1. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INDIANA SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND SELECTED TRIBUTARIES, 1 (April 30, 1979).

  2. Cottman, INDIANA DUNES STATE PARK: A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION, 34-40 (1930).

  3. National Park Service, Draft Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: Land Protection Plan (June 1995).

  4. Lake County, Indiana Convention and Visitors Bureau (1996).

  5. For more information concerning the sites in Michigan City and other LaPorte County communities, see Northern Indiana Harbor Country."

  6. Roster of Indiana Waterways Declared Navigable, 15 IND. REG. 2385 (July 1, 1992).

  7. The Roster of Indiana Waterways Declared Navigable or Nonnavigable was published in the July 1, 1997 edition of THE INDIANA REGISTER as Information Bulletin #3 (First Revision).

  8. 312 IAC 1-1-26(2).

  9. Illustrative is IC 14-28-2-12.

  10. The public may also use a "public freshwater lake" or an otherwise private waterway where a prescriptive easement is established. These waters are also described in the chapter, Lake Michigan and Navigable Tributaries.

  11. Memorandum from Steve Davis, Lake Michigan Specialist for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (April 1994).

  12. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Outdoor Recreation, LAKE MICHIGAN INDIANA RECREATIONAL ACCESS GUIDE (1998), Appendix B. This publication is available online at [URL in development].

  13. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INDIANA SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND SELECTED TRIBUTARIES (April 30, 1979).

  14. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INDIANA SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND SELECTED TRIBUTARIES, 37 (April 30, 1979).

  15. Correspondence with Maj. Larry Rhinehart, State Boating Law Administrator, Department of Natural Resources (September 1996). The information was derived from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

  16. IC 14-13-3-10.

  17. Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, TOWARD A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR INDIANA'S SHORELINE ON LAKE MICHIGAN, ii (January 1993).

  18. Indiana statute IC 14-15-7-3 provides for the adoption of rules for "The safe operation of watercraft upon public water where unusual conditions or hazards exist, such as... watercraft congestion...a beach, boat launch, marina, dam, spillway, or other recreational facility on or adjacent to public water." The statute also provides that a rule adopted for these purposes "may establish a zone where: (1) the operation of all or some types of watercraft is prohibited; (2) particular activities are restricted or prohibited; or (3) a limitation is placed on the speed at which a watercraft may be operated."

  19. 310 IAC 2.1-7-2.

  20. 310 IAC 2.1-7-3.

  21. 310 IAC 2.1-7-4.

  22. Personal communication with Stephen Davis, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Lake Michigan Specialist (January 1996).

  23. IC 14-8-2-202.5.

  24. P.L. 57, 1995 and codified primarily at IC 14-15-12.

  25. This effort is also discussed in the chapter, Coastal Coordination Program.

  26. At the state level, see IC 14-15-6 and 310 IAC 2.1-13.

  27. Coast Alliance, STATE OF THE COASTS: A STATE-BY-STATE ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL LINK BETWEEN HEALTHY COASTS AND A HEALTHY ECONOMY, 150 (June 1995).

  28. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, DRAFT LAKE MICHIGAN STRATEGIC PLAN (1996).

  29. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INDIANA SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND SELECTED TRIBUTARIES, 59 (April 30, 1979).

  30. Russell, Recreational facilities get official blessings, HAMMOND TIMES (July 17, 1996) and personal communication with Jodi Dickey, Division of Outdoor Recreation, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (September 1996).

  31. IC 8-10-1-7.5.

  32. 130 IAC 1-3-17(b). Burns International Harbor is operated by the Indiana Port Commission, a "body both corporate and politic in the state of Indiana." the purposes of the Indiana Port Commission are to promote the "agricultural, industrial, and commercial development of the state." IC 8- 10-14 and IC 8-10-1-3. With the Harbor, the Port Commission provides "a traffic exchange point . . . giving particular attention to the benefits which may accrue to the state and its citizens by the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway." IC 8-10-1-5(a)(6).

  33. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SURVEY OF GREAT LAKES BATHING BEACHES (1994).

  34. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INDIANA SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND SELECTED TRIBUTARIES, 45 (April 30, 1979).

