2026 Northwest Indiana Regional Native Plant Sales
2026 Regional Northwest Indiana Native Plant Sales Incorporating native plants into your landscaping is an easy and rewarding way to increase biodiversity, improve ecosystem health, and support pollinators in Northwest Indiana. We are fortunate to have several native plant sales in our region each spring – some in person, and some online. This is the […]
Living in the Dunes, Volume 3: A New Landscaping Resource Focused on Birds
Living in the Dunes Volume 3 A New Landscaping Resource Focused on Birds Save the Dunes is excited to share the third volume in our Living in the Dunes native landscaping guide series: Living in the Dunes: A Homeowner’s Landscaping Guide for Bird Conservation in Indiana’s Coastal Communities. This latest installment turns the spotlight on […]
S.A.V.E. the Dunes: A Personal Vision from our Executive Director
S.A.V.E. the Dunes: Our Work Today, Our Vision Ahead A personal vision statement from our Executive Director In 2022, when Betsy Maher was navigating the application process for the role of Executive Director of Save the Dunes, she drafted a vision statement for how Save the Dunes, a 70+ year old legacy grassroots advocacy organization, […]
Advocacy Update: Ogden Dunes
Advocacy Update: Town of Ogden Dunes Abandons Plan to Build a Stone Revetment Along Lake Michigan’s Shoreline Press Release as of 12/04/2025 After nearly two years of hard-fought litigation brought by Save the Dunes, the Town of Ogden Dunes announced it has “abandoned [its] project” to build a massive stone revetment along the Lake Michigan […]
Save the Dunes Celebrates National Park Week!
Celebrating National Park Week Honoring the Legacy of Indiana Dunes National Park and Save the Dunes As we celebrate National Park Week from April 19–27, 2025, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the history of Indiana Dunes National Park and the special relationship Save the Dunes has shared with our national park for more […]
2025 Native Plant Sales
2025 Northwest Indiana Native Plant Sales Incorporating native plants into your landscaping is an easy and rewarding way to increase biodiversity, improve ecosystem health, and support pollinators in Northwest Indiana. We are fortunate to have several native plant sales in our region each spring – some in person, and some online. This is the perfect […]
New Projects Kicking Off in 2025
New Projects Kicking Off in 2025 2024 was another great year of strengthening regional partnerships, and sowing seeds for future success. We are excited to share two big projects that we will be working on beginning in 2025 that will impact regional conservation efforts well into the future! Image Courtesy of Shirley Heinze Land Trust […]
Chicago Wilderness Congress & Bus Tour Recap
Chicago Wilderness Congress & Regional Bus Tour The Chicago Wilderness Alliance is a regional collaborative of hundreds of partner organizations and individuals working to implement landscape-scale approaches to conservation in and around the southern shores of Lake Michigan including members from Southeast Wisconsin, Northeast Illinois, Northwest Indiana, and Southwest Michigan. Chicago Wilderness holds a conference […]
State-Federal Commitment Will Solve Erosion Crisis at Indiana Dunes
Save the Dunes welcomes partner and guest writer, Tim Koenning of National Park Conservation Association NPCA continues to urge state and federal authorities to finish studying beach erosion at Indiana Dunes National Park and take action toward sustainable, long-term solutions. Known as the “Crossroads of America,” Northwest Indiana has long been a region where things […]
Favorite Spaces in Outdoor Places
Favorite Spaces in Outdoor Places Our summer intern, Isabel, who joined Save the Dunes in part of the McKinney Climate Fellowship, had never been explored the Indiana Dunes! Over her 12 weeks on staff, she made it her mission to experience as much of the glorious bio-diversity our region has to offer. Below is her […]
