The Ohio Division of Wildlife recorded only two accidents during the recent deer-gun season that ran Dec. 1-7.
The incidents occurred in Meigs and Putnam counties, according to Kandy Klosterman, executive administrator of law enforcement for the division.
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The Ohio DNR (ODNR) is facing a unique opportunity to expand its public lands in southern Ohio.
Division of Wildlife Chief Kendra Wecker said The Scioto Land Company, a producer of newsprint, approached the agency in recent months with an offer to sell about 22,000 acres of its land in six counties. Price tag: $37 million.
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The Ohio Division of Wildlife is proposing additional reduced deer bag limits in three southeast Ohio counties and wants to add Morgan County to the list of those with reductions.
Previously, the division proposed reduced bag limits for Athens, Meigs, and Washington counties, beginning Dec. 1, 2025 and running to Feb. 1, 2026. Morgan County, like the three counties previously named, lies at the heart of the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) outbreak in Ohio.
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A possibly record crowd of more than 100 people attended a special meeting of the Ohio Wildlife Council in this southeastern city on Sept. 17 to hear how state wildlife authorities intend to deal with an unprecedented outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in the area.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife introduced a proposed change to the state hunting rules that would reduce the bag limit for white-tailed deer from three to two in Athens, Meigs, and Washington counties beginning Dec. 1, and running until Feb. 1, 2026.
Bald eagles, bobcats, and black bears are not the only wildlife species making a comeback in Ohio. The fisher, a furry cousin of the weasel, is also reappearing in a handful of northeast counties.
Fishers are about the size of a house cat with a tail that can be two feet long, according to published reports. They were extirpated from Ohio nearly 200 years ago but appear to be coming back as the state grows more forested.
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A young black bear collared by biologists from the Ohio DNR’s Division of Wildlife in the spring of 2024 met a sad end on a back road in western New York in August.
The 2- to 4-year-old bear was found road-killed on Aug. 18 in Chautauqua County. Its electronic collar was returned to Ohio for further evaluation, according to wildlife biologist Katie Dennison. Nicknamed the “Tri-State Bear,” the young bruin’s collar revealed a pattern of wandering.
‘Tri-State Bear’ collared in Ohio killed by a vehicle in New York Read More »
A new state tree nursery is aiming to reforest Ohio’s neediest areas with native species using state-of-the-art technology.
Since opening in February 2024, the new Buckeye State Tree Nursery has begun cultivating 500,000 seeds in its 10 “hoop houses” (greenhouses) and newly constructed production barn. Eighty percent of those seedlings will be ready for distribution by spring 2026 with the remaining 20 percent ready for distribution by spring 2027, according to an Ohio DNR news release.
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Bobcats are definitely on the comeback in Ohio. And it’s a good thing.
That’s the message biologist Shauna Weyrauch, Ph.D, delivered to about 60 attendees during an Aug. 9 seminar at the Ohio Wildlife Center. Weyrauch teaches biology at Ohio State University’s Newark campus. She has been studying the feline’s return to Ohio for about 10 years.
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In response to input from the hunting public, the Ohio DNR’s wildlife division amended its proposed waterfowl hunting zones for the 2026-2030 seasons.
Mike Reynolds, administrator of wildlife management and research for the Division of Wildlife, told state wildlife council members during a July public hearing the zone changes proposed in April drew 179 responses during the comment period that ran June 9 to July 9.
Ohio’s duck zones could change in 2026 hunt Read More »
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