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April 27, 2016
Hoosiers Seek Answers To Questions About CAFOs
Environmental impacts of confined animal feeding operations were discussed at a meeting this week in Columbus, Indiana.
Read MoreApril 26, 2016
Gypsy Moth Treatments Scheduled For Northern Indiana
Aerial treatments to slow the spread of gypsy moths are planned to begin the week of May 9 at sites in Kosciusko, LaPorte, St. Joseph and Whitley counties.
Read MoreApril 25, 2016
Indiana Mayors Seek Scenic Designation For Eel River
Mayors Scott Long of Wabash, Gabriel Greer of Peru and Dave Kitchell of Logansport want the state's Department of Natural Resources to give the Eel River the "Indiana Scenic River" designation.
Read MoreApril 20, 2016
More Than 100 Indiana Communities Working To Reduce Combined Sewer Overflow
Lots of communities in Indiana 105, to be exact are working to reduce their combined sewer overflows right now in a variey of ways - from large storage tunnels to do-it-yourself rain gardens. But why are we seeing so many of these public works projects now?
Read MoreApril 15, 2016
New Initiative Aims To Reduce Food Waste In Indiana
The Indiana Food Scrap Initiative is trying to reduce food waste in Indiana.
Read MoreApril 5, 2016
Birds Of Prey Flocking To South Bend Area This Spring
The city's resident peregrine falcon couple, Zeus and Maltese, also are preparing to start another family downtown
Read MoreApril 4, 2016
Tunnels Expected to Solve Sewage Overflow Problem in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne
More than 100 of Indiana's sewage systems need improvements to comply with federal standards, and the Environmental Protection Agency has sued many cities and towns over sewage overflow problems. Some cities are building new sewage overflow tunnels to fix the problem.
Read MoreApril 1, 2016
Indiana Agency Offering Free Testing Of Private Wells
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management says state residents are eligible for the free testing if their property contains a private drinking water well.
Read MoreMarch 22, 2016
Ball State Professor Invited To White House To Talk About Nation's Water Quality
While the country has rallied around ugly brown lead-tainted water in Flint, Michigan, Lee Florea has led Hoosier students along Indiana river and creek-banks to show them that water quality issues aren't always that easy to see.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2016
Controlled Burn Set For Brown County State Park To Aid Oaks
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources plans to set the fire between March 21-25 within Brown County State Park's little-visited 10 O'clock Line Nature Preserve.
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