From Lichens to Flying Squirrels: Ecoblitz Results Reveal Complexity of an Older Indiana Forest
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This relatively undisturbed forest in the Back Country Area (BCA) of Morgan-Monroe State Forest has great species complexity and high species richness in the absence of intense forest management. One tract of Yellowwood has been logged, but other parts of the BCA remain intact for now, and IFA will continue the Ecoblitz in these unlogged areas.
How Much Forest Do Other States Set Aside from Logging?
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Senate Bill 420 would set aside a small portion, 10%, of Indiana’s state forestland to be off limits to logging. Here’s an inside look as to how public forests are being managed outside of Indiana.
A Smaller Portion of a Small Pie
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We had a list of compartments and tracts that were protected from logging so we knew exactly where they were. But then DNR changed their minds. They no longer recognize those Old Forest areas and some of those tracts have now been logged.
Five Reasons to Support SB 420
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Use these talking points as a guide for when you contact your legislator and ask him to support Senate Bill 420.
Logging & the Indiana Bat: Mitigating Disaster
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Using the precautionary principle, the EIS should evaluate alternatives that conserve enough Indiana Bat habitat in an unlogged condition to make up for any incidental take.