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Eco Report

Eco Report is a weekly public affairs program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological studies. Eco Report fosters an open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth. You can hear Eco Report at 5 p.m. each Friday on WFHB.

Eco Feature – April 25th, 2019

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.

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Eco Report – April 25th, 2019

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 …

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Mushrooms in Space: Discovery

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

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Eco Feature – April 18th, 2019

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

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Eco Report – April 18th, 2019

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 …

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Eco Report – April 4th, 2019

In this week’s episode of Eco Report, WFHB’s Julie Thomas and Julianna Daily report on human overpopulation is threatening iconic animals in the Masai Mara and Serengeti and the Bloomington city council’s  update on the Unified Development Ordinance during their meeting, last week. Also in this week’s news a federal judge in Alaska ruled on Friday that President Trump exceeded …

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