Ohio Department of Natural Resources

With recent black bear sightings across the Miami Valley in recent weeks, Ohio wildlife experts chime in on what to know and what are safe practices if you see a bear.

The plaque was dedicated on Monday for the contributions Ohio’s First Lady Fran DeWine made to Great Council State Park, the Ohio's newest state park.

Cicadas from Brood XIV will soon become abundant in Southern Ohio, with smaller populations to be present in the Southern Miami Valley. The next time this specific brood will be observed is 2042.

Fracking is beginning under Salt Fork for the first time, thanks to a 2022 revision of an Ohio law meant to spur oil and gas development on state-owned lands. This area of Ohio is no stranger to fracking.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is conducting a statewide bald eagle nest census this year. The 2020 census recorded 707 nests.

One harvested deer yields around 50 pounds of venison, which equates to about 200 meals. Ohioans hunters can donate deer meet at one of 34 certified processing centers.

Each fall, youth hunters enjoy a weekend of deer hunting with a firearm before the statewide season begins. Ohio Department of Natural Resources revealed the top 10 counties for deer taken during the 2024 youth season.

In Greene County, Ohio Department of Natural Resources didn’t receive its first report of a modern bobcat sighting until 2020.

The 76th state park was built in collaboration with the three federally-recognized Shawnee nations: the Eastern Shawnee, Absentee Shawnee and Shawnee Tribes, who were originally in Ohio.

WYSO got a sneak peek into some features of the Great Council State Park, set to open later this week.

Ohio’s wild turkey abundance peaked in the early 2000s. Since then, statewide turkey populations and spring harvest have generally declined.

Twenty seven white-tailed deer in multiple counties across Ohio tested positive for chronic wasting disease in the 2023-2024 hunting season.