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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 27th, 2022.
Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Nathaniel Weinzapfel continues an ongoing series on how climate change impacts Indiana.
More in today’s feature report.
Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Strike Mic – Voices from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition in light of their ongoing strike against Indiana University.
But first, your Environmental News Brief:
“The Caviar King”, otherwise known as David Cox, the once infamous illegal poacher of paddlefish along the Ohio River, has once again made headlines as his relative has been sentenced in federal court for the illegal harvesting of paddlefish. Joseph Schigur must serve five years probation for catching paddlefish and cutting them open to take their eggs. These fish are considered threatened under Ohio law, and only commercially approved fishing of them is allowed in the parts of the Ohio river controlled by Indiana and Kentucky. Since Joseph caught the fish in Ohio and brought them to Indiana, he violated the federal Lacey Act, which prohibits the illegal transportation of wildlife if said wildlife was illegally caught in the state it was taken from. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service released a statement thanking the investigators who had been working to stop the greed of Joseph and similar illegal wildlife traffickers.
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt of the Southern District of Indiana recently ruled in favor of environmental groups who have spent four years fighting a proposal to log and control burn areas of the Hoosier National Forest close to Lake Monroe. The proposal, called the Houston South Project, wanted to restore oak and hickory trees to the forest after the logging and burning. The Monroe County Board of Commissioners and the Hoosier Environmental Council were concerned that rainfall following the burns could lead to more sediment entering the Lake Monroe watershed and potentially contaminate Bloomington’s drinking water supply. While Judge Pratt did dismiss claims that endangered species, such as the Indiana bat, would be impacted, the environmental groups have considered this ruling as a success, and the health of the lake protected.
Across the ocean, the country of Italy has recently voted in its country’s parliament to include protections for both animals and the environment in the nation’s constitution. This section of the constitution, titled Article Nine, previously protected the natural landscape and heritage of the country, but the new amendment would manade that the country QUOTE “protect the environment, biodiversity, ecosystems and animals in the interest of future generations” UNQUOTE. The World Wildlife Fund’s chapter in Italy was supportive of the change, due to the protections it now enshrines into the nation’s most important document. Other areas of the world, including Argentina in 1994 and the Alaska State Constitution have included similar environmental preservation amendments into their constitutions.
Feature Reports:
WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro reported on a shooting at Kalao Rum Bar over the Little 500 weekend. We turn to Shaprio’s report.
Up next, we have Strike Mic – Voices from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition in light of their ongoing strike against Indiana University. We turn now to that segment.
WFHB Correspondent Nathaniel Weinzapfel continues an ongoing series on how climate change impacts Indiana. In today’s feature report, Weinzapfel tackles Indiana’s Severe Weather Future with IU Professor Dr. Cody Fitzpatrick. We turn now to that segment.
Up next, Solar Good News on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on WFHB. Host and producer Richard Fish says solar energy is really on the way, and more prevalent locally than most people know. Fish breaks down how to find out if it will benefit you, without spending a dime and how to stay away from any scammers and swindlers. We turn to Richard Fish for more.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Nathaniel Weinzapfel and Abe Shapiro.
Our feature was produced by Nathaniel Weinzapfel.
Better Beware is produced by Richard Fish.
Strike Mic is produced by Mia Beach and Hugh Farrell.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
