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If you spot a fisher, Ohio Department of Natural Resources gives tips on how to report your sighting (and reminds Ohioans that collecting roadkill is prohibited).
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After state budget cuts, volunteers with the Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves Association have stepped up to do the boots-on-the-ground work it takes to preserve the state's natural areas.
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently auctioned off more than $50,000 in poached plants that they recovered, including close to sixty pounds of ginseng.
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Ohio’s newest state park near Xenia is one step closer to welcoming its first guests, officials say.
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Hundreds of biology professionals and students gathered in Columbus for the 2023 Ohio Botanical Symposium last week. The special address, “The Roots of Culture: The Relationship between Native Plants and Native People of the Midwest,” was given by Yellow Springs resident and Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Cultural Programs Manager Talon Silverhorn.
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Volunteers cut back non-native plants and painted roots with herbicide at an ecologically significant site in Mechanicsburg last week. They were there to get it ready for a prescribed burn next month.
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The new federal infrastructure bill included $25 million for Ohio to plug orphaned wells, some that date as far back as the 1800’s.
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will hold special deer hunts in 14 nature preserves across the state in an effort to control deer populations from eating native Ohio wild plants.
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources credits a cleaner environment and the public's help.
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The state is no longer using brine made from oil and gas well water, but the bill could affect another measure that could make that de-icer more widely available.
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Female employees like Ashley Raff make up 16% of oil and gas industry workers according to a 2018 report. Raff remembers when she was the only woman on a drilling rig in 2012.
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An Ohio Wildlife Investigator continues to recover more than a month after he was shot while on duty.