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Teachers Receive another Nature of Teaching lesson plan: Conservation Biology

Conservation biology is considered by some to be a "crisis discipline." Decisions within the field must often be made quickly, sometimes without enough time to gather all of the data one would ideally have, and they can decide the fate...

Self-Defense in Plants. Do They Have New Moves?

Most terrestrial plants are sessile. This inability to move forces has brought alternative methods to defend themselves. Typically, plants use three basic mechanisms of defense: avoidance, escape or tolerance. A recent work notes that plants may have evolved a fourth...

State tree a popular landscape choice, Morning AgClips

If you’ve ever had to work on a tree leaf collection, no doubt you included a leaf from Indiana’s state tree. Also known as tulip poplar and yellow poplar, the tuliptree is actually not a poplar at all. It is...

Plant for the Sun!

Trees offer many functional and aesthetic benefits, but one of the most common is shade. Because of this, one of the most important aspects of tree selection and planting is placement. Improper placement of trees can diminish the value of...

Indiana DNR Shares How to Handle Wild Animals

If you care about wild animals, let them be wild. Most young wild animals you encounter are not orphaned. What may seem like an abandoned animal is normal behavior for most wildlife, to avoid predators. Picking up a wild animal...

New Hope for Fighting Ash Borer

Jennifer Koch, and other researchers with the U.S. Forest Service, has spent the last several years studying what are known as lingering ash - trees that have fared much better against the emerald ash borer. The invasive beetle, which came...

Mile-a-Minute Invasive Vine Found in Indiana

Preventing the establishment of new invasive species is priority number one and the best expenditure of limited resources in an invasive species management program. Next in priority is early detection of and rapid response (EDRR) to the first report of...

Farm for a Day—Pick Your Own Fruits and Vegetables

Choosing fruits and vegetables at the store is fast and easy but the task of fruit and vegetable selection can also be rewarding and a learning experience. There are a number of pick-your-own farms here in Indiana that allow you...

What is that hiding under my porch?

Question: This little guy lives around our house. We see him almost daily. Do you know what he is? Salamander? Skink? Lizard? The animal pictured is both a lizard and a skink - specifically, a Common Five-lined Skink. More than...

DNR Asks Landowners to Enroll in Gamebird Hunting Easements

The DNR is seeking private landowners to allow limited public gamebird hunting opportunities on their properties in exchange for financial incentives and technical assistance through a program called APPLE. APPLE stands for Access Program Providing Land Easements. In its second...

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