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 […]
Statement on the Recent BP Settlement
BP Refinery located in Whiting, IN Statement on the Recent BP Settlement On May 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement aimed at reducing hazardous air emissions at the BP Whiting Refinery. This is a monumental settlement and major victory for the health and vitality of the […]
Action Alert for Wetland Protection
Action Alert Contact your State Representative to oppose SB 414 We need your help to protect Indiana’s wetlands! A surprise amendment aimed at further reducing protection of wetlands in Indiana was added to State Senate Bill 414 this week on Wednesday, March 22nd. This language redefines how wetlands are classified, making it easier to destroy this […]
Farewell 2022!
This year Save the Dunes celebrated 70 years of advocating for and defending the Indiana dunes and surrounding natural areas! From leading interactive hikes, to hosting free family friendly events, here are a few of our proudest accomplishments from 2022: We welcomed a new Executive Director as well as a new Advocacy Coordinator and a […]
2022 Dorothy Buell Youth Environmental Award Winners
2022 Dorothy Buell Youth Environmental Award Winners Barker Middle & Krueger Middle School Students The 7th and 8th graders at Barker and Krueger Middle Schools, under the guidance of their Language Arts and Environmental Science teachers, for “Better World Day” chose to take on recycling in the Michigan City (MC) Parks. They selected collaborating with […]
2022 Paul H. Douglas Memorial Award Winner
2022 Paul H. Douglas Memorial Award Winner Paul Labovitz Paul Labovitz and his larger-than-life personality came to us when the Indiana Dunes needed him the most. Both internal and external relationships under the previous superintendent were strained at best. Some of our surrounding communities had little connection to their federal neighbor and others eyed the […]
Take Our Survey on Coastal Perceptions in the Dunes
Save the Dunes & Partners Launch New Project on Coastal Perceptions in the Dunes Save the Dunes, Indiana University-Bloomington, and Michigan State University have recently launched a new project focused on evaluating Coastal Perceptions of Natural Resources in the Indiana Dunes. As part of this project, we are conducting a survey that is intended to […]
