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.
