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iNaturalist app DIY activities for nature safari on St. Joseph River


Parks offer DIY summer activities
South Bend Tribune
One glory of these warm summer days is that you can hang out by riverbanks for long, lazy hours to spy on the strange little creatures spinning their legs through the clear shallows. Or listen for a splash, then look to see who or what did that. 
Or simply ponder how many kinds of leafy plants shade and shelter you from the chaos of civilization.
And if you have a homemade dipnet with nothing more than a stick, coat hanger, pantyhose and duct tape you can scoop up a bizarre looking friend. ....

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New ADA accessible launches open in LaPorte and Elkhart for more paddling access


Zully J.F. Alvarado moved from Chicago to Gary, looked out from her wheelchair and gazed upon Marquette Lagoon, rimmed by Lake Michigan dunes and oak forests, now outside of her home window. She wanted to kayak. Never mind that she had a dreadful fear of the water, not being able to swim. Why not her? In fact, why not Gary?
Her persistence and help from the Northwest Indiana Paddling Association led to an ADA-accessible canoe and kayak launch in 2016 and a succession of evening group paddles that, she says, became a “great equalizer.”
The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) launch provides a sliding bench where you scoot from your wheelchair into a kayak, then pull the boat into the water. But it also saves aged and weakened knees and hips from fully crouching to the ground. ....

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