Ohio DNR Seasonal Events: Harvests, Haunts, Hunts and Hikes
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COLUMBUS, OH – It’s the season of falling leaves, harvest celebrations and haunting good times. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) welcomes Ohioans and out-of-state guests to enjoy autumn in the outdoors.
ODNR provides free access to 74 state parks, 20 state forests and 134 state nature preserves, which are great places for [...]
PA FIshing Licenses at 5 Year High
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Harrisburg, PA – The number of Pennsylvania fishing licenses sold through September 13 – 871,499 –has already eclipsed the total yearly sales for each of the last four years and represents the largest one-year percentage increase since 1980, according to sales figures from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC).
“Fishing license [...]
Ohio Fall Fishing Opportunities
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AKRON, OH – Summer is over but anglers need not hang up those fishing rods for the winter just yet according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. Fish are just coming out of their summer feeding slumps and fishing now can be as good as traditional springtime opportunities.
“Anglers have a wide variety of [...]
Celebrate CoastWeeks on Lake Erie
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TOLEDO, OH – During the 2009 Coastweeks observance, Ohioans will focus on the preservation and protection of Lake Erie and its watershed through a variety of cleanup events along the shoreline and throughout its watershed. Many clean-ups are scheduled for International Coastal Clean-Up Day, September 19, when people around the world will remove [...]
Don’t Eat Lake Erie Merganser Ducks
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To minimize potential health impacts, it’s suggested that hunters don’t eat merganser ducks, especially those harvested in the Lake Erie and northwestern Pennsylvania hunting zones.
Studies conducted over the past two decades on Pennsylvania and New York mergansers, especially common and red-breasted mergansers in the Lake Erie region, have concluded they may [...]
