GUEST COMMENTARY: Dune, swale habitat: A rare phenomenon

Susan MiHalo

When I was in high school in Munster, I was privileged to be part of a class called Project Biology. It was a defining time for me because it was where I learned about ecological succession and that there is more to the Indiana Dunes than the beach. As part of the class, we traveled about 20 miles to the dunes and did systematic ecological sampling along a line to learn how the vegetation and ecosystems change as you leave the waterline.