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Wildlife Bulletin-Division of Fish & Wildlife/Firearms Season

The latest Wildlife Bulletin, provided by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources-Division of Fish and Wildlife, has all the Indiana hunting information you need to know along with upcoming events and resources. Topics include: Get your deer licenses now; Deer hunting...

Preparations to Prevent Southwest Injury

The time is now to start protecting your trees!  Now that your ears are perked up, let’s talk a bit about Southwest injury on trees. Bark cracking (Fig.1) is a phenomenon that occurs in many species of trees and can...

Boxwood Blight Found in Indiana

The DNR Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology has discovered that a shipment of boxwood plants infected with boxwood blight was shipped to Indiana in May. This is important because boxwood blight (Calonectria pseudonaviculata) is a fungal disease that infests...

Start Preparing Trees for Winter and Next year

It all starts with providing some supplemental nutrition for small to medium-aged trees in the late fall when trees go into a state of dormancy. This is when trees stop active growth and begin to form terminal buds, drop leaves...

Watch out for deer on the roads

As a child growing up in rural St. Joe County, I can vividly recall the feeling of excitement when the occasional deer visited our backyard. It’s hard to believe now, but we actually placed salt licks out to attract deer...

Brand New Discovery: Hollow trees serve as moth hotels

A lepidopterist from the Florida Museum of Natural History has made a shocking discovery regarding moth behavior. Dr. Andrei Sourakov noted a dozen or so black Idia moths resting inside a hollow tree. This species, and most other moth species...

Indiana DNR Needs Help Monitoring Snake Fungal Disease

Snake fungal disease (SFD), caused by the fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, is an emerging pathogen of snakes identified in more than 15 genera of captive and free-ranging snakes in 21 states. SFD is not considered a risk to people. Some infected snakes...

The Nature of Teaching: Partnering Purdue Extension and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

This summer the Nature of Teaching team partnered with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) to host teacher workshops at the Maine IFW headquarters in Gray and the Fields Audubon Center in Holden, ME. The team worked...

Effect of a single tree on a neighborhood

A recent study at the University of British Columbia noted that a single tree along an urban street can help alleviate winds, shade pedestrians, and decrease wind pressure on nearby buildings. For both homes and businesses, the presence of trees...

Turtles as Pets

People have been catching wild turtles and selling them as pets, leading to many species becoming endangered.  This is very dangerous for the health and survival of the turtle as well as being highly illegal in Indiana. We highly discourage...

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