A scenic Ohio stream, complete with leaping sport fish, provides a splashy new design for the state's Scenic Rivers License Plate, available through the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) and local deputy registrars. Sales of the attractive new plate, which costs an additional $25 beyond the standard annual license fee, benefit the Ohio Scenic Rivers Protection Fund.
Ohios scenic rivers are teeming with a diversity of fish and other aquatic species, said Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Sam Speck. This new design for our Scenic Rivers License Plate reflects that abundance, giving anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts an opportunity to help protect these resources while proudly displaying their love of Ohio's great outdoors.
A set of these colorful new Scenic Rivers plates costs an additional $25 above regular vehicle registration fees at the time of purchase and with each annual renewal. The Ohio Scenic Rivers Protection Fund receives $15 from each purchase or renewal. Administered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the fund helps protect and restore scenic river forest corridors, improve water quality and river habitat for endangered species, facilitate river clean-ups and the Scenic Rivers Stream Quality Monitoring Project, and promote river conservation and education.
Since the creation of Ohios scenic rivers license plate in 1995, more than 77,000 plates have been sold, generating $1,200,000 for the Scenic Rivers Protection Fund. The original Scenic Rivers license plate design, replaced by this newly design plate, featured the image of a heron soaring above an Ohio stream.
As with other Ohio license plates, the Scenic Rivers plates may be personalized, at additional cost, with reserved or vanity letter/number combinations. Further Information is available by calling the BMV toll-free hotline at 1-800-589-TAGS.
ODNR has officially designated 20 state scenic river segments in more than 29 Ohio counties. Included are portions of the Big and Little Darby Creeks, Chagrin River, Cuyahoga
River, Grand River, Kokosing River, Little Beaver Creek, Little Miami River, Maumee River, Olentangy River, Sandusky River and the Stillwater River/Greenville Creek system.
Portions of the Big and Little Darby Creeks, Little Miami River and Little Beaver Creek have also been designated as National Scenic Rivers.