The state Department of Natural Resources says recent unseasonably warm weather had delayed the arrival of fall foliage.

The DNR's Division of Forestry allocates 15 percent of timber sale revenue from state forests to counties where the harvests occur.

The plan calls for logging to concentrate on removing stagnated and dying pine trees to create better growing conditions for healthy trees, including black walnut, cherry, oaks, hickory, poplar and maple.

The entrance fees are being waived in recognition of National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands.

Instead of exporting lumber, officials want more of it to be used to make products in Indiana.

The law requires anyone under 18 to wear a helmet when riding all-terrain vehicles.

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.

The proposed rules would have created a hunting season for bobcats and required animal control to kill any “nuisance animals” caught.

The Indiana Natural Resources Commission, NRC, votes on two controversial proposals at a public meeting in Indianapolis Tuesday, May 15th. The Department of Natural Resources would allow bobcat hunting and require euthanasia of certain nuisance wildlife in Indiana – examples are possums and racoons. Both are part of a biennial wildlife rule amendment package. And both were met with public opposition.

That Saturday will be the first of four free fishing days this year in Indiana. The three others are May 19 and June 2 and June 3.