.*         The Nature Conservancy                                        
84.*         The Nature Conservancy                                        
85.*         The Nature Conservancy                                        
86.*         Town of Lowell                                                      
87.*         U.S. EPA Region 5                                                  
88.           U.S. Steel Corporation                                            
89.           U.S. Steel Corporation                                            
90.           U.S. Steel Corporation                                            
91.           U.S. Steel Corporation                                            
92.           U.S. Steel Corporation                                            
93.           U.S. Steel Corporation                                            
94.*         U.S. Steel Corporation                                            
95.*         United Citizens’ Association                                   
96.*         Waterfowl USA, NW IN Chapter                                        
97.           Wildlife Habitat Council                                          
98.           Wildlife Habitat Council                                          
99.           Wildlife Habitat Council/Gary Groundworks                            

PORTER COUNTY

100.*       Coffee Creek Watershed Conservancy                    
101.*       Coffee Creek Watershed Conservancy                    
102.         Friends of the Indiana Dunes                                   
103.**     Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
104.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
105.**     Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
106.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
107.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
108.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
109.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
110.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
111.**     Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
112.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
113.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
114.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
115.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
116.**     Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
117.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
118.*       Indiana Dunes State Park                                        
119.*       Indiana Dunes State Park, Division of Nature Preserves          
120.*       J.F. New                                                                  
121.*       J.F. New                                                                  
122.*       J.F. New                                                                  
123.*       J.F. New                                                                  
124.*       J.F. New                                                                  
125.         J.F. New                                                                  
126.*       J.F. New                                                                  
127.*       J.F. New                                                                  
128.**     J.F. New                                                                  
129.*       J.F. New/U.S. Steel Corporation                                              
130.*       Kankakee River Basin Commission                         
131.*       Portage Parks                                                         
132.*       Portage Parks                                                         
133.*       Portage Parks                                                         
134.*       Portage Parks                                                         
135.*       Portage Parks                                                         
136.         Porter County Parks Department                                           
137.*       Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary                                  
138.*       Shirley Heinze Land Trust                                       
139.*       Shorewood Forest Poperty Owners’ Association     
140.*       Taltree Arboretum and Gardens                                               
141.*       Taltree Arboretum and Gardens                                               
142.*       Taltree Arboretum and Gardens                                               
143.*       Town of Dune Acres                                                               
144.         Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Watershed Group, Inc.   
145.*       Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Watershed Group, Inc.    
146.*       Valparaiso Parks and Recreation Department          
147.*       Valparaiso Parks and Recreation Department          
148.*       Waterfowl USA, NW IN Chapter                                        

LAPORTE COUNTY

149.         City of Michigan City                         
150.*       IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                         
151.         IDNR Division of Nature Preserves                         
152.         Indiana Department of Natural Resources                               
153.*       Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore                          
154.*       Indiana Dunes State Park, Division of Nature Preserves          
155.*       Indiana Dunes State Park, Division of Nature Preserves          
156.*       International Friendship Gardens                                             
157.*       J.F. New                                                                  
158.*       J.F. New                                                                  
159.*       J.F. New                                                                  
160.*       LaPorte County Conservation Trust                       
161.*       LaPorte County Conservation Trust                       
162.*       LaPorte County Parks Department                         
163.*       LaPorte Park and Recreation Department                              
164.*       Sanitary District of Michigan City                          
165.*       Save the Dunes Conservation Fund                          
166.         Save the Dunes Conservation Fund                          
167.*       Shirley Heinze Land Trust                                       
168.*       The Nature Conservancy                                        
169.*       The Nature Conservancy                                         

 

Project Name

 

