Painless resolutions for outdoor lovers
"New year, new me!" Not so fast. While people seem to enjoy making New Year's Resolutions, the truth is that...
Hunting/Fishing/Outdoors
Small game migratory bird hunting seasons proposed to Wildlife Council
Image courtesy ODNR COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 2017-2018 small game and migratory bird hunting seasons and the trapping seasons were...
Ohio Communities to receive more than $272,000 for boating safety education
Image courtesy www.boatus.org COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio’s Waterways Safety Fund is providing a total of $272,975.88 to support 19 community...
Annual Meigs SWCD tree sale underway
POMEROY –The annual Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District Tree Sale is underway with prices unchanged from last year, and...
Meigs County checks in more deer this year during muzzleloader season
COLUMBUS – Meigs County checked in 65 more white-tailed deer during the 2017 muzzleloader season than in 2016. According to...
Canada Geese conflict management
COLUMBUS, Ohio – To biologists, Canada geese are an outstanding conservation success story. Once extirpated from the state as a...
Poaching case headed to Meigs County Common Pleas Court
POMEROY – A man is facing charges in a poaching case to be brought before the Meigs County Common Pleas...
Meigs numbers down during two-day deer-gun hunting
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Meigs County's numbers were down during two-day deer-gun hunting season. Ohio’s hunters braved less than ideal weather...
The Christmas Puppy
Sometimes the best hunting buddies come into our lives in the most unusual ways. Three-year-old Mitchell came down the stairs,...
Opening day ain’t what it used to be, and that’s OK
For some hunters the opening day of deer gun season is more than just a hunt, it is a tradition,...
Ohio deer hunters should consider an SWC
Two years ago, Ohio started allowing deer hunters the option of using a straight-walled cartridge (SWC) rifle for the first...
Be careful around dead ash trees
You may recall last winter that I wrote the war against the Emerald Ash Borer is over, and that the...
Hunting safety and other outdoor news
Along with (finally) cooler weather, the whitetail deer rutting season is coming in, and more and more hunters are heading...
Open burning precautions given for fall wildfire season
An escaped wildfire, even one burning in grass or weeds, is dangerous. Photo from ODNR. COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio...
Meigs County land judging winners announced
Southern High School FFA students (L-R) Dominique Wehrung, Austin Rose, Jed Grueser, and Ciera Whitesel were the top scoring team...
Open house to discuss proposed horsepower limit changes at Forked Run State Park
ODNR is seeking input on increasing the speed of watercraft on Forked Run Lake. Photo from ODNR. COLUMBUS, Ohio – The...
John Rice named Meigs SWCD Lifetime Cooperator, Cooperator of the Year
John Rice, Reedsville, center, was named both the 2016 Meigs SWCD Cooperator of the Year, and recognized as a Lifelong...
Milkweed seed pod collection continuing through October
The statewide Milkweed Seed Pod collection, to help Monarch butterflies, is going on until the end of October, and the...
Porcupines a prickly proposition
One of the many animals extirpated from the Buckeye State in the 1800s and early 1900s was the porcupine, and...
Getting back to basics: Small game season starts Thursday
Ohio’s small game hunting season begins Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, with the advent of squirrel and mourning dove seasons, and...
Check out the Conservation Corner at the Meigs County Fair
Next week marks the annual Meigs County Fair, which has been going on almost every year since 1851, or for...
ODNR offers several free activities during August
Learn about monarchs on a butterfly hike on Sunday, Aug. 28, from 2-3:30 p.m. Explore how important milkweed is for...
Many ways of looking at stream health
July 3, 2016 Working at a soil and water conservation district, with all of the other activity going on, it...
Soil and Water Conservation Districts assisting in milkweed seed collection, public encouraged to help Monarch butterflies
This fall your local soil and water conservation districts will be doing their part to help monarch butterflies and other...
Local ranchers invited to apply for USDA Pasture Improvement Project
Deadline for applications June 24 Individuals in Meigs County interested in applying for the Pasture Improvement Project should make an...
