Events

KAWO member Mike Weis will lead a tour of arguably one of the highest quality Black Oak Savannas in the country. Miller Woods, a 1,000-acre site in the City of Gary, is the western property of the Indiana Dunes National Park. This property has three globally rare ecosystems - black oak savanna, dune and swale habitat, and pannes. The hike from the nature center to the lake is like walking through ecological succession history. From the oak savanna you will pass through ancient dunes, ancient shorelines, interdunal wetlands, lagoons, ridge and swale, pannes, a brief pine forest, dune blowouts, foredunes, sedge meadow and finally the beach (which is typically secluded at this spot with a beautiful view of the Chicago skyline).