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Final Report: Wolf Lake Watershed Advisory Committee Meeting December 2017 Photo by Tom Mullins was one of 12 photos exhibited at this year’s Greening of the Arts Show at Calumet College. Participants at the November 3 meeting were invited to view the art show at the school’s Bernard Gallery.
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Final Report:
Wolf Lake WatershedAdvisory Committee Meeting
December 2017
Photo by Tom Mullins was one of 12 photos exhibited at this year’s Greening of the Arts Show atCalumet College. Participants at the November 3 meeting were invited to view the art show at theschool’s Bernard Gallery.
Final Report
Meeting of November 3, 2017
Cosponsored by Calumet College of St. Joseph (CCSJ), Legacy Foundation ofLake County, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, ArcelorMittal, City of Hammond and
the Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative (AWLI)
Advisory Committee Meeting Planning byCCSJ � Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant � Hammond � Openlands � Shedd
Aquarium � Chicago’s 10th Ward � William W. Powers State RecreationArea � Friends of Indian Creek � AWLI
Planning Meetings Hosted by Calumet College and Openlands
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Prepared by the Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative (AWLI ). AWLI is a bi-state, not-for-profit organization and land trust. It seeks to improve and enhance the Wolf Lake watershed. Established in 1999 to serve as the lead organization for the $8.9 million, bi-state implementation of shoreline restoration of Wolf Lake by the US Army Corps of Engineers, AWLI was incorporated in 2003 and received its 501(c)(3) status in 2004. First achieved was the establishment of a bi-state dialogue on Wolf Lake, which began in2000-2001 with the Bi-State Gatherings on Wolf Lake and whose implementation continuestoday through AWLI’s Wolf Lake Vision Implementation Task Force (VITF). Financed by local fund-raising efforts and donation of services from various entities, the Gatherings produceda vision document for the watershed, which was printed jointly by the cities of Hammond andChicago. AWLI was the lead organization of the $2.9 million cleanup of the 11.5-acre CalumetContainer site, which was completed in the spring of 2006 in partnership with the USEnvironmental Protection Agency, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, LakeCounty and the city of Hammond. It was completed in 2006, but efforts to date have failed todevelop the site as a natural area and outdoor classroom for area students. The bi-state implementation of shoreline restoration for Wolf Lake was limited to the Indianashoreline, with Hammond as sponsor, despite efforts to include an Illinois sponsor for the westshoreline. AWLI continues to pursue efforts to establish a bi-state management plan for the watershed,develop an environmental campground, halt pollution by Wolf Lake Terminals, acquire naturalparcels like the Hyde Lake wetlands, and implement projects identified in the Wolf Lake Visiondocument. It continues to pursue its primary goal of convening meetings to resolve bi-stateissues involving the watershed. Some of these were discussed at the Research Summit of 2016and the Wolf Lake Watershed Advisory Committee meeting of 2017.
Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................................5
Presentation Summaries..............................................................................................6
Evaluation Forms Results..........................................................................................13
Link to Next Steps......................................................................................................18
Calendar......................................................................................................................18
Resources....................................................................................................................19
Attendees/Registrants............................................................................................... 22 Appendix.....................................................................................................................27
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Wolf Lake Watershed
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Introduction
The all-day Wolf Lake Watershed Advisory Committee meeting, held November 3,2017, at CCSJ in Whiting, IN, took a futuristic look at the watershed. As noted in theWolf Lake Vision document of 2000-2001, the Advisory Committee serves
“as a forum to bring together public and private agencies and interests, toprovide community input and to foster communication between the primaryWolf Lake managers and other state/regional planners.”
The morning session held discussions on “Updates on Current Research and Projects”discussed at the Research Summit of 2016, and “Proposed Projects Worthy of Funding.”
During lunch break, Watershed Volunteers of the Year were honored.
During the afternoon session, discussions were held on “Services Available forWatershed Managers” and “Planning for the Watershed’s Future.”
Following immediately are summaries of the presentations. We thank Kevin Murphy,Joann Podkul, Jayme Boberek and Joseph Boberek for providing the photographs. Alsoincluded are the evaluation results, the winning design for the Save the Mudpuppy posterand Indiana DNR’s maps of Wolf Lake.
Throughout the report, there are links to supporting documents.
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Presentation Summaries
Updates on Current Research and Projects
Mudpuppy Research at Wolf Lake Continues: Dr. Phil Willink of the Shedd Aquarium discussed thelake succession process in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana area. He said Wolf Lake used to be anexaggerated swale. If people hadn't arrived, it would have become field or forest; this is what the regionin general was doing. Lakes would disappear in this process, but human intervention caused Wolf Laketo remain and even become deeper.
