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Save the Dunes and Partners
Awarded Force of Nature Award

Several members of CLCP attended the Celebration of Conservation event to accept the Force of Nature Award. Pictured from left to right, Betsy Maher, Save the Dunes; Eric Bird, Shirley Heinze Land Trust, Michelle Uting, Forest Preserves of Cook County (award presenter); Daniel Suarez, Audubon Great Lakes; Mark Bouman, Ph.D., The Field Museum; Paul Potts, The Wetlands Initiative; Tim Koenning, National Parks Conservation Association. Photo courtesy of Chicago Wilderness Alliance

Save the Dunes and ten partner organizations from Indiana and Illinois, together called the Calumet Land Conservation Partnership (CLCP), were honored to receive a Force of Nature Award from the Chicago Wilderness Alliance during their January 17 Celebration of Conservation event at the Morton Arboretum.

A force of nature brings novel approaches, big ideas, extraordinary collaborations, and bold leadership to their cause. Nominated by their peers, the Force of Nature Award winners share a passion for the environment and a determination to improve their communities. The Alliance bestows Force of Nature Awards every two years.

Save the Dunes and the CLCP group were nominated for their Conservation Action Planning in the Calumet Region project, which is a collaborative approach for protecting nature in the bi-state region. CLCP partners produced a series of coordinated Conservation Action Plans (CAPs) to identify conservation targets, threats, and strategies to meet emerging opportunities. Last year, CLCP released the “Conservation Action Planning in the Calumet Region” report that integrates the CAPs developed in previous years into a collective framework.

Download the CAP Alignment Report

The plans provide a roadmap for how people in the 21st century can work together to face the challenges and meet the opportunities these special places face. Partners representing diverse perspectives are able to make tremendous progress when working in collaboration toward shared conservation goals.

CLCP partners include Save the Dunes, Shirley Heinze Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, National Parks Conservation Association, Audubon Great Lakes, Openlands, Metropolitan Planning Council, The Wetlands Initiative, The Field Museum, and the Northwest Indiana Urban Waters Federal Partnership.

The Force of Nature Award, presented by The Chicago Wilderness Alliance to Save the Dunes and ten other conservation partners for their project: Conservation Action Planning in the Calumet Region

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