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Swimming Advisory for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
There is a swimming advisory for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore due to an unknown substance found floating in the waters on June 17.
GLREC Partnerships
U.S.G.S. scientist conducts presentation for teachers at Indiana Dunes State Park photo by Wendy Smith 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. 
Volunteers learn protocol for U.S.G.S. purple loosestrife monitoring project. photo by Wendy Smith 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://www.nature.nps.gov/im/units/GLKN/ COSEE - Great Lakes
Staff from the Alliance for the Great Lakes shows teachers how to conduct a water quality monitoring test for E.coli. photo by Wendy Smith 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?
Cowles Bog is not a true bog but rather a fen because it has an underground water source. This water source has contact with limestone bedrock, making the fen’s water slightly alkaline. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is restoring a portion of this fen.