Water Quality

45 Stories for 45 Years: A Lifetime Spent Walking the Conservation Trail

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Valued partners of Shirley Heinze Land Trust, Kevin & Claudia Wood serve as part of the Volunteer Water Quality Program and as Preserve Stewards of Ambler Flatwoods. These two LaPorte County residents have contributed vital support to conservation efforts in northwestern Indiana. However, their lifelong dedication to the natural world started long before their time

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Protecting Our Streams: Why Water Quality Matters

Community Engagement, Volunteering, Water Quality /

Northwest Indiana is a highly industrialized region, and despite significant legislation and safeguards, industrial by-products such as heavy metals still sometimes manage to find their way into our local watersheds. These occurrences are rare, but establishing a water quality monitoring program is important for understanding the current health of our local watersheds, which are of

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