Willink said Wolf Lake has a great population ofmudpuppies and became one of the sites for a multi-yearresearch project conducted by the Shedd Aquarium andSouthern Illinois University. Graduate student AliciaBeattie conducted the research with volunteers in theinitial year. Mudpuppies are more active during coldermonths. During winter, researchers place baited minnowtraps through the holes they drill in the ice. They swab themouths of captured mudpuppies for fungus to detectdisease. Researchers study stomach contents and place atracking tag in each mudpuppy’s tail, similar to what petowners place in their cats or dogs. The researchers caughtadults by trapping and juveniles by rock flipping. Willinksaid that if the researchers had used just one technique oftrapping, they would not have gotten an accurate picture ofthe population: smaller mudpuppies want to crawl intosmaller places, so they stay closer to shore under smallerrocks.
Willink said the researchers would catch them until the water temperature was around 47 degrees orso, since mudpuppies don't like warm water. The researchers wanted to know where they go in summerand why they are more active in winter. They also wanted to get recaptures of ones they had alreadycaught to see how much they had grown.
The mudpuppy is part of the food chain. It is also an indicator of levels of pollution. Right now,mudpuppies are considered threatened in Illinois, and Willink wants to know why are they doing well inWolf Lake.
Recent Progress at William W. Powers State Recreation Area: Suellen Burns, senior advisor at theIllinois Department of Natural Resources, said last year her agency completed its Park EnhancementRecommendations project for what the community wants to see at William Powers. Nearly 1,200community members participated. The recommendations were based on the community’s desire to keepWilliam Powers natural and more on the low-key side – what Illinois DNR refers to as moderate- to low-intensity use. The 2016 recommendations report is available online, and this fall Illinois DNR released areport on progress at the park. She went on to highlight what Illinois DNR has accomplished in the last15 months. New personnel at William Powers include an interim site superintendent and a seasonalcommunity liaison. The park now has functioning restrooms. It is now open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in warmweather months, April through September, and 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the other months. Illinois DNR isworking on getting damage under control from the beaver population. The park boasts more than 100new trees. Greencorp Chicago and Illinois DNR are treating invasive plants and are on track to havephragmites under control by fall 2018.
Research team leader Alicia Beattie holdsmudpuppy as volunteer Joe Kruczek lookson.
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Long-time park visitors are saying the site is better maintained than in the past 5 or 10 years, evenwith limited site techs, she said. Wolf Lake Fall Festival last month attracted about 450 visitors, manywho came to the park for the first time. In addition, Illinois DNR has initiated several other “doable,fundable” projects in response to what the community prioritized. Illinois Conservation Foundation, inpartnership with Illinois DNR, has a grant application pending with Chi-Cal Rivers fund. If thisapplication is selected, the grant would bring over $330,000 in public access and habitat improvementsto the park in 2018-2019. (For more information, check the following link:https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Documents/WmPowers_progress_report-Fall2017.pdf.)
Restoring Bird Habitats in the Calumet Region: Nat Miller, director of conservation for Audubon GreatLakes, was unable to attend this meeting but submitted the following update on his work: “(W)e willcontinue to monitor marsh birds at Wolf Lake (and across Calumet) as a means of informingmanagement and inspiring wetland restoration.
“Our 2017 report will be out soon, but in summary we are seeing marsh birds return to sites whererestoration is occurring and habitat is managed (Big Marsh and DuPont are good examples). This is greatnews.
“At Wolf Lake we are especially interested in the potential of re-establishing marsh habitat inManagement Unit 9 (southern end by K channel) and with the readily-available fill from Harbor Point,the costs wouldn’t be too bad... As you’ve seen, a concept plan exists for this work.”
Proposed Projects Worthy of Funding
Combating a Growing Problem, Invasives at Wolf Lake: Dr. Young Choi, ecology professor at PurdueUniversity Northwest, did a survey of wildlife in 2000. The restoration of shoreline of the Indiana side ofWolf Lake was in 2005-2008. Choi did another survey of flora and fauna in 2011-2013. He said hispresentation would focus on the problems of exotic plants, often called invasive or exotic invasive.
For an example of a potential invasive threat, Choi mentioned kudzu, which has spread in thesouthern areas of the country. Kudzu was introduced by the Department of Transportation to controlpollution. It is a member of the pea family and was introduced in southwestern states. It is a vine andclimbs trees, but chokes the trees. Invasive species are not invasive in their native range, but theybecome aggressive when in new places. They cause problems including loss of agricultural activity,forced increase in herbicide use, loss of biological diversity and loss of habitats for birds and otherwildlife.
In the Wolf Lake watershed, there are three major invasive plants: – a European variety of phragmites, also called the giant reed– a hybrid cattail, which is a marriage between native and exotic from American broad-leaved andEuropean narrow-leaved – purple loosestrife, introduced from central Europe for horticulture.Some other examples of exotic plants are dandelion, Kentucky bluegrass, reed canary grass, Siberianelm, autumn olive, and European buckthorn.
