Category Archives: Nature

5 Ways To Protect Your Jeep While Off-Roading
You must focus on certain details for a better experience and to increase your Jeep’s performance. Learn these five ways to protect your Jeep while off-roading.

Beginner Tips for Your Very First Camping Trip
Are you looking for tips to make your first camping trip a success? Here are some tricks and ideas to help you make the most of your first outdoor adventure.

Indiana Dunes Birding Festival 2023
Celebrate the migration of birdlife through the Indiana Dunes region this May 11-14, 2023 at the 9th Annual Indiana Dunes Birding Festival. The festival is a partnership with the region’s major environmental groups highlighting the dunes area’s rich biodiversity and bird watching opportunities to create a positive impact on the economic, conservation, and environmental education…

Northwest Indiana Earth Day Celebration
Invest In our Planet, on Earth Day, 9am – 1pm, on Saturday, April 22nd at the Porter County Expo Center, Valparaiso Indiana. Perhaps you can use bedding, keys, art supplies, towels, coats, tools etc. Porter County Recycling will advertiser your wish list to the community and encourage donations at the Earth…

Indiana Dunes Art Exhibit at Chesterton Art Center
View the dunes as you’ve never seen them before. Enjoy a special art exhibit, “Sense of Place: Works from the Artists-in-Residence of Indiana Dunes National Park.” This art, created in the park, will be displayed from January 17 to March 1, 2023, at the Chesterton Art Center. The exhibit is a…

The Annual Garden Show – Porter County Expo Center
The 17th Annual Garden Show is to be held on Saturday January 21st, 2023, at the Porter County Expo Center, in Valparaiso Indiana from 8am – 4pm. Admission is $10, tickets purchased at the door only, kids under 12 free. Included with admission are free tickets for the enormous seed &…

Hammond’s AWLI Announces 2023 Environmental Projects
Funds raised in 2022 will support projects into the next year for the Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative (AWLI) . AWLI is a bi-state, not-for-profit organization seeking to protect and enhance the thousands of acres of the Wolf Lake watershed. This month it received a $1,000 grant from Walmart’s store…

First Day Hike at Indiana Dunes State Park
As part of a 50-state initiative, America’s State Parks First Day Hikes offer individuals and families an opportunity to begin the New Year with a rejuvenating healthy hike connecting with the outdoors. At the Indiana Dunes State Park we invite you to strap on your hiking boots to start this adventure at the park’s Nature…

How to Care for Your Real Christmas Tree
Tips To Keep Your Tree Alive And Thriving The single most important consideration for the care and longevity of your tree is water. When you get your tree home, cut about ½” of the trunk off and get it in the stand as soon as possible. Check the tree daily by bending a needle or…

Celebrate the Indiana Dunes 1 Year Anniversary this Weekend! Nov 4th – 6th
Indiana Dunes is Celebrating the Anniversary of the formation and saving foundation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Park on Saturday, November 5th. After a long struggle starting in 1917, with sacrifices and co-existing with industry and neighborhoods, the National Lakeshore took a solid step on Nov 5, 1966, with Senator Paul H. Douglas of…