State Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) toured logging areas of Yellowwood State Forest last week. Pierce says he hiked through the Back Country area, where a Department of Natural Resources contractor is removing 1,700 trees, with the Indiana Forest Alliance’s Dave Seastrom. Pierce says the Indiana DNR designated Yellowwood’s Back Country area back in the ‘80’s, in an effort to preserve …
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An armed gunman was reported on IU’s campus yesterday afternoon; State Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) toured logging areas of Yellowwood State Forest last week, to evaluate the logging of the back country wilderness; A surveying and land-use contractor hired by the city of Bloomington to evaluate what to do with the IU Health downtown hospital has released its recommendations; Wain Martin, a …
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Host Doug Storm is joined by John Seifert, Indiana’s State Forester. We discuss logging in Yellowwood State Forest and the management of public forest lands. Other topics include the marked increase in commercial logging since 2002; invasive plant species in clear-cut land; the science of carbon sequestration; and the politics of resource management. Credits: Producer & Host: Doug Storm Board …
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