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by John Hugh DeMastri   The federally-chartered regulator responsible for managing fisheries in the oceans of New England acknowledged that offshore wind farms could pose a threat to the local marine wildlife, according to a letter…

Typically, hunting proposals travel a path from acceptance to implementation that is smooth, straight and unencumbered. This year’s trail comes with a twist.Hunting proposals for 2023-24 put forth by the Ohio Division of Wildlife in…

Electronic scrutiny might have its place. That place, it seems, is every place.The wild, to the extent it exists in Ohio, was not so long ago a haven offering escape from everyday surveillance. It presented the prospect of retreat, even…

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced recently that natural resources and wildlife officers with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will now be outfitted with body cameras. Officers of the ODNR must uphold all state…

Local Orange County health officials are alerting the public after a bat tested positive for rabies in Fountain Valley on Wednesday. The infected bat was discovered in the parking lot of a pickleball court located near 16400…

CASTALIA, Ohio-- Fisherman have a long standing reputation for stretching the truth when it comes to their trophy catch. But it’s no stretch to say sport fishing in Ohio is big business. Really big.According to the American Sport Fishing…

Foresight is an incredible gift -- and it may be one of the most valuable scientific tools we have.When…

SANDUSKY, Ohio (WJW) — The state of Ohio now has three cases of avian influenza in birds. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said a herring gull in Erie County was confirmed positive on March 9. The cases in two Ottawa…

Brook trout require cool, clear, clean water.The Buckeye state lacks that, and so the Ohio Division of Wildlife recently recommended the trout, found natively in a single pocket in a single Geauga County stream, should be downgraded to…

NORTH KINGSVILLE, Ohio — A 29-acre property next to Kingsville Swamp Preserve in Ashtabula County has been acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, turning it into a protected wildlife…