‘Eco Blitz’ Finds Dozens of Threatened, Endangered Species in Yellowwood

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The Indiana Forest Alliance, along with hundreds of volunteer scientists, is nearing completion on an “Eco Blitz,” aimed at documenting life in Indiana’s forest ecosystems.

For five years, the IFA and volunteer researchers from across the country have gathered data on species living in the state’s forests. As IFA Executive Director Jeff Stant tells WFHB Correspondent Norm Holy, experts are having trouble identifying hundreds of species in Yellowwood State Forest. Stant said the group has found more than 4,000 species in Yellowwood, which they’re documenting to provide base line data, as global climate change threatens forest ecology.