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INDIANA - Attention 5th-grade students, submit your original artwork for the annual Arbor Day poster contest by the Indiana DNR Division of Forestry’s Community and Urban Forestry program (CUF) and Indiana Project Learning Tree. Past winner Contest Theme 2024 – Oak Trees: Superheroes of the Fore ...

Oct. 3, 2023: Community meeting updates northern Arizona residents on the Cecil FireForest management officials gave a community update on a fire in northern Arizona that’s been allowed to burn for two weeks in order to prevent higher intensity flames in the area. 

The Forest Service is holding a community meeting Monday night at 6 p.m. to discuss its progress on the Cecil Fire in northern Arizona.The fire has been inundating Flagstaff and Sedona with smoke. It started as a lightning sparked blaze two weeks ago and is burning in ponderosa pine.Officials are monitoring activity and say it’s needed to reduce fuels that lead to higher

Two fires burning in the hills above Ashland Thursday evening were reported knocked about an hour after a Nixle alert was sent to warn residents. At 5:30 p.m. the Southwest Oregon Department of Fores...

These days the Ohio Division of Wildlife has their hands full, and I almost feel sorry for them. On the heels of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) discovery in 2014…

(UNDATED) – Welcome 2021 with an Indiana DNR tradition — a First Day Hike on January 1st. First Day Hikes are a healthy way to start the new year and provide a chance to get outside, exercise, and enjoy nature. These hikes have become a tradition for thousands of Hoosiers. This year, in response to the need to practice social distancing and keep group sizes to those within your personal “bubble”, the DNR has created hiking opportunities that allow you to be your own tour guide. After yo...

Community Calendar for week of Dec. 23 Local restaurant and grocery offering holiday specials Abe Martin Lodge and Brown County IGA have partnered to offer meal pickups on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Christmas Eve carry out is available at the Little Gem Restaurant from 11 a.m. to 6 pm. on Thursday, Dec. 24. Customers can also preorder and pay for delivery at noon or 5 p.m. at the IGA, 30 Hawthorne Drive. The meal is $22 per person and includes Abe’s fried chicken, deviled eggs, honey br...