| Strategic Initiatives Eco-Diversity Program The coastal counties of Northwest Indiana are home to diverse assemblages of plants representing not only the Eastern Deciduous (Central Hardwood) Forest Flora, but also the Boreal (North Woods) Flora from a cooler glacial period about 15,000 years ago, the Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora which migrated here during the interglacial periods, and the Prairie Flora which is an eastward extension, the Prairie Peninsula, of the vast, dry prairies that covered areas such as Iowa and Illinois. These floras helped give Northwest Indiana the highest biodiversity index in the state. Aside from their ecological and aesthetic values, many of these plants have a growing importance in providing therapeutic compounds for many fields of medicine. Through its Eco-Diversity Program, the LPCCT has acquired and established preserves like Wintergreen Woods (a Boreal ecosystem) to permanently maintain this biodiversity. The LPCCT has also been instrumental in aiding other entities, like the LaPorte County Park & Recreation Department in their similar preservation efforts at Red Mill County Park, Creek Ridge County Parks, and elsewhere in the county. It is the goal of the LPCCT to establish a preserve to represent each major ecosystem native to LaPorte County. |
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