®The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is proposing a change to its rules affecting wildlife rehabilitators. Under the new rule, wildlife rehabilitators – people who work to save the lives of injured wild animals – would be required to kill any raccoons they receive that weigh more than 13 pounds and any coyotes over 20 pounds. In addition, rehabilitators would be prohibited from releasing more than 24 of any one species in a calendar year.
Please support our wildlife rehabilitator friends in Indiana by signing their petition against these rule changes. In addition, a public hearing has been scheduled for April 14 at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) at The Garrison at Fort Harrison State Park, North Post Road, Indianapolis, Indiana. Please come show your support.
Sign the Petition to Protect the Animals.
Hi Folks,
This letter is another important task to be done for opposing the biomass incinerator LGR wants to build near Milltown. Please print out this letter, sign it and mail it. Folks from all over the United States will be sending simular letters to FTC. The more letters received the more likely it is that FTC will look into the matter. Thanks, again, for your continuing efforts to keep LGR out of this community.
Sincerely, Lorie C.
Thank you for all of your support!
Mark Donham and Amanda Moore
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HEARTWOOD is a regional network that protects forests and supports community activism in the eastern United States through education, advocacy, and citizen empowerment.
HEARTWOOD was founded in 1991, when concerned citizens from several midwestern states met and agreed to work together to protect the heartland hardwood forest.
This region was once blanketed with a majestic hardwood forest containing more than 70 species of hardwood trees. Unfortunately, much of this forest has been cleared and what remains is mostly isolated fragments of public land that nonetheless play a critical role in providing habitat for wildlife, purifying the air and water, moderating global climate change, and offering places of beauty and enjoyment. .
Today, our efforts remain rooted in the heart of the central hardwood region, with an emphasis on our “core states” of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri. Over time, Heartwood has branched out to serve areas of need throughout an 18-state region, giving special attention to the “at risk” national forests in Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Virginia.
