More Natural Resources Commission members quit as public input concerns continue

A Department of Natural Resources sign hangs on a lectern in The Garrison Conference Center at Fort Harrison State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)Two more members of the Indiana Natural Resources Commission have resigned, continuing a shakeup on the panel that historically worked in coordination with the Department of Natural Resources on policy.   “Unfortunately, I no longer believe that public input plays the significant role it once did in the Commission’s work,” wrote 20-year member Phil French in a letter to Gov.