Hello 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 the Lake Monroe watershed. And now for your environmental reports: The …
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This 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 South Forest Restoration and Management project. Your Local Headlines: Bloomington City Council discussed …
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When 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 it was at 7%. Though the urban population density has increased more and …
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The 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 to the Lake Monroe watershed, which supplies drinking water to Monroe County. Yesterday, …
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