  35. Botts, CURRENT USES OF INDIANA'S COASTAL RESOURCES, 21 (December 1995).

  36. Personal communication with Fred Szarka, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (October 1995).

  37. Armour, Report Gives State's Beaches High Marks, POST TRIBUNE (July 12, 1996).

  38. Finding A Clean Beach, CONSUMER REPORTS, 10 (August 1996).

  39. Natural Resources Defense Council, TESTING THE WATERS VI: WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO? (1996) at Internet address http://www.nrdc.org/nrdcpro/ttw/titinx.html.

  40. Indiana Trails 2000 found at Internet address http://www.ai.org/dnr/outdoor/trails.html.

  41. Indiana Trails 2000 found at Internet address cited in previously.

  42. IC 14-22-10-2.

  43. For example, the protection does not apply to business invitees, invited guests, or application of the "attractive nuisance doctrine." IC 14-22-10-2(e).

  44. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, TRAILBLAZER (April-June 1996).

  45. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, OFF ROAD VEHICLE STUDY (1972).

  46. Natural Resources Commission Minutes of September 20, 1995 Regular Meeting, 6.

  47. Natural Resources Commission Minutes of October 24, 1996: http://www.ai.org/nrc/mi102496.htm/

  48. Indiana Department of Natural Resources Mountain Bike Draft Report as presented to the Natural Resources Commission on April 29, 1998.

  49. Natural Resources Commission Minutes of April 29, 1998: http://www.ai.org/nrc/minutes/apr29-98.htm

  50. Pitcher, Biological Forces Which Have Shaped the Dunes, THE INDIANA DUNES STORY: HOW NATURE AND PEOPLE MADE A PARK, 10 (1994).

  51. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION PLAN, 122 (1994).

  52. Porter County Interim Report: Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory (July 1991) and LaPorte County Interim Report: Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory (March 1989).

  53. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, INDIANA RECREATION GUIDE 96, 30 (1996).

  54. 16 USC 777.

  55. 33 USC 2001, et seq.

  56. IC 14-15-3.

  57. 33 CFR 62.

  58. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION PLAN, 8 (1996).

  59. 43 USC 2101.

  60. See primarily 312 IAC 6-3.

  61. Personal communication with William James, Chief of Fisheries, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (December 1995).

  62. IC 14-28-1.

  63. IC 14-28-1-22(e)(3).

  64. IC 1428-2-20(3). This statutory subdivision was replaced on January 1, 1996, by very similar language in 310 IAC 6-1-18(a).

  65. IC 14-28-3-2.

  66. 327 IAC 2-1-6(c).

  67. 310 IAC 3.1-7.

  68. 310 IAC 3.1-8.

  69. IC 14-12-2-35.

  70. IC 14-15-3.

  71. IC 14-15-7-3(a)(4).

  72. IC 9-31.

  73. IC 6-6-11.

  74. IC 14-29-1-8(a)(1).

  75. IC 14-29-1-8(c).

  76. Personal communication with John Hannon, City Engineer for the City of Portage (January 8, 1996).

  77. IC 14-13-3-10

  78. IC 8-10-5

  79. IC 14-13-8-1.

  80. IC 14-12-3.

  81. 312 IAC 26.

  82. Hometown Indiana Grant Distributions, Information Bulletin #18, 21 IND. REG. 2226 (March 1, 1998) and at http://www.ai.org/nrc/hometown.htm/

  83. IC 8-4.5-2.

  84. IC 14-16-1-3.

  85. IC 14-16-1-10.

  86. IC 14-16-1-26 and IC 14-16-2-27.

  87. IC 14-12-2.

  88. IC 14-31-2-13.

  89. IC 14-31-2-14.

  90. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION PLAN (1994).

  91. 312 IAC 26-2-2(d).

  92. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Cultural Resources (1995).

  93. IC 14-3-3.4-12.

  94. 16 USC 470f and IC 14-3-3.4-9.

  95. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUPS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 147 (1996).

  96. Additional information can be obtained by writing The American Greenways Program, The Conservation Fund, 1800 North Kent Street, Suite 1120, Arlington, Virginia 22209.

  97. IC 14-15-7-1(2).

  98. Press Release, Cong. Pete Visclosky (May 15, 1996).

  99. George W. Carlson Oxbow Park Dedicated, Press Release, Hammond Parks and Recreation Department (October 7, 1998).

  100. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, LAKE MICHIGAN STRATEGIC PLAN (1997).

  101. IC 14-15-11-6.

  102. IC 14-15-11-9.