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Alcoa program aimed at teaching kids value of conservation

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Monday, March 18th, 2013, 4:34pm
Alcoa program aimed at teaching kids value of conservation

Students from Dexter Elementary School will be the first class to take part in Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden’s AISLE Programing (Alcoa Institute for Sustainable Living Education).  The program will begin at 9:00 AM Tuesday, March 19 on zoo grounds.

The programming offered to over 600 students from EVSC Title 1 schools now through May is funded by Alcoa and designed to teach students sustainable living by taking every action possible to conserve the planet’s resources. This program blend’s the zoo’s commitment to sustainability and its expertise in delivering experiential education. Sustainable living via experiential learning is to teach every child the value in preserving the Earth’s diverse living systems through our own conservation activities.

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Recycle Christmas trees, other holiday products this weekend

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013, 12:48pm
Recycle Christmas trees, other holiday products this weekend

The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District will hold its annual Holiday Recycling Day on Saturday, January 5 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at the Civic Center parking lot.

At this program Christmas trees will be mulched by Randy’s Tree Service with assistance from the Southwestern Indiana Master Gardeners.  However, people are asked to bring their own containers if they want to take mulch home with them.

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Traps yield no emerald ash borers in Vanderburgh Co.

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012, 8:39am
Traps yield no emerald ash borers in Vanderburgh Co.

A survey conducted over the past seven months of the 13 southwest Indiana counties in which emerald ash borer had not been previously detected showed no signs of the invasive insect that kills ash trees.

As part of the survey, traps were strategically located in five southwestern counties—Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick.

“The 82 purple traps placed on the designed grid did not capture any of the beetles,” said Phil Marshall, state entomologist.

Visual surveys were also conducted by DNR experts during spring and summer in the eight other southwestern Indiana counties (Crawford, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike and Sullivan). No new EAB infestations were detected.

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Digging continues on Franklin St.

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012, 2:54pm
Digging continues on Franklin St.

Crews are continuing to remove contaminated soil from ground under a parking lot at the corner of Franklin Street and Wabash Ave.

The site was once the home of a gas station.

A hole about 30 feet deep sat in front of a group of offices as the soil was loaded onto dump trucks.

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Local girl scouts to plant rain gardens

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, 11:53am
Local girl scouts to plant rain gardens

Local Girl Scouts will establish rain gardens as part of Girl Scouts Forever Green, Girl Scouts’ 100th Anniversary Take Action Project, a national effort by girls to lead their families, schools, and communities in improving the environment and protecting natural resources.

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New compressed natural gas powered refuse trucks will pick up your trash

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012, 10:36am
New compressed natural gas powered refuse trucks will pick up your trash

Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc., the solid waste division of Veolia Environmental Services North America (VESNA), has announced the introduction of Indiana’s first fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) powered refuse trucks to its Evansville service area. A ceremony attended by Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Veolia executives and members of the Evansville community was held y at the Veolia ES Solid Waste – Evansville location to celebrate the company’s new fleet and CNG fueling station.

Indiana-based manufacturer Autocar built the chassis for 20 of the trucks and Kenworth manufactured eight roll-off trucks for Veolia’s new fleet. All will service over 24,000 residential and commercial customers across Vanderburgh, Warrick, Gibson, Posey, Spencer and Henderson counties in the greater Evansville area.

According to the company, customers will notice the new trucks run approximately 15 percent (8-10 decibels) quieter than trucks powered with diesel engines.

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Hey west side...know of a strange looking tree? State wants to see it

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, 2:45pm
Hey west side...know of a strange looking tree? State wants to see it

The DNR Division of Forestry is still looking for the west side's strangest trees.  “Invasion of the Weird Trees” is an online publication that identifies the weirdest trees for each county in the state based on submissions from the public. The publication is updated every four years.

Submissions can be any species and size. The only requirement is that they be weird and be a living tree. 

Past entries in “Invasion of the Weird Trees” have included trees that swallowed signs, trees grown together like conjoined twins, trees with trunks twisted like a snail shell and trees that resemble giant octopuses.

The forestry division has received dozens of submissions for this year’s update. As the April 30 deadline for submissions approaches, forestry officials want to make sure all weird trees are rounded up.

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