DU and a host of conservation partners, including Lake County Parks, Indiana DNR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Southern Lake Michigan Coastal Wetlands Project, continue work to restore wetland and upland habitat on the 240-acre Deep River Headwaters County Park and adjacent 18-acre Beaver Dam Wetland Conservation Area. DU has completed the design and is awaiting permit approval to deliver the restoration of 3 wetlands on the property which include a 16-acre emergent wetland, an 18-acre wooded wetland and a second emergent marsh that could top 190-acres! Adjacent uplands totaling nearly 100 acres are currently being restored to a mosaic of native prairie and oak savannah that will provide ideal waterfowl nesting habitat. DU delivery of this restoration should commence in summer or fall of 2006. In addition, the Lake County Parks and Recreation Department is actively pursuing acquisition of adjacent properties to be incorporated with and enhance the existing property and wetland restoration.