Let’s Save Indianapolis’ Urban Forests!
We can and must save Indianapolis’ urban forests. My name is Mike Oles, and I am the new Forests for Indy Director with the Indiana Forest Alliance. I hope you will […]
IFA UNVEILS ONE OF A KIND ECLIPSE EVENT IN YELLOWWOOD SF AND BUDDHIST MONASTERY
Indiana Forest Alliance is hosting a FREE 2024 Solar Eclipse viewing event in Yellowwood State Forest and Bloomington Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. Festivities will begin with a warm-up event on […]
Tell Gov. Holcomb to Veto Wetlands Destruction
Last Tuesday, House Bill (HB) 1383, which further deregulates and removes protections from wetlands, officially passed the Indiana Senate in a vote of 32 to 17. Despite bipartisan opposition and allegations of impropriety from an […]
Fate of Indiana Wetlands in the Balance
Two big bills making their way through the Indiana legislature will have a significant impact on Indiana’s wetlands. SB246 is a good bill which will encourage property owners to preserve wetlands […]
A UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE OLD GROWTH FOREST OR AN UNSURPASSED EXERCISE IN GREENWASHING?
(Rock formations in near Wesley Chapel Gulf, in Orange County, Ind. portion of Hoosier National Forest. Photo by: Jeff Stant) On December 20, 2023, the Secretary of the United States […]
Limited Time Global Warming Inspired Giclee Print Series
Thanks to a generous partnership with Artists for Environmental Restoration, limited time giclee prints of David J Emerson Young’s “Global Warming Series” paintings are available for sale, with a portion […]
Stop Destruction at Houston South! (Again)
The US Forest Service recently released an updated proposal for their Houston South Vegetation Management and Restoration Project near Bloomington, Ind. This project would allow significant burning and logging in areas […]
DEAM WILDERNESS EXPANSION FACTS
On September 28, 2023, US Senator Mike Braun introduced S. 2990, the Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness Establishment Act of 2023. Counting the adjacent 16,000-acre Brown County State […]
HELP US EXPAND THE DEAM
If you haven’t already seen it, the Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness Establishment Act of 2023 (S 2990) was officially introduced two weeks ago by US Senator Mike Braun. If […]
FOREST ALLIANCE CELEBRATES DEMISE OF TRADERS POINT DEVELOPMENT
On Thursday, the commercial real estate developers associated with the proposed “Crossing at Traders Point Development” on the the northwest side of Indianapolis announced their intent to withdraw their rezone […]