Calumet

The students, faculty, and community partners of the Northwest Indiana Collaborative Cluster participated in a summer workshop hosted by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) to restore Cowles Bog in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (IDNL). The workshop, which was held in June at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshr’s Dunes Learning Center, included presentations by experts in conservation, policy, and advocacy who emphasized the critical role that public lands play in the preservation and restoration of degraded wetlands and ecosystems (by catherine). GLISTEN students planted native species alongside IDNL staff, members of the Student Conservation Association, and students from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This “hands on” experience was the perfect way to connect the GLISTEN Cluster with the unique natural resources that exist on the southern shores of the Lake Michigan watershed.

Faculty

Indiana University Northwest

Dr. Peter Avis

pavis@iun.edu

Dr. Erin Argyilan

eargyila@iun.edu

Ivy Tech CC of Indiana

Louis Fadel

lfadel@ivytech.edu

Dr. Laura Rosillo

lrosillo@ivytech.edu

Karen Dunbar