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The Monroe County Comprehensive Growth Policies Plan is the guide for zoning ordinances, and county commissioner Mark Stoops says we got it wrong the first time, back in 1996. The new plan identifies specific natural areas such as karst features, sinkholes, steep slopes and forestland that will be protected from development and is now ready for public input. Mark Stoops outlines the new Growth Policies Plan as our guest this week on EcoReport, a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.

Bloomington High School North counselor Greg Chaffin talks about the gender variants in sexual orientation identification for teenagers and the differences between how boys and girls identify on a new edition of "Youth in Peril". Community organizer and activist Linda Bentz provides updates on LGBTIQ politics in South Bend and highlights some plans for future organizing events around the upcoming elections. Co-founder of Gay Recruiters and local activist Lillie Aydt stops by the studio to provide information about the upcoming “Intolerance will NOT be Tolerated” rally to be held at the IU Sample Gates in Bloomington on October 19. Jada B also stops by to tell listeners about her Burlesque Review coming up on October 24 and other performance events scheduled for November and December.