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Indiana Bicentennial Celebration 2016
Indiana Dunes Birding Festival
Birding in the Indiana Dunes is the best the state has to offer. With its rich biodiversity, varying habitats and miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, the Indiana Dunes is a hotspot for migrant and resident birds. The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival is an event designed to celebrate the dunes area’s various birding habitats and bird watching opportunities to create a positive impact on the economic, conservation and environmental education for visitors and residents to the Indiana Dunes region.
Q&A with Legacy Project Coordinator Brad Bumgardner
What do you consider the key accomplishments of your you Legacy Project?
- Introducing and exposing 600+ visitors to the amazing bird life and migration in Indiana along the shores of Lake Michigan. We were successful in celebrating the dunes area’s various birding habitats and bird watching opportunities to create a positive impact on the economic, conservation, and environmental education for visitors and residents to the Indiana Dunes region.
Describe a highlight or most memorable memory related to your Legacy Project.
- The Youth and Family Birding Day drew over 200 people to introduce youth to birding and nature.
How/where are you preserving information and artifacts related to your Legacy Project?
- Annual festival materials are kept by the DNR at Indiana Dunes State Park.
Total number of volunteers who participated.
- 40.
Estimated total attendance.
- 650.
Photos from the Legacy Project
Project Details
- Organization: Indiana Audubon Society, Indiana DNR, National Park Service
- County: Porter
- Contact: Brad Bumgardner, 219-926-1390, bbumgardner@dnr.in.gov
- Type: Non-Profit
- Project Number: IBC-CI-155
- Website: www.indunesbirdingfestival.com
