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Have a dollop every day on an Ice Cream Trail adventure
No matter who you ask, the month of July usually means freedom and fireworks. But were you aware that July is officially National Ice Cream Month? Indeed, you read that correctly. And with that knowledge, July just got better in my book! Being a lover of all things summer, I am an ice cream junkie. […]
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Mt. Rainier — climbing above clouds
Mt. Rainier was such a brutal climb that I was in the emergency room four days after leaving the mountain. Sacrificing acclimation for safety was something that had to be done, and thus our schedule was thrown off, resulting in much more suffering. Mitigating risk was everything on the most glaciated peak in the lower […]
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Great Council State Park to connect Ohio’s Native American & pioneer past
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. XENIA, Ohio — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz recently broke ground on Ohio’s 76th state park. Great Council State Park, just north of Xenia, will be a connection to Ohio’s Native American […]
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Ohio Resource Connection builds network for vendors & landowners
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on July 5, 2022. COLUMBUS – A new website, the Ohio Resource Connection, aims to build a network of forestry and wildlife professionals, habitat vendors, and landowners in the Buckeye State, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The Ohio […]
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Not-so-happy trails: An update to Mohican landscape following June tornadoes
HANOVER, Twp. — It’s been a month since high winds and a tornado ripped through the Mohican area, uprooting countless trees and changing the landscape people have grown to love for decades. “The scenery, the landscape — it’s changed so much. It’s so sad. There are enormous trees that are down,” said Kent Schaffer, a […]
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These sounds, sightings are my Sundays in Summer
What I love about Sundays: Early morning coffee and conversation with my kids. Reading a book before doing any chores. Cooking a finger licking good meal we can all sit and share. The moment I can change out of my Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes so I can play outside. I’m a big kid at heart and every […]