A public hearing held Wednesday, April 30 at New Prairie High School drew a crowd concerned about a proposed expansion to an Amazon data center that would remove wetlands and a stream to accommodate the facility.
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Read MoreNearly 11 acres of a wetlands area south of the end of Detroit Street and Warsaw Cut Glass were donated to the city of Warsaw, with the Board of Public Works and Safety approving the donation Friday, Feb. 21.
Read MoreWater is very much on Hoosiers’ minds.
Read MoreFrom reading skills to happy hour, all or parts of nearly 150 laws will take effect July 1 in Indiana.
Read MoreIndiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the first bill to hit his desk in the 2024 legislative session: one further eroding wetlands protections by redefining certain, protected wetlands to a less regulated class.
Read MoreRepublican state lawmakers quietly fast-tracked a contentious bill that will further strip protections on some Indiana wetlands.
Read MoreIndiana is losing wetlands even as the state has made some effort to protect them.
Read MoreIndiana has lost more than 260 acres of wetlands in the two years since a new state law made Hoosier lands more vulnerable to flooding and environmental damage, according to a group of environmental organizations.
Read MoreBy Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicles A U.S. Supreme Court ruling from earlier this year will effectively remove federal protections for most of Indiana’s wetlands — and enable Hoosier lawmakers to repeal already-weakened state protections for those areas. The high court ruled in May that federal protections for … Read More
More than 60 different organizations, ranging from statewide environmental and conservation groups to hunting and fishing groups — and even the city of Angola — are calling on Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to veto Senate Enrolled Act 389, a bill that would strip environmental protections from vast swaths of vulnerable Hoosier wetlands.
Read MoreSYRACUSE – The Mudtastic mud run is entering its seventh year, set for June 19.
Read MoreState Sen. Blake Doriot sought to clarify issues with a major wetlands bill in the General Assembly on Friday, Feb. 26.
Read MoreMILFORD — The driver and several young passengers are safe and uninjured after the vehicle they were in went off the roadway and into a wetland area this morning, Friday, March 22. The accident occurred around 7:55 a.m. on Camp Mack Road, north of Waubee Beach, Milford. Milford … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation recently acquired the Johnson Bay East Preserve, which neighbors the Johnson Bay wetlands and the CSX Railroad to the north and Johnson Bay wetlands to the west. The acquisition took place in January. The 41-acre preserve once provided the outflow of Dillon … Read More
SYRACUSE — More than three miles of trails on Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation property, 11586 SR 13, Syracuse, will be available to explore at your own pace from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, and Sunday, Oct. 22, for the third annual WACF Falltastic Trail Walk. The … Read More
