Articles tagged as: Indiana Dunes State Park
August 19, 2022
No lifeguards, no swimming at Indiana Dunes State Park beach
For the second time in three years, a lifeguard shortage has prompted Indiana Dunes State Park to ban swimming beginning Saturday and until further notice.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2022
Indiana Dunes' audio brochure helps blind experience park
For Deborah Armstrong, knowing that blue water fills the background of the the Indiana Dunes National Park brochure, is useless. Armstrong, who is blind, helped Indiana Dunes develop a new audio-described brochure, pushing the park to paint a vivid picture of the park.
Read MoreNovember 30, 2021
Indiana Dunes' Mount Baldy keeps slowly blowing inland
A towering sand dune at the Indiana Dunes National Park has kept up its inland creep, covering up an access road and threatening to bury a parking lot in the coming years.
Read MoreJune 5, 2019
Dune And Swale
Curious Mix contributor Leigh DeNoon takes us to the rare natural habitat called dune and swale, found in Northern Indiana.
Read MoreApril 26, 2019
Work Resumes On Private Indiana Dunes Park Pavilion Project
The private group aims to complete all work by May 2020 on the pavilion that's set among dunes on Lake Michigan's southern tip.
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2019
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Becomes Indiana's First National Park
Indiana lawmakers have proposed making the lakeshore a National Park for years.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2019
New National Park Push Being Made For Indiana Dunes
The national lakeshore was established in 1966 and now includes about 15,000 acres at the southern end of Lake Michigan.
Read MoreJanuary 7, 2019
Lawmaker Wants To Continue Indiana Dunes National Park Plan
The U.S. House approved proposal failed to advance from a Senate subcommittee and expired Thursday when the 2-year term of the 115th Congress ended.
Read MoreJanuary 4, 2019
Government Shutdown Impacts Indiana Dunes
Like other national parks around the country, the government shutdown has impacted Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in northwest Indiana.
Read MoreAugust 16, 2018
Park Service: Indiana Dunes Shouldn't Be A National Park
In a Senate subcommittee hearing Wednesday, National Park Service Acting Director P. Daniel Smith disagreed with plans to make Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore a national park.
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