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Debbie Walters’ career climbs up the ladder of Ohio’s Division of Wildlife

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As the number of my college classmates, former work mates, and other professional fisheries management peers join the ranks of the retired, one that continues to clock in for work remains Ohio Division of Wildlife District 5 Fisheries Supervisor Debbie Walters.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, her first fisheries experience was working in reservoirs for the Missouri Department of Conservation doing research that studied crappie habitat preferences.

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Prison butchering program helps with Ohio’s surplus deer

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In a cooperative agreement signed on Sept. 24 between the Ohio DNR (ODNR) and the Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) at the Pickaway Correctional Institution, participating incarcerated adults received specific training on processing deer to be donated for distribution from local food pantries.
For the time being, the only deer being accepted at OPI are those that come from those procured by the ODNR Division of Wildlife biologists and other government culls.

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Venison donations can help balance Ohio’s deer herd

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With deer numbers continuing to increase, in all but the most highly affected areas ravaged by EHD this season, the Ohio Division of Wildlife (DOW) is inviting hunters to consider shooting extra deer this season to donate to organizations who can provide venison to people facing food insecurity.
At the time of this writing, there have been 29 deer accepted so far by the DOW.

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Study shows walleye stocks spawning in Lake Erie’s Central Basin

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In July, a paper published in the Journal of Freshwater Ecology spoke of an Ohio Division of Wildlife (DOW) research project entitled “Evidence of nearshore in-lake spawning walleye in the Central Basin of Lake Erie.”
DOW’s Fairport Harbor Fisheries Research Station biologists Carey T. Knight, Ann Marie Gorman, and Graham F. Montague documented that spawning and successful reproduction is occurring in the Central Basin of Lake Erie near Fairport Harbor. Lake Erie walleyes are known to have genetically distinct stocks that often return to the same locations to spawn annually, known as site fidelity.

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Ohio’s Maumee River said to be at lowest level since at least 1988

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After a wet spring that saw 11.34 inches of rain fall through May, which was 2.7 inches above average, a severe drought developed over the summer in northwest Ohio.
It has continued into the fall and from Aug. 1 to Oct. 15, only 2.22 inches of rain was recorded in Toledo, which is 4.98 inches below average. As a result, the Maumee River is at the lowest that it has been since 1988, according to several residents of Grand Rapids, Waterville, and Maumee.

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Ice-fishing weather forecasts appear promising in Ohio

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While meteorologists can often not even accurately forecast the next day’s weather, some try each summer or fall to predict how severe the winter will be in the various regions of North America.
One of the most anticipated, but not necessarily reliable, long-range winter forecasts are the ones offered by the Old Farmer’s Almanac and Farmer’s Almanac.

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Lake Erie’s Western Basin perch fishing has been tough despite high abundance

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For anglers who heeded the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s advice to target “Erie Gold” in the Western Basin after the surface temperatures climbed over 75 degrees and reduced spiny water flea densities, there have only been a few brief windows of opportunities when the perch have cooperated by feeding on shiners offered as bait – even after surface temperatures exceeded 80.

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Where does all of that fish waste go after processing a day’s catch?

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The privately owned commercial fish cleaning houses and campgrounds contacted for this story either spread out their customer’s fish waste and covered them with wood chips, bury them in pits under the soil, or use dumpsters to have them hauled off-site for processing into compost or disposed of at a landfill.

Where does all of that fish waste go after processing a day’s catch? Read More »

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