Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Program Project ...
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CALUMET PRAIRIE & IVAnHOE SOUTH<br />
<strong>Ecosystem</strong> <strong>Restoration</strong><br />
Lake County, IN<br />
ProjECt DESCriPtion<br />
The Calumet Prairie is part of a nationally <strong>and</strong> regionally<br />
significant coastal ecosystem. The 141-acre, state-owned<br />
Calumet Prairie Nature Preserve is home to numerous<br />
endangered <strong>and</strong> threatened species of plants, animals, <strong>and</strong><br />
insects. Non-native species have invaded 85 acres of the park.<br />
Ivanhoe South is a 30-acre site in Gary, Indiana, where some<br />
invasive species are beginning to smother the endangered<br />
Karner blue butterfly habitat.<br />
The proposed work would involve physical <strong>and</strong> chemical<br />
removal of invasive <strong>and</strong> opportunistic plant species, <strong>and</strong><br />
recovery of native wet prairie seed bank, along with the<br />
reintroduction of fire. Native species would also be sown<br />
or plugged to prevent the return of the invasive species, <strong>and</strong><br />
restoration monitoring would minimize the adverse effects to<br />
non-targeted species <strong>and</strong> ensure permanent mortality to 90<br />
percent of targeted species.<br />
Short-term benefits include the elimination of invasive<br />
species seed sources, significant increase in the acres of<br />
wet s<strong>and</strong> prairie, <strong>and</strong> the restoration of space, water, <strong>and</strong><br />
Funding<br />
sunlight to native species, including numerous threatened<br />
<strong>and</strong> endangered species. In the long term, ecological effects<br />
of the healthy ecosystem will allow for habitation of many<br />
more populations of Indiana’s rarest species, in addition to<br />
compatible educational <strong>and</strong> recreational uses.<br />
nonfEDErAl PArtnEr<br />
Indiana Department of Natural Resources<br />
CongrESSionAl intErESt<br />
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)<br />
Senator Dan Coats (R-IN)<br />
Representative Peter Visclosky (D-IN-1)<br />
CUrrEnt StAtUS<br />
FY2010 <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> <strong>Restoration</strong> Initiative (GLRI) funds<br />
will be used to complete the planning <strong>and</strong> design analysis<br />
<strong>and</strong> initiate construction in the spring of 2011. FY2011<br />
GLRI funds would be used for construction management,<br />
supervision <strong>and</strong> administration, <strong>and</strong> a construction option for<br />
the project.<br />
Total Federal Nonfederal<br />
current working estimate $2,406,530 $1,564,245 $842,285<br />
funding to date * $808,118 *<br />
funds required to complete project * $756,127 *<br />
* No data was provided.<br />
calumet Prairie & ivanhoe south<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Manager:<br />
Kirston A. Buczak<br />
(312) 846-5552<br />
kirston.a.buczak@usace.army.mil<br />
<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> <strong>Fishery</strong> & <strong>Ecosystem</strong> <strong>Restoration</strong> (GLFER) <strong>Program</strong><br />
updated February 2011 www.glfer.org
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