Friday, April 26, 2024
Ring-necked pheasants

The Ohio Division of Wildlife and Pheasants Forever, Inc. are known for providing pheasant hunting opportunities and working to conserve wild populations.
Steelhead

Anglers are not the only ones hoping for a "rain event" that will lure steelheads upstream. Steelhead fishing supports many businesses in Ohio and Pa.
Lake Erie

The past few years, Lake Erie's delicacy, the yellow perch, has been in short supply. Barb Mudrak provides an update on Lake Erie's perch populations.
wild turkeys

Barb Mudrak traces the history of turkeys in the Ohio Valley back to 6000 BC. Learn how they came to inhabit the area, evolved over time and survive today.
Beekeeper Dave Noble

Red Beard Bees includes 65 colonies, or hives, in the Whitehall suburb of Columbus where owner Dave Noble lives.
Little brown bat

While some folks think bats are creepy and should be shooed away, they are essential to the environment and benefit people, especially those in agriculture.
lake trout

Lake Erie Coldwater Task Group is working to restore Lake Erie's once-prolific lake trout, which were decimated by pollution, overfishing and parasites.
Monarch butterflies

The annual monarch butterfly migration is a natural phenomenon. Learn more about how they survive the long flight to Mexico, Florida and California.
Catfishing tournament

Catfish with Cops raised $375 for the Stark Parks Ranger Cadet program, which involves working and ride-alongs with park rangers, and some training.
wood frog

The University of Mount Union’s vernal pool in the Huston-Brumbaugh Nature Center attracts frogs, ducks, snakes, newts, fingernail clams and water fleas.