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December 2008

Hocking Hills 44th annual Winter Hike

Hocking Hills, OH – Hocking Hills State Park is famous for its brilliant autumn colors and is gaining notoriety for its equally exquisite winter landscape. Hikers and nature lovers will enjoy the park’s rugged beauty during the 44th Annual Winter Hike on January 17, 2009. Hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts and their families will bundle up, [...]

SnowTrails Opens with “Tube for Food”

Image via Wikipedia Snow Trails Tube and terrain park opens in Mansfield this wekend with 40″ of base and a free 2 hour tube pass with the donation of a non-perishable food item. More info at the Snowtrails site. At the SnowTubes, Enjoy an 1100′ run and a conveyor carpet to get you to the [...]

Linesville and the Carp Get a Reprieve

Image via Wikipedia NPR Broadcast a story Today on the Linesville Spillway’s decision earlier this year to ban Bread Tossing. Seems that having 500,000 visitors a year and a brand new visitor center wasn’t enough. People actually had the gall to toss Doughnut, Cakes and Crackers also. So, how does the Pymatuning State Park ranger [...]

Ohio Deer Harvest Dec 20-21

Image via Wikipedia COLUMBUS, OH – Hunters killed 16,382 deer on December 20-21, during the weekend of gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The extra weekend of gun hunting was first offered in 2006 in response to hunters’ request for additional weekend days to pursue white-tailed deer, [...]

Mill Creek January Hikes

Unless you’re a skier, winter weather in Northeast Ohio really limits our options. Luckily, we have Mill Creek to keep up a monthly schedule of outdoor hikes: Sunday, January 4th 2 PM Photography Walk-Whether Santa brought you a new digital camera or you have a well-used film version, bring what you have to this leisurely [...]