Funding will improve Trail Creek fish habitat.

The LaPorte County Parks Department received a $64,000 grant from the Indiana DNR to be used for bank stabilization and fish habitat enhancement of a 600 foot section of Trail Creek at Creek Ridge County Park.

A section of stream bank recently washed out causing a section of trail to be closed and boardwalk removed. This grant will address the failed bank and implement six sites of habitat improvements such as j-hooks and cross vanes. The work must be completed by September 1, 2018.

LaPorte County Parks Superintendent Jeremy Sobecki states “Our hope is to reduce the continued erosion of the hillside, improve fishing and hiking access and fish habitat. Once completed sedimentation will be reduced, fishing improved and access to the stream will be much safer for our visitors.”