The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) broke ground recently at Portage Lakes State Park in Akron, marking the beginning of construction for a new visitor center.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) recently celebrated the beginning of construction for the Lake Loramie State Park Welcome Center with a groundbreaking ceremony.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has reopened the Maumee Bay State Park Trautman Nature Center after a nearly half-million-dollar renovation project.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry will be coordinating a commemorative tree planting in each of Ohio’s 88 counties this spring. This tree planting initiative is to honor ODNR’s 75th anniversary. The majority of the trees will be planted in April leading up to Arbor Day on April 26.

Ohio hunters are looking forward to spring wild turkey seasons, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Ohio’s spring turkey season is a highly anticipated tradition that has occurred annually since 1966.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry recently awarded nearly $5.5 million in grants for 36 urban forestry projects across Ohio through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Urban Forestry Grant Program.

The sixth Natural Resources Officer (NRO) Training Academy concluded last week, as 12 new law enforcement officers were sworn in by Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz during a commissioning ceremony at Deer Creek State Park Lodge and Conference Center.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will release 85,000 rainbow trout across the state beginning Wednesday, March 13. 

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has named 12 recipients of the Recreational Trails Program (RPT) grant, including several cities, villages, metro parks and even Ohio’s national forest.

Wildlife officers from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife are investigating a potential record deer taken during the archery hunting season in Clinton County. 

Hunters across Ohio harvested 15,469 white-tailed deer during the extra weekend of deer gun hunting on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 16-17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declared the Scioto madtom, a fish native to Ohio, extinct, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The Scioto madtom, a small, nocturnal species of catfish, was formerly found in a small section of Big Darby Creek, a tributary of the Scioto River.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), with the help of the Ohio Valley Conservation Coalition and the Portage Park District, has expanded the Tom S. Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve to protect an additional 75 acres.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Mineral Resources Management (MRM) has been honored with by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) for its work on the Friendship Park Highwall Reclamation Project.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced recently that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to reduce mining accidents, injuries and illnesses by supporting programs such as safety and health courses.