Kankakee Wetland Restoration | Across Indiana

The Potawatomi Nation and scientists are restoring wetlands.

The Grand Kankakee Marshland was once a vast ecosystem called The Everglades of the North and home to the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi. Settlers moved in, drained the wetlands, and transformed the land to focus on agriculture. Today the Potawatomi Nation, the USDA, and a team of scientists are bringing back the wetlands...and it's working.

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