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Speaking of Stories, Ep. 2: Darrell Ann Stone

“The Notebook” is a personal essay read by the author, Darrell Ann Stone. In it, she shares the inherent beauty she finds in people and animals, especially horses. The notebook itself is a zany introduction to who she is how she got there.  

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Eco Report – April 19, 2024

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On this Fund Drive edition of Eco Report, we alert you to an event just recently planned for the evening of Earth Day, this coming Monday. A Community Forum on Management of Hoosier National Forest has finally come to Bloomington, hosted by IFA and Friends of Lake Monroe. Forest Supervisor Michael Chaveas will be on the panel, from our neck …

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Eco Report – September 8, 2022

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HEADLINES Of Indiana’s original 20 million acres of forest, fewer than 2,000 acres of old-growth forests remain intact. Some types of interior forests are considered to be old growth if they contain trees that are more than 140 years old. Most of the sites that remain are now protected as nature preserves, and many have been selected as National Natural …

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Eco Report – June 4, 2020

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There are many experiments in agrivoltaics, or co-locating solar panels and food production, being undertaken around the United States. In defiance of a court order, the Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not regulate perchlorate, a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel that contaminates drinking water and harms the development of fetuses and small children. Pepsico, the world’s second-largest …

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