Opinions
Susan Thornton: Unfired
The details surrounding the Susan Thornton saga have been murky since the Monday before Christmas. That’s the day word of her termination was leaked to the press. Thornton since 2008 has been head of the
Firearms deer take one of lowest in recent years
With ice and or snow seriously lacking in many parts of the state, hordes of sportsmen and sportswomen appear to be reflecting on the recent firearms deer hunting season. Phone calls, emails and letters have
Happy Birthday to my conservation hero: Aldo Leopold
Received an email from the Aldo Leopold Foundation today commemorating the 125th birthday of the great Aldo Leopold. My dad read excerpts from Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac to me and my siblings by our
Send in those deer hunter surveys
The remaining efforts of a handful of cold-hardy bowhunters aside, the Ohio deer seasons are over, except for the shouting. No doubt, as sessions of the winter’s Hot Stove League convene, deer management doubtless will
Baby, it’s warm outside
Whether you believe humans are contributing to whatever it is that is causing our climate to change, it is indeed changing. Here it is early January and the chances of me cutting my grass one
Pheasant seasons extended – again
Apparently DNR is getting rather good at growing pheasants. And hunters are benefitting. The agency announced this morning that it will extend the controlled pheasant hunting seasons at Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area in Clinton
District 1 investigator earns award
Kandy Klosterman, an investigator with the Ohio DNR’s District One wildlife office, was recently named Ohio Wildlife Officer Of The Year for 2010 by Safari Club International (SCI). SCI’s Tony Gioffre presented Klosterman with her
Rare river otter find in Putnam County
Findlay, Ohio – A river otter recently found along the Auglaize River in Putnam County is the first such discovery of a river otter in the northwestern Ohio county in nearly a century, the DNR
Grand Jury indicts East Dubuque man for hunting incident
The rash of poaching arrests and and hunting incidents and accidents in November and December was bound to result in a number of court cases in 2012. The first came down Friday (Jan. 6) when
