Study: Dunes visitors help NW Ind. communities

Mar. 1, 2012
A National Park Service report says visitors to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore along Lake Michigan spent more than $63 million in nearby communities during 2010, helping support more than 650 jobs.Park Superintendent Constantine Dillon tells the Post-Tribune of Merrillville that surve

New shoreline trail coming to Lake Michigan

Jun. 3, 2011
Lake Michigan soon will be home to a new 75 mile shoreline recreational water trail, according to the U.S Department of the Interior.The Department formally announced the creation of the first leg of the Lake Michigan Water Trail during a press conference on Thursday.

Some Indiana Dunes houses stay, others have to go

Oct. 22, 2010
Nestled among its unique collection of plants and wildlife, the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Northwest Indiana also features some very unique homes.  Like the nature they're surrounded by, these unique houses have been preserved for the public to see, but their pre