NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Chi-Cal Rivers Fund
Project Title: Expanding Native Planting and Improving Wetlands in the West Branch of Little Calumet River (IN)
Organization:
The Wetlands Initiative
Project ID:
2005.24.081796
Description:

Expand native planting and invasive management efforts in the west branch of the Little Calumet River floodplain to benefit rare marsh birds and improve urban flood control. Project will restore 188 acres with invasive species control and reestablish native wetland plant communities across over 400 acres.

Award Amount:
$399227.57
Location:
Northwest Indiana