Beach Dune Restoration Project of the Lake County Parks and Recreation Department of Crown Point, Indiana. Thirteen acres of Lake Michigan shoreline property in Whiting, Indiana is being restored to dune habitat. Environmental stressors included development, wind and wave erosion, and recreational use. Restoration began with a site cleanup involving removal of a large volume of trash.
Additional acreage has been include in the restoration to prevent erosion.
One parking area has been abandoned and will also be revegetated. An interpretive bide and pedestrian walkway will introduce the public to the ecosystem at the west end of the park.