[PCA] NEWS: Indiana Dunes threatened by climate change, report warns
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Nov 18 07:48:05 CST 2009
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/green/chi-indiana-dunes-south-18-nov18,0,4642992.story
Indiana Dunes threatened by climate change, report warns
Experts say some noticeable changes already affecting plants, wildlife
By Mary Owen
Special to the Chicago Tribune
November 18, 2009
About a decade ago, the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore had one of the
country's largest populations of the Karner blue butterfly. The
nickel-size insects feasted on the national park's bountiful wild lupine
and relied on northwest Indiana's heavy snowfall to protect its eggs in
winter for spring hatching.
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