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Forests for Indy is ready to win in 2024. Save the Date for May 13 and sign up for 1:1 meetings
On May 13th, the Indiana Forest Alliance will officially launch the 2024 Forests for Indy campaign. Demand #1 is for the city council and the Mayor of Indianapolis to place $6M into the upcoming city
INDIANA FOREST ALLIANCE LAUDS END OF LINK 101
On Wednesday, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced it would not be moving forward with the proposed Link 101 highway project in southeast Indiana between Markland Dam and U.S. 50. This announcement comes after more
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 get involved with this must-win
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 Sunday, April 7 at Yellowwood Lake where IFA
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 IDEM whistleblower, this bill was fast-tracked
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 on their property by establishing
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 Department of Agriculture (USDA), Thomas
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 of the proceeds benefitting Indiana
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 of the Hoosier National Forest
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 Park, this legislation will establish