NIRMI works closely with a network of restoration-minded organizations and regional academic institutions situated in the south-shore coastal region of Lake Michigan.

Current Collaborators
Army Corps of Engineers
Calumet College of St. Joseph
Calumet Stewardship Initiative
Chicago Park District
City of Gary Department of Green Urbanism
Indiana Division of Nature Preserves
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana University Northwest
GLISTEN, Calumet Cluster
Lake County Parks
The Nature Conservancy
Portage Parks and Recreation
Purdue University Calumet
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund
The Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Town of Munster Parks and Recreation
Valparaiso University
Wildlife Habitat Council

Specific site and plot selections are made in collaboration with site managers.