Aqua Ecosystem Restoration Project
Bike/Hike Trail
Utopia Park
Winding Creek
East Chicago Beach Front Restoration Project
Fred Rose Park Shoreline Natural Area Restoration and Stabilization
Grand Boulevard Lake Restoration and Enhancement
Sauerman Woods Pond Restoration
Bongi 3
Bongi Buckthorn Wick
Bongi Cattail
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Biesecker Prairie
Hoosier Prairie - Block 1 Brush Reduction
Hoosier Prairie - Block 11 and Gaylord Butterfly Track Buckthorn Removal
Hoosier Prairie - Block 2 Populus Species Reduction
Hoosier Prairie - Block 7 Black Oak Reduction
Hoosier Prairie - Blocks 3,4 Woody Plant Reduction              
Hoosier Prairie - Blocks 5,6 Black Oak Reduction
Hoosier Prairie - Blocks 5,6 Wetland Woody Plant Reduction
Hoosier Prairie - Blocks 9,10 Wetland Woody Plant Reduction
Hoosier Prairie - Block 3 Woody Plant Reduction
Hobart Prairie Grove
Marquette Trail
Miller Woods
Tolleston Dunes
Liverpool
McCloskey Savanna
Little Calumet River Prairie & Wetlands
8400 Centre Mitigation
Barrington Ridge Mitigation
Burr Street Bridge Mitigation
Cypress Equities Mitigation
Deer Park Mitigation
Deerfield Center Mitigation
Double Tree Lake Estates Mitigation
Ellendale Farm Mitigation
Grand Calumet River Dredging Mitigation
Heritage Estates Mitigation
Lake Central High School Mitigation
Lake Station Bank Mitigation Monitoring
Laurelwood Mitigation
Lincolnshire Mitigation
Magnetics International Mitigation
Merrillville Car Care Center Mitigation
Schepel Buick Mitigation
Sterling House Mitigation
Summerwood Apartments Mitigation
Town of Munster Mitigation
U.S. Cable Mitigation
Jerry Ross Elementary Natural Habitat Restoration Project
Beaver Dam Wetland, Prairie, and Savanna Restoration
Cedar Lake Marsh Restoration Project
Chase Street Savanna Restoration Project
Erie Lackawanna Trail Restoration Project
Gibson Woods Nature Preserve Restoration Project
Grand Kankakee Marsh County Park Restoration Project
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Singleton Trust
Lake Etta Restoration Project
Oak Ridge Prairie Restoration Project
Oak Savannah Trail Restoration Project
Tolleston Ridges (SHELL) Restoration
Turkey Creek Corridor Restoration Project
Whihala Beach Restoration Project
Little Calumet River Flood Control Project: Black Oak Wetland
Little Calumet River Flood Control Project: Chase Street Wetlands
Little Calumet River Flood Control Project: Hobart Heritage Prairie Parcels
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Bonnie Lake
Pruzin Park Habitat Restoration and Education
Heritage Park Oakwood Restoration
NIPSCO Row
Lake Station Mitigation Bank
Natural Habitat Right-of-Way Management Partnership in Northwest Indiana
Fred Rose City Park
Stewart Mattix Prairie
Grand Calumet River Lagoons Erosion Control Demonstration
Marquette Park Foredune Restoration
Prairie #22
Bur Oak Woods
Cressmoor Prairie State Nature Preserve
Ivanhoe South
Seidner Dune & Swale State Nature Preserve
Spangler Fen
Beemsterboer Natural Area
Dupont Natural Area
Ivanhoe Dune & Swale Nature Preserve
The Lowell Public Library Arbors
Calumet Container Superfund Site
Bobby Douglas Site
City of Gary Site
Gary School Site
Grand Calumet River Oxbow Site
Grand Calumet River Remediation
U.S. Steel 32-acre parcel
U.S. Steel Wildlife Habitat Area
George Lake Greenway Trail
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Sporre Marsh
ExxonMobil Classified Wildlife Habitat
U.S. Gypsum East Chicago Shoreline Restoration
Ivanhoe Elementary School Oak Savanna

 

Coffee Creek Watershed Restoration
Shooter Ditch Restoration
Marram Grass Planting
Burns Ditch
Calumet Dune
Cowles Bog
Cowles Dunes
Dune Ridge Trail
Furnessville
Great Marsh
Heron Rookery
Howes Prairie-Lupine Lane
Inland Marsh
Kansas Avenue
Kintzele
Mnoke Prairie
West Beach
West Beach Pannes
Dunes Creek Daylighting
Moraine
Aberdeen Golf Course Mitigation
Coffee Creek Mitigation Monitoring
Enbridge/NGR/Vector Pipeline - Marshall Mitigation
Indian Oaks Inn Mitigation
Keystone Commons Mitigation
Peterson Ditch Mitigation
Sand Creek Mitigation
Utility Row Monitoring adjacent to Hoosier Prairie
West Point Industrial Park Mitigation Monitoring
Salt Creek Mitigation
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: River’s Edge
Brennan Woods Preserve Restoration Project
Little Calumet River Public Access and Restoration Project
Portage Lakefront Park Native Habitat Restoration Project
Samuelson Fen and Salt Creek Corridor Restoration Project
Woodland Park Oak Savanna Restoration Project
Sunset Hill Farm County Park Preservation
Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary 
John Merle Coulter State Nature Preserve
Roxbury Ravine
1996-1998 Tall Grass Prairie Planting
2000 Tall Grass Prairie Planting
Savanna Wetland
Dunes Acres Natural Areas
Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife at Long Lake
Native Vegetation as Method of Controlling Canadian Geese  
Forest floor restoration - Forest park picnic area
Indiana forest/prairie project
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration group: Jerry Allen Marsh



Restoration on Trail Creek at Springland Ave.  
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Fish Lake Wetland Conservation
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Kankakee Fish & Wildlife Area    
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Lawrence Property
Pinhook Bog
Springfield Fen
Thompson Bog
Restoration of Pond Shoreline Wetland and Wildlife Habitat
Cleveland Road Mitigation
Hansen Park
Lowe’s Michigan City Mitigation
Ridgway Wetlands
Wintergreen Woods
Little Calumet River Headwaters Restoration Feasibility Study
Soldiers Memorial Park
Striebel Pond, Michigan City
Sebert Forks Reforestation
Purple Loosestrife Control with Beetles (multiple counties)
Ambler Flatwoods
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Fish Creek Fen
Grand Kankakee Marsh Restoration Group: Yellow Birch Wetlands