Deal adding 1,000 acres to SW Indiana wildlife refuge - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Deal adding 1,000 acres to SW Indiana wildlife refuge

Posted: Updated:
OAKLAND CITY -

Two large sections of a wildlife refuge in southwestern Indiana will be joined together with the purchase of more than 1,000 acres of former coal company property.

The nonprofit Sycamore Land Trust is spending nearly $2 million to buy the land that will be incorporated into the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge.

Refuge manager Bill McCoy tells the Evansville Courier & Press that acquiring the land near Oakland City had been a top priority since Peabody Energy offered it for sale in 2002.

The Bloomington-based land trust says the site is home to several endangered and threatened species, such as the Indiana bat, river otters and bobcats.

With the new purchase, the Patoka River refuge some 30 miles north of Evansville will grow to about 8,000 acres.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

Powered by WorldNow
Links to the FCC website to view WTHR and/or WALV’s on-line public inspection files:
WTHR: https://stations.fcc.gov/station-profile/WTHR   ||   WALV: https://stations.fcc.gov/station-profile/WALV
Individuals with disabilities may contact Jill Pursell at publicfile@wthr.com, or 317.655.5602, for assistance with access to the public inspection files.
Powered by WorldNowAll content © Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WTHR. For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.