/tags/ohio-department-of-natural-resources Ohio Department of Natural Resources en-US Copyright Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:30:00 GMT /2025-03-12/ohio-set-to-release-85-000-rainbow-trout-across-90-ohio-locations Fishing at stocked state park youth ponds is available for people up to 16 years old in the first seven days after a release. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:30:00 GMT /2025-03-12/ohio-set-to-release-85-000-rainbow-trout-across-90-ohio-locations Sean Fitzgerald /2025-02-07/activists-again-ask-that-dewine-snuff-out-fracking-in-ohio-state-parks A contingent of advocates from across Ohio again sent a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday asking that he pause on fracking under state public lands. Fri, 07 Feb 2025 22:10:59 GMT /2025-02-07/activists-again-ask-that-dewine-snuff-out-fracking-in-ohio-state-parks Sarah Donaldson /2024-06-05/take-an-inside-look-at-ohios-newest-state-park-set-to-open-this-week WYSO got a sneak peek into some features of the Great Council State Park, set to open later this week. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 19:06:00 GMT /2024-06-05/take-an-inside-look-at-ohios-newest-state-park-set-to-open-this-week Adriana Martinez-Smiley /2024-04-12/trumpeter-swans-removed-ohio-endangered-list The trumpeter swan is the largest, native waterfowl in North America. They're also no longer considered endangered in Ohio. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:53:43 GMT /2024-04-12/trumpeter-swans-removed-ohio-endangered-list Tana Weingartner /2024-03-28/laying-down-roots-why-ohio-is-getting-back-into-the-tree-business For the first time in a decade, Ohio has a state-run tree nursery. It’s meant to address regional tree shortages and help with state-run conservation initiatives. Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:08:00 GMT /2024-03-28/laying-down-roots-why-ohio-is-getting-back-into-the-tree-business Erin Gottsacker /2024-03-13/why-a-piece-of-roadkill-is-actually-a-good-sign-for-one-ohio-species Last year, Ohio biologists collected a pregnant fisher killed on the side of the road. They say it’s a sign the weasel-like animal could be reproducing here again, for the first time in more than a century. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:22:00 GMT /2024-03-13/why-a-piece-of-roadkill-is-actually-a-good-sign-for-one-ohio-species Erin Gottsacker /2024-02-22/anti-fracking-group-asks-judge-for-emergency-order-to-bar-oil-and-gas-leases-in-park-land The Ohio Environmental Council is asking Franklin County Judge Jaiza Page to implement the emergency stay Friday ahead of a Monday meeting of the land management commission. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:46:14 GMT /2024-02-22/anti-fracking-group-asks-judge-for-emergency-order-to-bar-oil-and-gas-leases-in-park-land Renee Fox /2023-12-05/one-ohio-appalachian-community-is-turning-its-pollution-into-paint Pollution, caused by abandoned mines, is hurting Ohio’s small streams. A local nonprofit is combining science and art to solve the problem. Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:06:42 GMT /2023-12-05/one-ohio-appalachian-community-is-turning-its-pollution-into-paint Kendall Crawford /2023-11-27/abandoned-ohio-coal-mines-leave-holes-in-the-landscape-and-the-economy-a-government-program-aims-to-fill-them The coal industry has been declining for decades, leaving a disrupted, and often dangerous, landscape in its wake. Now, a federal program seeks to revitalize abandoned mine land. Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:39:00 GMT /2023-11-27/abandoned-ohio-coal-mines-leave-holes-in-the-landscape-and-the-economy-a-government-program-aims-to-fill-them Erin Gottsacker /2023-11-15/ohio-commission-approves-fracking-in-state-parks-and-wildlife-areas-despite-fraud-investigation Some state parks can be fracked in Ohio, a decision made by a government commission Wednesday despite an ongoing investigation into oil and gas companies claiming possible fraudulent support. Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:48:17 GMT /2023-11-15/ohio-commission-approves-fracking-in-state-parks-and-wildlife-areas-despite-fraud-investigation Associated Press