Conservation vs. Preservation

Did you know the story of Smokey Bear really happened? In 1950, an American black bear cub was found after a particularly bad wildfire in a national forest. A few years later, this bear became the “poster bear” for a campaign to bring awareness of fire safety. His slogan “Only you can prevent forest fires”…

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CTIC: Helping the Agricultural Community with Conservation

Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) has a mission to “champion, promote, and provide information on technologies and sustainable agricultural systems that conserve and enhance soil, water, air and wildlife recourses and [that] are productive and profitable.” PROJECT DIRECTOR CHAD WATTS Chad Watts is a Project Director with CTIC. Chad graduated from Purdue Universities Ag School…

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Recreation Indiana

  Indiana has many recreational opportunities throughout the state, many of which can be found in the 2015 Indiana Recreation Guide. The guide splits the state into three regions, Northern, Central, and Southern. The Northern region offers the most Nature Preserves of the three regions listed in the guide. According to the Indiana Department of…

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