Healthy Rivers INitiative to host open houses
Indiana's Healthy Rivers INitiative (HRI) will be the topic of two November open houses during which the public can ask questions about the state's largest land conservation effort and learn about its progress.
The open houses run from 6 to 8 p.m. The dates and locations are:
Nov. 14, Austin Fire Department, 80 W. Main St., Austin.
Nov. 16, Clinton City Council Chambers, 259 Vine St., Clinton.
Under the Healthy Rivers INitiative, the Department of Natural Resources and its partners are working with willing landowners to permanently protect 43,000 acres in the floodplain of the Wabash River and Sugar Creek in west-central Indiana and another 26,000 acres of the Muscatatuck River bottoms in southeast Indiana. Partners in the HRI include the Natural Resources Conservation Service, The Nature Conservancy and several other resource agencies and organizations.
These projects involve the protection, restoration and enhancement of riparian and aquatic habitats and the species that use them, particularly threatened or endangered migratory birds and waterfowl. HRI also will benefit the public and surrounding communities by providing flood protection to riparian landowners downstream; increasing public access to recreational opportunities, such as hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking, boating, and bird watching; and leaving a legacy for future generations by providing a major conservation destination for tourists.
To find out more, visit www.healthyrivers.IN.gov. Follow the progress on this ground-breaking conservation INitiative by following on Twitter at www.twitter.com/HealthyRiversIN or "like" HRI on Facebook at www.facebook.com/healthyriversIN.
Media Contact
Angie Tilton, Healthy Rivers INitiative liaison, Division of Fish and Wildlife, (317) 234-8101
Angie Tilton, Healthy Rivers INitiative liaison, Division of Fish and Wildlife, (317) 234-8101











