• Headlines 15 December 2023

    ODNR launches new website for accessing groundwater data in Ohio

    The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey has released a new web-based application to help users monitor groundwater resources throughout Ohio. The software, called AQUARIUS, gives users the ability to view and download the Division of Geological Survey’s extensive collection of groundwater data from the state’s Groundwater Observation Well Network.
  • Headlines 13 December 2023
    Ohio’s mineral resources valued at $1.7 billion in 2022
    A newly released report from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey shows the state’s mineral resources produced $1.7 billion worth of geologic commodities in 2022. For a ninth straight year, the total value of all nonfuel industrial minerals exceeded $1 billion.
  • Education 9 December 2023
    Trees to Textbooks invests more than $2.1M in local schools, communities
    Fourteen rural Ohio school districts, and their corresponding counties and townships, will share more than $2.1 million from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry’s Trees to Textbooks program — which distributes revenue from the harvest of timber within Ohio’s state forests.
  • Sports 9 December 2023
    Ohio’s weeklong deer gun hunting season results released
    Ohio’s weeklong white-tailed deer gun hunting season concluded on Sunday, Dec. 3, with hunters taking 70,118 deer, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
  • Headlines 7 December 2023
    ODNR awards $266K to keep Ohio’s waterways clean
    In its mission to keep the state’s waterways clean, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) announced the grant funding of more than $266,000 to three organizations located along Lake Erie. The grants are funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Clean Vessel Act (CVA) with a 25-percent matching contribution from ODNR.
  • Headlines 7 December 2023
    Scioto madtom declared extinct
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declared the Scioto madtom, a fish native to Ohio, extinct, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The Scioto madtom, a small, nocturnal species of catfish, was formerly found in a small section of Big Darby Creek, a tributary of the Scioto River.
  • Headlines 6 December 2023
    ODNR teams up with area partners to expand Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve
    The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), with the help of the Ohio Valley Conservation Coalition and the Portage Park District, has expanded the Tom S. Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve to protect an additional 75 acres.
  • Headlines 30 November 2023
    ODNR celebrates H2Ohio projects in Mohican River watershed
    As part of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) celebrated the completion of the new East Funk Bottoms and Muddy Fork wetland projects and the beginning of the new West Funk Bottoms project this month.
  • Sports 29 November 2023
    Fish and wildlife recreation contributes billions to Ohio’s economy
    A recently released report from the Wildlife Management Institute, Responsive Management and Southwick Associates showed that wildlife-based recreation contributed nearly $12.5 billion to Ohio’s economy in 2022, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
  • Headlines 29 November 2023
    ODNR breaks ground on interactive eco-discovery center at Salt Fork State Park
    Visitors of all ages will soon experience an immersive learning adventure alongside the mythical Bigfoot at the Salt Fork State Park Eco-Discovery Center. Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) broke ground on the 3,300 square-foot project recently.
  • Sports 28 November 2023
    CWD testing continues in surveillance area
    The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife reminds white-tailed deer hunters in the Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance area of Hardin, Marion and Wyandot counties that sampling is mandatory for all deer harvested during the upcoming seven-day gun season, Monday, Nov. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 3.
  • Sports 27 November 2023
    Ohio’s youth hunters harvest 10,039 deer during two-day gun season
    Young hunters across Ohio harvested 10,039 white-tailed deer during the two-day youth season on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 18-19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Each fall, hunters 17 and younger can enjoy a weekend of deer gun hunting with a nonhunting adult before the statewide gun season begins.
  • Headlines 21 November 2023
    ODNR celebrates Gorman Heritage Farm H2Ohio wetland project
    As part of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) recently celebrated the completion of the Gorman Heritage Farm Treatment Wetland System with a ribbon cutting.
  • Sports 21 November 2023
    Nonresident college students can purchase Ohio resident hunting, fishing licenses
    Nonresident students who do not reside in Ohio but are actively enrolled in an Ohio college or university can now purchase Ohio resident hunting and fishing licenses, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The opportunity came after Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio General Assembly approved the change in July.
  • Sports 18 November 2023
    ODNR: Support local food banks with donated venison through FHFH
    The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is once again partnering with Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) to support local food banks with donated venison. Through this program, FHFH and participating processors donate harvested deer to charitable organizations throughout Ohio.
  • Headlines 15 November 2023
    ODNR releases 2023 wild turkey hatch results
    Ohio's wild turkey poult index, a metric used to estimate nest success for the popular gamebird, was above average for the third year in a row, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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