
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Squirrel feature could help the outdoorsmen in general
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 9, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 9, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

With Ohio’s deer herd growing faster than hunters, coyotes, and automobiles are removing them, more nuisance complaints are being submitted to the Ohio Division of Wildlife for the agency to address.
The spread of

Astronomers say there are billions of galaxies in our Universe each containing billions of stars. Even our own Milky Way galaxy is believed to include more than 200 billion.
But aren’t most of these

One of the most popular lakes in southwest Ohio is facing some major changes. The changes will affect the many fishermen, bass tournaments, kayakers, and sailing clubs that call Cowan Lake their home waters. <br

Gene Gilliland will retire at the end of 2026 following a distinguished 12-year career as B.A.S.S. conservation director.
Gilliland has devoted 43 years of his professional life to bass fishing, fisheries management, and conservation.

They are more than mere well-behaved dogs. They are crime solvers, finders of the lost and injured, and ambassadors of good will for the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
They are the division’s “canine officers”

Almost 3,000 acres of Ohio’s only national forest were leased recently for more than $11 million for horizontal drilling for natural gas.
The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auctioned off 40 parcels of

Hunters across the country talk about thermals.
Out west, if you spend any time chasing mule deer or elk in the mountains, you will feel the air rush up the mountainside in the morning,

The Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife fisheries biologists in charge of lake sturgeon reintroduction in the state are encouraged about the program’s progress so far.
So says Eric Weimer, fisheries biologist supervisor for the
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