GLREC Partnerships
photo by Wendy Smith U.S.G.S. scientist conducts presentation for teachers at Indiana Dunes State Park The Great Lakes Research and Education Center establishes public-private partnerships that involve a wide range of individuals, organizations, and agencies. Collaboration with other research and education partners assures that the most effective and rigorous science is communicated to the public. The GLREC promotes transfer of scientific information to park managers and the public to enhance the preservation and protection of natural and cultural resources in the network parks. 
photo by Wendy Smith Volunteers learn protocol for U.S.G.S. purple loosestrife monitoring project. Federal Partners: U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network http://nature.nps.gov/im/units/GLKN/ COSEE - Great Lakes
photo by Wendy Smith Staff from the Alliance for the Great Lakes shows teachers how to conduct a water quality monitoring test for E.coli. Nonprofit partners: A large number of nonprofit partners collaborate with individual network parks and the GLREC. These include but are not limited to: Alliance for the Great Lakes http://www.greatlakes.org Dunes Learning Center http://www.duneslearningcenter.org Isle Royale Institute http://iri.mtu.edu/index.htm Save the Dunes http://www.savedunes.org Shedd Aquarium http://www.sheddaquarium.org
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Did You Know?
Poet Carl Sandburg and Artist Frank Dudley were inspired by the dunes. Today, through the park's Artist-in-Residence program, artists come to the dunes to create and share their work.