Advancing Innovative Great Lakes Habitat Solutions and Building Community, Coastal, and Cultural Resilience in Lake County, Illinois

Recipient: Lake Forest Open Lands Association

Federal Funding: $5,750,639

This project will restore 61 acres of significant bluff, ravine, and nearshore habitat within a public nature preserve along Lake Michigan’s coast in Lake County, Illinois, preventing unnatural erosion that threatens the lake’s drinking water quality.

For more information on the Office for Coastal Management grant program funding this project, visit Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Awards. (2025)