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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:25 — 7.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast week a committee in the Indiana House of Representatives approved a bill that would limit the power of state legislators. The law, proposed by Republican representative David Wolkins, would make it illegal for the state to pass environmental regulations that are more strict than federal laws. …
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Tips To Safely Deal With Winter Weather
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:59 — 920.2KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Department of Environmental Management, or IDEM, has issued a press release detailing ways to deal with winter weather while staying safe and environmentally friendly. If you use chemical salts to melt ice off your sidewalk, be sure not to over apply or allow the salts …
Read More »Real Christmas Trees Growing in Popularity in American Homes
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:42 — 3.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreReal Christmas trees are making a comeback this year, according to a specialist at Purdue University. Daniel Cassens, professor at the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, says more than one billion dollars will be spent in the United States this year bringing real Christmas trees into …
Read More »Griffy Lake To Be Refilled and Stocked With Fish
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:41 — 1.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn 2012 the City of Bloomington drained Griffy Lake to work on drain control. Work finished on Nov. 16, when contractors closed the lake gate and began allowing it to refill. Dave Kittaka, from the local Division of Fish & Wildlife, says that the sluice gate has …
Read More »Deer reductions to close 21 Indiana state parks
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | More21 Indiana state parks will be closed temporarily for deer reductions by local hunters . They do this annually, Mike Mycroft, chief of natural resources for the Department of Natural Resources State Parks and Reservoirs, said. “It’s mainly to manage the impact of high density deer herds …
Read More »Free driving tour of Lake Monroe offered for geology buffs
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:42 — 655.7KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAnyone interested in geology will have the opportunity for a free driving tour of Monroe Lake on December 1st. Beginning at the Paynetown State Recreation Area on South State Road 446, there will be stops highlighting the Mt. Carmel Fault, Leesville Anticline, Edwardsville Formation, Harrodsburg Limestone, and …
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