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AOPA Filing Alert Effective July 1, 2011, a pleading to initiate a proceeding under IC 4-21.5-3 cannot be filed by email. Additional information is provided here. Indiana Lake Michigan Underwater Archaeological Resource Project
Shipwrecks, like the wreck of the JD Marshall, which happened 100 years ago this summer, are memorials to Indiana’s maritime history. With funding from NOAA, Indiana’s Lake Michigan Coastal Management Program is coordinating archaeological investigations of shipwrecks in the Indiana waters of Lake Michigan. A contract to perform the investigations was awarded to the Commonwealth Cultural Resources Group, Inc. (CCRG), with oversight by the State Archaeologist and Indiana State Museums and Historic Sites.
(JD Marshall: photo courtesy of DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology)
A steering committee of local citizens with special knowledge of maritime history and shipwrecks, together with government professionals, was formed to provide guidance and support for this project. The steering committee’s first meeting was May 2 at Indiana Dunes State Park. The planned investigations were previewed at the Commission’s May 17 meeting in Angola. If you can help with locating possible wreck sites, identifying artifacts from wrecks, or would like more information concerning summer activities, click here.
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Digests of the ten most recent “Contested Administrative Decisions of the Department of NAtural Resources” (CADDNAR) are now available in a new service called CADDNAR Updates. You may also receive notice by email when new decisions are added to CADDNAR by signing up using the "Subscribe for e-mail updates" icon at the beginning of this page.
