Parks

Do you recall spending hours engaged in discovery and adventure outdoors as a child? Studies show that children today spend just minutes a day in nature. But thanks to funding by BP, dozens of students from Chicago and Northwest Indiana will get a...

Government action won't keep kids indoors Triplets, Adrianna, Gabriella and Brianna Traficante have been looking forward to their 5th grade trip to Dunes Learning Center for almost 2 years—ever since their brother Anthony visited with his 5th grade...

The La Porte Park and Recreation Department is looking for volunteers to help with the Run For Our Parks 10K/5K on Saturday, Oct. 12, in Soldiers Memorial Park. The event starts at 9 a.m. and should be concluded by 10:30. Volunteers are needed to...

An "Unexpected" Combination of Dining and Education in the Dunes Most often found in cities, "pop-up," or temporary restaurants offer diners and adventurous chefs an opportunity to explore new territory. On Saturday, October 19, Dunes Learning...

Students walking through woods in a classroom project no longer have to leaf through pages in a book to figure out what type of tree they're looking at. They now can have the resource of a Purdue Extension mobile app at their fingertips to easily...

The City of La Porte is undertaking a Trails and Bicycle Facilities Master Plan to guide future development of walking and bicycle facilities. This is in an effort to increase the quality of life, economic development, health benefits, and...

Open-air education for all ages inside Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore It's a sunny winter day at Dunes Learning Center, and program participants are giggling as they try to collect enough "food" tokens to make it through winter before being caught...

Help celebrate your love of the Great Lakes and by participating in Adopt-a-Beach. Volunteers not only remove trash from our shoreline but they also record their findings. The data collected will be used for pollu-tion prevention and clean water...

Shelby Fultz – 50 Years and Harold Parker – 25 Years, of La Porte were recognized on Saturday, August 11th for their years of service as a 4-H volunteer in La Porte County. Each year, the Indiana 4-H Foundation and State 4-H Program at Purdue...

On Saturday, August 24th, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Shirley Heinze Land Trust (SHLT) will be taking participants on a guided tour of its nature preserves from the luxury of a 56 passenger charter bus. SHLT owns and manages over 1,200 acres...