Timber industry seeks respect, profit from 'green' standards
Why should bamboo imported from Asia or steel made through intensive use of energy be consider greener than locally grown trees? timber interests ask.
View ArticleYoung workers help Indiana parks during cutbacks
Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman Phil Bloom said the 1,665 young workers hired by the DNR will help seasonal workers with important maintenance work at many of the state's 24 state...
View ArticleProposed Indiana reservoir would face several reviews
Indiana's Department of Homeland Security and several divisions of the Department of Natural Resources would have to review the 2,000-acre reservoir proposal, as would the Army Corps of Engineers and...
View ArticleLogging plan for Indiana forest draws opposition
The group Hoosier Forest Watch maintains that the logging work would damage the 1,500-acre back-country section of Morgan-Monroe State Forest near Bloomington. The state disagrees.
View ArticleState parks see surge in business as weather heats up
Revenue from year-long passes was up about 8 percent this year through the end of May compared to the same time last year, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
View ArticleSenate passes bill regulating fenced-in deer hunting
Hunting preserves have operated unregulated in Indiana since February, after a court ruling that said the Department of Natural Resources overreached when it tried to close one in Harrison County.
View ArticleHolcomb, Gregg disagree about how to manage state forests
Democrat gubernatorial candidate John Gregg says there's too much logging going on in Indiana state forests, while Republican opponent Eric Holcomb defends the state's practices.
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