Category Archives: Green Zone

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, Merrillville Fire Department, and the not-for-profi...

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 Cente...

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...

 

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 stop in Nor...

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 decreased betw...

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, Port...

In northwest Ohio about an hour east of Fort Wayne, fire officials posted photos of a tree burning from the inside out after a lightning strike. A post at the Ridgeville Township Volunteer Fire Depart...

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 ...

  The Indiana DNR is seeking public input on funding priorities in the Lake Michigan Coastal Program. The competitive grant program awards funds to a variety of project categories, including publ...