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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 […]
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Angling for catfish is an Ohio tradition
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. COLUMBUS — Summer is a great time for anglers to pursue catfish in Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The Buckeye State’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and streams are home to four types of catfish: […]
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Winter hike in -3F to the top of Illinois
Feb. 11, 2016: The elderly man working the toll booth outside of Chicago wasn’t sure what to make of me. It was the dead of winter, just hovering around zero, and there I was, shirtless, offering my cash through the half-cracked window. The toll booth human had probably seen it all — so this wasn’t anything […]
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Summer sun part of the fun at Fourth of July festivities
I remember the anticipation for summer. Counting down the last days of school, thinking each day closer to summer took so much longer to end than the day before. Then that last bell rang and for the next few months, each day seemed to be as long as a weekend itself. Summer. Simply heaven. I […]