The Indiana Forest Alliance recently set out on a short hike in the Jackson-Washington State Forest to talk about logging practices. And state legislators and representatives from the Department of Natural Resources joined them to see the results first hand.

The proposed rules would have created a hunting season for bobcats and required animal control to kill any "nuisance animals" caught.

The Indiana Natural Resources Commission, NRC, votes on two controversial proposals at a public meeting in Indianapolis Tuesday, May 15th. The Department of Natural Resources would allow bobcat hunting and require euthanasia of certain nuisance wildlife in Indiana - examples are possums and racoons. Both are part of a biennial wildlife rule amendment package. And both were met with public opposition.

That Saturday will be the first of four free fishing days this year in Indiana. The three others are May 19 and June 2 and June 3.

A crowd of more than 50 people attended a public hearing in Anderson Thursday night to testify on a proposal that would allow hunting and trapping of bobcats in the state

Nearly a hundred people attended a public meeting Wednesday to voice their opinions on DNR proposals.

The Natural Resources Commission is accepting public comment until March 23 on rule changes that would allow hunting and trapping.

A law approved last year prohibited deer hunters from using rifles on public property.

Indiana now has 284 nature preserves covering more than 50,000 acres across the state.

The forest is public property, but the Department of Natural Resources says the area was closed to the public for an ongoing timber harvest.