Eco Report

The Bloomington Farmers Market saw record attendance last year, despite having fewer participating vendors; From 2015-2017, Indiana added 83,000 acres of cover crops; Climate change is a major concern for American voters, with nearly 40 percent reporting the issue will help determine how they cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election. THE SECRET LIFE OF FUNGI Styrofoam and biodegradable …

For five years, the Indiana Forest Alliance and volunteer researchers from across the country have been gathering data on species living in Indiana’s forests. In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Norm Holy speaks with the IFA’s Executive Director Jeff Stant, who says they’re having trouble finding experts who know about many of the species they’re discovering in Indiana’s forests.

Listen to this week’s episode of Eco Report to hear a weekly update on important environmental news. In this week’s news headlines WFHB’s Graham Capito report on Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt expecting to lobby for the coal industry and against coal plant closures across the state, also in this week’s news headlines a team of research scientists …

In this week’s episode of The Secret Life of Fungi, Kalynn Huffman-Brower explores the science-fiction possibilities of fungi, for space travelers.

This week’s segment of “IN Nature” is a discussion about the Spring Peeper.

In this week’s Eco Feature, WFHB’s Jan Walker interviews Sandy Belth, Assistant Naturalist for Monroe County Parks and Recreation about Monarch Butterflies.

Listen to this week’s episode of Eco Report to hear a weekly update on important environmental news. For example in this week’s news a discussion on the total mass of insects worldwide falling by two percent a year and Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to ban single use plastic bags in the state of New York.  Also in this week’s …

This week’s In Nature is a discussion on the Box Turtle.

In this week’s feature, WFHB’s Norm Holy, speaks with Dr Jeff Dukes, head of the Purdue University Climate Change Research Center.

In this weeks feature, WFHB’s Norm Holy discuss’s Lake lemon’s bird population with a local bird expert.