Outdoor

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was created via a combination of information from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. MAUMEE – The latest good news from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is that Nellie and Nish, a piping plover pair, have mated and nested at Maumee Bay State Park, in the […]

Editor’s Note This is a continuing series by mountaineer and Ashland native Adam Fox in his attempt to scale the highest point in every state. Read some of the 45 completed summits here.  I cashed in credit card miles on Thursday for a 6 a.m. free flight on Saturday from Columbus to Phoenix. I needed some […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. MOUNT GILEAD — Located between Columbus and Mansfield, Mount Gilead State Park provides the charm of a small, secluded park, while offering many of the amenities found at larger parks. Mount Gilead’s wildflowers, wildlife, and woodlands offer year-round wonder for hikers […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. FREDERICKTOWN — The Kokosing Lake Wildlife Area is in Knox County, 1.5 miles northwest of Fredericktown and five miles northeast of Chesterville. The area can be reached by traveling two miles northwest of Fredericktown on Waterford Road (CR 6). It is […]

LUCAS — Eric Miller has fought for a quarter of a century to preserve an idyllic and undisturbed natural treasure: Malabar Farm’s old growth forest, something extremely rare in modern-day Ohio. “It’s increasingly rare in our area to have old-growth woods,” Miller said. “Most of the land around it is privately owned and it gets […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. MOUNT VERNON — On Nov. 4, 1997, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources declared 41 miles of the main stem of the Kokosing River as scenic from its southern terminus upstream 41 miles. In addition, the North Fork of the Kokosing was also […]

There’s real treasure to be discovered in Richland County and locals have several exciting opportunities to uncover it.  Enjoy as our host, Jami Kinton-Sluss, takes you to a local gold claim, teaches you how to pan and shows you how gold prospecting is still very much alive and well in Richland County! Previous Hidden Gems […]

COLUMBUS — The state’s wildlife leaders have issued guidelines to residents to help stop the spread of a mysterious disease afflicting songbirds. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife has advised people to take down and clean bird feeders and bird baths with a 10% bleach solution, especially if they are seeing dead or […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. LUCAS – As tours resume at Malabar Farm State Park, visitors will be greeted by a variety of renovations that have restored the beauty of the park and its auxiliary buildings. “It’s not just the new paint that visitors will immediately […]