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May 22, 2018
Water Safe To Drink Despite Superfund, Says Town Of Spencer
The EPA put the Spencer site on its priority list last week, but the Indiana Department of Environmental Management says the chemical in the water is at safe levels.
Read MoreMay 21, 2018
Indiana Residents Urged To Comment On US Steel Settlement
The public comment period on the proposed settlement ends June 6.
Read MoreMay 21, 2018
Fast-Growing Invasive Vine Found In Indiana
Experts found the mile-a-minute vine in Monroe County. It's dead now, but they say it likely won't be the last we see of the plant.
Read MoreMay 21, 2018
Logging In State Forests Continues To Raise Ire Of Some Environmental Groups
The Indiana Forest Alliance recently set out on a short hike in the Jackson-Washington State Forest to talk about logging practices. And state legislators and representatives from the Department of Natural Resources joined them to see the results first hand.
Read MoreMay 21, 2018
Indiana Nonprofit Gets Grant To Build Portage Around Dam
The Kokomo Tribune reports that the $5,000 grant from Northern Indiana Public Service Company will allow The Wildcat Guardians to build a gravel portage path along Wildcat Creek.
Read MoreMay 17, 2018
IDEM Wants To Move Away From Printed Air Polluter Notices
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management wants to move away from air polluter notices in newspapers, in favor of online notices.
Read MoreMay 16, 2018
Indiana Reports Predict Climate Changes In The State
The reports released Tuesday are part of Purdue University's ongoing Indiana Climate Change Impact Assessment.
Read MoreMay 16, 2018
Public Comment Sought On Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan
The Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies will receive comments through May 31 on the strategy that covers a 16-state region, including Indiana.
Read MoreMay 16, 2018
Central Indiana Chemical Plume Added To Superfund Priority List
The EPA said Tuesday that adding the city of Spencer's Franklin Street Groundwater Contamination site to the federal agency's priority list signals its commitment to cleaning up that contamination.
Read MoreMay 15, 2018
Proposals For Bobcat Hunting, Killing Of 'Nuisance Animals' Struck Down
The proposed rules would have created a hunting season for bobcats and required animal control to kill any "nuisance animals" caught.
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