Category Archives: Green Zone

The Recycling and Waste Reduction of Porter County says 2021 has seen a rise in plastic bag recycling contamination in Porter County. District officials say plastic bags shouldn't be placed in curbsid...

Student Conservation Association tree crew members plant a tree with volunteers (Credit: Student Conservation Association) (Photo provided) In Hobart, volunteers are invited to plant trees Saturday, O...

Indiana Dunes National Park is hosting a park clean-up for National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 25, 2021, from 9:00 am to 12 noon at West Beach, located on North County Line Road in Portag...

In Will County, Illinois, the Four Rivers Environmental Education Center says the pelicans are back. A post at their Facebook page says the large birds make a stopover during their Fall migration in t...

As uncertainties remain with increases in COVID cases the Recycling & Waste Reduction District of Porter County says it is offering both virtual and video format education programs in addition to ...

In Long Beach, Save the Dunes says they recently helped to literally save a dune through a partnership with the town and funding provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Ind...

In Portage, the Parks Department is turning bottle caps into benches. Acceptable bottle caps include those from milk jugs, pop bottles, detergent jugs, toothpaste and ointment tubes, peanut butter and...

Lake and Porter counties have gotten the go-ahead on putting bird feeders back up. Most already had the okay; this past Friday the Indiana DNR announced it had lifted its recommendation for Indiana re...

Still no green light for Lake and Porter county on bird feeders. While the majority of Indiana has been told it’s okay to put them back up, nine counties including Lake and Porter are still bein...