Workshops
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May 22nd and June 21st, 2007
SDCF planted the first rain garden at the Indiana Dunes State Park with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), the Porter County Master Gardeners, and other volunteers. Water from the roof of the IDNR-Lake Michigan Coastal Program (LMCP) office building is now directed to the rain garden. Joe Exl, Coastal Nonpoint Coordinator with IDNR-LMCP designed the garden. The rain garden provides an excellent opportunity to educate Indiana Dunes State Park visitors on ways they can help alleviate stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution.
A second rain garden was planted at the Dorothy Buell Memorial Porter County Visitor Center. After attending a workshop on rain gardens, more than fifty volunteers helped SDCF plant the rain garden, which collects runoff from the Visitor Center roof (read more. . .)
Developing and Planning Sustainable Communities September 15th, 2005
SDCF hosted a 
conference to share information and ideas about ways communities can be planned and built that are economically beneficial, improve quality of life, and protect natural resources and the environment. The conference, entitled Developing and Planning Sustainable Communities, was held September 15, 2005 at the Sand Creek Country Club in Chesterton, Indiana. It was planned and conducted as an important step in raising awareness, overcoming barriers, and promoting more sustainable approaches to growth and development. (read more. . .)
conference to share information and ideas about ways communities can be planned and built that are economically beneficial, improve quality of life, and protect natural resources and the environment. The conference, entitled Developing and Planning Sustainable Communities, was held September 15, 2005 at the Sand Creek Country Club in Chesterton, Indiana. It was planned and conducted as an important step in raising awareness, overcoming barriers, and promoting more sustainable approaches to growth and development. (read more. . .)
Developing a Framework for Managing the Salt Creek Watershed May 16th, 2006
On May 16, 2006 SDCF Fund hosted a conference to inform Salt Creek stakeholders about watershed management planning and implementation. The conference, entitled Watershed Based Planning: Developing a Framework for Managing the Salt Creek Watershed, was held at the Porter County Administration Center in Valparaiso, Indiana. It was planned and conducted as an important step in raising awareness, overcoming barriers, and forming a collaboration of diverse community members concerned with the Salt Creek Watershed. (read more. . .)
December 6th, 2006
The Stream in a Ditch Seminar and Tour was brought to Porter County by SDCF with funding from Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) and EPA Region 5. Lunch was generously provided by Williams Creek Consulting, DLZ, Incorporated, and Global Land Surveying, Incorporated. Other partners included Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Indiana Department of Natural Resources – Lake Michigan Coastal Program, Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors, Porter County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Town of Porter, and the Porter County Surveyor’s Office. (read more. . .)