The shoreline restoration was completed in 2007. It created 25 acres of wetland, cost $6.9 million,and restored 5,000 linear feet of shoreline. The final phase was actually in 2010. According to the 2001study, 71 percent were exotic plants; after restoration, according to the 2012 survey, 89 percent werenative plants, just two years after the actual completion of the project.
Since then, there has been a new invasion of exotic plants. For phragmites, the situation even lookedfine in 2012, but all this area has phragmites again in seven years, because of their aggressiveness. "Weknow this is actually going to spread," Choi said. His opinion is that $7 million will go to waste if this isnot maintained.
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The Lake Michigan coastal grant is one resource for maintenance, and there are plenty of othersources to seek out. He said maintenance does not require a relatively large amount of money, maybe$10,000 per year.
The discussion after the presentation included the following: Michael Boos said the area could obtainfunding if Hammond and Chicago and other stakeholders would talk to each other. Mention wad madeof the importance of establishing partnerships so a project is more likely to receive funding. Mentionwas made of volunteers coming out to help with maintenance, but this was met with caution. Forexample, volunteers can do a lot of things, it was noted, but they cannot just pull out phragmites. Themost common way to treat phragmites is with herbicides, but the administrators need a license and askilled workforce.
Proposed Calumet ContainerNature Classroom: Regarding theCalumet Container site, TomBloom of the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s Region 5 said2005-2006 was when meetings wereheld to see what the communitywanted to do with the restored 11.5acres. They wanted native plantsrestored and possibly a bike trailadded. About $38,000 was spent on native plants out there. There werefield trips from local classrooms.The city of Hammond cutphragmites around the railroadtracks for a couple of years, but theylater stopped doing that.
One of the major owners,Antonio Alvarez, has been fairlycooperative by attending meetings,
Bloom said. The other private owner became tax delinquent, and Bloom later heard that the city ofHammond bought the property. Results of the inspection showed there are still significant native plantsout there. It will take participation from Hammond and Alvarez as well as an effort to get the otherpartners together, Bloom said.
Sarah Coulter, acting executive director of the Calumet Collaborative, explained that CalumetCollaborative is an evolution of the Millennium Reserve. It is a non-profit organization that spanssoutheast Chicago, south Cook County and northwest Indiana. The Collaborative works to break downjurisdictional barriers and bring sustainable development to the Calumet Region. There are four differentinitiatives the collaborative is leading: ' brownfield development strategies, such as for the Calumet Container site ' bi-state wayfinding system that will build community engagement ' advancement of the Calumet National Heritage Area ' advancement of bi-state conservation strategies.
She is interested in how the Collaborative can move the Calumet Container project forward, such ashow to leverage funding, build stakeholder engagement and identify land managers and experts neededfor invasive plant remediation. The project needs additional planning and structure for a sustainableoutcome and a long-term view to be presented to the Calumet Collaborative’s board and advisory
Tom Bloom, superfund redevelopment coordinator at the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, speaks with local volunteerJayme Boberek during the Wolf Lake Watershed AdvisoryCommittee meeting at CCSJ on November 3.
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council. She is looking forward to assisting with this in the near future. (For more information, checkfollowing link: http://www.calumetcollaborative.org/about-us.html.)
Confronting Contamination at Indian Creek: Dave Graham, assistant commissioner at the ChicagoDepartment of Public Health, said the city of Chicago has known since 1999 that there is hazardouswaste on the 70-acre site near Indian Creek, bought by developer Donald Shroud. Graham said he hasnot seen the specific results of the sampling done a long time ago, but a recent study by the Illinois EPA
confirmed that there are contaminants, including lead, chromiumand manganese. Manganese is not at removal levels, but it is veryhigh. Manganese has been associated with neurological problemslike Parkinson’s disease and might become a major contributor inthe area if the contaminants are not handled properly, he said.
Another sampling on that site was planned for this November.The site may be evaluated for Superfund eligibility. People arealso interested in the site for the potential to recycle slag, he said.
The site is a playground for people in the area, Graham said.Unfortunately, they are poisoning themselves by being aroundthose contaminants. The city and environmental groups discussedways of keeping people off the site. The city put up signage andJersey barriers, but stronger fencing on the site is not an option, hesaid.
Graham said the city of Chicago has had a very difficult timedealing with Shroud. The city has sued Shroud but has never seenany of that money, so Shroud still owes millions, Graham said.
Shroud was forced to put the site into the voluntary remediation program, but later he was kicked out ofthe program.
Volunteers of the Year
Awards for Volunteers of the Year at the Wolf Lake watershed were presented by Michael Boos to JoeKruczek and Joe Wright of Hammond and by John Heroff to Jayme Boberek and Mary Loretta ofChicago.
Kruczek and his nephew Joe Wright, starting in November 2016, retrieved more than 200 tires fromWolf Lake.
