{"id":15,"date":"2026-03-10T13:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-09-11T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T18:47:08","slug":"about-the-sjcklc-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the SJCKLC Research Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/files\/2026\/03\/8.24.18_0178bfbND-1024x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/files\/2026\/03\/8.24.18_0178bfbND-1024x390.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/files\/2026\/03\/8.24.18_0178bfbND-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/files\/2026\/03\/8.24.18_0178bfbND-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/files\/2026\/03\/8.24.18_0178bfbND.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project is concerned with the many important, interconnected aquatic habitats located west of the City of South Bend, northern Indiana, and that we call the <strong>St. Joseph County Kettle Lakes Corridor (SJCKLC).<\/strong> Here we share information about the corridor to help promote its preservation and restoration. An <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/overview\/\">overview<\/a><\/strong> of the SJCKLC provides context for the information about many of the different <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/locations\/\">locations<\/a><\/strong> that together constitute an important ecosystem for the region and the state of Indiana. Other information includes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/research\/\">research<\/a><\/strong> being conducted by undergraduate students at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nd.edu\/\">University of Notre Dame<\/a><\/strong> and by many other <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/partners\/\">partner<\/a> <\/strong>organizations, and photograph <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/galleries\/\">galleries<\/a><\/strong> of the many animals, plants, and fungi found in the corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should you have questions about the project or the content of this website, please <strong>contact<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.nd.edu\/people\/faculty\/dominic-chaloner\/\">Dom Chaloner<\/a>, <\/strong>faculty project advisor <strong>(<a href=\"mailto:dchalone@nd.edu\">dchalone@nd.edu<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-35b6c1af wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project is concerned with the many important, interconnected aquatic habitats located west of the City of South Bend, northern Indiana, and that we call the St. Joseph County Kettle Lakes Corridor (SJCKLC). Here we share information about the corridor to help promote its preservation and restoration. An overview of the SJCKLC provides context for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5102,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sjcklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}