Category Archives: Green Zone

NIPSCO is accepting applications for environmental action grants supporting local non-profit organizations with environmental initiatives. For the eighth consecutive year, NIPSCO will provide support ...

(Photo courtesy Erin’s Farm NFP Facebook page) In Lake County, an injured great horned owl is rescued from the middle of an icy lake by the staff at Hidden Lake Park, Merrillville Animal Control...

In Porter County, the gardening show returns this Saturday. The Porter County Master Gardeners Association’s 17th annual Gardening Show is January 21, 2023, 8am to 4pm, at the Porter County Expo...

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is accepting nominations for the 2023 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. A news release said this marks the 30th year the awards have be...

(Photo courtesy Indiana DNR Law Enforcement Facebook page) In Porter County, Indiana Conservation officers say a Canada goose frozen in wet sand along the edge of Lake Michigan at Indiana Dunes State ...

Thousands of well-known visitors to the Region are flying through now. From 2,000 to over 30,000 — that’s how the population of the migrating Sandhill Cranes has grown at their well-known ...

The monarch butterfly is now an endangered species. That’s according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Over the past ten years, the monarch butterfly population has decrease...

We’ve been seeing some rainfall lately, but the Region and nearly every county in Indiana are still short on precipitation according to the latest USDA Drought Monitor. The map shows Lake County...

(Photo courtesy Ridgeville Township Volunteer Fire Department Facebook page, Ridgeville Township, Ohio) In northwest Ohio about an hour east of Fort Wayne, fire officials posted photos of a tree burni...

In the latest USDA Drought Monitor issued today Thursday June 30, Northwest Indiana and most of the state are now considered Abnormally Dry. Locally only a small sliver across northern LaPorte County ...