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Rational people don’t risk what they have and need for what they don’t have and don’t need.”
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Morton Marcus: Indiana’s forests are well worth protecting
Woodlands still account for 22 percent of Indiana’s land area, an asset of unmeasured value.
Fourth candidate files to run for Noblesville mayor
Vince Baker, Noblesville’s urban forester, has filed to run in May’s Republican primary.
Christmas tree farmers combat popularity of artificial trees
Between 75 percent and 80 percent of Americans who have a Christmas tree now have an artificial one, and the $1 billion market for fake trees is growing at about 4 percent a year.
Indiana lawmaker plans to reintroduce logging legislation
An Indiana lawmaker plans to reintroduce legislation that he says would protect the state's forests after seeing the outcome of a timber cut that removed more than 1,700 trees from a 300-acre state forest site.
Nora, developer reach settlement on controversial development
The settlement will allow developer Green Indy LLC to build a revised version of the so-called Alexander at the Crossing project that was initially denied by the Metropolitan Development Commission last year.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Market forces favored Yellowwood protectors
the controversy over the Yellowwood Back Country Area in Brown County raises an interesting question: Should conflicts over public land be resolved through a political or market process?
Christmas tree growers battle against popularity of plastic
Millennials have a reputation for loving products that are local, authentic and benefit the environment. So why are they buying so many plastic Christmas trees?
Timber sale at Indiana forests takes place despite protest
About 200 protesters chanted as state officials oversaw the sale of timber rights on 300 acres of two state forests in southern Indiana.
Neighbors try to save 86th Street woodlands from development
A developer wants to build a $20 million office and retail building at the northwest corner of East 86th Street and North Keystone Avenue.
VA delays plan for Crown Hill amid growing opposition
The decision comes amid growing opposition to the 15-acre national cemetery project, which opponents say endangers old-growth forest on the northern border of Crown Hill.
State awards $135K in federal funds for tree programs
Recipients for tree inventory and analysis included Elkhart, $20,000; Kendallville, $17,425; West Lafayette, $18,562; and Pendleton, $11,575.
Save the trees when developing key corner
Developing around most of the trees adds so much to a development instead of cutting them all down and replacing them with stick trees.
IDEM: Buy real Christmas trees to support farmers
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is urging Hoosiers to help farmers, the environment and the economy by buying Indiana-grown Christmas trees this year instead of artificial ones.
Fort Wayne’s ash tree removal bill nears $3 million
Fort Wayne’s parks board on Thursday approved a new $450,000 contract for the removal of almost 2,500 trees infected by the emerald ash borer. When those ash trees are gone, nearly 13,000 trees will have been cut down from city property.
Anderson loses ‘Tree City’ status after 21 years
Anderson's title, first granted in 1991, appears to have been lost due to issues with paperwork. The status is awarded by the Arbor Day Foundation and others to recognize cities with viable tree-management plans and programs.
Drought had little impact on Christmas tree prices
That Christmas tree you plan to go out and buy this weekend should be similar in price to last year, if not the same price.
Flood-control project could mean more trees get ax along Central Canal
The latest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan for a $14.4 million floodwall and levee from Butler University to Kessler Boulevard is both good and bad news for woodland advocates.
Indianapolis fighting spread of ash borer in parks
Crews are treating ash trees in Indianapolis' city parks to combat the spread of the tree-killing emerald ash borer.
Warmer-than-usual winter could ruin state’s fruit crops
Early warm temperatures could be bad news for the state's profitable blueberry and apple crops, which bring in more than $13 million each year. It could also hurt Indiana's growing wine-grape industry.