It takes you and me to introduce youth to the outdoors
Blogger shares on-the-water, in-the-woods bonding experience with grandkids.
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Ohio’s Free Range Day is Saturday
Recreational shooters both young and old are invited to experience one of Ohio’s premier public shooting ranges.
Two-rod rule should stay on Lake Erie
Shore-based anglers could be short-changed by increase in number of rods.
There’s reasoning behind the saying, ‘Let wild things be wild’
Public often put in harm’s way by unintentional escapes.
Designation of newest Ohio water trail: ODNR offers kayak float opportunity from PIB to Gibraltar Island
Put-In-Bay, Ohio — If you ever had an interest in kayaking, especially on Lake Erie, there is a good opportunity coming up from the Ohio DNR. The ODNR invites the public to Oak Point State Park on South Bass Island to attend the designation of Ohio’s newest state water trail on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 10:30 a.m. The Lake Erie…
Ohio DNR gearing up for more wildlife officers
Goal is to provide an officer for each county.
Three rods per angler proposed for Lake Erie
The proposed change is being lauded by some Lake Erie charter captains and anglers.
Berry-picking a rite of passage
Parallels to patience in hunting learned, appreciated by blogger’s grandsons.
Mayflies and high water, oh my!
High water on Lake Erie a bit of a “downer,” but these masses of mayflies are a delicacy for the walleyes to savor.
Ohio’s Camp Canopy celebrates 69 years
Campers learn about all things outdoors in six-day event.
Howard Marsh a true testament to wetland conservation
Toledo Metroparks restored 1,000 acres of Lake Erie coastland.
Toledo Metroparks turning to tree houses – yes, tree houses – to attract visitors
Several have been built at the park’s Oak Openings Preserve.
First-ever Inland Fish Ohio event features governor
This event was the first of its kind on an inland lake. The Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife has for years held a Fish Ohio event on Lake Erie. This year’s Governor’s Fish Ohio Day on the big lake is on July 2.
Earthquake strikes below Lake Erie
An earthquake struck at 10:31 a.m. June 10, only about one-half mile off the Lake County, Ohio, shoreline and at a depth of about three miles underneath Lake Erie, a figure geologists consider as being shallow. The 4.2-magnitude event shook such nearby communities as Euclid, Wickliffe, Mentor, and Eastlake, though local police departments did not report any damage. Agencies did…
Headlands Beach State Park in sorry state of disarray
All politicians make promises with caveats and conditions large enough to drive a trash removal truck through. Maybe some proof of that came just a day or so ago when I took a bit of time to visit nearby (for me) Headlands Beach State Park. I do that from time to time, just to satisfy my pessimism that nothing really…
As expected, spring turkey kill drops off from last year
Ohio hunters checked a total of 19,088 wild turkeys during the 2019 spring wild turkey hunting season. In 2018, hunters checked a total of 22,635 wild turkeys.
Sturgeon snagged above former Ballville dam is welcome news
If you tear it down they will come, to put a twist on a saying made popular by the Kevin Costner classic baseball film, “Field of Dreams.”
Darbies in central Ohio being encroached upon by development
Rumors of a large housing development in the watershed untrue, however.
Be tick smart in the Ohio outdoors
Something – a biting insect for sure – had marched down my forearm and punched in a string of tiny bites. I never even noticed the minor “attack” until, overnight, a reddish-purplish blob about two inches long raised up on the skin. It was not sore, painful, or itchy, and I felt no symptoms of distress. So I watched it…
Clearing logjams from ‘Froggy Bottom’ all in a spring day’s work
A water-logged volleyball, a capped but empty old beer bottle, a couple beer and pop caps, assorted Styrofoam, a spent shotgun shell, and “tons” of twigs, sticks, branches, dead grass, heavy limbs and logs, soybean stubble and more – it all ended up in the winter wash that was jamming my little creek this spring. Brushjams, or logjams, are the…
Opening-day turkey hunters kill nearly 3,000 birds
That’s down about 350 from last year.
In Ohio, bald eagles return to Madison County
They remain the first-ever documented nesting pair in the county in modern times.
Ohio’s free fishing weekend May 4-5
If you’ve got the spring itch and you live in Ohio, you’re in luck that weekend.
Shortage of white oak trees a truly American phenomenon
Oak barrels used to age bourbon, among other things.
Ohio gets smaller share of excise tax dollars
Although Ohio’s approximately $7.4 million in federal aid money for sport fish-related projects may seem like big bucks, the figure is dwarfed by more than a few other states.While hardly a drop in the bucket, Ohio’s share of federal aid dollars in the form of tax receipts from sales of hunting and fishing licenses and a few other sources do…
Chance encounter with gobblers serves as a reminder
With opening day for turkeys coming soon, it’s high time to start staking out hunting territory for the spring.
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