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Volunteer fire departments, Jasper County Sheriff Deputies and Indiana Conservation Officers responded to eight separate wildfires that were burning on Jasper Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area Nov. 29.
Investigators believe the fires were deliberately set and occurred in the same area that several arson fires were reported in the spring of 2012. It is unknown if the same person is responsible for the fires.
The fires were set in Jasper County along CR 400E between CR 850N and CR 1100N and on property belonging to The Nature Conservancy along CR 300E. Another fire was later reported on CR 500E north of SR 10. The fires burned 5 to 6 acres.
Anyone that may have information about these arson fires is urged to contact Indiana Conservation Officer Central Dispatch at 812-837-9536 or the Jasper County Sheriff's Department.
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Visitors to Indiana state parks and reservoirs will see some changes in user fees in 2013, but the daily entrance rate of $5 will remain the same.
“Our goal, as always, is to provide the best state parks and facilities we can for our visitors,” DNR director Rob Carter said. “We’ve made minor fee adjustments in the past to keep pace with the costs of meeting that goal. It’s now time to make a few additional changes, while also keeping in mind family budgets and the economic challenges Hoosiers are facing.”
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A virus was responsible for a fish kill at Brookville Lake in southern Indiana this fall that killed hundreds, if not thousands, of common carp, according to the Indiana DNR.
The virus, known as koi herpes virus (KHV), showed up in examinations of carp that were collected from the lake and sent to the Purdue University Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory for testing.
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In summer 2013, about 5,000 catfish will earn release from federal prison in Terre Haute.
That’s right, catfish.
In a partnership between the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates at Terre Haute’s Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) will raise channel catfish for DNR’s new urban fishing program and walleyes for selected northern Indiana lakes.
The cooperative project serves two purposes—increasing fishing opportunities for Indiana anglers and providing education and long-term training for inmates.
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Indiana Conservation Officers will extend their Central Dispatch Center to a 24-hour operation beginning Oct. 29 to maintain radio contact with Conservation Officers across the state.
The Central Dispatch Center currently operates daily from 7 a.m. to midnight. The 24-hour operation will begin at midnight Oct. 29. Central Dispatch is located at Paynetown State Recreation Area on Monroe Lake near Bloomington.
Maj. Michael Portteus said, “For the first time in the history of the DNR Law Enforcement Division, Indiana Conservation Officers may be contacted 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling 1-812-837-9536.”