Tag Archives: Indiana Forest Alliance

This week, correspondent Norm Holy speaks with Indiana Forest Alliance Conservation Director Rae Schnapp about the costs and value associated with Indiana State forests.

A group calling itself the ‘Night Owls, Paint and Exteriors,’ or NOPE, spray painted hundreds of trees in Yellowwood State Forest over the weekend in an attempt to thwart logging efforts. On Thursday, a bid to selectively log 299 acres of state forest was awarded to Hamilton Logging company. An anonymously published article in the online ‘Earth First Journal,’ by …

Dave Seastrom of the Indiana Forest Alliance says last week’s sale of more than 1700 trees in Yellowwood State Forest isn’t the end for environmental activists. The IFA is now mounting a campaign to encourage Governor Eric Holcomb to nullify the sale of timber in the Forest. WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Seastrom in today’s WFHB Feature Report.

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled in favor of Antonio Lopez-Aguilar, who was detained by the Marion County Sheriff’s office at the behest of the federal Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; The Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys is advocating against the decriminalization of marijuana in the state; The U.S. Department of the Interior has fined Hamilton County for …

News Director Wes Martin interviews Dr. Rae Schnapp, Conservation Director for the Indiana Forest Alliance, on site at the Save Yellowwood encampment. Also interviewed Dave Schoopman, a concerned property owner.

Eco Report’s Julianna Dailey speaks with the Indiana Forest Alliance’s Dave Simcox about logging in state forests, in this live broadcast Eco Report feature.

In today’s Eco Report feature, correspondent Norm Holy speaks with Anne Laker from the Indiana Forest Alliance. The Alliance was involved in lobbying for the preservation of the Crown Hill Woods, an old-growth forest in Indianapolis. The Alliance recently announced the woods will not be cleared, at least not for the time being.

In today’s Eco Report feature, correspondent Julianna Dailey speaks with a young activist who gave a speech last month at the Indiana Statehouse. Liam Murphy is passionate about environmental issues and he assures Dailey that many other youth are too.

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In today’s Eco Report feature, correspondent Aaron Comforty speaks with Mike Luurtsema from the Heartwood Council about the group’s efforts to save old growth forests in Indiana.