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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

An Archeological Overview and Assessment of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana, Dawn Bringelson, Jay T. Sturdevant,
Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, 2007 (3.72 MB)

An Ethnobotany of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: A Baseline Study Emphasizing Plant Relationships of The Miami and Potawatomi Peoples (Volume 1), Rebecca S. Toupal, University of Arizona, November 2006 (26.07 MB)

An Ethnobotany of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: A Baseline Study Emphasizing Plant Relationships of The Miami and Potawatomi Peoples (Volume 2), Rebecca S. Toupal, University of Arizona,  November 2006 (1.98 MB)

Between Land and Lake: Michigan’s Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands, Dennis A. Albert, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, June 2000

(9.38 MB)

Borne Of The Wind: An Introduction To The Ecology Of Michigan’s Sand Dunes, Dennis A. Albert, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, December 2003 (2.49 MB)

Coastal Change-Potential Assessment of Sleeping Bear Dunes, Indiana Dunes, & Apostle Islands National Lakeshores to Lake-Level Changes, US Geological Survey, 2005  (2.99 MB)

Developing Rare and Exotic Plant Geographic Information System Databases for Indiana Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, USGS, September 2005  (3.46 MB)

Distribution and Characterization of E Coli Within the Dunes Creek Watershed Indiana Dunes State Park, USGS, 2002  (3.21 MB)

Environmental Assessment of the Michigan Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan and Incidental Take Permit (Draft), Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 2007  (737 KB)

Flora Of The Indiana Dunes: A Handbook of the Floweing Plants and Ferns of the Lake Michigan Coast of Indiana and of the Calumet District, Donald Culross Peattie, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1930  (19.18 MB)

Footprints Across The Dunes, The Indiana Historian, Indiana

Historical Bureau, December 1994  (1.50 MB)

Future Of The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: National Park, Regional Treasure, National Park Conservation Association (NPCA),

The Field Museum, Indiana University, 2011  (4.62 MB)

Great Lakes National Parks In Peril: The Threats Of Climate Disruption, Stephen Saunders, Dan Findlay, Tom Easley, The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, Theo Spencer, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), July 2011 (3.89 MB)

Indiana Dunes Fire Management Plan (Draft), NPS, 2004  (883 KB)

Indiana Dunes Fire Management Plan (Appendices), 2004  (1.22 MB)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Business Plan, NPS, 2000  (542 KB)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Strategic Plan, NPS, 2000  (941 KB)

Primary Succession and Forest Development on Coastal Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, John Lichter, University of Minnesota St. Paul, November 1998  (817 KB)

Status Of The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake At The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Gary Glowacki, Ralph Grundel, United States Geological Survey (USGS), January 2005 (1.14 MB)

Vanishing Lake Michigan Sand Dunes: Threats From Mining, Lake Michigan Federation, July 1999  (805 KB)

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