Tag Archives: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

HEADLINES As the effects of the climate crisis ravage the West with severe drought and persistent wildfires, Indiana will become accustomed to more frequent bouts of severe weather. —Norm Holy The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is investigating reports of sick and dying songbirds in five Indiana counties. The agency said several species of songbirds in Monroe, Clark, Jefferson, LaGrange …

The Indiana Department of Transportation, or INDOT, is pushing its plan to build a destructive new highway, the Mid-States Corridor, which would run from Owensboro, Kentucky, through the Jasper area and connect with interstate 69. Whether the project is even needed at all—is a point of contention. —Linda Greene The head of Indiana’s environmental agency said it would no longer …

For the last decade, the DNR has allowed logging during the summer because they had been given the OK from the U.S. Forest Service, or USFS, that there were no bats roosting in the area to be logged. This was the ruling even when bats were caught in mist nets in the area. —Norm Holy  Several members of the House …