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Pence appoints new DNR director from within agency’s ranks
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence has appointed Cameron Clark to serve as the director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. “Our administration is focused on continuing the good work already begun in Indiana’s parks, furthering conservation efforts around the state, expanding recreational opportunities and improving services for Hoosiers,” Pence said Friday [...]
Long: Fenced deer hunting bill dead for the session
By Lindsay Wenning TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Senate leader said Wednesday that a bill to legalize five fenced deer-hunting preserves is essentially dead for the session. Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said he wants to let the courts decide whether the preserves – which the state has been trying to close since [...]
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State to make 2,800 acres of recently acquired land available for recreation
By Brittany Muncy TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The state announced Wednesday it is making 2,800 acres of land acquired through the state’s Healthy Rivers Initiative available for public use. The program – launched in 2010 – will offer new opportunities for recreation in “This move marks the next phase for HRI,” said Rob Carter, director of [...]
House passes fenced hunting bill; Senate has other plans
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The House approved legislation Monday to legalize five fenced deer-hunting preserves that have been operating under a court injunction since 2005 when the state tried to shut them down. But the leader of the Indiana Senate has already said he intends to kill the provisions. As passed by the [...]
Bill to allow fenced hunting preserves moves to full House
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A House committee voted Monday to legalize and regulate the operations of four fenced deer hunting preserves that are already in business, despite state efforts to close them down. If passed into law, Senate Bill 487 would end a seven-year standoff between the controversial preserves and the Indiana Department [...]
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Lawmakers consider bill to legalize fenced deer hunting preserves
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers are considering legislation that could end an eight-year court battle between the state and several deer hunting preserves. The House Natural Resources Committee plans to amend Senate Bill 487 to make it legal for four or five existing fenced preserves – which let hunters pay for an opportunity [...]
DNR to chat about cemetery restoration
Staff Report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Department of Natural Resources will be hosting a Facebook chat session with expert Jeannie Regan-Dinius from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday about cemetery restoration. Questions will be accepted beginning at 2 p.m. and the experts will answer questions as time allows. Regan-Dinius will also discuss laws related to [...]
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State looks to add new state park for 2016 bicentennial
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – State officials are on the hunt for a “significant” piece of land to turn into a new state park that could be opened in 2016. That’s the year the state will celebrate its bicentennial and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources will celebrate the centennial of the state park [...]
State seeks dismissal of charges for couple who helped injured deer
By John Sittler TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS — Following a review of the case ordered by Republican Gov. Mike Pence, state officials have asked the Fayette County prosecutor to drop charges against a couple accused of illegally keeping a wild deer they found injured. Jeff Counceller, a Connersville police officer, found the fawn in 2010 after he [...]
Bill would require kids to wear life jackets while boating
By Tyler Gribbons TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS –– Children under 13 would be required to wear a life jacket while boating under a bill the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resource committee passed Monday. Senate Bill 434 now moves to the full Senate for consideration. Republican Sen. Allen Paul of Richmond said he authored the bill after multiple [...]
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