COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio deer hunters have donated more than 54,800 pounds of venison to local food banks through the 2008-09 deer hunting season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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COLUMBUS, OH  – William C. Freitag, 59, of Utica has been charged with 26 misdemeanors related to the alleged illegal taking of a trophy white-tailed deer in Knox County during the 2008 deer archery season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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AKRON, OH – The ODNR Division of Wildlife has some very strong advice for well-meaning people who pick up baby or injured wild animals.  Please leave them alone! Fascination with cute, seemingly helpless animals causes even the most reasonable person to forget that it is a wild animal capable of biting, scratching, and transmitting diseases and parasites to humans and pets.

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HURON, OH - Ohioans are invited to explore a unique, protected Lake Erie estuary through free educational programs at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife's Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, 2514 Cleveland Road East in Huron.

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ATHENS, OH – One hundred-five black bear sightings were reported in 21 Ohio counties last year, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.  Of that number, state wildlife personnel confirmed 38 of those sightings, a similar count to the 39 confirmed sightings in 2007. 

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COLUMBUS, OH - The first eaglet of 2009 has hatched in Ashtabula County, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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CHESTERLAND, OH – Westwood Elementary School and West Geauga High School opens their doors to both formal and non-formal educators for a Project WILD/Project Learning Tree workshop on Tuesday, May 12th from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Teachers, youth group leaders, naturalists, and others will find this workshop both exciting and informative.

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COLUMBUS, OH – A Bellefontaine resident will not be participating in Ohio’s hunting opportunities for the next four years, following his conviction on multiple state wildlife violations.  Charles “Joe” J. Wilson was found guilty of seven wildlife violations in the Bellefontaine Municipal Court, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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CARLISLE, OH – A Warren County man will serve jail time after being convicted in Franklin and Clinton County Municipal Courts for wildlife violations related to the poaching of white-tailed deer.

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Angler surveys will once again resume on Ohio’s inland lakes for the summer. “Creel clerks” will be surveying anglers at six lakes in northeast Ohio and 18 lakes around Ohio on weekends from April 25th through July 26th, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.

COLUMBUS, OH - Have you been interested in developing a wetland? If so, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) need to know.

COLUMBUS, OH - The 2009 peregrine falcon nesting season is underway in Ohio, following the March 11 appearance of an egg in a nest at the Terminal Tower in downtown Cleveland.
 

ATHENS, OH – Increased evidence of bobcats living in Ohio’s southeastern counties continues with the confirmation of 65 sightings by state wildlife officials during 2008, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The reports show an increase from the 51 verified sightings in 2007.

COLUMBUS, OH - Any ginseng dealer, buyer or digger holding over ginseng root collected in 2008 needs to have all uncertified root weighed and accounted for before the buying season closes, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.

NEW VIENNA, OH – The Division of Wildlife will host a home-study hunter education course in New Vienna on March 21, 2009. This is an excellent opportunity for hunters to get their certification before the spring turkey season which opens on April 20.

CINCINNATI, OH – The Southwest Ohio Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will donate venison and other wild game to needy families in eight southwest Ohio counties. The donation will take place at Mueller Roofing, 400 E. Wyoming Ave., Cincinnati OH 45215. A time of 12:00 noon has been set for the donation. The donations will be distributed in Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and Warren counties.

COLUMBUS, OH - For the third year in a row, Maysville High School in Muskingum County earned first-place overall team honors, as well as numerous individual awards, at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament.

Columbus, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife has entered into a contract with The Active Network, Inc. to build and implement a Web-based license sales and game check system. This new system will replace the existing, hunting, fishing, and trapping license/permit sales system on March 1, 2011.

COLUMBUS, OH - Six programs utilizing citizen scientist volunteers in statewide wildlife monitoring efforts were this year's honorees at the 25th annual Wildlife Diversity Conference according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife.

COLUMBUS, OH - The new Ohio Wildlife Stamp, available for purchase in March of 2010, is a new tool for Ohioans to help conserve, enhance and restore native wildlife and its habitat, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife.

COLUMBUS, OH - A total of 252,017 deer were killed during Ohio's 2008-09 hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. This season's total surpasses the 2006-07 record total of 237,316.

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COLUMBUS, OH - The artwork of a pair of ruddy ducks by North Dakota resident Jeffery Hoff won first place in this year's Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp Design Competition, sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. Hoff's painting will appear on the Ohio wetlands stamp issued in the fall of 2010.

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COLUMBUS, OH - Public fishing opportunities will be enhanced this spring when more than 80,000 rainbow trout, each measuring 10 to 13-inches long, are released into 45 Ohio lakes and ponds, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The releases will take place between mid March and mid-May; anglers are reminded that the daily catch limit for inland lakes is five trout.

COLUMBUS, OH - The third annual Ohio National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) State Tournament will be held on Friday, March 6 at the Ohio Expo Center's Lausche Building, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The tournament is held in conjunction with the Arnold Classic Sports Festival in Columbus.

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COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is seeking input from Ohio's waterfowl hunters to help the agency evaluate its waterfowl management program.

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COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites the public to its annual Open Houses on Sunday, March 1, 2009, from 12:00 noon until 3 p.m.

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COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife's Fish Ohio program was inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame for 2009. The Fish Ohio program is the only honoree for 2009 and joins a prestigious group of 36 past award winners in the Organizational/Corporate or Government Entity category.

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COLUMBUS, OH - Two men convicted of the illegal taking of white-tailed deer from Side Cut Metro Park in Maumee have been ordered to pay restitution of $13,277.60 according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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COLUMBUS, OH  – Rob McCarley of Circleville pleaded guilty to providing false information to a check station for checking in a hunting preserve buck as a wild deer during the 2008 archery deer hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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COLUMBUS, OH - For the seventh straight year, testing of Ohio's deer herd has found no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a degenerative brain disease that affects elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer.

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