Turkey Run and McCormick's Creek were Indiana's first two state parks, established in 1916 as a gift to Hoosiers on the 100th anniversary of Indiana statehood.

Officials have said the gas might have come from a 1920s-era abandoned coal mine an estimated 400 feet below ground in the city about 25 miles north of Evansville.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with Visit Indiana, is offering free admission to kick off Visit Indiana Week.

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.

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.

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.

Efforts to limit logging in Indiana's state forests have once again failed to advance out of committee at the statehouse.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will give the federal funds to 12 cities, towns and nonprofits for urban forestry projects.

McCormick's Creek in Spencer, about 55 miles southwest of Indianapolis, and Turkey Run in in Marshall about 60 miles west of Indianapolis, became Indiana's first two state parks on Dec. 16, 1916.

The Department of Natural Resources says the parks will close temporarily for the two-day hunts on Nov. 16 and 17, and Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.