Shafer & Freeman Lakes Environmental Conservation Corporation

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The Shafer & Freeman Lakes Environmental Conservation Corporation (SFLECC) is a not-for-profit corporation, holding title to property under and around Lakes Shafer and Freeman. It annually licenses its property to abutting property owners in order that they may access the lakes and maintain authorized structures such a piers, docks, boat lifts, and so forth. While the water is that of the State of Indiana and patrolled by the Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers, the land and shore front is managed by the SFLECC.

MISSION

The SFLECC is dedicated to the promotion of the welfare and enhancement of the Shafer and Freeman lakes. Its goal is to preserve and promote the future well-being of the lakes for the public benefit through consistent and prosperous shore front management policies, the reduction of siltation occuring, the removal of silt already accumulated, and equitable and fair interaction with its members.



Norway Dam: Click to see water level below dam

WATER LEVELS

Click on the picture of Norway Dam, to the left, or Oakdale Dam, to the right, to see the river levels at the bridges immediately below them.

To display the lake levels immediately behind the dams and flow rates through the dams go to NIPSCo's website

Oakdale Dam: Click to see water level below dam

 Contacts for Entities involved in Lake Freeman lowering:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the agency that issued NIPSCO its license which sets the upper and lower lake levels:
        Kimberley D Bose, Secretary
        Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
        888 First St., NE
        Washington DC 20426
            Phone: 202-502-8400

US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the agency that is requiring NIPSCO to continuously maintain a minimum of 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) flow rate as measured at the river gauge at State Road 18:
        Scott Pruitt, Field Supervisor
        US Fish and Wildlife Service
        620 South Walker St.
        Bloomington, IN 47403-2121
            Phone: 812-334-4261

Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) the Company that is determining each lake's discharge and thus the lake levels:
        Northern Indiana Public Service Company
        Director, External Communications
        Nick Meyer
        801 East 86th Avenue   
        Merrillville, IN 46410
            Phone: 219-647-6556


Contacts for Legislative Aides of Congressmen

Janet Faker - Aide for Senator Coates
Janet_Faker@coats.senate.gov

Penny Titus - Aide for Representative Rokita
penny.titus@mail.house.gov



CONTACT INFORMATION

Address: SFLECC
P.O.Box 372
204C N. Main Street
Monticello, Indiana 47960

Telephone: 574-583-9784

Fax: 574-583-9794

email: info@sflecc.com

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