Trail Creek Watershed Partnership

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

Trail Creek Week registration is open! If you are a 4th grade teacher in the area, please check your in-box for a link. If you have not received a link from us, please email us at:
[email protected]

06/30/2026

Hey! Take your kids fishing with the Dunes Learning Center!!

Looking for a fun, hands-on way to introduce your kids to fishing? Join us for a family-friendly fishing experience!

To ensure everyone gets guided, one-on-one help, registration is limited to 20 participants per hour. Secure your time slot using the link below!
https://tinyurl.com/JrAnglerFishing

Want to become a Jr. Ranger Angler while you're here? Click here to learn more about the Jr. Ranger program.
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fishing/junior-ranger-fishing.htm

06/29/2026

Teachers!!! Save the Date!!! Trail Creek Week 2026 is coming your way September 14-18!

04/02/2026

Hey Teachers! This is an absolutely fantastic opportunity! Take a look!

Spend a spring day at the Paul H. Douglas Center in Miller Woods at Indiana Dunes National Park!

This hands-on PD is designed for 3rd–5th grade educators and includes a guided tour, a habitat hike through dunes and wetlands, and interactive STEAM activities focused on Great Lakes ecosystems.

Learn about in-person and virtual field trip opportunities, explore tools like Great Lakes Odyssey, and connect with park partners offering programs for your students.

To register, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/AKiCxaDWSsC8nesM9 by April 20th, 2026.

This project is made possible by the National Park Foundation in collaboration with Save the Dunes and the Indiana Dunes National Park.

04/02/2026

This is your opportunity to comment on The Waste, Inc. Landfill Superfund Site in Michigan City. Read more here:
https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0501630

2026 will be a busy year for EPA’s Superfund program in the Midwest!

We will be conducting five-year reviews at 50 Superfund sites across our region. These check-ups are part of the monitoring plan for longer term cleanups where waste is managed or treated onsite, to ensure that the cleanups are doing their job—protecting communities, drinking water and ecosystems. Details about these reviews, opportunities to submit a comment, and the final reports will all be available on each site’s profile page.

Look up sites near you in:
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12/04/2025

The gales of November may come early, but, as usual, the nominations for the Lakies are right on time along with our official call for nominations!

Brought to you by the Teach Me About the Great Lakes podcast, The Lakies (aka "quite possibly not the least prestigious Great Lakes-focused awards ceremony there is”) are back.

Our goal isn't to be the Official Arbiters of Quality, but to host a fun celebration of amazing Great Lakes-related research, outreach, and communication in the inimitable Teach Me style.

Nomination categories are:
-Great Lakes Science Communication of the Year
-Great Lakes Outreach Program of the Year
-Great Lakes News Event of the Year
-Great Lakes Research Finding of the Year
-Coolest Thing You Learned Listening to TMATGL in 2025
-Science Podcast of the Year (Non-TMATGL edition)
-Great Lakes Animal of the Year
-Great Lakes Non-Animal of the Year
-Great Lakes Sandwich of the Year
-Great Lakes Donut of the Year

The Details:
-Deadline: Nominations close on December 4th.
Process: It's easy (just enter the name/title and a link).
-Self-Nominations: Highly encouraged. Don't be shy.

We’d love to get a broad swath of work across both the serious and less-serious categories to celebrate. Feel free to pass the link on to interested people: https://bit.ly/Lakies25

12/04/2025

Check out this new resource! Lampreys of the Great Lakes poster! Very cool, Great Lakes Fishery Commission !!!

New poster alert! We just released "Lampreys of the Great Lakes" with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, available now in our store. And now is the perfect time to order with our holiday discount (**get 20% off your order with promo code HOLIDAY20 through December 18**)! https://buff.ly/PLDvGnK

12/04/2025

Are you a high school teacher? Mentor a group of high schoolers? Check out the Indiana Envirothon! Its a fantastic extra-curriculuar academic competition focused on environmental issues. The Northwest Indiana Contest will be held at Red Mill County Park in March. Reach out to the LaPorte County Soil and Water Conservation District to register your team!

Do you have your five member teams together in anticipation of the 2026 Indiana Envirothon competition? Registration for regionals is now open. Objectives and resources for the competition are on the website, under resources.

New rules for the 2026 competition are being reviewed and will be up shortly. There are many changes for this coming year's competition.