Opinion

When the Ohio Wildlife Council considers rescinding the controversial, questionable new rule requiring that a skin-patch be left on fish fillets for identification, it instead should consider fashioning one that makes legal the widespread practice

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the availability of a draft environmental impact statement and receipt of an application for an incidental take permit under the Endangered Species Act. The HCP was developed

An article in the summer 2012 issue of National Parks, the magazine of the National Parks Conservation Association, says environmental impact of a massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico appears less serious

This news reported by the Ohio Environmental Council hardly can be classified as welcome for the Great Lakes and underscores the urgency for the federal to act quickly to stop the further invasion of the

Funny thing, isn’t it, how sport fishermen in Ohio aren’t allowed to average their catches the way big business and industry will be able to average their water withdrawals from Lake Erie and its vulnerable

St. Marys, Ohio – Finally, some good news to share about Grand Lake St. Marys. DNR officials conducted an experimental stocking of yellow perch at Grand Lake St. Marys on May 23. The goal of

A new hiking trail, named for a beloved West Jefferson science teacher, opened June 2 at the Big Darby Headwaters Nature Preserve in Logan County. The Gary J. Jainshig Trail leads visitors on a 2.5-mile

Ohio Gov. John Kasich missed the boat this week in signing House Bill 473, which sets water withdrawal limits from Lake Erie and its tributaries. He vetoed a supremely industry-friendly, ecologically insensitive version a year

Sure environmental groups are trying to make hay out of efforts to expand the practice of fracking within the Grand River watershed. Still, such groups as the American Rivers are spot on in determining that