Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:14 — 52.6MB)Subscribe: RSSIn this week’s Eco Report EXTRA, correspondent Zyro Roze gets an in depth update from Steven Stewart, Hoosier National Forest Program Director for the Indiana Forest Alliance (IFA), on the latest developments regarding grassroots activists’ pressure on state officials to rethink the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project to allow more …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:01 — 30.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreComing up later in the program, correspondent Zyro Roze gets an in depth update from Steven Stewart, Hoosier National Forest Program Director for the Indiana Forest Alliance (IFA), on the latest developments regarding grassroots activists’ pressure on state officials to rethink the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project. And …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:48 — 30.0MB)Subscribe: RSSOn Friday June 10th, concerned Southern Indiana residents met to discuss how to protect the Hoosier National Forest from a logging and burning project the Forest Service announced back in October 2021. The group, Save the Hoosier National Forest, opposes the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project, and wants to make …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (11.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More This story was edited for clarity on August 10th. According to court documents from last year, the charge asked that the court “mandates the Huffs to immediately restore and stabilize the land and vegetation they disturbed or removed, or caused to be disturbed or removed from portions of …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 27.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCorrection: In the story about Logging in Hoosier National Forest we stated that the South Fork watershed does not drain into Lake Monroe. That statement was in error. The South Fork watershed DOES drain into Lake Monroe. The Eco Report staff apologizes and regrets any confusion this …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:31 — 10.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Forest Alliance, along with hundreds of volunteer scientists, is nearing completion on an “Eco Blitz,” aimed at documenting life in Indiana’s forest ecosystems. For five years, the IFA and volunteer researchers from across the country have gathered data on species living in the state’s forests. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:20 — 3.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Brown County Parks and Recreation Dept. signed off on a logging contract that clear-cut a scenic overlook. At least one acre was logged along both sides of N. Highway 135, south of Bean Blossom. The Brown County Democrat reports, the county sold the timber along the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:02 — 61.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Election Board approved Ellettsville’s request to not hold a primary election, last week; Brown County Parks and Recreation Department Director approved $13,000 logging contract for scenic overlook; Indiana’s beleaguered Attorney General announces the creation of an online sexual assault form; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:22 — 64.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreState legislature begins second half of current session with over 400 bills to consider; proposed bill would tax AirBnBs; pollution clean-up site at Griffy Lake water treatment plant requires security against daily trespassers; Habitat for Humanity plans new house on W. 11th st; City completes installation of …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:02 — 20.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s feature report, Bassler tells WFHB he has previously sponsored legislation aimed at preserving ten to thirty percent of state forests from logging. With much of his district including areas of state forest, Bassler says Senate Bill six-ten is a different approach to his previous conservation bills, …
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