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Ohio Insider: Study sheds light on ‘forever chemicals’ in Lake Erie fish

Featured, Fishing, National Fishing, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio, Opinion /

Each year in the late spring or early summer Ohio Outdoor News publishes a story on the current fish consumption advisory for the state.
So, I thought it was appropriate to have a conversation with Rich Zweifel on the subject. Zweifel is the inland fisheries program administrator for the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife. He recently spoke to the Ohio Wildlife Council on the subject of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and how they relate to fish consumption in the Buckeye State.

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Vicki Mountz is a true outdoor trailblazer in Ohio

Featured, Fishing, Hunting, National Fishing, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio /

If you looked up the word trailblazer in the dictionary, Vicki Mountz’s picture and bio very well might be right next to the definition. She is the epitome of an outdoor trailblazer in Ohio.
Mountz, an Akron native, graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in criminal justice.
“I didn’t think I wanted to be a city cop or something,” she said. “I really didn’t have any idea of what I wanted to do. So, I contacted someone in natural resources (in Ohio).”

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Ohio Insider: DNR Director joins anglers in an opportunity to ice fish Mosquito Creek Lake

Featured, Fishing, Ohio, Opinion /

Count Ohio DNR Director Mary Mertz among the horde of ice fishermen who took advantage of this winter’s hardwater season.
Mertz, in an interview with Ohio Outdoor News, said she had been ice fishing one other time, more than 30 years ago off South Bass Island on Lake Erie.

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A quick chat with Andrew Schmidt of Pheasants Forever

Home Page News, National Hunting, Quick Chats /

Andrew Schmidt is the director of government affairs for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever (PF/QF). And he comes by the work honestly. His father spent a long career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and retired with the federal agency.
“I grew up in the wildlife conservation world,” the northern Virginia native told Outdoor News recently.

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Burr Oak one of finest bass lakes in southeast Ohio

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Ohio /

If in the cool of the spring you find yourself looking for a small, quiet spot to wet a line, you could do worse than Burr Oak Lake in southeast Ohio.
The 628-acre reservoir built in 1952 sits in a picturesque setting among the rolling hills of southeastern Ohio. The quiet comes from very little pressure from recreational boaters and anglers alike.

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Ohio Insider: Catching up with retired deer program leader Mike Tonkovich after well-deserved honors

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Ohio, Opinion /

I was pleasantly surprised when I had a news release come across my desk recently announcing that the National Deer Association (NDA) is feting our very own deer biologist Mike Tonkovich.
Well, that is the retired Mike Tonkovich, who left the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife last May after 31 years at the helm of the agency’s deer management efforts.

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Ohio’s Outdoor Trailblazers: Tom Cross reflects on a lifetime spent hunting and fishing

Featured, Features, Fishing, Hunting, National Fishing, National Hunting, Ohio /

You know Tom Cross is a true outdoorsman when you learn that his mom and dad bought him a 12-foot jon boat for his high school graduation.
That was in 1972 and at the time Cross was living in Amelia in Clermont County and driving a red Ford Falcon. Things in Amelia were much different then than they are today. Clermont County was still largely rural, and Cross took advantage of his outdoor opportunities at most every turn.

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Ohio Insider: An autopsy of the final deer season numbers

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Ohio, Opinion /

Just what’s in the water in Coshocton County?
According to the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s final deer season harvest statistics, that north-central Ohio county led the state for the 24th consecutive year. Deer hunters there killed 8,527 animals during the just concluded 2025-26 season. I asked that question recently in our annual deer season roundup conversation with Division of Wildlife Deer Biologist Clint McCoy.

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