CALUMET ECOLOGICAL PARK.

SEC. 816. CALUMET ECOLOGICAL PARK. (a) Feasibility Study.— (1) In general.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing an urban ecological park to be known as “Calumet Ecological Park”, in the Lake Calumet area situated between the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. (2) Particulars of study.—The study under paragraph (1) shall include consideration of the following: (A) The suitability of establishing a park in the Lake Calumet area that— (i) conserves and protects the wealth of natural resources threatened by development and pollution in the Lake Calumet area; and (ii) consists of a number of nonadjacent sites forming green corridors between the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, that are based on the lakes and waterways in the area. (B) The long-term future use of the Lake Calumet area. (C) Ways in which a Calumet Ecological Park would— (i) benefit and enhance the cultural, historical, and natural resources of the Lake Calumet area; and (ii) preserve natural lands and habitats in the Lake Calumet area and northwest Indiana. (3) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report containing findings and recommendations of a study under this section.