Kruczek has been a member of AWLI for a long time and has been connected to the Wolf Lakewatershed for even longer. While growing up, he took advantage of the area’s opportunities for fishing,
skating, playing ice hockey and tag and goingduck hunting. He has since spent years onprojects to improve the lake. His volunteeringfor AWLI through the years has included,with Wright, removing debris, such as meshnetting, wires and hundreds of wooden andmetal stakes, left over from the shorelinerestoration. Kruczek’s volunteering has alsoincluded fishing instruction at AWLI festivalsand assisting the mudpuppy research by theShedd Aquarium and Southern IllinoisUniversity.
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Jayme Boberek and Mary Loretta have been active in bringing concerns about contamination topublic agencies and are also working torestore land in the area, like Hyde LakeWetland. They helped Jared Bilak ofSouthern Illinois University in hismudpuppy research.
Boberek is a retired chef. As a child, heplayed in the area of Indian Creek. He laterfound out how polluted the area is andfounded Friends of Indian Creek. Hebecame especially concerned whenall-terrain vehicles began kicking up thecontaminated dust on the Schroud propertyby Indian Creek. He recently acquired HydeLake Wetland as part of the process oftransferring it to the city of Chicago.
Services Available for Watershed Managers
Chelsea Cottingham, watershed specialist at the Indiana Environmental Protection Agency, saidSection 319 grants have to go through Watershed Management Plans (WMPs). In this area, for example,the Little Calumet West Branch, the Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission, Salt Creek andTrail Creek have had WMPs at different times. A watershed must have a plan before it is eligible forimplementation dollars. She talked about contacting her for advice on getting funding for a watershedgrant. Grants called Section 319 are through the federal government and distributed through the state toreduce non-point source pollution. She said planning funds can be used across state lines, butimplementation funds cannot. She prefers combo grants that are Section 319, but the timelines are morechallenging. She would want to talk to the group about expectations and timing. These combo grantsgive funding to write the plan and then funding for implementation. Most of these grants are for three orfour years, and they cannot be longer than five years, she said.
Trevor Sample, environmental protectionspecialist at the Illinois EPA, said the Section 319program is a 60/40 match. The match can be incash or in-kind. Wolf Lake was assessed in 2011,and it is considered an unimpaired lake in terms ofwater quality. It is impaired for fish consumption.The grant could be for protection, not restoration.The lake was also sampled in 2016, but that datawill not be used until the 2020 assessment. Thedata can be made available, but it would have thewarning to use it at your own risk until it goesthrough the process to get ready for the 2020assessment, he said.
Joe Exl, senior water resource planner at theNorthwestern Indiana Regional PlanningCommission, said NIRPC has been a Section 319
Watershed specialist Chelsea Cottingham of theIndiana EPA speaks in a panel with Trevor Sampleand Joe Exl (shown).
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recipient in the past. NIRPC is near completion with its 319, and this grant was NIRPC’s first timefacilitating (at least in the seven years he has been at NIRPC). Partnerships are important. Herecommends putting in extra time and effort to make sure other agencies are involved.
Planning for the Watershed’s Future
Work of Illinois Conservation Foundation with Private-Sector Funding: Eric Schenck, executivedirector of the Illinois Conservation Foundation, said the foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitableorganization serving as a private partner of the Illinois DNR. The organization takes care of funds forabout 70 projects in cooperation with the DNR. One of those projects is at William Powers. Theorganization tries to bring additional private-sector money into conservation projects. They came up witha list of priority projects at William Powers to get the most effect for the money. These included anoutdoor classroom at the Visitors Center and habitat improvement projects. An important project wasway-finding signs, which brought the education project from inside to outside.
They are eager to find out if the proposal to Chi-Cal will be successful. The goal for this project atWilliam Powers is to always keep the stakeholders engaged. Funders like to see demonstrated supportand overall buy-in, he said. He also said the Illinois Conservation Foundation wants to have a long-termrelationship with the William Powers facility.
US Army Corps of Engineers: Frank Veraldi, fishbiologist and ecosystem planner, said the Army Corps ofEngineers has teams with biologists, hydrologists,geologists, civil engineers and more. He talked about thephases of a project, beginning with the feasibility phase.There is monitoring at the end to make sure it ismaintained. The Army Corps does not purchase land ordo work without a non-federal sponsor, who is returnedcontrol during the monitoring phase. However, duringmonitoring, the Army Corps can still mandate that thesponsor take particular necessary actions, but it does not usually have to do that. The Northerly Islandproject in Chicago is basically done. The contract is complete this year. He said it is amazing that 40acres were set aside for habitats in the middle of downtown Chicago. Chicago Park District wanted aseries of bird habitats with an estuary in the middle. The island/peninsula has nearly 300 species ofnative plants now. They plant endangered species and try to propagate them.
