Eco Report

Today we hear about an elusive animal rarely seen during the day: the bobcat. Correspondent Norm Holy talks about bobcats with Brad Westrich, the non-game mammals expert at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. This is part one of a two-part conversation. Join us next week when Holy and Westrich discuss another nocturnal creature, the flying squirrel.  

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has approved locating a coal to diesel plant in the town of Dale, in Southwestern Indiana. That plant would process raw coal and convert it to diesel fuel. But residents of Dale are resisting, citing concerns about pollution and safety. In today’s feature report, WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with environmental activists Mary …

WFHB’s Norm Holy talks coal ash ponds with Dr Indra Frank, Environmental Health and Water Quality Director for the Hoosier Environmental Council. Dr. Frank has testified on Indiana coal ash ponds to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year.

In today’s Eco Feature, WFHB’s Norm Holy talks with Allisyn Gellet about the history and status of the peregrine falcon in Indiana. Gellet is a non-game bird specialist with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Researchers from governmental agencies and universities around Indiana are collaborating to study the potential impact of climate change on the state. The resulting studies make up the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment, led by the Purdue Climate Change Research Center. Dr. Tomas Hook is one of those researchers. He’s a professor of Aquatic Sciences at Purdue, and the director of …

WFHB correspondent Norm Holy talks with Indiana DNR Wildlife Specialist Rex Watters about Indiana’s eagle population. The eagle was nearly wiped out statewide in the late nineteenth century. Watters was involved with the successful re-establishment of eagles at Lake Monroe in the mid-1980’s.

Climate researchers are predicting Indiana will have warmer and wetter, winters and springs in the coming decades. What does that mean for the state’s agriculture sector? WFHB’s Norm Holy has been exploring this question with Purdue Agronomy Professor Laura Bowling. She is the lead author of a study on the future of agriculture from Purdue’s Climate Change Research Center. In …

Climate researchers are predicting warmer and wetter winters and springs for Indiana in the coming decades. What does that mean for the state’s agriculture sector? WFHB’s Norm Holy explores this question with Dr Laura Bowling, professor of Agronomy at Purdue University. Dr Bowling is the lead author of a study on the future of agriculture produced by Purdue’s Climate Change …

In today’s feature report, Professor Sanya Carley of Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs discusses the economics of coal and renewable energies with WFHB’s Norm Holy.

In today’s Eco Feature, WFHB’s environmental correspondent Norm Holy talks with Dr. Gabriel Filippelli of Indiana University’s Department of Earth Sciences. Dr. Filippelli is the lead author on a study examining the impact of climate change on human health. Dr Filippelli says climate change has already impacted our health over the past thirty years. For example, warmer winters and wetter …