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Map showing the two project sites in the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal and Grand Calumet River

EPA and Partners Announce more than $200 Million to Clean Up Grand Calumet River Area of Concern

The project will remove over 240,000 cubic yards of contaminated canal and river bottom sediment and remediate over 100 acres of sediment at two sites in the AOC.

January 26, 2026

AOCs

Indiana

Remediation

Restoration

Powderhorn Lake shoreline. (Credit: Audubon Great Lakes)

Habitat restoration complete at Powderhorn Lake near Illinois/Indiana Border

A three-year restoration project at Powderhorn Lake has restored more than 100 acres of wetland habitat and reestablished fish passage to Lake Michigan.

January 12, 2024

Habitats and Species

Illinois

Indiana

Restoration

Collage of three images the first long image on the left is Penn High School teacher John Gensic holding the Hydrolab. The top right image is a group of students wading through a local water body The third right bottom is a student using the hydrolab. and his students deploy the Hydrolab during a field trip to a local water body to collect water quality data. (Credit: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant)

Using the Hydrolab, student scientists study their own environment

Indiana biology teacher keeps his Penn High School students actively engaged as scientists by equipping them with professional monitoring equipment to study their local water way.

November 9, 2023

Foundations for Future Restoration Actions

Indiana