With the state, the Corps did a plan for Wolf Lake. The federal interest determination was approvedin 2013 and the plan went to the feasibility phase. The plan considers hydro-geomorphology and makingthe place better for habitats for fish, mudpuppies and so on. Based on Dr. Willink’s study, they knowthey need to have both small and large rocks for mudpuppy habitats. They still have $62,000 of the$100,000 left. The project was on pause, but Veraldi said it should get started again soon. The ridges andswales of the Wolf Lake area are threatened right now. The water at Powderhorn Lake floods into theswales and has to go through the sand since it is not hydrologically connected to Lake Michigan.
Projects at Eggers Marsh and Powderhorn Lake: Charles O’Leary, deputy director for resourcemanagement at the Forest Preserves of Cook County, said Eggers Marsh used to be directly connected toWolf Lake, although it is not anymore. The Forest Preserves of Cook County have mostly been workingon the terrestrial portions of Eggers and Powderhorn. Eggers Marsh, about 40 acres large, is in the
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southeast corner of Eggers Grove. The water has nowhere to go. Its original drainage area by the Nikemissile site is full of slag. There are no transition zones between the open water and the dry savanna andprairie. Species and habitats are lost this way. The marsh has a degradedoutlet in the north, and there is a plan to reinstall that water controlstructure. The plan is to lower the water level there to have less flat, openwater from edge to edge, he said, with less dirt suspended in water. Thiscould help both plant and bird communities. The water control work isplanned for fall of 2018.
Powderhorn Lake has some good game fish and non-game fish in it,he said. The lake was created by the dredging for the toll road. The areanorth of the lake is shallower and was at one time a marsh. Due toelevated water levels, the marsh now has open water without vegetation,and water does not have a good way to leave. The Forest Preserves wantto lower the water level to original levels. They are currently studyingoptions for managing the water levels in the lake and marsh. There are competing ideas of making thepool better for fish or restoring marsh to attract marsh birds. Options for doing both are beingconsidered.
Mapping the Indiana Portion of Wolf Lake: Tom Bacula, fisheries biologist at Indiana DNR, presentedmapping efforts of Wolf Lake that he said were a direct result of the Research Summit last year. Hepresented maps showing water depth, lake bottom hardness and aquatic vegetation. Mapping was limitedto the Indiana side of the lake in depths greater than 2.5 feet, because mapping in shallower areas doesnot produce an accurate map. The Indiana DNR is still looking into bottom hardness and to ground truththat map, but depths and vegetation appear to be producing good useable maps. They did not do avegetation survey, but based on their observations, the majority of the high plant biomass was coontailand Eurasian watermilfoil. Although Eurasian watermilfoil is invasive, there are few areas of plantswithin Wolf Lake, and it is necessary to have something, invasive or not, to promote water quality andfish habitat. The maps created have helped with vegetation treatment permits (while Wolf Lake hasminimal treatment many of the other lakes in the state do). The maps can also help anglers find habitatwhere they can fish. Wolf Lake has a rather consistent depth in the main basin with quick drop offs, hesaid. (For these maps, please contact AWLI.)
10th Ward Looks to the Future: JohnHeroff, director of policy and legislativeaffairs for Chicago’s 10th Ward, said itoften feels to those in the Calumet Regionthat as one problem nears solution, anotherproblem arises. However, he suggested alonger-term perspective may help withseeing the good things happening in thearea. Illinois and Chicago have variousplans for more bike trails, a new bike parkand outdoor amenities, similar to the oneson the Indiana side of Wolf Lake. The 10thWard has been having more communityevents, like the 10th Ward CommunityCamp Out, to encourage people to be out in
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nature. The 10th Ward wants to change the narrative to cleanliness, restored areas and healthy living, hesaid, instead of heavy industry, brownfields and pollution.
Evaluation Form Results
15 total responses
Mudpuppy display: 7 votes for sign #2, 5 votes for sign #1, 3 votes for front of #1 and back of #2
We decided that these split votes determined the winning designs, because there is no reason we cannottake the front of one and the back of the other. If we add the split votes, the front of sign #1 had 8 votesand the back of sign #2 had 10 votes. The winning designs are shown at the end of this section.
Did you find the Advisory meeting valuable? 14 votes for yes, 1 vote for “sort of”
Was the Advisory meeting successful “as a forum to bring together public and private agenciesand interests, to provide community input and to foster communication between the primary WolfLake managers and other state/regional planners,” as stated in the Wolf Lake Vision document.14 votes for yes, 1 vote for “sort of”
Was it helpful to review the progress of projects underway and those under consideration?14 votes for yes, 1 vote for “Too much time discussing problems… should be greater emphasis on whatis moving forward to address concerns”
Was the discussion on current and proposed projects helpful in gaining an appreciation for thechallenges ahead? 13 votes for yes, 1 blank, 1 vote for “no”
Should subsequent Advisory meetings be scheduled annually? If no, how frequently? 10 votes foryes (annually), 3 votes for every two years, 2 votes for every six months
What improvements to the Advisory meeting could be made?
