GLIN==> Press Release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards ecosystem restoration contract for NW Indiana

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Sept. 30, 2011

Vanessa Villarreal
312-846-5331
Vanessa.Villarreal at usace.army.mil

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards ecosystem restoration contract for NW
Indiana

On Sept. 27, 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District awarded
a base construction contract for $867,775 to ENCAP, Inc., for ecosystem
restoration on the 198-acre Calumet Prairie Ivanhoe South project in
northwest Indiana.

The project was authorized under the Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem
Restoration (GLFER) authority, Section 506, WRDA 2000 and was entirely funded
through U.S. EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). This is the 5th
GLRI-funded GLFER project awarded by the Corps' Chicago District for
construction this year. In addition, this project will assist in delisting
the Indiana Harbor Canal Grand Calumet River Area of Concern.

Calumet Prairie and Ivanhoe South are part of a globally, nationally and
regionally significant coastal ecosystem containing high quality remnant
natural communities, providing habitat for several endangered, threatened,
and rare species, and serving as an important stopover site for migratory
birds.

The project will restore 164 acres of wet sand prairie and 34 acres of ridge
and swale habitat comprised of sand savanna and marsh communities. This will
happen by clearing woodlands (made up of non-native and opportunistic trees
and shrubs), removing invasive species, recovering native seed banks,
planting native species, and prescribed burns. Construction activities will
start in the fall by conducting a prescribed burn and work will continue
through the winter with tree clearing.

ENCAP, Inc. is certified as a small business.

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