NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

National Coastal Resilience Fund

Project Title: Community-Driven Assessment and Design for Wetland Restoration in Little Calumet (IN)

Organization:

The Wetlands Initiative

Project ID:

0318.24.079955

Award Amount:

$269012.27

Location:

A 777-acre contiguous parcel located within a roughly 2,000-acre floodplain corridor along the West Branch of the Little Calumet River in Northwest Indiana. The floodplain corridor stretches approximately 10 miles between the cities of Hammond and Gary in Lake County, Indiana.