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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:10 — 40.1MB)Subscribe: RSSHello and welcome to Eco Report. In today’s feature report, we will listen to Part 2 with WFHB Environmental Correspondent Max Jancich as he speaks with Greg Olsen, Field Projects Director at the Sand County Foundation. Olsen discussed prairie strips, a conservation practice that integrates prairie ecosystems into 10-20 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.4MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Bloomington Environmental Commission is a group of local citizens advising city officials on eco-friendly public policy. Commission projects might focus on safeguarding water quality or reducing light pollution. The commission also does public engagement campaigns. For example the Bloomington Habitat Connectivity Map allows private landowners to pledge their …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:35 — 28.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s Eco Report feature, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Robert Shull speaks with Kevin Hunter, who has been involved in the treatment of sewage in Monroe County for over 30 years.   It has become increasingly known that Corals play a crucial role in marine ecosystems. Not only …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:51 — 28.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s Eco Report feature, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Robert Shull speaks with Dan Vest, Monroe County Animal Management Officer, about animal control, what his job entails and how much he loves his job. PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances commonly called “forever chemicals” are toxic chemicals that are …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for September 30th, 2021. Later in the program, we have a new edition of Prescription for Healthcare – a monthly podcast collaboration between WFHB and Medicare for All – Indiana. More in the bottom half of tonight’s show. Also coming up in the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:28 — 49.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday’s Local Headlines: In early March, pay stations will be installed in two downtown Bloomington parking lots. Ellettsville Planning Director Kevin Tolloty presented Building Department text amendments during the February 24th Ellettsville Town council meeting. The Monroe County jail will see the addition of a psychiatric nurse …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:44 — 3.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBLOOMINGTON – In between rain, snow, and the increasingly less rare 65-degree weather days, it’s hard to imagine a place Bloomington locals and visitors alike have come to know and love on fire. We were always taught to prevent fires, but what happens when your city prescribes …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:35 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Utilities Board approved a $161,000 amendment to its contract with VET Environmental Engineering for cleanup of the Griffy Lake water treatment plant. It is the fifth amendment to the VET contract for mercury clean up at the decommissioned plant. James Hall, Assistant Director of Environmental Programs …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:31 — 3.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe City of Bloomington continues the environmental cleanup of its decommissioned Griffy Lake water treatment plant. Last night, the Bloomington Utilities Service Board approved extending its contract with VET Environmental Engineering for the cleanup. The City decommissioned the Griffy Lake water treatment plant in the 1990’s. The …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:50 — 40.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana state budget passed through the State Senate, this morning; An Indiana Senate bill that would have legalized “loan shark lending” died on the House floor, yesterday; Bloomington will acquire the Bunger & Robertson property on South College Ave.; Plans to put a four-story boutique hotel …