“Need more dynamic speakers.”
“Open forums to discuss about ideas were great. Seems like great collaboration.”
“Forum on discussing jobs for youth & other what community outreach events are.”
“Private (Arcelor) talk about grants they have supplied.”
“List of attendees & contact info in folder.”
“Visuals of property maps (ex. boundary of Calumet Container).”
“Please consider scheduling more than a lunch break. It would encourage discussions. The late morningbreak was productive.”
“More time on what is to be restored/improved in the near future (1-5 years).”
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“When talking about a specific area – i.e. Calumet Container site – showing a location map on the bigscreen would have been helpful.”
“Name table tents in addition to tags would help.”
“A site map in the folder material would be helpful.”
“For next year, challenge each of the 2017 attendees to bring someone new.”
“More opportunities for open discussion.”
“Additional 5-10-minute breaks to break up panels.”
“Email contact list.”
“I’d love to see breakout roundtable seminar in the afternoon where funders can [illegible] with potentialproject group, researchers can discuss deeper, or where educators can share ideas.”
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Moving On To Next StepsThe first project listed under the Planning and Management Section of the Wolf Lake Vision
Document reads as follows: “Create the Wolf Lake Advisory Committee as a forum to bringtogether public and private agencies and interests, to provide community input and to fostercommunication between the primary Wolf Lake managers and other state/regional planners withregard to their management of the lake.” A meeting of the Wolf Lake Watershed AdvisoryCommittee will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, November 2, 2018 in Room 200 ofCalumet College. Discussions will focus on research updates and projects planned andunderway.
It is anticipated that, during the year leading up to the Nov. 2, 2018 Advisory Committeemeeting, there will be smaller, ongoing meetings addressing many of the issues discussed at theAdvisory Committee Meeting. These will be collaborative in nature. AWLI will report on theprogress of these meetings on a regular basis to those who have registered to attend theNovember 2, 2018 meeting and others who visit AWLI’s Website. The registration form can befound by visiting AWLI’s Website or at the following link:http://www.wolflakeinitiative.weebly.com/registrationmeeting.html.
Calendar
Time/Date Meeting Location
Scheduled as appropriate Project meetings Location
9 a.m.-4 p.m. November 2, 2018 Watershed Advisory Committeemeeting
Rm 200, CalumetCollege
Scheduled as appropriate Project meetings
9 a.m.-4 p.m. November 1, 2019 Watershed Advisory Committeemeeting
Rm 200, CalumetCollege
Scheduled as appropriate Project meetings
Scheduled as appropriate Project meetings
November 5, 2021 Research Summit on the Wolf LakeWatershed
Rm 200, CalumetCollege
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ResourcesOn its Website, AWLI will maintain updated information on all watershed projects discussed
above and listed as Next Steps. Go to: http://www.wolflakeinitiative.org. On the home pageunder Announcements, you will find Wolf Lake Watershed Advisory Committee. You also maywish to register for the November 2, 2018 meeting.
AWLI Library and Related Publications The following were published by AWLI and are part of AWLI’s library.
' CEPA/Friends of Wolf Lake Project by AWLI, Nov. 22, 1999' First Annual Report by AWLI, Nov. 13, 2000' Wolf Lake Initiative Report newsletter by AWLI, 2001-2004' Second Annual Report, by AWLI, Nov. 12, 2001' Third Annual Report by AWLI, Nov. 2002' Threatened and Endangered Species for the Wolf Lake Focus Area, 2004' 2004 Annual Report by AWLI, 2004' Wolf Lake Advocate newsletter by AWLI, 2006-2010' Final Report: Research Summit on Wolf Lake Watershed, by AWLI, et al. 2016' Final Report: Wolf Lake Watershed Advisory Committee Meeting, by AWLI, 2017
��� The following publications that include portions about the Wolf Lake watershed are apart of AWLI’s library.
