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Eco Report – October 27, 2023

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:53 — 41.1MB)Subscribe: RSSHello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Coming up later in this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets an update from Steven Stewart of the Indiana Forest Alliance on a new attempt at prescribed burning and logging proposed for …

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WFHB Local News – May 22, 2020

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:04 — 44.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is the WFHB Local News for Friday, May 22nd, 2020. In today’s show, WFHB Correspondents Jasmine White and Braydyn Lents break down racist comments from Indiana lawmaker, Jim Lucas. Also, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner covers a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for approving the Houston …

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Houston South forest project threatens precious ecosystems in Hoosier National Forest

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:28 — 11.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhen most people think of Indiana’s landscape they picture cornfields and flat terrain. Surprisingly, Indiana used to be almost completely covered with forests and wildlife with a limited space filled by bare hills. Indiana’s forest cover pre-settlement is estimated to be around 85%. By the early 1900s …

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Monroe County Asks For More Conversation About Hoosier Logging

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:36 — 3.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe County Council signed a letter to the Hoosier National Forest’s district ranger, asking for broader public discussion of the pending Houston South project. The project calls for logging of approximately four thousand acres within the Hoosier National Forest. Environmental groups say the project poses serious risks …

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