Each year, Save the Dunes recruits and trains local community members and environmental professionals to represent Indiana on Great Lakes Day. This year, nine advocates from Indiana traveled to Washington D.C. to urge members of Congress to maintain federal support… Read More
Save the Dunes Partners with South Shore Line on Plant Rescue
This week, Save the Dunes and the South Shore Line partnered with NIPSCO, National Park Service, National Parks Conservation Association, and Shirley Heinze Land Trust to plant 400 plugs of rare or ecologically significant plant species within Cowles Bog. This… Read More
US Steel Consent Decree Public Comment Tools
Tell the Department of Justice Additional Measures are Needed to Protect Lake Michigan In April 2017, U.S. Steel’s Midwest Plant Facility in Portage, IN reported a discharge of process wastewater containing hexavalent chromium into the Burns Waterway, 500 yards from… Read More
Coalition: Budget a Victory for People, Great Lakes
Coalition: Budget a Victory for People, Great Lakes As a proud member of the Healing Our Waters Coalition, Save the Dunes is proud to share the following on the coalition’s behalf. ANN ARBOR, MICH. (March 23, 2018)—The U.S. House and… Read More
Save the Dunes Prevails in Lawsuit – Public Trust Doctrine Remains Protected in Indiana!
Save the Dunes and Alliance for the Great Lakes, along with the State of Indiana and Long Beach Community Alliance, have prevailed in landmark litigation that attempted, but failed, to abolish the public trust doctrine on Indiana’s portion of the Lake Michigan… Read More