' The Plan of Chicago, by Daniel Burnham, et al., 1909' The Calumet Region: A Master Bibliography by Lance Trusty, The Regional Studies
Institute, Purdue University Calumet, 1985' Diagnostic-Feasibility Study of Wolf Lake, Cook County, Illinois, and Lake County
Indiana by Illinois State Water Survey, 1996' Diagnostic-Feasibility Study of Lake George, Lake County, Indiana by Illinois State
Water Survey, 1996' Characterization of Fill Deposits in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and
Northeastern Illinois by Robert Kay, et al., US Geological Survey and US EnvironmentalProtection Agency, 1997
' Atlas of Biodiversity by Chicago Wilderness, 1997, 2011' Calumet Ecological Park Feasibility Study, by National Park Service Midwest Region,
August 1998'Advancing Sustainable Industrial and Ecological Revitalization of the Lake Calumet and
West Pullman Regions, City of Chicago, Workshop Summary, February 3 & 4, 1999' Restoration of Spawning Habitat for State Endangered Lake Sturgeon in Wolf Lake,
Southern Lake Michigan, Lake County, IN, by US Fish & Wildlife Service and US ArmyCorps of Engineers, October 1999
' Biodiversity Recovery Plan Chicago Wilderness, 1999' A Fisheries Survey of Wolf Lake, Lake County, IN 1999, by Tim Cwalinski and Bob
Robertson, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 2000' Calumet Research Summit Abstracts, Olive-Harvey College, Chicago, 2000
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' The Calumet Area: An Inventory of the Region’s Resources, report by Ruth Sparks,Illinois DNR, 2000
' Networks and Fragmentation Among Community Environmental Groups of SoutheastChicago, by Kathleen A. Gillogly and Eva C. Pinsker, 2001
'Biological Assessment for Feasibility of Wetland Restoration in Wolf Lake, HammondIndiana, by Young D. Choi, Purdue University Calumet, December 2001
'Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance Document by InterstateTechnology and Regulatory Cooperation Work Group, 84-page report, 2001
' Hydrologic Evaluation & Stream Restoration Recommendations for Indian Creek, byElon S. Verry, USD.A. Forest Service, Grand Rapids, MN, February 2001
' Wolf Lake Vision by Bi-State Gatherings on Wolf Lake and Association for the WolfLake Initiative, 2001
' Survey of Information on the Wolf Lake Watershed, by Matt Jarvis, et. al, Sept. 17,2001
' “A Mirror Cracked: Ten Keys to the Landscape of the Calumet Region” by Mark J.Bouman, Journal of Geography, 2001 pp 104-110
' Mapping Assets in the Lake Calumet Region, by US Department of Agriculture, ForestService, Interim Report, 2002
' Action Memorandum by US EPA Region 5, November 4, 2002' Biodiversity Blitz, by Susan Post, article published jointly by Illinois Steward and
Chicago Wilderness magazines, pp 1-8, 2002' Wolf Lake Survey and Focus Group Results–Round 1
by Lynne M. Westphal, USDA Forest Service, 2003' Health Consultation Calumet Container, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana by US
Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and DiseaseRegistry, Atlanta, GA, April 16, 2004
' Memorandum: Results from 19 November 2004 Site Visit to George Lake North Basinby Scott Namestnik, 2004
' Wolf Lake Futures: Public Perceptions, Expectations and Ideas for the Future of WolfLake by Lynne Westphal, Cherie LeBlanc, USDA Forest Service, 2005
' Watershed Management Plan for Lake, Porter and LaPorte Counties, byNorthwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, 2005
' Northwest Indiana Regional Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan of 2005, by NorthwesternIndiana Regional Planning Commission, 2005
' 2005 Fish Management Report, by Bob Robertson, Indiana Department of NaturalResources, 2006
' Calumet Research Summit Abstracts, Purdue Calumet University, 2006' Planning for the Future: A reuse Planning Report for the Calumet Container Superfund
Site by US EPA Region 5, April 2006' The State of Our Chicago Wilderness, A Report Card on the Health of the Region’s
Ecosystems Chicago Wilderness, 2006' Marquette Greenway Plan, 2008' Anglers’ Appraisals of the Risks of Eating Sport-Caught Fish from Industrial Areas:
Lessons from Chicago’s Calumet Region, Human Ecology Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, by LynneWestphal, et al., 2008
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' A Century of Shifting Fish Assemblages in Wolf Lake, Illinois-Indiana, by Phillip W.Willink of the Field Museum of Natural History, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy ofScience, 2009
' Calumet Summit, Purdue University Calumet, 2010' Greenways & Blueways Northwest Indiana Regional Map by Northwestern Indiana
Regional Planning Commission, 2012' Wolf Lake-William Powers State Recreation Area Fisheries Status Summary, by Frank
Jakubicek, Illinois DNR, Springfield, IL, 2012' Calumet Summit, Marquette Park, Gary, 2013' Ecological Monitoring of Restored Wetlands in Wolf Lake, Hammond, IN,, study by Dr.
Young D. Choi, Purdue University Calumet, 2014' Wolf Lake 2014 Fish Management Report, by Tom Bacula, Indiana DNR, 2014' Over the Line: Early Trials & Triumphs of the Association of the Wolf Lake Initiative
(AWLI), unpublished as of 2016 ' Calumet Summit, South Shore Country Club, Chicago, 2015' Site Inspection for Schroud Realty Group, Chicago, Illinois, by Tony Wasilewski,
project manager, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, approved by Crystal Brantley,Site Assessment Manager, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 2017
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The following publications with portions about the Wolf Lake watershed are not part ofAWLI’s library.
' The Calumet Region and Its Early Settlers by Eenigenburg, H.. Arrow Printers,Chicago, 1935.
