Ohio’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
December 29, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Ohio published in the Jan. 2, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Ohio
Ohio Cuffs & Collars: Crawford County wildlife officer assists in apprehension of burglary suspects
Staff Report
December 29, 2025
Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from the Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the Jan. 2, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Ohio Mixed Bag: Nature center opens at Caesar Creek State Park
Staff and News Reports
December 29, 2025
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio DNR (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz recently opened a newly renovated nature center at Caesar Creek State Park.
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Climate change should have been mentioned in ice story
Ohio Letters to the Editor
December 29, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 2, 2025 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
Ohio Insider: Readers respond to call for feedback on poaching punishments
Mike Moore
December 29, 2025
Man, did I touch a nerve a couple of issues back with my column in this space detailing two big poaching cases prosecuted by the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife.
I probably received more
Rare fisher caught on trail camera in Cleveland Metroparks
Staff Report
December 23, 2025
Biologists at Cleveland Metroparks are excited about the sighting of a rare fisher on a wildlife camera earlier this year.
Fishers are animals in the same family as weasels, mink, martens, and otters, according
This year’s walleye hatch means more good news for anglers in Western Lake Erie
John Hageman
December 23, 2025
This summer, perch anglers were inundated with young-of-year walleyes, with many reports of double-digit landings of the aggressive, fast-growing, fingerling fish being caught on perch rigs baited with shiner minnows.
Thus, it was no
Ice forming but remains uncertain for Ohio waters of Lake Erie
John Hageman
December 23, 2025
As of mid-December, there were some locations where anxious ice anglers were walking on Ohio water and pulling fish through their augured or chipped holes.
Near Ohio’s north coast, the Kelleys Island ferry was
Ohio’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Dec. 23, 2025
Staff Report
December 23, 2025
A bit of early ice fishing realized; on hold now. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing and hunting report on Dec. 23, 2025.
