Memorandum of Understanding Among the Natural Resource Trustees, Regarding Investigation and Assessment of Damages for Loss of and Injuries to Natural Resources Within the East Branch Little Calumet River/ Nearshore Lake Michigan

Memorandum of Understanding Among the Natural Resource Trustees, Regarding Investigation and Assessment of Damages for Loss of and Injuries to Natural Resources Within the East Branch Little Calumet River/ Nearshore Lake Michigan
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This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") by and among the Indiana Department of Environmental Management ("IDEM"), the Indiana Department of Natural Resources ("IDNR"), the United States Department of the Interior ("DOI"), acting through the National Park Service ("NPS") and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS"), (collectively, hereinafter, the "Parties") is entered into to ensure cooperation and coordination of the Parties in the preparations of the assessment and pursuit of claims for damages for injuries to natural resources.

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Indiana Ecological Services Field Office
We are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office working to protect and conserve endangered, threatened and rare species, migratory birds, inter-jurisdictional fish and their habitats in Indiana, and ensuring compliance with federal wildlife laws such as the Endangered Species Act. Our strategy for...
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Bloomington,IN
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