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Indiana dunes preserve fades under industry and law
Indiana’s Hoosier Prairie stands as the last remnant of original prairie amid the industrial push toward Burns Harbor and Gary. The piece traces the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore fight, from early recreation drafts to 1960s expansion bills by Bayh Hartke and Roush, the Cape Cod leasing plan, and ongoing threats from subdivision, dredging, and a 9 acre dune leveling.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Kankakee Marshes
Hoosier Prairie
Indiana Dunes
America
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Chicago
Burns Harbor
Birch Bayh
Vance Hartke
J. Edward Roush
D-Ind
Beverly Shores
Lakeshore
Cape Cod
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Park Service
Park’Service
Stephen T. Mather
Michigan City
Save the Dunes Council
Dorothy Buell
Buell
Izaak Walton League
League
Thomas EF
Dustin
Paul Douglas
D-Iii
Sylvia Troy
West Branch
Miller Lagoons
U.S. Steel Corporation
Gary Works
Ogden Dunes
National Lakeshore
National Steel Corporation