Get Ready #GivingTuesday is around the corner!
This Giving Tuesday, your donation supports our mission at Save the Dunes! Help us meet our goal of raising $10,000 to support our mission! THANK YOU to our generous matching sponsors who will double the impact of every gift up to $7,500 – Mark J. Mihalo D.D.S. Family Dentistry; CLH, CPA’s & Consultants; and Nancy Moldenhauer […]
November Art Events
Join Save the Dunes for two exciting events featuring local artists! We’re so excited to announce our community engagement programming for November 2023, with two events bringing regional artists to center stage. First we welcome artist Lindsay Olsen, along side The Wetlands Initiative, for the November broadcast of Northwest Indiana Green Drinks! All around the […]
2023 Monarch Music Fest Success!
2023 Monarch Music Fest Success! Our annual fall fundraiser ~ Monarch Music Fest ~ was held on September 9th, 2023 at the beautiful Brewery Lodge and Supper Club, and it was a fantastic success! We couldn’t have asked for a better day to enjoy some tunes and good eats, all to support our mission of […]
Let’s Go Paddle! East Branch of the Little Calumet River
Paddling the East Branch of the Little Calumet River Starts Here! Welcome to our resource for getting out on the East Branch of the Little Calumet River. With significant stretches in both Indiana and Illinois, the Little Calumet River has helped link cities and towns throughout the Chicago region for centuries. The East Branch of the […]
Save the Dunes Embarks on Plastic Recycling Project
NexTrex Bench Recycling Project Starting September 1st, Save the Dunes is engaging in an exciting new recycling program. We will be collecting plastic bags and other soft plastic films at three donation locations, if we meet our goal of keeping 1000lbs of plastic waste out of landfills and out of nature, we will receive a […]
Industry & Conservation
NIPSCO corporate Volunteer day at Indiana Dunes National Park When conservation and industry work together, great things can happen! Save the Dunes organized a volunteer day at Chellberg Farm in the Indiana Dunes National Park for NIPSCO, where participants worked on removing invasive species! Nipsco is a mission level sponsor of Save the Dune, along […]
Save the Dunes’ Board President Awarded Environmental Award
Save the Dunes’ Board President Awarded Environmental Award Save the Dunes Board President, Nancy Moldenhauer, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Jana Nona Environmental Stewardship Award from the Unity Foundation! This award was created to honor the spirit, tenacity, and zeal of Jan Nona, an ordinary citizen who was inspired to act on […]
Save The Dunes-Working Toward Conservation Then & Now
Save the Dunes tours Cleveland Cliffs
Last month we had the chance to tour the facilities at the Cleveland-Cliff’s Burns Harbor Steel Mill in Northwest Indiana. As a non-profit environmental advocacy organization, transparency and connection with industry is an important element to the successful partnerships at Save the Dunes. We asked each of our staff, plus our Board President, to give […]
Save the Dunes Challenges State for Violating the Public Trust
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 20, 2023 Media Contact: Betsy Maher 219-879-3564 ext. 122 betsy@savedunes.org Save the Dunes Challenges State Approval of an Armor Stone Revetment Along the Lake Michigan Shoreline for Violating the Public Trust (Ogden Dunes, IN)- Save the Dunes filed an administrative appeal on Monday with the Indiana Natural Resources Commission. The […]
