Eco Report – April 7, 2023

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Hello and welcome to Eco-Report.
For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey
And I’m Frank Marshalek

Coming up later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze has an update on developments regarding regional forest protection efforts in a recent interview with Andy Mahler of Protect Our Woods, following a public meeting in Paoli earlier this week with Senator Mike Braun and the US Forest Service where some two hundred fifty people showed up, with the vast majority of those that rose to speak expressing opposition to the Buffalo Springs log and burn forest plan as it currently stands.

And now for your environmental reports:

• Last week we reported on pesticide use in common produce and listed the Dirty Dozen. This week we list the Clean Fifteen, as analyzed by the USDA and FDA. —Norm Holy
• The Indiana Environmental Reporter provides an update on a very old issue: coal ash. News that toxic waste from the recent Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio would be shipped to a landfill in Roachdale, Indiana has rung alarm bells with everyone from local residents to Gov. Eric Holcomb, who has ordered testing of the waste for possibly dangerous levels of dioxins. —Norm Holy
• The Indiana Capitol Chronicle reports environmental activists decried the legislative process for a bill introduced in the current session, saying it clearly benefited some of the state’s most powerful while harming the average Hoosier.
  —Norm Holy
• To our dismay, the Indiana House pushed forward a bill reducing the few remaining state wetlands protections.            —Julianna Dailey
• Despite scientists’ warnings, House Republicans passed a bill to boost fossil fuels amidst climate crisis. –Norm Holy
• Indiana resembles Kentucky in many ways. Kentucky is dead last in solar or wind power. Indiana is not far behind.      —Norm Holy
• And now, Zyro Roze speaks with Andy Mahler of Protect Our Woods, an initiative of the Indiana Forest Alliance.

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And now for some upcoming events:

• Wildflower Weekend is taking place at McCormick’s Creek State Park on Saturday, April 8th, and Sunday, April 9th. Workshops, hikes and fun activities are scheduled each day. To see the full schedule, go to the DNR Calendar website.
  Join Anthony at the Donaldson Cave Parking Log in Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, April 8th, from 8 to 9:30 pm for a Full Pink Moon Hike. You will hike Trail 7 which is 2.25 miles long as you learn the history and folklore of the Full Pink Moon.
• Join native plant and fungi guru David Mow for a guided tour of Porter West Preserve in Monroe County on Wednesday, April 12th, from 10 am to Noon. This is a Sycamore Land Turst event. To participate, go to sycamorelandtrust.org to register.
• A Salt Creek Wildflower Hike is scheduled at Monroe Lake at the U.S. Army Corps Overlook on Thursday, April 13th, from Noon to 2 pm. It is one of the best locations to see spring wildflowers in bloom at Monroe Lake. It is especially known for its white-blooming Virginia Bluebells. Sign up at bit.ly/saltcreekflowers-2023.
• Join the Bedford Hiking Club for a 5 or 10 K Volksmarch at Morgan-Monroe State Forest on Saturday, April 15th, from 9 am to 1 pm. Contact Teena Ligman at 812-278-0139 to register.

 

And that wraps up our show for this week.

This week’s headlines were written by Norm Holy, and Julianna Dailey.

Today’s news feature was produced by Zyro Roze and edited by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider

Julianna Dailey assembled the script and was edited by Zyro Roze.

Julianna Dailey compiled our events calendar.

Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider produced and engineered today’s show.

For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey.
And I am Frank Marshalek

And this is EcoReport.