' The Calumet Region: Indiana’s Last Frontier by Powell Moore, 1954' Circulation and Settlement Patterns of the Calumet Region of Northwest Indiana and
Northeast Illinois by A. H. Meyer, 1954' Birds of the Chicago Region. by Ford, E.F. Special publication number twelve, The
Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago, 1956' Fish Management Report, by Bob Robertson, Indiana Department of Natural
Resources, 1988' Calumet College Project Toxicology Review, by Dr. Bertram W. Carnow for the
Robertsdale Foundation, previous owners of George Lake, 1990.' Environmental Site Assessment of Wolf Lake, by John M. Bell and Richard W.
Johnson, et al., Purdue University Calumet, 1990' Lake George Fish Health Assessment Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, by US Fish
and Wildlife Service, July 1995' Recommendations for Managing Wolf and George Lakes Watershed by Northwestern
Indiana Regional Planning Commission for IDEM, 1995' Commuter RailGram newsletter by Tri-Communicating Consultants, 1996-2005' Birds of the Indiana Dunes by Brock, K.J. 1997. Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund' Chicago’s Southeast Side by Rod Sellers and Dominic Pacyga, Arcadia, 1998' Chicago’s Southeast Side Revisited by Rod Sellers, Arcadia, 2001' A Natural History of the Chicago Region Greenberg, J.R. The University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, 2002
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' Calumet Beginnings by Kenneth Schoon, Indiana University Press, 2003' Walk-able, Ride-able Whiting & Robertsdale, A Field Guide by David Dabertin,
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The following publications include portions about neighboring ecological sites in theCalumet Region are a part of AWLI’s library.
' Advancing Sustainable Industrial and Ecological Revitalization of the Lake Calumetand West Pullman Regions, workshop summary, 1999
' Calumet Area Ecological Management Strategy, Draft 2, 2000http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/urban/calumet/local-resources/downloads/Calumet_Area_EMS_full_rep ort.pdf
' The Grand Calumet River/Indiana HarborShip Canal Corridor Vision, Grand Cal TalkForce, 2000
The Calumet Open Space Reserve
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Registrants/Participants
Name Organization E-mail
Anderson, Ders Openlands [email protected]
Bacula, Tom IN DNR Division ofFish and Wildlife
Barkowski, Nick U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers
Beattie, Alicia Southern IllinoisUniversity (graduated)
Bilak, Jared Southern IllinoisUniversity
Bloom, Thomas U.S. EPA [email protected]
Boberek, Jayme The Hegewisch Times [email protected]
Boos, Michael AWLI [email protected]
Burns, Suellen Illinois Department ofNatural Resources
Chambers, Richard AWLI [email protected]
Choi, Young Purdue UniversityNorthwest
Ciara, Bri IN DNR Division ofFish and Wildlife
Cottingham, Chelsea IDEM Office ofWater/NPS
Coulter, Sarah Calumet Collaborative [email protected]
Crist, Joan Calumet College of St.Joseph
Exl, Joe NWI RegionalPlanning Commission
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Fleming, Gene U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Glidewell, David Indiana Harbor BeltRailroad Co.
Graham, Dave Chicago Departmentof Public Health
Heesaker, Eveline AWLI None
Heroff, John Chicago’s 10th Ward [email protected]
Hudson, Holly Chicago MetropolitanAgency for Planning(CMAP)
Kobe, Michael School City ofHammond (retired)
Krackow, Erwin Calumet College of St.Joseph
Kreiling, Kim IL DNR CoastalManagement
Kruczek, Joe AWLI [email protected]
Kuzniar, Mary AWLI [email protected]
Loretta, Mary Friends of IndianCreek
Marsh, Carolyn Calumet Action [email protected]
McCormack, Amy Calumet College of St.Joseph
Miller, Nat Audubon Great Lakes [email protected]
Murphy, Joann Podkul AWLI [email protected]
Murphy, Kevin AWLI [email protected]
Nissan, Kelly ArcelorMittal [email protected]
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O’Leary, Charles Forest Preserves ofCook County
Charles.O’[email protected]
Ogorek, Cynthia The Public Historian [email protected]
Pastirik, John AWLI None
Rigolino, Devin Chicago Park District,Cultural & NaturalResources
Sample, Trevor Illinois EPA [email protected]
Sandrick, Jim (resident) [email protected]
Schenck, Eric Illinois ConservationFoundation
Sullivan, Jim AWLI (Board ofDirectors)
Veraldi, Frank U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers
Walter, Jack AWLI (Board ofDirectors), CalumetHeritage Partnership
Willink, Phil Shedd Aquarium [email protected]
AWLI will report on the progress of active projectson a regular basis to those who have registered to attend the November 2, 2018 Wolf Lake Watershed Advisory Committee Meeting. The registration form can be found by visiting AWLI’s Websiteor at the following link:http://www.wolflakeinitiative.weebly.com/registrationmeeting.html
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