Tag Archives: logging

An armed gunman was reported on IU’s campus yesterday afternoon; State Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) toured logging areas of Yellowwood State Forest last week, to evaluate the logging of the back country wilderness; A surveying and land-use contractor hired by the city of Bloomington to evaluate what to do with the IU Health downtown hospital has released its recommendations; Wain Martin, a …

In this week’s edition of The Bicentennial Journal, Cheryl Munson continues the story of the area that is now Monroe County.  Munson tells the story of White settlement of the area and the military campaigns against Native Americans. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available …

Today’s Eco Feature producer Rebecca Mueller discusses this weekend’s Wild and Scenic Festival organized by the Indiana Forest Alliance with their outreach coordinator, Sandy Messner.

This weeks Eco Feature we re-air one of our favorite features from twenty-seventeen. Eco Report Correspondent Norm Holy speaks with Indiana Forest Alliance Conservation Director Rae Schnapp about the environmental impact of logging Yellowwood State Forest.

WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Indiana Forest Alliance volunteer, Dave Seastrom, about the Indiana Department of Natural Resources awarding the logging rights of 299 acres of Yellowwood State Park to Hamilton Logging Company.

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.

Today’s feature Eco Report’s Rebecca Mueller interviews Cathy Greene, a citizen advocate for the protection of the Low Gap Wilderness Area from logging. Greene recently backpacked the length of the Tecumseh Trail to view past and future logging areas.

Eco Report is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely …

Some 299 acres of Yellowwood State Forest are on the table for selective logging. As WFHB Correspondent Alex Davis reports, environmental groups, scientists and researchers are warning that dozens of endangered species roost in Yellowwood’s back country. They’re bringing their pleas to stop the Indiana Department of Natural Resources plan to Governor Eric Holcomb.

Eco Report’s Norm Holly interviews Jeff Stant, of the Indiana Forest Alliance. Discussing a green forestry label for logging sustainability and maintaining the forest at its age.