DNR awards $1.1M for lake and stream projects
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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has awarded more than $1.1 million in grants to support 53 lake and stream projects through its Lake and River Enhancement, or LARE, program.
The funding will support sediment or logjam removal efforts in 10 counties, as well as projects to combat invasive plants involving 52 bodies of water in 13 counties.
The grants are funded through annual LARE fees paid by boat owners when they register their crafts with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the DNR said in a news release. The grants, the agency said, can provide economic benefits to lake communities by improving lake conditions for those who fish or boat.
Local sponsors must share at least 20% of the project cost. You can view the list of grant recipients below:
Invasive Aquatic Vegetation Management Grant Awards
- Adams Lake (LaGrange) – $1,500
- Atwood Lake (LaGrange) – $18,600
- Barbee Lakes (Kosciusko) – $14,000
- Bass Lake (Starke) – $6,440
- Big & Little Chapman Lakes (Kosciusko) – $24,400
- Big Lake (Noble) – $5,000
- Big Long Lake (LaGrange) – $24,000
- Big Turkey Lake (LaGrange) – $12,200
- Center Lake (Kosciusko) – $13,800
- Clear Lake (LaPorte) – $8,400
- Crooked Lake (Steuben) – $6,500
- Dewart Lake (Kosciusko) – $28,800
- Flint Lake (Porter) – $5,840
- Griffy Lake (Monroe) – $6,500
- Hamilton Lake (Steuben) – $18,700
- Holem, Cook, Millpond, & Kreighbaum Lakes (Marshall) – $16,800
- Hollybrook Lake (Owen) – $4,000
- Hudson Lake (LaPorte) – $11,500
- Jimmerson Lake (Steuben) – $1,360
- Koontz Lake (Marshall) – $6,500
- Lake Bruce (Fulton/ Pulaski) – $6,500
- Lake George (Steuben) – $6,500
- Lake Manitou (Fulton) – $1,500
- Lake Monroe (Monroe) – $4,000
- Lake of the Woods (Marshall) – $26,400
- Lake Pleasant (Steuben) – $14,300
- Little Turkey Lake (LaGrange) – $5,000
- Myers Lake (Marshall) – $6,000
- Pike Lake (Kosciusko) – $5,000
- Pine & Stone Lakes (LaPorte) – $24,800
- Pretty Lake (LaGrange) – $6,500
- Snow Lake (Steuben) – $1,500
- Stone & Brokesha Lakes (LaGrange) – $14,200
- Tippecanoe, James & Oswego Lakes (Kosciusko) – $24,500
- Upper & Lower Fish Lakes (LaPorte) – $16,800
- Waldron Lake (Noble) – $5,000
- Wall Lake (LaGrange) – $5,960
- Waubee Lake (Kosciusko) – $4,000
- Wawasee & Syracuse Lakes (Kosciusko) – $13,000
- Webster Lake (Kosciusko) – $34,400
- West Otter Lake (Steuben) – $6,500
- White River (Marion) – $6,440
Sediment Removal and Logjam Removal Project Grant Awards
- Crooked Lake (Steuben) – $35,000
- Four Lakes (Marshall) – $7,500
- High Lake (Noble) – $7,500
- Jones Lake (Noble) – $100,000
- Lake Sullivan (Sullivan) – $100,000
- Manlove Lake (Fayette) – $100,000
- Morse Reservoir (Hamilton) – $64,000
- St. Joseph River (St. Joseph) – $7,500
- Sugar Creek (Johnson) – $35,000
- Tanner’s Creek (Dearborn) – $100,000
- VanBibber Lake (Putnam) – $86,800