Park Neighbors are Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore first line of stewardship.

 

I. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s neighbors make choices in their everyday life that:

·         Preserve the natural resources found in the park by enjoying the park in a resource friendly manner.

·         Protect the native plant species found in the park by choosing natural landscaping alternatives and actively fighting the invasion of non-native plant species in their own yards.

·         Utilize community resources to reduce their own contribution to the waste stream.

           

II. Meet the people in our neighborhood:

Welcome to our park neighborhood. In future issues of this website, we would like to display the efforts of our neighbors. Could we feature your efforts? What can you do?

-          Take a before and after photo of how you made your yard more wildlife friendly with native plants or a water source

-          Take a before and after photo of your yard with and with out those nasty invasive plants like Fragmities or garlic mustard

-          Tell us about how much you reduced your waste by recycling

-          Other ideas? Submit any ideas to e-mail us

Thanks for being a good neighbor!

 

III. Need some suggestions on native plant landscaping? Check out http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/

 

IV. Kids Corner

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           Kaylee a fourth grader makes the following suggestions:

Recycling and reusing can be fun. If you are really bored, you can look around the house and find new ways to use old things. 

You can look through the refrigerator and see what containers can be recycled. If you do not know how to recycle, ask your parents for the information on recycling that came with their trash pick-up information. Of if they do not have it, go to the library and research recycling.

You can also recycle stuff from nature. Take a pine cone from the ground, coat it in peanut butter and then cover it with seeds. The birds will reuse the pine cone as a bird feeder.

 

Would you like to make a suggestion on how kids can help? Please ask your parents if it is OK and then e-mail e-mail us, or send Lynda Lancaster a letter at 1100 N. Mineral Springs Road, Porter, IN 46304.