On Monday night, the Indianapolis City Council voted to approve the 2026 municipal budget. The meeting was highly contentious. For us in the movement to save urban forests, it seemed that another year would pass without decisive action on meaningful forest acquisition. But Indy residents got to work and raised
We regret that Councilor Paul-Hart's amendment did not pass this evening and want to thank him for his strong commitment to protecting Indianapolis's urban forests. We share his concern for preserving the Eastside Flatwoods in District 20 and agree that every effort must be made to
Click Here to Contact Your Indianapolis City Council Member On Monday night, October 6, the Indianapolis City Council will vote on the 2026 budget. It's an awful budget. For our purposes, there is no money for forest acquisition. It's why Councilor Michael Paul Hart is taking
The Forests for All Project was started in 2025 by longtime Indiana organizers and environmental leaders Jeff Stant and Mike Oles. It is housed by the Tim Carpenter Institute, a 501(C3) organization. Mike and Jeff started working together in 2023 to stop the rezoning of 192 acres of environmentally