Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Program Project ...
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ProjECt DESCriPtion<br />
The DuPont Natural Area is a 184-acre site near the Gr<strong>and</strong><br />
Calumet River, east of an old manufacturing area that is<br />
owned by DuPont. The Indiana Department of Natural<br />
Resources owns a conservation easement on the site. Despite<br />
the industrial <strong>and</strong> residential development, remnant tracts<br />
have surprisingly high levels of biological diversity; the dune<br />
<strong>and</strong> swale habitat has 53 plant species that are endangered,<br />
threatened, or rare.<br />
To minimize the threats of contamination, fragmentation,<br />
fire suppression, <strong>and</strong> invasive species, the project will clear an<br />
invasive shrub, buckthorn, from the 32-acre floodplain forest.<br />
In addition, herbicide will be applied to several large areas to<br />
eradicate invasive reeds <strong>and</strong> cattails. Plots will be established<br />
to monitor specific populations of rare plants <strong>and</strong> endangered<br />
turtles.<br />
Short-term benefits include the elimination of invasive species’<br />
seed sources <strong>and</strong> the restoration of native species—including<br />
Funding<br />
DuPOnT RIDGE<br />
<strong>Ecosystem</strong> <strong>Restoration</strong><br />
Lake County, IN<br />
the state-listed Bl<strong>and</strong>ing’s turtle <strong>and</strong> the spotted turtle. In the<br />
long term, ecological effects of the healthy ecosystem will<br />
provide habitat for Indiana’s rarest species.<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 />
The construction contract is expected to be awarded in<br />
spring of 2011 using FY2010 <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> <strong>Restoration</strong><br />
Initiative (GLRI) funds. Continued GLRI funding would<br />
be used for construction management, <strong>and</strong> supervision <strong>and</strong><br />
administration of the project.<br />
Total Federal Nonfederal<br />
current working estimate $2,292,000 $1,490,000 $802,000<br />
funding to date * $745,000 *<br />
funds required to complete project * $745,000 *<br />
* No data was provided.<br />
DuPont ridge<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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