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New ADA accessible launches open in LaPorte and Elkhart for more paddling access


Zully J.F. Alvarado moved from Chicago to Gary, looked out from her wheelchair and gazed upon Marquette Lagoon, rimmed by Lake Michigan dunes and oak forests, now outside of her home window. She wanted to kayak. Never mind that she had a dreadful fear of the water, not being able to swim. Why not her? In fact, why not Gary?
Her persistence and help from the Northwest Indiana Paddling Association led to an ADA-accessible canoe and kayak launch in 2016 and a succession of evening group paddles that, she says, became a “great equalizer.”
The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) launch provides a sliding bench where you scoot from your wheelchair into a kayak, then pull the boat into the water. But it also saves aged and weakened knees and hips from fully crouching to the ground. ....

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Chi-Cal Rivers Fund Awards $1.6 Million to Improve Waterways, Habitats and Greenspace in the Chicago/Calumet Region


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CHICAGO, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Chi-Cal Rivers Fund partners today announced seven projects selected to receive $1.6 million in grant funding to improve and enhance waterways in the Chicago-Calumet region. These investments will enhance fish and wildlife habitat, reduce stormwater runoff, and improve access to and use of natural areas and greenspace for communities. The grants will generate $1.9 million in matching contributions, for a total conservation impact of $3.5 million.
Administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the fund is supported in 2020 with contributions from ArcelorMittal, BNSF Railway, Crown Family Philanthropies, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, the Walder Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service. The awards announced today mark the fund s seventh annual slate of grants, bringing its total cumulative impa ....

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