Indiana Dunes State Park

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.

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.

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.

Curious Mix contributor Leigh DeNoon takes us to the rare natural habitat called dune and swale, found in Northern Indiana.

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.

Indiana lawmakers have proposed making the lakeshore a National Park for years.

The national lakeshore was established in 1966 and now includes about 15,000 acres at the southern end of Lake Michigan.

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.

Like other national parks around the country, the government shutdown has impacted Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in northwest Indiana.

National Park Service acting director P. Daniel Smith says the administration wants to limit that designation to certain types of sites.