Grants will fund 27 lake and river enhancement projects
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DNR News
Division of Fish & Wildlife
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
402 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2748
For immediate release: Oct. 29, 2018
Grants will fund 27 lake and river enhancement projects
New grants for the care of Indiana's water bodies totaling $1.192 million have been awarded through the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) program. 
The grants were awarded by DNR director Cameron Clark and fund projects in 20 counties and affect 26 different lakes, rivers and streams. They include grants benefitting projects ranging from Posey County on the Ohio River to the City of Elkhart, near the border with Michigan.
Local sponsors submit applications for LARE assistance and commit to sharing a portion of the total cost. DNR's share comes from a fee paid annually by boat owners when registering their boats with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Several projects address bank erosion and lakes or streams, and many of these also have an aquatic-habitat enhancement component. Seven watershed land treatment grants go to county soil and water conservation districts to help landowners reduce runoff of sediment and nutrients. Prevention of non-point source pollution in the form of sediment or nutrients is more economical than trying to remove it from lakes and streams in the future.
Two grants will be used to address the removal of low-head dams — one in Elkhart County on the Elkhart River and one in Harrison County near Corydon. Removing dams that serve no current purpose improves stream habitat and allows fish and other aquatic life to be reconnected for better biological diversity. As an added benefit, safety for boaters, paddlers, anglers, or swimmers is improved when such dams are eliminated.
“The LARE program is over 30 years old now and these new grants continue the use of funds from boat owners to support conservation efforts to protect and enhance our lakes and rivers,” said Mark Reiter, director of DNR Fish & Wildlife. “With funding from LARE, local partners are making our waterways safer, enhancing habitat, reducing erosion and improving opportunities for boating and fishing throughout our great Hoosier state.”
The list of projects by water body, county, project and grant award:
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October 2018 LARE Grant Awards |
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Water body (County) |
Project |
Grant award |
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Big Long Lake (LaGrange) |
Lake bank stabilization |
$24,000 |
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Clear Lake (Steuben) |
Island shoreline stabilization |
$4,000 |
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Cobus Creek (Elkhart) |
Engineering feasibility study of streambank stabilization |
$30,000 |
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Deer Creek (Grant) |
Stream bank stabilization |
$100,000 |
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Driftwood River (Bartholomew) |
Watershed land treatment |
$21,000 |
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Duck Creek (Hamilton) |
Streambank stabilization |
$50,000 |
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Elkhart River (Elkhart) |
Dam removal |
$100,000 |
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Fawn River (Steuben) |
Watershed land treatment |
$25,000 |
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Fall Creek (Marion) |
Streambank stabilization |
$50,000 |
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Glenn Flint Lake (Putnam) |
Watershed diagnostic study |
$25,000 |
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Indian Creek (Harrison) |
Dam removal |
$95,000 |
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Indian Creek (Tippecanoe) |
Engineering feasibility and design for streambank stabilization |
$28,000 |
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Lake Manitou (Fulton) |
Watershed diagnostic study |
$32,000 |
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Little Lick Creek (Blackford) |
Design and permitting for stream bank stabilization |
$13,000 |
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Lost River (Orange) |
Watershed land treatment |
$30,000 |
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Ohio River (Posey) |
Stream bank stabilization |
$100,000 |
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Patoka River (Orange) |
Watershed land treatment |
$30,000 |
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St. Joseph River (St. Joseph) |
Stream bank stabilization and habitat enhancement |
$45,000 |
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Sullivan Lake (Sullivan) |
Lake bank stabilization |
$67,000 |
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Tri-Lakes (Whitley) |
Watershed diagnostic study and water quality monitoring study |
$32,000 |
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Trail Creek-Cheney Run (LaPorte) |
Design for Stream bank stabilization |
$90,000 |
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Upper Tippecanoe River (Kosciusko) |
Watershed land treatment |
$15,000 |
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Upper Tippecanoe River (Whitley) |
Watershed land treatment |
$24,000 |
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Walnut Creek (Blackford) |
Stream bank stabilization |
$32,000 |
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Webster Lake (Kosciusko) |
Island shoreline stabilization |
$24,000 |
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Whitewater River (Wayne) |
Watershed land treatment |
$20,000 |
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Winona Lake (Kosciusko) |
Lake bank stabilization |
$86,000 |
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Total = $ 1,192,000 |
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Media contact: Greg Biberdorf, LARE program supervisor, DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife, 317-233-1484, lare@dnr.IN.gov.
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