Northwest Indiana
Chapter's
Awards &
Accomplishments
Goals
•
Protect local
wetland habitat.
• Restore drained wetlands.
• Educate the public on the importance of wetlands and habitat
areas
• Provide controlled hunting opportunities on selected properties.
• Contribute to the purchase of greenspaces for wildlife protection
Accomplishments
-
$10,000 donation
for wetland
restoration at
the Leopold
Wetlands
Conservation
Area, Waupun,
WI.
-
Committee member
Indiana Grand
Kankakee
Restoration
Program group.
-
Owns and manages
three (3)
waterfowl
habitat
properties in
Northwest
Indiana totaling
400+ acres. They
are the Jerry
Allen Waterfowl
Management Unit,
the D. Thomas
Sporre Wildlife
Area, and the
Don & Mary
Roberts Wildlife
Area.
-
Recipient of
several annual
environmental
challenge grants
sponsored by
NiSource Inc.
-
Purchased and
planted over 81
acres of warm
season grasses;
10,000 hardwood
trees and
shrubs; and
4,000 Prairie
Cord and Canada
Blue Joint
grasses all
beneficial to
various forms of
wildlife.
-
Provide feed
acreage over
winter to
sustain
wildlife.
-
Constructed and
placed numerous
goose nesting
platforms, wire
mallard tunnel
nests, and
woodduck boxes
on owned and
private
properties for
waterfowl
propagation.
-
Waterfowl U.S.A.
Top Gun
recipient since
inception for
the most
successful
chapter in
accomplishments,
habitat
projects, and
fundraising.
-
Contributor to
funding of state
representation
at Mississippi
Flyway Council
meeting and GPS
equipment for
Waterfowl Survey
Counts.
-
Supporter of
Youth Hunt
Programs.
Member Benefits
• Hands on
participation in
wetland conservation
projects.
• Access to and use of Chapter owned properties.
• Youth Hunting program in Jerry Allen Wildlife
Area
• Limited hunting privileges on Roberts Wildlife
Area property
