Shifting Sands: The Restoration of the Calumet Area By Kenneth J. Schoon Hardcover 0253022959 9780253022950 Shifting Sands: The Restoration of the Calumet Area The location of one of the most diverse national parks in the United States, Northwest Indianas Calumet area is home to what was at one time widely known as the most polluted river in the entire country. Calumets advantageous location at the southern tip of Lake Michigan encouraged broadscale conversion of Indiana wilderness into an industrial base that once included the worlds largest steel mill, largest cement works, and largest oil refinery. Thousands of tons of hazardous waste were dumped in and around the rivers with no thought for how it would affect the regions water, land, and air. However, a remarkable change of attitude has resulted in the rejuvenation of an area once rich in natural diversity and the creation of a National Park that brings in than two million visitors a year, contains beautiful greenways and blueways, and provides safe recreation for nearby residents. A community wide effort, the cleanup of this area is nothing short of remarkable. In this Indiana bicentennial book, Ken Schoon introduces the reader to the Calumet areas unique history and the residents who banded together to save it.
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With Shifting Sands The Restoration of the Calumet Area author Ken Schoon provides a comprehensive overview of the development degradation and restoration of the dunes environment along the southern tip of Lake Michigan This region embraces the northern halves of the Indiana counties of Lake Porter and LaPorte. Shifting sands lyrics Shifting Sands is composed of 16 chapters broken into two parts Part one covers the use of land and natural resources along the Lake Michigan shoreline while part two details the various restoration organizations and activities that have taken place to restore those natural resources Each chapter is well illustrated and includes endnotes. Book Shifting sands While the book does not go into any great depth on the particular topics covered which is not the book s objective it does provide a very wide range of topics focused on the Indiana dunes environment that tie together quite well The chapter endnotes and bibliography provide the reader with additional material many of which go into great depth Well written and researched individuals will enjoy this book especially those individuals that are familiar with Northwest Indiana Hardcover
The location of one of the most diverse national parks in the United States Northwest Indiana s Calumet area is home to what was at one time widely known as the most polluted river in the entire country Calumet s advantageous location at the southern tip of Lake Michigan encouraged broadscale conversion of Indiana wilderness into an industrial base that once included the world s largest steel mill largest cement works and largest oil refinery Thousands of tons of hazardous waste were dumped in and around the rivers with no thought for how it would affect the region s water land and air However a remarkable change of attitude has resulted in the rejuvenation of an area once rich in natural diversity and the creation of a National Park that brings in than two million visitors a year contains beautiful greenways and blueways and provides safe recreation for nearby residents A community wide effort the cleanup of this area is nothing short of remarkable In this Indiana bicentennial book Ken Schoon introduces the reader to the Calumet area s unique history and the residents who banded together to save it Shifting Sands The Restoration of the Calumet Area
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