1 public place under threat in Indiana
3 groups have them in their care
The defenders
3 groups are on the record for Indiana, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
Advocacy · Washington, DC
Documented the park’s industrial air pollution in its Polluted Parks analysis and pressed EPA in 2024 to force a stronger Indiana regional haze plan cutting emissions from park-harming facilities.
Fighting for Indiana Dunes·1 live federal case across all their work
217 staff + 900 volunteers78¢ to the workFounded 1919
Advocacy · Gaithersburg, MD
Served for decades alongside the Save the Dunes Council as a watchdog against industrial encroachment on the dunes after the national lakeshore was established in 1966.
Fighting for Indiana Dunes
64¢ to the workFounded 1922
Grassroots · San Clemente, CA
Sued U.S. Steel over the 2017 hexavalent chromium spill at Portage and intervened in the government enforcement case, whose consent decree includes three years of public Lake Michigan water quality monitoring.
Fighting for Indiana Dunes
95 staff + 50,000 volunteers81¢ to the workFounded 1984
The national muscle
The places
Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.
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Threatened Lands Map3 groups on the record, National Parks Conservation Association with 217 staff + 900 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
