Indiana Department of Natural Resources

An outbreak of often-fatal epizootic hemorrhagic disease afflicted more than 500 white-tailed deer in Indiana’s Allen, Porter and Wabash counties last summer.

The Indiana Soybean Alliance has partnered with the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape to help Hoosier landowners apply new conservation practices. The Sentinel Landscape is a new program that connects landowners to financial and technical support for conservation projects.

The invasive spotted lanternfly has been found in Huntington County this summer, according to a news release from Purdue University. A year ago the pest was found in Switzerland County in southern Indiana.

Hundreds of fish found dead in a northeastern Indiana lake likely died from natural events tied to recent hot weather, state wildlife officials said.

A new initiative that aims to strengthen Indiana’s military readiness will also help preserve and protect a large swath of southern Indiana around military installations.

A bald eagle named Christmas found freedom at Lake Gallimore on the south side of the Naval Support Activity Crane installation. She was released close to the area where she was found, obviously injured, 52 days before by a worker at Crane.

A northwest Indiana man allegedly broke into a state office at a fish and wildlife area twice in 2018 and stole taxidermy animals, ammunition and other items, authorities said.

State officials have lifted a moratorium on feeding birds in 76 Indiana counties as an investigation continues into how songbirds are dying.

Sick and dying songbirds stricken with an unexplained illness have now been found in three-quarters of Indiana’s counties, state wildlife officials say.